Stark feels she has to find something unique about herself to be featured consistently.
Tonight’s episode of NXT on USA Network will feature a singles match between Zoey Stark and Meiko Satomura.
In past media interviews, WWE S.V.P. of Talent Development Creative, Shawn Michaels, has spoken highly of Stark and expressed that it’s only a matter of time before she heads to the main roster.
Ahead of her match on NXT, Stark appeared on Busted Open Radio with Bully Ray and Dave LaGreca and as the idea of heading to the main roster came up, Zoey admitted that there is fear of being lost in the shuffle if she’s called up. Zoey added that she has to find something unique about herself to make the powers that be want to feature her on a Raw or SmackDown.
1,000 percent (there is fear I could get lost in the shuffle on WWE’s main roster). Oh yeah. There’s always some fear in my head where there’s a little bit of insecurity where I’m scared of getting lost in that shuffle, especially now. Their roster, I feel, is pretty stacked. So, I really gotta find something that’s very, very unique about me where they have to say, no, put her out every single time.
Zoey recently had a conversation with Shawn Michaels about the main roster. Michaels expressed to Starks that he wants her and everyone else to focus on what their doing in NXT.
While she took that advice, she cannot help but think about what a future on the main roster could look like.
I just had a conversation with Shawn Michaels and he was saying that he really wants me and everybody else in NXT to really focus on what we are doing on NXT, what is next. Don’t think about 10 years from now, focus on now. But to be completely honest, every single day, I’m thinking about main roster. What do I need to do to get to main roster? Because that’s where we all wanna go. So yes, I am one thousand percent focused on tonight and I am gonna put out my best performance tonight but at the same time, I’m thinking about, okay, what do I need to do to get up there? So, it’s an everyday thought process for me.
Over the weekend, Stark wrestled on the main roster house shows and was part of Fatal 4-Way matches for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Zoey’s performance drew praise from the SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair.
In January, Stark competed in the women’s Royal Rumble and it meant the world to her to be trusted to ‘be in the ring with top stars’.
That was really emotional for me (being in 2023 women’s Royal Rumble). Just even going back now kind of makes me a little bit emotional because I’m busting my ass every single day at the Performance Center, being there for about five-to-eight hours a day and so to get that opportunity and to see that Shawn Michaels and Hunter and the whole creative team trusts me enough to be in the ring with their top superstars, that means the world to me. So it tells me that I’m doing something right.
After tonight’s NXT goes off the air, the Poisonrana Podcast crew will be reviewing the episode live on the POST Wrestling YouTube channel.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Busted Open Radio with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcriptions.
