The following are highlights from a recent interview with former TNA Impact Wrestling wrestler Matt Morgan:

On the possibility of a TNA Impact Wrestling return: “Definitely if the timing is right. Timing is everything in this sport. I’ve always said that and it’s the truth. But I do not want to go back somewhere where it’s business as usual and let’s do the start – stop stuff again. It’s got to be full guns blazing, let’s do this thing. You’ve got a seven-foot, 330-pound steroid-free monster that is the most durable thing there is right now. Please tell of someone who is my size and hasn’t had an injury in ten years. I’ve never missed time for anything. That being said, let’s go. Let’s just come out of the gates blasting.”

On his future: “I’ll put it to you this way without saying too much. I know exactly what I’ll be doing and where I’ll be heading and when I’ll be doing that.”

Check out the complete interview online at BetweenTheRopes.com.

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In an attempt to continue cost-cutting across the board, TNA is considering pulling Impact Wrestling television tapings off the road and returning it to a single location.

Multiple sources claim that TNA will house Impact Wrestling in either Orlando or Las Vegas, with the move expected as early as the beginning of 2014.

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-TNA Knockout Mickie James’ contract has officially expired, making her a free agent as of today. According to reports, TNA made James an offer on a new contract, but she rejected it.

-The following was posted today on the official Impact Wrestling Twitter account:

September Superstar Spotlight is on @SamoaJoe! Watch “Unstoppable: The Best Of Samoa Joe” FREE all month long! http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/5007-September-Superstar-Spotlight-Samoa-Joe

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TNA Impact Wrestling wrestler Hulk Hogan recently posted a series of tweets on his official Twitter account on Sunday evening, detailing a major boating accident that he was a part of. Hogan wrote:

How come everytime we go out on the boat someone ends up bleeding? HH

Today both me and Dr Crespo ended up covered in blood,the windshield on my boat exploded because of the wind and speed on the water,crazy HH

And it wasnt the go fast Scarab,it was my slower Searay, oh well time to sadle up again brother. HH

Follow Hogan on Twitter for more updates @HulkHogan.

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The following are highlights from a recent PWTorch Livecast interview with WWE Hall Of Fame manager and long-time business partner of Hulk Hogan, “The Mouth Of The South” Jimmy Hart.

On whether or not we’ll see Hulk Hogan wrestle again: “I think you will. I just talked with Hulk a few days ago before he went up with the Dallas Cowboys and did some stuff with them. And his hips are doing great now, he finally got the last operation two months ago, he got that little gidget out of his back that was used if he had pain in his back. But, I think the doctors have got him where he might be able to get in that ring two or three more times.”

On another role he would like to see Hulk Hogan embrace: “I’d really like to see him really as an ambassador and go all over the world promoting wrestling. I think that’s what he really needs to do and climb back in the ring a little bit with the right person. Whatever Hulk wants to do, I’m always backing him on it.”

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-Members of the NFL’s St. Louis Rams were backstage at the TNA Impact Wrestling television tapings on Thursday night. The players apparently presented wrestling legend and TNA Hall Of Famer Steve “Sting” Borden with a personalized Rams football jersey.

-Dixie Carter acknowledged the NFL players being backstage at the TNA Impact Wrestling tapings on Thursday, with a photo included, in the following tweet posted on her official Twitter account on Sunday afternoon:

Good luck to my buddy Brian Schottenheimer & @StLouisRams today. Thx to the players who came to #ImpactLIVE Thurs http://twitpic.com/ddmzqd

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The following are highlights from a recent v2 Wrestling interview with TNA Impact Wrestling star Austin Aries:

On his on-air character: “You know, I find it funny that all the people that follow wrestling, people like yourselves, that they all kind of use the terms babyface and heel, and good guy or bad guy, because I don’t look at life like that and i don’t look at wrestling like that. I’m pretty much who I am, and I’m not everybody’s flavour, and I’m kind of polarising and some people like me and some people don’t. And just like everybody in life, some days I come to work and I’m not in a good mood, and some days I come to work and I’m in a great mood. And i think that’s like everybody. Nobody walks through life as a pure babyface per se or a pure heel, we all have shades of grey, and there’s some days we’re a little better than others, and some days we’re a little more ornery. And I think that I just embody that. I think Austin Aries is pretty consistent when he’s on the screen. I don’t think my attitude has changed a whole lot, other than letting people know that if you wanna cheer me, go right ahead. I’m not gonna stop you. Tell the people who make decisions what you want to see. Tell them who you wanna see on camera and in the ring.”

