When he first got the idea to put together another ECW reunion show:
I've actually been thinking about it for quite some time. After I left WWE, I traveled the indies and was able to talk to all of the fans that came out for those shows and basically they were telling me about how the original ECW affected their lives or something I did or one of the other guys. I felt there was a sour taste in a lot of people's mouths for how it ended. Just thinking about how all these people kept talking to me, I wanted to do something to say thank you to the fans that supporting us for so long. It was never about an invasion or us taking over or anything against WWE. It was all just to have closure for a lot of guys and say thanks to the people that supported us.
Regarding talk this could continue if the pay-per-view workers. If he's open to contributing:
For me, it's just going to be the one night. This was part of my plan as well to a) raise aware for TNA and I think I've done that. I think it's created a hell of a buzz for the product and for the company and if it helps the guys that are on the show get a job maybe. If it proves to them that hey, they can still work and they still look good, I'd love that. But this is going to be the only show that I'm fully writing, putting together and this is it for me. I've always believed in stipulations. That why when I left WWE I didn't say I was retiring. I said I was leaving ECW and that's what I did.
How he expects Hardcore Justice to be different from WWE's early One Night Stand shows:
The only thing I would have changed is that I wish it could have been at either the Hammerstein (Ballroom in New York City) or the old ECW Arena in Philadelphia. But Dixie Carter has basically given us the keys to her home and we're changing up the look. We're going to party in someone else's house. That Impact Zone is a really cool place to wrestle in. The fans kind of remind me a lot of old school; they're right on top of you. They're very passionate for what they see and they're very vocal. This is, again, putting something together so quickly but I think everything it fitting very, very well.
High expectations for the in-ring work:
I think, myself I'm probably – except for my knee – I'm probably in the best shape of my career. I think a lot of people are going to be surprised at how good certain guys still look and certain guys can still go in the ring. This isn't going to be like old timer's day. I've spoken to a lot of people and they're really, really excited. They're training hard. And another big part of all of this is a lot of these guys during that time were partying like rock stars. Now, they're all sober and they're going to be able to appreciate this as well to see their recognition and they're place in this business.
Violence on the show:
It's going to be legit. I'm going to try and make it as authentic as possible. ECW wasn't just about violence. Yeah, we did all the crazy stuff with tables, the barbed wire and all that stuff but we also had some amazing wrestlers. The luchadores, the Dean Malenko's, the Eddie Guerrero's. We always gave fans a different mix and the bang for their buck and that's kind of the mentality I'm taking for this show as well.
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