WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk has named a current NXT name he believes will shock a lot of people.
With the likes of Oba Femi, Jordynne Grace, Trick Williams and Je’Von Evans joining the main roster, Raw and SmackDown fans are currently being introduced to the next generation of WWE stars.
Speaking with Complex News, Punk named Lexis King as an NXT star he believes will have a great career.
Believing that King has a lot of potential, Punk said:
“There’s still so many people that I think are like next up. Lexis King, I think is in line to do great things. He’s a lot different than a lot of those people (recent main roster call-ups), I think he has to almost work harder…
“Like an Oba Femi is obviously like a first round blue chip prospect, I think a guy like Lexis King is viewed more like me back in the day, where they look at him like ‘Okay, I don’t know if I get it.’
“He’s really open to ideas, his mind is not closed. He’s one of the guys that I think will shock a lot of people when it’s all said and done.
“When it’s time to hang up the boots, they can look back at his career and think, this is a guy who maybe I didn’t think much of when I first saw him, he put the work in, he busted his ass and he became really, really good.'”
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Lexis King – fka Brian Pillman Jr in AEW – joined NXT in August 2023. He notably won the NXT Heritage Cup from Charlie Dempsey in December 2024, reigning with the gold until April 2025.
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