"Guest Booker with Al Snow" shoot interview trailer

[TooMuchGass]

What the point of punching and kicking your oponents , if it dont mean anything?

[sbxlv1]

lol the new rocker thinks having good matches doesnt mean anything

[dustbusta]

@sbxlv1 That's right. Cena vs Rock is a huge draw because everyone knows it's going to be the next Flair-Steamboat.

[jsc094020]

I remember a little quasi-push they were giving the Snowman after Mick Foley's first book came out, where HHH made him look like a million bucks, too bad he didn't remember that once get married Stephanie.

[RatedRpoed]

watched this & didn't like it.

for his booking he did a kane vs taker storyline AGAIN plus he said he didn't know much about a lot of the current wwe roster so WTF was point of it?

[detrius82]

Thankyou, thank you, thank you! Thank you Al Snow, for telling people the REAL reason why the product has gone down hill, instead of why people want to believe why it's gone down hill.

[RaphaelDeLaGhetto87]

Just watched it. The best one I've watched so far. Al tells it like it is, no holds barred. A must watch for every so-called "smart mark" out there.

[TheMrwrestlingnerd]

can someone tell me the name of the song?

[86Stooy]

Al's gonna get some heat for using the "F" word. Although we all know it's scripted,wrestlers hate when other wrestlers call it fake

[oldschool6804]

@86Stooy i'm sure he doesn't mean that it's fake as in nobody gets hurt or hit thats preposterous he means they script out the winners!

[bkohler89]

@86Stooy I find it pathetic that wrestlers hate that. We know it's fake. We know what bumping and selling is. I've trained for pro wrestling, I know how it is. I know the secrets to the basic moves like a suplex. When you give a guy a suplex you don't ACTUALLY lift the guy over your head by urself cause it's physically impossible. Instead what you do is have the guy your giving the move to, have him do a handstand. In other words all he has to do is jump up and kick his feet up. LOL

[DaPlusSizeDiva]

I love al snow.........:)

[kelso120]

angry man hahah

[skinwalkerxxx]

Reading these things, it makes me think those running TNA should be Jerry Jarrett at the top with Al Snow and Dutch Mantel helping him out. 

[jerzeefranky3475]

If Morrison EVER leaves WWE 4 TNA (& Al is STILL in TNA)...JoMo should have Al by/on his side THE ENTIRE TIME...

[KaiserSoze679]

Al is the man. The guy can do anything in this business. He's a great agent, a great booker, and a GROSSLY underestimated worker himself. I've NEVER bought any of the vids in this series, but I'm seriously considering this one.

[jaryd12345]

I agree with a lot of stuff Snow says... but Vince Russo is the most out of touch guy in the proffesional wrestling business.

[ShatteredDreamsProd1]

@jaryd12345

You say this as some smark on the internet who watches lots of shoot interviews. He says this as someone who has actually been booked by - and collaborated with - Vince Russo.

Well, clearly, Vince Russo must be out of touch, because you say he is.

[jaryd12345]

@ShatteredDreamsProd1 No, No, Mr self gratifying smartass. I'm going by the fact that almost EVERYONE else in the many shoot interviews that you so accurately assume that I watch, buries Vince Russo and says he is out of touch and couldn't book his way out of a paper bag.

[MareeksMareeks]

what's the kevin macleod song played here?

[bizzles44]

al snow is so right. vince mcmahon is so out of touch with society, he probably doesnt even know who jay-z is

[XcXtrippyXcX]

@bizzles44 lol, do you suppose Vince Russo is in touch with society then? xD

i'd take McMahon's cartoony gimmicks from the 80's over Russo's canned laugh tracks any day

[RSXemperor85]

Al Snow drawing money?

This is the guy who's action figures were pulled from store shelves because they sold poorly. What does he know about drawing money?

[lionslicer9999]

@RSXemperor85 Because his character, who was always a low mid carder never was successful doesn't mean the Al Snow who worked behind the scenes and wrote stories and helped build matches and careers doesn't know what he's talking about.

[MeThinks995]

@RSXemperor85 that isnt why his toys were puled from the shelves his tys were pullled from the shelves because parents were offended by the whole head gimmick,it was even on the news.

