‘Psycho Boy’ Fodder Reflects On Working 2 Cold Scorpio, Scorpio Calling Things In The Ring

“Psycho Boy” Fodder has stepped in the ring with some of the top veterans in wrestling including Bully Ray, George South, Rhino, and more.

On two occasions, Fodder has faced 2 Cold Scorpio, one of the most innovative and respected veterans in history.

Speaking to Jeremy Lambert and Stephen Jensen on The Spotlight, Fodder reflected on working with Scorpio.

“The thing about working AML, is it’s like working television. They have everything laid out for a two-hour show. When I worked him there, we had nine minutes, bell to bell. When we got done, Scorpio was like, ‘I could have gae you a much better match if we had more time.’ In Revolution Wrestling, where I’m the champion, we got the booking squared away for him to come there. He came and I was like, ‘We can go as long as you want and can do whatever.’ In my head, I had the match pegged for somewhere around 12 minutes, and we ended up going 20 minutes. For him at 60 to go 20 minutes is unbeliavable. Scorpio is one of those guys where putting stuff together is not super seamless, where I can come in and go, ‘What do you think about this?’ and I lay it all out. Scorpio is big on calling a lot of stuff out there. With him, you maybe figure out four spots that are for sure things we’re going to do and the finish, and then he goes, ‘I do this, this, and this. Look out for it.’ ‘Okay, got it.’

“We have this all whole figured out, the first time I worked him, and we’re literally about to walk through the curtain, and he leans over and goes, ‘Hey man, sometimes, I get out there and get going, and I change everything.’ ‘Alright, see you out there.’ I literally turn to [Angelina] and go, ‘I hope this goes okay.’ It went fine, and Scorpio is a really good dude.”

The in-ring philosophy has changed over the years with more wrestlers putting together the majority of the match before getting in the ring. Veteran wrestlers have often said that new wrestlers don’t know the art of calling a match in the ring.

Fodder recalled how Scoprio changed things up in the ring, and what he learned from the experience.

“One of the spots in our first match was going to end up with me taking a headlock and going into a run spot. I grab him, get him to the corner, and I push him. I go, ‘What are you gonna do?’ The crowd is loud, and I’m expecting him to take the headlock. He literally stood there and didn’t do anything. He’s looking at the crowd and then walks around to the middle of the ring. I’m following him and he looks at me and goes, ‘Forearm me.’ We start doing a forearm exchange in the middle of the ring. At some point, he forearms me, grabs a headlock, and goes, ‘reverse.’ I take the headlock and now we’re in the spot where we do the planned run spot. I asked him after, ‘Why did you not grab the headlock and we go to the middle to do forearms?’ He goes, ‘I was listening to the crowd, and I felt like the crowd needed some action.’ I said, ‘Okay. That’s why you’ve been doing this 40 years and I’ve been doing this for five.’ I’ve had a lot of experience working top levels guys, but I told [Angelina] after the match, ‘Scorpio is not a guy that anybody can work.’ You need to be a pro level guy to work with him. Working with him again was a huge deal for me,” he said.

Fans can watch the AML bout between Scorpio and Fodder by clicking here.

Watch the full interview with Fodder in the video above.