Arn Anderson says he would enlist Fit Finlay to help him run a promotion if he was ever going to start one.
Arn Anderson is a well-known wrestling legend and backstage producer. However, Double A never stepped into the role of wrestling promoter.
During a recent episode of his ARN podcast, he revealed that if he was going to ever start a promotion Dave "Fit" Finlay is the person he would trust to help him get the promotion off the ground.
"Most people are not aware of just how brilliant and smart [he is] and what he brings to the realistic part of our business. The reality part and just the European style, he does everything different from everybody else. There's not one thing he does that's not 100% legitimate."
Finlay is also known for being hugely important to the growth of women's wrestling in WWE, starting all the way back in the Ruthless Aggression era. Arn would go as far as to say that Finlay is the most important thing to ever happen to women's wrestling.
"He's the single most important thing that ever happened to women's wrestling. He had the most influence of anybody that's ever been involved in the business. I was there, I saw it. This business is not easy. As a matter of fact, it's hard, and we see it all the time. It's really hard to do it well and to keep from getting injured, and to excel and get better, and make it make sense, and become a whole package where you can talk and work and think on your feet. All those things, to be able to teach that to somebody, very, very difficult. You have to be a natural almost to excel at this business. It's hard to just come in without just living in it since you were 8 years old and breathing it. Fit, he was able to pull that out of them and look at their weaknesses and stay away from those and look at their strengths, and you know, 'Hey, do this here, and do this there.' He's just an exceptional teacher."
In 2023, Arn Anderson continues to work for AEW as a Coach.
Meanwhile, Finlay's children continue to carry on his legacy. His youngest son, Brogan Finlay, recently signed with WWE. Learn more here.
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