1. What was life like for you before you discovered wrestling? 

I was a farm kid who lived in a small village in New Brunswick who was looking for somthing that wasn't taking care of a farm.

  1. What was training like?  

 

Training was hard but it should be.  I somtimes wish it was harder to see how much I could take.

 

  1. What was going through your head just a few minutes before your very first match?  

 

I have to pee really bad and this mask smells like old cheese.

 

  1. Do you have a good story from your first couple of your career that you would like to tell? 

 

My first tour we went up to Northern Ontario to wrestle on some Native reserves.  I had to drive a van full of sound equipment every day for 3 days after each show on our way up north.  So I would drive for hours, set up the ring, wrestle big guys who just wanted to hurt me, tear down the ring and drive again.  The promoter did not pay me or give me any food so for 3 day all I had was a half a snickers bar.(they do not satisfy lol)  Then Scott D'amour came to my rescue and bought me a hot dog and fought with the promoter to get pizza so I could eat.  I would have it no other way.  I can say without a doubt that I have paid my dues and earned my place in wrestling. lol.

   

  1. How did you come up with your dance?  

 

That dance is a bad joke that has gone too far but seems to work with fans.

 

  1. How have you been doing since your injury? 

 

Going crazy and driving my wife nuts.  It’s hard to be on the shelf for a long time.

 

  1. How did you come up with “Textbook”? 

 

I’m an old school type wrestler who likes to wrestle and put the business over, not myself.  I love this business not spots.  So it was kind of fitting when my tag partner and best friend Mark "Tornado" Bartolucci said that I should be called textbook.  This was after I gave him a suplex and said, " now that my friend is textbook".

 

  1. What is the back-story on how you got your first WWE dark match?  

 

I was asked to come try out after sending 3 years worth of tapes to the WWE.  I wrestled my technical style and I think Fit Finlay liked it because he picked me out of a handful of guys to work Sick Boy in a dark match.  It was awesome.

 

  1. And what has been your favorite match you’ve had in WWE? 

 

The on the spot match with Jamie Noble was fantastic.  I worked Bobby Rude and when I came back everyone was trying to find a  way to make up some time before Smackdown.  They asked me to go out and wrestle Jamie Noble for 10 mins.  Everyone was watching in the back and it was a good match.  Thank you Mr. Noble.

 

  1. What was going through you head as the Super 8 was going on after you had to bow out because of the injury? 

 

That was one of my first goals to make the greatest tournament in North America.  So when I hurt my knee that was all I could think about even when I was trying to finish the match.  Not many people know that I was still going to do the tournament and work harder that ever before, but the WWE office told me not to so they could fix me up. 

 

  1. Where do you see yourself in five years?  

 

Wrestling and watching my kids get older.

 

  1. Where do you see wrestling in five years?  

 

I see wrestling getting more popular again.  It just has to get back to its roots.

 

  1. WWE or NWA-TNA, which promotion do you see yourself in more? 

 

Hard to say.  I would for either one in a heart beat.  Just to make a living doing what I love to do full time.

 

  1. What is the strangest thing a fan has given you? 

 

One kid gave me a tape of him and his friends wrestling in their backyard it was very entertaining.

 

  1. How did it feel to you when you wrestled in the Metro Center in Halifax last may?  

 

 It was awesome to wrestle so close to home.  The fans were great.

 

  1. Would you ever wrestle in the Maritimes if you were asked?  

 

Of course, that would be great.  I have been offered this year to wrestle in the Maritimes but I can't until I’m better.

 

  1. If there were a movie being made about you, whom would you want to portray you? 

 

Joey from Friends.

 

  1. What does Tyson Dux do to relax when he’s stressed out?  

 

Go to the movies with my wife or take the kids to Toys R Us.

 

  1. What can the fans expect from Tyson Dux soon?  

 

A very aggressive, bigger, healthy, entertaining wrestling machine.

 

  1. Any final comments? Anything you wish to mention or plug? 

 

Work hard and stay healthy and have fun that goes for anyone doing anything.  And keep it simple.  www.oocities.org/tysondux

 

 

Name Association

 

Scott D’Amore-  My father of pro wrestling

 

Joe E. Legend-  Great trainer and wrestler, has seen more movies then anyone I know

 

Terry Taylor-  Great man and wrestler, he brought me to the next level in my career and helped pave the way to my WWE matches.  I love the Red Rooster.

 

Bobby Rude-  One of the best workers I have had the chance to work with and travel with. 

 

Mike Hughes-  Nice guy, who has a lot of stories

 

Tyson Dux-  One of  many hard workers in the business.  I have earned my spots they have never been given to me.