Post by Snitsky on Apr 16, 2009 10:16:31 GMT -5
Former WWE Women’s Champion The Kat has finally broken her silence after 8 years. She was last seen and heard from back in February of 2001, but since her release, she hasn’t done any interviews, made few (if any) appearances, and left all speculation as to what happened to her as…. just that. Speculation. WrestlingEpicenter.com managed to snag a pretty revealing interview with the mini-Chyna herself, real name Stacy Carter, who used to be married to Jerry “The King” Lawler.
Here is a quick recap of the interview’s main points, courtesy of WrestlingEpicenter.com. For a full transcript of the interview, head on over to their website. In addition, they will be conducting a live interview with ex-Divas Joy Giovanni and Amy Weber tonight at 10pm Eastern time. But anyway, check out The Kat’s interview:
- She left the WWF in very early 2001 and at the time she was also going through a divorce with Jerry Lawler. She’s been in Florida ever since and is involved with real estate. After all that happened, she hasn’t had much time for wrestling and jokingly says she’s been “hiding under a rock.”
- Stacy says that during the divorce, her lawyer (who she admits wasn’t that good) told her to go on the websites & demand that her pictures be taken down. She did it, and that started the reputation that she doesn’t like her fans, which she says isn’t true at all. She appreciates her fans & the only reason she did that was because of legal advice.
- When talking about how she got into wrestling, she says that she actually started in the USWA with Jerry. He got her into the role of interviewer. She tells a funny story about how she got nervous for her first show and Jerry literally pushed her out there. She says the more intimate feel of those shows with the small crowds made her anxious and that was hard to get over.
- She ended up in WWF because they needed a girl. The girl that they originally brought in for the spot didn’t even know what a ring apron was, and they figured that Jerry’s wife would be more knowledgeable.
- On working with Debra & Jeff Jarrett, she says that Debra is the sweetest person in the world. She also says that she had known Jarrett for years and got along with him. She also credits Jeff with the creation of her first name “Miss Kitty”
- Her feud with Terri Runnels is remembered for being risqué. She had fun doing things like that. She also jokes whenever they would pitch an idea to them, Terri would be a little reluctant while she would immediately agree to it.
- Armageddon 1999 is brought up which was the event where she went topless. She says that the move almost cost WWF their spot with DirectTV. She also says the way it happened was unintentional as Sgt. Slaughter was supposed to cover her up sooner AND the camera was supposed to be to her back. She puts over Slaughter as a great guy and she felt sorry for him being stuck with that situation.
- Going back to her departure, she says that the day she was let go was strange because nobody would tell her anything. There had been some controversy that Lawler had with the sponsors for the XFL & there was also a rumblings that Chyna didn’t want her there anymore because The Kat had been offered a Playboy shoot. But those are vague and she has no idea what led to her release. All she knows is that they fired her and Lawler quit the same day. She also says that a lot of people backstage were acting very strange when Lawler tried to get answers, even Vince. She admits that the bad experience with her departure turned her off to wrestling.
- She says that she was having problems with Jerry prior to her release and it only got worse once that was all over. When asked if the divorce had anything to do with Lawler’s WWE return, she says that Jerry’s return at the time is a coincidence.
- She got a call from the WWE about 4 years ago to have a meeting. At the time she was just getting into real estate, and she wasn’t ready to go back. She does not know what the meeting was to be about.
- When asked about TNA, she admits that she just found out that Jarrett has been running his own wrestling company. They bumped into each other in an airport where they caught up and she was surprised to hear that he has his own company. When talking about her friends in wrestling, she says its amazing it is how much everybody has changed since the last time she saw them.
- She has been taking Indy Bookings and she says that the fans have been wonderful to her.
- She does not wear the colored wigs anymore, but she still has them. She doesn’t even know how it got started for her to wear them. When talking about the blue wig, she jokes that she looked like “Blue Meanie’s sister.”
- She had a meeting with Hugh Heffner and she was set to be the next WWF Playboy girl. Chyna was supposed to have her second shoot, but that was to be postponed for The Kat. She had heard the rumor that Chyna was unhappy with this, but never heard for sure.
- Finally, WrestlingEpicenter.com asked her to tell them the first thoughts that came to her mind when they mentioned a name. Here are her word associations:
Al Snow – “Gives good head”
Terri Runnels – “Little She Devil”
Tori – She tells a funny story about how Tori left her bikinis at home for the Diva photoshoot and had to borrow some of hers.