[bladestormviking]

@MeThinks995 true story. the wwf got sued over al snow's toy (with "head") because they thought head was wwf's way of advocating beating/decapitating women. (paraphrased from "foley is good")

[chinesetakeawayman]

"heat's what sells tickets, not your offense in the middle of the fucking match" words of wisdom to ROH

[DoktorSick]

It doesn't matter pg or not . Al is right wrestling today is way over produced !!!

[KucharAD]

Al seems a bit bitter

[NWABCS]

@KucharAD He always sounds bitter in the interviews. In many, he sounds annoyed that he has to explain "how wrestling should go" to people that have no clue.

[AnEternalEnigma]

Al Snow did a hardcore match with himself in the Toronto Skydome. He can say whatever he wants.

[bLuDcLoT06]

@AnEternalEnigma OMG IM GLAD SOMEONE REMEMBERED THAT!! I WAS THERE FRONT ROW , AND IT WAS EPIC.. watchin a man setting up a table and then moonsaulting thru it voluntarily was amazing

[TheMrwrestlingnerd]

@AnEternalEnigma lol when?

[Paulino1025]

In Al Snow's case, genius really didn't equal success; or he was always meant to be a coach rather than a player.

[AmericanNohbuddy]

@mperorseb2

rephrase your sentence because it made no sense.

[AmericanNohbuddy]

@mperorseb2

I'd rather have the wrestlers wrestle safe and have them all not end up like Edge. The attitude era is also incredibly overrated.

[RWright2006]

@mperorseb2

What the fuck are you talking about?

[Rayla840]

I think Al just hates smarks.... can't blame him there. Also, I've never noticed that Al has some Spock like eyebrows!!!

[TheKSE1]

I'd like for somebody to show me a successful angle that Al Snow has booked.

[draconian45]

He's been extremely bitter and angry for a while.

[148Productions]

For those of you calling Al an asshole, you are TOTALLY WRONG. I first met Al 3 years ago, and have worked with him on set of Independent movies. He is a great guy, and true gentleman.

[clutchcards]

@148Productions You are absolutely right i have met him a handful of times here in louisville where he resides now and does a number of shows be it wrestling/burlesque and he has always been a man of his word. Make no mistake he speaks the truth as he sees it and he is honest as the day is long.

[KRIMEMOBER]

al seems like a real asshole

[jmcampbell78]

The sad thing with professional wrestling (yes, Vince, I said "wrestling") now is that we're losing the "wrestlers" and having the "entertainers" shoved down our throats.

[vinbroccoli]

Al makes his points but he's such a dull prick to listen to...

[AnimalLover1977]

Al Snow says things in the best ways.

[EaglesMan36]

I love Al's shoots, but he's always acting like an angry old man now. His whole gimmick is to scream at the audience how stupid they are.

[Kenro200x]

I remember back in Smokey Mountain and Al Snow was just a star waiting to explode. Out of all the guys who had the tag "The next HBK" I thought Snow was the best but of course he never reached that level. He never made it as high as I thought he would.

[synthfiend]

How do you get someone over if they talk good for 2-5 minutes a week and suck for 10 minutes in the ring? For him to say that the quality of the match means shit may be one of the most ignorant things I've ever heard. Crappy matches make people change the channel. The match is the payoff! Pay per views should at least always be match oriented because all the angles lead up to that particular moment! After all the talking and bs and run ins etc. are all done the people want to see the match.

[UFCfan4lif3]

@synthfiend

i think he was referring to the attitude era when he made that comment. in fact. during that time nobody really did give a shit about quality matches. And it's honestly true. when the attitude era was going on. you didn't hear none of my friends that watched it tell me in school."Hey. did you see that awesome match at WM? No. they were talking about the latest Austin/Rock promo. or the diva's being piratically naked in the ring.

[xxcrazyboyxx100]

@UFCfan4lif3

not true .. u had many angle vs benoit or benoit vs jericho matches that were awesome .. u got the hardys , the dudleys , Edge and christian .. and we had awesome tag team matches

[synthfiend]

@UFCfan4lif3 I can see where you're coming from but I have to disagree. Who ran the attitude era? Austin: Always considered a great talent. The Rock could always work a good match and tell a story. HHH a solid worker. Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, Angle all men who could get it done in the ring. And the divas. Trish Stratus, Lita, Molly Holly, Ivory, Victoria, Jacqueline all good women workers..There was serious in ring substance all through the attitude era to balance out the shows.

