Zed - Not bad, Informer, not bad at all...

The Informer - That's great to hear. Are you ready to begin?

Zed - Sure am!

The Informer - Alright, let's get started then. First of all, how did Zed first enter the EWA?? What were your first thoughts of the EWA, and Tom Stone?? What made you sign up with the EWA??

Zed - I remember my EWA beginnings vividly. I had applied for some gay federation, and they liked me, but they didn't have any more room in their federation. So they sent me a list of links of others e-feds that I could join. The EWA was among those list of links. I checked it out, liked the environment, liked what I saw on the roleplay board, so I applied and wrote a sample roleplay. Believe it or not, when I first visited the EWA site I remembered seeing it before. Some time back a guy named "OnLy1IcOn"(formerly Knightmare of the EWA) approached me and asked me to hack the EWA board. Knightmare contacted me because he was friends with one of my old EWF(an indy fed, died 2 weeks after it started) stablemates. So when I went to the join the EWA I was surprised that it was the same place Knightmare told me about. I didn't care, I just wanted to roleplay. So I posted my sample RP(and forgot to take out the background sound html....ugh! What a way to start..!), and waited for a response. I scrolled up and down and saw alot of rejections, and at the time, alot of acceptances. So I wasn't sure whether i'd make it in or not. I guess at the time I was alright, but looking back I think that I was only average(at the time I didn't think so). Tom ended up accepting me, and I immediately began roleplaying and trying to have fun. At the time I didn't know Tom well, but I heard he was a real dickhead. But I don't like to accept things unless I experience them, so I considered Tom "clean" in my book.

The Informer - There was an interesting feud between Pollux Troy and yourself, why don't you explain your series of matches with him??

Zed - Actually, there was only one match I had with Pollux Troy. And believe it or not I was scheduled to wrestle Castor Troy in a ladder match, but Tom messed up while writing the results and threw Pollux in there instead. I looked at the match, my first EWA match, and saw how messed up it was. It was against the wrong guy, and I ended up losing anyway due to interference. It was a rocky start, but history shows I didn't intend to quit.

The Informer - What was Zed, according to the EWA Head Offices?? Was he a key part of the Federation?? Did they treat you well??

Zed - Well, to everyone at the time Zed was just the rookie. I was a lower-card guy, a space filler. Hell, I doubt anyone even read my roleplays at the time. I don't think I was looked at as important, although Tom did say to me once that he thought I should be wrestling guys better than Pollux Troy. Heh heh, although I don't know if he said that just to flatter me after screwing up my match. But the bottom line is I was just like all the other rookies. I couldn't get it all over night, I had to earn respect. I don't know if the EWA Head Offices ever considered me having a future, but I considered it, and I worked at it.

The Informer - What did you think of the EWA at that time?? Were you somewhat mad at Tom Stone for the way you were treated??

Zed - I liked the EWA at the time, even though I was 0-3 to start off with(one loss to Pollux Troy, TWO to the BrinK). I was never "mad" at Stone, just aggravated. I never understood why I was the job boy. I always roleplayed, but I never got a win. I still liked Tom and his fed, but I wasn't sure I liked my status.

The Informer - Your career suddenly got shaken up for the better... A man by the name of Serial Thrylla recognized Zed. What was your reaction? What did you think of Dave Carter?

Zed - I liked Dave Carter the minute he instant messaged me and started complimenting me. He told me right off the bat that he thought I had potential, and wanted to make me a star. Now picture a young rookie who's 0-3 hearing all these offers and possibilities. I was excited, and willing to go along with anything Dave had in mind. He wanted to give Zed a new look. He wanted to make me a bad ass heel, and we changed my finishing move from The Reverse Edge to "Unforgiven", followed by "The Unforgiven" theme music by Metallica. I even used my friend Draven's old manager Santoro, and made him my lackey. I was a new Zed, and I had new plans ahead of me. Even today I credit Dave with the success of my e-wrestling career. I owe alot to him.

The Informer - How did Tom Stone start to treat you? Was there a difference??

