RIP to the late-great Scott Hall Stream the Full Shoot Interview (2007) ➡titlematchnetwork.com/wrestling-shoot-interviews-results/

Scott also came up with the crow sting gimmick. He truly had some of the best ideas for wresting storylines

@Nayson

Ай бұрын

He got people, and that’s probably the most important skill to have in the entertainment business.

@kingque9704

Ай бұрын

I feel like he would’ve made a great promoter if he had his own company

@roccoz2231

12 күн бұрын

Scott was just paying it forward. DDP got Scott to ditch the Tom Selleck mustache and grow out the Don Johnson stubble for the Diamond Studd, which Hall later used for the Razor look.

He speaks the truth. He jobbed for 1-2-3 Kid (Xpac) and got him over big time.

@BonFire-oj9je

Ай бұрын

Yea I think that's what started me off as a fan of 1-2-3 growing up

@MortonT1958

Ай бұрын

Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) really launched the 1-2-3 Kid (X-Pac) into the top-tier.

@onamattapeeya

Ай бұрын

Yeah and when you do it properly the way they did it, then it doesn't destroy your credibility by losing,

@pandavelli8176

Ай бұрын

@@MortonT1958. Sean Waltman is X PAC’s real name

@poindextertunes

Ай бұрын

Sean’s aerial moves were the best in the company at that time

Easily some of the best in shoot interviews. His stories were coherent, believable, and well told in a way that made you want to hear more.

@douglasroseveare7295

Ай бұрын

100% agree

Scott had one of the absolute best minds for the business and ring psychology that I've ever heard. Such a treat listening to his shoots. RIP Bad Guy

When he says, "Whats the tape gonna do, give you a rash?" I swear I can hear Razor Ramon coming out 😂

Miss that dude for real RIP Razor

Wish he was still around, he would've been invaluable on a booking team. For all his vices, Scott really "got" the wrestling business and knew how important the optics are in the match finish.

@kauzpayne2

Ай бұрын

that if if he wanted to be on a writer in the wwe, writer in the wwe as to work long hours, have to move to stanford ct, as travel for ppvs monday night raw and smack down. before the ppv. monday night raw and smackdown there in a conferice room to go over everthing and to see if they need to make last minute changes. p.s. you also have to have a writers degree and know how to write for tv shows and movies.

@amirpourghoureiyan1637

Ай бұрын

@@kauzpayne2 doubt he would've wanted to deal with Vince's team at all lol. TNA and WCW were more traditional booking teams where it was all ex-wrestlers mapping out angles and finishes, letting the wrestlers be natural and do the rest.

@kauzpayne2

Ай бұрын

@@amirpourghoureiyan1637 tna would not have they money to pay him. and wcw only two writes dusty rhodes and kevin.

That was what was great about Scott Hall . He knew the guys who or when they needed a push or what was good for the business.

What he says here might be one of the reasons he never won the World title, to me he was the real leader of the nWo , he made them cool, maybe he didn't see himself as a top guy but he was

@ssssssstssssssss

Ай бұрын

He didn’t take it seriously enough So never really made it out of the upper mid card. People at the top of WCW not taking things seriously enough was a big reason the WCW failed.

@MortonT1958

Ай бұрын

Once Scott Hall left the AWA and got rid of that ridiculous mustache, he began coming into his own as a heel. RIP Big Guy (you certainly earned it entertaining us for years at a terrible cost to you)!!!

@jasonbarham5634

9 күн бұрын

Hall was NWO! Nash even said, without Hall there is no NWO. But also, I heard thru some interviews, Hall never got World strap cause he couldn't stay off drugs and alcohol

@whyfilmworks5184

7 күн бұрын

During that time it was hard giving the title to a heel. That's why. Mr perfect didnt have it either.

@thomashall6288

17 сағат бұрын

​@@whyfilmworks5184 that doesn't work for me brother! Was the problem🎉

I was at that nitro when he put Jericho over

@curthennig9448

28 күн бұрын

Was it the Spectrum?

@bklynzfranchise

28 күн бұрын

@@curthennig9448 yes sir

Hall was one of the least selfish dudes in wrestling. And wrestling is super selfish

RIP. The kinda guy you want as a friend.

