The former NXT Champion Trick Williams, is competing against the current champion Ethan Page for another shot at becoming NXT Champion on the premiere of NXT on The CW Network.
Williams, spoke to Chris Van Vliet ahead of his NXT Championship match, where he spoke about multiple topics including his thoughts on winning the NXT Championship for the very first time, a potential main roster call-up, and he names who his future dream match is against.
NXT Championship
Williams, defeated Ilja Dragunov on April 23, 2024, during NXT Spring Breakin’ to become NXT Champion for the very first time. He went on to hold Championship gold for 74 days until he eventually lost the championship to the current champion, Ethan Page.
In speaking, about his crowning moment, Williams made sure to put over Ilja Dragunov and said the moment in which he won will “be hard to duplicate.”
“Unreal. First things first shout out to Ilja Dragunov, who I would say really took my career to the next level, especially at that time, all three to four of our matches showed people that I had that next level in me. The day I did take the title from Ilja Dragunov, it was a beautiful moment. I’m not sure if you saw but the whole arena was shaking from the ‘Whoop That Trick’ chants, people stomping, people screaming, people crying. It was unreal and the emotion that I felt in that ring at that time, it’s gonna be hard to duplicate because it was just 100% everybody was behind, and that’s a special moment. That’s why I wanted to do this.”
Main Roster Call-Up
Of course, the main goal for NXT talent is to get called up to Monday Night Raw or Friday Night Smackdown. Williams said he thinks about getting called up ” all the time,” although he is proud o being part of the NXT brand.
“I think about it all the time, but I’m happy where my feet are. I mean, NXT is on fire right now, arguably one of the better times NXT has ever seen. So with that, I’m proud to be here. I’m proud to be the face of NXT. Why are we going to CW? Why we got the biggest TV deal NXT has ever gotten? Why are we doing this traveling and stuff now? I’m part of it, and it feels good to say hey, we are part of something special here.”
Roman Reigns Dream Match
Williams, has accomplished many things so far in his young career, his is a former NXT North American Champion, NXT Champion and winner of the 2023 Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge. As noted above, he is still part of the NXT brand, but regardless, he shared that his future dream match is against The Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns.
“Roman Reigns, he’s the top guy in the business right now. I mean, shout out to Cody Rhodes, who is amazing. I’m glad that he finished and started his new story. But Roman, he’s the guy who’s been the cornerstone of the business for a while now. So if you don’t want to match with him, then you don’t really want to be here.”