Ten months have gone by, and
Tom gets to get back to the business that he loves like a madman.
So it'll be cool, it's exciting for me, exciting for him.
Try to keep the camera off him cuz he's just gonna be smiling from ear to ear.
But it'll be good.
It'll be good. I'm glad he's back.
>> Today I'm making my return back to the ring.
Ten months ago, yesterday, I broke my ankle doing what I love,
which is officiating matches here at NXT.
And it's always been a dream of mine.
It's all I ever wanted to do.
>> That first night back in September of us going live on USA was a big moment.
Part of it felt,
it was a little bittersweet because we wanted Tom to be a part of it.
He was there and he's always been with us, but.
Now it's just really sweet that Tom gets to walk out there on live TV,
on USA, and just kind of enjoy the fruits of his labor.
And it's so good to have him back.
>> For me coming to refereeing as a retired pro wrestler,
I knew that I had to hold myself to a high standard out of respect for
people like Tom Castor, who have been reffing for 20 years.
And now that Tom Castor is back, our whole team is gonna just hold ourselves back
to that standard that people like Tom Castor command.
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>> It feels great seeing Tom back.
Its ten months ago, so that's a long time.
Ten months in the making, to be away from this business and
even though we saw Tom around, at least, he just wasn't the same dude.
Seemed like the referee squad was insane.
But tonight he was able to put his gear back on and
walk out there in front of the whole show alive and he didn't miss a beat.
He picked up right where he left off.
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>> Definitely need a little bit more under my belt to feel how I used to but-
>> Tom, great job dude.
Love you, bro.
You killed it, man.
How did it feel?
>> Wow, out of body.
It's so weird, it's so weird.
>> You did great.
>> Thank you.
>> Which is weird.
>> You move quicker.
>> I did, I lost a little bit.
>> Welcome back, dude.
>> Thank you so much.
>> All right, bro, love you, too.
>> Yeah, just amazing.
I just wanna get more and more and more.
So we'll see where this goes.
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I love what I do and I love these guys.
And they've been with me this whole time and
this company has taken amazing care of me
throughout these ten months.
I'll forever be grateful to this company.
For giving me a job.
That I would do for free.
I'm just glad that my wife's okay.
I just wanna make everybody proud.
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