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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:43,276 --> 00:00:47,080 [ Barry Narrating ] I don't know why I like it. I just always have. 2 00:00:52,185 --> 00:00:54,287 This is where I first became addicted. 3 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,623 [ TV: Announcer, Indistinct ] 4 00:00:56,656 --> 00:01:00,527 I'd spend countless hours planted in front of the TV, 5 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:05,532 mesmerized by these images of these strong guys taking matters into their own hands, 6 00:01:06,599 --> 00:01:08,635 watching, 7 00:01:08,668 --> 00:01:10,270 fantasizing. 8 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,243 Thirty years later, I'm a screenwriter with a wife and two kids. 9 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:19,245 I still watch wrestling. 10 00:01:19,279 --> 00:01:22,582 I just don't tell a lot of people about it. Can you blame me? 11 00:01:22,615 --> 00:01:25,618 Can you imagine the level of a mind that watches wrestling, huh? 12 00:01:25,652 --> 00:01:27,454 [ Barry Narrating ] I don't care. 13 00:01:27,487 --> 00:01:29,222 I love the pageantry, 14 00:01:30,590 --> 00:01:32,492 the athleticism, 15 00:01:32,525 --> 00:01:36,362 even the incredibly cheesy acting. 16 00:01:36,396 --> 00:01:39,732 I look at wrestling as theater at its most base. 17 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:42,268 And guess what. So do most of the fans. 18 00:01:43,803 --> 00:01:47,240 We know what's going on. 19 00:01:47,273 --> 00:01:50,376 Is it sport? Is it entertainment? 20 00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:54,280 It's both. It's, um, wrestling. 21 00:01:54,314 --> 00:01:56,249 Now let's get something straight. 22 00:01:56,282 --> 00:01:58,551 I know wrestling is a show. 23 00:01:58,585 --> 00:02:00,653 But it's not as fake as you think. 24 00:02:00,687 --> 00:02:03,656 Of course, the winners of the matches are predetermined, 25 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:06,192 and the violence is choreographed. 26 00:02:06,226 --> 00:02:10,196 However, the result of the violence is very real. 27 00:02:11,364 --> 00:02:12,732 All these years watching wrestling, 28 00:02:12,765 --> 00:02:16,302 one thought still swirls in my mind. 29 00:02:16,336 --> 00:02:17,971 What sort of human being... 30 00:02:18,004 --> 00:02:22,742 bashes another man's skull into a ring post for a living? 31 00:02:22,775 --> 00:02:25,411 [ Bell Dings ] [ Announcer ] And here they go! 32 00:02:25,445 --> 00:02:27,580 [ Barry Narrating ] Who are these guys? 33 00:02:36,422 --> 00:02:40,426 So I got out of my chair and decided to find out. 34 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:43,463 I figured, why not start at the top? 35 00:02:46,499 --> 00:02:48,401 The World Wrestling Federation. 36 00:02:48,434 --> 00:02:51,404 [ Woman ] World Wrestling Federation. 37 00:02:51,437 --> 00:02:52,639 One moment. 38 00:02:55,308 --> 00:02:56,476 World Wrestling Federation. 39 00:02:57,844 --> 00:03:00,480 One moment. 40 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:02,849 - World Wrestling Federation. - [ Cheering ] 41 00:03:02,882 --> 00:03:07,320 One moment. [ Barry Narrating ] The WWF is big. How big? 42 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:09,589 They're worth close to a billion dollars. 43 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:13,459 That's more than the New York Knicks, Rangers and Mets combined. 44 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:16,296 [ Receptionist ] World Wrestling Federation. 45 00:03:16,329 --> 00:03:18,565 One moment. 46 00:03:18,598 --> 00:03:19,899 World Wrestling Federation. 47 00:03:23,803 --> 00:03:25,672 World Wrestling Federation. 48 00:03:25,705 --> 00:03:27,807 [ Barry Narrating ] This empire has been ruled by one family... 49 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,676 for four generations. 50 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:32,478 The McMahon family. 51 00:03:32,512 --> 00:03:34,714 Its current jefe: Vince McMahon. 52 00:03:36,416 --> 00:03:38,651 After you. 53 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:41,721 [ Barry Narrating ] When Vince bought the WWF from his father, 54 00:03:41,754 --> 00:03:44,357 overnight he changed wrestling from a regional business... 55 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:47,060 to an international phenomenon. 56 00:03:47,093 --> 00:03:49,462 [ McMahon ] Some of our success stories-- 57 00:03:49,495 --> 00:03:51,598 a certain amount of respect comes with that. 58 00:03:51,631 --> 00:03:55,668 But hopefully that simply will only be used as an entree... 59 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:59,372 to encourage someone's interest to then find out what we're really about. 60 00:04:00,940 --> 00:04:02,775 We make movies. 61 00:04:07,847 --> 00:04:10,883 We're gonna shoot-- How we gonna shoot this? Straight down this way? 62 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:13,886 [ Man ] Right. He's gonna walk on. I want to get a background. 63 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,922 You're not dancing. I know. 64 00:04:15,955 --> 00:04:19,359 I'm strutting. That was my strut. 65 00:04:19,392 --> 00:04:22,662 [ McMahon ] Can you see the cable behind him? 66 00:04:22,695 --> 00:04:26,099 Can you see the cable behind him? No. I want a nice, clean shot. 67 00:04:26,132 --> 00:04:29,535 [ Barry Narrating ] Like an old-time studio, Vince has writers. 68 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:34,774 That's it. Calm, cool and collected. And by the time you have that out, here she comes. 69 00:04:34,807 --> 00:04:37,477 And it's that simple. Very good. 70 00:04:37,510 --> 00:04:40,913 And that's where she does a number on you, and I guess it's gonna be the back. Right? 71 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:44,450 And just really, really, really sell the back. 72 00:04:44,484 --> 00:04:47,787 Sell the back to the point that we don't think you're gonna be able to compete. 73 00:04:47,820 --> 00:04:50,456 [ Barry Narrating ] Vince has in-house composers. 74 00:04:50,490 --> 00:04:53,526 It's-- You know, he walks like this. Boom. 75 00:04:53,559 --> 00:04:55,728 So the theme's gotta reflect that. 76 00:04:58,398 --> 00:05:01,668 [ Announcer ] The man they call Vader! ♪♪ [ Speakers: Guitar Riff ] 77 00:05:01,701 --> 00:05:03,369 [ Crowd Cheering ] 78 00:05:04,737 --> 00:05:06,939 [ Barry Narrating ] He even has wardrobe designers. 79 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:13,780 The way I see it, the critics have it all wrong. 80 00:05:13,813 --> 00:05:16,716 The WWF isn't about fighting. 81 00:05:17,617 --> 00:05:19,485 It's about spectacle. 82 00:05:22,922 --> 00:05:26,626 I could care less who wins. I could care less who loses. 83 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:30,963 As long as we got an ass every 18 inches, I'm a happy man. 84 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:33,700 [ Barry Narrating ] Oh, yeah. They have wrestlers too, 85 00:05:33,733 --> 00:05:36,636 because without them it would be hard to move the merchandise. 86 00:05:36,669 --> 00:05:39,972 [ Man ] Reports from retail, we are still one of the top-two-selling licenses. 87 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:44,177 It's us and South Park fighting it out almost head-to-head at every retailer right now. 88 00:05:44,210 --> 00:05:45,978 Way to go. Way to go. 89 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:49,882 There's a direct similarity between WWF and the Muppets. 90 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:54,954 Family-owned company, the whole business based in performance and characters, 91 00:05:54,987 --> 00:05:57,824 with real human beings playing characters. 92 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:59,892 In our case, they just don't happen to be using puppets. 93 00:05:59,926 --> 00:06:03,496 [ Man ] It's gonna have motion detector eyes. 94 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:07,767 [ Barry Narrating ] To keep the merchandise fresh, they're always creating new stars. 95 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,502 Sounds good. Thank you. Make yourself comfortable though. 96 00:06:09,535 --> 00:06:11,471 Okay, thank you. [ Barry Narrating ] The day I was there, 97 00:06:11,504 --> 00:06:14,741 they were beginning a push for Droz. 98 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:19,512 From an upper-class background, Darrin Drozdov was an unlikely candidate. 99 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:23,449 A former Denver Bronco, his career was undistinguished. 100 00:06:23,483 --> 00:06:26,552 However, he did have one particular talent. 101 00:06:26,586 --> 00:06:29,655 [ Vomiting Loudly ] Golly! 102 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:31,758 [ Man ] Now you puke! 103 00:06:31,791 --> 00:06:35,027 [ Barry Narrating ] In this, Vince saw a potential superstar. 104 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:37,029 Sorry again for keeping you. Oh, that's okay. 105 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,232 Have a seat. Darrin. 106 00:06:39,265 --> 00:06:41,000 How's it going? 107 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:46,773 Quite frankly, what we've come up with... 108 00:06:46,806 --> 00:06:49,008 is since you are able to... 109 00:06:49,041 --> 00:06:52,645 regurgitate, you know, on command, 110 00:06:52,678 --> 00:06:56,482 [ Laughs ] it just seems to me that it's pretty logical... 111 00:06:56,516 --> 00:06:58,918 that you should be "Puke." 112 00:06:58,951 --> 00:07:01,487 Okay. You know? 113 00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:04,490 "Puke" has a nice connotation to it. 114 00:07:04,524 --> 00:07:08,828 I mean, it's like you got Animal, you got Hawk, you got Puke. 115 00:07:08,861 --> 00:07:11,898 You know? And it shouldn't be just plain Puke. 116 00:07:11,931 --> 00:07:15,034 It should be-- [ Grunting ] Puke. You know? 117 00:07:15,067 --> 00:07:19,939 So after you've regurgitated on one of your opponents or on the referee itself, 118 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:22,575 then, of course, the ring announcer would, 119 00:07:22,608 --> 00:07:25,845 you know, then say your name. 120 00:07:25,878 --> 00:07:28,614 And then again, since you've got the fundamentals and so forth, 121 00:07:28,648 --> 00:07:31,818 and I think you're ready to go with it, I think that... 122 00:07:31,851 --> 00:07:33,986 Puke is-- Puke is good. 123 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:37,523 I think Puke is nice. I've never heard that. That's great. 124 00:07:37,557 --> 00:07:39,792 That's right. Everybody always gives me stuff about it. 125 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:42,128 No. It's-- 126 00:07:42,161 --> 00:07:44,597 It fits the WWF attitude. 127 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:48,000 Okay. Sounds-- Sounds good to me. 128 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:50,803 Think you're ready for it? I'm ready to roll with it. Definitely. 129 00:07:50,837 --> 00:07:52,872 I've got one thing I want you to do for me. Okay? 130 00:07:52,905 --> 00:07:54,941 And that's gonna be right back over here. 131 00:07:54,974 --> 00:07:56,742 [ Darrin ] Oh, no-- 132 00:07:58,644 --> 00:08:01,013 I've been waiting for this. Okay. You want me to get sick, huh? 133 00:08:01,047 --> 00:08:02,815 You want a little coffee or what? Huh? 134 00:08:02,849 --> 00:08:05,885 [ Darrin ] I think I'll be good. You need some water? 135 00:08:05,918 --> 00:08:07,887 Try not to get it on the rest of my table here. 136 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,891 I can do that. Can you do that? Huh? You gonna get sick? 137 00:08:11,924 --> 00:08:15,061 It's a possibility. Huh? 138 00:08:15,094 --> 00:08:17,697 Huh? Oh, my God. He's-- He's gonna-- He's gonna-- 139 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:19,899 He's gonna-- He's gonna puke! 140 00:08:19,932 --> 00:08:22,802 He's gonna puke! He's gonna puke! 141 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:24,737 He's gonna-- He's gonna puke! [ Vomiting ] 142 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:27,640 [ Man ] That's it. Oh, man. 143 00:08:27,673 --> 00:08:29,809 [ Laughing ] 144 00:08:31,978 --> 00:08:34,780 Hi, Mama. It's me. 145 00:08:34,814 --> 00:08:36,849 Oh, it went well. 146 00:08:36,883 --> 00:08:39,619 You'll be real proud of me, Mama. 147 00:08:39,652 --> 00:08:41,988 I'm now known as Puke. [ Laughing ] 148 00:08:42,021 --> 00:08:45,124 [ Barry Narrating ] But what if you weren't born with the skill of projectile vomiting? 149 00:08:45,157 --> 00:08:47,193 How do you become a wrestler? 150 00:08:47,226 --> 00:08:49,996 The same way you become a doctor. You go to school. 151 00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:51,831 [ Darrin ] That's a good name. 152 00:08:51,864 --> 00:08:54,667 [ Phone: Line Ringing ] 153 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:56,636 [ Man On Recording ] Thank you for calling Pacific Coast Sports, 154 00:08:56,669 --> 00:09:00,072 home of All Pro Wrestling, Gym Wars and APW Boot Camp, 155 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:03,676 the number one pro wrestling training camp in the country. 156 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:05,811 [ Barry Narrating ] So I went to All Pro Wrestling, 157 00:09:05,845 --> 00:09:08,748 school and independent promotion in Hayward, California. 158 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:12,685 Most wrestling schools are run by wrestlers. 159 00:09:12,718 --> 00:09:16,155 This one is run by an accountant, Roland Alexander. 160 00:09:16,188 --> 00:09:19,625 I don't guarantee them anything except an education in pro wrestling... 161 00:09:19,659 --> 00:09:24,030 and make a better person out of them, improve their character. 162 00:09:24,063 --> 00:09:26,899 We try to run APW more like a family thing. 163 00:09:26,933 --> 00:09:29,168 I don't want steroids. 164 00:09:29,201 --> 00:09:32,672 If our guys don't have bodies, they don't have bodies. That's it. 165 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:35,207 - [ Barry Narrating ] Roland has had some success. - You gotta get way up there. 166 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:39,912 Two of his graduates have gone on to sign with the WWF. Very good. Very good. 167 00:09:39,946 --> 00:09:42,982 Hi. Can I help you? I'm looking for a Roland Alexander. 168 00:09:43,015 --> 00:09:45,418 That's me. Your name? I'm Ben Segal. 169 00:09:45,451 --> 00:09:46,919 Ben Segal. Good to meet you. 170 00:09:46,953 --> 00:09:50,790 I'm gonna tell you something that you might not like. 171 00:09:50,823 --> 00:09:54,260 There's no money in pro wrestling on the independent level. 172 00:09:54,293 --> 00:09:59,865 I mean, you're gonna make anywhere from 25 bucks to maybe a hundred and a quarter. 173 00:09:59,899 --> 00:10:02,101 Sometimes if you're real good, you can make as much as 300... 174 00:10:02,134 --> 00:10:04,203 wrestling for an independent promotion. 175 00:10:04,236 --> 00:10:07,139 But really where the big money is, is with the major leagues. 176 00:10:07,173 --> 00:10:09,241 Not that our product isn't major league. 177 00:10:09,275 --> 00:10:11,811 You can't tell our fans that. You can't tell our wrestlers that. 178 00:10:11,844 --> 00:10:14,013 But we're really a minor league feeding system... 179 00:10:14,046 --> 00:10:18,150 to the WWF, WCW and ECW. 180 00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:21,253 Are you aware of the proper way of eating? 181 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:25,858 Are you conscious of looking at labels and the back of labels and looking at fat content? 182 00:10:25,891 --> 00:10:28,027 Yeah. Stay away from the Jack in the Boxes and-- 183 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:33,032 I don't care if you got good credit, bad credit, no credit. 184 00:10:33,065 --> 00:10:34,867 Everybody applies. 185 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:36,936 We have a rule around here-- You don't pay, you don't play. 186 00:10:36,969 --> 00:10:38,471 Okay? Um-- 187 00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:41,007 So, how soon are you ready to make a commitment? 188 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,777 Are you ready to make a $500 deposit in the next couple of weeks? 189 00:10:44,810 --> 00:10:48,147 By the way, anybody that needs to make payments tonight, make sure you get 'em out of the way. 190 00:10:48,180 --> 00:10:50,316 I'm gonna be out of town tomorrow. 191 00:10:50,349 --> 00:10:53,185 [ Barry Narrating ] One of Roland's most promising students was Tony Jones. 192 00:10:53,219 --> 00:10:55,321 Hey, Dad. Hey, how you doin'? 193 00:10:55,354 --> 00:10:57,823 Pretty good. I'm tired. Just got off work. 194 00:10:57,857 --> 00:11:00,092 Yeah. I know how work is. 195 00:11:00,126 --> 00:11:04,063 [ Tony ] I work at Visa right now. I been workin' at Visa for about two and a half years. 196 00:11:04,096 --> 00:11:06,966 I'm pretty content there. I make pretty good money. 197 00:11:10,770 --> 00:11:13,806 I usually get about $25 to do a gym workshop. 198 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:16,075 I take all the damage for $25, 199 00:11:16,108 --> 00:11:19,745 and I use the experience to try to better myself and get out of there. 200 00:11:19,779 --> 00:11:21,147 See how I did that? 201 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:23,949 Don't get me wrong. There's times when we don't get paid at all. 202 00:11:23,983 --> 00:11:26,085 $25 sometimes is a privilege. 203 00:11:26,118 --> 00:11:28,220 He tells you that he doesn't pay you... 204 00:11:28,254 --> 00:11:32,892 unless he feels that you had a good match and you're worth it. 205 00:11:32,925 --> 00:11:35,194 They get paid after every show, and they're loving it. 206 00:11:35,227 --> 00:11:37,897 And they're gettin' paid well. 207 00:11:37,930 --> 00:11:41,133 I really believe I'm probably the best indie promoter... 208 00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:43,269 as far as payoffs are concerned. 