Scott and Terry Funk were true pros. What's good for business. Selfless. Do it for the fans. Rest peacefully.

@AndrewNewZealand

Ай бұрын

Funk maybe. Scott Hall? In your dreams maybe.

OG SCOTT HALL#1 (RIP) THATS WHY U R THE LEGENDARY LEGEND U R...

Hall seemed so sharp, funny and a great storyteller in this shoot, a real shame he could never quite conquer his demons.

@jayceegenocide4402

Ай бұрын

There were no "Demons" just Alcoholism.

@user-qx5nk6qg2b

Ай бұрын

He drank because he was insecure and felt sorry for himself. Great entertainer but a loser of a man.

@downwiththemaster

Ай бұрын

​@jayceegenocide4402 🤓

Scott understood the business better than most plus he was selfless and never let his ego take over.

RIP Scott Hall. What a great story teller. I'd like to add that the crowd in Philly cheers for the heel, and in that Hall/Jericho match they got the pop for the babyface! which makes it all that more impressive.

Amazing. Scott played the cocky wrestler to perfection when he was in character. Behind the scenes he had no ego and was a team player all the way. Cool guy

Scott was bulletproof from 1994 onward, and God bless him, he knew it.

This dude has got the best shoot interviews of all time. Could listen to him for hours. I wish there were more.

Scott could be so articulate and think so clearly. It's a shame he could often make such bad choices despite being such a smart guy. As far as Hulk, Savage, and Piper, they had a complicated relationship from the 80s WWF days. Savage and Piper were always in Hulk's shadow, and thus kind of the anti-Hulks, with Savage being something of a tweener (see the Mega Powers split and Macho King turn). I really wish the Kliq had respected Piper more in his later WCW days. Piper, Savage, and Hogan largely laid the groundwork for the Monday Night Wars by making wrestling popular in the 80s. Piper was one of the greatest heels of all time. But it was also known that Piper could be arrogant and refuse to put people over. Piper's logic was if he was beaten cleanly then his mystique would go away and people would stop paying to see him wrestle Hulk. Still, I wish Hall, Nash, and others had given Piper more of the respect he deserved for being the icon Piper was. Hall and Nash were also wise to suck up to Hogan because Hogan still had enough power backstage in the 90s to exert influence over pushes. They made making a strategic alliance with the king of wrestling. If they couldn't have Vince's ear because they were in WCW, having Hulk's ear was the next best thing. As for Macho Man, I don't think he was booked well by Bischoff or Russo. Macho Man just kind of faded into the background like Rick Steiner did once Scott Steiner blew up as Big Poppa Pump. Macho Man and Rick both deserved better than what they got during the later WCW days. As for Bischoff, I think his interaction with Hall shows that Bischoff didn't have the mind for the business that prime era Vince did from the 80s to the Attitude Era. Eric always seemed to me like an on air referee promoted to mid level executive promoted to the head of a broadcasting network's wrestling division. He was not a true promoter with a deep understanding of the business like prime era Vince, Jim Cornette, or Paul Heyman.

Piper was one of the greatest heels in history, just behind Flair

@billybadass3056

Ай бұрын

he wasn't heel long enough for him to be one of the historical greats... he was heel briefly then turned chaotic and that's pretty much how he stayed thru out his career....

@gary6754

29 күн бұрын

Piper from 81 to 86 is the GOAT and i mean in general terms. Guys like Piper and Flair , Lawler, Savage and Austin can't really be viewed in terms of Heels or Babyface. They get over regardless of whether fans are rooting for them or not. The best heels were guys like Blanchard, Schultz

Hall trying to say they needed to put Piper over. Piper is over no matter what when who or how....he's the ultimate heel of this business and a great face(prefer him a heel though)

#RIPScottHall #RIPHotRod #RIPMachoMan

This guy had great psychology for putting together matches.

always wondered about him spamming the finisher in this match; love this new insight.

Such a great mind for the business. RIP to the bad guy! 😢

Hogan never put Savage over either. And Hogan probably wouldn’t have put Piper over either if not for what Hall claimed here about his and Nash’s influence on Hogan.

@rzn2258

Ай бұрын

Vince would have never let his cash cow lose. Times were different back in the days. YOU GUYS ALL TALK SH## ABOUT HOGAN. Including wrestlers.. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS... HOGAN IS THE REASON THAT WRESTLING BECAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT ATTRACTIONS IN THE COUNTRY !!!!

@shoeplayisbad1

26 күн бұрын

Hogan never beat piper, so he always put piper over

@volourn9764

26 күн бұрын

Piper been Hogan multiple times so you lie.

I first learned how smart hall was when I heard him on the old Stone Cold Steve Austin podcast. That had to be a decade ago if not longer

Hall jobbed to Jericho a week AFTER Halloween Havoc, so his memory is a little fuzzy. Hall also got his win back six weeks later.

too close to Portland...Hall is the best brah

I really enjoyed this. 👏

Perfectly shows what respect he had for Vince and the lack of same for Bischoff, even in the best of his times in WCW. He would of never dreamed switching stuff up like that working for Vince.

Tremendous talent, awesome interview and really unselfish and cared about the product by putting guys over when needed. It makes wrestling way more entertaining when it's NOT predictable. One of Vince's weaknesses in the late 80s and early 90s was being uber predictable.

Most of the best "heel click" gimmicks, came from Scott. They changed the whole wrestling landscape. Made it all way more fun. Everyone was "over", irregardless of your alignments. This was something that would NEVER be allowed to happen in WWF/WWE. Vince has to have everything his way.

I always Scott told the history of his career very well.. Or just about different things he was involved in over the years..

Hall was a fucking genius. Great wrestling mind

Well the story of Nash open hand slapping Piper to the ground after he came at them in the locker room after a tag match between the Outsiders vs Piper and Flair has definitely been told by Nash and Hall too in other shoots. I believe Disco Inferno and Konan have spoken on it too. Maybe it wasn't fresh on Hall's mind this day because that's probably the story the interviewer is referring to.

R. I . P bad guy !!

The only thing that doesn't jive is that up to the point Hogan jobbed to Piper at Starrcade, Hall/Nash hadn't jobbed to anyone in WCW. At least not televised, idk about live events. Hall is saying they jobbed all the time. They didn't lose as a team until Souled Out the next month. To their credit, they also lost at Superbrawl the month after that as well. Hall pinned at Souled Out, Nash submitted at Superbrawl. Both losses were overturned, however.

@pc8679

Ай бұрын

Jus because he is not afraid to job, doesn’t mean he has to lose all the time 😂

@ShaneOMac131

Ай бұрын

​@pc8679 That's not what im saying. He said, "Hulk saw me and Kev doing jobs for everybody all the time..." They hadn't lost once in WCW at the point he's talking about.

@pc8679

Ай бұрын

@@ShaneOMac131 his point was that, he wouldn’t refuse to job if he was asked to. Bischoff booked him and Kevin to look strong so I wouldn’t put that against them. When asked to lose he wouldn’t refuse because he knew it was fake.

@zathras11b53

Ай бұрын

...jibe... Jive means something different.

@pc8679

Ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/n2Z2tcyzhLazmM4.htmlsi=P2t_k6__JK7fHUjW Here he loses clean to Benoit

Scott had a great mind for the business.

I know he had substance issues, but Hall had a good head for the business and should’ve gotten the main even spot at least once with a world title run.

Scott Hall 4LIFE 🤘

i never knew they convinced Hogan to lose to Piper at Starrcade 97. thats so awesome. Piper was prolly so paranoid he didnt wanna lose clean and had his guard up too high

@markula_4040

Ай бұрын

It was 1996. Sting was Starrcade '97. And to be perfectly honest, I don't think jobbing to Piper made a lick of sense. Hogan was the champion but he loses a non-title match at WCW's biggest PPV of the year? Should have done that on a Nitro before the PPV, not the PPV itself unless you are going to put the title on Piper.

Scott Hall is a legend!!!

Thinking of Big Kev today. This was his Ride or Die and tbh.. what a Stud

@Whysobluntpal

Ай бұрын

The biggest shame of modern WWE is Scott isn't down there coaching guys with Shawn.

@dr.floridamanphd

Ай бұрын

You could call him a Diamond Stud 😎

What a real legend

If Hall wasn't so generous in the ring, he would have been a multiple world champion.

