Jerry Springer Discusses "WWE Too Hot For TV," Praises Vince McMahon

Popular talk show host Jerry Springer gave brief details towards his “WWE Too Hot For TV” program on the WWE Network this past April. But in a more recent interview with Tech Times, Springer dished out more details on the show and even spoke to highly of the WWE chairman of the board.

Below are highlights from the interview.

He dished on how the show came to be:

“So, I got a call because they’re based where we do our show (The Jerry Springer Show) in Stamford, Connecticut. And so we met and they had an idea for a clip show. The closest parallel, I would say, is the show Talk Soup, which takes clips of shows and they show the outrageous moments and you tell jokes, make fun of it. That’s basically what this is, except it’s clips of some of the great matches and drama over the years. My job is to kid around about it. It’s natural because it’s literally a vault of thousands of opportunities of clips. The show is right there. You just got to figure out which ones to use and then I joke about it. That’s what this show is. We come out with a different episode after each RAW.”

Springer spoke highly of Vince McMahon in particular:

“With Vincent … he is this generation’s Barnum & Bailey Circus. He created this incredible platform of entertainment and he keeps it going year after year after year. To be able to do that … most people in show business, they get their hit, they’re on for a few years and that’s it. But he just keep re-creating, making it bigger and expanding his audience. He has his finger on the pulse of a certain element of pop culture. You can’t duplicate it. No one has.”

On how the show can improve:

“The show is not about me. I have to be very careful. I want the drama, comedy and the outrageousness of the wrestlers to be in the front of the show. The greatest thing is if you could see the show and not even notice that I was the host. Otherwise, I’m just interfering in it. Just let it breathe. What we can do is bring in the best moments and let people see them again. Then I could throw in some quips and stuff like that, but I’m not doing this show to showcase me. It’s not about me. It’s about the WWE. I’ve got my own show with my name on it. I’m not looking for a show that has my name. I just think it’s a great idea and I’d like to be part of it.”