Enigma 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 John Bradshaw Layfield on Howard Stern – June 18th, 2004 Early in the show Howard was on a political diatribe about the Bush administration and censorship. While Stern was going off on the president, I could imagine JBL (a solid Bush supporter) was squirming while listening in the green room. This can be interesting. Howard previewed the JBL segment and admitted he knew very little about wrestling and called him Bradshaw. Robin asked if he knew if Bradshaw was his real or wrestling name and Howard said he was not sure. Howard started bring the readers up to speed on the Germany incident by memory and the fact the Bradshaw was fired from either CNBC or MSNBC as a financial analyst and thought Bradshaw was screwed over. Howard also mentioned how late he was running and that Bradshaw will be up next after they break for a commercial. Howard came back from break and introduced his guest “Bradshaw” as a WWE wrestler and promoted his GAB match against Eddie Guerrero. Artie kidded that when he was walking in with a suit on he looked like a Nazi lawyer. They covered Bradshaw being hired by CNBC. They talked about his Germany incident and Howard asked if the goose-stepping, etc. was written for him and Bradshaw admitted a large part was, but not that. They talked about how he was in character as the bad guy when he performed in Germany. Bradshaw said he and other wrestlers have been doing similar heel tactics in Germany for years and how everywhere he goes he uses similar tactics (down south he brings up the KKK, etc.). Bradshaw said the Germany press said what he did was not illegal despite reports and that nobody in Germany was offended, except CNBC (S_D edit: is that why a fan was ejected trying to attack Bradshaw for it?). They started covering Bradshaw’s financial background and his firing from CNBC. Bradshaw said he might not sue because he is not a litigious type. They took a few phone calls, including a Stern caller “Eric the Midget” that took offense because Eric had family that fought in WW2 and Bradshaw said his family fought in the war as well and even lost a member. A caller brought up the wrestling websites that Bradshaw offended and asked if they had anything to do with the CNBC uproar and Bradshaw admitted that it did. He said some guy that ran a small wrestling website from Florida started the CNBC situation by emailing them with wrong info about the situation. Howard plugged Great American Bash and asked Bradshaw if Vince was behind him and he said he was, 100%. A CNBC producer called and said they received hundreds of complaints and not just one from Florida. In the middle of the call Howard saw a photo of Bradshaw’s fiancée and bailed out of the call to say how hot she was and that Bradshaw shouldn’t get married like Stone Cold did and regret it. Stern thanked Bradshaw for coming on and said that he supported him and hoped he made most of his money from WWE instead of CNBC. Bradshaw said that he did and that Vince was a great boss. There was no mention of politics and how they have different views on the upcoming election. credit: Pro Wrestling Insider Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Use Your Illusion 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 What do you know, Bradshaw still sucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted June 18, 2004 WOW, Stern really asks the hardcore stuff........he's a former shell of himself.....and JBL still sucks....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detox 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 bradshaw is such a bad character that even this type if heat cant get him over I dont see him in WWE much longer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Deviant Report post Posted June 18, 2004 What a dull interview. Stern could have done so much more with Bradshaw as an interview. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest whitemilesdavis Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Boy, that was..uneventful. And sorry Detox, Bradshaw will be in WWE forever. I can give you 108 reasons why. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cawthon777 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Bradshaw said the Germany press said what he did was not illegal despite reports and that nobody in Germany was offended, except CNBC (S_D edit: is that why a fan was ejected trying to attack Bradshaw for it?). Fans get ejected for that stuff all the time. Since none of us were there to see what the fan actually did, I'd hardly use that as evidence that Bradshaw is an ass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest whitemilesdavis Report post Posted June 18, 2004 nobody in Germany was offended, except CNBC Pardon me, but wasn't the point of the act to offend Germans? