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INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: Hernandez critical of TNA, why he felt disrespected, why Chavo did Eddie's moves on TV, more

Nov 12, 2014 - 10:45:50 AM

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By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

In his most candid interview since the PWTorch Livecast on August 1, former TNA star Hernandez heavily criticized TNA officials for how his career was handled and for overall decisions made in a new interview with V2Wrestling.com.

-- ON FINDING OUT HE WAS RELEASED: "The only way I know that I'm not on the show no more is I don't get a check no more. The last time I got a call from TNA was the end of November 2013; my contract ended May 12, which is awkward because I thought it was the 14th of May. I wake up on the 12th, and it was all over social media, Impact wrestling unfollowed me on Twitter... I text Mrs. Carter the day after my contract expired saying, 'Thanks for the eight years,' I'm still waiting for a response. It is the most bush league thing I've ever heard of."

-- ON WHETHER HE'S INTERESTED IN RETURNING TO TNA: "Of course not. You wrestle somewhere eight years, you do every stupid semi-racist vignette. I know how a Mexican looks, acts, and talks. I don't need a 50-year-old white man telling me I'm not being 'Mexican enough.' At the beginning of Mexican America I was doing all the talking, but because I wasn't saying 'essa' and 'orale,' I magically became the non-speaker. I told them I wouldn't talk like that because I live in Houston and I'm not gonna get my ass kicked because I'm making fun of my own people."

-- ON WHY CHAVO GUERRERO CHANNELED EDDIE ON TNA TV: "TNA wanted him to do that. You know damn well when he was in WWE he wasn't doing that crap. Why else would he do it? The guy's been wrestling 20 years, he's not retarded. He's an excellent wrestler. Why would you want to be a novelty act? They didn't even give us a team name because they wanted to sell Guerrero t-shirts."

-- ON TNA NEEDING TO FIX ITS INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONTINUE BUSINESS: "As long as the Carters have billions of dollars, that company will never go away. I just think the infrastructure just needs, you know, how you snake a toilet? They have Jeff Hardy, you had Sting, Kurt Angle, the best up and coming talent Austin Aries, (Bobby) Roode, (A.J.) Styles, all these guys that could do anything, and you let every former WWE employee that served coffee to Vince McMahon try to be the boss time after time after time."

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