{"id":76533,"date":"2019-03-15T14:05:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T19:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=76533"},"modified":"2019-03-15T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T19:05:34","slug":"interview-highlights-p-j-black-talks-about-the-opportunities-in-roh-after-the-departures-of-cody-bucks-page-scu-why-he-signed-with-roh-pitching-vince-a-skydive-entrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/03\/15\/interview-highlights-p-j-black-talks-about-the-opportunities-in-roh-after-the-departures-of-cody-bucks-page-scu-why-he-signed-with-roh-pitching-vince-a-skydive-entrance\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Highlights: P.J. Black talks about the opportunities in ROH after the departures of Cody, Bucks, Page, SCU, why he signed with ROH, pitching Vince a skydive entrance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1217504814\" 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><p>The following are interview highlights of P.J. Black talking with Chuck Carrol of CBS Local leading into tonight&#8217;s Ring of Honor 17th Anniversary event. The highlights were provided to PWTorch.com by Carol.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full interview <a href=\"https:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2019\/03\/14\/pj-black-justin-gabriel-ring-of-honor-wwe-interview\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>With all the departures to AEW, do you see more of an opportunity for yourself at ROH, given the fact that there\u2019s now this huge void at the top of the roster?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yes, obviously. But even if those guys were there, it would have been exactly the same for me. I think it\u2019s a fantastic time in wrestling right now, because that happened, because a lot of people had to step up their game. A lot of people are trying to get signed by AEW. WWE upped a lot of the guys\u2019 contracts because they don\u2019t want to lose them because there\u2019s a lot of money being thrown around. Even ROH, they signed me, they signed Rush, they signed PCO, they signed Bandido, which I think is fantastic. WWE\u2019s been trying to sign him for the longest time. So was AEW, and ROH snatched him up. So that means a lot.<\/p>\n<p><b>We\u2019ve seen guys from NXT going up to the main roster that start hot but eventually fall off into oblivion. Would that be a concern of yours returning there?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s exactly what I was eluding to. They\u2019d be like \u2018oh, you\u2019ll be on the main roster in six months or seven months, or whatever it is, and even if you\u2019re not, you\u2019ll still get your pay increase or whatever it is.\u2019 I know for a fact because I speak to guys on a daily basis. All my friends are still in the WWE and in NXT, and I speak to these guys all the time, and I know for a fact none of the stuff that they were promised happened. Obviously, there are exceptions here and there, small exceptions, but those guys are just happy to be around and still be making money and being on TV. While most of them are not happy with where they are, that\u2019s what they wanted to do. That\u2019s still their dream job.<\/p>\n<p><b>Now let me ask you a fun question about your ROH contract. Does your deal forbid skydiving? You\u2019re such a big skydiver, and you post a bunch of your jumps on YouTube. Is there any clause in there that says that you can\u2019t take any unnecessary risk away from the ring that could cause injury?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You know, there isn\u2019t. They haven\u2019t even asked me about any of that stuff. So that\u2019s a good question. I wonder if they even know I do the stuff on the weekends that I\u2019m not booked.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-145636284\" 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>Have you thought about this: you do a stadium show, and for your entrance, you actually parachute into the stadium?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Oh, I\u2019ve pitched that multiple times to Vince [McMahon] and he was like yeah, once you get better at this, we\u2019ll do it. Mainly I was always open. Yeah, we\u2019ve had multiple discussions on that. Even when I did the Global Force thing, Jeff Jarrett was like yeah, why don\u2019t you just jump into, well I made a joke. I was like why don\u2019t I jump into Mania with a Global Force parachute. I\u2019m gonna get to go to jail, you might have to bail me out. I was just joking and he goes, that\u2019s a great idea, let\u2019s do it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><strong>RECOMMENDED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/03\/04\/interview-highlights-billy-gunn-talks-about-aew-as-competition-for-wwe-chyna-getting-into-the-wwe-hall-of-fame-did-he-consult-wwe-before-agreeing-to-full-time-aew-gig\/\">Interview Highlights: Billy Gunn talks about AEW as competition for WWE, Chyna getting into the WWE Hall of Fame, did he consult WWE before agreeing to full time AEW gig?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3075630453\"><div id=\"pwtor-3331007216\"><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>The following are interview highlights of P.J. Black talking with Chuck Carrol of CBS Local leading into tonight&#8217;s Ring of Honor 17th Anniversary event. The highlights were provided to PWTorch.com by Carol. Check out the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/03\/15\/interview-highlights-p-j-black-talks-about-the-opportunities-in-roh-after-the-departures-of-cody-bucks-page-scu-why-he-signed-with-roh-pitching-vince-a-skydive-entrance\/\" title=\"Interview Highlights: P.J. Black talks about the opportunities in ROH after the departures of Cody, Bucks, Page, SCU, why he signed with ROH, pitching Vince a skydive entrance\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76534,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/03\/BlackPJCoreyTatumROH_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76533","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=76533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76535,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76533\/revisions\/76535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}