Tommy Dreamer has been with Impact Wrestling on and off since 2010, and the hardcore legend recently shared his opinion on how the locker room has been a key factor in the company’s renaissance following the takeover by Scott D’Amore.
On his AdFreeShows podcast, Dreamer discussed Impact’s success in recent years, emphasizing how the locker room handled the transition phase and determined the company’s progression. He said,
“The locker room, when Scott D’Amore took over, there was a lot of doubt. There was a lot of doubt from the internet that, ‘Hey, is this company going away?’ We heard so much of, ‘Is TNA finally going to go away?’ Here comes Scott D’Amore [and] the biggest thing is everyone’s going to get paid.”
“Then it was deciphering who wants to be here and who does not. Who’s looking at this as a stepping stone to go somewhere else? Cool, we get it. It’s a wrestling company pretty much run by wrestlers or former wrestlers.”
Dreamer clarified that having former wrestlers lead production meetings is quite beneficial, since they’re all wrestling fans and that “if the boys are going to pop, the fans are going to pop.”
Team Dreamer defeated Team Bully in a Hardcore War at Impact Rebellion following which Dreamer announced that he will be taking some time away to handle family matters.
