Hornswoggle Is HILARIOUS! WeeLC, Fit Finlay, WrestleMania Moments

Dylan Postl (@dylanpostl) is a professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE where he performed under the name Hornswoggle. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Indianapolis, IN to talk about his book "Life Is Short And So Am I", how he started as a backyard wrestler, getting discovered by WWE, debuting with Fit Finlay, being involved in the storyline as Vince McMahon's illegitimate son, why the WeeLC match was so memorable for him, taking Mr. Kennedy's finisher off the ladder at WrestleMania 23, his friendship with Kofi Kingston, being named the Anonymous Raw GM, his son Landon wanting to be a pro wrestler, his podcast called "Going Postl" and much more!

Check out Dylan's podcast "Going Postl" here: https://www.youtube.com/@dylanpostl

Quote I'm thinking about: "Don't yuck other people's yums"

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On the WrestleMania 23 bump from Mr. Kennedy:

"The first WrestleMania, we're talking through the match and we're planning it out WrestleMania week at the hotel. They always had separate rooms with practice rings or walkthrough rings. And we're like, at one point Swoggle you're going to try to climb for the thing and Kennedy is going to powerbomb me off it, the original plan was a Power Bomb. I don't like power bombs never have. Because when I was backyard wrestling, I took a bad one like scorpioned weirdly, and it was very weird. And I never took them because I'm falling backwards really high. Every time he was like practising on the crash pad I would turn and I remember Fit and Johnny going, I don't know about that. I'm thinking like, Sh*t, this is my WrestleMania moment. I'm screwing it up. So they're talking through the match and I go over to Ken [Kennedy] I go, Hey, I have an idea. Can you give me your finish off the ladder? And he goes I don't know, man. I go, let's try it. So we set up another ladder while everyone's talking on the outside of the ring we're in the ring. We're setting up our ladder. I'm climbing one. And he picks me up on the other crash pads here. He picks me up on the other. And all I hear is Finley. And with his typical echo, here we go, and it was one of those he did it under the crash pad. And I was like, Yep, it's happening. I look right at Johnny. Let's do it. And it was one of those things where I legitimately did not think it would be such a moment. At that time, the day of WrestleMania, we walked through the pickup, because now we're in the ring, and the ladders are moving. And I'm going, alright, let's do it. That's what I knew. I was like, this could be big. And I didn't think it would be such a lasting moment. I mean, that was 17 years later."

On WrestleMania 24:

"I had that entrance and I just saw faces. And we had the whole thing with Bradshaw in that match. And it was such an awesome story, I come to find out years later it was supposed to be Finley and Vince at that WrestleMania. Not only that, but they were going to try to make it for a WWE title. I was like, man, if it was against Vince, the JBL match was enormous, build to it and everything. If it was against Vince, can you imagine how much of that build would have been like at that time? Yeah. But man, I am very grateful, the match was so fun. And JBL is just the man. He's the absolute man. And he'd been nothing but great with me. There's a spot with a trash can in that match that wasn't talked about. Literally, the last second I saved my own life by just going no, he just whips his trash can because he saw me that's him thinking on the fly. And he whips the trashcan. I had no idea of it. It wasn't talked about. But it's like the highlight of the match." 

On being the punchline in WWE:

"It always made me laugh because it was like, Oh, we don't have an answer. It's Hornswoggle. Vince’s son, Anonymous GM. All of this stuff was like, Oh, we don't have anything. Oh, it's just it's Dylan. But I love it. It was great. There's two things I didn't care for the whole time being there. And it was like when Mae Young gave birth to me as the New Year's Baby. I remember that. And then when they dressed me up as a cow, again with Torito it was like those two I was like I can see the writing on the wall here guys. I was at my heavy stage in my life. I can see the writing on the wall. But I wasn't about to go, nope. It was TV time, man, letting me live my dream. The only thing I wanted to do since I was four years old, was work for WWE, and be on television. Why would I say no? Why? So I can spend more time at home not booked or in catering not booked or all that? Why would I say no? Again, my dad put it very, very well, one time when I was home for a year straight I was home, not booked. He goes Dylan, there paying you to get you to live your dream. Whether you're used once a year, or once a week, get to live your dream."

