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Inspired by the Big Show interview topic (http://www.rspwfaq.net/2012/12/awesome-big-show-interview.html#disqus_thread), I got a question for you:

Do you think WWE would ever consider releasing shoot interviews of their own wrestlers (past and present, perhaps. More so past, i'm guessing)?

And do you think it'd make money?

It just seems like shoot interviews are fairly popular amongst the IWC, and I feel there's some money on the table there. I understand there's some topics they might steer clear from, but that's the beauty of it for WWE - they only ask the questions they feel comfortable hearing answers to.

Cheers!

Well they kinda did with the Bret v. Shawn DVD, and it did spectacularly well, so yeah, I'm thinking they're absolutely considering more "shoot" style stuff.  Here's the thing -- if this stupid network ever launches, they're gonna need HUNDREDS of hours' worth of material to fill time, every week  And that's gonna mean random crazy stuff like shoot interviews, obscure footage from the libraries, and anything else they can throw on the air to get people to watch and subscribe.  

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  1. FlipNiteDecember 20, 2012 at 7:19 PM

    They could make half hour shows out of every interview Peter Rosenberg has done, and I bet he'd sign a deal with them in a heartbeat to do that. That Big Show interview was GOLD

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  2. cultstatusDecember 20, 2012 at 7:23 PM

    Vince, Triple H, and Undertaker are the shoots I want to see. I doubt I'll ever get to though.

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  3. Pete LabozettaDecember 20, 2012 at 7:28 PM

    I'd kill for a Jim Ross shoot interview. So much stuff to cover and I tend to enjoy his stories on the Legends Roundtable.

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  4. Muffin.December 20, 2012 at 7:36 PM

    So many great people and topics. They could do master classes in booking with Patterson, managing with Heenan and Hart, all with great production and research. Jimmy Hart alone could fill a day

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  5. cultstatusDecember 20, 2012 at 7:56 PM

    I loved the Bret/Shawn DVD, but it got really annoying when everytime Bret would call Shawn on the bullshit he did back in the day, Shawn kept saying "That could have happened, but I don't remember it." BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLSHIT!

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  6. Brandon RoblesDecember 20, 2012 at 8:18 PM

    He probably doesn't remember it. He loved drugs back then,

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  7. jobber123December 20, 2012 at 8:29 PM

    The bam bam shoot on YouTube is fantastic

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  8. Tommy_WiseauDecember 20, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    Shawn does seem to have a pretty bad memory, especially from his drug fueled days.

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  9. Tommy_WiseauDecember 20, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    That would probably show up the WWE's current approach though.

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  10. aboynamedartDecember 20, 2012 at 10:59 PM

    Great idea, but they'd probably lean on him to work more kayfabe into it, much like they did with Cornette's shoots back in the Attitude era.

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  11. SlaughteramaDecember 21, 2012 at 1:04 AM

    A Vince shoot would be 30 hours long, and the most amazing thing ever.

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  12. Mike MearsDecember 21, 2012 at 5:33 AM

    Yeah, not to parrot Brandon and Tommy, but Shawn didn't come across as a liar. He came across as a guy who acknowledged he did a lot of shirty things but truly was too fucked out of his mind at the time to remember. The general tone of his words was, "If you say I did it, I probably did."

    Whereas with Bret, it was (like always) more like, "I still haven't fully realized wrestling is fake and lack the ability to separate my character in this fake sport from real life."

    Which isn't to say that Bret was actually the bad guy in their backstage nonsense and Shawn was the good guy or any other revisionist nonsense. They were both arrogant shitheads.

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  13. cultstatusDecember 21, 2012 at 5:52 AM

    Pretty convenient that he can only remember the good things he did from that era.

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  14. Miko363December 21, 2012 at 7:38 AM

    I'd like to see a shoot where they add little pop-up talking heads that try to refute or shoot down some of the stories. A great example would be a shoot with Hulk Hogan, where he comes up with some ridiculous story putting himself over, then Vince or Shawn or someone randomly pops up in the corner and says "Nope, didn't happen." or "Total BS, brother!"

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  15. F'N Body Slams BlogDecember 21, 2012 at 8:40 AM

    This, completely.

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  16. Scream09December 21, 2012 at 10:13 AM

    The sense I got was that Shawn probably doesn't remember the specifics, and doesn't really care. But it's a big deal to Bret so he takes the blame. Like that friend who always has to be right. But one over-looked fact is that Bret started the whole thing. He's the one who started trashing Shawn in his Calgary Sun column,. Yeah, he was "in character" - well, no, because he was taking personal shots that were out of character for the Hitman character.

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