Lexis King Names Uriah Connors As Quarterback Of NXT’s BirthRight Faction: “He Puts Our Matches Together”

High praise for Uriah Connors.

WWE NXT’s BirthRight faction consists of Charlie Dempsey, Arianna Grace, Channing ‘Stacks’ Lorenzo, Lexis King, and Uriah Connors. The respective fathers of Dempsey and Connors, William Regal and Fit Finlay, sporadically appear on-screen with the group to provide advice and guidance.

King guest appeared on Busted Open After Dark and heaped praise on Connors. He stated that he is the group’s quarterback and added that Connors puts together the group’s matches.

“Uriah Connors, call him Brogan Finlay if you want. He is unreal. I like to call myself the face of the group. I mean, let’s be honest. But, he’s the mind of it all. There’s that natural wrestling ability. I don’t know if people can be born with it. I certainly didn’t grow up in the business. I think we’ve talked about this before. I was kind of shunned away from it. There was a lot of negative energy there with me so I didn’t get into wrestling, I didn’t start studying film and training until I was 23. But this kid, I’m sure he was in a ring at the age of 13 and he just has it in him. It’s just natural. He’s sort of our quarterback in that sense and he puts our matches together whenever it involves the group and stuff, and hell, even in my own work, I’m starting to go to him for advice and stuff because this business has evolved so much, and there’s a lot of differing advice, whether it’s the old school guys versus the new school guys and I think NXT, we have a younger audience, we have a younger roster. So we need a lot of that young, sort of indie flair to our work and our matches and I think Brogan just has the formula figured out. He also had a small tenure on the indies before he got here. He didn’t come here looking for a free lunch. Hell, he failed his first tryout, I think. So, WWE said, hey, you’re not cutting it. They weren’t gonna give him a free shot just because of who his dad was. His dad’s a coach here. He should have been able to walk in, right? Nepotism, but no, he tried out, he failed, he came back like a year or so later. I’m not too sure on the dates on that but, he finally earned his shot and he continues to grow. He’s been continuing to get in shape and to mold his physique…”

King is the reigning WWE Men’s Speed Champion. He last defended the belt on the June 2nd NXT against Romeo Moreno.

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