Recap Of Billy & Chuck On Howard Stern

[Guest FeArHaVoC]

Recap Of Billy & Chuck On Howard Stern

This report is by Kenneth Baldwin and from 1wrestling.com.

 

Billy & Chuck were on Howard Stern this morning. I heard the whole interview, and here are the highlights:

 

- Before coming on, Howard introduces them as the 'gay' wrestlers. He also plugs Smackdown tonight and the wedding.

 

- Howard begins by asking if Billy & Chuck are gay in real life, or are they playing characters. They both say they are playing characters on TV, and Billy says it's been a challenge to play a gay wrestler. Howard begins joking about how 'lucky' it must be to have Vince McMahon tell you that you're going to be gay. Billy and Chuck laughed it off, to them, it's just playing characters. Billy says he's been 'working with Vince for 10 years now' and has played 5 or 6 characters, and this is just another gimmick.

 

- Howard asked about their backgrounds and how they got into wrestling. Billy says he used to be bull-rider, and just wanted to be a wrestler. Chuck talks about his days of college basketball.

 

- There were four phone-ins from fans during the interview. The first caller says Billy & Chuck are ruining the WWE. The second caller identifies himself as 'Big Val' and said he used to be wrestler, and wrestled for the WWE. He said that Billy knows him. The guy sounded bitter, claiming Vince 'screwed' him and that Vince is off the wall, doing whatever he wants to do instead of putting on good wrestling. This guy started rambling on about how Vince stole Taker's gimmick from him. A 3rd caller said that Billy & Chuck were 'killing the WWE' and that ratings are down and it's because of publicity stunts like this. The last caller was hard to understand, but it seemed like more negativity towards B&C and the WWE. (Billy & Chuck didn't really respond to caller's comments).

 

- Howard then asked if they are afraid that the fans are pissed, or that if fans are going to have a hard time differentiating reality from TV. Howard also asked what the crowd response was like at Smackdown. Billy says he thinks most fans realize that it's all an act, and actually believes the fans are wanting for some kind of 'revelation' in which Billy & Chuck are NOT gay. Billy and Chuck didn't think this gimmick would reflect on their overall careers.

 

- The interview was peppered with the usual Howard humor, and many gay jokes. He asked if they ever kissed ('No') and in order to 'mentally' prepare, do they actually imagine performing sex acts on each other (Also 'No'). Billy & Chuck laughed with all the jokes and talked about all the 'stretching' they do on Smackdown. Howard also asked who the 'woman' was in the relationship. Billy says he proposed to Chuck, so Chuck must be the woman. Howard says based off of looks, he would've guessed Billy would be the woman.

 

- Billy and Chuck had to leave to be interviewed by Matt Lauer, so Howard joked that they should strip and rape Lauer.

 

- After B&C leave, Howard and Robin comment about how fans of the WWE are probably pretty irate over the whole thing, but that wrestlers basically have to do what Vince wants. In the interview, Howard thought that wrestlers 'made good money'. which B&C did not audibly respond. Robin commented that the look on Chuck's face made it apparent that they don't. Howard said that it seems they were handling it all very well.

 

Interestingly enough, Billy & Chuck were very open and into the gay angle. They seem to have a positive attitude over the whole thing which came across very well in the interview.

 

Credit:411wrestling.com

[Guest oldschoolwrestling]

Howard also asked who the 'woman' was in the relationship. Billy says he proposed to Chuck, so Chuck must be the woman. Howard says based off of looks, he would've guessed Billy would be the woman.

Howard friggin rules!

[Guest notJames]

I thought Chuck proposed to Billy...

 

So Howard's intuition is no the money once again.

 

Damn, I didn't think I'd ever look so forward to seeing SmackDown for such a non-wrestling-oriented reason...

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

I'm sort of glad that all three callers reamed B&C out, as I've never been a fan of either wrestler, the team, or this angle. Good.

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

I'm sort of glad that all three callers reamed B&C out, as I've never been a fan of either wrestler, the team, or this angle. Good.

Why are you glad they reamed C&B out? The callers were idiots. C&B ruining the WWE? The fed has way bigger problems right now than C&B. C&B are hardly ruining the WWE.

 

If the callers want to blame anybody for ruining the product, it would be Vince, or the writers & bookers.

[Guest The Flying Dutchman]

And for goodness sake, B&C are the most established team out there, made good heel champions, and have consistantly entertaining skits. I love B&C...not in that way (not that there's anything wrong with it...)

