I swear Scott Hall was just one of those rare talents. I can't think of too many guys in the business that was a heel and a baby face and the fans still love you
@kdizzle901 mine too, he had all the attributes: he was big strong, excellent mic skills, could work, could sell and understood the business in and out.
He also wasn't selfish. He would put guys over and didn't have a problem doing it. And that could have kept him out of the world title picture. But absolutely among the best minds and best workers in the business. Too bad about the addiction.
Scott is right. It’s why so many people stopped watching wrestling. matches usually end about 10 minutes after they should have. And each person usually kicks out of about three of the finishing moves (I mean, what’s the point of even having finishing moves anymore). Then kicks out of getting slammed through a table thrown off a 20 foot ledge. And finally loses to a spear
@newwaveknight1 both Henning and Bret Hart were technical geniuses in the business , another one that didn't get credit was Billy Robinson who was a legit badass tough guy
I stopped watching in early 2000s. I recently caught a couple matches and it was a an acrobatic tumble fest. No rhyme or reason. It was like a video game with all special moves turned on at all times.
@DmanDice same, had gone off wrestling by 2002 ish - I just felt wrestling was dead after the attitude era - out of curiosity I'd go back now and then to see what became of it , it's even on My5 now and then but couldn't tell you who they are
@@CarlHosmer From what I can tell, it held on for a bit with Edge, Orton, Booker and few others. Then Punk Daniel Brian and a few really tried. But It seems like the womens side is getting more praise than the mens now days. (based on social media at least) At a bar last week I saw a match and I had no idea wtf they were doing. Every move looked like a finisher. The camera does this weird shaky thing and zooms in and out lol. REALLY takes you out of the context of anything being real.
The Top 5 Best RF Shoots i have seen are from Scott Hall Dusty Rhodes Barry Wyndam Ric Flair Bam Bam Bigalow.. Thaks to TMW for continuing to post these Shoots!
That BamBam shoot is definitely a top notch shoot. Of course he has an ego, but not much of it shines in that shoot. He is just a regular guy telling legendary stories.
Razor Ramon was one of my favorite gimmicks as a child. It's so interesting listening to these guys talk about the business from their standpoint. Curt Henning gave him some great advice R.I.P.
4:12 I've been searching for this story for weeks (told by somebody else), and it's so randomly in this video. Just the idea that Flair and Macho would get yelled like that, and have to redo it.
these are the kinds of men who worked for vince.... THESE are the kinds of men who made that man BILLIONS and his brand globally recognized... and that dbag would go after them and their names that he owned but THEY made famous... God vincent has to be one of the luckiest men to have ever existed by having this type work force making you money
@@billybadass3056 It took me a while. It was really only when I realized that Vince frequently intentionally buried top stars from other companies. There were exceptions, but he almost always heavily reworked their gimmick. Flair and LOD are the main ones that come to mind, he let them maintain their gimmick. Guys like Austin, Dusty, Luger, he wasn't going to push unless their gimmick was something new. I'm glad Sting staid out of it mostly
Scott Hall was already that character in WCW BEFORE he went to WWF. Go watch The Diamond Studs promos, he used "The bad guy" catchphrase & threw the toothpick. WCW should have won that lawsuit that he was actually playing THEIR character as Razor Ramon
Flair was owed a $25K deposit and Herd wouldn't pay so Flair took the belt. Turner Broadcasting must have agreed because they refunded the deposit plus 50% interest to get the belt back.
There is so much insight in this nine minutes. The playing to the camera/commercial advice from Hennig makes perfect sense when you think about his gum swat and how he’d announce “now you’re gonna see a perfect plex.” Scott used that with the toothpick and how he would play to them camera. Those guys were f**king geniuses and legends. RIP to both.
Yes, you are correct. But then unfortunately, for whatever reason Vince decided that the wrestlers had to more or less ignore the camera. They were no longer allowed to look into it and say stuff or anything. Obviously during promos they could, but not during the ring entrance or while wrestling. Im not sure why.
While I would agree that Rick is very arrogant, he had every right to keep the belt. The story goes; When Rick was crossing the ropes, there was a deposit on that belt. It did not belong to Rick but he had to put up a large deposit to keep it. When he decided to cross the ropes, Rick tried to return the belt but the company was refusing to issue a check to return Rick’s deposit, so he held on to the belt. Too bad the other guys were insulted. Their concern is noted but not taken under advisement. Why? They have no skin in that fight. Want your belt back? Give me my money. No? I’m keeping the belt. I heard the belt cost around $10k to have made. Not sure about that tho
One of the best interviews. I liked Scott as a wrestler, but he's one of the best at telling stories outside the ring. Too bad his earlier addictions caught up with him.
