J.J. Dillon Shoot Interview

JJ Dillon has done it all in the ring and behind the scenes from working early territories to the Four Horsemen to becoming VP of Talent Relations for WWF to working in the WCW office during that company’s demise. Dillon sat down with RF Video for his first interview in 15 years. The result was a five hour shoot interview that covered it all from what its like to work with Vince McMahon to road stories to early angles to the glory days of NWA to what caused the demise of WCW. This shoot has something for everyone and is like an education on the wrestling business! Here is what Dillon talked about: -His start in the business. -How he broke in without really being trained. -His first matches. -What some of the old timers were like to him. -How did Bruno Sammartino treat him? -His early days working in Canada and the development of his character. -Working for the Original Sheik and what he was like. -Early road stories. -Going to work for Jim Crockett Sr. -What were the Crockett’s like. -How he ended up in Amarillo working for The Funks. -Working the old Florida territory. -How the territory system worked. -Classic angles early in his career. -Going from being a wrestler to manager. -What is Abdullah The Butcher like? -Going to Japan. -Seeing some unusual things in Japan. -Going to work in Georgia. -What Jim Barnett and Ole Anderson were like. -How the Four Horsemen were formed. -The angle where the Horsemen jumped Dusty in the parking lot. -Why that angle was groudbreaking. -The first War Games. -How he got injured in that War Games. -How the Horsemen put together those legendary promos. -The old WTBS studio tapings. -Working with Buddy Landel. -Thoughts on Ric Flair -When Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson jumped to WWF. -Why NWA went out of business. -Going to WWF in an office job right after NWA. -How he got his job in WWF. -What is was like to work in Vince McMahon’s inner circle. -Dillon holds nothing back in talking about McMahon and working so closely with him. -How hard did Vince demand his employees to work. -What was Pat Patterson like. -Why WWF hired Jerry Jarrett and working with Jarrett. -Rising to VP of Talent Relations. -His opinion on how good of a job Jim Ross does now with that job. -Giving inside info to Dave Meltzer. -Working in the WWF office when the steroid trial happened. -Being in charge of giving drug tests. -Working on the creative team in WWF. -What wrestlers were easy and hard to work with. -Why did he quit WWF on no notice? -How wrestling affected his family life. -How Eric Bischoff hired him for WCW when there was a hiring freeze. -What his role was in WCW. -Dillon has a lot to say and talks very freely about working with Bischoff, Vince Russo and the rest of the WCW office and what went wrong. -Why everything went wrong. -Dillion takes you inside the WCW office. -Why the WCW creative department had no clue. -How he was in the middle of the situation that saw Chris Benoit, Eddy Guerrero, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko leave WCW for WWF. -Why they put the WCW title on Benoit. -Why Benoit was the only one they really wanted to keep. -Kevin Sullivan’s role in all this and why they had no choice but to let them walk. -Dillon takes you through the complete demise of WCW. -Going back to being talent in WCW. -The angle where Kevin Nash and the NWO stripped and spray painted him. -Did he like to be talent. -What is he doing now? -Can NWA TNA make it? -Will he ever work for NWA TNA?