A lot comes with it. You’re the guy. The brand is on your shoulders. You’re at the forefront of everything: commercials, media, all this stuff. It’s a lot more stressful because, I’m trying to be PC here, but crap rolls downhill. If the show is not doing numbers, who is the first person they look at? It’s me, which is fine. I appreciate Shawn and everybody that I’m still strong enough to carry it and that’s why I won. I’m okay with that, but for sure, there is a lot that goes on that you don’t really know until you’re the champ,” he said. _____________________ Tony D's second interview discussing the struggles he had in his reign as NXT champ, the first was his interview with Denise Salcedo.   submitted by   /u/AlterTheSilverBird [link]   [comments]