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AJ Styles spoke with Mike Riker and Dave Lagreca on SiriusXM's Busted Open about being back in the main event with TNA Wrestling.
"It feels awesome. I'll tell you what feels better than being better in the main event; it's having the crowd behind you. They know what they want out of A.J. Styles now. They know what to expect, when before they did not know what to expect, they didn't know who I was or what to expect and to tell you the truth, I didn't. But I think these fans know who I am now and what I'm after and who I have to beat to get it and that's a great thing when you step into an arena and people are going crazy for you. It gives you that extra boost of energy that you can't explain until you step into the ring or you step onto the field where all these people are cheering for you. It's an amazing feeling."
Styles commented on the attitude in the TNA locker room.
"Not everyone is going to be happy. Not everyone is going to be happy with the storyline that they are in, that's just professional wrestling. Everyone wants to be at the top. Everybody thinks that they deserve more and you can't blame them. You're in a business where it's going to take its toll on them as they get older and they want to make as much money as they can and think they have the ability to but when you're not in that spotlight and believe me I know, it bothers you. I don't want to say that we all are like: 'This sucks,' because we're not. There are a lot of us just having fun but there is always going to be disgruntled guys in the back. It happens, it's a cycle. You have to go through your turn of: 'Oh crap, ok. Here we go.' It's one of those kinds of things. The locker room to me is not bad but it's never going to be perfect. I don't care where you're wrestling at."
Styles also discussed Kurt Angle being inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame.
"He's a machine. I know you guys must have heard that a million times but it's true. He is one of the best professional wrestlers in wrestling. He's got it all. He can get on the microphone and entertain you there or he can get you in the wrestling ring and do the same. I definitely think Kurt Angle deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. That's the things that bother me the most is that our Hall of Fame is that our guys are still wrestling. Ultimately wait until they are retired because they still have more work to do. Image all the good things you can say about them and then they have the match of there life after we induct them to the hall of fame. You got to bring that up. But those guys, Sting and Kurt deserve to be in the Hall of Fame and I have no bad feelings towards them because they are great guys."
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Wrestling legend Larry Zbyszko recently spoke with Steve and Scum of WGD Weekly. Here are some highlights from the interview:
The financial state of TNA:
“…They just made wrong decisions…from what I hear, Bob Carter…he had a hard time saying no to his daughter, Dixie…Finally, they blew so much money with no real results after ten years that Bob resigned and I think the mother took over and she is controlling the purse…From what I hear…this guy is now fired, this guy is now fired and if you wanna stay there you get a pay cut. Half the guys wrestling there are on food stamps. I was shocked when I heard that one…”
Where TNA has gone wrong creatively:
“…If you look at TNA today, I mean like ten years ago they had some great matches, AJ Styles vs. Chris Daniels, now ten years later, like six or seven months ago, I’m flicking through the TV and I stumble across TNA…and what’s the main event? AJ Styles vs. Chris Daniels, they’ve been wrestling each other for ten years. I couldn’t believe it…don’t these people understand…”
Eric Bischoff in TNA:
“….Eric, who listened to a couple guys, pulled something off, then took credit for it, but everything he’s been involved in since sinks because he doesn’t know and won’t listen…”
Sting being “lucky”:
“…Sting who was one of the luckiest men who ever lived, Sting couldn’t do a good interview, he couldn’t work good. We had to drop him from the ceiling for a year and dress him like the crow and not let him say a word to get one big match out of him…”
His relationship with and thoughts on Vince McMahon since once again working on occasion with WWE:
“ …I haven’t bumped into Vince…I’ve been doing some things, like at ‘Mania, but I was running around doing Axxess, and signings, and filming DVD’s…when they tape the NXT shows they film that right down the street here…but, I haven’t bumped into Vince yet. I haven’t seen him since 1981. I can’t wait to see him, it will be very nostalgic…He looks great, between you and me, he’s one of the best characters he’s got…Vince is a classic, he would die for his creation and his fans, you can’t take that away from him…”
"It feels awesome. I'll tell you what feels better than being better in the main event; it's having the crowd behind you. They know what they want out of A.J. Styles now. They know what to expect, when before they did not know what to expect, they didn't know who I was or what to expect and to tell you the truth, I didn't. But I think these fans know who I am now and what I'm after and who I have to beat to get it and that's a great thing when you step into an arena and people are going crazy for you. It gives you that extra boost of energy that you can't explain until you step into the ring or you step onto the field where all these people are cheering for you. It's an amazing feeling."
