Former WWE Superstar Brian Myers (Curt Hawkins) was a guest on The LAW: Live Audio Wrestling this week. During an interview with host John Pollock, Myers explained how WWE’s treatment of Zack “broke the spirit” of the locker room:
“The worst part of that whole thing is that it really kind of broke the spirit of the locker room. For years, we were told in all these pep talks that there’s a brass ring, you’ve gotta reach for it and it’s there for the taking if you work hard enough and get yourself over. And he did it; he defied the odds and actually does it, and all the boys are rooting for him, like ‘Oh wow, this is cool as sh*t. This has never been done before.’ He got over without the office, without TV time.
It was pretty mind-blowing. And then they did just crush it and take it all away from him. To me, I felt the example that set for the rest of the boys was pretty brutal, because then it’s like it almost feels hopeless. It’s like, you’re not going to get pushed unless they pick you to get pushed, and that’s kind of it. I thought, above all, that message they sent to the boys was the worst part.
They crushed the spirits of a lot of people, like ‘Okay, so my hard work here isn’t going to pay off, huh?'”
You can download the full interview here (.MP3). Other topics discussed include:
– His WWE release and reaction to it
– Frustration over the past year or so
– His injury in 2012 and how it impacted his road schedule in the company
– Working with The Rock for his comeback matches over the past few years
– Going from The Major Brothers to the Edge Heads with Zack Ryder
– Learning from Edge
– Getting back into the ring on the independent scene right away
– The launch of the WWE Network and what his impressions have been
– Filming WWE Countdown – who are the big wrestling fans in the locker room and which ones are not
– What he is watching on the WWE Network and lots more
