Scott Hall - Why Bob Backlund Stopped Wrestling Diesel in WWF

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@TitleMatchWrestling 6 ай бұрын

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

@drewc771 6 ай бұрын

"...And I think I throw a pretty good punch." The BEST, imo. Hall's a legend. RIP.

@Drummer_Jeff83 6 ай бұрын

I never knew Scott's discus punch was a Kerry tribute. Ive seen him do it a million times. That's pretty fucking cool.

@johncook9392 6 ай бұрын

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!!!

@Drummer_Jeff83 6 ай бұрын

@@johncook9392 right on! Same here for sure. Scott was the man

@pandavelli8176 6 ай бұрын

Me neither. That’s cool

@Plexpara Ай бұрын

i thought he just stole it.

@Jim-Tuner 6 ай бұрын

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.

@KINGMONKEY1989 6 ай бұрын

No wonder the company was tanking with Nash as champion. Dude couldn't wrestle his way out of a paper sleeping bag 😂

@johncook9392 6 ай бұрын

@@KINGMONKEY1989 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

@intothedeepstate7491 6 ай бұрын

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.

@spockhozzer7207 6 ай бұрын

@@johncook9392He was terrible on the mic too. Nash should've been let go from every company because his career was complete garbage

@Guitarplayer724 6 ай бұрын

@@spockhozzer7207This is why you’re a KZbin commenter and not a booker. 😂

@NunYabidness-e1j 4 ай бұрын

By the time Kevin appeared on the scene Scott was a 10+ year veteran having worked AWA WCW Big Scott Hall The Diamond Studd which is where he met Nash who was WCWs Oz

@AAAA-lt9hq Ай бұрын

Scott had such a sharp mind for putting proper matches and opponents together. You can tell he really observed the business. It's a shame he wasn't put in more of a formal creative position once he was in less shape to wrestle consistently. He could have really helped HHH and Shawn Michaels with the post-Vince WWE.

@Ivotas 5 ай бұрын

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.

@jamesmiller5331 3 ай бұрын

Check him out on Steve Austin's podcast. Dude was super intelligent.

@Ivotas 3 ай бұрын

@@jamesmiller5331 Oh, he was on it? Will definitely have to check it out. Thanks for the info. But yeah man, dude already comes across as super intelligent.

@jamesmiller5331 3 ай бұрын

@@Ivotas enjoy man. I listen to it about once per year or so. Best interview Scott ever did. Free on KZbin decided into 2 parts.

@AAAA-lt9hq Ай бұрын

Just now saw this. I feel silly saying exactly what you said 4 months after you, but you're dead on.

@wardengentles53 6 ай бұрын

Scott looked good here. RIP bad mang!

@alanguages 6 ай бұрын

Missed opportunity for Hall vs Meng. Hey Meng! Take a look at the bad guy.

@johnliberty3647 6 ай бұрын

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.

@redactedandredactedaccesor7290 6 ай бұрын

He did for sure

@natmason5528 6 ай бұрын

When he was straight he was a great worker. He also had a major impact on Sting's gimmick change to the Crow.

@djdonald243 6 ай бұрын

Yah, he knew how to work a crowd and a match but not how to wrestle.

@tomvu1470 6 ай бұрын

More important, Hall (to my knowledge) *never* hurt anybody in the ring while still making it 'look real' in the ring.

@lazyfrogeyes5949 6 ай бұрын

@@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 .

@Rob-Mc 6 ай бұрын

This was AWESOME! Thank you for sharing this. I've never seen him talk this candid and just here in the moment

@richardstetson8221 6 ай бұрын

This whole interview was on KZbin 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

@Rob-Mc 6 ай бұрын

@@richardstetson8221 thanks man. I'm going to look it up. I appreciate you.

@richardstetson8221 6 ай бұрын

@Rob-Mc if you look up 2007 Scott Hall shoot interview you should be able to find the full interview with just the audio

@ModernDayRenaissanceMan 6 ай бұрын

Last call with Scott Hall is something you should look up. He basically was doing his own KZbin show before these podcasts ever became popular

@Rob-Mc 6 ай бұрын

@@ModernDayRenaissanceMan will do. Thanks for the heads up.

