His vision compared to other promotions:
“I am a professional wrestler, but those days are coming to a halt and I’m much more of a promoter nowadays. We all have a story on how we got to where we’re at and why we want to do what we do. Why do we want to professional wrestle? What makes us tick? Do we want to become champion?
What does our girlfriend, wife or kids think about it and what are the hardships we go through in our daily lives? That’s real, and that’s what I believe the fanbase wants to dial into because we’re all so much more connected than we were years ago. You know what I did yesterday probably better than I did because of the world of social media.”
Did he talk to Samoa Joe about joining GFW:
“Me and Joe, how long has our relationship been, 10 years? We continue to have text exchanges. What a unique talent if you remember when he came in to TNA – he had a real streak and success abroad. He knew where he was headed, and I couldn’t be happier for the guy because he’s going to show the world that he’s going to kill ’em [in WWE]. I think his biggest and brightest days are in front of him and it’s going to come a lot quicker than the world thought. He was never on the table [for GFW], ever.”
Who to look out for on the GFW roster:
“Andrew Everett and Chuck Taylor are phenomenal talents, The New Heavenly Bodies are very good. The Tate Twins are young kids out of Knoxville; they’ve got a couple of years to go but it’s like every great tag team, whether it’s the Midnight Express or the Rockers, they started somewhere.
Everybody that I’m mentioning has one thing in common and that’s sort of the prerequisite to be on a Global Force Wrestling card – and that’s passion. They have a real passion for this business. Thea Trinidad is a girl who started several years ago, lost her father in the tragic 9/11 attacks, and that was her inspiration to become a professional wrestler. Now here we are several years later and she’s coming into her own. All you have to do is go to our website and if you see a name on there that you’re not quite familiar with, put their name in YouTube and you’ll see it. The independent talent pool – the free agent talent pool – is as wide as it’s ever been. I was in the UK several weeks ago and I witnessed it firsthand, so professional wrestling around the globe is very healthy.”
His thoughts on the future of GFW:
“I believe WWE, and I’ve witnessed this firsthand over the last 10 years, they’re the heavyweight. They’re the only heavyweight, quite frankly, in that they have 80-90 percent market share. It is a real uphill battle to create market share. TNA, Ring of Honor, Lucha Underground, New Japan, AAA, House of Hardcore – there’s multiple promotions out there that I believe if we all collectively have a loose working relationship, that we can begin to break into that market share. The fact of the matter is that WWE does sports entertainment and they do it bigger and better than anybody has ever done and ever will do it. Global Force Wrestling is going to focus on being the very best professional wrestling organization that we can possibly become, and be very engaging and interactive on an hourly basis. That’s really our mission statement.”
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
