David Arquette explains why Vince Russo thought his WCW Title win would be a good idea

Former WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette was recently a guest on WWE Hall Of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austinā€™s podcast, The Steve Austin Show.

Arquette talked about several professional wrestling topics such as always being a fan of professional wrestling, recently starting training for pro wrestling, why Vince Russo thought his WCW Title win was a good idea and initially thinking it was a bad idea. Here are the highlights:

Being a fan of professional wrestling even before doing ā€œReady To Rumbleā€:

ā€œI loved [pro] wrestling since growing up.ā€ Arquette recalled, ā€œI sawĀ Andre The GiantĀ andĀ Hulk HoganĀ back at the Sports Arena. Weā€™d go to all the roadshows growing up, so I always loved it. And then,Ā Ready To RumbleĀ happened and it was just a chance for me to sort of tap back into something I loved as a kid and sort of tap into the crazy fan that I was.

ā€œAnd then, I got to meet all my heroes. I got to travel with Hulk Hogan and Sting, ā€˜Diamondā€™ Dallas Page, and get to know the guys. And in promoting the movie, they had me go on the road and I ended up the champ. I donā€™t know what happened, but it happened.ā€

Recently beginning his training for professional wrestling:

ā€œI never really got the opportunity to wrestle, so just 18 years later, after a lot of people gave me grief, I was like, ā€˜I want to do it right,ā€™ so Iā€™ve been training with Peter Avalon, a great wrestler/trainer.ā€ Arquette said.

ā€œIā€™m getting back into [pro] wrestling 18 years later. I just had my first matchā€¦ It was amazingā€¦ Against RJ City. I got my butt kicked, but itā€™s alright. It was good. It was a good match at Championship Wrestling From Hollywood.ā€

Why Vince Russo thought his WCW World Title win was a good idea:

ā€œI actually recently talked to Vince Russo on his podcast,ā€ Arquette said. ā€œAnd then, he explained it to me. He said that part of the reason he thought it would be alright because when I first got there, I was running around.

ā€œI did something with, Jarrett, Jeff Jarrett, and I had his guitar and I went around all the wrestlers and had them sign it. I was just a fan. And he was like, and that was part of the reason I was different. I wasnā€™t just an actor. I was truly a fan of wrestling, so thatā€™s kind of the idea behind it.ā€

Initially thinking winning the WCW title was a mistake:

ā€œYeah, I said I didnā€™t think it was a good idea!ā€ Arquette said. ā€œBut, then, after a few minutes, I thought it would be fun just to travel and get a little taste of the business. So yeah.ā€

H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

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