Bully Ray Talks Dream Match With CM Punk, WWE vs. TNA and More

TNA wrestler Bully Ray, real name Mark LoMonaco, chatted with 93.7 FM WEEI in Boston in anticipation of the Hardcore Justice pay-per-view taping this Sunday in Lowell, Mass. Along with promoting the event, he had some interesting words regarding the wrestling business.

His feelings on why fans should watch TNA over WWE:

“‘Why would you want to watch TNA over a John Cena-Randy Orton match?’ asked LoMonaco. ‘I’m really not sure. I find John Cena’s matches very entertaining, and I find Randy Orton’s matches very entertaining. I also know, if you watch Bobby Roode and AJ Styles, or Samoa Joe and Austin Aries, you’re going to be even more entertained by watching those guys.’”

Regarding what his dream match would be:

“‘Bully Ray vs. CM Punk would be the match,’ he said. ‘Paul Heyman has told me directly that me and Punk standing across from one another with a microphone in our hands would be deadly. Given the opportunity to have absolutely no restrictions on what we’d say and to just go at it, you’d be looking at the two guys who can spit venom better than anybody else out there in the industry. And I know we could back it up in the ring.’”

What the relationship between Heyman and Vince McMahon is like:

“‘Paul Heyman is the evil genius,’ said LoMonaco. ‘There are very few guys in the industry who can, off the top of their head, be able to cut you with their words, and Paul is the master of it. He and Vince are absolutely similar in the passion they have for the wrestling industry, their creative minds, and they’re both perfectionists. That’s why they hate each other.

‘That’s also why they love each other at the same time. Vince respects Paul so much, and vice versa. Vince respects Paul’s passion. Paul took nothing and made it into something. We all know that, if it weren’t for ECW, the Attitude Era would have never been born. That’s a fact. ECW is what gave birth to the modern day, adult-oriented, Attitude Era pro wrestling.’”

The entire interview can be found here.

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