His reaction on seeing Jeff and Karen Jarrett appear on TNA TV to publicize GFW:
“I think it was crazy and was about the same reaction everyone else had in ‘What is going on here?!’ I’m sure that’s what was going on Jeff’s mind as he was walking to the ring and as he was ring the ring speaking his mind. But, it’s a crazy business; the wrestling business is a crazy business. You cannot predict anything and you cannot rule anything out. Time will only tell what this brings not only to TNA but to GFW as well.”
Does he have a favorite moment:
“Oh man, I’m always so bad at answering the ‘favorite’ questions. Well, I think as a whole, my whole career has been one big moment. I was just a little kid who loved to watch wrestling and never in a million years, even when I started going to wrestling school and training to be a wrestler the first year or two, I never aspired to make a living off of it or become a star or any of that; I just loved pro wrestling and wanted to wrestle and that’s all I ever wanted. It just kind of snowballed into this career, this big life I just kind of got sucked into and it’s just been a crazy cool ride. 15 countries and 15 years of wrestling later, this whole ride has just been amazing. I don’t know if there’s one specific moment but just the whole of my story of being a young kid and literally as far back as I can remember, I was watching wrestling on television and the next thing I’m on television working with the guys I saw on television growing up, and also some of the relationships I’ve made in wrestling, like my best friend Jay Lethal; we wouldn’t have been best friends if it hadn’t been for pro wrestling. It’s definitely a wild ride.”
Who would he like to see in GFW and who would he like to compete against:
“Let’s so, oh many this is a tough on; there’s so much good talent out there. Right now, I think the connection Jeff (Jarrett) has and GFW has with New Japan Pro Wrestling in producing the Tokyo Dome pay-per-view this past January, I think North American fans were exposed to so much talent and they just didn’t know it. Being an aficionado of the Japanese wrestling scene and having spent a year to year and a half of my life out there wrestling and was up close and personal with it; some of those guys I would love to see over here. (Kazuchika) Okada, (Shinsuke) Nakamura, (Tomohiro) Ishii, (Hirooki) Goto, (Katsuyori) Shibata and we’ve gotten a taste of the Bullet Club and the Young Bucks during the Grand Slam tour. So, I think those guys coming in here creates so many fresh new match-ups. We’ve got IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Kushida, he’s going to be in Las Vegas next Friday and getting that type of flavor in GFW is priceless. There’s a lot of guys out in Mexico as well and they’re getting exposure out in California and in AAA. So there’s a lot of high-flyers out there that I would love to get in the ring with.
Who does he see walking out as the first ever GFW Global Heavyweight Champion:
“That’s a tough one. I really like Nick Aldis, formerly known as Magnus, I’ve always enjoyed everything about his work and the way he carries himself as a professional wrestler both inside and outside of the ring; I think he’s a real special performer. He’s got a real shot, starting fresh and showing the world what he can do and showing that maybe he didn’t get that opportunity previously and this is it. Also, a guy like Brian Myers (formerly Curt Hawkins in the WWE) maybe he wasn’t given that ball that he deserved over the years and maybe this is the time for him to grab that ball and show wheat he can do.”
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Thanks to Jules Allen for sending in the above interview transcript.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
