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🧞🪔 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙢𝙥 🧞🪔
Glenn Gilbertti aka Disco Inferno (@therealdisco) is a professional wrestler known for his time in WCW and TNA Wrestling. He is also the co-host of the podcast "Keepin' It 100 with Konnan & Disco". He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at the Blue Wire Studios in Las Vegas to talk about how he got into wrestling, his six years in WCW, winning the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, Television Championship and Tag Team Championship, Jimmy Hart singing his entrance theme, the recent tweet Tony Khan sent calling him an "irrelevant parasite", co-hosting K100 with Konnan, his job at Sapphire Gentlemen's Club in Las Vegas and much more.
00:00 Intro
00:33 Keepin’ It 100 with Konnan
01:33 Does he remember all of the lyrics to his entrance theme?
02:14 Having a lot of heat with fans
04:35 Is his podcast personality just a character?
09:28 Developing thick skin to fan criticism
10:53 Wrestling locker room differences then vs now
13:26 What are his goals for K100?
15:12 Pro Wrestling being more popular now than ever
16:38 WWE changing the way they promote shows
20:46 Brand integrations becoming an important part of WWE
22:15 Explaining his criticism about AEW
24:59 The importance of matches vs storylines in wrestling
28:42 Being uncomfortable watching Bryan Danielson
32:00 Wrestling moves becoming higher in risk
36:06 Him wanting pro wrestling to be safer
37:09 Tony Khan calling him an ‘irrelevant parasite’
41:37 Tribalism in professional wrestling: AEW vs WWE
46:08 Getting the Disco Inferno gimmick over in WCW
49:16 Memories of knowing Bill Goldberg before WCW
52:24 Having to renegotiate his contract with WCW
56:14 When did he notice that WCW beginning to decline?
59:20 Why didn’t he go to WWE after WCW died?
01:05:08 His current role at VIP Sapphire
01:07:49 When is the peak season in Las Vegas?
01:11:38 3 Things Disco Inferno is grateful for