“Well you must’ve been real popular at Alcatraz. Bet you got a lot of candy bars and cigarettes, ya queer.” 💀😂

@kwydjebo

26 күн бұрын

I'm sure Piper got them at the gift shop, since at the time he did that vignette (1997) Alcatraz had been open as a tourist attraction for almost 25 years (1973, it closed, as a Prson, in 1963). I recall wrestlecrap poking at this story, asking the question "Imagine you are on a tour at alcatraz, and you come across Piper sleeping in one of the cells like a deranged homeless man"

Man that guy really understood the business.

Geez, WCW might still be around if this guy were doing the booking.

Scott played a character. Is he a good guy? He had his demons.

I think Scott even lost to Disco and a Luchadore before. Always gave back.

Bischoff didn’t get it. Still doesn’t. Hall understood. It’s about the entertainment value. But it has to look good. It has to look real.

What a wrestler

I agree with Scott. There is no reason Roddy shouldn’t put Macho Man over. I love Roddy but he hates putting anyone over. I think that why he was never World Champion.

We’re really in for a treat if this is the start of a continuous dump of Scott Hall shoots from this interview!! 😍😍😍

"Wow brother, no one ever stuck up for me before." Well, he was actually sticking up for Savage.

RIP. What a pro.

LOVE how he called it fake.

@wa2k99

27 күн бұрын

Why

@JohnDoe-qu7gm

27 күн бұрын

@@wa2k99 because so many holier than thou wrestlers get so angry when it’s called fake. It’s f’n fake, give it a rest

I feel like Hall has been known to “embellish” some of his stories, but one thing is for sure…he wasn’t opposed to doing jobs. I have more memories of Hall laying down and looking at the lights than I do of him going over.

@BruceMichaelFilms

Ай бұрын

What stories has he embellished? He’s usually pretty consistent.

@pandavelli8176

Ай бұрын

He was pretty honest about a lot of stories, especially for a pro wrestler

@completesentences2125

Ай бұрын

@@BruceMichaelFilms I don’t believe he was 100% truthful with the stories regarding Shane Douglas, Carl Oullet and others that the kliq sabotaged just out of spite. He always makes it sound like the kliq minded their own business and we’re completely innocent…don’t get me wrong, I’ve been a fan of Scott for many years and still love watching some of those old Razor matches, I just don’t buy everything he says…really, I wouldn’t trust any of the kliq members 😂…except maybe Kid.

@completesentences2125

Ай бұрын

@@BruceMichaelFilms I don’t think he was 100% honest about Shane Douglas, Carl Ouellet and the other careers that were sabotaged out of spite by the Kliq. Scott always tried to make it sound like they were completely innocent but I don’t buy it. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always been a Hall fan and still love going back and watching some of those old Razor Ramon matches…I just really wouldn’t trust any of the Kliq guys honestly 😂…except maybe Kid.

@BruceMichaelFilms

Ай бұрын

@@completesentences2125 sabotaged out of spite? What could the Kliq have been jealous about Shane Douglas for?

i dont know why piper always gets a pass for not doing a job but people hate on hulk hogan not doing jobs and im not even avhogan fan

@merleshand2442

Ай бұрын

If you sell tickets you can get by with anything

@isaactalton1504

Ай бұрын

@@merleshand2442 true but still

@poindextertunes

Ай бұрын

bcuz Piper was a likable guy and worked his way up. Hogan was pushed right away and kept the belt for decades by changing matches at the last second.

@isaactalton1504

Ай бұрын

@@poindextertunes that still doesn't make it right

@joshuasteward6097

Ай бұрын

​@@poindextertunesPushed right away? He was in the business 1976-1983 before he went to wwf in 1984. He was possibly the most famous wrestler after appearing in Rocky 3. He also worked his way up. You can't blame guys for promoters pushing them.

Imagine Hall as a booker.

The same people who complain that guys like Piper didn't want to do jobs are the same people who call guys like Koko B Ware a "jobber" like it's an insult. Critical thinking is not the strong suit of wrestling fans. It's a business and it's up to the promoter to decide what is best for his business. You can't hold up a promoter if he doesn't think you're valuable.

