During his run on the second season of "NXT," Low-Ki was interestingly paired with two "Pros," Michelle McCool and Layla, Team Lay-Cool, which the inaugural ROH World Champion fondly looked back on. "Working with Layla and working with Michelle McCool? It was relaxing because they were so goofy that they would actually tone down my intensity," he recalled. Despite this, Low-Ki explained he had no misconceptions about the gameshow, and claimed he didn't treat anyone like a friend and understood that those above were bad people. "So, for those two women to actually be as goofy as they were? They were friendly. They weren't headaches – I would help them too."

Low-Ki further claimed that they ended up developing a friendly chemistry but expressed that they were all being manipulated by the "morons" in management and recalled how the segment of Layla's impromptu kiss caused some issues in his private life. "They didn't tell me that was coming and I have a girlfriend at the time," he said. "So, you try explaining that to somebody you're with, that they just watched that on national television and you didn't know it was coming?" Low-Ki further slammed management for this decision, and noted that he didn't have any issues with Lay-Cool personally, and how he eventually became their protector.