Wrestling Shoot Interviews (Louis Joylon West)

OLE ANDERSON SHOOT INTERVIEW
"Ole Anderson: The Iron Grip of Wrestling" delves into the life and career of one of wrestling's most formidable and respected figures. Ole Anderson, a key member of the original Four Horsemen, is known for his no-nonsense style both in and out of the ring. This shoot interview covers his days as a feared competitor and his transition into one of the sharpest minds in wrestling promotion and booking. Anderson discusses his role in shaping the NWA's golden era, his thoughts on the evolution of wrestling, and his notorious reputation for being tough on newcomers who he felt didn’t respect the business. Listeners will gain insights into his strategic approach to storytelling in wrestling, his perspectives on loyalty and business acumen, and his reflections on a life dedicated to this sport.
OLE Anderson explains how his career started. Grew up in Minnesota, met Verne Gagne and went to Calagary and met Stu Hart. Quickly left and met Gene Andrson and they down south and were a strong tag team in the Georgia area. He never really left. He ended up buying Georgia Championship wrestling with the Briscoe Brothers and Bill Watts. He was a strong and smart booker. he talks about booking a young Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan. Starting the firts and Hall of Fame Faction The Horsemen with Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard alongside manager J.J. Dillion. Black Saturday spoke about when The Briscoe Brothers sold the majority of stock in Georgia Championship Wrestling under Oles nose to the new ustart WWEs Vince Mcmahons promotion that was going National. That saturday on Ted Turners TBS WWFs wrestling went on in which was a diseaster and the southern fans and Ted Turner wanted their southren wrestling back. Ole worked with Dusty Rhodes's tits in WCW and is the most miserable unhappy nasty bully prick in the buisness. Listen to his side of famouse stories and how pissed off he still is. I wish him and Bill Watts were attached ass to ass in life witha massive black dildo because they are two peas in a pod but Watts is somewhat educated besides being a pompous pric, leave a message if we should upload Bill Watts next?

Step into the golden era of wrestling with this exclusive interview featuring Mean Gene Okerlund, the legendary voice of WWE and WCW. As a Hall of Fame announcer, commentator, and interviewer, Mean Gene was synonymous with larger-than-life moments in wrestling history, bridging the gap between fans and iconic superstars like Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Ric Flair. With his smooth voice, sharp wit, and impeccable professionalism, Okerlund was more than just an interviewer—he was a storyteller, shaping wrestling’s most unforgettable promos and rivalries. In this rare shoot interview, Mean Gene reflects on his incredible career, pulling back the curtain on backstage stories, personal experiences with wrestlers, and candid moments from his decades-spanning journey. Whether you’re a long-time wrestling fan or a newcomer, this conversation offers a deep dive into the life of one of the most revered personalities in sports entertainment. Prepare for untold stories, laughter, and insight from the man behind the mic who helped define the wrestling industry’s glory days.

Get ready for an unforgettable deep dive into the life and career of Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, one of the most colorful and outspoken figures in professional wrestling history. From dominating the ring as a charismatic heel in the AWA and WWE to becoming a sharp-tongued commentator, Ventura's influence on the wrestling world is undeniable. Known for his flamboyant style, bold personality, and witty one-liners, Jesse’s commentary alongside Gorilla Monsoon is still revered by fans. But Ventura’s life outside the squared circle is just as fascinating—transitioning from a wrestling legend to an actor, political commentator, and even serving as Governor of Minnesota. In this rare shoot interview, Ventura shares candid backstage stories, reflects on his tumultuous relationship with Vince McMahon, and discusses his evolution from wrestler to politician. Join us for an unfiltered conversation with the man who has always refused to play by the rules, offering fans a glimpse into the mind of a true icon in wrestling and beyond.

Dive into the wild and rebellious history of professional wrestling with Tod Gordon, the visionary founder of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). Known for his motto "TOD is GOD," Gordon’s bold leadership and innovative ideas redefined the wrestling landscape, giving rise to a grittier, edgier product that resonated with fans tired of mainstream wrestling. From launching ECW in the early ‘90s as an underground sensation to fostering legendary talents like The Sandman, Sabu, and Tommy Dreamer, Gordon’s influence shaped the extreme style that became iconic. In this rare shoot interview, Gordon opens up about ECW’s chaotic beginnings, the highs and lows of running a renegade promotion, and the groundbreaking moments that changed the business forever. With behind-the-scenes stories, shocking revelations, and reflections on his legacy, this conversation offers an unfiltered look into the mind of the man who lit the fuse that sparked a wrestling revolution.

Join us for an exclusive deep dive into the extraordinary career of Kurt Angle, one of the most decorated athletes in the history of professional wrestling. Angle’s journey began with Olympic gold at the 1996 Games, where he won with a broken neck, setting the stage for a wrestling career marked by unparalleled intensity and technical brilliance. Transitioning from amateur wrestling to the world of sports entertainment, Angle quickly became a dominant force in WWE, capturing multiple world championships and delivering unforgettable matches against legends like Brock Lesnar, The Rock, and Shawn Michaels. Known for his versatility, Angle seamlessly blended comedy with ferocity, becoming an all-time great in both WWE and TNA. Beyond the gold medals and title belts, Angle’s story is one of perseverance through personal challenges, including battles with injury and addiction, making his comeback all the more inspiring. In this candid shoot interview, Angle reflects on his storied career, the highs and lows, his time in TNA, and his Hall of Fame legacy. Fans won’t want to miss this rare opportunity to hear directly from the wrestling machine himself.
Kurt Angle deep dives into the one American Wrestlings scariest true crime account from Fox Catchers Dupont Murders , winning the gold medal for America in the Olyimpics with a broken neck to winning the WWE world title with his rivals like Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Rock. Taking the pro wrestling scene by strom with his natural talent and charisma. His famous run in TNA with sexy Dixie Carter. His battles with substance abuse because of the craziest injuries. This is one interview that pulls the Kayfabe Curtain all the back. So sit back and listen to one hell of a interview.

Explore the life and career of Greg Gagne, a cornerstone of professional wrestling history. As a second-generation wrestler and the son of AWA founder Verne Gagne, Greg carved his own path within the American Wrestling Association (AWA) during its golden era. Known for his technical prowess and in-ring intelligence, Gagne earned respect for his work with tag teams and his contributions to AWA’s glory. Transitioning from wrestler to backstage leader, Gagne later became a key agent for WCW, where his influence extended behind the curtain during the company’s meteoric rise in the 1990s. In this revealing shoot interview, Greg reflects on his wrestling career, from grappling legends like Nick Bockwinkel to helping shape the early careers of future stars like Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair. With candid insights into the fall of AWA, the rise of WCW, and the pressures of living in his father’s shadow, this conversation offers fans a unique perspective on wrestling’s ever-changing landscape from a man who has lived through it all. 
Do you remember where Hulkamania started?  Before the WWE went national one of the most successful places to wrestle was Verne Gagnes American Wrestling Association. Listen to his son Greg who wrestled alongside Jumping Jim Brunzel as the High Flyers. Listen to stories about Larry the "AX" Henning, Mad Dog Vachon, and so many more. How were and where Ric Flair , Ken Patera, and the Iron Sheik trained. How Vince poached all of the AWAs best wrestlers from Jesse "the body" Ventura, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannety, Mene gene and Bobby "the Brain" Heenan. How his father created Hulk Hogan with the matches against Nick Bockwinkel. They had just gotten national TV on ESPN to compete with Crocketts on TBS and the WWE on the USA Network. They battled Vince going national until the very end. How did Eric Bishoff and the WCW screw him over. Greg is another promoters son turned wrestler who thinks he knows and started everything but does have some really interesting facts when he pulls back the Kayfabe curtain in this shoot interview.

Join us for an explosive shoot interview with "Wildfire" Tommy Rich, one of the most electrifying and controversial figures in professional wrestling history. Bursting onto the scene in the late 1970s, Rich became a breakout star in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), captivating fans with his fiery charisma, in-ring intensity, and undeniable connection with the audience. At just 21 years old, Rich captured the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, making history as one of the youngest champions ever. Known for his wild brawls, southern wrestling style, and epic rivalries with legends like Harley Race and Buzz Sawyer, Rich became a beloved figure in regional territories and a fixture of 1980s wrestling. Despite highs in his early career, Rich also faced setbacks, embodying the ups and downs of life in the wrestling world. In this candid interview, Tommy opens up about his meteoric rise, the politics of wrestling’s territory days, personal struggles, and his legacy in the business. Get ready for untold stories, shocking revelations, and all the passion of a man whose fire still burns bright.
At the age of 20 Jim Barnet the owner of Georgia championship wrstling fell in love with this blonde haired young wrestler and so did the rest of the NWA. Learn how Tommy became Wildfire and win the most cherished championship title in America. Woman went nuts for this champion. Learn how Harley Race put him over for the title. From Georgia to Memphis he lit up arenas and joints. Dive into the rebirth of his carreer in the ECW. Stories you will never forget as Tommy "wildfire Rich pulls down the Kayfabe curtain, has a few beers and tars and feathers the NWA in this shoot interview you won't forget.

The louisana Lip Jim Cornette sits for 2 hours with his old friend Paul Bearer A.K.A. Percy Pringle. Working with the Undertaker when he was green in W.C.C.W. with Cornette and the wild Von Erich Stories and just as wild Freebird rivarlry. A young Ravishing Rick Rude. all the way to Glen Jacobs becoming Kane. Two hours with two of wrestlings best managers with stories from all different terriotories. don't miss this one

This Podcast is the life and full wrestling career of Ravishing Rick Rude. Learnig to lower the backround music or get rid of altogether. Listen , Subscribe and leave a Review. Let me know what wrestler should be next.

Shoot Interview with Bret The Hitman Hart
The Montreal Screwjob , his contract signing with WCW to Goldbergs kick and his brother Owens death. Hear it straight from Brets Mouth. Do wrestlers have big egos? Who is telling the truth at this point.

Listen to Scott hall talk about living in Florida and breaking in with Barry Windham , his tag team championship run and the lessons he learned from Mr. Perfect Curt Henning in the AWA, Being the Diamond Stud with DDiamond Dallas Page in WCW, His epic move to the WWF and turning his version into the highly succesful gimmick of Razon Ramon and his IC championship run with his best friends the Kliq, Diesel Kevin Nash, The 1-2-3 Kid Sean Waltman , The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels and the guy the main Event wrestlers get the the pleasure of wrestling because he brown nosed his way to the top even with the biggest Nose in the buisness super sexy Stephanie Mcmahon fell for the Terror Raising once bag holder Hunter Hearst Helmsley to the CCO of WWE.
Every wrestler today should thank him and Kevin Nash for jumping to the WCW when Ted Turner opened his check book giving wrestlers ganrunted contracts. the results of those signings gave birth to the greatest angle in wrestling history. Joined by the heel turn of Hulk Hogan igniting the Monday Night wars with the NWO invasion starting the attitude era with 83 that almost put the WWF out of business. The banks came and repossed Vinces water coolers in the office. For 83 weeks in a row the Outsiders and the NWO beat the fledging WWF until they made 2 bone head moves. First they signed Bret Hart to a over sized contract and Scott Hall explains the Hitman and his Sgt. Peppers jackets failures and the biggest mistake maybe the dumbest when the signed Vince Russo. He also explains the end of WCW and his carreer with Goldberg. The NWO's return to WWF as it was failed from the start. The Rock was home grown talent but Stone Cold stole his gimmick from the Sand Man in ECW. Hear everything from Dusty Rhodes to why Shane Douglass could'nt carry the ball in the WWF

Kevin Nash tells you everything from starting in WCW as Oz and then going to WWF and becoming Diesel, Shawn Michaels body guard. How the Kliq was formed with Scott Hall better known has Razor Ramon, Paul Leveque better known as Triple H the wheel man, Shawn Michaels, Sean Waltman the 1-2-3 kid and his raise to become the World Wrestling Federation Champion. There escapades with traveling , Drinking and Somas. Matches with Brett Hart and the Undertaker. The famous curtain call in Madison Square Garden with the Kliq before Scott Hall and Kevin Nash left the WWF for big contracts to wrestle for Vince Mcmahons biggest rival WCWs Genius billionare Ted Turner. They took Monday Night Nitro by storm portraying a WWF invasion as Nitro under Eric Bischoffs booking as the Outsiders making Nitro the live show a much better product beating Vince and his stale boring company for a amazing 83 weeks. Starting the revolutionary legendary stable called the New World Order of wrestling by convincing The Immortal Hulk Hogan to turn heel becoming the suprise third man of the NWO. With new paint Kevin and Scott made the NWO and Hollywood Hulk Hogan give wresting the shot in the ass it needed. The legendary Monday Night Wars were started in which these innovators are the ones who ignited the change in Vince Mcmahons philosophy and the birth of the attitude era. You don't want to miss this because Nash is extremely intelligent and breaks it down the way you want to hear it.

The Shoot Interview that started it all. The Infamous 4 hour Jim Cornette buries the world from his start as a photographer in Memphis wrestling to Karen Jarret and Jerry Jarret hiring him as a rich mommas boy manager who could garner heat anywhere. The first wrestler he managed was Sherri Martel and the rest is history. The Famous trade between jarret and Watts sent Cornette down to Mid South Wrestloing and the Midnight Express tag team was formed with it's legendary feuds against their rivals The Rock N' Roll Express, a short stint in The W.C.C.W in Texas under Von Erich then the move to the big time on Ted Turners superstation TBS for The Crockets. along with The Four Horseman, The Road Warriors , Magnum T.A. and Dusty Rhodes this promotion gave the WWF a rivarly they will never forget. They just might have beat Vince if Dusy knew how to take his fat old ass out of the main event. He explains how he started on Ric Flairs booking committee after Ted Turner bought JCP renaming it World Championship Wrestling. Ted put a ex studio manager turned Pizza Hut area director in charge and the stories Jim tells are outrageous. Jim quits WCW after a couple of brutal years and meets music producer Rick Rubin and starts his own promotion called Smokey Mountain Wrestling and in the deoression years of wrestling he keeps it a float four almost 4 and a half years. He tells you all about Paul Heyman and his back stabbing antics of ECW and the years he was employeed by the WWE during the attiude ERA and his hatred for wrestling most hated person Vince Russo and Kevin Dunn. Four hours of the most famous shoot in history

Konnan tells all , Early tears in WWf, NWO in WCW, TNA, Lucha, Tripla booker. Konnan has seen it all as he is never at a loss for words or never one who avoids controversy. This is only Part 1 , fire it up konnan

Konnan leaves no stone unturned in Part 2 of this infamous shoot interview. Konnan is well versed in a dynamic career where he wrestled for every promotion and opened the doors for hall of famers like Rey Mysterio Jr. Konnans knowledge is sure to keep you entertained

Sunny was young and fresh out rehab, but still lieing like a carpet. Her escapades with Chris Candido in Smokey Mountain Wrestling. Whe Jim Cornettes tutelage caught the eyes of the WWE and they signed her and then she became Sunny the most downloaded sex symbol on the virgin internet. Affairs with Shawn Michaels and his impotence probelm did'nt stop her from turning her boyfriend into a cuckold as she slept with Davey Boy Smith and only Baby sat Brett Harts children. Sure Tammy. Her runs in WCW and ECW then Peurto Rico. All the lies about how sober she is and her education. The bullshit that her and Chris were buying a house in Colts Neck New Jersey. Queen Latifha has a house there and Bruce Springteen and Bon Jovi live in the next town over known as Rumson. Sunny could'nt even afford a accountant to take care of the property tax in Mommouth county. Keansebu8rg sounds more like it Sunny. It has a mini carnival and Trailers so you would fit right in. Sad to see this once beautiful smart lady just lie, manipulate her way all the way until Karma founf her killing a 75 year old man while she was drunk driving. We will see her 25 years? Good Luck Tammy as Wreget will miss you. You know that loser still has her poster hangoing up and Hannibal can do Interview her when she gets.

Go behind closed doors with Brett "The Hitman" Hart talks about his style in the ring from tag team matchs, Stampede memories, Singles classic matchs with his biggest rivals like Shawn Michaels and Scott Hall. his style and perception is what your going to get in this must listen to classic behind the scenes with The Best their ever was , the best their ever is and the best their ever will be!!

From his start with Marty Jannety as the Midnight Rockers in the AWA to both being the famous Rockers in the WWF until their famous split when Shawn kicked Marty through the window of Brutus The Barber Beekcakes window in the famous Barbershop segment. Their famous IC feud in the early days of Monday Night Raw with Sensational Sherri as he turned into The Heartbreak Kid. HBK needed a bodyguard called Diesel as him , Scott Hall, Triple H and Sean Waltman form the famous Kliq friendship. The night of the Montreal Screw Job when he defeated his biggest rival Brett "the Hitman" Hart to regan the World title. The start of Degeneration X until he lost his smile and hurt his back. Enjoy this extremely rare HBK shoot interview and get his side of the story.

Extremely Rare 25 minute old school shoot of Brusier Brody , Frank Goodish. Unlike you have ever heard before. Frank Donald Goodish (June 18, 1946 – July 17, 1988) was an American professional wrestler who earned his greatest fame under the ring name Bruiser Brody. He also worked as King Kong Brody, the Masked Marauder, and Red River Jack. Over the years Brody became synonymous with the hardcore wrestling brawling style that often saw one or more of the participants bleeding by the time the match was over. In his prime he worked as a "special attraction" wrestler in North America, making select appearances for various promotions such as World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), Central States Wrestling (CSW), Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF), and the American Wrestling Association (AWA) among others. He worked regularly in Japan for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).Behind the scenes Brody was very protective of his "in-ring" image, hardly ever agreeing to lose matches and building a reputation of being volatile; he would on occasion intentionally hit or hurt opponents during a match contrary to the pre-determined nature of professional wrestling. His in-ring work and wrestling persona earned him an induction in the professional wrestling hall of fame, St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame, Southern Wrestling Hall of Fame, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame and the WWE Hall of Fame.Brody died in 1988 from stab wounds suffered backstage in a shower during a wrestling event in Puerto Rico. The killer was José González, better known as Invader I. A jury acquitted González of murder, ruling that González killed Brody in self-defense. Key witnesses to the killing did not give testimony at González' trial due to their summonses only being received after the trial had concluded

American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_commentator, and wrestler. He performed with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association (AWA), the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment (WWF, now WWE) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW) under the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name Bobby "the Brain" Heenan. Heenan was known for his skill in elevating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) on-screen talent by drawing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling) for himself and his wrestlers from the crowd. He was paired with numerous wrestlers, including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bockwinkel, whom he led to win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship, and he became an integral figure in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_professional_wrestling_boom by managing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_Bundy and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant in WWF main event matches with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_2 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_III respectively. The wrestlers under his tutelage were collectively known as "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heenan_Family" at various times throughout his career. Known for his quick wit and comedic ability, Heenan also served as a color commentator and is remembered for his on-screen repartee with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_Monsoon. Outside of wrestling, Heenan authored two books, appeared on numerous television shows, and briefly hosted a parody talk show titled The Bobby Heenan Show on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Prime_Time_Wrestling. Heenan retired in 2001 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_X-Seven after a seventeen-year stint as a commentator in professional wrestling but he continued to make sporadic appearances in several promotions. In 1965, Heenan became a regular in William Afflis' (known by his in-ring persona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_the_Bruiser) Indianapolis-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Association_(Indianapolis) under the moniker "Pretty Boy" Bobby Heenan. In 1966, he wrestled his first match against Calvin "Prince" Pullins. Heenan said he was never trained as a wrestler and it came naturally. He was booked – both as a manager and wrestler – after the promoters saw how well he handled the physical aspects of his managerial duties. During his time in WWA, he managed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Poffo and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Markoff, the Assassins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Mitchell_(wrestler) and Joe Tomasso), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Valiant_Brothers and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blackjacks. In particular, Heenan was credited with making https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackjack_Lanza one of the top wrestling villains in the country. This impressed promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Muchnick, who typically hated wrestling managers, and Heenan is believed to be the only heel manager to work in Muchnick's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Wrestling_Club. He also occasionally wrestled with a storyline "brother" Guy Heenan, portrayed by Guy Mitchell, from the Assassins. In 1974, he left the WWA. He attributed his departure to a dispute with Afflis over pay for his participation in the first-ever wrestling event held at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Square_Arena, emphatically stating that he never returned to the promotion as a result. After leaving WWA, Heenan announced he was now to be known as "The Brain" at his AWA debut in 1969. He took up managing the team of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bockwinkel and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens_(wrestler), a duo which won a third https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship under his leadership. While Bockwinkel and Stevens feuded with The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser, Bruiser famously called Heenan "Weasel"; this led to his rivals calling him "Weasel" throughout the rest of his wrestling career. The AWA was the starting point for the first incarnation of his eponymous heel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_(professional_wrestling), The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heenan_Family, which initially consisted of Bockwinkel, Stevens, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Duncum_Sr., and Blackjack Lanza. On January 25, 1975, an angry fan fired a gun at Heenan in Chicago's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Amphitheatre after Heenan interfered in one of Bockwinkel's matches. Heenan was unharmed, but five people sitting ringside were injured, one of them critically. Later in 1975, Bockwinkel captured his first of several https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship, ending the seven-year reign of perennial champion and AWA promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verne_Gagne. While Bockwinkel was AWA Champion in 1976, Lanza and Duncum captured the AWA World Tag Team Championship, making Heenan the first manager in history to simultaneously manage both a major promotion's singles and tag team champions. In 1984, Heenan left AWA to join the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation (WWF). While most of the AWA talent left for the WWF during this time without giving proper notice (the AWA required departing talent to work a six-week notice for booking and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_syndication-based reasons, with most talent claiming that WWF promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McMahon paid them extra not to work out their notices with the AWA), only Heenan worked out his notice in good faith to the Gagne family. He was written out of AWA television when https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Karbo announced on the September 28 broadcast of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_All-Star_Wrestling that Heenan had been suspended indefinitely by AWA President Stanley Blackburn for initiating an attack on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Ones by Heenan Family members Nick Bockwinkel and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Saito.
Heenan was signed by the WWF in 1984 with the intention of him managing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura, however Ventura's retirement due to blood clots in his lungs prevented this from happening. Instead, Heenan managed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_John_Studd (whom Heenan was best friends with in the AWA) in his feud against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant. Studd challenged André to a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar15,000 bodyslam match at the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_(1985), with the stipulation being that André would have to retire had he lost. Heenan and the Heenan Family had a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan in the 1980s, and Heenan managed two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania challengers to Hogan's title. In 1986, Heenan managed King Kong Bundy in his main event bout at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_2. During the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant%E2%80%93Hulk_Hogan_rivalry preceding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_III, André sided with Heenan and challenged Hogan at the event. While neither Bundy nor André won the title at that time, André later bested Hogan for the championship on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Event_I on February 5, 1988, in a controversial win after he aligned himself with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_DiBiase. Part Coming Next

