In an interview with Josh Modaberi of Wrestling 101, former WWE & WCW superstar Vader offered his thoughts on a potential WWE Hall of Fame induction, his opinions on Brock Lesnar, Triple H and The Undertaker, working for Eric Bischoff and Vince McMahon and more.
Highlights of the interview are below:
His thoughts on Brock Lesnar, Triple H and The Undertaker: “Undertaker was just phenomenal and I would say he is the best big man in professional wrestling history without a doubt. I think Brock Lesnar is just a beast, he’s an incredible athlete and he would be great at anything he turned his hand to. I would love to see Brock featured more than he is. Triple H is doing a fantastic job running the company now, but I would love to see more of him perfoming in the ring as he is still a tremendous athlete.”
On a potential WWE Hall of Fame induction: “I heard rumblings about it a couple of years ago, but I’ve not heard anything for a while now, I would really like for that to happen, I think I’ve earned it. Yokozuna, Bam Bam Bigelow, King Kong Bundy and myself would be considered super-heavyweights and I would rank myself very high out of that group and there is a time in my career in the early nineties where I considered myself to be the best big man.”
On working for Vince McMahon & Eric Bischoff: “Eric was put into a situation and I think from a wrestling standpoint, he wasn’t really ready for it at the time. He became very educated and excellent at what he did, but it was kind of like we had one guy running the wrestling part and then two weeks later, we had another guy doing it and so on and so forth until Eric did it. I think Eric was way in over his head initially but he certainly figured it out with the help of Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan and there were times when it became a biased situation, but he achieved some great things, he is one of the most successful promoters in the history of professional wrestling. What can I say about Vince, he’s a genius, he is the most successful wrestling promoter of all time and just works so hard, he was very approachable and he has done nothing but treat me like a gentleman.”
The interview is available in full at this link.