It’s a shame he didn’t get along with Flair. Bc he put on such a GREAT program partnering with him against Savage and Perfect in the ‘92 Survivor Series. The lead up, the match…Good Stuff.
Rick held him back Rick held a lot of people back D.D.P. and God knows who else WCW mean Mark callus WWF The undertaker WCW Vinny Vegas WWF Diesel WCW the diamond stud WWF Razor Ramon WCW god only knows what they called Paul WWF HHH nobody's not even mid card in WCW hall of famers main eventing WrestleMania and every other pay per view the best of the best and let's not forget WCW stunning Steve Austin WWF stone cold Steve Austin
@@jeff8613 For Austin I mostly blame Hogan. Look how much WCW was building up Austin until Hogan showed up. He won the TV title in 1992 and was one of the longest reigning TV champions in WCW. Then in 1993 he won the tag team titles with Brian Pillman as the Hollywood Blonds and they were very successful and held the belts for many months. And then at the end of 1993 he won the U.S. title against Dustin Rhodes at Starrcade 93 and held it until Steamboat beat him for it in August 1994 at the Clash. It wasn't until Hogan came that the push and clear buildup of Austin into a main eventer all ended. The biggest mistake they made was unifying the 2 world titles at that June 1994 Clash because of course Hogan wouldn't sign on unless he was the only champion. It was a move that deprived the other main eventers & heavyweights chances at world titles. It was because of those we had Rick Rude and Flair as champions with the NWA / WCW International World Title at the same time that Vader was WCW champion in parts of 1993 and how Sting & Rude were champions at the same time Flair was WCW champion in parts of 1994. I could've easily seen Austin winning the WCW International World Title had they kept it as such or the WCW heavyweight title while Hogan was champion had they kept both world titles or especially if Hogan never arrived to WCW. But both Flair & Hogan were title hogs who overstayed their welcomes. In no previous generation did any wrestler stay that long and be that selfish to screw over younger wrestlers who were in their primes from being the world champions like those 2 did. Ric Flair had no business ever getting any of the 2 belts again after he returned to WCW in 1993, especially in beating Vader at Starrcade 93, who would destroy him any day of the week. Same with Hogan when he arrived in WCW in 1994. That 1992-1994 pre-Hogan era of WCW was my favorite era of WCW with the talent they had and the different stars we saw being given title shots or outright getting the titles who in other times would've never been given the belts thanks to Flair & Hogan and there only being 1 world title. Had Curt Hennig been in WCW in that era, you can bet he would've likely been a world champion. Also, look at the push Vader got in 1993 and how he was the WCW champion almost uninterrupted throughout 1993 other than losing the belt to Sting in London in March 1993 and getting it back in Dublin 6 days later and then losing it to Flair at Starrcade in December and how once Hogan showed up, the only belt he ever won was the U.S. title from Jim Duggan at Starrcade '94. They screwed over Steamboat too who seemed like he was clearly favored to beat Flair for the belt at Spring Stampede '94 but because Hogan was coming and they wanted to have a Hogan-Flair PPV match for the first time in history, they screwed him over and gave him the U.S. title that Austin was holding which resulted in that great match between Austin & Steamboat where Steamboat injured his back to the point where he had to retire & give the belt back to Austin who at Fall Brawl lost it to Duggan.
The beginning of this story just highlighted that Curt Henning was one of the best wrestling minds/wrestler's ever. The guy just got it from a physical standpoint and psychology wise.. a great talent who went way too soon. Also RIP to Scott as well because he's also such a legend and was such a big part of so many people's childhoods
I can't believe legends like Scott Hall and my personal favorite Rowdy Roddy Piper are gone. The Macho Man has been dead for 13 years now. RIP the Giant. The Iron Sheik. Hard to believe. Father Time is undefeated.
Yet he didn’t mention when Medusa threw her WWF Womens Title in the trash on Live TV. Flair was owed money. What was Medusa’s Excuse? Oh yea, Eric told her to.
@@fullweezy3553 this interview is from 2007. Way after it happened. WCW was sold in 2001, I believe. I could be a year or 2 off. But I understand your point. That he is referring to the incident it was before she did that, so yes.
