Jay Lethal Comments On Working With His Idol Ric Flair On iMPACT

Jay Lethal was asked by Alfonso Castillo of The Steel Cage blog from Newsday.com on what Ric Flair's reaction was to the first time he impersonated him. "Oh, he absolutely loved it," Lethal said. "As a matter of fact, he had a couple of people here with him, and they weren’t around the first time he heard it. But he made me do the impression for them a good four or five times that day. And everybody who he was with, he brought them each individually to me and made me do the impression for them. So it was pretty funny. He got a huge kick out of it. He loves it." Lethal also sounded off on criticism Flair has received for returning to the ring. "I’m sorry for the people who look down upon it," said Lethal. "But looking at it from my point of view – I’m living my dream. I’m about to step foot in the ring with Ric Flair. It doesn’t get any better than that. And right now I don’t want to spoil it. I don’t want to ruin it for myself by thinking about what some of the people are saying, about some of the guys who look down on it – the fact that he said he retired and now he’s coming back." He continued, "I can’t do that because then the greatest moment of my life will mean nothing to me. So I’m trying to think about any of that. All I’ve go tin my head is that I’m about to step foot in the ring on pay per view with the Ric Flair." Lethal then made some comments regarding working with Eric Bischoff. "One of the things I’ll never forget, one of the first times Eric was here, he actually pulled me aside and he told me he was one of my biggest fans," he said. "He gave me his number and told me to call him whenever I had a question. He gave me his email address. I’ll never forget that. This guy, I used to watch him on TV. I can probably say I’m one of his biggest fans, and he’s telling me he’s a fan of mine. I don’t think there’s any way to describe what happens inside a person when they hear that." There's a lot more to the interview including Lethal's thoughts on his verbal exchange with Flair that aired on iMPACT recently, whether he'd be pushed if it wasn't for his impersonations, and WWE shying away from the term wrestling. To read the full interview, visit Newsday.com .