Dark Side of The Ring S6 E04 15th April 2025 Full Show HD | WWE Dark Side of The Ring Season 6 Episode 4th 2025
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00:00I had 19 and a half inch biceps and I was 225 pounds at age 19.
00:06God, he was a black Arnold Schwarzenegger.
00:08You have got it. Look at those lines. You have got it.
00:11Yeah, I mean, he was a total package.
00:14I know that I need to work harder. I need to train harder.
00:17A bodybuilder turned wrestler, Mr. USA Tony Atlas,
00:21broke barriers as one of the first major black superstars in the sport.
00:26You got to keep it. Getting it is one thing,
00:28but keeping it alive, you got a different thing.
00:30I remember seeing black wrestlers get tarred and feathered.
00:34A lot of questionable racist behavior.
00:38Tony Atlas made little black kids all over the world feel like,
00:43man, I can do that too.
00:44I am going to whoop on you and get paid for it.
00:47There were a few black wrestlers.
00:49There was a lot of time I wrestled in an area where I'm the only black guy.
00:53It's all money. They didn't see color.
00:55Hey, wait a minute.
00:57Holy shit. Look at this guy.
00:59Get in the way. Get in the way.
01:01Tony Atlas, Mr. USA.
01:03Climbing the ladder of success very, very rapidly in the World Wrestling Federation.
01:07Rising to heights few black wrestlers of his era had ever reached,
01:11Tony Atlas began to unravel under the weight of fame's pressures and pitfalls.
01:15I got trouble here, and I got trouble there, and I got trouble coming your way.
01:21Sick, drugs, and wrestling.
01:23There was a party every night at the hotel room.
01:27There were a lot of temptations, and there were a lot of different choices out there to make.
01:32I don't bought drugs in my life.
01:33It was always given to me.
01:34It was in the dressing room, for God's sake.
01:36There was a lot of things about Tony Atlas I wonder.
01:40Whether it's legend or fact, is it true or not?
01:43Tony's battle with addiction cost him significant opportunities, leaving him with no place to call home.
01:50So here's a guy that was making hundreds of thousands of dollars, and he's living on the street.
01:56It's not how much you make, it's how much you save.
02:00I was some homeless guy that smelled like something died.
02:03No place to live, no nothing.
02:05I became a suicidal.
02:06I didn't want to live no more.
02:08I wanted to die.
02:09All right, so we're going to watch this, and you just tell us whatever you think about it, feel about it.
02:27Mr. USA, Tony Atlas.
02:31And he looks fantastic.
02:33Looks like he was chiseled from granite.
02:35Man, he was jacked.
02:36What a well-put-together human.
02:38His opponent, weighing 320 pounds, the incredible Hulk Hogan.
02:46Unbelievable.
02:48Signed by Hulk Hogan.
02:50So you press slammed Hulk Hogan at Madison Square Garden?
02:53Yeah.
02:54Oh, look at that.
02:56Oh, yes, sir.
02:57Check it out.
02:59Check it out, Cole.
03:00Check it out.
03:01And how did the fans react?
03:03Atlas grinding it out of it.
03:06The cable and glue.
03:08Hulk Hogan brought 330 pounds at the time, 6'4".
03:15And press him over your head.
03:21Hulk Hogan, I can hear him now, cussing up the storm.
03:26Damn.
03:27Tony wanted the press, the biggest guy in the company, because it was telling everybody in the audience,
03:34look how strong I am.
03:37A main event guy, Madison Square Garden, to go to, you know, living on a park bench.
03:50Sometimes people have to go through hitting bottom before they realize how good they really had it.
03:57I was born in Virginia.
04:00My mother was a devoted Christian.
04:04She'd only been with one man her whole life, and that was my father.
04:10My dad never worked.
04:11My mother worked.
04:12All of her dedication went directly to raising her kids.
04:16One time, we were walking down the street, and this guy slapped my mother on the butt.
04:22My mom turned around.
04:23She hit him with one punch and knocked him out.
04:26Layed him out right there.
04:27My mother said, I got to teach you kids how to protect yourself, because I ain't always going to be here for you.
04:32That was something she said all the time.
04:34Because when I was young, you had to know how to use your hands.
04:38All through life, like when you go back to my childhood, I was in anywhere between 50 to 100 fights.
04:43Anywhere in the east.
04:44So I had a reputation that if you fight me today, and I don't win, you're going to see me again tomorrow.
04:51Most of the influence in the black neighborhood when I was a child was bad influence.
04:56We looked up to drug dealers.
04:57We looked up to street fighters.
04:59We walked to school, and there was a fist fight every other day.
05:03I didn't care who you were.
05:04I would fight anybody.
05:06Now, my dad, he was a gambler who liked to hustle money.
05:09So he took me down to scrap a corner and wait for the railroad men to come in.
05:14And when they get drunk, he would tell them, I bet you can't whoop that boy there.
05:18I don't fight any grown men.
05:21And he said, if you lose this fight, boy, you're going to get it worse when you get home.
05:26But I grew quick.
05:27By the time I was 12, I was already over 6 feet at 12.
05:32But I only weighed like 110 pounds.
05:37I was like a stick.
05:39And so one day, I was walking with this girl.
05:42I helped her carry her books.
05:44I liked her.
05:46Really, I liked her shoes.
05:47She had tennis shoes on.
05:48So I heard this voice behind me say, I'm going to push you.
05:52All of a sudden, I fell head first.
05:55I got the dent in my head right here.
05:59The whole world turned red because all the blood was running down into my face.
06:03My grandmother come running out.
06:06Oh, Lord, oh, Lord, come here, boy.
06:08My scar was split completely in half.
06:11We had no phone.
06:12She couldn't call the ambulance.
06:14She couldn't call the police.
06:15No way of contacting anybody.
06:17My grandmother said, I want you to pray.
06:20So I got down on my knees, and this is what I said.
06:24I want to be strong like Samson, built like Hercules, and have a lot of money.
06:30And everything that I asked for in that prayer, God gave to me.
06:34And I blew it later, but still, he gave to me.
06:39Do you think that you suffered brain trauma from that incident?
06:42Yeah.
06:43Yeah.
06:43Have you been ever medically diagnosed?
06:45No.
06:47No.
06:47But I do know it was something wrong with me.
06:50That I was not like regular kids.
06:53And I think it has something to do with the shoes.
06:55The reason I'm so submissive to women in sneakers and stuff like that,
06:59because all that was all at the same time.
07:01I don't understand.
07:02What do you mean?
07:03How about shoes for the girls to step on there?
07:08Well, they got me into that.
07:11Oh, my goodness.
07:13That one.
07:14Fan one.
07:15Yep, that's a nice pair of shoes right there.
07:16Now, what makes it good?
07:18Well, if they're family looking,
07:20they look like something should be on a woman's feet.
07:22I got stepped on in malls and gyms and houses, hotel, elevator.
07:28I got it done everywhere.
07:30A couple dozen times I was with him.
07:32I seen him just buy his shoes and have him walk on his face and never talk to him again.
07:37I was as shocked as the girl was.
07:39People knew nothing about fantasies.
07:42Fatties and all this stuff was underground.
07:44So they thought because of my wrestling, they thought it was part of my training.
07:49He'd take girls to matches and have him walk on his face.
07:52I'd give a woman $50 just to step on me.
07:54Plus, I'd buy the shoes for them.
