INTERVIEW CLASSIC (10 YRS AGO): Nick Aldis expresses his ambition and frustrations, thoughts on Bischoff, Hogan, Dixie, future

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

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3.8 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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In this week’s Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (7-15-2015), PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed current WWE Smackdown G.M. Nick Aldis. The interview features fascinating insight from an ambitious and often frustrated long-time member of TNA ("Magnus"), missed opportunities, Dixie Carter, Eric Bischoff, Hulk Hogan, and his future.

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1:09.6	Now, PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast.
1:10.6	It's time for this week's interview classic, where Wade Keller interviews one of pro wrestling's
1:15.4	newsmakers.
1:20.7	Ten years ago this week, I interviewed Nick Aldous, the current WWE Smackdown GM, and he was
1:25.8	in a very different place in his career at that
1:27.5	point. He was ambitious, but often frustrated as a longtime member of TNA. He wrestled as Magnus.
1:34.1	He talked about missed opportunities. He talked about Dixie Carter, Eric Bischoff, Hulk Hogan,
1:38.7	and his aspirations for his future. I think if we told him 10 years ago what his future would be,
1:42.4	he'd be pretty happy. I don't know if he aspires to wrestle more or would rather be a wrestler rather than in a suit
1:49.2	playing the role of an executive. But I think he's had a pretty good stretch of time and it landed
1:54.9	in a pretty good place. So let's get to it. Here are his thoughts on his career up to that point.
1:59.7	This originally live streamed on July 15, 2015.
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