Tyler Breeze Reveals Request From Jushin Thunder Liger Before WWE NXT Match

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Former WWE star Tyler Breeze has recalled what Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger said to him ahead of their NXT match in 2015.

In a match that felt surreal at the time, Tyler Breeze faced off against Japanese wrestling legend Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger in the opening match of NXT TakeOver Brooklyn.

Speaking on A2D Radio,  Tyler Breeze recalled meeting Liger for the first time, backstage ahead of their bout.

Breeze noted that Liger told him to put the match together, as he wasn’t used to the NXT style.

Noting that everyone was happy about the final match, Breeze said:

“I end up getting to Brooklyn and I never met him,” he said. “I have no clue what he looks like. So I sit down in catering and there’s a guy who sits across from me.

“He’s an older Asian dude. You wouldn’t recognize anything about him and he’s sitting across from me. I just kind of stared at him and … so I just went, ‘Hey man! I think we’re working tonight.’

“He goes, ‘Please put the whole match together. I don’t really understand the style. Whatever you want to do.’ I’m telling him the match and he’s just being so ridiculously respectful on stuff.

“I went, ‘Hey, maybe this and then you go and grab my phone and then you lay up in the corner?’ 

“He goes, ‘Oh, thank you, thank you!’ No, no, no, thank you, man! It was literally just like that the whole time. Nothing but respect. Nothing but class.

“Everything in the ring was fantastic. Everybody was happy with it. He was happy with it.”

Earlier this month, Breeze returned to the ring for the first time since leaving WWE in 2021.

At the Next Generation Wrestling: Tennessee ‘Wrestle Wars’ independent event on July 8, Breeze defeated Matt Cross to become the new NGW: TN Champion.

Breeze has now opened up about his return to the ring following his multi-year hiatus, which you can read more about right here.

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