History Trivia / TonySchiavone

* CreatorBacklash: Schiavone seems to be very bitter about his wrestling commentary stint, if his tweets are anything to go by (for example, one person asked him what his favorite memory was of WCW, Tony responded "when it ended"). However, he later clarified that he didn't hate working for WCW, he was just "tired of the bullshit" and very uncomfortable with the unprofessionalism and shilling he was forced to do. It went to the point that he considers his one-year WWF run as the best year of his wrestling career, and regretted returning to WCW after it ended.

* CareerResurrection: After the fall of WCW, Tony had a few brief commentary stints in other promotions before stepping away from the business altogether. When he started doing the ''What Happened When'' podcast in 2017, it reignited Tony's passion for wrestling and eventually led to him returning to wrestling commentary.

* CreatorBacklash:
** Schiavone seems to be very bitter about his wrestling commentary stint, if his tweets are anything to go by (for example, one person asked him what his favorite memory was of WCW, Tony responded "when it ended"). However, he later clarified that he didn't hate working for WCW, he was just "tired of the bullshit" and very uncomfortable with the unprofessionalism and shilling he was forced to do.
** He considers his one-year WWF run as the best year of his wrestling career, and regretted returning to WCW after it ended.

** He considers his one-year WWE run as the best year of his wrestling career, and regretted returning to WCW after it ended.

* CreatorBacklash: Schiavone seems to be very bitter about his wrestling commentary stint, if his tweets are anything to go by (for example, one person asked him what his favorite memory was of WCW, Tony responded "when it ended"). However, he later clarified that he didn't hate working for WCW, he was just "tired of the bullshit" and very uncomfortable with the unprofessionalism and shilling he was forced to do.

* WagTheDirector: Tony was a producer in addition to his announcer duties, which led to him becoming a SpotlightStealingSquad while Heenan and Mike Tenay would be lucky if they got a word in. "Mean" Gene Okerlund said of Schiavone "Tony was the consummate politician" and "Tony watched out for Tony and in doing so, had a tendency to bury people along the way".

* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Inverted. Tony Schiavone the commentator, was the stoic DeadpanSnarker commentator, but Tony Schiavone the person is very boisterous and has a great sense of humor.

** Wrestling/BobbyHeenan hated Tony's guts for many years due to several reasons: Schiavone allegedly hiding finishes and angles from him and other announcers, supposedly trying to prevent him from paying respects to Gorilla Monsoon after his passing (he did question the decision, but only because he didn't think Wrestling/EricBischoff would allow it, which in all honestly does sound like something Eric would've done back then) and for cutting off ties with him after Heenan was fired from WCW in 2000 (which Schiavone claims he was ordered to do by Craig Leathers). Heenan has criticized Schiavone in numerous shoot interviews. Tony, however, says he held no ill-will towards Bobby and never did, saying of Heenan's criticism of him: "I deserve it".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: His random TNA cameo was supposed to be his full-time return to professional wrestling as Russo's heel announcer. But essentially what happened was, he was in the back watching the monitor, and he heard Tenay and West marking out over every single move. He decided he didn't want to spend the rest of his life screaming nonsense, so he returned to his job prior to joining JCP...being a minor league baseball commentator.

** Wrestling/BobbyHeenan hated Tony's guts for many years due to several reasons: Schiavone allegedly hiding finishes and angles from him and other announcers, supposedly trying to prevent him from paying respects to Gorilla Monsoon after his passing (he did question the decision, but only because he didn't think Wrestling/EricBischoff would allow it, which in all honestly does sound like something Eric would've done back then) and for cutting off ties with him after Heenan was fired from WCW in 2000 (which Schiavone claims he was ordered to do by Craig Leathers). Heenan has criticized Schiavone in numerous shoot interviews. Tony, however, says he holds no ill-will towards Bobby and never did, saying of Heenan's criticism of him: "I deserve it".

* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Tony Schiavone the commentator, was the stoic DeadpanSnarker commentator, but Tony Schiavone the person is very boisterous and has a great sense of humor.

** Wrestling/BobbyHeenan hated Tony's guts for many years due to several reasons: Schiavone allegedly hiding finishes and angles from him and other announcers, supposedly trying to prevent him from paying respects to Gorilla Monsoon after his passing (he did question the decision because he didn't think Wrestling/EricBischoff would allow it, which in all honestly does sound like something Eric would've done back then) and for cutting off ties with him after Heenan was fired from WCW in 2000 (which Schiavone claims he was ordered to do by Craig Leathers). Heenan has criticized Schiavone in numerous shoot interviews. Tony, however, says he holds no ill-will towards Bobby and never did, saying of Heenan's criticism of him: "I deserve it".

