Mike Santana praises Murder for his contributions to the professional wrestling scene.
On Thursday, Mike Santana will face JDC (Johnny “Dango” Curtis) in a Texas Loss of life Match on TNA iMPACT. Lately, Santana spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Invoice Pritchard a couple of man who is not any stranger to dying matches, and somebody he considers to be an excellent mentor — that being Murder.
Very similar to Santana, Murder has spent loads of time in TNA Wrestling. Past that, although, Murder has impressed a era of wrestlers on the impartial skilled circuit, particularly these in New York Metropolis.
“Murder has been a mentor for me since I used to be like 18, 19 years outdated,” Santana stated. “He’s recognized me since I used to be just a little child. Guys like him and [Amazing] Purple, after they begin popping out and breaking out again in 2000, 2001, 2002, these guys just about created what you see in the present day so far as the entire impartial motion. These guys for me are just like the forefathers of that indie type and that entire era. They’ve each, particularly Murder, he’s had such a huge effect on so many guys in wrestling.”
“He’s labored with everybody you would think about, from the CM Punks to the Samoa Joes to American Dragon [Bryan Danielson]. He’s had classics with all of them. I even say he doesn’t get the credit score that he deserves as a result of he’s had such a huge effect on so many guys. He’s been liable for so many guys breaking into the enterprise and being educated by him. He’s a particular particular person, and he was at all times such an enormous consultant for the New York Metropolis impartial motion.”
New York Metropolis Ties
Additionally rising up in New York Metropolis, Santana recalled watching VHS tapes of Murder and his “Doghouse” wrestling faculty comrades. Years later, Santana finds himself beneath the tutelage of Murder, a lot in order that Murder has handed the proverbial torch and cemented Santana as a “new head” of New York Metropolis.
“His entire story could be very attention-grabbing,” Santana added. “[Homicide] actually began wrestling. He went to wrestling faculty possibly the day after he got here out of jail, like one thing loopy. He will get off the bus from Rikers Island, he sees a flyer, and he begins wrestling faculty. For me, he was the primary man in wrestling that taught me that it doesn’t matter the place you come from, the way you grew up, what you’ve been by, you can also make one thing of your self. We each come from comparable backgrounds so far as being born and raised within the Tasks in New York Metropolis and rising up on the road and stuff like that.”
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