dishdude714
08-06-2010, 05:48 PM
Shane Douglas did an interview with Brian Fritz of fanhouse.com regarding an appearance at the TNA Hardcore Justice PPV and here are some highlights:
"That's my one and only demand of TNA: give me Ric Flair and I would think that Dixie Carter, after paying a 61-year-old piece of garbage a half million dollars a year in the financial shape that they're in, that she would order this piece of garbage into the match but apparently not. Apparently she must be buddies with him. I haven't seen that Ric Flair has been anything positive for TNA that would warrant her taking any preferential treatment for Dic Flair, any more than anyone else."
"My understanding of ECW fans was they were a very intelligent group of fans that understood great wrestling when they saw it, great storylines when they got it and fell in line lock and step behind that in supporting the company. I don't believe ECW fans are going to fall in line lock and step behind this because it's not a true ... I mean, what connection does TNA, do the Carter's, do any of the talent in TNA -- no disrespect to any of them, they're all great talent -- but what do any of them have to do with ECW? The answer is nothing. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Zippo. There's no connection whatsoever so this is either a grab – a desperate grab – for a rating on a pay-per-view buyrate for a company that does traditional six to eight thousand buys, paltry by any measurement, even by the old ECW measurement. And the person who heads TNA told me one time 'well, we don't want to copy ECW, after all they failed'. And now, here were are five years later and that person is now trying to conduct a pay-per-view to get some kind of ratings, some kind of cash flow into their company's pockets. I find that just disgusting at every level."
"That's my one and only demand of TNA: give me Ric Flair and I would think that Dixie Carter, after paying a 61-year-old piece of garbage a half million dollars a year in the financial shape that they're in, that she would order this piece of garbage into the match but apparently not. Apparently she must be buddies with him. I haven't seen that Ric Flair has been anything positive for TNA that would warrant her taking any preferential treatment for Dic Flair, any more than anyone else."
"My understanding of ECW fans was they were a very intelligent group of fans that understood great wrestling when they saw it, great storylines when they got it and fell in line lock and step behind that in supporting the company. I don't believe ECW fans are going to fall in line lock and step behind this because it's not a true ... I mean, what connection does TNA, do the Carter's, do any of the talent in TNA -- no disrespect to any of them, they're all great talent -- but what do any of them have to do with ECW? The answer is nothing. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Zippo. There's no connection whatsoever so this is either a grab – a desperate grab – for a rating on a pay-per-view buyrate for a company that does traditional six to eight thousand buys, paltry by any measurement, even by the old ECW measurement. And the person who heads TNA told me one time 'well, we don't want to copy ECW, after all they failed'. And now, here were are five years later and that person is now trying to conduct a pay-per-view to get some kind of ratings, some kind of cash flow into their company's pockets. I find that just disgusting at every level."