GQ Money interview: Part 3

[LucharesuFan619 0]

Part 3 of my GQ Money interview

 

 

 

 

 

WITHOUT the Easter Eggs:

 

Conducted by LucharesuFan619

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 8, 2003

 

ME: Lets talk about Sabu/Lazie's departure the day after Damage Inc. Do you want to give any info on why they left and/or what your feelings were about them leaving?

GQ: I still wasn't fully involved back then, so my knowledge of their departure is pretty much nil.

ME: OK, no problem. Were you friends with either one of them (i.e. did you miss them when they left)?

GQ: No, I didn't know either of them very well.

ME: OK. So, the next show was Halloween In Hell 2 (a.k.a. Blown To Hell) and, of course, that's where you and Angel shocked everyone. What was with that match? LOL. Why'd you guys work so well together there? I loved that match and so did many, many other XPW fans

GQ: Angel and I knew we wanted to go out there and impress the hell out of everyone. We had a good chemistry together, and we were both wanting to prove ourselves as wrestlers, and not just comedic sidekicks. It was embedded in our brains for the few weeks leading up that we were going to go out there and try to steal the show. If it wasn't the best match of the night, we were going to make sure that people left there with a new perception of both of us and our skills.

ME: That same night Kaos had his first TV title defense vs. New Jack. Was either of you nervous going in?

GQ: Hell yeah...I was! I remember that morning when I went to the office to pick up some stuff, Kevin told me Jack was jumping off the tower on me and I was like, "AWWW Shit! That's cool." And then I already knew I wanted to blade for the first time, so it was pretty crazy. Shit, when I went down from the hit, I went to blade, but I was getting no blood. I'm thinking to myself, "Oh, fuck! This is New Jack...if I don't get up bleeding, he's gonna Mass Transit my ass," so I did it again and then "Bam!" - the juice started flowing and flowing and flowing. That's why I wore the white shirt. I knew I wanted it to get bloody...and it did. The whole experience was awesome. The whole blood felt really cool and it was my birthday at midnight that night.

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, May 22, 2003

 

ME: The next show was Retribution, at which you wrestled Preston Ascott III and Angel. What did you think of that match? What was Ascott like?

GQ: Nothing really sticks out about that show...but I enjoyed the match. I wore an intentionally very stupid outfit that show. The match was fun and I enjoyed it. Ascott always entertained me. He wasn't a tremendous wrestler, but I always thought of him as very entertaining. He was cool. Real quiet, keeping to himself. He liked to read. He was real nice.

ME: The next show was the infamous New Year's Revolution 2. What the hell happened with the surprise that will shock the wrestling world and the new X-Girls and all of that stuff? Since the hype obviously wasn't fulfilled, do you think that people who bought tickets to the show were robbed or ripped off in terms of their expectations?

GQ: I don't remember anything about new X-Girls, but the surprise? That shit was great. Truthfully, that was all me and Rob. Kevin was dead set against it, but Rob and I were into having fun. There never was a set name we were going for. We figured we had heard that the WWF was going to be releasing people, so we figured (that) if they did, we'd be able to pick that person up, but we also knew that the way we worded our little thing (that) we would be protected in terms of our statement. After all, this was wrestling and one of the things you do in wrestling is push buttons and play with people's emotions. The statement was, "Come witness the shocking debut you never would expect, and hear an announcement that will change wrestling forever." Here's where we fucked up...the announcement. As far as the shocking debut - in my mind, I'll always think we delivered. That shit was funny as hell because you never would have suspected two bums. "The announcement that would change wrestling" - yeah, that part was too much, but the shocking debut...(that) goes down as one of my favorite moments in XPW. (It was) Pure comedic brilliance. Robert Thomas and Perry House were two legitimate bums. We found them out in front of the building. In terms of people being robbed or ripped off? Absolutely not. The show was great. The battle royal was entertaining. Chris Hamrick made his debut. The matches were really good; it was a really strong show. It's funny because people were expecting these big things, somewhat based on my "Dirt Bert" columns (that were posted on XPWrestling.com during the hype period for the show). But, what people never realized is that those columns always hinted that the debut wasn't who they expected. It was a "read between the lines" thing. Bert would make comments about former champs calling the (XPW) office, all of which was true, but he never said it was relating to the debut. Then, in the weeks leading to the show, there were always comments made by Bert steering people off the idea that it would be a former champ. It was the fan boards that jumped on the former champ stuff, never based on what we hyped. We hyped a shocking debut, and we delivered. Plus, we delivered a great new talent (Hamrick) and a solid show. In terms of who called (he office)... lots of people - Shane (Douglas), some other WWE guys who were friends (I won't give names to protect those guys) , more so calls based out of personal friendship; nothing really business related. But we had fun embellishing. Mean Gene (Okerlund)'s been doing that for years on his hotline. Joey Styles (is) the same way. We teased and we built intrigue, but in truth we never lied. I never felt it was a false publicity stunt. Fact is, it was wrestling. It's (false hype and over hype has) been done for years. The fact that people got excited means we did a good job. The fact that people felt they had been let down is ridiculous. And something else was on that show that I can't remember, but in no way should people have felt let down. Like I said, the comedy element of the situation was brilliant, as it established the Enterprise as the company's top heel group. The debut of Hamrick (was a positive), too. If you watched the show start to finish, it was very good...(and that's the) bottom line! And if people felt so let down, why was the next show an even bigger crowd?

