Scotty 2 Hotty Says Pre-Show Meet And Greets Kills Star Power, Has Thought Of Running His Own Shows

After being granted his release from WWE at the end of 2021, Scotty 2 Hotty has made his way back onto the Independent scene. 

Scotty has wrestled for OTT, Limitless, GCW, BTW, and more promotions across the world. 

During his time back on the Independent scene, Scotty has seen some stuff he’s liked and some stuff he hasn’t liked. 

“As I’m back on the independent scene, I’m seeing stuff I like, I don’t like, stuff I hate. I’m like, ‘Ah, they do this so differently.’ I’ve honestly thought about running my own live events, with no intention of live streaming, no intention of television, it’s a 90-minute show with no intermission and you have to be there to see it. You don’t know who is going to show up. Five matches, six matches at the most, but 90 minutes. It’s a self-contained, live event show where you didn’t have to be there the month before to see what happens. Your main event angle starts in the first half of the show and ends in the main event. The next show, it could be a totally different crew there. I feel like there’s something to that. There’s a lot of stuff that I see where, in 2022, it feels like Independent wrestling could be done better,” he said on the Universal Wrestling Podcast. 

Scotty continued by saying, “We’re only doing some things because we’ve always done them this way and it’s become the norm. A perfect example of what I’m talking about is the pre-show meet and greets. I hate the pre-show meet and greet because it kills all of the star value. Whether the person is a star or not, after sitting at the table for an hour, two hours, collecting money and selling pictures and merchandise, even if you have a die-hard fan, they come right to the table, buy your merchandise, now they sit in their seat and watch you for an hour or two just become a little less of a star. You’re just a normal person, they see you on your phone or eating and drinking. That’s something WWE teaches you, ‘you’re a WWE superstar, not just a pro wrestler,’ and it’s for a reason. We are just normal people, but you want to be perceived as a superstar and something special.”

He noted that in many forms of entertainment, the performers will do meet and greets after the shows, but not before. 

Scotty is set to compete at SCW in Santa Clara, California on Friday, May 6. 

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