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Barry Horowitz Reveals Sunny’s WWE Backstage Issues & Chris Candido Stories: Wrestling History

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports News, Sports, News, Wrestling

4.7797 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this revealing episode, Barry Horowitz pulls back the curtain on some of the most talked-about backstage stories of the 1990s. From Sunny’s (Tammy Sytch) controversial WWE backstage issues to his close relationship with Chris Candido, Barry shares firsthand insight you won’t hear anywhere else. He also discusses working during Hulk Hogan’s era, locker room dynamics, and what life was really like behind the scenes in WWE. A must-watch for fans of classic WWF/WWE history and untold wrestling stories.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the wrestling history channel. I'm Steve Fall, and on today's edition, I'm going to give you a classic interview with one of your favorite wrestlers. Enjoy. On today's edition, I guess I should pat myself on the back because I have Barry Horowitz with me. How are you doing today?

0:17.0

Steve, Steve Fall, I am honored and privileged to be on 10 count.

0:23.4

Normally in my matches, it's a 3 count, but we'll go with 10 count today.

0:29.1

You have to pat yourself in the back for that joke.

0:31.7

You have to.

0:32.2

If I could, I would, but Zoom hasn't figured out that technology yet.

0:38.0

But there are so many questions that I have for you.

0:41.0

And one of them is when you came to the WWF in 1987, what were your first impressions?

0:46.2

Because this locker room has Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan, Demolition, Hockey Talk Man, Jake the Snake.

0:52.6

What are your first impressions coming in there?

0:54.3

Because this wasn't your first rodeo in the wrestling business.

0:57.3

Well, no, actually, excuse me.

0:59.3

When I actually first started to WWF, it was three Ws and an F owned by Vince Senior and Junior.

1:05.8

Oh, yeah.

1:07.1

So there is my first taste of the WWF.

1:12.9

The second stint was WWF in 88, 87 towards the end of the year, finishing up in Memphis for Jerry Jerry.

1:22.7

But let's get back to the plethora of the talent and the great talent in my first locker

1:30.5

room I walk into. Of course, it's a big room with the, you know, the steel curtain. They have

1:35.9

curtains. They, they do them at rock and roll. They use them for everything. Behind stage stuff,

1:41.1

like in country music and whatnot. But I open that curtain up. And of course,

1:45.2

I was taught by the great Melancho. You shake everybody's hand, even if you're nervous and scared.

1:51.7

I'm 21 years old, Steve. And I'm meeting Bob Orton Jr., Blackjack Mulligan,

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