Scott Hall - Why Bob Backlund Stopped Wrestling Diesel in WWF
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- Scott Hall discusses why the Diesel (Kevin Nash) and Bob Backlund matches were scrapped in the World Wrestling Federation. Stream New Shoot Interviews 📺 TitleMatchNetwork.com
RIP to the late-great Scott Hall. Here the Bad Guy talks about how a clash in working styles led to lackluster matches between former WWF champion Bob Backlund and new WWF champion, Big Daddy Cool Diesel.
Scott talks switching places with Jeff Jarrett and how he recommended that Dick Murdoch be introduced into the mix.
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RIP to the late-great Scott Hall
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"...And I think I throw a pretty good punch."
The BEST, imo. Hall's a legend. RIP.
I never knew Scott's discus punch was a Kerry tribute. Ive seen him do it a million times. That's pretty fucking cool.
Scott Hall's punches with the final discus one were my favorite of any wrestler ever... Never knew it was a Kerry tribute, makes me like it even more!!!
@@johncook9392 right on! Same here for sure. Scott was the man
Me neither. That’s cool
Bob Backlund would try to do wrestling spots with guys like Hall and Nash. Neither of them was interested. They wanted to do short punch-punch-kick matches.
They fed Backlund to Nash. He wasn't happy.
They fed Jarrett to Nash. He wasn't happy.
They fed Bam Bam Bigalow to Nash. He wasn't happy.
Then they stopped trying to do singles matches with Nash and put him (as world champion) into tag match main events where Shawn Michaels would do most of the work. Nash liked that better.
The tried to go back to singles matches with Nash vs Sid. But he wasn't happy.
Then it was back to tag matches with Shawn michaels involved again. That made Nash happy.
No wonder the company was tanking with Nash as champion. Dude couldn't wrestle his way out of a paper sleeping bag 😂
@@Foo-oo-oo-oolsGold89 Nash really was good on the mic, but in the ring he was garbage. He was tall, that was it. It really wasn't that he was "big" like Vader, just tall... If he was better in the ring with more moves he really could have stood out, but that just wasn't the case
What are you talking about? Nash has a huge upper body and WWF was his peak physique. I don't even like the guy, I think his best work was in the summer of '92 personally, but you are really stretching (ahem) the truth, good sir.
@@johncook9392He was terrible on the mic too. Nash should've been let go from every company because his career was complete garbage
@@spockhozzer7207This is why you’re a UA-cam commenter and not a booker. 😂
Man all those different clips of this interview just show how much Scott got the actual craft of wrestling. I think he would have been a good fit in a creative position at WWE.
Did Hall always look at everything strictly from a clique perspective? He kept really bad company in the business, between Nash, Waltman and Michaels. Those guys were blessed that both McMahon and Bischoff were easy to suck up to.
Scott looked good here. RIP bad mang!
Missed opportunity for Hall vs Meng.
Hey Meng! Take a look at the bad guy.
I didn’t see much of Scott Hall when he wrestled but he describing how he handled working with Backland tells me that he really knew how to work a crowd/match and make the most of what he had.
He did for sure
When he was straight he was a great worker. He also had a major impact on Sting's gimmick change to the Crow.
Yah, he knew how to work a crowd and a match but not how to wrestle.
More important, Hall (to my knowledge) *never* hurt anybody in the ring while still making it 'look real' in the ring.
@@djdonald243 Well he could but this is wrasslin not an actual sport . So it doesn't matter if he had a 100 piece move set .
This shows was a pro he was that he knew how to add flare to elevate his Backlund matches. That’s a cool finish.
This was AWESOME! Thank you for sharing this. I've never seen him talk this candid and just here in the moment
This whole interview was on UA-cam for a while I watched it a couple times I looked for it now and there is a version with just the audio and there is a channel called WCW fan forever that has like an hour of it I guess it's when he's talking about his time in WCW
@@richardstetson8221 thanks man. I'm going to look it up. I appreciate you.
@Rob-Mc if you look up 2007 Scott Hall shoot interview you should be able to find the full interview with just the audio
Last call with Scott Hall is something you should look up. He basically was doing his own UA-cam show before these podcasts ever became popular
@@ModernDayRenaissanceMan will do. Thanks for the heads up.
He would be a huge asset backstage for any wrestling company if he were still here physically.
RIP Scott Hall
A true legend of the squared circle.
Scott Hall and backstage that don't work for me brother
He delivers it so cool, you'd want to impress him by doing what he asked.
