Post by hbk on Aug 8, 2005 7:26:37 GMT -5
The true star of the hot VH-1 television series, "Hogan Knows Best," and one-half of the former WCW & WWE World Tag Team Champions, The Nasty Boys,
Brian Knobbs, was a guest on the 08/04/05 edition of Monday Night Mayhem, which can be heard in streaming audio every week exclusively on
MondayNightMayhem.com & on The AudioWrestling Radio Network -- your official home of "The Spring Break Incident" Video-On-Demand, featuring RAW Diva, Stacy Keibler!
The interview with Brian Knobbs is now available to hear for FREE in Real Audio!
Here are highlights from the interview provided by the show's correspondent, Dan "Ho-Ju" Kriegbaum, of www.MondayNightMayhem.com.
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Has it already been fourteen years since The Nasty Boys defended the WWE Tag Team Titles against The Legion Doom at SummerSlam '91 at Madison Sqaure
Garden in NYC? The interview starts off with that trip down memory lane, as The Big Mosh welcomed Brian Knobbs to the show. Knobbs starts off by stating that The Big Mosh & The Angry Hero should be a tag team on the wrestling scene. Mosh started the interview with discussion about "Hogan Knows Best," as Brian ran down the past between his & Hogan's friendship, in addition to how successful the show is doing currently and what's in store for the future (with season II already in the works). Knobbs also talked about his
"gameplan" for him & "The Mouth Of The South" Jimmy Hart and how their mission was to watch out for Hulk's daughter, Brooke, on her date at Busch
Gardens and diffuse any trouble that might happen.
The next topic of discussion was Hogan's opponent at SummerSlam, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, as Knobbs went into a little shoot about HBK and how he always cries. Brian remembered Shawn & his attitude when he was an active part of the WWE roster and honestly feels that "The Babe Ruth Of Professional Wrestling" is going to talk all over Michaels in two weeks at The MCI Center in Washington D.C.
Mosh then mentioned that he spotted Knobbs two sections to his right at The Staples Center in Los Angeles, LA for WrestleMania 21. Knobbs gave his
thoughts about how the nostalgia of the entire weekend and how was "awesome" to experience -- both the WrestleMania spectacular itself & the WWE Hall Of Fame ceremony. He then went on to say the sport is his life and in his blood, and that's why a lot of superstars refuse to go quietly into the
night & retire from the business.
The Mayhem Crew then got to talking about old WCW matches that are now being played on WWE 24-7, as Knobbs gave his takes about some of the matches that are currently being played. Brian vividly remembered the last time WrestleMania was in "The City Of Angels" (WrestleMania VII), as him & his
partner, Jerry Saggs, defeated The Hart Foundation to capture the WWE World Tag Titles. Brian, to this very day in time, felt that was one of the
crowning moments of his long career.
Knobbs then talked about his time working with the now defunct XWF wrestling promotion. Brian ran down the history of the company, starting from the fall of WCW, how Greg "The Hammer" Valentine started the concept, and how it went up from there. He also plugged the recently released XWF DVD's as well (where you can purchase right now at http://www.XWFDVD.com).
Brian vividly remembered his long & storied feud, as part of The Nasty Boys vs. The Legion Of Doom. Knobbs said it almost seems like yesterday when that feud heated up the tag team division in professional wrestling. Everyone in the business, including himself, still misses Hawk to this very day. He also credits Animal in his recent WWE Tag Team reign with Hedenreich, in addition to the success of The Road Warrior DVD.
Staying on the topic of tag team wrestling, Mosh, Hero, & Knobbs shifted the interview into where tag team wrestling is currently & where it's headed. Brian gave the most candid & personal moments of his time with The Mayhem on this issue. He mentioned that The Dudley Boyz and how they remind him of The Nasty Boys back in the day. Knobbs then became a walking wrestling almanac,
taking Mosh & Hero in the trenches and what it was like wrestling The Steiner Brothers, Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne (which he felt started a good
majority of the hardcore wrestling we saw thereafter), and several other teams. He then compared those feuds & teams to those from the tag team wrestling scene in the WWE & TNA today. Brian believes that a good majority of tag teams are thrown together, just for the sake of having tag team wrestling matches on the card. But, he does feel that TNA is holding down the fort & keeping the art alive, with such teams as Team Canada, America's Most Wanted, The 3 Live Kru, and The Naturals -- just to name a few. He also likes what the WWE has done with MNM and how they are the torchbearers for what is left in the WWE.
