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Video: Jeff Hardy’s Latest Project Revealed

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Matt Hardy posted the following video to Youtube this week – looking at his brother Jeff’s latest art project. The video caption reads, “Go deep inside Jeff Hardy’s mind, abilities, and artwork”

Details On Edge Appreciation Night, Former WWE Stars Appear

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Following tonight’s SmackDown taping at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, WWE held a ceremony honoring Edge.

Seven-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus kicked off “Edge Appreciation Night” by introducing “The Rated-R Superstar.” Photographs of Edge’s most memorable WWE moments aired on the big screen, including a video montage featuring comments from John Cena, Bret Hart, CM Punk, The Miz, Josh Mathews, Vickie Guerrero, Randy Orton and Jim Ross, among others. Edge broke into tears while the video aired.

Christian interrupted the festivities to say that he and Edge are closer than friends as they were like brothers. He adds that a great way to show appreciation for Edge is to bring out the people closest to him. Edge’s mom Judy appeared, as did his trainers Steve Hutchinson and Sweet Daddy Siki, former WWE Superstar Rhyno, WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart and the WWE locker room.

Edge spoke and notably said to Hart, “Bret, you and Owen were the two I looked up to as Canadians.” The ceremony concluded with a five-second pose “for the benefit of those with flash photography.”

source: ProWrestling.net

Masters Wonders Why JTG Is Employed, Chimel Misses Shows

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— Commenting on his recent release from WWE during an interview with Wrestling101.com, Chris Masters says he didn’t receive the opportunity he feels he deserved.

“We didn’t part on bad terms, for me personally this time was very different from the first time I was released. I do feel like I worked my ass off and they should’ve at least given me another shot,” Masters said.

“The Masterpiece” also wonders why WWE opted to keep certain talents employed over him.

“I look at other guys on the roster and I don’t mean to mention names but people like JTG and a handful of other guys and you think, “your going to keep this guy but your going to get rid of me?”

— Justin Roberts filled in for Tony Chimel at tonight’s SmackDown taping in Toronto, Ontario, who missed the event. Chimel also missed this past weekend’s SmackDown live tour; Eden Stiles handled ring announcing duties.

WWE Profiles Stacy Keibler, Gunn & Ziggler Praise Each Other

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— Hollywood is abuzz after photographs surfaced of actor George Clooney and his rumored love interest, Stacy Keibler. The official WWE website has posted an article profiling the former WWE Diva with the sub-headline reading: “Who is this long-legged beauty, and how did she launch her career with WWE?”

Keibler stated two years ago during an interview with The Baltimore Sun that she had her management team inquire WWE about guest hosting the November 30, 2009 episode of Monday Night Raw emanating from her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, but were ignored.

— Billy Gunn praised Dolph Ziggler on Twitter, who has drawn comparisons to the former WWE Superstar over the years.

“I think your doing a great job,” Gunn wrote to Ziggler. “Big fan of your work.”

Ziggler replied, “Thanks a lot, was always a big fan of yours!”

Update On Sin Cara – Contains Spoilers

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The original Sin Cara (a/k/a Mistico) returns to television on this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown.

At tonight’s taping in Toronto, Ontario, the new Sin Cara (a/k/a Hunico) lost to Daniel Bryan by disqualification when he wouldn’t stop his assault of the Money in the Bank briefcase holder. The original Sin Cara confronted his impostor and the two had a staredown.

It was reported two weeks ago that the original wrestler would be returning to feud with his impostor, who had turned heel on SuperSmackDown.

Additional Superstars Matches Taped, Watson Appears On NXT

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— Matches taped tonight in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars are as follows:

* Ezekiel Jackson vs. Tyson Kidd

* Brodus Clay vs. Mike Palmer

— WWE developmental wrestler Percy Watson appears on tonight’s episode of NXT: Redemption as he partners with Titus O’Neil in a tag team match against Derrick Bateman and Tyson Kidd. The NXT Season 2 contestant returned to WWE programming on last week’s episode of WWE Superstars as he and O’Neil lost a tag team match to Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks.

