In an interview with The Poughkeepsie Journal, TNA Wrestling superstar Bully Ray commented on the importance of professional wrestling companies thinking outside the box, his appearance at Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore promotion and much more.

On the importance of professional wrestling companies thinking outside the box: “It’s very important for companies to do things like that. It keeps it interesting for people and it keeps people into wrestling across the board. Nobody really, in wrestling, is knocking them dead right now and selling out every arena. Wrestling is where it is right now. There’s a demographic that will always tune in and always buy merchandise and always buy the shows. But whenever you do something like I did at House Of Hardcore, and people go, ‘hey HOH and TNA are working together,’ it’s lightning in a bottle. It’s a spark. TNA is also puttng on a loaded card that night that people are going to want to be there in person for.”

On his surprise appearance at the recent House Of Hardcore event: “It was great. I came up in a company, ECW, that was really good at shocking people. I think wrestling, across the board, needs that shock and awe feel. I do shock really well as I did in TNA in the last year as the President of the Aces & Eights. What I did at the House of Hardcore event, people were buzzing, the wrestling world was buzzing, the internet was buzzing. It got a ton of hits on YouTube, it’s good for wrestling.”

Bully Ray’s interview is available in full at this link.