NXT officially debuted on the USA Network on Wednesday night. The episode featured some great matches, including Velveteen Dream vs Roderick Strong and Io Shirai vs Candice LeRae vs Mia Yim vs Bianca Belair.
After the episode aired, Triple H took part in a conference call with members of the media. During this, he revealed what he told the NXT locker room backstage after the show was over.
Here is a recap of what Triple H said to the locker room (h/t to Mike Johnson of PWInsider):
He said that he just told talent that it was hard to follow up with what they accomplished with anything but that he was proud of them. It was the starting line, not the finish line. They went out on the top cable network in USA and put on what he felt was an epic night. They were trending at the top of Twitter all night. He’s proud of the entire team in front of and behind the cameras and thanked their partners at Full Sail Live.
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