EC3 is looking for the precise platform for the NWA, his title, and his challengers.
The NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Invoice Pritchard forward of his two worldwide title defenses on July 6 in France and July 7 in Italy.
EC3 is emphasizing the “world” a part of World Champion along with his title reign, which is a “mutual imaginative and prescient” he shares with NWA President Billy Corgan. EC3 has defended his title in Australia and Japan, and he needs to maintain giving challengers world wide the platform they deserve.
“Now we have a mutual imaginative and prescient. WPC and I. We’re each minded. We’re each geniuses, we’re each eccentric characters, to say the least. So far as the title defenses, the Overman World Title World Tour, I’m taking this on. I imply, I’m placing quite a lot of effort into my very own model, my very own self. Not my very own model per se,” he clarified, “however placing myself on the market and placing myself into these positions to form of discover the precise promotions, discover the precise opponents, platform. Discover the precise international locations to go to, test just a few bins off my very own itinerary on the identical time.”
A shared imaginative and prescient
EC3 credited Dory Funk Jr.’s spouse, Marti Funk, with facilitating the All Japan partnership. He believes collaborations like which are what the NWA has been attempting to create, and ones the wrestling world has been asking for.
“I had an exquisite time over at All Japan. I can’t wait to return. From there, I got here again to the States, defended the title just a few extra occasions. Went again on an airplane, I went over to Australia and defended the title over there towards an exquisite expertise named Keegan [Brettle]. He likes to drink beer. Think about that. Got here again right here, defended the title a few occasions,” he defined. “Ran our personal NWA Exodus present, the Territory of the NWA. The primary territory, the very best territory.
“And now I’m going to Italy. I’m going to France. I imply, the concept of a World Championship is to take over the world. And the conquests, the good inspirations I’ve from the Caesars to the Napoleans to the Alexanders,” EC3 stated. “When the fact, this title must be worldwide. And the expertise that problem for it have to be platformed. So I feel it’s a shared imaginative and prescient between myself, WPC, The NWA, and doubtless wrestling typically.”
EC3’s function at NWA 76
NWA 76 is on the horizon and whereas he nonetheless has two title defenses earlier than it occurs, EC3 has sure expectations concerning the anniversary occasion in Philadelphia. EC3 highlighted many credible challengers on the NWA roster. Nevertheless, he believes Thom Latimer, the present NWA Nationwide Champion, will ultimately discover his means into the world title image.
“In-house might be the place the worthy opponent would lie. So, the NWA [roster], there’s quite a lot of brimming younger abilities. However there are a only a few that I feel are on the cusp that may problem for one thing so nice at such a premiere occasion, However, it’s laborious for me to not know the place that is going to go. As a result of I do know Thom Latimer, who’s one in all my favourite opponents — principally as a result of I beat him on a regular basis. However he’s one in all my favourite opponents as a result of he’s actually top-of-the-line wrestlers on the earth. I’ve stated that on numerous interviews and I’ll proceed to say it.”
It’s okay to be quantity two
He credited Latimer as top-of-the-line wrestlers on the earth, however EC3 additionally stated it’s OK for Latimer to be his “quantity two” within the grand scheme of issues.
“Him because the Nationwide Champion, it appears doubtless that his time to money in would coincide with NWA 76. I can’t see something stopping him from attempting to money in and defeat me,” EC3 famous.
“I can solely see that the very same conclusion will happen and it’s taken place at NWA Samhain when this 12 months I defeated him, or the Crockett Cup final 12 months the place I defeated him. Although he is without doubt one of the best wrestlers on the earth, I’m the best residing wrestler alive. Anyone must be quantity two and , it’s unlucky that it must be him,” EC3 defined.
“[It’s unfortunate] that we needed to coincide on this identical timeframe, on this identical firm, on this identical dimension that any individual that’s so good and so gifted, could by no means turn into World Heavyweight Champion as a result of I’ll by no means lose it. However that’s the brakes,” he famous. “And I imply… personally, it might be a defeat to me, however it’s okay to be quantity two. So I assume Thom Latimer goes to money in.”
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