2. Teddy Long Isn’t A Fan of The New Day, Sees Big E As A Future WWE World Champion
During a recent appearance on the Pancakes & Powerslams show, former SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long talked about The New Day not being booked as serious WWE Tag Team Champions, best & worst people he has managed and more. Below are the highlights:
What one black wrestler do you see right now having the potential to becoming a star and a World Champion?
“I think it would be Big E. I think he’s just in the wrong road. I don’t see him being with this “New Day,” this group. You look at him, he’s got a great look, and plus those guys are young guys. You can get 10 more years out of him. He’s got a great attitude. I had a chance to work with him and he’s just as nice as you can be. He’s the kind of guy that a promoter would want to work with. He doesn’t give you any problems, whatever you ask him to do, he has no problem doing it. He’s a company man, and that’s what you have to be.”
On not being a big fan of The New Day:
“I look at them and these are the WWE Tag Team Champions, and to me, I don’t think that they are portraying them as serious champions. There’s a lot of entertainment in the game, and there’s a lot of ha-ha from them. You know, I guess maybe times have changed. Maybe that’s what it is. As long as I remember, the world title and the tag team titles were serious positions to be in and now there’s so much comedy to it.”
Who is the best and worst person you managed?
“Everybody was really good. Butch Reed and Ron Simmons, I definitely have to throw their names out there. But when I had the team of Danny Spivey and Sid Vicious, they were great. Marc Mero was great. The worst person that I managed probably was Marcus Bagwell, because he was hard to get along with at the time with me, him, and Scorpio. He wasn’t totally bad, but he was just hard to get along with.”
