Post by Pennyroyal_Tea (admin) on Oct 11, 2003 8:57:14 GMT -5
The following is an excerpt from Bret Hart's latest column in the Calgary Sun:
Of all the stories I told my mom, one of her favourites was one about how Vince McMahon was desperately in search of a Native American wrestler in the mid-'80s.
Out of Colorado came Steve Gatorwolf, a 300-pounder who, unfortunately, was lacking in experience and ability. But when they told Gatorwolf they had huge plans for him, he had little choice but to go for it and hope for the best.
At Gatorwolf's first TV taping, Chief Jay Strongbow carefully went over -- and over -- how critical it was for Gatorwolf to remember to do a war dance after his win.
"Vince wants to see the war dance," Strongbow kept saying.
After the ref counted the pin, all the wrestlers waited to see Gatorwolf dance. But he didn't.
When he came back through the curtain, Chief exclaimed: "What happened to the war dance? Vince wanted to see the dance!"
Poor ol' Gator turned pale and nearly broke into tears. "Oh no, I forgot."
No one ever heard from him after that.
My mom used to say: "Wrestling's not for everyone, dahling."
She always got a chuckle because the only thing he needed to remember going in was to make sure he did the dance and they'd have made him a household name.
To read the rest go to www.canoe.ca/CalgarySports/cs.cs-10-11-0100.html
Of all the stories I told my mom, one of her favourites was one about how Vince McMahon was desperately in search of a Native American wrestler in the mid-'80s.
Out of Colorado came Steve Gatorwolf, a 300-pounder who, unfortunately, was lacking in experience and ability. But when they told Gatorwolf they had huge plans for him, he had little choice but to go for it and hope for the best.
At Gatorwolf's first TV taping, Chief Jay Strongbow carefully went over -- and over -- how critical it was for Gatorwolf to remember to do a war dance after his win.
"Vince wants to see the war dance," Strongbow kept saying.
After the ref counted the pin, all the wrestlers waited to see Gatorwolf dance. But he didn't.
When he came back through the curtain, Chief exclaimed: "What happened to the war dance? Vince wanted to see the dance!"
Poor ol' Gator turned pale and nearly broke into tears. "Oh no, I forgot."
No one ever heard from him after that.
My mom used to say: "Wrestling's not for everyone, dahling."
She always got a chuckle because the only thing he needed to remember going in was to make sure he did the dance and they'd have made him a household name.
To read the rest go to www.canoe.ca/CalgarySports/cs.cs-10-11-0100.html