07:56They didn't have to pay for the shoe.
07:57I thought it was a little bit out of the ordinary.
08:00You know, but then, you know, everybody has their little quirks, right?
08:06You know, things that make them feel good.
08:09As Popeye said, I am what I am.
08:11You know, he's not the only foot guy in the world.
08:14Well, they said, like, I suck toes, which I don't.
08:18They say I like high heels, which I don't.
08:21They say that I whack off, which I don't.
08:25They try to make it into a sexual thing.
08:28Well, for me, my shoe feather keeps me calm.
08:32I got more control of it now than I did then.
08:36Get a sniff on it, Tom.
08:38Hey, now we're talking.
08:40I was into what's called dominatrix.
08:43So the dominatrix become your master.
08:46You're what you call a slave.
08:48I can't use that term now because I'm black,
08:50and black people get mad, but that's what it was.
08:52So they dominate you.
08:54See, I went to a person once had to explain it to me
08:57that was into all this psychology stuff,
08:59and I had this rage in me.
09:02You know, ever since I was a kid, I'd fight in about it.
09:05I'd beat up anybody.
09:06I couldn't lift anything.
09:07Nobody could beat me.
09:09So I had to learn more control.
09:12So I ended up going to the YMCA.
09:15I've never been to the gym in my life.
09:17I was 15 years old when I first started lifting weights.
09:22Hey, hello.
09:23Welcome.
09:23Come on in, guys.
09:24Well, I know y'all gentlemen noticed
09:26I got a lot of stuff spread out here on the table
09:29because these items here are items for
09:32before there was a Tony Atlas.
09:37Now, this is Muscle Development magazine.
09:40I never competed in bodybuilding before,
09:43but what ended up happening,
09:44I did a 350-pound press at age 19.
09:49That was the beginning of my bodybuilding
09:53and powerlifting.
10:02I saw Tony the first time at the YMCA.
10:06My name is David Crockett.
10:07I am part of the Crockett Wrestling family
10:10that started Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling,
10:13World Championship Wrestling, TBS.
10:16That's us.
10:18In Charlotte, the only place you had to exercise
10:22or lift weights was the YMCA.
10:25A lot of the wrestlers, George Scott, Sandy Scott,
10:28Johnny Heideman, you name it,
10:30they all were down there working out,
10:32and they said,
10:33hey, we've got this young man
10:35that we think we can do something with.
10:37They take me to the office.
10:40There were some mats there,
10:41and I said, you know,
10:42put him through the paces
10:43just to see, you know,
10:45if he knew anything,
10:46which he didn't,
10:48but he definitely had potential.
10:51They said,
10:51we're going to pay you
10:53$150 a week to trade.
10:57We took an investment in Tony.
11:00Other people,
11:01we did not see it worth buying stock in them.
11:05So was there jealousy?
11:07Oh, yes.
11:08And it was very hard for him.
11:11Very hard.
11:11But he was like a sponge.
11:13You know, he'd learn.
11:15Now, George Scott said,
11:17well, Tony,
11:18I guess tomorrow we have to teach you how to work.
11:21I said, George, I don't want to work.
11:23I want to be arrested.
11:24He said, no, Tony, you don't.
11:25I said, I don't want to work.
11:27I said, I don't want to be a worker.
11:29I want to be a wrestler.
11:30I learned it ain't up to me to win or lose.
11:33It's up to some promoter.
11:35It was hard to swallow.
11:36Me being for so many years
11:39as a weight lifter,
11:40a bodybuilder,
11:41I was in legitimate sports.
11:43Now I'm in a sport
11:44where I got to let people whoop me
11:45that can't whoop me.
11:48It was the most disappointing day of my life.
11:521 a.m.
11:53Come for the game,
11:54then stay for the culture.
11:55I was 20 years old
11:57when I finished high school.
11:58A lot of kids could not afford to do senior pitching.
12:01So this here became my senior pitcher.
12:04And then look at my arms.
12:06Tony Atlas was one of the biggest
12:08and one of the strongest.
12:10So I completely identified with it.
12:13I'm Mark Henry.
12:14Some might say the strongest man that ever lived.
12:16And Tony Atlas was my manager.
12:21Ever-present Tony Atlas.
12:23Tony was a heavyweight
12:25that didn't look like a heavyweight.
12:28You could see every vein and muscle.
12:31He wasn't just the guy that had show muscles.
12:34Tony had go muscles.
12:35Down!
12:36I was a champion in three sports simultaneously.
12:40I was a champion in bodybuilding.
12:42I was a champion in powerlifting.
12:45I was a champion in weightlifting.
12:47You know, 22-inch arms,
12:4824-inch waist,
12:5028-inch thighs,
12:52lats, traps, shoulders.
12:55It was built.
12:57And it just wasn't cosmetics
12:59because he had the strength to back it.
13:00Elbows locked, and he did it.
13:03505 pounds.
13:04Hi, I'm Ricky the Dragon Steamboat,
13:062009 WWE Hall of Famer,
13:09NWA World Champion.
13:11Weighing 237 pounds,
13:15Ricky Steamboat.
13:17There will only be one winner.
13:18Thanks for being here.
13:20So maybe people don't know this,
13:21but at some point,
13:23you and Tony were both competing
13:24in bodybuilding competitions, right?
13:26We have competed on the same stage,
13:29but I won Mr. Southern States,
13:31and he won Mr. USA.
13:35Mr. USA.
13:37Mr. USA.
13:38Mr. USA.
13:39Mr. USA.
13:42Hold it.
13:43I'm good.
13:47My 50-some-odd-plus years in this business,
13:50I've seen bodybuilders come and go.
13:52You're big, you're strong,
13:54and all this stuff,
13:55that doesn't make you a great wrestler.
13:57Hey, I'm Gerald Briscoe,
13:59WWE Hall of Famer,
14:01but you might know me better
14:02as Jerry Briscoe.
14:04Gerald Briscoe!
14:08Tony was a bodybuilder
14:10that was a wrestler.
14:12Look at the agility of this man,
14:14Tony Atlas.
14:15They wanted me to be a main event.
14:16They didn't want me on bottom.
14:18They wanted me on top,
14:19because, you know,
14:20by then I had best body in wrestling.
14:22The first year of my career,
14:23I was a champion.
14:25With his chiseled physique
14:27and natural talent in the ring,
14:29Georgia Championship Wrestling
14:30wastes little time
14:31crowning Tony
14:32their television champion.
14:35You know,
14:36when you got this belt,
14:37you gotta keep it.
14:39Yeah, I mean,
14:40big guy,
14:41good-looking.
14:43I mean,
14:43he was a freak of nature.
14:46Hello,
14:47my name's Tommy Wildfire Rich,
14:48former NWA
14:49World Heavyweight Champion
14:51when wrestling was wrestling.
14:53If you see Tommy,
14:54you're gonna see me.
14:56If you wanna fight Tommy,
14:57you're gonna fight me.
14:59If you wanna make love to Tommy,
15:00you gotta love me too.
15:02A few months,
15:02they started pushing us
15:03as a tag team.
15:05Yeah,
15:05that's me and Wildfire Tommy Rich.
15:07That's when we were
15:08young whippersnappers
15:09right there.
15:09Me and Tommy
15:10enjoyed the championship wrestling.
15:12Black and white,
15:14we fight all night.
15:15And the people just loved it.
