X-Pac thinks we’re at the beginning of the upswing in professional wrestling popularity, and in five years time the business is going to be even more popular in his opinion.
Drake discusses what he thinks Impact needs to do in order to draw in new viewers. He thinks the promotion needs to keep doing what they’re doing at the moment. If they continue to put out a consistently good product, he thinks people will tune in. However, he thinks being able to get their product on a larger platform is important. POP TV is a subsidiary of CBS, so he’s been pitching the idea of getting Impact a one-hour time slot on CBS. This might be tough, but he wants to reach for the stars.
Drake informs that he became very close with Percy Pringle (Paul Bearer) over the years. He says Pringle was an extremely funny guy, and he even left Drake something in his will which really touched him. X-Pac points out that some people weren’t happy with Paul Heyman dressing up as Paul Bearer after his death during the Underaker/CM Punk feud, but he feels Pringle would have been more than okay with that. Nonetheless, he could understand if he family had an issue with it.
That sums up today’s episode of X-Pac 1, 2, 360. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!
