AJ STYLES INTERVIEW WITH THE DAILY STAR: WANTS TO TOUR UK TWICE A YEAR

AJ Styles: Wants to tour UK twice a year!

Check out an excellent interview with AJ Styles in The Daily Star (first published in Friday’s newspaper). In the chat with Patrick Lennon, AJ discusses touring the UK, Destination X and dealing with criticism.

AJ STYLES says he wants to tour Britain twice a year, because once is simply not enough. In an exclusive interview, the Phenomenal Georgia-born wrestling ace, whose name is synonymous with the very highest quality matches, tells FT that he thinks his company should hop the pond more often.

He says: “I want to do it twice a year. The British fans aren’t going to be bored by seeing us twice. 

JAY LETHAL INTERVIEW: DISCUSSES HIS RELEASE FROM TNA AND MORE!

Happier times for Jay Lethal: Applying the Figure-Four to childhood hero the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair

Former TNA Wrestler Jay Lethal was on Online World of Wrestling Radio and Discussed TNA, here’s a transcript of what was said:

On speaking with Randy Savage for the first time and what Randy Savage thought of the impression: “The first conversation we had lasted for five minutes. It was a three way call because I did not believe that it was it was really the macho man, as the guy was trying to get me to believe it was really him. He told me he liked the stuff, he didnt see it on TV, but saw it on youtube, I didn’t think I offended him, I think I annoyed him, as this fan was calling him, as I am a fan of Macho Man, its very weird to have a fan call you, just to talk.”

STING INTERVIEW: TALKS JEFF HARDY, WRESTLEMANIA 27 AND MORE!

Sting: Chose TNA Return over WM Bout with Undertaker

TNA legend Sting (a/k/a Steve Borden) recently spoke with Kevin Eck of the Baltimore Sun’s Ring Posts blog, here’s a transcript of the main talking points from the interview:

About the Jeff Hardy Debacle at Victory Road
“I want to be careful with my words here because I really like Jeff Hardy,” Sting said. “I’m hoping he can come back because that guy is so talented, but he has personal issues in his life and it just became too much for him, too overwhelming, and he just couldn’t cope and didn’t know how to handle it.

“So he made some bad choices and he’s having to deal with those choices and the consequences now. I hear he’s doing much, much better. Last I heard, he was riding his bike 10 miles a day and just getting in great shape and his life was getting in some kind of order…

Sting was also asked whether it’s true that no one seemed to know what was going on with Hardy at Victory Road until shortly before the match. “That’s pretty accurate. I’d say a good 45 minutes to an hour before the match actually happened, things started to deteriorate, and I just went, “Oh, boy.” I kept hoping maybe somehow or another he’ll come to his senses and snap out of it, but it didn’t happen. It was just out of hand and I didn’t have a choice other than to do what I did.”

20 QUESTIONS WITH…MAGNUS

20 Questions With...Magnus (Photo: Ray Mullan)

Welcome to the latest instalment of “20 Questions With…”. This week dear readers, one half of the British Invasion – the one and only Magnus!

Before i present the full Q&A i’d like to thank Nick Aldis for taking time out of his busy schedule to do this, he’s a true gent who hasn’t forgotten his roots and i’m sure you’ll agree a great representative of UK Wrestling on the international scene.

I’d also like to thank everyone who sent their questions, the response was fantastic and easily the most popular Q&A we’ve done so far. Finally, I would also like to address those fans who sent marriage proposals (you know who you are!) for Magnus. It’s not really my place to be asking the man such questions, so your probably better tweeting him directly. And no, I am not joking, there were three in total! Anyway dear readers, onwards as Magnus answers your questions:

Paul Heyman reveals what he would have done had he taken over at TNA Wrestling.

Here’s a recent interview that Paul Heyman did in which he revealed how he would have turned TNA around, as well as the negotiations he had with the company.

20 Questions with…Magnus!

Your chance to ask questions of one of the UK's Finest - Magnus!

The UK’s own “Mag Daddy” Nick Aldis has agreed to field questions from you, our dear UK readers. Any burning questions you’ve always wanted to ask? Now’s your chance!

Get your submissions in via twitter (@TNAUKWRESTLING), ray@tnauk.tk or posting in the comments section below. We will choose the best 20 and post the answers from Nick right here!

Kurt Angle Interview: How he was to break Undertaker’s Streak, TNA looking at Shelton Benjamin and more!

Kurt Angle: Nearly ended Undertaker's streak

As many of our twitter followers will already know, Kurt Angle was part of a lengthy interview with Rob McNichol and Joel Ross on the Sun’s Wrestlecast podcast. The following are highlights of the interview, which is available for download at thesun.co.uk.

– Angle claims The Undertaker approached him to break the Undefeated Streak at WrestleMania in 2006, which was a few months prior to Angle leaving WWE for TNA, but the match didn’t materialize.

“The person who wanted to do it was Undertaker himself. I was flattered, for him to go to Vince McMahon and pitch it,” Angle said. “To me that meant a lot because Undertaker had a lot of respect for me – and I had more respect for him than he did for me.”

Eric Bischoff discusses IWC, Chyna, Mick Foley’s Firing, TNA Video Game, the UK and more!

Eric Bischoff - Thinks there was a very limited role for Mick Foley in IMPACT Wrestling

IMPACT Wrestling’s Executive Producer Eric Bischoff was interviewed on the Monday Night Mayhem show, you can listen to the audio here or readon for transcript:

-Eric talked about his recent comments on Facebook. Eric said he wishes he could explain this in crayon and stick figures for the 10% of the IWC that seems to find the need to bitch, complain and whine about everything. They sit with a stopwatch like it matters to anyone but them. The rest of the audience wants to be entertain (whether its promos, wrestling etc) and don’t care how its done. The IWC who lives in their parents basement thinks they know more about the wrestling business than anyone else.

Kurt Angle interview with Bamber Media

Kurt Angle: Can't wait for the 2012 Maximum Impact Tour

Great interview with Kurt Angle and UK journalist Bob Bamber. You can listen to the interview here or read on for full transcript:

Kurt Angle says that TNA’s UK fans will be in for a treat when TNA Wrestling tours Europe in January next year for its Maximum Impact Tour. The tour is headlined by Angle and Sting, a man who hasn’t wrestled in the UK this century. Speaking to Bob Bamber, Angle says that TNA’s roster is the best in the world right now.

Eric Bischoff Interview: Talks Macho Man, IMPACT Wrestling, ROH, X-Division and More!

Eric Bischoff: Says focus will be on the X-Division in the coming months.

Eric Bischoff was on Monday Night Mayhem Radio show on monday night and discussed a range of wrestling related subjects. Here are the main highlights:

-Eric said the death of Macho Man hit him pretty hard and is still hitting him now. He hasn’t talked to Randy in a long time and they weren’t friends but they got along. Its hard to imagine that Randy isn’t here because he was so full of life.

-Bischoff said most of the changes to Impact were cosmetic. Anyone who thought it was going to be a completely different show had misaligned expectations. During the Summer is a great time to experiment with different formats and concepts and you could see that from TNA. Hopefully in the Fall they will have something different than the TNA from before and from the competition.