15:17I mean,
15:17it was,
15:18you know,
15:18salt and pepper.
15:19And I'm talking about
15:20back in 78,
15:22I think,
15:22is when I started in there.
15:24It's the black and white thing,
15:26you know,
15:26it was,
15:27it's a different world
15:28back then.
15:30You know,
15:31some of them little towns
15:32didn't like black folks there.
15:34Today,
15:36it'll be called racism.
15:39My day,
15:41it was called
15:42average.
15:46You gotta realize
15:47that the territory
15:48only kept
15:49one black
15:50in every territory.
15:51So,
15:52if I walk in a dress room
15:53and a black guy
15:54is sitting in that dress room,
15:55he was ultimately
15:56my enemy.
15:57But that was life
15:58for people of color.
16:01I got called
16:02nigger
16:02so many times
16:03in professional wrestling
16:04that one time
16:05a guy walked up
16:06and said,
16:06hey,
16:06totally,
16:07I didn't know
16:07who he was talking to.
16:08There were very few wrestlers
16:09that didn't use
16:10the term nigger.
16:11Tommy Rich didn't.
16:12It was just
16:13in the world
16:14at that time.
16:15It was not,
16:16you know,
16:16they all used the term.
16:18They all,
16:19they all,
16:19they all did it.
16:20And you never said
16:21stop or
16:22why not?
16:24I was making money.
16:27My mom helped me
16:28with this.
16:28She said,
16:29you pick your bottles.
16:30As long as I was
16:31making money,
16:32I didn't care.
16:34I made $100,000
16:36my first year
16:37and that was
16:37my smallest year.
16:39I didn't know
16:39what it was like
16:40to work your way
16:41from the bottom.
16:41I didn't know
16:42what that was like.
16:43It was given to me
16:44too quickly
16:44too much
16:46too soon.
16:47I was not
16:48supposed to be
16:48in that position
16:49that soon
16:50because mentally
16:52I was not ready for it.
16:53What did you start
16:54spending the money on?
16:55I gave it away.
16:58Gave my friends money.
17:00In fact,
17:00when I took a girl
17:01out on a date,
17:02I would take her
17:03shopping first.
17:04I said,
17:04you got to get
17:04something to wear.
17:06I said,
17:06well,
17:06you got to have
17:07a piece of jewelry.
17:08And the boys
17:09was all big spending.
17:10They told me
17:11when I first thought
17:12there was two ways
17:13of being,
17:14live like a king
17:14or be rich.
17:17You choose.
17:18I live like a king.
17:20He'd never seen
17:21that much money before.
17:23And it happens
17:23to a lot of athletes.
17:25They don't know
17:25how to deal with it
17:27and they spend it
17:28like there's no tomorrow.
17:30You know,
17:30he goes to the bar,
17:31starts buying drinks.
17:33Man,
17:33it's like piranhas
17:34when they come in.
17:36You know,
17:36everybody's his friend then.
17:38He was like
17:39a Ric Flair
17:40with his money
17:41where he'd make
17:42five grand
17:43and the next day
17:44he'd be broke.
17:45You find a lot of guys
17:46that all of a sudden
17:48start to make it big
17:49and the next thing you know
17:50they're buying watches
17:51and cars.
17:52He went out
17:53and bought 1976
17:54Lincoln Continental.
17:56You got to party
17:57with these big guys,
17:58you got to spend
17:59the money.
17:59And unfortunately,
18:01the parasites
18:02in our business
18:02jumped on to Tony
18:04and now they're
18:06becoming Tony's friends
18:07because he's got
18:08all this money
18:09and he's going
18:09to these bars
18:10and he's spending
18:12all this money.
18:13Hey, Tony,
18:13buy me a drink.
18:15You know,
18:15buy me dinner tonight.
18:17Let's go out
18:17and have some fun,
18:18right?
18:19And you go to a club
18:20and next thing you know
18:21you got a $300 bar tab
18:23and guess what?
18:25The friend that was
18:26with you is gone.
18:29The girls would come
18:30up to you.
18:32You didn't have to go
18:33to them.
18:34And they'd say,
18:34you want to go
18:35to the room?
18:36Most of the time
18:36I would take
18:37three women
18:37up to the room.
18:39Party,
18:40drink,
18:40smoke.
18:41Every night
18:42was an orgy.
18:43I wanted to fit in
18:44and drugs was
18:45in the dressing room
18:46for God's sake.
18:47I didn't go out
18:47looking for it.
18:50It was in the dressing room.
18:51You know,
18:52whether it was
18:52a pain pill,
18:53a Valium,
18:53a Xanax,
18:54a little Coke,
18:56whatever it was,
18:57you know,
18:57we all participated
18:58a little bit.
19:00They called our group
19:01the bad boys
19:02because we were
19:02in trouble
19:03every week.
19:04I'm referee
19:04Nick Patrick.
19:05You probably
19:05remember me
19:06as the NWO ref.
19:07I also was
19:08a referee
19:08for WWE.
19:10Nick Patrick
19:10McClane,
19:11I'm loud!
19:12We were just
19:13every week
19:13somebody doing
19:14something stupid
19:15and just drinking
19:16and doctors
19:17writing out
19:18whatever we wanted
19:19and smoking
19:19and just snorting
19:20and whatever.
19:21We were just
19:22as why,
19:23it's a miracle
19:23we survived.
19:25But anyway,
19:26we got tired
19:27of Tommy
19:27never driving
19:28and just finally
19:29said,
19:29we are not
19:30your chauffeur
19:31any longer
19:32which was
19:33a horrible mistake.
19:35I've been drinking
19:36and I was driving
19:37I just rented
19:38Lincoln,
19:40got on the interstate
19:41and went down
19:41the road
19:42probably two miles.
19:44We were like
19:45really close back
19:46to our hotel
19:47and the car
19:50started flipping.
19:53The car flipped
19:54upside down
19:54three times.
19:55So I'm
19:57in the car
19:58unconscious.
19:59I don't know
20:00what's going on.
20:02I was almost dead.
20:07An intoxicated
20:08journey down
20:09the freeway
20:09ends in disaster
20:10leaving Tony Atlas
20:12and his fellow
20:13wrestlers wrecked
20:14in a horrifying
20:15accident.
20:16The roof of the car
20:17was crunched down
20:18on my side
20:19but I guess
20:19it come down
20:19and hit me
20:20and drove my head
20:20down and knocked
20:21me out.
20:23And I had
20:23a broken neck.
20:25Tony you know
20:26I mean
20:26he was in the
20:27hospital for about
20:27three or four days
20:29and didn't come out
20:30and still couldn't
20:31wrestle.
20:32Was that accident
20:33a wake up call
20:34for the lifestyle?
20:36It was the business.
20:37We went on
20:38as normal.
20:39Nothing ever stopped.
20:41I feel bad
20:42for Tony.
20:42I wish that
20:43he did have
20:44people around him
20:46that was like
20:46hey man
20:47you had enough
20:48come on
20:48go get some rest
20:49you don't know
20:49to get in the car.
20:50though he struggles
20:52with life
20:52on the road
20:53Tony shines
20:54brighter than ever
20:55in the ring
20:56stepping into
20:57the spotlight
20:57of the famed
20:58World Wrestling
20:59Federation.
21:02Tony Atlin!
21:04You've signed
21:05to face
21:05a number of
21:06individuals
21:06and I can tell you
21:07one thing
21:07the fans
21:08are certainly
21:08delighted about it.
