They say life's a wrestle, and nobody knows the holds, the takedowns, and the sheer drive it takes to grapple with fame quite like our latest guest. This episode is an unfiltered tag team of stories rich with the sweat and fervor of the wrestling world, where our guest, a seasoned veteran of the squared circle, shares the highs and lows of life in and out of the ring. From the echoes of roaring fans in Denver to the backstage politics that play out away from the lights, it's a tell-all that packs a punch.
Journey backstage with us for an episode that tosses the script out of the ring with tales of swift justice and clever comebacks. Discover how a simple gesture, like shaking a cop's hand, can anchor respect amidst chaos, and how keeping your cool can lead to unexpected forms of retribution against those who cross the line. Whether it's the law-enforcement allies or the odd humor in an encounter with an unruly fan in Omaha, our guest navigates the peculiar world of wrestling fandom with a mix of grit and wit that will keep you hooked from bell to bell.
They say life's a wrestle, and nobody knows the holds, the takedowns, and the sheer drive it takes to grapple with fame quite like our latest guest. This episode is an unfiltered tag team of stories rich with the sweat and fervor of the wrestling world, where our guest, a seasoned veteran of the squared circle, shares the highs and lows of life in and out of the ring. From the echoes of roaring fans in Denver to the backstage politics that play out away from the lights, it's a tell-all that packs a punch.
Journey backstage with us for an episode that tosses the script out of the ring with tales of swift justice and clever comebacks. Discover how a simple gesture, like shaking a cop's hand, can anchor respect amidst chaos, and how keeping your cool can lead to unexpected forms of retribution against those who cross the line. Whether it's the law-enforcement allies or the odd humor in an encounter with an unruly fan in Omaha, our guest navigates the peculiar world of wrestling fandom with a mix of grit and wit that will keep you hooked from bell to bell.
Speaker 1:
You listen to me, you go to the top. Bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, Bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby, bobby. What do I do? I buy a Smith Wesson knuckle roller coaster? No, I can't do that, especially if I'm on here in bubble, but I can't do it all the time. I won't talk. What about you mentioned, like when you were a kid, how you got that kid who was picking on you, anything in your professional or adult life where you did that to somebody who was just oh well, um well, we had a gang one night that brought him back to the dressing room in Denver and Denver was a wild town. People had really energetic fans and it was usually so loud and it was a long walk back to Dresden and this one kid I remember, and people would throw beer and spit at you and throw things, and this one cop that would always help us back. I always made sure when I got back to Jerusalem I would shake every cop's hand. Thank you. Thank you very much, because when the people like police or not, you don't call your brother-in-law. When you get robbed, you call the cops. Someone does something to your kids in your home, you call the cops. But if you're doing 60 or 50, they pull over to that porch over there and they get mad at you. Hey, it's your job to outsmart him, it's his job to catch him, that's all. It is Nothing personal. That's why, when I was a kid, I wanted to do that. I wanted to get a hold of things the best way I could, and I learned to do that. I learned to get a hundred things the best way I could, and I could in wrestling.
Speaker 1:
So this guy, the cusp of this guy, in the dressing room I had him handcuffed. I guess he stood on one of us. But he got the cop. This was a big cop. He yelled at the guy if you sit there on that bench, don't move Handcuffed him and kicked the hell out of him. So just as he got the door, I told the cop, I said officer, I said he just gave you the finger and he turned around and went back and beat this guy unmercifully. But if you think about it, the guy's handcuffed. How could he have given him the finger? And the guy spit on me. That's my way to get evil. Now I see it work. Didn't have to hurt my hand or my shoes or anything. He got beat up. The cop felt good about it. He probably won't do it again.
Speaker 1:
I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure. I and I remember one night we were at Omaha, nebraska, and they were throwing a whole bunch of crap in the ring and the cops grabbed the guy and they brought him back and Nick Bachman, who I, took the guy in the dressing room and Nick got in the shower and turned the water on with his boots and his trunks on and grabbed the guy by the tie in there and asked him what he was doing. What made him think he could spit or throw up in a pond or do something else? Who do you think you are? And the guy sat there with his shower pouring down on him in thick clothes and all he did was put his right hand over his left pocket to keep his cigarettes dry. So Nick was soaking wet with his boots and socks. I'm sitting there laughing watching and Nick's talking to his dumb hillbilly who was soaking wet with his cigarette stick. So there's justice, I guess.
Speaker 1:
I remember another thing. It's very easy to get people. I was at the Philadelphia Spectrum one time. We were dressed in the back. They had a big machine and time cards where we'd clock in. I got an interview so I clocked everybody out. I must have been a hard card. I had an interview back there. So I did school with people. I remember why I did it, because every time I came to the building the guy would say I'd say to my dean who are you with, sir? I've been coming here for a year, two years. I got bleach blonde hair and it's rustling at night. You think I just bleach my hair to sneak into this place. You ask me this every month. I see you. You know who I am, where's my job? Fine, I check some out again.
Speaker 1:
I remember my wife. We had a bake sale once at the church. So she makes some kind of a cake and puts her name on top of it and a little stick and things. She'd run us over to the church and just send it to Jim. So I came over there and I see, oh, I have cakes and pies and donuts and stuff. It took me an hour and I switched everybody's names. We got to here and we told Cindy what great carrot cakes you made. She made muffins. So it took me an hour and I switched everybody's names. We got to the hair-beating toast thing with a great carrot cake she made. She made muffins. So nobody got up. So the day we did the radio station I passed by the meal room. I saw all the different shoots. If I'd have had time I'd have switched everybody's names.
Speaker 1:
In the back of the plane was the best place to sit. You know how to lock the bathrooms from the outside. You ever seen this as occupied or vacant? There's a little slit there or a nub. That's in case someone's in there and gets sick, so they can get in. What you do is you take your nail file and you flip it up. It says occupied. Now, when I used to go to Japan, I'd lock all the bathrooms on a 747, except one. I'd leave open for children and women and they would stand there in line. I always locked the bathrooms after lunch. They'd stand there in lines forever. They'd never try to open the door They'd say occupied.
Speaker 1:
Pedro Morales was on the plane. He's sitting in the front row On the aisle. I'm sitting in the front row On the aisle, I'm sitting in the back and the plane takes off and I see him looking back. He's looking for the sign. I know he wants to go to the bathroom, so he gets to the plane and he takes the seatbelt sign off. I see Pete get up. So I get up. I'm right there. I reach in and I'm Kleenex, shut the door and I pop the lid. I sit back down.
Speaker 1:
Now, when Alice comes, he goes up the door. I go shit, he's standing there. I hear him go amigo, no be it. I got to pee. But at the end of it he finally goes back to his seat. But he keeps looking back. So I get up, I open the door. He sees me. He jumps up. I shut the door and lock it. He comes back and left me there and he had a pair of gabardine pants on. But he couldn't say it right. He said what the hell is going on? He said I'm going to piss my gabardinos. I told him. I said you beat Nick one more time. You get to keep him. Put the word in the streets.