On his previous TNA run: “Eveybody likes to speculate that me and Austin Starr are somehow related. I always say that that guy never had a tattoo. I’ve watched all of his footage, the guy’s mildly entertaining, never really had a whole lot to sink his teeth into, but i certainly enjoyed him in the Kevin Nash Invitational Battle Royale, I’ll tell you that much.”

On whether Kevin Nash helped or hurt the X Division: “Kevin Nash is a recognisable name, and he was obviously someone they brought in because of who he was. And for him to hang out with us, you’ve got to understand that we had a blast. I had a blast working with Kevin, and if you go back and watch some of the Paparazzi (Productions) skits that I’ve seen, those guys all look like they’re having a great time. I think Kevin was doing what he could to help give the X Division guys at that time a little more personality and bring some of that out, and Kevin’s a great guy to do that because he’s full of personality.”

On his feelings about the wrestling industry: “I’ve been doing this so long now as a job and a profession that – it’s not that I don’t appreciate professional wrestling, but – it’s not something I do in my spare time. I have a lot of other things I enjoy doing, so when I’m done with work I kind of put it away. That doesn’t mean I don’t occasionally catch some other wrestling on television or Youtube, but there was such a long part of my life where I was really consumed with it, where it was all I thought about, and I just think as my career has progressed and as I have matured and the perspective of all this has changed a little bit, now it’s more of a job. That doesn’t mean I don’t love my job and have passion for my job, it’s just not something I spend a lot of my free time doing.”

On meeting the fans: “I think there’s a balance of fan interaction. I think sometimes there can be a little too much interaction. I know when I was a kid, the mystique of wrestlers and stuff was something that was kind of big, and if I got to hang out with them all the time i think that mystique can be lost. You’ve got to be careful not to over-expose and over-saturate (access to the wrestlers), because it loses that specialness.”

On his future: “I still feel that I perform at a level where I’ve got another ten years in me before I even start to think about maybe transitioning into something behind the scenes, but I’ve always been interested in the creative process of wrestling. I think that’s a part of what has helped me excel, because there’s a lot of guys who athletically are as gifted as I am, so I think it’s the mental aspect of the game that has helped me achieve the success that I have.”

On how close he came to retirement in 2011: “I had made the decision (to retire). It was just one of those situations where I didn’t feel that I was getting back what I was putting in. I didn’t want to be a prisoner to the world of wrestling; I didn’t want to be a guy who was trying to hustle every weekend and do a convention. I didn’t want to be Randy The Ram in 10, 20 years. I felt at that point of my life I was ok with transitioning into something else, and I’d stopped taking bookings and had nothing on my schedule, and before that really sunk in I got a call from TNA offering me the opportunity to come down there for an X Division qualifying match. and I figured, well why not take one more pay day, that certainly can’t hurt!”

Check out the complete interview online at v2Wrestling.Podomatic.com.

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TNA Impact Wrestling wrestler and executive Hulk Hogan recently tweeted the following on his official Twitter account regarding one of the main storylines for next week’s Impact Wrestling on Spike TV, which was taped this past Thursday night:

“Can’t wait for Dixie Carter to go face to face with AJ Styles,the next T A IMPACT will be a game changer brother. Spike9pmestThurs HH”

For those interested, spoilers for next week’s Impact Wrestling show are available on the newsboard right now.

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-The father-in-law of Dixie Carter and husband Serg passed away this week.

-Apparently during this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling tapings, Mike Tenay and Tazz had two monitors at their announce desk. One was for the Impact Wrestling show, while the other had an NFL game playing. There is actual photo proof of this floating around the internet somewhere.

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TNA Impact Wrestling runs a live event in Joplin, Missouri tonight with Bully Ray defending the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Magnus and Austin Aries in a three-way match.

The full card for tonight’s live event is as follows:

–Bully Ray (c) vs. Magnus vs. Austin Aries [TNA World Heavyweight Championship]
–James Storm vs. Christopher Daniels
–AJ Styles vs. Knux
–Gunner vs. Frankie Kazarian
–Gail Kim vs. ODB
–Manik (c) vs. Rockstar Spud [TNA X-Division Championship]

Anyone attending tonight’s event, feel free to send in a live report to be published here on the website.

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-The Team 3D Academy event featuring Hulk Hogan and other TNA stars takes place tonight in Melbourne, Florida. The event was organized by Devon and will emanate from the Melbourne Auditorium where the proceeds will go to benefit the “Hope For A Single Mom” charity. Some of the TNA talent scheduled to appear include Samoa Joe, the Aces & Eights, Jay Lethal, Sam Shaw and more.

