TJ Perkins Discusses His WWE Contract, The Benefits Of Having An NXT Deal, More

Former Cruiserweight Champion, TJ Perkins recently spoke with WrestlingInc.com where he discussed his WWE contract being an NXT deal and more.

On being known as the ‘first ever’ Cruiserweight Champion:

“I think because it was a different lineage, it’s kind of hard to explain without using a full sentence. So, they needed something that would fit on an index card-size writeup. It’s hard to say, ‘First-ever Cruiserweight Champion within the last 10 years of this generation only because we started a new title and are doing something totally different.’ That’s kind of hard to put on one thing, so you know what, just call him First-Ever,” said Perkins.

On his contract being an NXT contract:

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“We all had NXT deals. Mine was pretty big. They offered me two raises before I actually had a deal because they thought I might go somewhere else. I remember getting more than what was normal, but it was still an NXT deal,” said Perkins.

On the benefits of having an NXT deal:

“If you’re on NXT and you’re wrestling on the main roster, that’s the best-case scenario because you’re making a lot extra and getting to keep a lot of it because you don’t have to handle rental cars and stuff like that,” revealed Perkins before adding that WWE could have done more to help the reputation of the cruiserweights with things like merchandising.

“I did really well at the gate. I think even to this day none of the cruiserweights lucked out as much as what I got initially. I got like six shirts and two action figures and some of the guys are just getting their first shirts and figures now, which sucks. That’s something that could have really helped the perception of the cruiserweights in terms of the fans if there was more stuff like that put out.”