John Morrison on being underutilized in AEW: “I feel like I’m doing like 10-20% of what I’m capable of”
Former WWE star John Morrison, known as Johnny TV in AEW, did an interview with Chris Van Vliet and here are a few highlights…
Van Vliet: “Are you getting used to seeing yourself with no hair?”
Morrison: “No. Imagine your whole life, every time you see your reflection there’s a guy there with hair. I never shaved my head. But more than that, for the last 24 years, 25 years, I’ve had long hair. When I got my WWE contract in 2003 that was the day I stopped getting haircuts. Basically, I just grew it out from then till now.”
Van Vliet: “I want to read you some comments I saw on Twitter: ‘John Hennigan makes me sick. The guy loses a hair match and somehow looks even better than he did.'”
Morrison: “[Laughs] Is that from Taya?”
Van Vliet: “I was baffled. He should have celebrated like he was the winner.”
Morrison: “I gotta admit, the match did feel fantastic. That hair match, I feel like, was one of the best matches I’ve had in years. Was the first time in a while that I felt like me again. Kind of feeling unfulfilled, basically. Not just me, a lot of people in wrestling. But for me right now, in AEW, I feel underutilized. Can’t blame anyone, that’s just how wrestling promotions work. There’s only enough TV time for a certain amount of people. Those people at AEW, we’ve coined the term the island. Those people are on the island, so to speak. I don’t feel like I’m on the island with Tony or AEW right now. So because of that, I feel like I’m doing like 10-20% of what I’m capable of, storytelling-wise, wrestling-wise, in the ring. With CMLL, I’m on their island, and so I got to do everything that I could, and it was cool.”