Al Snow tells Tony Atlas Story

Al Snow tells Tony Atlas Story
6 Time WWE Hardcore Champion, WWE Tough Enough Trainer, WWE Tag Team Champion and current TNA Star Al Snow tells a story about WWE Legend "Tony Atlas" when Atlas was in the Atlanta territory dealing with infamous booker Ole Anderson!
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[@williamchick]

Tony doesn’t live far from me in Maine . He is a personal trainer at a gym we both go to . We’ve spoken on several occasions about wrestling and other subjects . The guy is still huge, even in his 60’s he warms up with more than what people do during a normal workout. Tony lives a very humble life he lives in a small apartment with his wife and drives a very old car he also works with handicapped kids . He is a very nice guy and is extremely funny he truly is.,when I first met him I was in awe of his size.

[@justinwood6407]

I will honestly admit I thought I knew so much about wrestling, but in 10 minutes I realized I don't know shit. Al Snow is the best man for this job in teaching the new important knowledge to make them that much better

[@mouthymicah84]

Awe, dude... I love the comment, but I wish you put "Al Snow is the best man for this J.O.B...."

[@bumpofdeath666]

He's not the best he's a, fake like the restt of them

[@johnny5805]

Al also cornered Dan 'The Beast' Severn at UFC 4.

[@philaman1972]

Al is talking about ring psychology here. Everything you do needs to be for a reason, and not just a spot fest, like today's wrestling is.

[@XxShadowGTxX]

Preach!

[@allwightallwong5045]

Facts. I totally understand. Funny because that's exactly what Chris Jericho wanted to do with Bill Goldberg. Build the feud up then at the paperview have a squash match where Goldberg destroys him in less than a minute or so. He knew it would've worked but Goldberg was way too caught up in his feelings taking Jericho's promos too seriously even after the fact that he explained to him that he was just staying in character.

[@bieberninja1]

@@allwightallwong5045 but then the idiot had an almost 11 minute match with jericho at bad blood 2003 and it did nothing to get either guy over plus goldberg fell at summerslam during his entrance, if i were wwe i would replay that to start every show until the end of time just to humiliate and denigrate goldberg so he'll be seething at home like a little stupid bitch

[@abbadonthedestroyer3792]

@@bieberninja1 Yes because pissing off a big draw like Goldberg is a very good business practice.

[@bieberninja1]

destroyer the, abbadon......in wcw goldberg was a tremendous draw and had exciting matches, in wwe he did nothing for the ratings, house show attendance and pay per view buyrates, wwe didn't know what to do with him and he was booked horribly, but at the same time he is a massive mark for himself, was reckless in the ring and never put anyone over, he got into wrestling because he sucked at professional football and sucked even worse at being an actor, the guy is a little bitch and had a terrible match with the undertaker in saudi arabia this year it's 2019 and he is no longer a draw, he's a jerkoff who still thinks he's in the middle of his undefeated streak from 21 years ago and based on your comment it sounds like you are right there with him

[@hendryjnunez2601]

Moral of the story - if your the booker (Ole) and you have a plan to build your business and it’s talent than don’t let to green guys go out and perform without specific instruction. Good story Al

[@metalpale94]

That's exactly what I was thinking about

[@nxtwomenfan497]

"You guys have to know what the business of your match is, and then how to work accordingly. It's not always about having a "good" match." That's brilliance right there.

[@kyndread71]

It's probably the best lesson that new wrestlers MUST understand. They want to be "famous".... they want to be "recognized".... they want to "succeed." Which is all well and good. But success in wrestling is LONG-TERM goal..... and the success only lasts as long as the WRESTLING BUSINESS is successful.

[@imfreviews]

Too bad the people who need to understand this are the people who will never listen to Al Snow in a million years. True of everything in our society.

[@danwood8042]

I met Tony Atlas here in Maine at his wrestling school. very nice man.

[@bigred4655]

Reminds me of a Bruce Lee story. A director on one of his films complained that Lee didn't know what he was doing. Every fight with the bad guys henchmen, Lee would take them out with one kick each and the fight would be over in a few moments. So much so that they started calling him 'One Kick Lee'. Bruce called the same people to complain about the director. 'This guy doesn't know what he's doing', Lee said. 'If it takes me 10 minutes to take out some petty goon, what am I going to do when I get to the big bad guy battle where it's actually suppose to be hard?' The producers agreed with Lee and the director was fired. Paraphrasing here of course but the idea is the same.

