Sean Waltman Says the New NXT Callups Will Make the Main Roster Step Up Their Game

– Sean Waltman discussed the arrival of Aleister Black, Ricochet, Johnny Gargano, and Tomasso Ciampa on the main roster in the latest X-Pac 1,2,360 podcast. Highlights are below, per Wrestling Inc:

On the callups shaking things up in the locker room: “Aleister Black had Andrade the next night on SmackDown which was an opponent he had great matches with in NXT, so it was a really really good matchup and they were able to work that style that they worked in NXT. Look, what I am trying to say is, it was like you can tell there was a big difference, to me, in the feel of those matches. Those guys with this cutting-edge style and with different ways of going into things… and then you go and you see the other guys on the roster that are just working that same kinda, you know, same routines, same way of shooting guys in, it felt all of a sudden very antiquated looking compared to what I saw from the NXT guys.”

On complacency in WWE: “I think some of the other guys on the roster maybe need to step up and update their game. We just get comfortable in our routines and that’s how it worked before, but now you can see wrestling from around the world and all the promotions and everyone has something online you could see. And many years ago you could do these routines and they weren’t routines to the fans because they didn’t see them as much. So yeah, I just think we get comfortable so it’s time to shake things up a little bit.”