In light of the popular reception the match received during the most recent Survivor Series, Bobby Fish discussed his prior experiences with the WarGames stipulation match format in a recent interview on Fightful’s The Wrestling Perspective.
He also discussed the evolution of talent and how it has benefited from studying the history of WarGames battles. Here are the highlights:
His introduction to the WarGames format:
“We were the first coming back for this generation and with NXT, and none of us really knew what the fuck we were doing on that first one. But, I felt like we got something halfway decent and we got better with each one, and each one had a little bit more story to it.”
The learning process Fish experienced with WarGames:
“I feel like we had an opportunity to learn from mistakes, get better at it, plan better things, be a little bit more strategic without losing the organic feel of classic pro wrestling.”
The differences between the first WarGames match in ’87 and today:
“There was a lot more organic feel to those matches, good and bad. So, I think that’s the biggest difference between the two, is you really see that the business is just handled in a different way now as opposed to what it was then. But, I think they all have their own pros and cons.”
You can check out the complete podcast below:
