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03-25-2006, 10:47 PM
Radio Free Insanity is on the air and available for download at www.WorldWrestlingInsanity.com . This week, host James Guttman is joined by current TNA X-Division champion "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels.
The show starts off with talk of Guttman's book, World Wrestling Insanity. James states that he'll look at the McMahon family and Triple H in-depth. He says that he'll give his opinion on Hunter and then back it up with the most evidence he can find. After that he gives some in-depth analysis of Saturday Night's Main Event, going into what works and what doesn't. He then does the weekly Moment of Insanity and then we flip over to part two.
James begins part two of the RFI by answering some questions he has received about his upcoming book, World Wrestling Insanity. He says that he goes into the Triple H/Randy Orton situation from 2004 and stresses that the book is not a “slam” book. Rather it’s a look at the McMahon Empire; book the good and the bad. The book is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.
Christopher Daniels then joins James on the show and is quickly informed that he has been one of the most requested guests from the website’s readers. James asks Chris how it feels, at this point in his career, to win yet another championship and if he still gets excited to win another title. Daniels says that it’s a good sign from the company that he works for that they have faith in him as a performer and an athlete to “carry the banner” and he is excited about winning it. He’s also proud to have won a title for a company that he enjoys working for.
He’s asked what it’s like to win the title off of a successful Samoa Joe run and Daniels says that he’s just happy that he, Joe, and Styles have put on good television for the fans and thinks it will continue for awhile longer. Guttman asks about the current program with Joe and Styles and if it is hard to live up to fan expectations each time they get in the ring together when people think they will automatically steal the show. Chris tries to look at the situation as just wanting to put on a good match and to just do his best. He never feels like he wants to try and “steal the show” because he feels that would be selfish. He says it’s up to the fans to decide what the best match is, not the performers, so everybody needs to work hard each match and that’s all he’s trying to do. He feels that the similar attitudes of Joe and Styles are one of the reasons they have meshed so well together over the past few months in matches.
Guttman brings up that Daniels was involved in TNA’s first cage match and wanted to know how he felt going into the match knowing he would have to set the bar for future cage matches. Chris says that while there was a lot of pressure on all four wrestlers to perform as TNA made it the main event of the PPV, it just showed him that the company had faith in him as an athlete and a wrestler. He feels that any time TNA has put him into a position such as a main event program; he has come through for them.
Chris is then asked, due to his vast experience in both tag teams and in singles matches, if he feels the younger wrestlers today understand the differences in psychology between working a tag match and working a singles match. Daniels admits that the business has gotten away from tag team wrestling over the past couple of years and it’s hard to find a team like America’s Most Wanted or Team 3-D as most people have been like him, floating in and out of tag teams over the years depending on the situation. He feels that part of being a team is complimenting your partner with your own work and try to bring the best out of each other as a team rather than trying to outshine your own partner. Some teams like AMW and Team 3-D ‘get that’.
James then asks if a lot of the indie guys today are so interested in high spots that they lost the focus of the psychology that it takes to make a good match. Daniels thinks that the problem is that the indie guys try to put themselves over as a commodity in order to ensure future bookings for themselves. It’s a tough situation where if you don’t shine in the match, the booker may not bring you back. He admits that once you’ve got a spot on a roster, then you can focus more on your in-ring work. He then explains how dangerous the sport can be and that he sees how difficult it can be for an unknown talent.
Chris is asked about his WCW match with Mike Modest where he almost seriously injured himself on an episode of Nitro when he botched an Asai moonsault. Daniels says that he was told to go out there and give “everything you got” and ended up trying something he wasn’t 100% proficient at and ended up hurting himself.
Asked if he thought WWE would ever know how to use him, Chris says that sometimes WWE goes through stages where they use certain guys in a certain way before they’re forgotten. He uses Paul London vs. Billy Kidman as a prime example of how focus (and opportunity) comes and goes. He doesn’t even know if WWE knows just how good Kid Kash can be if given the opportunity. He feels it just depends on the day of the week whether or not somebody is pushed or utilized to their full potential.
In comparing the WWE Cruiserweight Division and TNA’s X-Division, Chris thinks that it’s more a different style of wrestling that sets the two apart rather than anything else. He believes TNA focused on the X-Division wrestlers as legitimate parts of the program instead of WWE’s using of cruiserweights as “filler matches” and that’s helped in the X-Division’s success. TNA has told the fans that the wrestlers matter and the fans have bought into it.
Guttman asks about being big and having no wrestling ability vs. being small and having a ton of wrestling ability. Chris simply says that he feels WWE would rather take somebody brand new and build them up from scratch rather than take a guy who’s had a certain level of experience and use that as best they can.
The interview continued on with Christopher Daniels. You can hear the rest of it at www.WorldWrestlingInsanity.com. Daniels talks about Curry Man, his thoughts on Ring of Honor, who he emulated and even sometimes stole moves from when starting out, and who he’d like to wrestle from any time in wrestling history. JG's Radio Free Insanity is on the air each and every Friday. James Guttman's book, World Wrestling Insanity, is available for pre-order at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and wherever else books are sold.
