*** Interview for Swrestling.com ***
Interview of CJ Summers
Conducted by Tony Carter of Swrestling.com

Q. How long have you been wrestling?
A. 6 years

Q. What made you decide that wrestling was what you wanted to do?
A. I watched wrestling as I was a kid and in about 1994 I decide to give it a shot.

Q. What wrestling school did you learn from, and how would you rate it?
A. Iron Mike Sharpe's School of Professional Wrestling. I would definitly say it was very good, 'cuz I have seen new guys come up untrained, Having no respect for guys who have been in the business longer and thinking they should be in one of the big three without putting their time in.

Q. What type of finisher do you use.
A. Frankenstiener of the Top Rope

Q. What influences did you have as a kid from wrestling? I.E favorite wrestler, show.
A. I grew up watching guys like Dusty Rhodes, Kerry Von Erich, The Original 4 horsemen ( Flair, Ole, Arn and Tully), The Road Warriors, to name a few. Those guys are what got me interested and started me wanting to become a pro wrestler.

Q What are some of your faviorate things to do outside of wrestling? Music, tv for example.
A.Outside of wrestling I play in a couple of bands (When Juliet Killed Romeo and Pop-Up Porn - Punk Rock bands). I also like skateboarding, and Personal Training.

Q What do you think of the current status of wrestling has it gone to far?
A.Wrestling in just a mirror image of our society. If wrestling is going to far that means society went there first. So I don't see wrestling going to far for it's time.

Q Which do you prefer, classic wrestling, Highflying wrestling or just sports entertainment?
A.I personally like wrestling from the 80's with Highflying included.

Q Have you ever had a injury, or know some one to have a serious injury?
A. I had a low back injusry that put me out for a couple of month. I messed up[ my shoulder which I had to take a month off for. Nothing very major though thank goodness.

Q. Has there ever been a time that you thought about retiring from wrestling?
A. There was a time where is was not fun any longer and I considered it, but I love it to much to hang it up, plus I am still young in the business.

Q How many times do you wrestle a week?
A I wrestle about once a week if not more.

Q. What is your favorite match of all time to see, not including your matches?
A. There are a lot of awesome matched I have seen throughout the years, but most recent has to be the double ladder match between The Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian.

Q. Who is your favorite opponent.
A. There's not one I can single out right now. There are a few that do stick out though like Extreme Fahrenhiet (Tag Team), Twiggy Ramirez, Kevin Knight, Devon Storm, Ace Darling to name a few that have helped me stay on top of my game and improve my in ring skills.

Q. If there was any one wrestler past or present that you could wrestle who would it be?
A. Rey Mysterio Jr.

Q. What promotions do you work for or have worked for in the past?
A. Currently:
* ACWA - American Championship Wrestling Alliance (NJ)
* IWF - Independent Wrestling Federation (NJ)
* NWA-New England (MA)
* UWC - United Wrestling Coalition (NJ)
* EWA - Empire Wrestling Alliance (NJ)
* WWW - WorldWide Wrestling (PA)

In The Past:
* JAPW - Jersey All-Pro Wrestling (NJ)
* GSWA - Garden State Wrestling Alliance (NJ)
* NSWA - Northern States Wrestling Alliance (NJ)
* ECPW - East Coast Pro Wrestling (NJ)
* NJCW - New Jack City Wrestling (NJ)
* APW - Action Packed Wrestling (NJ)
* NWA - New York (NY)
* GSPW - Garden State Pro Wrestling (NJ)
* WWC - World Wrestling Coalition (NJ)
* WWO - World Wrestling Organization (NJ)
* WWWA - WorldWide Wrestling Alliance (PA)
* RCW - Richmond Championship Wrestling (NY)

Q. Which promotion would you like to work for the most, ECW, WWF, WCW or other.
A. To be totally honest I would welcome the opportunity for any one of the promotions.

Q. How did you get into wrestling?
A. My dad actually go me Iron Mike Sharpe's phone number from another one of his students and I gave him a call about his school. I went down for a try out and everything went well so I decided to join the school. Tha's the short version.

Q. What advice would you give to someone who was thinking of starting out in wrestling.
A. I would tell them to first look into a school that can really train them for the business not just take their money. There are alot of school that don't give the new guys good enough training. So don't be afraid to shop around for the school that can offer you the best training for your money. Also never give up on you dream and always give it 110%.

Q. The last question, in three years where do you see yourself at?
A. In three years I see myself hopefully working throughout the United States on Indie shows or in One of the big three.

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