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