He thinks that diversity of performers is what makes wrestling great and entertaining. When he was coming up in the business, everyone was trained by different trainers and had their own work style. This made for a wide range of in-ring work and character development. Nowadays, WWE has monopolized the business and their Performance Center is cranking out cookie-cutter wrestlers who all work the exact same way.
Taz says he really enjoyed running his own wrestling finishing school. He was working in TNA at the time and he didn’t have as much time as he would have liked to devote to it, but he really did love it. He would take performers who had a few years of experience and would polish them up as best he could, showing them what it took to get to the next level.
This was long before WWE came up with the concept for their Performance Center, but WWE runs that Center with the same idea in mind that Taz had a decade ago. He adds that he hates when Triple H takes pictures with every incoming talent. He doesn’t think this helps the talent by giving them a “rub”, he actually thinks it hurts the talent because they look inferior standing next to Triple H.
Roman Reigns’ name was mentioned in a steroid trial this past week, and Reigns issued a statement saying that he doesn’t even know who these people are. Taz points out that until Reigns is proven guilty we need to believe his statement. In these situations, guilty parties love to drop high profile names in order to draw attention away from themselves, and Taz points out that this might be what’s happening here.
