During a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio After Dark” podcast, Tommy Dreamer discussed The New Day’s heel turn on this week’s episode of WWE RAW.
During the tenth-anniversary celebration segment, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston confronted Big E, criticizing their former teammate for prioritizing his new life and girlfriend over their friendship.
In the end, Woods and Kingston remained united by turning heel on Big E, who was ousted from the group.
Tommy Dreamer says that Moose has been pushing to have Zilla Fatu show up in TNA. Dreamer spoke with Fatu on a recent episode of “Busted Open Radio” and told him that a number of people have spoken about him, and that Moose has pushed for him to show up in the company.
Dreamer also mentioned that Moose has been advocating for Umaga’s son, Zilla Fatu, to appear in TNA Wrestling.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On The New Day turning their backs on Big E: “The people were pi*sed and then they…put the boots to Big E without putting the boots to him. The verbal battle, or how they cut him down, was just awesome. And you saw the dejected look on Big E. Big E also, when he first walked out there, actually looked…happy/nervous, because it’s been a long-time since he’s returned to WWE on television like that. Yes, he’s done those panels, but it’s different when you’re in the middle of that ring.”
On not seeing the turn coming: “And it was such a great segment. It was so, so strong. I never thought…Woods I could see as a heel. I never saw Kofi. I thought Kofi was going to go down like Ricky Steamboat, to always be that babyface, especially within the WWE. Never saw it coming. And then, once he did it, I was like ‘These guys are going to be great.’ And this New Day, the heel version of New Day, this fresh coat of paint is exactly what they needed to do to get them on top of the WWE and the top of the WWE tag team division.”
On Moose advocating for Zilla Fatu in TNA: “I’ve seen a lot of people talk about you,” Dreamer. Not just because of your father, but because ‘this guy has the talent, by the way, he’s Umaga’s son.’ That’s the family part of the industry, which I now understand that you are understanding that love. Beyond the fans, we talk about a brotherhood. Your father was a brother to a lot of men and women. He was awesome. Your attitude is great and I feel, and most of us feel in the industry, you will have success.”
“I have Moose pushing for you all the time. I’m like, ‘I know who he is. You don’t need to push for him. If there is a position or spot.’ Moose didn’t know you, but he was like, ‘This guy is really good.’ Then, when he said your name, I was like, ‘Yeah, I know who he is.’ This is how we get into the industry. It has nothing to do with nepotism, it all has to do with talent. It’s so natural for you because, your father was so gifted and talented. Jacob (Fatu) is up there as well, but for your dad’s size and what he could do, was next level. I wrestled him at least 30 times. You have a whole bunch of people pushing for you because you’re you.”
During a recent edition of his “Everybody’s Got A Pod” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase Sr. discussed the hectic travel schedule under Bill Watts in Mid-South Wrestling.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On going back to the crazy travel schedule under Bill Watts in Mid-South Wrestling: “Well you know, I wasn’t excited about the road schedule, but I was excited about is that I was going to go back to territory that was run sufficiently. You know, I give Bill Watts so much credit for my career, because I happened to start for him. And Bill Watts — I mean, I loved it because the work was good. The work was good, and Bill always had good talent. And yeah, I could have made a little bit more money, but the other thing that I had going for me was a deal in Japan. So the Japan deal, that helped a whole lot.”
On the travel schedule: “I mean, trip-wise? Oh my gosh. I mean, like Monday was easy trip for me because it was New Orleans. New Orleans is 85 miles from Baton Rouge. You know, go do the show, and I was back home on Monday night. Tuesday night was Baton Rouge. And so I would wrestle in Baton Rouge. And sometimes go up to Shreveport that night, but most of the time I would stay home, because it’s another night at home. Tuesday night, get up Wednesday early morning, and drive from Baton Rouge all the way to Shreveport just to do our interviews. We did our interviews for the show that would be put into a show that we’d already done, and it would air that week. And that was the week, obviously they see the interviews you’re doing for the upcoming week that you’re going to be there anyway.
“So anyway, we would do interviews on Wednesday, and that’s when we got our checks. And then on Wednesday, we would leave Shreveport and drive to — sometimes we would go to Jackson. And I’m trying to think [of] the other two places. Because of some of the stuff, the schedules changed. But no, Wednesday was Jackson[ville], and then Thursday you would either go to Greenwood or Greenville, Mississippi. You know, they’re both about 100 miles from Jackson. but one’s like here, and then one’s over here. They were I think, like 50 miles apart. Anyway, we would wrestle either in Greenwood or Greenville and then drive all the way back through Jackson, Mississippi, all the way back down to Baton Rouge. That’s a long haul. Oh my gosh. I hated that trip. And so we would go back down to Baton Rouge. And then so Fridays and Saturdays were different. There was one little town, the home of Louisiana, which is about 100 miles from Baton Rouge. And we’d wrestle there sometimes. And just — I don’t know, it was like one of those days that… I know one thing is that Watts got us going to where we would do double shots on the weekends. We would do like, say Lafayette, Louisiana and Houma, Louisiana on the same day. Anyway, it was just craziness. But it is what it is, you know. And if you’re going to, you know, you just got to take the bad stuff with the good stuff. But the knowledge that I gained by working under Bill Watts was priceless.”
