E46: WCW Producer & "The Voice of the nWo," Neal Pruitt

WCW Producer & "The Voice of the nWo" Neal Pruitt comes to Perched On The Top Rope and discusses his career in WCW. Below is the timestamp to the interview due to length of the interview.

Intro: (00:00)

How Neal got a job in WCW not being a fam growing up: (0:42)

Neal on fans stopping him in public to do the nWo voice: (4:12)

Neal on his brothers' interest in pro wrestling when he worked for WCW: (6:15)

Neal on William Regal's nose being broken: (7:35)

Being Van Hammer's Drummer: (9:24)

WCW Macho Man "Easter Egg": (10:09)

Comparing Rob and Neal's relationships with writers and producers in WWF/E and WCW: ( 12:30)

Infamous first Black and White nWo promo: (14:45)

Letting Scott Hall use Neal's personal camera to film: (17:28)

If Neal Pruitt who he credits the idea of the music and logo of the nWo: (19:35)

The Lawn Dart Incident at Disney with Kevin Nash and Rey Mysterio Jr: (22:19)

Lex Luger screaming that Scotty Rigg's wasn't breathing during the Lawn Dart Segment: (28:05)

Originally 3 Themes Picked for the nWo: (29:55)

Music differences between WWF/E and WCW: (30:40)

Funniest WCW Entrance Music: (32:40)

Neal's opinion on Sting's Crow gimmick not getting over: (33:45)

Neal on the infamous Ultimate Warrior Promo: (35:03)

How Neal ended up doing the voice of the nWo: (41:24)

Was Neal ever paid for his nWo voice?: (44:04)

Working on catchphrases for other wrestlers: (46:32)

What was the best/worst segment Neal ever had to produce: (48:27)

Neal's thoughts on working in WCW during the Vince Russo era: (50:06)

Neal's thoughts on Eric Bischoff challenging Vince McMahon to a fight (53:15)

Was Neal present when DX invaded WCW?: (56:50)

What would Neal have changed about the communication in WCW: (1:04:59)

Did the wrestlers know Neal was putting jokes into the entrance nameplates?: (1:06:26

Thought on AEW's turnbuckle cameras: (1:09:58)

Having to bring numerous amounts of tapes and hours of production to editing: (1:12:44)

Neal's involvement in the nWo when they split into factions: (1:17:08)

Did Eric Bischoff have an endgame for the nWo?: (1:17:41)

What was life like for Neal after the nWo?: (1:20:58)

Did Jeff Jarrett reach out to Neal when starting TNA?: (1:22:15)

Was production ever given notice about WCW Thunder or other programming ending?: (1:25:04)

Road Dogg showing up to the last WCW Nitro to get a job: (1:26:45)

What it was like the last night of WCW: (1:27:52)

The possibility of a true Last Day of WCW DVD or Show: (1:31:02)

How the Live Nitro Parties came about: (1:35:37)

Did Neal Pruitt stay with Turner Broadcasting after WCW dissolved?: (1:37:39)

Neal's thoughts on Turner supposedly selling to AOL in '99 and hiding it: (1:42:44)

Neal on being his history with MTV: (1:46:37)

Neal on if he was involved in the production of Bret Hart's promo after Owen Hart passed away: (1:51:26)

Neal on his involvement of Jim Duggan announcing he had cancer: (1:52:27)

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