evilclown Posted September 27, 2013 Report Posted September 27, 2013 So, it looks like I'll be interviewing Dusty Rhodes. You guys are probably as good as it gets when it comes to hardcore fans. Any ideas for moments and stories I should ask him about? Also, what questions do you have about his career that he might be able/willing to answer? Things that have been bugging you? I will have to mix these in with stuff about his current storyline, but I'd love to try to make some of this for "us" too. Help appreciated. Quote
Dylan Waco Posted September 27, 2013 Report Posted September 27, 2013 I'm always wary of contributing to threads like this because I don't know what is to inside baseball and/or what would be fair game, but I would be interested in hearing Dusty talk about the differences in feel and significance between working in places like Toronto, the Kiel and MSG. I'd also like to hear whether or not he preferred working solo as a heel or teaming with Murdoch. Quote
KrisZ Posted September 27, 2013 Report Posted September 27, 2013 Yeah it's hard interviewing wrestlers because you don't know if they are going to have as good of a memory as the interviewer then you bring up something that doesn't mean anything to them and it sours the interview a little bit. If Dusty plays ball, I would be interested in the creative process behind the Kevin Sullivan turn into the Prince of Darkness because no one had ever done anything like that in wrestling really before they did that. Plus I'm interested in the Eddie Graham/Vincent J. McMahon relationship where Dusty would go in and out of Florida and WWF at times. Quote
shoe Posted September 27, 2013 Report Posted September 27, 2013 Was/is it difficult watching your kids attempting to make their mark in the business that their father was a bonafide legend in? Quote
BrickHithouse Posted September 27, 2013 Report Posted September 27, 2013 What's your all-time favorite angle that you booked for yourself or someone else? What were your plans for 1989 booking-wise had you remained with Turner/WCW? Quote
Matt D Posted September 28, 2013 Report Posted September 28, 2013 I'd be curious if he felt stifled creatively in WWF. It had such a different pacing to it. They'd run 2/3rds of a year of house shows off of basically one angle. In Crockett he had to come up with ideas almost constantly. WWF was such a slow moving train in comparison. Quote
BrickHithouse Posted September 28, 2013 Report Posted September 28, 2013 And conversely I wonder if his time in WWF was a relief of sorts since all he had to do was show up and perform rather than book and deal with all the shit that comes with that. Quote
Log Posted September 28, 2013 Report Posted September 28, 2013 How did he get the splotch on his stomach? Quote
Lust Hogan Posted September 28, 2013 Report Posted September 28, 2013 I would ask Dusty why did the promotion under his watch (JCP) give the fans so many false finishes? What was the long term booking rationale behind that? Why did Lex Luger never get a run with the gold? Estimating about 90% of the people involved in the company blame him for the downfall of JCP what is his honest assessment of that? Are there contributing factors we don't know? Why did Dusty stay face in the late 80's? Did he not hear the boos? Why not join The Horsemen?? Quote
Sidebottom Posted September 28, 2013 Report Posted September 28, 2013 Does he know why his Hasbro figure is worth so much money? Seriously, that would be a blinding question for either: A ) An answer. B ) The best miffed look ever. Quote
flyonthewall2983 Posted September 28, 2013 Report Posted September 28, 2013 How did he get the splotch on his stomach? I'd always heard that happened from a match with Abdullah where fire was involved. Quote
pantherwagner Posted October 2, 2013 Report Posted October 2, 2013 Pretty sure that's where he had the word "Goodyear" dermabrased off. Quote
Bix Posted October 2, 2013 Report Posted October 2, 2013 I would ask Dusty why did the promotion under his watch (JCP) give the fans so many false finishes? What was the long term booking rationale behind that? Why did Lex Luger never get a run with the gold? Estimating about 90% of the people involved in the company blame him for the downfall of JCP what is his honest assessment of that? Are there contributing factors we don't know? Why did Dusty stay face in the late 80's? Did he not hear the boos? Why not join The Horsemen?? 1. That's not what a false finish is. A false finish is a near fall.2. So you want Snowden to alienate Dusty and WWE? Quote
goc Posted October 2, 2013 Report Posted October 2, 2013 Ask him if there is a guy that he feels like he personally dropped the ball on. Someone he felt had the talent and ability to be a player but for whatever reason he never got around to giving them a push. Quote
peachchaos Posted October 2, 2013 Report Posted October 2, 2013 How did he get the splotch on his stomach? I'd always heard that happened from a match with Abdullah where fire was involved. This was explained on the WWE documentary. It was a medical condition from when he was young, I can't remember the exact details. Gallbladder or something. Quote
