Frankie Kazarian sees how lucky the next generation of wrestlers in NXT are by getting to work with Shawn Michaels every day.
The TNA star was a surprise entrant in a 25-man Battle Royal held on NXT over the summer. After his on-air appearance, Kaz shared a picture of himself speaking with Shawn Michaels backstage. He spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard about his recent appearance in NXT and shared more insight about his visit, and his own wrestling fandom.
“I learned an incredible [amount from watching him]. If you want to talk about tape study, Shawn, for my generation is — if he’s not #1, he’s 1A. It’s between him and Bret. Those guys are obviously, very, very connected, but they are connected in a way that they shaped my kind of generation of guys and who we liked. I was a Bret and a Shawn guy. It’s really hard to determine.
“But that whole day in …