Other matches slated for NXT include:

* A.J. vs. Maxine

* Darren Young and JTG vs. Matt Striker and William Regal

Rowdy Roddy Piper Says His Neck Surgery Was A Success

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WWE Hall of Famer Rowdy Roddy Piper’s emergency surgery on Monday afternoon to repair a broken neck was a success.

The legendary superstar tweeted the following on Tuesday afternoon:

“Haven’t slept since Saturday. The Tweet I just posted I messed up. Doctors put me on slab Monday at 12 noon.

the doctors operated for 6.5 hours. I woke at 1 am Tuesday. At 3 am Tuesday I walked half the hospital hall ways by myself.

Broken neck is fixed. Have to stay in Hospital 10 days. I think I can get OT done in 5 days.

when I can walk better going to the kids cancer ward. Bravest people in the world. Will be in Orlando in 3.5 weeks.

also have a surprize for all of you. In 4 weeks. Your going to love it! Hot Rod”

Ric Flair Appearing On The Cleveland Show, Xplosion Matches

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— Ric Flair appears as an animated version of himself on the season premiere of The Cleveland Show taking place September 25 on FOX.

The plot for the episode reads: “Cleveland is upset when he finds out that his best friend Peter Griffin came to Stoolbend and did not call him to hang out. In an effort to bond with the guys, Cleveland takes them on a camping trip hosted by guest star Ric Flair.”

— Matches taped last night in Orlando, Florida for upcoming episodes of TNA Xplosion were Mickie James vs. Madison Rayne and Magnus vs. Jesse Sorensen.

— Velvet Sky said on Twitter that she has a Women’s Shirt coming out soon. The only other Knockout TNA has released apparel of is Mickie James.

The Hardy Boys Close To Reuniting, ODB Not Booked For Impact

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— Air Extreme Wrestling has announced that they are in discussions with Jeff and Matt Hardy to appear for the promotion’s upcoming tour of Mexico.

Eduardo Soto Ramirez, owner of AEW, said in the press release that Jeff is keen to perform in Mexico while negotiations with Matt slowed following his recent automobile accident. He adds that Matt is considering leaving the professional wrestling industry to pursue other endeavors.

The tour, which takes place October and November, will feature a slew of former WWE talent including Paul London, Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, Mr. Aguila, Juventud Guerrera, Zach Gowen, Marco Corleone, Brian Kendrick, Kristin Astara, Miss Jackie and Nikki Roxx. Matt’s girlfriend Reby Sky has also been announced for the tour.

— ODB stated on her Twitter account yesterday that she will not be on hand for this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings.

“Not gonna b at impact tapings this week,” she wrote. “#bammmmm.”

TNA Star Says Whether Sarita Really Had Facial Paralysis

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On Twitter, Matt Morgan noted being asked by a fan if Sarita was legitimately stricken with facial paralysis after reading online that it may not be true. “The Blueprint” adamantly says her health issue was legitimate, but only temporary.

“Fan asks me if Sarita “really had partial facial paralysis”, I asked why would he ask this. Answer? He READ IT ONLINE it may be not true! RU serious? Let me clear THAT crap up,” Morgan wrote.

“Not only was Sarita’s face partially TEMPORARILY paralyzed, but fact she STILL didn’t miss a beat makes her one if, if not THE, toughest woman wrestler (or guy) that I’ve ever worked with! That took so much confidence and courage, yet idiots with apparently NO REAL wrestling headlines wanna just print up unfounded fodder? And at a talent who should be commended’s expense? Ugh…”

He continued, “Not a rant. More just defending what I first-hand watched w/MY OWN EYES, my co-worker work through. That’s all.”

The nine-year veteran has resumed appearing without the protective mask in Mexico, but not for TNA. She donned the mask at Sunday’s No Surrender pay-per-view.

