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AL SNOW DISCUSSES WHO HE'D WANT TO INDUCT HIM IN THE WWE HALL OF FAME, WHY HE DOESN'T BELIEVE HE'D BE INDUCTED, BISCHOFF, VINCE AND MORE

 

-Al Snow on not seeing himself entering the WWE Hall of Fame but wanting to be inducted by Vince McMahon if it ever happened-

Vikram Prashar: I’m curious to know, could you see yourself entering the WWE Hall of Fame and if so, who would you want to induct you?

Al Snow: No, I don’t think that’s ever going to happen. I’d really, I'd really be surprised if they were to call me up and say, “hey we're going to induct you in the Hall of Fame” I’d be like, what?! You know, I’d think that they were ribbing me or something. So, I don’t think that’s going to happen.

Vikram Prashar: You don’t think so? Well if it were to happen, who would you want to induct you?

Al Snow: Well if, if we’re gonna play the “if game” well then I would want Vince McMahon to induct me. 

Vikram Prashar: That’s a very good person to induct you man

Al Snow: Yeah, he’s not going to do it.

Vikram Prashar: Man, who knows man, who knows what the future holds!

Al Snow: Yeah, you never know, yeah!

Vikram Prashar: I’d love to see it and I think a lot of others would also love to see it man.

Al Snow: Well it’s very flattering, I really appreciate that, but yeah, I, I find it highly unlikely. You know what they say, they say “if” but it’s like, well if a frog had wings it wouldn’t bump its ass

-Al Snow on AEW working with NJPW, Impact Wrestling, AAA, NWA, etc-

Vikram Prashar: We’ve seen the AEW World Champion, Kenny Omega enter Impact Wrestling, we’ve seen the Impact Tag Team Champions, The Good Brothers go to AEW, New Japan’s Kenta has gone to AEW, then you’ve got Moxley and Jericho going to New Japan. A lot of stuff and a lot of promotions working together and sharing talent. What’s your thoughts on the unity that we are seeing in pro-wrestling right now?

Al Snow: I think it’s great, you know, and I think it’s smart. You know? Share resources. You're not going to out-do WWE at being WWE, it’s just, you're not. The one big advantage that WWE has over everybody else is time and experience. You know? They are a iconic brand. They are much like Band-Aid, and you know, Q-Tip, and Harley Davidson, you know. They’re an iconic brand and you're not gonna beat them at their own game. But by, you know, by being creative and taking a new approach, in, in utilizing, other people, other companies, and to join forces, and create a synergy that would, otherwise would not be possible, that wouldn’t be available because the one big thing that AEW can do to fight WWE and is what really led to the Monday Night Wars between WCW and WWE is that, you know, they were able to access new talent and bring new talent in from different areas, and different parts of the world, and different promotions, and so there was always somebody, there was fresh new faces for the audience to get behind, and take an interest in, you know, wrestlers are a product, bar none. That’s all they are. Their a car, their peanut butter, their, and you know, every product has a shelf life, and you know, even wrestlers, and even in WWE have a shelf life, because, you know, you can only watch the same wrestler for so often, and you know, back in the day, we had the benefit of being able to leave the territory and go to another territory and still be able to make a living and unfortunately nowadays, you know, it’s a lot more limited, the wrestling world has shrunk, and uh, you know, a lot of these talents stayed in particular promotions for very lengthy amounts of time, and you know, the audience gets burned out on them, and AEWs doing the right thing, bringing in new faces from other places to, you know, catch an audience, and catch their imagination, and you know, help to drive business, and ratings, and get attention, so I think it’s great. 

-Al Snow compares professional wrestling today to the territory days-

Vikram Prashar: In a small way, do you think there are some similarities nowadays with the territories and the whole rise of independent wrestling, and all these different promotions, would you say it’s a bit similar?

Al Snow: History always repeats itself and professional wrestling, it’s, you know, this isn’t the first time that professional wrestling’s been on a national or international, well internationally yes, but nationally, WWE is not the first time it has been on a national stage, they have throughout the years, went national, then went regional, then went national, and then regional again, and you know, history repeats itself, and there’s a good opportunity here, that, potentially, wrestling could go back regionally, you know, your never gonna displace WWE, I mean it’s gonna stay here, you know, and still gonna be the national outlet, but there are places, rungs on the ladder, that you know, operations can not only survive, but thrive on a regional basis. You know, that’s what I hope to do with OVW is to reach out to a national and international audience via television and streaming, but live event wise, just maintain a regional presence in regards to, you know, the live event touring, because we just don’t have the infrastructure to be able to, you know, travel across the country, and you know, run events everywhere. So, you know if you want to come to watch a live event, you have to come down to the State of Kentucky, or Indiana, or Ohio, or you know, West Virginia, you know and, visit us there, but we’re not gonna go much beyond a two and a half three hour radius to do live events, you know, we’re not going to, you know, even WWE, you know the running live events is a, is a massive money investment, and for us, you know, it’s a, it’s a viable option because of the fact that, you know, we’re not gonna have these expenses that a national promotion would have, and, to run those live events. We can do it on a much tighter budget with a bunch of lower overhead, and operate and actually make money.

-Al Snow praises Vince McMahon-

Al Snow: An incredible leader. Vince will never ask someone to do something that he would not do himself. He is driven and passionate about professional wrestling and that is why he is as successful as he is. You know, it’s because, it’s, its, you know, he, you don’t tell him, “can’t” because, if he, I remember when I first came into WWF back in the day, and I forget the guy that was, at that time was, like a tour manager or something like that, I forget what his job was, but he’s like, “The one word you don’t tell Vince is, “can’t” he said, “If Vince calls me up and says”, “I want to run a show in Madison Square Garden on this date, and at the same date I want to run a show in LA” you know, you don’t go, “Oh well we can’t do that, Vince.” you go, “Okay, here’s what it’s going to cost you, and you know, and here’s how we can do it.” and then he decides whether or not he wants to do it or not, you know, simple as that, you know, and, and, Vince is not afraid to fail, he’s not afraid to take risks, he’s, he’s not. And he’s not afraid to trust people with responsibilities and then not go behind them and micromanage them, you know, he will let them live or die on their own sword.

-Al Snow praises Eric Bischoff-

Al Snow: and another guy that I think, doesn’t get the credit, you know, is Eric Bischoff, you know, Eric, I think Eric, you know, has blazed a lot of trails and has come up with a lot of innovative ideas, and direction for professional wrestling, and I just don’t think he… I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves. 

Vikram Prashar: Yeah, I couldn’t agree more because even without Eric, when Vince was floundering a little bit, that’s what pushed Vince to get back on track

Al Snow: That’s right, if it hadn’t been for Eric Bischoff, they, we wouldn’t have had the heyday that we did, back in the late 90s, early 2000s. 

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