On fans who hate on the TNA product:
DG: Are they not watching the product? Whenever I speak to them and whenever I do indy shows they say, “Oh, you’re doing great work here.” And I’m like, “Thank you.” And then they ask, “So what about TNA? It’s not too great right now.” And I’ll ask them a couple of questions just to see if they’re actually watching and they’re blatantly not watching. That’s generally the case I’ve found.
On his transition from Vince McMahon’s “Chosen One” to being in 3MB:
DG: Well, Vince got taken off TV by Nexus so the main part of my storyline wasn’t there anymore. All the guys I was working with already had feuds in place and their next feuds in place so there was no one really to work with via circumstance. Then eventually I just wasn’t in anything and then you become “random match man” and you’ve only got so much life left in you. There’s only so many storylines that can help people advance and I just wasn’t in any storylines for a long time. It got to the point where me doing anything would have been good and I would have been happy. So I guess Vince says, “Let’s give Heath a band.” And rather than going with the more obvious choices Vince doesn’t think like everybody else. He went, “I want Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre. The more serious guys to see what they do with it.” He was very much in to it and he had ideas I guess but my wrist was broken at the time. I needed surgery a week after it started and I guess nobody informed the boss. So, whatever ideas he had went down the drain. I couldn’t touch anyone or be touched by anyone for six months. By the time I was ring ready again the gimmick wasn’t really going anymore. Which is fine. We were having a laugh with each other trying to make the best of it. People were getting with it and having a laugh with us but… yeah… I couldn’t physically compete for six months and then it was what it was when I came back. Then I was gone and thankfully this has all happened ever since.
In the full interview Drew talks further about headlining and losing in the main event of TNA’s Bound For Glory, EC3’s injunction against TNA, who Drew Galloway is, his thoughts on TNA branching out more in India, Billy Corgan’s influence on the TNA product, what makes British wrestling great, being anointed by Vince McMahon as ‘The Chosen One,’ transitioning in to his role with 3MB, more
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