NXT Champion Bobby Roode recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of SI.com to promote NXT Takeover: Orlando. He will be defending the championship against Shinsuke Nakamura in the main event of the show.
On WrestleMania 34:
“Whoever the world champion is, that’s who I’d like to headline against,” said Roode.
On NXT Takeover: Orlando:
“The guys and girls at NXT work really hard, and their drive is to get onto a TakeOver,” said Roode. “Aleister Black is making his debut for NXT, and he’s worked hard to get to this spot. That makes it a little more special. But WrestleMania is the show of the year, and every year it gets bigger and better. There are a lot of matches at WrestleMania, but there are close to 100,000 people there spending their hard-earned money. Most of them are there for the week, and they deserve a show like that.”
“Shinsuke and I set the bar pretty high in San Antonio, and there is a lot on the line in Orlando,” said Roode. “The fate of NXT is on the line. Obviously Shinsuke has done some great things as champion, but I am going to make a lot of changes as I continue my run as champion. A lot of people aren’t going to like those changes. Asuka-Ember Moon has a chance to steal the show, as well as the three-way tag match, and, of course, my presence alone should sell people on watching this. This has every right to be the best TakeOver of all time.”
You can read the entire interview here.
