It didn’t take long for Triple H to reach out to Ricky Saints following his AEW departure.
WWE NXT Superstar Ricky Saints was a recent guest on Cody Rhodes’ What Do You Wanna Talk About Podcast. During the conversation, Saints spoke about getting a phone call from Triple H following his AEW departure about joining the company.
“Hunter (was who called me about coming to WWE). Yeah. Triple H called me,” Ricky Saints revealed. “Just got off a flight to Seattle actually, and he called me and I was just like, ‘Uh,’ because I didn’t know the number, and it didn’t say Stamford or anything so I was like who is this? And I always answer it. Even if it’s an unknown, I’ll always answer…
“So Hunter calls me, I’m getting off this flight in Seattle and I can barely hear him. The airport’s so loud and he asks me, ‘Hey, would you wanna come in?’ And, ‘We’re interested,’ blah, blah. ‘We’d love to have you. You’re talented,’ X, Y and Z and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, sure. Hell yeah,’ and right as I’m getting on the tram, he says something about — he was like, ‘Raw or SmackDown’ and I was like, ‘Wait, what? What did you say?’
Ricky Saints had no problem starting in NXT
“And I was so scared to say, ‘Hey, could you repeat yourself?’ Because I know how it feels, that I said, ‘Yeah, yeah, for sure.’ Basically, what he was saying was, ‘Hey, we’re not gonna put you on Raw or SmackDown just yet…’ But he wanted me to meet Shawn (Michaels), and so that was like a big thing. I was like, ‘Of course I will. Yes, I would love that.’ That’s all I really wanted is just resources. I feel like I’m a rough diamond that just needs a little polishing.” [H/T: Fightful]
Saints will challenge Ethan Page for the North American Championship in a falls count anywhere match at WWE NXT’s Great American Bash.
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