-The TNA No Surrender edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV this past Thursday night scored a final cable rating of 1.08, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 1.08 final number is a slight increase from last week’s 1.07 final draw. It was the highest rated show since the Destination X edition of Impact Wrestling back in July.

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The Thursday, September 12th TNA No Surrender edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew 1.39 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The 1.39 final draw marks a slight increase as compared to the numbers for last week’s show, which faced weaker competition.

We should have the final rating for the No Surrender show up on the site a little bit later today.

TNA BOUND FOR GLORY SPOILERS

TNA Impact Wrestling issued the following on Friday:

IMPACT WRESTLING FANS GET BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCESS DURING “COUNTDOWN TO BOUND FOR GLORY” AIRING ON SPIKE TV SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 13, 2013) – TNA is partnering with Spike TV for a second year to bring fans behind the scenes for “IMPACT WRESTLING’s” biggest night of the year in a one-hour live special, “Countdown to Bound For Glory,” on Sunday Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT. TNA’s “Bound For Glory” Pay-Per-View (PPV), now in its ninth year, airs live from San Diego and across the globe on Sun, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. ET.

“Countdown to Bound For Glory” will feature:

*An exclusive “Bound For Glory” match

*Highlights of the “BFG Series” leading to the main event between TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray and “BFG Series” winner “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles

*Live backstage interviews, including social integration where fans will have the opportunity to have questions answered live on the air by TNA Superstars

*Unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to “Bound For Glory” weekend events, including Fan Interaction and the induction of Olympic Gold Medalist and TNA Superstar Kurt Angle into the TNA Hall of Fame

“The ‘Countdown’ show is a fantastic way for fans to get hyped about the ‘Bound for Glory’ event,” said TNA President Dixie Carter. “We are thrilled to once again partner with Spike TV to give an all-access look into the events and all the action of the biggest-ever ‘Bound For Glory’ weekend.”

The Superstars of Spike TV’s “IMPACT WRESTLING” include Hulk Hogan, current TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray, “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, Sting, Jeff Hardy, Austin Aries, Bobby Roode, Magnus, Samoa Joe, Chavo Guerrero, the high-flying stars of the X Division and the lovely and lethal TNA Knockouts.

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The following are highlights of a recent Chris Jericho interview on Live Audio Wrestling (The LAW) out of Canada:

On his program with Fandango in WWE: “It’s actually a feather in my cap. Not to be a jerk, but he was working with Chris Jericho in his first match ever on the show at WrestleMania. If that doesn’t put you on a different level, then nothing will. I knew that he’d have to come back down to earth at some point, because the fans aren’t gonna believe in him working with other people, because there’s not a lot of Chris Jerichos out there, and I say that with all due respect. What I mean by that is a guy who’s been around for as long as I have, with the fanbase that I have, the reputation that I have. People know that it’s going to be good, and something special, no matter what it is. Even if it’s a guy they’ve never seen. I put a lot of input into what we did with him to build that.”

“Everything that we did, I meticulously thought of. “What should we do to get this guy over?” Well, rule number one – I want to try and get this leg drop over. Rule number two – I want him to be a kick-ass heel when he’s getting his heat, because the gimmick is so ridiculous that if he doesn’t show that viciousness during the match, no one’s going to buy it. Little tricks like that that I’ve learned over the years that other people don’t know, and Fandango doesn’t know because he’s inexperienced. It was, like I said, a real feather in my cap. Fandango, the night after WrestleMania, was the most over performer in the company.”

On his thoughts on the current TNA Impact Wrestling product: “TNA has to do something different. I think the worst move they’ve made was Hogan and Bischoff and Sting. Nothing against those guys, but we’ve seen it so many times. It’s the third go-around for those guys now in the last 15 years. There’s people out there, revolutionary people, that can take it in a different direction.”

“They’ve gotta get some different minds and some different faces and start working from within. That’s just my opinion. I think that they’re happy doing what they’re doing. They never get any bigger, they never get any smaller. If that’s what you’re into, that’s fine, but for me, I always want to take things to the next level and take some chances. If you don’t, and you’re just doing the same thing over and over again, then it gets boring. Good luck to them. I hope they do survive.”

Check outt the complete interview online at TheFightNetwork.com.

(Interview excerpts transcribed by Chris Maffei)

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The following are spoiler results for the Thursday, September 19, 2013 edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV.

-Jeff Hardy defeated Manik in a Non-Title Match. After the match, Chris Sabin laid out Manik.

