Ring Of Honor (ROH) star Dalton Castle recently spoke with veteran pro wrestling journalist Bill Apter for an interview. Featured below are some of the highlights.
On rumors of WWE being interested in him: “Of course I’ve heard those rumors. Who wouldn’t be interested in Dalton Castle? I think about them a lot. It is a big world out there. I don’t know what to say to you Bill, you want the scoop? I got a lucrative offer from WCW and I’m thinking about taking it.”
On his favorite opponents: “I remember one of my favorite people to wrestle were Bobby Fish and Roderick Strong early on,” Castle continued. “Jay Lethal, I’ve never not enjoyed being in the ring with that man. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention last night, we had a big PPV and I had a one-on-one match with Matt Taven. The outcome wasn’t what I really wanted but I look back and I’m really proud of the performance we gave out there, and that might have been one of my favorite matches.”
On the origins of his pro wrestling career: “It was just all a sweet accident. I was an amateur wrestler, around 15 or 16. My best friend was training to be a pro wrestler. I used to hang out with him and travel the road and just hang out in the locker room when I wasn’t at a tournament. I wrestled through the NCAA’s and I had a theater degree when I graduated, and all my friends were wrestlers. They go, ‘Hey, maybe the mix of the two things you’re doing is probably where you should be.’ I hung around it for over ten years and was like, maybe through osmosis I’ve learned something, so I’ll give it a whirl.”
Check out the complete Dalton Castle interview with Bill Apter below, or via YouTube.com.