Why Shawn Michaels Thinks WWE NXT is the Best Wrestling Show | Busted Open

[@kstxevolution9642]

8:00 I'm currently rewatching all 1997 WWE programming, and looking at that HBK then and HBK now.... damn, he's come a long long way. so happy for him

[@brandonjackson9047]

Great interview. Honestly, really nice to see how Shawn has grown from talent to influential industry leader and steward of upcoming talent.

[@crystalwater505]

Wait, Shawn was a wrestler? I honestly only know him as the leader of NXT.

[@brandonjackson9047]

@@crystalwater505 one of the best. Shawn Michaels. Look up old matches. He was in a very famous stable with Triple H called Degeneration X, or DX for short. They were dominant for a long time.

[@V1LL1N]

BAH, I know right? I thought he was the sham wow guy@@crystalwater505

[@marcosgonzalez4027]

Wow !!!Shawn's shed a lot of knowledge.

[@GrayRedRoom]

Shawn has such a brilliant mind when it comes to wrestling. The absolute GOAT.

[@JonathanHudgins]

I hope all the NXT talent know how lucky they are to have Michaels as their boss.

[@AyeeeItsAlii]

Shawn's the GOAT with women's booking rn and I watch both WWE and AEW

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

no one watches NXT

[@yorkshireladtanka5343]

​@@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780 Really hope you grow up someday 💯🤡

[@robdurfee6861]

@@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780almost more people watch it than Dynamite, what the hell you mean? Lmao

[@HeyitsWolverBean]

​@@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780about the same as that watches aew and NXT is developmental😅

[@superhighbr0]

Haven’t watched NXT in a while didn’t know they were coming to Bridgeport . I live In Bridgeport near the arena definitely going to go to show now

[@drewkilian]

You surely will not be disappointed my man

[@robdurfee6861]

NXT has been cooking for a minute now, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised

[@superhighbr0]

@@drewkilian was definitely not disappointed was a great show.Even though I’ve never seen most of the people on nxt, show was really easy to get into. wwe’s future is in good hands .

[@elizabeth3280]

I have no idea who anyone in NXT is but I had no choice but to click, watch this whole thing and like it because HBK is on it 😂

[@Teddy42O]

HBK is in the GOAT conversation & fun fact HBK loves Swerve Strickland ,was his favorite NXT guys & seen greatness in him

[@suplexorcist316]

This was great! Gotta love Shawn. I just recently started watching NXT again. It was hard to find time for it as there is so much wrestling on now. Glad I started watching again. It's been fantastic and I am excited for Saturdays show.

[@robertdasilva9346]

I could listen to you guys talk to Shawn for hours. Hearing Bully and him talk about how things were and experiences, to me keeps me wanting more. I would love for you to get Hunter on with Bully, Tommy and or Mark and listen. Thank you.

[@MacStoker]

same here ;-)

[@yungflav193]

NXT has easily been my favorite show to watch this year

[@crystalwater505]

Bane punches a pillar in The Dark Knight Rises.

[@ianmacgregor4709]

I’m not gonna lie, bubba in nxt with Shawn helping out the talent is something I really want now.

[@felatioable]

Funny how Shawn is working with another writer who’s also named Russo like he did with Vince Russo using the attitude era. Strange life coincidences

[@crog8019]

LEGIT 2023 BOOKER OF THE YEAR

[@cosmicking7979]

Id say NXT is the best all around Wrestling show this year, they have the talent, they have the stories, they have everything you want and more

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

FULL OF NOBODIES

[@philo2189]

Lmao it's so bad what are you saying

[@robdurfee6861]

@@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780yea Baron Corbin, Dragunov, Tyler Bates and Bronn Breaker are nobodies, sure pal

[@robdurfee6861]

@@philo2189you’re such an AEW shill bro, I hope it doesn’t make you a bitter angry man over a scripted fake sport

[@philo2189]

@@robdurfee6861 I'm a aew shill bc I said a show that's bad is bad? I watched NXT this past Tuesday's. It's single handedly some of the worst television I've ever seen. Tf is a chase university? All these dumb scripted characters who cut cringe ass promos. That show sucks dude.

[@p__wing]

Still the 🐐 IMO

[@victoriawejko]

I love listening to these two talk, so clear they both have a deep respect and understanding of rhe business

[@nativerambler9818]

Love hbk so much. And after all these years, im still so happy to see Bully on my tv.

[@yusufgazi7]

Shawn still saying Bubba Ray, which is what Bully Ray should be called

[@Immortalangel14]

That's how he knows him

[@montc308]

"That's what innovation is, it's not what we used to do , it's about what we're gonna start doing " Shawn Michaels G.O.A.T ish .Somebody tell Jim Cornette to relax and adopt this quote.

[@grantslater861]

Hunter needs to have Shawn book the womens roster on the main roster not just NXT 💀

[@ricbulow]

I truly wonder, if Shawn would've said yes to come back and work for WWE, had it been Raw or Smackdown, where the superstars does not revolve and change as much as they do in NXT. I feel that might've been the main selling point for him to grab the chance: That he gets to try new things almost on the weekly.

