Tully Blanchard Interview
Posted by David Damage on Sunday, June 10, 2012
Under: Interviews
Tully Blanchard had an interview with Kayfabe Wrestling Radio's Alan Wojcik and here are the highlights:
On being a heel and not being a babyface: "No, not ever. I started in
this business as a babyface ‘cause I was a promoter's kid and that
lasted about a year, maybe two years. I wasn't a babyface, I wasn't a
good babyface. There was 500 guys equal to me or better than me as a
babyface; but as a heel that's where I was at my best and I could make others around me be at their best."
On wrestling security: "Security in the 80's was different as it was in
the mid-80's and on; barricades and police and everything as opposed to
two poles and string… Two deputies that are local fans as well, that
don't like you and won't fight for you, versus having a security team
made up of police that would travel with you. So, that kind of stuff is
definitely something you had to be aware of and know how to do."
On the art of "Heat": "You had to control the crowd; no matter how mad
they were, you could not show fear. You had to be absolutely immovable
and control your setting, because I've been in a couple of very, very
hairy situations, that if it would have gotten chaotic, people could
have gotten hurt, me included. That's something that's not taught
anymore; I'm don't know it was ever really taught, I learned from some
very key people. That kind of heat, I don't know if it is generated
anymore."
On ministry vs. wrestling: "They tried to get me to
come back in 1991, and offered me $1,000 a day, and then Ricky
(Steamboat) took my spot, cause I turned it down, for 100 days."… "I had
a newborn, and I was adjusting to being a dad, to being a husband, and
to this is how I get paid and feed my family (is traveling and speaking)
and I get offered $100,000 for wrestling and I talked to my pastor and
didn't feel right about it." … "I told them I couldn't do it and Ricky
Steamboat slid right in and had his biggest year in wrestling."
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