Tony Schiavone Says He Still Holds A Grudge Against Terry Taylor

On the latest episode of What Happened When with Tony Schiavone, the AEW broadcaster revealed that he still holds a grudge against fellow wrestling veteran Terry Taylor from their time working together in WCW. You can check out some highlights below: You can check out some highlights below:

On Taylor being able to work: “I think Terry could really work. I don’t think there’s any question. He’s been able to parlay that into quite a career with the WWE and the Performance Center.”

On butting heads: “I know he produced some and he tried to produce me as an announcer, and that’s where he and I kind of butted heads a little bit.”

On Taylor lacking promos: “One thing Terry did not really have [was] a good promo. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t that great of a promo. His in-ring work was great. Yes, it was. But compared to his in-ring work, his promos were lacking.”

On holding a grudge against Taylor: “I can remember this well, this is, I guess, the All-Star game was here, where I was saying that because during the day I went to the All-Star in 1999, I went to the All-Star village, or the All-Star whatever, they had Fan Fest. And I got a call from Craig Leathers, who was a guy you couldn’t trust either. And Craig says, I just want to let you know that there are people here calling for your job. They want to take you off the air. I went, really? He said, Yeah, I just thought you should know. Just a heads up. I’m thinking, Okay, that’s great. That’s great to know. And Terry Taylor was one of those apparently. And then Vince Russo told me, Vince says, Don’t you ever worry about that in fighting. He said, Every time the show starts to go bad, they look for people to blame, and they’ll blame the announcer. And as far as I’m concerned, this is Russo talking, as long as I’m here, you’re always going to do commentary. This is not your fault. And so Terry was a part of that, and I’ve kind of held a grudge since then, to be honest with you.”

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