Martin Anthony Lunde (born September 20, 1958), better known by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name Arn Anderson, is an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Agent, author, and retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling (AEW) as manager of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardlow_(wrestler). Although he is widely regarded as one of the greatest tag team wrestlers in history, he also had a successful singles career and became a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, which he often called his "world title". Anderson's career was highlighted by his alliances with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair and various members of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Stable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_(professional_wrestling) in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance (NWA) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW). After his retirement, he worked as a producer for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE until 2019, when he joined AEW. On March 31, 2012, Anderson was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame as a member of the Four Horsemen.
Lunde began his career on January 2, 1982 in Georgia Championship Wrestling going by the ring name Jim Vertaroso, having been trained by Ted Lipscomb (Allen). He spent much of the year wrestling in various independent wrestling companies across the United States, including a minor run in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Bill_Watts) for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watts from 1982 to 1983. By the middle of 1983, he made his way to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Championship_Wrestling, an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance affiliated promotion operating out of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama. Taking the name of "Super Olympia", Lunde soon became a member of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Fuller_(wrestler)'s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stud_Stable before the year was out. Lunde saw success in the tag team ranks by winning the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CWF_Tag_Team_Championship three times with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Stubbs and once with Pat Rose throughout 1984. It was also here in this promotion that Lunde met and began what would become a lifelong friendship with Ric Flair. By the end of the year, however, Lunde left the company and joined Mid South Wrestling based out of Shreveport. Lunde's time in Mid South was coming to an end, and during a TV taping the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkyard_Dog mentioned to Bill Watts, the owner of Mid South Wrestling, that Lunde looked like an Anderson. Watts called Jim Crockett and convinced him to book Lunde. Lunde made his way to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett,_Jr.'s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Championship_Wrestling, based in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virginias and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carolinas. By this time, the company extended its range into https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state) after rival promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McMahon purchased https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling. There was a strong physical resemblance between Lunde and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Anderson, who had achieved legendary status in the Georgia and Mid-Atlantic territories as a tag team wrestler. Ole noticed that Lunde's style was a no nonsense approach in the ring and specialized in working over a part of an opponent's body throughout the match, much like Ole himself. Anderson agreed to work with Lunde, helping to hone his capabilities, and re-formed the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Wrecking_Crew with Lunde replacing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Anderson_(wrestler) and taking on the name of "Arn Anderson", Ole's kayfabe brother. The team quickly became a force in the territory by capturing the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_National_Tag_Team_Championship in March 1985. In the latter half of 1985, the Andersons formed a loose knit alliance with fellow heels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tully_Blanchard and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair, as they began to have common enemies. The foursome frequently teamed together in six-man, and sometimes, eight-man tag matches or interfered in each other's matches to help score a victory or, at least, to prevent each other from losing their titles. The alliance quickly became a force within the territory, working in feuds against some of the biggest stars in the company like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_T._A., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Express. Anderson also saw success as a singles wrestler on January 4, 1986, by winning the vacant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship. Anderson also had a tremendous ability to do interviews to further the storylines he participated in. His ability to improvise in interviews allowed him to coin the "Four Horsemen" moniker for the stable, as he likened their coming to wrestle at an event and the aftermath of their wrath as being akin to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse, and the name stuck. Anderson continued his reign as NWA Television Champion for most of the year, holding the championship for just over 9 months before losing it to Dusty Rhodes on September 9, 1986. As a member of the Horsemen, Anderson continued to be involved in high-profile angles within the company. By mid-1987, Anderson and fellow Horsemen Tully Blanchard began regularly competing as a tag team and rose quickly through the tag team ranks.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson#cite_note-AlumArch-5 The duo faced the Rock 'n' Roll Express for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship on September 29, 1987, and were victorious.
Anderson and Blanchard left Crockett's company to join Vince McMahon's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation. Upon being named the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Busters, the team took https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_%22The_Brain%22_Heenan as their https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling) and quickly began rising through the tag team ranks, eventually coming to challenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_(professional_wrestling) for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Tag_Team_Championship. On July 18, 1989, the Brain Busters won the titles, ending Demolition's historic reign of 478 days; the match would air on the July 29 edition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_XXII. In December 1989, Anderson left the WWF and went back to WCW.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson#cite_note-AlumArch-5 Blanchard was slated to return as well but WWF accused him of testing positive for cocaine. Crockett's company was now called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling and was under the ownership of billionaire mogul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Turner. Anderson helped to reform the Horsemen and he quickly found success in the company, winning the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship on January 2, 1990.
On the August 25, 1997, episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Monday_Nitro, Anderson formally announced his retirement from the ring.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson#cite_note-AlumArch-5 While standing in the ring, surrounded by Ric Flair and newest Horsemen members https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McMichael and Benoit, Anderson declared that his last official act as the "Enforcer" for the Four Horsemen was to offer his "spot" in the gr

Warrior (born James Brian Hellwig; June 16, 1959 – April 8, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. Best known by his ring name The Ultimate Warrior, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1987 to 1992, as well as a short stint in 1996. He also notably spent a few months in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1998, in which he was known as The Warrior.
From 1985 to 1986, he would tag with fellow former bodybuilder Steve Borden, later known as Sting, as the Blade Runners. The two split when Warrior left to pursue a singles career in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW). Under the ring name Dingo Warrior, he was a one-time WCWA Texas Heavyweight Champion. In 1987, he joined the World Wrestling Federation, and became a two-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion within two years. At WrestleMania VI, Warrior won the WWF Championship in a title vs. title match over Hulk Hogan, making him the first wrestler to hold both titles concurrently. Posited as the new face of the company, he would fall out with chairman Vince McMahon over a pay dispute, and unsuccessfully attempted to leave the WWF, with which he was under contract. Warrior would return at WrestleMania VIII, but by November 1992, he had been released; it was later revealed that this was due to steroid use. In 1993, he legally changed his name to the mononym "Warrior" and was credited as a co-writer for a comic book based on his name and likeness. Warrior returned to the WWF at WrestleMania XII, but lasted four months, as he began no-showing events. Two years later, he joined World Championship Wrestling (which had tried to hire him in 1995), being used in a much-maligned storyline with Hogan, which culminated at Halloween Havoc. Warrior retired from professional wrestling and subsequently embarked on a public speaking career, but wrestled one final match in Spain in 2008.
The Ultimate Warrior spares no words when talking about Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea) and Vince Mcmahon. Hear it from his side about his tenure in WCW. His vitrile is at his best in this shoot because the Ultimate Warrior is right in many of his views but he is very jaded in just as much. Must Listen

Roy Wayne Farris (born January 25, 1953) is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1986 to 1991, where he performed under the ring name The Honky Tonk Man.
Since 2000, Honky has worked independent wrestling shows all over the world. Honky, along with Ryan Smith and a host of others, ran a series of controversial wrestling websites from 2000 to 2006. TheHonkyTonkMan.com featured frequent updates from Honky himself, a highly interactive message board community, extensive photo gallery, audio updates, and more. Notable online feuds began between The Honky Tonk Man and Jerry Lawler, Roddy Piper, and others. These often intense online rivalries became a major drawing point for fans. The website unexpectedly closed without much explanation in December 2006. The site now forwards to various new ventures of former website manager Ryan Smith, who remains tight-lipped about the closing. Honky has wrestled for Southern Championship Wrestling in Castroville, Texas, and MSW in eastern Canada. On April 23, 2008, Honky was seen wrestling in Presque Isle, Maine for the North Atlantic American Wrestling Association promotion. He appeared on Heavy on Wrestling on June 14, 2008, in Superior, Wisconsin. He wrestled as a fan favorite, defeating Big Brody Hoofer and hitting Cameron Steele with a guitar. He also appeared at PDX Wrestling (the new-age Portland Wrestling, run by Sandy Barr's son Josh) teaming with a local fan favorite against two villains. On April 26, 2008, Honky was inducted into the XWF Hall of Fame by its creator Jack Blaze at their 2008 XWF Superbrawl event. XWF was later renamed LPW (Legends Pro Wrestling) where Honky is still honored in their Hall of Fame. On June 28, 2008, in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, he made a special guest appearance for Ring of Honor with the storyline that "Sweet N'Sour" Larry Sweeney had brought him on board with his Sweet N'Sour Inc. faction. He praised the crowd and was about to sing and dance for them until Sweeney stepped in and told him he would not be doing either until their demands were met. He was inducted on April 7, 2019, by his former manager Jimmy Hart.
THE HONKY TONK MAN (WAYNE FERRIS) is shoot interview GOLD!!!! ALWAYS ENTERTAINING. ENJOY

Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian: حسین خسرو علی وزیری, romanized: Hossein Xosrô 'Ali Vaziri; March 15, 1942 – June 7, 2023), better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, was an Iranian-American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and actor. He was the first, and thus far only, Iranian champion in WWE history, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983.This villainous character peaked during the 1980s WWF wrestling boom and his rivalry with Hulk Hogan turned Hogan into one of the greatest television heroes of the decade. He later formed a tag team with Nikolai Volkoff, which won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event. In 2005, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.A heel throughout the 1980s, Sheik later gained popularity on Kidd Chris, The Howard Stern Show, and the Internet due to his shoot interviews, vulgar language, and apparent intense dislike for some of his fellow professional wrestlers, particularly Hogan and Brian Blair; however, the true nature of his relationship with Hogan has been a subject of debate.
In 1972, Khosrow was invited to become a professional wrestler by promoter Verne Gagne. Khosrow trained in the same class as Ric Flair at Gagne's wrestling camp under trainer Billy Robinson and then wrestled for Gagne's American Wrestling Association (AWA). He also worked as a trainer, teaching Ricky Steamboat, Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell.
The Iron Sheik returned to the WWF in 1983 and challenged Bob Backlund for WWF World Heavyweight Championship again. Backlund accepted, and on the December 24 episode of All- American Wrestling, also accepted Sheik's weekly Persian club challenge. He was successful in his third attempt to swing the clubs, and the Sheik immediately attacked him from behind, injuring his neck in a work. In the December 26 title bout at Madison Square Garden, Backlund attempted to roll Sheik into a bridge pin, but this aggravated his work-weakened neck. Sheik capitalized by applying his Camel Clutch chin lock finisher. Backlund didn't submit, but his concerned manager Arnold Skaaland threw in the towel and forfeited the championship in a work in order to transition to Hulk Hogan without Hogan having to face a babyface champion. The Iron Sheik was scheduled to rematch Backlund, who was replaced by Hulk Hogan. Five minutes in, Sheik had Hogan locked in the Camel Clutch. Hogan powered to his feet with Sheik still on his back, rammed him backward into the turnbuckles, and hit his Atomic Legdrop for the pin and the championship. According to The Iron Sheik, Gagne had offered him $100,000 to break Hogan's leg during the match and return to the AWA with the WWF title.
Despite promising to repair his family, Vaziri was unable to successfully quit drugs following Marissa's death. Vaziri was reported to have been extremely angered after his daughter's death to the point where he considered retaliation against her killer. In 2005, the family believed Vaziri was a danger to himself and others and forced him to enter rehabilitation; an employee allegedly snuck in cocaine for him.
The Iron Sheik made his film debut in The Tale of the 3 Mohammads in 2005. He then appeared alongside Daniel Baldwin and Corey Feldman in Operation Belvis Bash in 2011. Sheik also made an appearance on the Canadian show Kenny vs. Spenny on the "Who is a better pro wrestler?" episode where he attempted to sodomize a naked Spenny with a beer bottle. He also appeared in Maz Jobrani's 2009 stand-up comedy special Brown & Friendly. The Sheik made an appearance as himself in Robot Chicken, as well as The Eric André Show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. In 2014, The Iron Sheik acted in a documentary about his life titled "The Sheik."

Jim Cornette lives no stone unturned when he unleashes everything he has against the most despised man in wrestling history Vince Russo. Jim was the first to start warning us of the horrible things that Russo would due to wrestling. Evitable he destroyed the Ted Turner backed WCW then TNA which most of this classic rant lets you in on.

Vincent James Russo (born January 24, 1961) is an American professional wrestling booker, writer, and pundit. He is notable for his tenures with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling) in creative roles. He also occasionally made appearances as an on-screen authority figure, and professional wrestler, in WCW and TNA. His writing style often blurred the lines between reality and fiction, while also favoring elements such as shock twists, grand moments and larger-than-life characters over in-ring action, which made him a controversial figure amongst certain wrestling fans. Russo was head of the WWF's creative department during the widely acclaimed Attitude Era, during which the company achieved record high television ratings. In 1992, Russo was hired as a freelance writer for WWF Magazine following a letter that he had written to Linda McMahon, and would later become an editor in 1994 under the pseudonym of Vic Venom. He was eventually promoted to the WWF Creative Team in 1996. In 1997, Russo became head writer for the WWF. Some of the more controversial characters during this time, often cited by critics of Russo, include Sable, Val Venis and The Godfather. Russo devised the infamous Brawl for All tournament.
On October 3, 1999, Russo and Ed Ferrara signed with WCW. On the September 18, 2000 episode of Nitro, Russo was in a tag match alongside Sting and Booker T versus Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett, with the wrestler getting the pin receiving a shot at Booker T's WCW World Heavyweight Championship.[20] Russo won after Booker T dragged an unconscious Russo onto Steiner for the three count. The following week, Russo faced Booker T in a steel cage match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The match did not appear to have a clear winner as Russo was speared by Goldberg through the side of the cage at the same time Booker exited the cage. Russo's run as head writer and fledgling in-ring career came to a halt after the concussion and other injuries. Time Warner bought out Russo's contract shortly after the WCW buyout in May 2001 as he was the main reason for WCW going out of business.
In July 2002, Russo joined Jeff and Jerry Jarrett's NWA-TNA promotion as a creative writer and would assist in the writing and production of the shows. Russo claims that the name "Total Nonstop Action" came from him and that the original concept was, as they were exclusive to pay-per-view, to be an edgier product than WWE; the initials of the company "TNA" being a play on "T&A," short for "Tits and Ass." Gene Okerlund claimed in 2004 that Russo's ideas were successful in the WWF because Vince McMahon was able to control them, while Ric Flair doubted Russo's WWF influence during their time together in WCW later blaming Russo for the disorganization of WCW. Eric Bischoff has said that Russo was hired at WCW by overstating his influence in WWF, which Bischoff called "fraudulent." Wrestling promoters Tony Khan and Jody Hamilton have criticized Russo's role in the downfall of WCW and TNA co-founder Jerry Jarrett expressed regret at the decision of bringing Russo in. Russo worked with Jim Cornette in the WWF during the 1990s and in TNA during the 2000s. They regularly conflicted over their opposing views on the wrestling business. In April 2010, a law firm contacted and accused Cornette of making a "terroristic threat" after writing a letter saying, "I want Vince Russo to die. If I could figure out a way to murder him without going to prison, I would consider it the greatest accomplishment of my life."

Macho Man Randy Savage gives one of his last true shoot interviews. In this short 25 minute but sweet shoot interview you get to see a side of Randy Savage that rarely was seen. This a hidden gem that deserves to be heard. The Macho Man gives you a quick update of what he was doing around 2000. Very reserved for all the crazy stories we here , there is only one Randy Savage. Thanks Macho Man.

Rare Shoot interview from the greatest performer of the golden area. The man who bought us Hulkamania and when everyone thought his time was over he truly is the innovator of the Attitude by turning heel and becoming Hollywood Hulk Hogan and unleashing the NWO with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash for a run that is documented at 83 weeks but it was longer then that. It was so big it forced the WWE to completely scrap there archaic formatt and replicate what the WCW was doing but unforntunately people don't realize that that Turner Entertainment was handcuffed by a strict family code because the Turner congomerate was involed with not only Warner brothers and Aol at its peak but represented CNN, the HLN Headline news, the weather channel, TCM and many other restriants that a corporation had to lose. Vince was allowed a much longer lease on USA. Vince knew he needed to bring back Hulk to the WWE no matter how big stone cold was its the Rock Hogan match that people still talk about to this day. In this interview he talks about TNA impact wrestling and the Hardys, don't let the marks fool you that Hulk Hogan ruined TNA. People ripped Dixie Carter but her family gave many wrestlers that the WWE and AEW now use. Sadly she was poisoned by Vince Russo's constent T N A crash TV / Jerry Springer television. People throw television deals at Hulk Hogan and he brought eyes to TNA.
In this 30 minute interview he speaks of the Canadien fans and the Wrestlemania match with the Rock, watching Dusty Rhodes and Superstar Billy graham at the Tampa bay armory. He speaks kindly about Bret Hart even after all the hateful words hart spoke of him. He talk about the Iron Sheik who put over Hogan for his first WWF championship.
Thank you Hulk Hogan for 30 minutes of uncut shoot and for all the last wish things you di for children.

CM Punk has become known as one of the most brash and outspoken independent stars today. He holds nothing back in this RF Video Shoot Interview as he goes into detail on his entire career from IWA Mid South to MLW to Zero-One in Japan to NWA TNA to everywhere in between. The charismatic Punk is open and honest in giving his views on a number of subjects. This is an interesting and entertaining look into the mind of a fast rising star who possesses one of the most underrated minds in the wrestling business.
Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2005 to 2014, and in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2021 to 2023. Brooks began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, mainly with Ring of Honor (ROH), winning the ROH World Championship once.Brooks' first venture into wrestling was a stint in a backyard wrestling federation called the Lunatic Wrestling Federation with his brother Mike and their friends in the mid-late 1990s. He had his debut match on March 13, 1999. He first started using the ring name CM Punk when he was put into a tag team named The Chick Magnets with CM Venom after another performer skipped out on the card; the CM stood for "Chick Magnet". Unlike his friends, Punk genuinely wanted to be a wrestler and saw it as more than simple fun. Punk soon left the federation and enrolled as a student at the Steel Dominion wrestling school in Chicago, where he was trained by Ace Steel, CM Punk made his in-ring debut on ROH at All Star Extravaganza on November 9, 2002, in a gauntlet match involving five participants, that was won by Bryan Danielson. Initially, Punk joined ROH as a face, trading wins with Cabana at Night of the Butcher and Final Battle. In the summer of 2004, Punk faced off against ROH World Champion Samoa Joe for the championship in a three-match series. On June 12 at World Title Classic, the first match resulted in a 60-minute time limit draw, when neither Punk nor Joe could pin or cause the other to submit within the allotted 60 minutes. On October 16 at Joe vs. Punk II, they wrestled to a second 60-minute draw. In addition to Joe vs. Punk II becoming Ring of Honor's bestselling DVD at the time, the match received a five-star rating by famed wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. It was the first match in North America to receive a five-star rating in seven years, the last one being the first-ever Hell in a Cell match between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker at Badd Blood: In Your House in 1997. Stay Tuned for part Two and for a straight real shoot with Cm Punk and Samoa Joe soon to come.

CM Punk has become known as one of the most brash and outspoken independent stars today. He holds nothing back in this RF Video Shoot Interview as he goes into detail on his entire career from IWA Mid South to MLW to Zero-One in Japan to NWA TNA to everywhere in between. The charismatic Punk is open and honest in giving his views on a number of subjects. This is an interesting and entertaining look into the mind of a fast rising star who possesses one of the most underrated minds in the wrestling business.

After concluding the rivalry with Raven, Second City Saints turned faces by feuding with The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels, B.J. Whitmer and Dan Maff), suspecting them of attacking Punk's on-screen girlfriend Lucy Fer. Whitmer was revealed to be the assailant, which led to Saints facing Prophecy in a six-man tag team match at The Battle Lines Are Drawn, which ended in a no contest. The match concluded when Punk drove Daniels with a Pepsi Plunge off the top rope through a table, thus explaining Daniels' departure from ROH. Around this time, Punk began climbing the ranks of ROH, including coming in second at the Second Anniversary Show during the tournament to crown the first ROH Pure Champion, losing to AJ Styles in the finals.

At Reborn: Stage Two, Punk and Cabana defeated the Briscoe Brothers to win their first ROH Tag Team Championship. At Round Robin Challenge III, the Second City Saints lost the Tag Team Championship to B.J. Whitmer and Dan Maff in a round robin challenge, but defeated the Briscoe Brothers later that night to win their second Tag Team Championship. Setting up for his legendargy feud with Samoa Joe which we will cover in the next shoot interview uncut with CM Punk & Samoa Joe. CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, A.J. Stlyes and Samoa Joe in their prime its a shame that ROH didn't have the corporate money behind them at the time because nobody was putting on these caliber of matches.

From 2009 to 2011 Young was in a relationship with Terri Runnels; after the relationship ended Runnels filed a lawsuit against Young for libel and to block distribution of sexually explicit photos he had of Runnels. Young was married to Jennifer Young. After retiring, Young regularly used prescribed painkillers to help with the pain from various injuries he sustained during his career. In 2016, he collapsed while walking home from an event. He was diagnosed with blood clots in his legs and back, in addition to heart problems. Tommy Dreamer revealed that when he tried to book Young for his House of Hardcore promotion, Young said he was in poor health and often bedridden due to his heart problems and failing vision. On May 14, 2021, Young died of a heart attack in the afternoon at his Greensboro, North Carolina home at the age of 58. Sadly this was his final uncensored shoot interview before his death. New Jack along with Jim Cornette , The Honky Tonk Man and the Iron Sheik are true shoot interview legends because they held nothing back and this old school interviews are far better then the Kayfabe planned interviews with wrestlers. They are all pre-planned and have become a neo shoot format, basically promotion for older wrestlers. New Jack will always enertain.

Eddie Guerrero Shoot Interview. was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). A prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family, being the son of first-generation wrestler Gory Guerrero, he was widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential professional wrestlers of all time. Guerrero performed in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions, and in the United States he performed for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and most notably World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE). Guerrero's gimmick was that of a "Latino Heat", a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His catchphrase became "I Lie! I Cheat! I Steal!" and was used in one of his entrance themes; he partly used this phrase in the title of his 2005 autobiography, Cheating Death, Stealing Life. Despite being a heel for most of his career, he was popular in and out of the ring and was at the peak of his career as a face during 2003–2005, becoming the top wrestler on the SmackDown brand in 2004. He experienced various substance abuse problems, including alcoholism and an addiction to painkillers; these real-life issues were sometimes incorporated into his storylines. In this shoot interview he talks about how he started in wrestling, Art Barr, Konnan, Art Barr's death, Frog Splash Origins, Paul Heyman,Dean Malenko, Eric Bischoff, Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio, Hogan, Hall, Nash & WCW backstage politics, LWO, 1999 car accident, addiction & recovery,WCW departure,WWF, Eddie talks about multiple WWF wrestlers & how the Latino Heat gimmick originated, Rehab & WWF departure. Eddie would rejoin the WWE and have matches against the likes of Kurt Angle until his sad untimely death. Great to hear his story in this open shoot.

