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Matt Morgan Talks TNA's Biggest Mistake,Working For GFW Last TNA
Run & Much More
By: tnafan Date: September 27, 2015, 6:12 am
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His program with Bram, Has Jeff Jarrett recruited Morgan for
Global Force Wrestling, The Global Force/ TNA Relationship and
having a co-branded invasion:Start and Stop booking of his
character:
The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling today interviewed Matt
Morgan, who discussed getting on the WWE's radar, Vince McMahon
being into his work, leaving WWE, finding a home in TNA and
more. You can download and listen to the full interview by
clicking here, they sent us these highlights:
How was the atmosphere at TNA when he came in for his last run
vs. Bram:
"It was such an encapsulated type of experience because, what I
saw is might have been everybody's 'A' game or best face or best
foot forward because they knew they were getting me there for
three hours, one day and four hours the day of the pay per view.
So when you have a special guest come in or an older talent come
in for one match, you are going to get everybody's smiley face.
You're not going to get the sh*t end of the story, or hear all
the drama, or hear 'GOD this place sucks' but nor would I, I
don't think either. Everyone was just trying to catch up with
what was going on and what I've been up to. These were people
that were like family members to me and a lot of them ironically
a week or two after I left a lot of those family members were
leaving TNA anyway."
How did TNA approach him:
"Here's the thing, I'm retired retired. I love pro wrestling, I
love watching it still and I'm always trying to catch up on Raw
and NXT, especially NXT. Impact not as much and not because it's
an inferior show, I just honestly didn't know what channel, I
didn't even know if I got Destination America and at this point
I don't have time to be looking around for sh*t like that. Every
once in awhile I'd get a text or a call from 'Big', John
Gaburick. He had a lot to do with me being on Tough Enough 2 and
was a big believer of mine. He took over creative when I left
TNA and we always wanted to work with one another obviously and
he's always trying to give me a little check in here and there
to see if I'd be willing to come back and I think he figured out
for sure that I was done with it, and he kind of stopped. But
then he approached me with an idea for me to come back for just
a one time only thing if I was interested and they were now
filming again at Universal Studios, they were no longer on the
road like they were when I left. They are twenty minuets from my
house. More importantly, I wanted to say my son saw me wrestle
live. In the long run what I am doing is best for my family of
course. For that little braggadocios moment that my kid would
never have had."
His program with Bram,
"Bram is a good buddy of mind. They are trying to get him over
and to the next level of a main event act and for no rhyme or
reason the guys they were feeding him or having him work with
was not really working. You could see they wanted to get behind
him, it's just the talent he was working other then Magnus
really wasn't helping him get there. So I was honored to finally
be asked because I had always been on the take so to speak when
I was the young guy always wrestling the Stings and the Kurt
Angles and The Steiners that helped get me to that level. Here
is the first time I am asked to do that for a younger guy and I
always wanted to be able to give back and do that if it ever
helped someone and what a hell of an opportunity to have my kid
sit there in the front row. That was probably the biggest part
of this for me to take them up on that offer, a one time
appearance only while also doing the honors for a guy that I was
friends with and I thought that he was very very deserving of it
and if I could help him become even more established or even an
inch more over then so be it, I was definitely honored by that."
Has Jeff Jarrett recruited Morgan for Global Force Wrestling:
"Yeah definitely. I remembered asking Jeff if he had heard that
TNA had contacted me about coming back and Jeff is another guy
that has always been a backer of mine to a degree and would
always believe in me and give me that fair shake. So the day the
Jeff called me, the same exact day he called me to do one of
those House Shows for Global Force and this was awhile back like
in March or April (2015) the same morning I had a voicemail from
"Big" from TNA as well and I asked Jeff if he knew why "Big"
would be calling me by any chance and are you in touch with TNA
at all and he said he had no idea. I thought it was ironic that
both of them called the same exact day and it's been two years
since I was on TV."
The Global Force/ TNA Relationship and having a co-branded
invasion
"I just think that from Jeff's perspective at the time there was
zero brand awareness for what he has done with his amazing job
and marketing campaign but as far as an "on television" presence
there was zero. So to be able to get on a network and invade a
company no matter who it is as long as it is national television
it's nothing but a koo and a win for him. With TNA I thought it
was very foolish. Unless there was a long term plan to get back
in bed with Jeff and go back to doing what he had done for TNA
in the past as a booker or part owner then that's a different
story. I'm guessing that isn't the case because TNA is no longer
going to be on Destination America."
What was the biggest mistake as far as what he has seen with TNA
business:
"That stuff with Spike and I love him to death and he has done
so much for me in this business, I love Hulk Hogan. That said
with him and Eric (Bischoff) they spent so much money at TNA
bringing in all these people and nothing affected the ratings.
You could bring Jesus Christ to that show on Spike television
and nothing was going to move that needle the way that people
just assumed that needle could be moved because of star power.
It just doesn't happen overnight, not even months it takes
years, that's just the way it works. We spent all that money on
those guys coming in and nothing really came of it and I'm sorry
the 1.4 is not a Big Enough number for me to be impressed with
those guys that we had on that January 4th (2010) show on
Spike."
Start and Stop booking of his character:
"At first I would get super-pissed about it. But then I started
to look around and it was happening to (Samoa) Joe on a daily
basis well before it was happening to me. It was happening to
Bobby Roode and (James)Storm on a different level. They kept
forcing those two guys to be tag team stars only. Which is
bullish*t. So I watched this go all around from not just me
being start and stopped, it might be more obvious because I am
big and some of the opportunities I'd be given were literal main
event pay per view moments. Like me vs. Sting vs. Kurt in a
three way. Me vs. Kurt, me vs. Sting, Me vs. (Jeff) Hardy in a
main event pay per view. If I am a fan, I think the same way,
well what the f*ck. I'd see it happening to AJ, to Joe, to
Daniels and all these guys. You always hear that people want
that Austin 3:16 moment and that's very exaggerated and as far
as any of us ever having that moment but it's the A-HA moment.
When you have been made, whether you've won the match or lost
the match but you've been brought up to the main event and are
literally in the main event of a pay per view match and you not
only hold your end you get over somehow and the fans show their
appreciation and everyone gives you high-fives and standing
ovations in the back and you got over and then two weeks later
you are doing nothing to do with any of that. Again, it's not
just me. I watched this happened to five to eight other talents
so I realized it's not some personal attack against me it's
unfortunately the context of the company I am working in."
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