Donald Wood: TNA is having one of its biggest shows of the year with Slammiversary on Sunday, June 15, from Dallas, Texas. You are scheduled to take on Ethan Carter III in a Grudge Match. As one of the kings of hardcore, how are you approaching this matchup physically and mentally?
Here's the deal, these types of matches I can do with my eyes closed. I've been having hardcore matches, table matches, any type of violent matches for a long, long time. I think this is Ethan Carter's first match like this if I'm correct. Ethan Carter is stepping into a style of match which he is unfamiliar with and he is stepping in the ring with a guy who's basically the top two or three of this style of match, period. Ethan Carter has very smooth, pretty skin, and when you chop it a certain way, it splits right open, and that's what I'm going to do to him. I'm going to split his skin open, I'm going to chop him until he bleeds and hopefully bleeds to death. I'm definitely excited about the match. Slammiversary is a huge event for TNA. The Texas crowds have always been great for us and to be able to get my hands on a Carter and spill their blood in Dallas, Texas is going to be great for this kid from Hell's Kitchen.
Mike Chiari: During your time in TNA you've feuded with a lot of authority figures including Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter. As a performer, what do you like about feuding with someone in a non-wrestling capacity and what are some of the challenges it presents?
A story is a story and she is a performer, she is someone on our television show and I don't care who I'm standing across the ring from, if they're in the ring with me, I'm going to make sure that it's the best possible performance. I'm going to make sure they up their game and I'm going to make sure, first and foremost, that the people get what they paid to see and when it comes to Dixie Carter, the one thing that every TNA fan, every WWE fan, every ROH fan, every House of Hardcore fan, every wrestling fan around the world wants to see that lady get Powerbombed through a table.
Brandon Galvin: TNA is heading to the road for stops in both Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and New York City at The Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center. As a wrestler who spent plenty of time in both cities with ECW, WWE and TNA, what does it mean performing in these venues at this point in your career?
For me, it's always great, I love performing in the Northeast, not because I'm from the Northeast, because I know what kind of atmosphere and what kind of fans there are in the Northeast. They're so passionate and they're so into the product. This is going to be the first time, I believe, that we will be taping in Pennsylvania and the first time we'll be taping in New York City, and I think this is a great opportunity for TNA to take the wrestling world by the balls and show everybody what we're really about. Entirely too many people sit back and knock TNA and don't give it enough credit and those are the people, I believe, who look at the product with jaded glasses or whatever the term is and just bash, bash, bash. TNA is a really good company, is every single storyline good? No. Is every single wrestler good? No. Is every single baseball player good? No. Is every single football player? No. You get a mix, and I think the wrestlers are going to feed off of the Pennsylvania crowd, I think they're going to feed off of the New York City crowds, and I think they're going to be some of the most top notch performances you've ever seen.
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