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RF Video Shoot Interview with Scott Hall, Volume 1

This interview was conducted in 2007.

It is a two-disc set that totals at two hours and forty minutes long.


DISC ONE


This runs at one hour and fifty-minutes


Hall said he always wanted to be a wrestler since he was eight years old. His dad took him and a friend to see a show that included a hair vs. hair match. Hall said that he still has a piece of hair from that match.


When asked if he was discovered by Barry Windham, Hall said he went to Tampa, knowing that the Florida Championship Wrestling offices were there but he didnt know exactly the location and joined every gym he could in the hopes of being discovered. Anyway, Windham saw Hall in a Publix supermarket and thought he was a football player. They talked and Hall told him he was trying to break into wrestling and get trained by Hiro Matsuda, to which Windham replied "fuck him" and told Hall all that would happen if he went with Matsuda was doing hindu squats all over the place. Windham then told Hall to meet him at the Sportatorium the following morning.


Hall arrived and said that he "bumped" Windham and Mike Rotunda for two hours, not taking any bumps himself. Hall said that Windham would perform a move on Rotunda then have Hall try the same thing, critiquing him along the way.


When asked about the hardest thing about training, Hall said when you are green, everything is hard. He then said how television was getting to be more important when he broke into wrestling, meaning guys who looked the part where getting the attention, thus changing the business and that caused friction as Hall had the look but no ability at that point.


He teamed up with Dan Spivey at the beginning. He said the Road Warriors were hot at the time so Dusty took two big muscular guys and teamed them up, despite having no experience. Hall liked Spivey but said they were completely different and also wanted to believe singles wrestler. He said if they stayed in Florida and been groomed by Dusty in Florida, they could have been a success but they went to Charlotte.


In Charlotte, Hall said they were too green to be put over but also too muscular and young to job so they sat on the sidelines. He also said that Jim Crockett owned a minor league baseball team and they basically worked with the grounds crew, sometimes sitting in the dugouts.


After that, they went to Kansas to work for Bob Geigel. Hall said it was a smaller territory and he thought that if he embarrassed himself their instead of a National promotion, less people would see it and he could benefit from the experience. Hall said he was making between $800-1,000 a night working opening matches in Charlotte, which was awesome, but the problem was that they were so green they only worked about once a month. Spivey left to go back to Charlotte after a few months and Hall stayed in Kansas City.


He talks about beating the shit out of Marty Jannetty in the locker room. The night before, a hotel called Hall after a room was trashed and it turned out that DJ Peterson and Marty checked in using his name. Hall came to the show dressed in crappy clothes, because he was going to fight and didnt care if he got any blood on them. He sees Marty sleeping on a table then beats the shit out of him. After it happened, he thought for sure he was going to be fired. Anyway, he was walking backstage and heard Harley Race yell for him, calling him "Steve." Hall, who figured that he was fired anyway and had nothing to lose, turned around and angrily told Harley that his name was Scott and that he had been their for six months. Anyway, Harley told him to calm down and said that next time, do what he did to Marty after the show because he was unable to work the night after the attack.


Hall wound up in the AWA after he saw Blackjack Lanza at a show in St. Louis. About once a month, stars from different territories would wrestle in St. Louis. Lanza was with the AWA at the time and asked him about moving up. Hall said that he didn't know if he was ready then Lanza told him that everyone is shit when they are first starting out. He went up to Winnipeg and wrestled in front of 15,000 people. He said that he beat Rick Steiner, to which Hall said he still teases him about to this day, then wrestled against Larry Zbyszko. Hall puts over Larry a ton, saying that he walked him through the match. Hall said that after the show, the people cheered for him during a nearfall due to a spot that Larry came up with on the fly and also said Larry gave him a lot of offense in the match. He didnt know if he was getting hired right away though, because Verne was ice fishing in Alaska at the time.


They then skip ahead to WCW, when Hall said he used to flick his toothpick at Larry before commercial breaks and the fans dug it so he went to Bischoff and told him they should work an angle, saying that Larry was over enough with the fans that it could work.


From that, he talks about facing Shawn Michaels at Madison Square Garden, when Shawn was the champ and they were both heels. At the time, Hall was getting face reactions from the crowd so Vince told him that the people are turning him face and that they needed to change him up. So, during the match, the fans chanted for Razor, who remembered what Curt Hennig told him about not pandering to the crowd and just glance at them briefly. As the match went on, the crowd was about 70/30 in favor of Razor, who asked Shawn what to do. Shawn said to look at them and act surprised that he was getting cheers and when they did, they started to cheer even louder.


He then tells the story of how Vince told him he was going to turn face. He told Scott that they had a kid who was "120lbs soaking wet" and showed him a tape of Sean Waltman, who Hall immediately recognized as the Lightning Kid from GWF. That shocked Vince that Hall knew of him. Hall said that he looked like he was 11 years old but could go in the ring and puts over intelligent he was from watching him on TV. Vince then lays out the plans for their feud, which Hall said was months before it took place. Waltman was going to beat him then each week then as he would offer more money to others to beat Waltman, his money would get stolen by him. Hall said the whole thing was Vince's idea and it was the best thing to happen to his career.


Back to the AWA, Hall puts over for being a cool, eccentric guy. He said that Verne was big on having his faces go to events with him and Hall would be with him as he was groomed for a top spot. Verne told him that it is important to have the wrestler be remembered whenever they were at a function. Verne told him you are "working" the minute you leave your house, not just in the ring. He said they wanted to make him the champ but Hall said it was too cold up there and that they never knew how to create any gimmicks and his was "Big" Scott Hall and wanted to wrestle in Florida, with cool gimmicks and angles that he grew up with. Verne was shocked by this and told Hall he could make him a star but Hall said he is in it for the money. Verne said that comes later but Hall joked that his bills come every month. From there, they just started to talk like friends, instead of a boss/employee relationship and Hall asked Verne how it was to have money and he replied that it was "pretty damn good." Hall then said that he would do jobs on the way out. He puts over Verne for being a good guy.


Hall is asked about Curt Hennig pulling ribs. He puts over Curt as the first guy that got reactions for his bumps and how he would pick him up when he was in the AWA and not used to driving in the Winter weather. He learned from Curt that you had to have fun in this business and you can either have a shitty attitude or a good one and Curt was always upbeat.


He learned a lot from Curt when they teamed. He said that Curt would always start off then tag him in what Hall refers to as "featuring the big guy." Hall said he did the same when he teamed with Nash and tells a story of how he would sometimes spit at guys after they were beating on him then tag out to Nash. He also never told guys about this before hand so it would look better. This instance, they were working against Harlem Heat and he spit at Stevie Ray, who Hall puts over as being a tough guy, then tagged out immediately. Stevie then worked on Nash and went over and spit on Hall, who was on the apron and then tried to go after him and ended up falling over the ropes, in a planned spot. Hall then apologized to Stevie after the match.


