{"id":52972,"date":"2017-12-22T13:59:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T19:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=52972"},"modified":"2017-12-22T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T20:00:00","slug":"interview-highlights-bill-dundee-talks-relationship-eric-bischoff-reason-bill-watts-sold-ufc-jim-crockett-time-working-watts-head-booker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/12\/22\/interview-highlights-bill-dundee-talks-relationship-eric-bischoff-reason-bill-watts-sold-ufc-jim-crockett-time-working-watts-head-booker\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Highlights: Bill Dundee talks about his relationship with Eric Bischoff, the reason Bill Watts sold the UFC to Jim Crockett, time working for Watts as head booker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3558790665\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The following are highlights of &#8220;Superstar&#8221; Bill Dundee on episode 12 of &#8220;The Matt Riviera Show.&#8221; Check out the full interview on YouTube now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qSBcQC7zimU\">HERE<\/a>. Follow Matt on\u00a0Twitter (@MattRivieraShow) and on Facebook (facebook.com\/MattRivieraShow)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022On his time as head booker in Mid-South Wrestling for \u201cCowboy\u201d Bill Watts:<\/strong> \u201cWe started TV the next week with Ricky (Morton), Robert (Gibson), Dutch Mantel, Terry Taylor. All small guy\u2019s compared to Hacksaw Jim Duggan &amp; Butch Reed\u2026 I said &#8216;Bill, There\u2019s no girl coming to hug Hacksaw Jim Duggan\u2019s neck on the way to the ring. They\u2019re scared of him more than anything&#8217;\u2026 So Ricky &amp; Robert showed up, you know how the girls went crazy over them, so he said, &#8216;I see what you mean\u201d \u2026 The smaller guys got over, and it wasn\u2019t that I was so great, I\u2019d seen what we\u2019d done with them (in Memphis) and I knew how they could work &amp; what they could do.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022On how he became Sir William, managing Lord Steven Regal (William Regal) in WCW: \u201cI said, &#8216;We need to make him (Regal) a lord&#8217;\u2026 and they wanted to put Larry Zbyszko with him. I said, &#8216;Why would you put Larry Zybszko with him? He doesn\u2019t know a damn thing about being an English lord.&#8217; \u2026 They said, &#8216;Well aren\u2019t you from over there somewhere?&#8217;&#8230; they said, &#8216;Well, you do it.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022On being fired from WCW by Eric Bischoff:<\/strong> \u201cMe and Eric Bischoff didn\u2019t get along\u2026 I really didn\u2019t care. After Watts left, it all changed, and it wasn\u2019t what I signed up for, so I really didn\u2019t care. I don\u2019t know of anybody that got along with him&#8230; He thought he was better than he was&#8230; He was running a company and I didn\u2019t think he should be running it. He hauled the ring for (Verne) Gagne, he wasn\u2019t no big shot with Gagne&#8230; When he saw you, he was nice enough to you, but you never know what he was saying about you when you wasn\u2019t there.\u201d .<\/p>\n<p>Matt &amp; Bill also discuss Bill joining the circus as a trapeze artist at age 16, babysitting Buddy Landel on the road, His legendary feud with Jerry \u201cThe King\u201d Lawler, his daughter marrying \u201cBeautiful\u201d Bobby Eaton, his strained relationship with his son, Jamie Dundee, Bill Watts\u2019s exit from WCW, his time as owner of Dundee\u2019s Gentleman\u2019s Club and much more!!<\/p>\n<p>Episode 12 of \u201cThe Matt Riviera Show\u201d can be viewed my clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qSBcQC7zimU\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VXKQyCBb6UA<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/12\/22\/interview-highlights-buff-bagwell-details-shane-mcmahons-meeting-wcw-wrestlers-final-nitro-reaction-released\/\">Interview Highlights: Buff Bagwell details Shane McMahon\u2019s meeting with WCW wrestlers at the final Nitro, his reaction to being released<\/a><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2828041572\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-570401415\"><div id=\"pwtor-1468177854\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The following are highlights of &#8220;Superstar&#8221; Bill Dundee on episode 12 of &#8220;The Matt Riviera Show.&#8221; Check out the full interview on YouTube now HERE. 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