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Corino 1000 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 To point of it was to get heat from the crowd not offend Germans directly. Its like when a heel says a state sucks they don't mean it to be a big deal when you would actually want to kick his ass or something apparently JBL went to far with it I suppose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest whitemilesdavis Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Its like when a heel says a state sucks they don't mean it to be a big deal when you would actually want to kick his ass or something That is precisely a heel's job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilhomer 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 bradshaw is such a bad character that even this type if heat cant get him over I dont see him in WWE much longer Yeah, because look at how quick they are to get rid of Bob Holly, Billy Gunn, Test, Mark Henry... This kind of action is the lowest common denominator for a wrestler. When they have no talent, nothing on the table that can garner a reaction, they go for an obvious button pusher. It doesn't make you a good heel. It quickly becomes a tired standard routine that gets no reaction because of how simple, obvious and overused it is. That is unless of course you're a clueless moron like Bradshaw. In that case you'll take a historical travesty and make light of it. Then to further amplify the fact that your an utter moron, justify your horrendously inappropriate actions as "just being a bad guy". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 This kind of action is the lowest common denominator for a wrestler. When they have no talent, nothing on the table that can garner a reaction, they go for an obvious button pusher. It doesn't make you a good heel. Tell that to Ric Flair, Bret Hart and the Rock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest slacklet Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Here's another recap: WWE Wrestler Bradshaw Comes In. 06/18/04. 8:20am After the break Howard said he was jamming with Hoobastank during the commercials. He's going to play keyboards for them during their song. He went on to talk about Ray Charles and a discussion they had the other day about whether or not he'd be buried with the sunglasses on. Howard read that Charles is laying in state with his sunglasses on. Howard was surprised and found that to be kind of surprising. They spent a minute on that and then brought in Bradshaw from the WWE. Howard said that the guy was dressed in a suit and you don't usually see wrestlers dressed in a suit. He went on to talk about how Bradshaw has been in the WWE since 1995. He was also a financial analyst as well. He was working on CNBC as a financial analyst but part of his act over in Germany was to goose step in front of the audience. He said that he'd been doing it for 13 years over there because he plays the part of a villain in the WWE. He said his character is supposed to be a reprehensible character. He said it's a cross between Pat Buchannan and David Duke among a few others. Bradshaw does have a basic script to follow when he's playing his character but he also has a certain amount of freedom to do what he wants as well. He gets the audience going and when the good guy wins, everyone goes home happy. Howard said all he was doing when he was goose stepping was reminding the Germans about their history. Howard pointed out that Bradshaw is just playing the part of a character in this WWE thing so people shouldn't take it so seriously. It's like he's in a movie or something and it's scripted. Bradshaw doesn't think that he's that great of an actor so he doesn't know why CNBC fired him for playing a part like that. Bradshaw said that the German media says that him giving a Nazi salute is not against the law over there so they're actually defending him. Bradshaw says that CNBC believes that what he did was wrong so they let him go. Artie did his Eric Bishoff impression for a few seconds but forgot the name of the character he was impersonating which was pretty funny. Gary came in and told Howard that Bradshaw found out about being fired through a press release. They didn't even tell him directly. Howard said it's very similar to what Clear Channel is doing to him. They are slandering him and making it very hard for him to get another job. Howard took some phone calls and let some people talk about what's going on. One guy said that Bradshaw went over to Iraq and wrestled over there. Eric the Midget called in and said that he finds some of that stuff that Bradshaw did to be offensive because he had family members who fought in that war and died. Bradshaw said he had people in his family who died as well. He told Eric that his character is scripted so he should get over it. Howard said that Eric is out of it because he has a crush on American Idol Kelly Clarkson. Howard told Bradshaw that he thinks CNBC is out of line for doing this to him so he feels bad for him. He gave him a couple of plugs for an upcoming match he has against Eddie Guererro. A guy claiming to be a CNBC producer called in and said that this guy pretending to be a Nazi was just wrong and if he has to go around posing as a Nazi to make a pay check, he deserves to be fired. Howard told him he was out of line and got him off the phone a short time later. Howard talked about Bradshaw about his engagement to Merideth Whitney from FOX news for a short time. They've only been together for about 9 months but they're already engaged. Howard thinks that he should take it a bit slower and not do the same thing that Stone Cold Steve Austin did and go through a bunch of marriages. He ended the segment a short time later and took another commercial break. