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Chat with Mr Anderson
DIR By: ChrissiCalvert
Date: June 17, 2015, 4:14 pm
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In a decorated 16-year career as a professional wrestler, former
WWE superstar and current TNA wrestler Mr. Anderson, formerly
known as Mr. Kennedy, continues to be a focal point of the
wrestling industry. Holding championship gold and being involved
in top storylines for a majority of his career, Anderson
continues to remain what he has always been.
A fan.
Standing in the tunnel at Citi Field in Queens prior to his
scheduled match at Legends of Wrestling, putting him and partner
Doc Gallows against the legendary Nasty Boys, Anderson finds the
opportunity to be close with so many people he grew up idolizing
a privilege.
“You know, it’s pretty awesome. I always say I’m still a huge
wrestling fan at heart. So my inner wrestling fan is excited
about the fact that I’m on the show with these guys,” said
Anderson. “The interesting thing is I went being in the stands
watching these guys, sitting at home watching these guys on
television to being friends with them, being able to call some
of them friends and colleagues and co-workers but at the same
time it’s quite an honor.”
In an industry that is known for its showmanship and charisma
just as much as its politics and backstabbing, Anderson claims
that keeping that balance between fan and performer isn’t a
difficult task for him.
“I can’t really speak to the idea that it might be hard because
it just happens for me. When I got into the business and
starting learning some of the in’s and out’s and the behind the
scenes sort of stuff, it made me more of a fan actually because
I respected the business that much more because I realized what
goes into it,” said Anderson. “I’ve been doing it for 16 years
and I guess there are days where things get sort of frustrating,
you have seasons where you fall in and out of love, right now,
I’m totally dialed in, love the business and I’m a big fan.”
Another aspect of the business is change. Sometimes a company
changes its intended direction without any prior inclination. A
wrestler who was promised a push does not get one, and somebody
else takes that spot. Or, sometimes the network your program is
on changes.
Recently, TNA, the company Anderson works for, was caught
off-guard when Destination America, TNA’s network, announced
that Ring of Honor would be joining TNA on Wednesday nights,
airing at 8 p.m. — an hour prior to IMPACT.
For Anderson, that change isn’t a problem but in reality, he
tries to avoid getting too caught up in factors he can’t
control.
"I think competition is always good and I’m totally okay with
the fact that Ring of Honor is gonna be on our network. I guess
at the end of the day, I can only control what I do in the ring
so I try and not worry too much about what happens that’s
outside of my control. You can worry yourself about it but look,
I think what I do speaks for itself, I’m confident I’ll have a
job anywhere. I’m just gonna do what I can do, I can wrestle,
I’m gonna continue to wrestle, talk my s**t and see what
happens."
As mentioned, Anderson, who is a 16-year veteran of the
business, is still performing at a high level but, being
39-years-old, Anderson says that he is on the receiving end of a
lot of questions in regards to his future. Will he hang up the
boots anytime soon? Truth is, not even Anderson knows the
answer.
“I have no idea, I get asked ‘how many more years do you wanna
do this?’ I really don’t know at this point, I feel great. I
think I’ll know when that time has come, as I said, I’ve been in
the business for 16 years, I don’t wanna be in the business for
30 years. So it’s somewhere between now and the next 16 years,
between now and 16 I’ll be hopefully out of the business,” said
Anderson.
As he chomps at the bit in his Aces & Eights t-shirt and
prepares to go wrestle a match at the inaugural Legends of
Wresting, Anderson says that although he’s not certain of his
own plans, he is certain that he wants to spend time after his
in-ring career helping the future of the business.
“I feel like I have a lot more to give to the business in this
portion of my career, but afterwards I look forward to helping
out new talent,” said Anderson. “I don’t know if I’ll start a
wrestling school or what it is but I’ve always enjoyed helping
people and sort of passing along whatever minimal knowledge I
have on a given topic.”
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Re: Chat with Mr Anderson
DIR By: tnafan
Date: June 17, 2015, 4:45 pm
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Great interview with him. He is a great wrestler but he is
underrated
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