Eddie Edwards Talks TNA's Future On Spike TV, Impact Moving, BFG, His Final Match, Hardyz, More

As noted earlier, Donald Wood, Mike Chiari and Brandon Galvin recently interviewed Eddie Edwards on Ring Rust Radio. You can check out the full interview above, below are some more highlights:

Donald Wood: The biggest news from TNA over the last several months was the move from Thursdays to Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. ET. What are your thoughts on the transition and what is the feeling amongst wrestlers regarding the contract negotiations with Spike TV?

As far as the move to Wednesday, I think it was a good idea, you know, with the NFL having the Thursday night games televised now, I thought it was a good idea because it's a similar fan base and it's just a smart thing to do. As far as the contract situation, you know, we have nothing to do with that so we just focus on our stuff in the ring and let that stuff handle itself; if you can't control it, no need to worry about it.

Mike Chiari: Recently TNA has kind of been at the forefront of emphasizing tag team wrestling with yourself and Davey Richards facing Team 3D and The Hardys. Knowing that The Wolves are leading that ascent in TNA and really in the business as a whole, do you and Davey view it as a challenge and a responsibility to be the faces of tag team competition?
 
Definitely. That's always been our goal is to, not only for The Wolves ourselves, but for tag team wrestling in general to bring it back to the forefront and make it the focus of not only TNA but pro wrestling in general because I think every once in a while, it gets washed by the wayside here and there. We just want to be a main focus and show the true magic that is tag team wrestling.

Brandon Galvin: Your recent matches with the Team 3D and Hardyz have been among the most highly regarded matches in TNA this year. Could you explain to us how important it was for The Wolves to able to wrestle in such high-profile matches and anything you and Davey Richards may have learned from working with those two tag teams?

I mean, we have no choice but to learn from being in the ring with those guys. Both teams are legends and me and Davey both watched them growing up and we want to have careers like both of those guys. Being in there, you have no choice but to learn and see what true tag wrestling is and it's just an honor to be in there with guys of that caliber.

Brandon Galvin: You've been regarded as one of the better pure workers in the industry today. What do you think is the most important aspect of building an entertaining match? 

I think it would be trying to connect with the fans. The crowd, you have to get that emotion out of them, so that's the main focus because if the crowd is not paying attention and they're not emotionally involved they're not going to care, so you have to make that connection.

Donald Wood: You have worked several tours of Japan during your time wrestling. Tell the fans ready to watch Bound for Glory about some of the differences between American wrestling and Japanese wrestling, both in terms of style and crowd interaction.

The style is definitely more hard-hitting and more intense than one might see in the States, and the crowd, you almost have to earn their respect because they almost look at it as a pure sport over there, so they're waiting to see what you can do and once you get them reacting to what you're doing, you know you're doing something right because they won't just give it to you, you have to earn it.

Mike Chiari: One thing that TNA has done quite a bit over the past several months is reshaped its roster and brought in a lot of new talent. As someone who has done it all on the independent scene in the United States and had success in Japan as well, are there any particular wrestlers out there who you believe could be a good fit in TNA and who you'd like to see the company bring in?

There's so many talented guys out there right now, the Indies is overflowing with them. It's unfortunate because obviously everyone can't be seen all the time, but obviously Ring of Honor has a lot of great guys, I don't know if they're considered Indy or not, but look at the roster for PWG. You could just pick and choose from that roster and so many of those guys would be ready to jump right into TNA.

Brandon Galvin: In a potential farewell match, whether it be your final match in a company or final match of your career, would you prefer to wrestle with Davey Richards in a tag team match or wrestle against Davey Richards in a single match?

That's a good one, could I do them both? I don't know, it's a tough one, I think it'd be, depending on who our opponents are, tag wrestling.