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Around this time World Wrestling Federation (WWF) owner Vince McMahon contacted Piper, who insisted on serving out his contract with Jim Crockett. Piper started in the WWF in late 1983 and at the same time fulfilled dates with. Don Muraco Shoot Interview Page 2. He liked Florida because the schedule was so easy. All cities were about 200 miles apart. WWE News, Wrestling News, WWE News, WrestleMania 32 News, TNA News, Divas, More.
Charles Donald 'Don' Kernodle Jr. (born May 2, 1950) was an American professional wrestler with the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions.
Don Kernodle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Donald "Don" Kernodle Jr. May 2, 1. 95. 0) was an American professional wrestler with the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions. Professional wrestling career[edit]After graduating from Elon College, Kernodle started wrestling in 1. National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions. He got his start by accepting a "shoot" wrestling challenge from Bob Roop.
Although Roop defeated Kernodle by submission, Kernodle's skills impressed Ole Anderson and Gene Anderson who both offered to train Kernodle for free.[1]At first, he (now known as Pvt. Kernodle) was part of Sgt. Slaughter's "Cobra Corps" and teamed with Slaughter and Pvt. Jim Nelson.[2][3] In 1. Kernodle and Nelson won the NWA Mid- Atlantic Tag Team Championship from Porkchop Cash and Jay Youngblood.[2][3] They later lost the title to Cash and King Parsons, from whom they also regained the title.[2][3] After Nelson was removed from the alliance, Kernodle became the tag partner of Sgt. Slaughter, with whom he held the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid- Atlantic version) in late 1.
They lost the titles in a legendary steel cage match vs. Rick Steamboat and Jay Youngblood on March 1. Following the title loss, Kernodle remained a villain and formed a tag team with Bob Orton, Jr. Gary Hart.[2] He soon turned against America and formed a tag team with Ivan Koloff and won the NWA World Tag Team Title.[2] When Koloff's "nephew" Nikita Koloff arrived in late 1. Kernodle helped to train him. Also in 1. 98. 4, the Koloffs turned on Kernodle after he and Ivan lost the NWA World Tag Titles to Dusty Rhodes and Manny "The Raging Bull" Fernandez and started a feud.[2] Kernodle teamed with his brother Rocky to feud with the Koloffs and helped the Rock 'n' Roll Express to win the Tag Team Title from them at Starrcade '8.
The Gathering.[2]In 1. Kernodle left the NWA and wrestled in various independent promotions in the Carolinas. He later became a Sergeant for Immigration Customs Enforcement for Alamance County. Since 2. 00. 2, Kernodle and his brother have wrestled several times per year with CWF Mid- Atlantic near their home in Burlington, NC.
He is now a deputy sheriff with the Alamance County sheriffs office. Other media[edit]He appeared in the 1. Sylvester Stallone movie Paradise Alley. Don Kernodle and his brother Rocky won the $1.
ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos (their video was of them getting their miniature Dachshund to growl and snarl).[citation needed] They qualified for the $1. Personal life[edit]In college, he lettered four times in amateur wrestling.[4] He was also a two time national arm wrestling champion.[4]In wrestling[edit]Championships and accomplishments[edit]External links[edit]Profile at Online World of Wrestling.
Don Muraco Shoot Interview. He liked Florida because.
All cities were about 2. On his first trip to Georgia, he was. Andre the. Giant’s tag partner. It was there that they came up with the. Muraco over the ropes, Andre would catch him. They went around the horn doing that. Ole Anderson and Dusty.
He remembers Andre as great guy. He briefly worked in.
Texas for Fritz Von Erich, and had a lousy. Fritz. was easy- going, but Muraco had just gone. Back to Georgia, Rob asks Don about Ole. He was a good booker, but a miserable. Muraco. then returned to Minneapolis to help train The. Iron Sheik, Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzelle.
Ric Flair, and Ken Patera. Flair loved the wrestling business, and. Dusty’s lackey. are true.
When asked if Tommy Rich deserved to be. NWA Champ, Muraco said it was a political. Tommy always worked hard. Muraco says that he was programmed for.
Dusty off. How. Muraco developed His Promos and Turned Heel. He learned a lot about. Curtis and Collins. Hawaii. He always thought that Dusty and Larry Hennig cut great. He learned a lot of the psychological. Ray Stevens. In the WWF, Muraco and Piper would.