209 00:11:43,302 --> 00:11:45,971 There's no excuse for not paying someone. 210 00:11:46,005 --> 00:11:48,140 You have to be a prick in this business. 211 00:11:48,174 --> 00:11:51,177 If you don't, the wrestlers will run all over you. 212 00:11:51,210 --> 00:11:54,947 Their egos are such and their characters such... 213 00:11:54,980 --> 00:11:57,383 that they will just walk all over you. 214 00:11:57,416 --> 00:12:01,554 If you think you can be a nice guy and a successful promoter in professional wrestling, 215 00:12:01,587 --> 00:12:03,322 you better get out of this business right now. 216 00:12:03,355 --> 00:12:07,059 See, James? You went in like you were gonna give him a blow job. 217 00:12:07,093 --> 00:12:09,328 Your face was right in the middle of his pelvis. 218 00:12:09,361 --> 00:12:12,865 [ Barry Narrating ] Mike Modest was Roland's golden boy. 219 00:12:12,898 --> 00:12:15,868 Therefore, Mike was given a room above the gym. 220 00:12:15,901 --> 00:12:17,403 How long have you been living here? 221 00:12:17,436 --> 00:12:20,940 I've been living here for about, uh-- 222 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:25,077 for about a year, year and a half. 223 00:12:25,111 --> 00:12:27,413 [ Barry Narrating ] Not making a killing in wrestling, 224 00:12:27,446 --> 00:12:31,417 Mike supports himself by working for a local funeral home, picking up bodies. 225 00:12:31,450 --> 00:12:33,185 [ Mike ] I don't fool myself. 226 00:12:33,219 --> 00:12:37,223 I'm very realistic about wrestling in the United States. 227 00:12:37,256 --> 00:12:39,225 Japan would be the place for me to go, 228 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:44,163 because in Japan they still appreciate the sport side of it. 229 00:12:44,196 --> 00:12:46,332 Whereas in the U.S. it's become... 230 00:12:46,365 --> 00:12:50,102 almost completely entertainment and Hollywood. 231 00:12:50,136 --> 00:12:53,372 All right, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to APW's Gym Wars! 232 00:12:53,405 --> 00:12:56,041 [ Crowd Cheering ] 233 00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:58,177 Come on, move it! We gotta move it! Quick! 234 00:13:00,212 --> 00:13:02,915 [ Barry Narrating ] The night I was there, 235 00:13:02,948 --> 00:13:08,287 the boys wrestled before a record-breaking crowd of 112 people. 236 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,091 Fans are close to the action. Sometimes too close. 237 00:13:12,124 --> 00:13:15,094 [ Shouting ] 238 00:13:17,429 --> 00:13:21,100 Like this guy in the green shirt who spat on a wrestler. 239 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:23,068 I'll send you right over. 240 00:13:23,102 --> 00:13:26,038 [ Shouting, Arguing ] 241 00:13:29,241 --> 00:13:31,343 You spic-ass motherfucker! 242 00:13:31,377 --> 00:13:33,379 Shut up! He spit in my face, man. 243 00:13:34,914 --> 00:13:37,183 Five minutes! Outside, you bitch! 244 00:13:37,216 --> 00:13:40,219 A thousand dollars says you don't fuckin' show! 245 00:13:40,252 --> 00:13:42,922 [ Barry Narrating ] This guy here-- his real job? 246 00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:45,124 Mechanic for United Airlines. 247 00:13:45,157 --> 00:13:47,960 I'm callin' you out right now, motherfucker. Meanwhile-- 248 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:50,095 It seems like he's got pretty good timing. 249 00:13:50,129 --> 00:13:54,099 I showed footage of Mike and Tony to Jim Ross back at the WWF. 250 00:13:54,133 --> 00:13:55,467 He agreed to give them a tryout. 251 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:58,437 Mike Modest has been ready for a year. 252 00:13:58,470 --> 00:14:00,973 And it's--- it's sad. 253 00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:04,243 Mike Modest is 215 pounds. 254 00:14:04,276 --> 00:14:07,980 And he's too big to be a flier, 255 00:14:08,013 --> 00:14:09,682 and he's too small to be a heavyweight. 256 00:14:09,715 --> 00:14:13,352 For him not to have a contract is a travesty. 257 00:14:23,062 --> 00:14:26,098 [ Barry Narrating ] Tony, Mike and Roland's big day had come. 258 00:14:26,131 --> 00:14:30,069 They were about to get their tryout with the WWF. 259 00:14:41,747 --> 00:14:44,283 - That guy. - Okay. 260 00:14:48,454 --> 00:14:50,055 Tip it up. 261 00:14:57,463 --> 00:15:00,366 Tonight you'll probably go on first or second, early. 262 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:03,569 Don't get nervous, 'cause the people are not gonna know you, 'cause you haven't been on TV. 263 00:15:03,602 --> 00:15:08,040 The most important thing is, you're telling them the story, they're not telling you. 264 00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:12,244 So even if they don't get with it at first, don't get going too fast. 265 00:15:12,278 --> 00:15:14,246 When you go too fast, you start making mistakes. 266 00:15:23,355 --> 00:15:26,325 The ring is bigger. The ropes-- 267 00:15:26,358 --> 00:15:28,160 Are looser. Are looser. 268 00:15:28,193 --> 00:15:30,195 Can't bounce off the ropes like I usually do. I gotta work it more. 269 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:37,069 It's kind of an amazing sight. 270 00:15:37,102 --> 00:15:39,505 You know, when I first walked in today, 271 00:15:39,538 --> 00:15:43,208 I said, "Jesus God, this is so big and so complex. 272 00:15:43,242 --> 00:15:45,344 I hope the APW never gets to that point." 273 00:15:45,377 --> 00:15:49,281 I always picture myself just being content with a small... 274 00:15:49,315 --> 00:15:53,018 regional promotion in Northern California, but who knows? 275 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:55,321 Who knows what will happen to APW? 276 00:15:55,354 --> 00:15:57,356 But this is kind of an amazing sight. 277 00:15:57,389 --> 00:15:59,992 [ Crowd Cheering ] 278 00:16:03,429 --> 00:16:07,499 Jones, goin' out first. Modest, second with music. 279 00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:09,535 Wait till I send you. 280 00:16:13,272 --> 00:16:15,574 [ Barry Narrating ] I think Roland was even more nervous than Tony and Mike. 281 00:16:18,577 --> 00:16:21,613 That's because if the WWF signed his boys, 282 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:24,516 Roland would receive 20% of their contract. 283 00:16:31,357 --> 00:16:33,225 [ McMahon ] What do you guys think so far? 284 00:16:33,258 --> 00:16:35,160 [ Ross ] I think he's doing good. Both of them. 285 00:16:37,429 --> 00:16:40,466 First time I've seen Tony in person. That's a nice bridge. 286 00:16:40,499 --> 00:16:42,601 Nice wrestling move for a change. Yeah. 287 00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:45,170 [ Man ] I've never seen Tony either. I've seen Michael. 288 00:16:45,204 --> 00:16:47,239 [ Ross ] Modest is pretty solid. 289 00:16:47,272 --> 00:16:51,076 Jesus Christ. I think maybe we need a little work there. [ Chuckles ] 290 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:58,283 I gotta run. You give me a videotape? Yeah. 291 00:16:58,317 --> 00:17:00,419 Okay. Tony's got a big frame. 292 00:17:00,452 --> 00:17:03,555 Needs to work on his upper body a little bit. 293 00:17:03,589 --> 00:17:06,325 The people are not crucifying him even though they don't know him, which is good. 294 00:17:06,358 --> 00:17:08,360 That always throws guys off. 295 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:11,130 They're giving us what they got. 296 00:17:11,163 --> 00:17:13,232 That's all you can ask. 297 00:17:13,265 --> 00:17:15,868 Wonder how old Tony is. 298 00:17:15,901 --> 00:17:19,571 What is it-- Oh, my God! I've never seen that one before. 299 00:17:19,605 --> 00:17:22,107 I have never seen that before! That's pretty spectacular. 300 00:17:22,141 --> 00:17:25,310 [ Laughs ] Jesus Christ. 301 00:17:25,344 --> 00:17:28,180 I'm stealing it. Huh? You're gonna steal it? 302 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:32,684 [ Crowd Roaring ] 303 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,190 [ Ross ] I like the effort. Yeah. 304 00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:39,591 Gotta love the effort. 305 00:17:49,234 --> 00:17:51,637 You did a nice job. I was very impressed. Appreciate it very much. 306 00:17:51,670 --> 00:17:53,539 Both of you guys. Thank you. 307 00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:56,208 We will-- I'm sure we'll be looking at this tape. 308 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:59,244 Okay. And you never know what comes out of it. Hopefully good. 309 00:17:59,278 --> 00:18:02,481 Work on your arms. And get something that's a bit more flattering for you. 310 00:18:02,514 --> 00:18:06,151 Little more mass on the upper arms. Yeah. 311 00:18:06,185 --> 00:18:08,353 You're gonna be-- Then you get in the hunt. 312 00:18:08,387 --> 00:18:11,223 Right when I hit it, I knew that's it. Did you hear me say, "Go home"? 313 00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:15,461 Yeah. A couple of the boys said, "I'm gonna steal that move." 314 00:18:15,494 --> 00:18:19,665 I think the overall reaction was... 315 00:18:19,698 --> 00:18:23,202 Tony's got a lot of potential, Modest is ready. 316 00:18:23,235 --> 00:18:26,438 I think that was the overall reaction. 317 00:18:26,472 --> 00:18:28,307 Good job. Thank you very much. 318 00:18:28,340 --> 00:18:30,476 Kinda nerve-racking out there, isn't it? Yeah. A little bit. 319 00:18:30,509 --> 00:18:33,412 Probably the most nerve-racking couple of minutes of your life. 320 00:18:33,445 --> 00:18:35,547 Yeah. It was. Yeah. 321 00:18:37,483 --> 00:18:41,253 [ Barry Narrating ] Roland and the boys left that night excited, 322 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:45,524 their expectations high that they soon would hear from the WWF. 323 00:18:45,557 --> 00:18:48,527 While Tony and Mike were beginning their career, 324 00:18:49,828 --> 00:18:53,966 a wrestling legend was nearing the end of his. 325 00:18:53,999 --> 00:18:55,801 Terry Funk. 326 00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:58,370 My favorite wrestler growing up was Terry Funk. 327 00:18:59,338 --> 00:19:01,240 A lot of guys acted crazy, 328 00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:03,775 but Terry made you believe it might be true. 329 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:05,677 [ Shouting, Indistinct ] 330 00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:09,248 At age 53, Terry was still going strong. 331 00:19:13,352 --> 00:19:16,555 So I went to Texas to meet Terry Funk. 332 00:19:17,756 --> 00:19:19,691 I went to his hometown of Amarillo, 333 00:19:21,026 --> 00:19:23,462 where he was a bit of a local celebrity. 334 00:19:25,297 --> 00:19:28,567 I was excited. I'd never met a legend before. 335 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,570 Terry. Time to get up, dear. 336 00:19:32,871 --> 00:19:34,606 Rise and shine. 337 00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:37,476 [ Groans ] 338 00:19:39,711 --> 00:19:42,447 [ Crowd Cheering ] 339 00:19:42,481 --> 00:19:44,516 [ Announcer ] Funk goin' up! 340 00:19:47,786 --> 00:19:49,688 Mornin'. 341 00:19:51,757 --> 00:19:53,358 [ Shouting ] 342 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:03,869 [ Exhales ] 343 00:20:03,902 --> 00:20:07,806 [ Man Announcing ] 344 00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:11,443 Your high country Chevy dealers are so caring. 345 00:20:11,476 --> 00:20:14,646 They love nothing more than the shine of happy faces during summer closeout. 346 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:21,687 [ Crowd Cheering ] [ Terry Shouting ] 347 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,456 Number one! 348 00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:27,359 Number one! Forever! 349 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:28,760 And ever! 350 00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:30,629 Forever! 351 00:20:30,662 --> 00:20:32,431 [ Crowd Roaring ] 352 00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:34,366 Forever! 353 00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:37,669 Forever! 354 00:20:37,703 --> 00:20:42,541 Forever! Forever! 355 00:20:42,574 --> 00:20:44,743 Forever! 356 00:20:44,776 --> 00:20:47,312 [ Barry ] Do you think he'll quit? 357 00:20:47,346 --> 00:20:50,616 I think he really is being serious about it lately. 358 00:20:50,649 --> 00:20:53,752 He has really confided in us. 359 00:20:53,785 --> 00:20:56,355 Brandee, don't you think? 360 00:20:56,388 --> 00:21:00,659 Yeah. I think for once in his lifetime I think he maybe is serious. 361 00:21:00,692 --> 00:21:02,527 [ Chuckles ] 362 00:21:02,561 --> 00:21:05,330 I mean, he really has started just talking about it a lot, 363 00:21:05,364 --> 00:21:07,599 and before he never talked about it. 364 00:21:07,633 --> 00:21:09,935 I think he knows we're serious now too, 365 00:21:09,968 --> 00:21:15,507 that we're really worried about him, as far as his health and physically and all that. 366 00:21:15,540 --> 00:21:19,344 He should not be wrestling at all for probably about-- 367 00:21:19,378 --> 00:21:22,381 I'd say the last five to 10 years, wouldn't you, Stacey? Yeah. 368 00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:24,716 Aren't I pretty? 369 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:29,388 Papa. Papa is here. 370 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:30,956 [ Woman ] One, two, three. 371 00:21:30,989 --> 00:21:33,759 The mothers. 372 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:36,695 Okay. Let's go out there. 373 00:21:36,728 --> 00:21:40,899 Lord, thank you for life itself... 374 00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:42,901 and the joys of life. 375 00:21:42,934 --> 00:21:47,706 And may Stacey and Kelly have those joys and cherish 'em... 376 00:21:47,739 --> 00:21:50,442 and always be joyful. 377 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:52,844 In Christ's name we pray. Amen. Amen. 378 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:55,881 Thank you. [ Woman ] Okay, you all better haul. 379 00:21:57,649 --> 00:22:02,421 [ Crying ] You look great, Stace. 380 00:22:02,454 --> 00:22:04,623 [ Barry Narrating ] How can a man be so tender outside the ring-- 381 00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:05,991 How am I doing? 382 00:22:06,024 --> 00:22:07,926 And so brutal in it? 383 00:22:07,959 --> 00:22:12,397 [ Minister Performing Ceremony ] [ Terry ] The appeal is, uh, it's fun. 384 00:22:13,765 --> 00:22:15,734 I think that's a lot of it. It's fun. 385 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:18,770 [ Ring Announcer Speaking Spanish ] 386 00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:22,607 I guess, you know, what it is, is that I've wrestled for 32 years. 387 00:22:22,641 --> 00:22:25,610 And they say, "Boy, that's a long career." 388 00:22:25,644 --> 00:22:28,647 Maybe I wasn't smart enough to do anything else and make a living at it. 389 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,483 I don't know. You know? 390 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:34,186 On your good knee, your left knee, 391 00:22:34,219 --> 00:22:37,656 you have moderate to severe degenerative arthritis. 392 00:22:37,689 --> 00:22:40,492 You don't have a good joint space in here. 393 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:43,862 You have some narrowing of the space, arthritic spicules, in there, 394 00:22:43,895 --> 00:22:46,531 and it's not gonna function very well. 395 00:22:46,565 --> 00:22:50,202 It ought to be able to get by the rest of your life just hurting all the time. 396 00:22:50,235 --> 00:22:51,903 All right? 397 00:22:51,937 --> 00:22:54,940 On your bad knee, on the right knee, you have no joint space. 398 00:22:54,973 --> 00:22:57,909 You have severe degenerative arthritis. You have worn that knee out. 399 00:22:57,943 --> 00:22:59,644 It's been hurt too many times. 400 00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:01,646 And you are gonna need a new knee. 401 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,449 You need a new knee now. Let me ask you one thing. 402 00:23:04,483 --> 00:23:08,653 If I don't have an operation, or if I don't have a new knee put in there, 403 00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:11,022 can I go ahead and live comfortably? 404 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:12,891 Can I get around comfortably? 405 00:23:12,924 --> 00:23:15,794 You shouldn't be able to get around comfortably now. 406 00:23:15,827 --> 00:23:17,796 This ought to give you pain chronically. 407 00:23:17,829 --> 00:23:20,866 It ought to be disabling to you. 408 00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:23,969 That is a problem. There's not a lot we can do when we get to that point. 409 00:23:24,002 --> 00:23:28,473 Chronic pain for the next 30 or 40 years isn't a fun thing to think about. 410 00:23:28,507 --> 00:23:31,476 [ Barry Narrating ] Terry wasn't happy with his doctor's prognosis. 411 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:33,812 He told me he wasn't about to retire. 412 00:23:33,845 --> 00:23:36,815 In fact, he had agreed to fight in Philadelphia... 413 00:23:36,848 --> 00:23:40,752 for ECW-- Extreme Championship Wrestling-- 414 00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:43,588 a renegade company that Terry had pledged to get off the ground. 415 00:23:43,622 --> 00:23:46,491 [ Terry ] They got a few ships over there. 416 00:23:46,525 --> 00:23:47,826 [ Barry Narrating ] Neither his doctor nor his family were thrilled... 417 00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:49,361 about Terry's bout in Philadelphia. 418 00:23:49,394 --> 00:23:53,498 Are you gonna wear these? [ Barry Narrating ] But Terry kept his promise. 419 00:23:53,532 --> 00:23:56,668 Yeah, I'm gonna pack those. Show starts at, uh-- 420 00:23:56,701 --> 00:23:59,671 I honestly think that my husband's fearless. 421 00:23:59,704 --> 00:24:02,574 And that's the truth. 422 00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:05,844 He would-- I just don't think he's afraid of anything. 423 00:24:05,877 --> 00:24:08,980 Don't forget the branding iron is in the trunk. Right? 