Arn is still my favorite after all these years (Bobby Eaton is a close second). He wasn't flashy and fancy; no robes or gimmicks. He just showed up and did his thing and it was so clean and slick and well executed every single time. In my opinion, still the best spine buster and DDT in the business.
The Erik Watts/Arn Anderson angle was one of my very favorite in WCW at that time. So cool to hear some of the inner workings behind it! The gas station angle was incredible.
@@WSI WASP playing sold out gigs in 2023 is truly mindblowing. Never a fan myself (or really any "hair/glam metal" aside from the first Motley Crue record and Hanoi Rocks) but good on them!
@@justint8635 2300 capacity building as well - good for them! My music taste have very much softened over the years but I’d still go see them for a bit of nostalgia.
Eric was good. He got pushed way too hard, they basically shoved him down the fan's throats, which was a shame. If they had just let him be as good as he was and grow in his skill, he could have been even bigger. They shouldn't have booked him as the son of Bill Watts, it really gave him the nepotism image
IMO, Erik Watts got a raw deal with his career. He seems to have been ultimately hotshotted and he should've had more time to develop, build, and seasoning. He had a good look and good size. Being in dumb gimmicks like Tekno Team 2000 doesn't help anyone. Every shoot I've seen of him, he comes off as humble and likeable. Not deserving whatsoever of the "worst worker ever" tag that he gets labeled with by 'smart' fans.
Anyone that wants to dispute that he was hotshotted, he was signed to WCW after THREE months of training. Absurd. Then when he starts wrestling regularly for them, goes on an undefeated streak and going over guys who had years of experience. So ridiculous
@@GoldBawls no shit moron but WHY was he horrible? I'm not saying even remotely that he could wrestle a fucking broomstick. But he obviously wasn't unathletic. Your lack of objectivity makes people like you look/sound like you rode the short bus as a teenager.
Arn said he suggested this to get himself some time off and to get in good with the boss by putting his son over. Erik talks about the great heat he was getting like it's a good thing, but he was getting a gigantic white meat babyface push.
Oh! And he talked about beating Alabama, CURRENTLY a premiere college football program. But in 1991, they were 7-4 and struggling to maintain any national relevance at all. Erik's constant slanting of the truth I do know causes me to doubt every single word coming out of his mouth.
Submission holds are fine if, say, someone cuts me off in the Bojangle's Drive Thru... but I'd go Indian Death Lock so my hands are free to complete the transaction.
Eric was ALWAYS going to be labeled as a nepotism poster boy. David flair was a close second. Both were pushed way too hard way too fast and way too much. I would switch the channel (with picture in picture) to WWE when David flair was on. I just couldn't buy into him.
This was an interesting angle, Erik Watts who got a push because he was the son of a booker versus Arn Anderson who got a push because he was the kayfabe brother/nephew of a booker. Both were talented but Watts got heat from the locker room because his relationship to the booker was a shoot and not a work. Before anyone says it, I've acknowledged that Arn was talented but his career would have taken a different trajectory if he didn't look like Ole Anderson.
@@kwmusic4560 It's not an assumption at all. Anderson was given that name because he looked like Ole. Ole was at the tail end of his career and he picked Arn to be his tag team partner to extend his career and pretended to be Arn's brother/uncle. Arn is talented but so are a lot of other wrestlers who never made it big. There's nothing extraordinary about Arn that you can say he would have been a star. He's not the biggest, most athletic or most charismatic wrestler.
@@justint8635 nah I'm OK thanks. I just forgot how unbearable he is to listen to. That little spot about his ring and how great he was to get the ring that had little do with anything just reminded me how much of a mark for himself he is.
@@justint8635 I don't necessarily disagree with what you've said, especially your first comment, but jesus relax. It's like you're a relative or something.
Arn is still my favorite after all these years (Bobby Eaton is a close second). He wasn't flashy and fancy; no robes or gimmicks. He just showed up and did his thing and it was so clean and slick and well executed every single time. In my opinion, still the best spine buster and DDT in the business.
Congratulations James on being the first person able to convince Erik watts to give an interview.
Arn Anderson was a amazing talent.
Agreed and that still feels like an understatement
@@justint8635Correct!
Great guest to have! Looking forward to watching these.
The Erik Watts/Arn Anderson angle was one of my very favorite in WCW at that time. So cool to hear some of the inner workings behind it! The gas station angle was incredible.
Love That W.A.S.P shirt James. I seen them last year Live. Awesome show!🤘
They're here next month - already sold out!
@@WSI WASP playing sold out gigs in 2023 is truly mindblowing. Never a fan myself (or really any "hair/glam metal" aside from the first Motley Crue record and Hanoi Rocks) but good on them!
@@justint8635 2300 capacity building as well - good for them!
My music taste have very much softened over the years but I’d still go see them for a bit of nostalgia.
We.Are.Sexual.Perverts or We.Aint.Sure.Pal???
@@jamesromero hell yeah. Do you, bro! Hope its a good time.
The first pro wrestling match I saw live was Watts vs Yugi Nagata in WCW 98
Eric was good. He got pushed way too hard, they basically shoved him down the fan's throats, which was a shame. If they had just let him be as good as he was and grow in his skill, he could have been even bigger. They shouldn't have booked him as the son of Bill Watts, it really gave him the nepotism image
100% correct here.
IMO, Erik Watts got a raw deal with his career. He seems to have been ultimately hotshotted and he should've had more time to develop, build, and seasoning. He had a good look and good size. Being in dumb gimmicks like Tekno Team 2000 doesn't help anyone. Every shoot I've seen of him, he comes off as humble and likeable. Not deserving whatsoever of the "worst worker ever" tag that he gets labeled with by 'smart' fans.
