Sean “X-Pac” Waltman says he felt terrible when “Dr. Death” Steve Williams lost in the infamous Brawl For All tournament.
For those unaware, the 1998 shoot-fighting tournament saw competitors compete in legitimate fights. It has long been said that this was one of WWE’s worst ideas in the history of the company, and it resulted in several legitimate injuries.
Speaking on a recent edition of Konnan’s “Keepin’ It 100” podcast, the WWE Hall of Famer spoke out about the disastrous concept.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Vince McMahon supporting the idea: “Vince was backing it and they knew which f**king guys to ask to do it… They kept changing the rules as they went along because Blackman was destroying everybody! Honestly, if they wouldn’t have changed the rules it would’ve been — unless f**king Bart caught a lucky shot — it would’ve been Blackman with that f**ker.”
On Steve Williams being picked to win: “That was one of our assumptions, and it was sad because we were all in the back watching that. And Dr. Death Steve Williams was a really nice, wonderful guy… The locker room perceived that he was JR’s guy that was the chosen one. As soon as Bart knocked him out, it was like Road Warrior pop 1988 in the f**king locker room and I felt so bad!”
