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I have heard you guys talk about how Vic Grimes changed his mind about taking the big scaffold bump with New Jack in Danbury, CT for ECW. How did it end up that the bump happened?
In a nutshell, they talked about doing the spot before the show and both men agreed to it. During the match, Jack committed to the bump and was going to go down no matter what. Once he did commit, he grabbed Grimes and basically made him take it. Jack has caught a lot of flack over the years, but he was right there. You can't say you will do something and then leave a guy literally hanging.
WWE calls you up and asks you to come in and take over creative. Do you take the job?
First off, I have to tell you that WWE creative is a ridiculously hard job. In addition to working for the constantly changing mind of Vince McMahon, you have a tremendous amount of work on your plate. And, it's not as easy as everyone thinks. I don't know that I could be successful. I think I have a solid shot at being good at it, but you never know until you do it. Putting me in charge could be like handing the WCW booking reigns to Vince Russo. Or, I could be successful. But honestly no, I wouldn't take it. One, I hate to live on the road. Two, I could never work for Vince McMahon and be subject to his temperament because I wouldn't be able to deal with it and I would get myself fired. And three, which is most important, I truly love what I do here. I have a dream job. I wouldn't give it up for WWE.
For which member of Legacy do you predict a better future? What do you see for Rhodes and DiBiase? Have they both chances to be a world champion? How much more time they need?
I actually like both guys but right now, Ted DiBiase seems like a true top guy to me while Cody seems a bit more like a 1A. Given the state of the business, I think that both will get a shot with one of the top belts. I could see it happening in the next year or two.
What to you think about bring back the Cruiserweight title and putting it on ECW, with all of the smaller faster guys?
Personally, I would love it if they actually pushed the young guys and let them have great matches. But, I don't see it happening any time soon. Vince McMahon has made it clear he doesn't want to push Cruiserweights and he also wants to limit the amount of "dangerous" moves that the guys do. I don't see WWE pushing cruisers.
After having a conversation with my friend after the recent TNA house runs in the U.K, and hearing some fairly offensive and homophobic chants directed at some of the wrestlers we got to discussing that surely some of the boys backstage must be offended by what they heard. Obviously this is part of what being a wrestler is all about BUT it got us wondering how many of the boys backstage, by sheer laws of statistics if nothing else, were gay themselves. Without naming any names (apart from the obvious 'out' wrestler, Pat Patterson) is the backstage area representative of the real world? Do wrestlers feel comfortable coming out in, what must be, a highly testosterone fuelled environment? How do the other boys react to and treat their gay colleagues? Etc
I can't give you a number because I don't know what it is but it's fair to say that the percentage with at least be comparable to that of society overall. If 10% of the population is gay, it would stand to reason that 10% of the locker room is too. I can't remember hearing of anyone being talked about as it being a problem recently so I don't see it as being an issue on the whole.
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