Lex Luger, is an American retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodybuilder, and football player. He is best known for his work with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW), and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE Luger is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WCW_World_Heavyweight_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship and one-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship. He is also a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_United_States_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship who holds the records for consecutive days and total days as champion. He is the second https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_(professional_wrestling)#List_of_WCW_Triple_Crown_winners. Although he never won a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship in the WWF, he challenged for every title in the organization (including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_World_Championship matches at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(1993) in 1993 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_X in 1994) and was the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(1994) co-winner with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hart. Luger went to work for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (JCP), which was under the NWA banner, with the nickname "The Total Package" and began using "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger#In_wrestling", an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbreaker#Argentine_backbreaker_rack, as his finisher. He was first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#B as an associate to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair's "Four Horsemen" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#S until https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Anderson was kicked out and he became an official member of the group. His first big https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) was with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Koloff, whom he defeated for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship on July 11, 1987. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Dillon threw a chair over the top of the cage while the referee, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Hebner, was down. Luger knocked Koloff unconscious with it and then lifted up Koloff in the Torture Rack. A revived Hebner then dropped Koloff's arm three times with no response and awarded Luger a submission victory. He held the title until JCP's first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-view event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrcade_(1987) in November, when he https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#D it to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes in a steel cage. This loss set the stage for Luger leaving the Four Horsemen, as manager Dillon's interference cost Luger the match. A steel chair thrown in by Dillon was dropped by Luger and Rhodes DDT'd Luger on it prior to pinning him for the win. United States Heavyweight Champion (1989–1990). World Heavyweight Champion (1991–1992) Luger again began to challenge Ric Flair for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship after becoming No.1 contender by defeating The Great Muta on the June 14, 1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XV:_Knocksville_USA. Luger's title match against Flair was set to be contested at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(1991) in a steel cage match with the added https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipulation that, should Flair get disqualified he would lose the title. The match never occurred, however, as Flair began to have disagreements with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Herd, the head of WCW, over his future and salary. He eventually quit the company (being "stripped" of the title in the process) and took https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Gold_Belt with him. With the WCW World Heavyweight Championship now vacant, Barry Windham was declared the No. 2 contender and was set to face Luger in the cage match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(1991). During the match, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Race and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Hughes came to ringside. While Hughes kept Windham's attention, Race told Luger that "now is the time" to perform a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_(professional_wrestling) on the distracted Windham. Luger did so and won the match, thereby winning his first WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Return to WCW (1995–2001) Eight days after his appearance at SummerSlam and only one night after competing at a WWF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_show in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger#cite_note-76 Luger made his return to WCW on the premiere of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Monday_Nitro, coming out during the match for the United States Heavyweight Championship between champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair. On the August 4, 1997, episode of Nitro, Luger defeated Hogan to win his second World Heavyweight Championship in an impromptu match. On May 1, 2003, MISS ELIZABETH Hulette died in the Marietta townhouse she shared with Lugerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger#cite_note-123 after mixing pills of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocodone and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alprazolam (Xanax) with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka. Luger has gone through many infractions with the law but this shoot video takes place during those incidents and this shoot is before October 19, 2007, Luger suffered a nerve impingement in his neck that led to temporary paralysis. In an unconfirmed report it was stated that he underwent an intravenous antibiotic treatment and was expected to make a full recovery, though that was never an official prognosis. This Shoot is a focus on Jim Crockett Promotions and his WCW career.

Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling best known for his work with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association (AWA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (JCP), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW), and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF, now WWE). Steamboat is often regarded as one of the best professional wrestlers of all time. In JCP and WCW, he was a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NWA_World_Heavyweight_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat#cite_note-nwatitle-6 a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_United_States_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship, a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WCW_World_Television_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, a 12-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WCW_World_Tag_Team_Champions under the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship, In the WWF/E, Steamboat was a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_Intercontinental_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship, and was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame in 2009.
Blood debuted in 1976 as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association (AWA) under his real name "Rick Blood". He went from the AWA to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida (CWF). Before his debut at CWF, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Graham gave him the ring name "Ricky Steamboat" based on his resemblance to Hawaiian wrestler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Steamboat. According to Steamboat, Graham thought "Rick Blood" was a good name for a heel, but not a face. In 1977, Steamboat entered the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance-sanctioned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (JCP) (which ran under the concurrent brand names "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Pro" and "Wide World Wrestling"—later "World Wide Wrestling"—as well as airing syndicated TV programs under those respective names), where he would remain for the next eight years of his career. Steamboat, who had been brought in by JCP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Book George Scott on the recommendation of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel, was initially billed as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) protege of Wahoo and barely spoke above whispers in interviews. Matching him with his brash young counterpart, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair, was a natural fit. Steamboat was doing an interview on the syndicated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Pro when Flair, then Mid-Atlantic television champion, began goading him. Steamboat knocked Flair out with a backhand chop to set up a match between the two. Steamboat's star-making performance came when he https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling) Flair after a double thrust off the top rope to win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRAL-TV studios in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina. Notable moments involving Steamboat's time in the Mid-Atlantic territory include: the day Flair dragged his face around the television studio, causing facial scarring, and Steamboat retaliating the following week by ripping Flair's expensive suit to shreds (an angle that would be reworked several times involving other wrestlers in the years that followed); when longtime tag team partner Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Turn heel on Steamboat at the end of a two-ring battle royal; Steamboat and Youngblood painting yellow streaks down the backs of Paul Jones and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_von_Raschke to embarrass them into defending the World Tag Team titles against the two; Steamboat and Youngblood's top drawing feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Slaughter and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kernodle; Steamboat and Youngblood being turned on by their friends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brisco and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Brisco; Steamboat in a shocking (and emotional) feud against former mentor McDaniel; and his last great series in the territory, feuding with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tully_Blanchard over the NWA TV title. After creative differences with JCP booker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes, Steamboat left the NWA.
Birth of "the Dragon" (1985–1986) In 1985, Steamboat was offered a contract by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McMahon and joined the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF). Shortly after his debut (where he defeated Steve Lombardi on Championship Wrestling), Steamboat was given the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Gimmick of a babyface nicknamed "the Dragon"; Steamboat's jacket-and-trunks attire was replaced by a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keikogi and long tights. Steamboat's mother is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American, hence his Asian features crucial for his "Dragon" gimmick. Steamboat kept the nickname and gimmick for the remainder of his career. On the November 22, 1986 edition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Superstars_of_Wrestling, Steamboat got a shot at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Savage. Steamboat lost the match by countout but after the match, Savage continued to assault him and injured Steamboat's larynx (kayfabe) with the ring bell, beginning an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Angle between the two. On the January 3, 1987 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_IX, Steamboat returned from his injury and prevented Savage from attacking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steele like he had done to Steamboat six weeks prior. At https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_III, Steamboat defeated Savage for the Intercontinental Championship. The highly influential match was considered an instant classic by both fans and critics and was named 1987's Match of the Year by both https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Worked_Match_of_the_Year. Several weeks after winning the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, Steamboat asked WWF owner Vince McMahon for some time off to be with his wife Bonnie, who was expecting the birth of their first son, Richard, Jr. This did not sit well with WWF management as he had been groomed to become a long-term champion. The decision was made by WWF management to punish Steamboat by having him initially https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Drop the title to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Reed, but Reed did not show up that night, so he dropped to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honky_Tonk_Man on the June 15 edition of Superstars; his son was born a month later. Steamboat came back in time for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1987) in November 1987. He returned to the Crockett-WCW and won the NWA title at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Town_Rumble where Steamboat defeated Flair in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_event for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship.

In 2004 Wrestling greatest manager of all time gave his classic Hall of Fame speech when he was inducted. Bobby is natural in comedy and has a schick that few are born with. He was so funny that Vince Mcmahon was gave him his own late night comedy style show after his failed attemt at Tuesday night Titans. Bobby could have been in Hollywood but luckily for wrestling fans he fell in love with wrestling and the rest is history. Take step back in time and laugh a little with the late great Bobby "the brain" Heenan.

In 1991, Bagwell was hired by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling, where he wrestled under his full name. Bagwell made his WCW debut on November 5 in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Dark_match, losing to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Graham_(wrestler).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell#cite_note-WCWbio-2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell#cite_note-Guttman-8https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell#cite_note-Accl3359-9 He would then wrestle a tryout match on November 11 and made his televised debut as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XVII, where he was interviewed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Hyatt. He made his televised in-ring debut by defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Rogers on the December 14 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Saturday_Night. Bagwell made his pay-per-view debut at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrcade_(1991), where he was paired with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Garvin against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hayes_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Smothers in a Lethal Lottery match, which he and Garvin won after Bagwell hit Smothers with the fisherman suplex to qualify for the Battlebowl battle royal later in the night, which https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(wrestler) won. Bagwell received his first title shot on the January 11, 1992 episode of World Championship Wrestling against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, but failed to win the title as the match ended in a ten-minute time limit draw. Bagwell would then begin feuding with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Taylor, which led to a match between the two at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperBrawl_II, which Bagwell won.
Bagwell participated in a tournament for the vacant World Television Championship on the February 20, 1993 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Worldwide, where he lost to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxx_Payne in the first round. On the February 20 episode of Saturday Night, Bagwell teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Cold_Scorpio and Steve Regal to defeat Scotty Flamingo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Slazenger_and_Shanghai_Pierce in a six-man tag team match. This would lead to the formation of a tag team of Bagwell and Scorpio. During this time, Bagwell began a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Blonds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Pillman and Steve Austin), which led to Bagwell teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Watts to take on The Hollywood Blonds in a tag team match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperBrawl_III, which Bagwell's team lost. Bagwell resumed teaming with Scorpio and the team gained success unlike Bagwell's previous teams as they defeated various teams including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slamboree_(1993), Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Blast_(1993) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Sullivan_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orndorff at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Brawl_(1993). As a result of their success in the tag team division, they quickly became contenders for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship. On the October 23 episode of Saturday Night, Bagwell and Scorpio defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nasty_Boys to win the World Tag Team Championship, thus marking Bagwell's first title win in WCW. They lost the titles back to The Nasty Boys at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1993). On the September 16 episode of Saturday Night, Bagwell formed a tag team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotty_Riggs called the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Males as they defeated State Patrol in their debut match. The newly formed team defeated Harlem Heat to win the World Tag Team Championship on the September 18 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Monday_Nitro. They lost the titles back to Harlem Heat on the October 28 episode of Saturday Night. Bagwell participated in the first-ever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royal_(professional_wrestling) at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_3_(1995) for the vacant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship, which was won by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Savage. The American Males received a rematch for the tag team titles against Harlem Heat on the December 4 episode of Nitro, which they failed to win. The team would find no success afterwards and would lose most of their matches throughout 1996. During this time, Bagwell made only two pay-per-view appearances; the first at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(1996), where he lost to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Dallas_Page and the second at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_3_(1996), where he participated in the namesake match with the winner earning a title shot for the World Heavyweight Championship, but failed to win the match.
On the April 22, 1998 edition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Thunder, Bagwell wrestled a tag team match with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Norton (representing the nWo) against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Steiner and Lex Luger which they won when https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Steiner interfered on his behalf. Just before that, Rick attempted his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Diving_bulldog finishing move, which was not executed correctly and resulted in Bagwell's head striking Steiner's back, jamming his neck and severely injuring him. Bagwell was diagnosed with several damaged vertebrae and developed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_shock, leading him to use a wheelchair and neck brace for months. He returned for an interview only to be ridiculed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan and shoved to the entryway floor. On July 6, after recently having neck surgery, the wheelchair-ridden Bagwell returned to WCW in his home state of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state). Bagwell seemed to have a new attitude and even called out Rick Steiner to offer him his forgiveness. Bagwell restrained Rick while fellow nWo member Scott Steiner assaulted him with a steel chair, reaffirming his loyalty to Hogan and the nWo. Bagwell then rose from his wheelchair and helped Scott beat down Rick. In January 1999, the nWo factions reunited, leading Bagwell and Steiner to side with the nWo Wolfpac. Their alliance ended at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncensored_(1999) when Bagwell accidentally hit Steiner with a chair, costing him the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship.

James Mark Cornette (born September 17, 1961) is an American author and podcaster who has previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, promoter, trainer, and occasional professional wrestler.
Buries the World !! look Out its the louiville lip. Buckle up

Edward Michael Gossett
(September 22, 1951 – October 19, 2012), better known as Mike Graham, was an American professional wrestler who was the son of Eddie Graham. Michael Gossett started wrestling in 1972 in his father's Championship Wrestling from Florida, which was a National Wrestling Alliance territory. He was trained by his father, Boris Malenko and Hiro Matsuda. He would often tag team with his father upon his arrival, but also formed a successful tag team with Kevin Sullivan. Sullivan eventually turned on him to form his "Satanic cult", The Army of Darkness. After getting turned on, Graham teamed with the likes of Steve Keirn and Barry Windham to feud with Sullivan's team and to capture several tag team titles over the years. Goes into his friendship with Kevin Sullivan and how they grew up together and how the Army of Darkness started with King Curtis, (Purple Haze) Mark Lewin, Bob Roop, Nancy Sullivan and Luna Vachon. He goes in depth on the genius and the brain child of Kevin Sullivan. Also talks about going to school with Dick Slater and then wrestling with him. Dick Slater was one tough S.O.B. ( Listen to the Dick Slater shoot we uploaded monthes ago if you want hear about when Slater flushed Stings head in the toliet for hooking up with his girl Dark Journey while working for Bill Watts in Midsouth Wrestling UWF) and how he knocked out Cowboyboy Bob Orton. Bill watts learned under the tree of Michaels father in father and his shoot interview is also uploaded as much. Remember the past teaches you alot and the stories are much better. He explains the story how his father and him found the late great Gordon Solie. He was a mainstay on the Florida circuit during the ’70s and early 80’s and was a favorite of Gordon Solie and Dory Funk Jr. In 1981, Graham wrestled in the American Wrestling Association and feuded with Buck Zumhofe over the AWA Light Heavyweight Championship over the next two years. Great sstories about the origin of Billy Graham.
He also speaks about Dusty Rhodes being mega over in Florida ( his shoot interview is uploaded as well) He explains the terrible heartache that Dusty brought upon his father eddie after Eddie gave him pieces of the Florida wrestling company but left Florida to get the book in Jim Crocket Promotions for Jim Crocket Jr. leaving Eddie and Mike Graham behind but took all the great talent that Eddie had already established in Florida with him because the TBS cable nationwide exposure was something they could'nt ignore. That destroyed his father. He lost Dusty , Barry Windham, Kevin Sullivan, Lex Luger, J.J. Dillion and other greats that ultimately killed the Florida terriotory and lead to Eddie committin sucide. His father Eddie died after committing multiple gunshot suicide on January 21, 1985, leading to Mike taking over his Championship Wrestling from Florida territory.[3] In the late 1980s, he would again team with Keirn and wrestled in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions (who he sold his father's territory to), with Keirn briefly around this time. In the following years, Graham & Keirn wrestled in Memphis as a tag team. Talks about his involvement in all booking aspects of booking Florida Champioinship Wrestling. Stories of Bill Watts and Dusty Rhodes. Hear how he found Magnum T.A. Terry Allen. Graham went back to Florida to the newly renamed Florida Championship Wrestling, where he briefly teamed with Dustin Rhodes. Mike helped train Dustin Rhodes who has gone on to become Golddust and a trainer at AEW. Talk
Graham retired as an in-ring competitor in 1992. He became a road agent for World Championship Wrestling. Along with the likes of Paul Orndorff, Pez Whatley and DeWayne Bruce, Graham also worked as a trainer in WCW as part of the WCW Power Plant. He goes deep into the Chris Benoit , Nancy and Kevin Sullivan issues in WCW. The infamous NEVER DREW A DIME and ERIC BISCHOFF SHOULD BE IN PRISON STORIES. The crazy fight with sid Vicious as a WCW road agegent. He was reportedly responsible for causing Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn to leave the company for the WWF, granting their releases.
His father and son had committed suicide in similar manners on January 21, 1985, and December 14, 2010, (some sources state the 15th) respectively. Explains the days leading up to his fathers suicide and how he was at the NFL Super Bowl and they called him over the loud speaker to tell him the bad news.
Graham suffered business misfortunes years prior to his death, and a restaurant he owned in Florida closed in 2011 after about two years of operation. He and his wife were also involved in real estate, which took a beating in Florida during the recession. His friends also claimed that he had struggled with the death of his son Steven. He was also rejected by his daughter, blaming him for the deaths in some part for his father and his son. In the final months in his life, he had felt responsible for the deaths of his father and son. On October 19, 2012, Graham was found dead by his wife of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at their residence in Daytona Beach, Florida during Biketoberfest. At the time of Mike’s death, he was wearing his son’s old work boots, and also frequently threatened committing suicide to his wife. He was also intoxicated, and according to his toxicology report, Graham's blood-alcohol concentration was at 0.259.
Not as famous as his father but was in wrestling his whole life and is a wealth of information. Don't think this shoot interview is one to pass on because it's shockinly informative.

William Albert Haynes III (born July 10, 1953) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Billy Jack Haynes.
Haynes started wrestling in 1982 at the age of 28. He trained in Stu Hart's Dungeon pro wrestling school and briefly wrestled in Hart's Stampede Wrestling under his given name, forming a tag team with Bruce Hart. He started wrestling as "Billy Jack" in the Pacific Northwest territory but had to change his name when Tom Laughlin (who starred in the movie Billy Jack) threatened to sue him. He added his real last name to the gimmick and continued to work as a babyface. It is rumored that Haynes served time for manslaughter before becoming a pro wrestler.
Florida and Pacific Northwest (1984–1986)
He feuded heavily with Rip Oliver until 1984, when he had a run in Championship Wrestling from Florida where he feuded with Kendo Nagasaki for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship winning the title from him. They then had a brief run in World Class Championship Wrestling in 1985, managed by Sunshine. Due to internal conflict between Fritz Von Erich and Billy, he was written out of the organization, jobbing to Rip Oliver in a storyline where Rip bloodies and injured Billy. He rarely stayed put in any federation that he went to. During that time he faced off against the debuting Shawn Michaels. He started splitting his time between Portland Wrestling and CWF and wrestled with partner Wahoo McDaniel and won the NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship and in Jim Crockett Promotions where they feuded with Ole and Arn Anderson. He had just begun a feud with The Barbarian over who was the strongest man in the territory when he abruptly left the company after a confrontation with Jim Crockett in his office which became physical.
World Wrestling Federation (1986–1988)
In June 1986, Haynes went to the World Wrestling Federation and feuded with Randy Savage over the Intercontinental Championship and then with Hercules Hernandez over who was stronger, more muscular, and who had a better version of the full nelson (their mutual finishing maneuver). Their feud in the WWF peaked with what was dubbed "The Battle of the Full Nelsons" at WrestleMania III, where the two men battled to a double count-out. After the bell, Hercules' manager Bobby Heenan kneed Haynes in the back while he had Hercules in a full nelson out on the floor. Haynes chased Heenan into the ring where Hercules blindsided him with his trademark chain, hitting Haynes multiple times and (Kayfabe) cutting his forehead (in reality, Haynes had bladed himself with a small razor hidden in the tapes around his wrists after the first hit. Haynes' departure from the WWF in January 1988 has been a subject of controversy considering dramatic changes in the story as Haynes repeated it. In one version, he says he quit the WWF after refusing to do a job in his hometown of Portland, Oregon.
On March 16, 2013, Haynes was hospitalized because he was suffering from an aortic aneurysm, and liver and kidney issues. In October 2014, the Portland Tribune reported that Haynes filed a lawsuit in federal court against WWE, alleging "egregious mistreatment of its wrestlers for its own benefit, as well as its concealment and denial of medical research and evidence concerning traumatic brain injuries suffered by WWE wrestlers." This litigation was taken after research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which was attributed to causing the deaths of Chris Benoit in 2007 and Andrew Martin in 2009. Haynes also sought for the court to grant class action status for hundreds of former wrestlers and to force WWE to establish a medical trust fund to pay for wrestlers who suffer from injuries that took place in a WWE ring. Former WWE wrestlers Vito Lograsso and Adam Mercer filed a class action lawsuit against WWE in January 2015 while being represented by the same lawyer as Haynes, Konstantine Kyros. In March 2016, the suit was dismissed by Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant. At the time of dismissal, dozens of former WWE wrestlers had joined a class action lawsuit under Kyros's counsel.
Billy Jack is all over the place talking crazy rumors about Vince McMahon , Dusty Rhodes, Nightmare Danny Davis, how he is going to be murdered and how he is Vinces brother, and Vince killed the all the other promotions and wanted Billy Jack as the next Hulk Hogan. Takes credit for the name Wrestlemania just like Dr. Death and Jesse Ventura. Talks crazy inside stuff about Eddie Graham committing suicide, then he talks about how Nancy Doss (Sullivan-Benoit) was supposed to be his valet and then He drops his BOMBSHELL SUPERSHOOT that Vince Killer McMahon Jr. killed Nancy and Chris along with there child and it just gets crazier from there. Take this shoot with a grain a salt, but is some of it true?

This is one of the first shoot interviews ever.
Gilbert married wrestling valet Missy Hyatt in October 1987 and they divorced in 1989. Gilbert was also briefly married to Debrah "Madusa" Miceli in 1990, but the marriage only lasted four months.
In early 1994, Gilbert sat down with Bob Barnett and conducted a filmed shoot interview titled "Looking For Mr. Gilbert." Gilbert spoke openly about his life and career at a time when professional wrestlers rarely appeared on film out of character and almost never spoke publicly about the behind-the-scenes machinations of the wrestling business. The footage from the interview was later marketed on home video and sold through wrestling newsletters, as well as at independent wrestling shows, the first of its kind. "Looking For Mr. Gilbert" is now considered the first professional wrestling "shoot video", and in the decades since, countless professional wrestlers have conducted sit-down shoot interviews, most notably in RF Video's Shoot Interview series and Kayfabe Commentaries' YouShoot interview series.
Gilbert started his wrestling career for the Continental Wrestling Association in 1977, using the ring name Tommy Gilbert Jr. and winning the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship with his father in 1980. He later moved to the World Wrestling Federation in 1982, working a storyline as the protégé of Bob Backlund until leaving the company in 1984. He found his greatest success in Memphis, teaming with Tommy Rich to form “Fargo’s Fabulous Ones” and winning the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship. Gilbert eventually turned heel and feuded with Rich as well as Jerry Lawler. He moved to Mid-South Wrestling (later the Universal Wrestling Federation) in 1985, where he wrestled and worked as a manager, forming the villainous stable “Hot Stuff International, Inc.”
In addition, Gilbert also worked as a booker in promotions like the Global Wrestling Federation and Eastern Championship Wrestling (later known as Extreme Championship Wrestling), while continuing to wrestle in various promotions including Jim Crockett Promotions and the United States Wrestling Association.
On February 18, 1995, Gilbert died of a massive heart attack in his sleep at his apartment in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. Gilbert's father, Tommy Gilbert, stated that injuries to Eddie's chest and heart muscle had occurred in a serious car crash in 1983 and could have been a factor; Eddie's alleged use of painkillers since the accident could also have contributed to his heart condition.

