Al Snow Full Career Shoot Interview Part 2!

Al Snow Full Shoot Interview 2018
(Part 2 with The Hannibal TV)
WWE Legend and former ECW & TNA star Al Snow does a part 2 shoot interview with "The HANNIBAL TV" covering numerous topics from his career as well as is views on current wrestling news. He also answers fan questions that were left in the comments of his first "The Hannibal TV" career interview that can be seen at this link in full: • Al Snow: The Full Int...
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[@jayprimo]

I find that as an adult, listening to the old timers either talk about the history of wrestling or the science of wrestling, as interesting and entertaining as I did watching them just wrestle as a kid

[@feebypeels2883]

And a lot more entertaining and interesting than pro wrestling today.

[@brucemeyers4826]

Totally agree.

[@kylezehtabi5452]

@@feebypeels2883 i agree... The business has changed too much now

[@not_jon_vendi]

Agree

[@not_jon_vendi]

@@feebypeels2883 agree

[@mattinthehat3]

This man is truly a fountain of knowledge and not just when it comes to wrestling,but aspects of life itself

[@dopeascopebrother60]

i know ive been doing nothing but listening to his shoot interviews. im 21 and absolutely love finding people like him that i can just soak up knowledge from

[@nickh8737]

All but advertising on the radio vs online. Lol

[@matdemaz]

Sat through the whole thing; my respect for Al has definitely gone up after this. Great interview.

[@robertshadbolt3056]

Al's so articulate, love hearing him talk

[@OCDustin]

Al Snow is like a professor of wrestling. Dr Snow,

[@sobbyhasselhoff]

Dustin Newman Dr Snow is a great name for a coke dealer 😂

[@PlatinumEuropeLoner]

Or Professor Snow

[@codyseifert253]

Dustin Newman funny because one of the first thing he says around 10:35(10:15-10-40 for full quote/context) he isn't a doctor lol...

[@codyhayes450]

@@sobbyhasselhoff worst name for a blow dealer, basically screams “IT WAS ME AUSTIN, I WAS THE COKE DEALER ALL ALONG!!!” Except Austin is the DEA lmao

[@markdp1983]

I hardly watch any wrestling in recent years. I wish I could be a big fan again! But I love hearing stories about the business. And there aren't many better than Al Snow.. With Oliver, with Hannibal, etc he is always very informative and entertaining... Props..

[@reoreborn1209]

"Well thanks agatha christie. You've figured that out. lets call Angela lansbury she doesn't need a job on Murder she wrote anymore with you solving mysteries like that." Lmfao!! best line i've heard on a shoot in YEARS!

[@itchyisvegeta]

Al Snow shoot interviews are some of my favorite. He should be the head instructor at NXT.

[@shakamellow5224]

Alsnow gives the best interview on wrestling. He is great at talking and expression.

[@jonstefanik9400]

He should've worked under Alsnow, one word. lol.

[@bengingell6630]

Same as many comments, always appreciated Al Snow, but now even more so. Part 3 is needed!

[@danadabrowski1936]

Al should be booking for WWE !

[@BlackWarriorLures]

He really does look like that old-school 19 century strongman.

[@FreneticZetetic]

Al Snow is the man. I'm a personal trainer, and I love his 30 minute workout challenge. I'm going to give that a go myself today! Al rules.

[@spaniardprince]

Wise man. GREAT interview. He was right about so many things in this interview.

[@DNAsGhostzHouze]

Al was mistaken. He doesn't dislike fans, he dislikes "smarks"...

[@robertsparaney917]

Correct, that frigging star system from meltzer has buried wrestling completely

[@raybridge7771]

Al snow is very insightful, and knows a lot about the business as it shows. With that being said, I think he might be too much of a company man. He doesn't seem like someone to bash anyone, or any territory. It's not him lying, but him firmly believing what he's saying which is neither right nor wrong.

[@ChillMrShade]

If Pepper were alive today, Pepper would be 19 years old or 133 in dog years. RIP Pepper

[@HBK970]

R.I.P. Bossman

[@adelemason9271]

Lol

[@shadisawaqed940]

that's good math right there !!! lol

[@tj1990]

I met Al Snow when i was 14 or 15 back in 04 or 05 at a tiny promotion. It was Al Snow and Mic Foley, i think Foley was a special ref for 1 match. Wish i could meet him again.

[@evilsdemise1287]

Al is very intelligent. What he's saying is stop trying to direct the show, just sit back and enjoy the show, and if you don't enjoy it then stop patronizing it and collectively the people directing the show from behind the scenes will hear you.

[@BattleToads]

Holy shit... I never realized Al Snow was so smart... My respect for him just went way up.

