Perhaps better known as "Major Gunns" to wrestling fans, Tylene Buck has changed quite a bit in her life since her days
inside the squared circle. The beautiful young woman once known for her CPR technique in the ring sat downwith the
Wrestling Epicenter this week for a special one on one interview.
TYLENE BUCK
-- The sensual diva kicks off the show right off the bat by saying it is too bad James and Chuck could not be with her in
person by the pool. This would set the tone for an interesting interview.
-- Prior to entering wrestling, Tylene Buck did a lot of Iron Man Magazines and Iron Man Videos as well as was the spokes person for Max Muscle. She also did a lot of car and motorcycle magazines before getting involved in the wrestling business.
-- Chuck mentions one of the benefits of his job is he gets to MC events such as bikini contests. Tylene jokes saying she's won a few in her day as James whimpers that Chuck gets the fun jobs while he stays in the office working. Tylene replies, "Awe. Poor baby! I'll have to come see you, then. I'll put a smile on your face!" James suffers minor heart failure leaving Chuck to pick up the interview.
-- Tylene had always been a fan of rough housing. So, when the opportunity came to try out for WCW, she took it. She tried out for it and met with Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan. They selected 6 girls out of a large group and she was lucky enough to be one of them.
-- "Guys love to see hot chicks in the ring rolling around," says Tylene. So, she was by no means opposed to Vince Russo's idea of getting in that ring and learning to wrestle. But, it's not all fun and games as Tylene found out when she met veteran female wrestler and then trainer Madusa at WCW's training facility, "The Power Plant."
-- "Me, being a blond with big boobs and younger, she {Madusa} didn't like that too much. So, I was kind of a threat to her. After a half hour of running the ropes, I said I had it down. She told me to keep running ropes. So, for 12 hours, all I did was run ropes. It sucked big time! When I woke up the next day, from the back of my elbows to the top of my knees, I was black and blue."
-- "For a while, I worked with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. And, I really enjoyed that. But, I wanted to do more and be more of a team player," says Tylene. And, from that desire she met with Vince Russo and they came up with the much talked about "Major Gunns" character.
-- Tylene loved working with the Misfits in Action because all of the members treated her like they were her big brothers.
-- "Jerry was always a very sweet guy. Very shy. But, he had a ton of fans in the back. He would do whatever he could to help out the team. Just look at the time he shaved his head into the Mohawk. He did it for the team and was going to give it his total 150%," says Tylene about remembering the late Jerry "The Wall."
-- Tylene wasn't a big fan of going to Team Canada because guys like Hugh Morrus/General Rection {Bill DeMott} treated her so well. Tylene cites Rection offering to show her how to do the moonsault.
-- Tylene did receive a little heat from doing the Backyard Wrestling videos. She says she filmed them prior to her work with WCW and then received questions about them while working there. They'd tease her about her "showing off her guns." She jokes, "They don't know me well enough."
-- Tylene doesn't want to trash any of the WCW divas but does mention that there sometimes was some cattiness going around. James mentions not liking Pamela Paulshock. Tylene says she didn't clash with Pamela but does say, "I'm not a prima donna so it's tough for me to be around people that are."
-- Still on the topic of WCW divas, James throws Tylene a word association of Stacy Keibler. "Who's the next one she's going to sleep with," says Tylene about Stacy.
-- "The way I look at it, it's their loss," says Tylene about her release from WCW. It was not expected but she is happy knowing that she had a big enough fan base to know that many called the WCW offices to complain about her being let go.
-- About the man responsible for her release, Eric Bischoff.... "The way he conducts business I wouldn't be too proud of" says Tylene as she stops herself short.
-- "I'm not into Gonzo porn," says Tylene when asked about her experience in XPW. "I didn't know the whole porn thing was related to the whole wrestling thing. I thought it was just another company to work for. So, when the checks started to bounce, I was gone."
-- "I've kind of come out of the closet since my wrestling days," says Tylene Buck when asked about her recent past. You can view Tylene and her friends at www.TyleneBuck.com. She does shows via the Internet for premium members. "Sometimes when I do my web cam shows, I bring in a special surprise. But, I'm not going to tell you what it is!" James' heart condition seems to flare up again here as Tylene offers to show James some photos after the interview.
-- Tylene offers to and does join the Wrestling Epicenter Forums. So, you can now speak to one of wrestling's hottest divas of all time right exclusively now on the Wrestling Epicenter forums.
-- The interview wraps up by tying up some loose ends with word associations including names such as "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Midajah, Kimona, Elizabeth, Sunny, and many more!