@ants84 3 ай бұрын

Dick Murdoch was an exceptional worker. Legend goes that he used to tell his opponents a joke throughout the match, but would time it so that he’d give them the punchline just as he was taking a backwards bump over the top to the outside. Tremendous stuff! 🤣🤣🤣

@neilm2794 6 ай бұрын

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.

@WrathOfRandman688 6 ай бұрын

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.

@greenmountavenue4122 6 ай бұрын

Are you from Baltimore?

@WrathOfRandman688 6 ай бұрын

@@greenmountavenue4122 in the Dundalk area yes.

@grawakendream8980 5 ай бұрын

wow crazy. i didn't know about this at the time at all

@JohnCarnell-pv8cp 2 ай бұрын

I was there at the Baltimore show as well.. I also remember The Smoking Gunns against Well Dunn for the Tag Titles and Bundy vs Bulldog.

@Viprz 4 ай бұрын

Scott was a great worker, probably didn't get all the credit he deserved for how versatile he was. RIP.

@s0129570 6 ай бұрын

This shows was a pro he was that he knew how to add flare to elevate his Backlund matches. That’s a cool finish.

@OHM.R1210 6 ай бұрын

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.

@jamaali2358 6 ай бұрын

Scott Hall and backstage that don't work for me brother

@jfayiii 6 ай бұрын

He delivers it so cool, you'd want to impress him by doing what he asked.

@CatsClaw44 6 ай бұрын

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).

@grawakendream8980 5 ай бұрын

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

@midwestmonster9886 14 күн бұрын

I feel like every booker should watch Hulk Hogan vs the Iron Sheik. Hogan dominated until he crashed and burned against a turnbuckle, then Sheik dominated the rest of the match until it was time for the heroic comeback. As long as you keep the match short (Hogan/Sheik was reportedly 5 minutes, 40 seconds), you can make two guys with conflicting styles work by having a complete 180 offensive turnaround. Diesel versus Backlund might have been a steal if you tried to sell a PPV off of it, but it could have been a decent Raw main event.

@Craigers8637 6 ай бұрын

Posted 46 mins ago, wish it was shot 46 mins ago 😢

@ModernDayRenaissanceMan 6 ай бұрын

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.

@karimsunderji9180 6 ай бұрын

Great story telling here

@cappy2282 3 ай бұрын

When i was a kid. WWE came to my small town to film a Raw in highschool gym. Shawn and Razor had (dark) ladder match. I didn't really understand significance at time (i was like 10) but it was cool. 2) i forget who double J wrestled but i remember being extremely impressed with his match 3) My friends did a pic with Bret for Raw magazine cover, as well 👍

@alexmelendez6732 6 ай бұрын

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.

@afdcg 6 ай бұрын

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.

@grawakendream8980 5 ай бұрын

and matt doink borne

@Darren-r8l 29 күн бұрын

Scott got smart about his wrestling knowledge.Scott Hall Razor Ramon was great and is missed.

@tonymoses3810 3 ай бұрын

Scott Hall was a special talent. Kevin Nash was just a big guy in the right place at the right time who played politics. But, Hall should have been the world champion and the main eventer. Hall respected the business and mastered his craft, respected the guys who paved the way, and was respected in turn universally. Hall was a great talent in ring, and he had natural charisma, and he worked to master his craft. I think he got caught up with the wrong people telling him the wrong things that were self-serving to the people telling him. But, why Hall was at the top of the mid-card and Nash was the main eventer will always be an irony to me because Nash was nothing special aside from being a huge guy and he did it the wrong way by knocking and trying to bury anyone viewed as a threat. 25 years later, he's mellowed and comes off humble on his podcast. But, think about it, why on Earth was Hall the test to pass to see if you could work with Kevin Nash when Hall was 1,000 times better in the ring than Nash. I don't see how promoters decided to go with Nash in the top slot either when Hall wasn't only better in the ring, but he had more charisma and also paid more dues and was more respectful to the business. All Nash had on Hall was a little size, and it's irrelevant because Hall was a big guy himself.