It's weird to see him complaining about what Flair doing to his booking in WCW when the Kliq was known for screwing guys over to help themselves. Pot calling the kettle black.
Apparently Scott doesn't understand that Rick had a significant Deposit of his own money that WCW refused to pay back. Court upheld that Rick had the right to posses the belt until WCW paid back the Deposit with Interest. Rick just couldn't show it on WWF tv because of copyright and trademark laws. I believe that Rick and Vince never had rick have the belt in front of a WWF house or TV Audience. Like Scott said, the shows weren't live, so Rick walked around with an old WWF belt and they blurred out that belt. So Scott is taking the oprotunity to Bury Rick about the Belt because as he says in this video he had HEAT with HOW FLAIR BOOKED HIM in WCW.
Did Ric Flair do the right thing? In my opinion, yes. He hadn't received the money he had put down for the belt, as was the custom for the NWA World title. it was a lot of money, and interest was also due. Jim Herd tried to screw him over. So, Flair did what he thought was right, and Vince told him to bring the belt to WWF, so it wasn't like he didn't realize that Flair was stabbing WCW....he handed him the knife.
Loved Scott, but his analysis here was off. The belt went from Randy back to Flair because Randy didn't pop business after the WM 8 title win. It wasn't about Flair being the standard-bearer or Vince fully getting behind Ric, or anything like that. Flair was being used as a transitional champ and Bret got it a little over a month later. Also, as others have pointed out, Ric was screwed out of his deposit and that was why he did what he did with the WCW belt. You can say a lot of negative things about Ric, and you'd be right, but the guy did not have an issue doing jobs or doing business.
Hey, Yo! 5 letters and two words that Scott said better than anyone. I believe WCW allowed Scott Hall to get comfortable with job security and good pay to where Scott got lazy but prime Scott Hall with the toothpick (throw) his entrance where he'd shuffle his arms and hands, the snake finger touch, his vicious high boot, his vicious close line, his rope shake to hype the crowd and when he'd have his opponent locked in for the razors edge and throw his arms out to get the crowd hyped before lifting 200+ pound men up with ease for the iconic razors edge. Im sure I missed some stuff but my point is Scott Hall is one of the greatest to ever step in the squared circle and wrestle. Fly high Scott
He says he was low on the totem pole. I wouldn't go that far. He's talking about sharing the ring with Mr. Perfect and so forth. Definitely top 5 for me, along with Perfect and Piper, of never holding the championship. (And I complained when Kane held it for a single day.)
I was (still am oddly enough) an adult during the time Scott Hall was Razor. He probably was my favourite wrestler at that time. There were so many great wrestlers then. A couple I appreciated why they were there but didn't like were Hulk Hogan and the Warrior. Hulk was mostly superb mike skills and very limited wrestling. Warrior was just hype, not particularly skilled on the mike and about the same wrestling ability of me (none to speak of). But Scott Hall was the whole package. It is a tragedy what the drugs did to him
Second video I have seen this week mentioning how deceptively strong Shawn was. First the one where Cody says HBK picked him up off the ground in the back after Cody blew a superkick spot, and then this with Razor’s surprise at the impact of being shoved from behind by Shawn.
People keep saying, "Flair was owed his deposit", well keep the belt amd go to court to get the deposit, don't take the belt to someone else's company and TV.
That's the problem with not knowing the back story about the belt and Flair. If you know the back story, everything Scott said here, he would not have said cause he is wrong. According to Scott, Flair should have given back the belt because that's what's good for business, and Flair would have been out I believe the amount is $26000. There is no reality in which I believe Scott Hall would have given the belt back not a chance.
Scott didn't understand why Ric Flair took the NWA/ WCW World Heavyweight Title. Flair had a deposit on the belt. Did he knew during this interview, Title Match?
A wealth of wrestling knowledge died the day Scott died. He has a top 5 brain for pro wrestling. In a perfect world, he should be with Shawn coaching the nxt talent.
Wrong. Taking the belt to the WWF at the time was the greatest thing that had ever happened. It rocked the wrestling world. I still remember it today screaming at the top of my lungs. Ric Flair is in the WWF. That’s his world title that Bobby Heenan is holding.
So… Hall says Flair was unprofessional by bringing the WCW belt, that he and Nash did the job on the way out to be professional, but he neglects to mention the Curtain Call, where he and Nash couldn’t be punished, leaving H to be the one hammered? Come on now…
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The stories just *blend* together. The late great Scott Hall had a gift for storytelling in and out of the ring.
