Part 2 of Dixie Carter’s interview with TNAWrestling.com has been posted here, where the TNA president talks about her meeting with Kurt & Karen Angle, who knew about Kurt’s signing first (just her, her husband Serg and father Bob), how everyone thought Vince Russo was the surprise, what she thinks of Vince McMahon, TNA’s future plans, and more.
In an interesting note, Dixie met with Sting for lunch on the same day the Kurt Angle video was shot in secrecy. Here’s an excerpt from the interview that touches on this:
“I didn’t tell Sting because I really wanted to see the true reaction on his face when he saw Kurt … When I walked into the restaurant, Sting greeted me but his face was perplexed when Dave Hawk, Kurt’s agent, walked in behind me. You could tell Sting was wondering who Dave was and why he was such a big surprise … Then in walked Kurt, and Sting was truly blown away … Sting kept shaking his head from side to side, and just kept repeating, ‘Wow.’ Sting was almost speechless. I could not help but think of all the people who would have loved to have been in this private room with these two wrestling greats, and in on the secret. It was a memorable lunch, to say the least.”
On Vince Russo:
“I would never want to speak about someone where I do not have first-hand knowledge. However, I can speak about Vince in regard to his time in TNA. Vince is a lightning rod, which I guess is good and bad. At TNA, he has taken a lot of heat for things he has had absolutely nothing to do with. Anytime something questionable happened on our show, it was always attributed to Vince — whether he had anything to do with it or not, and that has already started again. Vince Russo is a different man today than when he first joined TNA, and I would assume even much more different than he was during his time in WWF/WCW. His faith is now in the center of his life. He’s always had an amazing heart, but his priorities over the past few years have shifted tremendously.”
In other TNA news, Samoa Joe has posted “Frequently Asked Questions” on his MySpace blog. They’re worth the read.
