Ilja Dragunov Names Shinsuke Nakamura, Seth Rollins, And Rey Mysterio As Potential Opponents
Ilja Dragunov has his sights set on some buzzworthy matches with a few top stars.
Ilja Dragunov has his sights set on some buzzworthy matches with a few top stars.
Former NXT UK Champion Ilja Dragunov is currently one of the top stars in NXT. He is the top contender to NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes’ title, and fans continue to speculate about a potential call-up to the main roster for the powerhouse. A number of fresh matchups would be waiting for him on Raw or SmackDown.
Speaking with Phil Strum on Under The Ring, Dragunov was asked to name some first-time opponents he’s like to potentially face in WWE.
“There are countless people. This company is filled with an unlimited amount of great talent, so there’s so many people I think I can create something special with. One of the people that comes to my mind is definitely Shinsuke Nakamura, people like Seth Rollins, who also have all this artistic expressive way with the people, and you see how over he is and all the attention he gets. Definitely, as long as the chance is still there, maybe one of the people who were the first I’ve been watching, like Rey Mysterio for example,” Dragunov said.
Dragunov recently stated that he wants to face Gunther at WrestleMania. Click here to see what he had to say.
Check out the card for the September 26 episode of WWE NXT here.
At NXT No Mercy, Dragunov will challenge Carmelo Hayes for the NXT Championship. Check out the card here.
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