During a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, TNA Wrestling World Champion Nic Nemeth (Dolph Ziggler) commented on his frustrations with the last-minute script changes that often took place in WWE during the Vince McMahon-era.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On dealing with last-minute script changes in WWE: “You’d hear [people wondering] ‘What are we doing tonight?’ ‘Well, I heard [the] entire show just got ripped in half at 5:45.’”
On having to film promos remotely and put them on Matt Cardona’s YouTube: “We couldn’t even make ‘Raw’ [some weeks], so we would make a video and put it on [Cardona’s] YouTube. I would use my selling [to make] it seem like there was more invested in the match.”
On his advice to wrestlers dealing with similar frustrations: “If you don’t have the chance to do the storytelling part, I’d try to do it in the selling of the match to make it bigger for if down the line we got another shot at it.”
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