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WWE News: Arn Anderson interview - addresses late entry in WWE HOF, what causes frustration over his career cut short, why today's WWE talent is disadvantaged, more

Mar 25, 2012 - 1:06:31 AM
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By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

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WWE producer Arn Anderson talked to Mike Mooneyham of the Post & Courier newspaper about his WWE Hall of Fame induction, working behind-the-scenes in WWE, and other topics in an interview printed Sunday. The full interview can be read at PostandCourier.com . The following are highlights.

-- Anderson, who is being inducted with the Four Horsemen after being over-looked individually last year in Atlanta in his homestate, said he's not upset it took this long for him to be included in WWE's Hall of Fame.

“I’m never going to be one of those guys who asked what took so long. I’m just floored by the fact that it’s happening. It’s a very elite group," Anderson.

-- Anderson said there are times he wishes he could become physically involved in wrestling again, and feels especially helpless at times watching shows from his producer position backstage.

“There’s two times when it bothers me,” Anderson said about wondering what could have been. “It bothers me when I see a match go south and I’m sitting there on headsets, and I know at that moment in time if I was in there, I could fix it. Or, when it’s done really well. That’s the two times that I really miss it."

-- Anderson discussed today's wrestlers being at a disadvantage coming into WWE's "lion's den" without similar experience he was afforded in the 1980s before getting a spot on national TV.

"Look at the experience level of the guys, through not any fault of their own. They’re coming in sometimes only a year right out of FCW," Anderson said. "How good would guys like John Cena, Randy Orton, or Batista have been if they would have had 900 matches in their first three years? Can you fathom that? So, we had a distinct advantage at the time. I would love to still be wrestling if my body would accommodate it in these times.”

-- Anderson also talked about the success of his 28-year marriage with the wrestling schedule & lifestyle being tough on families, his Four Horsemen memories, Ric Flair being a freak being able to wrestle into his 60s, the death of “Nightmare” Ted Allen, and WWE road life becoming difficult for him physically.

“I don’t know if it’s just a mental thing, but when I turned 50, with all the extensive travel involved with this job now and all the long TV days, it’s hard. I won’t lie to anybody. It’s very, very difficult. It’s not like it was when I was 25," Anderson said.


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