Aaron Oster, a wrestling columnist for Rolling Stone and the Baltimore Sun, recently interviewed Magnus for their “Jobbing Out”podcast. Magnus says a lot of interesting things about why he left TNA, some issues inside of TNA, issues inside the business, and his reaction to his feud with James Storm, and specifically the train tracks vignette. You can listen to the entire interview at this link, and below are some highlights:

On leaving TNA:

“When I gave my notice, by the time we got off the phone, I felt like 100 lb weight has been lifted off my back.”

Locker room:

“To be honest, it’s been very turbulent.” “There were certain things I heard in the conference call, where the talent said things like I’m disgusted by this, or we have the right to know…the thing you have to remember is nobody owes you a living. You don’t have a right to be guaranteed anything.”

Booking issues after Jeff Jarrett left:

“He had a good idea of some fundamental parts of booking…When Jeff left, there were a lot of things that I felt that there was a struggle, that when Jeff was there, he would have nipped it in the bud.”

Talks about a problem in the industry, people taking too little money to wrestle and hurting everyone one else in the process:

“Guys are undercutting each other…There are too many people willing to come in and take the same spot for less money.” “You might look like you have this super-great attitude, but you’re fucking everyone over, because you’re doing things for way too cheap. So now it’s harder for everyone else to justify our pay.”

That attitude hurting TNA:

“You can’t blame the guys paying the money, because their job is to get the best services for the lower prices, but you get what you pay for. And I think that’s something that TNA is experiencing now, and understanding now.”

The feud with James Storm: