Mr. Anderson Talks Being Buried By John Cena, If He Watches WWE, Punk, Orton & More

The Void has a great interview up with TNA's Mr. Anderson. Here are some highlights, you can check out the full interview at this link.

If he still watches WWE: "Very, very rarely. I try but? I'm a Fox News junkie and every once in a while I'll try to switch to MSNBC or CNBC or CNN, and I watch for a couple of minutes but I can't do it and turn back. I feel the same way about WWE."

If he has seen any of CM Punk's stuff: "That I have seen, and there's a case of letting a guy be himself and do his own thing, and he either sinks or swims of his own accord. I'm an old-school guy; if someone has an idea let them try it ? if it works, great; if it doesn't work, then you take them off TV. But you know, at that level, everyone's good enough that they're not going to go out there and just be awful. But you're not really allowed to do that at WWE.

"Over there, you have somebody literally sitting there telling you 'Okay, you're going to lock up with this guy, then you're going to back him into the corner, you're going to throw a punch, he's gonna duck it, he's gonna light you up and send you off, you reverse him but he'll ditch you with a hip toss?'. Here it's like, 'Here you go guys, now go put your match together', and then they will enhance it or add to it or say 'Maybe you should do this instead?' And that's the difference and it's very beneficial to the performer to work in an environment like that."

Differences between TNA and WWE: "At TNA everyone is treated like an adult. You're not an idiot, and you can think for yourself. At WWE, only certain guys are treated like that. Punk is one of them, Truth is another guy who seems to only be given bullet points as far as his promos go, and in my opinion, those guys are doing tremendous work.

"You can tell when the other guys are reading it off a script, because they're not actors. They're trying to play actors and what's on that paper is not necessarily what's in their heart, and it comes across as hokey, phony, pre-planned BS."

His thoughts on John Cena: "Besides some personal burials that have taken place? I'm just not a huge fan."

Backstage politics in WWE: "It's insane. If you do something wrong, no one will tell you you did something wrong. They'll smile to your face and say everything's fine, but? I'm an adult, if I did something wrong, come to me and tell me I did something wrong or am doing something wrong and I will work to change that, but I'm not a mind reader! But over there, it's just a huge game and you're constantly being mind-f-cked."

If Randy Orton was responsible for his WWE departure: "I've never said that, I don't know where it started, it's the telephone game at its finest. He definitely was the final straw, but by no means did I say he was the reason for me getting fired. I've said it time and time again, I was to blame for me being fired. I made the mistakes, I did the things I shouldn't have done, I said things I shouldn't have said. And that's it.

"Randy Orton – responsible for Mr Kennedy's firing?I was injured a few times at the hands of others and rather than come back and bury those individuals and point fingers and say 'He hurt me in a match,' I just came back and said 'You know what? This is wrestling, it's not ballet, I got hurt. Period'. Meanwhile, when I was off rehabbing, people were saying I'm injury-prone.

"If I take a sledgehammer to your knee, that doesn't make you injury-prone. If I smash you in the face with a baseball bat, that doesn't make you injury-prone. I just happened to be in a couple of situations like that, and wasn't around to defend myself when those burials were taking place. And then ? on top of that ? I said the things that I said and I did the things that I did, and the final straw was when I supposedly dropped Randy on his head, and I think at that point Vince just said 'I've had enough of it'.

"There were certain guys, and there were three or four of them, that were lobbying for a long time [to get rid of me] and he finally gave into it and said enough's enough."

Much more is contained in the interview, including whether TNA stars are reluctant to work with Jeff Hardy, you can check it out by clicking here.

Source: The Void