Scotty Riggs, talks about his debut in the company, winning the WCW Tag, Tag Wrestling titles & more

WrestlingINC.com recently took with the former WCW Superstar Scotty "Riggs" Antol. We have discussed a wide range of topics, including his start in the business, being hired by WCW, its ups and downs to WCW, leaving WCW for ECW and much more. You can view the first part below and be sure to check back tomorrow for part two where Riggs speaks much of his time in WCW, his relationship with Eric Bischoff and many more.

The interview was conducted before that Riggs has undergone gallbladder surgery last week. You can follow Riggs on Twitter at @ REALScottyRiggs and to send your wishes that it covers the procedure. We here at WrestlingINC.com wants Riggs best that it covers.

WrestlingINC: You have been in the indie scene for about three years before signed by WCW.

Riggs: In fact, my first match was on 6 February 1992. Within a year or a year and a half, I started to go to tips from TV to WCW with Diamond Dallas Page. I moved to Marietta, Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia. This is where I went to College. I met RFP and Brad Armstrong and a few other guys as Steve Regal worked for Sting and main event Fitness of Luger (Lex).

We had a friend in the back of the school of karate of the mine and a friend. Instead of going all the way to Marietta Jonesboro - what is a 45 minute drive, I said RFP on this subject. He was like, "Hey, can come us and train it?". I thought, "Yeah." Safe. "I thought it's just a good way to train with these guys. I was already doing my thing. I may be wrestling each end of week with the independent at the time. [I] really do nothing full time.

Then, me and RFP put a game together to go to the Central of Jonesboro and Jody Hamilton, who was the head coach at the time. We have placed the game on and Jody walk me and said: "where have you been wrestling." Page actually shut me up and said, "Jody, this kid worked a year and a half." Jody was like, "you're kidding me." Well, I cannot promise you anything, but what I can do is; put you on TV, you get a few games and that you take with a few good guys. »

My first couple of games is against Steve Regal. I had a minute eight match with him and Steve had already shown me a few tricks to the karate school shortly. So, Steve has given me much and made me look really, really good. It is probably mid-93. Since approximately mid - 93 in January 95 autour, I actually did some televisions to WCW where they would be put me here and there. I have had one minute eight match with Steve Austin, when he "Stunning" Steve (Williams) and Brian Pillman has just split with the Blondes of Hollywood.

We had one minute eight match that Dusty Rhodes was trying to actually put Sam Houston in. Sam Houston without the TV for Jody gave me. Steve Austin made me look, I was a veteran of 10 years in the game. I was only in the business [for less of] two years. At that time, I was practically doing House shows. I was in this case where you get paid x amount in dollars for a show of catcher. I have been on TV, but I take never really a match unless it is for someone in a long match. I was not there for the victories at the TV again. I paid my dues, but I was the dark matches on television where could get WINS.

We would always our night Saturday at the center of the stage and I would always be a dark match with someone like Rick Rogers, someone calling the matches, for teaching me how to do things. They would have me put in a fast way, but get the win for the boy that no one knows not yet.

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