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TNA DH Smith Discusses His Time with WWE, TNA's New India Project and More
By Marc Middleton
Jan 27, 2012 - 8:23:09 AM
- Former WWE Superstar David Hart Smith recently spoke with Slam Wrestling. Here are a few highlights:
Staying busy since leaving WWE:
"That is certainly a very accurate statement. I've been more busy now than my last 6 months to year with WWE. I usually train during the week with strength and conditioning in the morning, or running. Then at night is kickboxing, wrestling, or jiu jitsu. Sometimes all three in the day. Then on the weekends it's shows or overseas trips to Japan or India It's been a lot of hard work, but great!"
TNA's Ring Ka King in India and Chavo Guerrero:
"Ring Ka King was a good experience. Teaming with Chavo was great, both being apart of wrestling families, I think we had good chemistry and formed a good team. My first tour of India I came home and got sick, and this tour I got food poisoning. The Indian people are so friendly and have great hearts, but the food and surroundings I'm not so sure about."
Holding several titles on the independent scene:
"I guess you could say it is a form of redemption. WWE never did give me a full and fair chance. Even when Tyson Kidd and I were tag team champions, everything we were involved in was sort of meant to not get over. I felt more times then not, we looked like a couple of cowards hiding behind Uncle Bret (Hart). I think WWE missed out on a big chance to make money with me, with my families name in Canada, and the UK too. Now, I'm champion in several promotions, doing mixed martial arts, more busy now than ever. So it's WWE's loss, not mine."
Doing MMA:
"Yes I like to use a variety of submission holds and suplexes I've learned from Billy Robinson and Josh Barnett in my pro wrestling. Mixed martial arts could very well be a new career for me actually. I don't want to take any chances though, so I want to make sure my skills are 100 per cent there. There's a lot of great fighters out there, and with my name and being a pro wrestler once I start taking fights I'm going have a lot of heavyweights wanting to take me on. So once I start I have to 100 per cent ready. It's going to take some more time though. I'd say on average to learn mixed martial arts good, you need 2 years of training. Striking, grappling, wrestling, conditioning, strength etc. Everything has to become second nature. Like Billy Robinson says 'If you think about doing a move when your shooting you've missed it, and it's too late.'"
