JIM NEIDHART DISCUSSES “WHO” GIMMICK, WCW, MORE
- 06/22/2014 (9:57:25 pm)
- Bob Mulrenin
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Recap of Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart on In Your Head Wrestling Radio, 06/11/2014by Vic Schiavone
Hosts Jack E. Jones and One Inch Biceps welcomed former two-time WWF Tag Team Champion Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart to IYH Wrestling Radio.
Highlights included the following:
* What was the story behind your ‘Who’ gimmick in the WWF?
“Oh brother; I’ll tell you, that was some real BS. I think it was more like a little punishment thing. I think they found some of that horrible devil weed in my system, and finding the devil weed they suspend you, let you go home for a couple of weeks to rest up. They threw me back on the road and said OK, we’re going to torture him a little bit; we’re going to take that pink and black off you and throw you in a yellow mask as a single…If you never worked with a mask on before, wow. It’s a big, big difference; you can’t see. You had no peripheral vision…If you’re wrestling with that mask on; you have to look at your opponent constantly. It’s way, way harder to wrestle with a mask on than it is without, because you have to tell the people what you’re doing a little bit without actually looking at them; you have to use way, way more body language, which is really different. I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody, walking into a big venue sold out and you’re trying to do a single with a mask on and you don’t know what the hell you’re doing.”
* What were your feelings on your WCW run (after the Montreal Screwjob)?
“I’ve never made so much money doing absolutely f**king nothing. It was ridiculous. I made almost $300,000 in twelve months to do absolutely nothing, and accomplish nothing. They didn’t know what they were doing; it was ridiculous…It’s a shame; they had so much talent going through there but they didn’t have anybody that knew what the hell they were doing. Eric Bischoff, I guess, was in charge with Hogan and that crew, and I thought the nWo thing was kind of cute, but they never had any real direction toward it.”
Other topics discussed included:
* Where was his favorite place to wrestle?
* When the WWF split up The Hart Foundation, did Vince McMahon have big ideas for him as a singles star?
* What did he consider was the biggest match of his career?
* How were you treated in the WWF after Bret left?
* Was he ever the victim of one of Owen Hart’s famous ribs (practical jokes)?
* What were his thoughts on working in Japan?
This interview is available for listening at http://www.iyhwrestling.com/viewnews.php?autoid=24798 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAoLzHf1UUY
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