Scotty 2 Hotty Says He Embraces Being a ‘Nostalgia Act,’ Discusses His Interest in Wrestling in AEW

During a recent interview with Insight with Chris Van Vliet, former WWE Superstar Scotty 2 Hotty discussed how he embraces being viewed as a nostalgia act, how much longer he wants to wrestle for, and a potential AEW TV match. Hotty has worked some AEW matches in the past, but whatever he would do in AEW, he would “want it to be the right thing.”

He also added he’s not sure how he would fit in with AEW. Below are some highlights from Insight:

Scotty 2 Hotty on Being Viewed as a Nostalgia Act

“Dude, I embrace it. I’m a total nostalgia act, and I embrace it. When I came back to the independents this time, I wasn’t sure how to present myself. Do I go back to the classic look? Do I try to portray as I would look all these years later. I didn’t know what people would want. I would do photo ops on the shows with these grown men, and I could feel them shaking, or you get a couple guys who almost start to cry. Yeah, this is crazy, man. Nostalgia is unbelievable. So I’ve learned to embrace it. I embrace it, and it’s cool because Too Cool Rikishi was 2000, so I’m getting guys that were 15 years old in 2000.”

On How Much Longer He Wants To Wrestle

“I told you I’m going to live to 100, but just as long as I can present in a professional manner, and look the part and feel the part, I will continue.”

On the Famous People He’s Been Able To Meet

“Funny Adam Sandler story. So we’re in Buffalo, New York, back then we would do pretty much the same shows for maybe a month. So Brian and I were on first every night, and then Billy Gunn was wrestling Eddie Guerrero like third match every night, and I’d heard they’ve been killing it. Of course, Billy and Eddie, the two of them together are going to kill it. So I want to see this match. So Brian and I finish. Go back, towel off. I find this area in the arena where it’s dark, but I can go out in the arena and stand in the shadows and watch the match in the arena.

“So I’m watching it, and I see this guy come out of the audience and comes over to me, and he goes, ‘Ah, good stuff you did out there. You’re really funny.’ I was like, oh, thanks. I’m trying to watch the match, but I think it’s a fan who snuck back. So, I don’t want more people to start coming and cause a scene, so I can’t watch the match. So, I wasn’t rude, but I was like, thanks, and then continue to watch the match, and then the guy who’s the promoter, he comes out. He walks out there, and he comes back with somebody, and he’s like, ‘Scott, this is Adam Sandler.’ I was like, Adam Sandler just told me I was funny, and I blew him off. Maybe if I was nicer to him, I’d be in his movies [laughs].”

On Possibly Working a TV Match in AEW

“So I’ve done a couple of dark matches. I’m not against wrestling; I just want it to be the right thing. I’m very, I don’t know if protective’s the right word, but I feel like what I’ve done up to this point. I don’t want to sound like I think I’m this top guy or this mega star, but I feel like what I do have, what I’ve created in the time that I’ve been doing it, is something special. I don’t want to water that down. I want it to mean something. I almost feel like I’d be best used in a nostalgia role, but in a not used all the time [role]. A mystery opponent, or in the gauntlet battle royal, or just one-offs here and there. I think that’s where I would best be suited. The talent at AEW is so good, and their style is so insane and awesome. I don’t know how I would fit in.”