10 Deluded Wrestling Shoot Interview Revelations That Will Melt Your Brain
Hulk Hogan Vs. Bruce Prichard's Integrity On A Pole match goes to a non-finish.
The shoot interview circuit is another wrestling paradox in an industry that is a paradox unto itself: it is a platform on which to reveal the truth about the goings-on behind the curtain, but is mostly utilised by performers with an agenda to push or an ax to grind or an irrelevant career to make relevant once more.
Or, in the case of Kevin Nash, to troll the sh*t out of everybody.
For those retired or inactive, this is their time to tell their warts-and-all story. This mostly manifests as one long shoot-the-bullsh*t session, and it's ironic: the shoot interview, from its home video origins to its podcast present, is often the biggest work of them all.
One such brain-melter here comes courtesy of one Hulk Hogan. We had to exercise some discipline here, otherwise this list would be comprised exclusively of Hogan bullsh*t all the way to the taps, brother. Hogan disproves the Infinite monkey theorem, because even if he lived to the grand old wizard age of 1000, you'd never get anything resembling the truth out of the man.
Shockingly, Hogan, who once invented a dead child to sell cash-in novelty records, faces stiff competition as pro wrestling's preeminent fantasist...
10. Eric Bischoff: Bullsh*t 4-4-4-4-Life
Former WCW Executive Vice President Eric Bischoff seems haunted by the very idea of discussing pro wrestling.
Observe him on the Good Enemies, Better Friends episode of Table For 3; eyelids drooping, face locked in a tired grimace, he asks "Do we have to hear [about the Monday Night War] again, and again, and again?", aware but also resentful of the fact that it is the only way he can profit from wrestling in 2018. He also freely admits to a hazy recollection of his time in it, which renders his choice to cover the in-depth minutiae as part of 83 Weeks either bizarre, or a sad last resort to capitalise on his run.
Bischoff has told so many lies, for so long, that he can no longer keep track of them. Visibly tired by the whole thing, he has also taken to lashing out when caught out.
At the height of the War, Easy E signed anybody even tangentially associated with the WWF's success to ensure that company's failure. Even Virgil. And yet, on 83 Weeks, Bischoff claims not to have offered Bret Hart a WCW contract in 1996. Even if you don't take Hart's word for it, and he disclosed this years and years before their renewed squabble, or the Wrestling Observer report, use common sense and logic to pierce Bischoff's narrative.
In response to that offer, McMahon made the 20-year counter offer that set into motion the events of the Montreal Screwjob. It all worked out for Vince in the end, clearly, but he did not enjoy the year-long headache that followed. Why would he feel the need for this drastic measure, without the impetus that was WCW's offer of more money for fewer dates?