424 00:24:09,014 --> 00:24:10,916 I love you. [ Mrs. Funk ] I wanted him to stop wrestling... 425 00:24:10,949 --> 00:24:15,020 since probably 1990. 426 00:24:15,053 --> 00:24:18,056 I've decided that it's his profession, 427 00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:21,493 and it's up to him when he's gonna quit. 428 00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:27,566 Go get 'em, Terry. Okay. How you guys doin'? 429 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:29,835 Did you get enough sleep last night, chief? Oh, I did. 430 00:24:29,868 --> 00:24:32,103 [ Laughs ] Had a good time. 431 00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:34,306 I'll walk up this way. 432 00:24:34,339 --> 00:24:36,141 Okay. [ Man ] Terry! 433 00:24:36,174 --> 00:24:38,009 [ Fans Cheering ] 434 00:24:38,043 --> 00:24:40,812 [ Together ] ECW! ECW! 435 00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:43,748 [ Barry Narrating ] No wrestling group is more violent than ECW, 436 00:24:43,782 --> 00:24:45,884 and no fans scared me more. 437 00:24:45,917 --> 00:24:49,588 Fuck WWF! Fuck WCW! Blood, guts and glory! 438 00:24:49,621 --> 00:24:50,989 Fuck 'em all! [ Laughing ] 439 00:24:51,022 --> 00:24:54,793 [ Announcer ] You're lookin' at hard-core, chair-swingin' freaks! 440 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:57,662 And we're too damn ugly to be in any cartoon! 441 00:24:57,696 --> 00:25:00,098 ECW! [ Shouts ] 442 00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:05,103 [ Barry Narrating ] And this incredibly violent product? 443 00:25:05,136 --> 00:25:07,839 It's produced out of this peaceful house in a New York suburb. 444 00:25:07,873 --> 00:25:11,610 [ Man ] It's ECW! Extreme Championship Wrestling! 445 00:25:11,643 --> 00:25:16,615 Wrestlepalooza '98! Tickets on sale at Ticket-- Fuck. 446 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:21,753 It's time that we play a game of truth or consequences. 447 00:25:21,786 --> 00:25:25,357 [ Barry Narrating ] ECW is run like a commune. 448 00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:29,728 Its spiritual leader and owner, Paul Heyman. Truth or consequences. 449 00:25:29,761 --> 00:25:32,864 Pass me that? [ Barry Narrating ] Everybody pitches in. 450 00:25:32,898 --> 00:25:34,900 We would have to find new opponents-- 451 00:25:34,933 --> 00:25:36,902 Promos are done downstairs while Mom irons. 452 00:25:36,935 --> 00:25:39,070 [ Heyman ] Here, it's a simple philosophy. 453 00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:43,842 Everybody wants the other guy to get better so they have someone else to work with. 454 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:46,611 [ Barry Narrating ] ECW is the Ellis Island of wrestling... 455 00:25:46,645 --> 00:25:48,647 where old wrestlers go to be reborn... 456 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,815 and young wrestlers go to be discovered. 457 00:25:50,849 --> 00:25:53,118 [ Heyman ] The best part of my job is watching people... 458 00:25:53,151 --> 00:25:55,887 who never knew that they could, 459 00:25:55,921 --> 00:25:59,124 who never dreamt that they could, 460 00:25:59,157 --> 00:26:01,726 but wanted it, but didn't really believe it. 461 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,895 And when they start to believe it, 462 00:26:03,929 --> 00:26:06,965 it's better than anything in the world that you can have... 463 00:26:06,998 --> 00:26:09,234 because it's like watching your children make it. 464 00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:11,670 It's just-- It's there. 465 00:26:11,703 --> 00:26:14,806 [ All Chanting ] Let us in! Let us in! Let us in! 466 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:17,742 You lean back, you hold him for all you're worth! 467 00:26:21,179 --> 00:26:24,849 [ Barry Narrating ] This wasn't an ordinary show for Paul and Terry. 468 00:26:24,883 --> 00:26:28,086 It was ECW's first pay-per-view. 469 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,889 If it didn't succeed, neither would ECW. 470 00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:33,258 [ Crowd Chanting ] Pay-per-view! Pay-per-view! 471 00:26:33,291 --> 00:26:35,860 Pay-per-view! Pay-per-view! 472 00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:37,862 Seven minutes till showtime. 473 00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:43,001 [ Heyman ] There's 17 million homes that have availability for this show tonight. 474 00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:46,037 They will pay $20, hopefully, 475 00:26:47,872 --> 00:26:50,208 for the privilege to see you guys do... 476 00:26:50,241 --> 00:26:54,980 what you have done for three and a half years. 477 00:26:55,013 --> 00:26:58,083 Thank Terry Funk for all he's done for this company, 478 00:26:58,116 --> 00:27:00,051 for help putting us on the map, 479 00:27:00,085 --> 00:27:03,221 for being unselfish in selfish times, 480 00:27:03,254 --> 00:27:07,025 for taking the young guys and showing them a better way. 481 00:27:07,058 --> 00:27:10,895 Tonight we have a chance to say, "Yeah, you're right. 482 00:27:10,929 --> 00:27:13,865 We're too extreme. We're too wild. 483 00:27:13,898 --> 00:27:15,467 We're too out of control. 484 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:17,235 We're too full of our own shit." 485 00:27:17,268 --> 00:27:21,906 Or we have a chance to say, "Hey, fuck you. You're wrong. 486 00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:23,808 Fuck you, we're right." 487 00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:27,712 Because you have all made it to the dance. 488 00:27:27,746 --> 00:27:30,982 'Cause believe me, this is the dance! 489 00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:33,918 - Yeah! - Whoo-hoo-hoo! 490 00:27:33,952 --> 00:27:35,954 Start the show! 491 00:27:37,355 --> 00:27:40,692 [ Crowd Cheering, Gasping ] 492 00:27:43,528 --> 00:27:47,899 You're gonna be fine. I promise you, you're gonna be fine. 493 00:27:47,932 --> 00:27:51,036 You earned this. You earned this. You'll make me cry! 494 00:27:51,069 --> 00:27:52,270 All right. 495 00:28:00,945 --> 00:28:06,017 [ Announcer ] From the Double Cross Ranch, Amarillo, Texas, 496 00:28:06,051 --> 00:28:10,889 weighing in at 251 pounds, 497 00:28:10,922 --> 00:28:14,292 wrestling's living legend, 498 00:28:14,325 --> 00:28:16,761 ladies and gentlemen, 499 00:28:16,795 --> 00:28:18,329 Terry... 500 00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:21,132 Funk! 501 00:28:26,337 --> 00:28:31,242 [ Mrs. Funk ] He has knee injuries and back injuries. 502 00:28:31,276 --> 00:28:34,112 I have confidence that he knows what he's doing. 503 00:28:34,145 --> 00:28:39,184 But it's still hard after all these years. 504 00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:41,953 Just him getting hurt, mainly. 505 00:28:41,986 --> 00:28:44,289 He's in control, but... 506 00:28:45,824 --> 00:28:47,292 it's pretty scary. 507 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,896 [ Crowd Roaring ] 508 00:28:56,167 --> 00:28:58,403 I need you to go to Steve... 509 00:28:58,436 --> 00:29:01,139 and tell him that I said... 510 00:29:01,172 --> 00:29:04,042 to get word to them they need to go home in 30 seconds. 511 00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:06,144 [ Man ] They know this is it. They're going now. 512 00:29:06,177 --> 00:29:08,279 [ Woman ] They need to go home within 30 seconds. We need them out. 513 00:29:11,883 --> 00:29:15,286 [ Crowd Chanting ] Terry! Terry! Terry! Terry! 514 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,956 [ Woman ] Terry Funk! 515 00:29:27,999 --> 00:29:29,901 [ Announcer ] Raven with a full head of steam! 516 00:29:29,934 --> 00:29:32,070 [ Crowd Gasping ] 517 00:29:34,239 --> 00:29:37,275 [ Announcer ] Two count only! Two count only! 518 00:29:37,308 --> 00:29:41,212 - Inside cradle, small package. - [ Referee Hitting Mat ] 519 00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:43,181 [ Crowd Roaring ] 520 00:29:43,214 --> 00:29:46,951 [ Announcer ] Terry Funk! 521 00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:49,921 Do you believe in miracles? 522 00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:53,258 [ Crowd Chanting ] ECW! ECW! ECW! 523 00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:55,326 ECW! ECW! 524 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,395 We did it! 525 00:29:57,428 --> 00:30:01,065 We did it! Hey, kids, we did it! 526 00:30:06,671 --> 00:30:10,341 We did it, honey! We did it, baby. 527 00:30:10,375 --> 00:30:12,477 Fifty-three years old, and he's still kicking ass! 528 00:30:12,510 --> 00:30:16,247 [ Coughing ] Think you have any blood in your lungs? 529 00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:21,186 Any stethoscope at all, Terry? You feel like you have anything in your lungs? 530 00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:23,087 Are you coughing up anything? 531 00:30:23,121 --> 00:30:25,924 I think it just went down. The blood went down. Okay. 532 00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:28,993 [ Coughing ] 533 00:30:31,095 --> 00:30:33,464 Is there water or anything? 534 00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:36,167 I need a stethoscope. I want to listen to his lungs. 535 00:30:36,201 --> 00:30:39,037 How'd it go for me? I'm just glad it's over. 536 00:30:39,070 --> 00:30:41,472 If they liked it, I liked it. 537 00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:43,975 If the crew liked it, I liked it. 538 00:30:44,008 --> 00:30:47,178 How'd it go? I'm just happy it's over. I don't know. 539 00:30:47,212 --> 00:30:48,680 I'm proud of my guys. 540 00:30:48,713 --> 00:30:51,382 [ Terry ] What a life, huh, Tommy? Well, we did it. 541 00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:57,288 [ Tommy ] I'd never trade it for anything. 542 00:31:00,992 --> 00:31:02,927 [ Man ] You don't have to clean my face. Just the nose. 543 00:31:06,998 --> 00:31:09,133 There's a man out there-- Terry Funk-- 544 00:31:09,167 --> 00:31:11,402 who's done more in this sport than I'll ever do, 545 00:31:11,436 --> 00:31:14,305 who's more of a role model than I'll ever be. 546 00:31:14,339 --> 00:31:19,377 And I've got a match April 15, and I've got serious doubts! 547 00:31:19,410 --> 00:31:23,281 He burned me, Mommy. He burned me bad. 548 00:31:23,314 --> 00:31:26,551 And then he pile-drove your little boy on a flaming branding iron. 549 00:31:26,584 --> 00:31:29,220 [ Barry Narrating ] I could never get over the fact... 550 00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:31,990 that guys could beat the crap out of each other in the ring... 551 00:31:32,023 --> 00:31:33,591 and be friendly outside of it. 552 00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:38,096 Some of Terry's most famous matches were against a man 20 years his junior-- 553 00:31:38,129 --> 00:31:40,031 Mick Foley. 554 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:42,300 Over the years, Mick and Terry have traveled the world, 555 00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:44,736 setting each other on fire-- [ Announcer ] Oh, my God! 556 00:31:44,769 --> 00:31:48,206 tossing each other into barbwire. 557 00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:51,342 Yet outside the ring they were truly at peace with one another. 558 00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:55,346 What's so stupid about it is that the worse you hurt each other, 559 00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:58,049 the better-- the more money you make, 560 00:31:58,082 --> 00:32:00,518 and the more money you make, the better friends you are. 561 00:32:03,421 --> 00:32:06,057 [ Barry Narrating ] Wrestling under the name Mankind, 562 00:32:06,090 --> 00:32:08,593 Mick is one of the biggest stars in the WWF, 563 00:32:08,626 --> 00:32:11,095 earning in the high six figures. 564 00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:13,464 He even has his own ravioli commercial. 565 00:32:13,498 --> 00:32:17,201 It's the perfect ravioli for all mankind. 566 00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:20,305 [ Barry Narrating ] Known for battering and brutalizing his body... 567 00:32:20,338 --> 00:32:22,340 to unprecedented heights, 568 00:32:22,373 --> 00:32:25,777 Mick's behavior could be explained if he were crazy. 569 00:32:25,810 --> 00:32:30,315 But of any wrestler I ever met, Mick was the most normal... 570 00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:33,518 and in a strange way the one I had the most in common with. 571 00:32:39,157 --> 00:32:41,092 Mick grew up in a small Long Island town... 572 00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:43,127 about 20 miles from where I did. 573 00:32:44,562 --> 00:32:47,332 Like me, he loved wrestling and making movies. 574 00:32:47,365 --> 00:32:49,600 [ Shouts ] [ Man ] Oh! 575 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:52,170 Whoa! Unbelievable! 576 00:32:52,203 --> 00:32:54,272 Dropping the big elbow. 577 00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:56,441 [ Mick ] Dad? 578 00:32:56,474 --> 00:32:58,509 [ Barry Narrating ] When I caught up with Mick he was with his kids, 579 00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:00,445 visiting his father. 580 00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:03,181 [ Knocking ] [ Man ] Hold on. 581 00:33:03,214 --> 00:33:05,049 Yes? 582 00:33:05,083 --> 00:33:07,352 Can I wrestle with the kids downstairs? What? 583 00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:09,354 Can I wrestle with the kids downstairs? 584 00:33:09,387 --> 00:33:11,422 For what? It's for the camera. 585 00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:13,358 Pulling down anything? Yeah. 586 00:33:13,391 --> 00:33:15,426 They're not taping this now, are they? 587 00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:17,161 Well, yeah. 588 00:33:19,197 --> 00:33:22,133 It doesn't matter if our basement's messed up, does it? 589 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:23,501 How-- No. There's no way. 590 00:33:23,534 --> 00:33:25,436 No way, Mick. 591 00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:28,272 You can't get in through the garage. You can't get in through my office. 592 00:33:28,306 --> 00:33:30,141 No way. No. 593 00:33:30,174 --> 00:33:32,143 All right, we won't do it if you don't want to. 594 00:33:32,176 --> 00:33:34,212 This is not on camera, I hope. No. 595 00:33:34,245 --> 00:33:39,217 Mick is a very honest, sincere person. 596 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:41,386 I'm not talking as his father. 597 00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:44,155 I'm just talking as I see him as a person. 598 00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:46,524 And really, what you see is what you get. 599 00:33:46,557 --> 00:33:50,094 He's always been very, very polite. 600 00:33:50,128 --> 00:33:54,565 He's been like that since grade school. 601 00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:57,635 I want to be referred to as the world's most polite wrestler. 602 00:33:57,668 --> 00:34:00,605 [ Mick ] Gimme a big drop kick. [ Kids Chattering ] 603 00:34:00,638 --> 00:34:03,574 [ Man ] You know how most kids have no idea what they want to do. 604 00:34:03,608 --> 00:34:07,145 Eighth graders, 14 years old. What do you know? One! Two! 605 00:34:07,178 --> 00:34:08,379 Did Mick know he wanted to be... 606 00:34:08,413 --> 00:34:09,447 a wrestler from the time... 607 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:10,882 he was 14 when I met him? Yes. 608 00:34:10,915 --> 00:34:13,084 [ Shouting ] 609 00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:17,522 [ Groans ] 610 00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:20,391 [ Ross ] He feels terribly bad if he doesn't put his body on the line... 611 00:34:20,425 --> 00:34:24,729 in some serious fashion at least half a dozen times in a match. 612 00:34:24,762 --> 00:34:28,733 If he doesn't, he thinks he's cheated the fan out of the price of admission. 613 00:34:28,766 --> 00:34:33,371 They come to see Mick Foley or Cactus Jack or Dude Love or Mankind... 614 00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:35,273 put his body at risk. 615 00:34:35,306 --> 00:34:36,474 I don't think that Mick Foley... 616 00:34:36,507 --> 00:34:37,742 has a death wish at all. 617 00:34:37,775 --> 00:34:39,343 I think that he has... 618 00:34:39,377 --> 00:34:40,445 a very clear idea... 619 00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:41,612 of what he wants to be... 620 00:34:41,646 --> 00:34:43,681 and how he wants to be remembered. 621 00:34:43,714 --> 00:34:45,650 [ Crowd Gasping ] 622 00:34:45,683 --> 00:34:48,486 [ Mick ] Several times a year I look at something, 623 00:34:48,519 --> 00:34:51,689 and I say this is going to be dangerous-- it could turn out real bad. 624 00:34:51,722 --> 00:34:55,426 But it's got to be done for the sake of history. 625 00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:58,463 I don't know if Mick enjoys the pain, 626 00:34:58,496 --> 00:35:00,398 but I don't think he hates it. 627 00:35:00,431 --> 00:35:04,535 ♪♪ [ Pop ] 628 00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:07,371 [ Man ] ♪ Come on, baby Let the good times roll ♪ 629 00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:10,174 [ Mick ] Once I'm done with wrestling, 630 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:12,710 I'm certainly not gonna miss the pain. 631 00:35:12,743 --> 00:35:15,613 I'll miss the reaction to the pain. 632 00:35:15,646 --> 00:35:18,583 I don't have a whole lot of room in my life for pain. 633 00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:21,719 It just so happens that I can absorb more than most people, 634 00:35:21,752 --> 00:35:24,522 and that has made me marketable. 