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The show starts off with talk of Guttman's book, World Wrestling Insanity. James states that he'll look at the McMahon family and Triple H in-depth. He says that he'll give his opinion on Hunter and then back it up with the most evidence he can find. After that he gives some in-depth analysis of Saturday Night's Main Event, going into what works and what doesn't. He then does the weekly Moment of Insanity and then we flip over to part two.
James begins part two of the RFI by answering some questions he has received about his upcoming book, World Wrestling Insanity. He says that he goes into the Triple H/Randy Orton situation from 2004 and stresses that the book is not a “slam” book. Rather it’s a look at the McMahon Empire; book the good and the bad. The book is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.
Christopher Daniels then joins James on the show and is quickly informed that he has been one of the most requested guests from the website’s readers. James asks Chris how it feels, at this point in his career, to win yet another championship and if he still gets excited to win another title. Daniels says that it’s a good sign from the company that he works for that they have faith in him as a performer and an athlete to “carry the banner” and he is excited about winning it. He’s also proud to have won a title for a company that he enjoys working for.
He’s asked what it’s like to win the title off of a successful Samoa Joe run and Daniels says that he’s just happy that he, Joe, and Styles have put on good television for the fans and thinks it will continue for awhile longer. Guttman asks about the current program with Joe and Styles and if it is hard to live up to fan expectations each time they get in the ring together when people think they will automatically steal the show. Chris tries to look at the situation as just wanting to put on a good match and to just do his best. He never feels like he wants to try and “steal the show” because he feels that would be selfish. He says it’s up to the fans to decide what the best match is, not the performers, so everybody needs to work hard each match and that’s all he’s trying to do. He feels that the similar attitudes of Joe and Styles are one of the reasons they have meshed so well together over the past few months in matches.
Guttman brings up that Daniels was involved in TNA’s first cage match and wanted to know how he felt going into the match knowing he would have to set the bar for future cage matches. Chris says that while there was a lot of pressure on all four wrestlers to perform as TNA made it the main event of the PPV, it just showed him that the company had faith in him as an athlete and a wrestler. He feels that any time TNA has put him into a position such as a main event program; he has come through for them.
Chris is then asked, due to his vast experience in both tag teams and in singles matches, if he feels the younger wrestlers today understand the differences in psychology between working a tag match and working a singles match. Daniels admits that the business has gotten away from tag team wrestling over the past couple of years and it’s hard to find a team like America’s Most Wanted or Team 3-D as most people have been like him, floating in and out of tag teams over the years depending on the situation. He feels that part of being a team is complimenting your partner with your own work and try to bring the best out of each other as a team rather than trying to outshine your own partner. Some teams like AMW and Team 3-D ‘get that’.
James then asks if a lot of the indie guys today are so interested in high spots that they lost the focus of the psychology that it takes to make a good match. Daniels thinks that the problem is that the indie guys try to put themselves over as a commodity in order to ensure future bookings for themselves. It’s a tough situation where if you don’t shine in the match, the booker may not bring you back. He admits that once you’ve got a spot on a roster, then you can focus more on your in-ring work. He then explains how dangerous the sport can be and that he sees how difficult it can be for an unknown talent.
Chris is asked about his WCW match with Mike Modest where he almost seriously injured himself on an episode of Nitro when he botched an Asai moonsault. Daniels says that he was told to go out there and give “everything you got” and ended up trying something he wasn’t 100% proficient at and ended up hurting himself.
Asked if he thought WWE would ever know how to use him, Chris says that sometimes WWE goes through stages where they use certain guys in a certain way before they’re forgotten. He uses Paul London vs. Billy Kidman as a prime example of how focus (and opportunity) comes and goes. He doesn’t even know if WWE knows just how good Kid Kash can be if given the opportunity. He feels it just depends on the day of the week whether or not somebody is pushed or utilized to their full potential.
In comparing the WWE Cruiserweight Division and TNA’s X-Division, Chris thinks that it’s more a different style of wrestling that sets the two apart rather than anything else. He believes TNA focused on the X-Division wrestlers as legitimate parts of the program instead of WWE’s using of cruiserweights as “filler matches” and that’s helped in the X-Division’s success. TNA has told the fans that the wrestlers matter and the fans have bought into it.
Guttman asks about being big and having no wrestling ability vs. being small and having a ton of wrestling ability. Chris simply says that he feels WWE would rather take somebody brand new and build them up from scratch rather than take a guy who’s had a certain level of experience and use that as best they can.
The interview continued on with Christopher Daniels. You can hear the rest of it at www.WorldWrestlingInsanity.com. Daniels talks about Curry Man, his thoughts on Ring of Honor, who he emulated and even sometimes stole moves from when starting out, and who he’d like to wrestle from any time in wrestling history. JG's Radio Free Insanity is on the air each and every Friday. James Guttman's book, World Wrestling Insanity, is available for pre-order at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and wherever else books are sold.
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