21:09If y'all don't
21:09man I'd like
21:10to show y'all
21:10a few of my
21:11sketches.
21:12Gorgeous.
21:13Yeah I'm
21:13working on that.
21:15His arms are
21:15almost as big
21:16as yours Tony.
21:17I believe so.
21:20If there was
21:21ever a talent
21:22that was built
21:23for New York
21:24it was Tony
21:25Atlus.
21:26Take a look
21:27at that.
21:28Tony wasn't
21:29getting booked
21:29mid-card.
21:31Tony was
21:32getting booked
21:32main event.
21:36You know
21:37and when they
21:37did what
21:39happened man
21:39the business
21:40started exploding
21:41and the chance
21:42and reaction
21:43that Tony was
21:43getting was
21:44second to none.
21:46Tony Atlus
21:46undefeated
21:47in the World Wrestling
21:48Federation.
21:50As one of the
21:51WWF's biggest stars
21:53Tony joins forces
21:55with future
21:56Hall of Famer
21:57Rocky Johnson
21:57to form a
21:59history making
22:00tag team.
22:02It was brand new
22:03where you had
22:04two African
22:05Americans
22:05getting that
22:07rocket ship
22:07attached to both
22:09of the young
22:09men.
22:11Rocky was
22:11already the
22:12established star
22:13and Tony was
22:14still the up
22:16and coming
22:16star and the
22:17two of them
22:18together with
22:18with the power
22:19and the look
22:20that they had.
22:21It was magic
22:21for both of them.
22:23You see back
22:24then all this
22:25stuff was new
22:26for black
22:27athletes.
22:28Watch out for
22:29this.
22:30We got
22:31new champion
22:31but we are
22:32the first black
22:33tag team
22:34champions
22:34of the world
22:35ever.
22:38Now that
22:38was great.
22:40My problem
22:40was me and
22:41Rocky didn't
22:42get along
22:42because Rocky
22:43was a top
22:44wrestler.
22:44I was a top
22:45wrestler.
22:46I'm the only
22:46one could
22:47take his
22:47spot.
22:48Tony I'm
22:49sure you're
22:49so happy
22:50you've got
22:50tears in
22:51your eyes.
22:51It wasn't
22:52that he hated
22:53me or
22:54disliked me.
22:55As you know
22:56Rocky's older
22:56than me and
22:58this was
22:58Rocky's first
22:59break in the
23:01WWF.
23:02Think about
23:03it.
23:03I made in
23:04one week
23:05what took
23:06Rocky Johnson
23:0710 years to
23:08make.
23:08There was a lot
23:09of jealousy
23:09came into
23:10play.
23:11After a
23:11while it
23:12started souring
23:13and it
23:13turned into
23:14a bitter
23:14relationship.
23:16That's sad
23:16because those
23:17two guys
23:17in the
23:17beginning
23:18they were
23:19equal.
23:20Then all
23:20of a sudden
23:21Rocky noticed
23:22that Tony
23:23was getting
23:23the bigger
23:24push.
23:25You did
23:25it Tony.
23:26You did
23:27it Tony.
23:27Rocky Johnson
23:28tried to get
23:29me 5,000
23:30a time.
23:31They were
23:31kind of
23:32toxic together.
23:33Rocky would
23:34play Tony
23:36and get
23:36him in
23:37trouble.
23:37They would
23:39have very
23:40vocal arguments
23:41in the
23:41dressing room
23:42to the point
23:42where you'd
23:43get a little
23:43concerned how
23:44far is this
23:45going to go.
23:46A lot of
23:46times you had
23:47road agents
23:48stepping in
23:49to kind of
23:49calm them
23:50down.
23:51Then they'd
23:51go out and
23:52they'd have
23:52one of the
23:53best matches
23:53you've ever
23:53seen.
23:57What was
23:57really concerning
23:58was one that
23:59would follow
23:59over.
24:00I mean you
24:01want to clear
24:01a bar out
24:02in a hurry
24:02you get these
24:03two gigantic
24:03men arguing
24:04with each other
24:05cussing each
24:05other out.
24:07you're going
24:08to clear a
24:08spot for
24:09them.
24:09The new
24:10world stack
24:10team champion
24:11Rocky Johnson
24:12and Tony
24:13Atlas.
24:14But here's
24:15the kick
24:15in the
24:16britching.
24:16After we
24:17won the
24:17belt they
24:18did very
24:18little with
24:19us.
24:20Five months
24:21later we
24:23lost the
24:23belt.
24:26I didn't
24:26know we
24:27were going
24:27to lose
24:27that night.
24:28Vince
24:28never told
24:28me
24:29nothing
24:29about
24:29it.
24:31Ole
24:31Anderson
24:31only
24:32used to
24:32tell me the
24:32world is
24:33not ready
24:33for a
24:34black
24:34champion.
24:35I think
24:37Tony dealt
24:37with a lot
24:38of racism
24:38not only
24:39through the
24:40fan but
24:41backstage too
24:42with the
24:43guys.
24:44The foundation
24:45of the
24:45business
24:45was owned
24:46by whites.
24:48You know
24:48like your
24:49representation
24:50was based
24:51off biases
24:52and some
24:53of them
24:53were based
24:53off ignorance.
24:55You had
24:56guys that
24:56was mumble
24:57of the KKK
24:57like Dick
24:58Murdoch.
24:59You open
24:59his bag
25:00and see a
25:00KKK
25:00freaking suit
25:01in his bag.
25:03I didn't
25:03know this
25:04then.
25:05Well one
25:06time Dick
25:06Murdoch was
25:07in a
25:07dress room
25:07and we
25:09came out
25:09these flowers
25:10and they
25:11said Tony
25:11I got
25:12some friends
25:13that want
25:13to meet
25:13you.
25:14I said
25:14oh thank
25:14you Mr.
25:15Murdoch.
25:15You know
25:16I'm trying
25:16to be
25:16respectful.
25:18So I
25:19said yeah
25:19I said
25:19can Tommy
25:20go?
25:20Oh yeah
25:20Tommy
25:21go.
25:22So we
25:22pulled up
25:23into this
25:24dirt road
25:24and up
25:25on the
25:25hill was
25:26a guy
25:26in the
25:26hood
25:26the
25:27clang
25:27outfit
25:27with a
25:29shotgun.
25:30Tommy
25:30said get
25:31down
25:31there's
25:36but I
25:36have
25:36trouble
25:37with
25:37reading
25:38when I
25:38got
25:38deluxe
25:39whatever
25:39you
25:40call
25:40it.
25:41My
25:41mother
25:41said I
25:42was a
25:42slow
25:42learner
25:43and she
25:44said it
25:44happened
25:44ever since
25:44I got
25:45brain
25:45damage
25:46as a
25:46kid.
25:48So anyway
25:48Dick
25:49Murdoch gave
25:49me this
25:49flower.
25:51So me
25:51and Tommy
25:51we driving
25:52and Tommy
25:54have not
25:54looked at
25:54the paper
25:55yet.