635 00:35:24,555 --> 00:35:27,625 ♪ Come on, baby Let the good times roll ♪ 636 00:35:27,658 --> 00:35:31,762 I can tell them till the cows come home that Daddy is just playing, 637 00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:36,701 but sometimes they don't buy it. 638 00:35:36,734 --> 00:35:38,970 But then I tell the kids, 639 00:35:39,003 --> 00:35:43,307 "Daddy rehearsed that four or five times. Daddy was fine." 640 00:35:43,341 --> 00:35:46,310 I just want to set their little hearts at ease. 641 00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:49,480 Think there's nothing wrong. They'll grow up quick enough. 642 00:35:49,514 --> 00:35:52,583 Let them believe their dad's all right. 643 00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:55,419 [ Barry ] Do you wish he'd stop wrestling? [ Together ] No. 644 00:35:55,453 --> 00:36:00,324 It's going to be? Great nipples. [ Giggles ] 645 00:36:00,358 --> 00:36:04,262 Every child needs a favorite word, right? Nipple. 646 00:36:04,295 --> 00:36:06,597 [ Barry ] What's a funny joke your dad tells? 647 00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:08,766 He puts his finger in his nose. 648 00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:11,469 [ Both Giggling ] 649 00:36:11,502 --> 00:36:14,305 I don't think it's the fans that demand too much. 650 00:36:14,338 --> 00:36:16,507 I think it would probably be I demand a lot more of myself. 651 00:36:16,541 --> 00:36:19,644 I don't want to be remembered as the guy... 652 00:36:19,677 --> 00:36:22,346 who pulled the sock out of his tights. 653 00:36:22,380 --> 00:36:25,016 [ Announcer ] We got trouble. Mr. Socko is out! 654 00:36:25,049 --> 00:36:27,351 "His mother called him Wild Thing." 655 00:36:27,385 --> 00:36:29,520 [ Mick ] I'm very sensitive. 656 00:36:29,554 --> 00:36:34,358 I've seen deterioration of my wit and my speaking skills. 657 00:36:34,392 --> 00:36:38,696 I want to die an old man with all my mental-- 658 00:36:38,729 --> 00:36:41,465 my mental faculties. 659 00:36:41,499 --> 00:36:44,335 You know, people feel like I have a death wish... 660 00:36:44,368 --> 00:36:46,304 or that I'm a masochist. 661 00:36:46,337 --> 00:36:48,739 But really, I feel like I'm taking my risks now, 662 00:36:48,773 --> 00:36:53,811 that I'll have the ability to retire at 35 or 36... 663 00:36:53,844 --> 00:36:56,881 and spend more time with my kids. 664 00:36:56,914 --> 00:37:00,818 It's not like I'm gonna sit at home and miss being hit in the head with chairs. 665 00:37:00,851 --> 00:37:05,590 It's just something I feel like I do very well. 666 00:37:05,623 --> 00:37:07,625 [ Announcer ] Insane. I've never seen it. 667 00:37:07,658 --> 00:37:09,360 [ Barry Narrating ] Every time I turned the TV on, 668 00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:11,762 Mick was taking more and more risks. 669 00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:14,498 He assured me he knew what he was doing. 670 00:37:14,532 --> 00:37:16,667 Then I got this call. 671 00:37:16,701 --> 00:37:17,868 [ Mick On Recording ] Hello, Barry. 672 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:21,405 This is Cactus Jack, calling from the emergency room. 673 00:37:21,439 --> 00:37:23,874 [ Chuckling ] I just, uh-- 674 00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:25,843 [ Barry Narrating ] For the first time, 675 00:37:25,876 --> 00:37:28,379 Mick was incoherent and rambling. 676 00:37:28,412 --> 00:37:31,382 I was worried. ...the spectacle-- wondered if you saw it. 677 00:37:31,415 --> 00:37:34,885 If you didn't, they tell me it was good. I don't remember much about it. 678 00:37:34,919 --> 00:37:36,654 [ Announcer ] Look out! 679 00:37:38,589 --> 00:37:41,425 [ Crowd Screaming ] Good God almighty! They've killed him! 680 00:37:41,459 --> 00:37:45,329 There was two big, big falls during the match. 681 00:37:45,363 --> 00:37:47,932 And, uh, wrestling fans-- [ Crowd Screaming ] 682 00:37:47,965 --> 00:37:51,736 I guess, uh, unanimously praised the first one, 683 00:37:51,769 --> 00:37:53,404 where I was thrown off the cage-- 684 00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:55,406 probably the more spectacular of the two. 685 00:37:55,439 --> 00:37:59,410 But it's the wrestlers who appreciate the second one, 686 00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:01,946 because they've been body-slammed and back-dropped on our WWF mat, 687 00:38:01,979 --> 00:38:04,548 which doesn't have a whole lot of give to it. 688 00:38:04,582 --> 00:38:05,850 [ Announcer ] On the other side! 689 00:38:05,883 --> 00:38:07,585 Oh! 690 00:38:09,587 --> 00:38:11,489 [ Announcer #2 ] Good God! Good God! 691 00:38:11,522 --> 00:38:13,391 [ Announcer ] That's it. He's dead. 692 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:16,661 Will somebody stop the damn match! 693 00:38:16,694 --> 00:38:18,663 When the cage started to break-- 694 00:38:18,696 --> 00:38:20,398 I mean, you could-- 695 00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:22,133 you could see it breaking. 696 00:38:22,166 --> 00:38:24,935 And when the Undertaker choke-slammed Mick, 697 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:28,906 I knew for sure the cage was gonna break. There was no way-- 698 00:38:28,939 --> 00:38:33,577 There was no way out without getting hurt. I thought he was dead. 699 00:38:33,611 --> 00:38:36,681 [ Mick ] Usually after a physical match, I'll call home and tell the kids, 700 00:38:36,714 --> 00:38:39,817 "Daddy's all right. No need to worry." 701 00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:43,587 And in this case I was paged. 702 00:38:43,621 --> 00:38:46,991 One of the agents had to tell me, "Call home. Your wife's really upset." 703 00:38:47,024 --> 00:38:49,927 And she was cry-- you know, in tears. 704 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:54,165 And screaming at me-- "You can't do this to us anymore." 705 00:38:54,198 --> 00:38:56,967 And I guess it was very traumatic for the kids. 706 00:38:57,001 --> 00:39:00,705 Um, since that point, my daughter does feel like... 707 00:39:00,738 --> 00:39:04,475 I'm being hurt every time I go out there. 708 00:39:04,508 --> 00:39:06,877 And my daughter-- she loves her dad. 709 00:39:06,911 --> 00:39:09,413 I worry about it a lot. I have a lot of guilt about it. 710 00:39:09,447 --> 00:39:14,685 That's one of the reasons we thought maybe it's best if Dad did something else. 711 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,755 [ Barry ] What would be something else? That's the problem. 712 00:39:17,788 --> 00:39:19,590 [ Announcer ] He's the toughest S.O.B.-- 713 00:39:19,623 --> 00:39:20,891 [ Shouting ] 714 00:39:20,925 --> 00:39:22,793 that I have ever seen. 715 00:39:22,827 --> 00:39:25,429 [ Mick ] It was a scary moment. 716 00:39:25,463 --> 00:39:29,867 It was one of the worst moments of my life, certainly. 717 00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:32,937 It's just a really horrible feeling, 718 00:39:32,970 --> 00:39:36,907 and I know there's more to come, which is the scary part. 719 00:39:36,941 --> 00:39:38,809 [ Phone Ringing ] 720 00:39:42,947 --> 00:39:46,717 [ Barry Narrating ] While visiting Mick, I got the call I was waiting for. 721 00:39:46,751 --> 00:39:48,953 I was finally able to locate the whereabouts... 722 00:39:48,986 --> 00:39:52,223 of the one wrestler I always wanted to meet-- 723 00:39:52,256 --> 00:39:54,692 Jake "The Snake" Roberts. 724 00:39:54,725 --> 00:39:57,528 [ Jake ] I'm going to make you beg! 725 00:39:57,561 --> 00:40:00,765 You are going to get down on your hands and knees. 726 00:40:02,032 --> 00:40:05,603 You will be the one that grovels for the money. 727 00:40:05,636 --> 00:40:07,838 And how appropriate-- [ Chuckles ] 728 00:40:07,872 --> 00:40:10,975 that the money you grovel for is your very own, 729 00:40:11,008 --> 00:40:15,045 wallowing in the muck of avarice. 730 00:40:17,281 --> 00:40:19,083 Longfellow couldn't have said it better. 731 00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:20,918 [ Announcer ] Ladies and gentlemen, 732 00:40:20,951 --> 00:40:23,888 Jake "the Snake"... 733 00:40:23,921 --> 00:40:25,923 Roberts! 734 00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:30,561 Here he goes! Look at that! 735 00:40:30,594 --> 00:40:33,264 [ Barry Narrating ] At one time one of the biggest wrestling stars in the world, 736 00:40:33,297 --> 00:40:35,900 Jake had dropped out of sight in the early '90s. 737 00:40:35,933 --> 00:40:37,835 [ Announcer ] ...with Damien and Alice Cooper! 738 00:40:37,868 --> 00:40:40,037 But his legend lived on. 739 00:40:40,070 --> 00:40:43,808 [ Heyman ] Jake Roberts is one of the most phenomenal performers... 740 00:40:43,841 --> 00:40:45,576 this industry has ever seen. 741 00:40:45,609 --> 00:40:48,712 Now, there's a guy with "it." 742 00:40:48,746 --> 00:40:50,848 There's a guy that has that intangible. 743 00:40:50,881 --> 00:40:55,753 There's a guy that truly comes through the camera... 744 00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:57,955 and captivates your attention. 745 00:40:57,988 --> 00:41:03,060 Jake Roberts had a-- had great gifts and great skills in our business... 746 00:41:03,093 --> 00:41:06,831 because he had a tremendous, tremendous aptitude... 747 00:41:06,864 --> 00:41:09,967 for the performance side... 748 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,969 of this business. 749 00:41:12,903 --> 00:41:14,738 He never had a good body. 750 00:41:14,772 --> 00:41:16,774 He never was a great athlete. 751 00:41:17,908 --> 00:41:20,978 But he had-- His gift was his brain. 752 00:41:21,011 --> 00:41:24,048 [ Heyman ] He's probably one of also, when it comes to the actual-- 753 00:41:24,081 --> 00:41:29,053 um, the actual psychology of how to control the audience, 754 00:41:29,086 --> 00:41:33,057 one of the most ingenious performers the industry has ever seen. 755 00:41:33,090 --> 00:41:36,327 I don't know that you can separate Jake Roberts the performer... 756 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,162 from Jake Roberts the person... 757 00:41:38,195 --> 00:41:40,931 because, quite frankly, I never knew which one I was talking to. 758 00:41:40,965 --> 00:41:43,100 I don't know that they're not the same. 759 00:41:43,133 --> 00:41:47,004 [ Ross ] Unfortunately, he has had a lot of encounters with demons over his lifetime... 760 00:41:47,037 --> 00:41:50,007 that have been very destructive. 761 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,042 [ Man ] He called us about two days before the show. 762 00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:55,012 Of course, he wanted his retainer. We sent him his retainer. 763 00:41:55,045 --> 00:41:57,948 And then he called us up, and Jake told us straight up... 764 00:41:57,982 --> 00:42:00,150 if we didn't get him some crack, then he wasn't gonna come to our show. 765 00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:04,088 [ Ross ] If Jake Roberts can control the demons, 766 00:42:04,121 --> 00:42:06,190 Jake Roberts could be one of the most influential... 767 00:42:06,223 --> 00:42:10,060 creative forces in our industry. 768 00:42:10,094 --> 00:42:12,363 That's how talented he is. 769 00:42:12,396 --> 00:42:17,001 But for some reason it just, uh-- 770 00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:20,104 It doesn't seem like it's meant to be at this time. 771 00:42:20,137 --> 00:42:22,673 Sometimes I, uh, realize... 772 00:42:22,706 --> 00:42:24,708 the person I hate most in this life... 773 00:42:24,742 --> 00:42:27,044 is the person I'm looking at in the mirror. 774 00:42:27,077 --> 00:42:29,947 That's a scary thought. 775 00:42:29,980 --> 00:42:31,849 But, uh-- 776 00:42:32,983 --> 00:42:34,985 Diary of a madman, huh? 777 00:42:40,991 --> 00:42:42,993 [ Barry Narrating ] I was told that on February 3... 778 00:42:43,027 --> 00:42:45,729 Jake would be wrestling in North Platte, Nebraska, 779 00:42:46,864 --> 00:42:49,099 home of Buffalo Bob's Trading Post. 780 00:42:49,133 --> 00:42:52,169 [ Prerecorded Voice ] Howdy. My name is Cody. 781 00:42:52,202 --> 00:42:55,039 Welcome to North Platte, Nebraska. 782 00:42:55,072 --> 00:42:57,708 [ Barry ] Why do you like Jake? 783 00:42:57,741 --> 00:42:59,977 I like his snakes. His style. Do ya? 784 00:43:00,010 --> 00:43:01,946 The way he does his thing. 785 00:43:01,979 --> 00:43:05,249 I like him. I like what he does. One day, I wouldn't mind meeting him. 786 00:43:05,282 --> 00:43:07,151 [ Barry ] What would you do if you met him? 787 00:43:07,184 --> 00:43:10,020 I would faint, most likely. Really? 788 00:43:10,054 --> 00:43:11,922 How about you? 789 00:43:11,956 --> 00:43:14,224 I just want to hold the snakes. 790 00:43:15,192 --> 00:43:17,861 Okay. He'll find it. 791 00:43:17,895 --> 00:43:19,863 The only guy that hasn't heard... 792 00:43:19,897 --> 00:43:21,231 about Jake "The Snake" Roberts... 793 00:43:21,265 --> 00:43:23,133 is probably Santa Claus. 794 00:43:29,106 --> 00:43:31,041 [ Coughing ] God almighty. 795 00:43:32,743 --> 00:43:36,113 [ Jake ] These people been watching you for years. 796 00:43:36,146 --> 00:43:40,250 You wonder what connected them with you or why they want to see you or be a part of it. 797 00:43:42,119 --> 00:43:44,221 I'm a lucky man. 798 00:43:47,291 --> 00:43:49,927 [ Barry Narrating ] Backstage, there were wrestlers I had never heard of... 799 00:43:51,795 --> 00:43:54,898 and wrestlers I hadn't seen in years. 800 00:43:54,932 --> 00:43:57,968 ♪♪ [ P.A.: Man Singing "Star-spangled Banner" ] [ Urinating ] 801 00:43:58,002 --> 00:44:02,473 For a guy who once wrestled before 80,000 people in the Pontiac Silverdome-- 802 00:44:02,506 --> 00:44:05,142 Filmed me pissin', huh? Excellent. 803 00:44:05,175 --> 00:44:09,179 This was about as far down as you could go in wrestling... 804 00:44:09,213 --> 00:44:12,149 without starting over. 805 00:44:12,182 --> 00:44:15,185 ♪♪ [ "Star-spangled Banner" Continues ] 806 00:44:15,219 --> 00:44:17,021 ♪♪ [ Stops ] 807 00:44:17,054 --> 00:44:20,057 [ Crowd Shouting, Cheering ] 808 00:44:20,090 --> 00:44:22,026 [ Announcer ] Hello, sound man! 809 00:44:22,059 --> 00:44:24,161 I think somebody pulled your plug, buddy. 810 00:44:26,830 --> 00:44:29,867 [ Barry Narrating ] It was depressing seeing Jake in such bad shape. 811 00:44:29,900 --> 00:44:32,736 But when it came time to perform-- 812 00:44:32,770 --> 00:44:36,774 [ Announcer ] Ladies and gentlemen, Jake "The Snake" Roberts! 813 00:44:36,807 --> 00:44:40,077 He could still turn it on. 814 00:44:40,110 --> 00:44:42,946 [ Jake ] My match starts when I come through that curtain. 815 00:44:42,980 --> 00:44:46,817 The character is there. The coldness is there. 816 00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:50,821 The walk is there. Everything that I do helps create that character. 817 00:44:50,854 --> 00:44:53,957 My breathing, the way I get into the ring, the way I get out of the ring. 818 00:44:53,991 --> 00:44:56,160 The way I look at people. The way I use my hair. 819 00:44:56,193 --> 00:44:59,897 The way I use my hands. Everything. 820 00:45:02,266 --> 00:45:05,536 The ring psychology is something that's so beautiful, man, 821 00:45:05,569 --> 00:45:08,305 such a joy to be a part of. 822 00:45:08,338 --> 00:45:12,042 But by having ring psychology, you gotta be able to look people in the eye... 823 00:45:12,076 --> 00:45:14,778 and convince them that you believe what you're doing. 824 00:45:14,812 --> 00:45:18,348 You look at one person and just literally melt them into that seat. 825 00:45:21,085 --> 00:45:22,252 Make 'em cry. 826 00:45:24,855 --> 00:45:26,990 Make 'em smile. 827 00:45:27,024 --> 00:45:30,360 And it's like a ripple effect. It goes right through the whole crowd. 828 00:45:38,001 --> 00:45:41,305 Put me on the card. Let me bring some asses to the seats. 829 00:45:41,338 --> 00:45:44,374 Pay me. I don't care if I'm the champ. 830 00:45:44,408 --> 00:45:47,144 I don't care if I'm the waterboy. 831 00:45:47,177 --> 00:45:50,581 Just let me be a part of the show, and I'll do my share. 832 00:45:50,614 --> 00:45:53,350 [ P.A. Announcer, Indistinct ] 833 00:45:59,256 --> 00:46:01,959 [ Jake ] She was just such a kind little thing. You know? 834 00:46:01,992 --> 00:46:04,928 Right there-- She's gonna live here the rest of her life, probably, 835 00:46:04,962 --> 00:46:08,031 and have seven kids and seven husbands and whatever, 836 00:46:08,065 --> 00:46:11,401 and wind up bein' a lady truck driver that cross-dresses or something. 837 00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:15,139 But she'll always remember tonight, man. You know? 838 00:46:15,172 --> 00:46:19,009 That's why I enjoy the small towns, because they really dig it, appreciate it. 839 00:46:19,042 --> 00:46:22,312 You come to a place like this-- My God, I could be mayor here next week if I wanted to be. 840 00:46:22,346 --> 00:46:24,982 They'd execute the one they've got and just put me in power. 841 00:46:25,015 --> 00:46:28,852 I'd be like a dictator mayor. You know? And they'd love it. 842 00:46:28,886 --> 00:46:31,021 That's what really scares ya. 843 00:46:31,054 --> 00:46:32,923 [ Woman ] Jake, can we get your autograph real quick? 844 00:46:32,956 --> 00:46:35,459 I gotta go. Right now. [ Boy ] Hey, Jake. Good to see ya. 845 00:46:35,492 --> 00:46:40,297 [ Jake ] In the arena, nothing hurts. Everybody's glad to see ya. 846 00:46:40,330 --> 00:46:44,835 You come back to all the glamour of a Ramada Limited. 847 00:46:46,036 --> 00:46:47,905 This is the real world. 848 00:46:51,074 --> 00:46:54,945 Just take your shower and get dressed and go on to the next one, I guess. 849 00:47:01,385 --> 00:47:05,055 [ Barry Narrating ] The next day I spent eight hours in a van with Jake. 850 00:47:05,088 --> 00:47:08,025 Look at those ducks. [ Quacking ] 851 00:47:11,261 --> 00:47:14,231 Things would just come out of my head. I don't know where they come from. 852 00:47:14,264 --> 00:47:17,100 [ Barry Narrating ] The more we traveled, the more he confided in me. 853 00:47:17,134 --> 00:47:20,170 I still don't think-- My mother was 13 years old when I was born. 854 00:47:20,204 --> 00:47:24,975 Why? Because my dad raped a little girl that was in a room asleep. 855 00:47:25,008 --> 00:47:27,477 My dad was going out with my mother's mother. 856 00:47:30,147 --> 00:47:33,917 There you go. There's some bones for Jake the Snake. 857 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:40,290 [ Barry Narrating ] Jake's father was also a wrestler-- Grizzly Smith. 