“Dr. Lucha” Steve Sims, who has extensively covered lucha libre for several years, stated on recent episodes of the Figure Four Daily podcast that he was very skeptical over her claim of facial paralysis. Figure Four Weekly editor Bryan Alvarez believed her claim to be completely bogus as he went on a rant on the July 27 show questioning why she would continue to wrestle in spite of her apparent condition.

Why Ryder Missed RAW, Air Boom On SmackDown, TLC

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– After Zack Ryder did not appear on Monday’s RAW Supershow, the WWE website noted that Ryder was scheduled to team with Jerry Lawler again in a rematch against Otunga and McGillicutty, but was injured last week on SmackDown after being attacked by Mark Henry.

Ryder actually wrestled prior to RAW against Drew McIntyre in a match taped for Thursday’s Superstars show.

– Jerry Lawler suffered a busted nose on RAW last night in the match where he teamed with Sheamus to take on Michael McGillicutty and David Otunga.

– WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom are scheduled to be in action at tonight’s SmackDown tapings from Toronto.

– This year’s Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view takes place on December 18th from the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on December 18th. WWE announced on RAW last night that tickets go on sale this Saturday, September 17th.

Edge On Next Week’s SmackDown, Update On Rene Dupree

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— The official website of the Nutter Center is advertising Edge for next Tuesday’s SmackDown taping at the venue.

Their statement reads: “For the first time ever in Dayton, see WWE’s COO Triple H and a special appearance by WWE Superstar Edge!”

Also advertised for the event is “Apex Predator” Randy Orton vs. “World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship.

— Former WWE star Rene Dupree, who now competes for All-Japan Wrestling, is suffering from a herniated disk and will be sidelined indefinitely.

— This week in the top 100 Australian pay TV programs, WWE SmackDown ranked No. 55 with 28,000 viewers while Raw ranked No. 60 with 27,000 viewers.

source: PuroresuSpirit.com

TNA Pushing Velvet Sky For DWTS, Knockout Turns 30, More

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— TNA Wrestling is asking fans to vote for Velvet Sky to appear on the next season of Dancing with the Stars.

Their statement reads: “Vote for Velvet Sky to appear on the next season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars! Dancing with the Stars Season 13 is right around the corner. You can help the IMPACT WRESTLING Knockout make it on the upcoming cast by making your voice heard at ABC.com!”

More details are available here.

— TNA returns to Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Sunday, Nov. 6 at the WFCU Centre. Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 23. talent advertised for the event include Mr. Anderson, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles and James Storm. Fans who purchase a $50 ticket will receive a special meet and greet with wrestlers.

— TNA Knockout Angelina Love celebrates her thirtieth birthday today.

*Spoilers* Bound For Glory Main Events Announced

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At Monday night’s TNA Impact Wrestling tapings from Orlando (airing this Thursday night), two main events were announced for TNA’s upcoming Bound For Glory pay-per-view next month.

In a spoiler for Thursday’s Impact, Sting defeated Ric Flair at the tapings to earn the right to face Hulk Hogan at Bound For Glory.

The card should take shape after tonight and tomorrow night’s tapings.

TNA World Heavyweight Title Match
Kurt Angle (c) Robert Roode

Grudge Match
Sting vs. Hulk Hogan

*SPOILERS* For Thursday’s TNA Impact (Sting vs. Flair)

What Happened After RAW Went Off The Air

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After last night’s RAW, Bret Hart worked as the special referee for a WWE Title match between Alberto Del Rio, John Cena and CM Punk.

Del Rio punched the original referee before the match and said if he doesn’t have a referee, he doesn’t wrestle. This brought out The Hitman to referee.

The match ended in a DQ when The Miz and R-Truth ran out to interfere. Cena, Punk and Bret teamed up to clean house. The big finish came when Bret Hart put the Sharpshooter on Miz, which the crowd went nuts for.