Darren Kenneth Matthews (born 10 May 1968), better known by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name William Regal, is an English retired professional wrestler.
Trained by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Jones, Matthews started his career at the age of 15 in 1983. His first matches took place at one of the rare final wrestling carnival booths at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach. He went on to wrestle for national promotions on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom and wrestled on television for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_(TV_network). He then progressed to touring around the world until 1993 when he was signed to WCW, where he took the ring name Steven Regal and became a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship.
In 1998, Matthews joined the WWF (later WWE), where he became a two-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship, a five-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hardcore_Championship, a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_European_Championship, a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE), and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(2008) winner of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_tournament. He also had stints as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_authority_figures such as commissioner, General Manager of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand), and match co-ordinator for the 2011 season of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_NXT_(seasons_1%E2%80%935). As NXT became WWE's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand) in 2012, he appeared as the on-screen General Manager; behind the scenes, he began serving as WWE's Director of Talent Development and Head of Global Recruiting from 2018 until he was released in 2022. He then signed with AEW and debuted as the founder and manager of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Combat_Club, leaving the company nine months later to return to WWE as the Vice President of Global Talent Development.
Matthews made his debut wrestling for promoter Bobby Barron at his wrestling challenge booth at the Horseshoe Showbar at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach at the age of 15. In time, he graduated to be a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_wrestling at the booth, using brutal submission holds to defend prize money against challenges from members of the public. By this time, he wrestled professionally all over Britain for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling where he regularly teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Brookside as The Golden Boys tag team. Both Regal and Brookside appeared in several televised matches during the final years (1987–1988) of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_Network's coverage of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom.
World Championship Wrestling (1992–1998)
In the fall of 1992, Matthews reached out to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watts on a position in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Watts responded favourably to Regal's letter and offered him a contract. Appearing still as Steve Regal, beginning as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Gimmick. Regal made his televised debut on 30 January 1993 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Saturday_Night and defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling) Bob Cook in his in-ring debut on the following week's Saturday Night. Shortly after his debut, Regal entered a tournament for the vacant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship in which he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barbarian_(wrestler) in the first round before losing to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Mero in the quarterfinals. He became the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) "Lord Steven Regal" on 12 June episode of Saturday Night, claiming descent from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dundee began serving as his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Regal#cite_note-wcw93-16 At times arrogantly charming in this persona, one of his memorable statements to a post-match interviewer was: "Do you know what my New Year's resolution is going to be? To wake up a half an hour earlier so I can hate you more". Regal was scheduled to face Bagwell's partner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Cold_Scorpio on 18 August https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XXIV, but he was replaced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton. Regal himself substituted for the injured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Pillman to team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship defence against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roma; Regal and Austin lost that match. Regal won the World Television Championship by defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat at the inaugural https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Brawl_(1993) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NWA/WCW_closed-circuit_events_and_pay-per-view_events on 18 September with the help of Sir William. Regal unknowingly broke his neck during this match. Regal enjoyed a lengthy title reign as he retained the title against a flurry of challengers, beginning with his first televised title defence against Arn Anderson on 9 October episode of Saturday Night which ended in a fifteen-minute time limit draw. He then defended the title against fellow Brit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith, whom he faced to a fifteen-minute time limit draw at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1993). Beginning with 26 November episode of Saturday Night, Regal began scouting fellow aristocrat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_H during his matches, Shortly after, Levesque left WCW and he was replaced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama-born https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eatonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Regal#cite_note-RingsideMag-7 when Regal and Eaton faced each other in a match on 18 March episode of Saturday Night. Regal stopped the match and proposed that he and Eaton form a team, which Eaton accepted. Regal formed the team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Bloods with Eaton and was involved in humorous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Vignette where he tried to teach Eaton the finer points of dining and the proper usage of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation. On the 9 February 1998 episode of Nitro, Regal was pinned by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Goldberg in a match which was Regal's final match with WCW, in that run. The bout garnered controversy as it was said that Regal worked more aggressively and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Stiff than expected. Regal was confronted by Eric Bischoff after the match and stated to Bischoff "I can't hit myself" Regal maintains he worked the bout as booked, but he was fired after the bout.
World Wrestling Federation (1998−1999)
Regal's first appearance in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF) was on the 29 June 1998 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Raw in which he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droz_(wrestler) via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submission_(professional_wrestling) with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Cross-legged_STF. After featuring in one more match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Ali_Singh in Pennsylvania, Regal was sent to a training camp run by dory funk jr.

Ivan Koloff
Oreal Donald Perras (August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017) was a Canadian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler, better known by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name "the Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff. He was the third wrestler to hold the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWWF_Championship. Since first watching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling on TV at the age of eight, he wanted to become a wrestler, and would often wrestle with his brothers growing up. At age 18, he left high school and joined Jack Wentworth's wrestling school in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario, where he would lift weights and learn wrestling holds. He stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall, and weighed approximately 270 pounds (120 kg). Towards the end of his career, he dropped a considerable amount of weight and was tipping the scale at 205 pounds (93 kg).
In 1967, Perras became "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, a bearded villainous character billed from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine, and debuted with the International Wrestling Association in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal. He defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rougeau for the IWA International Heavyweight Championship the following year. Koloff debuted in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE in late 1969, managed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Albano. He soon started a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) with then-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_World_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino. On January 18, 1971, Koloff defeated Sammartino in Madison Square Garden for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling#Pinfall after a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Diving_knee_drop, ending Sammartino's seven and two-thirds years reign. Koloff lost the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship 21 days later to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Morales, essentially being used as a "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Transitional_champion" to move the title from Sammartino to Morales without the two fan favorites working against each other, much like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Stasiak and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik would be in later years. After the loss, Koloff remained a contender for the title but never reclaimed it, leaving the WWWF in 1971. During his time in the WWWF, Koloff weighing in at 310 pounds (140 kg) wrestled WWWF World Heavyweight Championship title matches against Sammartino, Morales, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar_Billy_Graham and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Backlund, holding the distinction, with fellow villain Stan Stasiak, as one of only two men to challenge all four of these champions. Koloff would also be the first opponent to ever challenge for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Steel_Cages in a rematch loss against Sammartino. He fought in the WWWF from 1975 to 1976, 1978–1979 and 1983.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Koloff found success in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance, winning many regional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_tag_team_championship and singles titles in the Georgia, Florida, and Mid-Atlantic territories. In February 1981, he https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens_(wrestler) to defeat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jones_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Eadie to capture the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship. This would be the first of his four reigns as NWA World Tag Team Champion, later winning the belts with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kernodle and twice with his "nephew" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Koloff as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russian_Team. The Russians (which also included https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Darsow) were a top villainous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Stable from 1984 to 1986, and Nikita, under Perras' training and mentoring, and by association, became a hated villain in his own right, and would go on to have a successful singles career of his own. After Nikita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Turn on Ivan to join their enemy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes in 1986, the latter teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Petrov_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Murdoch to get revenge. Koloff's biggest NWA feuds were against Rhodes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Express (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Morton and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gibson_(wrestler)) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_T._A. In 1988, Koloff spent time in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jones_(wrestler)' faction, The Paul Jones Army, where he was a "coach" of sorts for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powers_of_Pain, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barbarian_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlord_(wrestler). He later split with Jones, reunited with Nikita, and feuded with Jones' team, The Russian Assassins, before leaving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions in January 1989. In 1992, Koloff also wrestled in the first television main event of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cornette's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling, beating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fulton. He lost to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Garvin at Tim Horner's National Championship Wrestling on July 22, 1994. He retired afterwards.
Perras wrote a book titled Is That Wrestling Fake? The Bear Facts that was released on January 1, 2007. He became a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_again_(Christianity) in 1995https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Koloff#cite_note-17 and traveled to churches to share his testimony as an ordained minister. Koloff spoke openly and candidly of his conversion to Christianity and struggles with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_(drug) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_drug_use and the crazy days of wrestling in his 2014 book, Life in the Trenches. Perras died at his home in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterville,_North_Carolina, on February 18, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_cancer.

Abdullah the Butcher, is a Canadian retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler. He has a reputation for being involved in some of the most violent and bloody https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling matches of all time. Over his time in wrestling he was given the moniker of "Madman from Sudan". Lawrence Robert Shreve trademarks is a series of divot-like scars on his head that he has due to excessive use of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling) during his career. The scars are so deep that, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley, Shreve is able to put gambling chips into them. An amateur martial artist, Shreve also has knowledge of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate, often including this knowledge in his wrestling matches through throws and chops.
His mother was an African-American from Michigan, and his father was a member of the Native American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfoot tribe. He learned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo as a youth and, teaching fellow children in the backyard, claims to have eventually earned the title of seventh-degree grandmaster. Shreve caught the attention of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Britton, and he soon made his professional wrestling debut at age 17 in 1958. He initially competed in numerous independent territories in Canada under various monikers such as Pussycat Pickens, Kuroi Jujutsushi (the Black Wizard) and Zelis Amara. Ultimately, he created his gimmick of an evil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadistic_personality_disorder, and in a match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Brito (Jack Britton's real-life son), the Abdullah the Butcher character first distinguished himself as one of the world's most feared rule breakers when he broke a chair over Brito's head and then beat him senseless with a chair leg.
Since his gimmick required him to speak no English (though it was his native tongue), he had a number of managers over the course of his long career, including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Hart_(wrestler), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jones_(wrestler), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Creatchman, Black Baron, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Roth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Dillon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Kane, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sharpe_(wrestler), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Savinovich, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicky_Starr, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Humperdink, Buddy Colt, George Cannon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearcat_Wright, Big Bad John, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Montana_(filmmaker), Gentleman Jim Holiday, and Rock Hunter. All were portrayed as "handlers" commissioned to control the Sudanese madman, while also doing most of the talking in promos and interviews. He has, however, spoken for himself in English-language promos while in Japan.
Due to his frequent traveling, Abdullah the Butcher usually served as more of a special attraction than as a consistent championship contender. Accordingly, Abdullah never did win a world heavyweight championship, though he would capture several regional titles during his career. He won his first major championship on October 23, 1967, when he teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Jerry_Graham to defeat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tolos & Carlos Tolos for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Canadian_Tag_Team_Championship_(Vancouver_version). A few years later, he ventured to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal region, where he had three reigns as the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWA_International_Heavyweight_Championship Champion between 1969 and 1972, feuding against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Koloff and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Rougeau. He later served as one of the premier rule breakers in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling territory, capturing the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Canadian_Heavyweight_Championship_(Calgary_version), as well as having six North American Heavyweight Title reigns during the early 1970s. On June 24, 1972, he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ladd in Akron, Ohio, to capture his first of two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWF_Heavyweight_Championship. In 1972, he wrestled a few matches for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Wrestling_Federation. Also he worked for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling from 1970 to 1974. During the mid-1970s, he frequently performed in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan's Big-Time Wrestling territory, where he engaged in a rivalry against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Farhat. He teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Tim_Brooks to win the region's version of the NWA World Tag Team Titles before defeating Bobo Brazil on February 8, 1975, for the NWA United States Championship.
He arrived in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Class_Championship_Wrestling (WCCW) in 1986, where he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Kabuki for the Texas Brass Knuckles Title and waged war against the equally wild https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruiser_Brody. In Puerto Rico, he was declared the very first WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion in July 1982 following three reigns as the Puerto Rican champion between 1978 and 1981. He was introduced in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling in a giant, gift-wrapped box.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_the_Butcher#cite_note-mf202-8 This giant box was to be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)'s birthday gift from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley. Sting unwrapped his gift and Abdullah attacked him, leading to both Abdullah and Cactus feuding with Sting after the incident. The feud culminated in a "Chamber of Horrors" match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1991), in which Cactus accidentally electrocuted Abdullah in an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_chair, leading to a brief https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) between the former allies. In 1993, Abdullah arrived in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling, where he participated in a storyline with Kevin Sullivan, Terry Funk and Stan Hansen, and wrestled at Ultra Clash and Bloodfest. In October 1999, Abdullah took part in the ill-fated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_Wrestling pay-per-view with a match against the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Man_Gang. The match ended in a double count-out. In late 2002, Abdullah made a one-night appearance in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Honor as Homicide's partner, facing the Carnage Crew in a bloody https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkhouse_Brawl at ROH's Night of the Butcher. On December 13, 2008, Shreve wrestled against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balls_Mahoney in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, during the annual event WWC Lockout. Shreve has been accused of infecting other wrestlers with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_C through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling) and/or cutting wrestlers without their knowledge.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_the_Butcher#cite_note-cbc-13 Canadian wrestler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Nicholson, who said he contracted hepatitis C when Shreve bladed him without consent, pursued legal action.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_the_Butcher#cite_note-cbc-13 On June 3, 2014, an Ontario court ruled in favor of Nicholson and ordered Shreve to pay $2.3 million in damages.

Heath was trained by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Malenko in Florida. When his training was complete, he began performing in various https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_circuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion in the Florida area. In the Independent Professional Wrestling (IPW) promotion he won the IPW Tag Team Championship, before moving to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling, where he formed a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with Tom Nash known as "The Blackhearts". Heath and Nash competed under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_mask as "Destruction" and "Apocalypse" respectively. They won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampede_International_Tag_Team_Championship as a team.
In the early nineties, the Blackhearts were paired with Nash's wife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Vachon, wrestling in Joel Goodhart's Tri-State Wrestling, in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Abrams' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Herb_Abrams), and finally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Baba's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling, where the team split up. During that time, the marriage between Nash and Luna broke up, and Heath and Luna became romantically involved. They eventually married on Halloween 1994. The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF), where Luna worked at the time, even broadcast a segment of Luna's "Wedding to a Vampire".
After the demise of the Blackhearts, Heath and Luna developed the Vampire Warrior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#G, inspired by the movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys, under which, he wrestled in various promotions, including the Memphis-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Wrestling_Association (USWA). Under this moniker, he won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_Southern_Heavyweight_Championship and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWI_Rookie_of_the_Year award in 1993.
American-Canadian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling, better known as Luna Vachon. Over the course of her 22-year career, she wrestled for promotions such as the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (now WWE), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling. She was posthumously inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame. Attending wrestling events she used to play in the ring, which often resulted in training with various https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Wrestling_Corporation#World_Wide_Wrestling_Federation_(1963%E2%80%931979) stars. Her family objected to her entering the wrestling business and tried to dissuade her, as they considered a wrestler's life at that time too harsh for a female. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant, with whom she was close and who took her on a trip to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris in 1974, also tried to dissuade her. Around the age sixteen, she began training under her aunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Vachon and then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Moolah. In 1992, while wrestling in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico, she tried to get David Heath a job with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment (WWF), which resulted in the WWF developing an interest in her. They hired her, but not without some complications. No one actually knew exactly where she was; even her father only knew that she was staying in Florida. The WWF actually hired a private investigator to find her. When she was found, she was working as a waitress at a restaurant. Luna's first WWF appearance was in April 1993 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_IX, accompanying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Michaels in his match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chavis, who was accompanied by Michaels' former valet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Martel. After the match, Luna attacked Sensational Sherri at ringside, and then again in the first aid area. She was arrested by security, starting a vicious https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) between the two. At the same time Luna and Sherri were at odds, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Bam_Bigelow had a confrontation with Sherri. This led to him being attacked by Tatanka and the two of them feuding. Soon after, Bam Bam (kayfabe) announced that he had fallen in love and presented Luna as his "main squeeze" He also endearingly called her his "Tick", which fans combined with her name to the chant "Luna-tic". From then, Bam Bam was seen blowing kisses to Luna at the end of matches, and in her honor even included the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonsault, redubbed Lunasault, into his repertoire. A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_tag_team_match between the two pairs was planned for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(1993) in 1993, but had to be canceled because Luna (legit) injured her arm and then Sherri left the WWF. Instead, Bigelow and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Headshrinkers fought and lost to Tatanka and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smokin%27_Gunns in a six-man tag team match. In the autumn of 1993, Bam Bam and Luna ran afoul of some practical jokes from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doink_the_Clown, leading to a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimination_tag_team_match style match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1993) pitting Bam Bam, The Headshrinkers, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Shaw against four Doinks (actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_on_a_Mission and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bushwhackers in clown makeup). During this time Luna was the cause of dissension between Bam Bam and his part-time tag team partner Bastion Booger, who had also (kayfabe) fallen in love with her. At https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_X, Bam Bam and Luna finally got their revenge on Doink by beating the Clown and his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midget_professional_wrestler side-kick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Giroux_(wrestler) in a mixed tag team match. When the WWF's women's division was revived, Luna's old rival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madusa, who had entered the WWF under the name Alundra Blayze, won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Women%27s_Championship_(1956%E2%80%932010). Luna set her eyes on the title and had a series of matches with Alundra, all resulting in victories for Blayze. It was during this time the relationship between Luna and Bam Bam first showed cracks after interference in a match backfired. In the summer, Luna sold Bam Bam's contract to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_DiBiase, who was beginning to build his "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Corporation". Luna then picked Japanese wrestler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Nakano to win the Women's title from Blayze, which she eventually did.

AJ Styles is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand, and is the leader of The O.C. stable. Jones debuted in 1998 and competed for various independent promotions before gaining initial mainstream exposure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001. He gained prominence after signing with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling), having been described as "the cornerstone of the company since its inception" he won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and was the inaugural titleholder of the X Division Championship, which he won six times. He is also the first TNA Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion. Jones simultaneously appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2002 to 2006, where he became the inaugural ROH Pure Champion. Jones has also wrestled extensively internationally, in promotions such as New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and the United Kingdom based Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where he is a former RPW British Heavyweight Champion.
Jones first appeared in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2002, but declined a developmental contract. He returned to the company in 2016, and won the WWE Championship twice. With his second victory in Manchester, England, Jones is recognized by WWE as the first wrestler to win the title outside North America. At 371 days, he is tied with Randy Savage for the eighth-longest reign in title history.[7] He also won the United States Championship three times, the Intercontinental Championship and the Raw Tag Team Championship once each, becoming the second wrestler (after Kurt Angle) to become a TNA/Impact and WWE Triple Crown winner and first Grand Slam champion in both promotions.Jones has been thought of as a pillar of the wrestling industry for over two decades, being respected by fans and co-workers, and is considered one of the world's greatest professional wrestlers.[8] He has headlined numerous pay-per-view events, including the respective premier events of WWE and TNA, WrestleMania and Bound for Glory. He ranked atop the annual Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 in 2010, the first TNA wrestler to do so, was voted PWI Wrestler of the Year three times between 2016 and 2018, and Wrestler of the Decade in 2020. Between WWE, TNA, ROH, NJPW, and RevPro, Jones has won 30 total championships (including nine world titles), having also won 10 Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, including Wrestler of the Year in 2015 and 2016, and was inducted in their Hall of Fame in 2017.

If you don't know who Ronnie P. Gossett is, he is a heel manager of the Percy Pringle, Jim Cornette or Kenny Bolin grain. A slick talker who plays an arrogant, yet blubbery Southern jerk, Gossett never really traveled much outside of Tennessee where he was staple for a long time. Sometimes listening to that guy who worked a territory for many years is more fascinating because there is more depth. Listening to his thoughts on Nick Gulas, Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler was insightful. I've always been under the impression that Jarrett's booking was superior to Lawler's (they switched off every six months), but Gossett refutes that. He has choice comments for all kinds of stars who came through the Tennessee region. Certainly there were many and he had anecdotes about many and opinions on people whether they came through or not. There is all kind of great tales here, whether it is Ronnie selling Nick Gulas's promotion to some "marks" (a lawyer, a doctor, etc.) or him talking about Brian Pillman being a gigolo. Gossett is a fantastic talker (he was a great Southern manager after all), so he is able to really bury some people. The Jarretts, Hulk Hogan, Bill Dundee, Missy Hyatt, Bert Prentice and on and on, no one is immune to the wrath of Ronnie P. Gossett.
If you don't have any interest in Southern wrestling, specifically Tennessee rasslin', then you probably will not care for this. Honestly, Gossett does not seem bitter, but he certainly has some grudges. He has a lot of negative things to say and rips on a lot of people, if that seems bitter or angry to you, then avoid this shoot interview. The one thing I felt was missing was that it was pretty widely known that Gossett was gay. Although not part of his persona, it just seems that his life in pro-wrestling as a gay man has some intrigue that was never touched upon here. Sadly, Gossett died shortly after this interview.

Don Muraco (born September 10, 1949) is an American retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling. He is best known for his appearances with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE from 1981 to 1988, where he held the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_Intercontinental_Champions and was crowned the inaugural winner of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_tournament in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(1985). He was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2004) and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum in 2014.
Muraco was born at Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii in 1949 and is of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Hawaiians heritage. A Hawaii state amateur wrestling champion for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punahou_School in 1967, Muraco chose professional wrestling over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football. He spent the first year of his career learning the ropes in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_All-Star_Wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_Wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Hollywood_Wrestling before getting his first big break, for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verne_Gagne's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association (AWA). Wrestling as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling), he often https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Snuka, against wrestlers such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hennig, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Koloff and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes. In 1973, tired of life in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis, he left the AWA for Roy Shire's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Time_Wrestling_(San_Francisco) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance territory. In 1974, Muraco moved to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida (CWF). He was frequently compared to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brisco, whom he physically resembled. In a match between the two on May 28, 1974, Muraco reversed Brisco's finishing move, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Figure-four_leglock. Though Muraco lost the match by disqualification, this feat made him a star. After brief stints in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling, Muraco returned to California in 1975 and won his first singles title, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Americas_Heavyweight_Championship. He then won the San Francisco version of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(San_Francisco_version) with Masked Invader #1. In San Francisco, Muraco learned to work as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling).
Muraco debuted in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF) in Allentown, Pennsylvania defeating Steve King on February 24, 1981. Managed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Roth, he captured the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship on June 20, 1981, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Morales; he lost it to Morales on November 23 in a Texas Death match, capping a bloody feud. That year, Muraco wrestled then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Backlund several times, including a 60-minute draw on October 24.He split 1982 between https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (where he partnered with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Piper for a time), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling (where he also wrestled under a mask as Dr. X) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling (where he wrestled in the annual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden League tournament), before returning to the WWF that fall.
Muraco returned to the WWF in 1985, managed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Fuji. After not wrestling on the card of the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_(1985), Muraco headlined three consecutive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden cards against WWF World Heavyweight Champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan, climaxing in a bloody steel cage match on June 21, which Hogan won. On July 8, Muraco won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(1985) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_tournament when he pinned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik in the Final. Before defeating the Sheik, Muraco had defeated the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkyard_Dog, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Thornton and Pedro Morales to reach the Final. In addition to feuding with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat for much of the remainder of the year which included hanging Steamboat from the top rope with Steamboat's own karate belt on an episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Championship_Wrestling, Fuji and Muraco debuted Fuji Vice, a series of skits parodying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Vice, on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday_Night_Titans (Fuji General, a parody of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company soap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Hospital, followed soon after). In 1986, Muraco allied with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Adonis and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Orton_Jr. in their feud with Roddy Piper. This led to Orton and Muraco becoming a regular tag team. On March 29, 1987, they lost to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can-Am_Connection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Zenk and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Martel) in the opening match of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestlemania_III in front of a reported 93,173 fans at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome.

