Paul Diamond Shoot Interview

RF VIDEO brings you another shoot interview with a veteran in the wrestling business, Paul Diamond who has worked most of the territorial promotions thru out the mid 80’s until the now. We cover his run from TX, Georgia, AWA, Memphis, Continental, WWF, WCW, Japan and ECW!!!!! From his early start as a singles wrestler to his incredible run as one half of the legendary tag team with Pat Tanaka, Bad Company, Paul shoot for the first time ever!!! Paul talked about how he got started in wrestling down in Florida after a long successful career in pro soccer. You will hear how he was brought into wrestling by the Malenko family. How did Paul make it to Texas All Star Wrestling and we talk to him about his initial relationship with Shawn Michaels that led to a life time friendship with HBK or did it? We talk all about his early run and all of his major programs before he got to the AWA and his stories were awesome and really funny. His AWA stuff before he got to the WWF were also really informative stories. He talked all about his long time relationship with Shawn Michaels since they broke in together down in TX and worked all over the place including the AWA, WWF and also when Paul booked for Shawns promotion in TX the TWA. We talked all about his tag team work in the WWF, his Max Moon gimmick and his brief WCW run. I was in ECW when Paul Diamond was there the entire time so I knew what to ask him about the land of Extreme. Remember the exploding ring match in ECW with Bad Company? Who could forget that fiasco and we got Paul’s reactions to that horrible gimmick match that had the epic fail. What happened to Paul after ECW and how did he hook up with HBK to book and run his company? What happened to their relationship down in TX and why was there trouble between the two. What heat did Paul have with Rudy Boy Gonzalez? Do you want drug talk, there is plenty of that. You will hear how drugs almost ruined his liefe. Do you want to hear stories about ring rats down in Memphis? Want hilarious road stories with ribs that Curt Henning and Mr Fuji, there is that!!!! The Paul Diamond shoot was a shoot for the masses and especially if your a old school fan your going to want to own this DVD. How did you break into the business Were you a fan growing up Talk about your families connections to soccer and is it true you wanted to be a soccer player How did you get a scholarship to play soccer in VA What promotions did you watch Is this something you knew you wanted to do at a young age Who trained you Who was your mentor would you consider it Boris Malenko How close were you to his two sons Joel and Dean What was your typical day of training like What was the hardest thing to learn for you Did you ever want to quit How did you get your first break down in TX for Texas All Star Memories of teaming up with Nick Kiniski when you guys were called American Breed What was it like to work with Al Madril and Chavo Guerrero Memories of meeting Shawn Michaels for the first time ever Did you see the potential in him as a wrestler What was he like outside the ring at this time How did you first meet Chris Adams and is it true he helped you Who else was down there around this time Did Bruiser Brody come in and out of the territory Were you there when Tugboat was there Why did you not work for FL when you first broke in When you were down in TX did you want to work for Fritz What made you move to Memphis What were your initial impressions of Jerry Lawler What are your thoughts on Jerry Jarrett as a promoter When you were there who was the booker Did you feel that it would be hard to be a babyface there with all the egos who were already on top What was your position in Memphis Who did you travel with What was the loop like in Memphis Was the pay as bad as everyone says it was Memories of teaming up with Jeff Jarrett What was Continental like Who are some of the guys that you worked with there memories of beating Akio Sato and Tarzen Goto with Jeff as your partner How did you first meet Pat Tanaka to form Badd Company Memories of working with Sheepherders Memories of working with Billy Travis What was Bill Dundee like and memories of working with him Memories of working with Rocky Johnson Memories of Nasty Boys in Memphis and were they crazy back than What were the ring rats like in Memphis and any good rat stories Was Eddie Gilbert around in Memphis when you were there Memories of Tommy Rich in memphis How did you get into the AWA Memories of Curt Henning Initial impressions of Verne Gagne Memories of meeting DDP and how did he become your manager in the AWA Memoris of working with Midnight Rockers in the AWA HBK and Marty 1988 Memories of working with Mando and Chavo in the AWA Memories of working with the Top Guns Ricky Rice and Derrick Dukes Memories of Super Clash 3 match where you teamed with Madusa to face Top Guns and Wendi Richeter Memories of working with Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans and loosing the belt Memories of working with Pat Tanaka in singles matches in the AWA Memories of teaming with Del Wilkes and your matches with Enos and Wayne Bloom What was Greg Gagne like Memories of Tom Zenk Memories of Vader Memories of Kerry Von Erich Did you like working the AWA Memories of Larry Zybsyko Memories of a young Eric Bischoff in AWA Did you ever imagine that Eric would be one of wrestlings most powerful people down the line… Who were some other guys in the AWA that you got to work with Were you there when Paul Heyman was in the company Did you think that Verne was out of touch Memories of making it into the WWF in 1990 Memories of working with Dustin Rhodes Memories of working with Hillbilly Jim Memories of working with Al Perez What were your initial impressions of Vince DId you have a meeting when you first came in and were you promised anything? What was it like to team again with Pat Tanaka as the Orient Xpress Memories of working with Shawn and Marty in the WWE and how much better was it than your AWA matches with them What other tag teams did you work with in the WWF around this time What was the drug scene like in the WWF Who did you travel with How did the Max Moon gimmick come about in 1992 Did you like the gimmick and did you think it was going to get over Were you there the night Konnan got into a fight backstage which led you to get that role Memories of working with Terry Taylor Memories of working with Rick Martel Memories of working with Repo Man Memories of working HBK on the first Monday Night Raw When you started doing jobs did you feel your time was almost up in the WWF Memories of working for ECW in 1993 Thoughts on Paul Heyman What was the locker room like Memories of your matches with Ian and Axl Rotten Memories of your matches with Public Enemy Is it true at some of the house shows in ECW Pat Tanaka would tape his drugs to his ribs so nobody would steal it out of his bags in the locker room Memories of working with Taz and Kevin Sullivan Memories of working with Rockin Rebel and Pitull Thoughts on Tommy Dreamer Thoughts on Shane Douglas Thoughts on Sabu How crazy was the ECW drug scene How did you guys get into WCW in 1994 Did you think you would get a big push Who are some of the teams that you worked with in WCW when you were there What was it like to go back working to Memphis after your WCW run Memories of working for USWA teaming up with Steven Dunn Memories of working for music City wrestling How did you tear a tricep and how long were you out for How did you start up working for Shawn Michaels as his head trainer for the TWA Memories of working with Spanky Memories of American Dragon Bryan Danielson Did you see the potential back than in both men Memories of Lance Cade from TWA You were a top guy in the TWA did you enjoy your time there What was your gimmick in TWA How well did TV help TWA How did you open up your own school Crazy road stories with Pat Tanaka and Marty Jannety Did you ever think DDP would go on to have the career that he did How did HBK change over all the years that you have known him with his personality did he get a ego What is wrong with the business today Do you think tag team wrestling is a lost art Do you watch TNA at all Do you watch WWE How is the next big star out there in your opinion What death in wrestling has hit you the hardest Memories of Demolition Memories of Hulk Hogan