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Gerald Brisco Talks WWE HOFer Protecting Vince McMahon, Shelton Benjamin’s WWE Return, Brock Lesnar
- Updated: December 17, 2016
Gerald Brisco is the special guest this week on Sean Waltman’s X-Pac 1,2,360, discussing Brock Lesnar’s WWE signing, Hulk Hogan’s first reaction to Kevin Nash and more. They sent us these highlights:
Gerald says he didn’t mind the “stooge” label, but someone else did:
“Pat Patterson hated hearing that word. He hated it. I used to rib Pat all the time. I said, Pat you and I worked for twenty years in our careers trying to have a reputation as good workers. Now forever in the history of wrestling we’ll go down as two stooges. He’d say, don’t say that! I said, man you’re labeled now. You’re a stooge.”
Gerald confirms folklore that Vince McMahon brought Gorilla Monsoon to protect him on Black Saturday (when WWF took Georgia Championship Wrestling’s slot on WTBS):
“That is true. That’s exactly what happened. Gorilla made the trip down there and stood backstage, made sure the boss was OK. And he was OK…It wasn’t just the WWF guys that respected Gorilla. He was respected throughout the industry as a standup guy and as a tough guy.”
WrestleMania I almost ended much differently:
“We were ready to attack WrestleMania I with [Dick] Murdoch and [Adrian] Adonis for the title and get the titles. That’s when Jack [Brisco] said, I’ve had enough. I’m forty years old and I’m finished. And he quit. He was one of those guys that when he walked away, he walked away. He never came back.”
How Brock Lesnar’s coach at the U of M, J Robinson, responded to Gerald scouting …