[@princebowie9950]

Great interview with hbk

[@severedmetalband]

I am so damn glad you finally pulled your heads out and started doing a KZbin share! Thank you! Now do the whole 3 hours

[@jeremyreed4951]

My son and I were just discussing how we miss the days where you'd have a ref take a bump then come out of it to give that final, slow, desperate, dramatic, 3 count Ala Earl Hebner. When done right they were so intense and could draw a lot of emotion from the crowd whether for the babyface who's overcome run ins and cheating or the heel who's been getting his ass whooped the whole match just to win by the skin of his teeth.

[@WillS724]

I feel the main thing with nxt is that they rarely do silly things to take you out of the moment..like having someone's MOTHER interfere in a championship match

[@chillbest14]

😂😂😂

[@KalEl1358]

Well, WWE has use a man dressed as a turkey and many other things. I guess your short minded and forget things fanboy. 🤣🤣🤣

[@WillS724]

@KalEl1358 well I SAID Nxt didn't i??

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

hahahaha so true remember Eugene the hurricane mae young having mark Henrys baby @@KalEl1358

[@philo2189]

Bro what? Chase University???

[@alesitercrimson24]

WWE NXT has the best women wrestling in the United States

[@KalEl1358]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jabarinath2452]

Impact might disagree

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

do they wrestle naked then 😆😆😆 all womens wrestling sucks

[@philo2189]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@AteCerealWithNoMilk]

Nah , actually bro got a point. The stories and TV time for these women in NXT are definitely top notch. If I'm a woman wrestler looking for my shine on one of the biggest platforms I would heavily consider NXT for starters and NXT is WWE so at anytime I can tangle with the top women stars from the main roster to prove I belong if I'm just getting my feet wet in the WWE. Any other company I would either get lost in the shuffle to already made stars or have to damn near kill myself to be recognized

[@ralphso5567]

Papa Shawn vs Papa Haitch. book it Bully

[@yusufgazi7]

They're best friends lol

[@ralphso5567]

@@yusufgazi7 I'm joking lol, HHH physically can't wrestle. Shawn haven't wrestled for a decade and Bully isn't a booker

[@jamesgroover4643]

Really like the hell out of Wes Lee. Seems like a genuine, good, young man 👍

[@scarfade1635]

commentators are just as much more important as the referee

[@qaylarceus8385]

05:35 Bully ask the right question, especially to HBK that well known for his political games

[@tiakitair135]

This might be the best wrestling podcast I've seen

[@chibethename]

WWE NXT is Definitely Much Better than aewcw 2.0 Both Shows Plus get to Know NEW Stars on the Rise NXT Deadline will be GREAT this Saturday on Peacock 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nWo4life]

lol AEW = WCW SON The son aspires to be like the father one day WCW was the Biggest wrestling company in the world beating the WWF for 83 weeks in the ratings wcw in north korea The attendance was Day One: 165,000 Day Two: 190,000 Hogan vs. Goldberg = 44,000 attendance in the United States in the main wrestling market

[@Dfgelite92]

​@@nWo4lifeLMAO AEW will never, ever come close to WWE as a global entity. They lost Cody Rhodes, CM Punk , Brian Pillman Jr. and Jade Cardgill. Ricky Starks and Andre El idolo are on deck. Even the The Hardyz old asses are upset there. Aew is not the place to be obviously 😂

[@crystalwater505]

Shawn was a wrestler? I only know him as the leader of NXT.

[@raymondtipton7243]

Was you just born?

[@wardahmad242]

❤❤❤HBK❤❤❤

[@xavierpark5937]

All the nxt and hbk haters are weird

[@vagabond4576]

NXT is a bunch of new guys an girls hungry to get that success. Of course most wont find their perfect gimmick yet but putting their 100% into it makes up for the lack of it until they do find it.

[@AteCerealWithNoMilk]

Well on that main event for the TNT championship, it was a excellent match. But like i said after, i didn't like how the ref popped up so quickly to count the pinfall. And how did Wayne's mother just walk down the ramp without security? She's not a member of the roster story wise. So she just freely was chilling in the back while her son , who is a active member was out due to the chair spot. Usually family members are in the crowd front row for a type of interference. So it's like welp thats Nick Wayne's mom coming from the back where the other wrestlers are thats cool. It was so obvious what her intentions were.

[@erickort1987]

bully ray is a star wars fan?

[@SmittyCity15]

As far as your review on Edge and Christian. His mom doesn't need to be involved in the story at all. It's been stupid from the start.

[@DeadBoyKo]

wes lee earned a chance to be nxt champ at some point when he comes back

[@clackman622]

The AC and CC match finish was literally a copy paste of her sons heel turn. LAME!!