@amirpourghoureiyan1637 6 ай бұрын

So that’s why Murdoch was there lol

@michaelnugent9758 6 ай бұрын

I've wondered why he was there for like 30 years...😂

@romans52345-cy3tq 6 ай бұрын

Would this been around the time he was in the 95 Rumble?

@grawakendream8980 6 ай бұрын

when? was he

@grawakendream8980 6 ай бұрын

@@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

@JWS1985 6 ай бұрын

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.

@straightpipec6099 6 ай бұрын

Backlund could beat them all.

@rexgamewell 6 ай бұрын

Scott didnt take wrestling that serious like the marks and other wrestlers did.

@nolongerblocked6210 4 ай бұрын

I liked Razor/Scott but Double JJ could go _well before_ he ever got to the WWF. Lawler worked with & helped train Jarrett in Tennessee... so Jarrett was a great worker before he ever stepped foot into the WWF

@jeffreygoss8109 5 ай бұрын

Nash was always known a big sexy the work rate killer. I’m surprised Scott didn’t have to carry him to the ring since he carried him in the ring and in interviews

@79chevy901 6 ай бұрын

Halls seems to be down to earth.

@ModernDayRenaissanceMan 6 ай бұрын

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.

@heyyoohall 6 ай бұрын

Rip Scott Hall.

@grawakendream8980 6 ай бұрын

backlund and murdoch go back to st. louis in the mid 70s, i think. re-activation of the missouri heavyweight title

@Brody-cx5vl 5 ай бұрын

This guy could have been the best ever.

@maxv3208 6 ай бұрын

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.

@jeffreyyoders6366 6 ай бұрын

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.

@littletom1978 5 ай бұрын

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

@l.d.1724 6 ай бұрын

One of the greatest minds in wrestling’s of all time. #RIPTheBADGUYRazorRamon! 🙏🏾 #TheresOnlyOneScottHall🕊️

@mexmexican8619 6 ай бұрын

I always thought Scott wrestled like a smaller guy. Scott was deceptively massive.

@justmythoughts2786 6 ай бұрын

Bobby Backlund was the greatest wrestler to ever hit the business by a longshot not even close

@Robert-nu4vc 2 ай бұрын

Backlund was the most boring wrestler ever. Zero charisma, too.

@thewhitepanther6052 6 ай бұрын

Its a shame he couldnt battle his demons. Should of been a world champion!

@stripmin41 6 ай бұрын

Razors edge, top finisher

@davej.meister5421 4 ай бұрын

Are you sure it's not called the Celtic Cross lol? Too bad we never heard Scott's opinion of Sheamus.

@kevinhope8279 10 күн бұрын

Bob Backlund should have never gotten the belt from superstar

@Jorgedelaselva 6 ай бұрын

When he was sober he was one of the best workers ever .

@thecardbunker801 6 ай бұрын

And even if he was sober. So what? He was still amazing. And alot of that was a work btw

@MalamuteMan1 6 ай бұрын

@@thecardbunker801congrats, you win dumb ass comment of the day 👍🎉👌

@chucksenhowzen9740 6 ай бұрын

@@thecardbunker801go home you’re drunk

@owenicus 6 ай бұрын

⁠@@chucksenhowzen9740I resemble that statement and I am home.

@michaelgoofay 5 ай бұрын

He was one of the best workers ever not sober lol

@leeroyjenkins9992 6 ай бұрын

Rip,Scott I remember him and Shawn’s ladder match fuckn amazing

@bulldogbrower6732 4 ай бұрын

He criticizes Bob Backlund for his old school wrestling moves. He would have rather of thrown punches. Wow, this is what Vince allowed them to do to our wrestling.

@vonsaltinator7602 2 ай бұрын

Vince's wrestling, y'all worked for whom? Lest ye forget.

@thelionsdenwithdanielowens2423 2 ай бұрын

my childhood best friends dad worked at the bar scott hall was a bouncer at he came in one day we were like 8 and playing a wrestling video game he said i know who that guy is and goes and pulls a picture out with him standing next to hall they were from florida when they moved to wisconsin was awesome

@hippa2dahoppa2 5 ай бұрын

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

@miamimagicians 6 ай бұрын

Rip to one of the handsome guys to ever wrestle

@msoi215 6 ай бұрын

#RIPScottHall

@davej.meister5421 4 ай бұрын

Sheamus sucks. He didn't pay a single tribute to the man whose finisher he stole then renamed, when he passed.