* WagTheDirector: Tony was a producer in addition to his announcer duties, which led to him becoming a SpotlightStealingSquad while Heenan and Mike Tenay would be lucky if they got a word in. It also resulted in the aforementioned "hiding finishes and angles" from the others. "Mean" Gene Okerlund said of Schiavone "Tony was the consummate politician" and "Tony watched out for Tony and in doing so, had a tendency to bury people along the way".

** Wrestling/BobbyHeenan hated Tony's guts for many years due to several reasons: Schiavone allegedly hiding finishes and angles from him and other announcers, supposedly trying to prevent him from paying respects to Gorilla Monsoon after his passing (he did question the decision because he didn't think Eric Bischoff would allow it) and for cutting off ties with him after Heenan was fired from WCW in 2000 (which Schiavone claims he was ordered to do by Craig Leathers). Heenan has criticized Schiavone in numerous shoot interviews. Tony, however, holds no ill-will towards Bobby and said of Heenan's criticism of him: "I deserve it".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Schiavone's random TNA cameo was supposed to be his full-time return to professional wrestling as Russo's heel announcer. But essentially what happened was, he was in the back watching the monitor, and he heard Tenay and West marking out over every single move. He decided he didn't want to spend the rest of his life screaming nonsense, so he returned to his job prior to joining JCP...being a minor league baseball commentator.

** Wrestling/BobbyHeenan hated Tony's guts in real life due to Schiavone allegedly hiding finishes and angles from him and other announcers, and for cutting off ties with him after Heenan was fired from WCW in 2000. Heenan has criticized Schiavone in numerous shoot interviews. Tony, however, holds no ill-will towards Bobby and said of Heenan's criticism of him: "I deserve it".
* WagTheDirector: Tony was a producer in addition to his announcer duties, which lead to him becoming a SpotlightStealingSquad while Heenan and Mike Tenay would be lucky if they got a word in. It also resulted in the aforementioned "hiding finishes and angles" from the others. "Mean" Gene Okerlund said of Schiavone "Tony was the consummate politician" and "Tony watched out for Tony and in doing so, had a tendency to bury people along the way".

** Wrestling/BobbyHeenan hated Tony's guts in real life due to Schiavone allegedly hiding finishes and angles from him and other announcers, and tried to prevent Heenan from paying tribute to his late best friend Wrestling/GorillaMonsoon since Gorilla never worked for WCW. Heenan has criticized Schiavone in numerous shoot interviews. Tony, however, holds no ill-will towards Bobby and said of Heenan's criticism of him: "I deserve it".

* CreatorBacklash: Schiavone seems to be very bitter about his wrestling commentary stint, if his tweets are anything to go by (for example, one person asked him what his favorite memory was of WCW, Tony responded "when it ended"). However, he later clarified that he didn't hate working for WCW, he was just "tired of the bullshit" and very uncomfortable with the shilling he was forced to do.

* WagTheDirector: Tony was a producer in addition to his announcer duties, which lead to him becoming a SpotlightStealingSquad while Heenan and Mike Tenay would be lucky if they got a word in. It also resulted in the aforementioned "hiding finishes and angles" from the others.

* WagTheDirector: Tony was a producer in addition to his announcer duties, which lead to him becoming a SpotlightStealingSquad while Heenan and Mike Tenay would be lucky if they got a word in.

** Wrestling/BobbyHeenan hated Tony's guts in real life due to Schiavone allegedly hiding finishes and angles from, and tried to prevent Heenan from paying tribute to his late best friend Wrestling/GorillaMonsoon since Gorilla never worked for WCW. Heenan has criticized Schiavone in numerous shoot interviews. Tony, however, holds no ill-will towards Bobby and said of Heenan's criticism of him: "I deserve it".

^ CreatorBacklash: Schiavone seems to be very bitter about his wrestling commentary stint, if his tweets are anything to go by (for example, one person asked him what his favorite memory was of WCW, Tony responded "when it ended"). However, he later clarified that he didn't hate working for WCW, he was just "tired of the bullshit".