I swear Scott Hall was just one of those rare talents. I can't think of too many guys in the business that was a heel and a baby face and the fans still love you
Mostly legends like Jake Roberts, Big Bossman, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Ric Flair, Demolition, etc.
@@CatsClaw44 Demolition huh
@@jasonsmith1288 Demolition was my fave tag team bacc then. I don't remember em ever being heels. Might be wrong tho..
@@aceloco817yeah they were. Turned face when Fuji turned on them and managed powers of pain. That was warlord and barbarian I believe.
@@CatsClaw44you forgot hbk
Scott was criminally underrated. If not for drugs he'd probably be top 5 of his era
Still was imo. His intelligence and acumen in the ring speaks for itself.
He’s still in my top 5
@kdizzle901 mine too, he had all the attributes: he was big strong, excellent mic skills, could work, could sell and understood the business in and out.
He also wasn't selfish. He would put guys over and didn't have a problem doing it. And that could have kept him out of the world title picture. But absolutely among the best minds and best workers in the business. Too bad about the addiction.
Scott seemed like a really good dude. It was a shame he hung out with such a big douche like nash.
Scott is right. It’s why so many people stopped watching wrestling. matches usually end about 10 minutes after they should have. And each person usually kicks out of about three of the finishing moves (I mean, what’s the point of even having finishing moves anymore). Then kicks out of getting slammed through a table thrown off a 20 foot ledge. And finally loses to a spear
I swear that advice from Curt Henning sure can be used today. Big move after big move and no selling.
Imagine if Curt Hennig and Bret Hart were agenting matches for AEW. Imagine how much better the match psychology would be.
@newwaveknight1 both Henning and Bret Hart were technical geniuses in the business , another one that didn't get credit was Billy Robinson who was a legit badass tough guy
I stopped watching in early 2000s. I recently caught a couple matches and it was a an acrobatic tumble fest. No rhyme or reason. It was like a video game with all special moves turned on at all times.
@DmanDice same, had gone off wrestling by 2002 ish - I just felt wrestling was dead after the attitude era - out of curiosity I'd go back now and then to see what became of it , it's even on My5 now and then but couldn't tell you who they are
@@CarlHosmer
From what I can tell, it held on for a bit with Edge, Orton, Booker and few others. Then Punk Daniel Brian and a few really tried. But It seems like the womens side is getting more praise than the mens now days. (based on social media at least)
At a bar last week I saw a match and I had no idea wtf they were doing. Every move looked like a finisher.
The camera does this weird shaky thing and zooms in and out lol.
REALLY takes you out of the context of anything being real.
Kurt taught razor to use the taunt button to build up your finisher
I think you mean Curt (Hennig), not to be confused with Kurt Angle.
use the d-pad, razor. it'll give you your signature.
if thats the case its would be your special not finisher , lol we didint get finisher intill raw vs smackdown
and your speaking nintendo64 lol (;
I was lucky enough to see Razor wrestle live as a kid. RIP The Bad Guy. Great shoot.
I went to a live show mostly to see hall when he was doing the survey stuff but he couldn't make it so I got to see Nash do the survey instead
@@Bears86SB My experience was in Boston, age 5, at Survivor Series 1993 LOL. That opening match!!!
@@GamingManual I saw alot of the guys in 93 and 94 at house shows (I live in NE Pennsylvania.) I was 9 and 10 years old. Some of my best memories
@@madamefeast4824 East coast FTW! Those days were pure MAGIC, my friend. I remember watching PPVs at a buddy's house.
Same
The Top 5 Best RF Shoots i have seen are from Scott Hall Dusty Rhodes Barry Wyndam Ric Flair Bam Bam Bigalow.. Thaks to TMW for continuing to post these Shoots!
That BamBam shoot is definitely a top notch shoot. Of course he has an ego, but not much of it shines in that shoot. He is just a regular guy telling legendary stories.
Razor Ramon was one of my favorite gimmicks as a child. It's so interesting listening to these guys talk about the business from their standpoint. Curt Henning gave him some great advice R.I.P.
Scott had such a great mind. I always loved the smarter, more creative and polished guys, like Razor, Raven, guys like that
Watts was right, back in that New Generation Era, Razor was one of the most over guys if not THE most over guy in the company. RIP Scott
4:12 I've been searching for this story for weeks (told by somebody else), and it's so randomly in this video. Just the idea that Flair and Macho would get yelled like that, and have to redo it.