-ODB defeated Mickie James to become the new TNA Knockouts Champion.

-Eric Young defeated Robbie E.

-Gunner defeated Hernandez

-Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Bobby Roode defeated Sting, Samoa Joe & Magnus

-The main event segment of the show featured AJ Styles cutting a promo in the ring. Dixie Carter came out during the promo. The storyline is that Styles is currently wrestling in TNA without a contract and Dixie Carter is now acting like a heel owner.

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TNA Impact Wrestling president Dixie Carter recently revealed in a new tweet on her official Twitter account that Spike TV will be airing a one-hour countdown special to hype TNA’s “Bound For Glory” pay-per-view on October 20th.

The “Countdown To Bound For Glory” will air on Spike TV live on Sunday, October 20th, one hour prior to the start of the actual pay-per-view itself.

Dixie Carter wrote:

“Happy to announce “Countdown to Bound for Glory” will air live on @SpikeTV one hour before the PPV event on Oct 20th!”

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The following is the final lineup for tonight’s TNA No Surrender ediition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV:

TNA World Title:
-Bully Ray (c) vs. Mr. Anderson

BFG Series Semi-Final
-Austin Aries vs. AJ Styles

BFG Series Semi-Final:
-Magnus vs. Bobby Roode

BFG Series Finals:
-The winners of the Aries/Styles and Magnus/Roode matches will square off against each other in to determine the Bound For Glory Series winner, who will then challenge for the TNA World Title at the Bound For Glory pay-per-view.

-Following the live No Surrender edition of Impact Wrestling tonight in St. Louis, TNA will tape next week’s edition of Impact Wrestling. Anyone attending the event, feel free to send-in a live report.

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TNA Impact Wrestling star Hulk Hogan was recently interviewed by CBS Sports 920 in St. Louis to promote tonight’s live TNA No Surrender edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV.

In the interview, Hogan spoke about Brooke Hogan’s TNA departure for the first time. Hogan noted that she is getting married and “switched gears quickly on us,” implying that it was actually Brooke’s decision to leave the company.

Check out the Hulk Hogan interview with CBS Sports 920 below:

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Elijah Burke, formerly “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero in TNA, appeared at Wednesday night’s Ohio Valley Wrestling television tapings. He defeated Flash Flanagan to win the OVW TV title.

Burke, who was billed as “Pope Eljah Burke,” left TNA earlier this year when his contract expired back in January.

While there is no confirmation that he’ll be returning to TNA, OVW is the company’s official developmental territory.

-TNA Knockout Gail Kim was recently interviewed by The Miami Herald to promote the current TNA “One Night Only” pay-per-view, which is called “Knockouts Knockdown.” You can check that interview out online at MiamiHerald.com.

-TNA Impact Wrestling star Hulk Hogan is scheduled to make an appearance at the New York Comic Con in October.

-Speaking of Hogan, the TNA star spoke with St. Louis Live, and when asked what was unique about his company’s current product, Hogan replied by saying:

“The majority of our time we stay consistent with storylines. I think we are really, really consistent with delivering the action and keeping the business in the ring as much as possible. There are certain times where you can watch a quarter hour and minute-by-minute and see where the girls are on there and doing certain things in the background, having a certain conversation. That works. We try not to go against the grain. But the majority of the time the people want the action in the ring and we try to be really consistent with that, and that’s what we are trying to do.”

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-The milestone 500th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling will air on Spike TV on November 7th.

-Take this for what it’s worth, but TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray has been teasing in recent local promotional interviews that he will be having a “big divorce party.”

-TNA Impact Wrestling star Hulk Hogan recently spoke with the local FOX News crew in St. Louis as part of his promotional duties for this week’s TNA No Surrender edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV. You can check that interview out online at FOX2Now.com.

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-TNA Impact Wrestling president Dixie Carter posted her 9/11 remembrance on Twitter today. Dixie wrote:

Today will always be a day of rememberance.Thoughts & prayers are w/all affected by #September11, especially @TheaTrinidadTMT #NeverForget

-TNA Impact Wrestling star Hulk Hogan also tweeted about the 9/11 tragedy, writing:

9/11 Prayers for our nation,families and friends,we will never forget. HH

-TNA’s Kurt Angle tweeted this one:

To All Who Died and Were Affected from 9/11. It’s Patriot Day. My Prayers Are With You!

-TNA’s Bully Ray tweeted this one:

To the #NYPD, #FDNY and all who gave or lost on 9/11…WE SALUTE YOU. To the #2MBikers in DC…STAY HARDCORE!