[@jordank5328]

Shawn went from being one of the most unreasonable and unpleasant guys in the business to seeming like the most normal, level headed. Wild

[@johnny8771]

He is far from right...

[@godking311]

Yall gotta stop calling Punk a flavor of the week. He's a bonafide legend

[@crazyherorise]

It's hard to watch nxt

[@Trunks7500]

Let’s go

[@theraVen27]

Cut the dead weight. You know her shoes always do lower numbers. Fire thunder

[@adampaccione1419]

Ummm!

[@JR-The_Godfather_of_Horsepower]

1 critique that I would offer would be just to have someone let the crowd know that, although we appreciate the enthusiasm during the show, we'd appreciate it if we could not chant "Holy $hit" as it mutes the show for the people watching us live on television at home, and mutes the announcers. Have fun, and enjoy the show! That would take maybe 30 seconds to do, and would make watching even better. Also, maybe tone down Booker T or replace him. I mean, how many times can he say "Oh Wow, Oh Yeah, Oh Man" and the other half of the time you can't understand a word he's saying. I know Booker is a valuable asset but at some point it just becomes unbearable to listen to him, and it gets worse every week.

[@robdurfee6861]

I’ve grown used to him actually, but tbf he’s a lot easier to handle when you’re stoned🤣

[@misterknightowlandco]

Nxt is the best wrestling show ever by any means but it sure beats AEW… but so does 93/94 WCW so that’s not saying much 😂

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

AEW IS WAY BETTER MORE KNOWN DOESNT BEAT IT AT ALL

[@nWo4life]

WCW 1993 1994 with Ric Flair, Sting, Vader and Hogan Better than WWE now

[@nWo4life]

lol AEW is A real wrestling company, not a developmental show AEW ..>> NXT

[@misterknightowlandco]

@@nWo4life you’re 100% right AEW is a real wrestling company… a real shitty one… but it’s “real”. 😂

[@misterknightowlandco]

@@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780 hitler was well known too…

[@user-oq7lt5kn3m]

He is just being a Heel I loved the main event

[@georgechristianjr]

US legit wrestling fans get it its the AEW only marks who dont

[@robdurfee6861]

There are a couple of them in this very comment section

[@Ryan-rm7qz]

S .M. turned into his dad over night

[@truthhurtseverybody1289]

HBK "I'm Christian throwing up dual devil horns."Smh. #matthew7v15

[@joeylav2899]

The Black and Gold was the best NXT. Not this Mickey Mouse shit.

[@AntiClownWorld]

Christian man Shawn Michaels throwing up the devil horns. Interesting.

[@DavidRockvoice]

Jesus doesn't approve this gesture, Shawn.

[@As-go6ho]

Jesus doesn't know who shawn is ..

[@Watchman797]

He also doesn’t approve of wwe but people think they mix the two

[@DateMike22]

It's not the best wrestling show but I can respect Shawn's opinion because it's his brand now.

[@charlesdixonjr5284]

It’s his opinion and some weeks it is the best wrestling show ok

[@ExodusPhoeniX]

Ok AEW

[@cmoney8526]

@@charlesdixonjr5284 facts. top 2-3 show every week. some weeks its the best. usually has one or two of the best matches on national tv each week. They try different things and push the WWE style to it's limit sometimes. It is developmental, so sometimes you get mis-casting as heel or baby, or they put the belt on someone who isn't ready; but that's because it's developmental. Overall quality show and i always look forward to Tuesday nights

[@JohnSmith55567]

@@charlesdixonjr5284 nxt is so boring

[@David54176]

nxt is garbage

[@otgomario]

Dude no lie that lee promo on nxt got me. I FELT that promo

[@denniscrowley3786]

I don't think its the best show

[@R194st]

They should cancel nxt

[@MysticKing777]

NXT is getting higher ratings than Rampage and Collision so I guess you think AEW should cancel both of those shows as well?

[@R194st]

@@MysticKing777 cancel your self

[@xavierpark5937]

​@@R194st Okay

[@MegaMijit]

i love nxt but spoiler alert, its not the best wrestling show.

[@As-go6ho]

it's all subjective

[@YourContentSucks.]

It's definitely not, but he's also paid to say that, so.

[@nWo4life]

AEW >> NXT

[@KalEl1358]

HBK has always being overrated. And then with all of his flukes inside and outside the ring it's hard to take him seriously.

[@aewfan7665]

AEW is the best wrestling company in the world Tony Khan is a genius

[@raymondtipton7243]

AEW sucks

[@David54176]

NXT is the most boring show in the history of wrestling

[@WillS724]

And we found our aew mark

[@TomMark5443]

I love Shawn Michaels..he is a legend.. but I'm sorry nxt sucks

[@detmorales9151]

Of course he thinks NXT is the best wrestling show right now because he's a WWE employee 🤣

[@R194st]

Nxt ratings dropped, I don't know what ya'll watching but the show is garbage

[@Stephanie11598]

AEW >> WWE WWE sucks

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

only kids watch WWE