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Kenny King Talks Tough Enough Experience, Being On Bad Terms
With ROH, &More.
DIR By: mrmrmr
Date: June 24, 2015, 4:35 pm
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TNA star and former X-Division champion Kenny King spoke with
Ring Rust Radio recently about TNA, Ring of Honor, Tough Enough
and more. You can check out the highlights below, and don't
forget to check out our TNA Impact and TNA Slammiversary Live
Viewing Parties this week.
Impact moving to Wednesdays:
"Well I think Wednesday nights are a good night for wrestling
now with everything going on. Now we have Impact and Ring of
Honor, and that gives you three hours of wrestling you actually
want to watch. As far as getting my belt back, this Wednesday at
Destination X, I get my shot and we will see what happens."
ROH coming to Destination America:
"I'm a pro-wrestler and that's how I make my money and I am also
a fan of the wrestling business. Ring of Honor being viewed as
being good enough to share the national spotlight with another
company that's really good for wrestling. It's not a product
that I'm unfamiliar with and the quality is unquestionable –
it's Ring of Honor. It's hard to see it as a negative when it
means there's more places for guys to work and get exposure for
guys that are really good."
Going after the world title:
"I think it comes down to timing and everything has to be right.
I am my number one fan and I would have told you that I'm ready
for a title shot that day, but it might not have been the right
timing. Whenever it is my time I grab it and I run with it. The
thing you can say about TNA is it's not the old guard anymore.
The push to the top is there for guys who are ready and able to
do it versus just name recognition."
Moving from ROH to TNA:
"The reason it got blown out of proportion was because of one
person who took it personally. I never, ever treated Ring of
Honor any negative way. The people that matter then and do
matter now in Ring of Honor I have nothing but love for 'em. I
still love that company and have nothing against Ring of Honor
at all."
TNA's X-Division:
"Well, there's times when the division takes the forefront and
then there's times when the guys stories can go slow. It's kinda
of one of those things where you look at the original logo for
TNA is built on the X division. It's one of the reasons TNA's
identity is tied with the X division. The fact that any given
day you can put X division guys, any two of us, and give us
15-20 minutes you will get a main event quality match. That's a
testament to how strong it is and that it will always be there.
Destination X is always a good time of year because it reminds
everyone that we are amongs the best in the world in that
style."
Getting his "King of the Night" nickname:
"Funny thing is I wanted to come into Impact Wrestling with that
King of the Knight gimmick. They didn't think it was right at
that time and said I could pull it out later. Hopefully King of
the Night is a way to reintroduce me back to the fans. The
direction that it took organically with Bobby Lashley and myself
showed why the gimmick worked."
His experience on Tough Enough:
"I was just gonna say don't sleep on British Boot Camp now.
Tough Enough was my entrance into professional wrestling and
it's really what made me love it and want to stay. I think it's
a great opportunity for wrestlers and to help get eyes looking
at you. It gives you're the opportunity to start in the middle
versus to where guys start at the very end. I would love to see
a Boot Camp version of that and get some trainers on there with
some experience."
His training with Nick Bockwinkel:
"I can tell you this, it's a compliment saying some of my work
this year is my best ever and that is a testament to Nick
Bockwinkel. Nick would come in on Thursday nights, sometimes
Fridays, and we would work on promos and learning and
understanding your character. You would cut your promo, Nick
would watch it, then he would tell you it sucked. After that you
would do it again, and again, until it was right. He really was
all about practice makes perfect. I don't know where I would be
without Nick Bockwinkel."
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