Andy Black on his wrestling influences, WWE, Chris Jericho and The Ghost of Ohio (Exclusive)

And of course it's no secret that you're friends with the legendary Chris Jericho. Before I go onto my main question, I have to ask - how did that friendship come about?!

We share a lot of the same interests. I got along with Chris really well, he started inviting me onto his podcast, and we would hang out socially in LA. It just became a thing where we'd text each other back and forth about little KISS things and that was really the basis for our friendship, was our mutual interest in KISS and knowing all these funny facts that regular people don't necessarily know. It just blossomed from there.

Any time I see him, it's always a pleasure, he's such a nice guy - and he's done things that go above and beyond. We've had times where a friend's daughter wants to come to a show and I have no problem doing that because he's done things for me, not that I wouldn't otherwise, but my neighbour growing up was really into WWE and I said, "Chris, make me a video" and he does - "Hey, this is Chris Jericho!" Stuff like that, he goes above and beyond, and he's just so kind. There are very few people I've met in his position and his level of success who have that same kindness and humility, so I have nothing but good things to say about Chris.

(Having spoken with Chris myself, I completely agree - and you can check out that interview here)

Andy Black, like Jericho, has reinvented himself

I agree with Andy and say that, likewise, people who don't know Andy himself may not expect him to be such a down-to-earth, humble guy - which people might not expect, although people shouldn't expect that someone isn't nice.

Yeah, I operate under the assumption that you should never make assumptions. When I was younger, I had more of a wall up when it came to meeting people, and there are certainly circumstances where there are people who gain some sort of fame and it changes them, and it did for me for a while. Until really the last five years or so, I went through some things emotionally and there were times when I wasn't very nice. I try my best to not be that way now.

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I was left with one cliffhanger following your last appearance on Talk Is Jericho - did you ever buy the Gene Simmons Vault?

Oh! Yeah. No, I didn't. I... I'll say this, I did not buy it, and I can't say anything else. (Andy chuckles) I did not buy it but I have some...stuff.

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IN THE END: Andy answers my 'very controversial' question