I heard the story of Flair & Savage being yelled at by Vince about that match before. Bret talked about seeing that happen too.
RIP the bad guy
Ehh
You are sorely missed, Scott. RIP
*the good guy
@@MrMGR1986 the bad guy was one of his nicknames.
New guys need to take Curt Hennings advice!
Let me pull out my Ouija board to get his advice
Hennig
Curt quietly mentored a couple generations of superstars. Scott Hall, Shawn Michaels, X-Pac, Brock Lesnar are the ones I know right off hand.
Shoot wrestle Brock Lesnar on a midair plane flight over the ocean? I should take advice from that guy?
@ParticleLarry He has balls and he could go.
Rip Scott Hall
Kurt Hennig, Macho Man
@@kingbaby8761Curt
Scott is the definition of cool as a cucumber. Wish I got to meet him before he passed rest in peace, razor.
these are the kinds of men who worked for vince.... THESE are the kinds of men who made that man BILLIONS and his brand globally recognized... and that dbag would go after them and their names that he owned but THEY made famous... God vincent has to be one of the luckiest men to have ever existed by having this type work force making you money
He's standing on the precipice now of seeing what a wasted life that all was. Everyone knows his true legacy, it's a monumental shame.
@@RedfishCarolina its too bad it took everyone else this long to see it... i always knew what that dbag was for a VERY long time
@@billybadass3056 It took me a while. It was really only when I realized that Vince frequently intentionally buried top stars from other companies. There were exceptions, but he almost always heavily reworked their gimmick.
Flair and LOD are the main ones that come to mind, he let them maintain their gimmick. Guys like Austin, Dusty, Luger, he wasn't going to push unless their gimmick was something new.
I'm glad Sting staid out of it mostly
Scott Hall was already that character in WCW BEFORE he went to WWF. Go watch The Diamond Studs promos, he used "The bad guy" catchphrase & threw the toothpick.
WCW should have won that lawsuit that he was actually playing THEIR character as Razor Ramon
@@ModernDayRenaissanceMan that wasn't really the point of what I said but regardless I hear you...
Met Scott Hall. He was very nice appreciative. This was well after his career was finished.
Scott's mind for wrestling was above anyone else's. Man I miss the Bad Guy. RIP 🤘
I really appreciate Scott Hall's articulation. Dude is razer sharp and gets to the point with punch lines
Flair was owed a $25K deposit and Herd wouldn't pay so Flair took the belt. Turner Broadcasting must have agreed because they refunded the deposit plus 50% interest to get the belt back.
णभढढ
Exactly. I was just bout to say that but you aptly did 🙂
That wasn’t common knowledge then though. He was so new he probably didn’t have that knowledge so I can see why he said F*** Flair lol
That doesn't mean that you take the belt to the WWF, you just hold onto it until legally they Pau your deposit.
@@CatsClaw44 It was Vince's idea to put it on air, not Flairs. Regardless, it didn't hurt WCW, if anything, it was some free advertising for them.
I really love this channel because of Scott Hall :)
#RIPScottHall
There is so much insight in this nine minutes. The playing to the camera/commercial advice from Hennig makes perfect sense when you think about his gum swat and how he’d announce “now you’re gonna see a perfect plex.” Scott used that with the toothpick and how he would play to them camera.
Those guys were f**king geniuses and legends. RIP to both.
Yes, you are correct. But then unfortunately, for whatever reason Vince decided that the wrestlers had to more or less ignore the camera. They were no longer allowed to look into it and say stuff or anything. Obviously during promos they could, but not during the ring entrance or while wrestling. Im not sure why.
It's a business. Nobody should trust anybody
While I would agree that Rick is very arrogant, he had every right to keep the belt.
The story goes; When Rick was crossing the ropes, there was a deposit on that belt. It did not belong to Rick but he had to put up a large deposit to keep it. When he decided to cross the ropes, Rick tried to return the belt but the company was refusing to issue a check to return Rick’s deposit, so he held on to the belt.
Too bad the other guys were insulted. Their concern is noted but not taken under advisement.
Why? They have no skin in that fight. Want your belt back? Give me my money. No? I’m keeping the belt.
I heard the belt cost around $10k to have made. Not sure about that tho
He was great-I can't believe that he's gone 😢
Hey YO! Idk about anyone else but I can totally listen to Scott Hall talk all day about this crazy business we call wrestling ...
