This
week for feature episode #22 we welcome back the Terry
Funk to the TMPT Empire. Never a loss for words and
always ready to tell it like it is, The Funker took
some time to chat with us about AEW's recent success
and their dominance on the Wednesday night ratings
war thus far. In this excerpt from the interview,
Funk calls out Vince McMahon's inability to change
in the ever-evolving wrestling landscape. The full
episode can be downloaded at this link.
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Early
success of AEW:
"They
(AEW) beat them (WWE) right out of the gate on how
many people watching. That is not good, that is wonderful.
It's curiosity and they have to understand that and
they have to be prepared to produce a better show
than what they did that first week and second week
and continue on getting better and better and better.
That is what they have to have, they have to have
that attitude and that belief that they can do it."
AEW
ratings:
"Well,
here's the thing. Why do you think they have that
many viewers? It is not all curiosity. It is because
the people want something better than what he's (Vince
McMahon) is producing."
"I
think that you can't turn sh*t into a great meal.
You can't put whatever you want into there but that
is what Vince is doing. He has become repetitious,
he has become stagnant, and some of his stuff is totally
overbearing and that is just a matter of truth. Now
you've got a fresh flower coming up right behind you."
Is
AEW bringing back older fans?
"Of
course not. Hell, we are all dead. It's fresh new
fans looking for a damn change, looking for something
different, looking for not wanting to play an idiotic
football game (XFL) that lasted how many games? Two
the first time he tried to produce football? Now he
wants to go at it again?
Is
Vince out of touch?
"What
it is is the inability to change. It is an inability
to do it and impossibility. That is the truth because
you become attached to people, you become inept and
that not only includes your wrestlers but it includes
your creators. They become attached to them and they
become stagnant, they become old and they become repetitious.
The water is getting dirty and they better filter
it."
"He
can change but he can't change his characters. That
is the thing that wrestling is, we are who we are.
Even when we are established we are not actors. We
are wrestlers. That is his fault because he feels
we are actors. I am not an actor and never was an
actor in my entire life."
The
Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling now co-hosts podcasts
with ECW Legends, "The Franchise" Shane
Douglas: Triple Threat Podcast and "The Queen
of Extreme Francine's "Eyes Up Here" as
well as JJ: The JJ Dillon Podcast. Follow @rasslinpal,
@TwoManPowerTrip & @The3ThreatPod on Twitter &
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