5 things we learned from former WWE Superstar Kevin Thorn's Sportskeeda interview

Former WWE Superstar Kevin Thorn certainly experienced a unique, diverse and interesting WWE career.

Now operating a thriving real-estate business, Thorn was a WWE Superstar for a number of years between 2002 and 2009. He portrayed well-known characters such as Mordecai on SmackDown and the gothic vampire Kevin Thorn on WWE's ECW brand.

Thorn also portrayed another gothic style character named Seven in Ohio Valley Wrestling, WWE's then developmental territory.

Sportskeeda Wrestling's Dr. Chris Featherstone recently interviewed Kevin Thorn for another episode of UnSKripted.

A variety of topics in the world of professional wrestling and beyond were discussed, including Kevin Thorn's tenure with WWE throughout the 2000s.

Let's take a closer look at five things we learned from former WWE Superstar Kevin Thorn's Sportskeeda interview.

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#5 Kevin Thorn explains the origins for his WWE character Mordecai

Kevin Thorn made his WWE main roster debut in 2004, debuting the villianous Mordecai character on SmackDown. Immediately, many within the WWE Universe drew parallels between Mordecai and WWE icon The Undertaker.

Kevin Thorn discussed the concept behind the Mordecai character and also revealed what he originally wanted the character to be called:

"[The] Mordecai gimmick was basically born, I grew up in a baptist church. A lot of parents, grandparents were catholic. I always kind of liked that supernatural thing with sin, stuff like that. Mordecai was actually supposed to be Malakai. I wanted to be Malakai, i didn't want to be Mordecai. That's because Children of the Corn, when i was younger, scared the ever-living crap out of me. I still don't like driving through corn fields to this day," said Thorn.

It has been reported over the years that Mordecai was in line for a monster push upon his arrival on WWE television. Early vignettes for the character referenced The Undertaker and then-WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero, indicating future feuds for the character.

Kevin Thorn confirmed that he was scheduled to feud with both The Undertaker and Guerrero, although immaturity prevented that from happening:

"I was supposed to go against The Undertaker, [and] Eddie Guerrero. I was supposed to do a lot of stuff. But i ended up being an idiot and got into a fight at a bar and it just didn't work out. Just didn't work out that way man. Live and learn," Thorn concluded.

#4 Kevin Thorn discusses The New Breed against The ECW Originals at WWE WrestleMania 23

WWE revived Extreme Championship Wrestling as a third touring brand in 2006. A one-hour show on the Sci-Fi network, ECW was immediately panned by fans of the original product.

Kevin Thorn was one of the WWE original characters to debut on the ECW brand. Thorn was a gothic-style vampire character, accompanied by a similar female named Ariel.

One of the major storylines in the first twelve months saw four younger WWE Superstars, called The New Breed, feud with ECW Originals Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman and Rob Van Dam.

The feud culminated with the ECW Originals defeating The New Breed in an eight-man Tag Team match at WWE WrestleMania 23. When asked if New Breed should have won the match, Thorn felt that the ECW Originals deserved their moment on the grand stage:

"No. I think that was the moment for those guys. Dreamer, Sandman, Sabu and RVD. You know, RVD's won plenty of WrestleManias it wasn't a big deal for him. But, I think for guys like Tommy, Sandman, Sabu, those guys, they gave their blood, sweat and tears to that. I mean technically Stevie Richards should have been in there, possibly Balls. I think everybody could have had a little bit more part of that match as far as The Originals go," said Thorn.

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#3 Kevin Thorn reveals which character he was more comfortable playing in WWE

Kevin Thorn portrayed multiple characters during his WWE career. This included Mordecai, Kevin Thorn and the lesser known Seven.

When asked which character he was most comfortable playing, Thorn admitted that he felt comfortable playing all of the characters. However, he admits that the huge push he was set to receive as Mordecai may have come too early in his career:

"I was comfortable with both to be honest. It's just two different ways that I did stuff. When I was Seven in OVW and I was kind of gothic, vampire kind of stuff. Doing Mordecai, I grew up around religion, it was very easy for me to do. I was a lot younger as Mordecai, I think that played into some of it too. I think i was 26, getting told you're about to go against The Undertaker and possibly main eventing a WrestleMania match. I don't know if you have the business sense, you always say 'if I could have, would have, should have' back then. Now at 45, if i could have known what I know now and done it then, it would have been a totally different ball game," revealed Thorn.

#2 Kevin Thorn discusses the lack of promotion by WWE on ECW live events

WWE's revival of ECW in the mid-2000s is often seen as a huge failure for the company. Despite the negative perception of the revival, Kevin Thorn revealed that he had a great time as a WWE Superstar on the brand:

"It was good. It was fun. I mean we were the married band of misfits at that time. I think they wanted it to fail. But we just kept having such a good time doing it and everything else that it was just fun," said Thorn.

The former ECW wrestler explained his thoughts on why the brand drew so poorly. According to Thorn, the WWE promotional budget was significantly smaller for the WWE ECW brand, meaning it was always going to be hard to attract a live audience:

"The biggest problem is, you get to the towns and most WWE house shows they'll have somebody that will go in and promote and get stuff done, get everybody on radio and do TV spots. A couple months into it, you started kind of hearing from those promotor stuff 'they only have us a $700 budget to promote this.' We're drawing 700 to 1000 in some of these stadiums and it's like 'if nobody knows it's here, what do you expect?'" Thorn added.

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#1 Kevin Thorn shares his thoughts on AEW and if they can be competition to WWE

All Elite Wrestling is currently creating a huge buzz in the wrestling world after the success of All Out and the signings of CM Punk, Bryan Danielson and Adam Cole. When asked on his thoughts about AEW, Thorn admitted that he's seen a little of the product and has liked what he has seen:

"I watch AEW a little bit, here and there. I think they've got a great product. I'm not in the wrestling scene like I used to be by any means. I try to keep up. When you've got guys in my office who I didn't even know were wrestling fans came up to me on Monday and were like 'oh my god, did you see that pay-per-view?' and i'm like 'no' and they're like 'it was so awesome!'" Thorn said.

Thorn stated that he feels that the emergence of AEW is getting people talking about the industry once more, such as it was in the late 1990s:

"That tells me the wrestling business is getting people talking again. That's like when I joined the wrestling business, that's right at the time of the Monday Night Wars. You'd see people working out and they'd do their cardio right at that time and grab the TVs so they could watch WCW or RAW," admitted Thorn.