Rockstar Spud On If He Knew Vince Russo Was Working For TNA, Bully Ray Leaving, Spike TV - TNA
As noted earlier, AlternativeNation.net's Entertainment section has up a new in-depth interview with Rockstar Spud where Spud discusses meeting Vince Russo, Bully Ray's TNA status, 'This Is Awesome' chants in WWE, his knowledge regarding TNA's future tapings beyond Bound For Glory, AJ Styles, SpikeTV, Dixie Carter and much more. You can read the full interview by clicking here, below are some highlights:
Meeting Vince Russo:
"I didn't actually know that Vince was with TNA, up until fairly recently obviously. He was a nice gentleman, it was just a couple of dudes talking about pro wrestling really, and that was it. I mean, I'm pretty sure it was blown out of proportion more than it was, it was just a couple of dudes that met up and spoke about professional wrestling. It's sad when anyone leaves the company, but as I said, that's the wrestling business, sadly."
'This Is Awesome' chants heard in other promotions like WWE:
"You see these matches that everybody is chanting, 'This is awesome! This is awesome!' It's kind of like, (disinterested) oh, having a great spectacle, but are you going to pay to see it again? Nah, I've seen it man. And that's what really bugs me about it, my job is to get you pay money to see me get my ass kicked. It's not for me to turn up and have a 5 star match. My job is to have you come and pay money to see me get beat up, and that's it."
Rumors that Bully Ray will leave TNA:
"It would be a tremendous loss if Bully Ray had to depart from TNA, but let's see who is going to step up and take that place. This is the wrestling business, when one opportunity falls away, it's another opportunity for somebody else. So it would be good to see who steps up from there, but if he leaves the company, would I be disappointed? Absolutely, but like I said, it would be interesting to see who stepped into that role."
TNA's status with Spike TV:
"Management is great at communicating to us what is going on, where we're at with negotiations, and it's awesome because we have that kind of report with the offices here in TNA. With the move back to Wednesday, which I think is fantastic, because Spike has been a tremendous partner for TNA, and always has been the whole tenure with them."