Tommy Dreamer Hopes To Go Into WWE Hall of Fame In Philadelphia Next Year

In an interview with PW Mania, Tommy Dreamer spoke about wanting to go into the WWE Hall of Fame when it happens next year in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is the home of ECW, where Dreamer was a mainstay. Here are highlights:

On if he’d take on an executive role in Impact: “I’ve been doing the behind-the-scenes in wrestling since ECW. I pretty much have had a say, power, whatever you want to talk about since ECW. Even WWE. Impact when I went there the first time, the second time. To answer your question I have worked with Vince McMahon, Paul Heyman, Scott D’Amore a little bit with Tony Khan as well. And I will tell you this, and even running my own promotion, these people don’t sleep. They eat and drink and work for the company that they represent. I have driven on an indie show, Scott D’Amore has been my friend since the 90s, and I’ll drive from an indie show, and it’s late at night. You know, the show ends at about 11. I’m driving from Boston to New York, I got about a three-hour drive, it’s 2:30, quarter to three in the morning, who can I call that’s not on the West Coast. I’ll call Scott, we’ll talk for a little bit. Not even talk, wrestling just talk as two friends. I’m like “All right man, I’m just pulling in, I’ll talk to you later.” He’s like, “All right, safe drive.” Then Scott will send an email 5:30 in the morning, I’ll be waking up at 11. I’ll see when he sent that email, and then I’ll respond to it. I’ll answer right back. I have lived 24/7 for ECW. I have lived it for WWE where I was on call 24/7 getting woken up in the middle of night. It’s a great role. I don’t know if I’d want to do it because not that I like to sleep. You need time for yourself. I don’t see that with Scott. He’s not married, he doesn’t have children. He’s dedicated to his children called Impact Wrestling. And he does a great job.”

On if Josh Alexander should be considered one of the greatest Impact wrestlers ever: “Absolutely. He’s now the longest-reigning champion. If you look at what Josh has done, there are few wrestlers that get it. Josh gets it, he gets the overall picture. He’s also another person that I feel can get dropped into any system and become a star, Josh Alexander. The beauty of Josh Alexander and his story is, you grew up watching ECW, Josh Alexander grew up watching Impact Wrestling. And that was his forte, this is why I want to be a wrestler. Same with Trey Miguel. You become the World Champion through hard work. If you think about Josh’s career, he was a tag team wrestler that really wasn’t the main focal point of that tag team. If you were to look back, then who’s going to be your star, you may have gone with his partner. But what did he do? He outworked everybody in the room. He rose by always improving himself. And that’s why he was the champion. That’s why he’s the longest-reigning champion of all time. To answer your question, yes. I would then start looking at the greatest of all time. I also think what makes them great is they were able to do greatness in Impact Wrestling then they went on and did great in other wrestling companies as well. I don’t want Josh to ever leave. But Josh could be a success anywhere he went. To answer your question, yes. Josh’s name 1,000% needs to be in that with AJ Styles, Samoa Joe and people like that.”

On going into the WWE Hall of Fame: “Any Hall of Fame is an honor. Would love to, absolutely. It’s a great honor to be recognized for your body of work. Hey, WrestleMania, is in Philly. I would love it. If it doesn’t happen, not going to be devastated. When you have love-appreciation, and by your peers, that’s as good as well. The other part of it is the Hall of Fame is a show. It does mean a lot though. And to answer your question, yes.”