Bobby Heenan suprizes Jim Cornette on his interview and they give their honest funny opinion on what happened to wrestling and funny road stories. Rare to hear both these greats talk to each other.

Roy Wayne Farris (born January 25, 1953) is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1986 to 1991, where he performed under the ring name The Honky Tonk Man. He also performed for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994, and for Stampede Wrestling between 1982 and 1986. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the 2019 induction ceremony. A heel for the majority of his active professional wrestling career, he has been described by Bleacher Report as "one of the greatest villains to ever grace a professional wrestling ring"

Paul Parlette Orndorff Jr. (October 29, 1949 – July 12, 2021), nicknamed "Mr. Wonderful", was an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler and college football player, best known for his appearances with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation (WWF) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW). After seven years working around the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance (NWA), Orndorff became a star in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_professional_wrestling_boom, and featured with manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Heenan and champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan extensively, including in the main events of the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series. With an untreated neck injury, he left the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling in early 1990, where he won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roma (as a team called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Wonderful). Arm atrophy from a nagging injury led him to retire in 2000 and he was treated for cancer in 2011. After retiring, he trained aspiring wrestlers. Orndorff was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame#2005 and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Hall_of_Fame in 2009.
Many wrestling greats and historians consider Mr. Wonderful one of the best heels in wrestling.
After his football career ended, Orndorff watched Championship Wrestling from Florida in the mid-1970s. He called his father-in-law, who knew someone who knew Florida promoter Eddie Graham, which got his start into the wrestling business. Orndorff started wrestling in 1976 in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Wrestling_Association where he feuded with a young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lawler. Orndorff won his first wrestling title when he pinned Lawler for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship on June 7, 1977. Orndorff lost the title back to Lawler before he left the Memphis territory. Orndorff began working for the NWA Tri-State promotion where he got involved in a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ladd. The feud with Ladd saw Orndorff win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-South_North_American_Heavyweight_Championship from Ladd on two occasions (on May 29, 1978 and again in June). Both times, Orndorff's reigns were short and were ended by Ladd.
In 1979, Orndorff traveled to the Alabama territory's "Southeast Championship Wrestling." There, Orndorff worked mainly as a tag team competitor teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Slater to win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CWF_Tag_Team_Championship from the team of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkhouse_Buck and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norvell_Austin in October 1979. Their reign only lasted about a month before being upended by the combination of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Condrey and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Schultz_(professional_wrestler). Orndorff then teamed with former opponent Austin (who was calling himself "The Junkyard Dog" at the time, not to be mistaken for the more famous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkyard_Dog) to win the title in late 1979. The duo beat Condrey and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Rose, the same team that ended Orndorff and Austin's run with the gold.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orndorff#cite_note-Titles-12 Austin, Condrey, and Rose formed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Express_(professional_wrestling) shortly thereafter. During 1980, Orndorff started to split his time between the Alabama and the Mid-South territories, until he left the Alabama territory by the end of 1980 to focus entirely on the Mid-South territory. In Mid-South, Orndorff feuded with Ken Mantell over Mantell's propensity for cutting people's hair after a match. Orndorff got the better of Mantell and won the right to use the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Freebirds hair removal cream on Mantell. Orndorff earned a shot at the North American champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Denton but on the day of the match he overslept (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe) and was incensed when his replacement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Roberts beat the Grappler for the title.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orndorff#cite_note-Titles-12 Orndorff's reaction to Roberts's title win signaled a change in attitude; he https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) as he demanded a title match against Roberts. While he lost the support of the fans, he won the North American title on July 4, 1981. Orndorff feuded with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_DiBiase, JYD, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Murdoch while holding on to the North American title. Orndorff lost the title to DiBiase on November 1, 1981, in a match at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Orndorff was unable to wrestle in the rematch due to car trouble, which meant that Orndorff's friend Bob Roop got the title shot and won the match. It was soon revealed that Roop had sabotaged Orndorff's car so he could get the title shot instead (storyline). Orndorff turned face to feud with Roop but found himself unable to regain the titlehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orndorff#cite_note-14 after which he left the Mid-South Territory.
Orndorff reappeared in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling in early 1982 immediately launching into a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Sawyer over the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_National_Heavyweight_Championship. He won the gold on June 20, 1982. During the summer, he vacated the title to focus on pursuing the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair.
Feud with Hulk Hogan; arm injury (1986–1987)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Adonis who took every opportunity that he could to mock Orndorff (including referring to him as "Hulk Jr."), saying that he had gone soft from teaming with Hogan. Adonis kept on irritating Orndorff, going so far as daring Orndorff to prove just how close his relationship with Hogan really was. Orndorff soon reunited with manager Heenan and again feuded with Hogan, and began using Hogan's theme music, "Real American", as his own entrance theme. During the Hogan feud, Orndorff seriously injured his right arm in a weightlifting accident. Because he was in the middle of his big-money run with Hogan, he did not want to take the time off to have the surgery to properly treat it, opting instead to continue to wrestle.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orndorff#cite_note-WWE80s-16 Their matches included a memorable outdoor match in Toronto at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Event which drew an estimated 76,000 fans. After a series of matches with no clean outcome it was decided that Hogan and Orndorff would clash in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_cage_match on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_IX (which took place in December 1986 but aired in 1987). The cage match saw both Orndorff and Hogan climb over the top of the cage and touch the floor at the same time; heel referee Danny Davis, illegally at ringside, declared Orndorff the winner and assigned referee Joey Marella declared Hogan victorious. THIS IS 1 OF the greatest heels of all time, one mean SOB that could back it up and he goes deep in ring Psychology he is not trying to make friends or impress people just straight shoot.

Terrance Michael "Terry" Brunk (born December 12, 1964) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler, better known by his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name Sabu. He is known for his trademark style of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling, which he pioneered in his time with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 2000. He is a three-time World Heavyweight Champion having held the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship twice and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship once.
Under the tutelage of his uncle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_%22The_Sheik%22_Farhat, Brunk began his career wrestling in the North American independent scene in 1985 under the name of Sabu, before traveling to Japan, competing in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling (FMW) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), winning several https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling), including the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWGP_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship. He returned to the United States in 1995, briefly working for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW), before beginning his most well-known stint in ECW, where he quickly became a fixture of the promotion. During his time in ECW, he became a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ECW_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Champion and a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ECW_Television_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Television_Champion. He would have both a feud and an alliance with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tazmaniac, defeated him for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_FTW_Championship and winning the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Tag_Team_Championship with him. In 1997, Sabu began a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam, winning the ECW Tag Team Championship twice.
After leaving ECW, Sabu wrestled in several national promotions, winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 2000. In 2006, he was hired by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment_(WWE) as part of their new third brand, a rebooted version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_(WWE_brand). Sabu would wrestle for WWE until he was fired in 2007. He also became a regular wrestler in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling) since the creation of the promotion in 2002.
Brunk was trained by his uncle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_%22The_Sheik%22_Farhat, and was initially trained to be a technical wrestler. He began his boxing career in 1985 in Farhat's promotion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Time_Wrestling_(Detroit), and was billed as being from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia under the ring names "Sabu the Elephant Boy" (use of "The Elephant Boy" was later dropped) and "Terry S.R." (the "S.R." standing for "Sheik's Revenge"). During the 1980s, Brunk wrestled for various independent promotions in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii. He was rarely billed under his real name, in order to avoid confusion with the similarly named https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk, but has wrestled under his real name of in Hawai'i.
Sabu debuted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Championship_Wrestling (ECW) in October 1993 as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Bloodfest by defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tazmaniac. One of the most notable aspects of Sabu's early career was his refusal to speak,a gimmick that he inherited from The Sheik (who never spoke English in public to protect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe). In his early career, Sabu was billed as being from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia, or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India (in real life he is a second generation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_American from a suburb of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit). In ECW, however, he was clearly heard speaking in the ring on several occasions and it was fairly common knowledge that Brunk was an American citizen from birth. This led to a joke at kayfabe's expense when Sabu began to be billed as hailing from "Bombay, Michigan". Brunk revealed in a shoot promo and in the documentary film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Hardcore that in fact it was not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heyman that brought him into ECW but that he was at the right place at the right time. He was referred by a friend to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Gordon. According to the storyline, Sabu, who at that time often arrived to the ring by his handler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/911_(wrestler), was an uncontrollable madman strapped to a gurney and with a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Lecter-style face mask while trying to break free (he claimed to hate this part of his gimmick as he was normally tired before he started his match). Sabu could only be released from his bonds to wrestle his matches. Sabu also quickly became synonymous with table-breaking at this time; if a table was not broken during the match, Sabu would break a table with his own body after the bell had sounded, sometimes leading to 911 having to restrain Sabu during backstage interviews if a table was present.Sabu would quickly rise to main event status upon his debut. In his second match with the promotion, he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Douglas for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_Heavyweight_Championship. Sabu made his first successful title defense against Tazmaniac, which aired on the November 30 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_Hardcore_TV. Sabu then headlined the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_to_Remember_(1993) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ECW_supercards_and_pay-per-view_events on November 13 by teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warrior_Hawk in a title versus title dream partner tag team match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_Bundy, with Sabu's ECW Heavyweight Championship and Funk's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_Television_Championship on the line. Sabu pinned Funk to win the Television Championship after Bundy turned on Funk. As a result, Sabu became a double champion. The rivalry between Sabu and Funk intensified as Sabu lost the Heavyweight Championship to Funk at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_Hell_(1993). Sabu received a rematch for the Heavyweight Championship against Funk in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Way_Dance at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_the_Line_Was_Crossed on February 5, 1994, also involving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Douglas. The match ended in a sixty-minute time limit draw, which meant that Funk retained the title. Sabu would then continue to retain the Television Championship against the likes of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tanaka and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Awesome, before losing the title to The Tazmaniac, which aired on the March 15 episode of Hardcore TV. After the title loss, Sabu continued his feud with Funk, defeating him on the April 19 episode of Hardcore TV. At https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_When_Worlds_Collide#1994, Sabu teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton to defeat Funk and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson to conclude the rivalry.
Sabu never gave shoot interviews in early 2000

Dawn Marie (born November 3, 1970) is an American nurse and retired professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet, and actress. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under her wrestling ring name Dawn Marie. She signed a deal with ECW after what was supposed to be a three-week stint. She managed The Impact Players and Simon and Swinger until ECW's bankruptcy in 2001. In 1998, Psaltis was informed that Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) employee Buh Buh Ray Dudley was interested in bringing her into ECW. At the behest of Dudley, Psaltis traveled to the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where ECW promoter Paul Heyman told her that he would book her for several appearances in an angle with Lance Storm.[5] She debuted in ECW on August 28, 1998, as the manager of Storm, feuding with Chris Candido and his manager, Tammy Lynn Sytch. Although she was only supposed to have a three-week role in the company, Heyman was impressed by the chemistry between Psaltis and Storm and offered her a contract, which she accepted. Psaltis created her character to be in love with Storm and clumsy rather than glamorous. Storm and Psaltis feuded with Candido and Sytch for several months, during which time Psaltis was renamed "Tammy Lynn Bytch" to spite Candido and his manager. After the respective feuds ended, she used the ring name "Dawn Marie Bytch," which was eventually shortened to simply Dawn Marie. After Storm formed a tag team with Justin Credible known as the Impact Players in the summer of 1999, she managed both men,[3] helping them win the ECW Tag Team Championship on two occasions. Psaltis continued to manage Storm until he left ECW for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in May 2000. Psaltis was also offered a contract by WCW, but declined to leave ECW in order to remain with her fiancé, ECW wrestler Simon Diamond.[7] She also had two years left on her ECW contract.
Storm then departed ECW, and Psaltis became a color commentator on ECW pay-per-views and the television series ECW on TNN. On December 3, 2000, at the Massacre on 34th Street pay-per-view, as part of a new angle, she announced that she would become the manager of the winner of the opening match pitting Simon Diamond and Swinger against Christian York and Joey Matthews. EPIC BURIAL OF FRANCINE IN THIS SHOOT , Part 2 coming up

The Nasty Boys are a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team consisting of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Knobbs and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sags. The team were active from the mid-1980s through the 1990s. Their https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#G was that of anti-social https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_ideology who specialized in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling and brawling. They were noted for their distinctive all-black "street look", which, while very commonplace among today's wrestlers, was vastly different from the colorful attire of their wrestling peers of the late 1980s and early 1990s. This included graffiti-sprayed T-shirts, chain-adorned leather trenchcoats, and their distinctive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_hairstyle haircuts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sags and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Knobbs were childhood friends growing up in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall_Township,_Pennsylvania. They both attended https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall_High_School_(Pennsylvania) in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley region of eastern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania. While most professional wrestling tag teams were and still are matched by bookers, Sags and Knobbs friendship led them to form The Nasty Boys without any such professional booking guidance or input. The Nasty Boys began their career in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association in 1985 and began teaming together as The Nasty Boyz in 1986. They began moving up the cards while in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee, as a heel team against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rockers, a face team. In 1988, they moved to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida, where they won five tag team championships between 1989 and 1990. While they were in Memphis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lawler suggested they change their look to spandex gold tights and long boots. Sags and Knobbs also decided to cover their bodies and paint their faces, though they dropped the face paint when wrestling outside of Memphis.
In 1990, the Nasty Boys joined https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW). They initially https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steiner_Brothers but were unable to defeat them for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship. In December 1990, they left WCW and joined the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (then known as the WWF), debuting on the December 29, 1990, episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Superstars_of_Wrestling.
Along with their https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hart, The Nasty Boys quickly announced their intention to "Nastisize the WWF". They became number one contenders after winning a seven team battle royal on February 16, 1991, that aired on WWF Superstars. On March 24, 1991, they eliminated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors thanks to interference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_and_Glory and defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hart_Foundation at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_VII in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles to win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE).
The Nasty Boys held the title until https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(1991) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden on August 26, 1991, where they were defeated by Legion of Doom in a no disqualification, no count out match. They then feuded with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rockers and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bushwhackers, leading to a match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1991) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit, where they teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Brothers to defeat both teams. In early 1992, The Nasty Boys had a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Duggan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Slaughter that culminated in an eight-man tag team match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_VIII in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis, where Duggan, Slaughter, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Boss_Man, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_(wrestler) defeated The Nasty Boys, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Rougeau, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_(wrestler). That fall, they turned face and dumped Jimmy Hart as their manager after Hart overlooked them for a tag team title match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural_Disasters, instead giving the title shot to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Inc. Knobbs and Sags teamed with The Natural Disasters to defeat Money Inc. and The Beverly Brothers at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1992) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richfield_Township,_Summit_County,_Ohio, but The Nasty Boys were unable to regain the title.On the March 13, 1993, edition of WWF Superstars, The Nasty Boys agreed to step aside and allow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutus_Beefcake to have a one-time title shot against Money Inc. at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_IX at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesars_Palace in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas. They then entered a house show series against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Samoan_SWAT_Team and wrestled to double disqualifications on several occasions. Their feud spilled onto WWF television, and they wrestled once more to a double disqualification against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samu_(wrestler) on the Italian version of WWF Superstars in which both teams hit each other with chairs in a post-match brawl.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nasty_Boys#cite_note-5 In April 1993, after a European tour, The Nasty Boys were suspended and later fired from the company. Their final television appearance came on May 16, 1993, when they defeated jobbers Steve Vega and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Horowitz on WWF Superstars.
The Nasty Boys returned to WCW in July 1993 as heels managed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Hyatt. They defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roma at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Brawl_%2793:_War_Games in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston to become https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship. They then lost the championship on October 4 to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Cold_Scorpio before regaining it on October 24. In 1994, they fought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxx_Payne in a series of wild brawls. They were supposed to feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Sullivan_(wrestler) and his (kayfabe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia brother https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Sullivan_(wrestler), who called himself Evad ("Dave" backwards). Evad, however, injured his knee, and Sullivan convinced Cactus Jack to team with him. The Nasty Boys lost the title to the thrown together team of Jack and Sullivan in a wild street fight at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slamboree_(1994)

James Arthur Harris (May 28, 1950 – August 9, 2020), better known by his /Ring name Kamala, was an American Professional wrestling. Nicknamed "The Ugandan Giant", Kamala portrayed a fearsome and simpleminded Ugandan. He wrestled barefoot, clad only in a Loincloth, his face painted with Body painting and two stars and a moon painted on his torso. During his ring entrance, he sported an Traditional African_masks and wielded a spear and shield. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation) over the course of numerous runs in the company between 1984 and 1993.
Harris debuted in 1978 under the Ring name "Sugar Bear" Harris. He spent most of his early career in the Southern United States, also using the ring names "Ugly Bear" Harris and "Big" Jim Harris. His first Manager (professional_wrestling) was Paul Bearer. In 1981, Harris travelled to Europe for seasoning. Following a stint in Germany, he traveled to the United Kingdom, where he wrestled for Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom Joint Promotions as "The Mississippi Mauler", a character with some similarities to his future Kamala character.
Continental Wrestling Association (1982) Harris returned to Senatobia in the United States in 1982 after sustaining a broken ankle. While visiting his friend The Dream Machine at theMid-South Coliseum in nearby Memphis, Tennessee, to borrow ring attire, Harris met Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), promoter Jerry Lawler, who offered him a job. Harris, Lawler andJerry Jarrett developed a new character for Harris, "Kimala" (later adjusted to "Kamala"), drawing upon ideas for a character originally developed for Harris by J.C. Dykes and The_Infernos, Inferno #1( Frankie_Cain). The character was a vicious Ugandan headhunter with face and body paint copied from a Frank_Frazetta painting. His backstory was that he was a former bodyguard of deposed President of Uganda Idi Amin who had been discovered byJ.J. Dillon during an excursion to Africa. A promotional vignette aired on WMC-TV featuring a spear-wielding Kamala seemingly emerging from a steamy African jungle; the vignette was actually filmed on Jarrett's farm in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with the steam effect created using Dry_ice.
World Wrestling Federation (1984) At the insistence of André the Giant, Kamala debuted in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment (WWF) in July 1984. He was managed by Freddie_Blassie and a masked Animal training" in safari clothing known as "Friday" (played first by Frank Dalton then by Steve Lombardi). In a memorable segment on the television program Tuesday Night Titans, Kamala seemingly devoured a live chicken (with a cutaway shot of feathers flying out of his mouth shown to create the illusion). August 1984 Kamala challenged Hulk Hogan for the WWE Championship, wrestling him to a double count-out. In October 1984, he began a series of matches against André the Giant, among them a Steel cage match which he lost after André twice. During his first match with Andre the Giant in 1983, the referee told him the wrong spot and when Kamala went to cover Andre he kicked out so hard that Kamala stood up (and he was 410 lbs) and then the latter called him a “dumb son of a b**ch.”The next night, he and Andre were supposed to work another match in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Backstage, Kamala went up to him with his .357 Magnum concealed in his pocket and struck his finger on Andre’s nose, and said, “Andre let me tell you one thing, the longest day you live don’t you ever f**k with me like that no more.” Kamala then told him he’d “kill him.” Andre replied “I’m sorry, boss. I don’t think.” He later started carrying a gun when wrestling Andre to protect himself. Kamala didn't like that and punched Andre a few times in the ring. Kamala's final appearance was in a Battle royal (professional_wrestling) in November 1984. managed by King Curtis_Iaukea and the masked "handler" Kim Chee (usually portrayed by Steve Lombardi). From November 1986 to February 1987, Kamala faced Hulk Hogan in a series of matches for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, marking the pinnacle of his career. Kamala lost to The Undertaker by disqualification at SummerSlam (1992) in August 1992. Kamala later claimed that he was paid $13,000 for the bout while The Undertaker was paid $500,000. Professional wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer questioned this claim, saying: "I'm not saying he's lying, but that's hard to believe for there to be that big of a disparity wouldn't make any sense." On July 26, 2004, Kamala made a surprise return to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), participating in a Diva Search segment on RAW, in which the female contestants were instructed to try to seduce him.
He had a small run in the WCW for about a year at the request of the Immortal Hulk Hogan being put in Kevin Sullivans now infamous cartoonist style stable with the like of John Tenta (known as earthquake) Big Van Vader, Meng (Haku) and the Giant Paul White (The Big Show) just so Hogan could get comfortable after Ric Flair with a lot of squash monster heel matches he was accustomed to. Kamala had much hatred for WCW executive producer ( best used car salesman in the country) because Kevin Sullivan told me that they will see how they like me and then they would give me a contract. And I went down and I stayed there for 3 months. Eric Bischoff, Kamala got him to this day to speak to me. And the way he treated me when I was down there…I don’t like that man. I don’t know nothing about him, but I know he never would speak to me. And I remember once I told Hogan, I said, “Hogan, I ain’t even making no money”. Bischoff called me up and he said, “Look, don’t be calling Hogan. Always call me and talk to me (if you have a problem with your money).” I did, but he never did answer after that. So anyway the last time that I worked with Hogan was in 1995 at the Bash at the Beach and that was a pay-per-view and I was paid $800 for that pay-per-view. That’s what they paid me. I went to Hogan and I said I’m going back and I’ll never see the wrestling world again. He said, “Wait a minute brother, you want me to talk to him again?” Kamala said that if I can't talk to him the forget it , I'm done and I don't need to buy a used Dodge Dart.
On August 5, 2020, Harris tested positive for during the pandemic in Mississippi, and was hospitalized. He likely contracted it from one of his numerous weekly visits to the dialysis center, his wife said. Due to COVID-19, he started to experience complications from his diabetes. He went into cardiac arrest on August 9, 2020, dying later that afternoon at the age of 70.

