BRENT ALBRIGHT MONDAY NIGHT MAYHEM INTERVIEW RECAP
- 01/19/2007 (8:46:40 am)
- Press Release
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Former WWE superstar & OVW World Heavyweight Champion, Brent "Gunner Scott"Albright, was one of the special guests on this past week's edition
(1/15/07) of Monday Night Mayhem (w/The Big Mosh & Blade), which can be
heard in streaming audio every week (and live at 9PM ET/8PM CT every Monday
night) exclusively on The Monday Night Mayhem Radio Network
(www.MondayNightMayhem.com, www.ObsessedWithWrestling.com,
www.AllWNYRadio.com, & www.AudioWrestling.com -- your official home of "The
Spring Break Incident" Video-On-Demand, featuring former WWE Diva, Stacy Keibler).
Brent's first interview since being released from the WWE is now available to hear for FREE in Real Audio!
Here are some of the highlights from the interview conducted by The Big Mosh
& Blade (courtesy: Mayhem listener, PWUSandman41):
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Blade & Mosh welcomed Brent to the program for his first public comments
since parting ways with World Wrestling Entertainment. The Mayhem Crew asked
Brent why he feels he was sent back down to Ohio Valley Wrestling, as well
as being released a short time thereafter. Albright said that the office
told him he was not getting over with the audience, and they wanted him to
go back to OVW, change it up slightly, & to try and get himself over there.
Brent strongly believes that he was over in OVW, but then he fell victim to
the politics. The WWE told him he was going to be Chris Benoit’s "protégé,"
so he wrestled like Benoit and acted just like him, & the WWE did not like
it. He said the the "E didn’t have a direction for him after Benoit was
injured and taken out of action for a while, hence what happened in the long
run.
Mosh then asked Brent about the Creative Team "not having anything for him"
(the infamous expression), and having certain people who have never stepped
foot in a ring trying to say that “they know Brent Albright better than
Brent Albright." Brent said that you could have a lot of talent, but they
legitimately might not have anything for them. He then said that creative
might have the talent wait for a while, and then find something for
them/turn it into a storyline, but releasing someone is frustrating. "How
could they have something for you if your not with the company?"
Blade & Mosh asked Albright about CM Punk losing his undefeated streak in
the WWE/ECW, with the rumors circulating about Arn Anderson's/Finlay's
comments as to why he landed up losing to Hardcore Holly last week. In
addition, Brent was asked about Punk, working with him in OVW, and if this
is the beginning of a downward spiral (based on what CM has been going
through in his first defeat). Brent said that the WWE could just be doing
this to get the fans behind him even more, and "he hopes that it isn’t them
screwing him over and making him into something bad."
Blade talked about how wrestlers on WWE TV always have about three-minute
matches and then when they are on the indies they have good half-hour
matches, he then asked Brent if he ever gets fans who saw him in WWE
complement him after seeing him on the indies working in a different light.
Brent said that he does and that the fans think most of the guys who
wrestler short matches on WWE TV are not seen as good wrestlers, but when
they are seen on the indies where they are allowed to do what they want
people start to get into them more.
Mosh talks about WrestleMania weekend always happening and indy feds doing
shows that weekend, and Brent was asked if he would like to see interaction
from WWE & ROH guys. Brent says that he would not like it because WWE/Ring
Of Honor are not the same styles. He then said that the ROH fans are more
hardcore & loyal to ROH than to the WWE, that they would be disappointed,
and considers Ring Of Honor selling out if they had WWE guys on their ROH
shows that weekend.
Mosh then moved on to the ten minutes that was wasted in everyone’s life in
the "Rosie vs Donald" match up on RAW and the announcers putting it over as
a five-star classic. Mosh asked if he takes offense to the WWE for putting
that on their programming, when they could have used that to push someone
else. Brent said he was offended a little bit, but he does think the WWE
took a risk, and then took a risk of legitimate heat that "Rosie & Trump"
had. It then backfired, because it didn’t get over. He then said that the
commentators only put it over because it was their job, and they were trying
to put it over as much as they could.
Mosh elaborated on the TNA chants and signs that were on RAW for the past
few weeks, and then asked if Brent has any consideration of going to Total
Nonstop Action Wrestling. What would he say to TNA if they were interested?
Brent said that he has not been approached by them, and that he has sent an
e-mail to them about going to the company. He went on to say that TNA
replied with saying that they are not picking anyone up until they get a
two-hour timeslot. Believe it ot not, Brent is a huge fan of one of TNA's
newest acquisitions, Tomko. Albright believes that Tomko was signed to TNA
because he can work, is a solid big man, and that he hopes that the company
uses him the right way & shows everyone his talent.
Brent was asked what he thinks the WWE could improve on if he would be
called back and he said that he wanted the angle with Chris Benoit to work
out, and that even though they are not big on tag teams that he would have
loved to be in a tag team to help get over a little more. He also said that
he would have loved to work some matches with Booker T, and says that Booker
is a phenomenal wrestler, and up until a few months ago Booker was the most
underrated wrestler on SmackDown. Brent also mentioned that he would have
liked to work with Mr. Kennedy, because they always hung out & worked out
together. Brent continued on, saying that he would have also liked to work
with Rey Mysterio & a lot of the veterans that are over to get some more
experience of working in front of a crowd, so that he could get the feel of
what the business really is about. On RAW, he said that he would love to
work with a lot of the younger talent, such as Carlito.
Final comments on his time with OVW & World Wrestling Entertainment: Even
though it didn’t end the way that he wanted, he does think that they dropped
the ball with him. However, he cannot say anything bad about them
whatsoever, because he lived his dream of working with the WWE.
More goodness is included in this 35+ minute interview with Brent including:
his takes on whether or not Kenny Dykstra will succeed in hs singles run,
where he sees the rest of The Spirit Squad members headed now, & the
possibilities of a three-way shoot match against The Miz & Daniel Puder.
For more information & how to purchase tickets for the ROH Five-Year
Anniversary Festival, where Brent will be appearing, head on over to
www.ROHWrestling.com for more details. We also encourage all fans to check
out Brent's official MySpace page at www.MySpace.com/BrentAlbright.
In addition (and just in case you missed it), the founder of Extreme
Championship Wrestling/the man behind Pro Wrestling Unplugged, Tod Gordon,
gave the interview that many in the business are still buzzing about over
the past few days. Words do not do this justice, so plain & simple, head on
over to www.MondayNightMayhem.com, www.AudioWrestling.com,
www.ObsessedWithWrestling.com, & www.ProWrestlingUnplugged.com for more
details. You will be absolutely blown away!
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Crew & its guests as well.
We wish to thank all who have supported The Big Mosh & Blade throughout 2k6,
as we approach our epic five-year anniversary show -- which will take place
on February 5th, 2007 (beginning at 9PM ET/8PM CT). The Mayhem Crew also
wishes to thank those hardcore fans who voted in droves for "Your Home Of
Wresting Radio" in the 2007 Wrestling Radio Awards, as we took home the
award for "Media Interview Of The Year" (our "one night only" WCW reunion
w/the former VP of World Championship Wrestling, Eric Bischoff, and former
WCW Nitro announcer/our national correspondent, Scott Hudson). More goodness
to come in the rest of 2k7!
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