Former WWE star Bobby Steveson (Damon Kemp) spoke with The Wrestling Classic on a number of topics, including his NXT Underground Match with Eddy Thorpe in June of 2023.
Steveson said, That was great. I think Eddy was getting there too [debuting for âNXTâ]. I think I was his first big feud. I was really familiar with him⌠Weâre pretty close now. We hang out on the outside.â
On planning the match:
âSo, planning the match, we heard that we were going to do an Underground match, and I guess I heard before that it didnât go over that wellâŚso, we had a lot on our plate. We were like the guinea pigs of hopefully bringing it backâŚWe wanted a good physical match; everything has to be laid in there. Eddy and I, we planned that match. Everything that was in that match, we put that together. We werenât told what they wantedâŚthe only thing we knew was the time⌠eight minutes.â
On bringing the Underground stipulation to NXT:
âWe thought of it as if they didnât do another match after this, we sucked. That day, we did a double taping. We were the last matchâŚeverything was stacked against us. We literally wrestled at 11 p.m. at nightâŚWe killed itâŚMe and Eddy take great pride in bringing NXT Underground back.â
You can check out Stevesonâs comments in the video below.