Hall was awesome as razor ramon.
Hall was unreal when he was in shape and sober.
Hall was correct about flair.
Hall backwards is llaH
Hall is dead from steroids, dope and Alcohol.
Scott Hall woulda been a damn good Punisher from Marvel Comics.
I've been saying that for years. If he took acting classes, he could've been the best Frank Castle on screen.
One of the best interviews. I liked Scott as a wrestler, but he's one of the best at telling stories outside the ring. Too bad his earlier addictions caught up with him.
It’s a shame he didn’t get along with Flair. Bc he put on such a GREAT program partnering with him against Savage and Perfect in the ‘92 Survivor Series. The lead up, the match…Good Stuff.
Rick held him back Rick held a lot of people back D.D.P. and God knows who else WCW mean Mark callus WWF The undertaker WCW Vinny Vegas WWF Diesel WCW the diamond stud WWF Razor Ramon WCW god only knows what they called Paul WWF HHH nobody's not even mid card in WCW hall of famers main eventing WrestleMania and every other pay per view the best of the best and let's not forget WCW stunning Steve Austin WWF stone cold Steve Austin
@@jeff8613 For Austin I mostly blame Hogan. Look how much WCW was building up Austin until Hogan showed up. He won the TV title in 1992 and was one of the longest reigning TV champions in WCW. Then in 1993 he won the tag team titles with Brian Pillman as the Hollywood Blonds and they were very successful and held the belts for many months. And then at the end of 1993 he won the U.S. title against Dustin Rhodes at Starrcade 93 and held it until Steamboat beat him for it in August 1994 at the Clash. It wasn't until Hogan came that the push and clear buildup of Austin into a main eventer all ended. The biggest mistake they made was unifying the 2 world titles at that June 1994 Clash because of course Hogan wouldn't sign on unless he was the only champion. It was a move that deprived the other main eventers & heavyweights chances at world titles. It was because of those we had Rick Rude and Flair as champions with the NWA / WCW International World Title at the same time that Vader was WCW champion in parts of 1993 and how Sting & Rude were champions at the same time Flair was WCW champion in parts of 1994. I could've easily seen Austin winning the WCW International World Title had they kept it as such or the WCW heavyweight title while Hogan was champion had they kept both world titles or especially if Hogan never arrived to WCW.
But both Flair & Hogan were title hogs who overstayed their welcomes. In no previous generation did any wrestler stay that long and be that selfish to screw over younger wrestlers who were in their primes from being the world champions like those 2 did. Ric Flair had no business ever getting any of the 2 belts again after he returned to WCW in 1993, especially in beating Vader at Starrcade 93, who would destroy him any day of the week. Same with Hogan when he arrived in WCW in 1994. That 1992-1994 pre-Hogan era of WCW was my favorite era of WCW with the talent they had and the different stars we saw being given title shots or outright getting the titles who in other times would've never been given the belts thanks to Flair & Hogan and there only being 1 world title. Had Curt Hennig been in WCW in that era, you can bet he would've likely been a world champion. Also, look at the push Vader got in 1993 and how he was the WCW champion almost uninterrupted throughout 1993 other than losing the belt to Sting in London in March 1993 and getting it back in Dublin 6 days later and then losing it to Flair at Starrcade in December and how once Hogan showed up, the only belt he ever won was the U.S. title from Jim Duggan at Starrcade '94. They screwed over Steamboat too who seemed like he was clearly favored to beat Flair for the belt at Spring Stampede '94 but because Hogan was coming and they wanted to have a Hogan-Flair PPV match for the first time in history, they screwed him over and gave him the U.S. title that Austin was holding which resulted in that great match between Austin & Steamboat where Steamboat injured his back to the point where he had to retire & give the belt back to Austin who at Fall Brawl lost it to Duggan.
Those are great advice from curt dam R.i.p
The beginning of this story just highlighted that Curt Henning was one of the best wrestling minds/wrestler's ever. The guy just got it from a physical standpoint and psychology wise.. a great talent who went way too soon. Also RIP to Scott as well because he's also such a legend and was such a big part of so many people's childhoods
Bad times don't last, but Bad Guys do.
@2:03 That's textbook Razor Ramon mannerisms right there he definitely followed directions
RIP Scott Hall but my dude was still skiing during this interview.
He sure was....
Keeps picking at them blow holes
Rip Curt Hennig! We miss you! 😢
Scott Hall was that guy forreal a bad guy that did good guy stuff. He would put people over. His interviews seems like nothing but the truth.