James W. Ware, Jr. (born June 20, 1958), better known by his ring name Koko B. Ware, is an American retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler. He debuted in 1978 and became widely popular in 1986. He later went on to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE, where he went from strong mid-carder to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling)#Jobbers. "The Birdman" came to the ring with a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-and-yellow_macaw named Frankie, both flapping and dancing before and after his matches. Before joining the WWF, he was in several tag teams, most notably with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Wrestling_Association and with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norvell_Austin (The PYT Express) in several promotions. In 1993, he lost the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Raw match to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokozuna_(wrestler). In 2009 he was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame.
Continental Wrestling Association (1978–1986)- Ware spent his early days in the sport in the Mid-South, Georgia and other NWA territories. Early in his career, "Koko Ware" (as he was then known) did not find great success, learning the ropes and paying his dues both in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Jarrett's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Wrestling_Association and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Gulas' territory in the south. It was not until late in 1980 that Ware's fortunes changed when he participated in a battle royal to crown the first ever Mid-American Television Champion. The crowd favorite was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Valiant, who Ware accidentally knocked into https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Briley and eliminated. Moments later, Koko dumped Davis to the floor and won his first title. After the match, Valiant returned to the ring and beat Ware down. Ware's feud with Valiant was quickly expanded to include the heel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tojo_Yamamoto and Ware's ally, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Rich. When https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Mantel returned to the CWA in early 1981 he quickly defeated Ware for the TV title making Ware's first run with the gold a short one.
Sweet Brown Sugar and Stagger Lee (1981–1983)- Ware floundered until September 1981, when he was chosen to referee a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_Southern_Heavyweight_Championship title match between https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lawler and the "Dream Machine". Ware unfairly counted Lawler out to give the Dream Machine the victory, a decision that did not sit well with Lawler nor the fans in Memphis. Koko quickly aligned himself with manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hart and his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Family_(professional_wrestling) and changed his ring name to "Sweet Brown Sugar". Sugar never got the best of Lawler but did taste tag-team success alongside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Keirn and then with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton. Eaton and Sugar won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_Southern_Tag_Team_Championship. After successfully teaming for a while, Sugar and Eaton started to show signs of dissension, during their last run with the tag-team title Eaton beat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Rougeau for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Mid-America_Heavyweight_Championship. During an interview where Eaton and Hart bragged about the victory, Sugar complained that he was unable to win the Southern Title from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Taylor. After being fed up, Hart finally slapped Sugar and sent the sulking superstar back to the dressing room after which Eaton commented that Sugar had been "whining like a woman". Later that night the duo defended their title against Taylor and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dundee, losing the title when Sugar "accidentally" kicked Eaton and then left the ring.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_B._Ware#cite_note-Titles-4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_B._Ware#cite_note-Eaton-6 Eaton and Sugar contested a series of grudge matches centered around the Mid-America title and their issues with each other. Later, a masked man calling himself "Stagger Lee" debuted; the fact that he looked and wrestled like a masked version of Sugar helped make him instantly popular. Eaton, along with the rest of the First Family, tried in vain to unmask Lee but could not manage to do so.
World Wrestling Federation (1986–1994)-In August 1986, Ware signed with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation, where he continued his fun-loving "Birdman" Koko B. Ware" persona, complete with a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaw named "Frankie". Ware made his debut as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) on the September 6, 1986, episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Superstars_of_Wrestling, teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roma against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Foundation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hart and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Neidhart) in a losing effort. His first victory was on the September 7 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Wrestling_Challenge against Bob Bradley. He made his entrances dancing to the ring to the tune of Morris Day and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_(band)'s "The Bird", flapping his arms and carrying Frankie, who sat on a perch at ringside while Ware wrestled. Bright outfits, colorful sunglasses, a constant smile and his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato singing voice made Ware popular, especially with the younger crowd that the WWF mainly catered to during the 1980s. Ware garnered his first big win of his initial WWF run when he upset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Race at a house show in East Rutherford, NJ, on October 13. On television, his first major showcase was at the November 29, 1986 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_VIII where he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Volkoff. Ware often lost to bigger stars, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Reed, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(wrestler), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Valentine, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Traylor. From 1987 to 1993, Ware appeared on several WWF PPVs (including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_III where he lost to Reed) and editions of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event, being used mainly to make established or rising stars look good. Ware was the first wrestler on television to fall victim to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suplex of newcomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Hennig on the January 7, 1989, episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_XIX, while at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1990), Ware became the first wrestler to fall victim to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Undertaker's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_(professional_wrestling)#Tombstone_piledriver in the Undertaker's WWF debut match. In a precursor to what would become a regular team years later, Ware occasionally teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hart, wrestling as The Blue Blazer at the time, throughout 1988 and 1989. In 1992, Ware teamed up with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hart to form the high-flying team known as High Energy, well known in wrestling circles for their gigantic baggy brightly colored pants and checkered suspenders. High Energy feuded with (and generally lost to) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nasty_Boys, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Headshrinkers, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Inc. After being inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009, Ware has been a point of controversy because, working as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#C, he was inducted before world champions.

Melissa Ann Hiatt (born October 16, 1963), better known by her ring name, Missy Hyatt, is an American retired professional wrestling valet, commentator, model and occasional professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1987 to 1994; she has also appeared with World Class Championship Wrestling, the Universal Wrestling Federation, the World Wrestling Federation, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Impact Wrestling.
She married professional wrestler Eddie Gilbert in 1987; the couple divorced two years later in 1989. She later attended Marymount Manhattan College, graduating in 2001 with a degree in psychology. Hyatt returned to WCW with Gilbert when he decided to help Jimmy Garvin in his feud with Kevin Sullivan. She was used as a commentator, conducting her debut interview with Sir Oliver Humperdink on the December 31, 1988 edition of World Championship Wrestling on TBS. After a year-long hiatus from wrestling, Hyatt debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling at Holiday Hell on December 29, 1995. While giving a promo insulting members of the audience, Stevie Richards spotted Hyatt, who had been planted in the audience. Hyatt agreed to kiss Richards after he promised to get her a date with his ally Raven. Missy is always one for sexy entertainment and gossip

Joseph Michael Laurinaitis (September 12, 1960 – September 22, 2020), better known by his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name Road Warrior Animal (or simply Animal), was an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling. Along with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warrior_Hawk, he was one half of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warrior_Animal#cite_note-alumni-2 He headlined multiple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_pay-per-view_and_WWE_Network_events and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NWA/WCW_closed-circuit_events_and_pay-per-view_events, competing for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship at 2001's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Sin.
Laurinaitis made his debut in November 1982, competing as The Road Warrior using a biker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling). After only a few matches as a singles competitor, his career and life would change thanks to an idea by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ellering.
American and Japanese territories (1983–1986)- When https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ellering was looking to put together a stable of heels in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling (GCW) called "The Legion of Doom", it was decided to put Laurinaitis together with his good friend Mike Hegstrand and change their names to "Animal" and "Hawk" respectively. Thus, the Road Warriors were born. They first started out as biker gimmicks; on The Road Warriors DVD, Animal said he felt like one of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_People. To look more intimidating, the two shaved their heads into Mohawks and started wearing studded dog collars, spiked shoulder pads, and face paint. The look and name were taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max_2, helping to paint the two as no-mercy monsters.
Jim Crockett Promotions (1986–1990)-Their hard hitting style, no nonsense attitude, and winning ways made the Road Warriors fan favorites. Even when they were booked as heels, the fans refused to boo them.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warrior_Animal#cite_note-LODDVD-6 They started to split their time between the AWA and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance (NWA) until finally leaving the AWA for big money contracts with the NWA and a huge push for the monster duo. During their initial run in the NWA, they helped popularize the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames_match, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Scaffold_match, and their trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Hardcore-based_variations. In 1988, the Road Warriors engaged in a violent feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powers_of_Pain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barbarian_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlord_(wrestler)) the first team that could truly match the Road Warriors in power (and who were one of the most well known Road Warrior clones). The Powers of Pain even went so far as to injure Animal's eye, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe) as his eye injury actually occurred days earlier during a match, during a weightlifting competition. When Animal returned, he initially wore a hockey goalie mask to protect his eye. The angle abruptly ended when the Powers of Pain left the NWA after finding out they were booked against the Road Warriors in a series of Scaffold Matches and they did not want to get hurt by falling off the scaffold. Near the end of 1988, the Road Warriors captured the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Express_(professional_wrestling) whom they mauled in short order to win the titles.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warrior_Animal#cite_note-Titles-7 After being the "Uncrowned champions" for a long time the Road Warriors' run with the tag team titles was short-lived.
World Wrestling Federation (1990–1992)- The Road Warriors immediately signed with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF) in 1990 and were pushed into a feud with the most famous of all "Road Warrior Clones", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_(professional_wrestling), a group which included their old training partner Barry Darsow. Just over a year after signing with the WWF, the Legion of Doom won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE) and held it for over five months.
World Championship Wrestling (1993, 1996)- Laurinaitis made some non-wrestling appearances in WCW in 1993. On August 18, at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XXIV, Animal made his appearance, getting out of a black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Camaro indicating his partner Hawk was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Rhodes' mystery partner against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rude and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Sullivan_(wrestler). On September 19, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Brawl_(1993), Animal was the advisor for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)'s team, consisting of Sting, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith, Dustin Rhodes, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ottman#The_Shockmaster_(1993) for WarGames, defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Van_Vader, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Vicious_(wrestler), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Heat. For the next couple of years, Laurinaitis stayed out of the wrestling ring, collecting on an insurance policy from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London while Hegstrand competed all over the world. Near the end of 1995, Laurinaitis' back had finally recovered enough for him to return to active competition. Three years after everyone thought the Road Warriors had ended, they reunited and signed a contract with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling. Return to WWF (1997–1999)- While the Road Warriors never officially broke up, Animal started making an increasing number of solo appearances after they left the WWF as Hegstrand struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. In 2002, Animal once again returned to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling as Animal Warrior teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Muto. In 2003, The Road Warriors last stint was for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_of_World_Japan_Pro_Wrestling feuding with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shane_Twins. Hawk would die on October 19, 2003. The Road Warriors appeared in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling in late 2002 to early 2003 as part of a group that opposed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Russo's faction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Entertainment_Xtreme, but would only wrestle one actual match for the promotion. Laurinaitis died of a heart attack on September 22, 2020, ten days after his 60th birthday, at the Margaritaville Resort (formerly known as the Tan-Tar-A Resort) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage_Beach,_Missouri. Former Road Warriors manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ellering along with numerous others also paid tribute.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_Hall_of_Fame (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_Hall_of_Fame#Inductees)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame#Tag_teams_and_families) as a member of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors

James Mark Cornette (born September 17, 1961) is an American author and podcaster who has previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, promoter, trainer, and occasional professional wrestler.
Cornette remains one of wrestling's more controversial personalities, but his beliefs are rooted in more than four decades of wrestling experience. Cornette worked with writer Vince Russo in the WWF during the 1990s and in TNA during the 2000s, and regularly conflicted with him due to his views on the business, which emphasize entertainment storylines over actual in-ring action to the point of intense hatred on Cornette's part. Cornette has criticized Russo publicly since his departure from TNA in 2009, which Cornette has stated was a result of his lack of support for Russo's creative direction in the company. In March 2010, Cornette sent then-TNA official Terry Taylor an email in which he said: "I want Vince Russo to die. If I could figure out a way to murder him without going to prison, I would consider it the greatest accomplishment of my life." TNA sent the letter to a California law firm, who characterized his comments as a "terroristic threat" and said "any further threats to contact Vince Russo or any other TNA personnel (directly or indirectly) shall be viewed as acts in furtherance of such threats and shall be pursued and prosecuted accordingly." During a 2017 podcast, Cornette challenged Russo to a fight. Russo responded by filing a restraining order (EPO) against Cornette for "stalking him across state lines since 1999." As a response, Cornette began selling autographed copies of the restraining order on his personal website, with all proceeds being donated to the Crusade for Children. The Russo vs. Cornette rivalry was prominently featured in Viceland's Dark Side of the Ring episodes covering the Montreal Screwjob and WWF's Brawl for All, which aired in 2019 and 2020 respectively. On his current podcasts, Cornette has continued the conflict with Russo, often referring to him as 'Shitstain'.
Cornette has been very vocal against other styles of wrestling, such as Paul Heyman's Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) hardcore style, which he referred to as "hardcore bullshit". "Comedy wrestling" (that which is deemed silly or goofy as opposed to serious) has also been on the receiving end of his rants, with him routinely criticizing those he considers "comedy wrestlers" such as Orange Cassidy, Joey Ryan, Kenny Omega, Riho and Chuck Taylor. He has also criticized the physical appearance of wrestlers; for example Marko Stunt's height. Cornette has garnered support for his opinions from industry personalities including former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis, who wrote an article for Flagged Sports defending Cornette and his position as NWA commentator after a separate article asked promoters to stop hiring him. and AEW owner, general manager and promoter Tony Khan - whom Cornette and Last have often critiqued - has also defended him on multiple occasions, citing his longevity in the business and his right to criticize the industry. Cornette has a criminal record which includes a number of assaults, mostly stemming from incidents involving fights with fans who attacked him while he was a manager in the 1980s. The record has made it difficult for him to work in Canada, and he was turned away from the Canadian border in November 2010. He has been recently fired for racist comments he said during a NWA broadcast. He has lost many fans for crazy left wing liberal nonsense he constantly spews on his podcast and is very anti religion. Fans have stated that he is always so vocal but just like most liberals he has no solutions or understanding of the way politics works. It's a illusion that you have a choice like the great George Carlin stated and fans are very frustrated that he was quick to destroy Trump but Biden can't walk in a straight line, ride a bike , complete a sentence and is constantly smelling childerns hair but Jim has no response to that.

Terry Dee Funk (June 30, 1944 – August 23, 2023) was an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling. Considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Funk was known for the longevity of his career – which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements – and the influential https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling style he pioneered in the latter part of his career.
Over the course of his career, Funk wrestled for numerous major promotions, among them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Wrestling_Association_of_Japan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Wrestling_Association, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE and multiple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance territories including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Class_Championship_Wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling. He was the promoter of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_States_Sports promotion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling) held by Funk included the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USWA_Unified_World_Heavyweight_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Television_Championship. He headlined ECW's premier annual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-view event, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_to_Remember, three times. Funk was inducted into multiple halls of fame, among them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Hall_of_Fame, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Hall_of_Fame, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_Hall_of_Fame.
Funk was born on June 30, 1944, in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond,_Indiana. He was the son of Dorothy (Culver) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dory_Funk, a professional wrestler and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion. Following the end of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II, the family relocated to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas, where Terry and his brother, known professionally as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dory_Funk,_Jr, grew up in the professional wrestling business. After graduating from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_High_School_(Canyon,_Texas), Funk attended https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Texas_State_University (now West Texas A&M University), where he competed in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_wrestling and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football
Later in Funk's career, his style changed from wrestling traditional southern style wrestling matches to the more violent style of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling. In 1993, after a special appearance against Blanchard at World Championship Wrestling's Slamboree, Funk promised to help the fledgling Eastern Championship Wrestling (later renamed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling or ECW) by lending his talent and notoriety to the promotion. On July 16, Terry and Dory Funk lost a barbed wire match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Public_Enemy_(professional_wrestling). Funk maintained a regular schedule of wrestling for ECW in its early days while also competing in Japan. He had many feuds and wrestled programs with wrestlers such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Douglas, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(wrestler), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_(wrestler), and Terry's own protege, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Dreamer.
In 1989, Terry Funk appeared as a bouncer in the movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film) with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Swayze. In 1999, Funk was featured in director Barry Blaustein's wrestling documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Mat. His legendary toughness was attested to when cameramen followed him to a medical appointment, where he was told by the doctor that he would not be able to walk without intense pain. He also appeared in other movies such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Alley, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ringer_(2005_film), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Top_(1987_film). He released an autobiography, Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore, in 2005. On May 11, 2010, Funk appeared on "Right After Wrestling" with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arda_Ocal on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIRIUS_Satellite_Radio to discuss his possible retirement, to which he replied "I never really truly will retire". This was also the interview with the infamous quote, "I dislike Vince (McMahon). I'm jealous of Vince." In 1985, Funk appeared in the short-lived western https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildside_(U.S._TV_series). Only six episodes were aired. Behind the scenes, Funk choreographed the street fight between Rocky Balboa and his nemesis Tommy Gunn at the end of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_V. Funk's name can be seen in the end credits. Funk also had a short lived career in music. The release of the album "Great Texan" in 1984 which was a soft rock AOR oriented album. The album was met with mixed reviews and is generally considered a "cult classic" by fans. Funk married his wife Vicky Ann on August 14, 1965. They had two daughters together. For many years, Terry and Vicky owned a ranch in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon,_Texas, which they later sold. Funk was close friends with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ayers. Funk was also close friends with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Stallone. On September 12, 2016, Funk underwent surgery for an inguinal hernia, and was supposed to be resting and in bed for a couple of weeks, but chose to attend Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore shows.
In June 2021, fellow wrestling legend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Muraco reported Funk was diagnosed as living with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia , Funk died on August 23, 2023, at the age of 79, at a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona-area hospital. If there is such things of Legends then Terry Funk is one of the best.

Tully Arthur Blanchard (born January 22, 1954) is a Canadian-American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling). He is best known for his appearances with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE in the mid-to-late 1980s as a member of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Horsemen_(professional_wrestling) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_Busters.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tully_Blanchard#cite_note-OWOW-1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tully_Blanchard#cite_note-WWEBio-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling) held by Blanchard over his career include the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship. He was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Hall_of_Fame in 2009 and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame in 2012.
As the son of wrestling promoter and former https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Blanchard, Tully Blanchard was involved in professional wrestling at a very young age. He began selling programs and refreshments at the arenas at the age of ten, and worked as a referee when he was older. Blanchard attended https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Texas_A%26M_University, where he played https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football, first as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterback and then as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_end, alongside fellow future wrestlers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Santana and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_DiBiase.
Blanchard was trained to wrestle by his father and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Lothario, debuting in 1975 in his father's promotion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Championship_Wrestling, where he also held a number of backstage production and creative positions. He began his career as a face by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with his father in a feud against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dory_Funk,_Jr. and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk. Between 1978 and 1983, Blanchard held the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCW_Southwest_Heavyweight_Championship and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCW_Southwest_Heavyweight_Championship on seven occasions. He formed heel tag team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Hernandez, "The Dynamic Duo". They held the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_All-Star_USA_Tag_Team_Championship on five occasions and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship on one occasion in the early 1980s. Blanchard came to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett,_Jr.'s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (MACW) in early 1984. Blanchard immediately entered into a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Youngblood over the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, which would later be renamed the NWA World Television Championship and WCW World Television Championship. Blanchard won the title on March 28, 1984, and defended the title against some of the top contenders in the territory such as Ricky Steamboat, whom he faced at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrcade_(1984). On March 16, 1985, Rhodes defeated Blanchard to win the NWA Television Championship, ending Blanchard's 353-day reign. The title would soon be renamed the NWA World Television Championship and the two continued to feud throughout the first half of 1985 with Blanchard regaining the title and losing it back to Rhodes in early July 1985 at the Great American Bash inside a steel cage; Rhodes also won the services of Baby Doll for 30 days. After Blanchard's feud with Rhodes ended, he soon found himself immersed in another high-profile feud over the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship held by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_T._A. Much like his feud with Dusty Rhodes, Blanchard's rivalry with Magnum escalated into a series of bloody and brutal matches, and became one of the top feuds in the NWA. On July 21, 1985, Blanchard defeated Magnum for the U.S. Championship by punching him with a foreign object in his hand given to him by Baby Doll, who came to ringside dressed as a security guard. The feud culminated at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrcade_(1985) during a brutal and extremely bloody "I quit" match held inside of a steel cage for the title. The match ended with Magnum driving a piece of a broken wooden chair into Blanchard's forehead, which was already deeply cut and bleeding profusely, forcing him to submit.In late 1985, Blanchard fired Baby Doll as his manager, slapping her during an interview segment and ignited a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes, who came to her aid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Dillon then became Blanchard's manager.Throughout the latter half of 1985, Blanchard and a number of high-profile wrestlers in the company had often competed together, usually in variations of tag team matches or interfering in one another's matches if they appeared to be losing. These wrestlers included https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Anderson, who had long since become a legendary figure in the Mid-Atlantic and Georgia territories, rising star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair, the biggest star in the promotion and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship. In early 1986, the foursome became a solidified group and called themselves the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Horsemen_(professional_wrestling). The group quickly established dominance within the territory by capturing numerous championships with Arn being the NWA World Television Champion simultaneously, Blanchard winning the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_National_Heavyweight_Championship in March 1986 and with Flair as the NWA World Champion. The Horsemen feuded with the top baby faces of the territory including Magnum T. A., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Koloff, Dusty Rhodes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Express, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors. After clashing with Jim Crockett and booker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes about their pay, Blanchard and Arn Anderson left the NWA for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment (WWF) on September 10, 1988, losing in an 11th-hour title change to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Express_(professional_wrestling) tandem of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lane after a brief feud. Fellow Horseman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Windham and manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Dillon would leave later for similar reasons; Flair, meanwhile, considered leaving but decided to stay when the NWA signed his old friend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat and put them in a program together. In the WWF, Blanchard and Anderson were dubbed "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Busters" and paired with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Heenan. The team defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_(professional_wrestling) for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE)

Moody entered professional wrestling in his teenage years as a ringside photographer. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving four years on duty; during this time, he often wrestled for independent promotions during off-duty hours. In 1979, Moody began managing as Percival "Percy" Pringle III in southeastern independent promotions; a few years earlier, in June 1974, he wrestled as Mr. X. There had been previous Percy Pringles in wrestling who were not William Moody. He was given the name by booker Frankie Cain. Immediately after his first son's birth, he cut back his involvement in the wrestling business in order to obtain a degree in mortuary science and earn certification as an embalmer and mortician. In 1984, he resumed full-time involvement in the wrestling business, using his Pringle character in Championship Wrestling from Florida and World Class Championship Wrestling in Texas. During this time, he was WCCW's answer to Bobby Heenan by doing "Heenan" like promos, even looking like Heenan as well with the blonde hair and attire. He served as manager for numerous wrestlers; he notably managed Rick Rude, "Stunning" Steve Austin, and Mark Calaway in their early careers. As Percy Pringle, he was also associated with the careers of Lex Luger, Eric Embry, and The Ultimate Warrior.
World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment (1990–2002)
Managing The Undertaker (1990–1996)-Moody joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on December 22, 1990, after being mentioned by Rick Rude to WWF owner Vince McMahon. McMahon used Moody's real-life involvement in the funeral industry to create the character of Paul Bearer, a name given to him by Road Warrior Hawk and a play on the term pallbearer. In his portrayal of a very histrionic, ghostly manager, Bearer regularly communicated in his shaky, high-pitched, wailing voice and was almost always seen bearing an urn, which led to his mantra, "the power of the urn," allowing his main protégé The Undertaker to revive strength. His keeper-of-the-urn gimmick led to several storylines in which The Undertaker's antagonists stole his urn, causing The Undertaker to lose much of his supernatural strength. Bearer's catch phrase was "Ooooh, yes!" Moody made his first appearance in February 1991, as a heel, when Brother Love, who originally managed The Undertaker, delegated Bearer to take on the role of The Undertaker's manager. Complementing The Undertaker's Deadman gimmick, Bearer took on a spooky, ghastly character. Bearer hosted his own WWF talk show segment entitled The Funeral Parlor, which included memorable moments such as the Ultimate Warrior being locked inside a casket, among others. In late 1991, Bearer managed the Undertaker to the WWF Championship when Undertaker defeated Hulk Hogan at that year's Survivor Series, though Undertaker would lose the title back to Hogan six days later at This Tuesday in Texas. In early 1992, The Undertaker and Bearer turned face when Undertaker stopped former ally Jake "The Snake" Roberts from ambushing Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth with a chair backstage; the Undertaker and Roberts had a match at WrestleMania VIII, which saw Undertaker win.

