{"id":36104,"date":"2016-12-09T16:57:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T22:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=36104"},"modified":"2016-12-09T16:57:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T22:57:24","slug":"interview-highlights-jeff-hardy-talks-cte-concerns-new-album-total-nonstop-deletion-tna-management-shake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/12\/09\/interview-highlights-jeff-hardy-talks-cte-concerns-new-album-total-nonstop-deletion-tna-management-shake\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Highlights: Jeff Hardy talks about CTE concerns, his new album, Total Nonstop Deletion, TNA management shake-up, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2026748352\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><div><em>Chuck Carrol from CBS Sports sent along the following details and highlights of his interview with Jeff Hardy, along with a link to the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Jeff Hardy talked to CBS Sports about his new album &#8220;Spawn Of Me.&#8221; It\u2019s an eclectic twist of rock, country, and some hip-hop all rolled in one. He also had TNA\u2019s music man, Dale Oliver, produce the songs. They recorded them at Oliver&#8217;s house over a two-day span.<\/div>\n<div>\nHe said fears of developing CTE from repeated concussions weigh heavily on him and are the inspiration for one of the tracks on the album, &#8220;Irreversible.&#8221;\u00a0He also talked\u00a0about the upcoming Total Nonstop Deletion, which he said will include the Rock &amp; Roll Express.\u00a0Plus he talked about his contract status in TNA, the management shakeup and his future.\u00a0The full interview can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.cbslocal.com\/2016\/12\/09\/jeff-hardy-opens-up-about-tna-wrestling-concussion-fears-new-album\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Q: A lot of time there is a personal emotional meaning behind the songs. Which one did you have the deepest connection to?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A: The song \u201cSpawn of Me\u201d started back in 2010 when my daughter was born. I wrote a song for her called \u201cRuby.\u201d But when my second daughter was born last New Year\u2019s Eve, I totally rewrote it and made it about both of them. And it also mentions my guitar player\u2019s daughter. The song is dedicated to them.\u00a0Another song on there that is very powerful and very serious is called \u201cIrreversible.\u201d It is about my fear of CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy). It\u2019s crazy in the NFL they take it so seriously because you have to. It\u2019s so scary what it can do to you in the long run. And with me being a pro wrestler I\u2019ve had my share. Diagnosed concussions only about two or three, but I\u2019m sure there\u2019s been a lot more. It\u2019s as simple as simple can be. If I do a little flat bump and I hit my head really hard, there\u2019s like a strange vibration, and I\u2019m like \u201cOh my God, did I just have a concussion?\u201d And a lot of times it\u2019s like a d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu sensation like I\u2019ve been there before. Luckily it hasn\u2019t happened in about six months. But you can only be so careful.\u00a0Thank God they\u2019ve eliminated things like chair shots to the head, because that was just ridiculous. When we first started, everybody was taking chairshots to the head.\u00a0The song also talks about suicidal thoughts. They haven\u2019t gotten to me yet. Basically, it\u2019s about my fear about developing CTE, and I think you can only get tested for that when you\u2019re dead. But I feel really good.<\/p>\n<p><b>Q: When you see someone like Daniel Bryan retiring or Chris Borland with the 49ers walking away after one year because of concussions, does that strike more of a chord with you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A: I mainly think of Junior Seau. I used to be a huge Chargers fan. He was the linebacker of all linebackers, and when I heard what happened to him, it was so sad. With Daniel Bryan \u2026 when you see how much he loves pro wrestling and now is depressed about it, it\u2019s sad. It breaks my heart, and at the same time it scares me, because I know I could be in the same boat at any time in the future.<\/p>\n<p><b>Q: You\u2019ve been doing some really creative stuff in TNA Impact Wrestling Series with the Deletion series. You\u2019ve just filmed Total Non-Stop Deletion at the Hardy compound in North Carolina. Could you see yourself getting that kind of creative freedom in another promotion?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A: It all began with The Final Deletion. \u2026 We did some amazing stuff there\u2026 And now we did Apocolypto, which will be Total Nonstop Deletion. That was filmed on our property, and it\u2019s going to be the funnest wrestling show ever. I can guarantee that, because we did some wild stuff. It\u2019s one not to be missed for sure. I don\u2019t think we would get that creative liberty anywhere else, but I could be wrong.\u00a0As far as I\u2019m concerned, right now, I want to stay with something new and fresh instead of going back to something old that I\u2019ve already been to and done a lot for and with. I don\u2019t think we can go wrong with staying at TNA and seeing where it goes in the future. Hopefully make it the best company that it can be.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-944957708\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>Q: There have been a ton of changes and a very public courtroom battle at TNA recently. Some reports say talents are being kept in the dark about a lot of things. What has this experience been like for you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A: It\u2019s very strange. Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins is a good friend of mine, and he loves pro wrestling. I understood that he was a huge investor, but evidently he\u2019s out now however that happened. They still haven\u2019t told us everything. There\u2019s some new management coming in. They\u2019re paying people and taking care of things. I\u2019m not sure what\u2019s going to happen or where it\u2019s going to go. I\u2019m just going to have faith in the company. Especially if they build the show around myself and Matt. I don\u2019t think they can go wrong with that.\u00a0For them to trust us to just go out there and do what we do \u2026 I can\u2019t complain with that. I love that.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Again, the full interview can be found\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.cbslocal.com\/2016\/12\/09\/jeff-hardy-opens-up-about-tna-wrestling-concussion-fears-new-album\/\">HERE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2279137113\"><div id=\"pwtor-3776579501\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Chuck Carrol from CBS Sports sent along the following details and highlights of his interview with Jeff Hardy, along with a link to the full article&#8230; Jeff Hardy talked to CBS Sports about his new <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/12\/09\/interview-highlights-jeff-hardy-talks-cte-concerns-new-album-total-nonstop-deletion-tna-management-shake\/\" title=\"Interview Highlights: Jeff Hardy talks about CTE concerns, his new album, Total Nonstop Deletion, TNA management shake-up, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,2,4247,4],"tags":[864,1646,2525,224,203,206,120],"class_list":["post-36104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlightarticles","category-prowrestlingnews","category-interview-highlights","category-news_tna","tag-chris-benoit","tag-concussions","tag-cte","tag-daniel-bryan","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-jeff-hardy","tag-tna"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HardyJeff_artTB_3x2_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36105,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36104\/revisions\/36105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}