AEW star Kyle O’Reilly recently appeared on Busted Open Radio to discuss a wide range of topics including his time in WWE NXT where he did it all as a top star.
“I look at it so fondly. I truly believe that I am 10 times the performer now than I was before getting signed to WWE,” he said.
“I’m way more polished. I have way more confidence with a microphone. I know my role better. I know how to work the main event match. I know how to work tag matches better. I have better psychology now, I feel. Yeah, I wouldn’t change anything about this journey to where I’m at now. Absolutely not.”
O’Reilly decided to not renew his contract with WWE and went to AEW instead, which was a transition that felt like a reunion.
“So many of the guys in AEW, it was kind of like a reunion or homecoming. Guys that I went to Japan with or were in Ring of Honor with or the Independents with, and now we’re on this huge platform together.”
“I never had the luxury of making it to the main roster, so I didn’t really get that experience. So coming over here, it feels like I’m having that main roster run now because it’s a major show. It’s huge. I’m traveling to a different city every week. It feels now like I’m in the big leagues.”
“Even though I was in WWE, I was still part of NXT, which had an amazing run and was awesome, and I loved my time there. But now I just feel a little more comfortable, I guess, just a little more at home, which is weird saying that because I’m still so new here. But yeah, I’m pleased to have made this jump.”
H/T to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription
