EC3 On Bully Ray’s Rumored ‘Goodbye’ Speech, If He Knew Vince Russo Was Working For TNA, More

Ethan Carter III did an interview with AlternativeNation.net‘s to promote TNA Impact Wrestling moving to Wednesday Nights on Spike. Below are the highlights:

Bully Ray’s rumored ‘goodbye’ speech to the locker room:

“There was a talk, it wasn’t that he’s leaving, it was more of: ‘If I don’t see you guys in a minute.’ But who is to say? I think it was more, [of a] precautionary [talk], who knows?”

If he knew Vince Russo was working with TNA as a consultant until recently:

“I never knew he was working as a consultant, so I can’t really answer that. But I do appreciate his kind words, as a guy who has seen a bunch of stars, especially guys like Austin and The Rock, rise [to the top]. To have him say anything kind about me is a compliment, but compliments are compliments, and that helps your confidence grow, but you just got to keep doing what you’re doing. I wish I had time to talk to him, because who knows what I could learn from him.”

This year’s Bound For Glory being in Japan:

“It’s going to be a different kind of audience, that’s maybe not as invested story wise as they will be with the action in the ring. We have that benefit that we can just go out there and have 8 to 9 killer matches in front of a respectful Japanese crowd. It will be a very different presentation from what we’ve seen in the past, so that will be interesting.”

Some locker room leaders in TNA:

“Bobby Roode, Samoa Joe, Eric Young, guys like that, that have been tenured here. James Storm, Mr. Anderson, guys of that nature. People who have been in the industry for awhile, but have contributed here very successfully.”