Jay Lethal Discusses His Release From TNA And More

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Jay Lethal was on Online World of Wrestling Radio and Discussed TNA:

On speaking with Randy Savage for the first time and what Randy Savage thought of the impression: "The first conversation we had lasted for five minutes. It was a three way call because I did not believe that it was it was really the macho man, as the guy was trying to get me to believe it was really him. He told me he liked the stuff, he didnt see it on TV, but saw it on youtube, I didn't think I offended him, I think I annoyed him, as this fan was calling him, as I am a fan of Macho Man, its very weird to have a fan call you, just to talk."

On the famous promo with Ric Flair on Impact: "After the segment, I got to the locker room first and I was so nervous that my hands were numb and I was waiting for Flair to come back through the curtain, cause I didnt know what he thought of it, I dont know if he thought it was good, before flair came back everyone was applauding because they liked it, I thought they just thought it was funny, but when Ric Flair came back through the curtain he had the biggest smile that I have ever seen in my life, I walked up to him and hugged and then I knew it was okay."

On who he thinks made the decision to release him from his TNA Contract: "I dont know who makes the decision, but I can only speculate that it came from dixie carter herself, as the owner of the company, it had to go through to her at some point. All I know is that at some point as the owner of the company, in time it has to come through you."

On receiving the phone call about his release: "I was called by Head of Relations Terry Taylor while at a baseball game. I should have seen it coming, as I hadn't been on TV in five months. It wasn't like, 'Hey, Jay Lethal, you messed up, I honestly believe it was we have nothing for you. We kept you long enough with getting paid, its just now time to clean up and make some cuts.'"

On being apart of TNA Destination X: "I was originally was suppose to be apart of the Destination X PPV, even before I was release. After I was released, I was also scheduled to be apart of it, but that fell through."


Credit to Pro Wrestling Dot Net

Was always a fan of Lethal, and it sucked to see him go. He was actually given a few really good pushes over the year which made it more surprising that he was released. Could see him in the WWE at some point, he's a good worker, and can hold his own on the mic. Would prob get repackaged with some sort of gimmick and spend some time in FCW before getting called up though.
 

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i liked him too, hopefully he finds work elsewhere