Jan 29, 2018
Aided by the show format and an array of listener questions, Guy
and Neal continue their look at the 10/05/98 edition of WCW
Monday Nitro. Along the way, Neal breaks down a memorable nWo
video in impeccable detail, revealing the intricacies involved in
making 'The Better Brother'.
Also this week: the mystery of Goldberg's piped-in chants, Steve
Austin's trepidation over promos, a cool Eric Bischoff tidbit and
much more!
Subscribe on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neal-pruitts-secrets-of-wcw-nitro/id1276032841?mt=2
Subscribe on Android:
https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ipkzridq3wpauwkb2wkdl4de4su
Twitter: @secretsofnitro
Facebook: www.facebook.com/secretsofnitro
E-mail: secretsofnitro@gmail.com
Excerpts:
Pruitt on Steve Austin being nervous to do
interviews:
"I don't think anybody ever wants to really expose their
weaknesses, but when you do expose your weaknesses to someone
that's willing to help you, you can really excel. Not that I had
anything to do with it...but [Austin] did tell us he had an issue
with speaking [upon his arrival to WCW]. [He said] it was something
he really needed to work on.
Having been in the interview room for so long, [I know] that
what really freaks people out is...it's just not natural to look in
the camera lens instead of somebody's face. So it's already a weird
thing to do, and the intimidation factor creeps in for whatever
reason. [Often] when the light goes on the camera, the personality
goes off.
I knew Stone Cold was uncomfortable with that - looking right
in the camera. So I told him, 'if you're nervous about looking in
the camera, don't even look in the camera. These people don't
deserve your gaze'. So if you watch some of his earlier stuff when
he had hair and he was on WCW Saturday Night, you'll see
that he's not looking at the camera at all.
He worked at his talent at talking, [and] so did Cactus Jack.
When they would ride down the road together, they would never turn
the radio on. They would just [practice their promos]. That's how
dedicated these people were at becoming professionals at what they
did. And I really admire that, because I know that's what it takes.
It doesn't come naturally to most people, but if you work at it,
you can get it."
Pruitt on the rumor that WCW piped in 'Goldberg'
chants:
"Sometimes some of it would be recorded, and we would mix that
in to get the people excited. It didn't happen all that much as far
as the live shows went, but I know I would enhance some of the
pay-per-view events.
When I did the show for Deep South Wrestling - that's where
people like Luke Gallows, Kofi Kingston, MVP, Jack Swagger, The Miz
and lots of [other] guys at WWE [came from] - I would always
super-enhance the audio, as far as when the show aired on TV. I had
a 'roar' track that I used underneath [the crowd noise], that I
think really enhanced the show."