[UFCfan4lif3]

@synthfiend

But in today's society it seems like wrestling fans have matured when it comes to taking things like the wrestling aspect and garning appreciation for the men and woman that put there body's on the line each and every week. That's the difference with today's generation compared to the attitude era generation. it's a different time period. What worked in the past would NOT work today. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

[MetalGearKelan]

@ozzyisgod Well said. Completely agree.

[StewartLucrative]

Its so interesting to hear Al Snow talk about wrestling. So knowledgable about it and he explains it in a way where anyone can understand it.

[Revelation1992]

@StewartLucrative -Snorted- Listen to Kevin Nash, he's even better LOL

[MrTheLAJ]

Al Snow's '7 Deadly Steps' interview on YouTube is a must listen to ....

[jb0609]

Al snow is booking tna with vince russo. No wonder why TNA is so awful right now

[bhambham7]

@jb0609

He's a producer, not a booker. He doesn't have the final say in what happens in TNA. It's Vince, Hogan, and Bischoff who are the main bookers in the company. If anyone is to blame for the decline in the story it's those 3. They have great talent, but they've all ended up in god awful story lines.

[CardinalJiles]

quality of the match always matter for me. i dont anything about the wrestling business, am im not talking about the BIG PICTURE. when i sit my ass down at that shitty ass arena in san diego, and pay $75 dollars, i dont go because it will be 4 months till they come back, i go to be entertained. i am entertained by great matches. cm punk, miz, hhh, jericho, guys like that. havent gone to a show in a while, why? im gunna get more promo then wrestling. just my opinion as a semi-serious fan.

[nWoWolfpacTV]

This looks like a great DVD. Looks like i share a lot of the same opinion as Al Snow.

This guy knows what he is talking about people.

[Volumesofdoom]

Every ROHbot needs to order this dvd and learn what pro wrestling is really about.

It's not about having a great match, wrestling is a business. It's about selling tickets. ROH always claims to have great matches, but they are only 200-600 people in the audience and no one knows what ROH is.

[Turp28]

@Volumesofdoom Not an"ROHbot" but if it's not about having great matches then why should anyone buy tickets? Their 200-600 people audience does not mean that they don't put on great matches. They do it all the time.

[jb0609]

He hate on "Quality of match" because he cant have a great match himself.

[RollandDynasty]

@jb0609 If Al Snow's ever been good at anything, it's putting on a quality match as the internet would have it. He's not without his technical prowess. Now, what he's never been is a draw, and considering he got further from heat from a maniquen head than he ever did as "Avatar" tells me he knows what the hell he's talking about.

[nWoWolfpacTV]

@jb0609 Quality of match means shit, just ask Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior & Bill Goldberg etc.

[jb0609]

@nWoWolfpacTV

You must be a sports entertainment fan who only cares about promos and storylines.

The quality of the wrestling should matter on a wrestling show.

And hogan, warrior and goldberg has had some good matches.

[nWoWolfpacTV]

@jb0609 It doesn't matter if its a good match or a bad match at the end of the day as long as it draws money that is that matters. The true art of pro wrestling anyway is popping the crowd not being a technical catch as catch can pro wrestler.

Without storylines & promos pro wrestling would not exist, ever hear the term "talk them into the seats" you would simply have Wrestler A vs. Wrestler B & nobody would pay to see that.

[jb0609]

@nWoWolfpacTV

And Snow has never been in a match that made a lot of money.

That is must mean that he is a bad pro wrestler.

[nWoWolfpacTV]

@jb0609 When did i say he had? When did i say he was even good? I just said i shared the same opinion as him. I never even liked Al Snow when he wrestled. Fact is though he had his most sucessful run during his career by getting over using a fake head not by his wrestling ability.

[CraigJarrett1985]

I dont like Edge, he was great as a tag team wrestler in gimmcik matches, thats it.

[ZehFiend]

My GOD he is so right about Vince being in touch with current society, he's old!

