WKPWP Interview Classic with Jim Ross (5 Yrs Ago): What if Bill Watts competed with Vince, babyfaces and heels + vintage Hawk interview

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2022

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

In this week's Interview Classic episode from five years ago (10-20-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents part two of his new interview with Jim Ross followed by a vintage interview from 25 years ago this weekend with Road Warrior Hawk. In the hour-long Ross interview, he discusses how fans have changed over the decades and if that affects his approach to announcing, key historical turning points including what if Bill Watts and not Jim Crockett was Vince McMahon’s early primary competitors, could a more sports-like presentation of pro wrestling have taken over the country instead of “sports entertainment” promoted by Vince, the challenge of getting over a babyface in 2017, and more.

In the vintage Hawk interview from John Arezzi’s “Pro Wrestling Spotlight” radio show in October 1992, Hawk talks about his decision to leave the WWF, compares working for Jim Crockett vs. Vince McMahon, the possibility of a union forming for wrestlers, and more.

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0:00.0	Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.
0:10.0	He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.
0:15.0	Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.
0:19.0	All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.
0:23.0	Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.
0:26.0	Piando Ferries, there is another way.
0:29.0	Ah, she's brilliant.
0:31.0	Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, three for a city break.
0:37.0	It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent.
0:41.0	Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.
0:43.2	All right.
0:44.0	Roger Jr. and his dog, Roger Senior.
0:46.8	And don't get us started on Mel.
0:49.4	But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:52.8	All aboard, miss, I finally got plans out the group chat.
0:55.6	Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.
0:58.1	P and Dau Ferris, there is another way.
1:00.8	A P.W. Torch VIP membership doesn't just give you ad-free access to these shows and a ton of other
1:04.7	VIP exclusive podcasts throughout the week, but you also gain access to our unmatched vast library of wrestling history.
1:10.9	Our contemporaneous week-to-week coverage through our
1:13.0	pro- Wrestling Torch weekly newsletters dating back to the late 1980s, along with
1:16.9	streaming and download access to hundreds of retro radio shows from the 1990s
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