Referee Nick Patrick On The nWo, What REALLY Happened At Starrcade 97, WCW Invasion, Taking Ref Bumps

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Chris Van Vliet

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🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Nick Patrick is a retired professional wrestling referee known for his time in WCW and WWE. He joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Atlanta, GA to talk about how he started his career as a wrestler and then became a referee, getting hired by WCW, turning heel as part of the nWo, what really happened at the end of the Hulk Hogan vs. Sting match at WCW Starrcade 97, was he told to do a fast count or a slow count?, his match with Chris Jericho where Jericho had one hand tied behind his back, being part of the WCW Invasion angle in WWE, teaming with The Dudley Boyz against Mike Chioda, The Rock and Y2J, the art of taking a ref bump, why he believes WWE doesn't highlight referees anymore and more! Listen to Nick on "Mailbag Mondays" at http://adfreeshows.com Get your first month of Bluechew for FREE, just pay $5 shipping with the code CVV at http://bluechew.com Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV at http://thecoldplunge.com Quote I'm thinking about: The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. - Michael Altshuler For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blea.
0:09.0	Here we go, my friends.
0:11.5	Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.
0:15.5	I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.
0:17.6	I'm assuming you knew that because it is in the name of the show, Insight with
0:22.7	Chris Van Fleet. But it's so great to have you here and great to have the legend with us. Nick
0:28.7	Patrick is here. One of the most famous referees from the Monday Night Wars. I mean, maybe even the
0:35.1	most infamous referee, although I mean, between him and then Earl Hebner, I mean, maybe even the most infamous referee, although, I mean, between him and
0:39.7	Earl Hebner, I mean, those are two very infamous figures. But this is such a great conversation
0:45.9	because Nick harkens back to a time when referees had names. We knew their names, and they were
0:52.1	allowed to have a personality and a character. And what he did
0:56.8	with the NWO, if you were watching WCW back then, it was just so good because he was the NWO's personal referee.
1:05.2	He was screwing people and fixing matches. And it was just so, so entertaining. So we get into all of that. We get into
1:14.9	WCW being sold, the transition to WWE. We got in, we get into how he even started as a referee.
1:22.4	And it's been brought up more than once online. But have you ever noticed how much Nick Patrick from the 90s with that
1:29.3	goate and the curly mullet look like Danny McBride's character, Kenny Powers from Eastbound and
1:35.8	down? So it's like uncanny. It's almost like the two characters could be brothers or maybe even
1:41.9	the same character. But look, Nick is such a great storyteller.
1:45.8	You'll hear a bunch of stories here.
1:47.6	And you can also hear him every other Monday on adfreeshows.com for Mailbag Monday.
1:53.7	He answers your questions.
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