Scott Hall on AWA, Curt Hennig, Larry Zbyszko & Verne Gagne

Scott Hall discusses his time in AWA Wrestling, tagging with Curt Hennig, first match there vs Larry Zbyszko, Verne Gagne and more. Stream New Shoot Interviews 📺 TitleMatchNetwo...
RIP to the late-great Scott Hall. Here the Bad Guy talks about leaving the Kansas City territory and heading to Minneapolis for Verne Gagne. First night there Scott would find himself across the ring from vetern Larry Zbyszko, who he would work with again later in WCW.
Scott also goes into detail about his friendship with Curt Hennig aka Mr Perfect in the World Wrestling Federation. Scott & Curt had a long history together from AWA to WWF and of course WCW.
We also hear about Wrestlerock 1986, Bill & Scott Irwin and many other memories from the American Wrestling Alliance.
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[@TitleMatchWrestling]

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

[@thefunshow2024]

I've learned more about life in 17 minutes from a 2007 interview about the mid-1980's from the late, great Bad Guy.

[@JuliusC1973]

I've always wondered why he was never The AWA World Heavyweight Champion? They were building him up for a Major Title Run! I can only imagine The Matches he would have had in Japan as The AWA World Heavyweight Champion at All Japan Pro Wrestling Shows. He clearly had The Presence, The Size, The Skill Set The Work Ethic.

[@gregorykrug8034]

@@JuliusC1973 I remember another shoot interview with Scott Hall where he said something a little different. Scott said that he was offered a spot in the NWA (or was it WCW?). He gave Verne his notice, and Verne countered with the offer of the AWA belt. Scott said he would be making more money jobbing in the NWA than as the AWA champ.

[@steveo976]

@@JuliusC1973 comments, some people could be great champions but their presence and skills are so good that they don’t need the belts to prop them up - as crazy as that sounds as usually when you’re a champion you don’t need to be propped up to stretch out your big runs and longevity of career , the championship does help and just some wrestlers need it more than others in my opinion.. The same as Ted Dossi Terry Funk, or Steve Kiern as an example. Championships were different organizations were made for certain reasons. As an example, the NWA world champion had to be a guy that votes his life 100% to the title, can wrestle 400 matches a year, do the job when needed and ( not scared of flying or traveling. ). lol

[@gullyblanchard5750]

This Scott Hall shoot is a masterclass on wrestling and life in general. Scott was a mans man. This should be required viewing for every wrestler getting into the business.

[@Nostalgia9478]

I liked him as a performer, but he beat up a guy while he was sleeping. Is that a "Man's Man" move?

[@gullyblanchard5750]

@@Nostalgia9478 never said he was a perfect man snowflake, relax.

[@gullyblanchard5750]

@@Nostalgia9478 never said he was a perfect man, calm down ❄️

[@Nostalgia9478]

@@gullyblanchard5750Far from perfect. He also killed a Man Some people judge Cornette harshly for merely slapping a guy silly. Those people should calm down, Chico lol

[@gullyblanchard5750]

@@Nostalgia9478 why are you so mad though? Nothing you said contradicts my original statement. You’re just whining like a child.

[@poindextertunes]

Mustachioed Scott Hall was an absolute monster 😳 6’7” 290lb? sheesh

[@johndrake3472]

Absolutely, the massive chest was impressive.

[@mikesmith2718]

Scott Hall just seems like the embodiment of cool. A guy you wanna hang out with and hear all the crazy stories about the business. What a great wrestler and person in general.

[@advancedchiropractic667]

I used to work out at the same gym as him. I thought it was older like 19 or 20 but I was more like 17 years old. This is before razor Ramon and he was quiet but friendly and respectful to me and remember him spotting me on bench.

[@johndrake3472]

Larry's a legend for a reason.

[@jg228]

No filter here. Just pure honesty from everything Scott Hall says. Super cool dude. What an amazing shoot interview.

[@sspaay]

I'm old enough to remember Curt Hennig and Scott Hall from AWA. I'm old enough to miss both of them.

[@vanillagorilla6091]

RIP. Great entertainer. Storyteller. Wrestler. Wish I could of had the opportunity to know him

[@fureyhiggins3289]

Love these Hall interviews. Much like the Greg Valentine shoots, it's refreshing to hear guys talk about the business with no bitterness and putting guys over instead of burying them

[@geneanthony3421]

I love what Scott said about if a guy is good enough to beat you don't kick out on the three, lay there and sell it. I always felt that made moments. Kick outs on three just killed the atmosphere of them beating you.

