The obvious question on everybody's mind....What is the whole story regarding NDW and Chris Plano? What went down?
Before I started booking for NDW they had main events like the Mavericks against Jack Spade and Dale Porter..when I took over as booker I brought in guys like Abdullah the Butcher, Buddy Landel, Iron Sheik, Jimmy Snuka, One Man Gang and Manny Fernandez...His shows became better than they ever were. Recently the shows have gotten sorry as I am no longer booking and Plano would rather use no names and 5 and 10 dollar wrestlers on his shows. I told him that his shows were not what they use to be and if it kept on he would see just exactly what I had meant to NDW. It all started on a trip to Boise, Idaho - a trip neither Plano or myself were on. He was in Connecticut at a family wedding and I was home taking care of my business. Well several wrestlers on the trip talked shit about everyone and then would come to me or Plano and say "this one said this and that" trying to start trouble. Even Ken Spence said after 2 months of my being in NDW, Chris Plano had changed and talked like a veteran of the business. I took the piece of shit from being just another goofy promoter to a respected promoter in the business. So now he thinks he doesn't need me, Well I do not need him or his faltering piece of shit company to survive. Chris Plano is a compulsive liar and absolutely has no friends in this business nor will he ever.. you would be surprised at the number of people who want to kick his ass amd how many didn't simply because I was there for him, but those days are long gone. He is a stingy, greedy man who will eventually be run out of this business. I have lasted in wrestling for 24 years and the only people I shit on are the ones who shit on me...
Will you ever return to NDW?
NO, I will NEVER return to NDW but will gladly work for anyone else...
Who will you miss in the lockeroom?
There are not many I will miss in the NDW lockerroom For the most part, most of them were my friends that I brought in and will see them on other shows, like Iron Sheik, Gang, Abdullah, and some of the locals I will see on better shows elsewhere...
There has been talk for sometime about a Beastmaster Rick Link Shoot Interview. Matt and I obviously would love to do one and I think the fans of The Beastmaster would absolutely love it. Your thoughts?
Yes, I am looking forward to doing the shoot interview about my life in wrestling and will tell all, one thing is that I am honest no matter who it pisses off...
Do you think your ranking in the PWI 500 was fair? Especially considering that your main rival Major Debeers was ranked so much (169 spots) higher than you were
PWI 500 is just a gimmick to sell an extra magazine once a month. When guys like me and Manny Fernandez are ranked in the 300s and 400s, you know its a work. The guys they put in there usually are the guys who send them the most pictures so it's sorta like begging for a spot because when guys who work once a month are there, its a joke, especially when Abdullah the Butcher is not there - he should be in the top 25. The publication is always nice, but it is meaningless as far as career advancement or making money, its just an ego thing for most guys
Now that you and New Dimension Wrestling have parted ways, what will become of the Hardcore/TNT School? If the school shuts down or someone else affiliated with NDW takes over, do you intend to start up a new school?
The TNT wrestling school is alive and well, just like it was before I went to NDW. Classes now are held every Wednesday in a nice building and not in Sgt. Rhodes backyard full of cat shit...
Where (what promotions, cities, etc) can we look for The Beastmaster now that he is no longer in NDW?
I am in negations with 3 major overseas promotions right now but will hold off until after the Mayor's election. But I will be working steady for Count Grog's SCW in Raleigh, as well as others. Plus TNT Hardcore Wrestling will be presenting shows all throughout North Carolina in 2000, including Thomasville NC.
Finally, this interview would not be complete if we didn't mention the upcoming mayoral race. In closing, is there anything you'd like to say to the voters of Lexington, NC?
Yes, the Mayor's race is heating up as my ads have started in the Lexington Dispatch newspaper with the website address in the ads.I am hoping for a big turn out which is the only way to oust a career politician like the mayor. We need all registered voters who have given up to vote for me and take our city back from the minority and return it to the majority...