Das Wunderkind Alex Wright joins Perched On The Top Rope Host, Lee Walker III to discuss a wide variety of topics from being a second generation star and teaming with his Father, Steve Wright to signing his WCW Contract at the age of 18 and the struggles he faced moving from Germany to America. Alex Wright talks working with Triple H and his thoughts on this years WWE Hall of Fame Induction. Alex Wright also talks working with greats like Chris Jericho, Ultimo Dragon and even teaming with Disco Inferno and shares his thoughts on the difference of Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo! Das Wunderkind also talks being a second generational wrestler, talks WCW action figures and videogames. Alex Wright Links Official Site of The Wright Stuff - Pro Wrestling School: http://www.prowrestlingschool.de Official Facebook Account of The Wright Stuff - Pro Wrestling School: http://www.facebook.com/TWS.ProWrestlingSchool Official Instagram Alex Wright: https://www.instagram.com/wrestling_alexwright/ Official Facebook NEW: http://www.facebook.com/NEW.Wrestling1 Official Facebook Alex Wright (Person of public interest): http://www.facebook.com/AlexWright.Wrestling Official Facebook Alex Wright: http://www.facebook.com/wrestling.alexwright NEW-Merchandise: https://sl-wrestling.de/produkt-kategorie/ligen/new/ TWS Wrestlingschule Merchandise: https://sl-wrestling.de/produkt-kategorie/ligen/the-wright-stuff/ Alex Wright Merchandise: https://sl-wrestling.de/produkt-kategorie/wrestler/alex-wright/ Official NEW Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NEW1Wrestling Official Twitter Account of Alex Wright: http://twitter.com/Alex_Wright_123 Official Xing Account of Alex Wright: http://www.xing.com/profile/Alex_Wright www.prowrestlingschool.de Time Stamp 00:00 Intro 00:30 Training with his Father, Steve Wright 01:51 Teaming with his Father in CWA World Cup 1993 02:20 First match at 16 years of age in CWA 03:45 Dad had first match at 15, list accomplishments 04:30 Expectations as a second generation wrestler 04:53 Had contract with CWA when WCW offered contract 05:00 Getting discovered by going on Talk Show with Sting & Johnny B Badd 05:39 Ric Flair giving Wright his first spot versus Paul Roma and what he wanted from Wright 06:22 Bischoff offers Alex Wright a contract at 18 yrs old and how long he had to sign it 07:30 Moving from Germany to USA, The struggles he faced 08:59 Bagwell being the next youngest on the roster with him (ten yrs older) 09:20 Under WCW Contract and didn't get paid (worked side jobs for $) 10:05 Drove to WCW Office to confront Eric Bischoff and what happened 11:05 Hardships, sleeping on hotel room floors 11:45 Lockerroom hardships being the new guy 12:18 Advice from Dad 13:23 Being At The Big Event 14:15 Training with Dad vs Training at WCW Power Plant 16:25 Thoughts on Sarge 17:05 Working with Triple H and Thoughts on HOF Induction 20:20 2-14 guest trainer at WWE Performance Center 21:08 Working in NJPW for Super Juniors 19:04 Sabu in 1995 being the first to put him through a table 22:53 Wrestling JBL in CWA and JBL legit hung him from his rope 23:45 Wrestling Ric Flair 25:00 Chris Jericho and the Cruiserweights 26:00 Wright wins Cruiserweight Title and first belt 28:00 Working with Ultimo Drgaon and winning TV Title 30:21 Disco being injured during tag title run 31:15 Teaming with Disco 32:00 Berlyn being his idea and why 32:42 Pitching ideas to WCW, nobody recognizing him 40:54 Reflects on Berlyn debut and Vince Russo not liking it 41:23 Working for Eric Bischoff vs Vince Russo 42:30 Noticing the decline of WCW 43:04 Russo makes David Arquette and him World Champion 43:47 One of the rare few under AOL Time Warner, did WWE try and contact to hire Wright 45:30 Sometimes wrestling seven times a night! 46:16 WWE contacted him twice after WCW 47:04 Having merchandise from action figures to WCW videogames 49:02 NOT RETIRED! Starting The Wright Stuff Wrestling School 51:51 Creating New European Championship Wrestling 53:50 Giovani Vinci being a student 56:00 Advice to released talents 58:00 Plug New Show and Wright School END #WrestlingInterview #WrestlingCommunity #WCWnitro #WCWThunder #prowrestling Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome everyone to Perched On The Top Rope episode 263! Tonight we talk about the report of the AEW ratings coming from Max vis SEScoops and Dave Meltzer LIES again! Pat McAfee, ESPN and other on air personalities are being sued by a 18 year old woman with details in the episode! Chelsea Green and Michin recently celebrated International Transgender Day, and Val Venis did not like that. Spewing his views, Chelsea Green didn't like what he said, and she clapped back on Mr. Choppy Choppy Pee Pee! #WrestlingNews #WrestlingPodcast #WWE #AEW #ThePatMcAfeeShow #WrestlingCommunity Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