[@FIREBALLER100]

Very smart. (And if you don't believe me, just ask him.) Lol He'll have nooooooo problem letting you know just HOW smart. 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@MakeLikeaTreeAndGetOuttaHere]

Pretty refreshing to hear an ex wrestler speak kindly or at the very least diplomatically about all his colleagues coupled with being content and happy with how his life has played out….

[@PassDaMethod]

Al Snow = one of the top ten greatest wrestling minds of all time.

[@VivaLaRazsa]

Al should be a booker if he can make wrestlers talk like he can talk

[@MUNDOM316]

Al Snow is one of the most underrated talents of all time. Such a mind for the business, him and Scott Hall are 2 of my favorites to listen to in these shoot interviews

[@chesley_77]

Thank you HANNIBAL!

[@thechad7171]

so glad he s bought ohio valley wrestling he will do wonders for it

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Goddamn, Al Snow looks like he's in his peak. I remember some years back there was some ECW reunion gimmick show on TNA and he did a fucking beautiful moonsault from the apron onto a group of dudes and it was honestly better than anything I saw him do in the WWE. Whatta guy. I'd love to see him get back into the spotlight, he genuinely seems like he wants to help youngsters avoid some of the same mistakes and problems he's encountered in the business. Even if I think he harbors some very limiting and antiquated views on the dynamic between performer, promoter, and fandom. His whole thing on smarks, while totally understandable, seems an awful lot like trying to swim up a waterfall. Instead someone could utilize the current make-up of the wrestling fandom to change the way people appreciate wrestling. Then again, I doing exactly what he advocated against. :P

[@upasaka259]

i love when Mick Foley talks shit about Al Snow😄

[@barrybicepsakafreddyflapja1399]

Al “in it of itself” Snow

[@jimofthenorth8090]

Another great interview, Al is so easy to listen to. As a UFC fan I can't tell you how much it pleasing me that you didn't mention McGregor when talking about guys that could follow Rousey. As a UFC fan pre the WWE buyout everything Conor has done depresses me. Pro-wrestling has its place and the UFC has its, this modern day attempt to bring a more WWE angle to the UFC is ruining it.

[@ikill4klondikebars]

Connor seems like a natural fit because of his ability to cut promos and trash talk. That's it.

[@reynaldogonzalez2118]

It`s amazing how much he knows about the business.... What he said about Cody Rhodes was so precise.

[@armin38822]

I would love him to be on Joe Rogan Expirence. More people need to hear him talk about pro wrestling.

[@jakeshaffer9176]

I’m glad somebody finally covered the importance of seasoned experienced trainers. I toured a school that looked like the best option, the trainer was not only in terrible shape, also damn near legally blind, bad knees, horrible back, sat down every 10 steps to breathe....then verbally destroyed the guys because they were fucking up. They were training EACHOTHER while this guy shouted shit at them. I didn’t go back, disappointing...

[@d_trizzy]

Ha ha. What a classic interview. Al Snow is a legend. Much respect.

[@AmericanCombatAssoc]

Great interview. Very bright fella

[@kahrhoshe]

Al has been one of my favorite performers for a long ass time. Now hes one of my favorite human beings.

[@ikill4klondikebars]

Al is right. A good reason as to why I can't enjoy the product of wrestling anymore is because too many fans try to hijack the show, and the companies cater their products to the vocal minority. WWE for example, has been turned into a giant indie fed. The matches are too choreographed, the and nothing is booked as being realistic within the realm of wrestling. The product is so overexposed to appeal to fans who think they're hip to the product. This isn't just the case with WWE. It's the same case with AEW, and TNA, and even in some respects, New Japan.

[@mlee2692]

ikill4klondikebars couldn’t of summed that up any better!

[@absolutedeath_666]

I agree with him so much when it comes to the small minority of wrestling critics. Take notes wrestletalk and what culture, Snow is dropping knowledge lime hot deuces.

[@TERMlNAT0R]

Kinda reminds me of Fred Ward from Tremors now. They should do a reboot with him and the miz playing Kevin Bacon

[@robertsolimanm7031]

Al snow I was a NSW police officer abs a CPD police officer and I work for the department of public prosecution ... So here is the low down ...it is a felony to file a false police report of any kind .. including those sexual in nature It is however a serious non indictable offence for anyone to intentionally file a false sexual assault charge .. and then it gets more complicated depending on the nature amd the motive and the impact of the report filed with falsity the person responsible faces a wide range of reprocussions ... ranging from probation to up to 6 years in prison . During my time in NSw Police my department did send a woman to jail for 2 years for this and she was fined 1.4 million In a case where there is a cash settlement in addition to prison time and the amount is much higher than the person will be able to pay ... the state will pay this money and then a payment system is garnered from the individual over their lifetime

