I've been sitting on this for a while - just haven't found the time to give it the proper intro. Nor do I have the time now.
For my money, A.J. Styles has always been the best thing in TNA, so it was a thrill to interview him backstage at the iMPACT! Zone over WrestleMania weekend. There are a ton of great wrestlers that WWE has missed the boat on, but I don't think any are the complete package that Styles is. He's exciting, dynamic, can work a main event style, has a good look, and most recently has shown that he has a ton of personality. That said, I'm glad WWE hasn't come calling for Styles. I expect he'd be relegated to ECW filler.
The back story to this interview was that I spent my afternoon shopping for some formal slacks for my wife to wear to WWE Hall of Fame ceremony - and ran so late that I missed the entire iMPACT! taping. Nonetheless, I was able to get backstage after the show and interview some guys. Unfortunately, I ran so late doing the interviews that I didn't have enough time to get back to my hotel room to change into my suit, so I ended up attending the blacktie HOF with the Ivan Drago T I'm sporting in this interview, and I believe my wife wore a Little Mermaid shirt. Shameful.
And for the record, Drago is the greatest movie character ever ever ever.