I can't believe legends like Scott Hall and my personal favorite Rowdy Roddy Piper are gone. The Macho Man has been dead for 13 years now. RIP the Giant. The Iron Sheik. Hard to believe. Father Time is undefeated.
What's crazy is how big Scott was when he broke in, dude was built like a tank!
In retrospect it was great for TV that flair took the belt. First time it was done which is one reason why ric is legendary.
Yet he didn’t mention when Medusa threw her WWF Womens Title in the trash on Live TV. Flair was owed money. What was Medusa’s Excuse?
Oh yea, Eric told her to.
Hall was still in wwf when she did that
@@fullweezy3553 this interview is from 2007. Way after it happened. WCW was sold in 2001, I believe. I could be a year or 2 off. But I understand your point. That he is referring to the incident it was before she did that, so yes.
Miss the point often or always?
Coolest guy I ever met….. hands down. 🤘🏻
we miss you scott😢😢😢
The entire aew roster needs to see this video
Yes I Fucking hate the way AEW talent work
It's weird to see him complaining about what Flair doing to his booking in WCW when the Kliq was known for screwing guys over to help themselves. Pot calling the kettle black.
Apparently Scott doesn't understand that Rick had a significant Deposit of his own money that WCW refused to pay back. Court upheld that Rick had the right to posses the belt until WCW paid back the Deposit with Interest. Rick just couldn't show it on WWF tv because of copyright and trademark laws. I believe that Rick and Vince never had rick have the belt in front of a WWF house or TV Audience. Like Scott said, the shows weren't live, so Rick walked around with an old WWF belt and they blurred out that belt. So Scott is taking the oprotunity to Bury Rick about the Belt because as he says in this video he had HEAT with HOW FLAIR BOOKED HIM in WCW.
Absolute coolest guy in the whole wrestling business. He was so damn cool.
Literally could have been the coolest high school principal on the planet.
2:09 - 3 seconds of about 30% in-character 'Razor' face right there.
Bret tells the same story about Macho and Flair getting reemed and having to redo the match.
He did and with Hall filling in the extra details, it makes sense why they had to redo the match.
Fans are starting to find out how much of a more Value Scott Hall was as a Wrestling Legend.
Curt with some excellent advice
Did Ric Flair do the right thing? In my opinion, yes. He hadn't received the money he had put down for the belt, as was the custom for the NWA World title. it was a lot of money, and interest was also due. Jim Herd tried to screw him over. So, Flair did what he thought was right, and Vince told him to bring the belt to WWF, so it wasn't like he didn't realize that Flair was stabbing WCW....he handed him the knife.
Now its the opposite.
Do as many moves as possible and have as much wasted motion as possible and blame everyone else for falling ratings
Ric owned the belt. He put a $25,000 deposit on it and he was feuding with Jim Herd who was ruining WCW
Scott Hall was one of my favorite heels!
Loved Scott, but his analysis here was off. The belt went from Randy back to Flair because Randy didn't pop business after the WM 8 title win. It wasn't about Flair being the standard-bearer or Vince fully getting behind Ric, or anything like that. Flair was being used as a transitional champ and Bret got it a little over a month later.
Also, as others have pointed out, Ric was screwed out of his deposit and that was why he did what he did with the WCW belt. You can say a lot of negative things about Ric, and you'd be right, but the guy did not have an issue doing jobs or doing business.
Scott hall is like comic book negan
Guys like him and Curt and the Brain 🧠 all understood the little nuances of wrestling.
Hey, Yo! 5 letters and two words that Scott said better than anyone. I believe WCW allowed Scott Hall to get comfortable with job security and good pay to where Scott got lazy but prime Scott Hall with the toothpick (throw) his entrance where he'd shuffle his arms and hands, the snake finger touch, his vicious high boot, his vicious close line, his rope shake to hype the crowd and when he'd have his opponent locked in for the razors edge and throw his arms out to get the crowd hyped before lifting 200+ pound men up with ease for the iconic razors edge. Im sure I missed some stuff but my point is Scott Hall is one of the greatest to ever step in the squared circle and wrestle. Fly high Scott
He says he was low on the totem pole. I wouldn't go that far. He's talking about sharing the ring with Mr. Perfect and so forth. Definitely top 5 for me, along with Perfect and Piper, of never holding the championship. (And I complained when Kane held it for a single day.)
