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[Darren Grett]

TNA Wrestler Mr. Anderson was recently interviewed by Jim Varsallone of The Miami Herald regarding his upcoming match at TNA Sacrifice 2012 against Jeff Hardy, Working injured, concussions in wrestling and much more. Below is a quick recap:

On his match with Jeff Hardy at Sacrifice 2012:
“Every encounter that I have with Jeff is significant. I’m dealing with a guy who, in my opinion, is a living legend and probably one of the youngest living legends ever in our business. He is somebody I completely looked up to, when I was coming up through the ranks of the independent scene, and I still do. Ultimately, we’re all still fans of the wrestling business. We’re the biggest fans out there, and I’m a fan of Jeff Hardy. We’re very competitive. We like each other, so that’s always a challenge to wrestle each other, when you’re getting along with each other, but I always enjoy getting in the ring with Jeff.”

On Concussions in wrestling:
“All of us are trying to work smarter, safer. My concussions have been complete accidents. I don’t think I’ve lived the crazy lifestyle as far as my in-ring style goes. I’ve kind of always tried to keep it safe and simple but be as effective as possible.”

On doing dangerous moves in the ring:
“Early in my career, I sent a tape into WWE, and Kevin Kelly responded, [On the tape] I had done a dive from the top rope to the floor, and the guy completely missed me, and I ended up hurting myself a little bit. “Kevin asked me, ‘Do you want some advice?’ I said, ‘Of course I do,’ and he said, ‘If you want to continue a career, if you want to have a lengthy career, stop doing crap like that.’ Point taken right away.”

On having more creative freedom in TNA:
"When I got to TNA, I had a little bit more freedom creatively on the microphone. They would give me a promo with some bullet points, and if I didn’t necessarily feel what was on the paper, I was pretty free to change it up."

“I went out there one night, and I hit that line. Interestingly enough [former TNA creative] Vince Russo then wrote for me the next week the line about Jeff Hardy has his fans who he calls the Creatures of the Night. Well, I’ve got my own fans, and I call them Anderson’s @$$-----, and right at that moment the entire crowd started chanting, ‘We are @$$-----.’ “It was a vision, an idea that I had in my head for seven years, and it hit, and it stuck, and it worked. So I was very happy.”

Mr. Anderson donated his brain to the Sports Legacy Institute, co-founded in 2007 by former WWE superstar Christopher Nowinski and Dr. Robert Cantu in reaction to new medical research indicating brain trauma in sports is a public health crisis.

[Jackanape]

404, on 11 May 2012 - 01:27 PM, said:

Mr. Anderson donated his brain to the Sports Legacy Institute,

Explains alot...

Edited by Jackanape, 11 May 2012 - 02:02 PM.

[MickeyThyQueenBeck]

Hey Leave The Asshole Alone.

[Jackanape]

MickeyThyQueenBeck, on 11 May 2012 - 08:37 PM, said:

Hey Leave The Asshole Alone.

But...but... he sucks.