He went to San Francisco. Roy Shire was a nasty person, but a. Muraco wanted to learn from. He returned to Florida, working for. Eddie Graham, who he says was a great booker.
Eddie would give the book to veterans. Johnny Valentine and Buddy Rogers and.
In Florida, Muraco was. Magnificent M.” He was getting a nice push, going over Graham with the Asian.
Steve. Kiern exposed M as Don Muraco in a pseudo. When he was unmasked, his head was. He started a heel stable with Curtis. Killer Kahn, and Scott Irwin. Remembering he pinned Dusty, he jokes.
Dusty. Eventually, Dusty ended up beating all. Dusty was a great talent. He was one of the first that wanted to. Johnny Carson Tonight Show and. He worked hard and really wanted to. American Dream.” Going. New York to Work with Vince Mc.
Mahon, Sr. and Jr. Sr. was a great man. He didn’t have to show his power. After TV. tapings, Sr.
Lou Albano would get drunk and. Albano was fired after every Allentown, only to be rehired. Muraco was thrilled to. Madison Square Garden, even when he. He was handled differently than other.
WWF title programs. Most heels, like Stan Hansen and.
Bruiser Brody, would spend 8 weeks squashing. TV, get their 3 shots at the Champ at. MSG, and be gone. The main event heels would leave the. Vince Jr. was shooting. Muraco was amazed that Jr.
Patterson was working around the office. Pedro Morales was always. Muraco did take some stiff punches to.
The locker room was a lot of fun too. Mosca, Fuji, and Saito. He got along with Bob. Backlund well. Bob was respectful and had those family. He really wanted to represent the. Cadillac he drove.
Their broadway matches were fun, but. You just can’t go through four. He remembers doing an hour long match.
Washington in the afternoon, and doing a. Spectrum. Muraco admits there was. Backlund. dropped the belt to the Iron Sheik. Bob might not have been as charismatic. Any criticisms of him were a result of opponents not making. Muraco made plenty of money with him.
They actually worked together in Japan. Vince Jr. was completely. Muraco insists that the expansion was a. Columbus, OH. Vince then started hanging out with. Cutting. promos and memories of Rocky Johnson…Cutting promos with food.
Florida, and the Briscos hated it. Muraco jokes that Jerry would probably. He loved performing his “sermon”. Rocky Johnson, and responding when Rocky. The challenge was to keep current. In those days, he listened to Bob.
Seiger, Jackson Browne, and AC/DC, and tried. If the teenagers buy it, everyone else.
He reinforces that the 7. The Rocky Johnson feud. Snuka angle a few more months. He liked Rocky, but whenever he’d. Muraco would set up a huge back body. Johnson hated taking bumps! He remembers “The Rock” as a baby.
Don’s daughter. The. Jimmy Snuka…It was a great thrill in. He gets depressed when he thinks about. Jimmy. was having trouble with the office, so the. Muraco to go over in the cage. Snuka as a hot babyface.
Muraco envisioned the. Muraco takes a few bumps. Snuka drags him back in and performs his leap. Jimmy’s knee hit Muraco’s thigh. Muraco refused to be carried.
Snuka was just way too. They had different specialty matches. Muraco. Back then, a heel could just barely.
The feud almost didn’t. Nancy Valentino. accident” (Nancy was Snuka’s girlfriend).
Muraco’s version of the events: Muraco had spent the. Eddie. Gilbert, who had just been in a nasty car.
When Muraco returned to the hotel, he. Snuka. He asked the investigators if he could. Nancy ended up. in the room next to Eddie. Muraco refused because he was tired and hungry, and just. The investigators then.
NOT cops, so Muraco was free to chug away en. After Vince had smoothed everything. Muraco spent the day with Jimmy. Jimmy said that they were driving and. Nancy slipped and hit her head. Authorities really couldn’t.
Vince. starts a new era of professional wrestling…When Piper came in with. Paul Orndorff, David Schultz, and Bob Orton.
Piper. was only going to have “Piper’s Pit”. New York. stature.”. Pressure to use steroids was mostly.
New York has always been. Brody and. Hansen.