Zed - Not immediately. I didn't talk to Tom that often at the time. Zed's developement and success showed that I was being treated differently, but out of character I didn't know how I was thought of. I talked to Tom personally later on.

The Informer - Finally, after a long hard road, you were finally "In The Family". After this, what did you think of Tom Stone?? Was he a different person then when you first met him??

Zed - Same as before, I didn't start talking to Tom person to person until after the EWA closed for like a week(Tom went on vacation), and when Tom got back NO ONE got back into the swing of things. I had been on the injured list, I had to take a two week break, and when I got back no one did anything. So I rallied up some friends(Draven, and some guys I knew in the EWA), and I started something that ended up getting even guys like Chandler back into the swing of things. I started the Old Skool/New School feud. I remember it as what got the EWA moving along again. It was a WCW style concept, but it definately worked. People got into it, and the EWA was off and running again.

The Informer - How did you see yourself as a roleplayer in the EWA?? Did you compare yourself to others?? In other words, did you have an ego??

Zed - At the time I didn't have an ego. I wasn't anything special yet, and my style was still average. I mean, I didn't suck, but I wasn't anything near what I was in the later days.

The Informer - In May 1999, you finally got your hands on the EWA North American Title. This title was your first. But you quickly moved on, and dropped the North American Title. At this point in time, was Tom Stone an easier man to talk to?? Did he listen to your requests, and take them into consideration??

Zed - Same as before, I didn't talk to Tom much at the time. Dave Carter was the one I talked to, and everything relayed back to Tom. I didn't talk to Tom personally until around the time when I started the New School/Old Skool angle. Our OOC relationship grew as my role in the federation became a bigger one.

The Informer - In less then a month, you had both the Extreme and International Titles. Zed was on a roll, and was getting a HUGE push. Then, the EWA closed. It was a temperary shut down for about two months. What was your reaction?

Zed - I was really disappointed. I was hot at the time, and eager to win the Heavyweight Title. I wanted to wipe BrinK all over the ring, but the problem was the Federation was losing momentum again. So Tom did what he had0to do to save the federation. I accepted it, although I longed to be active in the EWA during the time it was closed.

The Informer - The EWA re-opened at the end of September, but the first card was held on October 19th. But things weren't the same, were they??

Zed - Heh, they were in no way the same. The EWA went from Roleplaying being the key item, and angle developement being done, but not outweighing the roleplaying, to becoming an angle only federation, with roleplaying playing a MUCH lesser role.

The Informer - You obviously didn't like this change... The obvious way out was quitting, but what did Zed do?

Zed - Well, I stuck it out. I didn't want to leave the federation I was practically born into. All the old guys left, Thrylla, Nomad, and Chandler, I didn't want to leave. I wanted to show everyone that I was EWA for life, that i'd ride it out until the EWA's last days. So I stuck around and played by the new rules, hating it the whole time.

The Informer - What was your relationship with Tom Stone like at this point in time??

Zed - Tom and I were close at this point. Up to this point we had experienced alot in the past, and I was an old skool guy. I didn't really have any pull in the backstage area, but I was a big name, and I guess you could say I was well accommodated. Sadly enough, although everyone treated me nice, and I was cool with everyone(Yeah, even Nick. Deuce however...I was never cool with that jackass), I couldn't get past the fact that the EWA's new angle only bit was just no fun for me.

The Informer - What did you think about Stone's new Booking Team?? What was your opinion of Deuce and Dino Delsante, as roleplayers and as bookers??

