Monday Night Mayhem with Matt Morgan
Hosts: The Big Mosh and "The Chairman of the Board," Todd Vincent
Report by Paterson from N.J.
Airs every Monday at 6:00 P.M. (CT)
Show available at MondayNightMayhem.com.

Being recruited by "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, the comparisons of Fortune with other factions over the years (and the similar ingredient they all had making each group successful), and his mindset leading into the "big battle" vs. Fortune at Bound For Glory: "It's simple...It's like this. When I came out on iMPACT, and I said Ric Flair recruited me as his #1 recruit, I wasn't lying. People thought that since I didn't join the group immediately, that 'The Blueprint' was full of himself, and he's juts exaggerating as usual. No. I'm not some kind of fortune teller. I wasn't just predicting the future. It was already set before we went down that route. You look at any group, whether it be the versions of The Horsemen that have gone through the years back in WCW, or you look at any other important faction in the history of our business, what's the one common denominator that every group always had?

"They all had the big freak, they always had some big monster. That was the one, yet very big missing ingredient they needed for Fortune. As soon as I joined them, what happened? We started taking over the damn show. So I think that speaks the truth more than anything else does, and I think it's a bunch of guys that are the best in the world at our craft from different perspectives. The high flyer in AJ (Styles); you have the best tag team in wrestling in Beer Money; you got Kaz, who has stepped up immensely; Doug Williams is one of the best wrestlers I've ever seen between the ropes. You put us all together with Ric Flair...I mean come the hell on! That's a done deal. That's a wrap. Who the hell's gonna screw us?

"Well apparently EV2 has attempted to. It becomes tiresome, it becomes annoying that these old fossils just keep showing up on our show. We're pretty much just sick and tired of it. I'm an equal opportunity ass kicker. I don't care if these cares are about a step away from their AARP memberships. I could care less. We're gonna take what's ours, and then once what we take what's ours, we'll take what's yours as well next. That's what's going to be going on at Bound For Glory. You're going to see a big battle. Fortune is going to prove why we're not only the best action in wrestling, but we own TNA...It's only a matter of time."

How he feels that he has evolved in the company since last year's Bound For Glory (vs. Kurt Angle) to where he currently stands in TNA, why the frustration and issues we are seeing between Fortune and EV2 go beyond the parameters of a wrestling storyline, Ric Flair making every one in Fortune better individually and collectively, and why he disagrees with those that feel that "The Nature Boy" is taking up TV time: "Last year (this time at Bound For Glory), I was working with Kurt Angle, and we had a hell of a match, and it was one of the high points of my career. We brought in a lot of new guys since then, and that's one of the problems that me and the rest of Fortune have been having. It's not like some written-out storyline that was handed to us. These are true feelings coming from all of us when you hear us speak about it, or more importantly, when you see us act on it (our hatred to a lot of these guys that just come into the company). Technically, you could say I was one, but I paid my dues.

"I didn't just come in through this rolling door and just get boosted to the main event. People remember that I busted my @ss. I worked my way all the way up to that main event slot. And last year, vs. Kurt Angle, I thought I solidified that. With all the influx of new talent, I understand the company needs to grow, but Fortune's problem is that we just get sick and tired of it when it becomes the '40, 50, and over club' so to speak. Look at Ric (Flair). Ric's not taking up TV time. He's trying to pass his knowledge on to us. If you pay attention, he is single handedly going to make each and every one of us better...one by one and then correctively. At Bound For Glory, you are going to see us take out a lot of pent-up frustration over the last 365 days. You'll see what we do to EV2 about it."

The evolution of his acting career, his experience of guest starring on the season premiere of FOX's The Good Guys (airing this Friday night @ 9PM ET/8PM CT), along with his forthcoming projects on the horizon: "I'm currently doing two movies right now. I've about to wrap one of them, and another one I start doing in about a month from now. The Good Guys (this Friday on FOX) is a great opportunity for me, and it's a great opportunity for our company to get some mainstream publicity. You can't deny one thing: I stick out like a sore damn thumb.

"When you watch the show (no matter if you're a wrestling fan or not), people are going to click through the channels and go 'Holy crap..look at the size of that guy,' and then when you see the persona and the character I'm playing, people are going to get hopefully enthralled enough with it to continue watching the show that haven't watched the show regularly. I felt honored that they chose my episode to be the big fall season premiere. That's a huge honor. Very rarely will there be another opportunity where I get more sets of eyes on me than this Friday. It's just a great chance for me to show that I've honed my craft, and that I've improved, and I'll continue doing it to be perfectly honest."

More is contained in the return of "The Blueprint" to The Monday Night Mayhem Radio Network, including Matt's candid thoughts on whether or not we could potentially see him in the $100,000 Battle Royal Gauntlet on the live October 7th iMPACT, if he ever envisioned himself being an integral force in a faction with "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair this early in his career, even more on Fortune's current dominance in TNA, plus a special message to Mick Foley (as he gets ready to begin his "Countdown To Lockdown" book tour next Monday exclusively on "Your Home of Wrestling Radio"). Be sure to follow Matt Morgan on Twitter right now (at www.Twitter.com/TNAMattMorgan), and don't miss three hours of Total Nonstop Action on Spike TV this Thursday: TNA iMPACT (featuring the return of Rob Van Dam) beginning at 9PM ET/8PM CT, followed by the hard-hitting docuseries TNA ReAction following at 11PM ET/10PM CT. For more information on TNA's Bound For Glory Pay-Per-View (including ticket information, how you can be a part of the Fan Interaction in Daytona Beach), log on to www.TNAWrestling.com.

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