WWE Star Says Going To NXT ‘Helped Them Mentally’

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Following her recent title opportunity, WWE SmackDown star Michin says going to NXT “helped her mentally.”

In May 2024, Michin made a surprise appearance on WWE NXT and stuck around for multiple matches. This included competing in a multi-woman ladder match to crown the first-ever NXT Women’s North American Champion at NXT Battleground.

At the time, Michin wasn’t being featured on Friday Night SmackDown, and competing on the NXT brand allowed her to get more ring time.

In a new interview with Denise Salcedo of Instinct Culture, Michin explained why the NXT run helped her mentally. She said:

“I’m so thankful being able to go to NXT for a couple of months because I think for a while I was having matches maybe once every two months or three months.”

“I live in Dallas now, so I’m not close enough to the PC to get the rust off. Going to NXT, it felt like home. This is where I grew up in regard to my WWE career. It felt like I was back.”

“I was able to shed that layer of insecurity and self-doubt. ‘I’m here to wrestle, let’s wrestle.'”

On the new fresh crop of talent on the NXT brand, Michin said:

“We have a whole crop of new girls there. I want to lead them all, teach them whatever I can, and have fun. My mindset going in was to go wrestle and have fun.”

“It was cool to feel comfortable in the ring again so that when I went back to the main roster, ‘Yeah, I’m used to this. I can do this.'”

“Going to NXT helped me up here [points to mind]. That’s the big thing. Once you get [your mind] right, everything falls into place.”

“It’s nice to snatch the wig off and worry about my character, myself, and not have to worry about the edges. I feel like myself,”

Michin last wrestled in a loss to Nia Jax for the WWE Women’s Championship on the August 30 edition of SmackDown.

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