Backstage, the WWE website filmed footage of John Laurinaitis talking to WWE’s sound technicians to find out who was cutting off CM Punk’s microphone during the final segment of RAW. Laurinaitis did not find out who was responsible, but received a phone call while backstage and assured the person who was calling him that he was on top of it.  UPDATE: The video has been deleted, we’ll post the link again if it gets put back up.

*SPOILERS* For Thursday’s TNA Impact (Sting vs. Flair)

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Credit to TNAInsider.com for the following spoilers…

* Mixed Tag Team Match: D’Angelo Dinero, Ms. Tessmacher & Tara defeated Mexican America

* Fortune come out and celebrates Bobby Roode’s bound for glory series win and his title shot at Bound For Glory next month. Kurt Angle comes out and informs Roode he will be facing Kazarian tonight.

* Velvet Sky defeated Angelina Love

* Both sting and Ric Flair cut promos in the ring hyping their match for later on tonight

* Samoa Joe defeated Matt Morgan in a No Surrender rematch.

* Bobby Roode defeated Kazarian. Kazarian submitted to Roode’s cross-face

* Bully Ray & Jerry Lynn defeated mr Anderson

* Sting defeated Ric Flair. Immortal attempted to attack sting but the attack backfires. Hogan and Sting have a stare-down after the match.

Edge’s Role On This Week’s SmackDown, Mendes Continues Rant

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— Edge is advertised to host the Cutting Edge with World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton and Mark Henry on this week’s episode of SmackDown. The episode is being taped tomorrow at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

— Rosa Mendes posted several messages on Twitter over the weekend disparaging the ‘Rookie Divas’ of WWE, writing: “Awwwww u guys are mad @ me. You love AJ because she looks ordinary just like you. Divas are not suppose to look ordinary. If i’m making people upset, I don’t really care. I’m sick of seeing the Divas division ruined by these rookies. Sexy, smart, powerful! Stay in FCW and stop shopping at Target chicas! One rookie looks 12 with a crater face, one looks like she is 40 and the other one looks like she needs to go on Jenny Craig. You know who you are! Lol”

Mendes revealed who she has problems with this afternoon: “Just so everyone is clear the rookies are AJ, Kaitlyn, Aksana and Maxine. You know the new girl on NXT, with the huge overbite. Lol.”

— The 2011 SummerSlam pay-per-view broadcast is now available on iTunes.

Bryan On Being Bumped Off ‘Mania, Superstars Matches Taped

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— After losing the United States Championship to Sheamus on the March 14 episode of Raw, Daniel Bryan was scheduled to receive his re-match at WrestleMania XXVII. The match was re-scheduled as a pre-show dark match on the day of the event; a lumberjack match that ended in a no contest when the lumberjacks fought among themselves to trigger the start of a battle royal. Speaking to WWE Magazine, Bryan offered his reaction on being bumped off the card.

“I go with the flow with a lot of things. Obviously, it was upsetting. Nobody told use beforehand or pulled us aside and said, “Listen guys, we’re sorry.” That was the most disappointing thing,” Bryan said.

“And of course, I wanted that ‘Mania moment. You’re not going to get it in a pre-show match. But I once slept in the trunk of my car, so it wasn’t the end of the world.

— Matches taped tonight in Ottawa, Ontario for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars are as follows:

* Drew McIntyre vs. Zack Ryder

* Mason Ryan vs. Primo

TNA Star Missing Impact Tapings, TNA Luring Fans With Food

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— Reigning TNA Television Champion Eric Young stated tonight on Twitter that he’s not scheduled for this week’s three-day set of Impact Wrestling tapings.

Young wrote, “Monday night football here we go. I rather be at work but I don’t get to choose no EY on Impact for over three weeks sorry younglins.”

— TNA Wrestling has a live event scheduled for Friday, November 4 at the Kellogg Arena Battle Creek, Michigan, with tickets going on sale Friday, September 23 at KelloggArena.com. All tickets to the event include all-you-can-eat popcorn, fountain soda, hot dogs, chips, water and nachos with cheese.

