12 Questions For Shawn Daivari

6. Hogan And Bischoff

AS: Did you make it into the Hogan/Bischoff era at all?

SD: I quit the week before. I was supposed to wrestle on that first live episode, and I quit at the pay-per-view before it. They wanted to do that f***ing thing where they had Feast or Fired, and me and Cody Deaner tied for the suitcase...and I don't remember what the deal was with that.

So the first live Impact on Monday we're going to have a match and whoever lost was going to get repackaged and sent home for a bit or actually let go. They said at that point it's going to be Bischoff's and Hogan's decision. They are going to be the ones to decide.

I just knew that Hogan and Bischoff wouldn't like Deaner's gimmick. Bischoff likes me, but he was never my boss, he was just another talent when I was there in WWE. So we got along and I know Hogan loved me as a talent and a person. So I was ninety-nine percent sure that Cody was going to end up getting fired or re-packaged or whatever.

And when they told me this whole thing I was just so fed up with Russo and all that s**t, at the pay-per-view I just said, 'f**k it. Let Cody keep this job and let me come down there with the briefcase and you can let me go.' I had been raising hell for months, and I think they didn't want Hogan and Bischoff keeping me around and then wreaking havoc on their lives.