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Interview Recap – Afa “The Wild Samoan”
By Andrew Pritchard
Afa “The Wild Samoan” a WWE Hall of Famer joined Jack of In Your Head Wrestling Radio for a very special edition of In Your Head on March 30, 2009. Remember these are just highlights please visit InYourHeadOnline.com for the full interview.
On being apart of WrestleMania. “Any time you get a chance to be a part of it is an honour.” “It’s a good feeling.”
Jack asked if training guys made him feel like he’s giving back to the wrestling business. “I feel like I can teach them what I know, teaching them the ins and outs of the business giving back.”
Jack asked what its like to see someone like Batista become as big as he has. “He came to me because he knew I was a good trainer.” “There is no question that he stands out.” “I knew he’d be okay the market is easily looking for a big guy.” “I’m very, very proud of him.”
On Mickey Rourke. “He did not have respect for the wrestling business.” “He thought we were one of those phoney people who don‘t deserve to be called a sport.” “two days after we started training he apologized to me, that’s when he admitted to me he did not have respect for wrestling.” “He gained all kinds of respect.”
Afa also covered working for Cowboy Bill Watts and Vince McMahon, working with Captain Lou Albano, his brother Sika, winning the WWWF world tag titles, growing up as a fan and getting into it with bad guy wrestlers, manager for the Headshrinkers and much more.
Be sure to check out http://www.wildsamoan.com, and http://www.wxwwrestling.com.
These are just highlights please head on over to http://www.InYourHeadOnline.com to hear the full interview, upcoming guests include “The Master and Ruler of the World” Sid Vicious returns to In Your Head on April 1, 2009, followed by Alex “The Pug” Porteau on April 15, 2009, other upcoming guests includes TNA’s Big Fat Oily Guy, Ricky Steamboat’s son Richie Steamboat, Rock Riddle, and stay tuned for the International Indy Night, head to InYourHeadOnline.com for all the upcoming details on forthcoming guests. You can also check out In Your Head’s 4 Year Archive at InYourHeadOnline.com which includes guests such as Colt Cabana, King Kong Bundy and many more. Don’t forget you can also leave questions for upcoming guests on the Official In Your Head Message Board at http://www.inyourheadboard.proboards27.com/index.cgi and you can also subscribe to the latest In Your Head Podcasts at http://iyh.blogspot.com.