858 00:47:40,324 --> 00:47:44,194 Though he was well-known, he never reached the heights his son did. 859 00:47:47,331 --> 00:47:49,366 [ Jake ] My dad was never there for me. 860 00:47:49,399 --> 00:47:52,302 I never lived with my father-- For a very short time. 861 00:47:52,336 --> 00:47:54,271 [ Barry Narrating ] In the hour they spent together, 862 00:47:54,304 --> 00:47:57,474 the two could barely look at each other. 863 00:47:57,507 --> 00:48:02,045 [ Jake ] I would do anything to gain my father's love. 864 00:48:02,079 --> 00:48:05,515 And I reached a point I came out of high school. I was gonna go to college. 865 00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:08,285 I said, "Dad, I'm gonna go to college." He said, "Good luck." 866 00:48:08,318 --> 00:48:11,121 Gee, Dad, thanks. You know? 867 00:48:11,154 --> 00:48:14,191 And right then something inside me said, "If you're ever gonna get him to love you, 868 00:48:14,224 --> 00:48:18,428 you're gonna have to be better than he is at what he does." 869 00:48:18,462 --> 00:48:23,033 So I went out to the ring and I jumped in there and got the crap beat out of me. 870 00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:26,036 And when I walked back into that locker room, he looked at me and said, 871 00:48:26,069 --> 00:48:29,506 "I'm ashamed of you. You'll never amount to anything." 872 00:48:29,539 --> 00:48:31,475 And walked away. 873 00:48:31,508 --> 00:48:35,078 And that's when I gave up my dreams and said, "Okay. 874 00:48:35,112 --> 00:48:39,316 By God, if it's the last thing I do, I'm gonna shove this business up his rear." 875 00:48:40,350 --> 00:48:43,186 And guess what. I did it. 876 00:48:43,220 --> 00:48:45,489 And guess what. It didn't matter. 877 00:48:45,522 --> 00:48:48,158 He's got-- He's got a lot of good qualities. 878 00:48:48,191 --> 00:48:50,594 And, uh-- 879 00:48:50,627 --> 00:48:54,131 It's, uh-- 880 00:48:54,164 --> 00:48:57,067 He was born out of love, and I still love him. 881 00:49:06,810 --> 00:49:09,212 [ Jake ] My stepmother was very jealous... 882 00:49:09,246 --> 00:49:12,349 of the time that my dad spent with me and my sister. 883 00:49:12,382 --> 00:49:15,352 And, uh, he drove my sister to the point... 884 00:49:15,385 --> 00:49:18,255 that she wound up marrying a 50-year-old man... 885 00:49:18,288 --> 00:49:20,057 and then a year later... 886 00:49:20,090 --> 00:49:21,558 being kidnapped and murdered by his ex-wife. 887 00:49:23,393 --> 00:49:25,395 And we've never got her body. 888 00:49:25,429 --> 00:49:27,230 We know that she was dead, 889 00:49:27,264 --> 00:49:29,166 'cause there was enough blood in the car... 890 00:49:29,199 --> 00:49:31,201 to know that she was dead. 891 00:49:31,234 --> 00:49:34,271 The woman went to prison for kidnapping-- 10 years. 892 00:49:34,304 --> 00:49:36,506 Got out, and I said, "Please tell us where the body is." 893 00:49:36,540 --> 00:49:39,276 "Fuck you guys. We're not telling you shit." 894 00:49:39,309 --> 00:49:41,211 You know? 895 00:49:41,244 --> 00:49:43,513 And it's always seemed like, all my life, 896 00:49:43,547 --> 00:49:45,315 it's like there's one... 897 00:49:46,550 --> 00:49:49,252 gruesome, horrible thing happen after another. 898 00:49:49,286 --> 00:49:52,122 My stepdad, who I felt very close to, 899 00:49:52,155 --> 00:49:55,125 he winds up getting electrocuted in the attic of our house. 900 00:49:55,158 --> 00:49:57,160 My mother goes up and finds him. 901 00:50:07,270 --> 00:50:10,440 [ Jake ] The road really screwed up my sex life at home. 902 00:50:10,474 --> 00:50:14,845 You go on the road, you get some type of fame or whatever, 903 00:50:14,878 --> 00:50:17,614 and all of a sudden you can have it every day. 904 00:50:20,183 --> 00:50:22,552 But then all of a sudden you want to get selective. 905 00:50:22,586 --> 00:50:26,289 Then all of a sudden one a day's not enough. Then you do two a day. 906 00:50:26,323 --> 00:50:28,291 Then three a day. 907 00:50:28,325 --> 00:50:30,560 Then two at a time. 908 00:50:30,594 --> 00:50:33,697 Then two at a time with toys. 909 00:50:33,730 --> 00:50:36,600 Then two at a time-- "I'll just watch." 910 00:50:36,633 --> 00:50:40,270 And it just gets more bizarre and more bizarre. 911 00:50:40,303 --> 00:50:45,308 And it finally gets to a point that when you go home and try to make love to your wife, 912 00:50:45,342 --> 00:50:47,377 ain't no way. 913 00:50:47,411 --> 00:50:50,247 Ain't no way. 914 00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:54,217 Because the mental stimulation is not there. 915 00:50:55,619 --> 00:50:57,254 That's bad. 916 00:50:58,455 --> 00:51:00,590 That's bad. 917 00:51:00,624 --> 00:51:03,293 It's like a joke I seen in a book one time. 918 00:51:03,326 --> 00:51:05,695 A man and woman are laying next to each other. 919 00:51:05,729 --> 00:51:08,498 He says, "What's wrong? You can't think of anybody else either?" 920 00:51:12,636 --> 00:51:17,407 [ Barry Narrating ] Traveling around the country, I met all kinds of wrestlers. 921 00:51:17,441 --> 00:51:20,544 [ Cheering ] [ Ring Announcer ] The ninth wonder of the world-- 922 00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:22,446 [ Barry Narrating ] Appearances can be deceiving, 923 00:51:22,479 --> 00:51:24,214 especially hanging around wrestlers. 924 00:51:24,247 --> 00:51:26,450 For example, Chyna. 925 00:51:26,483 --> 00:51:28,151 Looking at her in the ring, 926 00:51:28,185 --> 00:51:32,355 I would never have guessed she was a U.N. scholar and had served in the Peace Corps. 927 00:51:32,389 --> 00:51:36,393 But then again, everything about Chyna surprised me. 928 00:51:36,426 --> 00:51:41,731 Well, Kathy, we have an item up for sale here today. That would be item J-24073. 929 00:51:41,765 --> 00:51:46,436 - J-24073. Ooh, do we have a caller? - [ Laughs ] 930 00:51:46,470 --> 00:51:50,373 [ Chyna ] My mother was all buttons and bows and teatime. 931 00:51:50,407 --> 00:51:54,511 [ Laughs ] And she always tried to dress me up in long skirts, 932 00:51:54,544 --> 00:51:56,713 and I always wanted to show my body. 933 00:51:56,746 --> 00:51:58,548 [ Laughing ] 934 00:51:59,749 --> 00:52:02,552 And when I started lifting weights, she-- 935 00:52:02,586 --> 00:52:04,688 I really think that she thought I was a lesbian. 936 00:52:04,721 --> 00:52:07,958 I remember her saying to my dad, listening to the conversation, 937 00:52:07,991 --> 00:52:11,394 saying, "Joey, I think she's a lesbian or something. 938 00:52:11,428 --> 00:52:13,730 Girls don't lift weights like that." 939 00:52:13,763 --> 00:52:17,667 Not that anything's wrong with that, let me interject-- [ Laughing ] 940 00:52:17,701 --> 00:52:20,570 for all you lesbians out there. 941 00:52:20,604 --> 00:52:23,974 To me, I'm just as feminine as any other woman-- 942 00:52:24,007 --> 00:52:26,243 uh, maybe even more so-- 943 00:52:26,276 --> 00:52:29,312 in my attitude, because I have, um, 944 00:52:29,346 --> 00:52:33,717 a certain confidence about myself that most other women don't have. 945 00:52:33,750 --> 00:52:36,586 I just happen to be a very feminine woman... 946 00:52:36,620 --> 00:52:39,556 with an incredibly fit, muscular body. 947 00:52:39,589 --> 00:52:43,260 [ Barry Narrating ] One year later, Chyna got her jaw restructured... 948 00:52:43,293 --> 00:52:46,596 in order to enhance her femininity. 949 00:52:46,630 --> 00:52:49,799 Matt Hyson had an intriguing early career change. 950 00:52:49,833 --> 00:52:52,769 [ Barry ] Four years ago, you were teaching third grade. 951 00:52:52,802 --> 00:52:55,539 Now you're mutilating yourself every night. 952 00:52:55,572 --> 00:52:58,475 How do you explain that? 953 00:52:58,508 --> 00:53:00,644 It's what I love to do. 954 00:53:00,677 --> 00:53:03,280 What do you love about it, Matt? 955 00:53:03,313 --> 00:53:08,418 Um, I love the drama, I love the physical-- 956 00:53:08,451 --> 00:53:10,787 [ Sighs ] I love takin' bumps. 957 00:53:10,820 --> 00:53:13,757 I love poppin' a crowd. 958 00:53:13,790 --> 00:53:16,793 I love makin' a crowd go, "Oh! Ooh!" 959 00:53:16,826 --> 00:53:19,329 What did you study in college? English. 960 00:53:19,362 --> 00:53:21,831 English literature. Shakespeare. Shakespeare? 961 00:53:21,865 --> 00:53:24,568 Yes. What was your favorite work of Shakespeare? 962 00:53:24,601 --> 00:53:26,436 Henry IV, Part 2. 963 00:53:26,469 --> 00:53:28,305 Can you quote anything from that? 964 00:53:28,338 --> 00:53:30,807 Uh-- What? I'm sorry? Wipe it? 965 00:53:32,642 --> 00:53:36,379 I'm sorry. Uh-- Oh, I can't think of that. 966 00:53:36,413 --> 00:53:38,682 I would have to explain the whole situation. 967 00:53:38,715 --> 00:53:40,617 Do you have any Shakespearean quotes? 968 00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:43,320 "I shall, I do." 969 00:53:43,353 --> 00:53:45,422 Falstaff, the drunk. 970 00:53:45,455 --> 00:53:48,758 [ Man ] I'm gonna just have to be just a normal person. 971 00:53:48,792 --> 00:53:50,760 I'm gonna have to take my wig off, 972 00:53:50,794 --> 00:53:52,696 take the feathers off of Frankie. 973 00:53:52,729 --> 00:53:54,631 Take him and let him go on his own. 974 00:53:54,664 --> 00:53:56,399 Say, "Frankie, 975 00:53:57,767 --> 00:53:59,669 God bless you." 976 00:53:59,703 --> 00:54:02,405 [ Barry Narrating ] Some wrestlers have trouble leaving the spotlight, 977 00:54:02,439 --> 00:54:05,642 always trying to recapture their glory days. 978 00:54:05,675 --> 00:54:07,777 [ Announcer ] Koko B. Ware and Frankie! 979 00:54:07,811 --> 00:54:10,814 [ Barry Narrating ] Like Koko B. Ware, who was once a headliner. 980 00:54:10,847 --> 00:54:13,717 Other guys? Well, they do a little better job of adjusting. 981 00:54:13,750 --> 00:54:17,387 And the American dream lives on in Minnesota-- [ Cheering ] 982 00:54:17,420 --> 00:54:20,757 'cause we shocked the world! 983 00:54:20,790 --> 00:54:23,493 I really didn't know what to do with myself, 984 00:54:23,526 --> 00:54:26,796 but I knew that I would do something with myself. 985 00:54:26,830 --> 00:54:31,534 You know, my career didn't come to as an abrupt an end... 986 00:54:31,568 --> 00:54:33,803 because I quit while I was on top. 987 00:54:33,837 --> 00:54:37,307 I just knew it was over, and it was time to move on. 988 00:54:38,842 --> 00:54:42,646 Politics is way more cutthroat, I think, than wrestling is. 989 00:54:44,648 --> 00:54:48,518 - Deep down, I'm a softy inside. - [ Both Laughing ] 990 00:54:48,551 --> 00:54:53,523 I put on an outer appearance of being very hard and calloused, 991 00:54:53,556 --> 00:54:56,593 but deep down inside, I think that I have a big heart and that I-- 992 00:54:56,626 --> 00:55:00,563 that I'm a sucker for a good sob story. 993 00:55:00,597 --> 00:55:03,967 - That's excellent. - You know, that I can be vulnerable that way. 994 00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:07,837 You know, with cer-- Let me categorize that-- with certain people. 995 00:55:07,871 --> 00:55:10,674 Other people could tell me any story they wanted... 996 00:55:10,707 --> 00:55:14,144 and I wouldn't be vulnerable to them. 997 00:55:14,177 --> 00:55:16,680 [ Barry Narrating ] I didn't think wrestling could surprise me anymore. 998 00:55:16,713 --> 00:55:18,915 [ Ring Announcer ] And now, introducing-- 999 00:55:18,948 --> 00:55:21,584 [ Barry Narrating ] That is, until Vince McMahon became a performer in the ring. 1000 00:55:21,618 --> 00:55:23,653 [ Man ] Look at him! Look at that! 1001 00:55:23,687 --> 00:55:27,791 With a shortage of "heels"-- that's wrestling jargon for bad guys-- 1002 00:55:27,824 --> 00:55:31,561 Vince decided, "Who was more hateable than Vince McMahon?" 1003 00:55:32,729 --> 00:55:35,732 As usual, Vince guessed right. 1004 00:55:35,765 --> 00:55:39,402 After all, who wouldn't want to punch out their boss? 1005 00:55:39,436 --> 00:55:41,871 [ McMahon ] You know, it's real easy to be Mr. McMahon the performer. 1006 00:55:41,905 --> 00:55:45,975 Um, that's a hoot. 1007 00:55:46,009 --> 00:55:50,880 That's not really who I am, although I guess maybe that I'm a part of that character. 1008 00:55:50,914 --> 00:55:56,453 [ Barry Narrating ] What other head of a billion-dollar company does this for a living? 1009 00:55:56,486 --> 00:55:59,889 I think everything has its own little life, you know. 1010 00:55:59,923 --> 00:56:01,925 I don't know what this one is. 1011 00:56:01,958 --> 00:56:06,563 It's-- It's all about giving the audience what they want, 1012 00:56:06,596 --> 00:56:08,898 whatever it is. 1013 00:56:08,932 --> 00:56:14,037 I got crutches, this guitar. [ Barry Narrating ] And then there was New Jack. 1014 00:56:14,070 --> 00:56:16,840 What did you do before this? A bounty hunter. And I was good. 1015 00:56:16,873 --> 00:56:18,708 A toaster. A toaster? 1016 00:56:20,510 --> 00:56:23,613 That was four justifiable homicides. 1017 00:56:23,646 --> 00:56:27,450 Four. You know? I wasn't proud of it, but it happened. 1018 00:56:27,484 --> 00:56:30,019 It was either me or them, so I'm still here. 1019 00:56:30,053 --> 00:56:33,022 Jerome Young created New Jack. You know what I'm saying? 1020 00:56:33,056 --> 00:56:35,625 I get paid for what I'm doing. It's like any entertainer. 1021 00:56:35,658 --> 00:56:37,227 You know what I'm saying? 1022 00:56:37,260 --> 00:56:39,629 You come up with a gimmick or a character that's marketable. 1023 00:56:39,662 --> 00:56:42,031 You know what I mean? So I created New Jack. 1024 00:56:42,065 --> 00:56:44,567 And that's what I get paid to do. 1025 00:56:44,601 --> 00:56:48,671 I'm not like these other guys you see that might be kind of iffy or questionable. 1026 00:56:48,705 --> 00:56:52,776 I'm a very violent person, and I'll hurt you, and it's no secret. 1027 00:56:52,809 --> 00:56:57,080 I talk shit and back it up. I ain't like a rapper. You know what I mean? 1028 00:56:57,113 --> 00:57:00,650 I don't go in the studio and talk all that violent shit and ain't never lived it. 1029 00:57:00,683 --> 00:57:03,820 I done lived it. I get a kick from gettin' pain, man. 1030 00:57:03,853 --> 00:57:05,889 See my knuckles? 1031 00:57:05,922 --> 00:57:08,525 You don't, 'cause there ain't none. 1032 00:57:08,558 --> 00:57:10,560 See these two? 1033 00:57:10,593 --> 00:57:12,495 That's from hittin' a bitch in the eye. 1034 00:57:13,730 --> 00:57:15,665 I'm violent by nature, man. 1035 00:57:15,698 --> 00:57:17,967 And I don't care. 1036 00:57:18,001 --> 00:57:22,705 I ain't-- I ain't a 40-hour motherfucker, man. Never have, never will be. 1037 00:57:22,739 --> 00:57:24,808 I like my shit quick. 1038 00:57:25,975 --> 00:57:27,777 [ New Jack On Tape ] Hey, Barry. 1039 00:57:27,811 --> 00:57:30,680 This is your favorite Negro. Give me a call-- 1040 00:57:30,713 --> 00:57:32,682 [ Barry Narrating ] Of all the wrestlers I met, 1041 00:57:32,715 --> 00:57:34,551 the last one I expected to bond with was New Jack. 1042 00:57:37,687 --> 00:57:39,756 New Jack was coming to L.A. to visit. 1043 00:57:39,789 --> 00:57:42,525 Truth be told, I was happy to see him. 1044 00:57:42,559 --> 00:57:47,030 None of my friends had any justifiable homicides, let alone four. 1045 00:57:47,063 --> 00:57:49,132 I hope not. [ Both Laughing ] 1046 00:57:49,165 --> 00:57:51,835 [ Barry Narrating ] We were quickly becoming chums. 1047 00:57:51,868 --> 00:57:54,070 He wanted to see if he could make it as an actor. 1048 00:57:54,103 --> 00:57:56,840 I've been captured by three white people! 1049 00:57:56,873 --> 00:57:59,742 [ Barry Narrating ] So I got New Jack an appointment with a casting agent. 1050 00:57:59,776 --> 00:58:02,946 [ Beeps ] [ Woman ] Rolling. 1051 00:58:02,979 --> 00:58:06,983 Looks like your man did pretty good. Here you go. Your share. 1052 00:58:07,016 --> 00:58:09,118 $219. 1053 00:58:09,152 --> 00:58:12,856 You telling me there was only one person in each car? 1054 00:58:12,889 --> 00:58:15,024 That's right. 1055 00:58:15,058 --> 00:58:17,627 [ Man ] And cut. That's good. 1056 00:58:17,660 --> 00:58:20,864 Okay. The audition's over. 1057 00:58:20,897 --> 00:58:23,666 It's good-bye. Good to meet you. 1058 00:58:23,700 --> 00:58:25,802 Good work. Should I go out the window or take the stairs? 1059 00:58:25,835 --> 00:58:27,670 You got an extra-long audition. Uh, stairs. Stairs. 1060 00:58:27,704 --> 00:58:29,639 Thank you. Thanks so much. 1061 00:58:29,672 --> 00:58:32,041 I could see real possibilities with him. I think he could be a leading man. 1062 00:58:32,075 --> 00:58:34,143 [ Woman ] You do? Really? Absolutely. Absolutely. 1063 00:58:34,177 --> 00:58:37,747 I think he's got a great face. I think he's got sexuality, charm. 1064 00:58:37,780 --> 00:58:40,783 I think there's a lot of potential there. I really do. 1065 00:58:40,817 --> 00:58:44,053 But, I mean, as far as the leading man thing-- It's just that this is-- 1066 00:58:44,087 --> 00:58:47,123 He's a little character-y. I think he'll be the best friend. 1067 00:58:47,156 --> 00:58:49,759 [ Woman ] I think he'll be Denzel's pal. I don't think he'll be Denzel. 1068 00:58:49,792 --> 00:58:51,461 [ Barry ] I think they were pretty impressed. 1069 00:58:51,494 --> 00:58:55,098 [ Barry Narrating ] While New Jack was auditioning, I got a call from Terry Funk. 1070 00:58:55,131 --> 00:58:56,900 Maybe I'll be the next Denzel. 1071 00:58:56,933 --> 00:58:58,668 [ Chuckles ] 1072 00:58:58,701 --> 00:59:01,104 [ Laughter ] No, I do. I love my family very much, 1073 00:59:01,137 --> 00:59:03,740 and that's what's gonna bring me to this next announcement. 1074 00:59:03,773 --> 00:59:06,943 The next announcement is that 1997 is my last year. 1075 00:59:06,976 --> 00:59:10,780 I will not be wrestling anymore after the end of this year. 1076 00:59:10,813 --> 00:59:14,884 It's over. After 32 years. That's it. [ Men Shouting ] 1077 00:59:14,918 --> 00:59:18,788 [ Terry ] No, I'm serious. And I've loved every minute of it. 1078 00:59:18,821 --> 00:59:21,190 But it's time to go home. 1079 00:59:21,224 --> 00:59:23,092 It's time to say good-bye. [ Applause ] 1080 00:59:24,694 --> 00:59:26,696 [ Whistling ] [ Cheering ] 1081 00:59:26,729 --> 00:59:28,998 Thank you! 1082 00:59:29,866 --> 00:59:31,134 Thank y'all! 1083 00:59:31,167 --> 00:59:34,203 [ Chanting ] Terry! Terry! Terry! 