Styles commented on the attitude in the TNA locker room.
"Not everyone is going to be happy. Not everyone is going to be happy with the storyline that they are in, that's just professional wrestling. Everyone wants to be at the top. Everybody thinks that they deserve more and you can't blame them. You're in a business where it's going to take its toll on them as they get older and they want to make as much money as they can and think they have the ability to but when you're not in that spotlight and believe me I know, it bothers you. I don't want to say that we all are like: 'This sucks,' because we're not. There are a lot of us just having fun but there is always going to be disgruntled guys in the back. It happens, it's a cycle. You have to go through your turn of: 'Oh crap, ok. Here we go.' It's one of those kinds of things. The locker room to me is not bad but it's never going to be perfect. I don't care where you're wrestling at."
Styles also discussed Kurt Angle being inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame.
"He's a machine. I know you guys must have heard that a million times but it's true. He is one of the best professional wrestlers in wrestling. He's got it all. He can get on the microphone and entertain you there or he can get you in the wrestling ring and do the same. I definitely think Kurt Angle deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. That's the things that bother me the most is that our Hall of Fame is that our guys are still wrestling. Ultimately wait until they are retired because they still have more work to do. Image all the good things you can say about them and then they have the match of there life after we induct them to the hall of fame. You got to bring that up. But those guys, Sting and Kurt deserve to be in the Hall of Fame and I have no bad feelings towards them because they are great guys."
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Wrestling legend Larry Zbyszko recently spoke with Steve and Scum of WGD Weekly. Here are some highlights from the interview:
The financial state of TNA:
“…They just made wrong decisions…from what I hear, Bob Carter…he had a hard time saying no to his daughter, Dixie…Finally, they blew so much money with no real results after ten years that Bob resigned and I think the mother took over and she is controlling the purse…From what I hear…this guy is now fired, this guy is now fired and if you wanna stay there you get a pay cut. Half the guys wrestling there are on food stamps. I was shocked when I heard that one…”
Where TNA has gone wrong creatively:
“…If you look at TNA today, I mean like ten years ago they had some great matches, AJ Styles vs. Chris Daniels, now ten years later, like six or seven months ago, I’m flicking through the TV and I stumble across TNA…and what’s the main event? AJ Styles vs. Chris Daniels, they’ve been wrestling each other for ten years. I couldn’t believe it…don’t these people understand…”
Eric Bischoff in TNA:
“….Eric, who listened to a couple guys, pulled something off, then took credit for it, but everything he’s been involved in since sinks because he doesn’t know and won’t listen…”
Sting being “lucky”:
“…Sting who was one of the luckiest men who ever lived, Sting couldn’t do a good interview, he couldn’t work good. We had to drop him from the ceiling for a year and dress him like the crow and not let him say a word to get one big match out of him…”
His relationship with and thoughts on Vince McMahon since once again working on occasion with WWE:
“ …I haven’t bumped into Vince…I’ve been doing some things, like at ‘Mania, but I was running around doing Axxess, and signings, and filming DVD’s…when they tape the NXT shows they film that right down the street here…but, I haven’t bumped into Vince yet. I haven’t seen him since 1981. I can’t wait to see him, it will be very nostalgic…He looks great, between you and me, he’s one of the best characters he’s got…Vince is a classic, he would die for his creation and his fans, you can’t take that away from him…”
