Drew Galloway Talks About How His TNA Signing Happened

In an interview with Gary Mehaffy, Drew Galloway spoke about his signing with TNA and how it happened. Here are highlights:

On signing with TNA and what they want him to do: “It was the very last second I spoke to them. I just happened to be in Scotland for ICW so I was there anyway. I was apprehensive at first…..I’m having fun and doing my thing (on the indy scene) and that’s what I said when I was speaking to (TNA) management. They 100% agreed with me. They said ‘We want you to be yourself. We want to give you an opportunity and give you a platform to be Drew.'”

On wrestling in the Impact Zone: “I’ve been getting a very positive response as a babyface, especially when I speak and I tell them how I feel. I talk about pro wrestling and how I feel about pro wrestling and they (the fans) feel the same, because at heart, I’m a wrestling fan. You won’t get a bigger mark than Drew Galloway! I’m a huge wrestling fan!”

On competing with WWE: “If you try and compete with WWE you’re going to lose. The smartest thing to do is to create something different…..then everybody wins, especially wrestling fans…..Everybody wins! Wrestling’s popularity grows and independent shows grow as well. The bigger WWE, TNA and Lucha Underground get – or the shows with national exposure – the bigger they all get the more fans go to independent shows as well….That’s what everyone wants: to see wrestling grow and to see wrestling succeed.”

On who he is looking forward to wrestling: “(Austin) Aries. I know when Low Ki and I get our hands on each other it’s going to be stiff but it’s going to be very entertaining! We had a really good match on SmackDown – and I think it was on the “Best of SmackDown” that year! I’m really looking forward to wrestling him again. Top of the list is the wrestling machine, Kurt Angle…. You’ve got Jeff Hardy and Bobby Roode – there are so many – but definitely Kurt Angle is number 1 on the list.”

On what we can expect from him in TNA: “I can’t say exactly how long I’ve signed for, but I can say I won’t be disappearing any time soon! I’m hoping to continue what we’ve been doing….I’m Drew Galloway 100% of the time….I want to give the fans a platform to let their voice be heard.”