Managing Mankind and Kane (1996–1998)
Eventually Bearer turned heel again by betraying his long-time protege at SummerSlam 1996 to align himself with The Undertaker's arch-enemy, Mankind and Goldust; during this time to form a group called "Forces of Darkness" to include The Executioner & Vader, Justin Bradshaw and The Stalker in order to take out Undertaker. In April 1997 at In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker, The Undertaker set Bearer's face ablaze using a fireball, which was done in retaliation for Bearer having Mankind set a fireball to The Undertaker's face several weeks prior. Resulting from The Undertaker's actions, Bearer suffered (kayfabe) burns to his face and was bandaged for a time. Once healed from the burns, Bearer changed his looks, shedding the makeup of ghostly pallor and jet-black color to his natural strawberry blond hair and less make-up. No longer using his ghostly appearance and mannerisms, he became loudmouthed and shrill. Around mid-1997, Paul Bearer coerced Undertaker (WWF Champion at the time) into being his protégé again with the ultimatum of revealing a deep, dark secret from their past. During this time, Bearer made references to the "fires of hell," likening The Undertaker's dark secret to The Undertaker's act of setting fire to his face. Under duress, The Undertaker accepted after several weeks of resistance. While "managing" Undertaker this time around, Bearer engaged in tyrannical behaviors towards him, harassing him constantly. Eventually, Undertaker lost his patience and refused to allow Bearer to continue being his manager, leading Bearer to reveal the secret.
The dark secret suggested that Bearer had a disturbingly traumatic past with The Undertaker which long preceded Brother Love's joining the two in January 1991. The dark secret dates back to The Undertaker's youth and involves domestic matters: Paul Bearer, while working for The Undertaker's parents as an apprentice mortician in their family funeral home business, witnessed a felony act during The Undertaker's adolescence. Bearer claimed that Undertaker had committed an arson murder, burning down his parents' family funeral home, in the process, killing them. This act also killed The Undertaker's younger "brother"—or so The Undertaker long thought. Bearer, who claimed to be attending a mortuary science college course at the time of the fire, hid Kane in a mental asylum during the rest of Kane's youth into adulthood. At the time throughout mid to late 1997, The Undertaker denied all this, claiming it was his younger brother's fault. Bearer, blaming The Undertaker, accused him of being an "arsonist", "murderer", and "liar." (Connected to these accounts, it was later revealed approximately six months after Kane's WWF debut that he was actually the half-brother of The Undertaker. The Undertaker's mother had an affair with Bearer and, as a result, gave birth to Kane. Bearer unintentionally (kayfabe) revealed to a Raw audience that he was actually Kane's father. This came to light when Bearer informed Jerry Lawler on Monday Night Raw, at a point in which he thought cameras had stopped rolling for a commercial break but were still on. Up until that point, The Undertaker was under the impression that Kane was fully related to him and his family. Presumably, The Undertaker's deceased father lived his entire life under the same impression) Because of the fire, The Undertaker thought Kane had been dead for all those years, claiming he was a "pyromaniac", obsessed with starting fires and, due to the incident, couldn't possibly be alive. However, Bearer introduced the vengeful, fire-personified Kane in October 1997 at Badd Blood: In Your House. In this first appearance for the character, Kane cost The Undertaker a Hell in a Cell match to determine the #1 contendership for the WWF title against Shawn Michaels. This led to a bitter rivalry between The Undertaker and Kane and Bearer. Kane was not revealed as Bearer's son until April 27, 1998, on Monday Night Raw, a day after the first Inferno Match, at Unforgiven, where Kane was set on fire. The Undertaker was shown to have also been unaware of this at that time, and helped to build the feud up further, as Undertaker initially refused to believe the story until an in-story DNA test proved it to be true. The feud lasted into summer of 1998, when Kane seemingly abandoned Bearer to side with The Undertaker, beginning a face turn.
The Ministry of Darkness (1998–1999)-Bearer and The Undertaker became a heel team again toward the end of 1998 when Bearer betrayed his own son, Kane, in favor of managing The Undertaker once again. Once becoming a heel with Bearer, The Undertaker shamelessly admitted to setting the funeral home ablaze for which he had initially claimed was an accident or blamed Kane. Shortly thereafter, Bearer (returning in early 1999 to his signature black hair and mustache, but wearing a buttoned sweater and black overcoat, without the pasty white makeup and speaking in the same voice as his 1997 predecessor) and The Undertaker formed the Ministry of Darkness. Both he and The Undertaker took a hiatus from the WWF unceremoniously in September 1999 as a result of The Undertaker suffering an injury.

Ted Dibase The " Million Dollar Man" is an American retired professional wrestler, manager, ordained minister and color commentator. He is signed to WWE as of 2023, where he works in their Legends program. DiBiase achieved championship success in a number of wrestling promotions, holding thirty titles during his professional wrestling career. He is best recalled by mainstream audiences for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled as "the Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. He has been named as one of the best technical wrestlers,and greatest villains, in wresting history.
Ted DiBiase was trained by Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk. He made his professional wrestling debut as a referee in June 1974 in the Amarillo territory owned by the Funks. He then went to the Mid-South territory of Bill Watts being promoted as the son of Iron Mike in 1975 where he wrestled for four years. His first match was a loss against Danny Hodge. By February 1978, DiBiase would unseat Dick Slater to become Missouri State champion only to lose to Dick Murdoch after a few weeks on television.
DiBiase also spent time in the Georgia area where he had an early face run. One legendary angle had DiBiase enduring four piledrivers (one on the concrete floor and three in the ring) administered in the WTBS studio arena by The Fabulous Freebirds before his tag team partner, Tommy "Wildfire" Rich, threw in the towel (the angle of DiBiase being badly injured was so real the TBS studio audience could be seen crying). Rich and DiBiase later feuded, leading to a loser leaves town match which DiBiase won, but instead of Rich leaving the area, he donned a mask calling himself "Mister R." The feud culminated in a match between Mister R and DiBiase, Rich appeared from backstage and distracted DiBiase. Mister R then rolled up DiBiase to get the win and unmasked as Brad Armstrong. Both DiBiase and Rich left the territory shortly thereafter.In the early to mid-1980s, DiBiase participated in angles in various territories feuding with the likes of Ric Flair best known from this point in his Mid South return with the likes of Bob Roop, Paul Orndorff, Dick Murdoch, The Fabulous Freebirds and One Man Gang. DiBiase turned heel against the Junkyard Dog and formed a group called The Rat Pack with Jim Duggan and Matt Borne, ran Mid-south for months. Aligning with Skandor Akbar, Dibiase caused a riff with the group, namely Duggan. The two would feud until DiBiase lost a loser leaves town match. He also held various championships.
DiBiase made his return to the WWF as a babyface on May 15, 1987, at a house show in Houston, Texas. He came out to the ring to announce to those in attendance that it was only fitting that he was now competing in the WWF. Moments later The One Man Gang and Slick came to the ring for Gang's scheduled match. The referee had to force DiBiase to leave before there was a confrontation. At the next house show on June 7, DiBiase would have his first match and lose to The One Man Gang. He went on to lose two additional house show confrontations to The Gang. DiBiase would tag-team with Sam Houston on June 26 against The One Man Gang and Ron Bass (Houston had run in to assist DiBiase against The Gang at one of the earlier house show matches); towards the end of the match, DiBiase (kayfabe) turned on and attacked Houston after Houston missed a dropkick on Bass, leaving him to get double-teamed and pinned. His actions during the match served to effectively turn DiBiase heel, right before the onscreen debut of his new gimmick. On a June 27 episode of WWF Superstars, DiBiase had his first vignette. He would now be known as "The Million Dollar Man", a millionaire who wore a gold-studded, dollar-sign-covered suit and, in time, a custom-made, diamond-encrusted and self-awarded "Million Dollar Championship" belt. The Million Dollar Man character was based on the type of wrestler who Vince McMahon would want to be.

Allen Ray Sarven (born July 18, 1963) is an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler, better known by his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name Al Snow. He is best known as a wrestler for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE. Snow has also held various backstage positions for professional wrestling promotions. Snow worked as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Agent_(professional_wrestling) for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_Wrestling (TNA, later Impact Wrestling) from 2010 to 2017 and has owned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Wrestling since 2018 (first as majority owner, and a minority owner since 2021).
Sarven attended a professional wrestling tryout camp held by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Anderson and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Anderson_(wrestler). There he met Jim Lancaster, promoter of Ohio's Midwest Championship Wrestling, who agreed to train him, Lancaster later described Sarven as "a leader in the ring" who "had drive and natural ability".
Sarven wrestled in various independent promotions throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, capturing both tag team and singles titles, but failed to make any big breaks. In 1993 he competed in the WWF as a jobber losing to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Jannetty and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Undertaker under the name Steve Moore. He gained a reputation as "the best-kept secret in wrestling". Sarven was also being courted by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cornette for his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling federation. ECW booker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heyman agreed to let him work for both companies. Sarven soon found that he was not being utilized by ECW and went to Smoky Mountain full-time. In Smoky Mountain Wrestling, Snow teamed with Unibomb (Glenn Jacobs, later to be known as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)) as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Duo_(professional_wrestling) and defeated the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Express for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMW_Tag_Team_Championship. Sarven began working for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF) when he signed a contract in August 1995. During his tenure in the company, Sarven wrestled under numerous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Gimmick, such as Avatar, which saw him come to the ring unmasked, putting on a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucha_libre#masks to wrestle, then removing it afterwards. The gimmick was based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Morphin_Power_Rangers whose popularity the company wanted to capitalize on at that time. During his particularly short run under this gimmick, Sarven's WWF debut as Avatar took place on the October 23, 1995, episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_Night_RAW, defeating Bryan Walsh. About a month after his debut, he was scheduled to be the third man for The Underdogs at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1995) but for reasons unknown, was replaced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_Holly. After this, he started teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Credible. His two final matches as Avatar were against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Eudy & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Waltman. He was also to partake in the 1996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(1996) match but once again, due to unknown reasons, never appeared. His final match in February was against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_(wrestler). On February 20, 1996, Sarven wrestled as Shinobi, a "ninja assassin" hired by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cornette to dispose of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Michaels, who defeated Shinobi in quick fashion. Avatar returned for one last appearance against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Bradshaw at a house show on March 17, 1996, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden in a losing effort.
Sarven received his first mainstream exposure with the WWF as Leif Cassidy, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team partner of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Jannetty in February 1996. The duo were promoted as The New Rockers, a throwback to the original https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rockers team of Jannetty and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Michaels. Eventually, Jannetty left, and Sarven was reduced to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling) for mid-carders in January 1997. In the late 1990s, WWF and ECW began to cross-promote their organizations to counteract the success of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW); Sarven was one of the wrestlers sent to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling (ECW). His last appearance in WWF in September 1997 was a loss to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Ali_Singh at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_One_Night_Only.
Sarven found success back in ECW, billed once again as Al Snow. Sarven developed a new character gimmick after reading about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abnormal_psychology and finding a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannequin head on the street near the ECW Arena during a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummers_Play Day parade. He got the idea to portray an individual with a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia disorder using the head as a prop for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection. In this role, Sarven received a lot of fan and management support for his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_J.O.B._Squad storyline, which promoted him as being https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_breakdown by his years as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling) for the WWF.
In the storyline, Snow, upset at his lot in life, asked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley what he had to do to get anywhere in wrestling. Jack said to Snow that to become famous he had to "get a little head" (meaning he had to be willing to sleep with/have sex with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Book). Snow, however took this literally, and thus he started coming to the ring with the mannequin head (with the words "Help Me" written backwards on its forehead, an action Snow himself began to do) whom he talked to as if it were a real person, which prompted ECW crowds to chant "We want Head", an intentional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre. ECW promoters handed out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanded_polystyrene_foam mannequin heads at wrestling shows, and audience members started waving them and shouting, "Head! Head! Head!" in time to "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathe_(The_Prodigy_song)" by The Prodigy, his entrance music. The entire audience would then throw the heads into the ring before the match started. The biggest match of his ECW career came when he wrestled for the promotion's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_Championship, losing to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Douglas at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestlepalooza_(1998) in 1998.
On April 7, 2018, it was reported Snow purchased https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Wrestling. Snow was heavily featured in the docuseries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestlers_(TV_series), a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix released series focused on OVW that was released September 13, 2023.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Snow#cite_note-42 Following the series release, OVW had their first Thursday night sold-out show in eight years.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Snow#cite_note-43

Mart Jannetty is an American retired professional wrestler who has worked for promotions including the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and has won a total of 20 championships. Jannetty is widely known for his tenure as half of tag team The Rockers, in which he partnered with Shawn Michaels. The duo originally found success during the mid-to-late 1980s under the moniker of The Midnight Rockers, becoming two-time AWA World Tag Team Champions and winning various regional titles. They became one of the foremost teams of the WWF's "Golden Age", headlining multiple events. The Rockers held the WWF World Tag Team Championship in late 1990, but their reign was voided for disputed reasons. After splitting from Michaels in early 1992, Jannetty became a one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion and a one-time WWF World Tag Team Champion with the 1-2-3 Kid. He competed in multiple world championship matches between ECW and the WWF from 1995–1996, but Jannetty's star faded thereafter, and he was largely used as enhancement talent during a late 1990s run in WCW. He made sporadic appearances for WWE during the latter half of the 2000s (including a brief 2005 reunion with Michaels), and has remained a challenger for titles on the independent circuit.

Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD). He is known for his tenures in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling (ECW), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment (WWE), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_Wrestling. an Dam gained mainstream popularity in ECW during the latter half of the 1990s. During his time in ECW, he was managed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Alfonso and had feuds with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lynn and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_(wrestler), also forming a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam_and_Sabu. They won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Tag_Team_Championship twice. On April 4, 1998, Van Dam defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Bam_Bigelow to win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_Television_Championship, a title he held for 700 days until he vacated the championship due to an injury on March 4, 2000. When ECW closed in 2001, Van Dam signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and was involved in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling), where several former https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling and ECW wrestlers joined forces against WWF wrestlers. After the Invasion ended, Van Dam wrestled the following years as singles and tag team wrestler, winning the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hardcore_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_European_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Raw_Tag_Team_Championship and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE). At https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_22, Rob Van Dam won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match. After this victory, he challenged https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cena to a title match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_One_Night_Stand_(2006), an ECW-themed PPV. At the event, Van Dam defeated Cena and won his first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_heavyweight_championship_(professional_wrestling). Two days later, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heyman awarded Van Dam with the reactivated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship making him the only man to hold both titles at the same time. After leaving WWE in 2007, Van Dam worked on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_circuit until he signed a contract with Impact Wrestling - then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) - in 2010. A few months after his debut, he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJ_Styles to win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNA_World_Heavyweight_Championship. He would also appear for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_World_Wide and challenged https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Wagner_Jr. for the newly created https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_Latin_American_Championship at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplemania_XIX, albeit in a losing effort. He remained under contract with TNA until 2013, leaving the company after a run with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_X_Division_Championship. After departing TNA, he returned to WWE, where he worked for one year. Then, he would stay in the independent circuit, also wrestling from 2019 to 2020 with TNA, now known as Impact Wrestling. In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2021), he was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame, and the following year he was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_Hall_of_Fame. Between ECW, WWE and TNA/Impact, Van Dam won 21 total championships, including three world championships, and is only one of two wrestlers in history (alongside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Lashley) to have held the WWE, ECW, and TNA world championships. In addition, he headlined many pay-per-view events throughout three decades between the 1990s and 2010s, including the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_to_Remember#1998 edition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_to_Remember (ECW's flagship event) and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripleman%C3%ADa_XIX edition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripleman%C3%ADa (AAA's flagship event). In 2002, Van Dam was ranked the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated#PWI_500 in the world by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated. He was voted "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated_awards#Most_Popular_Wrestler_of_the_Year" by readers of the magazine in 2001 and again in 2002. WWE named him the greatest star in ECW history in 2014.
In addition, he headlined many pay-per-view events throughout three decades between the 1990s and 2010s, including the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_to_Remember#1998 edition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_to_Remember (ECW's flagship event) and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripleman%C3%ADa_XIX edition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripleman%C3%ADa (AAA's flagship event). In 2002, Van Dam was ranked the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated#PWI_500 in the world by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated. He was voted "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated_awards#Most_Popular_Wrestler_of_the_Year" by readers of the magazine in 2001 and again in 2002. WWE named him the greatest star in ECW history in 2014.
In early 1996, Van Dam signed with promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heyman's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia-based promotion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling (ECW), defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rotten in his debut match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Party_(1996). Van Dam's mannerisms were those of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_subculture, and he became a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) due to his laid-back attitude and unorthodox style. On March 30, he faced https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Cold_Scorpio in a match for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Television_Championship. The match ended in a draw with 2 Cold Scorpio retaining the title.
Van Dam gained attention following a series of matches with long-time rival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_(wrestler), which began with a match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_City_Showdown#1996, won by Sabu. After the match, Van Dam declined to show proper respect for his opponent, leading to a rematch at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_A_Matter_of_Respect#1996, which was won by Van Dam. Per the pre-match stipulation, Sabu then offered Van Dam a handshake, but was again ignored. Instead, Van Dam left the ring and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Turn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) under the management of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Alfonso. At https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_Heaven#1996, Van Dam faced his rival Sabu once again, in a match to prove who was the better man, but Sabu won the match.

Bruce Prichard (born March 7, 1963) is an American professional wrestling executive, booker, and producer and a former manager, commentator, and occasional professional wrestler.
Houston Wrestling (1973–1987)- Prichard began his career in 1973 working for Paul Boesch's Houston Wrestling promotion out of Houston, Texas. At 10 years old, he sold posters at the Sam Houston Coliseum with great success. He worked as assistant director of television at age 12 and acted as a ring announcer at age 14. Due to Boesch's working relationship with Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation in the 1980s, Prichard would also act as ring announcer for some UWF shows. As Houston Wrestling became defunct in 1987, Prichard was hired by the World Wrestling Federation.
World Wrestling Federation (1987–1991)- After entering the World Wrestling Federation in 1987 shortly after WrestleMania III, he first occasionally worked as an announcer for the WWF's television programs alongside Mike McGuirk and "The Duke of Dorchester" Pete Doherty and occasionally Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, before creating the Brother Love character.
The Brother Love Show (1988–1991)- In June 1988, Prichard debuted as "Brother Love", a red-faced, smarmy, dishonest, effusive and boisterous "preacher" character, dressed in a conspicuous white suit, tight red shirt and white tie, who claimed to preach not the word of God, but "the word of love." He was best known for his disingenuous catchphrase "I love you!", during which he would enunciate each word with exaggerated prolongations in a thick Southern accent. The character was inspired by controversial televangelists of the time, with Prichard specifically citing Robert Tilton as his most direct inspiration. However, shortly after the character debuted, similarities were also noted between Brother Love and controversial pastor Jimmy Swaggart's style of preaching. Though Prichard has credited Tilton as the main inspiration for the Brother Love character, he has also credited Swaggart, Jim Bakker and even Oral Roberts as inspirations for the character as well. Months before Brother Love debuted, Swaggart and Bakker were involved in controversial scandals which tarnished their public images and resulted in networks cancelling their television shows. Introduced to the WWF by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Love hosted a segment on the World Wrestling Federation's syndicated and cable television programs called "The Brother Love Show", in which he would interview wrestlers
In a 2016 podcast with Stone Cold Steve Austin, Prichard recalled that he had long been a fan of evangelist preachers, more for their theatrics than their religion. When Prichard first pitched the idea of Brother Love to WWF owner Vince McMahon, Vince generally liked the idea but did not believe that Prichard "had the face" for the role. Determined to get himself into the role that he had created, Prichard, dressed as Brother Love (minus the red face paint he would appear on television with), invaded a meeting at the WWF's headquarters between McMahon, the head of WWF International and the WWF's chief financial officer. While there, he gave an impromptu two minute sermon before quickly departing. When he arrived back at his office at the WWF's television studios five minutes later, he discovered that he had two missed calls from McMahon who he was relieved to find had liked what he had seen. However, Vince wanted to see how it worked on camera. Thus, the Brother Love character became a reality. Prichard also told that the bright red face make up was unknown to him the first time he appeared on television as Brother Love. As it was a television taping, Prichard thought it was just normal make up being applied and he did not look in the mirror, not knowing that Vince McMahon had ordered that he be given the red face.
Manager of The Undertaker (1990–1991)- On November 19, 1990, Brother Love began managing The Undertaker (who at the time was known as "Kane the Undertaker", the add-on of "Kane" inspired by Prichard).
Global Wrestling Federation (1991–1992)- After his release from the WWF, Prichard moved home to Texas where he eventually joined the Dallas-based Global Wrestling Federation, where he worked as a manager and ringside interviewer between 1991 and 1992, using his real name.
Return to the World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment (1992–2008)- Prichard returned to the WWF in August 1992 and portrayed two short-lived characters. He first appeared as "The Wizard", a heel color commentator on All-American Wrestling (who never appeared on camera during the character's brief run), and then as "Reo Rodgers", a satire on Dusty Rhodes.

