John Morrison on Impact, Six-Sided Ring, & NJPW as a Future Goal

A recent episode of The Ross Report podcast show had John Morrison/Johnny Impact as the guest discussing working for Impact Wrestling, not being a fan of six-sided rings, and wanting to work for NJPW as a future career goal.

On the topic of working for Impact Wrestling, Morrison stated Impact using a six-sided ring was an easy adjustment due to having prior experience working for Mexico’s AAA promotion who use a similar ring. He mentioned the only real difference is Impact’s ring being a bit more “unstable” in regards to the corners.

“AAA uses the six-sided ring, Impact uses them as well. Minor differences, like the corners are a little more unstable. I don’t think there is a major difference to the people who are watching the show, but to me, the six-sided ring seems a little bit unnecessary.”

While discussing more about six-sided rings, Morrison stated he does not really like this ring type since he feels it takes away some of the fan experience from shows unlike traditional rings.

“Best way to explain it is that wrestling should be an escapism; you shouldn’t have to sit there and try to process a six-sided ring. You have to get lost inside the characters, and if they are not, then something isn’t working.”

On the topic of future career goals, Morrison stated working for New Japan Pro Wrestling is one of his goals due to it being one of the few big places he has yet to work for during his career. He currently feels NJPW has the “coolest wrestling” and is the perfect alternative to WWE.

“It is really the coolest wrestling that exists right now; perhaps number 2 behind WWE. I would love to go over there and wrestle more. They have a roster full of characters. After watching them, after not watching them for a while, I felt captivated by the cast of characters that really felt like they knew what they were doing. They have a specific style that made it feel interesting to me. Every once in awhile you hit fire; whether it’s the popularity of independent wrestling, or the sentiment that WWE has grown a little bit stale. It’s the perfect alternative to me.”