Mae Young – “She said she wanted her 100th birthday to be in the ring”
Fabulous Moolah – “Moolah was great. Moolah was actually the only person in the ring that ever hurt me”
Ivory – “Tense”
Stephanie McMahon – “Ice Princess”
Vince McMahon – “The Boss”
Jerry Lawler – “There is absolutely not one word I could give you for him. He is a character.”
Here is a quick recap of the interview’s main points, courtesy of WrestlingEpicenter.com. For a full transcript of the interview, head on over to their website. In addition, they will be conducting a live interview with ex-Divas Joy Giovanni and Amy Weber tonight at 10pm Eastern time. But anyway, check out The Kat’s interview:
- She left the WWF in very early 2001 and at the time she was also going through a divorce with Jerry Lawler. She’s been in Florida ever since and is involved with real estate. After all that happened, she hasn’t had much time for wrestling and jokingly says she’s been “hiding under a rock.”
- Stacy says that during the divorce, her lawyer (who she admits wasn’t that good) told her to go on the websites & demand that her pictures be taken down. She did it, and that started the reputation that she doesn’t like her fans, which she says isn’t true at all. She appreciates her fans & the only reason she did that was because of legal advice.
- When talking about how she got into wrestling, she says that she actually started in the USWA with Jerry. He got her into the role of interviewer. She tells a funny story about how she got nervous for her first show and Jerry literally pushed her out there. She says the more intimate feel of those shows with the small crowds made her anxious and that was hard to get over.
- She ended up in WWF because they needed a girl. The girl that they originally brought in for the spot didn’t even know what a ring apron was, and they figured that Jerry’s wife would be more knowledgeable.
- On working with Debra & Jeff Jarrett, she says that Debra is the sweetest person in the world. She also says that she had known Jarrett for years and got along with him. She also credits Jeff with the creation of her first name “Miss Kitty”
- Her feud with Terri Runnels is remembered for being risqué. She had fun doing things like that. She also jokes whenever they would pitch an idea to them, Terri would be a little reluctant while she would immediately agree to it.
- Armageddon 1999 is brought up which was the event where she went topless. She says that the move almost cost WWF their spot with DirectTV. She also says the way it happened was unintentional as Sgt. Slaughter was supposed to cover her up sooner AND the camera was supposed to be to her back. She puts over Slaughter as a great guy and she felt sorry for him being stuck with that situation.
- Going back to her departure, she says that the day she was let go was strange because nobody would tell her anything. There had been some controversy that Lawler had with the sponsors for the XFL & there was also a rumblings that Chyna didn’t want her there anymore because The Kat had been offered a Playboy shoot. But those are vague and she has no idea what led to her release. All she knows is that they fired her and Lawler quit the same day. She also says that a lot of people backstage were acting very strange when Lawler tried to get answers, even Vince. She admits that the bad experience with her departure turned her off to wrestling.
- She says that she was having problems with Jerry prior to her release and it only got worse once that was all over. When asked if the divorce had anything to do with Lawler’s WWE return, she says that Jerry’s return at the time is a coincidence.
- She got a call from the WWE about 4 years ago to have a meeting. At the time she was just getting into real estate, and she wasn’t ready to go back. She does not know what the meeting was to be about.
- When asked about TNA, she admits that she just found out that Jarrett has been running his own wrestling company. They bumped into each other in an airport where they caught up and she was surprised to hear that he has his own company. When talking about her friends in wrestling, she says its amazing it is how much everybody has changed since the last time she saw them.
- She has been taking Indy Bookings and she says that the fans have been wonderful to her.
- She does not wear the colored wigs anymore, but she still has them. She doesn’t even know how it got started for her to wear them. When talking about the blue wig, she jokes that she looked like “Blue Meanie’s sister.”
- She had a meeting with Hugh Heffner and she was set to be the next WWF Playboy girl. Chyna was supposed to have her second shoot, but that was to be postponed for The Kat. She had heard the rumor that Chyna was unhappy with this, but never heard for sure.
- Finally, WrestlingEpicenter.com asked her to tell them the first thoughts that came to her mind when they mentioned a name. Here are her word associations:
Al Snow – “Gives good head”
Terri Runnels – “Little She Devil”
Tori – She tells a funny story about how Tori left her bikinis at home for the Diva photoshoot and had to borrow some of hers.
Mae Young – “She said she wanted her 100th birthday to be in the ring”
Fabulous Moolah – “Moolah was great. Moolah was actually the only person in the ring that ever hurt me”
Ivory – “Tense”
Stephanie McMahon – “Ice Princess”
Vince McMahon – “The Boss”
Jerry Lawler – “There is absolutely not one word I could give you for him. He is a character.”
