Alex Wright On WCW, Early Wrestling Memories, Beryln, Wrestling School & More

In the newest "Casual Conversations with The Classic'' episode, The Wrestling Classic Justin and Danial talk to wrestling legend Alex Wright. They talk about him being a second generation wrestler, moving to America, working in WCW, Dean Malenko rib stories, his wrestling school, Berlyn and much more!
02:19 - Intro
03:32 - Earliest Wrestling Memories
06:04 - Meeting Other Second Generation Wrestlers
07:00 - Training in Europe
07:17 - Getting Booked in the US
09:16 - How Alex Wright got to America/WCW
13:34 - Moving to America
16:00 - Getting Paid by WCW
17:05 - The WCW Locker Room
18:02 - The Das Wunderkind Gimmick/The Dance
21:12 - WCW Power Plant
22:50 - Favourite Opponents
23:57 - The Monday Night Wars
25:47 - Watching WWF
26:05 - Did WWE Ever Make A Pitch?
27:10 - Wrestling in Germany
27:53 - Dream WWF Matches in the 90s
28:25 - Working with a Young Triple H
28:57 - Steve Austin
33:07 - Berlyn Character
35:29 - Blinding Injury
37:24 - The Wall and Vince Russo
38:33 - WCW's Downfall
40:09 - NWO? Factions?
40:37 - Gunther
41:55 - Why did Alex Wright never go to WWE?
42:47 - Getting into Coaching and his Wrestling School
45:39 - New European Championship Wrestling/Wrestling Scene
46:05 - Bret and Owen Hart
47:44 - Name Association
49:19 - Dean Malenko Rib Story
50:37 - Name Association Continued
53:33 - Hogan and Savage
54:15 - Kevin Sullivan
55:29 - Alex Wrights Legacy
56:25 - Alex Wright in the Royal Rumble?
56:45 - Giving Alex Wright his Flowers
57:52 - Younger Self
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[@TheStoyanovichKicks]

Awesome Guy! Loved him back in the day! 🕺 🏆

[@TheWrestlingClassic]

Haha same here

[@R3Jonah]

Great way to start the day TWC 🔥🔥

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[@petegallows5494]

"Achtung, Achtung, hier ist Alex Wright". Well done on the interview! I am getting used to the fact, that so few people seem to know about Steve Wright - what surprised me the most, even Steve Austin didn't know about him and only found out during one of his podcasts. Maybe that's why he referred to Alex in one of his famous ECW promos just as "..18 year old German kid", when talking about his WCW past. He didn't know the full picture, plus it was just promo, of course.
Alex was very memorable, definitely stood out. It's great to hear he's doing well and that he will likely retire on day knowing, that he beat HHH on a ppv and HHH never got to pin him back. Ha-haa.
I am also glad, that he talks nicely about WCW and Eric Bischoff - I was and still am a huge WCW fan and other than WWF's Austin and Bret Hart feud, WCW is the only wrestling I ever watch, to this day.
Thank you for interviewing former WCW stars, yesterday I've listened to Wrath interview, it was also very good. Cheers

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