EC3 Interview: Signing With ROH, Jay Briscoe, Controlling His Narrative, Leaving WWE, More
From leaving WWE to returning to IMPACT to debuting in Ring of Honor, how has the last year flown by for you?
EC3: It's interesting because there are times where it feels like, “Wow, that really flew by,” and sometimes I go, “Wow, that was only a year ago.” I'm more leaning toward the side of it flying by because here we are, it's March, we're approaching one year since the start of Slow the Spread took place and here we are. But yeah, it has flown by and a lot has taken place and really when I briefly returned to IMPACT... I was never happy with the way I ended my IMPACT tenure, so I think that was a good way to die on my shield so to speak and give somebody else the proper recognition I believe they deserve.
Whether they live up it is not up to me, it's up to them, that being Moose. At the same time, I was doing business with Ring of Honor too, so it's interesting approaching both facets and that was pretty cool. Right now, aside from The Narrative content I create, I'm focused on Ring of Honor and I'm focused on Jay Briscoe and I'm focused on bringing this company to where I think it should be.
What can people expect from your fight on Friday night with Jay Briscoe?
EC3: I am in this industry for three things and that is emotion, its moments, and its story. It's definitely going to be a hype story. I don't know if you saw the hype video between Jay Briscoe and I that Ring of Honor put out, but it was one of the better ones I've seen in wrestling quite some time. The story is honor and honor is shown via handshakes, so I think going forward, regardless of what happens, grudge match or wrestling match, if honor is real, that man will shake my hand.
This is my first sanctioned singles match in probably over a year with an official. I'm kind of excited about that. Everyone expects it to be a grudge match. It's billed as a grudge match. Do I really have a grudge with this man? I know he despises the idea of me. The actual me? I do not know. What grudge do we truly have besides the fact he will not shake my hand? Have I given him reason to shake my hand? Not yet, but I will. Whatever I plan on doing with Jay Briscoe, I can guarantee it will be different and it will be emotional. It will have moments and it will tell a great story.
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