Shoot interviews in professional wrestling are often very popular amongst fans, hearing wrestlers give their honest feelings about subjects they don't normally talk about is interesting to audiences. It provides a peek behind the curtain to what the business is truly like and how certain people behave in real life.
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Sean Oliver's Kayfabe Commentaries is often one of the go-to channels to hear these types of interviews as he brings in great guests over the years who have opened up about their time in wrestling. Fans have been able to learn a lot about specific wrestlers coming from these interviews at times which they'd never have known otherwise.
10 Mr. Kennedy Getting Advice From A Legend
Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mr. Kennedy are two wrestlers that most people wouldn't associate with each other, but when the former Money in the Bank winner was interviewed he revealed how close they had been. During Kennedy's time in WWE, Austin would regularly call him and provide advice.
He took things so seriously that they'd load up the shows to rewatch together over the phone, starting at the same time to go through different steps as Austin gave him pointers.
9 The Great Khali Was A Diva
The Great Khali provides one of the most intense and intimidating presences in the history of professional wrestling, with few people being close to his size. Most fans would presume he was tough and up for anything, but during Hornswoggle's, interview he revealed that Khali could be a diva.
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He would often decide to simply not take any bumps on specific nights which is something that a lot of fans would likely be surprised by, as Khali's size would make him seem like a completely different type of person.
8 Hardcore Holly Has Words With The Kliq
The Kliq were well known for pushing the buttons of wrestlers backstage, and that is something that Hardcore Holly claimed they did to him. However, he revealed that during a European tour, he ended up confronting Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Shawn Michaels to make sure it didn't happen again.
It was something that Holly made clear as he even shut the door behind him to speak with Hall and Michaels, showcasing how seriously he took it and how little fear he had of the situation.
7 Samoa Joe & Kevin Nash Fight
Another story that fans were able to learn about Kevin Nash's backstage behavior came from his own interview when he admitted to smacking Samoa Joe several times backstage. This came after a promo that Joe cut inside the ring about him which he felt was crossing the line.
Once he found out they were Joe's legitimate words he smacked him twice without a response. Joe then publicly apologized to the entire locker room for his comments, while Nash insisted that they're good nowadays.
6 Creating Kharma's Name
When most wrestlers head to WWE from different promotions they tend to be given different names, and that was the case for Awesome Kong. Even though her run with the company ended up being much shorter than expected, she was showcased as a dominant talent and pushed under the name of Kharma.
This was a great name, but because people loved Awesome Kong as a name some weren't happy. However, Kharma revealed that it was her who created the name when she joined WWE.
5 Pick A Hand
One of the most famous stories from these shoot interviews was the 'pick a hand' story that involved RVD and Taz. The two of them got involved in a backstage altercation together after tensions had been rising between them RVD decided to confront him.
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He went up to Taz with the two set to fight, and he simply asked the Suplex Machine to, "pick a hand." When Taz did that, RVD proceeded to slap him a couple of times with the chosen hand to add to the embarrassment for Taz.
4 Who Created Mr. Kennedy...Kennedy
When fans think back about Mr. Kennedy they often recall the classic introduction he would give himself on the microphone, shouting his name out once and then instantly repeating it. This was something that always got good reactions, but it wasn't him who created it.
It was Maria Kanellis who made this up for him during their time in OVW together. She would repeat his name when he asked her to and that is where the inspiration for this came from.
3 X-Pac Punches Brian Knobbs
Backstage fights or issues between talent is always something fans are interested in hearing, and X-Pac revealed one incident involving himself and Brian Knobbs. The tag team specialist had been annoying him and constantly causing him problems, and that led to X-Pac punching him in the face during a night out.
He had promised himself that would happen if Kbobbs became a problem again, and he stuck to his word. Their fight got split up by Big Show and things ended up moving on afterward.
2 Teddy Long In Wrestler's Court
Wrestler's court is something that brought a lot of people to task, and that included Teddy Long. He was revealed in his shoot interview that he got brought into it by the APA, as they felt that Long was cheap and wouldn't pay for things.
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The former SmackDown General Manager admitted that he was, as he would often pretend he couldn't find his wallet at times when it came to buying beer or tolls. They always told him to pay after, but that's something Long wouldn't do.
1 Bruce Prichard Questioning CM Punk
CM Punk wasn't always someone that WWE knew what to do with, and that's something that Bruce Prichard admitted during his interview. However, he also explained how he went out of his way to try and change that one night by taking him to the top of the arena with a camera for an interview.
Prichard just asked him all the questions he genuinely wanted to know such as why he had a pepsi logo tattoed to his body, and he got the answers finding him compelling to listen to which then helped open more doors for Punk.
