Magnus: “We Pay Too Much Attention to the Vocal Minority”

Magnus underwent surgery some time ago and is recovering. While he’s healing, he’s promoting a fitness book called “The Superstar Body.”

Nick Aldis, who went as Magnus in TNA, recently joined the CBS Radio/106.7 The Fan this week to promote the book and gave his opinion on a lot of the negativity of the industry.

You can listen to the full interview right here. Below are some of the highlights:

What does he think about TNA’s position in the industry? 

“People can say what they want about TNA but when business was good with TNA, and I was there arguably at it’s peak of their business, they did provide competition to the WWE.  Not necessarily in the sense of television ratings, but you could even argue now that TNA’s past numbers on Spike were not that far off what SmackDown is now.  They were much more comparable than people like to pretend they were with revisionist history, but that what they did more importantly was they provided a leverage factor for talent and they provided an alternative place to go and make a living because guys could say, ‘Yeah I might make half a million bucks at WWE but what if TNA wants to offer me not as much but for a much lighter schedule and I can go and do other things.’

That was a significant situation to be in for a lot of talent and I think that was one of the reasons why we saw a lot of  guys like RVD and people like that in TNA.  It’s a shame that they’re perhaps not in a situation anymore to be able to offer that alternative to the talent.“

What does he think about the Roman Reigns situation and the negativity of wrestling fans? 

“I feel horrible for him because I feel like if he’d have come along ten years earlier he’d be in a totally different conversation right now.  I think he’s a terrific example where the business in general has failed not just WWE, not just TNA, TNA was guilty of it for a long, long time or [other] promotions now which is we’ve niched down the product.  We’ve paid way too much attention to the vocal minority”

Source: Wrestlezone.com

Do you think Magnus is right that sometimes the fans can be a little too negative?