TNA Fires Gail Kim and Several Backstage Personnel today. Anthem had sent out an e-mail stating several key note people would be leaving the company. It was quickly discovered they had been fired including Gail Kim who had 17 years in with the company! Hear who got let go and who will be taking over some of these positions! #WrestlingNews #WrestlingPodcast #TNAWrestling #GailKim Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Who Is At WWE World & How To Plan Ahead for WWE World Ordering Tickets for WWE World is an extremely painful process when you have to wait in line in order to access the website to meet your favorite superstars. I share how I was able to get Stone Cold Steve Austin meet and greet tickets but man, what a headache! #WWEWorld #WrestleMania #WWENews #wrestlingpodcast Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The WWE Hall of Famer, Mr. Monday Night and The Whole F'n Show RVD joins Lee Walker of Perched On The Top Rope to talk a wide variety of topics from ECW, WWE, almost signing with WCW and becoming Glacier? RVD also talks his action figure collection and more! Time Stamp 00:00 - Intro 01:22 - What was it like teaming with Matt Riddle? 04:24 - Being at the grand opening for Raven Joint in Clay 18:35 - Action figure Talk (shows off collection) 29:08 - Getting Advice from Legends of the ring 32:47 - Being a Legend and having worked with AEW talents what is it like Dante Martin, Swerve Strickland, Hook and Jack Perry. Did they ask for any advice? 34:40 - Hypothetical question: Say RVD took the contract to WCW and became Glacier, How would RVD's career went 35:58 - Bay Ragni aka Chubby Dudley: initial thoughts when he entered the ECW locker room the 1st time? 38:50 - Harry Grivas of Harry and The Slashtones asked he was always a surprise on WWF during that time, ask if he ever had to be snuck into buildings and how? 40:48 - Follow up with 2009 Royal Rumble surprise entry 43:00 - How important was it for RVD to have Sabu and Bill Alfanso in ECW 46:27 - Being the longest reigning ECW TV Champion, you were forced to relinquish the belt in 2000. What plans did Paul Heyman have for RVD if he didn't get injured 51:00 - Pitching ideas to WWE 52:42 - Winning the WWE Championship at ECW One Night Stand 06 53:11 - 4:20 break - back to ^ 55:00 - ECW One Night Stand was RVD's idea 55:34 - Vince's Reaction to Rob and ECW One Night 55:57 - In TNA debut in 2009. you beat Sting in ten seconds! Do you know who's idea that was by any chance? Stings Last Match Thoughts on Mercedes Mone debut in AEW 59:43 - wrestled once in NJPW at Wrestle Kingdom 5 what was the experience like #RVD #robvandam #WWEHOF #wrestlingcommunity #ecw #mrmondaynight Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING BROTHER, Hulk Hogan is currently on The Real American Beer Tour! On March 4th, Hulk Hogan was in Rochester, New York to promote his new beer, Real American Beer! This is a vlog of not only how the event went, but also what my personal experience was like meeting the WWE Hall Of Famer, Hulk Hogan (VIDEO INDLUDED MEETING HOGAN)! #hulkhogan #realamericanbeer #wrestlingcommunity Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It is The Road To WrestleMania and this Saturday is the WWE Elimination Chamber! Our host former Dirt Sheet Writer from SportsKeeda, Ringside News and Daily DDT Lee Walker gives his preview and predictions! Elimination Chamber match for an Undisputed WWE Championship match at WrestleMania 41 John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Logan Paul vs. Damian Priest vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins Elimination Chamber match for a Women's World Championship match at WrestleMania 41 Liv Morgan vs. Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley vs. Naomi vs. Roxanne Perez Tag Team Match Tiffany Stratton and Trish Stratus vs. Nia Jax and Candice LeRae Unsanctioned Match Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens #WWEEliminationChamber #EliminationChamber #WWE #WWENews #WWEUniverse #RoadToWrestleMania #WrestlingCommunity #PerchedOnTheTopRope Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome everyone to Perched On The Top Rope! Episode 257 is all about WWE 2k25 as we take a close look at the roster! We see there are forty-five new playable characters new to the game or who were not in the previous WWE 2k24 game. We take a look to see who from WWE 2k24 did not make WWE 2k25. Many released superstars from 2024 did not make the cut and a few notable WWE Hall Of Famers were cut from the series! Follow us on social media Facebook: www.facebook.com/perchedonthetoprope X: https://x.com/PerchedTopRope Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perchedonthetoprope Twitch: Www.Twitch.tv/perchedonthetoprope Threads: https://www.threads.net/@perchedonthetoprope Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/perchedtoprope #WWE2k25 #WWENews #2ksports #2knews #videogames #wrestlingcommunity Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Linda McMahon faced the Senate today as President Trump appointed her to The Education Department. She also faced multiple protesters as well! Feds drop criminal probe into whether WWE boss Vince McMahon covered up sexual misconduct allegations, his lawyer says! Demolition Ax and Smash are back in WWE! Hear all the details! #WWE #WWENews #WrestlingNews #prowrestling #perchedonthetoprope #prowrestlingnews #vincemcmahon #presidenttrump #presidenttrumpnews Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Friday night after WWE SmackDown, fans got a big surprise as word started buzzing that serval WWE talents had been released! On tonight's episode, we discuss those releases including the FIVE who have faced a WWE release prior in their careers. Some will go on and wrestle elsewhere, while two who faced releases before, did not touch the independent circuit! Social Media YouTube www.youtube.com/perchedonthetoprope Facebook www.facebook.com/perchedonthetoprope X @PerchedTopRope Pro-Wrestling Tees https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/perchedonthetoprope Instagram/Threads @PerchedOnTheTopRopePodcast #WWESmackDown #WWE #WWEReleases #WWENews #WrestlingCommunity #WrestlingNews #WrestlingPodcast #ProWrestlingPodcast #PerchedOnTheTopRope Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/perchedonthetoprope/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy