Shoot Interview Thread

Id wager that I've seen 95%+ of them.

Depends what you want (entertainment or Wrestling as serious business discussion) and the era you want to hear about. You really need to drill down as there is a massive proliferation of them.

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Not exactly shoot interviews in the normal sense, but anything with Raven is class.

Until he started doing too many. But his RF Video shoots are brilliant Vol 1 & 2 and the like 3 1/2 parts of the Secrets of the Ring series.

Palo Alto wrote: »

The new Kevin Steen shoot on Smart Mark Video was really good, enjoyed watching it. Nothing particularly shocking other than a small story that makes Punk sound super weird and a massive douche.

Watched both the Smarkmark one and the Highspots one. Huge Steen fan so I am an easy sell. Neither will appeal to non-indy fans as you probably need to know who and what he is talking about. But he is great storyteller in terms of setting the scene and describing the personalities involved. The Highspots one is a good snapshot while the Smarkmark one is a lot more extensive however he took forever discussing his early days on the Montreal indies. Kevin is one of the smartest wrestlers in the industry, in terms of speaking out his gimmick is that he doesn't give a **** but in real life he doesn't give a **** either. Very little repeat material between the two.

Oddly the audio I listened to the Thursday before both shoots was probably the most revealing: http://digitalcolt.com/product/colt-cabana-art-of-wrestling-premium-vol-1 Colt interviewing Steen earlier this year. Which Kevin spoke about his family life and how hard it is to live comfortably even when you reach his level on the indies. Real life seems to be dictating his career too. He has a young son with likely autism and a wife in college. He can only work weekends as his wife can't cope with how difficult their son can be for days on end. He had an offer to work Japan for 9 months out of the year for Dragon Gate but can't leave his family for aforementioned reasons. He also talks about how much weight he gained partly from being house bound with his son and part his own lazyiness/lack of motivation. He thinks the opportunity of WWE has past him by but then in next minute he is saying he could get into shape but simply doesn't for reasons even he doesn't understand.

In other words not a simple fat boy is fat story as people thought. Interesting stuff.

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

Basically Punk was giving Steen some crap about wearing a T-Shirt in the ring. A little while later at an ROH event, Punk gets on the PA and says "Kevin Steen, this is God; you're a pro wrestler, don't wear a T-Shirt."

They meet later on in the day and Steen says to him, "So you're God now?" and Punk responds with "Pfft, I've always been" and walks away.

Later on, Steen has his match and doesn't wear a T-Shirt for it, when he gets to the back afterwards, Punk just stares at him. So Steen says, "Are ya happy now?" which results in Punk roaring him out of it in front of everyone and essentially making a big spectacle out of it.

Written down, it doesn't sound like a huge deal, but the way it's described really makes Punk to sound like a proper dick. Apparently, a lot of people went to Steen after it and told him not to worry and that Punk was just like that.

What Cherry_Cola said. Also it was implied Gabe Sabolsky put Punk to it too.

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

Yeah he comes across as a really down to earth guy. It was great to hear him speak about how he enjoys speaking to intelligent fans to get their opinions on things.

Also I knew everyone he is was talking about including ones mentioned indirectly.