Shawn Michaels walking around backstage helping you figure out how to wrestle. Are you kidding me? I'm hanging out with Luciano Pavarotti talking about singing.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to After the Bell. I am still Corey Graves and I am feeling absolutely glorious this morning joining me to navigate the waters of the city.

I'm on this road to WrestleMania, the voice of NXT 2.0, the George 2.0, my Jerry. Vic Joseph, Vic, what's the word, my friend?

Well, good day to you, Mr. Graves. I'm just more excited as we inch closer and closer to NXT stand and deliver as we inch closer and closer to WrestleMania Saturday and WrestleMania Sunday.

It's that season and it just gets a little more exciting as the time goes on and we get closer to the most stupendous to night WrestleMania in history.

Being completely open and honest as we do our best to be here on ATB, I just finished watching NXT 2.0 right before we sat down to start record.

So it's fresh on my mind. It was amazing to see Robert Rude return to his glorious entrance and persona. We'll get deep into NXT 2.0. There's a lot to get to but before we get there, I want to say thanks to everybody that checked out last week, our very special Scott Hall, Razor Ramone tribute.

I got a lot of great feedback. It seemed like a lot of people really had a fun time taking that trip down memory lane like you and I got to do last week, Vic.

I got a stuff that was sent to us was artwork from people people that shared their personal stories and I think you talked about it last week that it was an ability for you and I Alex Dan to come out and let loose a little bit have a little bit of fun celebrate the man that Scott Hall was and the character of Razor Ramone and I think that actually transcended to all those that listen.

And so thank you for the feedback. Thank you for all those that listen and thank you for sharing your thoughts and memories on Scott Hall.

No doubt about it Scott Hall and Razor Ramone will live on in our hearts and memories forever. He will be present this upcoming massive weekend.

The most dopendous two night WrestleMania in history we're going to talk about things that went down on Monday night raw, what may go down on Friday nights back down. But as I mentioned a few moments ago NXT 2.0 is fresh on my mind, Vic got to be fresh on yours.

It is in look. It's interesting because I asked Wade Barrett so I want to ask your thoughts on this you take a look at the landscape of NXT 2.0 and those that watch NXT realize that some of the superstars have really only been competing for six months.

Seven months we talk about Braun Breaker he's had less than 30 matches Tony Dianzo definitely less than 30 matches.

And it starts to dawn on me and I asked Wade it has to mean so much to some of these superstars men and women that they want to be part of stand in deliver because look stand in deliver just to be honest is the biggest show NXT 2.0 is ever done NXT 2.0 has never left or Lando.

It's now going to Dallas the American Airlines arena this is going to be the largest audience for lack of a better term that some of these talent have ever seen.

And they all have that feeling of I want to be part of this I don't want to be left out and I think you had to a feel kind of the same thing when you were in NXT and it's got to be that butterfly nervous feeling inside a lot of their stomachs right now.

The butterflies right now in guys like a like a Braun Breaker or even the Tony Dianzo low these guys are going to get their first taste of the massive spotlight they're not butterflies or they're tear dactyls right now.

But as I was watching NXT 2.0 this morning it started to draw comparisons in my mind and remind me of what the genesis of NXT felt like.

There was a weird transition period and very rarely does a company or a brand go through a full blown transition on television usually television show has an off season or you know you write a character off and then you come back next season WWE as we all know 365 days a year year round there is no off season.

So to transition from what we knew and loved NXT as to what NXT 2.0 has become to me watching this week sort of felt from an outsider's perspective like it's beginning to hit its stride and it reminded me in a good way of the earliest days of NXT to your point we're still not familiar with a lot of these characters most of these characters are not veterans of the game with the exception of a tamasso champ or Dolph Ziggler who will be joining us shortly the new NXT champion.

You don't have a ton of experience in the ring on your screen and of course you've got Gunther and Imperium and a lot of guys who have been world traveled but just as frequently you've got someone like a Tony D'Angelo or on the women's side of things Tiffany Stratton who is in this business green as grass.

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