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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Mike Jones.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
My guest today is NXT superstar Trick Williams.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Trick, Good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
How you doing, man?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
You know what I wish we were talking under better circumstances, Trick,
we got We gotta get right to it.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Man.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Last night you had a heck of a match with
Obafemi at New Year's Evil. Unfortunately you lost the NXT Championship,
not just to Oba though, to Oba and a chair man.
I hope you know that it's not on you. That
was That was bs man.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Man, Man, it was a rough night point of last night. Man, Man,
I gotta I gotta take all the credit and the
glory I got. Accept the fact yesterday I did get beat.
Oba was the better man yesterday. But I'm sure I'll
see him again in the NEF feature. I ain't going
out like that, you.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Know, Trick, he didn't leave with the NXT Championship, but
you took Oba Femi to the limit. You had Eddie
Thorpe limp out there get himself involved when I mean
he should have been in the match from the first place.
But you know, just too many Shenanigans for that to
be Trick's last ride as the NXT champion.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
I'm glad that you feel the same way I feel.
You know, you know I worked too hard and put
too much time in for it to end just so
suddenly like that, you know what I mean. I'm I'm
not happy with how it went out last night.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
No, no, And there's more to the Trick Williams NXT
story and we'll get back to that in a second trick.
I want to say though, with New Year's Evil last night,
it just felt like everyone you Oba, Julia and Roxanne Perez,
Stephanie Kora, Jade Lexis King, I mean, everyone really brought
out their A plus plus game for a great start
for NXT for twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
That's right, man, we're hungry. I mean we had a
you know, we're coming to two twenty twenty five, and
we got everything to prove. You know, everybody's talking about Rawl.
They just had a great showing on Netflix and brought
out all the stars. SmackDown was doing good like they
always do. But hey, like de Rod Sale last night,
Its Seeds, the show that you want to go to
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is the show that you want to go see.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Let's talk about it.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Two trick the Rock was there I mean for him
for the People's Champion to show up and his first
time being at NXT to help you guys kick off
twenty twenty five, that has to take everyone to another
level with it.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Absolutely. I mean that just shows like, man, who could
imagine the Rock being an nc ever, you know, but NXC,
especially over I'll say the past year or two, three years, Man,
we really take ANC the New Heights man like you
never know what you're going to see on Tuesday night
here and I love it.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Well, you've been the face of NXT for this whole year, Trick,
and you know just the fact that you're going to
keep on leading the brand. Yeah, you had a speed
bump last night, but you sound like you have as
always your positive attitude.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
You know, I have more to come.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
And that's why Trick Williams is Trick Williams for sure.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
For sure. I mean that's just how we got here.
And you know my story might you know I have
that walk on mentality, that the mentality that I have
to prove something every single time I step out. And
that's not going anywhere anytime soon.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
No, not at all.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Well, Trick, while we're talking this morning, you know, looking
at New Year's Evil Shore. But now let's look ahead
because WWE and NXT just announced the next big premium
live event. You're coming to DC and this is the
first premium live event we've had in DC in it's
been forever.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
The last one was Battleground. That was a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Well, now Vengeance Day is gonna be at the Entertainment
at Sports Arena February fifteenth, and that's gonna be a
huge weekend. Because we got smacked down the day before
on the fourteenth. Then Vengeance Day, Man, it's gonna be
a great weekend for DC and WWE fans all around.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Man, let's talk about it. Gets your tickets at ticket
mass Day and we're gonna give you an exclusive code.
It's going to get you some tickets for that day.
Go to Ticketmaster to type in the pre sale code
of NXT Live. Tickets would be on sale Friday, and
we might have a good time. You never know what
you're gonna see. Like you saw last night, We're going
to have a good time.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
You know.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I always feel like there's that special energy when NXT.
You know, we had you guys here in DC a
while back, and that was such a fun show, and
WWE always was SmackDown and raw and anytime, like when
WWE's in d C, it is a must attend affair,
whatever show, whatever brand, it is.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
For sure, for sure, for sure. I mean that's exactly
what it is like, Like you said, man NAC is
just the home of people who are hungry and have
everything to prove. I mean, we got people from all
different backgrounds talking about sports, martial arts, you know of
course the indie circuit, and everybody has the dream of
being the main, of being in WrestleMania. So when you
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put that in the party, stir it all together, it
is great.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
That's one of the best things about NXT trick is
that you know, we're seeing the future top stars. I mean,
look at all the people on the main roster right now.