In the AWA, he and Hennig faced off against Bill & Scott Irwin. Hall said Scott was cool and put him over but that Bill had a problem with him and Hall thinks it was because he was getting a push so young his career and never really put him over in their matches at all. Hall felt that Bill was never doing his job and he felt like punching him in the face but knew that it would be a horrible business decision.


He is asked about memories of several workers in AWA. He said that Nick Bockwinkle was an "absolute pro" but would walk around the locker room with a t-shirt and loafers without pants and his junk hanging out. Hall thought that John Nord should have been a huge star in the business but thinks he had other priorities, like his car dealership. He first knew Shawn Michaels from Kansas City and said that back then in a car ride, Shawn "explained the business" to him. He told Hall that you let the face shine then get heat on him then let him make a comeback then go to the finish. Anyway, the office asked Hall about bringing in Shawn and Marty, specifically if there was still a problem between him and Jannetty. Hall said that he and Jannetty buried the hatchet the night after he attacked him in Kansas City. Hall said that Jannetty was the star of the team then. Hall puts over the Freebirds a lot and said that he was a "mark" for them then says it was his idea for the nWo Wolfpac because he wanted to have them be just like the Freebirds. He puts over Buddy Rose as a good athlete and a heel. He said that Doug Somers was a smooth worker. Overall, he said that just about everyone helped him out in the AWA.


He went to Europe and wrestled as "Texas" Scott Hall after Vader called up CWA promoter Otto Wanz. Hall said at that time, Europeans looked at Americans as those who wore cowboy hats and they billed him from Texas.


Hall then went to WCW for a bit. He said he first had a verbal deal for $1,000 a week. He then said in WCW, your push was determined when you got there as it was based on the amount of your contract. He said that making what he did, there was no way that he was going to beat a guy making $750,000 a year, let alone be in the same match as them. Hall barely wrestled when he first got there.


In between tours of Europe, Hall found out that his wife at the time was pregnant. He was not making much money at the time and on the verge of quitting the business in order to get a regular job. He called Diamond Dallas Page in the hopes that he could land him a job in WCW. Page told him to shave his mustache and dye his hair black. He then told Hall to grow stubble, like Rob Lowe popularized at that time. Page then said that he would be his manager, so Hall could still look big standing next to him and they called him the "Diamond Studd." Before their first TV taping together, they ate at the Waffle House and both grabbed the toothpicks that came with the bill. They get to the match and Page was talking with his toothpick in his mouth on the way to the ring and it fell out so Hall, who still had his, flicked it right into the camera and that was how he came up with the toothpick gimmick.


Hall said that when he first did the Studd gimmick on TV, Pat Patterson called him up and told him that Vince loved the new look. Pat asked him if he signed a contract and Hall told him that he just sign a one-year deal and Pat told him that not tot worry, as you can tell them you have a deal in place when the contract is up.


He is then asked about DDP and how he was getting ribbed all of the time. Hall said that he was an announcer but desperately wanted to be a wrestler. Hall said that he loves Page like a brother but that he could drive you nuts with his quirks. Hall said that he was always an upbeat guy though. Anyway, Firebreaker Chip started to give DDP shit one day and as a result, got punched in the face in the locker room and at that moment, guys started to give DDP some respect.


Hall tells a story of a battle royal in West Virginia in which everyone played a rib on DDP. The Steiner Brothers were going to strip him in the ring during the match and everyone but DDP knew that. Everyone goes after DDP and knock him down then the Steiners run over to him. DDP was known to wear layers of spandex when he wrestled and Rick Steiner pulled on him so hard that he completely snapped off his tights and he was naked, causing Oliver Humperdink to take off his shirt and throw it on DDP so he could cover himself up.


After WCW, he wound up in the WWF. Hall said they filmed the Razor Ramon vignettes and he was thrilled to be getting a push right off of the bat. Once again, Hall said that Hennig helped him out and told him to never waste a motion in the ring and not to hit a bunch of devastating moves in a TV squash match because you will kill them all off. He told Hall that whenever you are on TV, treat it like an advertisement for yourself and when you do hit a move, make it look explosive. You always have to act as you know what you are doing.


Hall talks about his tryout with the WWF and how he got hired. After the match, Hennig took him to Vince. They are talking and Vince said that he needed a gimmick and brought up how his dad was in the military. Hall told Vince that if he wanted him to be G.I. Joe, he would be the best one he could be as at that point, Hall told Hennig that he would even settle as a job guy in the WWF as they were the top company and said guys like Barry Horowitz could lose all of the time and be stars, complete with their own baseball cards. Back to the story as Hall then told Vince that he needed a bad guy and started to play the Tony Montana character from "Scarface," which is what he and Curt did all of the time in the car when they worked for the AWA. He was using direct lines from the film. Vince thought that Hall was a genius and had no clue that Hall was doing as he had never seen or apparently heard of the movie. Vince then asked him for a name. He said Razor but Vince told him about Razor Riddick and Hall said in the Tony Montana voice that he could "squash him like a cockroach." Vince said he needed a last name that began with an "R" so he went to the bathroom and saw Tito Santana. He asked Tito for a name that began with "R" and he said "Ramon" and he told it to Vince, who loved the idea.


They filmed the promos in South Beach and Vince still had no clue that they were doing stuff that was basically out of "Scarface." He did say that during his vignettes. Vince told him to speak very,very slow and Hall said that it worked out well.


He talks about his feud against Savage. Hall said that in Pennsylvania, he was to kick Savage in the leg that Ric Flair had been working on all match long then toss him back inside so Flair could put on the figure-four and win the title after Savage passed out. Backstage, Vince yelled at Heenan to go get Savage and Flair for him then Vince flipped out on Savage and Flair for not working on the leg and for looking like jabronis, which had Hall nervous as he just started out and Vince was flipping out on two major stars. They go back out and work the leg and Hall kicks Savage and Flair rolls him inside but works on Savage for five more minutes before putting on the figure four. That five minutes was clipped from the airing. Hall said that he never liked Flair because he controlled his career when he was in WCW. After that they had a meeting with Vince and he asked at the end if there were any questions and Hall wanted to ask him if he could trust Flair with the belt after what he did in WCW but Hennig told him not to say anything.


Hall said that he might have stolen the Razor's Edge move from Danny Spivey. He started to use that as a finisher in Puerto Rico. Hall said that in wrestling if you want to be a top guy, you need a good look, to be good on the mic, have a few signature moves and a cool finisher.