@jaydubya3348 6 ай бұрын

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...

@ValiantWrestling 5 ай бұрын

"Jerrett" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@QuentinDude 5 ай бұрын

its-amazing-they-were-running-2-tours-with-a-average-roster....Diesel-vs-Backlund-is-a-weak-main-event

@inthekingdom1996 5 ай бұрын

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

@CrookedRosePOD 6 ай бұрын

He stopped cyz it was the summer of 92

@Grisna_25- 6 ай бұрын

Rip Scott hall

@raidernation9920 6 ай бұрын

Rest In Peace Scott. One of the nicest guys I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting

@jfayiii 6 ай бұрын

This man should be running WWE. Such a missed opportunity.

@robzilla730 6 ай бұрын

Whatever happened to Outback Jack...??🤔

@Jim-Tuner 6 ай бұрын

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.

@robzilla730 6 ай бұрын

@@Jim-Tuner I remember they promo'd the hell out of him. Heard he was FOH(Friend Of Hulk)...

@Jim-Tuner 6 ай бұрын

@@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.

@robzilla730 6 ай бұрын

@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...🤔

@muffsstuff6914 6 ай бұрын

If I remember his theme song was terrible

@edecanemane 6 ай бұрын

nWo 4 👉🏾

@aaronmartinez7534 6 ай бұрын

Crazy that Scotts gone

@davej.meister5421 4 ай бұрын

And the orange haired Irish man who stole Scott's finisher, then renamed it, still exists.

@christopherhowe5180 6 ай бұрын

Backlund was a good wrestler but not much of an entertainer unfortunately

@therealanonymous12 6 ай бұрын

Did you ever see Mr.Bob Backlund

@christopherhowe5180 6 ай бұрын

@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.

@PeterBrown-mz4nv 4 ай бұрын

He was a great wrestler.

@mattjindrak 6 ай бұрын

Bill Buckland

@PeterBrown-mz4nv 4 ай бұрын

I don't get it.

@M-Myrtle-R 6 ай бұрын

RIP Scott Hall

@mikejejenich-pb5zx 6 ай бұрын

Hey 👋 yo. 🎤 🗣️

@fmbbeachbum8163 6 ай бұрын

Backlund was the only babyface that I hated as a kid, back in 80-83. Just did'nt like anything about his gimmick.

@stevejamieson8468 5 ай бұрын

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.

@PeterBrown-mz4nv 4 ай бұрын

He wasn't a gimmick. He was the real deal.

@robthames5065 2 ай бұрын

Why did Backlund stop working with Nash? Cuz Nash would tear a quad if he tried to do more than 5 moves.

@bulldogbrower6732 6 ай бұрын

Sorry, throwing punches is not wrestling. This was the beginning of the era of clotheslines and the standing 10 punch in the corner.

@kristophercaldwell2399 6 ай бұрын

Actually that was the hogan 80s Era it just got worse from there lol

@fourcampsreally9385 4 ай бұрын

Stand up straight when you are talking to me lol. Bob Backlund was just as entertaining just popping in later years as anyone at the time.

@ickbar 6 ай бұрын

'Pretty good punch' ? Scott had one of the best punches.

@davidjones6470 6 ай бұрын

DAMN RIGHT 👊

@stripmin41 6 ай бұрын

Miss the bad guy.

@brandonwenzel2844 6 ай бұрын

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.

@themindofmwill24 6 ай бұрын

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 😂

@tritchie6272 6 ай бұрын

Backlund was a Wrestler, when to many people didn't appreciate Wrestlers.Although I have enjoyed the few matches I've seen of Backlund.

@amirpourghoureiyan1637 6 ай бұрын

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.

@tritchie6272 6 ай бұрын

@@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.

@EvaSlayAllDay334 6 ай бұрын

Not 1994 Backlund. He was actually a great heel at that time.

@Zippadeedoodaa-nt8om 2 ай бұрын

The stories are interesting, but there's no way I could watch wrestling anymore after all the secrets have been divulged. The "entertainment" part of wrestling is pointless and over played. Soap opera for males.