 Show: The Interactive Interview
courtesy of www.WrestlingEpicenter.com
Guest: "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko
Date: 6/17/08
Your Hosts: Patrick Kelley, James Walsh, & Nick Noel
Larry Zbyszko is indeed "The Living Legend" of pro wrestling. You can check
out his brand new book entitled "Adventures in Larryland" is available now
and is getting rave reviews. This interview will get rave reviews as well
as we touch base with Larry on his amazing career, the state of wrestling
today, and his amazing new book.
Our third interview with Larry is a fun one! So, check it out!
"The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko
- For the third time Zbysko steps into the Epicenter.
It begins with Larry explaining just where Larry Land is: It’s wherever
he goes. He then talks about what he’s up to which is basically just
relaxing and playing golf for now. - His new book “Adventures in Larry
Land” has come out and he talks about it. He says that people have responded
well and most readers have told him its very funny. Larry says that he’s
never read a wrestling book before, but figured he’d make his as a
“kid making his dream come true” kind of story. - He feels that
wrestlers need to be heroes for children in order to give them something
to look up to. - When talking about some of the stories in the book, Larry
says that he was never one of the party guys (he doesn’t drink) and
he was never as crazy as some of the others, but he liked watching the insanity
take place. He names some of the crazy ones: Lou Albano & Mad Dog Vachon
come to mind. - In the book he mentions that he used to rib the guys as he
was a pilot and would often fly some of the boys to the destinations. As
a gag, he would take the plane in a nose dive just to get their reactions.
He says that Tony Atlas freaked out the most. - ESPN classic is showing some
of the old AWA footage and he says that he loves that its on the TV. He wants
to see more as there is some great stuff that they haven’t shown yet.
- Larry then talks about how he liked to stall before his matches and how
it was part of his character. He then talks about how a lot of the guys do
too many spots these days. - When talking about working an hour long match,
he says its very hard and the guys will have to know what they are doing
and he feels that anything can be done. - The Hardcore Style is bad for wrestling
in his opinion and he feels that maybe the switch to more technical matches
is probably a result of nobody making any money off of doing hardcore, and
Zbysko feels that the real problem in wrestling is the lack of drama. - He
was never a fan of ECW. He didn’t like the hardcore aspect & he
felt that Paul Heyman was a bad business man that hurt his wrestlers financially.
- Everybody has an Andre the Giant story, and Zbysko’s is a drinking
contest between Andre & Chris Taylor. He says that he was close to Andre,
but his condition depressed him and it really effected him in later years.
- The discussion then shifts to his book again, and he talks about an amazing
story about Kerry Von Erich and his condition when came into play during
a match. Pick up the book to hear the story. It’s crazy. - He was asked
to be in the original version of The Hills Have Eyes and he’s not sure
if he would have become a big star if he had accepted the role. He then talks
about being offered Jackie Gleason’s role in the last Smoky & The
Bandit Movie, but the movie was never made. - Zbysko feels that Vince McMahon
can be beat, but it will be very hard to do. He thinks TNA still needs to
make some big steps forward, but he feels that the WWE isn’t that good.
- He’s going to be making some appearances with TNA in order to promote
his book and meet the fans. - Scott Hall’s WCW debut was Zbysko’s
idea and he says that something similar to that angle was attempted in the
AWA, but it didn’t work out, so they tried to re work it into WCW, and
that became the New World Order. - James then takes the time to thank Zbysko
and mentions that Zbysko was only his second interview and the one that gave
him his confidence to keep up with the interviews. - The interview ends with
one last plug for the book. He says that some people have told him its too
short, but he took that as people liking it so much they didn’t want
the book to end. - Zbysko is then asked about the Chris Benoit situation
and how the media treated it, and he just said “that’s what the
media does” but he also feels that attention needs to be made towards
the abuse of steroids and all the physical abuse the wrestlers have to
take.
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