Dan Severn is in control of his own career and you won’t see anything outlandish from him in the ring.
During a recent interview with Nick Hausman for Wrestling Inc, Dan Severn was asked about his potential interest in a WWE Hall Of Fame induction. Severn believes he’s worthy of the induction based on who else is already enshrined, then spoke about how his WWE career ultimately played out.
“Now, did they use me correctly? No. In the beginning they did. But I think they realized, “We have no control mechanisms over this guy. If we put a strap on him, who’s to say he’s [not] going to go over to the NWA and lose the strap there?” … Because again, I’m not working exclusively for the NWA, I’m working for someone else. But at the same token, did they ever converse with me? No. ‘Cause as I stated with you before, I still work matches now,” Severn noted.
Hausman pointed out that Severn had an upcoming match, and Severn said he’s not doing anything comical or something that makes him look bad.
“Yeah, but I have prerequisites. I am not, and I repeat this: I am not going to do the job for Doink the Clown,” Severn stated. “I use it as kind of like a metaphor … If Vince McMahon wanted to have Doink the Clown with a little peacock’s feather run out there and tickle The Giant, and he starts laughing and giggling to the point he falls on his back, and somehow Doink the Clown pins him? Sure, that would work. But not for Dan Severn. No. I won’t do that … I learned the history behind the NWA belt. The NWA belt meant something to me. Because I met some of the men. To wrestle with Dory Funk, and to meet Bruno Sammartino…
“I mean, out of the blue, Bruno Sammartino calls me up by my cell phone. Cell phones weren’t all that popular at the time, I don’t know how he even got my number, but he called me out of the blue. And he’s like, “Young man, I hear all the good things that you’re doing with the NWA title. Keep up the good work,” and stuff like this … I happened to go to an autograph signing, and I heard that he was going to be there. I went on my way to go over there to see him, meet him and shake his hand, and thank him for the kind compliments, because again, Bruno Sammartino was like the people’s champion. He was selling Madison Square Garden and each time he was there, he was the man.”
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