Scott Hall the bad guy but such a good dude
i can listen to him talking about the buisness 24/7. such an interessting way of looking at it
I was (still am oddly enough) an adult during the time Scott Hall was Razor. He probably was my favourite wrestler at that time. There were so many great wrestlers then. A couple I appreciated why they were there but didn't like were Hulk Hogan and the Warrior. Hulk was mostly superb mike skills and very limited wrestling. Warrior was just hype, not particularly skilled on the mike and about the same wrestling ability of me (none to speak of). But Scott Hall was the whole package. It is a tragedy what the drugs did to him
From what i heard Ric Flair never lived by the motto " Be nice to the ppl you see on the way up cause you will see them again on the way down"
A LEGEND...SCOTT HALL
00:06-Yep. Exactly how a low man speaks !😂. “He’s one of the bosses, right?”
R I P SCOTT
"Hey Sasso"
“You look like a guy that could do coke and eat”. 😂😂
Damn, he sounds just like Vince!
Second video I have seen this week mentioning how deceptively strong Shawn was. First the one where Cody says HBK picked him up off the ground in the back after Cody blew a superkick spot, and then this with Razor’s surprise at the impact of being shoved from behind by Shawn.
2:27 This wisdom has been lost. All we get is move after move after fake finish now.
If i was leaving and was owed money not paid, I'd take the belt with me too
People keep saying, "Flair was owed his deposit", well keep the belt amd go to court to get the deposit, don't take the belt to someone else's company and TV.
Then he wouldn't have gotten his deposit back. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's the problem with not knowing the back story about the belt and Flair. If you know the back story, everything Scott said here, he would not have said cause he is wrong. According to Scott, Flair should have given back the belt because that's what's good for business, and Flair would have been out I believe the amount is $26000.
There is no reality in which I believe Scott Hall would have given the belt back not a chance.
Never understood how Scott got that cali surfer accent tho lol I guess it’s a mix accent of all the coolest ones cuz he travelled a lot growing up
Just answered your own question. You don't understand your own logic?
@@Maxxroad nope?
Scott Hall threw a slap like he was your dad and you wrecked the family car in the ring😂
Scott didn't understand why Ric Flair took the NWA/ WCW World Heavyweight Title.
Flair had a deposit on the belt. Did he knew during this interview, Title Match?
At around 6:30 he says he doesn't know the backstory. So, likely he didn't know back then or at the time of the interview
@@J_Cubedhe may not have known back then but I bet he knew before this interview. He just hates Flair enough he don't want to admit it.
A wealth of wrestling knowledge died the day Scott died. He has a top 5 brain for pro wrestling. In a perfect world, he should be with Shawn coaching the nxt talent.
'we didn't wanna screw the fans'- I mean the curtain call was the ultimate screwing of the fans...
Hall had it all. Too bad his demons kept him from getting 100% out of his talents.
Wrong. Taking the belt to the WWF at the time was the greatest thing that had ever happened. It rocked the wrestling world. I still remember it today screaming at the top of my lungs. Ric Flair is in the WWF. That’s his world title that Bobby Heenan is holding.
👍
Scott picking his nose, and rolling it around between his fingers, during an interview is wild though
Coke is a hell of a drug
So… Hall says Flair was unprofessional by bringing the WCW belt, that he and Nash did the job on the way out to be professional, but he neglects to mention the Curtain Call, where he and Nash couldn’t be punished, leaving H to be the one hammered? Come on now…
HHH wasn't punished that long. He was the IC Champ 5 months later.
Razor Ramon should have won the world championship title, made no sense that he didn't. He was over as a good guy and a bad guy.
Heel-Face
I remember his promo when he said, "chicas are for fun" (girls are for fun). 😮😂
I miss Scott Hall.
Scott Hall was my favorite wrestler
Is titlematch Rf ? I'm confused 😕
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Good bless his soul
Flair wanted his $25,000 plus interest back.
Summerslam 1995 Diesel vs Razor Ramon vs HBK in a first ever triple threat No DQ would've been great
Thats y vince liked Bret so much . .the story was more important than the moves
I loved the razor promos before he wrestled
I understand that people change but Scott Hall calling someone unprofessional is rich still RIP
I liked Scott, but him saying he did good for the fans going out in the garden. Like the curtain call was good for kayfabe, not
But the curtain call and showing up drunk all the time is professional right?
Apparently nobody told Scott that Herd wouldnt give Flair his deposit back on the belt.