MVP on working Kane & what he's like backstage
Aug 17, 2017 18:28:13 GMT -5
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Post by Will on Aug 17, 2017 18:28:13 GMT -5
“So Kane was my very first feud and the very first time Kane hit me with that underhand slap to the jaw, I got my teeth clinched and I’m ready for that shot and I’m like ‘Hey, ok, well maybe he just missed or maybe that one was a little light.’ That was one of his featured shots and I was married to him for months and months and months. He never hurt me. Not once. Ever. Never rattled my jaw, never caught me with a shot that was a little too stiff. Never nothing. Nada. And I remember thinking to myself ‘Boy, you wait till I get back down to Deep South. I’m going to go cuss that guy out.”
“I’ll never forget when I got called up and one afternoon, Vince calls me over, he’s standing near the ring post outside the ring and he says ‘Ok, here’s the deal. I’m putting you with Glenn so that you can learn how to work. If you can’t learn from him…’ and he just gives me the shoulder shrug and turns his head sideways. ‘Got it, boss.’ Aside from being one of the most intelligent guys in the locker room by far and away, he was extremely patient and didn’t mind taking the time to explain to me why I should not have done this or that and where my mistakes were. He took the time to help nurture me, and he taught me volumes. So being with Mr. Kennedy, tagging against the Brothers of Destruction every night on the main event of Smackdown for international tours all over the world. You talk about going to MIT, I’m in there with Kane and Taker. And Glenn was such an awesome teacher because he cared and he took time to educate me.
“Kane, I can see why a lot of people would feel that he’s one of their favorite opponents. I remember he and I had a match one night and he had come back from an upper respiratory infection or something and I asked him ‘hey man are you alright?’ He’s like ‘I’m not 100% yet, but you know, we’ll figure it out.” And I’m like “Well, listen man. I’m out there for you. Whatever you need.’ The pacing was good; the timing was good. Professionally speaking, I took care of him, as you’re supposed to. We came back through the curtain and Michael Hayes was just f**king singing all the praise on Kane, how awesome he was and what a good job he did. Glenn points at me and goes ‘hey Michael, uh, MVP was instrumental in making that happen. He did a great job. Michael, this guy’s good.’ And Michael’s all ‘ah, hell, well I wouldn’t say that. Don’t go getting that head all big. I can’t give him any compliment cause that would make me look weak.’ That was one of the first moments where, to me, professional wrestling royalty, somebody who’s a first ballot hall of famer and a legend went and said, in an official setting ‘this guy’s good.’ So I will forever be appreciative and grateful to Glenn Jacobs for the time we spent together and for him being so patient with me and giving so freely of his time and knowledge.”
www.pwpodcasts.com/2017/08/09/quick-quotes-mvp-meeting-luke-gallows-thinking-much-older-advice-undertaker-gave-working-chris-benoit-influence-kane-career/
“I’ll never forget when I got called up and one afternoon, Vince calls me over, he’s standing near the ring post outside the ring and he says ‘Ok, here’s the deal. I’m putting you with Glenn so that you can learn how to work. If you can’t learn from him…’ and he just gives me the shoulder shrug and turns his head sideways. ‘Got it, boss.’ Aside from being one of the most intelligent guys in the locker room by far and away, he was extremely patient and didn’t mind taking the time to explain to me why I should not have done this or that and where my mistakes were. He took the time to help nurture me, and he taught me volumes. So being with Mr. Kennedy, tagging against the Brothers of Destruction every night on the main event of Smackdown for international tours all over the world. You talk about going to MIT, I’m in there with Kane and Taker. And Glenn was such an awesome teacher because he cared and he took time to educate me.
“Kane, I can see why a lot of people would feel that he’s one of their favorite opponents. I remember he and I had a match one night and he had come back from an upper respiratory infection or something and I asked him ‘hey man are you alright?’ He’s like ‘I’m not 100% yet, but you know, we’ll figure it out.” And I’m like “Well, listen man. I’m out there for you. Whatever you need.’ The pacing was good; the timing was good. Professionally speaking, I took care of him, as you’re supposed to. We came back through the curtain and Michael Hayes was just f**king singing all the praise on Kane, how awesome he was and what a good job he did. Glenn points at me and goes ‘hey Michael, uh, MVP was instrumental in making that happen. He did a great job. Michael, this guy’s good.’ And Michael’s all ‘ah, hell, well I wouldn’t say that. Don’t go getting that head all big. I can’t give him any compliment cause that would make me look weak.’ That was one of the first moments where, to me, professional wrestling royalty, somebody who’s a first ballot hall of famer and a legend went and said, in an official setting ‘this guy’s good.’ So I will forever be appreciative and grateful to Glenn Jacobs for the time we spent together and for him being so patient with me and giving so freely of his time and knowledge.”
www.pwpodcasts.com/2017/08/09/quick-quotes-mvp-meeting-luke-gallows-thinking-much-older-advice-undertaker-gave-working-chris-benoit-influence-kane-career/
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