Mosh went into detail about the recent weak writing & creative teams in the WWE today. Brian understands why that is the way it is today, with everybody having someone above them and wrestling being afraid to say "no" for fear of getting in trouble. Knobbs mentioned that 99% of his material was never scripted, as is all came from his head.
Brian was then asked for his takes about the two most famous managers in his career, "The Mouth Of The South" Jimmy Hart & Missy Hyatt. He gave his
thoughts about the recently inducted WWE Hall Of Famer first, saying that it was perfect that managed them right off the bat in their WWE run, as he carried them right to the top. He classified Missy as pretty much eye candy for The Nasty Boys (the WCW version of The Nasty Boys), and there was no real comparison between her & Jimmy Hart.
Mosh then talked about the awesome promos that The Nasty Boys got to deliver in the early 90's, and how you don't see promos like that anymore. Brian
then tips his hat to performers of today like Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, and Kurt Angle, for trying to make the best of what they have today. Brian brought up "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes as an example of making the best of what he had, concerning his polka-dotted singlets.
Knobbs had some fun working the Hardcore division at the latter part of World Championship Wrestling, having epic feuds with Fit Finaly & several other superstars. Brian felt that all "killed each other" with "real" tables chairs, mops, and anything (and everything) else they could get their hands on and how working those style of matches cut his career short.
Brian went into detail about the real life heat between Paul Heyman (and Extreme Championship Wrestling) and Eric Bischoff (and World Championship Wrestling) and how what we recently saw on WWE RAW was very much art imitating life. Knobbs brought up the fact once again how he felt that some of his matches in '93 & '94 from WCW were some of the first real hardcore matches before ECW became immensely popular & before that style of wrestling was televised to the masses.
Brian told the audience how he is just getting over a knee replacement. The Big Mosh recommended Buffalo's own, Ilio DiPaolo's pasta, to cure that -- in which Brian responded by saying Ilio's it the best restaurant on the northern east coast. They then began talking about the history of wrestling in Buffalo, including Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer and the old legends events
at The Memorial Auditorium, one of which featured former Buffalo Bills QB & Hall Of Famer, Jim Kelly's, interference with a football helmet in The Nasty Boys vs. Public Enemy match. Brian then reminisced about the other WCW events that took place in Buffalo and what it was all done for -- the Ilio DiPaolo Scholarship Fund and various other charitable organizations. Mosh & Hero talked about how large events like that should still occur today. Since they aren't, the former Nasty Boy is going to work his magic, speak with
longtime friend (and owner of Ilio DiPaolo's), Dennis DiPaolo, and see if something can be worked with Vince McMahon and World Wrestling
Entertainment.
Mosh & Hero had to being up the highlight of this past week, which saw The Native American Tatanka make a one night return to WWE programming, on this past week's RAW from The Mohegan Sun Casino & Resort during The Eugene Invitational. This had Brian in stitches, which then featured the world's
best Tatanka impersonation from Nasty Knobbs himself!
"The Death Of WCW" book (by WrestleCrap's own RD Reynolds) and the life & times of World Championship Wrestling were discussed. Brian was in WCW through the good times & the bad, and Knobbs held nothing back -- giving his
thoughs on the company as a whole. He also said that the hardcore fans of WCW and other companies control the future of the business, and not Vince --
despite what others might say to that. Knobbs admitted to being a huge mark for old-school WCW footage when he gets a chance to watch it.
Knobbs closed out the interview talking about a possible return to the business and how he is trying to get back into shape, but his main focus
right now is on "Hogan Knows Best." The Big Mosh asked Brian to put the rumors to rest about Hogan's son, "Nasty" Nick. Knobbs commented that
despite Brooke & Linda finding an opened condom rapper in Nick's drawer, that he is indeed a virgin. rian also commented on Brooke's music career, and how he sees her going to the top very quickly.
You can check out all stuff that is Brian Knobbs on "Hogan Knows Best," -- including next Sunday's all-new episode (airing at 9:30PM ET on VH-1), which features Knobbs babysitting Nick & Brooke (the Hogan children) while Linda & Hulk are on a romantic vacation. Will the house be standing when "The Immortal Couple" returns? You gotta tune in to find out!
