Highspots Shoot Interview LODI 2 Disc DVD
Discs have some light marks in some spots
Highspots sat down with Lodi for a 3 hour shoot interview that was as open and honest as you'll find. In addition to talking about all the details of his career, we had an extensive conversation about steroid usage took up a good part of the interview. He also talked about the drug usage and crazy stories as Raven's real life assistant before and as a member of his Flock on TV. He also shared some absolutely crazy stories about his personal love life and how he was able to overcome some of these personal tragedies.
Here are some of the questions/topics we used as our outline.
How did you get started
Were you a fan growing up
Talk about your fitness background
How much different is the world of bodybuilding from wrestling
How did you get into the business
What was CW like as a trainer
Any good CW stories
Did you train with anyone else of note
Memories of your first match
How hard was it to pick up
What was the biggest misconception you had going in
Did anyone mentor you early on other than CW
Memories of Raizin Cain
Any good road stories from those days
Did you ever try to get into ECW
What brought you to the Power Plant
Who was in your training class
What was the school like
Thoughts on Buddy Lee Parker as a trainer
Memories of your first ring rat
Do you think that the WCW school should have had someone with more credibility than a Buddy Lee Parker as their head trainer
Thoughts on Pez Whatley and his passing
Thoughts on Jody Hamilton
How often did Eric Bischoff or anyone in management come to the school
Take us through the day you were told you would be called up
What do you remember about your debut on World War 3
What was it like the first time you showed up at Nitro
How did you come up with the name Lodi
How did you wind up in the Flock
Initial thoughts on Raven
Do you think Raven abused his power he had over you at all
What is the craziest thing he ever made you do
What is the best advice Raven ever gave you
How were you accepted by the other members of the Flock
Thoughts on Kidman
Memories of your match with Saturn and that angle
Thoughts on Sick Boy
Do you think that politics held the Flock back
Thoughts on Stevie Richards
How did you come up with the sign gimmick
Did it bother you that the gimmick was an obvious rip off from ECW
Did you personally hear from anyone in ECW
Did you ever try and get a sign on that was rejected for any reason
How much power did Raven have at that time in WCW
Thoughts on Goldberg
How many days a week did you train at the Power Plant
Did any other vets mentor you at all
Thoughts on Kanyon
Did it hurt the Flock that you guys were heels and so was the NWO
Can you point out anything specifically that really got over and you guys were squashed the next week to save face for the NWO
Thoughts on Hulk Hogan
What do you think of the success of Benoit, Jericho,and Guerrero post-WCW
Who came up with the idea to finally kill the Flock at Fall Brawl
Thoughts on Konnan
Thoughts on Van Hammer
Thoughts on Riggs
What were you told about your characters direction at that point