Today Chuck Palumbo, the former WWE & WCW Superstar joins the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling to discuss his newest project, a reality show that rebuilds legendary cars and transforms lives in RUSTED DEVELOPMENT (fka Lords of the Car Hoards) on Discovery Channel every Monday, at 10 PM/ET. Chuck, John and Chad discuss his wrestling career and his sudden rise to superstardom with the Natural Born Thrillers through his controversial participation in the infamous “commitment ceremony” as part of the team of “Billy and Chuck” . We also dig into his post wrestling life that has seen him become one of the top motorcycle customizers in America and become the go-to-guy for unloading your massive hoarding car collection.
Full Episode Download Link: http://tmptow.podomatic.com/entry/2015-09-30T21_00_00-07_00
Chuck Palumbo On How The Billy & Chuck “Commitment” Angle Was To Be Booked https://youtu.be/DyvU7YrDBkA
How did The Natural Born Thrillers group handle the push they received:
I’ve got to say and I know all those guys in “The Thrillers” will say the same thing, it was probably some of the best times ever in the wrestling business for us. Number one, we had fun. We are traveling around the country, we are working with these guys who had been over for a while, that part was awesome. We were all young, new to TV so we are just on fire. At the same time as far as the veterans go; here come these young guys with no experience outside of the Power Plant maybe a little bit of Indy, maybe a little bit of Japan and we are coming in and getting pushed. So far guys who were mid card in WCW and never had the opportunity to get pushed up higher or for guys that never made it higher here we come and it could be tough. You’ve got some struggles in there like anything else but all in all I think we ended up gelling okay. But on the other hand you’ve got your guys like Dean Malenko who said these guys don’t belong here, well we didn’t ask to be there we worked hard in the Power Plant and they put us there. So we were going to take what we had and run with it.
Was it too little too late in regards to pushing younger talent by WCW in 2000:
It’s too bad, because I think it was too little too late for the company. At that time WCW was on the downfall, if they had done it earlier I think that maybe it would’ve been better for business. Hats off to Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff for giving us that opportunity. It was really Vince and Eric who decided to do that, which was alright. I think Eric has a great mind for the business. He has a great mind for television in general. He was always great to me and I had a good time. You hear stuff from other guys that didn’t like him and others guys who did but for me personally I enjoyed it. He gave me opportunities and that’s all I can ask for.
The end of WCW:
I was fortunate enough to work on the last Nitro over down in Panama City and honestly we had heard rumors but no one really got the facts until that night when Shane McMahon walked into the locker-room and introduced himself and gave us a rundown of what was going on. We found out (Gerald) Brisco was in the “gorilla-position” and we knew things were changing. I don’t think anybody including Vince McMahon knew ultimately what his plan was. But that was big in the history of wrestling and it’s cool to have been a part of it.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
