Working with Peter Rosenberg on the RAW 25 ‘List’ skit:
I really, really enjoyed doing that. The WWE has brought me back for a few things. You mentioned RAW 1000, really one of the first times I’d been back in front of the cameras for WWE so that was really great. I got to bring my son with me, so that was really awesome. It also made me realize how much I missed that whole world. It was great to connect, and since then I’ve done a few things, but that RAW 25 was a blast. I went back, and I’ve never met Peter before, and it’s funny because we hit it off right away. The way they structured that—they didn’t script it but they let us improv a lot of it—it brought me back to the stuff I used to do with Alfred. Peter was great, and I’d like for us to do more; he was great on both sides of it, playing the straight guy and he was funny. We had a really great time. It was set up like ‘Night At The Museum’ of the WWE, where you had these relics and I was among them, and the premise—we set this up when I came back for one of the ‘unreleased matches’ DVD, because people are always like ‘what happened to Sean Mooney?’—it got set up that I was living in the warehouse. That’s where that came from, but we really followed up on it. It’s me in this warehouse, the Gobbedly Gooker, and it was really fun. We can do follow-ups to that forever; doing that was great.
They also asked me to be there for the live show, and one thing in history I lay claim to is I was the first person ever seen on RAW. That’s why they originally brought me back for that RAW 1000. They asked me to come back for [RAW] 25, and that’s all I really wanted to do, give me 25 seconds at the top of the show to say ‘you’re looking live…’ but I’m am a news anchor out in Arizona, and they wouldn’t let me go. Anytime somebody mentions that to me it stings me because I really, really wanted to do that, but I was happy that I was able to do the RAW 25 Top 25 Moments. I’ll take whatever I can get whenever I get a chance to be in front of the cameras for WWE.
Mooney comments on hosting the new ‘Randy Savage Unreleased Matches’ DVD, working with DDP, Bayley and Corey Graves:
That was done recently, and I love the fact that they starting bringing me in for that stuff. I’d certainly like to do more stuff that’s vintage; I have no desire to get back into the everyday. I love doing the vintage stuff, so I hope more and more of that is coming. It’s a panel discussion where Corey is the lead. I think the way they set it up is they me, who worked with Randy and [Miss Elizabeth] during that period of the ‘80s and ‘90s, and they had DDP who of course had a great run with Randy in WCW, and Bayley with her perspective of how some of these Superstars today look back at not only Randy, but the other Superstars of that day. They were kids then, or it was even before some of them were born, but they’ve looked back and seen some of these Superstars and how they’ve performed in the ring and they’ve taken something away from it.
Bayley is definitely one of those people, and she really, really idolizes Randy Savage down to the point where she had gotten in contact with the guy who had put together all of Randy’s outfits, and who was the innovator of the look he had back then. She actually wanted to get some outfits done, so seeing that influence is really awesome that it’s carried on through today, and there’s a great amount of respect with that. I think it’s going to be a great DVD from having all of those different perspectives, and there are some big matches. When they set that up I think they thought they’d get 50 second [segments] here and there, but we went and had these discussions that went three, four plus minutes of talking about these matches that are going to be in there. People are really going to enjoy it; there are many different sides to looking at the career of Randy Savage.
Sean talks about his Wrestlemania weekend schedule in New Orleans:
I’m going to be at Walemania that Thursday night, I’m going to be on the panel that they asked me to be a part of. I’m also going to be a part of WrestleCon; I’ll be signing on Saturday and Sunday. Bruce [Prichard] and Conrad [Thompson] have asked me to introduce them at their [Something To Wrestle] live event there at the House Of Blues, which I’m sure is going to be an interesting event.
What he’s looking forward to at Wrestlemania weekend:
The event itself, if anyone has experienced it they know what I’m talking about, but there’s nothing else like it in sports entertainment or in many ways sports. When this was started I came in a little later after a few years, but it was when it was starting to become this 3-4 day event with fan fests, and all of these other great events that are taking place. It’s a tremendous experience.
As far as the event itself, I haven’t really kept on top of exactly what’s happening. Of course the big match that’s coming up is with Brock [Lesnar] and Roman Reigns, that’s going to be interesting to see. I like some of these other things that are taking place, these certain personalities that are really evolving, and they’ve come up and I’ve seen them develop now. People like Braun Strowman, I think he—people ask me all of the time ‘who do you think would have done well in that period of time in the ‘80s and ‘90s—there’s a lot of these guys. Braun Strowman, Bray Wyatt, I’ve always liked Dolph Ziggler; he’s someone that they’ve never really taken full advantage of what he can do. The Miz has proven that he can be an unbelievable entertainer, if you want to talk about paying your dues. Of course, John Cena; who else in the history of the WWF now WWE has done what he’s done. No breaks, hasn’t left the company over differences, he hasn’t had issues with the company, and he’s a good representative of the pro wrestling world and what he’s done with charities.
It’s going to be a great event; I think the whole thing with Ronda Rousey is going to be interesting. I think everybody is interested to see what she’s going to be able to do in the ring. I think she’s going to do well because the way she works and what she’s done in [MMA] is as close to a shoot as you can get.
Mooney comments on Undertaker coming back after the end to last year’s Wrestlemania:
That is so difficult for me to answer, because I don’t want it to sound like I don’t want him out there for people to appreciate. I don’t know of any other character or any other gimmick that has
captured the attention of the world of professional wrestling ever. I can’t believe that he’s even willing to get back in the ring with the abuse that his body has taken over the years. Personally, I would have liked that to have ended where it did [at Wrestlemania 33], but God love him. There isn’t really such thing as old anymore, as I have learned; I’m 58 and I still feel like I’m twentysomething. If Mark still thinks he wants to get in the ring, I know whatever he decides to do he’s going to be entertaining. That’s all it comes down to for me. Entertainment. If you want to do it and people want to see you, get up there and step in the ring.
Prime Time with Sean Mooney is available on Podbean; fans can click here to subscribe for $1.99 per month. PrimetimeMooney.com also hosts archived shows and bonus clips from Sean’s podcast library. Upcoming guests include new WWE Hall Of Fame inductee Hillbilly Jim, “The Mouth Of The South” Jimmy Hart, Jesse Ventura, Sgt. Slaughter, Barry Darsow and Honky Tonk Man.