[@chadczternastek]

I loved wrestling as a young kid and was so into then. I seen others mention it, but it's so good to get to see what really happened behind the scenes. It's obviously common knowledge wrestling was fake and I always knew it to a point. But when you see how stuff really happened and the politics, and the egos, and you add in the work schedule, and you see it from a whole different. Like you really see these guys are more than just athletes, and just two jobbers finishing a match with no one hurt takes more than what most real athletes do. Like here, I had no clue what a really good, intelligent, business savvy guy Al Snow is. I love his interviews as well as Hall, and Nash.

[@brandeno919]

You should do another one of these with him he is good at these shoot interviews he keeps it 💯 hell I like he can relate life struggles being symbolic with wrestling

[@codyhayes450]

On god! I’m so happy to see someone else say this, my very thought as well bro

[@elmalifico3708]

1:57 I have an experiment that I want to try out. My wife and I have been to Vietnam a couple of times for about a month at a time and I've noticed that despite not following any particular diet I tend to lose weight (I also do a lot of walking). The dollar is still pretty strong there so you can get a lot of food. I think this has to do with the food being relatively free from all the preservatives and additives we've got in our food here. Similar to what those guys had in their day, most food was made from scratch. I think the next time there I'm going to try to commit to a strict physical regimen while still eating the same and see what that does to me.

[@dJ.kNiGhT23]

Al snow is cool I was a fan of him back in 1998 judgment day to me summerslam 1992 and judgment day 1998

[@dpedro7900]

I'm friends with Windy City's former Middle weight Champ. He recruited me to Windy City. HBK himself told me to do windy City!

[@joedavis8980]

Al snow funny as hell man! Lmao

[@ruff1draft]

Al Snow is as healthy as ever

[@Desmond17]

Al is the Man !!

[@varunmsastry]

Unfortunately, the Cody comment (about him going back to WWE) hasn't aged well. Everything else, spot on.

[@varunmsastry]

I think it aged rather well in 2022 :)

[@freddycugarjr]

OMG them marty stories had me crackn up

[@wrath231]

This man doesn't age.

[@ooogabooga737]

I saw him at six Great America

[@747Rocko]

part deux of one of my alltime favorite shoots ....

[@siral4487]

Gas, it's nice when no one tests you.

[@LEXICON-DEVIL]

1:43:23 Same goes when writing a song and having creative differences between band mates and fans.

[@scottyb003]

Yet, he never mentions Scrubs.

[@codyhayes450]

UNDERRATED COMMENT!!!!!

[@objectionable9891]

I understand what he’s talking about with the fans, but im fairly sure he literally said the words “i hate the fans” so yeah if you’re saying it’s misconstrued maybe help yourself out by not saying it so bluntly

[@chriscraven9335]

I could listen to Snow for hours. And he's looking like a brunette, slightly less muscular Scotty Steiner

[@codyhayes450]

I assure you that Al Snow is a far greater mathematician

[@jeremyhassell7911]

Al predicting the future with Cody Rhodes exactly!

[@cjrichythebirdman5503]

What does everybody want? What does everybody need? Long live Al Smow...

[@jerichowolf8050]

Listen Al. For me I like wrestling I want to be a wreslter. But when wrestling is at the point where almost every single week or every single match is basically the same. It's easy to say I have stopped watching altogether at this point. I'm tired of seeing the same people every single night on raw putting on half ass matches or doing 10 to 15 min promos and 6 min matches. Wrestling has become nothing but a playscript at this point where the wrestlers are told to do A,B,C and the outcome should be D. It's shit in general at this point.

[@LEXICON-DEVIL]

39:11 Al Snows Wrestling code of respect.

[@mattsharkey8437]

These guys have to come together and save wrestling by rebuilding promotions all over the country.

[@trissloan2340]

Loved Al Snow from Tough Enough and that competition series. Shame that full episodes are not on KZbin. His stare downs of each candidate at elimination time, would have made me shit a Twinkie! Very articulate and a very intelligent man. After my childhood in Las Vegas in the 1980s, watching the AWA at the Showboat Hotel Casino, I was not as addicted to it as I was. When I did casino/hotel security at the former Reno Hilton, I was stunned, co-workers on the squad, were over 50 yrs. old, (good guys) and followed WWF religiously. I think The Edge was rising in a tagteam, that seemingly, I thought were characters that were gay lovers. One would get chopped or slapped and he would sprint out of the ring, crying into his partner's consoling, comforting arms. The old men that were security guards, corrected me and said the tag team were brothers; or, rather their characters were. Then, union members who were fired 8-10 yrs. earlier;were reinstated, through court cases. They came back to work and the men were 65 yrs. and older. I thought they were all stereotypical security guard, old jerkoffs.

