Here’s what Sabin had to say:
On Heyman: Well, I’ve never met the guy so I don’t know anything about him. I don’t know what kind of person he is or what kind of guy he is. I’ve heard nothing but good things about him. I would love to work with him because I remember in high school when I first saw ECW on one of these old Detroit stations. Seeing ECW the first time, I was like … it instantly clicked. I was hooked. This is something different. This isn’t the kind of wrestling I’m used to. As soon as I saw it, I was trying to get more information about ECW, see when else it was on. I would go see them live when they came to Detroit a couple of times. Man, I would love to work with him just because I dig his style. The whole ECW style was really cool and I think that might help TNA.
On ECW Influence: For myself, it helped a lot. ECW and also the WCW Cruiserweight division were big inspirations for me during high school because I wanted to be a wrestler my whole life. I got to that point in high school where there’s pressure from counselors and parents like ‘what are you going to do for college, do you want to go for college’. My answer was no, I just want to be a pro wrestler. That’s all I want to do. You can’t be a pro wrestler, those guys are all big and everything. My answer would be they got the WCW cruiserweights, some of the guys in ECW are smaller and they have a unique style that stands out. So I knew that was something I had to do was evolve a different kind of style and present that because I’m not the biggest guy in the world but I can hold my own in the ring.
For more from Sabin, including a bunch on him teaming with Alex Shelley, click here for the Fanhouse.com interview.
