Referee Brian Hebner Talks About Joining The NWA & What Makes The Brand Different

Referee Brian Hebner opens up about his current role in the National Wrestling Alliance

Hebner was recently a guest on Prime Time with Sean Mooney. During the interview, he discusses joining the NWA and what it is he loves about the revitalized brand.

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The following highlights were passed along to Fightful.

On deciding to join the NWA:
Well, first and foremost is because I believed in what Dave and Billy's vision was, and I stuck by them when there were other things I could have done. I just believed them. I've been good friends with Dave for a long time and Billy for a long time. In all honesty, I had it laid out to me and I thought it sounded kind of weird because I'm not used to that (big arenas), but I believed. And I wasn't gonna take the high road because I didn't believe and because there were supposedly better chances in a bigger stage, so I decided to stick it out and hang in there and roll with what I am so, so excited about, which is the NWA.

On what makes NWA different:
I so, so, so, so much love the locker room, the wrestling style, the studio feel, the feedback. This is something exciting. This is something different. This is not your everyday wrestling that you're watching three days a week. This is another platform you can have and look at that gives you a true alternative to pro wrestling, that lets you see people act in different ways as far as their platform - as far as being able to do a promo with no script, put on a match without flipping out of the ring and going into the crowd and jumping off the beams across the ceiling. This is a true visual difference that you can see with an alternative. And I'm just so excited about it, man. I really am.

See more quotes from the interview here.

NWA Into The Fire goes down on December 14 on FITE.

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