ME: Is the rumor that XPW tried to call Messiah up right before the show in hopes of getting him, but they found out he wasn't in So-Cal at the moment true?

GQ: Absolutely not.

ME: What did you think of the BattleZone Match, which you surprisingly won that night?

GQ: It was fun, but pretty "gay." Everyone was low blowing everyone non-stop, people's trunks were being pulled down...the match was fun, exciting, and all that. It was just very "gay." The match was fun, exciting, and all that. The end (of the bout) kind of got delayed and played out too long because people eliminated wouldn't leave the ringside area. So, Rizzono, Hamrick, and I are waiting to do the finish and no one would get out of the way. Kraq threw a chair into the ring that hit Hamrick in the back of the head...some other stuff, too. We were just like, "get out of our way already." But the finish was cool - Hamrick hit his leg drop off my shoulders. I loved that shit...and then the broomstick up the ass of Rizzo (like I said, very "gay"). He did that move because of me. When I first met him that day, I asked him about that move (the flying leg drop) because he used to do it in ECW. He wasn't sure if he was going to do it, and I was like, "Do it up…it's sweet." So there it was (in the match). Everyone thinks I booked myself to win so I can (could) get over, and that's like the furthest thing from the truth. Rob wanted me to win because it meant me vs. Webb would continue the "Webb as a paper champion" thing (angle/storyline). Obviously, I wasn't a credible world title contender and that was the joke.

ME: The next XPW show was Free Fall. What were your thoughts on the climax to the Grimes/Jack feud?

GQ: GQ: Freefall....shiiiiiitttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That shit was crazy! It was scary! And it was also exciting. BUCK NAKED! Truthfully, Veronica was completely buck naked, but the lights...that was the intent from the beginning. Once again, anyone who really believed there wasn't going to be some gimmick was incredibly naive and stupid, for sheer legal reasons alone. But...VC (Veronica) was naked when she ran to the back. It just continued the heat on the E. It's what wrestling is all about - it built the E to become despised. Shit, that promo I cut after that match drained me. I wasn't expecting to do it (I was preparing for my match with Webb) and then I was being yelled at to go out and cut a promo on the crowd. It totally took me out of my zone and drained my energy and that's one of the reasons why the match with Webb wasn't so hot! Everyone calls it one of the worst matches in XPW title history and while I know it wasn't great, I've never thought it was as bad as people always make it out to be.

ME: They do call it bad, but in all honesty, it wasn't that bad, in my opinion. I thought it was decent. Now, onto the XPW TV segments of The Enterprise (E-TV), the guest commentaries on matches, etc. God, I loved those segments!

GQ: So did I. E-TV was great! My favorite time in XPW. Rob gave me full reign of those things, and I had a blast. The lead up to E-TV was great, too, with the midget and the fat chick and all that. They were both porn people - Bridget the Midget and Sindee Williams. Rob gave me the ball to write funny shit for the E, and I did. I'd give him ideas, he'd give me ideas, and we had a blast doing it Shablowme and Teninch was a great episode, as was "Right On." Yep...we just did our thing and improved everything.

ME: The name droppping was funny, too - Curry Man (Christopher Daniels), Eddie Guerrero, Kevin Nash, Rey Mysterio Jr., etc. LOL.

