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Tully Blanchard touches on his father's early days as a football player, wrestler and promoter. Next Tully's own background in sports, and how it came together when he became a wrestler himself is touched upon. Blanchard covers the many legends of the sport who served as teachers for him as he grew into a regional star and eventually a nationally known heel. The sad story of Blanchard's friend Gino Hernandez and his fall into a world of drugs in the Dallas underground is gone over, which then transitions into Tully's own woeful tale of drugs wrecking his life. Talk of the glory days of the Horsemen drawing big money and living the high life leads into talk of the downfall of JCP. Blanchard's WWF run and his limited return to wrestling finish out the interview. Along the way we hear stories on the Magnum TA feud, why Blanchard refused to put over Terry Funk in WCW, the injury that ended his dabbling with indy dates, helping prisoners reform their lives and more!!

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At the end, he tells Shamrock that the incest angle wasn't his idea, and that it must have been Vince McMahon or JR who came up with it!

 

:rolleyes: Russo has really become a professional troll - that's his occupation now. Even the most casual of wresting fans knows J.R. wouldn't come up with rubbish like that - he prefers a serious sports-like presentation over ridiculous soap opera bullshit. I could see the idea coming from Vince McMahon maybe, but not J.R.

 

 

 

Wow, this is new, right?

 

"The party lifestyle people think the Horsemen lived is a myth. The guys had a hard schedule and by the time they were done wrestling it was late in the evening, and most of the times all that followed was finding some food and having a few beers before bed."

 

The ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on Flair - as well as thousands of other interviews, articles, sources, etc. - give the distinct opposite impression. The Horsemen "party lifestyle" is so woven into wrestling lore, but I guess like everything else in wrestling, it's carny bullshit - assuming "born again" Tully isn't just downplaying his wild past.

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Maybe Tully is just talking about himself and the others not partying every night, and the fact that not every town was Baltimore or Atlanta. I can see Flair closing the bar at the Holiday Inn in Columbus, but perhaps the others were like, " Yeah, think I'll have a couple of beers and hit the sack."

 

Maybe, but the excerpt specifically mentioned the Horsemen, not just Tully. Then again, it was a recap, not a direct quote, so I guess we'd have to hear/read what Tully actually said word-for-word.

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Magnum TA, JJ Dillon and Tully Blanchard discuss their memories of the Four Horsemen's legendary first run in JCP. Topics include how the men kept their egos in check while working in a group atmosphere, party life, Dusty Rhodes' booking, Blanchard and Magnum's wars, the car wreck that ended Magnum's career, the exodus of Horsemen members to the WWF in 1988/89, and more!

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Rick Steiner covers his days as an NCAA wrestler, how Verne Gagne and George Steele brought him into wrestling, the Olympian who was meant to be Steiner's first tag team partner, Scott Steiner's rampage in the CNN towers, shooting with other pro wrestlers who had legit backgrounds, performing dangerous ribs while driving town to town, the Steiners failed WWF run, getting heat for abusing a midget, beating up Konnan in WCW, Rick and Meng fighting marines in a bar, Bill Watts roughing up his talent, how his TNA run convinced him to retire and more!!

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Those Legends of ECW roundtables with Sandman are pretty funny. Episode 7 had Francine & Jerry Lynn brought to tears listening to Hak tells some of his stories and never shutting up. Warms the heart of this old ECW fan.

 

Agreed I love them as well, Francine and Lynn have a great chemistry and their reactions to Sandman were funny as hell.

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Bruce Hart covers the Dungeon training camps, discovering the Dynamite Kid, the night a Canadian reporter tried to expose the Stampede business as phony (spoiler: David Schultz is involved), the locker room fight that left Bruce with a broken jaw, Brian Pillman's locker room fights with much larger men, Bruce's aborted WWF run, the Montreal Screwjob, Owen's death, his thoughts on the next generation of Harts in wrestling and more!

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Dave Meltzer talks up his past as a writer, how he was able to get promoters and wrestlers to give him information - in spite of kayfabe, Billy Graham's WWWF title run, Bill Watts being a racist, Bruiser Brody's murder, the Montreal Screwjob, McMahon's steroid trial, and other bits from history!

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That's a bummer. I was so excited for this one and bought it immediately when it became available. Still haven't watched yet. How's the Bundy one?

 

Bundy one was good if you like Bundy's personality and humor, I have only seen 1 other Bundy interview so all the tidbits he throws in outside of talking strictly WWF and WrestleMania II were interesting to hear.

 

But I agree the Orton interview was blah, he didn't really have a lot to add and seems like he was a good hand who was friendly with the the right people which got him the spot and he was just glad to be there and was more about getting drunk and having a good time rather then getting involved in the creative process.

 

So that lifestyle coupled with age, his self admitted aversion to doing interviews and unwillingness to go into any detail over his out of the ring exploits and rather give a hearty chuckle or grin instead when asked leaves him being a pretty mediocre at best guest for something like this.

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