10 Most Revealing Wrestling Shoot Interviews

5. Vince Russo On Bash At The Beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_DHYPKdUdM One of the most notorious worked shoots in wrestling history was a convoluted mess by the time the story played out, thanks to WCW€™s trademark godawful organisation. The Bash At The Beach pay-per-view in July 2000, less than a year before the company went belly-up, was a typical example€ but one that blew up into a serious slice of gossip. Essentially, Jeff Jarrett had entered the event as WCW world heavyweight champion, but the prevailing thinking was that it was Booker T€™s time to win the title for the first time. The first time? Yes - people tend to forget that, although Booker was a five-time WCW world title winner, all five wins occurred within the time span of just over one year. At any rate, the unanimous booking decision was that Booker and Jarrett would main event the pay-per-view, with Booker going over. However, Hulk Hogan had a contractual right to approve creative decisions in WCW, and vetoed the decision at the last minute, on the day of the match. He wanted to go over Jarrett instead. The outcome is pro wrestling history, a worked shoot that potentially became a legitimate shoot, with Jarrett being told to lie down €“ literally €“ for Hogan to pin, and Hogan walking out on WCW in disgust with the WCW title. Russo then cut a scathing promo in the ring, utterly burying Hogan, and recasting the WCW title match for later that night with Booker and Jarrett and the old title belt up for grabs (just as he€™d wanted to do from the start). Booker T would win, and Hogan would never return to WCW, later suing Russo for defamation of character thanks to the promo. The above clip features Vince Russo€™s side of the story€ and as much as people malign Russo€™s stewardship of WCW at the time, his version makes a lot of sense. Have a watch and see what you think.