1084 00:59:34,237 --> 00:59:36,706 [ Man On Radio ] We come back now on KGNC. 1085 00:59:36,739 --> 00:59:39,876 And let us go now to Terry Funk as he prepares now for-- Is James here? 1086 00:59:39,909 --> 00:59:42,011 Yes. the final matches of his career, 1087 00:59:42,045 --> 00:59:45,682 including one Thursday night here in Amarillo. James, Terry Funk to see you. 1088 00:59:45,715 --> 00:59:47,717 We got about 30 or 40 seconds here. 1089 00:59:47,750 --> 00:59:50,987 Tell the audience again the when and where of the big event Thursday night. 1090 00:59:51,020 --> 00:59:53,823 Well, it's gonna be at the Tri-State Fairgrounds. 1091 00:59:53,856 --> 00:59:57,727 And it's gonna be at the Tri-State Fairgrounds, Maxor Coliseum. 1092 00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,863 And it's gonna be a great card you're gonna have from the WWF. 1093 01:00:00,897 --> 01:00:04,701 Bret Hart, the world's heavyweight champion. I'll be going up against him. 1094 01:00:04,734 --> 01:00:08,004 It'll be a nontitle match. Mankind will also be here. 1095 01:00:08,037 --> 01:00:10,006 [ Barry ] Where'd you guys come from? 1096 01:00:10,039 --> 01:00:12,008 Come over from England, in Britain. Yeah. 1097 01:00:12,041 --> 01:00:14,877 About a 5,000-mile trip just to see this show. 1098 01:00:14,911 --> 01:00:18,681 [ Barry Narrating ] Terry wasn't the only wrestler who lived in Amarillo. 1099 01:00:18,715 --> 01:00:21,851 The other one was unfortunately not as successful. 1100 01:00:21,884 --> 01:00:26,155 Dennis Stamp had over 800 matches, none of them main events. 1101 01:00:26,189 --> 01:00:31,194 Now an exterminator, he was the self-proclaimed "King of the Cockroaches." 1102 01:00:31,227 --> 01:00:33,162 [ Barry ] Are you coming to the show Thursday night? 1103 01:00:33,196 --> 01:00:35,832 Uh, no. No, I won't be. Why not? 1104 01:00:35,865 --> 01:00:38,101 I'm not booked, for one thing. 1105 01:00:38,134 --> 01:00:42,739 And what really-- what really bothers me is Dory Funk Jr. 1106 01:00:42,772 --> 01:00:46,976 You know, I have nothing against the man he's wrestling, 1107 01:00:47,010 --> 01:00:49,779 but I could swear to you-- I could guarantee to you... 1108 01:00:49,812 --> 01:00:54,484 that nobody, no one could have a better match with Dory than I would have. 1109 01:00:54,517 --> 01:00:56,753 So that part hurts. So-- 1110 01:00:56,786 --> 01:00:59,288 But I really wanted to be on as a referee, 1111 01:00:59,322 --> 01:01:03,192 but, um, the people who make the decision, 1112 01:01:03,226 --> 01:01:05,228 whoever that would be, 1113 01:01:05,261 --> 01:01:08,031 didn't-- didn't offer me any position. 1114 01:01:08,064 --> 01:01:10,767 So, I'm not booked, I won't be here. 1115 01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:14,003 My biggest fear is that he's gonna be disappointed. 1116 01:01:15,538 --> 01:01:19,075 If he doesn't make any money, that's not the big deal. 1117 01:01:19,108 --> 01:01:22,812 If he's disappointed-- I don't think I will be. 1118 01:01:22,845 --> 01:01:24,981 I hope not. I mean, it's up to me. 1119 01:01:25,014 --> 01:01:27,517 It's not a downhill side of my career. 1120 01:01:27,550 --> 01:01:32,188 I've tried to pick out a time where I can go out and still be somebody that's important. 1121 01:01:32,221 --> 01:01:34,090 [ Chattering ] 1122 01:01:34,123 --> 01:01:37,060 [ Man ] Look at it. I mean, you have WWF people here, 1123 01:01:37,093 --> 01:01:39,262 ECW people, people from other places. 1124 01:01:39,295 --> 01:01:42,331 I mean, it's-- Terry has been able to do what the promoters couldn't. 1125 01:01:45,068 --> 01:01:48,538 I don't do any tricks. But I just jump. 1126 01:01:48,571 --> 01:01:51,340 [ Stamp ] I stay fit, I watch what I eat... 1127 01:01:51,374 --> 01:01:54,310 because I never know when my next match is gonna be. 1128 01:01:54,343 --> 01:01:57,847 I had my last match, I think it was 1991. 1129 01:01:57,880 --> 01:02:00,316 So it gets to be a lot longer between matches. 1130 01:02:00,349 --> 01:02:03,119 But, uh, I never know when I'm gonna have my next match. 1131 01:02:03,152 --> 01:02:05,822 So I've gotta stay in shape for that. I've gotta be ready. 1132 01:02:05,855 --> 01:02:09,892 You know, I'm only 50 now, and the phone could ring at any time, you know. 1133 01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:13,162 [ Terry ] How's everything going? 1134 01:02:13,196 --> 01:02:16,265 I'm not gonna be here, but-- Why aren't you? 1135 01:02:16,299 --> 01:02:20,002 Because I'm not booked. You're not gonna be here. Why aren't you gonna be here? 1136 01:02:20,036 --> 01:02:23,072 Please be here. I'm not gonna be here, Terry, 'cause I'm not booked. 1137 01:02:23,106 --> 01:02:26,809 That's an old rule I've had for a long time. But I want you here. 1138 01:02:26,843 --> 01:02:30,813 Because I'm not involved. I want you to come, please. 1139 01:02:30,847 --> 01:02:35,351 I'm asking you, please come. I already have other arrangements. 1140 01:02:35,384 --> 01:02:39,055 And don't take it personally, because... 1141 01:02:39,088 --> 01:02:42,391 I used to be in the dressing room, and I used to see the old guys. 1142 01:02:42,425 --> 01:02:45,895 And that's where I am now. I used to see the old guys that came in the dressing room... 1143 01:02:45,928 --> 01:02:48,931 that come round, and they'd look like old dogs... 1144 01:02:48,965 --> 01:02:51,400 just hoping somebody would recognize them-- "Here, Spot!" 1145 01:02:51,434 --> 01:02:55,004 Why don't you come and see us? I really have to be involved, and I'm not. 1146 01:02:55,037 --> 01:02:57,406 I want you to be there. You know, and I did-- 1147 01:02:57,440 --> 01:03:02,345 And I did ask you in April if I could referee some matches on the card. 1148 01:03:02,378 --> 01:03:04,614 You're refereeing tonight then. Which would have been-- 1149 01:03:04,647 --> 01:03:07,049 You're refereeing tonight. But I'm not on the card. I'm not booked. 1150 01:03:07,083 --> 01:03:12,088 You're refereeing. You wanna referee me and Bret? Referee me and Bret. 1151 01:03:12,121 --> 01:03:16,125 I already have-- I already have other arrangements made. I want you to referee us. 1152 01:03:16,159 --> 01:03:18,227 I want you referee me and Bret. I'm just telling you-- 1153 01:03:18,261 --> 01:03:20,096 Okay. So what happened? I guess you-- 1154 01:03:20,129 --> 01:03:22,131 And I'm running 900 miles an hour is what I'm doing. 1155 01:03:22,165 --> 01:03:24,367 I guess I was just so far down-- I guess you just didn't hear me... 1156 01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:26,235 or something when I asked you before. I don't-- 1157 01:03:26,269 --> 01:03:28,137 Didn't think about it? Dennis, I didn't even know about it. 1158 01:03:28,171 --> 01:03:30,940 But I want you to. I want you to. I appreciate that. 1159 01:03:30,973 --> 01:03:33,009 Okay. I want you to. Will you please do it? 1160 01:03:33,042 --> 01:03:35,945 Appreciate that. And it's my last match. It's my last match. 1161 01:03:35,978 --> 01:03:37,980 Call me if you can, 'cause I would love it. Okay. 1162 01:03:38,014 --> 01:03:40,249 I would love it. I'd love to have you there as part of it. 1163 01:03:40,283 --> 01:03:42,285 I appreciate that, Terry. I want you to be there. 1164 01:03:42,318 --> 01:03:44,253 I appreciate that. 1165 01:03:47,190 --> 01:03:50,893 [ Woman ] ♪ I'll be seeing you 1166 01:03:51,460 --> 01:03:54,397 ♪ In all the old 1167 01:03:54,430 --> 01:03:57,333 ♪ Familiar places 1168 01:03:57,366 --> 01:03:59,969 ♪ That this heart of mine 1169 01:04:00,002 --> 01:04:02,371 I got ya. ♪ Embraces 1170 01:04:02,405 --> 01:04:04,440 ♪ All day through 1171 01:04:04,473 --> 01:04:06,375 [ Chattering ] 1172 01:04:06,409 --> 01:04:10,379 I've gotta head over to Coors right now. I'll be right back. 1173 01:04:10,413 --> 01:04:12,448 Were you serious? Yeah, I'm serious. 1174 01:04:12,481 --> 01:04:17,920 It's costing me $134 to change my ticket. Will I make that much? 1175 01:04:17,954 --> 01:04:20,523 I was gonna pay you 50. Close. I'll get half of it back, right? 1176 01:04:20,556 --> 01:04:23,092 I was gonna pay you 50, Dennis. Thank you. 1177 01:04:23,125 --> 01:04:25,061 You mean you're gonna double pay me? 1178 01:04:25,094 --> 01:04:28,264 My wife says, "Do you really want to do it?" I almost broke down and said, 1179 01:04:28,297 --> 01:04:30,299 "It's the main event. It's the main event. 1180 01:04:30,333 --> 01:04:32,435 You think I'm not gonna be in a main event?" 1181 01:04:32,468 --> 01:04:34,503 Thank you, Dennis. I'd rather be in the main event than breathe. 1182 01:04:34,537 --> 01:04:37,974 This is it. This is it. This is the final one. 1183 01:04:38,007 --> 01:04:40,276 This is the final one, so... 1184 01:04:40,309 --> 01:04:43,980 Vicki-- she'll be there whenever it's all over with. 1185 01:04:44,013 --> 01:04:47,350 She always has been, and I think she always will be. 1186 01:04:47,383 --> 01:04:52,021 ♪ I'll be seeing you 1187 01:04:52,054 --> 01:04:55,057 There's supposed to be 10 chairs up there for them. Okay. 1188 01:04:55,091 --> 01:04:58,394 I don't know, but I want him setting up because he's the head of the Chevy dealers. 1189 01:04:58,427 --> 01:05:01,430 Okay. But I just want him taken care of. 1190 01:05:01,464 --> 01:05:05,034 And he's supposed to have those seats in between the two-- But he's not there. 1191 01:05:05,067 --> 01:05:07,737 Okay, I'll find him. Just lay it on your lap. All right. 1192 01:05:07,770 --> 01:05:10,106 You'll probably get 180 over 110. 1193 01:05:10,139 --> 01:05:12,208 ♪ I'll find you 1194 01:05:12,241 --> 01:05:15,311 ♪ In the morning sun 1195 01:05:15,344 --> 01:05:19,515 ♪ And when the night is new 1196 01:05:21,450 --> 01:05:25,421 ♪ I'll be looking at the moon 1197 01:05:25,454 --> 01:05:27,423 [ Terry ] Slow down. 1198 01:05:27,456 --> 01:05:31,260 ♪ But I'll be seeing 1199 01:05:31,294 --> 01:05:36,599 ♪ You ♪ 1200 01:05:36,632 --> 01:05:42,204 From the Double Cross Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, 1201 01:05:42,238 --> 01:05:46,375 weighing in at 251 pounds, 1202 01:05:46,409 --> 01:05:50,212 wrestling's living legend, 1203 01:05:50,246 --> 01:05:52,448 ladies and gentlemen, 1204 01:05:52,481 --> 01:05:56,252 Terry Funk! 1205 01:05:56,285 --> 01:05:59,388 [ Loud Cheering ] 1206 01:05:59,422 --> 01:06:04,593 [ Crowd Chanting ] Terry! Terry! Terry! Terry! Terry! Terry! 1207 01:06:04,627 --> 01:06:08,631 Terry! Terry! Terry! Terry! Terry! 1208 01:06:08,664 --> 01:06:10,499 Congrats, Terry! 1209 01:06:12,401 --> 01:06:14,403 [ Cheering ] 1210 01:06:19,108 --> 01:06:21,410 It's about you! 1211 01:06:21,444 --> 01:06:23,412 [ Cheering Continues ] 1212 01:06:25,681 --> 01:06:29,652 [ Man ] I give to you the lifetime heavyweight... 1213 01:06:29,685 --> 01:06:33,456 champion of the world, his final match, 1214 01:06:35,358 --> 01:06:37,293 the living legend, 1215 01:06:37,326 --> 01:06:40,262 Terry Funk! 1216 01:06:40,296 --> 01:06:42,298 [ Cheering Continues ] 1217 01:06:50,639 --> 01:06:53,409 [ Barry Narrating ] That night, Bret beat up Terry for a while. 1218 01:06:55,444 --> 01:06:57,580 Then Terry beat up Bret for a while. 1219 01:07:03,519 --> 01:07:06,288 Terry told me he was going to lose. 1220 01:07:06,322 --> 01:07:09,658 He didn't think the fans would believe an old man could beat the champ. 1221 01:07:09,692 --> 01:07:12,294 Plus, every wrestler knows... 1222 01:07:12,328 --> 01:07:14,430 it's always better going out on your back. 1223 01:07:19,268 --> 01:07:20,636 [ Ring Announcer ] The winner of the match-- 1224 01:07:20,669 --> 01:07:22,304 [ Booing ] 1225 01:07:22,338 --> 01:07:24,540 Bret "the Hitman" Hart. 1226 01:07:28,511 --> 01:07:31,313 Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for Terry Funk. 1227 01:07:31,347 --> 01:07:33,616 [ Cheering ] 1228 01:07:35,551 --> 01:07:41,190 No complaints about the match tonight. 1229 01:07:41,223 --> 01:07:43,459 No complaints... 1230 01:07:43,492 --> 01:07:48,130 about the Funk family's life of wrestling. 1231 01:07:48,164 --> 01:07:51,534 It's been wonderful, and it's been a great trip. 1232 01:07:51,567 --> 01:07:54,637 [ Man ] We love Terry! And-- Hey, I love you guys too. 1233 01:07:54,670 --> 01:07:57,239 [ Cheering ] 1234 01:07:59,575 --> 01:08:02,244 [ Ring Announcer ] Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for Terry Funk! 1235 01:08:05,648 --> 01:08:08,217 Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for coming out tonight... 1236 01:08:08,250 --> 01:08:10,719 and spending your night with us and the Funk family. 1237 01:08:13,456 --> 01:08:16,392 Drive home carefully. Thank you. Good night. 1238 01:08:18,294 --> 01:08:19,562 [ Chattering ] 1239 01:08:19,595 --> 01:08:22,364 ♪ And when the night is new 1240 01:08:22,398 --> 01:08:25,434 Thanks for having me here, Terry. I loved having you. 1241 01:08:25,468 --> 01:08:26,702 Appreciate it. 1242 01:08:26,735 --> 01:08:28,304 ♪ I'll be looking at the moon 1243 01:08:29,472 --> 01:08:33,442 ♪ But I'll be seeing 1244 01:08:33,476 --> 01:08:36,445 ♪ You ♪ 1245 01:08:36,479 --> 01:08:38,681 I hope I did a good job. 1246 01:08:38,714 --> 01:08:40,349 Very good. 1247 01:08:59,435 --> 01:09:01,537 [ Barry Narrating ] When I caught up again with Jake the Snake, 1248 01:09:01,570 --> 01:09:03,539 he was appearing in Kearney, Nebraska. 1249 01:09:03,572 --> 01:09:06,675 [ Ring Announcer ] Ladies and gentlemen, 1250 01:09:06,709 --> 01:09:10,312 Jake "the Snake" Roberts! 1251 01:09:16,352 --> 01:09:17,786 Ahhh! 1252 01:09:17,820 --> 01:09:20,789 [ Barry ] So where are you going next? My daughter's. 1253 01:09:20,823 --> 01:09:24,293 She's, uh, doing her master's in psychology. 1254 01:09:24,326 --> 01:09:26,529 So she's a real freak. 1255 01:09:26,562 --> 01:09:29,665 [ Barry Narrating ] So the next day we traveled 300 miles... 1256 01:09:29,698 --> 01:09:32,668 to see Jake's oldest daughter Brandy. 1257 01:09:32,701 --> 01:09:35,704 [ Jake ] My first marriage was over when she was, like, 1258 01:09:35,738 --> 01:09:37,640 seven, eight years old. 1259 01:09:37,673 --> 01:09:40,576 And I was on the road. 1260 01:09:40,609 --> 01:09:44,813 I'd see her a couple times a year. Not much of a relationship with her. 1261 01:09:44,847 --> 01:09:48,384 I mean, it's not that I don't love my children. I do love my children very much. 1262 01:09:48,417 --> 01:09:51,453 I don't know how to be close to them. 1263 01:09:51,487 --> 01:09:55,624 I don't know how to, uh-- how to have that-- 1264 01:09:55,658 --> 01:09:58,827 that melting of together. 1265 01:09:58,861 --> 01:10:01,664 I really feel gypped, you know, by the whole situation, 1266 01:10:01,697 --> 01:10:03,465 so I made this book. 1267 01:10:03,499 --> 01:10:05,034 And, um, 1268 01:10:05,067 --> 01:10:07,736 this is kind of the screen... 1269 01:10:07,770 --> 01:10:10,272 that my father hides behind. 1270 01:10:10,306 --> 01:10:13,342 And these are actual picture-- uh, 1271 01:10:13,375 --> 01:10:15,511 letters that he wrote me... 1272 01:10:15,544 --> 01:10:17,713 that I tore up and I pasted in here. 1273 01:10:17,746 --> 01:10:20,349 And this one actually says, "Love, Dad." I mean, 1274 01:10:20,382 --> 01:10:23,285 they were very few and far between, but I saved all of 'em. 1275 01:10:23,319 --> 01:10:24,820 You know? 1276 01:10:24,853 --> 01:10:27,356 And this is a card. 1277 01:10:27,389 --> 01:10:30,859 Um, this was when he had gone straight. 1278 01:10:30,893 --> 01:10:35,364 And it says, "A daughter is a treasure." 1279 01:10:39,668 --> 01:10:41,904 This is me and my mom at my prom. 1280 01:10:41,937 --> 01:10:44,907 And it says, "All of my life, I wanted Daddy's love, 1281 01:10:44,940 --> 01:10:47,676 but now I'll hold on to what is really important-- 1282 01:10:47,710 --> 01:10:50,546 unconditional love and support from my mom." 1283 01:10:52,781 --> 01:10:57,586 And the back of it is by a really wonderful poet named Sylvia Plath. 1284 01:10:57,620 --> 01:11:01,457 And it says, "In the words of Sylvia Plath, ‘Fuck you, Daddy.'" 1285 01:11:01,490 --> 01:11:02,925 And that's how I felt. 1286 01:11:02,958 --> 01:11:06,362 And that's still how I feel a lot of the times. 1287 01:11:16,705 --> 01:11:19,808 [ Jake ] We're at the lovely Ramada in lovely Emporia. 1288 01:11:19,842 --> 01:11:21,343 [ Brandy On Phone ] At the Ramada? [ Jake ] Yeah. 1289 01:11:21,377 --> 01:11:26,815 Okay, well, is it okay if I bring my friends-- two of my friends with me? 1290 01:11:26,849 --> 01:11:28,651 Absolutely. Okay. 1291 01:11:28,684 --> 01:11:30,953 'Cause I would-- I'm-- 1292 01:11:30,986 --> 01:11:34,390 I would really like to bring them with me. 1293 01:11:34,423 --> 01:11:37,393 Okay. I mean, I just feel kind of nervous. 1294 01:11:37,426 --> 01:11:40,929 I mean-- I don't know. About what? 1295 01:11:40,963 --> 01:11:43,766 It's just been a long time, Dad. You know? 1296 01:11:43,799 --> 01:11:45,834 Oh, okay. I haven't seen you in a long time. 1297 01:11:45,868 --> 01:11:49,805 I haven't-- I haven't been around you. All right. 1298 01:11:49,838 --> 01:11:51,874 I mean, I'm not scared of you. I know-- Okay. 1299 01:11:51,907 --> 01:11:54,977 I don't want that to be the way it's coming across at all. That's all right. 1300 01:11:55,010 --> 01:11:57,680 I feel very comfortable with you. Mm-hmm. 1301 01:11:57,713 --> 01:12:00,716 And you and I have a pretty good understanding together. 1302 01:12:00,749 --> 01:12:02,518 Okay. You know. It's not that. 1303 01:12:02,551 --> 01:12:04,019 It's just I feel really-- 1304 01:12:04,053 --> 01:12:07,856 I feel really, like, inspected or something. You know what I'm saying? 1305 01:12:07,890 --> 01:12:10,659 [ Scoffs ] Like-- 1306 01:12:10,693 --> 01:12:12,594 Okay. Well, just come on out. 1307 01:12:12,628 --> 01:12:15,931 I'll be in the, um-- that restaurant. 1308 01:12:17,533 --> 01:12:18,734 Whew. 1309 01:12:18,767 --> 01:12:20,836 Hmm. 1310 01:12:21,970 --> 01:12:24,873 That wasn't much fun. 1311 01:12:24,907 --> 01:12:27,643 [ Snaps Fingers ] 1312 01:12:27,676 --> 01:12:29,545 [ Sighs ] 1313 01:12:31,513 --> 01:12:33,949 I don't know, man. I don't know. 1314 01:12:33,982 --> 01:12:36,485 She's just acting real funky. 1315 01:12:36,518 --> 01:12:38,854 What the hell is this shit? 1316 01:12:43,692 --> 01:12:46,795 Is that chocolate or something off-- 1317 01:12:46,829 --> 01:12:49,198 [ Barry ] What's your biggest fear when she walks in here? 1318 01:12:49,231 --> 01:12:51,500 [ Jake ] Rejection. 1319 01:12:51,533 --> 01:12:54,837 Always rejection. Hey. 1320 01:12:54,870 --> 01:12:57,573 [ Brandy ] I'm not sure if he's ready to be a father now. 1321 01:12:57,606 --> 01:12:59,775 You okay? Hi. 1322 01:12:59,808 --> 01:13:01,844 You look good. Thanks. 