Shawn Michaels Shares His Pride for the WWE NXT Roster, Having So Many Call-Ups to the Main Roster

WWE Hall of Famer and NXT Executive Producer Shawn Michaels joined Busted Open Radio this week ahead of NXT Heatwave. Below are some highlights (via Fightful):

Shawn Michaels on His Pride for the WWE NXT Roster With the Recent Call-Ups

“Very (proud of the NXT roster). It happens on a regular basis. Obviously, that’s what NXT is as a brand. It’s about preparing WWE superstars for Raw and SmackDown. But I can’t remember a year where we went through this many talents going up… At the least, a year, but certainly an eight-month span, and we always understand there’s going to be a rebuilding process, but this was a yeoman’s effort.”

On the New Additions and Members of the Roster Stepping Up

“I think this year, to the point of, you look at the difference between Great American Bash and now Heatwave and you just see, obviously, it really jumps off the page, the difference in this show… The addition of Mike (Santana) and (Grayson) Waller and Zilla (Fatu), obviously a huge boost… It’s challenged all the other men on our roster to step up, and look, it challenges us as a creative team as well. So, it’s one of those things that you have to rise to the difficulty in front of you, and again, that’s what we get a kick out of doing here, so very proud of everybody, again, that’s pulled together.

“All of our talent has done a great job. They understood the pressure that was on their shoulders, and I think we easily have momentum now, and I think we’re gonna be hitting our groove, again, coming to the end of the year and obviously into 2027. So, once again, the future is very bright for NXT, and I couldn’t be more proud of all of our talent for working so hard.”

WWE NXT Heatwave is scheduled for Sunday, August 30. The premium live event will be held at the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, Texas. It will be broadcast live on The CW and the ESPN App.