Steve McMichael Explains His Issues With Today’s Wrestling, How He’d Change WWE

– Steve McMichael spoke with Wrestling Inc for a new interview discussing his issues with the current era of wrestling and more. Highlights are below per Wrestling Inc:

On working with Ric Flair: “When I met Ric Flair, he was everything I’ve seen on TV and more. Some guys have a private life that is kind of sedate, Ric Flair is the genuine article, what you see is what you get, my friend. The way you see him talking on the mic in the ring is the way he lives his life. It’s not a script! That’s why I say the best guys, in any entertainment industry, it comes off the top of their head, they’re not memorizing a script.”

On his issues with today’s wrestling: “It’s too much like a soap opera now. They have scenes and lines, and ‘cut!’ Go on to the next scene. It’s taking the sports out of sports entertainment. They shouldn’t do that, even though it’s stuntmen killing each other, people want to see that. That’s what filled up the old Coliseum in Rome.”

On what he would do to change WWE: “I would go get me some gargantuan [wrestlers]. That’s what they’re missing, Big John Studd, Andre the Giant, and ya know, Hulk Hogan wasn’t a little guy. The guys that walk out the curtain, the fans are like, ‘Look at that monster!’ … I know the high-flying guys, they’re great to have, but for the fans, they want to see those monsters.”

On the nWo’s rise causing WCW’s decline: “When you’re just doing one of two things and ya just start dumping it all on that one thing, the fans get bored, and turn the channel. Yeah, it was too much nWo. The fans want to see competition.”