Mark Andrews has tipped Tegan Nox to come back better than ever and become the first Welsh singles champion in WWE – pipping him to the post!
Speaking with Inside The Ropes‘ Lead Writer Gary Cassidy, Mark Andrews opened up about his friendship with Tegan Nox, dating right back to when both stars burst onto the scene.
“Oh, Tegan’s the best. I mean, as a person, she’s one of my best friends when we were coming up in the indies. Obviously we live on the other side of the world from each other now, so we don’t get to hang out as much, but Tegan is the best! She’s someone who was a real integral part to our little group of wrestlers growing up – the Attack! Group. You know, we always talk about kind of like the five of us being me, Pete, Eddie Dennis, Wild Boar and Flash – but she’s like the sixth. You know, she came in a bit later, she started after, she’s a bit younger – but she was the sixth member, really.”
Andrews joked that he owes Knox a lot of driving – saying the NXT star is a “morale booster” for anyone around her.
“We spent every weekend together travelling up and down the country. I owe her so many miles of driving because I didn’t pass my test until, like, years later! She drove me up and down the country every weekend so I am in debt to her for that. But, yeah, she’s just a great person and I think she’s a great person around. She’s just a morale booster.”
When it comes to professionalism, though, ‘Mandrews’ – one half of the first-ever Welsh WWE champions – said he “can’t wait” for the world to see what Nox can do, saying she hasn’t even scratched the surface due to her setbacks.
“In the ring, I just… I can’t wait ’til the WWE Universe can fully see all of her potential. Don’t get me wrong, they’ve seen her in the ring. They know she’s a great wrestler. But she hasn’t been able to really hit her stride yet because of all these setbacks, because of her injuries.”
The NXT UK star added that he knows Tegan Nox is a future NXT Women’s Champion – but said he has some big hopes for the moment it happens.
“I know that when she does come back and when she really goes in her stride… I mean, I like to boast to people about being one half of the first Welsh champions in WWE. I think she’s going to beat me to be the first Welsh singles champion because there’s no doubt she’s going to win that NXT Women’s Championship. I just hope that it can be in the Millennium Stadium in Wales. That’s where I want it to happen. I feel like after all the kind of bumps in the road that she’s had over the last few years, she deserves a moment like winning the championship in the Millennium Stadium in Wales. That’s what I hope she gets anyway. But, yeah, she’s outstanding. And I really I really can’t wait for the world to see that.”
You can read the full interview here.
Thanks to Mark Andrews for taking the time and to WWE United Kingdom for facilitating the chat. You can follow Mark Andrews on Twitter for more. You can watch Mark Andrews every week on NXT UK, which is available via the WWE Network at 8pm every Thursday, then on BT Sport every Friday. You can also check out Mark Andrews’ new podcast ‘My Love Letter To Wrestling via BBC Sounds here.