20.03.2007, 19:00
Chris Benoit gab der Sun in UK ein Interview, hier die Highlights:
Ueber die Hoehepunkte seiner Karriere
“My dream growing up was to wrestle for Stu Hart, Stampede Wrestling. Everything after that was icing on the cake. Wrestling in Japan. Winning the [lexicon]IWGP Junior Heavyweight title[/lexicon], having seen Dynamite [Kid], Tiger Mask win it. Working for ECW, working for WCW. Winning the title, coming to WWE, Winning the World Heavyweight title there.”
Ueber TNA
“I don't watch the product. Once in awhile. I'll tell you, there was one week, he had a night off. It was a Monday that the dog show was on. They were unopposed and they had two hours and I was appalled...I could not believe the show they put on. We were sitting there looking at each other, scratching our heads....They have some incredible talent there, but no direction.”
Ueber Samoa Joe: “He's great, great. From all I've heard and seen, I'd love to wrestle him. I'm a big Samoa Joe fan, big [lexicon]AJ Styles[/lexicon] fan, Christian Cage obviously. I'd love to see [Joe come into WWE.]”
Warum WWE den Development Talenten nun die Geschichte beibringt
“There was someone in OVW, her name was Linda Miles [Former Smackdown Diva Shaniqua] and she didn't know who Andre the Giant was.”
Ueber die WCW und den schlechten Ruf heutzutage
“The amount of talent and the amount of money they had at the time, they were spending money like it would never end. It was absurd. Looking back on it now, it was a great learning experience. A learned a lot of what not to do, how not to run a company. Back at the time, there were a lot of miserable people there, that's why we left...I had just won the World Heavyweight title there and it meant nothing, I wanted to get the hell out of there.”
Zum verlassen der WCW
“At the time [I took a pay cut to go to WWE]. I was prepared to go back to Japan. There was no fear involved at all. I was dead set and I was leaving and that's it. Originally there were 18 of us who got together and we're going to ask to be released. When it came down to actually going into the room and asking for it, there were 12 of us. Now, when we're all in the room, it was down to five of us..me, Dean, Eddie, Perry, and Shane Douglas. When it came down to we're gonna leave, we're gonna stay, there were four of us. We were all strong, we all wanted to leave really bad. We all left the building, we got in the car and we all agreed we reached the point of no return. As long as we all got an opportunity, we go and we stick together. After we get that opportunity, it's up to each of us to carry the ball.”
Und ueber neue Talente (siehe auch Brent Albright Interview Thread zur aktuellen Diskussion)
“One of the problems with guys from OVW and Deep South is they are brought up and thrown to the dogs on TV and they are expected to produce. Back in the day, there were 20 regional territories so Vince had his pick of the litter. Now, they don't have that system anymore. Now, they are trained for a year, two years and then they are expected to carry the ball. It's difficult.“
Unter folgendem Link koennt ihr euch das ganze Audio Interview anhoeren:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,20063...62,00.html
Ueber die Hoehepunkte seiner Karriere
“My dream growing up was to wrestle for Stu Hart, Stampede Wrestling. Everything after that was icing on the cake. Wrestling in Japan. Winning the [lexicon]IWGP Junior Heavyweight title[/lexicon], having seen Dynamite [Kid], Tiger Mask win it. Working for ECW, working for WCW. Winning the title, coming to WWE, Winning the World Heavyweight title there.”
Ueber TNA
“I don't watch the product. Once in awhile. I'll tell you, there was one week, he had a night off. It was a Monday that the dog show was on. They were unopposed and they had two hours and I was appalled...I could not believe the show they put on. We were sitting there looking at each other, scratching our heads....They have some incredible talent there, but no direction.”
Ueber Samoa Joe: “He's great, great. From all I've heard and seen, I'd love to wrestle him. I'm a big Samoa Joe fan, big [lexicon]AJ Styles[/lexicon] fan, Christian Cage obviously. I'd love to see [Joe come into WWE.]”
Warum WWE den Development Talenten nun die Geschichte beibringt
“There was someone in OVW, her name was Linda Miles [Former Smackdown Diva Shaniqua] and she didn't know who Andre the Giant was.”
Ueber die WCW und den schlechten Ruf heutzutage
“The amount of talent and the amount of money they had at the time, they were spending money like it would never end. It was absurd. Looking back on it now, it was a great learning experience. A learned a lot of what not to do, how not to run a company. Back at the time, there were a lot of miserable people there, that's why we left...I had just won the World Heavyweight title there and it meant nothing, I wanted to get the hell out of there.”
Zum verlassen der WCW
“At the time [I took a pay cut to go to WWE]. I was prepared to go back to Japan. There was no fear involved at all. I was dead set and I was leaving and that's it. Originally there were 18 of us who got together and we're going to ask to be released. When it came down to actually going into the room and asking for it, there were 12 of us. Now, when we're all in the room, it was down to five of us..me, Dean, Eddie, Perry, and Shane Douglas. When it came down to we're gonna leave, we're gonna stay, there were four of us. We were all strong, we all wanted to leave really bad. We all left the building, we got in the car and we all agreed we reached the point of no return. As long as we all got an opportunity, we go and we stick together. After we get that opportunity, it's up to each of us to carry the ball.”
Und ueber neue Talente (siehe auch Brent Albright Interview Thread zur aktuellen Diskussion)
“One of the problems with guys from OVW and Deep South is they are brought up and thrown to the dogs on TV and they are expected to produce. Back in the day, there were 20 regional territories so Vince had his pick of the litter. Now, they don't have that system anymore. Now, they are trained for a year, two years and then they are expected to carry the ball. It's difficult.“
Unter folgendem Link koennt ihr euch das ganze Audio Interview anhoeren:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,20063...62,00.html
