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Tonight we give a 10 Bell Salute to Jimmy Rave who we sadly lost last Sunday. This show is dedicated to him.

Also, Rob is BACK! He and Alex sit down in this episode of The Perched On The Top Rope Podcast to discuss all the many contract talks in the world of professional wrestling from Kevin Owens to Brody King and much more!

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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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E45: WWE Releases and Departure, OH MY! Liv-Becky Main Event Raw on Historical Night, Hook Debut and RoH FINAL BATTLE Results and Something About Tony Khan...

Its a long title but Lee and Alex host Perched On The Top Rope Episode 45.

Tonight's discussion includes

WWE Released Jeff Hardy and controversy around it

WWE Departures of Kyle O'Reilly and Johnny Gargano

Liv Morgan vs Becky Lynch for WWE Raw Women's Title held on historical night. On that night Lita vs Trish Stratus main evented Raw. It was the first time a women's match was the main event.

AEW and the debut of Hook!

RoH FINAL BATTLE Results

Lee and Alex also share fun stories of how they first saw RoH. We here at Perched On The Top Rope would like to thank RoH for everything they've done for us! RoH sent us many talents to interview from Shane Taylor, Ian Riccaboni, Flip Gordan, Rhett Titus, and PCO!

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E44: NXT War Games Preview, SmackDown Two Hours With Only How Many Minutes of Wrestling, NXT and WWE Contract News and Preview of RoH Final Battle!

Alex and Lee discuss NXT War Games and share their predictions. The guys also discuss SmackDown being two hours and only having 16:31 minutes of wrestling while AEW Rampage had one match go 18 minutes alone for a one hour show!

the guys also breakdown contracts of Johnny Gargano, Kyle O'Reilly, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn and others!

Why is Von Wagner so hot?

Why are 205 Live and the NXT Cruiserweight Championship still a thing?

RoH FINAL BATTLE Preview

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E43: What In The Whacky Happened on Raw? New Champions, Fan-Attacks, and AEW News, OH MY!

Former Dirt Sheet Writer Lee Walker rides solo tonight discussing his take-a-ways this week in wrestling.

Raw: Discusses three new champions, and a fan attack on Seth Rollins which Barclay Center... WWE Hall of Fame, Bret Hart is attacked. Sounds like a security issue.

NXT: Gargano's contract was set to expire December 3rd. War Games is the 5th? Somebody signed an extension, but a re-sign long-term deal.

SmackDown: New challenger for Roman Reigns by winning battle royal? Who is it? Why keep teasing Brock Lesnar?

Now, Perched On The Top Rope didn't forget about AEW! Do AEW fans, not like Cody Rhodes? is he AEW's John Cena? Fans throw Cena shirts back. AEW fans throw Cody Rhodes weight belt back.

Lastly, can MJF and CM Punk drop pipe bombs, sorry MJF, Nukes or what?

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E42: Then Now You're Fired! WWE Fires Eight Stars, Survivor Series Predictions, WWE-AEW Contracts Expiring and Former WWE Writer Rob Hochman Weighs In On it All

Former WWE Writer Rob Hochman with Former Dirt Sheet Writer Lee Walker and Alex Todd discuss WWE letting go of eight more talents. Is this a resurgence of professional wrestling or is it the great depression?

The guys discuss Survivor Series predictions if you go to our facebook:https://www.facebook.com/PerchedOnTheTopRope

The guys end the show talking about WWE-AEW contracts ending soon from Johnny Gargano. Kevin Owens, Joey Janela, MJF and more!

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The Aldorable One is back! And is also on his own this week as Rob and Lee are on their way back from hosting The IInspiration at Big Event and Showcase of Legends 6! Alex dives in with the results from AEW 2021 Full Gear, and gives us his thoughts on the paperview as well!

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E40: AEW FULL GEAR Media Call

AEW held a media call today as Tony Khan answered questions ahead of Full Gear pay-per-view on Saturday!

Information on Owen Hart Memorial Cup. Full Gear and more!

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E39: Former WWE Writer Rob Hochman on WWE Releases and "Budget Cuts." Two Recently Released WWE Stars Joining Perched, A Breakdown on Success or Failures of Every NXT Champion

Former WWE Writer Rob Hochman talks the WWE releases as "Budget cuts." Rob, explains its all about $$ and quarterly reviews.

Rob and Lee talk the rumors WWE only wants to hire women under 25 to attract younger males. They go back and forth as older women are still signed and weren't let go. Rob feels its one thing..

Rob shares his thoughts with Lee Walker on Wrestling Observer reporting what might happen in WWE contracts for new signees on 60, "trail" period and six month evaluations.

Rob and Lee discuses every NXT Heavyweight Champion and see if they were successful on the main roster or not.

COMING TO BALITMORE FAN FEST 3... tune in and hear Neal Pruitt, the voice of the nWo and Rob Hochman announce our next guest for February 6th in their first appearance after being released by WWE just days ago!

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E38: WWE Releases Eighteen WWE/NXT Stars!

Some of these names will shock you! Some were just written off television.

Some were in the middle of television pushes.

One asked for their release a little while back and was denied.

Two had been re-packaged

One was just called up from NXT to the main roster during the WWE Draft of 2021

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