AEW star Blake Christian has laid claim to the Axiom character…sort of.
Speaking to the In The Weeds podcast, Christian stated that he was originally supposed to portray the character, which was thought of being more like a superhero.
“They approached me when I first went and they were like, ‘We want this type of character.’ I’m open-minded for anything,” he said.
Although there was a lot of talks and planning, things never happened for Christian.
“When (NXT) 2.0 came around they were like, ‘We’re going to do it now. This is a perfect character for this show.’ I came up with a suit design and a name. It just didn’t happen. Well, it did happen, but it didn’t happen with me,” he said.
Riley Osborne, who would later join Chase University, was slated to become Axiom’s masked nemesis, a Green Goblin like character.
Carlos Ruíz left NXT UK to join NXT proper in 2022 and became Axiom.
“I think the person they gave it to is great and he’s done a great job, maybe even better than I could have done. I’m happy to see it still alive and doing as well as it’s doing,” Christian said.
