Magnus Interview

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Mark Suleymanov of The Inquisitr recently interviewed former TNA star Magnus, who discussed his stint and departure with TNA, his new book, his decision to go to GFW, potentially working with WWE and more. They sent us these highlights from the interview:

Almost quitting TNA years ago:

"I remember Vince [Russo] specifically saying to me 'What? You want to be World Champion or something?' and me saying 'Yeah' and he's like 'That will never happen, you're a Brit.' I remember I almost quit then and there because what's the of the point of being there?"

The James Storm / Mickie James Train Skit:

"We hated it, we all hated it. When it was pitched to us, we all tried desperately to change it to something else but the guy in charge wasn't having anything to do with it and was convinced it would be great.


"That's just a perfect example of one of the reasons why I left, we all said that was a bad idea and we all gave what I thought were good alternatives and were basically told 'do what we tell you.'"

Working for GFW:

"The structure of GFW is completely different, it's very much to me how I always imagined a wrestling company should be. You know, it's very much like everyone is on the same page, everyone is treated with respect and there's no ego when it comes to the people in charge. There's Jeff [Jarrett], there's Scott D'Amore, Kevin Sullivan, and Keith Mitchell is at TV's, Sonjay [Dutt] has a big role and wears a lot of hats in GFW. No one there is walking around like 'I'm the big boss, everyone has to respect me and if you get on the wrong side of me, you're gonna pay, I'm gonna bury you,' there's none of that."

www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/1218/605904/magnus-talks-almost-quitting-tna-over-vince-russo-comment/


This is so TNA that I can't even.

[ISO Mid Thigh Pull]

YOU WANT BRITS, BRO?

GO BACK TO COLUMBIA

[Halloween]

Magnus at one point (Late 2013) legitimately could have been TNA's John Cena. You've got this young guy in his late 20's who is in fantastic shape, appeals to the women (Good looking and the British accent), is decent in the ring and is likable. If they were to build him like WWE did Cena I think Magnus and EC3 both could have been huge stars for TNA and Bound For Glory 2015 most likely could have been headlined by those two with Magnus winning the World Heavyweight Title for the first time toppling the evil EC3. Magnus was still a face when EC3 debuted so why don't these idiots say "Oh, we've got two great young talents here. Lets build for them both to be main eventers by 2015"

Of course though, in classic TNA fashion they take Magnus who had just beaten Sting clean at their biggest show of the year and had fought off the evil that was Aces and Eights and instead of using that to boost him up the card they rush a heel turn and make Magnus a puppet for Dixie Carter about 2 or 3 months later. Magnus wasn't the leader of the group and played support character to Dixie Carter before losing the title to an injured Eric Young "Cause WWE did it"

Year and a half later Magnus leaves the company and joins the competition. And people wonder why TNA is laughed at.

[Main Eventer]

"How are people supposed to get behind Magnus? He has an accent bro"

[________ has left the building]

Nice to know that Russo's xenophobia is not bounded by race or color.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Vince Russo is a dumb, out of touch racist.

[chrom]

So he doesn't like Brits, Blacks, Japanese or Mexicans.

Good thing Magnus wasn't German then because you know what Russo would be saying if he was. God what does Ditzy see in that waste of flesh?

[Mayonnaise]

Dec 19, 2015 20:38:05 GMT -5 chrom said:

So he doesn't like Brits, Blacks, Japanese or Mexicans.

Good thing Magnus wasn't German then because you know what Russo would be saying if he was. God what does Ditzy see in that waste of flesh?

1998. She sees 1998 in him.

Actually I think that is all she sees. 

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Dec 19, 2015 22:27:10 GMT -5 Mayonnaise said:

Dec 19, 2015 20:38:05 GMT -5 chrom said:

So he doesn't like Brits, Blacks, Japanese or Mexicans.

Good thing Magnus wasn't German then because you know what Russo would be saying if he was. God what does Ditzy see in that waste of flesh?

1998. She sees 1998 in him.

Actually I think that is all she sees. 

That may explain why she keeps hiring the Harris Brothers

[jimmyjames]

Dec 19, 2015 20:31:18 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

Vince Russo is a dumb, out of touch racist.

Tell us something we didn't already know.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Magnus has a book? That should sell AT LEAST a dozen copies.

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Dec 20, 2015 5:24:30 GMT -5 jimmyjames said:

Dec 19, 2015 20:31:18 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

Vince Russo is a dumb, out of touch racist.

Tell us something we didn't already know.

I hear that if you want Lucha Libre you have to go to Japan.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

In his shoot interview Russo said that Bill Watts liked him and gave him his first break on creative...now I understand why they liked each other.

[Aya Reiko]

'I'm the big boss, everyone has to respect me and if you get on the wrong side of me, you're gonna pay, I'm gonna bury you,' there's none of that."

I wonder who the "I" is.  Hogan, Bischoff, Russo, or Dixie.  Actually, it could easily be all of the above since all of them are known to behave just like that.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

You could tell how much Magnus hated the train angle in his final promo, where he eulogized both his and Storm's career and never even mentioned the stupid angle.