[surenopimp]

Yeah i don't agree with him Quality of match does mean something i wouldn't pay to watched a watered down WWE match wich all of their matches are and TNA i don't give a shit about someones "heat" i want to see a good match period

[809Ollie]

@surenopimp yea but 5% of wrestling fans are like you (and me) and the other 95% need the hot storyline ect ect now wrestling is a business so which people do u need to make happy to make the most money? thats basically what al is saying he understands this now but didnt when he was at his highest with head and thats why he didnt go on to bigger things

[akuma6333]

I never got why in the Al Snow shoots that he always seems to look down on the idea of people wrestling a good quality match. I always liked The Dynamite Kid's idea of wrestling which was about always having the best damn match you can have. He pretty much would say that if a wrestler isn't giving it his all, then that guy shouldn't be a wrestler.

[nWoWolfpacTV]

@akuma6333 Why? because his career was going nowhere until he got head. Head made money his wrestling did not.

[ILSK5150]

Al Snow always seems pissed off.

[CapTashman]

@ILSK5150 he was never given a big run in his long career. Wouldn't you be? I mean he wasn't the best, most charismatic, but he could've received a IC title run

[paynexkillerAOTF]

@CapTashman Keeping in mind ofcourse, that he was booked to win the ECW title but left the company...

[blackxd42]

@ILSK5150 He's giving a dose of reality to everyone he's trying to talk to, especially on the Internet. Guy knows what he's talking about and is sick of people who don't.

[BobMak]

@ILSK5150 I'd be pissed to if I was good enough to be a real booker and also good enough to emulate any wrestling style I've seen, yet the highlight of my career was talking to a mannequin head and having a good match with Triple H that is never referenced that he STILL lost.

[22centman36]

@ILSK5150 its because he was held back by guys with clip boards, his gimmick got over he was controlled and never allowed to really shine, so they moved him over to being a coach. He may be a great coach, but he never got the movie deals or anything outside of wrestling. so hes pissed. The guy is constantly pissed, he wakes up issed and goes to bed pissed. he hates everybody.

[ruthlessmadman]

You obviously haven't seen the entire interview because admits that he's not bitter about his career. He's bitter about internet fans telling him how to make a living.

@22centman36

[TheMrdude6969]

I may have to buy this.

[bammybound]

As far as attitude vs pg here's my thoughts...wrestling is a recycling process...Some might hate the PG era but me growing up watch Hogan/Savage/Warrior/Beefcake that was PG style too...I think wrestling gave us PG wrestling, then we as older fans moved on to more hardcore style (ECW) and wrestling followed..Now its back to PG for the younger fans and eventually it might change back to rougher style when those fans get older..I'm not mad at all, I got 20+ years of entertainment.

[jimmyface71]

In response to Mr. Snow - I'm smart enough to know that I'm not all that smart. How's that work for you?

[ants84]

I say give Al or Bully Ray the book in TNA.

[EdmondSwitch]

@ants84 Don't give Bubba Ray anything he is lying, Back stabbing piece of shit, alls he knows how to do is suck up.

[sinz187]

no youshoot = no buys

[Karnuj]

Al you had me at the Job Squad T-Shirt

[IDante1Savage]

If he wasn't in TNA right now I'd say this should be good, but a man who stands by and supports a product with less creative skill than Highspots needs to watch Kevin Sullivans edition.

[nWoWolfpacTV]

@IDante1Savage Everybody needs a paycheck.....

Kevin Sullivan & his damn hot air balloon!

[IDante1Savage]

@nWoWolfpacTV In the preview when Al mentions how talent shouldn't stay on top is the moment my ears bleed. With that logic no star will ever become a superstar, it puts everyone on the same level and when everyone is on the same level, no one is special, and when no one is special and everyone is the same no one is over.

[nWoWolfpacTV]

@IDante1Savage Fair enough! I agree

Im just saying everybody needs a paycheck. I mean i bet their are millions of people who hate their jobs but they still collect that paycheck & in the wrestling industry it isn't like there is a plethora of job opportunities.

[ozzyisgod]

@IDante1Savage top talent being on top is fine worked up to the late 80's with long world title reigns. unforturnely doesn't work the same way for today. what he means like back in the territory days the top guy would move on to another territory after doing everything in the territory. or top guys would move down to mid card level to build a mid card into a new top guy. it's all about building doesn't have anything to with death to all top stars.

