VGW Table For 3

Episode 5: VGW Creative Team

Table For 3

Episode 5: VGW Creative Team (Quincy “Status Quo” McDonald, Mike Lawson, and Eric Daniels)

Status: What's up, guys?

Mike: Hey, Quincy.

Eric: What's up, brother?

Status: So, Mike, how's retirement?

Mike: It feels great. Twenty-plus years on the road non-stop….I'm glad to be back home with my family.

Eric: You ever miss it?

Mike: Of course, especially since I had that match I had against Jay Evans last year. He's a great kid.

Eric: Yeah. I was surprised he went over at the VGW vs. GTS PPV.

Mike: Yeah, Quincy’s idea.

Status: Yeah, well originally Jay Evans was supposed to face Leo Zapp but he couldn't make it, so I called Mike and assured him that this wouldn't count since he was already retired, but as a wrestler, I know it's not the same.

Eric: Sounds like a rematch in the making.

All three laugh.

Mike: As enticing as that sounds, I'll have to pass. I'm enjoying the retired life.

Eric: How old are your kids now?

Mike: My son will be 15 this summer, and my daughter is 11.

Eric: That's great.

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Status: But you know, speaking of questionable booking decisions, whose bright idea was it to make my divorce into a storyline?

Eric: Dear old dad.

Mike and Eric laugh.

Status: Why would he do that to me?

Mike: Well, Dave [Daniels] thought that the Matt-Edge-Lita storyline was hot, so he wanted to replicate. Unfortunately, it was at your expense.

Status: That shit was terrible.

Eric: Yeah, so was that fucking Keith Donovan situation.

Mike: Oh, yeah.

Eric: There were a lot of lines that Donovan crossed and I eventually forgave him for that, but I'll never forget it.

Status: Keith only wanted to be taken seriously, but he went about it the wrong way.

Eric: Yeah, he had no right talking about my family.

Mike: Yeah, but back to your storyline, Quincy, it was uncomfortable to watch, but the audience ate it up.

Status: Yeah, but it was really hard to push through that storyline with a straight face. And another one of Dave’s masterpieces was having me feud with a former drill instructor of mine after I won the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 28.

Eric: Well, you asked for a storyline that would shock you. Dad pulled out all the stops for that one.

Status: Well, that one was even worse. I'm glad it only lasted a month.

Mike: Did you two ever squash your beef?

Status: Nope. I don't care. I'm over it.

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Status: Mike, how did you feel about your match at Wrestlemania 24?

Mike: It was a long time coming. I was actually supposed to win the 2008 Royal Rumble, but you know how unpredictable that can be. So, Pain ends up winning, but Dave Daniels came out on the RAW before ‘Mania and put me in that match with [Luscious] Lou, Billy [Bison], and Quent-Incredible. When I won, it felt amazing! Ten years with this company, and I finally win a world title!

Eric: I don't know why it took so long for you to be champ.

Mike: Me neither, especially being called “The Face of VGW” since 2002. How does the face not get the championship for ten years?

Status: Then, the heel stuff that you did after winning was gold!

Mike: Yeah, man. First time as champ, first time as a heel...I was having a blast.

Status: Yeah well, I can't say the same thing about me and Eric. Our Wrestlemania 24 moment was a pain in the ass.

Eric: Maybe for you. I had a blast kicking the shit out of Keith Donovan.

Mike and Status laugh.

Eric: I'm dead serious. That gave me immense satisfaction.

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Eric: So, Mike? How'd did you come up with your ring name? Because we know you by your real name, Josh Cannon.

Mike: Yeah.

Status: Good question.

Mike: Well, Michael is my middle name and Lawson is my mom's maiden name, so I just put those together. I wrestled under that name only. I never went by real name or anything else.

Status: Really?

Mike: Nope, not at all.

Eric: So, Quincy, what about your ring names? How'd you come up with those names?

Status: Well, Nightmare was supposed to be an Undertaker-esque character, so there you go. My first character Chronicle Psycho, I wanted him to be like Kane….but the name…...I have no idea where it came from. I thought Chronicle was a strong sounding word and of course Psycho was a great crazy moniker. Status Quo, at least the early version, was supposed to be like Mankind, and I felt Status Quo was a nice general term relative to mankind, but I was wrong. But hey, they stuck and no one really questioned them.

Mike: I never thought that any of your names made sense. Well, except for Nightmare.

Status: Yeah, I know. So, Eric, did you have any other ring names?

Eric: Other than my debut on Just Bring It as a tribal jobber called The Tiki Man, no.

Mike and Status laugh.

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Status: So, Eric, how's the boardroom?

Eric: I hate it actually.

Mike: Really?

Eric: Yeah.

Mike: That's funny, because you were in so many storylines trying to get in control of VGW, but now that you're in it for real….

Status:....you can't stand it.

Eric: God, it's like meeting after meeting after meeting. That shit sucks.

Mike: So, why don't you come back to the ring?

Eric: I wanted to take a break from the ring for a bit, and I also wanted to give the office a shot. My dad, back in 2004, said I have a place in the board when I'm ready, so I took him up on it this year, but I'm regretting it.

Status: Well, we'd be glad to have you back.

Eric: Thanks, guys.

All the raise their glasses and toast.

THE END!