Brian Hebner Talks What Makes NWA Different, Falling Out With WWE

Brian Hebner appeared on Prime Time with Sean Mooney to talk about his family’s current relationship with WWE and his role in the reemerging NWA ahead of their Into The Fire PPV later tonight. Here are some highlights from the conversation:

On Dave and Earl’s falling out with WWE:

If anybody knows the details of what they were supposedly doing, which is the most…it’s minute compared to what people did to WWE and Vince McMahon. It’s minute. And very, very petty comparative to what other people have done that have been into the the Hall of Fame. And I mean, you can’t bring back the two guys that were a staple in that company for 20 plus years to just acknowledge and say, whether you like me or not, let’s acknowledge that. They did a hell of a job while they were there and what they were doing. I mean, to me, that would be like my highlight for not only my dad and my uncle Dave, because they did work hard for that company. They did sweat, blood, tears; they gave it all.

On deciding to join the NWA:

Well, first and foremost is because I believed in what Dave and Billy’s vision was, and I stuck by them when there were other things I could have done. I just believed them. I’ve been good friends with Dave for a long time and Billy for a long time. In all honesty, I had it laid out to me and I thought it sounded kind of weird because I’m not used to that (big arenas), but I believed. And I wasn’t gonna take the high road because I didn’t believe, and because there were supposedly better chances in a bigger stage, so I decided to stick it out and hang in there and roll with what I am so, so excited about, which is the NWA.

On what makes NWA different:

I so, so, so, so much love the locker room, the wrestling style, the studio feel, the feedback. This is something exciting. This is something different. This is not your everyday wrestling that you’re watching three days a week. This is another platform you can have and look at that gives you a true alternative to pro wrestling, that let’s you see people act in different ways as far as their platform – as far as being able to do a promo with no script, put on a match without flipping out of the ring and going into the crowd and jumping off the beams across the ceiling. This is a true visual difference that you can see with an alternative. And I’m just so excited about it, man. I really am.