In an exclusive for WrestlingNews.co, Steve Fall interviewed Nick Dinsmore, the man formerly known as Eugene in WWE. Dismore talked about how Eric Bischoff reacted when being told that he would be working with the Eugene character, how Stone Cold Steve Austin helped with the character, working with Triple H in WWE, his lesser-known run in WCW under his real name, and more. Scroll down to watch the video interview.
Eugene on working in WCW as Nick Dinsmore:
“I first wrestled at the Brian Pillman Memorial Show, which I believe was mid to late ‘97ish. It might have been ‘98. I met Terry Taylor who was in the office for WCW. He called me in. I ended up doing two Nitros, I think three Thunders, and maybe seven to ten Saturday Night’s. The Nitros and Thunders were awesome because I was so young and so green. I kept my mouth shut and I had my ears open. I was shaking everybody’s hand and introducing myself. I thought there was a definite division between the top guy locker room and the rest of the crew locker room. I remember I walked in one time and it was all the NWO and Steiner. I turned around and went to the other one which was all the Saturday Night guys. I knew a handful of people, but I didn’t know anybody.”
On working with Triple H in WWE:
“Looking back on it, I got on a really fast train. A lot of that stuff starts to run together because we’d be doing live events, overseas, TV. I remember all of it and it was awesome. I just followed those guys. If they wanted me to give my thoughts on anything or if they would ask me, I wouldn’t butt into it. I would just keep my mouth shut and my ears open and they would leave me alone. Triple H knew exactly how to get the most out of Eugene but still not getting too much and preserving the title run to Benoit and then passed it to Randy and that’s where I wrestled Triple H (2004 SummerSlam) The crowd turned on me. Toronto turned on me big time. In my head now looking back, I should have thrown a temper tantrum and told them to shut up and started feeding into it, but I was kind of in between because I was in there with Triple H and it’s his match and he’s calling the match. I’m following him. I don’t feel like I need to break off, but it was a good reaction, although it wasn’t the reaction that I got in the previous months in the buildup.”
Eugene on Eric Bischoff’s reaction being told they would be working together in WWE:
“At the time, he was 100% willing to work and he was great to work with. I think it was almost a slam (rib) on Bischoff at the beginning. We’ll put the special kid with Bischoff as his nephew. It was like a little WWE dig, but it ended up working out because Bischoff had more heat than almost anybody on the program.”
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