More Classic Pro Wrestling Talk -- Interviews etc

[The Toyroom]

^ He's one of the guys, along with Eddie Mansfield, who was featured on 20/20 and Morton Downey if I recall back then, trying to expose the business....supposedly he was blackballed from wrestling when he wouldn't do the deed with a promoter. He was barely a blip on anyone's radar, even back then. Didn't realize he had died....

[toys2cool]

Whatever happened to Jim Wilson?

who's that? I heard he died this year

[fallensaviour]

Fast forward to around 5:30 in and start watching
YouTube - 20/20 report on pro wrestling, part 2/2

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This always makes me laugh...Sick I know considering what happened to stossels hearing but I mean for the longest time I always beleived it was just "Part of the show".

wrestling for me was ruined(not ruined just explained) at a very young age when I met a couple wrestlers having burgers and fries in the same cafe my dad took me to.
They were going to fight each other that night.I asked them if they were really friends...They laughed and told me yes,they explained it was just a show.But I should keep it a secret so other people would still beleive.
The illusion was gone...
They did give me autographs and I enjoyed wrestling for many years afterwards;Knowing my very own secret.
YouTube - Al Tomko vs Avalanche Tyler

[The Toyroom]

The Stossel incident happened when McMahon was really starting to expand the WWF to the national level.....

[The Toyroom]

Whatever happened to Jim Wilson?

[kingdom warrior]

Stossel ended up losing hearing out of his ear........Dr D was a prick to do that to him. Everyone knew Wrestling was fake to some degree. There was no need for that incident. Dr. D was pretty much done after that. Stossel got the last laugh when he sued and won.

[toys2cool]

can somebody post the link to the 20/20 reporter getting slapped?

you kind of feel bad for the guy but you'll crack up

[Mikey]

can somebody post the link to the 20/20 reporter getting slapped?

Fast forward to around 5:30 in and start watching
YouTube - 20/20 report on pro wrestling, part 2/2

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[goldenryan]

can somebody post the link to the 20/20 reporter getting slapped?

[jds1911a1]

OMG I have't thought of him in years.

[Mikey]

I used to love Morton Downey jr espeically when he's blow smoke at the nuts on the show. I think he predated springer but maybe it was just Jerry wasn't national yet (I saw it on ?wor? on cable one of the NY stations when we only had 10 channels)

Speaking of 80's WOR-9 TV shows, remember The Richard Bey Show ?

[jds1911a1]

I used to love Morton Downey jr espeically when he's blow smoke at the nuts on the show. I think he predated springer but maybe it was just Jerry wasn't national yet (I saw it on ?wor? on cable one of the NY stations when we only had 10 channels)

[Mikey]

If you want to see some cool old school 80's WWF talk ...
Check out Captain Lou, Dave Schultz and some other wrestlers on the Morton Downey Jr Show ...

For the younger crowd, Morton Show was a New Jersey show like Jerry Springer with a bad attitude

Part 1
YouTube - Morton Downey Jr. Show / Pro Wrestling part 1

Part 2
YouTube - Morton Downey Jr. Show / Pro Wrestling part 2

Part 3
YouTube - Morton Downey Jr. Show / Pro Wrestling part 3

Part 4
YouTube - Morton Downey Jr. Show / Pro Wrestling part 4

Part 5
YouTube - Morton Downey Jr. Show / Pro Wrestling part 5

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[toys2cool]

That slap pretty much destroyed any chance he had of having any longevity in the business....at the time he was being promoted with Roddy Piper as his manager if I recall so he probably could have gotten more of a push if it hadn't been for the slap to Stossel's ear.

wow I just watched that for the first time, that dude really whacked his ***!

[The Toyroom]

That slap pretty much destroyed any chance he had of having any longevity in the business....at the time he was being promoted with Roddy Piper as his manager if I recall so he probably could have gotten more of a push if it hadn't been for the slap to Stossel's ear.