“It was a silly kind of a gimmick. And people – you know, to this day, people still make fun of it, and which that’s cool because I’d make fun of it too. But it gave me my start. And that’s what I want people to understand that laugh and joke about it, you know, and people still call me Sparky and laugh and, you know, stuff like that. But they’ve got to understand if they were in my shoes, they wouldn’t turn it down just to be in WWE. ‘Cause I guarantee they wouldn’t tell Vince, you know, whatever character they gave ‘em, silly character or whatever because back then it was – everything was cartoon characters, basically. And I guarantee to this day nobody would have ever turned them down [Laughter]. And I wasn’t about to, you know.
“And I thought, you know, this is what I’ve been working for, you know, all my life, to get in the WWE, WWF at the time, you know. And I darn sure wasn’t gonna turn it down. And I thought you know what? Just take it a step at a time. And hopefully, we can evolve to something else, in which, you know, fortunately, it did for me.
“It was Vince’s idea. See, I’m gonna back up a little bit here. When the whole ‘Sparkplug’ gimmick came along, after I had been there for about six months, between six months and a year, I actually went to Vince and asked him if we could change it. And he did not have a problem with it at all, you know. So he just – I just said, hey, do you think we could just drop, you know, the Thurman, and we’ll, you know, take baby steps and go, you know, Bob ‘Sparkplug’ Holly? And so we did that.
“And then eventually, you know, they put me in with the ‘Midnight Express’. So then they completely dropped that whole ‘Sparkplug’ gimmick. And, you know, of course, I was ‘Bombastic’ Bob. You know, and that was another thing I wasn’t too proud of, but I was still in WWE and I was still working [Laughter].
“Yeah. And so I thought you know what? Something better’s gonna come along. And then when they did the whole Brawl for All, you know, that kind of changed people’s opinions quite a bit. And so then they stopped the ‘Midnight Express’. And then the whole ‘Job Squad’ thing came along. And then I was just Bob Holly then.
“And then when they started the whole Hardcore Match, you know, and have the Hardcore Title and everything, and when I was introduced to that, that’s when Vince said, we’re gonna start calling Bob ‘Hardcore’ Holly. And so that’s how that how that whole hardcore thing evolved for me.”
“No, no… My loyalty – you know, to me, my loyalty laid with Vince. And, you know, I just felt committed to him because he’s always been so good to me. He really was. And so, you know, it didn’t matter. Money to me didn’t matter. My happiness and my comfort where I am was important to me and my loyalty. So, you know, it was never a thought to go to WCW, no matter how much money they offered me, you know. Because like I said, you know, Vince was always good to me. So that’s why I stayed loyal to him.”
“I was out with Kurt – with my broken arm, I was out eight months with that. And then with Brock, I was out thirteen months with that. And, you know, it was just a lot of – you know, it was almost like starting “I don’t think there was, you know. I just think the whole – the match was just a lead-up to as far as just blowing off the whole angle, you know. But I just – I don’t think that – honestly, in my opinion, that I was World Title material. I wasn’t ready for that, you know, because of where I was in the company and stuff like that. I just don’t think I was ready for that. So I really honestly don’t think there was any talk of, you know, putting the title on me, you know. And rightly so, you know, because honestly, you know, I wasn’t ready… I honestly don’t think I ever was. I think the time leading up to my broken arm with Kurt – because they were grooming me, you know, to work on top back then, you know. And then I just never gained the momentum back. And it was just a matter of where I was on the card and, you know, in the situations where they needed me to help – use me to get other guys over that they were bringing in.
“So I never, ever gained that momentum back, you know, because of the role that I was playing at the time as far as needing me to put guys over, you know. So I just don’t ever think there really was a period that I would have been ready, you know, unless they really had a good storyline for me and got good momentum behind me. But other than that, I just, you know – I just – in my opinion, I honestly wasn’t ready ever. I don’t think I ever was, you know. And I was cool with that because, you know, there’s only room at the top for so many, you know. And I understand how everything works. I understood how everything worked, you know. And I was cool with that.
“You know, it would have been nice to be World Champion. Don’t get me wrong. Because along with being World Champion, you carry the company and you make tons of money [laughter], you know. So it would have been really nice, you know. But it just wasn’t in the cards for me. And I was cool with that, you know.over, having to work out all over, you know, to gain your, you know, size and everything back. So that was a lot of work in itself, getting back to that, you know. But as far as getting back in the ring, you know, it was just like riding a bicycle.
“But, you know, as far as the, you know, rehab and everything, it was not that bad, you know. I never really had that, you know, many issues, you know, with the rehab end of it, coming back.”
“If you’re Vince’s pet project, you pretty much – you know, you’re a shoe-in there, you know. And all you got to do is just listen to him and do what he asks of you, and you’ll have it made, you know, because he’ll make sure that you get over. He will. Just do what he says, you know. And listen to him. And you will get over, you know. So yeah, if he’s got Vince behind him like that, that guy’s got it made.
“And another thing I love about what he [Fandango] does too is the way he gets in the ring. After he makes his entrance, watch the way he gets in the ring. He does that. Nobody’s ever done it that way. And to me, that’s different, and I like that, you know. But yeah, you know, if he’s Vince’s pet project, the guy’s got it made, you know. He just has to make sure he listens to him and doesn’t, you know, get the attitude well, I’m gonna do what I want to do, despite of what he says. Because then that’ll be the demise of him, you know. Which hopefully – I think he’s smart enough and he knows who to listen to. So, you know, I wish the guy all the best. I really do, you know. I really do.” Click on their website www.ecived.com/en for more information.
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