25:56She
25:56said let
25:56me see
25:57that
25:57down
25:57flower
25:58you
25:58got
25:58there
25:58Tony
25:59hot
26:01damn
26:01this
26:01is
26:02for
26:02the
26:02KKK
26:03so I
26:05lay down
26:05in the
26:06seat
26:06Tommy
26:06on the
26:07car
26:07around
26:08oh you
26:08shouldn't
26:09me
26:09didn't you
26:11read
26:12the
26:12thing
26:12team
26:13I
26:13looked at
26:14him
26:14so we
26:18get by the
26:19dressing room
26:19and the
26:20guys
26:20and the
26:22guys are
26:25taking advantage
26:26of
26:26Tony
26:27never
26:27looked for
26:28the
26:28bad
26:29in
26:29someone
26:30even
26:31after the
26:32first
26:32couple
26:32of
26:32stabs
26:33in his
26:33back
26:33didn't
26:34quite
26:34understand
26:34it
26:35maybe
26:35didn't
26:36quite
26:36feel
26:36it
26:36but
26:37then
26:37you
26:38get
26:38stuck
26:39enough
26:39times
26:39you
26:39go
26:40what
26:40the
26:40hell
26:40is
26:41going
26:41on
26:41here
26:41years
26:43of
26:43racism
26:44exploitation
26:45and
26:45locker
26:46room
26:46jealousy
26:47pushed
26:48Tony
26:48to
26:49numb
26:49the
26:49pain
26:50with
26:50his
26:50vices
26:51he
26:51told
26:52me
26:52he
26:52would
26:52go
26:53do
26:53drugs
26:53or
26:54he
26:54would
26:54go
26:54get
26:55so
26:55sloppy
26:55drunk
26:56that
26:57he
26:57couldn't
26:57even
26:57think
26:57about
26:58nothing
26:58but
26:58him
27:00being
27:01intoxicated
27:02as a
27:03horrible
27:03existence
27:04then
27:06I
27:06started
27:06going
27:06to
27:07the
27:07locker
27:07room
27:07to
27:07intimidate
27:08and
27:09that's
27:09where
27:10everything
27:10started
27:11spurring
27:12down
27:12and
27:13the
27:13success
27:13and
27:14the
27:14money
27:14and
27:15the
27:15fame
27:15started
27:16going
27:16to
27:16my
27:17head
27:17I
27:18had
27:18a
27:18Coke
27:19357
27:20magnet
27:20and
27:21I
27:21started
27:22shooting
27:22at the
27:22ceiling
27:23with it
27:23I
27:25destroyed
27:26my own
27:26career
27:26by wanting
27:27revenge
27:28I
27:28figured
27:28I
27:28would
27:29hurt
27:29others
27:29as much
27:30as I
27:30was hurt
27:31when I
27:31was a
27:31kid
27:32he
27:32became
27:33a
27:33different
27:33person
27:34he
27:34was
27:34not
27:34Tony
27:35Atlas
27:35then
27:35not
27:36the
27:37Tony
27:37Atlas
27:37I
27:38first
27:38saw
27:39at
27:39the
27:39YMCA
27:40all
27:43these
27:43wrestlers
27:43that
27:44he's
27:44beating
27:44he's
27:46on top
27:46of the
27:46world
27:47and
27:47self
27:48destructs
27:49I
27:49mean
27:50it
27:50was
27:50like
27:50sex
27:51drugs
27:51and
27:51rock
27:51and
27:52roll
27:52but
27:52it's
27:52sex
27:52drugs
27:53and
27:53wrestling
27:53of course
27:54back
27:54then
27:54we
27:54was
27:55all
27:55doing
27:55it
27:55I
27:57was
27:57stupid
27:58even
27:58though
27:59I
27:59had
27:59all
27:59this
27:59fame
28:00and
28:00everything
28:00I
28:00was
28:01not
28:01a
28:01happy
28:01person
28:02I
28:04walked
28:04out
28:04over
28:05a pair
28:05of
28:05shoes
28:05I
28:06threw
28:06away
28:07the
28:07championship
28:07for a pair
28:08of sneakers
28:08what do you
28:09mean
28:09well
28:10one day
28:10I'm at
28:10the airport
28:11and this
28:11girl
28:12was telling
28:12me
28:12she can't
28:13wait to
28:13see
28:13me
28:13she
28:14got
28:14some
28:14new
28:14shoes
28:15I
28:15said
28:17shit
28:17I
28:19could
28:19go
28:20do
28:21this
28:21and
28:21come
28:21back
28:22to
28:22wrestling
28:22and
28:23Chief
28:23J
28:24Strong
28:24tried
28:24to
28:25save
28:25me
28:25he
28:26said
28:26this
28:26match
28:26is
28:26going
28:27to
28:27be
28:27one
28:27of
28:27the
28:27most
28:27important
28:28matches
28:28of
28:28your
28:28life
28:29I
28:30said
28:30I'm
28:31going
28:31to
28:31LA
28:32to
28:32be
28:32my
28:32girl
28:33wait
28:33hold
28:33on
28:33a
28:33second
28:34you
28:34would
28:35have
28:35had
28:35an
28:35opportunity
28:35to
28:36become
28:36the
28:36first
28:37black
28:37world
28:38champion
28:38but
28:39instead
28:40you
28:40decided
28:40to
28:40get
28:41on
28:41a
28:41plane
28:41to
28:41go
28:41get
28:42walked
28:42on
28:42yeah
28:43I
28:44had
28:44to
28:44lose
28:45everything
28:45to
28:46learn
28:47to
28:47appreciate
28:48what
28:48I
28:49had
28:49what
28:50what
28:51the
28:51hell
28:51is
28:51going
28:52on
28:52if
28:53you
28:56miss
28:56one
28:56show
28:57and
28:57you
28:57got
28:57a good
28:57excuse
28:58that's
28:58one
28:58thing
28:58but
28:59if
28:59you
28:59start
28:59missing
29:00one
29:01here
29:01and
29:01there
29:01and
29:02here
29:02and
29:02there
29:02you
29:03lose
29:03your
29:03dependability
29:04and
29:04that's
29:05what
29:05they
29:05do
29:06they
29:06depend
29:06on
29:06us
29:07to
29:07do
29:07what
29:07we're
29:07supposed
29:08to
29:08do
29:08I
29:10can't
29:10think
29:10of
29:10nothing
29:10worse
29:11everybody
29:13there
29:13that
29:13paid
29:14money
29:14because
29:15oh I
29:15want to
29:16see
29:16Tony
29:16Atlas
29:16and
29:20then
29:20you
29:20go
29:20I
29:21ain't
29:21coming
29:22come
29:23on
29:24man
29:24you
29:24can't
29:24do
29:25that
29:25when
29:27I
29:27came
29:27back
29:28Vince
29:28let
29:28me
29:29go
29:29I
29:30was
29:30fired
29:30he
29:31told
29:32me
29:32himself
29:32I
29:33have
29:33to
29:33make
29:34an
29:34example
29:35out
29:35of
29:35you
29:35in
29:36fact
29:37it
29:37was
29:38a
29:38compliment
29:38in
29:39a
29:39way
29:39see
29:40all
29:40the
29:40wrestlers
29:41were
29:41screwing
29:41up
29:42he
29:42said
29:42I
29:42have
29:42to
29:42make
29:43an
29:43example
29:43out
29:44of
29:44you
29:44because
29:44if
29:45I
29:45fired
29:45Tony
29:46Atlas
29:46everybody
29:47would
29:47know
29:47I
29:47would
29:48fire
29:48anyone
29:49think
29:50about
29:50you
29:50taking
29:51out
29:51your
29:51biggest
29:52star
29:52you
29:52got
29:52on
29:53your
29:53car
29:53on
29:53your
29:53roster
29:54that
29:54says
29:55a lot
29:55about
29:55the
29:55promoter
29:56because
29:56he
29:56sacrificed
