What was the endgame for the storyline that saw JBL interfere in multiple Nic Nemeth matches in TNA Wrestling? We finally have our answer.
WWE Hall of Famer JBL recently spoke with WrestleZone (via VideoGamer). When asked if he could reveal the endgame for the TNA storyline that saw him interfere in multiple Nic Nemeth matches, JBL spoke in great detail about what went down while heaping praise upon Nemeth.
“Yeah, I can,” JBL began. “I won’t reveal one of the names because I don’t want to put people in a bad light. I’m never trying to never do that. Nic Nemeth, by the way, that guy’s never had a bad match, has he? He’s never had a bad match. I watch Nic Nemeth, and I think he’s going to have a big run somewhere now. He’s having a big run in TNA. I think TNA is doing a great job with him, but man, I just watch him work, and I think, man, I wish I could have wrestled like that.
“That guy is so freaking good. And I called most of his matches because I did commentary, so I got to call so many. I always called him Dolph, Nic’s matches. And man, that guy, he’s different level. I want to see where he might be in a year from now because I think somebody’s going to make him their guy, even on a bigger level.
The thing with TNA was, Tommy Dreamer’s a good friend of mine, and I love Tommy as a person. I love Tommy as a booker; I think he’s a very smart guy. I listen to him on Busted Open Radio; he’s a smart guy. And I started going into TNA, and I started doing some stuff, and we’d worked out where I was going to have a couple of matches. I was going to have a couple of back-to-back matches and the big pay-per-view that they had that summer.
TNA changed its mind on plans for JBL
“I got in shape for it. I was training for it and everything. And then one day they called me, and it wasn’t from Tommy. Tommy was not the head of creative at the time. He should have been. And the head of creative said, ‘Hey, we’re changing our mind. We want to do this, this, this.’ And I said, ‘That makes no sense to me.’ And I thought it was idiotic. I thought it was stupid, and I said, I’m not going to do that. I have no desire.
“He said, ‘Well, would you come in?’ I said, ‘No, I’m not going to come back after 15 years and do something that I think is bad for me and bad for the business.’ Now, if it’s bad for me, but good for the business, that’s different. This was bad. I thought it was bad for everybody. I didn’t think it did anything for anybody.
So I just said, guys, I’m sorry, I’m walking. Tommy called me later and said, Hey, you know everything. I said, Tommy, you and I are great. I love you, but I can’t do that. And so I called the whole thing off, which really pissed me off more, as much as it depressed me, because I had trained for about six months and I was looking forward to doing something in the ring.
“We had some pretty cool stuff planned, the guy got fired like a week or two later. That was the head of creative. And when they brought in the new WWE partnership, it just never came back. And I just kind of got pissed off and took my ball and went home.”
Who is JBL talking about?
Despite JBL refusing to name the person who changed plans on him, he gave more than enough information to know who he’s referring to based on the timeline.
It’s evidently clear that Layfield is referring to former TNA President Scott D’Amore.
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What do you make of JBL’s comments? Are you disappointed we never got to see this storyline ultimately play out in TNA? Let us know your overall thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
