Arn Anderson Recalls Iconic WCW Angle With Erik Watts, Talks Ron Simmons
During a recent episode of his “The ARN Show,” Arn Anderson recounted a memorable angle from December 1992 where he attacked Erik Watts at a gas station. Shedding light on some interesting behind-the-scenes details and the unexpected involvement of the police. Anderson shared,
“Yeah, gas stations are not a safe place obviously… The way it was laid out, I let the cat out of the bag. The whole thing was my idea. The one thing that we blew is, somehow between Doug Dillinger — who was a Charlotte police officer and was there on the scene to help make sure things didn’t go south. But the little girl, the dad, all that, they were just legitimate bystanders. They were not smartened up. If You look at the guy trying to pull Erik off of me, he was at a loss. He really just didn’t know what to do. He was trying to pull on Erik, and he’s looking for somebody to come out of the store. Here’s the big faux pas. Somebody forgot to notify the cops. So the cops, and there intervention right ehre was all legitimate. I mean, it just so happened we were right downtown, almost where the police station was. And then it took very long, somebody called it in right away. So by the time it unraveled a little bit later, I mean, they were a little pissed that somebody failed to call them and let them know. But it had that aura of legitimacy as far as the fighting part of it.”
Also on the episode, Arn Anderson praised Ron Simmons’ reign as WCW Champion and expressed his admiration for Simmons as a person and athlete, while sharing his thoughts on how Simmons’ title run could have been even more impactful with different opponents like Barry Windham and Rick Rude.
“Well, I got nothing but respect to this day [for Simmons]. I see Ron occasionally at these signings, and he’s just a hell of a businessman. He’s a hell of an athlete, he’s a hell of a man, hell of a friend. Credit to the business, you name it. He’s all those things and I think he represented being the champion well. He could have had more guys fed to him and had more victories. I would like to have seen him have a little bit longer run. And imagine the match that Barry Windham would’ve given him, and Rick Rude and some of those guys, the potential they could have had. Imagine Ricky Steamboat wrestling for the title. Kind of magic I think he could have given Ron. I think he’d have had many more legs than the short time he was a champion.”
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