Anyone that wants to dispute that he was hotshotted, he was signed to WCW after THREE months of training. Absurd. Then when he starts wrestling regularly for them, goes on an undefeated streak and going over guys who had years of experience. So ridiculous
Lol, gtfo he was Horrible.
@@GoldBawls no shit moron but WHY was he horrible? I'm not saying even remotely that he could wrestle a fucking broomstick. But he obviously wasn't unathletic. Your lack of objectivity makes people like you look/sound like you rode the short bus as a teenager.
They made it as though he a legit competitor for Rude. That was ridiculous.
@@dwightsnawder9077 yep.
'Extraordinary interview; I'm looking forward to the complete interview post.
('Awesome t-shirt, by the way, James!)
WASP. Shirt. After this Vid I’m going to listen to the song. I Wanna Be Somebody Thanks
Great story ! I love his father Bill Watts.
Putting Double A in a fake wrestling move at the gas station... 😂😂😂😂
Great to hear from Erik
I think I can remember Davey Boy wearing zoobaz in O’Malleys.
I was a young cop during those days, great memories!
That was a great angle
The GOAT Erik Watts!
I have wondered what ever happened with his brother Joel Watts who used to be an analyst on Mid-South Wrestling.
"His career took off so fast?" What universe does he live in? I remember the heat he had as a wrestler. *It's called go-away heat.*
Awesome W.A.S.P. t-shirt, James
I popped big time for the W.A.S.P. tee shirt. Good choice.
The cops showed up way too fast. They should've waited a little longer. Someone says call the cops and two seconds later they walked up
Damn dude he looks like his old man.
The resemblance really is uncanny now. Spitting image!
I remember that, and it turned me off because it looked too real, and I thought they were burrying Arn.
George Santos and Erik Watts are twin brothers by different mothers.
That’s crazy
Wow. I don't believe a word of this.
Arn said he suggested this to get himself some time off and to get in good with the boss by putting his son over.
Erik talks about the great heat he was getting like it's a good thing, but he was getting a gigantic white meat babyface push.
Oh! And he talked about beating Alabama, CURRENTLY a premiere college football program. But in 1991, they were 7-4 and struggling to maintain any national relevance at all.
Erik's constant slanting of the truth I do know causes me to doubt every single word coming out of his mouth.
Erik Watt DOES what Genesis DON'T!!!
I am a Genesis kid and I approve.
Great story
I remember watching that. Arn one of my favorite wrestlers put over Watts son who in my opinion didn’t deserve the push so early career.
Arn is the gas, Daddy!
Great WASP shirt
First off -WASP shirt ok...but let's get ready for Erik's story about beating Haku's ass
I don't remember Eric Watts being "hot" or being over or having any big matches with big name guys. Where was I ???
You must have blinked.
@@corybowman9583 I’m not a wrestler.
But I did shut down an Erik Watts simp on youtube, so there’s that.
Exactly 💯
what's the "@SS" stand for in the title?
I belive him because its WCW
Submission holds are fine if, say, someone cuts me off in the Bojangle's Drive Thru... but I'd go Indian Death Lock so my hands are free to complete the transaction.
I'm sorry, but I thought I heard this story before so I'm sure its' not True!.
Who the hell was Erik Watts?
I couldn’t even finish this, he’s so bad
He said he was getting married February 13th or whatever day valentine's day was.. it's the 14th every year it never changes dum dum
Eric was ALWAYS going to be labeled as a nepotism poster boy. David flair was a close second. Both were pushed way too hard way too fast and way too much. I would switch the channel (with picture in picture) to WWE when David flair was on. I just couldn't buy into him.
Take these stories with a pallet of salt
is that the blue meanie
This was an interesting angle, Erik Watts who got a push because he was the son of a booker versus Arn Anderson who got a push because he was the kayfabe brother/nephew of a booker. Both were talented but Watts got heat from the locker room because his relationship to the booker was a shoot and not a work. Before anyone says it, I've acknowledged that Arn was talented but his career would have taken a different trajectory if he didn't look like Ole Anderson.
That's a hell of an assumption.
@@kwmusic4560 It's not an assumption at all. Anderson was given that name because he looked like Ole. Ole was at the tail end of his career and he picked Arn to be his tag team partner to extend his career and pretended to be Arn's brother/uncle. Arn is talented but so are a lot of other wrestlers who never made it big. There's nothing extraordinary about Arn that you can say he would have been a star. He's not the biggest, most athletic or most charismatic wrestler.
@@kevinbrown-ge6sz Nothing extraordinary about Arn Anderson? That's laughable.
@@kwmusic4560 What is extraordinary about him?
@@kevinbrown-ge6sz If you don't know the answer to that I can only assume you're a younger fan who did see Arn as his career happened.
Roll Tide brother
💪Roll Tide
Erik Watts really is a doosh the way he goes on and way he talks. He's always trying to shoehorn in ways of putting himself over.
Your brain and your ears are not really working. At least not in any significant capacity. Might want to look into that
@@justint8635 It's nice how people never get personal on here.
@@justint8635 nah I'm OK thanks. I just forgot how unbearable he is to listen to. That little spot about his ring and how great he was to get the ring that had little do with anything just reminded me how much of a mark for himself he is.
@@justint8635 I don't necessarily disagree with what you've said, especially your first comment, but jesus relax. It's like you're a relative or something.
@@patrickhennessy3224lol the OP comment literally got personal. Are you special needs?