On Thursday, March 2, Wrestling Weekly co-hosts Doc Young and “Irish” Pete Doyle welcomed a member of the Armstrong dynasty and the youngest son of “Bullet” Bob Armstrong, BG James.
Wrestling Weekly’s featured guest was the return of TNA superstar BG “Brian Armstrong” James. Brian began the interview by describing sitting outside looking at all the goats and pigs in his backyard. He talked about how he and Bill Gunn (Kip James) are back together at TNA and that although “at first things were shaky,” it’s smoothing out now. He did admit that when asked if he’s having fun, he said “It’s definitely not right now.” He elaborated by saying “It just gets old and turns into a job.” He compared being in the wrestling business to the “abusive spouse syndrome” where you get beat down but tell the cops you’re in love when they show up. He said he’s not “burying the business” because the TNA locker room is great. He said without elaborating on specifics, “there are a lot of crooked people in the business that don’t mind messing with your livelihood to make a buck.”
He talked about working with Kip the first time around at WWF but before D-Generation X formed with HHH, Chyna, and Sean Waltman. He said prior to the union they were working against each other and according to Brian, “Going nowhere fast.” He lamented about having to “go out there and sing that ‘gay’ song” (“With my baby tonight”) as the “Real Double J” after Jeff Jarrett left. When asked about the song he used to sing before his matches he said, “No, it wasn’t a good song.” It was written by a WWF writer and he said it was lame but WWF brass thought they could get some mileage out of it at the time.
Brian talked about the other members of D-Generation X. He says he sees Sean Waltman from time to time and Sean is now doing the new MTV wrestling project. He confirmed that it was true that Chyna didn’t even recognize him one time even though they worked together extensively and traveled together while they were both at the WWF. He did say that he heard she was doing better and added, “I definitely live in a glass house,” referring to his own substance abuse struggles.
He talked a little bit about the infamous HHH shoot where he was present and Kip James did the shooting. He said about HHH, he once talked about his family while they were still working together, which didn’t sit well with him. Sean Waltman, in fact, kept Brian from punching him in the nose that day. Brian said, “It was the biggest target on his face” but Sean saved his nose anyway. Brian felt that “He (HHH) thought he was above us” and D-Generation X all used to stand behind him in the ring while he cut promos, not allowing the others to get any mic time. He said if WWE ever called “I wouldn’t even talk to him (Vince McMahon).” Even though Brian was admittedly a liability at the time, he resents the way he was fired after he asked for help. He gives them credit for sending him to rehab but “the boys up there are miserable.” He said he could never go to 20 days on the road with “a dress code and a drug test.”
Brian talked about Jerry Lawler’s use of the term “puppies,” which he had originally coined, “Me and Jerry Lawler never got along to well.” He also said that he “didn’t patent it, he can have it” about the term. He talked about his first match against Terry Taylor while he was still in the Marine Corp. And as a veteran of the first Gulf War, he also talked about being a Bush supporter but having his doubts about the outcome of the current war, calling it a “catch-22.” He says he considers himself an entertainer as a wrestler and not so much a technician, high flyer or power wrestler. In fact that’s what he thinks is missing from TNA, entertainers.
Listen to the entire episode at
www.wrestlingweekly.com.
