The talk of the pro wrestling world is focused on the Bloodline storyline in the WWE as Sami Zayn has helped lift the faction to another level and keep them relevant.
But storytelling happens everywhere, and Impact Wrestling has had a few memorable factions over the years with Eric Young’s Violent By Design coming together to help usher in the new era of Impact Wrestling.
They remained a force in Impact, but with Young leaving for the WWE, they had to move on.
To do that, Young and Deaner fought, with Deaner “killing” Young to become the Design, the epitome of what Violent By Design sought to achieve.
Interactive creative process
There have been numerous stories about how Impact Wrestling works closely with their talent to create the best characters and storylines possible, and Deaner explained the process behind taking VBD into the next stage when he appeared on Steve Fall’s Ten Count for a WrestlingNews.co for an exclusive interview.
“When we knew that we had to evolve the group and evolve the members, it was going to happen. It was a creative idea that came up. When the idea was presented to myself and Eric, we realized this is the absolute best idea we’ve ever heard. Man, it actually tells the story, the two year story arc of my involvement with Violent by Design, my involvement with Eric Young, and how we wanted to move forward. Oh, man, there’s no better way to end this. There’s so much emotion and story involved with that. So we were completely on board.
“Once just that impetus of that idea occurred, then everybody started to get their ideas flowing. That’s the way things work in Impact Wrestling. It’s not just like, hey, one person’s idea and they say, ‘Here is what you have to do.’ It’s like an idea gets presented and then everybody gets to jump in. So like myself, Eric, and the producers, and the writers involved all started to chat and came up with what I think is one of the most creative and unique passing of the torch moments in wrestling history.”
While Young passed the torch to Deaner, it was also the perfect time to rebuild The Design into Deaner’s faction, and he talked about the core members of The Design and what ties them together.
“The chosen few are myself, Angels, and Kon. There’s a common thread with us, even though it might seem like well, what’s the connection with these guys? Maybe they’re like a mishmash of guys that don’t really fully understand their connection. But the common thread with all of us as wrestlers is we all have a chip on our shoulder. It’s the same chip. Kon has been in a team element and a faction before, but never been given the focus and given the opportunity and said, ‘Here. You get to be the focus and the star of this. Run with it.’ He’s never had that opportunity and he’s so talented. He hasn’t been given the chance to show the world just how talented he is. Angels, the exact same. He has got so much potential and so much talent, but he’s never been made the focus of what he’s doing in a faction and a group moving forward. Myself included. I’ve always done things where I’m never like the main focus of what’s happening. I’ve never been given an opportunity. Now, we all are. Now, we’re all given, ‘Hey man, you are the focus now guys. You get to make this what you want it to be, and it’s going to be as good as you guys make it.’ I’m telling you, we are going to make it good, not just good, we’re gonna make it great. We got some really cool, fun stuff planned that people are going to be seeing over the coming weeks with The Design.”
Since his interview, The Design has semi-welcomed Sami Callihan into the group, but it remains a tentative alliance and as Deaner said, it’s going to be fun to see where they take us in the coming weeks.
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