Lance Hoyt Interview
Posted by David Damage on Monday, October 10, 2011
Under: Interviews
Lance
Hoyt appeared on the most recent edition of Wrestling Voice Radio. Fans
may remember Hoyt from his run with TNA, competing in the WWE as Vance
Archer or seen him recently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling as Lance
Archer. Lance spoke about his career in the business from working in
the Texas indy's in the early part of the last decade, breaking into
TNA, his run with WWE and his position now working for NJPW and much more. Here are some highlights.
Also, you can check out my appearance on the latest edition of
Wrestling Voice Radio at this link. I talk about the RAW walkout at the
17:30 mark and discuss a tweet that a fan sent to me who suggested that
WWE have Shane McMahon behind the conspiracy. You can also send me your
tweets to twitter.com/RajGiri_303 and I will make sure to respond to all
of them.
The constant start-stop nature of his programs in TNA
& WWE and does he feels he was never given adequate time to impress
and his thoughts on WWE's ECW.
Absolutely, I don't want to
sound like one of those guys who say; "Oh it wasn't my fault, it wasn't
my fault", I don't believe it was my fault but I think this business
chooses who they want to be superstars or who they don't want, or they
just don't care.
If the company, if their focus is somewhere
else, or on someone else, a lot of guys who have a lot of talent and
could be main eventers for the company are put on the back shelf, and I
think it's simply because it's because their focus is somewhere else,
their time is very precious, they only have a limited amount of time,
unfortunately, but I think I was one of those guys who, ultimately, in
the long could have been a main eventer for them. So yeah, I think I
wasn't given enough time and I think ECW ending, I think hurt me.
Because although people maybe didn't like the ECW product that existed
at the time, it provided a great place for talent to get known by the
WWE Universe, to accept them as a talent who can later compete with
their top talent, look at Sheamus, Jack Swagger, Evan Bourne, Kofi
Kingston, CM Punk. So it was a good place to start and even once I got
brought back and myself and Curt (Hawkins) were brought in, that started
getting good and going great and we weren't the focus so we were put on
the back burner.
Why he was released from the WWE instead of others on the roster.
I have no idea, the reason that was given to me was a financial one and
who knows ever if it's ever the truth, but that two weeks that talents
were released, 13 talents were released, 4 referee's and a writer so
that's a lot of guys to let go of at one time so I do believe it was
financial. I think they were just looking at numbers and said we have to
clear this much money and who do we not have any immediate plans for
right now and myself and several guys unfortunately fell into that
bracket and they let us go, but it was definitely made to seem as if the
door was left open, who knows if that's true or will happen but that's
the way it was made sound to me.
Would he go back to the WWE if the chance came.
If it was the right time and right place for the both of us, sure why
not? In this business you never say never and they are the biggest
company in the world but I'm having fun wrestling for New Japan Pro
Wrestling now so it would definitely have to be the right time and right
place for me and my family for me to go.
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