He then talks about how he WWF was going through a transitional phase as Vince was under trial and everyone had to be clean. Hall said that he used steroids prior to the WWF. He was down to about 260 lbs at that point in the WWF but liked that weight and stayed there as he could work with the big and small guys. He said that he never wanted to be a bodybuilder, just a wrestler with a good body then jokes how he never shaved his chest or anything as he felt that "Tarzan gets more pussy than Mr. Universe." He said that the traveled with Shawn in the WWF and they would party at night then eat breakfast in the morning, lay in the tanning bed as the food digested then work out for a half-hour on the stairmaster then a quick session with weights and some dips before heading off. He calls that the "Tarzan" workout and said it was enough to pump you up.


He tells a story about Bill Watts in the WWF. They were in the Garden and Watts was with Patterson and Vince. After Nash faced Mabel, Shawn made the save when Mo interfered and Hall ran out and got beat up too as they were putting the Men on a Mission strong. Hall grabs the belt and hands it to Nash but Shawn wanted it so Hall went to hand it to him then dropped it purposely, making Shawn look like a fool. As he walks backstage, he gets shoved in the back hard and saw that it was Shawn, who Hall says does not like to be made to look foolish. Anyway, Watts saw that and went up to Hall and told him that he was over and should be used better then joked about how he was expecting that push in the back. Hall said Watts lasted about a week in the WWF and left as he wanted full control and Vince would not let that happen.


When asked about the video being shopped by Man Mountain Rock that features the locker room using drugs in Europe and Louie Spiccoli banging a prostitute, Hall said that it is a shame that someone is so talentless that selling it is the only way they can make money. He then said that he would probably be sued if he tried to sell that.


Hall then talks about how he changed a finish at a show in Philadelphia against Chris Jericho, who was using the Lionheart gimmick. Hall said that the gimmick would not get over in Philly so he thought that Jericho should win and afterwards, he can beat him up and then Larry Zbyszko would run in and that would start their feud. Hall said he told Jericho to come up with a finish and not to tell anyone at all. Jericho came up with a finish that had him escape the Razor's Edge and pin Hall with a small package. Backstage, Bischoff was mad that he changed the finish and Hall kept asking him if it was exciting and he couldnt get past the fact that he did not listen to him.


When asked about his matches against Jeff Jarrett, he said at first thy had bad matches but grew to work well with each other.


He now talks about his WrestleMania ladder match against Shawn. Hall said there chemistry and timing were excellent and they were always on the same page. He also said that it was Shawn's idea for Razor to climb up the ladder with both belts and that he had Earl Hebner tell him that. Back in the locker room, Savage told him they had a great match but were selfish, as they went a lot longer than the time they were allotted.


Now, Hall is asked about the political power that the Kliq had in the WWF. Hall said that it was Bam Bam Bigelow who came up with the name. Hall then said how they were friends who all shared the same ideas as to how the business should be run. When they all reached the main event level, they started to kick around ideas all of the time then go pitch them to Vince.


He is now asked about a myth in which the Kliq went on strike one weekend. Hall forgets where they were (it was Indianapolis) but Hall was supposed to lose to Sid after 1-2-3 Kid interfered as the special guest referee then Ted DiBiase stuck a $100 bill in his mouth. Hall was fine with that but then when they changed it to include him losing the IC Title, he was against it. Hall told Vince he had no problem putting over Sid clean in the middle of the ring. This is the incident in which Pat and Vince flew to Indianapolis and met with the Kliq.


The interviewer brings up how Shane Douglas said in his shoot how Hall wanted to work the same match every night. Hall said that he and Shane get along a lot better now then when they were in the WWF. Hall also said that he was going to work with Douglas to get him ready to face Shawn, as the WWF saw money in a program between HBK and Douglas. Hall recalls a time when they were in London, England and they were tired from partying on the plane. Douglas told him to go home and Hall asked him if he was okay and told Hall said that he was just tired. Hall was irate and told him he didnt give a fuck if he was tired as this is how he fed his family. He told Douglas to drink coffee or take pills if he was tired, which he said was wrong. Hall said that in the ring, you always give it your all.


When asked if they were too hard on Chris Candido, Hall said they were. He said that between the stupid gimmick and his girlfriend Sunny, they were hard on him. Hall talks about the locker room and how it was a vicious shark tank and that he crossed paths with him in TNA years later and he had no hard feelings towards him. Back then, Hall said there was no guaranteed money and that Vince and everyone else perpetuated that environment in wrestling and that they had a bunch of jocks away from their families and that was how they coped.



DISC TWO


This disc runs forty-nine minutes long


It starts with Hall in the middle of a story about Waltman, which led to him stating that he rejected an angle with Goldust because he thought that a feud with Waltman could have been money but that did not happen and he got Goldust upset in the process.


On how he jumped over to WCW, Hall said that he was moving a lot of merchandise and wanted more money. He then said that he asked Vince if he needed to improve on anything so he could earn more money, which is also what he learned from Hennig on how to ask for more money. He then went up to Stamford to the office and when he walked in, he saw all of his pictures in the hallway, which he said were turned around and had another wrestler on the other side. He met with Vince and JJ Dillon and brought in a secretary who dumped a pile of fan mail on the desk to show his popularity. Vince then put a check on the table for him and said he had a three-year contract. Hall said he couldnt do this schedule for three more years then asked if he could move over the decimal point on his merchandise check and Vince said that he couldnt because he was getting the same as guys like Diesel and the Undertaker. Hall then asked if he could go over to New Japan for a month a year to get their money and that was shot down as Vince said he needed him in the WWF. Waltman was in contact with Jesse Ventura's agent, Barry Bloom, and Hall found out how much they offered him and realized that there was a want for him. Hall said that Vince 's contract rolled over yearly unless you gave a 90 day notice. Hall sent a telegram to Vince then went to a house show. While there, Tony Garea told him to call the doctor about the drug test results, he called and the doc wasnt there so he got ready for his match but Garea told him he had to leave and at that point Hall realized that they got his notice. He said that the piss test he took was six weeks old too. Hall said he was never a mark like Bret Hart and didnt care about the belt as he would rather job for a million dollars a year than make half as much as the champ. After that, he took the money and went to WCW.


When asked about the nWo idea being the plan all along, Hall said that is was Larry Zbyszko's idea to come out from the crowd and grab the mic. He said Bischoff wanted him to walk down the aisle. Hall said the reason it worked is because people still thought he worked for Vince. Hogan had creative control and was in the air before the Bash at the Beach and they were not sure that he wanted to be a heel when they arrived to the show. Hall said Hogan was smart enough to turn at the right time and that if people thought Hall & Nash still worked for Vince, there was no better guy to align with them than Hogan. Hall said that the nWo idea was Bischoff's and that the finish that night was thought up by Nash.


He goes back and talks about his last night in the WWF when he faced HHH at the Garden. Hall said that the fans chanted "please don't go" then some chanted that he sold out. After that, Hall picked up the mic ad said "say goodbye to the bad guy," which the crowd ate up, and said if Vince gave him the money there, he would have stayed. He said that Patterson came up with the finish to his match. When talking about the "curtain call" incident, Hall said that Shawn came up with the idea.


