re: Dark Side of the Ring new season (3/25)

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What is the story on Original Sheik? Iron Sheik will always be GOAT Sheik.

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not even close. Original Sheik was a much bigger draw.

His fetish is so strong that he said if he was given the choice of headlining WrestleMania or getting walked on, he'd choose to get walked on (specfically, on his face). I've seen him at WreslteCon a couple times, and he'll actually trade photo ops/autographs/artwork in exchange for getting walked on. There are two criteria, however: 1) he has to consider the woman to be good-looking; and 2) she has to be wearing rubber soles (Vans are his personal preference). In case you're unfamiliar with what I'm referring to, here ya go...

It's not so much the feet, it's the getting walked on part. The woman has to be wearing shoes, and they have to be the right kind of shoes. Otherwise he's not interested.

Back when he was working the territories and smaller gymnasiums, he'd actually go under the bleachers and find a woman who was wearing the right style of shoes, and then he'd offer her $25 to come backstage and walk on him. Sometimes the other guys would be looking for him and one would say, "Where's Tony?" and another would reply, "Oh, he's under the bleachers"

Another of my favorite stories told by Tony was about the Iron Sheik. He said he walked into the bathroom to take a piss and Sheik was in one of the stalls. Shiek was slapping himself on the chest and twisting his moustache and saying, "Yes! Excellent. Excellent." Tony didn't know wtf was going on so when he was done urinating he walked over and looked over the side of the stall. There was a woman in there sitting on the toilet giving Sheik a BJ

If anyone is unfamiliar, Google around for Vader's Japan stuff. Vader's match with Flair at Starcade 93 is also well worth a watch.

This is a clip of the infamous match in Japan where Stan Hansen knocked Vader's eye out of socket.

https://youtu.be/ieSmtjqn5Tw?si=1jdIegM54W5Y59iZ

Jim Hellwig was the original choice to be Vader.. talk about a whole different career for the character.

There were three choices.

I know Warrior and Vader were two of them. I think the third was Sid Vicious.

Inoki’s luck worked out because Vader was the least flaky of the three.

Episode 1 just started.. Hell in the Cell - but if you read Foley's book it probably covered everything on here

Nothing really new so far but man, I miss Terry Funk.. he was the goat (and a very nice man to boot)

Ludvig Borga/Tony Halm episode is next week.. that will be something