In addition, check out Brian's work with the XWF wrestling promotion, now forever immortalized on DVD. You can purchase their new DVD's on
www.XWFDVD.com.
Brian Knobbs, was a guest on the 08/04/05 edition of Monday Night Mayhem, which can be heard in streaming audio every week exclusively on
MondayNightMayhem.com & on The AudioWrestling Radio Network -- your official home of "The Spring Break Incident" Video-On-Demand, featuring RAW Diva, Stacy Keibler!
The interview with Brian Knobbs is now available to hear for FREE in Real Audio!
Here are highlights from the interview provided by the show's correspondent, Dan "Ho-Ju" Kriegbaum, of www.MondayNightMayhem.com.
=========================
Has it already been fourteen years since The Nasty Boys defended the WWE Tag Team Titles against The Legion Doom at SummerSlam '91 at Madison Sqaure
Garden in NYC? The interview starts off with that trip down memory lane, as The Big Mosh welcomed Brian Knobbs to the show. Knobbs starts off by stating that The Big Mosh & The Angry Hero should be a tag team on the wrestling scene. Mosh started the interview with discussion about "Hogan Knows Best," as Brian ran down the past between his & Hogan's friendship, in addition to how successful the show is doing currently and what's in store for the future (with season II already in the works). Knobbs also talked about his
"gameplan" for him & "The Mouth Of The South" Jimmy Hart and how their mission was to watch out for Hulk's daughter, Brooke, on her date at Busch
Gardens and diffuse any trouble that might happen.
The next topic of discussion was Hogan's opponent at SummerSlam, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, as Knobbs went into a little shoot about HBK and how he always cries. Brian remembered Shawn & his attitude when he was an active part of the WWE roster and honestly feels that "The Babe Ruth Of Professional Wrestling" is going to talk all over Michaels in two weeks at The MCI Center in Washington D.C.
Mosh then mentioned that he spotted Knobbs two sections to his right at The Staples Center in Los Angeles, LA for WrestleMania 21. Knobbs gave his
thoughts about how the nostalgia of the entire weekend and how was "awesome" to experience -- both the WrestleMania spectacular itself & the WWE Hall Of Fame ceremony. He then went on to say the sport is his life and in his blood, and that's why a lot of superstars refuse to go quietly into the
night & retire from the business.
The Mayhem Crew then got to talking about old WCW matches that are now being played on WWE 24-7, as Knobbs gave his takes about some of the matches that are currently being played. Brian vividly remembered the last time WrestleMania was in "The City Of Angels" (WrestleMania VII), as him & his
partner, Jerry Saggs, defeated The Hart Foundation to capture the WWE World Tag Titles. Brian, to this very day in time, felt that was one of the
crowning moments of his long career.
Knobbs then talked about his time working with the now defunct XWF wrestling promotion. Brian ran down the history of the company, starting from the fall of WCW, how Greg "The Hammer" Valentine started the concept, and how it went up from there. He also plugged the recently released XWF DVD's as well (where you can purchase right now at http://www.XWFDVD.com).
Brian vividly remembered his long & storied feud, as part of The Nasty Boys vs. The Legion Of Doom. Knobbs said it almost seems like yesterday when that feud heated up the tag team division in professional wrestling. Everyone in the business, including himself, still misses Hawk to this very day. He also credits Animal in his recent WWE Tag Team reign with Hedenreich, in addition to the success of The Road Warrior DVD.
Staying on the topic of tag team wrestling, Mosh, Hero, & Knobbs shifted the interview into where tag team wrestling is currently & where it's headed. Brian gave the most candid & personal moments of his time with The Mayhem on this issue. He mentioned that The Dudley Boyz and how they remind him of The Nasty Boys back in the day. Knobbs then became a walking wrestling almanac,
taking Mosh & Hero in the trenches and what it was like wrestling The Steiner Brothers, Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne (which he felt started a good
majority of the hardcore wrestling we saw thereafter), and several other teams. He then compared those feuds & teams to those from the tag team wrestling scene in the WWE & TNA today. Brian believes that a good majority of tag teams are thrown together, just for the sake of having tag team wrestling matches on the card. But, he does feel that TNA is holding down the fort & keeping the art alive, with such teams as Team Canada, America's Most Wanted, The 3 Live Kru, and The Naturals -- just to name a few. He also likes what the WWE has done with MNM and how they are the torchbearers for what is left in the WWE.