29:57in
29:57crowds
29:58and
29:58houses
29:58to
29:59try
29:59to
29:59bring
29:59you
30:00back
30:00to
30:00reality
30:01you
30:01know
30:01sometimes
30:02you
30:02gotta
30:02be
30:02protected
30:03from
30:03yourself
30:04Tony's
30:06addiction
30:07and
30:07release
30:07from
30:08the
30:08WWF
30:09land him
30:09in a
30:09small
30:10New
30:10England
30:10based
30:11promotion
30:11under
30:12the
30:12control
30:13of
30:13promoter
30:13Mario
30:14Savoldi
30:15Mario
30:16told
30:16me
30:17I
30:17know
30:17you
30:18used
30:18to
30:18making
30:18more
30:18money
30:19but
30:20I
30:20could
30:20guarantee
30:20you
30:2150 to
30:2275,000
30:23a year
30:24he
30:25said
30:25it's
30:25not
30:25much
30:26but
30:26here
30:26in
30:27Maine
30:27is
30:27Liverpool
30:28then
30:29all
30:29of
30:29sudden
30:30Mario
30:31would
30:31book
30:31a
30:31show
30:32on
30:33a
30:33Saturday
30:33Vince
30:34would
30:34book
30:35a
30:35show
30:35in
30:35Maine
30:36on
30:36a
30:36Friday
30:37trying
30:38to
30:38put
30:38Mario
30:39on
30:39the
30:39building
30:39Mario
30:40attended
30:41decided
30:41drop
30:42drop
30:42drop
30:42drop
30:43drop
30:43all
30:45of
30:45a
30:45sudden
30:45I
30:45had
30:46no
30:46money
30:46no
30:46place
30:46to
30:47go
30:47I
30:47became
30:48homeless
30:48I
30:49lost
30:50everything
30:50I'm
30:50not
30:51very
30:51well
30:51educated
30:52the
30:52only
30:53way
30:53that
30:53I
30:53knew
30:54how
30:54to
30:54make
30:54a
30:54living
30:55was
30:55in
30:56that
30:56rank
30:56I
30:57don't
30:57come
30:57to
30:58the
30:58park
30:58no
30:58more
30:5820
31:00years
31:00since
31:01I've
31:01been
31:01in
31:01this
31:01park
31:01this
31:03here
31:03was
31:03my
31:04home
31:04right
31:05here
31:05is
31:08where
31:08I
31:08slept
31:09was
31:11here
31:11for
31:12a
31:12year
31:12and
31:13a
31:13half
31:13almost
31:13the
31:15same
31:16people
31:16that
31:16give
31:16you
31:17something
31:17they
31:17can
31:18also
31:18take
31:18it
31:18away
31:19and
31:20you
31:20could
31:21lose
31:21everything
31:21you
31:22ever
31:22own
31:22in
31:23a
31:23matter
31:23of
31:23suckers
31:24got
31:25got in
31:25fights
31:26down
31:27here
31:27on
31:27knock
31:27street
31:28he
31:29said
31:29that
31:30once
31:30he
31:30woke
31:31up
31:31and
31:32rolled
31:33off
31:33a
31:33bench
31:34he
31:35said
31:35Mark
31:35I
31:35woke
31:36up
31:36and
31:36I
31:36was
31:36laying
31:36in
31:37a
31:37mud
31:37puddle
31:38man
31:39make
31:43hundreds
31:44of
31:44thousands
31:44of
31:45dollars
31:45like
31:45you're
31:45making
31:46a
31:46million
31:46dollars
31:46back
31:47in
31:47the
31:4770s
31:48and
31:4880s
31:48and
31:48I
31:50went
31:50from
31:51that
31:51life
31:51to
31:53living
31:53on
31:53knock
31:53street
31:54eating
31:54out
31:54of
31:54dumpster
31:55here
31:56I
31:56am
31:57standing
31:57on
31:57a
31:57freaking
31:58corner
31:58and
31:59everybody
31:59knows
32:00me
32:00that
32:01what
32:01made
32:01it
32:01so
32:01hard
32:02I
32:02was
32:02poor
32:02before
32:03but
32:03nobody
32:04knew
32:04me
32:04but
32:05to
32:05be
32:05poor
32:06and
32:07famous
32:07I
32:09was
32:09more
32:09hooked
32:09on
32:10cocaine
32:10here
32:10in
32:11Maine
32:11than
32:11I
32:11have
32:11been
32:11in
32:12my
32:12whole
32:12life
32:13I
32:13became
32:13a
32:14suicider
32:14I
32:15tried
32:15to die
32:16by police
32:17shooting
32:17I
32:18used
32:18to go
32:18to
32:18police
32:18station
32:19to try
32:19to get
32:19them
32:19to
32:20park
32:20lot
32:20to
32:20shoot
32:25though
32:26he's
32:27ready
32:27to
32:27give
32:27up
32:28a
32:28local
32:28woman
32:29comes
32:29to
32:29Tony's
32:30aid
32:30saving
32:31him
32:31from
32:31his
32:32darkest
32:32struggles
32:33Monica
32:34walking
32:35right
32:35down
32:35this
32:35street
32:36here
32:36she
32:38said
32:38what
32:38you
32:38doing
32:38here
32:39I
32:39sleep
32:40here
32:40she
32:41said
32:41you
32:41can't
32:41stay
32:41here
32:42it's
32:4220
32:42below
32:43zero
32:43she
32:43you
32:44will
32:44freeze
32:44to
32:44death
32:45I
32:45said
32:46I
32:46don't
32:46give
32:46a
32:46I
32:47want
32:47to
32:47die
32:47so
32:48she
32:48left
32:49next
32:50day
32:50she
32:50came
32:50back
32:51check
32:51on
32:51me
32:51again
32:52I
32:52curse
32:53her
32:53out
32:53again
32:53sadly
32:54got
32:55so
32:55cold
32:56and
32:57my
32:57legs
32:58went
32:58none
32:58Monica
33:00called
33:00the ambulance
33:01and they
33:02tried to
33:02ask
33:02Monica
33:03all
33:03these
33:03questions
33:03about
33:04me
33:04Monica
33:05can't
33:05tell
33:05them
33:06nothing
33:06she
33:06don't
33:06even
33:06know
33:06my
33:06name
33:07I
33:09went
33:09into
33:09a
33:09coma
33:10that
33:13picture
33:13there
33:14this
33:14when
33:15I
33:15first
33:15met
33:15my
33:16wife
33:16Monica
33:16that
33:19when
33:19we
33:19first
33:19met
33:19I
33:21didn't
33:21have
33:22a
33:22pot
33:22to
33:22piss
33:22in
33:23and
33:23the
33:23one
33:23to
33:23throw
33:23it
33:23out
33:24on
33:24I
33:25had
33:25nothing
33:25to
33:26eat
33:26all I
33:27had
33:27were the
33:27clothes
33:28on my
33:28back
33:28and
33:29my
33:29trophy
33:30that's
33:30that's
33:31all I
33:31had
33:31I
33:32had
33:32nothing
33:32nothing
33:33nothing
33:33nothing
33:34nothing
33:34nothing
33:34and this
33:36woman
33:36took me
33:37in
33:37she said
33:39if you
33:39need a
33:39place
33:39to
33:40stay
33:40you
33:40can
33:40stay
33:40with
33:41me
33:41you
33:42understand
33:42she
33:43took
33:43me
33:43home
33:44to
33:44her
33:44house
33:45so
33:46I
33:46started
33:46going
33:49job
33:50here
33:50I
33:51work
33:51as
33:51a
33:51bouncer
33:51to
33:53pay
33:53the
33:53rent
33:53all
33:54of
33:54a
33:54sudden
33:54Vince
33:55saw me
33:55a
33:55contract
33:56with
33:57Mario
33:57Savoldi's
33:58promotion
33:58struggling
33:59Vince
33:59McMahon
34:00reaches
34:00out
34:01offering
34:01Tony
34:02another
34:02opportunity
