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Talk Is Jericho

Brooklyn Brawler on Talk Is Jericho - EP287

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2016

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Steve Lombardi aka Brooklyn Brawler spent over 30 years at WWE, and he did just about every job at the company - in the ring, behind the scenes, and developing talent! Brawler evaluated & worked with new talent, and he's the guy that Vince McMahon chose to have first matches with The Rock, John Cena, Owen Hart, Bret Hart, and Ricky Steamboat. Brawler spent two years traveling with Hulk Hogan, he wrestled the Ultimate Warrior for 47 consecutive nights, he nearly got in a biker bar brawl with Roddy Piper at his side, and he once took Andre The Giant home to meet his mom! And these are just a few of the stories that you're gonna hear in this incredible episode. Strap in! It's a whirlwind ride through 80s & 90s wrestling!

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm a rock and roll and guess what? It's Friday and the Brooklyn Brawler is here. That's

0:21.9

why Steve Lombardi spent over 30 years at WWE and pretty much at every job in the company

0:27.4

in the ring behind the scenes developing talent, everything in between. He's probably one

0:31.7

of the best known, quote unquote, enhancement guys in the business, but like I said, he's

0:35.8

so much more than that. Brawler evaluated and worked with brand new talent. And of course

0:40.1

over the years, he worked with every name wrestler that came through, every main event

0:43.8

wrestler that came through. He was the guy that Vince McMahon put to have first matches

0:48.1

with some of his top prospects, including the rock, John Cena, Owen Hart, Bret Hart,

0:54.8

Ricky Steamboat, Mark Henry. He spent two years traveling with Hulk Hogan as well. They

0:59.9

became really good friends. He's going to tell us all about that. He also wrestled the

1:03.3

ultimate warrior, 47 consecutive nights. That's right. Brawler's got amazing stories.

1:08.9

He's telling him right here on Talkers Jericho, the bar fight in a biker bar with Roddy

1:13.0

Piper. The time Brawler took Andre the giant home to meet his mother and he won't believe

1:18.6

the ribs. He pulled on Jake the snakes snakes. And with Jake the snakes, he was there for

1:25.0

the first WrestleMania. He was there with the iron chic traveling on the road. Carrier

1:29.3

von Eric traveling on the road. So many Brooklyn Brawler stories on the way. If you like 80s

1:34.1

and 90s WWE, Brawler is the guy to tell you all the tales you've been waiting to hear.

1:39.7

All right. So here we are at the beautiful home of Steve Lombardi, Brooklyn Brawler.

1:47.2

And man, I got to say first of all, you just finished up a 32 year run with the WWE.

1:53.1

That's got to be a record. 32 years, I challenged anybody to break that record. I must have

1:58.2

done something like Chris. How do you last 32 years in one place?

2:01.4

Well, I mean, who else is Finkel? I guess hardfinger. Well, Finkel never spent time in

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