[@MAGA-kv1nj]

I remember watching "Big Scott Hall" in the AWA,... he was so much bigger than everyone else at the time. lol. Sounds like a really cool guy; so sad how he took such a turn for the worse.

[@garymaidman625]

His turn for the worst happened before he even got into the industry. Killing a guy would do that to you.

[@charlesjohansen1716]

Scott Hall was a good man and such an amazing talent. No one is perfect.

[@vincemistretta8999]

When Scott was sober and clean he was a great listen to learn much from...RIP Scotty you're missed!

[@johndrake3472]

Scott was such a wrestling prince, just listen to his knowledge and bigging up of others - God rest his soul.

[@D4NK1]

Curt "when you put a guy over, put him REALLY over, don't kick out at 3, lay there for 20 seconds" Hulk at Starrcade 97: "Putting untanned Sting over clean doesn't work for me brother"

[@curthennig9448]

And out of shape.

[@Ivotas]

I'm watching the segments of this interveiw back to back and there's one constant I see across all of them, Scott Hall really got the creative entertainment part about the art of wrestling. It's a true pleasure to listen to him talk about craft as well as about life in general. Thanks for sharing those interviews.

[@MotU91775]

My favorite wrestlers when I first started watching wrestling was Big Scott Hall and Curt Henning. AWA was so damn good in the early to mid 80's.

[@stevenramirezmistersmokes6379]

OG SCOTT HALL#1 (RIP)

[@ivancook1247]

Larry was a hell of a talent true pro wrestler

[@patrickheath5011]

Did Scott Hall ever say anything bad about anyone? I said before that I met him one time at Gordon Solie's funeral and he was so cool with my son who was 8 at the time. He still talks about it. When I was coaching high school wrestling and he was with WCW all the kids on the team were huge fans of his.

[@Nostalgia9478]

Shane Douglas

[@D4NK1]

​@@Nostalgia9478he doesn't badmouth Shane Douglas as much as Shane badmouths him and says scott tries to bury him and scott responds to that accusation. Very few things can piss someone off as much as someone making up things that you feel are false about you.

[@JayStar-yj9pu]

I'm a Minneapolis boy. As soon as he said not many guys that start with Z, I thought of: TOM ZENK!!

[@advancedchiropractic667]

Man, when I was a 18 and 19 years old kid he was still Big Scott Hall. He was quite at the gym and I never saw this big personality. When he came out with Razor Ramon I was blown away by his chops. I was no huge wrestling fan, but loved his shtick. I am telling you even though he was suppose to be a bad guy I always saw him as a fan favorite. Not because I met him and he spotted me and just nice to me. His character was my favorite by FAR….

[@jimj.5099]

I remember seeing scott driving around richfield in the jeep that he 'won' in a battle royal

[@msoi215]

#RIPScottHall #RIPCurtHennig #RIPVerneGagne

[@mox19380]

great segment. very cool hearing scott's perspective on verne, hennig and zbyszko... you don't often hear how verne was with the boys outside of Greg Gagne's very bias opinion

[@advancedchiropractic667]

Man spitting pearls. At work, you have to be on. I think you have to be on everyday you clock in. He is right it is what you make of it.

[@larsmarcon2652]

Damn I miss the bad guy 😢

[@emir0324]

Man I would have loved seeing Scott sit down with Joe Rogan and talk to 3 hrs

[@ericdravenX00X]

Kurt took one of the best close lines in the business, bumps period for that matter..

[@BigBoyToys-ce5qg]

"Clothesline."

[@ericdravenX00X]

@@BigBoyToys-ce5qg he hung him up to dry on the close line

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

He was the best wrestler! Period

[@kar5431]

I grew up watching Scott Hall in AWA, When he became Razor Ramon I had no idea it was him at first.

[@malcolmjwilliams3521]

One thing i can say about the older guys is theres a reverance of respect of the business and a willingness to constantly improve despite being at the top of the card. A lot of modern guys SHOULD do this and do not

[@sylvaindt]

We know how we got worked as fans in the past. How are we getting worked today? Because we are getting worked.

[@Drewzker]

Never knew that. Verne wanted to make Hall champion.