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wrestlingbs Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Hehehe. Once again Bradshaw proves that you can be a stockmarket genius and still be a complete idiot. I love how the CNBC producer called in immediately to contradict Bradshaw's claims that it was just, "one big bad ol' mean website." And I've never thought much of Stern. He claims to be "The King of All Media" and yet hasn't done anything fresh or entertaining in a long time. The closest thing he did to being popular again was run for NY governor, and even Hogan has pulled out the politics card. If he has an paranoid jackass on his show who doesn't see anything wrong with imitating a Nazi in Germany in front of a large crowd, and Stern doesn't wipe the floor with him, you know he's lost his touch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest slacklet Report post Posted June 18, 2004 I love how the CNBC producer called in immediately to contradict Bradshaw's claims that it was just, "one big bad ol' mean website." It was most likely someone posing as a CNBC producer. Stern's callers do that all the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justsoyouknow 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Did any of you listen to the show, or are all of your opinions based on the transcript? Bradshaw came off very well in this interview, and seemed like a very personable guy. He threw out a few good one-liners, (when Howard was giving him grief over getting married so quickly, Artie said "9 months, what are you, J-Lo?" and Bradshaw said, "that girl's been on more laps than a napkin", which drew a chuckle from me). Overall, it was a good interview, albeit a little short. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theintensifier 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Howard should have asked him about the backstage anal raping Bradshaw does in his spear time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humongous2002 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Stern is as stale as the Dudley Boyz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest sean pyro Report post Posted June 18, 2004 I uploaded the interview on http://demonoid.com/ and http://suprnova.org Both the recaps missed when 'the guy from CNBC' says: "wrestling isn't a real job anyways" and then Bradshaw pauses for awhile. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jobber of the Week 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2004 Stern should have just completely hot-seated the guy. So what if it winds up being so humiliating that WWE tells them they aren't sending any more wrestlers? Wrestling is on the way out of America's public conciousness and Vince McMahon needs the media more than the media needs Vince McMahon.' The internet didn't screw Bradshaw. Bradshaw screwed Bradshaw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilhomer 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2004 This kind of action is the lowest common denominator for a wrestler. When they have no talent, nothing on the table that can garner a reaction, they go for an obvious button pusher. It doesn't make you a good heel. Tell that to Ric Flair, Bret Hart and the Rock. The difference is that this isn't the only tactic they have. They get heat other ways, then amplify it by throwing in the cheap heat. The Rock is probably the best at this, I never fail to laugh whenever I remember "Leaving Sacramento" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JMA Report post Posted June 20, 2004 The internet didn't screw Bradshaw. Bradshaw screwed Bradshaw. That would actually make a good sign. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LucharesuFan619 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2004 What a dull interview. Stern could have done so much more with Bradshaw as an interview. I don't know. I see what you mean, from one perspective, but come on - let's be happy that he at least ASKED JBL about what happened. Imagine how pissed we'd be if he didn't even mention it. At least he mentioned it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2004 He said it's a cross between Pat Buchannan and David Duke among a few others David Duke? um.. ooooKAY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HandofFate 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2004 He said it's a cross between Pat Buchannan and David Duke among a few others David Duke? um.. ooooKAY I am from Louisiana so I know LOTS about David Duke. David Duke tried running for govenor of Louisiana a few years ago. He is a former Grand Wizard for the Ku Klux Klan. He is a well known racist. In that election, he was running against a VERY crooked polictian named Edwin Edwards, who happens to be in Federal prison now because of his back-door dealings with trying to get more gambling in Louisiana. Duke lost to Edwards in what I have heard was somewhat of a landslide victory because the black vote turned out big time for the election. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2004 yeah.. I know who David Duke is. Which is part of the reason why I reacted like that. So Bradshaw is a mix of a xenophobe and an anti-semite.. lovely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
