What's Justin Credible Up To? (Patreon)

I had a great talk with Justin Credible about leaving WWF and joining ECW. Credible was spinning his wheels as Aldo Montoya and not going much of anywhere. Credible knew the Aldo Montoya gimmick sucked and he could contribute much more. He had the chance to join WCW because he knew Scott Hall and Kevin Nash there, and they'd been rocking with the NWO for almost a year at that point. When Credible asked for his WWF release, Vince McMahon outright said no, and that he didn't want WCW to pick him up. Instead, Vince offered to send him to USWA to learn to work as a heel. When ECW did some work with USWA, Chris Candido helped get him a job with ECW, and Vince signed the contract over to Paul Heyman.

Credible says Vince McMahon was always accessible to him across his three runs. He was intimidated by Vince and joked that he thought McMahon would kill him for asking for his release to go to WCW. A "land of opportunity" speech was recalled, and apparently that was commonplace then. Credible hammered home that Jim Ross or Vince McMahon were always available when he needed them. Credible thinks that Vince McMahon is very fair, but admitted he's a nut and expects as much out of his performers as he does himself.

We closed by speaking about WWECW, which he thought should have been closer to what NXT is today.