Samuel Shaw talks about his character clashing with current indy trends:
“To be honest with you, I don’t think that my style is really what the independent circuit is craving right now. Which is funny to me because I actually think that I am fully capable of doing all the athletic maneuvers and moves and things like that. I just don’t think the mass audience knows that I can do it. I was just sort of presented more of a character instead of a wrestler, per se.”
Shaw’s stalled run on Impact Wrestling TV:
“Some unfortunate circumstances occurred and everybody sort of knows I was sort heavy in a storyline with Santana Garrett – who was Brittany. We were in between TV deals, going from Spike TV to Destination America and we had some contracts coming up and I think she chose not to re-sign with TNA. That puts a damper on some future plans going forward [because] you gotta hit the reset button and while you’re hitting the reset button, you have 10 other talents they have plans for and look here, they have two-or-three new talents coming in. So my stuff got put on the back burner.”
Shaw comments on Lucha Underground:
“I have not made it a secret that I was blown away by their product. To me, it was the most compelling wrestling on TV that I saw this past year. I loved the backstage vignettes, it was shot more like a movie and had a different vibe to it. Definitely more edgy and immediately felt like, this is somewhere I could thrive.”
Samuel Shaw on what’s next for him:
“I don’t know, I’m sort of just weighing my options. I think there’s opportunities but do the WWE’s or the other companies actually want to pull the trigger on it? It’s sort of like, let’s take a look at him but it’s just sort of a wait game. This business has been that way since I started, it’s sorta been ‘we’re doing some restructuring, or we’re doing this or doing that and we don’t necessarily have a spot for you right now or we don’t necessarily think you fit in somewhere at this moment, but at a later date.’ It’s never been a complete no, you just keep bringing it back, bringing it back and looking at him. I gotta fill my time and my schedule with things in the meantime. I’m not upset about it or threatened about it, but I was taught that timing is everything. So in due time, good things will happen.”