[ozzyisgod]

@ozzyisgod look at how many main eventers wwe has. they got a small handful. cena, hhh, punk, taker, edge, sheamus, alberto, occastional show and kane. wwe had failed at making new top stars since cena/orton and punk. 3 new main eventers up to 2010 from 2002. that's scary. that's why a top star has to work with a mid card guy to build a new top guy thne the promotion is off to the races to make money with the new top guy. quality of match is meaningless because the measuring stick to this day

[ozzyisgod]

@ozzyisgod is andre/hogan had 93,173 an arena record and it wasn't the best match quality but rather the match drew the most tickets. as for al not knowing how to book...he booked ovw for several with guess who jim cornette. al kept ovw well after cornette got fired from wwe. he is more than qualifed. when he talks about talent like storm not taking full advantage of the boring gimick. he sees that as missed huge opporunity to really get yourself over. he hated being euro champ being billed

[ozzyisgod]

@ozzyisgod from different place around europe but went all out because it was an opporunity to become a bigger star.

[IDante1Savage]

@ozzyisgod Your comment doesn't really related or counteract mine, but I will just point to examples of HHH, Rock and Austin. Just imagine if in 2000 after losing at Mania 16 rocky moved down to fued with Val venis over the IC strap. Stars are build on Aura, remove someones star appeal and remove their importance and lure. Strip away a stars "starpower" and make them like everyone watching then they are no longer stars.

[ozzyisgod]

@IDante1Savage what boils down to is booking and how it is pulled off. we will use rock feuds with venis after loosing to austin at mania 16. next monday night raw val does something like talks how short rock came out. like pissing of the rock badly. the people were already behind rock dispite being a heel was cheered. venis was a heel. it's all about interaction. rocks bears the holy hell out of venis. venis is seriously banged up. rock/austin rematch at backlash happens. venis screws the

[ozzyisgod]

@ozzyisgod rock out of getting the title. the people would be pissed off that rock, their hero got screwed out of being the wwf world title. that's just a start. but once again comes to down to how its booked. if booked properly would really establish rock as full fledge baby face and venis as a high mid card heel. would get another guy who can work with the top guys. it's all about the booking

[IDante1Savage]

@ozzyisgod you can't thrust talent into top fueds like that, it is all about build. I think rock is already established as a full fledged babyface somehow, and making him fued with val venis by playing around with in the mid card would ruin his star power, and lose the wwf MILLIONS. Imagien putting hogan back down in the mid card following mania 3! Yh its all about the booking, its all about building, its all about making money and playing around with star positions done no one any good.

[ozzyisgod]

@IDante1Savage well i said it's all about booking. and part of booking is building. rock feuding with val venis would out of the blue. only reason i said mania 16 was u said after that would feud with venis right after that. there has to be something to reason why they are feuding. look what they did with sheamus they made him look a big star. yes brand new guy given. hogan was still hot at the time up till after his feud with slaughter. afterwards...it got old. there needs to fill in when

[ozzyisgod]

@ozzyisgod the main eventer is loosing momentum. he needs to work with someone to get back on top. while in the logically sense build a new guy up. back in the territory days when you lost momentum you would a leave the territory to get back on top but at a different hill. or would work with mid card guys to get back up to the top. at mania 16 there would be no reason for rock to feud with midcard as he was red hot.

[IDante1Savage]

@ozzyisgod you have gone away from the original point made by val, his point wasn't guys get a push and build then move into the main event to fued, his point was that noone shoudl stay in the main event for prolonged times and they themselves should move down, not that others should move up.

[ozzyisgod]

@IDante1Savage that was only a sinpit so wouldn't get from the trailer the rest of what he was saying along with the reasoning for it.

[TheJohnnyCotts]

@IDante1Savage What Al meant was that when a talent got to a certain level back in the territory days, he moved onto another territory so fans wouldn't get sick of seeing him. Nowadays, with WWE being the only major game in town, the same people are always on top.

[IDante1Savage]

@TheJohnnyCotts that isn't what he says if you watch the dvd, his point is that guys should go from the main events back to mid card.

[gilbertblaze]

Al Snow Rules...wish he was back doing Tough Enough....