Hall now talks about the incident he had with Jerry Sags in a match at WCW. Hall said that he and Nash went in with fat contracts but some guys had to take a paycut because they weren't drawing and couldn't even run house shows. The Nasty Boys took a paycut then Terry Taylor told them how He and Nash received huge contracts. Hall said he broke in with them at Brad Rheingans camp in AWA and still considers them friends to this day. Anyway, during their run-in spot, Hall and Nash came in and Hall waffled Sags with a chairshot. Hall said that when he swung a chair with force and took it the same way too. He also had no idea he potatoed him and thought he was feeding him and almost went to hit him more times. In the locker room, he found out that he potatoed him and was happy that he didnt hit him again and said that with a nervous laugh to Nash but at that moment, Sags walked in and saw him laugh and Hall thought he was not only taking his money but also taking his liberties with him in the ring. A few nights later, the Nasty Boys started to throw chairs and stuff into the ring in the match during a six-man that included Meng and Barbarian. Hall said that Sags was stiff to begin with and started to hit him hard, even knocking out one of his teeth as Meng was hitting him from behind. As they won the match, Hall asked Nash if his face was alright and it was all swollen and fucked up. Nash then went into the locker room and grabbed Sting's bat and told Hall just say the word and he would go fuck up Sags and Hall told him not to as Nash had the bat above the head of Sags.


Later that night, Hall said that he was with some of the Mexican wrestlers like Rey Mysterio, Juventud Guerrera, and Konnan in his hotel room as he was holding an ice pack to his face when Bischoff called his room and told Hall he would fire Sags but Hall said no as he knew him and he had a family so Bischoff kept him at home for a while as he got paid. Hall said if you were mad at him, he should have confronted him in the locker room instead of the ring.


He denied that Roddy Piper ever tried to fight him in the locker room but told a story about convincing Hogan to put over Piper at Starcade after he was seeing them put over people without getting hurt or seem like less of a star. They also told Hogan to take the finisher instead of a cheap school-boy or something. He did say that when it was Piper's turn to put over Savage, he refused to take the elbow and would only lose to Savage cheaply. That pissed off Hall so he fucked with Piper all night long, saying that he refused to job for Savage after Hogan put him over clean then joked if they were too close to Portland for him to job clean. He then said he laid into Piper that night and if he ever tried to fight he and Nash, Piper would have got his ass kicked.


Hall did think that the Horsemen took the nWo parody too seriously, especially Arn Anderson, who thought they made him look like a drunk. Hall said that Nash took the cooler from Arn's rent-a-car, were Pee Wee Anderson would get him beers. Hall then said that night, Arn complained to him at the bar with a beer in each hand, which was common among wrestlers as they got to the bar right before it closed most nights.


The interviewer asks Hall point blank about his own substance abuse issues and the stuff that Bischoff did on screen. Hall said that he tries to look at everything positively and says that if he can tell someone that drinking and drugging is not the answer, despite it being fun. Hall also doesnt care about what everyone thinks about him either.


Hall did think that the watering down of the nWo was bad. He originally thought that  "WCW Saturday Night" would be an nWo show and let the fans choose if they liked WCW or nWo better. He said the beneift of the nWo expanded was that they didnt have to work that many house shows.


He did not think that WCW mismanaged Bret Hart as his strong suit was wrestling and not live interviews. he then said that WWF did a lot of taped interviews that helped him out and did not really fit into what WCW was doing with live Nitro's.


Hall agreed that WCW pulled the plug too quick on Bischoff when they went with Russo and Ferrara. He says Russo is a nice guy but a small cog in the WWF machine before he came over to WCW.


When discussing how he was let go by the WCW, Hall was at a bar in Germany with his girlfriend and broke up with her. He then talked to another girl who had a gift to him, which was a sock puppet doll. She gave it to him in his room but his now ex-girlfriend, who was a WCW representative, got a key and walked into the room and saw him with the girl. Hall insists that nothing happened between them and they argued while he was drunk. He said that they were at the airport the next day bickering, which you cannot do on an International fight, and he ended up flying out the next day and that was the beginning of the end.


He said that he stopped following when he left and had no idea that Goldberg was talking about him on TV as he stopped following the product when he left. He also has no idea why Goldberg dislikes him as Hall said he helped him out and introduced him to Barry Bloom, who became his agent.


He said that his  current goal is to get back in shape and possibly go to Japan. He believes that he has another run left in him and that his work is good enough as long as he behaves outside of the ring.


When asked about returning to the WWE as the nWo, Hall said that Nash went to Vince and discussed the idea with him. Vince then called up Hall and told him how he was talking with both Hogan and Nash about returning and said that they needed him to return. Hall was raising his kids by himself at the time and Vince said they worked something out taht he could work ten days a month and in his first month, he ended up working twenty-two. They all thought that Vince was not going to push something that he did not create and Vince killed it off the next PPV. Hall said he was not having fun and having bad matches plus he had to watch his kids and self-destructed. He decided to call Jim Ross and tell him that he was going to leave. Hall thought that Vince could have made the nWo even bigger.


He said that a day before his PPV match in Toronto against Austin, he was told that the finished changed and at that point, he knew he was out and was surprised that he even made it to Mania to face him. Hall said that he and Austin just did not click but thought his match against him at Mania was "okay" and he laid it out. He also said that Austin treated him like gold.


They now talk about TNA and how he was on the first few shows. He said he signed a three-show deal as he did not know if he wanted to be locked into the company at the beginning.


When asked about the Chris Benoit tragedy, Hall said he knew Chris for a long time then starts to break down and cry for a little bit. He said that a producer from HBO "Real Sports" called him up if he wanted to comment on drugs and steroids in wrestling. Hall said it is ridiculous for the media to attack wrestling promoters for what independent contractors do then adds that no one ever made him take drugs. He also thinks it is insane for people to only focus on deaths in wrestling when there are many more wrestlers who are alive. He brings up how no one blames the NFL for Pacman Jones or Michael Vick.


In regards to doing conventions, he feels weird charging people for autographs but loves to meet fans. He then thanks the interviewer for discussing wrestling with him and having knowledge and being respectful. He rather likes to hear from fans than guys who sit at home and criticize guys without going to the matches.


The interview closes with Hall thanking his fans for all of their support over the years and that he is getting things together and has one more run left.



Final Thoughts: An excellent shoot interview. One of the best, quite frankly. Hall is a great story-teller who also offers loads of insight into the business. He was sober during the interview and seemed to be enjoying just about every minute of it, except for the discussion about Benoit I guess. There was no agenda at all here, which is always a good thing. He never seemed bitter, either.


