On a recent episode of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Bully Ray, a WWE Hall of Famer, and host Dave LaGreca discussed WWE’s Vince McMahon.
Bully Ray compared McMahon to the famous franchises of the New York Yankees and the Dallas Cowboys. He proposed that McMahon personified the characteristics of George Steinbrenner and Jerry Jones together. According to him, they were both capable of procuring any wanted talent and were the prime targets for everyone who wanted to see them lose.
In his words, “Dave, who are the two most polarizing sports teams in all of pro sports. Everybody wants to beat the Cowboys and the Yankees. Even if the Cowboys suck, you still want to beat America’s team. Even if the Yankees suck, you still want to take down the empire. That’s the way it has been forever because they are so successful, you just want to be the one to take them down. Vince McMahon was the Yankees and the Cowboys all rolled into one, and everybody wanted to take him down because the perception is Vince took everybody else down.”
Also, on his recent episode of the “Lex Expressed” podcast, former WWE/WCW wrestler Lex Luger shared insights about his career and his old onscreen adversary, the late Yokozuna.
Here are a few highlight from Luger’s podcast:
Concerning Yokozuna: “He worked so hard, was such a great torch bearer for the company, I mean we called him ‘The Showstopper.’ When they played that music and he came out with Mr. Fuji? Man, the show was over – that’s why we called him ‘Showstopper’ in the back.”
On Yokozuna’s mobility despite his size: “He was so big but man, he could still move around! Those island boys? Man, they are so athletic.”