On the May 18, 2021 episode of WWE NXT, Alexander Wolfe was kicked out of Imperium following his defeat at the hands of Killian Dain. This was done to write Wolfe off television as his WWE contract was due to expire the following month. The 36-year-old wrestler was subsequently among the bunch of NXT stars released from their WWE contracts the following day.
In a recent appearance on the Ten Count podcast, Wolfe shared his opinions on NXT UK and its upcoming replacement – NXT Europe. Wolfe, who currently works under the ring name Axel Axeman Tischer in wXw and German Wrestling Federation, appears to have high expectations of NXT Europe.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast and listen to the full interview below:
On how WWE’s international brands will alter the status quo: “[WWE] want[s] to get newer talents into that system. They want to put out talent that is well-trained in a safe environment, in a professional environment, just to perform and deliver for people who want to love wrestling. People don’t understand that. They’ve been mad about WWE, that they put out ‘NXT UK.’ How dare they [make it so that] everybody [has no problems] paying their rent, and make it possible to make a nice living and feed their families in a safe environment. Where they get treated well, where they have a physical therapist, and have everything that some promotions will never have. Also, they work in a safe environment where they do not get bullied or harassed, or whatever, because #SpeakingOut taught us everything, that England was a little bit naughty. So in that case? ‘F’ those guys, because [they’re] jealous motherfuckers.”
On why he thinks having an NXT Europe will be a good thing: “I believe it will also rattle the business a bit, because I believe a lot of guys are set there to get a chance to try out, maybe, hopefully, make it possible to get hired and get [a] contract and make a living out of that. But also it means that a lot of people, they have to step up because a lot of promotions will lose their top talents, of course. But then they have to be smart about it, just put some new people in [their] place.”
On how independent promotions will need to adapt: “Healthy competition is good for business, and that’s healthy competition. You do not really want to compete with ‘NXT Europe’ because you do not have the finances for that. But also, the healthy competition is, ‘OK, you want to take my top guy? You want to sign them? Good for them! He’s from us! Good luck! We’re happy for you! Congratulations! By the way, we have this guy, who proved so much that now we push him to the moon for our company and he will be the next main eventer. And then his spot will [be taken by] someone else what was underneath him.’”