During a recent interview on the les Anti-Pods de la Lutte podcast, recently re-signed WWE Superstar Kevin Owens believes that NXT shouldāve been renamed following the brand's recent revamp, arguing the current product is very different from what he helped establish.
Here is what Owens had to say:
āTodayās NXT is very different than the NXT I was part of, to the point I believe it should have a totally different name. And I donāt think itās better or worse, but itās just too different. So when Iām watching NXT, I donāt see the NXT I was part of. Itās not the same thing. Itās a little bit like Ring of Honor. The ROH of old days and the ROH now, itās just not the same thing. So to me, itās completely two different products, so when Iām watching it, I put myself in the mindset we had when I was at NXT and the mindset there seems to have right now, itās completely different.
āItās very hard for me to compare them. I donāt even consider that to be the same show. I donāt really feel any attachment to NXT now. Listen, there are very talented people working there, and I have watched the last TakeOver show they did and there were parts of it that I thought was really good, but itās like a few years ago, if they had asked me to go back to NXT, I would have said yes.
āIf they would ask me that now, I donāt think I would be as receptive to go back, because itās not the same thing. I donāt think I fit in the new NXT as I was fitting in the NXT I was part of, with guys like Sami, Finn, Samoa Joe and Nakamura. When I watch NXT now, I donāt feel the same thing I felt when I was watching NXT two years ago.ā