Van Hammer Shoot Interview DVD-R

DVD-R Version

Highspots sat down with the former WCW superstar, Van Hammer, for this nearly 2 hour interview. Here is a list of some of the questions we put to Van Hammer...

• How did you first discover pro wrestling and what led to you training to wrestle?
• Who came up with the Van Hammer gimmick?
• How did you get hired by WCW so early in your career?
• Memories of your debut against Terry Taylor on the Clash of Champions?
• Thoughts on Kip Frye?
• What was your opinion of the "Best Match" bonus he gave to wrestlers for big events?
• Memories of Dusty Rhodes as booker?
• Your feelings when Bill Watts replaced Kip Frye and were you familiar at all with Watts prior to WCW?
• Watts was known as being very hard on the boys - did you ever experience that firsthand?
• Were you surprised when WCW fired Watts?
• Memories of the Falls Count Anywhere match against Cactus Jack in WCW?
• Did you ever suspect Mick Foley would end up the huge star that he eventually became?
• Thoughts on Foley's books, if you've read them.
• Memories of the arm wrestling feud with Vinnie Vegas and did you ever think Kevin Nash would go on to become a star of his magnitude?
• After leaving WCW, you never really popped up anywhere else on the national scene - did you attempt to get a WWF/E or ECW deal?
• Why is it you haven't tried to work the indy scene?
• What led to your WCW return in the late 1990s?
• You were obviously familiar with Raven from his run as Scotty Flamingo in the early 1990s in WCW. How had he changed over the years?
• Memories of The Flock, positive or negative?
• Initial thoughts on Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara?
• Memories of the Misfits in Action gimmick?
• Is it true you argued against the Private Stash nickname in WCW because you wanted a higher military rank?
• Do you think it was a mistake to turn Booker T into GI Bro?
• Why did you pretty much opt to retire at that point?
• You helped train Mark and Jay Briscoe when they were first breaking into the business - thoughts on their work and their success?
• Could you see they were going to be stars when they first started training?