Former WWE star Eric Young continues to hang around doing interviews at various locations. This week he spoke to Chris Van Vliet to discuss his career with WWE, singing with Impact Wrestling, WWE’s “broken system”, Sanity, shaving his beard, and much more.
Here are a few highlights and scroll down to see the full interview:
Eric Young spoke about COVID-19, Impact releases, transfers and Triple H: “A large part of the people who were released at the same time due to the virus and the cuts, being available gave them a great opportunity and they did not wait. I can tell you now that Scott D’Amore was the second person I heard about when the news came out. This is going to sound strange, but Triple H was the first. I didn’t know what was happening. He is in a different position in the company now. Me and him have always had a very good relationship. The original plan after WrestleMania was for him to return to NXT. We had been talking a lot about ideas and what could happen. When they said they were going to release talent, I knew for sure that I was going to be on that list. It is not personal. I don’t take it personally. I am not bitter in any way. One person made a massive mistake. I am not the first person to be wrong and I will not be the last. It’s a weird thing. I’m sure people are curious and I talked about it at Busted Open (in the last week).
Young spoke about his NXT call to the main roster: “Sanity and Eric Young were a big part of what happened and we were one of the best actors in NXT. They called us at their request (from Vince McMahon). He asked us to come. A lot of things happened. She was a great victim of circumstances and we ended up in a very strange place. They sent those two guys over and it was their request that I move to RAW and I was going to discover something for myself because at the time, he still liked me. Then, somewhere along the line, he didn’t like me and didn’t care about my job and I was lost in the dark for about a year and a half. That’s hard to handle after all the work you put in. I am a short, chubby kid from Florence, Ontario. I can tell you that I grimaced and made many sacrifices along the way in 20 years to put myself in that position and build my career where I was. Basically it was randomly pulled. That is difficult to handle. “
What made you leave TNA in the first place ?: “For me, at that time it was a different management. Yes, Impact, it was TNA Impact when I left. Now it’s just the impact fight. We were not on AXS TV. I could see where the company was going and where it was going, he was right. I saw it going this way. It was decreasing. The numbers were going down. We weren’t doing home shows. We were not making money. We were at Destination America and then they lost that. Then we were on Pop. I had it on my satellite but I had no idea what it was. It was getting smaller and smaller. Eventually, they weren’t going to be able to pay me, which was a big part of it and the other part was that I knew there was going to be an opportunity with NXT. There was nothing official, but I had a very good idea of where I was in my career and who I was in the world of wrestling so there would be interest from them. I wasn’t sure, but it was like betting on myself. I don’t think you’re wrong when you do that. That ‘s what I did.”
When do you think TNA was at its peak ?: Personally, there are many different answers to that. As for the company, when Kurt (Angle) first came. From 2006-2010, I really felt that something was happening. These guys can choose more money and more exposure, but they choose to come there because they see that it could be an alternative. “
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