Kazarian has a high level of respect of Nemeth.
Nic Nemeth is several months into his run with TNA Wrestling. He debuted for the company at the conclusion of the Hard To Kill pay-per-view and most recently, Nemeth scored a win over Steve Maclin at TNA’s Sacrifice special.
There’s an interview on the WRESTLESPHERE YouTube channel with fellow TNA talent Frankie Kazarian. He shared that he ‘pushed hard’ for Nemeth to appear for TNA. He made the call as soon as he found out Nemeth was a free agent. Kazarian went on to talk about the respect he has for him.
A great thing for the company (to have Mustafa Ali & Nic Nemeth). I pushed hard for Nic Nemeth the day that I found out he was gonna be available. I put in a call immediately and a couple of other guys too. He’s a guy that I’ve known for a long time, I have a tremendous amount of respect for and a guy that kind of got put in that same box that I’ve kind of been put in at certain points in my career where we were kind of labeled underrated, the what could have been? He’s had an amazing run, that dude. But still going strong and I like to think the same could be said for me. So, when you talk about, you know, I hate this word but, dream match scenarios, he’s always a guy that I really wanted to get in there, mix it up with. Like I said, tremendous amount of respect for him as an athlete and as a person. So I was very much in favor of getting him in and I’m very, very psyched that he decided to come to TNA.
In addition to his work with TNA, Nemeth is the reigning IWGP Global Champion. He was scheduled to defend the title against Hiroshi Tanahashi at NJPW Sakura Genesis but due to Tanahashi being injured, the match was pulled.
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