Exclusive: Al Snow on OVW, Mahabali Shera and exactly how Vince McMahon influences careers

Putting your trainer head on, the Attitude Era is always looked back on fondly, and the roster was stacked. Is there anyone from your time in WWE that you think could have been a bigger star than they were? Did WWE miss the boat with anyone?

There were plenty of guys, but I don't think WWE missed the boat. You've got to understand, everybody puts the responsibility and onus on Vince, everybody puts the responsibility on the writers, everybody puts the responsibility on WWE.

Let me explain real quickly, and I'll make this very short, how this works.

Once you walk through the curtain, there is absolutely nothing that anyone in the back can do to help you, and there is absolutely nothing that they can do to hinder you - and that is the God's honest truth.

Al Snow - the big dog?

Now, can they do things, have you win certain ways, have you portray certain characters....blah, blah, blah, blah, blah? Yeah! And can they make it more difficult for you? Certainly! But if you go in the ring and connect with the audience, there is nothing they can do to prevent that.

And the way that this works is, whatever you do as an artist and an athlete in the ring is what Vince then takes and exploits, and promotes. Vince does not, in and of himself, make you a star. He gives you a platform to make yourself a star, then he exploits it and promotes it.

The more that talent would understand that, the better off professional wrestling as a sport, business and art would be.

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Finally, I like to end on what I think might be a really controversial question, so I understand if you don't want to answer it.

Pineapple on pizza - yea or nay?

Oh! Yes!

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A huge thanks to Al Snow for speaking with me.

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