Billy Corgan Discusses TNA’s Past Mistakes, Their Need For An Identity, Thoughts on CM Punk, More

– Billy Corgan recently spoke with ESPN about trying to buy TNA and more. Here are the highlights…

On What Wrestling Fans Want: “I think people want to be engaged, and when they are engaged, they want something to never end,” he said. “When you think of the classic feuds, you really don’t want them to end.”

On TNA’s Past Mistakes: “Many times in the past TNA has made the mistake of bringing in WWE people to sort of create a buzz that didn’t sustain,” Corgan said. “But success is building a culture that is distinctly your own, with your own identifiable signature. If everything you do doesn’t feed into that, you are making a big mistake that history shows does not work.”

On CM Punk: “I hope that someone who is so gifted comes back to professional wrestling if he wants to be there,” Corgan said of Punk. “So of course I would just love to see him in a ring. If it’s our ring, even better. Even if he just wanted to be involved, I would love to have that conversation with him.”

On Creating an Identity: “Even if they don’t like the direction or even if they have mixed feelings about the direction, I think it’s important to the talent to say this is where we’re going. The ultimate success in business is really carving out a singular identity so that when people think of that identity, even if they don’t like it, they see that as your own,” Corgan said. “I think that is infinitely more valuable than, ‘Yeah, I like them too.’