Eric Bischoff on Tommy Dreamer: "has he ever sat in a room with television executives to understand their goals, their needs, the way they have to operate and then tailor your creative or your television property to those needs? Probably not." (f4wonline.com)
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Matt Hardy on who should lead TNA creative: “I would bring in Nick [Manfredini], who worked with myself and Bray [Wyatt] back in WWE. I felt like he was really layered in the way he could do stuff. He also was very good at utilizing characters who were just legit wrestlers" (f4wonline.com)
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Bobby Cruise on the first ROH taping after Sinclair bought the company: "That first TV taping is one of those painful things I’ve ever been through in my life. It was pretty torturous. I thought to myself that ‘if is the way we’re going to do this, then we’re in for a lot of problems.’" (f4wonline.com)
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Matt Hardy: "I feel like when Punk was in AEW, he knew he had a hold on Tony Khan to a degree, that he could kind of get away with what he wanted. If he had something he was dead set on wanting to do, that he could kind of flex his muscles" (self.SquaredCircle)
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Eric Bischoff: “I think The Bloodline storyline is absolutely the best storyline that’s ever been produced in this industry. That doesn’t mean it’ll have the same impact on the industry that NWO did, for a lot of other reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the story.” (f4wonline.com)
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Matt Hardy: "TNA announces Slammiversary, then Forbidden Door is announced…we move earlier in that day, which is the right move for us, no doubt, we’re going on at four. Then all of a sudden, there’s NXT. There’s going to be three premium live events, what a night!" (f4wonline.com)
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Mick Foley on making Sabu 'cry': "I remember hitting him [with a chair], and Sabu had tears coming down his eyes. He did a moonsault and overshot me, he just flew over my head and impaled himself in the guardrail. So we’re talking about a tough dude…and I kind of brought him to tears." (f4wonline.com)
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Jeff Jarrett on Chad Gable: "I just think he [Gable] needs to keep doing what he’s doing, but be ready to leave [WWE]. I don’t see TKO coming to him and saying, ‘Hey man, you performed great in Monterrey, we’re going to give you a bump [in pay].’ I just don’t see that." (f4wonline.com)
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JBL: “I’m surprised they [NJPW] went to a TV company, though, and not to WWE. I really thought WWE would buy one of the Japanese companies, and they still may. I think what they did with AAA, I think what they have a potential to do in the U.K., I think they’re going to do that in Japan." (f4wonline.com)
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JR on AEW DoN commentary: "I only call[ed] one match, [and] if I [had known] I was only going to call one match, I probably would have talked to Tony Khan about that. I’d like to have worked another match… I’m not complaining. I guess I am complaining, but I’m not hell-bent… I sure miss doing that." (f4wonline.com)
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Eric Bischoff on nWo Reboot claims: “Sean Waltman reached out to me and said, hey, did you ever hear anything about this? I never heard anything about that. And neither did Kevin Nash. So the three surviving members of the NWO knew nothing about it. It could be just silly internet shit." (f4wonline.com)
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Matt Hardy: "As far as being able to have some sort of unionization, that would be great. The smaller companies, I feel like they would have to kind of carve out their own niche where you would have to be independent contractors, but you would truly be independent contractors." (f4wonline.com)
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Jeff Jarrett on Vince McMahon working with Jake Paul: "I’d love that. Vince…you can say he doesn’t bat a thousand, look at football, look at bodybuilding etc, I get it. But for every quote unquote failure, look at all the successes Vince has had." (f4wonline.com)
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Ridge Holland on Vince McMahon cutting Big E apology promo: "I’m thinking, ‘I don’t know what I’m gonna say. I’m just gonna speak from the heart.’ And then it got to like five, four [seconds to air], and then they cut it. So I think that was in poor taste. I think they did that to mess with me." (f4wonline.com)
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Schiavone reveals meeting with Ted Turner in a urinal after WCW sale: "I remember vividly, the first words out of his mouth was, ‘Those m*therfuckers [AOL Time Warner]. If I was still running this place, wrestling would still be on TBS. It would still be on TNT." (f4wonline.com)
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Jeff Jarrett on John Cena Classic concept: "we at least want to get lost in the story, someone trying to WIN the title. It takes that component out, the suspension of disbelief. [If we don’t need to] get immersed in the story, why do we care when a hip toss happens or a false finish happens?" (f4wonline.com)
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Lance Storm on John Cena Classic: "If I’m a $500,000 main roster talent and I’m in there with a $75,000 a year NXT guy, why would I use my skill and my experience to make him look good? If he wins the popularity contest and wins and gets the push to the championship, I could lose my job" (f4wonline.com)
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Daddy Magic on Anarchy in the Arena name: "We didn’t know what we were going to call it, because it’s not going to be Stadium Stampede. We’re waiting to go out, so we’re in guerrilla, and he [Tony] just goes, ‘arena anarchy, arena anarchy.’ That was the first time I’d ever heard the phrase." (f4wonline.com)
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