[@Astro_Guy_1]

7:45 it's a little moment but the way he thanks the person giving him the water really shows what a nice human being Al is.

[@arvurebantra7639]

Met Tony Atlas once. Super nice guy, and built like a pile of bricks.

[@LoganCharlesII]

As smart as a pile of bricks too.

[@smoothforreal4242]

Ive done nothing but watch AL Snow talk about wrestling the last two days.. Ive learned more from him on a day and half then i have my entire life of information.. I want him to train me for sure

[@darrengordon-hill]

Hashtag also me

[@musafawundu6718]

This is so informative. I myself had never hurt of the lesson he narrates/teaches here...

[@damiendemento9852]

Funaki is talented INDEED!

[@sammylane21]

No, Funaki is SMACKDOWN's # 1 REPORTER!!

[@ghw1985]

He is also * mouth motions a long English sentence* EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVILLLLLLLLLL!!!!

[@tomhood7343]

Tony Atlas was never a smart guy.

[@peopleunite78]

It was Ole's fault. There's two things will happen in wrestling matches. #1. Either the promoter tells thier wrestlers exactly what they want out of them, or #2. Don't tell your wrestlers the way you want the match to run and accept whatever the wrestlers do as a result of not telling your wrestlers exactly what you want.

[@croplaya]

Exactly.. wasn't tony really green and just starting out? How tf was he supposed to know ring psychology in his first match? How on earth didn't ole sit him and down and go over the plan with him?

[@johnmarkblevins4007]

It’s common sense Tony is strong and big the guy is little common sense says the bigger guy who benched pressed 500 pounds can easily beat a smaller guy after weeks of build up Tony should have known better which he did but over thought the situation it’s the wrestlers business to make the business

[@vDeadbolt]

@@johnmarkblevins4007 ole is a trash booker. He let Mark Calloway go because he felt that he wasn't gonna sell. Turns out, Mean Mark Callous turned out to be one of the most beloved and iconic wrestlers of all time.

[@johnmarkblevins4007]

@@vDeadbolt oh without question but in this case it was simple and believe me I’m not saying he wouldn’t have messed it up sooner rather then later but for one match it was a squash match bud strong man vs little guy common sense back then big guy squashes little guy is all And yeah huge mistake letting go of taker what a fail

[@willthechill3992]

I love hearing Al Snow talk.

[@samchico1]

I could listen to Al talk wrestling all day.

[@ivanvalentin3898]

Al asks a question then answers it a second later lol.

[@jermf35]

Al Snow is soooo good at this and super smart in wrestling. i love listening to him talk about the business. he explains it so easy so it all makes sense and want me to become a promoterand hire him to run my territory

[@ConstitutionalCrank708]

You want to see a master, Shawn Daivari. He can make any opponent look fantastic. That's the real skill.

[@dredfunn]

That there is a smart man

[@dinobrya2]

You ain't lyin!

[@cliftonsmith4013]

Al Snow looks good for his age. He looks like he should be a major heel in any hot modern-day pro wrestling promotion.

[@stevenhernandeznon-profitf968]

Right?! He legit looks like he could mess up people

[@isaacpeachey8609]

Tony Atlas lives and runs a gym in my shit little town. He even donates to the company that I work for supports people with disabilities. He must be a really nice guy.

[@everetth-top4760]

So many wrestlers need this lesson. Snow is a great teacher!

[@itchyisvegeta]

The current WWE writers could learn something from this.

[@floggyWM1]

the thing is, wwe writers know this, but this give what people want, and what sells

[@steve19745]

the match should have been in and out in ten seconds

[@EManFXW]

I love everything Al Snow said here. Also, say what you want about Ole being a prick outside the ring (from the shoot interview clips on KZbin I can believe it) but as far as the actual business he was a smart man. Psychology is something that's sorely lacking in the business. I'm all for evolution when it comes to the actual moves in the ring but it shouldn't be at the expense of ring psychology. It's possible to evolve but still keep the old school fundamentals and I wish a lot of guys in the business would remember this regardless of what company they work for. Yeah we all know it's a work but I still want to suspend my disbelief and get emotionally invested in matches and angles.

[@travisw3131]

Ole might've been a grumpy old man but he sounds like a very smart man.

[@boscopit]

He was prick but yeah he had an excellent grasp of the old school business. His crappy ideas were when he started trying to be cartoonish like WWF. He didn't get that.

