By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

TNA wrestler Matt Morgan said in an interview today he has a lot of TNA veterans in his ear telling him how to work in the ring and how to handle his business. One of the key points came from Kevin Nash, who Morgan says told him to slow down in the ring and let moves sink in.

One of the growing pains for Morgan early in his TNA career was learning how to slow down in the ring and not wrestle a fast pace like an X Division wrestler because he thought that's what the fans wanted. Morgan says Nash slowed him down and told him to work like a big man.

"Kevin has been working with me nonstop on where and when to piece the parts in there. Being more stuck in the moment, like when you tackle somebody. Do you rush into the next spot or do you sit there and enjoy it? You look like you're almost getting to go off on that tackle," Morgan told Scott Fishman of the Miami Herald. "That is what I'm learning the most from Kevin Nash and staying in the moment more.''

Morgan said Sting has also pulled him aside at TV and given him business advice to make sure he's financially set. Morgan is scheduled for a second straight main event payday when he's in the TNA World Title match at the No Surrender PPV on Sept. 20. Morgan also claims Kurt Angle is texting him back and forth with tips on how to improve.

"Kevin and Kurt will text back and forth and shoot ideas, telling me to maybe try this, maybe don't do this, that kind of stuff," Morgan said. "It's not only going to help me get better but stay at the level I'm at right now."

Morgan said he keeps in shape by doing extensive cardio and only using light weight with higher reps to improve strength. He said early advice from The Undertaker in WWE has kept him fit when his size could be a detriment to his health.

Caldwell's Analysis: One of the drawbacks Morgan will eventually run into is trying to keep all of their advice straight and filtering what advice works vs. what doesn't work. That's one of the key problems with WWE's behind-the-scenes structure is too many producers with different philosophies trying to give young wrestlers advice. A wrestler does what one producer tells him to do in the ring, then he gets yelled at by another producer for doing what that producer sees as being wrong.

I can relate it to playing golf. I'm on the driving range about to tee off, but I have 20 years of golf instruction jumbled in my head on when to shift my weight, which foot do I keep on the ground?, stick the backside out or not, how stiff to keep my left arm, how tight my grip should be, and how to follow-through. It's easy to psyche yourself out and slice the ball 50 yards in the wrong direction.

Young wrestlers have to know themselves in the ring, know what they're capable of, and know their characters to effectively apply that to what's being asked of them in the script so they filter out necessary vs. superfluous advice and grow as a performer. Morgan has all of these people in his ear - including the company president giving a speech at a recent TV tapings on how to work in the ring - that he needs to know himself so he can recognize sound advice and apply it.

Link: Read the rest of Morgan's interview with Scott Fishman in the Miami Herald.

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