[@leebarrett385]

Al Snow 1 of the toughest man ive ever know fair yes nice yes but dont make him mad lol

[@tj1990]

From 8:05-10:00 was so well said. impressive. And its so true.

[@LEXICON-DEVIL]

32:18 The Mind of Marty, The Rockers.

[@louiscsanko9322]

What does everybody want? Head!!! L.O.L

[@shahwiqarshahin2130]

10:44 - No. Fans are important. Most successful business products follow the Pareto Rule. 80/20 rule where fans have 80% of the say, and the general audience have 20% say on the quality of the product; but 80% of the gross comes from the general audience, and 20% from fans. For a good product, it needs the good word-of-mouth from satisfied fans. If fans aren't happy, the CEO needs to listen and not be dismissive by saying, "I know what's good for business"

[@Andy-pl7nk]

I thought he was a toolcock from his character on WWE but he's so smart.

[@mr.nobody5080]

I watch raw and if it sucks I don't watch it for a while in hopes stories will shift.

[@1969billy1970]

pros on concussions, brain malnormalities(physical chemical and or mental) and or ptsd “that shit aint real” Heel/Hill/Heal!!!!

[@riyaadalamjad4449]

Al snow theme

[@shane-irish]

Looks great

[@muccmaster]

A lot of what he's saying is correct and perfectly fine, but I'm sorry he's on more than just test or on an insane amount of it. It gets incredibly hard to gain lean muscle one you hit your 40s and he looks better than a lot of roided up wrestlers in their 20's. It doesn't matter how much you adjust your training when your body just can't produce the muscle it used to when you were younger.

[@bobdole7292]

he comes off as very laid back and genuine but that bullshit about changing his training style being responsible for his complete transformation. yeah.

[@hulklogan2756]

4:49 he's honest on that part. I live by a place like that, it's $1500 for 2 years of monthly TRT shots

[@stephenstephen2924]

I like al snow but he seems slightly arrogant or I'm being arrogant thinking he's being arrogant who knows......

[@FIREBALLER100]

No you're right. Of course Al would disagree with that though.

[@FIREBALLER100]

No one likes a know-it-all.

[@stephentrout7879]

That TNA PPV Match between Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles is the perfect example of producing a product to pander to the low% of smarks or Melzter instead of it being part of a storyline or a feud that might mean something for the next TV or PPV. It's nothing but a 25minute coreographed spot-fest and it's boring. I dont mind the occasional top rope spot or high-spot as long as it means something and isn't obviously assisted by the other wrestlers to the point where it dimishes relality. Also like to point out that watching a 10minute side headlock or slow-paced "old-school" match with no psycology is boring too.

[@shitina.bucket9699]

WHAT DOES EVERYBODY WANT ?

[@robertsparaney917]

Where can I watch an episode of OVW, I’ve never seen it?

[@codyhayes450]

A local channel somewhere in Ohio haha joking aside i main commented to this so I can find it if someone does know. I’ll let ya know if I can find anything buddy!

[@geraldcrumpton1166]

What does everybody wants? HEAD!

[@axelfoley20]

It makes me laugh when people show how ignorant they are about things like steroids. Steroids just help in your recovery and strength, they don't just give you skills like Bonds, or muscles like wrestlers and so on. Anyone with an opinion that doesn't know what they are talking about, is someone who I don't want to hear.

[@PrinceRonnieJR848]

I can listen to Al speak for days but the Rotten Tomatoes comparison isn't fair. Rotten Tomatoes doesn't make the decision for anyone on whether they will or wont see a movie. This is no different than reading reviews in newspapers 30 years ago. The average person doesn't base their decisions on a rating. They either want to see a movie or don't. There are movies out there with huge critical acclaim on RT that bombs in the box office and then there are turds that have like 26% and bring in a billion dollars worldwide.