@dr.floridamanphd

Ай бұрын

Fans today don’t understand that the tail end of your career you do jobs to put the newer guys over. It’s like you said. They see someone putting others over, and no matter how much drawing power they had, they still think of them as a jobber.

Good interview

The razor man was one of the greatest

One of the biggest problems in wrestling right now is that you know who will win 90-95% of the matches. Upsets happen way less than they do in real sports. This made sense when you are actually protecting a potential draw from eating a pinfall in TV, but that's rarely the case in the modern era. The lower guy should go over sometimes. Sport isn't top trumps.

I miss Scott Hall.

Rip Scott Hall.

I could’ve swore I heard Scott tell the story along time ago, but instead of hulk thanking him, it was macho man

Ita a hall boy thing. All the way back to 1398❤💯

Scott must have respected Randy Savage to be that upset Piper didn't put over Savage

I wonder if Hall ever needled the butt play kid Shawn Michaels about never jobbing too 🤔 Doubtful.

@AndrewNewZealand

Ай бұрын

You wonder if he needled Shawn's butt? 😁 Probably, considering he gave Shawn huge pantsings in their ladder matches 😅

To be great, entertain the fans! End of discussion!

Hall’s mixing things up. Piper fought hogan in a rematch after starcade at superbrawl in frisco & I guess didn’t want to put hogan over clean, so savage interfered by giving hogan the taped brass knucks. So same deal & actually it’s worse because hogan put piper over clean but didn’t let hogan win clean. Btw I’m the biggest piper fan ever but hall’s right about this.

Scott Hall: Hey, if this is supposed to be a team effort then shouldn’t we all be fine doing a job? [Everyone disliked that]

Piper was so scared to lose and become irrelevant

it's such a shame he couldn't lay off the alcohol man his career would have lasted so much longer and he could have had such a great run into the 2000s

Hall? Damn, I thought it was SEAGAL. He's putting on weight.

Mad at Piper yet he pointed out Hogan never did jobs before that.

I miss scott

I like Scott Hall but Hot Rod earned that right

John from Bomb 1st? Heeeeeeey I thought that voice sounded familiar. I didn’t know you were a wrestling fan as well. You should get big Reg and James to talk about their favorite wrestlers and times they remember in WWF. Who their fav characters were.

Hall put him over, yet Jericho resents Hall.

Jericho was over with Philly fans in 1996 while in ECW before he went to work in WCW. Love Scott Hall but I don't get that statement.

I heard that Nash beat Roddy Piper down....

I miss the Bad Guy.

ive heard many stories about piper refusing to do jobs. he seems to have been full of himself.

@twomorningsbackfromyesterd1240

Ай бұрын

Truth. As a matter of fact, I'm one of those in the minority when it comes to being a mark for Piper. I've always thought of him as being overrated.

@watersandblue6001

Ай бұрын

​@@twomorningsbackfromyesterd1240 i feel you, never got the hype around piper either tbh. Yes he was a great heel in the 80s but overall Piper never was anywhere near the level of Hogan, Savage, Taker, Bret or even HBK.

@AndrewNewZealand

Ай бұрын

The stories pale compared to the stories about Hogan. Still Piper managed to bag two rare PPV clean(ish) wins on Hogan, Starrcade '96 then Halloween Havoc '97(cage match). Dunno how they conned Hogan into laying down twice for Piper, but good on them and at least Piper did the right thing, putting over Bret clean, on his way out of WWF in '92.

Piper was right not to job, he is top tier.

Piper seemed to not want to job to anyone.

Hulk not into doing jobs........ Nothing we didn't know 😅

Such a bad guy.

Piper was a piper

Hey yo

Hot Rod was old school. He didn't to jobs on TV.

Scott looks like Frank 🏰

Wasn’t the time hall is talking about where piper beat hogan wasn’t it a non title match ?

@AndrewNewZealand

Ай бұрын

yeah Starrcade '96. I doubt they could've gotten Hogan to lose clean for the title.

Scott

Anyone wanna take a crack at what he meant by him and The Kid "feeding" Piper all night?

@justindaley6429

8 күн бұрын

They kept on taking bumps from Piper over and over

@aceholepictures

5 күн бұрын

@@justindaley6429 Thanks, I was going a different way with it