Eric Young (@TheEricYoung) is a professional wrestler currently signed to TNA Wrestling. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood to discuss his time in TNA and winning the World Championship twice, trying out for WWE early in his career and not getting signed, being part of Team Canada, his role as a comedy wrestler, signing with WWE and his work in Sanity, getting called up without the rest of the group and what went wrong on the main roster, returning to WWE for a second time and nearly being aligned with Bray Wyatt, why he thinks he will retire in TNA, a scary incident where it looked like he might lose his ear and more!
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00:00 Intro
00:39 Meeting CVV for the first time at his wrestling school
03:35 Shawn Spears showing talent early in his career
04:18 Did he see a path for him early in his career?
06:40 Canadian wrestlers looking out for one another
07:54 The wrestling landscape being desolate in the early 2000s
10:04 How he signed his first deal with TNA
13:28 What was the feeling about TNA in the early days?
14:15 Impact Zone fans becoming accustomed to constant wrestling
16:16 TNA becoming a viable alternative to WWE
17:03 His thoughts on the six-sided ring
19:53 Did TNA consider bringing back the six-sided ring?
22:16 How did he start incorporating comedy into his matches?
24:20 Not getting enough credit for innovating comedy wrestling
26:09 Calling D-Lo Brown CeeLo Green
28:16 Locking up with random fans and wrestlers
30:18 Christian Cage being the biggest TNA signing
32:01 Kurt Angle legitimizing TNA by signing
32:50 What were the prime years of TNA?
34:21 Winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
37:27 How did winning the TNA championship a second time compare?
38:36 What went into his decision to leave TNA?
40:40 Going to NXT and forming SAnitY
41:42 Being called up to the main WWE roster and being misused
45:28 Confronting Vince McMahon about not using him
46:47 Being released from WWE in 2020
48:01 Returning after being killed off at the end of his last TNA run
50:28 Not wanting to work for WWE after Vince McMahon returned
51:52 Original plans for him to be a part of the Wyatt Sicks
53:55 How surprising was it for Scott D’Amore getting fired from TNA?
56:51 Having issues with his throat that affect his voice
01:00:27 Cutting his ear in TNA and suffering a severe injury
01:03:57 How long does he think he can wrestle?
01:08:02 Does he want to end his career in TNA?
01:09:28 How he got his ‘Off The Hook’ fishing show
01:16:24 Getting to be the host of the show Vinyl Obsession
01:23:14 What are his Top 5 Vinyl Albums?
01:25:17 3 things Eric Young is grateful for
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I’m not gonna win any singing competitions 😂
For those interested I made a “Lock up/Tie up” compilation here on YouTube under my old account “WrestlingRookie101” I used to just watch tna for Eric Young’s comedy. His brain dead gimmick was awesome locking up with fans and refs and becoming women’s champion 🤣
I remember when I first watched tna. I was trying to figure out how to get wwe on our new sky box and I instead found tna and I loved it!! WWE was a paid channel in the uk and when we first got the sky box we couldn’t figure out how to buy it so at the time I watched tna as an alternative and I loved it, still watch tna to this day. Far past its prime but I’ll always love it.
People collect vinyl who don’t even have record players
ZZ Top
EY could've led Sanity big, too bad they didn't get too much push then. Sanity VS Wyatt would've been interesting.
Need a interview with Joesph Park (Abyss) He wrestled E.Y. quite a few times…
Insanity
Frogstomp doesn't get enough love these days.
Chris vavleet does not miss
I wonder what he saw for him to get a NDA. Seems suss.
One of the most underrated wrestlers of all time. Top talent at anything
Waiting for Jeff Hardy interview
Love eric young srry wwe didnt use him well glad tna did
Use to love watching tna in UK the x division was fantastic to watch and the women's matches
We need a team Canada reunion
Can you get ricky Gibson aka ricky from Seattle? Doesnt have to be an hour long episode.
WWE going PG gave that bonus to TNA during that 2010-12 period.
God TNA was x10 the better product and the WWE marks were defending Cena with all their might 😂
Shoutout to ey. man before he retires. he should come back to wwe. he doesn’t have to retire in wwe. But I feel like he’ll get treated better on the main roster. with triple h in charge.
What I love about your interviews is you don't just ask questions, you guide topics. Another excellent interview!
I knew Eric back in the day. More an acquaintance. He always was a really good dude, and it seems like he still is. Awesome to see him get that success.
what a good way to explain the significance of holding a world title, great perspective on the "prop"
Eric should def get into voice acting , would be a great megatron or sum.
Well ya see Mr . Young u got over in NXT under HHH and a certain someone doesn't like when ppl get over without him so he personally makes sure he reverses everything HHH ever produced.
Straight legend right here… Its crazy to think that I literally grew up and watched EY's entire career. Been follwing since team Canada…CRAZY! Ive seen the dont fire Eric gimmick. Ive seen his first TNA world title run and his work he's done W
with ODB, Ive seen him re-invent himself and be the leader in Sanity. Now he's the world class maniac back in TNA. Such a great worker man, he deserves aaaaaall the flowers
His voice sounds different
Eric young will always be a favorite of mine! I first discovered him in TNA back in 2005 and he was amazing!!!
Definitely in my top 10 favorite wrestlers of all time. Very much responsible for the prime of TNA.
Great wrestler but wow he has that steroid voice.
Who is "HE" that messed over Eric Young in WWE and why???
EY is one of the best!!
Going head to head with RAW in 2010 says otherwise
Great interview. I was always a fan of Eric Young since the early TNA days.
So beginning TNA is like NXT now huh🤔
55:27–55:31 I can imagine that the roster wanted to go nuclear on Anthem for firing Scott