34:03for
34:03glory
34:04Monica
34:05started
34:06crying
34:06she said
34:07now that
34:07you're back
34:08doing
34:08what
34:08you
34:09do
34:09I
34:10probably
34:10never
34:10see
34:11you
34:11again
34:11and
34:12I
34:12said
34:12Monica
34:13yes
34:14you
34:14will
34:15I
34:16bought
34:16these
34:16cheap
34:17rings
34:17I
34:20bought
34:20these
34:20rings
34:21this
34:21ring
34:21right
34:21here
34:22I
34:22still
34:22got
34:22it
34:23and
34:24I
34:24said
34:24Monica
34:25now
34:25we
34:25are
34:26married
34:26for
34:27Vince
34:28to
34:28do
34:28that
34:28that's
34:28you
34:29know
34:29because
34:29it's
34:29easy
34:30for him
34:30to
34:30just
34:30say
34:31get
34:31the
34:31hell
34:31on
34:31and
34:32of
34:33course
34:33I'm
34:34sure
34:34Tony
34:34had
34:34enough
34:35time
34:35to
34:35know
34:36that
34:36he
34:36done
34:37wrong
34:37and
34:37loved
34:38the
34:38opportunity
34:38to
34:39get
34:39to
34:39come
34:39back
34:39he
34:41said
34:41well
34:42that's
34:42bird
34:42of
34:42hatchet
34:44he
34:44I
34:47now
34:58here
34:58is
34:58the
34:58kick
34:59in
34:59the
34:59teeth
34:59my
35:00first
35:00night
35:00at
35:01Saba
35:01Simba
35:01Ronnie
35:02Piper
35:03said
35:03this
35:04Piper's
35:09right
35:09you know
35:10everybody
35:11knows
35:12that's
35:12Tony
35:12Atlas
35:12I
35:14thought
35:15it
35:15was
35:15low
35:15and
35:17he
35:17ain't
35:18the
35:18only
35:18one
35:18there's
35:19a lot
35:19of
35:19people
35:19that
35:19have
35:20played
35:20roles
35:21and
35:21characters
35:21that
35:22they
35:22felt
35:23like
35:23were
35:23belittling
35:24Tony
35:26Atlas
35:26was
35:27a
35:27respected
35:27superstar
35:28all
35:31of a sudden
35:31he
35:32said
35:32who
35:33Vince
35:36what
35:37were
35:37you
35:37thinking
35:37why
35:39would
35:39Vince
35:39have
35:40me
35:40to
35:40come
35:40out
35:40and
35:40do
35:41a
35:41gimmick
35:41and
35:41then
35:42tell
35:42people
35:42who
35:42I
35:42am
35:43I
35:43couldn't
35:43understand
35:44why
35:44he
35:44did
35:44that
35:45why
35:45walk
35:46around
35:46looking
35:46like
35:46that
35:47you
35:47look
35:47like
35:47a
35:47fool
35:48from
35:48behind
35:48there
35:49don't
35:49I
35:52think
35:52it
35:52was
35:52a way
35:53of
35:53making
35:53fun
35:53of
35:53him
35:54and
35:55what
35:55was
35:55it
35:55just
35:55because
35:56it's
35:57because
35:57it's
35:58because
35:58Vince
35:58can't
36:00you
36:01know
36:01I
36:02think
36:03Ricky
36:03the
36:03dragon
36:03steamboat
36:04worked
36:04great
36:05but
36:06then
36:06when
36:06they
36:06turned
36:06me
36:06into
36:07the
36:07costume
36:07wearing
36:08fire
36:08breathing
36:09dragon
36:09it
36:10was
36:10more
36:10like
36:11a
36:11caricature
36:12and
36:13of
36:13course
36:13with
36:13Tony
36:13the
36:14same
36:14thing
36:14look
36:15at
36:15Atlas
36:15wow
36:16just
36:16180
36:17degree
36:17turn
36:18if
36:19that
36:19was
36:19the
36:19intent
36:20then
36:20it
36:21was
36:21a
36:21success
36:22because
36:22that
36:24was
36:25embarrassing
36:25oh
36:26god
36:27Salva
36:29give me
36:29a break
36:30my
36:31third
36:31grade
36:32son
36:32at
36:32that
36:32time
36:33could
36:33promote
36:33a better
36:34better
36:34ideal
36:35than
36:35that
36:35so
36:36how
36:36did
36:36you
36:36feel
36:36about
36:37to
36:57Tony's
36:58return
36:58to the
36:58WWF
36:59doesn't
37:00last
37:00long
37:00and
37:01despite
37:01stints
37:02and other
37:02promotions
37:02he never
37:04regains
37:05his
37:05former glory
37:06but in
37:072006
37:08Tony is
37:09inducted
37:10into the
37:10WWE
37:11Hall of Fame
37:12giving him
37:13one last
37:14moment
37:14in the
37:14spotlight
37:15well and of course
37:16this is my
37:17Hall of Fame
37:18introduction
37:18here
37:19WWE
37:20Hall of Famer
37:20I'd like to
37:21thank
37:22the wrestling
37:24fans
37:24Tony was
37:27a role
37:28model
37:28for a
37:30little black
37:30kid that
37:31watched wrestling
37:32and had somebody
37:33that identified
37:34that looked
37:35like him
37:35and I
37:36requested
37:37Tony
37:37as my
37:39manager
37:39I wanted
37:41Tony
37:41yes sir
37:42I heard you
37:42need to do
37:43that for a
37:43payday
37:44next I know
37:46they're telling
37:47me I'm gonna
37:47abandon
37:48Mark Henry
37:49over 15
37:53years after
37:54leaving WWE
37:55Tony's new
37:56role as a
37:57mentor
37:57sees him
37:58guiding Mark
37:58Henry on
37:59the road
37:59hoping he
38:01won't repeat
38:02Tony's
38:02mistakes
38:03it was just
38:05a childhood
38:05dream
38:06wanted to be
38:07in the same
38:08room
38:08with Tony
38:10Atlas
38:10and Tony
38:13and I
38:13would go to
38:14the gym
38:14he used to
38:16amuse him
38:16the stuff
38:17that I could
38:17do
38:18and I got
38:18in really
38:19good shape
38:20though
38:20riding with
38:20Tony
38:21and then
38:24I went
38:25into a
38:25different
38:26level of
38:27you know
38:27Hall of
38:27Pain
38:28stuff
38:28that was
38:31awesome
38:31so how
38:32and when
38:33did Vince
38:33fire you
38:34for good
38:34the last
38:35time I
38:35worked for
38:35him I
38:36was with
38:36Mark
38:36Henry
38:36I had
38:40to catch
38:41a flight
38:41that red
38:42I'd leave
38:42out at
38:43like 1230
38:43or something
38:44out of
38:44Long
38:44Vegas
38:45Vince
38:45said
38:46Tony
38:46you're
38:47just as
38:47much
38:47a part
38:48of this
38:48company
38:49as
38:50anybody
38:50here
38:50I get
38:51home
38:52I get
38:52a phone
38:53call
38:53we have
38:54to
38:54terminate
38:54your
38:54contract
38:55I just
38:56talked to
38:57him
38:57yesterday
38:57that's
38:59Vince
38:59what
39:00come
39:00out
39:00of
39:00Vince
39:00mouth
39:01don't
39:01trust
39:02it
39:02are
39:07you
39:07ready
39:07one
39:09more
39:09years
39:10after
39:11his
39:11historic
39:11time
39:12in
39:12WWE
39:13Tony
39:14Atlas
39:14keeps
39:14his
39:15legacy
39:15alive
39:16offering
39:17fans
39:17another
39:18glimpse
39:18of
39:18Mr.
