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Sportskeeda meets Eric Young
Our interview with IMPACT Wrestling star Eric Young continues below.
There's one question I have to ask. I hope you don't mind me asking. Everyone will want to know - "Is Eric Young signed with IMPACT Wrestling?"
You've been around for a while but you're obviously only 40 years old. I'd guess Eric Young has a lot of gas left in that tank.
Is Eric Young a fully-fledged IMPACT Wrestling talent? Is Eric Young on an exclusive contract and here for the long haul?
"Yeah. Yeah, I am on an exclusive contract with IMPACT. I was very excited about that. Like I said, I don't look too far ahead and that may be a detriment to me but I've just never been a person who looks that far ahead. I think just with society and the way the wrestling business is, you're too worried about what's going to happen and not worried about what's happening right now. What's happening right now is I am in IMPACT Wrestling and I'm working on making that show and my part of that show the best I possibly can."
"I'm not looking six months down the road, I'm not even thinking about a month down the road, Young said."
"I think that kind of got me in trouble before but I'm in a position now, professionally and financially and stuff, where I don't need to worry too much. I just need to concentrate on being the best me. Like you said, I'm 40 but I was doing the comedy wrestling for 10 years when I was with TNA Wrestling earlier. That extended my career. I'm 40 but I've never missed a wrestling show from an injury ever, not an independent show, not a television show. I've never missed a single day ever because of injury, luckily, knocking on wood as we speak, but I do have a lot of gas left in the tank. I think for me, it's just - how much longer do I want to do it?"
I recently interviewed Eddie Edwards, and he said you were the first person that he wanted to defend his IMPACT World Championship against. He's doing his Open Challenges, so you're not the first - but I'd say you look like the man who will be posing the first major threat to him. What are your thoughts on Eddie, and when will we see Eddie Edwards vs Eric Young?
"Obviously Eddie is a guy that I worked with some before my exit from TNA Wrestling when he was there with Davey Richards. A guy that I respect a great deal."
"One of the flag-bearers for IMPACT and a guy that's been with the company since I left and came back. Professionally, Eddie has nothing but my respect. He is a pro's pro and he can have a good match with anyone, any style and I can say we worked together a small amount in the past, but very limited, in the past."
"I'm really looking forward to the course that we are on because you can see it, everyone can see it, we are on a collision course and I'm set to make some real memories with him, man, for sure. I want people to talk about it and I want people to talk about it all over the world, and I'm going to make damn sure that they do."
Next: Eric Young reveals which talents he's desperate to work with, and reveals how he would love to work with Rhino!