Dooley Posted October 2, 2013 Report Posted October 2, 2013 I would ask Dusty why did the promotion under his watch (JCP) give the fans so many false finishes? What was the long term booking rationale behind that? Why did Lex Luger never get a run with the gold? Estimating about 90% of the people involved in the company blame him for the downfall of JCP what is his honest assessment of that? Are there contributing factors we don't know? Why did Dusty stay face in the late 80's? Did he not hear the boos? Why not join The Horsemen?? 1. That's not what a false finish is. A false finish is a near fall.2. So you want Snowden to alienate Dusty and WWE? These can be re-worded to have more appealing language but are still valid questions. Not every interview has to be a list of reasons why the subject is awesome. Snowden knows that as well as anyone. Quote
Bix Posted October 2, 2013 Report Posted October 2, 2013 I would ask Dusty why did the promotion under his watch (JCP) give the fans so many false finishes? What was the long term booking rationale behind that? Why did Lex Luger never get a run with the gold? Estimating about 90% of the people involved in the company blame him for the downfall of JCP what is his honest assessment of that? Are there contributing factors we don't know? Why did Dusty stay face in the late 80's? Did he not hear the boos? Why not join The Horsemen?? 1. That's not what a false finish is. A false finish is a near fall.2. So you want Snowden to alienate Dusty and WWE? These can be re-worded to have more appealing language but are still valid questions. Not every interview has to be a list of reasons why the subject is awesome. Snowden knows that as well as anyone. I don't mean the negativity. I mean that there's a delicate line of what is and isn't too "inside" for a WWE PR interview. Quote
Loss Posted October 2, 2013 Report Posted October 2, 2013 Wrestlers are rarely asked tough questions in interviews, which is why most wrestling interviews suck. All wrestling interviews are PR interviews in some form or another. Quote
BrickHithouse Posted October 2, 2013 Report Posted October 2, 2013 I'd always heard that Dusty's splotch was kind of like Pinnochio's nose. The splotch appears when he's bullshitting and disappears when he's telling the truth. (I'll leave now, sorry) Quote
pantherwagner Posted October 2, 2013 Report Posted October 2, 2013 I would ask Dusty why did the promotion under his watch (JCP) give the fans so many false finishes? What was the long term booking rationale behind that? Why did Lex Luger never get a run with the gold? Estimating about 90% of the people involved in the company blame him for the downfall of JCP what is his honest assessment of that? Are there contributing factors we don't know? Why did Dusty stay face in the late 80's? Did he not hear the boos? Why not join The Horsemen?? 1. That's not what a false finish is. A false finish is a near fall.2. So you want Snowden to alienate Dusty and WWE? These can be re-worded to have more appealing language but are still valid questions. Not every interview has to be a list of reasons why the subject is awesome. Snowden knows that as well as anyone. I don't mean the negativity. I mean that there's a delicate line of what is and isn't too "inside" for a WWE PR interview. Not only that, but these questions are "Southern rasslin' shit" that in their world is pretty much irrelevant. Quote
ohtani's jacket Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 Wrestlers are rarely asked tough questions in interviews, which is why most wrestling interviews suck. All wrestling interviews are PR interviews in some form or another. Recently, I was prepping someone for red carpet interviews. Most performers don't want to be interviewed let alone asked tough questions, which is why most interviews in general are PR exercises where the interviewer tries to not upset the interviewee. The interviews that most of us would like to read are dream interviews for the most part. Quote
evilclown Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Posted October 3, 2013 Here's what I came up with. I took a number of questions from here, but most ended up scrapped when he cut things down to 20 minutes and then threatened to kick my ass if I actually held him 20 minutes. So, to the delight of possible no one but me: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1795613...-mcmahon-family Quote
Dylan Waco Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 I actually really enjoyed it, especially Dusty's subtle kayfabe turn at the end and you working with him a bit so he could make the pitch for the ppv. Thanks for asking some stuff about Murdoch. Still the most insane revelation to come out of this is that you are from South Carolina too and we possibly went to a bunch of the same shows at the Township Quote
shoe Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 Thanks for using my question and actually evolving it into a more interesting question. Quote
Lust Hogan Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 I too am from South Carolina and was probably at the Township with you guys! Small world.... Quote
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