— Gunner posted the following this evening on Twitter after making several disparaging remarks regarding the Internet Wrestling Community: “I never “lashed” out at fans! Fans are people who enjoy the show! Not try and put down a sport we all risk our bodys for!! Fans rule.”

Hogan On Angle & Hardys’ Problems, Returning To The Ring

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Hulk Hogan appeared on Busted Open, which airs every Monday and Wednesday on Sirius 92 and XM 207 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Highlights from the interview are as follows:

On whether he feels pressured to get back in the ring: “You know what it is, brother, it’s not pressure, I want to help. But then when I see myself in the ring, and I see myself on a good day, and I say okay, passable. But when I see myself on a bad day, and I’m trying to swing a chair and my body hurts so bad I can’t even swing it I go man, you shouldn’t be in there. I don’t feel pressure, but I want to help. But I want to help without destroying the product, I want to help without going oh my God, Hogan really sucks. You know, I would really like to do something, you know I don’t know how to find that sweet spot because I do all my vitamins, and drink all the fish oil and do all the stuff that you do when your trying to stay as healthy as you can.

“And then everything is fine and I feel great today, but tomorrow I can come in here and barely be able to get out of the chair and go well what did I do different? So I don’t know what’s going on, I guess its old age, I’m 58 years old, but that’s what’s got me. I can’t determine if I say okay today I’m like to get in the ring and hit you over the head with a baseball bat, or pull your leg, or hit you with a pair of knucks, you know. It’s a great thought, but I just don’t actually know until that moment how I’m gonna feel. It’s the weirdest feeling. So I want to help, I don’t feel pressured to get in the ring but sometimes I get a little sketchy thinking okay is this going to be a good day or a bad day.”

On guys like Matt and Jeff Hardy screwing up: “To see these guys step outside the parameters of what is expected in and out of the ring and screw up, you know? I mean come on. This business is a lifeline for me and for Vince, and for Dixie, and for Eric and for everybody that love this business, and RVD and Cena and everybody. And all of a sudden, you’re in or you’re out. You’re either all the way in the business or your all the way out. And when you screw up and when you don’t care, to me it shows that you don’t have it in your blood. And that’s what kills me. Because the party’s over man, this is business. And for them to step outside the lines and hurt a small upstart company like this, that’s doing a great job, that’s got huge opportunities, that’s where the hair on the back of my neck raises, because it’s not cool.

On the legal troubles of Jeff, Matt, and Kurt Angle: “You know the Jeff Hardy stuff, you know I kind of saw a little pattern and I’m kind of glad he is breaking the cycle. He’s saying he’s gonna break the cycle, and everything he said so far has been true to this point. You know the proof is in his actions in the long run. The Matt Hardy thing came out of nowhere because Matt Hardy, I don’t know him very well. Everytime I saw him and talked to him he was on point, we would talk about the show and what he was going to do in the ring, after the performance he would say did you watch? And everytime I talked to him, he was cool. I had no idea he was taking a walk on the wildside, he caught me way off guard.

“The Kurt Angle thing, I don’t know what to think of it yet. They said he blew, you know, and he wasn’t drinking. I can’t even begin to go there, I’m not going to put Hulk Hogan’s opinion over what the legal system comes up with, because I don’t even know what we are talking about with Kurt. I don’t know what the facts yet, I don’t know what’s going on. You know I talked to his wife and she said he’s a horrible driver. The whole time they were married she wouldn’t even let him drive the kids. He texts when he drives, he’s great in the ring as far as focusing but his people skills are horrible. He’s got two left feet, and it translates into his driving. I’m not making any excuses for him, but I want to know what the facts are before I pass any judgement.”