I was there at the Baltimore arena at a house show called In High Gear, Dick Murdoch was there in Backlunds corner. The match wasnt quite bad from what i remember and i thought at the time that Dick Murdoch would be a permanent stay alongside Backlund, but he would never appear on television after that.
Are you from Baltimore?
@@greenmountavenue4122 in the Dundalk area yes.
wow crazy. i didn't know about this at the time at all
When he was sober he was one of the best workers ever .
And even if he was sober. So what? He was still amazing. And alot of that was a work btw
@@thecardbunker801congrats, you win dumb ass comment of the day 👍🎉👌
@@thecardbunker801go home you’re drunk
@@chucksenhowzen9740I resemble that statement and I am home.
He was one of the best workers ever not sober lol
So that’s why Murdoch was there lol
I've wondered why he was there for like 30 years...😂
Would this been around the time he was in the 95 Rumble?
when? was he
@@michaelnugent9758 i don't see any evidence he was there outside of the rumble match. he was working in japan and puerto rico with random one shots here and there
Yeah I don't remember Murdoch being there for anything other than the Rumble. He must have been around for some house shows starting in late '94.
This makes sense because Cornette said that Murdoch was in the company but the fans didn't know because the WWF barely used him (some House Shows and the Royal Rumble).
that explains why he was at the rumble. i don't get how the time line worked out though. i guess wwf flew him in from dallas where he was working at the time regularly
Bobby Backlund was the greatest wrestler to ever hit the business by a longshot not even close
Great story telling here
Halls seems to be down to earth.
Rip Scott Hall.
It's funny how they said that they would bury guys who couldn't work but they're best friend Nash got a pass. Nash was a tag team guy and was always paired with Hall or HBK. They had to hide him in so many factions over the years that he only drew money inside of a group. He should have been one of the guys that was buried.
Posted 46 mins ago, wish it was shot 46 mins ago 😢
Backlund was a pro amateur wrestler from the 70s. Bscklund had an excellent match with bret on raw he could def go with the likes of a bret , owen or shawn. Kevin Nash just sucked literally.
You didn't get the point. It was chemistry. Diesel could never have chemistry with Bob Backlund because he was old school. I would say Backlunds matches with Bret and Shawn were also boring.
Diesel was an okay worker. He wasn't going to have 5 star matches.
and matt doink borne
I would love to know more about wrestling training trees. Because if you watch certain styles you will see certain influences. I always thought that Scott Hall threw a very similar punch to Stone Cold. You never know if that's something that they pick up just watching each other, or that something that has been passed down from generations. A lot of that stuff also has to do with how they ended up working a program at WrestleMania together. When you listen to the psychology during the shoot promos you can definitely hear Scott Hall selling to Steve Austin how they can go back and forth throwing punches and how well it's going to get over on the crowd.
Rip,Scott I remember him and Shawn’s ladder match fuckn amazing
backlund and murdoch go back to st. louis in the mid 70s, i think. re-activation of the missouri heavyweight title
Amazing how intelligently guys like Scott and Jake the Snake could talk about the business and things they did in the ring and still have such demons.
Rest In Peace Scott. One of the nicest guys I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting
One of the greatest minds in wrestling’s of all time. #RIPTheBADGUYRazorRamon! 🙏🏾
#TheresOnlyOneScottHall🕊️
Bill Buckland
This is why 50/50 booking doesn't work.
RIP Scott Hall
I watched a Razor & Jerrett match live,
Razor gave Jeff a fall away slam, when Jeff bounced off the mat with a roll & somehow went over the top rope to the outside...
"Jerrett" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Scott didnt take wrestling that serious like the marks and other wrestlers did.
Rip to one of the handsome guys to ever wrestle
Razors edge, top finisher
nWo 4 👉🏾
He stopped cyz it was the summer of 92
I never saw bob in his glory yrs but watching him as a kid around razors era bob never fit in. We would laugh at him and thought he was one of the scrubs who always lose. He didnt have anything to offer against pop style superstars
Hey 👋 yo. 🎤 🗣️
Whatever happened to Outback Jack...??🤔
He couldn't wrestle. He was just no good. They let him work out his contract as a jobber in the WWE. Then he retired and went home to Australia.
@@Jim-Tuner I remember they promo'd the hell out of him. Heard he was FOH(Friend Of Hulk)...
