AEW commentator Tony Schiavone recently discussed various topics in an episode of his podcast, “What Happened When.” Among the subjects covered, he explained his negative feelings toward some of his most famous catchphrases from his time in WCW, including “butts in seats” and “the greatest night in the history of our great sport.”
Schiavone said, “I get that, but those happened at a time in my career when things — I didn’t like what I was doing. I didn’t like wrestling. So to me, those hearken me back to those bad old days. But anyway, I do appreciate the people remembering.”
On still being known today:
“I am astounded each and every time I go out to the arena, and I get the cheers that I get. I am. I’m just amazed. And there are smattering of boos in there and I get that, I understand. But mostly it’s cheers, chanting my name. They sang my name at the first show in Wembley, which blew me f**king away. So that’s never lost on me about how people have — how I’ve been welcomed back to pro wrestling after all these years –18 years away from wrestling, how about that?”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