I really came away liking Scott Hall as a person from this. He is a likable guy who sometimes cannot keep his demons in check and that is when he gets into trouble. Even when discussing instances that made him look bad, he would take responsibility. He did not look to pass the blame onto others.


Hall has such a great mind for the business. Too bad he might not get another chance to show that off again. It is great that he is sober today but sadly is run that he talked about in this interview never really went anywhere and he fell deeper into his substance abuse issue, which were very evident in his follow up to this shoot, in which he was notably impaired.


I highly recommend this interview. You will hear some great stories, get some valuable insight, and learn a lot about what happened during his runs with the Kliq and the nWo. For those interested in the shoot, you can download the interview to own from Highspots for $9.99. I will provide the link below for you.


http://www.highspots.com/p/25364.html

Comments

  1. Good job. Actually haven't seen this shoot. I might check it out now.


    Have you've seen Vader's timeline shoot....if so, are you planning on reviewing it?

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  2. Great recap. I can listen to Hall and Nash talk wrestling all day long.

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  3. Glad that he is in with DDP now. Always liked Hall, and love hearing him break down the business.

    It does bring up a question I keep coming back to; who was responsible for WCW hitting the shitter? Everyone seems to blame each other.

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  4. I have it but there is other stuff I am waiting to watch first.


    I'd say in about a month or so I will put that up as a choice in a poll.

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  5. I watched this awhile ago. Good recap, and thats not speculation. Top 10 shoot interview

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  6. It was a little bit of everything. We can't honestly say one person or one thing killed WCW. Ultimately, the NWO got overinflated, they didn't create new main-eventers the public took seriously, and when they finally did (in the form of Goldberg), they couldn't have executed ending his streak in more humiliating fashion.

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  7. Any speculation will be met with a ban.


    It will not be tolerated any longer.


    This cannot go on anymore.

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  8. My favourite guys in order:


    1. Cornette
    2. Nash
    3. Jericho
    4. Austin
    5. Hall
    6. Honky
    7. Storm
    8. Cabana
    9. Waltman

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  9. A combination of Turner, Bischoff, Russo, big stars unwilling to put their egos aside and Jamie Kellner, who did not want wrestling on Turner any longer

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  10. Jericho's latest podcast with RVD is great.

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  11. Do they talk about their King of the Ring match?

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  12. Not yet, there is a part 2 coming tomorrow. It is mainly about his recent WWE run, TNA run, his training, AJPW days and early ECW.

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  13. Caliber_Winfield_TCTMarch 6, 2014 at 10:52 AM

    Anybody else watch Last Call w/ Scott Hall on youtube? It's nothing more than him watching a match with people like X-Pac & Larry Z, but it's pretty entertaining.

    Good stuff, Bayless Shoes.

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  14. Thanks Caliber "Dave" Winfield

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  15. Fuck cornette. Hes got some GREAT insights but his style is so annoyning. We get it "you dont play well with other" and are confrontational.

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  16. Oh god I couldn't disagree more. I don't always agree with the man (but usually do TBH) but I LOVE the way he talks.


    I'm burnt out on him now (all about Austin right now), but there was a time when I would kill 4-6 hours on a plane/bus listening to nothing but Cornette rants. Used to go to sleep listening to his stuff, too.

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  17. I listened to cornette talk all last year on shoots etc...

    Im burnt out as well.

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  18. Yeah I'm in the same boat. You couldn't pay me to listen to him now, but I'm sure the spark will come back one day.


    Once I burn out on Austin I'm moving to Jericho.

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  19. Caliber_Winfield_TCTMarch 6, 2014 at 11:41 AM

    I was stoked for it, but honestly, Vader just isn't that interesting. He's also very soft spoken.

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  20. Caliber_Winfield_TCTMarch 6, 2014 at 11:43 AM

    I'm with you guys. Once every 6-9 months I'll get in a mood and watch his WWE Timeline, and both youshoots within the span of a day. I really wish he'd do a new timeline, he's easily the best they'll ever have.

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  21. Anyone else having problems with Disqus?

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  22. He had a falling outnfornspellnwith KC but at the end of last year they kissed and made up

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  23. Yuuuuuuup... I had to log in thru twitter

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  24. I couldnt post for about half an hour.


    Said I had to contact troubleshooting

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  25. Yea I just ran the gauntlet of what cpuld connect me.

    And nobody got time for that... its not saturday night lol

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  26. Caliber_Winfield_TCTMarch 6, 2014 at 11:53 AM

    I was happy they covered that story in Breaking Kayfabe, which I also enjoyed despite not following ROH whatsoever and knowing nothing about what he was talking about.

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  27. I usually dont watch breaking kayfabe cuz they are very slow and boring to me.

    Didnt know cornys was out... might have to check it out.

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  28. Caliber_Winfield_TCTMarch 6, 2014 at 11:56 AM

    I honestly think it was Bischoff tanking WCW in the year 1999, making the higher-ups desperate enough to hire Russo, who then came and OBLITERATED IT. If Russo hadn't been in charge, and had ratings actually been closer to Raw's numbers, Kellner wouldn't have cut it.

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  29. I want to see a shoot interview one day where someone tells a story about getting in a fight with someone and getting their ass handed to them.

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  30. Caliber_Winfield_TCTMarch 6, 2014 at 11:57 AM

    I've never bothered with'em simply because they didn't seem all that interesting, but Corny always delivers.

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  31. Marty Jannetty did when Hall kicked his ass

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  32. Caliber couldn't lace Dave's baseball cleats, but he writes a creatively unique blog to which I subscribe.

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  33. I recapped that one too

    http://www.rspwfaq.net/2014/01/kayfabe-commentaries-presents-breaking.html

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  34. Caliber_Winfield_TCTMarch 6, 2014 at 12:06 PM

    I always love a back-handed compliment.

    Who's Dave Winfield?

    Oh, and keep that up, Gary, and it'll be a good long while before you get Mayhem!

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  35. Caliber_Winfield_TCTMarch 6, 2014 at 12:08 PM

    Honestly, you've got my props because I don't know how you do it, man. I recap shows sometimes, and I fucking hate it. It takes some of the enjoyment out of watching, and I couldn't imagine watching a 2 hour video and almost writing everything verbatim.

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  36. DDP freely admits that he's lucky people broke up his fight with Scott Steiner, cause he (DDP) would've had his ass handed to him.

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  37. Caliber_Winfield_TCTMarch 6, 2014 at 12:16 PM

    Yeah, there's a lot to be said when you have steroids, HGH, and about a shit-ton of fucking crazy on your side.

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  38. I've never heard DDP tell the story (although I've heard others). On Austin's podcast, DDP talked about getting the better of Firebreaker Chip.

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  39. Yeah, to be fair that's Lance Storm saying DDP said that.