1323 01:13:01,877 --> 01:13:04,913 I don't know if now he's ready or not. 1324 01:13:04,947 --> 01:13:08,050 I can't say that, 'cause I've only-- I've only been around him a little bit. 1325 01:13:08,083 --> 01:13:11,520 [ Barry Narrating ] Jake hadn't seen his daughter in four years. 1326 01:13:11,553 --> 01:13:14,456 I was amazed. Five minutes after meeting her, 1327 01:13:14,490 --> 01:13:16,525 he went to his room for the night. 1328 01:13:16,558 --> 01:13:21,730 He needs to step away from the cameras and get the glitz out of it. 1329 01:13:21,764 --> 01:13:24,967 [ Coughs ] [ Brandy ] Wrestling, you have a camera on you. 1330 01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:27,636 All the things he's done in his life, he's had a camera on him. 1331 01:13:27,669 --> 01:13:30,773 I wish he would step away from that and he would say, 1332 01:13:30,806 --> 01:13:34,476 "Hey, I wanna be with my family. I wanna be real. 1333 01:13:34,510 --> 01:13:37,679 I wanna be there without cameras and try to work some of this stuff out." 1334 01:13:37,713 --> 01:13:39,815 Hello. [ Brandy ] Hello. 1335 01:13:39,848 --> 01:13:43,018 Maybe he really honestly believes this is gonna help heal things. 1336 01:13:43,051 --> 01:13:45,587 [ Sighs ] How are you this morning? It would be wonderful... 1337 01:13:45,621 --> 01:13:50,259 if I could know him on a level that other kids know their fathers. 1338 01:13:50,292 --> 01:13:53,829 Me too. I wonder how she got that number. Well, let me guess. 1339 01:13:53,862 --> 01:13:55,964 Not from me. Really? 1340 01:13:55,998 --> 01:13:58,934 No. I did not give her the number at all. 1341 01:13:58,967 --> 01:14:01,537 [ Brandy ] He makes me nervous, and I make him nervous... 1342 01:14:01,570 --> 01:14:03,839 'cause we don't really know how to act around each other. 1343 01:14:03,872 --> 01:14:05,974 Because he knows that I'm gonna be very straightforward with him, 1344 01:14:06,008 --> 01:14:08,710 and he doesn't always like that. 1345 01:14:08,744 --> 01:14:11,580 A lot of people don't understand. "Gosh, if you were making that good of money, 1346 01:14:11,613 --> 01:14:13,982 why didn't you just take three months off and go stay with your kids?" 1347 01:14:14,016 --> 01:14:17,519 Well, because if I took three months off, I'd have been fired. 1348 01:14:17,553 --> 01:14:20,656 I know that, but you-- When I was working for Vince McMahon, 1349 01:14:20,689 --> 01:14:23,926 I was obligated to wrestle every day. 1350 01:14:23,959 --> 01:14:25,794 I know that. But-- 1351 01:14:25,828 --> 01:14:29,731 And-- And it wasn't fair, and it wasn't right. 1352 01:14:29,765 --> 01:14:32,000 But I do know I love my children... 1353 01:14:32,034 --> 01:14:34,503 in whatever twisted-- 1354 01:14:36,772 --> 01:14:38,674 twisted way there is. 1355 01:14:38,707 --> 01:14:40,108 Then you need to learn a different way. 1356 01:14:40,142 --> 01:14:42,578 I quit learning. 1357 01:14:42,611 --> 01:14:45,614 That doesn't stop though. You can start learning again. 1358 01:14:45,647 --> 01:14:49,051 Maybe. Maybe. If there's time. 1359 01:14:49,084 --> 01:14:51,687 Why wouldn't there be time? 1360 01:14:51,720 --> 01:14:53,622 I don't know. 1361 01:14:54,790 --> 01:14:57,593 I just don't wanna hurt no more. 1362 01:14:57,626 --> 01:14:59,928 I don't wanna hurt you no more. 1363 01:14:59,962 --> 01:15:03,565 That would hurt me. That would be the ultimate hurt, Dad. 1364 01:15:03,599 --> 01:15:07,769 That would be the ultimate pain that you could bestow on anyone. 1365 01:15:07,803 --> 01:15:09,638 Sometimes I-- I don't think that's fair. 1366 01:15:09,671 --> 01:15:11,807 I think that's selfish. I think that's a cop-out. 1367 01:15:11,840 --> 01:15:14,009 I think that's bullshit. 1368 01:15:15,777 --> 01:15:17,880 I don't know. Just tired. You cannot do that. 1369 01:15:17,913 --> 01:15:21,183 That is not fair to anybody. That is just your way out. 1370 01:15:21,216 --> 01:15:24,086 You know, but sometimes you don't understand. See, it's like-- 1371 01:15:26,121 --> 01:15:29,057 When I was growing up, I swore up and down I would never treat my kids... 1372 01:15:29,091 --> 01:15:32,160 the way my father treated me. 1373 01:15:32,194 --> 01:15:34,730 And 24 years later, I look back and say, 1374 01:15:34,763 --> 01:15:38,033 "My God, you've done the exact stinkin' same thing." 1375 01:15:40,969 --> 01:15:43,071 But it's not the way I wanted it to go. 1376 01:15:43,105 --> 01:15:45,807 How did you want it to go? 1377 01:15:45,841 --> 01:15:49,144 I guess I wanted that Walt Disney ending, you know. 1378 01:15:49,177 --> 01:15:51,780 Not the Old Yeller one either. [ Chuckles ] 1379 01:15:52,981 --> 01:15:55,651 Dad, we've never had a Walt Disney ending. 1380 01:15:55,684 --> 01:15:58,153 I know. I certainly haven't. 1381 01:15:59,655 --> 01:16:01,156 I'm sorry. 1382 01:16:03,091 --> 01:16:04,960 I don't know where to go. 1383 01:16:11,733 --> 01:16:13,902 I'm just getting really, uh-- 1384 01:16:17,906 --> 01:16:20,676 really fucked-up inside. 1385 01:16:24,046 --> 01:16:25,981 [ Groans ] 1386 01:16:30,052 --> 01:16:32,120 [ Exhales Sharply ] 1387 01:16:32,154 --> 01:16:35,791 I don't know. I wish he could be real more often. 1388 01:16:35,824 --> 01:16:38,894 That would really help him, and I think it would help us. 1389 01:16:40,762 --> 01:16:43,031 [ Brandy ] He stayed here and hurt, you know. 1390 01:16:43,065 --> 01:16:45,200 Before, he would have just walked out and left. 1391 01:16:47,803 --> 01:16:50,739 It's part of an act, and part of it's real. 1392 01:16:50,772 --> 01:16:53,208 I mean, his hurt is very real, I think. 1393 01:16:56,712 --> 01:17:00,048 [ Barry Narrating ] After seeing his daughter, Jake was quiet for the first time. 1394 01:17:02,851 --> 01:17:06,021 After checking into a hotel, he disappeared. 1395 01:17:06,054 --> 01:17:08,256 When I caught up with him a few hours later, 1396 01:17:08,290 --> 01:17:10,125 he was doing crack. 1397 01:17:12,728 --> 01:17:15,263 [ Jake ] I never use a needle. 1398 01:17:15,297 --> 01:17:18,233 Thank you, Lord. 1399 01:17:18,266 --> 01:17:21,069 But, um-- [ Coughs ] 1400 01:17:21,103 --> 01:17:24,206 I used to tell myself I'll never ever do drugs. 1401 01:17:24,239 --> 01:17:26,274 Never. No way. 1402 01:17:26,308 --> 01:17:28,977 It's for losers. 1403 01:17:29,011 --> 01:17:32,214 And we were wrestling 26, 27 days a month. 1404 01:17:32,247 --> 01:17:35,150 Twice on Saturday, twice on Sunday. 1405 01:17:35,183 --> 01:17:38,320 Catchin' eight, nine airplanes a week. 1406 01:17:38,353 --> 01:17:41,289 It was basically a necessity just to continue. 1407 01:17:41,323 --> 01:17:43,759 And you took pills to go to sleep. 1408 01:17:43,792 --> 01:17:45,260 You took pills because of your pain. 1409 01:17:45,293 --> 01:17:48,063 You took cocaine to wake up, so you could perform. 1410 01:17:48,096 --> 01:17:51,833 You drank-- You go to sleep, you took sleeping pills. 1411 01:17:51,867 --> 01:17:54,336 It's a trap, you know. 1412 01:17:54,369 --> 01:17:57,239 It's a trap. Cocaine. 1413 01:17:57,272 --> 01:18:01,209 It speeds me up so fast, I can't think about my past. 1414 01:18:01,243 --> 01:18:03,879 It speeds me up so fast that... 1415 01:18:05,080 --> 01:18:08,817 I don't have to be... responsible. 1416 01:18:08,850 --> 01:18:13,155 It is really tough for me to sit here and tell you guys this. 1417 01:18:13,188 --> 01:18:16,191 You got no idea how tough it was today with my daughter. 1418 01:18:20,862 --> 01:18:24,032 There is not an addict that's happy. Okay? 1419 01:18:26,168 --> 01:18:29,171 You ever met a drug addict... 1420 01:18:29,204 --> 01:18:32,874 or a homeless person that said, "When I was a child, this was my dream"? 1421 01:18:36,845 --> 01:18:39,815 No self-pity. No. Absolutely not. 1422 01:18:39,848 --> 01:18:42,184 I do not feel sorry for myself. 1423 01:18:42,217 --> 01:18:44,986 Okay? That's wrong. 1424 01:18:45,020 --> 01:18:47,322 Totally wrong. 1425 01:18:47,355 --> 01:18:51,259 And if that's what you're getting on that camera, it's wrong. 1426 01:18:51,293 --> 01:18:56,064 I do not feel sorry for myself. I asked for every damn thing I got, okay? 1427 01:18:58,900 --> 01:19:01,136 ♪♪ [ Pop ] 1428 01:19:03,038 --> 01:19:04,873 [ Man ] ♪ Come on, baby Let the good times roll ♪ 1429 01:19:04,906 --> 01:19:07,042 [ Barry Narrating ] It had been six months since I last saw Mick, 1430 01:19:07,075 --> 01:19:10,579 when he called me up and told me they were giving him the championship belt. 1431 01:19:10,612 --> 01:19:14,983 But he was going to lose it at one of the WWF's biggest pay-per-view events of the year, 1432 01:19:15,016 --> 01:19:16,151 the Royal Rumble. 1433 01:19:16,184 --> 01:19:18,587 ♪ Come on, baby Yes, this is it ♪ 1434 01:19:18,620 --> 01:19:21,022 This year, the Rumble was taking place in Anaheim. 1435 01:19:21,056 --> 01:19:23,325 Mick told me he was gonna bring his family. 1436 01:19:23,358 --> 01:19:26,361 ♪ Come on, baby Let the good times roll ♪ 1437 01:19:26,394 --> 01:19:29,598 ♪ Roll all night long 1438 01:19:29,631 --> 01:19:32,400 [ Laughing ] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Injury time-out. 1439 01:19:32,434 --> 01:19:35,170 You okay there, buddy? Let me see. 1440 01:19:35,203 --> 01:19:39,207 Mix it with your saliva so it looks a lot worse than it really is, all right? 1441 01:19:40,642 --> 01:19:43,178 Ah, there you go! [ Laughing ] 1442 01:19:43,211 --> 01:19:45,180 Oh, there you go. All right! 1443 01:19:45,213 --> 01:19:47,182 Twenty lashes. 1444 01:19:47,215 --> 01:19:49,151 Are you scared? [ Both ] No. 1445 01:19:49,184 --> 01:19:51,353 No? Are you sure? 1446 01:19:51,386 --> 01:19:55,023 [ Mick ] I'm hoping when they get on that plane in about four hours after the show... 1447 01:19:55,056 --> 01:19:57,092 that I'll be fine. 1448 01:19:57,125 --> 01:20:01,196 There's a chance that I won't be, and that's-- 1449 01:20:01,229 --> 01:20:03,298 Then we won't be on that plane. Yeah. 1450 01:20:03,331 --> 01:20:06,067 ♪ Come on, baby Let the good times roll ♪ 1451 01:20:06,101 --> 01:20:07,335 [ Cheering ] 1452 01:20:07,369 --> 01:20:10,172 ♪ Roll all night long ♪ 1453 01:20:10,205 --> 01:20:12,340 [ Cheering ] 1454 01:20:12,374 --> 01:20:15,076 [ Ring Announcer ] The WWF championship's on the line. 1455 01:20:15,110 --> 01:20:18,380 An "I quit" match: Mankind versus the Rock. 1456 01:20:18,413 --> 01:20:20,916 I accept. You and I... 1457 01:20:20,949 --> 01:20:24,252 at the Royal Rumble in an "I quit" match. 1458 01:20:24,286 --> 01:20:26,354 You stop me, drop me with something. 1459 01:20:26,388 --> 01:20:28,356 Then you start climbing like anything. 1460 01:20:28,390 --> 01:20:31,059 Get right the hell out of the-- 1461 01:20:31,092 --> 01:20:32,928 out of the arena, okay? Uh-huh. 1462 01:20:32,961 --> 01:20:35,230 [ Mick ] I will not say them here nor there. 1463 01:20:35,263 --> 01:20:38,033 I will not say them anywhere! 1464 01:20:38,066 --> 01:20:43,238 I will not say those words, you twit. I will not, will not say "I quit!" 1465 01:20:43,271 --> 01:20:46,341 Up on the ladder and whammo. Sure. Yeah. That's fine. 1466 01:20:46,374 --> 01:20:49,311 But if that's the case, we can get out of that, we'll climb on up there. 1467 01:20:49,344 --> 01:20:52,147 Okay. And have the announcer go as soon as I'm up there. 1468 01:20:52,180 --> 01:20:55,283 And you don't see me. Do this. 1469 01:20:55,317 --> 01:20:59,287 Come on. And you come up. Wham. Bam. 1470 01:20:59,321 --> 01:21:02,157 I think we might as well hit the heavy stuff quick. 1471 01:21:02,190 --> 01:21:05,060 Mr.-- You know, Mr. Socko, 1472 01:21:05,093 --> 01:21:07,495 which leaves you down, but-- 1473 01:21:07,529 --> 01:21:10,498 but not able to say it because you're out. 1474 01:21:10,532 --> 01:21:13,468 Put Socko on right away? First couple of minutes. 1475 01:21:13,501 --> 01:21:17,138 Which one would you like? White, white or white? 1476 01:21:17,172 --> 01:21:20,709 Mick Foley we love because he can take anything. This guy could fall down, 1477 01:21:20,742 --> 01:21:24,145 slam himself from, like, a two-story building and fall on spikes... 1478 01:21:24,179 --> 01:21:27,382 and get hit by a chair and still stand right up and everything. 1479 01:21:27,415 --> 01:21:31,152 - This guy kicks ass. - [ Man ] The pain advantage. It's all about Mankind. 1480 01:21:31,186 --> 01:21:33,989 Mankind don't hurt. You can throw him off the top of the cage onto a table. 1481 01:21:34,022 --> 01:21:35,957 That man know. What the Rock gonna do? Rock bottom, man. 1482 01:21:35,991 --> 01:21:37,092 That man know. [ Grunts ] 1483 01:21:50,205 --> 01:21:52,741 [ The Rock ] You go out there and you improvise, you ad-lib. 1484 01:21:52,774 --> 01:21:57,045 We have an idea of what we're gonna do-- a couple of things-- but the rest is just-- 1485 01:21:57,078 --> 01:22:00,215 We go out there and do our thing. You know, a lot of it's on feel. 1486 01:22:00,248 --> 01:22:04,185 I'm banking on there'll be a ton of heat on me tonight, 1487 01:22:04,219 --> 01:22:08,056 being the piece of shit that the Rock is, so it should be fine. 1488 01:22:08,089 --> 01:22:11,059 You know the Rock is Daddy's friend, right? 1489 01:22:11,092 --> 01:22:13,361 He's not gonna do anything to really hurt Daddy, right? 1490 01:22:13,395 --> 01:22:16,031 Okay. Peanut, you know that? 1491 01:22:16,064 --> 01:22:18,433 You do, right? 1492 01:22:18,466 --> 01:22:20,769 You're not gonna be scared, right? 1493 01:22:20,802 --> 01:22:23,538 Daddy's gonna be okay. 1494 01:22:23,571 --> 01:22:26,408 If you can go on Back to the Future, you can do anything. 1495 01:22:26,441 --> 01:22:28,476 Right? Yeah. 1496 01:22:28,510 --> 01:22:31,012 Can I have a hug for good luck, please? 1497 01:22:33,148 --> 01:22:34,616 Did you guys have a good time at Disneyland? 1498 01:22:34,649 --> 01:22:36,284 Yeah. Did you? 1499 01:22:36,318 --> 01:22:38,486 What did you ride? Everything. [ Laughs ] 1500 01:22:38,520 --> 01:22:41,056 [ Man ] You went on everything? 1501 01:22:42,524 --> 01:22:45,226 You look very pretty today. Oh, they had a great time. 1502 01:22:45,260 --> 01:22:47,595 Did they? I hope I have energy left for the match. 1503 01:22:47,629 --> 01:22:49,497 Hey, gang. Hi, how are you? 1504 01:22:49,531 --> 01:22:52,100 Hi, Steve. How are you? Nice to see you again. Nice to see you again. 1505 01:22:52,133 --> 01:22:54,235 Dewey, remember Stone Cold? Hi, Dewey. Nice to see you. 1506 01:22:54,269 --> 01:22:56,438 How are you feeling, Steve? Ready to go? What? 1507 01:22:56,471 --> 01:23:00,608 How are you feeling? I'm not feeling very good at all, but I'll be ready to go. 1508 01:23:00,642 --> 01:23:03,044 My little girl's out there. Oh, is she really? 1509 01:23:03,078 --> 01:23:05,547 Yeah. Maybe we'll see you after the show. Okay. That'd be great. 1510 01:23:05,580 --> 01:23:07,148 Good stuff. Nice to see you again. 1511 01:23:07,182 --> 01:23:08,416 Okay. See you, Steve. 1512 01:23:08,450 --> 01:23:10,285 - Bye-bye. - Oh, Daddy's gotta go, okay? 1513 01:23:10,318 --> 01:23:12,387 Okay? Give me a hug, buddy. 1514 01:23:14,522 --> 01:23:17,592 I love you guys. Bye, hon. 1515 01:23:17,625 --> 01:23:20,261 I love you too. I gotta get ready. 1516 01:23:20,295 --> 01:23:23,498 Get ready? You're not ready? I'm not ready. I'm not mentally prepared. 1517 01:23:23,531 --> 01:23:26,434 [ Barry Narrating ] I had never seen Mick this nervous before. 1518 01:23:26,468 --> 01:23:29,204 Have fun. You too. 1519 01:23:29,237 --> 01:23:34,075 He clearly was preoccupied with what was going to happen that night. 1520 01:23:34,109 --> 01:23:37,545 You play it by ear out there. Whatever feels right, do it. 1521 01:23:37,579 --> 01:23:40,148 But, in other words, if they got a real tight close-up, 1522 01:23:40,181 --> 01:23:42,417 and it's obvious that his lips aren't moving, 1523 01:23:42,450 --> 01:23:44,853 then you can just say, "I don't see him saying that." 1524 01:23:44,886 --> 01:23:46,254 "How do they do that?" 1525 01:23:46,287 --> 01:23:49,391 You're the one befuddled because you've never seen anything like this. 1526 01:23:49,424 --> 01:23:51,292 You might have an explanation. 1527 01:23:54,596 --> 01:23:57,165 [ Announcer ] A lot of dignitaries here to see the action. 1528 01:23:57,198 --> 01:23:59,434 Where the hell's the Rock? Hey, Bruce, when you gonna send the Rock? 1529 01:23:59,467 --> 01:24:01,669 [ Announcer ] He agreed with my analogy... 1530 01:24:01,703 --> 01:24:05,073 that the "I quit" match will be the most physical-- 1531 01:24:09,444 --> 01:24:12,280 Befuddled. Befuddled? 1532 01:24:12,313 --> 01:24:14,282 You're befuddled. The Rock wouldn't be befuddled about this. 1533 01:24:14,315 --> 01:24:17,385 All of a sudden the Rock is just like some roody-poo candy-ass... 1534 01:24:17,419 --> 01:24:20,622 standing on the corner, and Mick Foley is just gonna have his way with him? 1535 01:24:20,655 --> 01:24:24,225 No, no. Piss on that. The Rock is the great one. 1536 01:24:24,259 --> 01:24:27,295 The Rock is the most electrifying man in sports entertainment. 1537 01:24:27,328 --> 01:24:29,364 The Rock is the great one. And tonight, 1538 01:24:29,397 --> 01:24:32,233 after the Rock makes that son of a bitch scream "I quit," 1539 01:24:32,267 --> 01:24:36,304 he's gonna be the best damn WWF champ there ever was-- Once again. 1540 01:24:36,337 --> 01:24:38,473 If you smell what the Rock is cookin'. There you go. 1541 01:24:38,506 --> 01:24:41,342 [ Man ] We're just afraid we might miss the shot. 1542 01:24:41,376 --> 01:24:44,612 Make sure you're facing the announcers on the last move. 1543 01:24:46,748 --> 01:24:48,650 [ No Audible Dialogue ] 1544 01:24:52,720 --> 01:24:56,291 [ Cheering ] 1545 01:24:56,324 --> 01:24:59,427 All right. I'll count you down. Thirty, twenty, fifteen. 1546 01:24:59,461 --> 01:25:01,262 All the way, all right? Yeah. 1547 01:25:01,296 --> 01:25:02,597 Good. 1548 01:25:04,466 --> 01:25:06,501 And, Mick, please be careful. 1549 01:25:09,270 --> 01:25:11,439 Well, here we go, Rock. It is showtime. 1550 01:25:11,473 --> 01:25:14,542 The table is set, and the big question is simply this: 1551 01:25:14,576 --> 01:25:16,711 Will you be able to do... 1552 01:25:16,744 --> 01:25:19,514 what no one has ever done... 1553 01:25:19,547 --> 01:25:23,485 and make Mankind utter the words "I quit"? 