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TNA Star Kazarian: I Never Want to Be Labeled as Just a Cruiserweight
On June - 9 - 2012
People get labeled in all walks of life. When you're an athlete, those stigmas are hard to shake. In the world of professional wrestling, they are worse.I spoke with TNA Superstar Kazarian earlier this week to promote Slammiversary this Sunday and spoke about a stigma that he hopes one day to shake.He compared his first run to his current run in TNA:"That was the early times of TNA were just different times," said Kazarian. "It was so grassroots and we just starting out. Everything was new and different. You had this thing called the X division, which everyone was talking about. It ...
Jeremiah Riggs Felt He Had a Bull’s-Eye on Him in Tough Enough/FCW Due to MMA
On March - 13 - 2012
It's hard to go from MMA to pro wrestling, but to go back to MMA is a testament to good athlete.Jeremiah Riggs originally started in MMA, competing in Bellator and Strikeforce, but he ended up getting an offer to try out on WWE Tough Enough to compete for a WWE contract. Riggs finished third and went to the WWE developmental territory FCW in Florida, where he cut a controversial promo that ended up with him not being in the WWE.Riggs had some talks with TNA, but those talks didn't go anywhere. Riggs thought, why not go back to MMA?Riggs returns ...