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

Scott Hall AWA wrestling Career Stint 9/28/1985 - 1/18/1987

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

Scott Hall Wrestling Career Stint in NWA Championship Wrestling from Florida ( CWF )1/27/1987-7/31/1987 Jim Crockett Promotion bought CWF. CWF / JCP 3/8/1987 -7/31/1987

[@thomasking4031]

Tough hearing Scott saying God rest his soul when referring to other wrestlers. Now we say the same for him. RIP

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

Scott Hall NWA Central States Wrestling Career Stint 3/7/1985- 9/24/1985.

[@sylvaindt]

Remember what you or others have thought about him. How vocal the negativity. Reconsider all that. And then apply that to so much else. Maybe all the commentators out there who skew your ideas on people and things are absolutely wrong.

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

Wednesday, August 21,1885 ( AWA) Winnipeg Manitoba Canada: Holy Cross School ( AWA TV Taping ) Scott Hall ( of CSW ) defeated Robert Rechsteiner ( aka Rick Steiner ) . Thursday, August 22,1985 ( AWA) Winnipeg Manitoba Canada: Winnipeg Arena: Scott Hall (of CSW ) battled Larry Zbyszko to a Time Limit Draw draw.

[@tritchie6272]

My take on Verne is that Vern was still a Pro Wrestler when Sports Entertainment was taking over. Its a shame because I like watching the Wrestling side of things. I've watched some old matches where I had to watch close to tell they were working and not actually Wrestling. An example of that is an old Dick the bruiser vs Vern Gagne match. And alot of the old Lou Thez videos.

[@jeff8613]

Imagine all the talent WCW held down that didn't get a chance with Vince I remember Kevin Nash being Vinny Vegas mean Mark callus becoming the legendary undertaker Kevin becoming Diesel Scott becoming Razor stunning Steve becoming Stone cold Paul becoming HHH All of them not even mid card talent with WCW to being the top guys in the WWE All becoming hall of famers I know Vince couldn't save them all or help them all but I'd say they were plenty that could have been stars in the WWE that wasn't nobody in WCW they just wouldn't give anyone a chance there

[@cjempire1188]

AWA... "Arions with attitude " 😁😂 jk jk ( ik I misspelled arion but y'all get it😂)

[@michaelrood2751]

Loved scott Hall. And couldn’t stand Nash lol

[@mexmexican8619]

It’s weird seeing pictures of Scott looking like a white guy

[@nzelver559]

Haha he was always a white guy with a really good tan

[@MortonT1958]

He’s a native Floridian.

[@rayjones95]

I thought the same thing...

[@roberdink]

Did Hall ever explain why he and Hennig lost the AWA Tag Titles by COUNTOUT?

[@TheStrategist314]

Reupload the…hey St. Louis! Reupload all these old clips!

[@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi]

You can politely ask, but never tell another grown man what to do with his channel, broski. Supply a view, leave your comment and know your role

[@davenwatts8173]

Nick names dont count in the name game, z man wont work chico

[@FlibDokky]

very zesty thumbnail. no wonder pat and vince wanted him bad in WWF

[@oveidasinclair982]

I think Scott screwed up by turning down the AWA World Heavyweight belt, he did have a successful career, he also blew all his money like Ric Flair, but he was never World Heavyweight Champ. Very few people carry that title, Larry Zbyszko carries that title as did Curt Hennig.

[@nzelver559]

Nah he was too greedy and irresponsible - same reason why he didn't go onto become world champion

[@oveidasinclair982]

@@nzelver559 You also have to realize that Scott wasn't the sharpest crayon in the box either.

[@rayjones95]

​@@nzelver559Scott made more money than Bret Hart when Bret was World Champion!

[@nzelver559]

@@rayjones95 How do you know that? Can you back it up with proof? And on what merits? Being a part of the Clique or something else? Both were great wrestlers but Scott was bullying and burying wrestlers while Bret was protecting wrestlers like Rocky from idiots like HHH and Shawn Michaels

[@dwoodstwin]

He was my favorite character but unfortunately he legendarily treated people like sht

[@MrTran1513]

Thai Anh Vo running from Sue and getting me caught up down south in Chula Vista with Nhan and running to Bell Alexander Hamilton and catching feelings for someone else.. . Then we stop kicking cuz my brother Sleepy got madd....and he then went back to Campo and Little Eric and AWOL and got shot by Giant.... Or some big 🐜