Wrestling101.com interview
Clay talks about returning to WWE in 2010:
When I returned in 2010 and went back to FCW it was a completely different place. During my original run we were training in a basement with no air conditioning and everybody relied on each other. When I came back there was a state of the art TV studio, three rings, and all kinds of trainers and writers, it was completely different, I didn’t recognise the place. Steve Keirn along with Norman Smiley and Dr. Tom did a really good job of turning that place around and making it into something special.
Praises Pope Francis
Elton John shows his support to Pope Francis in an interview with Sky News:
He’s excited me so much by his humanity and taking everything down to the humility of faith…it’s all basically about love and taking everybody in inclusiveness.
WWE Magazine interview
Cesaro talks to WWE Magazine about Vince McMahon, Twitter and Wrestlemania.
You shouldn’t say things on social media that you wouldn’t say to someone’s face. People hide behind fake names to Tweet negative comments and I hate that. If you have something to say, own up to it.
Boston Herald interview
McMahon sits down for an interview with the Boston Herald. McMahon discusses working with her father and her latest WWE run.
My father coined the phrase, ‘sports entertainment.’ Vince let the world in on that, yes, this is actually predetermined and, yes, we are having fun. He was the one who created this live action-adventure soap opera.
USA Today interview
Foley sits down with USA Today to discuss doing stand up comedy, Bray Wyatt, WWE and CM Punk.
I love it because performing on stage gives me a chance to feel all the things that I felt when I was in the ring… without the late-night emergency room visits. It’s the great upside without the physical beating that I used to take.
Masterclass
Walters takes the journey of remembering her life as an up and coming journalist and young woman. She describes her most memorable interviews and people she has met along her way. She tells why she left The View and about her association with adoption. Along the way giving accounts of her fight for quality in journalism for women.
Fight the big fights
Forbes interview
Sandell talks about what he learned about business from rowing, becoming a venture capitalist, and investing in the innovation economy from life sciences, biotechnology and medical devices to IT, including everything from semiconductors to consumer internet.
We see a pretty wide swath of what’s happening. And what’s clearly the case is that there is more positive innovation cycles now than at any time in my 20 years in venture capital or even my 30 years in the technology industry overall. It’s a very, very exciting time.
I think there are some fundamental technology changes which are benefiting lots and lots of different kinds of businesses–obviously, in the information technology side with the ability to process information and to compute things more and more cheaply all the time. Moore’s law is alive and well and has been since the ‘60s.
Karpeles WSJ interview
The WSJ interviews Karpeles at his home on the top floor of a 33-story building in Tokyo’s Meguro neighborhood. It is first media interview since a news conference when Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy in February.
All I can say is I am deeply sorry. But I did what I could, and I swear I haven’t been doing anything too luxurious.
On security:
We had some cases where a stranger sneaked in and took things away. We also have at least one former employee stealing the company’s data.
On what he had done wrong:
Management. I was too busy and couldn’t lay out an adequate corporate structure. I wish I had five of me, as I was too busy with meetings with banks, lawyers and business partners. That was all painful, I wish I had more time to do engineer-type of work. We tried [to hire experienced professionals] but we didn’t have money and also often they turned us down.
Asked when he found out the Bitcoins were gone:
I always worried about ‘What if all the bitcoins were gone?’ Since that actually happened, I have gone through many sleepless nights. Scared, frustrated and angry—-so many emotions were occupying my mind.
He wishes someone should buy the exchange and says that Bitcoin has the potential to change the world but is too easy to use for illegal activities.
VOC Nation interview
Clay speaks to VOC Nation about social media and his favorite gimmick.
Funkasaurus. It was a lot of fun. That was a chance to do a character that hadn’t been done in a really long time. Probably not since Junkyard Dog. and to bring fans back into the ring, the interaction, to make them part of it, I enjoyed that. That’s something that I’m always glad I took that risk. I can be tough any day of the week and honestly, the way in America, if you stare at people, you’re automatically tough.
Keira Knightley interview
Seacrest interviews Knightley during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and asks her if she will start a singing career now that she has played a singer in the film Begin Again with Adam Levine.