Mosh went into detail about the recent weak writing & creative teams in the WWE today. Brian understands why that is the way it is today, with everybody having someone above them and wrestling being afraid to say "no" for fear of getting in trouble. Knobbs mentioned that 99% of his material was never scripted, as is all came from his head.
Brian was then asked for his takes about the two most famous managers in his career, "The Mouth Of The South" Jimmy Hart & Missy Hyatt. He gave his
thoughts about the recently inducted WWE Hall Of Famer first, saying that it was perfect that managed them right off the bat in their WWE run, as he carried them right to the top. He classified Missy as pretty much eye candy for The Nasty Boys (the WCW version of The Nasty Boys), and there was no real comparison between her & Jimmy Hart.
Mosh then talked about the awesome promos that The Nasty Boys got to deliver in the early 90's, and how you don't see promos like that anymore. Brian
then tips his hat to performers of today like Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, and Kurt Angle, for trying to make the best of what they have today. Brian brought up "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes as an example of making the best of what he had, concerning his polka-dotted singlets.
Knobbs had some fun working the Hardcore division at the latter part of World Championship Wrestling, having epic feuds with Fit Finaly & several other superstars. Brian felt that all "killed each other" with "real" tables chairs, mops, and anything (and everything) else they could get their hands on and how working those style of matches cut his career short.
Brian went into detail about the real life heat between Paul Heyman (and Extreme Championship Wrestling) and Eric Bischoff (and World Championship Wrestling) and how what we recently saw on WWE RAW was very much art imitating life. Knobbs brought up the fact once again how he felt that some of his matches in '93 & '94 from WCW were some of the first real hardcore matches before ECW became immensely popular & before that style of wrestling was televised to the masses.
Brian told the audience how he is just getting over a knee replacement. The Big Mosh recommended Buffalo's own, Ilio DiPaolo's pasta, to cure that -- in which Brian responded by saying Ilio's it the best restaurant on the northern east coast. They then began talking about the history of wrestling in Buffalo, including Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer and the old legends events
at The Memorial Auditorium, one of which featured former Buffalo Bills QB & Hall Of Famer, Jim Kelly's, interference with a football helmet in The Nasty Boys vs. Public Enemy match. Brian then reminisced about the other WCW events that took place in Buffalo and what it was all done for -- the Ilio DiPaolo Scholarship Fund and various other charitable organizations. Mosh & Hero talked about how large events like that should still occur today. Since they aren't, the former Nasty Boy is going to work his magic, speak with
longtime friend (and owner of Ilio DiPaolo's), Dennis DiPaolo, and see if something can be worked with Vince McMahon and World Wrestling
Entertainment.
Mosh & Hero had to being up the highlight of this past week, which saw The Native American Tatanka make a one night return to WWE programming, on this past week's RAW from The Mohegan Sun Casino & Resort during The Eugene Invitational. This had Brian in stitches, which then featured the world's
best Tatanka impersonation from Nasty Knobbs himself!
"The Death Of WCW" book (by WrestleCrap's own RD Reynolds) and the life & times of World Championship Wrestling were discussed. Brian was in WCW through the good times & the bad, and Knobbs held nothing back -- giving his
thoughs on the company as a whole. He also said that the hardcore fans of WCW and other companies control the future of the business, and not Vince --
despite what others might say to that. Knobbs admitted to being a huge mark for old-school WCW footage when he gets a chance to watch it.
Knobbs closed out the interview talking about a possible return to the business and how he is trying to get back into shape, but his main focus
right now is on "Hogan Knows Best." The Big Mosh asked Brian to put the rumors to rest about Hogan's son, "Nasty" Nick. Knobbs commented that
despite Brooke & Linda finding an opened condom rapper in Nick's drawer, that he is indeed a virgin. rian also commented on Brooke's music career, and how he sees her going to the top very quickly.
You can check out all stuff that is Brian Knobbs on "Hogan Knows Best," -- including next Sunday's all-new episode (airing at 9:30PM ET on VH-1), which features Knobbs babysitting Nick & Brooke (the Hogan children) while Linda & Hulk are on a romantic vacation. Will the house be standing when "The Immortal Couple" returns? You gotta tune in to find out!
In addition, check out Brian's work with the XWF wrestling promotion, now forever immortalized on DVD. You can purchase their new DVD's on
www.XWFDVD.com.
