Jai Vidal praises Lance Storm and Tommy Dreamer.
Jai Vidal is the first openly gay male signee in IMPACT Wrestling. In recent weeks, Vidal has been able to flesh out his character alongside Gisele Shaw. During a recent match Gisele had with Savannah Evans, Vidal distracted the referee by trying to seduce him.
Speaking about that match with Adrian Hernandez, Vidal credited Lance Storm, IMPACT Wrestling producer, with being open to suggestions for his character and allowing him to get his character over in a way he's comfortable with.
"It was Gisele Shaw vs. Savannah Evans. At one point, I was gonna get on the rope and distract the ref. Jokingly, I was like, 'I'll go to the ref, and I'll distract him like a 2002 Diva, and you know, tried to seduce him," Vidal recalled. "Our producer for that match was Lance Storm, and I pulled him aside. I was like, Hey, would it be cool if I did that? Because you see women doing it all the time, you have never seen a male manager do that on TV really, right? He's like, 'Yeah, go for it. Get your character over. ' To me, it's like, whoa, the fact that they're open to you suggesting stuff as long as it makes sense, it's pretty awesome."
Speaking about other personalities backstage that have treated Vidal with respect, Vidal singled out another ECW Legend in Tommy Dreamer. Vidal says at his very first IMPACT taping, Tommy Dreamer made it clear that he would make sure Vidal never had any problems with prejudice.
"As far as people who [Vidal has grown closer] with backstage, Tommy Dreamer for one. He's the one who, you know, gave me the big call on the phone. Not only that, but I'll never forget my first ever IMPACT taping. One of the guys that was working the venue, a security guard hired by the venue, not by IMPACT Wrestling, but hired by the venue, was looking at me weird. I made a comment backstage, and I was like, 'Oh, this guy's looking at me weird. Maybe he wants —' as a joke or whatever. Tommy overheard it. He's like, 'Hey, is anybody given you a problem?' I said, 'No, no, no, just, the guy looked at me weird, but whatever. You know, who cares?' He's like, 'Okay, well, if anybody ever does give you a problem, you let me know, and I'll handle that.' To me, that was really cool."
Vidal has recently stated that working with Eric Young was a very rewarding experience. Learn more about that here.
Recently, Savannah Evans aligned herself with Vidal and Gisele Shaw at IMPACT No Surrender. Fans can see our review podcast of the show at this link.
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