[@travisw3131]

Nathan Justice I don't blame that on him as much as i do Turner at the time because they wanted a similar product to what Vince was doing.

[@boscopit]

true

[@travisw3131]

Nathan Justice I believe that was just after they fired Dusty for doing the angle where the Road Warriors blooded him with one of the spikes on their shoulder pads too.

[@boscopit]

Yeah they got in some trouble for that. TBS didn't like the overt violence

[@jermf35]

Al Snow needs to run wrestling company like be the president and run the whole f'n show

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

OVW

[@smoothforreal4242]

I just found out he does actually

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

Last I heard he was starting a fully accredited wrestling academy in Kentucky and had been approved. Not sure if it's up and running as of spring 2019, but this could be the most legitimate school for wrestling in existence. Basically you major in fitness through pro wrestling, while you also study regular classes like math, English, business, marketing, etc. and walk away with a diploma. I think an AA degree. He also owns Ohio Valley Wrestling, and has run an academy in the UK as well.

[@TimedRevolver]

@@jamesmiller5331 No, because he knows the business well and is a damned good trainer.

[@RandomAssaultPodcast]

jesus christ I kept waiting for Al Snow to crowd surf lol

[@gp4236]

Who the fuck is downvoting such an interesting and insightful video

[@dannyp051089]

Al snow is very insightful

[@stevewarren4813]

Has Al written a book yet? Material like this is golden.

[@playloup66]

His book came out this year.

[@NathanTG]

From the 8:00 mark is exactly Why Goldberg got over the way he did. He looked like a Demi-God. Sure he couldn't put on a technical masterpiece but why did he need to? Someone like him who comes surrounded by guards and walks through pyro and blows out smoke should not be having a 15 minute showcase of his moveset. It would have made no sense at all. Which is why i feel what Regal did to him was bad for the business. People see a 20 minute match of spot after spot after spot and chant "This is wrestling!" No dummies. You dont even know the story thats been told in the ring neither do you care. You're being mildly entertained for the moment by seeing an acrobatic spot-fest. You watch that same kind of match with different competitors every week and i guarentee after 2 months nobody's going to give a shit. The point of pro-wrestling is to tell a story between two characters using moves. It is NOT to tell a story of the moves between two characters. This is something that has been lost in todays product

[@junghunt8645]

So you’re telling people what they do or don’t enjoy? Sounds like they like what they like and it isn’t ring psychology. Just b/c you don’t enjoy it or agree w/ it doesn’t mean other people are “dummies” for liking what they like. Shit changes. It’s not the 70s anymore.

[@neylandsmaxims]

Regal did nothing to him but try to have a match. The decision to make the match longer than 2 minutes wasn’t his decision. Also for the record I don’t think the Goldberg security entrance and pyro breathing was a thing yet. Could be wrong on that, he was definitely over, but moves be damned, if you’re that over you eventually got to have a main event match that isn’t 30 seconds.

[@bdr113080]

I would much rather listen to Al Snow talk about the business than Dave Meltzer. If sucks now because everyone worships Meltzer and wants a 5 star match. I have stopped watching ROH as much as a used to because none of the matches are telling a story that I care about. It's just guys taking turns doing moves and high spots. I don't know why they even have tag teams, none if there teams work a tag match. It's just 4 guys in the ring taking turns doing moves and high spots that you need more than 1 person to do.

[@arvurebantra7639]

Meltzer and Cornette are out of touch with what amuses fans. I don't really trust either of them when it comes to rating matches or gimmick ideas...

[@spdutahraptor777]

I don't watch much of other prmotions...but in the past few years, the best tag team that actually sold the gimmick of the tag was The Bar....sheamus and cesaro worked the double team (bot legal and illegal) like I havn't seen in YEARS....of course new day and revival followed....but not as much as those two

[@jdriguez00]

Al is a very good story teller,love listening to al talk

[@LoganCharlesII]

I like those wrestling terms like "getting over", "heat","babyface," "heel", etc.

[@Ultradude604]

This story reminds me of a short clip I saw in AEW between Shaq and Cody Rhodes. Shaq, yeah, that Shaq, big man, powerbombs Cody Rhodes. Shaq was like, "yeah!" and poses or something like that. And then Cody got up on his feet within a second. That killed everything.

