Billy Corgan talks about Zicky Dice's fallout with the NWA.
When Zicky Dice left the NWA in 2020, the news came pouring in from both sides about his departure. In Fightful's exclusive interview with Dice later that fall, the 'Outlandish One' spoke heavily about Billy Corgan, Nick Aldis, and his time with the company.
In a new exclusive interview with Fightful, Billy Corgan recalled the issues with Dice and admits that he wished it went a different way.
"I think that’s difficult because, let’s take Zicky for example—super talented. I saw Zicky cut a promo at Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. I just happened to be there for a show. I went up to him after the promo and I said, ‘I want you on NWA Powerrr.’ So, in essence, it sounds not the way I want it to sound, but I picked Zicky out of a crew of people, you know what I’m saying? It was my choice to want Zicky in the NWA. So we always had that thing where he knew I wanted him there. That it was my call. So, put the title on him and certainly gave him plenty of rope to do what he’s [good at] with his mouth and wrestle. Very talented a guy. When things didn’t work out behind the scenes and then he went public, I think that’s stuff really not for the public to be apart of it. I just don’t think that’s good business. I don’t think that was good for Zicky and I don’t think that it was good for the NWA."
Corgan went on and talked about how he responds to public confrontations with disgruntled talent.
"Additionally, and here’s where it gets difficult, I have to be very careful because of who I am in the world. If I send a text or I send an e-mail, and somebody decides to put that out in the world as ‘This is what happened with my [pan]’—and if anyone wants to look it up, enjoy that promo—suddenly, you’re in this weird situation where my celebrity amplifies something that is not actually a big deal. ‘So-and-so blasts Billy Corgan.’ ‘Billy Corgan fires back.’ I’m kind of in
this weird position where I can’t really do what I would do, you know what I mean? Because anything I do will be viewed under a different microscope because of celebrity, not necessarily because of whether or not my response is right or wrong, fair or judicious. So I think what is
great, we have Pat Kenny, who everyone knows as Simon Diamond from his time in ECW and WWF or E—whatever it was at the time—and Pat’s fantastic with talent relations. I think since Pat’s come on board, a lot of that stuff has really calmed down because I think the boys feel
they have someone who not only understands them, but is one of them. I run this company, but I don’t consider myself one of the talents. I’m a talent in my music life, but I’m definitely not a talent in the locker room. There are those lines that exist between the office, talent and I think overtime I think it’s best that those lines are kept as clean as possible."
Despite their past qualms, Corgan made it clear that Dice could come back to the NWA in the future.
"So, in Zicky’s case, yes. It got a little dumb and a little personal, but we worked it out and I look forward [to him] coming back to the NWA when it’s right. The fact he’s with IMPACT, of course, opens that door because there might be something there where we can do something with Scott and Zicky. So I look forward to that because he’s certainly a talented guy."
Elsewhere in Fightful's exclusive interview, Corgan talked about Tony Khan. Click here to see Corgan's full comments on the matter.
Fans can check out the upcoming NWA 74 event on FITE TV by clicking here. The two-day card is set to feature Trevor Murdoch, Bully Ray, Tyrus, and more.
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