When Hogan returned. Vince was working the talent pretty. Muraco took time off to clear his. Hawaii. He didn’t work at the first Wrestlemania because he was set. Hogan. at the Garden. Their first show was only 7. Around this time, George.
Scott brought in Ricky Steamboat, so Muraco. The wrestlers didn’t have heat with. Mr. T and if they did, too bad. Muraco had no problem taking a Mr.
T. punch in Boston, especially when he got a. Muraco remembers Fuji.
Vice fondly. The more he murdered the lines, and the. Moolah was always his girlfriend, and. Fuji would rib him constantly. He remembers when these twin beauties. Fuji would. be behind them pouring gallons of oil onto. Muraco. Working. for the WWF in 1.
Steamboat was easy to. He says Ricky was very considerate. He. always wanted to draw money, and they did some. Was Steamboat the best worker? Maybe, but Muraco admires Koloff. Stevens, Larry Hennig, Curtis, Murdoch. Slater, and the Funks.
Muraco says that Piper. He remembers a match where Piper. Muraco said that it was enough and. Piper replied, “stop me!” and Muraco. When asked about the locker room. Muraco said there wasn’t a lot.
Tito Santana was a great. Muraco. felt bad that the cameraman ran out of tape.
Muraco dropped the IC belt to Tito. Entering. Wrestlemania era…His Mania II match with. Orndorff didn’t really accomplish anything.
If he had to describe Wrestlemania III. How did Vince Jr. WWF expanded? “He got more maniacal,” he jokes.
Muraco doesn’t really think that. Vince’s mentality comes from greed, but. He never takes vacations and he. Muraco is shocked when he sees Vince. Shane take the bumps they have taken.
Junkyard Dog was a fun. If he didn’t want to cooperate in the ring, he couldn’t. Muraco compares him to Abdullah in that. Eventually, the work became monotonous.
Last. WWF run as “The Rock”…Muraco didn’t want to. He. thinks that Patterson dubbed him “The. Rock” as a rib. When Superstar Graham became his. Graham was mellow compared to his.
WWF run. Muraco remembers Superstar locking himself in a hotel. Graham. was really fragile in 1. Muraco enjoyed working with Butch Reed.
After a falling out with. Nick Bockwinkle, Vince and Don mutually.
Muraco’s body was going out on him. Greg Valentine), and the steroids had affected. He never considered going to the NWA. ECW when Todd Gordon.
Eddie Gilbert were running things. Eastern” Championship Wrestling. There he worked with Snuka and Santana.
Muraco saw it as just another indy that. WWF and WCW. (this is 2. What. he’s doing now, thoughts on today, and. Don’t expect to see him.
Hawaii in 2. 00. 0, so he can say he wrestled. He’s happy being a long shoreman in. Hawaii, catching rays and waves in the. As far as the current product is. It’s a “can you top this”.
While he recognizes. Cactus as a hardcore legend of the modern era. Muraco remembers Lonnie Mayne as hardcore. Lonnie was taking crazy bumps in the.
Today’s. product is exciting, but it cannot last. He’s amazed to see that Flair is. Who would Muraco work with?
Any top guy,” of course. He’s surprised at the openness of the. His greatest moment was headlining MSG. After his Texas Death match with. Backlund, he walked to the hotel alone, with a. Now. let’s play word association: Vince Jr.- Driven.
Hogan- rich! Never the best worker, but will be. Great promo guy and working with him. Snuka- “The Man.”.
Muraco owes a lot of his career to him. Stan Hansen- Great guy. Good. worker. Putski- Not popular with. Muraco had to work to Putski’s. Greg Valentine- Hard. Jake Roberts- Great. Andre- Great guy, but.
Boss.”Savage- Nice guy, but. Liz in the locker room to keep. Randy was cheap at first, but when.
Muraco left, he would run up outrageous bar. Samoans- Made a big.
New York; “rugged pair.”Corporal Kirschner- . Corporal Punishment.”Orndorff- Great worker. Paul was a gentleman and hard worker. Bob Orton, Jr.- Natural. Funks and Murdoch. In closing, Muraco states.
It was a great ride. Classic. RF’s version of DVD extras, including.
Florida with Muraco. Jack Brisco and Manny Fernandez. Georgia and New York, and the. Jimmy Snuka. Overall, a great. Muraco is so easy- going. He’s not bitter like so many others of his time, which.