[@bubbapacha7672]

I agree with u 100% about Rot Toms or really ANY movie review Channels/mags... Theydo NOTHING for me! They may just let me know what movies to NOT see.... Pretty much whatever movies they hate i love and vice versa. Film reviewers/critics are gtreaking snobs imho..same wirh food reviewers/critics!!!!! Rotten Tomatoes gets 1 out if 10 🐎 for being straight horses asses

[@ronniemacdonald2768]

44:42 fart

[@weaponx100]

He seems frustrated

[@derrickw3360]

Hulk Hogan ripped off Superstar Billy Graham like a mothafucka. He wasn't even subtle with it at all. If you ask me Hulk was never as big or as shredded as Billy Graham. Hogan blatantly stole his whole look. Graham was really ahead of his time if you think about it. As far as Al Snow I was always a big fan of him wen I was younger. Im 31 now so I wasn't even a teenager at that time I don't think. Al always stood out to me and I liked him even though I didn't fully understand the whole gimmick. He seems super intelligent and I watch OVW to try to support what he is doing in my small way. He hasa great philosophy when it comes to wrestling and he hasa great deal of knowledge. He's been around forever and I still look up his interviews...Lol

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

nice allen ray sarven aka al snow full career shoot interview part 2 !!!

[@awakenedsoul]

55? More like 40

[@hasbeendrummer]

Legendary?

[@josephsharpe4162]

What Walmart can you buy an ar15 at cause I’m there

[@johnnys3860]

Awesome dude but that one loose hair driving me insane lol

[@jayleblanc3598]

Al Snow couldn't have been more wrong about AEW. There hasn't been a single positive thing come out of them EXCEPT.... a bunch of guys are getting great paychecks from a family that has a shit ton of money. I am not saying there is no talent there, I am just saying the wrestling business just sucks so bad right now and the Cody's, Jericho's and others realize that right now they better focus on getting PAID as much as possible. They know WWE will not pay them or even give them the opportunity to make big $$. This family financing them are foolish, too much money and not enough brains. Won't be long before guys start making their way back to the WWE.

[@codyhayes450]

Brains would be how that family keeps making money, nonsensical and foolish comment, pal.

[@jayleblanc3598]

@@codyhayes450 seriously? So are you trying to say that Tony Khan has brains? Are you insinuating that the Khan fortune has something to do with him? This was not a business INVESTMENT for the Khan family...this was a gift given to the son of a BILLIONAIRE. He is a wrestling fan like you and I...and that is that. I said 6 months ago nothing positive has come out of AEW and nothing has changed.

[@jeffreyross71]

Bobby lashley is atrocious on the mic

[@FIREBALLER100]

Honestly, as much as I love Al Snow, and enjoyed listening for the most part, at times I felt he came off as a bit of a know-it-all in this interview (AND the last one you did with him too.) I just felt that he went off on tangents at times where he spent a few minutes talking about " marks" and things like that. Don't get me wrong, Al is very knowledgable when it comes to the wrestling business, but why does he fell the need to let EVERYONE know who's listened to BOTH interviews, how much smarter he is than us ? That's a bit of a turn-off and I can see fans being upset by it. IMO

[@rangergeorge6808]

Because he is more knowledgeable than the wrestling fans. Wrestling fans don't like being reminded that they don't actually know as much as they think they do.

[@FIREBALLER100]

@@rangergeorge6808 True, but he shouldn't have to keep proving that he's smarter over and over again.

[@user-no3mi7yq5o]

@@FIREBALLER100 why not?

[@FIREBALLER100]

@@user-no3mi7yq5o Why NOT ? Would U wanna listen to someone show-off how smart they are over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again ? I know I sure wouldn't.

[@user-no3mi7yq5o]

@@FIREBALLER100 but yet you did

[@koltenneitzel7636]

Who's watching this after the Roman Reigns heel turn?

[@rkstevenson5448]

Sorry, Al, as much as I love you, the notion that people who aren't wrestlers are incapable of discussing professional wrestling is fucking absurd. Wrestling is storytelling, and nearly every human on the planet knows how to tell a story at a basic level. This isn't rocket science, and pro wrestlers really need to get over this notion that their kind of storytelling is special. It isn't.

[@codyhayes450]

He didn’t say this at all.... He said they have no idea what it really requires to pull off many aspects of something they’ve never been a part of personally and that gives them no right to be critical and act as if their idea is law, which all the marks do. Calm down killer, because he is right.

[@charleswebsterjr.6350]

​@@codyhayes450 Al Snow is 100 perfect most definitely right.

[@grid462]

I miss Head Cheese

[@sobbyhasselhoff]

There's not another Brock or Rousey? 😂 McGregor is a bigger draw than both of them.

[@TheHannibalTV]

We didn't think of him at the time.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I think there will always be another one of them, tbh.

[@Whydoidothis7]

Yeah he's a bigger draw now maybe that they used the fuck out of Brock Lesnar Lesnar was originally a way bigger draw

[@kenwilson9317]

owes much to mcw and Ricky Cortez....smh

[@cameronmartino1994]

By the way doing your whole body 3 days a week is so dumb, should pick two muscle groups to work on each day maybe twice a week