39:19USA
39:20Mr.
39:20USA
39:21Tony
39:22Atlas
39:22the
39:24legend
39:24of
39:24Tony
39:24Atlas
39:25won't
39:25die
39:25because
39:27it
39:27still
39:27lives
39:28because
39:28people
39:28see
39:28him
39:29they
39:29go
39:29to
39:29autograph
39:30signings
39:31so
39:31he'll
39:32go up
39:32and say
39:32hi
39:33and hug
39:33people
39:33I was
39:34in Boston
39:35a couple
39:35of years
39:36back
39:36and I'm
39:37doing
39:37meet and
39:38greets
39:38you know
39:38and Tony's
39:39there
39:39all of a
39:40sudden
39:41I see
39:41Tony
39:41take
39:42off
39:42his
39:42jacket
39:42then
39:44all of a
39:44sudden
39:44I see
39:45Tony
39:45bending
39:45over
39:46lacing
39:47up
39:47a pair
39:47of
39:47boots
39:48holy
39:49cow
39:50and I
39:51said
39:51Tony
39:51what
39:52the
39:52hell
39:52are you
39:53doing
39:53Brisco
39:54I'm
39:54working
39:55tonight
39:55man
39:58gotta make
39:58a living
39:58I'm not
40:01financially
40:02secure
40:02I'm not
40:03that well
40:04educated
40:04the only
40:05thing I
40:05got left
40:06is my
40:06health
40:07and strength
40:07I
40:08met
40:09three
40:09women
40:09in my
40:10whole
40:10life
40:10that
40:11cared
40:11about
40:11me
40:11three
40:12my
40:13mother
40:13my
40:14grandmother
40:15and my
40:16wife
40:16Monica
40:17well right
40:18now
40:19when people
40:19say how
40:19she
40:20doing
40:20not
40:21good
40:212019
40:23my wife
40:24Monica
40:24had a
40:25stroke
40:25and
40:26she's
40:26been
40:26hospitalized
40:27since
40:28this is
40:29my home
40:30away from
40:31home
40:31my wife
40:32is here
40:33if I'm
40:33not at
40:34the gym
40:34I'm
40:35here
40:35I
40:36thought I
40:36lost
40:36my
40:37wife
40:37I
40:37sure
40:37did
40:38this is
40:41my wife
40:41Monica
40:42yeah
40:43come on
40:44baby
40:44well this
40:45is the
40:45woman
40:46that
40:46found me
40:47in the
40:47park
40:47she
40:48took
40:49me
40:49in
40:49went
40:50through
40:50hell
40:50and high
40:51water
40:51with me
40:52say hi
40:53baby
40:53hi
40:54baby
40:54so how
40:59your day
41:00going
41:00baby
41:01compassion
41:02is the
41:03biggest
41:03thing
41:03when
41:04somebody
41:05is
41:05bedridden
41:07sick
41:07he
41:08have to
41:09cook
41:09for her
41:10clean
41:10for her
41:11bathe
41:12her
41:12and
41:13I got
41:14my little
41:14kit
41:14here
41:15this
41:15my
41:15Monica
41:16kit
41:16it's a
41:18special
41:18person
41:19that
41:19does
41:20that
41:20I
41:21wash
41:22her
41:22face
41:22I
41:23put
41:23chopstick
41:24on her
41:25and then
41:26I
41:26help her
41:27to
41:27go to
41:28bed
41:28I
41:29could
41:29never
41:30do
41:31enough
41:32for
41:33this
41:33woman
41:33like
41:34I
41:34said
41:34I
41:34would
41:34not
41:35be
41:35here
41:35right
41:36now
41:36if
41:37it
41:37wasn't
41:37for
41:38Monica
41:38I'm
41:41sure
41:41Tony
41:41has
41:42reflected
41:42back
41:43to
41:43those
41:43days
41:43with
41:44Rocky
41:44Johnson
41:45Madison
41:45Gregor
41:45getting
41:46those
41:47$5,000
41:47or nine
41:48payoffs
41:49and
41:49I'm
41:50sure
41:50he
41:50reflects
41:50back
41:51at
41:51being
41:51homeless
41:52after
41:52having
41:53all
41:53that
41:53money
41:53and
41:54having
41:54nothing
41:55in
41:55place
41:56where
41:56you
41:56lay
41:56your
41:56head
41:57but
41:58you
41:58can't
41:58do
41:58it
41:59all
41:59over
41:59you
41:59I'm
42:01going to
42:01say
42:01this
42:03business
42:03and
42:04those
42:04are
42:04the
42:05moments
42:05that
42:05he
42:05should
42:05be
42:05recognized
42:06for
42:06no
42:07this
42:07can't
42:07be
42:08done
42:08Mr.
42:09USA
42:09clears
42:10the ring
42:10the winner
42:11Tony
42:12If I
42:14had been
42:14a little
42:14bit more
42:15humble
42:15I would
42:16have been
42:16the first
42:16black world
42:17champion
42:17but I'm
42:19more happy
42:19now
42:20with no
42:20career
42:21no money
42:22and when
42:23I was a
42:24miserable
42:24when I had
42:25all that
42:25money
42:26I was not
42:27happy
42:27the only
42:28thing
42:28made me
42:29happy
42:29was
42:29getting
42:29some
42:29girl
42:30to
42:30stomp
42:30on my
42:30face
42:31other
42:32than that
42:33moral
42:35story
42:35is
42:35never
42:36too
42:36late
42:36to
42:37say
42:37I'm
42:37sorry
42:37it's
42:39very
42:39stiff
42:39it's
42:40never
42:41too
42:41late
42:41to
42:41wash
42:42all
42:42the
42:42mud
42:42off
42:43and
42:44act
42:44like
42:44you
42:44got
42:45some
42:45damn
42:45sense
42:46because
42:46other
42:47people
42:48are
42:49depending
42:50on
42:50you
42:50too
42:50I
42:51do
42:52this
42:52every
42:52day
42:52and
42:53you
42:54willing
42:54to
42:55live
42:56for
42:56them
42:57rather
42:58than
42:58die
42:58for
42:59them
42:59you
43:04getting
43:04prettier
43:05from
43:06you
43:06you
43:07you