Whereas present NXT Ladies’s Champion Tiffany Stratton is keen to get her essential roster name up regardless of how profitable she’s been within the WWE developmental program, Ilja Dragunov, regardless of clearly being prepared for the leap, is in no hurry.
Right here’s what he advised Busted Open Radio in a current interview when requested about it:
That’s an excellent query, and I get these questions usually in interviews and that is at all times about having a particular aim. I’ve no opinion on this. So on the opposite aspect, I might say if I might keep in NXT for some time, it’s nothing that makes me sad as a result of I’m not in a rush. I’ve solely loved the journey. I’m solely having fun with not at all times to know all the things and simply see all the things in entrance of me, being shocked, being challenged. Like, the shock of life in all this journey is probably the most treasured factor to me. As a result of if I might know all the things, it might simply be like aim after aim after aim. That’s not what artwork is all about. This enterprise is efficiency artwork. And I’m an artist one hundred pc.
Dragunov would possibly as nicely be a farm for excellent matches, as he’s completed nothing however tear the home down with just about each opponent whereas he’s been in NXT. This week, he’s scheduled to wrestle Wes Lee to find out the highest contender to Carmelo Hayes’ NXT championship. A win would earn Dragunov a rematch from “The Nice American Bash.”
Both means, he appears simply fantastic doing no matter is requested of him and making absolutely the most of it.