GQ: Like I said, we had tons of fun doing all that. That's when The E. was really on fire and when Kaos and I were really clicking together. That time period did wonder for building Kaos' "acting" and promo skills.

ME: Many people say that the three E. members (Veronica, Kaos, and yourself) were closest around that time. Would you agree with that statement?

GQ: Definitely. We knew we were the main faction, and we loved being in that spot.

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 4, 2003

 

ME: Why did Sandman enter The Enterprise at Free Fall? He didn't seem to fit in at all.

GQ: That was something Rob wanted to do. he wanted Sandman to be heel and using The E. was the best way, especially since he was wrestling Supreme (who was an arch-rival of The E.).

ME: You debuted a new look at the show. Where did your new look come from? Why did you make the change your look? Do you think it was a good idea for your character, etc.?

GQ: 100% Clockwork Orange. I wanted to shave my head at Free Fall, and Rob thought it was a cool new gimmick. It was a gimmick they were originally going to use me in if I was a full time wrestler when I debuted. I was originally going to be part of a tag-team called "Ultra Violence" (when I debuted in XPW), but I wanted to manage and not wrestle full-time.

ME: What did you think of the match itself? There was lots of chaotic stuff, such as the Gory Guerrero Special/Flying Leg Drop you did with Kaos and your fall off the top of the cage. Were you nervous about the fall? How secure was the cage?

GQ: That match was great! Fun as hell! Scary as hell! Remember, we were expecting the cage to have a full roof and we never got to go on top pre-show to even check it out, so it was a bit scary. The Gory Guerrero Special/Flying Leg Drop was cool and I loved the catapult splash from one ring to the other. I remember a point where me and Angel were brawling, and he says to me, "There's no roof!” and I was like, "Yeah, there is - over there!" and that started his climb. The cage had NO SECURITY. We thought that shit was going to collapse, especially when we were on top. I remember when both Angel and I were up top, and one of us threw a punch, and then we heard some of the fasteners snapped. I nearly shit my pants on that one. Angel and I thought we were going to be doing bumps up top and actually wrestling, but it was way too scary. So, then Kaos starts climbing up and I'm motioning to him not to, but he keeps coming. I didn't think the cage could hold all 3 of us, so Angel and I are panicking and Kaos keeps coming. So, I'm yelling to him to stay on the edge and finally...BOOM...I toss Angel, and then jump off after. After the match, Kaos told me that he thought when we were yelling at him, we were pussing out of the bumps off the cage and we were like, "Fuck, no!" We just didn't want the damn thing to collapse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note that this is only PART of the interview that I conducted. There is some more topics (Easter Eggs, we like to term them [as in a DVD]) that GQ discussed that only those of you who subscribed to the HouseOfXtreme.com newsletter or members of the HOX forums will be able to read (or those of you who are lazy and just go to the HOX newsboard). The interview, in full, including the Easter Eggs, have been posted on HouseOfXtreme.com's forums and the HOX newsboard. The Easter Eggs include discussions about:

 

- why five major XPW stars left XPW and which star XPW continually lied to

- the NEVER BEFORE SEEN Sabu Invitational House Show

- What ever happened to the Vampiro/Rob Black Steel Cage Match that was hyped?

- info on GQMoney.com

- and more!

 

Feedback can be posted in this thread, IM'ed to me, or emailed to me at [email protected].

 

http://www.HouseOfXtreme.com

[Guest Sykotic2002]

When I try to click on to houseofpain, all that comes up is apicture of Raven and nothing to click into it. Can you post part 4 of the interview?

[LucharesuFan619 0]

When I try to click on to houseofpain, all that comes up is apicture of Raven and nothing to click into it. Can you post part 4 of the interview?

It's HouseOfXtreme, not HouseOfPain. When the Raven pic comes up, just scroll down and click on either ENTER SITE or DISCUSSION. Just so you know, the site will be down for th enext week or week and a half because it's webmaster will be putting it on a new server that will give it twice as much bandwidth.

 

This is the main page of the HOX site: http://www.houseofxtreme.com/hox.shtml

 

I haven't conducted part 4 yet. I will be in the next few weeks, though.

 

If you want to read the previous parts, just PM me or e-mail me and I'd be happy to send them to you.