@@robzilla730 He started his career wrestling for Stu Hart in Calgary for about a month. Then the WWF signed him and promoted him as hard as they could.
I think Hulk or someone saw his Australian gimmick and thought they could make money off it (toy and doll money). But they had never watched him wrestle.
I don't know if it was Hulk Hogan or Vince Mcmahon or someone else. But someone made a big mistake.
He had maybe wrestled 20 total matches before he got to the WWF. He just wasn't ready to be there.
@Jim-Tuner lol. I specifically remember a match he had with Killer Khan. Khan spit that green stuff in his face. Pretty unimpressive start. Then next thing I know, he's a prelim-bum. Wonder whatever became of him...🤔
If I remember his theme song was terrible
I always thought Scott wrestled like a smaller guy. Scott was deceptively massive.
Its a shame he couldnt battle his demons. Should of been a world champion!
its-amazing-they-were-running-2-tours-with-a-average-roster....Diesel-vs-Backlund-is-a-weak-main-event
Crazy that Scotts gone
4:14 good advice - again, why wwe sucks and they put on better matches in the day. there's rules to wrestling. now wrestling has no rules and it sucks.
RIP Razor Scott Hall
Rip Scott hall
#RIPScottHall
Miss the bad guy.
This guy could have been the best ever.
'Pretty good punch' ? Scott had one of the best punches.
DAMN RIGHT 👊
Backlund was a good wrestler but not much of an entertainer unfortunately
Did you ever see Mr.Bob Backlund
@therealanonyomous I don't doubt he was a good athlete but he wasn't marketable in later generations. Clearly he was a good mat wrestler but not a sports entertainer and I did see him on several occasions.
HEY YO.
This man should be running WWE. Such a missed opportunity.
Backlund was the only babyface that I hated as a kid, back in 80-83. Just did'nt like anything about his gimmick.
What do you think about his gimmick that was so off putting to you? Back at the time, pro wrestling by and large was more about believability and treating it like a real sport. Bob being a D2 wrestling champion carried himself like the serious athlete he was and his interview style was much that way.
The new generation of wrestlers couldn't actually wrestle. That's why they didn't like working with Backlund. You really had to know what you were doing to look good with Backlund.
He was a Diamond Stud in the Rough in the ring
Backlund could beat them all.
The Career of Bob Backland has to be one of the most bizarre in all of Pro Wrestling. How often does a company put the belt on a guy who no one has any confidence in? The guy didn't draw, no one really cared about his run, he left no impact as champion. As an in-ring performer, he's not even a footnote.
That's bcuz his style of wrestling was Burno era. A true wrestling fan can appreciate his style. His matches with Bret Hart was solid. But he was very boring and strange 😂
Backlund was a Wrestler, when to many people didn't appreciate Wrestlers.Although I have enjoyed the few matches I've seen of Backlund.
Most of Backlund's reign was likely to keep the belt from going to Zbyszko.
The McMahons hated Bruno but he was still their top draw, they.would've put the belt on him but not on one of his made guys.
@@amirpourghoureiyan1637 Seems like I've heard somewhere that VinceSr really liked Backlund and also liked the idea that Backlund had a legitimate Wrestling background. And Backlund has also said that he considered Vince Sr to be like a Father to him.
Not 1994 Backlund. He was actually a great heel at that time.
Hall would have made a great creative director. I HATED that guy as a kid. I grew up in S Miami with abunch of Scarface's 😂 anyhow, he has a great mind. Cool guy
Knowing way Vince thinks its obvious why chose Diesel, but even as a kid at the time, felt Razor should have gotten that run as champion. Better character,/performer, knew what to do, work with anyone, massive crowd support. Missed the boat, may have been diffrent on many levels if made that choice. Hall wasnt as messed up then, he was constant, good to great matches, on all the shows. He got the rub of working on screen with Macho Man, Flair, Heenan, Perfect, ted, all the last group of golden era to carry it on over to new generation. Anytime non fan would watch back then with me, theyd always say when saw Razor, that guy looks like how a man should if wrestled. Now when hear the mind he had for wrestling, just again, Vince really missed the ball with Razor Ramon in 95
Sorry, throwing punches is not wrestling. This was the beginning of the era of clotheslines and the standing 10 punch in the corner.
Actually that was the hogan 80s Era it just got worse from there lol
Not real punches. No contact.
There we have it jj has been around the biz his' "entire life" & STILL SUX! Double 0s!
He can't stop picking his nose. Hard to watch.
Boring bob ... yawn