Bruce Prichard - Part 2 - This could be the biggest shoot interview that has ever conducted as we were able to sit down with one of the most powerful men in the history of the wrestling business… Vince McMahon’s right hand man Bruce Prichard!!! In a million years I never thought we would be able to sit down with one of the top 3 WWE executives of the last 50 years. If you know the business, you know there was Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson and Bruce Prichard. There were others like JJ Dillon and Jim Ross, but none of them made as much of an impact, dealt with more huge stars, or wielded as much power and influence behind the scenese as Bruce Prichard. Whether it was running and producing the TV tapings during the late 80’s and 90’s, heading the talent relations department and working closely with every major name in the company during his more than two decade long stay with the company, Bruce Prichard did it all. He was there for it all, and to use a popular phrase from the eeriely similar mafia world, Bruce “knows where the bodies are buried”
We can't express this statement with anymore gravitas!!, please do not underestimate shoot interviews like these or J.J. Dillions for example who had held all roles in wrestling. Somebody like like J.J. Dillion is famous for being the manager of the Four Horsemen but has been Dusty Rhodes right hand man in Florida and with the crocketts. People like him are a wealth of information. Gary hart is another one. Their is a reason both their books are collectors items and very expensive because they have been all over the world and bookers and always kept extensive notes. Don't overlook a shoot interview like this! Bruce has been involved with wresling since he 10 year old working with the highly respected Promoter by all wrestlers, Paul Boesch, Bill Watts and Vince Mcmahon. Not only a character Brother Love but he was in Vince McMahons inner circle with booker genuis Pat Patterson. He was also a major producer in television for wee and tried his best to help TNA/Impact wrestling at a time when the Beautiful Dixie Carter was backed by Panda energy. They had more money then Vince but she was used and abused by charlatans like Vince Russo who's came to fame was he invented the WWE's attitude Area. Which is a bold face lie. He had masterminds like Bruce, Cornette , Vince and Patterson checking all his Jerry Springer Howard Stern Shock value. Dixie had Cornette , Bruce, Dutch Mantell ( research is WBC rating in Purto Rico after they killed Brusier Brody. She chose to listen to charlatans like Russo who signed with WCW but did nothing but kill it with TED TURNERS money backing it. All he has is ecuses. People like Shane Douglas, trained by greats like Dominick Denucci, worked for Bill Watts but his claim to fame was ECW. Fans do not take this personally but ECW was Hot shot booking with a genuis Paul Heyman but when is the book the Death of ECW coming coming out. They had a internet faithful cult following that seriously garnered respect like cult classic movies nthat fail at the box office but become legendary. You have people like Shane but this time they have Panda energy money backing them and they still floundered. Paul Heyman and all his genius knew not to touch TNA even with Panda energy's money.( look up how much money they were worth, Panda Energy purchased a controlling interest (72https://infogalactic.com/info/Percentage) of the https://infogalactic.com/info/Nashville,_Tennessee-based https://infogalactic.com/info/Professional_wrestling https://infogalactic.com/info/Professional_wrestling_promotion https://infogalactic.com/info/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling from founder and https://infogalactic.com/info/Chief_executive_officer https://infogalactic.com/info/Jerry_Jarrett. ) Paul knew he had a cult following in ECW and Tod Gordons business acumen not to mention his bankrolland money tht his family invested in your whole lives. Everyone says Puals a Genuis but it's Tod Gordon who gave you ECW as Paul already super shay from New York was a con man from the start with great ideas. Buy Tods Book TOD IS GOD , it's great and all the ECW marks owe tod that much. and hot shot booking with Terry Funks loyalty to Eddie and Missy Hyatt alog with Nancy Sullivan he hit lightning in a bottle and that never haappens once let alone twice. Think about it To me a what my mentor and idle calls a wrestling historian. Pa created the Sandmam , Austins gimmick very similiar but with a guy like Vince controlling Wrestle crap Russo and look at what he turned Heyman into. Don't miss this shoot.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Back Story It was reported on October 7, 2010, that Prichard had been hired by TNA to presumably reprise the role he had in WWE working as a backstage agent and producer. On October 6, 2011, Prichard took over the role of TNA head writer from Vincent Russo because he convince Dixie that TNA needed his expertise because he created the attidude area in the WWE and his hand were tied with the WCW because of standads and practicing curtailing his creativity because he was so politally incorrect. From racist gimmick matches to the shear fact that TNA wrestling literally stood for Tits and ass and had the closest thing to strippers dancing in cages above ring entrances and crowds. He's a uneducated man that single handlely destroyed TED Turners billionare dollar merger with Time warner and although AOL merger turned out to be a diasaester, Ted Turner was a visionary and wasn't sfraid to gamble. CNN was a major success, HLN News was very succeesful, The Weather channel at one time was one the most watched Cable channels onn Cable. He fought the FCC and won. He owned the Braves who didn't have a winning season for what felt like for ever but in 1995 they won the the World Series, He owned the Atalnta Hawks, once a struggling ABA team that Ted brought the human highlight reel Dominque wilkins , Kevin Willis, "pistol Pete Maverick, and underrated coach named Mike Fratello replaced Loughery as head coach in 1983 who in 2 years brought them to there ist 50 win season. Don't forget Spudd web and lenny wilkens (at the time one of the best coaches)Atlanta was growing and it was bein built on Ted turners back. From a media Conglamerate the Turner Warner merger with AOl ade alot ot of sense becaue Ted saw the internet coming and at the time America Online was a major player on the block. Bigger then Google and Facebook (never heard of) Microsoft were big players but Gates is a Robber Barron. Aol turned out to really hurt Turner as they were a bunch of frauds but Turner and Warner were so pissed they just dropped them but Aol's Email database was just sold to Verison as well as yahoo for around 5 billion each so they have value. Bruce never talks bad but you will learn alot of wresting knowledge.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2010–2013, 2017)- It was reported on October 7, 2010, that Prichard had been hired by TNA to presumably reprise the role he had in WWE working as a backstage agent and producer. On October 6, 2011, Prichard took over the role of TNA head writer from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Russo. In May 2012, Prichard was promoted to Vice President of Talent Relations to replace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Taylor. On October 17, 2012, Prichard was promoted to Senior Vice President, Programming & Talent Relations. In this new role, Prichard oversaw talent relations, talent scouting and development as well as the creative direction of the company. In May 2013, Prichard began appearing as a judge alongside Al Snow and Taz in the monthly Gut Check segment on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNA_Impact. No matter what lies Vince Russo the Legit voted on most desiped man in wrestling says or numbers he makes up, it Bruce prichard that got TNA in order as much as you could but sadly they him go in 2013.
I'm really stressing this heavy, at a time when the wrestling world needed TNA Impact wrestling to the succeed they had the smarts of Bruce Pricharcd , Jerry Jarret, Jim Cornette, Dutch Mantel and brains like Raven to go with talent like A.J Styles , C.M Punk, Samoa Joe and Fn favovorites like Sting, Scott Steiner , Booker T, Nash, and Kurt angle. Some may argue that they went WWE light but you needed start power and panda Energy had more money then Vince and the WWE. Taxes for pubiclicly traded companies are literally public. JEFF JARRET IS NOT A SUPERSTAR , promoters kids are never order or talented except for Dustin Rhodes. facts, Greg Gagne, Nick Gulas's kid Daddy said sell, Erik Watts, Mike graham, Jamie Dundee, Chistoper daniels, and yes theres always a exception the Von Erichs but we know how that turned out. b Garret bishiff, David and Reid Flair, Wes Briscoe, ( the harts were in the promotering machine of the WWE. Cody rhodes had several gimmicks that were terrible until he copied his father correctly, bwhere is ole andersons kids. Vince Russo knew he had to push jeff who nobody cared about him, evenbin his prime he was 200 soaking wet. the Fullers knew how to promotte as well as others but Vince Russo ruined the WCW with a billionares money and ruined TNA. Did he have durt on Dixie? Bruce is a wealth of history and knowledge.

Allen James Coage (October 22, 1943 – March 6, 2007) was an https://infogalactic.com/info/United_States https://infogalactic.com/info/Professional_wrestling with the https://infogalactic.com/info/World_Wrestling_Entertainment, https://infogalactic.com/info/Stampede_Wrestling and other promotions, better known by his https://infogalactic.com/info/Ring_name Bad News Allen and Bad News Brown. He won a bronze medal in heavyweight https://infogalactic.com/info/Judo at the https://infogalactic.com/info/1976_Summer_Olympics. He remains the only American heavyweight judoka to have won an Olympic medal.
Early judo and wrestling training- Allen Coage was a US Grand Champion for Judo and received a full scholarship to the Kodokan with the help of https://infogalactic.com/info/Hank_Kraft. Prior to his training as a wrestler, Coage trained in judo for the better part of two decades, under the direction of renowned instructor Yoshisada Yonezuka, and earned a spot on the United States Olympic team at the Games in https://infogalactic.com/info/Montreal. He even trained in https://infogalactic.com/info/Japan with judoka masters, living in near poverty and continuing on solely for the love of his sport. After his bronze medal victory, Coage attempted to open his own judo school. Later, he decided to try his hand at professional wrestling. He began training with https://infogalactic.com/info/Antonio_Inoki around 1978.
New Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wide Wrestling Federation, and Stampede Wrestling (1977-1988)- After short stints with https://infogalactic.com/info/New_Japan_Pro_Wrestling and the then-https://infogalactic.com/info/World_Wrestling_Entertainment, Bad News Allen found a long-term home in https://infogalactic.com/info/Stu_Hart's https://infogalactic.com/info/Stampede_Wrestling, centered in Allen's adopted home city of https://infogalactic.com/info/Calgary. Allen remained with Stampede from 1982 until 1988, with some tours of Australia and https://infogalactic.com/info/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida during that time, and had matches with wrestlers such as the https://infogalactic.com/info/Dynamite_Kid and https://infogalactic.com/info/Bret_Hart. He often referred to himself in interviews as "the Ultimate Warrior," a name that was later used more famously by wrestler https://infogalactic.com/info/Warrior_(wrestler).
Return to WWF (1988-1990)- Allen returned to the World Wrestling Federation in early 1988 as Bad News Brown, and it was during this time that he achieved his greatest notoriety. While the roster was mostly filled with ultra-virtuous https://infogalactic.com/info/Face_(professional_wrestling) and cowardly and monster https://infogalactic.com/info/Heel_(professional_wrestling), Bad News was something entirely different; a tough loner. While other heels were likely to form alliances with one another, Bad News was reclusive. He didn't respect anybody, and was just as likely to attack heels as faces (character traits that would later be employed to great fame by https://infogalactic.com/info/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin). His dislike for all fellow wrestlers was clear when he abandoned his teams at the https://infogalactic.com/info/Survivor_Series of https://infogalactic.com/info/Survivor_Series_(1988) and https://infogalactic.com/info/Survivor_Series_(1989). Some memorable moments from his WWF tenure included winning the https://infogalactic.com/info/Battle_royal_(professional_wrestling) at https://infogalactic.com/info/WrestleMania_IV by eliminating https://infogalactic.com/info/Bret_Hart, who was then a heel, after a sneak attack, a brief feud with then-champion https://infogalactic.com/info/Randy_Savage in early 1989 that led to main-event matches, feuding with https://infogalactic.com/info/Roddy_Piper (starting before the https://infogalactic.com/info/Royal_Rumble_(1990) and culminating at https://infogalactic.com/info/WrestleMania_VI) and with https://infogalactic.com/info/Jake_Roberts (where Bad News had a sewer rat against Jake's snake) and attacking WWF President https://infogalactic.com/info/Jack_Tunney on https://infogalactic.com/info/Bruce_Prichard#Brother_Love_Show. Bad News also had a brief run challenging https://infogalactic.com/info/Hulk_Hogan for the https://infogalactic.com/info/WWE_Championship. On the March 11, 1989 edition of https://infogalactic.com/info/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event Bad News memorably took a microphone towards the end of his match with Hogan and told him that it was time for the Ghetto Blaster (his finisher). As he was getting ready to execute it however, Hogan got out of the way, leading him to miss the move terribly and suffer an eventual loss. Bad News eventually left the WWF after https://infogalactic.com/info/SummerSlam_(1990), claiming https://infogalactic.com/info/Vince_McMahon failed to live up to his promise to make him the company's first black champion. The same BS that Kamala and Ahmed Johnson would say but you never hear it from Afrifican wrestlers who can draw and have a lick of talent. I remeber watching him and his matches nwere brutal. You had a run with Hulk Hogan in the Prime of wresling when they ran 3 sold out shows a night and you wrestled the popular wrestle on the planet. You never hear complaints from people with talent who are african American like Ron Simmons or Booker T , New Day, or even Koko b. Ware or Doomk. Sasha Banks?
Allen returned to the World Wrestling Federation in early 1988 as Bad News Brown, and it was during this time that he achieved his greatest notoriety. While the roster was mostly filled with ultra-virtuous https://infogalactic.com/info/Face_(professional_wrestling) and cowardly and monster https://infogalactic.com/info/Heel_(professional_wrestling), Bad News was something entirely different; a tough loner. While other heels were likely to form alliances with one another, Bad News was reclusive. He didn't respect anybody, and was just as likely to attack heels as faces (character traits that would later be employed to great fame by https://infogalactic.com/info/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin). His dislike for all fellow wrestlers was clear when he abandoned his teams at the https://infogalactic.com/info/Survivor_Series of https://infogalactic.com/info/Survivor_Series_(1988) and https://infogalactic.com/info/Survivor_Series_(1989). Some memorable moments from his WWF tenure included winning the https://infogalactic.com/info/Battle_royal_(professional_wrestling) at https://infogalactic.com/info/WrestleMania_IV by eliminating https://infogalactic.com/info/Bret_Hart, who was then a heel, after a sneak attack, a brief feud with then-champion https://infogalactic.com/info/Randy_Savage in early 1989 that led to main-event matches, feuding with https://infogalactic.com/info/Roddy_Piper (starting before the https://infogalactic.com/info/Royal_Rumble_(1990) and culminating at https://infogalactic.com/info/WrestleMania_VI) and with https://infogalactic.com/info/Jake_Roberts (where Bad News had a sewer rat against Jake's snake) and attacking WWF President https://infogalactic.com/info/Jack_Tunney on https://infogalactic.com/info/Bruce_Prichard#Brother_Love_Show. Bad News also had a brief run challenging https://infogalactic.com/info/Hulk_Hogan for the https://infogalactic.com/info/WWE_Championship. On the March 11, 1989 edition of https://infogalactic.com/info/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event Bad News memorably took a microphone towards the end of his match with Hogan and told him that it was time for the Ghetto Blaster (his finisher). As he was getting ready to execute it however, Hogan got out of the way, leading him to miss the move terribly and suffer an eventual loss. Bad News eventually left the WWF after https://infogalactic.com/info/SummerSlam_(1990), claiming https://infogalactic.com/info/Vince_McMahon failed to live up to his promise to make him the company's first black champion.
Allen returned to the World Wrestling Federation in early 1988 as Bad News Brown, and it was during this time that he achieved his greatest notoriety. While the roster was mostly filled with ultra-virtuous.

"Nature Boy" Buddy Landel, was an American professional wrestler born in Knoxville, Tennessee. 1976–1990Landel first became interested in professional wrestling when his sister was dating Barry Orton, and the two would occasionally wrestle when he came over to visit. Landel was an amateur wrestler in high school, but dropped out during his junior year. While he was training with Boris Malenko, Landel lived in an apartment with Olympian Bob Roop. He started his career in 1979 in Bill Watts's Mid South promotion. He also worked in International Championship Wrestling. He went to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985 and joined manager James J. Dillon's stable. A wrestling card with a Landel-Ric Flair main event in July 1985 broke Elvis Presley's attendance record in Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. He won the NWA National Heavyweight Championship from Terry Taylor at Starrcade '85 in Greensboro, North Carolina.[2]Landel was set to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Ric Flair in 1985. However, Landel had a falling out with the management of Jim Crockett Promotions and left the company. Landel went back to the Tennessee area in 1986. With Bill Dundee, Dutch Mantell and Jerry Lawler, he headlined the last sold-out show in the Mid-South Coliseum. He worked in the Alabama territories in 1987 and 1988. Landel at one time was managed by Andy Kaufman, Jim Cornette, and Jimmy Hart.
He came back to the NWA in 1990 and wrestled "Nature Boy" Ric Flair in a "Battle of the Nature Boys". He wrestled Flair in a "Gauntlet match" which aired on November 24, 1990. The storyline was dropped after three months because of Landel's personal problems. He worked in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) in 1994 and 1995. There he became one of the main events managed by Jim Cornette. Buddy held the SMW Heavyweight Championship and the SMW Television Championship in 1995. He remained a heroic character until the promotion folded in late 1995. After Cornette closed SMW, both Cornette and Landel went to the World Wrestling Federation.[5] He started the same day as The Ringmaster (the future Stone Cold Steve Austin) on December 5, 1995.

He is asked about is football career. He said that junior and senior year in high school, he was All-American and recruited by about 50 schools. He grew up in inner city Los Angeles and was attracted to Colorado for college due to the spacious setting. He was a four-year starter and drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 3rd round but ended rupturing his patella tendon in training camp. The Rams made the playoff that year and he was activated when the starting center got hurt and played a few snaps against the Steelers in the Super Bowl, said he has the ring. Vader got into wrestling when his football career finished and he came back to Colorado and got his license to be a broker in Colorado. He talks about how he built and sold houses and while making good money, was getting bored and out of shape and felt that he had a lot left in his body to use. When asked if he was a wrestling fan growing up, Vader said that he followed it a little bit. He then said that he watched Hogan as a kid, which makes no sense seeing as Vader was 28 years old when Hogan went back to the WWF in 1984. Vader said he was up to about 380 lbs when he went back to the gym. He went with a few friends to an AWA show and left midway through, saying the match quality was poor, and went to the hotel across the street. He saw the wrestlers hanging out there and was recognized by Gene Reed as a football player, who then introduced him to Greg Gagne. Reed told Vader to come back in a few weeks and he met Brad Rheingans, who was running a wrestling camp for Verne. Vader adds that Brad was the one who created stars from that camp, not Verne.
Vader says that his real height is 6’4 ½ and in wrestling, got at low as 340 lbs and high as 440 lbs.
He remembers his first match and it was against Bruiser Brody. He says it was one of the most painful things that ever happened to him. He did say that Brody tried to teach him. He then went on to wrestle with Jerry Blackwell then Stan Hansen. He said after working with those guys, who were very stiff in the ring, went to work with other guys and hit someone so hard in a match that they rolled out of the ring and complained to one of the Gagne’s. Vader said he thought you were supposed to hit that hard, because those guys hit him like that. When asked about why he left the AWA, Vader talks about the relationship between Verne Gagne and Otto Wanz. They had a partnership at the time. Vader goes off topic for a bit and forgot the question before saying that Verne told him to go over as he would learn a lot and get a lot of dates.
He said that he wound up in New Japan after spending two seasons in Europe. One of the referee’s in New Japan approached him and said that Masa Saito remembered a six-man tag they had and was impressed by his power moves and wanted him to tour New Japan after finishing up with Otto in Europe. Vader said that he already had dates with Giant Baba and All Japan after he contacted Stan Hansen so he could wrestle between the tours of Europe. He said that New Japan offered a lot more than Baba. He said after speaking with his wife and just starting off in the business, he took the original offer. After that, Antonio Inoki paid a fee to Baba to get Vader for New Japan. In his first tour, he beat Inoki in four minutes. He compares the psychology between Japan and America at the time, saying the faces in America sold a lot more than they did in Japan. He compares guys like The Rock and Stone Cold today (this was filmed in 2001) and how they have done a 180 and they are selling like the Japanese did back then and Japan faces are selling like the American’s did at that time.Up next is his infamous match against Stan Hansen in which his eye wound up on his cheek. Vader said that he turned right into a punch by Stan and felt his eye on his cheek, half popped out. He remembered swearing at Stan then turned his back and popped it back in place before putting him in an armbar. He said he took his mask off and the crowd popped. The camera zoomed into his eye and it showed on the screen. He is asked about his team with Bam Bam Bigelow. Rob tells him that in Bam Bam’s shoot, he mentioned that they had a bit of a rivalry. Vader puts over Bam Bam for his agility but didn’t think they had a rivalry. He also calls Bam Bam a great partner and that they both knew the Japanese style well. He said that they wrestled the Steiner Brothers, who were nervous as they were unfamiliar with the style, and helped them through the beginning of the match and it turned out great. He also says that he wants to work with him and has talked to Paul Heyman about coming to ECW. Rob breaks to Vader that a 90% confirmed rumor has Bam Bam not being at the PPV and signing with WCW. On how he wound up in WCW, he got hurt in Japan and tore his cartilage, which had also flipped and wedged itself. He wrote a letter to the promoter saying he would be able to compete in the tournament as he needed surgery. Japan pressured him to hold off and wrestle but Vader did not want to risk his career and elected to have the surgery. His contract was also up at that time and said that Jim Ross was a huge supporter of his and called him up, telling him to speak with Dusty Rhodes who was the booker and got hired. Vader said that Dusty was the booker for all of the Executive Vice President’s until Bischoff took over. He said that he was booked to lose against Flair at the 1993 Starrcade 1993 by Bischoff to give Flair a bit rub and that Dusty told him not to job as Flair was getting old. He then said that he would put Flair over, with the interviewers calling it a great match, and that afterwards, Dusty told him he would get the belt back in a cage match before Hogan came to the company. Flair wound up getting Dusty’s job a few days later and he did not get the belt. Vader then said that as a result, Flair ended up having to job to Hogan when he came to the company. Vader said that he had his best matches with Sting. He said that was the best point of his career as he didn’t have to deal with the political manipulation from guys like Hogan and Flair. He is then asked if there was any added pressure for working with Sting. He said they had a strong respect for each other and does not recall ever having a bad match together. Vader was asked about working with Cactus Jack when his ear got ripped off. He said that match, Jack choked himself in the ropes and was turning purple and couldnt get out so Vader had to rip him out and when that happened, Jack’s ear was partially torn. Vader said he saw blood and thought it was a perfect time to get heat and go home so he punched him and his ear fell off. The ref gave the ear to the ring announcer and they brought it backstage. He said that they all tried to talk him out of the crazy moves and at one point, he told him to shoot on him in a match. Vader said that he earned his spot in history. He is asked about the incident between Arn Anderson and Sid Vicious in Europe. Vader blames WCW saying that they had a poorly timed schedule that had them land, wrestle, travel, the wrestle. After all that, everyone was frazzled and they were drinking beers at a table and he left. After that, Sid and Arn squared off. Vader then heard screaming in the lobby and left his room in his underwear and saw Sid walk over to him and blood was pouring out of his belly and stopped the flow by sticking his thumb in the wound. He screamed for towels and a chair and held the towel until the ambulance came. He never saw Arn though. When asked about how the rest of the boys felt, he said the net night they had a meeting and Turner had apparently thought about shutting down the tour and Dusty gave them a meeting about what happened and they moved on.
Now, he is asked about his altercation with Paul Orndorff. Vader said that he will not elaborate a lot on the situation but said that TV tapings are long and hectic. He then said that after missing a few photograph sessions, Bischoff told him that he would be fined. He was also supposed to do some pre-tapes but did not want to be fined so he went to the sessions. He said that Orndorff was not a booker but acted like that in the sessions when he was only a assistant. After a long photo session, he was in the locker room talking to Meng when Orndorff yelled at him, saying he was late and held up the crew. Vader said not to yell at him and that he was told to be at a photo shoot but Orndorff became abusive and there was no reason for that as Orndorff was not his superior and after some words he walked away. Terry Taylor walked up to him and Vader told him what happened and Taylor said he did not know that and asked him to prepare for the tapings. He said sure then Orndorff confronted him again and called him out. Vader said he was disrespectful to Orndorff after he yelled at him. Orndorff told him to hit him and Vader said he slapped him then realized it was wrong and his job was in jeopardy. He said at that time, he froze, thinking of his family and future, and Orndorff came down head-first in the hallway, nearly hitting a corner of a box. Vader then states he went over to see if he was okay and Orndorff slapped his hand away. He then said that he made the decision not to throw another punch but Orndorff came up and hit him a few times, claiming that his hands were down at the time. After that, Vader said that he grabbed him in a front facelock and claims that if he wanted to hurt him, he easily could have. He then said Orndorff was in the locker room telling people that Vader gave him a cheap shot. Vader then said that he kicked open the door of the executives office and asked Orndorff if he wanted to finish the fight, with Schiavone and Bischoff in the room. Vader said he called him out and when he finally came out he grabbed him but Meng walked by and stopped him. He claims that if Meng