David Arquette Talks About His Run As WCW Champion

The most recent episode of the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast (Episode 007) features an interview with David Arquette, who talks about his controversial run with the WCW title.

Arquette started the interview by sharing a story that apparently happened moments before the show was recorded:

“As I was walking in here, there was a bunch of photographers downstairs for some reason and this guy walked up and he said, ‘A lot of people blame you for ruining WCW and what do you say about that?…They think you did it.’ And I said, ‘I hope I did.’ I was in a sour mood. But I really don’t hope I did. I don’t think I did.”

He said his run with WCW began when he did some publicity for the film Ready to Rumble.

“So, I went (to WCW) and they said, ‘If you stick around, we’ll give you the strap.’ It’s like, ‘Are you f—in kidding me?’ ” Arquette said he thinks that it was Vince Russo who originally pitched the idea and added that he thought WCW was crazy to give him the title but that he went with it because it was a dream come true.