[@PracticalMinimalist]

Great lecturer. Al Snow should do a TED Talk

[@segalpi]

Al snow explained that very well. Made a lot of sense what he said

[@RunDCM]

They have almost zero psychology today. Everyone is ripped and tatted up. I think you need a king Kong Bundy, wild Samoan, George the animal Steele, bam bam bigelow types as well as a baby faced John cena, Ricky steamboat, and Kerry von erich. They lack managers and hot vallets. Even guys like spike Dudley made taz look so powerful. It's too late now, but they need jobbers back. Wrestling sucks now.

[@thebadaids]

Definitely need more managers. So many guys would benefit. Guys like Baron Corbin are going nowhere without a manager.

[@tomhood7343]

Bring back jobber matches! That's what's needed.

[@jameshurtado5389]

agreed

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

Problem is any match with jobbers would be a massive dip in the ratings during the hour and would be cut instantly. Roster is too big, not enough of the talent gets spotlight time as it is. Would never work anymore for a logistic Of reasons. Hence why the Heath Slater and Curtis Axel experiment was a failure

[@andyraphael]

Jobbers is the key I've been preaching that for years too many times we get the Rock vs HHH on tv at least 10 times a year and now you get them at a main event wrestlemania bro come on that's boring

[@undergrounddominion4065]

We're putting the weight over...LOL!

[@waynethompson6667]

I don't get that. Don't they tell you how long to go and what spots to hit? Why didn't Ole tell him to do a squash?

[@DieYuppieScum91]

Not back then. Back then, they relied on the workers to know what to do in the ring without having their hands held all the way though.

[@gregorykrug8034]

I saw a cage match in Baltimore many years ago. The guys putting it together were all over it, climbing it as if it was nothing. Kind of ruined the image.

[@masavoy0228]

Damn that was a great lesson in psychology

[@DouglasPendletonintherealms]

This should have been preplanned for a short squash match. This falls on Ole 100 percent.

[@darrengordon-hill]

A lesson that sadly will never be learned by the required majority.

[@RandyHughesrapidrandy]

Fascinating stuff here. He seems to be a great teacher from these clips.

[@ArmandoG2013]

wow what a story

[@jermf35]

id like to see the full show, this is better then a shoot

[@tallthinkev]

Really at the end of the day it comes down to bad instruction, if both had been told 2 minutes that's it, job done!

[@floggyWM1]

thats not the point of the story tho lol

[@tomhood7343]

Tony was never really smart.

[@AA-xy3ej]

Like Rey Mysterio being World Champion and beating 500 + lb men like the big show?? Wrestling been dead..

[@TheRogueMonk]

i love these! he is good at talking and teaching... i wish i could see more! i dont study pro wrerstling so i dont buy hte dvds

[@plushdogg124]

Al Snow never went to college for an education degree, yet he's more effective as a teacher than most of the teachers I had from pre-school up through college.

[@dspf68]

That was fucking intense.

[@josephmiller4497]

Al looks in great shape this is what anybody who is starting a wrestling business who have Al Snow talk to all the guys and tell them listen and learn one of the smartest guys in the business should be in charge of all young talent.

[@howardmalone3]

found video on wwe network of my uncle wrestling tony atlas in his prime in dallas at sportatorium on wccw

[@howardmalone3]

facebook.com/howard.malone.7/videos/vb.100000403234703/1834129966610427/?type=3

[@travissloan6864]

Ole Anderson was at fault for that shit,not Tony Atlas. Ole should've took Tony into the Kayfabe room and mapped out all of that bullshit for him so he would understand his role and place in the total grand scheme of things.

[@jermf35]

id love to see the full video from beginning to end.

[@Danfrombackhome]

So basically heat is the anticipation? Now the peoples elbow makes 100% sense

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

ole should of instructed them to have a short match......then every one continues to make money

[@boscopit]

That was my question. Tony was obviously green why did Ole say "Hey kid, you're going out there and beating this little guy in 45 seconds"

[@nickgomes9370]

Right, Goldberg did matches like that all the time in his first few months but they were three move squashes. They put him over like crazy.

[@Taabituubi]

Ole thought or wanted to see if Tony was smart enough to realize that on his own.

[@sgodfrey2756]

Amazing story i like al snow s knowledge

[@neosupreme7971]

Yup, killed it dead.......much like having Bobby Lashley job to Finn Balor and getting powerbombed on top of it.

[@mrbobevans]

The smartest man in the business.

[@finch45lear]

If it was Tony's first match , why in the hell didn't the promoter explain to him what was expected of him in the ring? Makes no sense to me.