No, not really. Never done it before. I had done it a little bit in a film about eight years ago, and I forgot that I found that completely terrifying and I found this completely terrifying, as well.
Robin Thicke interview
Seacrest interviews Thicke during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him on why he made the album Paula.
I didn’t have a choice. I came right off a tour and I had all these songs and all these ideas and feelings in my heart. And I went right into the studio. I wrote all the songs in about three weeks and we recorded the album in about a month. Obviously all the songs were about her or about how I feel about her. A lot of songwriters have done this kind of thing before. They won’t tell you in the title or they’ll be suggestive I was just like, ‘There’s no reason to hide who this is about.’ It’s all about her.
Slam! Wrestling interview
Hayes sits down with Slam! Wrestling to discuss the modern scope of WWE television.
I don’t understand why kids don’t try to go out and perfect promos and talk that talk, and walk that walk, because everybody wants to be entertained. As fans, your lives are so hard working so you can to feed your kids, feed your wives, or whatever, and you want to escape and you don’t want to pay to see Bob the next door neighbour. And when everybody else is able to do these triple moonsaults then it’s not that special.
Digital Spy interview
Del Rio sits down for interview with Digital Spy to discuss WWE budget cuts and other WWE superstars.
It’s always hard. Wrestling is no different from any other job – you need to bring your best every single day because there’s people behind you trying to take your job. You can see that everywhere, not only in wrestling.
Calls lawsuit ‘stunt’
Obama tells George Stephanopoulos that House Speaker Boehner’s plans to file a lawsuit against him is “a stunt.”
You know, the suit is a stunt. But what I’ve told Speaker Boehner directly is, ‘If you’re really concerned about me taking too many executive actions, why don’t you try getting something done through Congress?
Republicans say the President breaches his constitutional power by side-stepping the legislative process. They say Obama uses executive actions as a way to bypass the divided Congress. The Republican-controlled House has passed two bills aimed at curbing executive orders by the President.
Peace is a possibility
Poroshenko says peace is possible if Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the right mood. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour he says:
Sometimes, the position of Mr. Putin is quite pragmatic, sometimes it is very emotional. I just try to find out the time when he is more pragmatic than emotional.
Steve Austin Show interview
Daniels is a guest on the Steve Austin Show to discuss Ring of Honor, TNA and tag teams. Austin releases statement.
ROH’s Christopher Daniels aka Curry Man aka Fallen Angel stopped by the studio at 316 Gimmick Street! Hear about ROH’s big PPV event, Christopher’s in-ring style & philosophy, and some of his favorite tag teams including Midnight Express & Rock & Roll Express. Plus, he explains why he Shawn Michaels is his favorite wrestler of all-time.
Melissa McCarthy interview
Seacrest interviews McCarthy during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions her about her latest film Tammy, which she wrote with her husband.
Strangely, it was great. Everyone was like, ‘Ugh, that’s a lot of time together,’ I’m like, ‘I know, but he’s so mellow and funny’ that it was nice that we finally actually got to spend time together.
Trey Songz interview
Seacrest interviews Songz during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him about why he sent roses to Nicki Minaj.
I actually met Nicki before either of us had the fame or success that we did down in Atlanta. And she told me she was a rapper and I was on my second album. She just had this look about her. You know, Nicki’s Nicki, she’s gorgeous. I’m looking at her like, ‘Damn, who is this beautiful girl?’ and she’s like, ‘No, I’m a rapper. This isn’t that.’
DC 101 interview
Rollins sits down with DC 101 to discuss Money in the Bank.
Looking at the field there’s a lot of guys who are going to take risks, I think a lot of people might think I might be one of those guys. But in this scenario, what I’m going to do I think is let the other guys take their risks and when they crash and burn I’m just going to climb that ladder, snatch that contract and be the man for the next year!
RVAMag.com interview
Ambrose sits down for an interview with RVAMag.com. He discusses Money in the Bank and Seth Rollins.
You know, it’s one of those things where a lot is at stake and you might have to take a big risk to get up that ladder. There’s a lot in play. Lots of metal, high heights, and a lot of players in the game. It’s a very unpredictable situation. You just have to go into with no fear and no reservations. You just have to go for it. You got to pick your spots and be smart though.