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Low-Ki on WWE and TNA (when asked if WWE is a watered down product of what he watched when he was younger): “Well, I understood what I was getting in to before arriving there. I knew the nature of the profession and the business model of that particular company by comparison to all the other companies I had worked for previously. I’ve had many friends, many acquaintances, people that I respect and admire, work there before I did.

"So I had a lot of insight before arriving there, understanding how it worked and the nature of how it was run. It’s very difficult to compare them to what we consider pro wrestling because that’s not what they want to present to the public. They want to present something completely different with sprinkles of wrestling involved. Even right now, I’ve heard most recently, they’ve rebranded the company name to eliminate the term of wrestling inside of WWE, so it’s a completely different monster in itself.

"So it’s very difficult to compare a company like TNA…they wanted to compete with WWE so they were accentuating the wrestling. When we first began, the X-Division was what was showcased and what was drawing a lot of ratings, but then they eventually evolved into what they became today which was a lot more similar to what WCW ended up being.”

Low-Ki's followup on TNA becoming a WWE copycat: "It’s history repeating itself because it’s the same people in charge of WCW in charge of TNA. The same people. You have Vince Russo involved, Jeff Jarrett involved, I think Jeremy Borash was involved, Bob Ryder was involved…..it’s the exact same thing being repeated ten years later.”

Low-Ki on being paired with LayCool on NXT: “Well again, knowing what I did before arriving to the company….I knew what I was up against. I knew they were going to throw a whole series of challenges against me to see if I would break, to see if they could break my spirit. They couldn’t and I think because of that, it pissed them off. I knew what I was getting into, the whole deal with the pink shirt, the whole deal with the girls messing with me, messing with my face and stuff like that…..these are all tactics that they’re using to try to break me to see how I’m going to respond. The fact that I didn’t respond and I just rolled with the punches, I think that was evidence of my level of experience.

"If I would have did that ten years ago when I first tried out for the WWF back in 2000-2002, I probably would have lashed out in protest about all that stuff. But because I’ve been around the world,  I’ve competed at all different levels, I’ve been successful at what I do and I take pride in my craft…..I think I was better prepared for how to handle the tests that they were going to throw at me.  Plus, for me, I take pride in my work, and one of the proudest things for me was the fact that I had the respect of the WWE locker room because of my work ethic.”

Low-Ki on why WWE would want him in the first place): “They want what they can’t have. You have successes all around the world, this is a monopoly in the profession.  They want to grab everyone from everywhere so that they can claim ‘We have the best product on Earth!’…..but, they have a hard time finding the right roles for each individual and more often than not, people get lost in the shuffle."

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