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On his return during the Buu Saga
>"You know people keep saying I politicked my way back to the top of the card during the Buu program, but I think that's unfair. You've got to look at what's good for business. I did the job to Cell and then Gohan got put over strong. Gohan was having a hard time finding the domestic audience so they gave him that Saiyaman gimmick. It was some good shit but he just wasn't connected. Look at the circumstances. I put over Cell. I put over Vegeta. I even put over Buu, even if it was on a technicality. And the buy rates were plummeting! The fans wanted Goku and they wanted him at the top of the card, kicking asses, and putting on 5 star classics doing it. I don't care what that mark Oolong says, he's never even worked the business."
On the controversial ending to his first match with Vegeta
>"I know it was a little overbooked, I'll tell you that for free. We originally had this idea where I was going to turn up and squash Nappa, then have summer long program with Vegeta, but goddamn every time we got him round the table he'd have another demand. See that obvious stalling where Nappa was squashing Gohan, Picollo, Tien and that other fella, that only happened because Vegeta kept no selling our ideas! At the end he agreed I would go over but there's a hell of an asterisk there. A lot of good men lost their pushes because Vegeta decided at the 11th hour that it didn't work for him. Love working with the guy now but back in those early days he was a handful'"