Lexis King: WrestleMania Is Inevitable, It’s Destiny

Lexis King believes WrestleMania will happen in due time. 

Lexis King (formerly Brian Pillman Jr) is just getting started in NXT after making his in-ring debut at NXT Halloween Havoc. King is a second-generation superstar who is not looking to follow in the footsteps of his father Brian Pillman, but instead wants to create his own path. 

Speaking to Booker T on the Hall of Fame podcast, King was asked where he eventually sees himself in WWE. 

“I’m not one of those…everybody is like, ‘Oh, it’s my dream.’ Everybody has their WrestleMania moment dream. I wouldn’t say I’m one of those people that is ‘Oh my God, I have to be there.’ I just think it’s inevitable. I think it’s destiny. If I keep going on this path I’m on, it’s bound to happen. That moment is bound to be mine. Right now, it starts one foot in front of the other and it starts with becoming the biggest threat and becoming the king of NXT. Once I get to the main roster, everybody looks forward to that WrestleMania moment. I’m not going to sit here and say I lose sleep every night over it, because I know it’s going to happen. I know that everything in my life has happened for a reason and I didn’t suffer and go through all that suffering, all the bumps and bruises and injuries, my life and childhood, everything that has brought me here, to me, WrestleMania is inevitable. Nobody has the story that I have. Nobody has faced the adversity that I have. If it didn’t happen and if I never made it to WrestleMania, I would be 100% fine with that. After everything I’ve been through, I could be sleeping on the floor right now in a crackhouse, but here I am at NXT coming in, having a great debut, looking great, having already made a good living in wrestling and going further with it. The order of operations has been on par. From one place to the next, I’ve constantly moved up in this business. It’s inevitable I’ll be at WrestleMania, whether I’m in the main event or not, I don’t know. I’m going to play my part and run the play I’m chosen to run, and I’m going to be the best version of Lexis King that they’re ever going to see,” he stated.

On Tuesday’s NXT, Lexis didn’t give an answer when he was asked if he attacked Trick Williams. 

Elsewhere during the interview, Lexis explained why he took his stepfather’s last name. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

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