Bo Dallas as NXT Champion

By Scott Keith on 21 August 2019

Question: when Bo Dallas was NXT champion in 2013 (and at that time the longest reigning NXT champion), what did Triple H and others see in him that the rest of us did not? I remember William Regal really trying hard to put him over on commentary even though the fans at Full Sail were having none of it.

Thank you!

Different time, different expectations. He was a holdover from FCW when NXT was still ostensibly a developmental territory, and he was a guy they were trying to develop. Plus as a third generation guy with a major pedigree, he had a lot of upside. Unfortunately, he never really lived up to any of it and his in-ring couldn't keep up with the good personality and charisma he showed early on.