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Brother Devon Talks Hulk Hogan, The Monday Night Wars
Brother Devon recently spoke with fanhouse.com, here are the highlights:
On What He Likes About Hogan Coming To TNA: It would have to be this last TV taping. Young talent is being pushed. Young talent is being made from stars to superstars and what better person to do that than Hulk Hogan. A lot of people thought he was going to come in and try to still be Hulk Hogan, try to go in there and run the show the way Hulk Hogan wanted to. Well, Hogan proved a lot of people wrong. He's in there pushing young talent. He wants to make a difference. He wants to see TNA prosper. He wants to see them succeed. To do that, you bring in some stars from yesterday but you mix them in with today's stars and there you go. And that's exactly what he's doing.
On TNA's Lack Of Recognition Holding Them Back: Absolutely and I think this war is going to do that. I think this war is going to be able to get the people who don't know TNA is out there and they're going to know TNA is out there. I think this is a very, very good thing for us especially. Do I think Vince is happy with this? Probably not. I'm sure he wanted to hold on to the monopoly and I'm pretty sure he's probably trying to run us out of business. But I don't see that happening. I see us really really striving and really really going. I'm excited about it. I can't wait. I can't wait to be on live TV every other Monday night and getting it going because I know Bubba and I are at our best when our backs are against the wall and we're fighting.
On The Monday Night Wars Rejuvenating Him: Absolutely. Everyone asks me are you looking to run Vince (McMahon) out of business and I say no we're not. We've seen what happens when there is only one company left and the rival company is run out of business. That one company that stays in business holds a monopoly and that's never good for anyone. With TNA, we're not trying to run Vince out of business. What we want to do is give him competition yet we want to be number one. That's what we're striving for. We want to be the number one company in professional wrestling. We want to have the number one ratings. We want to have the number one talent. That's what we're looking for. We're not looking to run Vince out of business. I don't think anyone would want to see that. I think competition is very good for the business and knowing that it's going to keep both companies on their toes. There will be times when TNA will lose. Their may be times when WWE may lose. But then, knowing when we lose that we regroup, get back together and try to kick their behind. I'm sure they're saying the same thing with us. So either you're on board and going full tilt and you're bringing your best or you have to ship out.
What Are His Expectations?: See, I look at it like this. You have TNA which is on Spike TV and there are some viewers that don't get Spike TV. That was a problem for WWE at one point because they liked to use that reason why their ratings were going down in the first place. OK, we're on Spike TV and we're getting very good ratings. We're not getting the ratings WWE has because they've been around for so long but we will get there. We're inching along, slowly but surely. I'm going to have to same the name recognition. We probably have the most names on our show compared to the WWE. You have your Hunter (Triple H), Undertaker, (John) Cena, Batista, your (Chris) Jericho and Rey Mysterio. Then after that, you go on the younger talent who haven't been really established. With a lot of the guys that are on their TV, you're like "who?" You don't really know who these guys are because there was never a real connection when you brought them in the first time. Now, you're force feeding them down the fan's throats. I generally feel that we have the opportunity to gain momentum. Not taking anything away from the WWE cause they are who they are but we're TNA and we're going to do whatever we have to do to become the number one company regardless.
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