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Tommy Dreamer Says He’d Be A Hypocrite If He Hated Deathmatch Wrestling

August 23, 2021 | Posted by Joseph Lee
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In an interview with Wrestling Inc, Tommy Dreamer gave his opinion on deathmatch wrestling and said that he would be a hypocrite if he said that he hated it. Here are highlights:

On fans still enjoying his work years later: “I’m still proud that in 2021, I’m still relevant and no matter where I go out, people chant for my body of work. And when they chant for ECW, it’s me saying, every bone that I broke, every drop of blood, every sweat that poured out of my body was worth it because fans, ECW’s gone 20 years, and they still love and remember it. When they post stuff on the WWE Network or YouTube and social media, people are like, ‘Hey, you remember this?’ Just this week, 25 years ago, Taz suplexed me off the stage, and I see that my hair is a lot better than it currently is, I’m about 20 pounds lighter and it was a great time in my life.”

On deathmatch wrestling: “There’s definitely a genre and a fanbase for deathmatch wrestling. I look back at some of the things that I’ve done. I’d be a hypocrite if I said, ‘I hate deathmatch wrestling,’ because the guys go out there and entertain in the way that they do, and people would make fun of me for stuff that I would do back in the day. I just hope that wrestlers are smarter. Back in the day, we didn’t have blood tests. Wrestlers need to do that when they’re doing those type of matches because there is an inherent risk to it where I’m 50 years old now, and I wouldn’t do the things I did. You learn when you’re older, but if people are tested and they’re they’re willing to do that, that’s awesome. My hat’s off to them. I have nothing but respect for them.”

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