Scott Hall Interview
The Whig recently interviewed Scott Hall and went through the ups and downs of his career. Hall mentions Dusty Rhodes and goes in-depth on why he stopped receiving royalties from the WWE after he left. You can read the full article here. Highlights below:
On not receiving royalties
“I’m so happy to be back on the royalty gravy train,” Hall said. “I was the guy who left and went to work for the competition and guess what, the competition started winning. I got blamed for taking Kev (Kevin Nash) with me. I didn’t get a royalty check for 15 years, Kev [Nash] still got his… Vince took it personally when I left, to the point where I didn’t get royalties.”
On not regretting the way he left WWE
“I feel good about what I did,” he said. “I went to him man to man, months in advance, asked for the money, gave a written notice, 90 days in advance, and the notice was only that I didn’t want to leave, but I just didn’t want my contract to keep rolling over. Initially, the contracts that the WWE offered was 10 days, 10 matches you were guaranteed in one year; 10 matches at $150 a match, which means you’re guaranteed $1,500, but you give up everything — you can’t wrestle, or promote, or do an interview or an appearance or anything for anybody but Vince. But he’s only guaranteeing you $1,500. I just didn’t want that contract to roll over, I wanted to talk, but he was furious.”
On Dusty Rhodes
“Dusty was known around the world,” Hall said, with a sombreness in his voice. “Every news outlet worldwide carried the news of his passing. It was a great loss for everybody. I feel privileged that I knew Dusty on a personal level. He started me in wrestling and we stayed in contact throughout my career. It was such a blessing, he was such a powerful guy in the industry, but just so humble when you met him. He was really a class act. His influence is still felt in the business today.”