You know you're old your old friend at Nemesis, Carmelo Hayes,
Carmelo's doing great things now, Kevin Owens and sammy' z
ay and they came there, Shinskate, Knockaboor and Andrede and
you know we could go on and on. Seth Rollins
and Roman Ragne. I mean, everyone came through NXT. So
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this is where the future of WWE begins.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Man, you're looking at the real deal. You're looking at
the truth. You're looking at the guys are going to
take the WWE to the next level the same way
we take NXT to the next level. And it is
a mentality.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Man.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
We were ready for the for the missions.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
We're going to get all the NXT stars here in DC.
On February fifteenth, it was just announced for Vengeance Day, Trick.
What's that pre sale code? Everyone could get tickets early
starting today. What is that again?
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Man, you go to ticket massive type in that pre code.
In that pre code is NXT live n xt l
I V. Let's talk about it.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
NXT live for the pre sale code. I remember Vengeance
Day last year. I mean that was that was a show.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Really.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
I think that was your coming out show last year, Trick,
because you were in the opening match. You had a
tag team match in the Dusty Classic with Carmelo. At
the end of the night, you and Ilia battled for
the NXT Championship. Man, Vengeance Day, this is Trick Williams event.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Man, that was a very special night. And you're right, man,
I came into that day hoping to get two wins,
you know, like you said being a Dusty Classic, and
I had that NC championship. Actually, you dragon off and
somehow I lost three times. I lost the Dusty, I
lost against Ilia and then I got turned on. But
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you know, it brought out the best version of Trick Williams.
And that's where mat today.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Man.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Sometimes you take that al, you take that bump, but
you come back strong.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Absolutely, you learn from those mistakes. You learned from those
losses and move forward. I didn't want to bring up
all the losses that happened. I just I wanted to
say that drink was all over the show.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
I'm not scared of a loss, man, but one thing is, Man,
I'm gonna fight regardless. I've never been scared to lose,
but you're gonna get the best effort every single time.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Trick, You've had two runs. Now is the NXT champion,
and you were the North American champion too. You had
a great rivalry this year or last year. I guess
now with Ethan Paige, you and Eliot dragon off. When
the war, you and Carmelo battled out with Ridge holland
Dominic Mysterio. I think now though, going back to Obafemi,
I mean last night we just saw the first match
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between you guys. I feel like there's more to come
and really you were gonna take each other to the limit.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
Absolutely, I mean it just being a real call to
spade a spade. As much as I'm not happy about
what happened last night, Oba is the real deal. You know.
He probably is the most dominant presence in the ring
that I faced as far. And you just named the
great list of guys, but there's only one ob Femi.
But the truth is also is only one Trick Williams.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Yeah, and I don't think this this rivalry, it's only
at the beginning. There's gonna be a lot more to come, Trick. Besides,
who else besides Obafemi do we need to keep an
eye on in NXT in twenty twenty five, And you
could say the guys and the girls. I'd like to
hear your opinion on both sides.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Yeah, yeah, Well, there's a lot of people who's grinding
hard and working hard right now. But of course last
leg and she was doing her thing for a while.
Now there's a guy, Malik Blade, he's trying to been
off TV for a little while. This guy is a
guy who really, you know, he busses but all the time,
and he's putting the work in. I'm sure the world
would know his name one day and another one. I
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definitely want to say Brooks Jensen. He's doing some great
things and he's just a guy who he buses butt
man and I'm preppycire. It's all going to work out
good for him as well.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
I like that.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I like all three of those picks trick especially you know,
you say Brooks Jensen, and I feel like Brooks is
finding his way with Sean Spears right now, and he's
going to get there. He just he needs that one
thing and once he gets that, then it's off and running.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
For him for sure. For sure, I definitely agree.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Is there a chance trick between now and Vengeance Day,
which is coming here to DC on February fifteenth? Use
that pre sale code nxt live, use that the code
on Ticketmaster. But is there a chance between now in
Vengeance Day trick? Maybe the Royal Rumples coming up? Could
you possibly be one of the thirty men in there
in Indianapolis?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
Oh man, I don't know anything about it. It sounds
great to me. I'm to do with it out there.
We be there, But you know, we'll see what happens.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
I mean, thirty spots. Why not give it to a
guy that is a two time NXT champion. I say
Trick should get one of those. Well, Trick, there's a
so much happening in NXT, man, coming off of New
Year's Evil. We're just beginning the year, and Vengeance Day
is going to be here in DC February fifteenth at
the Entertainment and Sports Arena. Tickets go and tail officially
on Friday through Ticketmaster, but you can get those now
(09:39):
with the code NXT Live Trick. I can't wait to
see what's next for you, man, and whatever it is,
I know you're gonna whoop it because that's what you do.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Whoop it, Trick.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Thanks a lot for the time I'm man.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Thanks Mike,