In a recent podcast interview with MLW.com, Samoa Joe talked about a variety of topics regarding TNA Impact Wrestling. Some excerpts are below:
On the Hogan/Bischoff era, Joe said he’s always been a “proof is in the pudding” kind of person, and then he said:
“When they came in I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I said I am going to work with these cats and work with them on whatever they want to get done and try to make the best of it. But no matter who they brought in, you can ask me that question about anybody, at no point have I ever been like ‘this is the dude.'”
On former WWE personalities joining TNA, Joe said there’s guys who want out after seeing what TNA is and guys who stick it out and perform well. Joe praised Christian, saying:
“Christian, man, he is the ultimate professional, probably one of the great unsung workers. If people really understood the qualities that make a tremendous professional wrestler, the appreciation for Christian was probably go twenty fold from what it is, which it already is pretty high.”
On TNA vs. WWE and TNA issues, Joe said:
“TNA hasn’t had the time or the staying power that they’ve had… You know as well as I do that there are problems everywhere in every company. There are problems in TNA, but for me from an employee standpoint, all you can do is go out there and do the best that I can with what they give me and try to make it work.”