[@ammarnazri1156]

Because you learn this stuff while training. I didn't have my first match until I got the story of my match to make sense

[@floggyWM1]

didnt they discuss the match ahead of time? i c what al snow is doing, he is trying to show a point, if your gimmick is xyz and xyz is expected of you, dont go doing abc

[@David-wj3tg]

Exactly Doesn't the Booker have some say in the fucking length of the matches.

[@simgarfu]

Cause Ole was a dick

[@G69als]

I'm sure he meant it was Atlas' first match in that particular territory...Ole would have known he had had prior in-ring experience in a different territory and given him benefit of the doubt.

[@essel71]

a true mentor

[@The.Real.Timmii]

Tony was a high school friend of mine

[@alexandergapour1253]

Timmi How old are you?

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

This is one antsy class. It's like they all took their pre-workout crap in preparation for physical conditioning and wound up with a barrage of Papa Snow's food for thought.

[@Myunsolicitedthoughts]

Al Snow not working for WWE performance center explains why the product is so terrible

[@bieberninja1]

6:20 the guy sitting left to the bald guy wasn't sure if he wanted to have the best match on the card

[@ekmad]

He was right, he knew where Al was going with his story. The best match isn't worth shit if it doesn't help the business.

[@gregorykrug8034]

Why wouldn't Ole tell Tony to squash the guy?

[@Supahdave1000]

Because if Ole Anderson did anything to help people, he wouldn't be as much of a legendary asshole as he is.

[@AntoRetroGamer]

Why can't you grasp the moral of the story, instead of overthinking things?

[@spdutahraptor777]

If you pay attention to the story...you'll notice Al said that all they asked Tony to do is to cut a short promo...AND NOTHING ELSE....maybe because they knew that if he oversell it....it would ruin the gimmick like he did

[@spdutahraptor777]

@@1krani the story starts at the beginning of the video

[@spdutahraptor777]

@@1krani because Ole never asked for Tony to sell a gimmick that he would be burying the next week in a 12 minute match.... all Ole asked him was..."cut a nice descent promo"...the whole bench press thing was on Tony's part

[@loosescrews7055]

Al Snow is pretty well built to have been used more as a gimmick guy than taken seriously. Remember his gimmick "head" " everybody needs a little head".

[@mikefolsom727]

Big fan of Al Snow. Real deal

[@JHinsonMusic]

8:20 My question would be, "Why the fuck was I given so much time?"

[@Cameroons]

I think that if wrestling went back to basics it would be much more popular.The story telling is non existent as well as the characters.Bring in some old school guys who know wrestling.It cant hurt.

[@jamacahendley3838]

I really enjoyed this post

[@johnj.2486]

He made a very good point.

[@smoothpants]

Just an observation: In this story, wouldn't Ole, or the agent, be responsible for telling Tony and his opponent what HE wanted out of them?

[@MatsThyWit]

Not in the 1970s. The prevailing mentality of Booker's at that time was "it's not my job to tell you how to get over, I'm giving you the opportunity and it's up to you to figure it out. "

[@oldschoolfan420]

A lost art these days.... Al snow trying to explain wrestling Psychology to the new generation. These days wrestlers just jump around and tumble without telling a story and building something up. If you have Psychology in your matches you get a lot less injuries and draw more people. Also, your mic skills improve.

[@SteelSunday]

True but if you have psychology, but the rest of the matches on the card have poor or no psychology and stupid comedy spots your drawing power is limited by them other people.

[@brkrgeranium2488]

@@SteelSunday If I ran a company like the one your refering to then simply put the real work on in the main event. That way thats what they remember most when they leave. Might remember a spot or two from earlier mostly a ridiculous corner flip, a moment of comedy might stand out but end with the psychology, the well worked story that invested the crowd and had them on there feet they remember the story, the bits that made you cheer or pissed off and most importantly the finish then they'll be walking out doing nothing but talking about it and excited to come next time........cos they got into it, believed even if only for the 30mins or so it was on and made them feel something, a real emotion. A flip can be explained in a second or two but everyone does flips these days, a bit cheap comedy a lil longer but really youd have to have been there. Something that took you thro a story and left an emotional impression you could take as long as the match itself to explain to someone and will stay with you because like a good film it had something that you could identify with, understand the logic of and be personally and emotionally invested in the outcome it built towards.