Zed - I was fine with Stone booking things, and I was fine with Nick booking things, but when a no-talent idiot with a Jr. High mentality like Deuce gets power like that, you know theres a problem. Deuce is very unoriginal, unfunny, a mediocre roleplayer, and a jerk OOC. He's everything young roleplayers should model themselves NOT to be. Back in the old EWA days someone like Deuce would be stuck where his talent led him....in the MID-CARD. But for the talented roleplayers being overlooked so Deuce could be main event material, I thought that was bull. It all goes back to the fact I hated the angle only bit. I didn't think it was fair that crappy roleplayers like Dino and Deuce were the hotshots of the fed when they didn't deserve to be there. Its like taking me when I first joined the EWA, the rookie Zed who was only an average roleplayer, and sticking me with Serial Thrylla and Nomad in Hell on Earth PPV extravaganzas. It wouldn't make sense right? So when you got guys like Thorn, The BJ Boys, Cody Covington, and Ayden Caldato sitting in the mid-card, and then the wretchedly awful DEUCE and the no-talent DINO being in the main event...and bookers, you know theres problems. I hated the way things were being run, and it was starting to affect me in a negative way.

The Informer - At this time, what did you think of Nick Diamante??

Zed - I only resented Nick because I thought he was granted too much power. But that was earlier on. I never had direct problems with Nick, just Deuce and Dino. Nick may have liked the Angle Only bit, but Nick at the same time is a KICK ASS roleplayer, and would deserve to be in the main event anyway. Deuce and Dino can't say the same. So Nick was never an issue.

The Informer - One night, you were approached by Tom Stone. He told you a numerous amount of confidential things, one being that you would soon be the EWA Heavyweight Champion. How did you take this news??

Zed - I was happy. I would finally be achieving the goal I set ever since I joined. All my blood and sweat finally paid off. I was thrilled. However, it was scripted. So I can't say I would have been as satisfied if I had an RP shoot with BrinK and read the results seeing that I had won, without knowing before hand. That to me would've been the ideal way for me, but those types of scenarios weren't an option anymore. I was happy that I would be getting the title I had vied for since the beginning, but in the back of my mind I knew how I was getting it wasn't what I stood up for.

The Informer - October 31st, 1999... Halloween Day... Zed was the New EWA Heavyweight Champion, and now held 4 of the EWA's 5 Titles! A few days later, Tom Stone gave you the news that you would end up losing the EWA Heavyweight Title to Deuce. How did you take this news??

Zed - I think I saw red. This wasn't the EWA, it was a circus. Zed losing a title to Deuce? Deuce isn't fit to win a nail clipping from Zed's hand. I was once again having to face the reality of the fact that the EWA was angle only. Rather than Deuce and I having to go one on one, in an RP shoot, in which I wouldn't blown Deuce away in a heartbeat, I was being SCRIPTED to lose to my arch nemesis in and out of character. I hated that. Deuce was unworthy of everything he ever got, and the fact that me, who did bust their ass from day 1, had to lose to someone like Deuce really got at me. That could be my ego talking, but if you look at the big picture I did take alot more shit than Deuce ever did during the course of my career. Deuce even quit one time when the Regulators ran out and beat his stable up. Did Zed ever quit up to that point? Nope. I was more loyal than Deuce, at the time I had never quit, I was 100,000,000 times better at roleplaying than Deuce, and a much nicer guy OOC. So me losing to Deuce just boiled my blood. It wasn't fair. To me, or anyone in the EWA actually fit to hold a title of such prestige.

The Informer - It was pretty obvious that you didn't like Deuce, or the push he was recieving. Things then got ugly OOC, not In-Character. Deuce announced his new Column, "Random Ramblings"... Explain this column, and what you did after reading it.

Zed - I read Deuce's piece of crap article, and the minute I read it I let my thoughts be known. Deuce was being a hypocrite, and saying shit along the lines of "Zed isn't here with his family, where is Zed now? He isn't as active. The EWA's changing and Zed doesn't care. You call that loyalty? Blah blah blah." He was so full of crap, and everything he said was so ignorant. I was simply changing with the EWA. I didn't roleplay as much because I didn't have to! The EWA didn't revolve around roleplaying, so i'd RP once or twice a week. Why? Because the federation didn't demand more than that! So there was nothing wrong with what I was doing. Hell, I had the balls to continue even though I didn't like the way things were being run. And then that idiot Deuce tries to make me out to be a bad guy. That article is a prime example of what a spoiled brat Deuce is. You give him a little, and he verbally attacks people whom he feels threatened by. That article was, and still is BS. Its Deuce's propaganda, and it was false and completely uncalled for.