1554 01:25:23,518 --> 01:25:26,654 I tell you what, Mankind. There's something about this whole situation... 1555 01:25:26,688 --> 01:25:29,390 that really befuddles the Rock. 1556 01:25:29,424 --> 01:25:33,394 Because, you see, the Rock isn't just some roody-poo candy-ass... 1557 01:25:33,428 --> 01:25:36,531 on the corner of Know Your Role Boulevard and Jabroni Drive, 1558 01:25:36,564 --> 01:25:38,800 that you're just gonna have your way with the Rock? 1559 01:25:38,833 --> 01:25:43,771 Well, uh-uh, because tonight, in front of the thousands of Rock's fans here tonight, 1560 01:25:43,805 --> 01:25:47,275 all chanting his name, and the millions... 1561 01:25:47,308 --> 01:25:50,378 and millions of the Rock's fans watching live, 1562 01:25:50,411 --> 01:25:53,982 the Rock guaran-damn-tees to prove to you... 1563 01:25:54,015 --> 01:25:59,521 that the Rock is the most electrifying man in sports entertainment today. 1564 01:25:59,554 --> 01:26:02,657 And after you utter the words, "I quit," 1565 01:26:02,690 --> 01:26:05,226 the Rock will go down as being... 1566 01:26:05,260 --> 01:26:08,696 the best damn WWF champ there ever was, 1567 01:26:08,730 --> 01:26:11,432 if you smell... 1568 01:26:11,466 --> 01:26:15,470 what the Rock... is cookin'. 1569 01:26:15,503 --> 01:26:18,339 Here we go, guys. It is showtime. 1570 01:26:32,487 --> 01:26:34,589 [ Man ] Over here. Mick, Mick, Mick. 1571 01:26:39,894 --> 01:26:42,597 [ Crowd Chanting ] Foley! Foley! Foley! 1572 01:26:42,630 --> 01:26:46,301 Foley! Foley! Foley! Foley! Foley! 1573 01:26:47,735 --> 01:26:50,305 [ Cheering Continues ] 1574 01:26:54,509 --> 01:26:56,444 [ Indistinct ] 1575 01:27:02,817 --> 01:27:06,688 [ Announcer ] This is gonna be the ultimate slobber knocker. 1576 01:27:06,721 --> 01:27:11,859 Mankind, perhaps the most unlikely champion in the history of the WWF, 1577 01:27:11,893 --> 01:27:16,531 but perhaps-- well, no "perhaps"-- he is the most deserving champion ever. 1578 01:27:16,564 --> 01:27:21,369 - And take a look at this! - And here we go! The "I quit" match is under way. 1579 01:27:21,402 --> 01:27:24,405 Folks, there are no pin falls, there are no count-outs, 1580 01:27:24,439 --> 01:27:26,274 there are no disqualifications. 1581 01:27:27,475 --> 01:27:29,377 Yeah! 1582 01:27:33,715 --> 01:27:38,519 Oh! Mankind clotheslined Rock out by the barricade. 1583 01:27:38,553 --> 01:27:42,590 - He's been thrown. - [ Crowd Shouting ] 1584 01:27:42,624 --> 01:27:44,525 And the Rock's in trouble here. 1585 01:27:44,559 --> 01:27:46,661 Reversal! 1586 01:27:46,694 --> 01:27:48,796 The Rock! 1587 01:27:48,830 --> 01:27:51,799 We got trouble! Mr. Socko is out! 1588 01:27:51,833 --> 01:27:53,668 And the claw is on the Rock! 1589 01:27:56,604 --> 01:27:58,606 Oh, no. 1590 01:27:58,640 --> 01:28:01,442 [ Loud Cheering ] 1591 01:28:03,778 --> 01:28:06,648 I can't see a thing. 1592 01:28:06,681 --> 01:28:10,752 Rock up the ladder now and into the crowd here at the Arrowhead Pond. 1593 01:28:10,785 --> 01:28:12,720 Mankind's after him. 1594 01:28:12,754 --> 01:28:15,490 Excuse me. Mom! 1595 01:28:15,523 --> 01:28:17,458 I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going anywhere. 1596 01:28:17,492 --> 01:28:19,661 I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going anywhere. 1597 01:28:19,694 --> 01:28:22,563 Rock is taunting Mick Foley. 1598 01:28:22,597 --> 01:28:26,768 A right hand! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! 1599 01:28:26,801 --> 01:28:29,437 Mick Foley! 1600 01:28:29,470 --> 01:28:31,139 [ Cheering Continues ] We've lost the lights in the arena! 1601 01:28:31,172 --> 01:28:33,374 ♪♪ [ Ballad ] 1602 01:28:43,985 --> 01:28:47,455 [ Man ] ♪ When the night has come 1603 01:28:49,190 --> 01:28:52,460 ♪ And the land is dark 1604 01:28:52,493 --> 01:28:55,730 ♪ And the moon is the only 1605 01:28:55,763 --> 01:28:57,865 ♪ Light we'll see 1606 01:28:59,734 --> 01:29:03,404 ♪ No, I won't be afraid 1607 01:29:03,438 --> 01:29:07,575 ♪ No, I won't be afraid ♪ 1608 01:29:07,608 --> 01:29:09,610 ♪ Just as long 1609 01:29:09,644 --> 01:29:11,746 [ Woman ] Oh, Jesus! He's a freaking nut! 1610 01:29:11,779 --> 01:29:13,648 ♪ Stand by me ♪ 1611 01:29:17,452 --> 01:29:19,020 [ Referee ] Oh, come on. 1612 01:29:19,053 --> 01:29:21,622 No! No! 1613 01:29:21,656 --> 01:29:23,558 [ Announcer ] Oh, no! 1614 01:29:28,730 --> 01:29:30,598 [ Grunts ] 1615 01:29:32,500 --> 01:29:33,868 No, no, no! 1616 01:29:33,901 --> 01:29:35,636 Not the chair. 1617 01:29:37,672 --> 01:29:39,841 Close your eyes. 1618 01:29:39,874 --> 01:29:41,909 What is he-- Oh, come on! 1619 01:29:43,811 --> 01:29:46,581 - Don't do it! - He can't do that. Electrify! 1620 01:29:46,614 --> 01:29:48,516 Oh! 1621 01:29:48,549 --> 01:29:52,053 He may have shattered Mick Foley's skull! [ Gasping ] 1622 01:29:52,086 --> 01:29:55,656 He's really busted open now. [ Man Laughs ] He's really busted open now! 1623 01:29:58,826 --> 01:30:00,795 [ Sobbing ] 1624 01:30:00,828 --> 01:30:02,930 Oh, no. Not this. 1625 01:30:02,964 --> 01:30:05,700 - It's gonna break! - Come on. Stop this damn thing! 1626 01:30:07,935 --> 01:30:09,804 Turn around! Don't! 1627 01:30:09,837 --> 01:30:11,439 Oh, no! 1628 01:30:12,607 --> 01:30:13,941 [ Crying ] [ Chair Smacks ] 1629 01:30:13,975 --> 01:30:15,943 Oh! 1630 01:30:15,977 --> 01:30:18,479 [ Crying Continues ] 1631 01:30:18,513 --> 01:30:19,847 Mick! 1632 01:30:20,915 --> 01:30:22,817 No! 1633 01:30:29,724 --> 01:30:31,659 [ Referee ] Back off! 1634 01:30:36,731 --> 01:30:40,935 Wanna go upstairs? You wanna go upstairs? 1635 01:30:43,070 --> 01:30:47,041 Come on. No, no, no! 1636 01:30:55,850 --> 01:30:59,987 I want Daddy! I know, I know. Excuse me. 1637 01:31:00,021 --> 01:31:04,625 Oh! Oh, my! [ Announcer ] Please, do something! 1638 01:31:04,659 --> 01:31:09,630 [ Ring Announcer ] The new World Wrestling Federation champion, 1639 01:31:09,664 --> 01:31:11,632 the Rock! 1640 01:31:20,041 --> 01:31:21,509 Over here. 1641 01:31:25,580 --> 01:31:29,016 [ Chattering ] 1642 01:31:29,050 --> 01:31:31,853 He's okay. He's okay. I'm all right. 1643 01:31:31,886 --> 01:31:33,888 Just some boo-boos. It's no big deal. 1644 01:31:33,921 --> 01:31:36,157 Just a boo-boo. He's okay. 1645 01:31:36,190 --> 01:31:38,059 It's a boo-boo. It's water. It's a lot of water. 1646 01:31:38,092 --> 01:31:40,127 Daddy's okay. He's okay. 1647 01:31:40,161 --> 01:31:42,730 Where's Dewey? He's in the bathroom. 1648 01:31:42,763 --> 01:31:45,900 [ Man ] It's okay. He's right. He's right there. 1649 01:31:45,933 --> 01:31:48,769 [ Chattering ] 1650 01:31:48,803 --> 01:31:50,671 Daddy's gonna be okay. 1651 01:31:50,705 --> 01:31:52,640 Don't you worry about Daddy, all right? 1652 01:31:52,673 --> 01:31:55,109 [ Applause ] [ Cheering ] 1653 01:32:01,182 --> 01:32:04,652 They said they got a plastic surgeon here. This thing is probably a mess. 1654 01:32:04,685 --> 01:32:06,120 [ Woman ] Get in there, big guy. Get with your dad. 1655 01:32:07,722 --> 01:32:11,592 Are you guys okay? Daddy's all right, okay? 1656 01:32:11,626 --> 01:32:13,895 Were you worried about Dadas? [ Girl ] Yeah. 1657 01:32:13,928 --> 01:32:15,796 Okay. Well, don't worry no more, okay? 1658 01:32:16,864 --> 01:32:20,001 They can't hurt Dadas. 1659 01:32:20,034 --> 01:32:22,737 Daddy, you have blood. I know. I have a little boo-boo. 1660 01:32:24,005 --> 01:32:27,041 It's a big boo-boo. It's a big boo-boo. 1661 01:32:33,114 --> 01:32:35,049 Oh, God. 1662 01:32:35,950 --> 01:32:37,852 Ooh. 1663 01:32:38,853 --> 01:32:40,721 It's okay. 1664 01:32:43,691 --> 01:32:45,960 I hope everyone feels like they got their money's worth out there. 1665 01:32:45,993 --> 01:32:47,995 [ Man ] But, you know, it's okay. It's fake, so-- 1666 01:32:53,000 --> 01:32:54,869 [ Chattering ] 1667 01:33:15,690 --> 01:33:18,693 Here, drink some water. Oh, you have some here. Some fresh water. 1668 01:33:18,726 --> 01:33:21,429 [ Mick ] Peanut, you okay? What are you doing? 1669 01:33:21,462 --> 01:33:23,731 He's okay. It's just some-- They're sewing up his boo-boo. 1670 01:33:23,764 --> 01:33:25,866 [ Mick ] They're putting Daddy's head-- 1671 01:33:25,900 --> 01:33:29,003 [ Man ] It's a big boo-boo, you know, when you fall down. Just a boo-boo like this. 1672 01:33:29,036 --> 01:33:33,140 [ Mick ] You know how you fell down at Disney a couple years ago, right on your nose? 1673 01:33:33,174 --> 01:33:37,011 Kind of like that. I fell on my knees a couple of times. 1674 01:33:37,044 --> 01:33:39,113 And your knee bled a little bit, right? 1675 01:33:42,817 --> 01:33:44,819 Mick, what time's our flight? 1676 01:33:44,852 --> 01:33:46,821 12:00. 12:00 what? 1677 01:33:46,854 --> 01:33:48,756 12:05. 1678 01:33:48,789 --> 01:33:51,726 You want a charter flight? No, I was testing his mind. 1679 01:33:51,759 --> 01:33:55,096 [ Woman ] Oh, okay. [ Mick Chuckles ] 1680 01:33:55,129 --> 01:33:57,732 [ Man ] Mick, that was unbelievable, brother. [ Mick ] Thank you, guys. 1681 01:33:57,765 --> 01:34:01,235 How is he? Good shit. It looked un-- Brother. 1682 01:34:01,268 --> 01:34:03,304 You are the fuckin' man. 1683 01:34:03,337 --> 01:34:05,906 Half of you is saying, "Why the hell am I doing this?" 1684 01:34:05,940 --> 01:34:09,143 And the other half is saying, "This is exactly why I do it," you know. 1685 01:34:09,176 --> 01:34:13,047 Just that these-- You can't have these matches very often or you'd be dead. 1686 01:34:13,080 --> 01:34:16,717 You know, when you have someone as good as Rocky, you trust his judgment. 1687 01:34:16,751 --> 01:34:19,253 If I saw him now, I'd probably strangle him, he hit me so damn many times. 1688 01:34:19,286 --> 01:34:21,122 But it was probably, in retrospect, 1689 01:34:21,155 --> 01:34:23,124 you look at that tape and say that's what made it, 1690 01:34:23,157 --> 01:34:25,259 was those last couple of extra ones. 1691 01:34:25,292 --> 01:34:28,729 Mick, I don't know if I can take much more of this. I'm gonna let you know that. 1692 01:34:28,763 --> 01:34:30,898 [ Mick ] We reached a lot of people. We can't reach everybody. 1693 01:34:30,931 --> 01:34:33,067 You can't even reach a majority. But, I mean-- 1694 01:34:33,100 --> 01:34:36,203 I know, but you have to stop trying. 1695 01:34:36,237 --> 01:34:38,205 Can you hold-- Yeah. We are entertainers, but I think it-- 1696 01:34:38,239 --> 01:34:39,974 Don't move. I'll hold him. Okay? 1697 01:34:40,007 --> 01:34:41,776 [ Colette ] Well-- I think we reached-- 1698 01:34:41,809 --> 01:34:43,310 Can you hold the hair up in the back? 1699 01:34:43,344 --> 01:34:46,013 I think we touched a lot of people, if you don't mind me saying. 1700 01:34:46,047 --> 01:34:47,948 I might touch you later, if you know what I mean. 1701 01:34:47,982 --> 01:34:50,951 Ow, have mercy. Dad looks cute. 1702 01:34:50,985 --> 01:34:52,953 He is cute. Thank you. I am cute. 1703 01:34:53,854 --> 01:34:55,990 In a rugged type of way. 1704 01:34:58,993 --> 01:35:00,861 Daddy. 1705 01:35:04,899 --> 01:35:07,234 ♪♪ [ Ballad ] [ Man ] You okay? 1706 01:35:07,268 --> 01:35:09,003 Yeah? You sure? 1707 01:35:09,036 --> 01:35:12,373 Well, I feel pretty bad. 1708 01:35:12,406 --> 01:35:14,208 [ Indistinct ] Thank you. 1709 01:35:16,844 --> 01:35:18,212 [ Laughing ] 1710 01:35:20,014 --> 01:35:23,117 It wasn't too gratuitously bloody, was it-- 1711 01:35:23,150 --> 01:35:25,186 my thing tonight? 1712 01:35:25,219 --> 01:35:27,254 [ Man ] It was fabulous. 1713 01:35:27,288 --> 01:35:30,124 I'll let you know when I get the feedback. Hold on. 1714 01:35:30,157 --> 01:35:32,259 Thanks, Vince. Thank you very, very much. 1715 01:35:32,293 --> 01:35:34,929 Do you feel okay? I feel all right. 1716 01:35:34,962 --> 01:35:37,031 [ Man ] I'll take care of you tomorrow. Okay, I'm hoping-- 1717 01:35:37,064 --> 01:35:40,868 I mean, if someone was offended by that, I think it was a hell of a contest. 1718 01:35:40,901 --> 01:35:44,105 I think, you know, for every one person who was offended and thought it was too violent, 1719 01:35:44,138 --> 01:35:48,275 there's probably 10 or 20 who thought that it was a dramatic-- 1720 01:35:48,309 --> 01:35:52,146 That character just won't-- won't die, you know. 1721 01:35:52,179 --> 01:35:55,349 And then when they get the story about how you were screwed-- 1722 01:35:55,382 --> 01:36:00,154 You know? I mean, I just think that, you know, that's show business. 1723 01:36:00,187 --> 01:36:04,258 [ Man ] ♪ Stand by me Stand by me ♪♪ 1724 01:36:04,291 --> 01:36:08,395 Did you have fun? [ Colette ] Oh, yes, we had so much fun. 1725 01:36:08,429 --> 01:36:10,264 [ Chuckles ] Are you kidding? 1726 01:36:10,297 --> 01:36:12,433 [ Barry Narrating ] I was glad to see Mick was okay... 1727 01:36:12,466 --> 01:36:16,837 and was happy that he could walk out of the arena with his family that night. 1728 01:36:16,871 --> 01:36:20,040 But the sight of Noelle and Dewey watching their father being beaten up... 1729 01:36:20,074 --> 01:36:21,909 haunted me for weeks. 1730 01:36:23,878 --> 01:36:26,013 I decided to go to Florida... 1731 01:36:26,046 --> 01:36:28,215 to show Mick the footage. 1732 01:36:28,249 --> 01:36:31,252 [ TV: Crowd Cheering, Screaming ] Oh. 1733 01:36:31,285 --> 01:36:34,054 [ Crowd Shouting ] 1734 01:36:34,088 --> 01:36:37,158 That right there is where that picture was taken. 1735 01:36:37,191 --> 01:36:39,160 That was even before things got-- 1736 01:36:39,193 --> 01:36:41,862 Oh. [ Crowd Shouts ] 1737 01:36:41,896 --> 01:36:44,899 Oh, God. I-- 1738 01:36:44,932 --> 01:36:47,101 [ Crying ] 1739 01:36:47,134 --> 01:36:49,303 No! [ Colette Winces ] 1740 01:36:49,336 --> 01:36:51,472 [ Noelle Crying ] 1741 01:36:51,505 --> 01:36:53,874 Oh. 1742 01:36:53,908 --> 01:36:56,110 [ Noelle Crying ] 1743 01:37:00,014 --> 01:37:03,150 Aw. I don't feel like such a good dad anymore. 1744 01:37:05,386 --> 01:37:09,156 I felt very guilty all of a sudden, like a real-- 1745 01:37:09,190 --> 01:37:13,127 Really like my, uh-- you know, my priorities were out of order. 1746 01:37:13,160 --> 01:37:18,499 I can't-- I mean, I feel like a bad dad, and I've never felt like that ever before. 1747 01:37:18,532 --> 01:37:22,503 Right then I just felt like-- like I was a bad person. 1748 01:37:22,536 --> 01:37:27,374 I don't-- I don't ever want to see my children like that again. 1749 01:37:27,408 --> 01:37:29,410 I'll-- Maybe I will be the guy... 1750 01:37:29,443 --> 01:37:32,680 who pulls a sock out of his tights for the next couple of years. 1751 01:37:32,713 --> 01:37:35,182 - That's, uh-- - Reading. E, E, E, E. 1752 01:37:35,216 --> 01:37:38,686 [ Mick ] For the, uh-- 1753 01:37:38,719 --> 01:37:42,122 Yeah, nothing's worth that. Nothing. 1754 01:37:42,156 --> 01:37:44,692 I don't-- I will never do that again. 1755 01:37:44,725 --> 01:37:47,261 I don't-- I don't want my children, um, 1756 01:37:49,263 --> 01:37:52,066 involved in something like that. 1757 01:37:52,099 --> 01:37:56,270 You know, I want our family to have the last laugh. 1758 01:37:56,303 --> 01:37:59,306 That's very good, Dew. 1759 01:37:59,340 --> 01:38:02,042 I'm very proud of you. [ Dewey ] That came in the mail. 1760 01:38:02,076 --> 01:38:03,377 Yeah. 1761 01:38:06,146 --> 01:38:09,250 [ Barry Narrating ] Tony Jones and Michael Modest never heard from the WWF. 1762 01:38:09,283 --> 01:38:11,485 Tony still works at Visa. 1763 01:38:11,518 --> 01:38:13,520 Michael left his job at the funeral home... 1764 01:38:13,554 --> 01:38:16,056 and now delivers furniture for a living. 1765 01:38:16,090 --> 01:38:18,158 They both still hope to make it as wrestlers. 1766 01:38:20,294 --> 01:38:23,530 As far as Roland, his wrestling school is still open. 1767 01:38:23,564 --> 01:38:26,300 However, his monthly Gym Wars shows were closed down... 1768 01:38:26,333 --> 01:38:29,303 because of building code violations. 1769 01:38:29,336 --> 01:38:33,307 Terry Funk's retirement lasted all of three months. 1770 01:38:33,340 --> 01:38:39,013 He continued wrestling on a regular basis until finally retiring on June 7, 1999-- 1771 01:38:39,046 --> 01:38:41,515 that is, until the next offer comes along. 1772 01:38:41,548 --> 01:38:45,219 Since I last saw Jake, he has spent considerable time in jail... 1773 01:38:45,252 --> 01:38:47,521 for nonpayment of child support. 1774 01:38:47,554 --> 01:38:51,292 He has not spoken to or seen his daughter since I filmed their reunion. 1775 01:38:52,626 --> 01:38:55,162 The Droz never made it as Puke. 1776 01:38:55,195 --> 01:38:59,366 He did go on to become a regular in the WWF. 1777 01:38:59,400 --> 01:39:03,237 Paul Heyman and ECW-- they're still hanging in there, 1778 01:39:03,270 --> 01:39:05,572 recently signing a deal with The Nashville Network... 1779 01:39:05,606 --> 01:39:08,042 to produce a weekly wrestling show. 1780 01:39:08,075 --> 01:39:10,511 Vince and the WWF-- 1781 01:39:10,544 --> 01:39:12,613 they're stronger than ever. 1782 01:39:12,646 --> 01:39:15,582 They just issued an I.P.O. on the stock market. 1783 01:39:15,616 --> 01:39:18,619 The family business has finally gone public. 1784 01:39:18,652 --> 01:39:21,255 "Oh, you mean the golden showers?" "Yes, yes!" 1785 01:39:21,288 --> 01:39:25,059 As far as me, after three years on the road, 1786 01:39:25,092 --> 01:39:29,596 I still feel the same way about wrestling that I did when I was eight years old. 1787 01:39:29,630 --> 01:39:31,632 What kind of person does this for a living? 1788 01:39:31,665 --> 01:39:33,634 They're showmen. 1789 01:39:33,667 --> 01:39:36,070 They're carnies. 1790 01:39:36,103 --> 01:39:38,238 They're fathers. 1791 01:39:38,272 --> 01:39:40,474 They're sons. 1792 01:39:40,507 --> 01:39:42,409 They're artists. 1793 01:39:42,443 --> 01:39:44,511 They're toys. 1794 01:39:44,545 --> 01:39:46,513 They're people with families, 1795 01:39:46,547 --> 01:39:49,249 with the same concerns and fears we all share. 1796 01:39:49,283 --> 01:39:51,018 They're just like you and me. 1797 01:39:52,086 --> 01:39:53,354 [ Shouts ] 1798 01:39:55,189 --> 01:39:57,091 Except they're really different. 1799 01:39:58,525 --> 01:40:01,161 ♪♪ [ Acoustic Guitar: Ballad ] 1800 01:40:03,197 --> 01:40:06,066 ♪♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ] 1801 01:40:19,613 --> 01:40:23,050 ♪♪ [ Continues ] 1802 01:40:48,475 --> 01:40:51,445 ♪♪ [ Continues ] 1803 01:41:34,721 --> 01:41:36,623 ♪♪ [ Continues ] 141776

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