[@Atrac1059]

Different era though. Today Ole could have spun the little guy into an overnight underdog sensation and made bank.

[@KingPossum]

Al Snow never was in as good a shape in his career, that I saw, as he is in this video. also he seems a lot smarter now.

[@KingPossum]

vincentrich been watching and listening to him for decades.

[@SuperFunkmachine]

Less time on the road, more time in the gym and kitchen.

[@tomhood7343]

Looks way more ripped now than when he was in the WWE. Was in average shape when he wrestled in the WWE but he definitely has bulked up lately.

[@pjabrony8280]

You might say he has a Head for the business.

[@doubleemcastillano464]

Heat is emotional anticipation.

[@MultiKane666]

ya i don't get this, why didn't ole say beat him quick in a squash. My guess is maybe ole did , but tony made the match continue on.

[@chrisnordeje341]

THe audio goes straight to the left ear only - All your videos - Please sort it out

[@mr.speyside5240]

This is why squash matches are still important but should not be overused.

[@jasonbarker1641]

I could listen to all snow talk about paint drying and he would have my full attention

[@dinobrya2]

I am sensitive to choice language, but we must interview that man everyday for the rest of his life.

[@dinobrya2]

+GLITZandGLOOM LOL! Fair Enough and Right on!

[@smoothforreal4242]

Watching this again.. I wonder if Tony would have squashed his opponent real quick after the weight lifting event would have been the right move? Just a couple power slams then finish with a strong punch to the noggin? that one big power punch or close line or something to that effect. Instead of dragging it out for 12 mins, squash them in 2 - 3 minutes

[@techmouse.]

It seems like that's more the booker's fault. If he didn't want him benching 500, then he shouldn't have told him to bench 500. Who's fucking show is it? He didn't know what was going to happen at his own show? Tony went out there and worked the crowd, got people sweating, and followed instructions. If anything, this is the perfect example of 'sometimes when you win, you still lose'.

[@johnnynoirman]

Emotional Keep away!

[@coachrobinson9958]

"Your testicles!"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@boscopit]

everything he said was 100% correct

[@frankiebflat5728]

I love the Head

[@Killperlop]

The Hannibal TV Are You Guys Al's Guys?

[@bobothehobo420]

Al is the professor of wrestling like Bustamante is in Jiu jitsu

[@josiahspringman2964]

Why couldn't Ole tell him that before his match.

[@Sanguiluna]

Now I'm curious: Atlas's opponent-- did that promotion push him to the moon following that match? Because that's the only logical solution I could think of.

[@maceomaceo11]

Sounds like he was talking about Mike Jackson. Mike Jackson got pinned on a weekly basis for years in GCW, not possible to make him a world beater in one day. If you saw the first guy Stroman squashed on RAW, that's the look Mike Jackson had. What Al describes is what it would be like if Stroman went 12 minutes with that guy, he'd be done.

[@1sportsfan]

Similar to Emma's last matches vs Asaku

[@josephmiller4497]

But why didn't ole get those 2 together and go Tony you destroy him in under 4 mins a squash or have tony get a coach who helps him become a destroyer .

[@naberz08]

Knowing what we know about Ole, there were probably more n-words used than in Al's retelling.

[@steve19745]

its the carnival life you sell it . i learned this growing up around tony and heard this story along with him taking calls at the (flex)gym yelling at guys referring to this story telling them to get the lead out you won before you even got in the ring. want an example look at the warrior andrea giant match where warrior went in and beat the giant in nothing flat. thats what you do when you sell yourself as being superman.vince senior asked tony what he was going to do in a match against hulk hogan vince didnt let him say anything senior looked at hogan and said tony just pick the big dummy up slam him and go home tony said i know what you are saying boss the matches werent quite that quick but tony beat hulk hogan selling himself not his work up until hogan became the manipulative mastermind he is today.

[@jamespaguiligan5828]

He talks about f$?! you heat, and that's completely lost on the WWE these days.

[@bmanbassguitar]

Good story

[@MarkJones-fn7kf]

Imo, this issue was something that could have totally been avoided, if management was more clear to Tony, no? Why wasn't he instructed to have a fast match to make him seem like the monster he was supposed to be against a smaller, supposedly weaker opponent? I dunno if Tony is actually the one you can blame for this, it's not HIS company or HIS decision to just go and do whatever he wants I hope - that's STUPID lol

[@AntoRetroGamer]

*FACEPALM*

[@Heavy_E]

Ring psychology