    Here's DDP talking about the fight. He does brag about getting Steiner in a front facelock, but overall he seems to acknowledge that Steiner's tougher than him.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVsr4L2-osw

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  40. Haha...yeah, I remember Lance saying if he was in a fight, if he had Scott Steiner on his side, he wouldn't care if the other guy had everybody else.

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  41. What did Foley say in his first book?

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  42. Jimmy Snuka and Roddy Piper had no business being in a ring at that point. Steamboat's involvement saved it from the junk pile. I understand they wanted a WM 1 tie-in (because, fuck, WM 1 was SO awesome, right?), but Piper looked disgustingly out of shape, and Snuka looked barely mobile.

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  43. I like the match and have no problem with watching Benoit, but yeah, that whole PPV seemed a little eerie for the fact that it was all about celebrating him.

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  44. Did they leave the concert part in? I want to know how badly it was booed.

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  45. "Anyway, Harley told him to calm down and said that next time, do what he did to Marty after the show because he was unable to work the night after the attack."



    Outstanding, Harley.


    And this shoot does sound great.

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  46. Yet Rourke was still at the event.

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  47. There's "WWF bad", and there's worse. Arcidi, much like Tom Magee without Bret Hart, easily slips into the Much Worse category.

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  48. Guess it'll be a lonely Impact thread again.

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  49. And broke his hand punching Jericho, IIRC.

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  50. Shouldn't you not have the network considering all the bitching and whining you've been doing about it?

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  51. I usually watch about 20-30 minutes at a time.

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  52. I haven't watched Impact in almost three months now.

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  53. Generally they were looser. More 'serious' promotions (AWA, SLWC, JCP) had slightly tighter ropes from what I observed. The big difference is that back when they generally didn't tighten the ropes between matches. I wonder if Andre could easily do his 'caught in the ropes' spot with today's super-tight ropes.

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  54. A BRAND-NEW SUPERSTARS?!! HOSANNA!

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  55. I don't have enough time to watch every WCW PPV from the fall of 1998 through Spring of 2000. :P

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  56. I muted it, thinking it was a few minutes. It kept going and going, and I looked at the counter and couldn't believe almost a quarter hour, uninterrupted, was a Kid Rock love-fest.

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  57. The world needed more Molly Holly's.

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  58. The commercial hyping Superstars doesn't really do much to hide it's the bottom of the barrel. "Not one, but TWO Exclusive matches and replays of the best of Raw.", The entire time, it's clips of 3MB, Diva's, and Santino. I miss the days of Heat/Shotgun/Whatever where Indy talent (or development territory guys) were used as fodder, but were allowed some offense to showcase what they can do. Now we get 3MB vs. Los Matadores Part 47.

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  59. They do lots of steroids... I figured you'd be a supporter...

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  60. You are so full of crap! There were a ton of great PPVs during that time frame!

    There was that one where... oh, wait.
    But there was that awesome one when... ummm, no, that sucked too.
    Still, you can't complain about that one where... hmmmm.

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  61. I still watch it because I'm sick, but I hope with it being Network-exclusive content they can bump up the quality just a little. A few enhancement matches, interviews to get over the wrestlers in said matches, one main event match and maybe a 'Classic' match clip or something. Easy peasy.

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  62. All kidding aside... 1999 really did suck for PPV's. From both companies. That's a year I have a complete white-wash of in my mind.

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  63. I liked last week having a super-sized tag with the Rhodes Brothers and Matadores against RybAxel and 3MB, but then they did the same match on the episode of Main Event that same week, only difference was including an AWESOME exchange with El Torito and Heath Slater.

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  64. The Network pulled the 10/91 MSG card, then put it back up a day later. Maybe there were bugs in the upload, or something?

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  65. Sometimes you just have to wonder why they let David Crockett in the building.

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  66. His uncle owned the building?

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  67. :: Throws rotten fruit at you as you rush off stage ::

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  68. Lol. You are getting ready for BoD mania.

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  69. After biting the bullet, signing up for the free trial (which is still going btw), and trying to watch it on a laptop/Chromecast combo (and failing miserably), I picked up a Roku and the Network... is... amazing.

    I watched the 2012 Royal Rumble and it was gorgeous (though a shitty Rumble). Then watched the RAW where Shane O-Mac showed up on Nitro. Then watched Rock/Austin at WM 17, Rock/Hogan at WM X-8, drifted to sleep during an old Starrcade...

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  70. OfficerFarva sponsored pizza and being able to SAVE you heathens... couldn't be more excited.

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  71. Hall is a classic Jekyll and Hyde.

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  72. Look at the main event of this show. It pretty much destroys anything WCW was doing at that time. Scott rated it *** which is pretty good for Raw. WWE seemed to always deliver with the main event players (Austin-Rock-Undertaker-HHH-etc) during this period, so people put up with more horseshit in the undercard (Beaver Cleavage, Sex Addict Mark Henry, etc) WCW was a complete inverse. Awesome opening matching with cruiserweights and younger guys but then by the main even, it became "Wheel Chair Wrestling." Main events matter, not the undercard, and that is why WWF destroyed WCW IMO.

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  73. You're so cute.

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  74. Needs more Raven.

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  75. So, do you think Patterson and Liberace fooled around after Mania I?

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  76. Big Event is over..its time for WM III

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  77. Giving the people what they want
    People Power!

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  78. Melodramatic Randy MarshMarch 6, 2014 at 3:13 PM

    Exactly. I think a lot of people had misgivings about that at the time, and with hindsight it was a total waste. If you just put EVERYBODY over, then a win doesn't mean that much. Hopefully next time he puts over guys who have a future, like Reigns, Cesaro, etc.

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  79. For those who have not seen it The Big Event is really only worth it for Steamboat/Jake and Rougeaus/Dream Team. I guess you could add Hogan/Wonderful because of how huge that feud was.

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  80. Spring stampede 99 says "what about me?"

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  81. There's an exception to every rule, of course.

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  82. So, have you guys noticed any of the purported "edits"?

    One thing I've noticed that's kind of funny is in Fall Brawl 1996 -- they had chapter markers in place for everything EXCEPT for the Benoit/Jericho match. Wonder if they've done that in any other shows regarding Benoit.

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  83. I'm pretty sure their policy regarding Benoit is that they are not going to waste any effort on him. So, they aren't going to include him in anything new in terms of documentaries and compilations. They aren't going to meticulously delete him from past things. They aren't going to go through the trouble of typing his name down in a marker and will just skip it. I think it's a fair enough policy. But it is a bit of a bummer if you're a Jericho or Angle fan and have huge feuds largely ignored.


    I don't know about the edits, but I've heard plenty about using Turner video instead of the live WCW PPV footage.

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  84. The Marty Jannetty Breaking Kayfabe is an absolute trainwreck.

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  85. Makes sense regarding Benoit.


