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AudioSavior · 03-07-2005, 07:42 PM

Everyone should be here! lol

Bouchie · 03-07-2005, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by I da MAN

What?

Are you trying to be funny? Simon = Verizon, Y2J = WWE. That'd be like me interviewing Kamala.

AudioSavior · 03-07-2005, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bouchie

Are you trying to be funny? Simon = Verizon, Y2J = WWE. That'd be like me interviewing Kamala.

Umm ya, I understand now I guess but I still don't understand what your point is or how it makes any sense what so ever.

Randy Orton · 03-07-2005, 07:52 PM

Yea I don't get it either.

Bouchie · 03-07-2005, 07:54 PM

Ok. Why did Simon get the opportunity to interview Jericho? He says "because he was asked". What the hell kind of answer is that? How did it come up? That's what I wanna know. How come Narc gets called a liar for saying he wears silk, but Simon doesn't get questioned when he makes a huge statement such as this?

AudioSavior · 03-07-2005, 07:58 PM

It is for paying members of the site and the obvious answer would be he is doing it for JV. If you have any other questions can you start a thread in feedback for it? This is for the Raw thread after all. Thanks.

Bouchie · 03-07-2005, 08:00 PM

So what steps did Simon take to get the wheels in motion for that? I mean, let's say I want to interview Akio. What direction do I go in?

AudioSavior · 03-07-2005, 08:12 PM

Ask him in Feedback.

Danny Diamond · 03-07-2005, 08:35 PM

Haha.

Basically Bouchie. JV said he had something lined up and I jumped at an oppurtunity. I invest a lot of time and energy into this forum and am the link between JV and us forumers. Perhaps I deserved a shot? Wrestling is more than a hobby to me and I would like to get more involved in it at any chance I get. This was a good chance.

You have to start somewhere. I was nervous as hell and you can somewhat tell in the begining of the interview. I plan on next time having a much better formula down (if there is a next time) Who knows, but I am glad JV chose me.

Is that a suitable answer?

Jimmy Van · 03-07-2005, 09:02 PM

Let me throw my hat into the ring here quick since it was my decision.

Chris Jericho's Canadian PR rep called me a couple of weeks ago. He asked me if I'd help promote the Fozzy CD (All That Remains) and offered to send me copies of the CD to do with whatever I wanted. He then asked if I would interview Jericho. Now I've done a lot of interviews before through my background in the AWA and with other independents, and while interviewing can be fun, I'm a little tired of it. It takes a lot of research (as Simon can tell you) and I've been spending so much time every day transitioning content from the old site to the new site, I really didn't have the time or the interest to put together an interview.

Now to be completely upfront, I first considered asking Vicki Lynn Brown to interview Jericho. I've known Vicki for a long time, and she's earned a lot of respect with the crew down at OVW. But then I thought of Simon, and I thought about how much time and effort he puts into the Forum, and how genuinely interested he is in helping out with the site. I knew that he had no experience with interviewing (whereas Vicki does), but I also knew that he'd never had the opportunity to do any interviews, and you have to start somewhere. So even though it probably would have been better for me to start him off with an indy worker, I decided to cut him loose on Jericho. After all, if you're going to start with a WWE worker, you'll be hard pressed to pick somebody better than Jericho; Y2J is an intelligent, good natured, respectable guy, and I knew that while he would probably sense Simon's inexperience, he'd be cool about it.

That pretty much sums it up.