ERIK WATTS REVEALS THE INSANE REASON JEFF JARRETT WANTED HIM FIRED FROM TNA

By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com

The 134th edition of JG’s Radio Free Insanity is on the air and available right now at WorldWrestlingInsanity.com (Flash and MP3 download) This week's show features Erik Watts

After a few years out of the public spotlight, Erik Watts joined James Guttman on ClubWWI.com for a monster 100 minute uncut shoot interview that tackled every topic put forth.  Now you can hear it all yourself not only on ClubWWI.com, but on today's Radio Free Insanity (always free and always on WorldWrestlingInsanity.com)
 

Among the topics Erik Watts and James talked about on ClubWWI.com are:

Mid South DVDs
www.UniversalWrestling.com
Why He Retired
Why He Returned
Shawn Michaels Doing 30 Second Jobs
Early Memories of The Bladerunners
Early Days of Jim Ross
WWE Wanting To Buy Mid South Footage
Early Days of Sting
Jerry Jarrett
Hulk Hogan's Exaggerations
Why He Has Wrist Problems
Debuting in WCW
His Dad, Cowboy Bill Watts
Turning Down Movie Roles
The Freak Accident That Lead To WCW
Why Bill Watts Wouldn't Let Him Wrestle At First
The First Day of His Training
Jody Hamilton
Sarge Buddy Lee Parker
Mike Graham
Landing On His Head During Training
WCW Ropes vs. WWF Ropes
Post-Omni Parties
How His Dad Egged Rick Steiner On To Beat Him Up
His Hatred in WCW
Trying To Quit
Why Dusty Wouldn't Let Him
Being Forced To Dress In The Concession Stand
His First Match
Why He Couldn't Get His Shirt Off
Claims of Nepotism
His Dad's War Against The Dirtsheets
Wanting To Turn Heel
Rocky Maivia
His Guaranteed ECW Contract
The Accident That Lead To His ECW Stint
Shooting With Paul Heyman
Attacking Tommy Dreamer
What Raven Said About Him
Vince Russo
Joining TNA
Why Brian Urlacher Was Angry With His TNA Spot
What Jeff Jarrett Did To Piss Him Off
TNA's Insane Issues
What WWE Offered Urlacher
What TNA Offered Him
Crazy TNA Politics
A.J. Styles
The Former WCW Champion Erik Threatened To Beat Up
The "Erik" Angle
The Origins of The D.O.A. Gimmick
Jarrett's Beef With Him
Dogging Jeff On TV
What Jeff Says Erik Can't Do
What Erik Says Jeff Can't Do
Creating The "Double J" Chant
What He Wants To Do With WWE
Meeting Vince McMahon
The Undertaker
D.D.P. in WWE
Advice Erik Gave Him
His Friendship With Lex Luger
Lex Staying With Him During His Paralysis

...and More!

Erik's interview also includes a special offer to any World Wrestling Insanity readers.  Head to UniversalWrestling.com and check out the list of DVDs available.  Mention you heard about it on World Wrestling Insanity and receive $5 off. 

Also, any promoters interested in booking Watts can do so through TagTeamPromotions.com

James Guttman then brings up the next uncut shoot interview on http://ClubWWI.com/ with a former WCW and WWF star.  The shoot will be up on the site tomorrow (Saturday) and you don't want to miss it.

JG then speaks briefly about his upcoming book "World Wrestling Insanity Presents: Shoot First…Ask Questions Later."  The title is available for preorder on Amazon and includes the stories behind the shoots, what James has learned, a special foreword, and so much more.  Check it out now at:  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1550228366/worldwrestl01-20

With that, we got to clips from Erik Watts.

James Guttman welcomes Erik Watts to the show and asks how things are by him.  Erik responds:

"I had some personal issues called divorce.  It's a horrible thing.  I don't wish it on anybody.  But during that point in time, my legal team said for me to step out totally of doing anything wrestling-wise.  So it's been almost three years .  Two weeks ago, it was finalized.  So I did a little bit of GCW, but even that was too much for that.  So because of particulars, I wasn't supposed to say things, do things.  They told me how to walk, talk, act.  So those leashes are off me.  Those chains are unbound.  So now I can get back to what I've always known and what I've always loved and that's pro wrestling."

JG comments on how it must have been tough for Erik to step away given how much time he was in wrestling (as a second generation star.)  Watts says that wrestling has fed his children and put food on his table.  His mother, brother, and he all own Universal Wrestling's tape collection and that was pretty much all he could do during that time.  They put out a number of Mid-South DVDs.  There's amazing material in the Watts video collection including Vince McMahon and Muhammad Ali.  While that kept him active in the business, it wasn't the same as going out and mingling with fans.

- ClubWWI Break –

Watts, in progress…

"He was pissed…those are the things that blow my mind about TNA.  TNA is just such, uh, the structure of TNA is so….when people want to sit there and go, 'Oh the WWE.'  Don't even get yourself twisted about the WWE and politics.  You want to see politics at its best?  Go to TNA….They had me come in, beat on Jeff Jarrett within an inch of his life for like three or four weeks.  People were booing me to death wanting to kill me. ..Raven was there again and Raven's always been one of my biggest supporters and Raven said, 'Oh my God, Watts reminds me of when he came to ECW.  Holy Crud.  You're going to be off the chain.  What I heard through the rumor mill was, 'Get rid of him…I didn't know he was that tall…I don't remember him being that tall.' 

Shocked, Guttman stumbles over his words as he asks for an explanation.  Jeff Jarrett wanted him fired because he was…too tall?  Really?  Watts says that’s what he heard and continues on…

"So the next thing I heard because I said, 'Is he kidding me?  What part of 6'6 is fabricated?'…I mean, David and Goliath and the whole thing.  The story stayed true.  That's what you want.  You want some big guy coming in (and) beating you.  And you want to outwrestle him.  And Jeff, since you're the best wrestler in the world – because you've told everyone you're the best wrestler in the world – and you can wrestle with a broom handle…make me a freakin' broom, bro."

Erik goes on to speak about the situation and what happened when they tried to fire him.  This is one shoot that you don't want to miss.  No one shoots like Erik Watts and no one has it but www.ClubWWI.com.

Aside from Erik Watts over 130 star interviews are available on ClubWWI.com for less than five dollars a month. Among the other guests you can hear from are: Jesse Ventura, Big Daddy V, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, Ahmed Johnson, Bobby Heenan, Terri Runnels, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Brian Knobbs, Bruno Sammartino, Bryan Clark, Sean Mooney, Scott D'Amore, Tito Santana, Al Snow, Tod Gordon, JJ Dillon, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Paul Roma, Tammy Sytch, Too Cold Scorpio, The Honky Tonk Man, Ole Anderson, Kid Kash, Samu, Mike Bucci, Ivan Koloff, Jackie Gayda, Scotty 2 Hotty, Dawn Marie, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Dustin Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred "Shockmaster" Ottman, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi "Juice" Guerrera, Nora "Molly Holly" Greenwald, Nick Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior Animal, Missing Link, Rikishi, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Paul Ellering, Vito, Steve Blackman, Bushwhacker Luke, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Zach Gowan, Dan Severn, Earl and Dave Hebner, Baron Von Raschke, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Downtown Bruno, Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many, more.

James Guttman's second book, "World Wrestling Insanity Presents: Shoot First…Ask Questions Later," is available for pre-order on www.Amazon.com.