    I'm thinking there were probably footage problems with the live PPVs that needed to be corrected or something -- at least that's my hope, and that they end up switching to the better footage as they go.


    On another note, does anyone else cringe every time Benoit does the diving headbutt?

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  86. live stream says WM I should be on, instead its Vader/Sting...I'll take it.

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  87. I have the Live Network on in the background and a Sting vs Vader starts randomly.

    I fucking love the Network!

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  88. or piper raging on the yankees.

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  89. WM I ended a little after 5:30 so to fill time before 6 they put on Vader/sting, that is so fucking awesome. I'm hoping in the future they take an hour block to just play random solid matches. No underlining theme, just good matches from WWE, WCW and ECW for an hour or two. Maybe if it's possible a request show?

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  90. I'm enjoying the stuff they play in between shows just as much as the shows and PPVs themselves. Now all they have to do is fix the Xbox app and it'll be perfect.

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  91. Yeah I cringe a bit during the headbutts. I actually felt sick to my stomach a few years back when he dove to the outside and Jericho just bashed his head unprotected with a steel chair.

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  92. Piper was so fucking great! Holy shit, he just called Bruno a Wop!

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  93. They might as well throw Ziggler in there. That'll be pretty funny.

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  94. Hall tells a lot of these same stories on Austin's podcast btw. Could listen to him all day long. He's also a guy you rarely hear people talk shit about (and mostly about his substance abuse) despite being part of the Kliq, who everyone hated.

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  95. Want to think about a real missed opportunity? Think about this.


    WWF went public in 1999, raising about $170 million (part of which paid of a loan that basically paid for upgrading the Titantron, Mike Tyson, and keeping the business afloat during the really rough times). Imagine if Bischoff had REALLY realized the value of WCW at its height and went public in 1998 or so (hell, he probably could have went in 1999 even as the company was losing money because of the stock market bubble that didn't pop until March 2000).


    If WCW splits off from Turner and goes public in 1999, with Bischoff still running the company, perhaps the egos don't take over the back (Hogan vs. the board of directors? Yeah, Hogan's not winning THAT fight). Perhaps they stem the losses, cut payroll before the situation gets toxic, and push some of the younger stars.


    And because of that, maybe Jericho and Benoit and Guerrero don't go to WCW. And we keep two big companies around, and Vince doesn't get to buy out North America wrestling. And Kellner doesn't cut WCW off the networks- or WCW uses its leverage to get a better deal somewhere else.


    Or maybe everything still happens, and WCW stock ends up in the drain.


    Interesting to think about, though.

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  96. Actually did not go with Mania 3 and instead watching the earliest WCCW available.

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  97. Wcw wasnt its own company. It was under turner broadcasting.

    Was turner public?

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  98. Me too.. I saw a Dusty Rhodes plumber skit that had me rolling and some old BarberShop interviews.

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  99. I saw that clip this morning.... Unbelievable!

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  100. I never perceived hall to be the problem

    I always thought from hearing the shoots that hbk was the constant loudmouth and nash was the champ... who was friends with loudmouth and could get into the champs ear.

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  101. Patterson's still alive, so I'd say "No".

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  102. Turner was a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1999. My thought is they could have spun the company off in 1998 or 1999 to take advantage of the IPO rush in those years. And yes, Time Warner was public.

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  103. I personally think it was the headbutts more than the chair shots that caused the problem. The headbutts happened every single match (sometimes multiple times), which chairshots, though horrible and stupid, were few and far between.

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  104. I didnt know. Im not the "lookup to prove someone wrong" guy.

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  105. Hall should be HOF bound sooner or later

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  106. They wont put him in unless he dies or has been clean for years. And then he might go in as a nwo package

    Too risky to

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  107. Id agree with you but they put Jake in this year and hes just as risky imo.

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  108. Or alternatively, you could become the face of the company for close to a decade (and counting).

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  109. True. Personal bias but jake should have gone in sooner despite issues.

    They trotted him on tv so they have some faith in him.

    Hall has been kilq persona non grata since 02.

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  110. Liberace was too old for Patterson.

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  111. Ill never forgive that Raw crowd earlier this year for not,pooping huge for Jakes tv return. I do agree that Jake should have gone in earlier.

    Im rooting for Hall man, but its one of those "shame on me once" deals with his sobriety

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  112. The fans shitting themselves for jakes return would have been a site... to say the least

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  113. Ha. Edit!!! Edit!!!!

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  114. Holy lord, is that Bagwell? He looks like he's the singer of 3 Doors Down or something?

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  115. Course not! You're the mutha-loving MISTAH FUJI!

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  116. Sadly, I bet most of the fans there didn't know who he was.

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  117. Jericho even said in his book that he could tell Hall was a good person underneath the toxic, political bullshit that WCW's environment created.

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  118. Jason Jeffrey BallMarch 6, 2014 at 5:01 PM

    An XFL commercial...now that's what I'm talking about.

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  119. Yea, thats a fair assesment. If you wach when his music hits, its almost dead silence.

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  120. I'm not finding this one anywhere in the archives. There's Arrival and the Arrival one-hour version, but the newest episode listed otherwise is the one from February. Hulu doesn't have it either. WHAT'S GOING ON, TOMMY!?

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  121. Kinda tj but one of the most fascinating things ever to me in wrestling is what if hbk jumped to wcw in what, 96 was it? He was such a vortex of destruction those years before his hiatus, i could see any number of scenarios playing out.

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  122. Nash seems like a master politician and one of the best opportunists in the history of wrestling.

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  123. Sean Oliver always seems disinterested in anything involving WCW. Even for YouShoots, its either ex-WWE or ECW guys. Being from the Northeast, maybe he just grew up around those two and didnt give a shit about WCW?

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  124. kbwrestlingreviewsMarch 6, 2014 at 5:18 PM

    I got it off Hulu this morning. That was about twelve hours ago.

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  125. hey...that wrestlemania magazine is not in the shopzone!!

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  126. I think once he got the roll in Iron Man 2, the studio got involved and wouldn't let him wrestle because if he got hurt, it would mess with the porduction schedule.

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  127. I thought I was the only one. Sean always seems disinterested in wcw. He at least loves the ecw personalities.

    But wcw performers... you can just tell he wasnt a fan.

    Wwf timelines, he is sooooo engaging with the guests

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  128. I wish I could up vote this even more. That moment in NYC, Philly or Chicago would have been amazing.

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  129. This sounds like a WWE answer.

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  130. I'm having some streaming issues with Superbrawl 3 right now.

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  131. This is why Orton/Batista absolutely needs to curtain jerk. It's the best thing the fans can hope for outside of the match not happening at all.

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  132. Victoria TX is a suburb of Oil Trough, I believe.

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  133. It's definitely not there now. Last one up is the "this is NXT" special from the 27th. Maybe they put it up prematurely and then pulled it?

