The following is an exerpt from the 7/15/15 edition of WrestleZone Daily featuring WZD host Nick Hausman & former WWE Tag Team Champion, current NJPW Wrestler & future GFW Superstar Harry Smith (aka DH Smith/Davey Boy Smith Jr.)
NH: We’re reading a lot of things every day about how TJ is lucky to have even survived this injury. Then I see a picture of you, him & Cesaro together and he’s not even wearing a neck brace. He seems superhuman, am I wrong Harry?
HS: I think that the surgery went well. He was definitely lucky, the break was pretty much at the brain stem. It’ll just be a matter of time to tell whether or not he’ll ever wrestle again or not. I’m not the one to make any claims on whether or not he’ll ever wrestle again. But his neck brace, he was able to take it off when I came down there, he just had some staples removed. He has to be really careful with stuff like that. Only time will tell how he recovers from it, how things are looking and whether or not he can wrestle again.
NH: I’ve been asked this a few times by people to ask you. Is there any word on your Dad (The British Bulldog) going in to the WWE Hall of Fame? He is certainly deserving of the honor.
HS: There’s a friend of mine, Michael in UK, who has been pushing for it. He has started this petition and he’s gotten lots of video clips from guys all the way from Kurt Angle, Frankie Kazarian, other Legends… all kinds of guys that want to see him in the Hall of Fame. Will it eventually happen? It certainly should. When is it going to happen? I’m not exactly sure. They (WWE) pick and choose what they want to do basically. When is he going to be in there? I don’t know. I think that he’s certainly deserving to be in there. I think that Owen Hart is certainly deserving to be in there. There is, of course, the issue with his widow, Martha, and I think that’s going to be tough obstacle to overcome. Never say never but that’s going to be a tricky obstacle to overcome. They’re both certainly deserving. When they’ll be in there? I don’t know.
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NH: I know you’re big in Jiu-Jitsu and catch wrestling. I would just like to know your thoughts on CM Punk going in to the UFC. Do you think he has any shot of doing well? Or, do you think this will be all for nothing and he’s going to get his teeth knocked out pretty quickly?
HS: Whoever he fights, or whatever he fights, will make money. It’s going to get a lot of publicity. Worst case scenario, he fights twice and he loses twice. He’s created so much publicity around that. Look at Chael Sonnen, who has probably lost now more than he has won but he’s also someone that people want to see fight, even if he does get his ass kicked. Whether or not CM Punk is going to get his ass kicked? I can’t say that. I haven’t really seen him train. To say he is going to lose and get his ass kicked is not really fair to him because no one has actually seen him fight. I did actually send him a text saying I was willing to be a part of his fight team, if he needed me, because I do support him. I want to help him because he is a fellow pro wrestler from the WWE but he didn’t give me any answer. So, I guess he doesn’t need my help.
In the full interview Harry chats more about Tyson Kidd’s options if he chooses not to wrestle again, his take on the upcoming WWE produced Owen Hart DVD, WWE’s presence in Japan, Finn Balor’s NXT Title win there, Teddy Hart’s love of cats, his MMA ambitions & more…
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