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The following press release was issued today:

Team 3D Academy, “Hope for a Single Mom” and Hulk Hogan Fight to End Breast Cancer

Melbourne, Florida – September 14, 2013 – The Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment, lead by Former WWE/TNA Superstar Devon Hughes, p/k/a Brother Devon, is proud to announce that they will be teaming with the “Hope for a Single Mom” charity for a second consecutive year.

This year’s event will be held on September 14, 2013 at the Melbourne Auditorium in Melbourne, FL. The event’s festivities will kick off at 5:00 PM with shopping, face
painting, a meet and greet with the famous Hooters girls, plus Hooters wings and beer provided by World of Beer Viera and Live music featuring the band Funpipe and JAM Masters DJs.

Then at 7:00 PM, the bell will sound for fast paced, family friendly professional wrestling action. Alongside Devon Hughes for the event will be fellow Aces and 8’s members Garret Bischoff, Wes Brisco and Mike Knox.

Also on hand will be TNA Impact Wrestling Stars Samoa Joe, Sam Shaw, SoCal Val, Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, former TNA/Current ROH Star Jay Lethal and WWE Hall of Famer/TNA Star “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan. The card will also showcase the abilities of several of Team 3D Academy’s students.

Tickets for this event are available in advance by contacting Premiere Medical Aesthetics (321)-608-8160, by visiting the Hooters restaurant locations in Melbourne & Merritt Island or UNOs Chicago Grill Viera. For VIP Tickets call 321-759-3409

On September 8, 2012, Devon Hughes, teamed with “Hope for a Single Mom” in order to put on a family friendly wrestling show at Viera High School in Melbourne, FL. All proceeds from the show went towards the “Hope for a Single Mom” charity. The show which featured many of the Team 3D academy students was able to raise over $7,000. This year’s event has grown in size and hopes to be even more of a success than last year.

The “Hope for a Single Mom” charity was started 3 years ago. Every year, the two founders and the people at Breast Friends of Florida choose a single mother to raise money for in order to help with medical and other expenses that have been incurred to lost income while battling cancer.

Devon is a former TNA Television Champion and 23 time World Tag Team champion along with his long time tag team partner, Bubba/Bully Ray, holding championships in every major organization in North America, including TNA, WWE, ECW, WCW, NWA as well as Japan. They are the most decorated team in the history of Professional Wrestling.

The Team 3D Academy was opened in May of 2007 and prides itself on having trained some of the best young talent in professional wrestling today, having students signed to WWE Developmental contracts, TNA Gut Check, Ring of Honor (ROH), and Zero-1 Japan.

The Team 3D Academy, located in Kissimmee, FL, is under an open enrollment policy and is always accepting new students. All interested in joining the Team 3D Academy may visit www.team3dacademy.com and also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Team-3D-Academy-of-Professional-Wrestling/.

All SERIOUS applicants may schedule a preliminary appointment by calling (407) 390-9005.

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-A new, loaded TNA Impact Wrestling podcast, which features Hulk Hogan, Tito Ortiz, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and TNA Knockout Gail Kim, is now available online. TNA fans interested in checking out the latest edition of the Impact Wrestling podcast can do so online at TNA2Go.com.

-TNA has added the official video preview for this Thursday’s live “No Surrender” edition of Impact Wrestling on their official YouTube channel. Fans interested in checking that out can do so by clicking play on the video player directly below:

http://youtu.be/zXDt_7SuYvg

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Former TNA star Devon recently spoke with Florida Today about what’s next for him after leaving the company and becoming a free agent. He joked, “I’m going to Disney World!”

“Actually, I am going to spend more time with the family. I am not done with wrestling. I still have the Team 3D Academy in Kissimmee training wrestlers. There is still a lot for me to do, but I am going to relax a while and enjoy some time off. I will be able totrain more and get in the best shape of my life, and then focus on what is next. Only God knows what he has planned for me and where I am heading; I am just his co-pilot.”

When asked about if he has any regrets about the gimmicks he’s had throughout his career, he said:

“No,” he said. “Some might think I regret the Reverend D-Von character in the WWE, but I actually liked it. I think that was just a case where Paul Heyman and I just saw the character very differently. He is a genius and he would write these scripts for me that I didn’t feel were right for the character. If you don’t feel “it,” it is not going to work. It worked for awhile, but we were on two different pages. Paul created the Dudley Boyz and gave us our start, and I love that guy dearly, we just didn’t agree on the Reverend D-Von character. We bounced back after that character and went on to win championships, so it is all good.”

You can read the full interview at FloridaToday.com.