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TJP said you were doing amazing stuff and Sami Callihan recently gave you an immense compliment too.
He said you were killing it right now and are revolutionary in this business, and one-day yourselves and Ace Austin will go down as being some of the biggest legends of professional wrestling.
I need to ask, what's your opinion of Sami Callihan, particularly now that he's the IMPACT Wrestling World Champion?
Sami Callihan is somebody that I hold very near and dear to my heart even though he is absolutely crazy. I mean that in the best way possible. Him being World Champion is a testament to the evolution of professional wrestling where you don't have to be this six-foot-five, 280-pound man made of muscle. You can be somebody that has created a unique style that is just better than what others have, and he's been able to showcase that.
So, him being the World Champion, it kind of shows that can be seen as the top of any company and it's revolutionary, so I tip my hat to him and I hold his words he said about me in very high regard.
Since he put a spotlight on yourself, which names would you say are the ones to watch in IMPACT, who do you think is the future of the company?
Oh, wow. Too many to name, honestly. Sami Callihan has already established himself as somebody that can do that. Tessa is another person that has showcased herself to be someone kind of cut from a different cloth, along with Rich Swann, Willie Mack.
Individually, Ethan Page and Josh Alexander are people who can be at the top of the company as well. Moose is still somebody that's on top of the company as well. At the moment, he will continue to be along with Eddie Edwards. One person, I'm actually keeping my eye out for his Madman Fulton. He is somebody that has a lot of rage and once he finds a way to channel that, he is going to be a dangerous individual.
If you could choose someone to work with in any kind of storyline going forward, who is the one name you are like, "I would love to work with them"?
Going back to the last person I mentioned, it would have to be Madman Fulton. I like the challenge of having that clash of styles. Seeing him working in the ring and things like that, it does put a little bit of a fire in me to try and take him on.
I like how you said he was ridiculously crazy and then almost give yourself a death wish by instantly saying you'd like to work with him.
You recently had quite the run-in with Mahabali Shera on IMPACT. What are your thoughts on him?
It's great but it's also very terrifying at the exact same time because he is somebody that you have to watch out for - because he has a very unique combination of speed and power that is not something that you can underestimate in any way, shape or form.
Even though you may have a gameplan for him, it may not work out for you, so him being back is great for competition-wise but also not great for competition-wise as well.
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