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  134. WWE logic - if it works and we're still making money, let's keep doing it. Which is very sound business actually.

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  135. kbwrestlingreviewsMarch 6, 2014 at 5:56 PM

    I don't see it now either. Very odd indeed.

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  136. Heavenly Bodies v. Rock & Roll Express from Superbrawl III... man this is going to be fun.

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  137. I honestly feel that he just does the WCW Timelines because the series got popular, not because he wants to actually do them.
    Halfway through a WCW Timeline, any one it doesnt matter the guest, he makes the "Who gives a shit" face like he is Pat Sajak asking the contestants on Wheel of Fortune about their lives. WCW does not seem to peek his interest and it is only out of money as to why he even bothers.

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  138. Im sure he does it cuz he knows like vince knows that there is a wcw diehard fanbase.

    And that fanbase will lap anything up so why not?

    Its a business

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  139. So still on Superbrawl 3, and the Heavenly Bodies/R&R match was tons of fun and a super-hot crowd.... and now back to WCW guys, and it Rhodes & Maxx Payne and they're out there dying a slow death.

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  140. I always thought Ramon was supposed to be his first name and that Razor was a nickname. Now my mind is messed all up.

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  141. Great interview. I've seen it before but it was worth going back to read this.

    Since its the freshest on my mind, the nWo deal in the WWE baffles me. They killed off the Invasion in four months and don't even give that amount of time to the nWo.

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  142. I think it would have been terrible for the WWF and Michaels would have gotten pissed at Hogan quickly.

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  143. I've been watching WCW ppvs from Bash at the Beach '96 on (I'm only to Fall Brawl at this point). Have to say that I'm really a fan of their announcing set-up at this time. Tony, Bobby, and Dusty were working pretty well together, and I think Mike Tenay was used effectively to come in during certain cruiserweight matches, etc. to provide additional insight. Just wanted to bring this up because I know we don't usually think highly of WCW commentary--but at this point in the company's history I think it was pretty good.

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  144. I'd argue that it didn't really seem like Jericho and Benoit had hit a glass ceiling until after WrestleMania 17. I'd say that the aborted feud against Austin and HHH (due to Triple H's quad injury and the start of the Invasion angle) was the first time it seemed like Benoit and Jericho hit their peak.


    As for Eddie, as a huge fan during the Attitude Era but still not a smark, I didn't really view him as a top level character. It wasn't until his run in 2003 that I thought he could be a top guy and to WWE's credit, they gave him the opportunity to succeed.

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  145. I'm watching it on the network now.

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  146. Amsterdam_Adam_CurryMarch 6, 2014 at 7:45 PM

    Who do you put in? Just the original 3? I mean, you can't put in everyone that was ever in the group, according to Wikipedia there were 23 guys in the "original" nWo (25 if you count Disco and Spicolli), and that's not even including the Wolfpac, B-team, Japan, 2000, and WWE versions. That would be one long ass speech.

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  147. Oh hell naw, just the ones that mattered and actually drew money.

    Hogan
    Hall
    Nash
    Vincent

    Duh.

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  148. Amsterdam_Adam_CurryMarch 6, 2014 at 7:48 PM

    Hell, most of the fans there probably weren't even born last time he had a match.

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  149. Charlotte definitely has her father's face... but it's tough to turn down a tall, fit blonde.

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  150. Amsterdam_Adam_CurryMarch 6, 2014 at 7:51 PM

    I never heard of him making any power plays in WCW either. As he said here, he didn't give a shit as long as he was getting paid. In retrospect, he probably should have tried to play politics.

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  151. HowmuchdoesthisguyweighMarch 6, 2014 at 8:38 PM

    Nah it's my thoughts.... HHH vs Bryan is the only main event caliber match that has a legitimate build since WM26 , an exception can be made for WM28 but the "big" matches were as predicatable as they get and 2 out of 3 were rematches. HHH vs Bryan is the only non rematch that isn't an instafeud.

    I'm not saying I'm excited for Batista vs Orton but yes I am excited for Bryan vs HHH with it's 6 month build and Brock vs Undertaker because I just think it will be good. Not every person has to be internally negative to be a "smart" fan.

    Btw... Not saying you are negative just making the point that I am not. I am dissapointed with Bryan not being a champion but it's honestly a "bigger" match to face triple h. Not saying that's ok either but it's a fact. I wanted to see Cena vs Taker, Brock vs Batista, and HBK vs Bryan this year. Didn't work out that way.

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  152. Not sure if this idea has been thrown out there yet but what about you possibly covering all the WWE pay per views that you never covered from 2005 to now?


    -2005: No Mercy, Survivor Series, Armageddon.
    -2006: Backlash, Vengeance, Great American Bash, Summerslam, Unforgiven, Cyber Sunday, Armageddon.
    -2007: New Years Revolution, No Way Out, One Night Stand, Vengeance, Great American Bash, Summerslam, Unforgiven, No Mercy, Cyber Sunday, Survivor Series, Armageddon
    -2008: No Way Out, Backlash, Survivor Series, Armageddon
    -2009: Backlash, Judgement Day, The Bash, Night of Champions, Summerslam, Breaking Point, Hell In A Cell, Survivor Series, TLC
    -2010: Elimination Chamber, Extreme Rules, Over The Limit, Money In The Bank, TLC
    -2011: Elimination Chamber, Extreme Rules, Over The Limit, Capitol Punishment, Summerslam, Night of Champions, Hell In A Cell, Vengeance, Survivor Series, TLC
    -2012: Over The Limit, No Way Out, Money In The Bank, Summerslam, Night of Champions, Hell In A Cell, TLC (2nd half)
    -2013: Elimination Chamber, Payback, Night of Champions, Battleground, Hell In A Cell, Survivor Series, TLC
    -2014: Elimination Chamber


    Plenty of opportunities for new material.

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  153. Why don't they ever do a lions den match again? Lesner's RIGHT THERE!

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  154. The Radicalz came into the WWF hot as a firecracker with Benoit as the lead dog. Fully Loaded 2000 was the main offender of the glass ceiling theory with Undertaker over Angle, HHH over Jericho, and Rock over Benoit.
    Eddie got in his own way before his rocket push occurred. In 2003-04 Eddie shined like a new penny, but it took a while for him to get there.

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  155. But during the moment, I think the finishes for both Rock/Benoit and HHH/Jericho were quite reasonable and not very damaging. Benoit had Rock beat except for the Dusty Finish and HHH made Jericho look like a million bucks even in a loss. The real problem was that Benoit and Jericho never made it past that point until after it mattered. Again, I think HHH tearing his quad and the beginning of the Invasion angle are more to blame.


    I'll agree that Undertaker shouldn't have gone over Angle, but Kurt did wind up winning the WWF Title three months later so it's not like it was the end of his push.

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