The Informer - So you quit the EWA over a OOC Column........

Zed - Hell no. It wasn't just the column that did it. It was a bunch of things that were going on. I read that column and saw that my continue efforts in the federation were being overlooked, even though I didn't like the way things were being run. I was sticking it out like a trooper, and then that ass Deuce puts heat on me for no reason. And incorrect heat at that. Deuce's article was completely false anyway. Several things contributed to my leaving. The EWA's change, Dino, Deuce, recent comments Tom made about my role in the federation, and that stupid article. I didn't want to leave, but several things drove me to it.

The Informer - This led to some problems between you and Tom Stone. What did YOU THINK pissed off Stone?? What kind of things did he say??

Zed - Tom didn't say much of anything. And whatever he did say involved something along the lines of, "I'm glad Zed's gone, I wouldn't have known what to do with him after the January PPV anyway...". So I was even more infuriated by the fact that Tom was passing me off as no big deal. After all I had been through and accomplished, I was being looked at as a super villan. Someone who shouldn't have been there to begin with. It was unfair, and uncool. Tom probably didn't like how I went out, and I don't blame him, it was spur of the moment. But I didn't want to continue. So they just used me up until the PPV and Zed was done with. He was gone. No one cared. I was looked at as nothing. Everything I had done in the past was overshadowed for no reason. So I was gone, and only regretted the fact that everything I had done didn't amount to anything. Just unkind words and undeserved heat. Well, the EWA doesn't have Zed anymore. Did my departure get rid of the misery? No. I never caused any misery. People should admit that. When I left there was alot of left over bad blood, and soon after I left the EWA lost alot of old skool guys(Thorn, BJ Boys). My leaving didn't solve anything for the EWA, although it was a burden off of me. I miss the EWA, but as long as Deuce and Dino are still playing such a prominent role, I don't think I could ever learn to enjoy it again.

The Informer - So what's left for Zed?? Is he done with e-wrestling?? Do you ever see a return to the EWA in the future??

Zed - Theres not really that much left for Zed. I've been everywhere, and done quite a bit. I've been the under card jobber, the mid-card controversey stirrer, the main event Heavyweight Champion, the big star, and the vied after commodity. I've done it all. Hell, in the EWA alone I won 4 out of 5 titles. For the most part, Zed technically should be done with e-wrestling. People asked me if I was retired, and I'd say yes. But now I'm thinking, "How can I just walk away from a hobby I like so much...?" I've learned my life doesn't need to revolve around e-wrestling, but hell, its so damn fun. Its the kinda thing you can get into right when you get home from work and you have nothing to do. I do have time for e-wrestling, and there IS still things for me to do and accomplish. So no, Zed isn't done with e-wrestling, he's just taking a break right now. Will Zed return to the EWA? There was a time I thought I was done with e-wrestling, but those feelings changed. So who's to say Zed won't be back in the EWA? But who's to say he will be? It all depends. But right now i'm taking things one step at a time.

The Informer - Here's the deal... I say a name, you give me one word to describe the person... Ready??

Zed - Shoot.

The Informer - Ok... Here we go! First, Dave Carter....

Zed - Legendary

The Informer - The Brink...

Zed - Ambitious

The Informer - Thorn...

Zed - Talented

The Informer - Josh Hamric...

Zed - Two-Faced

The Informer - Deuce...

Zed - Just one? Asshole, faggot, jagoff, loser, cock, smelly, ugly, idiot, etc...

The Informer - Dino Delsante...

Zed - Not-Talented

The Informer - Da BJ Boyz...

Zed - Talented

The Informer - Nick Diamante...

Zed - Creative

The Informer - Tom Stone...

Zed - Dedicated

The Informer - And finally, ZED...

Zed - Controversial

The Informer - Wow.... Well Zed, it's been great. And, I must say that I looked forward to doing this interview. Thanks for your time, and I hope to see you in the future back with the EWA!