AEW’s Ace Steel Has High Praise For Two NXT Stars

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Ace Steel has been in the news a fair bit since last September due to his involvement in the AEW/CM Punk situation.

The latest update on that is that Punk and Steel are both reportedly going to be heavily involved in creative for AEW Collision, despite all the turmoil that’s played out.

Nevertheless, before we get to the Collision debut on June 17, Steel appeared on Fightful’s Wrestling Perspective show and spoke about a couple of NXT stars he saw big things in when he was a trainer there before joining AEW in 2022.

Firstly, he spoke about two-time NXT Champion Bron Breakker, saying:

“Steiner (Bron Breakker) didn’t have much training whatsoever, but he had something you could tell it was a no-brainer. When he gets in the ring and runs the ropes, he runs the ropes like his dad (Rick Steiner).

“If you study wrestling, as we do, we’re like, holy s**t. He runs just like Rick and sounds like Scott (Steiner). I don’t know if he does math, like Scott, but he certainly sounds like it, but he’s the blue chipper; eventually, it will hit.”

Steel also discussed the potential he saw in new NXT Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton, saying:

“Tiffany Stratton, when she came in. I think she was a CrossFit athlete. I don’t remember her background exactly, but I knew right away. I looked at her and wondered, if they don’t hire this girl, what the hell are they looking for?

“Because sometimes the trials were geared towards, we’re looking for stars, or we need people that, you know, could fill the roster, you name it.

“Tiffany Stratton, for one, could do anything physically. So it’s just putting her mind to it, to the character, and look what she’s done, just brilliantly, you know, she’s back on TV after a little bit of a hiatus, but she’s got the character down, and that’s stuff you can’t teach.

“Like, where is that? Like, she’s a quiet girl, and she’s not loud. She’s not boisterous. You don’t know she’s in the room, at least from what I’ve seen around her, but she pulled that character out when they said you’re going to be daddy’s little girl.”

Stratton became NXT Women’s Champion at NXT Battleground, winning the tournament final against Lyra Valkyria after Indi Hartwell vacated the title.

Stratton’s first challenger will be decided on tomorrow night’s June 6 episode of NXT in a battle royal.

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