Eddie Kingston recently spoke with the Baltimore Sun while promoting last night’s House Of Hardcore live event in Joppa, Maryland.
Kingston, who most recently signed with TNA Impact Wrestling and debuted in the DCC stable, talks about the decision to join the company, how the DCC storyline was pitched to him and more. Kingston also talks about working for House of Hardcore, CHIKARA and other promotions, independent stars getting a shot with WWE/TNA, and having his first TNA feud against the Hardys. You can read a few highlights below:
Kingston talks about choosing TNA over WWE after he had a tryout with WWE over the summer:
I had the tryout, and then TNA called me right after the tryout, and told me to show up the next Monday. I weighed all the options and talked to a lot of people. I talked to my best friend, Homicide, and a few other people. I just turned 35, and after 15 years on the road, I just decided that I couldn’t wait any longer. It was whoever came up first at the time, I would have taken it. It was never anything personal against any company, I just felt that it was now or never. At the beginning of 2016, I said to myself that if I didn’t have a contract somewhere by the end of the year, I was going to leave in December. So it was already in my head that I had a goal, and that this is where I had to be by the end of the year.
Kingston talks about joining the DCC storyline, if it was always intended for him to be involved:
James Storm first pitched it to me before I was even under contract. He was telling me about the idea, and said that Bram was also going to be part of it, and I’m real cool with Bram. When they pitched it to me, it was a no-brainer for me to be part of it. They explained certain things to me about it, and I was just like, “Look, I’m here. I get to be with Storm, who I like, and Bram, who I’ve known for a few years. I’m all about it.” I felt like I was in a good spot.
Kingston on how FloSlam is helping independent wrestling:
It gets more eyes on it. Back in the day, you didn’t really know about the indies unless you were truly a hardcore wrestling fan. Unless you went to the newsstands and bought the magazines. I remember seeing Mike Quackenbush in the magazines, guys like Ace Darling and Reckless Youth. I was a hardcore wrestling fan, I wanted to see everything. But if you weren’t like me, you wouldn’t see the indies at all. Now, with FloSlam and other streaming services, House of Hardcore doing big things, it’s way easier to see the indies.
