Former WCW Star Talks Current Product, Backstage in WCW‏

From Brady Hicks:

Former WCW and WWE star Bobby Starr appeared on the IN THE ROOM podcast this past Tuesday, July 21, 2015, with Brady Hicks, former WCW wrestler The Stro, Kathie Fitzpatrick, Derrick McDonald, and Jordan Garber. This show can be downloaded at both vocnation.com and thebradyhicks.com. Check it out as Starr talks his favorite memories from behind the scenes in WCW, his thoughts on WWE’s current programming and dealings with “Patrick” from Tough Enough, the death of the territories, and remembering Magnum TA’s momentum prior to the car wreck.

Here are some highlights:

Thoughts on Today’s Wrestling:
I watch wrestling … I’ve got Facebook on, wrestling is on … I think the Divas show is better than Monday Night Raw half the time … It’s not what it once was. It wasn’t just the bodies, or all the babyface stuff. Don’t get me wrong, I see nothing wrong with what John Cena does with Make-A-Wish and all that kind of stuff. But his talent in itself is one thing, but when you add all the other things to it, it just magnifies everything … When we got in the business … you’re going to work your ass off. It wasn’t just one person you had to impress, you had to impress many people. It wasn’t just Vince and the writers … This past Monday Night Raw, that show was booked by a wrestler, it wasn’t booked by a writer. And you can completely tell the difference in the show.

On His WCW Career:
I didn’t get the so-called “push” for the wins and stuff, but I paid all my bills. I lived halfway decent and I had an amazing time growing up in the business. I got to work with the best in the business. I got to work with a lot of the big guys too, because I was bigger … They would stick me in the ring with John Tenta, Bossman, bigger guys, but at the same time I got to work with Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, Brian Pillman, Bobby Eaton … I never asked questions. You tell me to do something, I go do it. Whatever, as long as I’m getting paid. I wish it had gone a bit farther, but toward the end, everybody had a contract with WCW. My deal with WCW the entire time was a handshake deal … Would I have liked it to go farther? Absolutely. Everbody would. I never saw myself as World champion. I didn’t kid myself from the beginning.

IN THE ROOM airs live, weekly, Tuesday nights at 9 PM ET on the VOC Nation Radio Network (vocnation.com / thebradyhicks.com). Join Brady Hicks (Pro Wrestling Illustrated contributing writer), as well as The Stro (WCW’s Maestro), Kathie Fitz, Derrick McDonald, and Jordan Garber as they run down all that’s going on in wrestling, and sit down with some of wrestling’s top stars