EC3 talks CYN.
EC3 is taking his Free The Narrative venture and turning it into its own promotion, Control Your Narrative. as the build continues to future live events, EC3 is talking more about the format of the shows and addressing some of the controversial decisions and other criticisms.
In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, EC3 addresses the comparisons to Fight Club that his promotion seems to be garnering because of their decisions. The former IMPACT Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion believes that the comparisons to Fight Club are Justified because professional wrestling is satire so he believes he is well within his right to provide a Fight Club satire
“Absolutely, because we stole a lot of ideas from it. No doubt about it. There was one comment ‘Someone should tell EC3 that Fight Club is satire and he shouldn’t try to be Tyler Durden.’ I said ‘Professional wrestling is satire, so you are making my point.’ I am aware, I am so self-aware,” EC3 said.
EC3 also addressed The Rant Room concept and its origins.
“The Rant Room originated because it sounds cool in my mind. In the first feature we did I always thought that if we were creating an army of men, there would be this room with a camera, almost like a confessional. They would walk into the room and just rant and get it out. It started as that, but then I am watching social media where people are making all these horrific statements to people I know. There is nothing you can say to me to hurt me, but when it is people I know and have the best intentions, these horrible things are being said that no one would say to their face. In essence, maybe I rage tweeted, but I initiated The Rant Room. You can choose 3 minutes in the rant room, pay $100, and say anything to a wrestler of your choice and they can’t do anything about it. The backlash we received was because we were using The Rant Room to get money, which I am. But if you want The Rant Room and you don’t want to pay a cent, I will give it to you too. You won’t do it to people’s faces, you are a coward,” he said
EC3 also tells the story of someone paying $100 to get into The Rant Room with Austin Aries and describes the experience saying that sometimes, face-to-face interactions can help find common ground.
“Yeah, so we were in Orlando and someone asked me if The Rant Room was real? I said it was and they asked to talk to Austin Aries. I said ‘sh*t! OK, I don’t know if he is here.’ The one problem is that The Rant Room was initially just meant for me, and bringing other people into my insanity was not the best choice, but those that support it were behind it. So Austin agrees, we find the guy and I bring them into the room. For those 3 minutes, all the fan did was talk about how good of a wrestler Austin Aries was and how much he respects him. After a while, the fan said ‘I wish you would just stop tweeting your opinions so much.’ Austin asked why and the fan had no justification. I’m like I think this is good. What I learned is that face to face, different opinions can find common ground and peace, and maybe that is what The Rant Room is for,” he said.
You can check out the rules for the Control Your Narrative of events which include a ban of superkicks at this link.