Punk & Triple H Confrontation On RAW, SD & Haven Ratings

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– WWE is advertising that Night of Champions opponents Triple H and CM Punk will have a face-to-face confrontation on RAW. The WWE website says:

“Just six days before Night of Champions, WWE COO Triple H and C.M. Punk have one more chance to say exactly what they feel in the middle of the ring, live tonight on WWE Raw Supershow.”

– Fridays episode of SmackDown drew a 1.93 rating and averaged 2,907,000 viewers.

– Friday’s episode of the SyFy show Haven that followed SmackDown and featured an appearance from former WWE star Edge, drew a 1.34 with 1,909,000 viewers.

(Source: PWInsider.com)

Confirmation On Tonight’s RAW Spoiler, Maryse Surgery Update

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– WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio announced on a Canadian radio station this morning that WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart will be appearing on tonight’s RAW. Del Rio teased that he’ll be getting physically involved with Bret Hart, who has not been publicly advertised to appear. To follow up on this news, Bret Hart is indeed backstage at RAW and will be appearing on tonight. (Source: PWInsider)

– WWE Diva Maryse posted the following update on Twitter over the weekend regarding her recovery from surgery:

“I met with my surgeon today and she said everything is perfect.”

“There’s a little bit of fluid inside by the incision and where the repairs are done, but it’s totally normal apparently. The scar healed really good and there is no infection. So the surgery was a total success.”

Maryse underwent surgery on August 25th to correct an abdominal hernia and is expected to miss several more weeks of action.

SmackDown Stars Scheduled For Raw, Hunt With Shawn Michaels

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— Following last night’s SmackDown live event in Moncton, New Brunswick, Randy Orton, Sin Cara, Mark Henry, Christian, Sheamus, Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett were told to head to tonight’s Raw SuperShow in Ottawa, Ontario.

— Shawn Michaels is asking fans on Twitter to “Like” the Activision Hunts page on Facebook and say in a post they were sent by him. One person will win a chance to hunt with the WWE Hall of Famer this week in New York City as he promotes Activision’s Dangerous Hunts video game.

— The death of midget wrestling star Little Tokyo (Shigeri Akabane) will be mentioned in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated. He died last Tuesday of a heart attack in St. Joseph, Missouri at the age of 71.

source: F4WOnline.com

Pictures Of Jeff Hardy’s HUGE New Tattoo

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TNA star Jeff Hardy recently had some extensive tattoo work done on his back and side – check out these pictures of Jeff Hardy’s new ink –

Mick Foley Thinks He’ll Be Working For WWE Soon & Talks TNA

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Wrestling legend Mick Foley was recently interviewed by Josh Stewart of AsTheWorldTurnsLeft.com spoke about his Here are some highlights of what Foley said about:

Whether TNA Is Really Profitable: 

“I was never close enough to know anything more than you guys in the media would know. I do think they had a really profitable year in 2009, and then I heard they may have overspent. But Bob Carter said something very prophetic to Dusty Rhodes when I asked Dusty about the status of the company. He said, ‘Until I close the doors, it’s not a loss, it’s an investment.’ So, I’m glad they’re around, I really wish them the very best, it was a very good place for me to go for a few years. I didn’t see eye-to-eye with them on a lot of things, but I certainly enjoyed most of my time there.”

His Main Complaint With TNA: 

“My main criticism of theirs is one that I had all along and that I expressed freely with the company, that they tried to pack too many things in every show. And at the end of the show it’s really hard for fans to see anything as really important.”

When He’ll Be Working With WWE Again:

“I’m almost sure that we’ll be working in some respect fairly soon. It’s a really good company with a really large infrastructure that offers ways for guys like me to help out that aren’t related to helping out on the TV shows.”

What His Role In WWE Will Be:

“There could be several roles. I have to do some thinking about how involved I want to get, how many days away I want to spend and whether I want my involvement to be completely off-screen. But I’m excited about working with WWE in the near future.”

There’s much more to the interview, including video from one of Mick Foley’s recent stand-up comedy routines, which you can check out at AsTheWorldTurnsLeft.com.