Sam Roberts has spoken out regarding his comments made at NXT Takeover: Phoenix about Bianca Belair, saying people discussed how he handled the situation after the show, but he won’t apologize for his personal opinion.

For those that didn’t see the NXT Takeover pre-show, Roberts said Belair was not worthy of being on a Takeover event yet, and she didn’t stand a realistic chance of winning. Roberts’ comments were met with harsh criticism, and some fans even said he was being fed lines to cause a stir.

Roberts denied anyone told him what to say, saying WWE brings him in to have an opinion, and in that moment he had a ‘crisis of conscience’ and decided to say exactly how he felt. Roberts went on to say despite the backlash, he couldn’t apologize for his opinion, and might change his mind about Belair being ‘worthy’ at the next Takeover event in April:

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(Transcription credit to WrestleYard)