On blood coming back in WWE:

"Why did people want blood? I truly feel it's not because of The Attitude Era. It's because we were told online absolutely no blood. No blood anymore. All these sponsors don't want blood this, that, the only thing. When they got it. That's like the f*cking Attitude Era. They're just doing it. They're just doing it. They're not going back to the man we need to go to 96 we need to do 96 All over. Who knows if we ever see it again. I don't think we're gonna see it weekly like we did in the Attitude Era. But it's cool man. Like, I truly feel like everything is compared. Why can't we as wrestling fans, including myself, because I still find myself doing it. I'm a wrestling fan like we all are. Why can't we as wrestling fans just enjoy wrestling?"

On when he didn’t enjoy wrestling:

"When I was unbooked at WWE and sitting home. I was bitter. I was still pitching stuff weekly." 

Were you still watching?

"I was still watching it. I think out of spite, very unhealthy things. I think out of spite. Like I should be on this show that sucked, same as today's fans. That sucks they should be doing something else. But I don't think ever again I'll ever not be a wrestling fan. Especially with my son now, man. We love it. We watch everything. Literally, we love wrestling. Love it. And it's just fun. It's our bond. It's like, I don't know, sports. Shocking. I wasn't a sports player growing up. I didn't have the body for it."

On being paired with Great Khali:

"It was just a random Hey, you weren't booked, we're gonna do this. [Impersonates Vince McMahon] God dammit. Can you imagine them two next to each other? And then Natalya. It’ll be great! Misfits look at them! Damn freak show. [Normal voice] I loved it. I was on TV. It's great. Khali was a buddy of mine. He turned into my first riding partner. Me, Daivari, Khali and Mark Henry. Daivari drove, Khali rode shotgun, me sitting behind Khali, I don't need legroom and then Mark Henry behind Daivari. Mark Henry would fall asleep. Khali liked to smoke in cars, pissed all of us off but we're not going to tell the giant, he was in the Longest Yard. But Khali would smoke and Mark Henry would smell it and would say God dammit put it out. It's f*cking fires them up too. I would like to as I did with a few a good amount of locker rooms. I like to poke the bear I like to maybe start the anger and argument. And then I would just leave. I love it and makes me happy. I'm called the Cartman of group chats. I just literally just enter get people going and then I will not respond for a couple of hours. But I loved Khali man, I still do. He's the best and he didn't need to do it. He had an acting career. Didn't need to do, he’s the best."

On the scariest moment of his career:

"Wee LC. That's the most talked about match I've ever done. I will never top it. I will never do anything cooler have never done anything cooler than that match. It was scary because it was in New Jersey, who behind Chicago is the most like heel crowd, wanting to get themselves over crowd. But it was like, I didn't know how they would react, it's two midgets. One a bull, a midget bull and a midget Rockstar going into a match on the pre-show. First thing that crowd sees that night. With mini ladders and mini tables, mini chairs, mini commentary and mini announcer I didn't know how they'd react. I thought they're gonna blow the sh*t up. I really did. And I remember being backstage in my heart knowing we're going to kill it. In my mind going, if they start booing, we're done. The coolest moment of my life match of my life, going into it is gonna be the worst thing ever. I never thought it would hold up like it has I never thought it would be such a not even talked about thing. [It was] A shove it up the ass moment. I'll say to the fans, I guarantee the locker room didn't take it seriously. Shove it up their ass. I get to gorilla and everyone is on their feet clapping for us. One of those moments where I was like, okay, it was pretty awesome. And then I remember being in my gear literally to like, two matches left and Torito was leaving. He goes ‘You Okay?’ I go I'm okay. [He says] ‘Why aren't you changing?’ I go I’m still in the moment, man. All right. I'll see you tomorrow."

On injuries:

"I have no feeling in my feet. My legs are pretty much dead. [What can we do to fix them?] Nothing. I had another back surgery that I had two back surgeries about three years ago. One to try to fix the problem the other to try to fix that one. We're good. I'm good. I truly am Okay. But my body tells me you need to stop. My mind tells me you need to stop. The ego in me and I fully admit it. It's a full ego. All Ego told me it's my ego. [He said] People love Hornswoggle you need to love Dylan from Oshkosh. And that's when this stops, all of this and signing my fake name. I'm Dylan from Oshkosh, I've always been Dylan from Oshkosh, I have the mindset of Dylan from Oshkosh. But I still love Hornswoggle I still love being able to sign my fake name. I need to have a time where Okay, let's go back to being Dylan. I don't know if that will ever happen."

What is Hornswoggle grateful for?

“My kid, my dad and that people give a sh*t about me signing my fake name.”