TNA main event wrestler Bobby Roode discussed Sting and AJ Styles leaving Impact Wrestling, Eric Young being crowned TNA Champion, what it is like to wrestle Kurt Angle and much more in an interview with Ryan Rider on Montreal's TSN 690 radio.
Here are some excerpts of the interview, according to TNAInisder.com:
Bobby Roode on Sting and AJ Styles leaving TNA Wrestling:
"It's unfortunate. At the end of the day this is a business, not everybody is going to be happy and people go their separate ways. It's the wrestling business and we're seen it happen a million times. Unfortunately, AJ was a TNA original and was the face of our company for a very long time. That departure bothers me the most.
"I had a great relationship with AJ, we were friends, we were part of Fortune together, and we had some great matches. I understand where AJ's coming from, it's all business, and I wish him nothing but the best. Sting was a great guy to have in our locker room. He was a veteran leader. A guy that you can go and talk to, a guy who I had some memorable matches, and a guy who mentored me a lot and taught me a lot in the ring. He's an icon; his name will live forever in this business. And I wish him nothing but the best of luck. At the end of the day this is a business and you've got to do what you can for yourself."
I couldn't agree more with Roode when he says that AJ Styles' departure bothered him the most. It's one thing to lose a veteran like Sting who was more identifiable with WCW than TNA, but to lose the face of the company in Styles leaves an entirely different kind of void altogether.
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Bobby Roode on Eric Young Being TNA Champion:
"I'm happy for Eric. We're two guys who came up the same way, grew up in Canada, with the dream of being a wrestler and a world champion. He's a TNA original, we were tag champs together, there's a lot of history between the two of us. He's been in the business long enough and he saw the way that I carried the title and he sees there's a bullseye on his back."
Roode goes onto say that he would love to get a chance to carry that TNA Championship again and that he is eager to do so.
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Bobby Roode on Facing Kurt Angle:
"Kurt is in my personal opinion the best there's ever been. He can go out there in his entire career and entertain the masses by his professional wrestling, the way he handles himself in the ring, his character. There's no doubt that he is the best there's ever been in this business. For me to have been able to go out there with Kurt and to have produced the matches that we did. To have fans talk about our matches as some of the best matches they've seen, or as match of the year; it meant a lot to me."
Roode also talks about how Angle's injury cut their program short, but he is still proud of all of their work together.
(Credit: TNAInsider.com)
The interview also covers Roode's thoughts on his tag team run as part of Beer Money, future stars in TNA, and more.
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