[Guest TheArchiteck]

Heh, they seemed to take it good. Better than I would. Much respect to them.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

Also, the Today thing recap is online:

Matt Lauer interviewed Billy & Chuck on NBC’s The Today Show earlier this

morning around 7:45 EST. It was a pretty good interview and, thankfully,

the two were not in character (Billy was referred to as Monty Sopp). Lauer

credited the duo of winning over fans through “their prowess in the ring”.

Before and during the segment, clips from the taped Smackdown! wedding as

well as previous backstage segments aired.

 

The team talked about how their characters caught on because of how hot they

thought they were, talking about having their own calendar to compete with

the Divas, etc. They mentioned that the fans see it as entertainment and

that when they laugh at them, they are not laughing at homosexuality as a

whole. Chuck mentioned that all the WWE did was take people from everyday

life and put them in a wrestling situation. Both men say they are not gay

in real life and credit Vince McMahon with the concept, since they wanted to

do something big for the “premier” of Smackdown!

 

In conclusion, GLADD – who has previously been on the WWE’s case about how

homosexuals have been portrayed (Goldust in particular) – is actually happy

about how the WWE has handled the situation and in a press release applauds

the WWE for not giving out a stereotypical view of homosexuality. The group

sent along a gravy boat as a wedding gift.

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

And for goodness sake, B&C are the most established team out there, made good heel champions, and have consistantly entertaining skits.  I love B&C...not in that way (not that there's anything wrong with it...)

I agree for the most part, except the "good heel champions" part. As champs, they were booked as more of a comedy team than a serious team. Once the lost the belts, they were handled as a serious team, which is what they should have done when they *were* the champs to help build the division.

 

Plus, they have one of the best entrance themes in the WWE right now.

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

I'm sort of glad that all three callers reamed B&C out, as I've never been a fan of either wrestler, the team, or this angle. Good.

Why are you glad they reamed C&B out? The callers were idiots. C&B ruining the WWE? The fed has way bigger problems right now than C&B. C&B are hardly ruining the WWE.

 

If the callers want to blame anybody for ruining the product, it would be Vince, or the writers & bookers.

I already told you. Billy and Chuck are both mediocre roid monkeys, the gimmick was a lame ripoff, the fact that they remained tag champs for so long spoke volumes of the shitty tag division and the shitty angle should have been on RAW with the other crap.

[Guest razazteca]

will the Howard Stern interview be on the E! show?

It would be funny how they react to the usual questions Howard ask all of his guest, such as if they take it in the BUTT.

[Guest swan]

I'm sort of glad that all three callers reamed B&C out, as I've never been a fan of either wrestler, the team, or this angle. Good.

It's hard to blame B&C when it's Vince and the writing team coming up and then booking this angle. If they want a job they do as told. Pretty simple concept, its called the real world.

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

I'm sort of glad that all three callers reamed B&C out, as I've never been a fan of either wrestler, the team, or this angle. Good.

Why are you glad they reamed C&B out? The callers were idiots. C&B ruining the WWE? The fed has way bigger problems right now than C&B. C&B are hardly ruining the WWE.

 

If the callers want to blame anybody for ruining the product, it would be Vince, or the writers & bookers.

I already told you. Billy and Chuck are both mediocre roid monkeys, the gimmick was a lame ripoff, the fact that they remained tag champs for so long spoke volumes of the shitty tag division and the shitty angle should have been on RAW with the other crap.

And all of that can't be blamed on C&B, save for the "mediocre roid monkeys" part, and you don't even know if they are on roids.

 

None of the other stuff you listed can be blamed on C&B.

 

Since they've lost the belts, they've put on some good matches, notably w/ Helms/Moore.

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

Was I blaming B&C for any of that? No. You (and swan) just assumed as such. Yes, WWE is to blame for this angle and pushing those two since the beginning of the year in the first place.

 

Oh, and the matches with Helms and Moore, most of which (but not all) I've seen, were mostly due to the efforts of..... Helms and Moore!

[Guest Trivia247]

Billy and Chuck did a pretty good job. If they can survive Howard stern they can take any interview.. Hell Booker T didn't go over as well when his turn came up.

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

Was I blaming B&C for any of that? No. You (and swan) just assumed as such. Yes, WWE is to blame for this angle and pushing those two since the beginning of the year in the first place.

 

Oh, and the matches with Helms and Moore, most of which (but not all) I've seen, were mostly due to the efforts of..... Helms and Moore!

Well, you did say you were glad the callers reamed out C&B, implying you were giving them blame.

 

If I was assuming too much on your part, my bad.

[Guest Smell the ratings!!!]

Lauer credited the duo of winning over fans through “their prowess in the ring”.

uh.....what?

 

Hopefully, Stern busts out Billy's mug shot when they air this on E. That would be laff-tastic!