In Search Of The Pioneers of Wrestlemania

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Iron Sheik was author Brad Balukjian’s favorite wrestler as a kid growing up in the 80s, and directly inspired his new book, “The Six Pack: On The Road in Search of Wrestlemania.” Brad took a road trip to find and meet 6 of the Sheik’s wrestling contemporaries including Hulk Hogan, Tony Atlas, Sgt. Slaughter, Jose Luis Rivera, Tito Santana, and Demolition Ax aka Bill Eadie. Brad shares the stories he discovered and learned about each including The Sheik being told to break Hulk Hogan’s leg, the original plane ride from hell with Jimmy Snuka, Tony Atlas’ initiation into pro wrestling in the South, who sabotaged Jose Luis Rivera’s promised push, and the real story behind Sgt. Slaughter’s military service! Brad also dug into the early days of the WWF expansion under Vince and Linda McMahon, and found records of early payouts to talent, live show grosses, and original contracts. Plus, Brad talked to then-WWF CFO Bob McMullan and Jim Troy, Vince’s right-hand man at the time, about what it was like working for Vince. Purchase “The Six Pack”: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brad-balukjian/the-six-pack/9780306831553/?lens=hachette-books For more info on Brad & “The Six Pack”: thebradpack.com Follow Brad Balukjian on X and Instagram: @bradpackbooks Thanks to our sponsors! Pretty Litter: Go to https://prettylitter.com/jericho & use code JERICHO to get 20% off your first order. Factor: Go to https://factormeals.com/TIJ50 & use code TIJ50 to get 50% off your first month, plus 20% off your next month. American Home Shield: Go to https://AHS.com/JERICHO to save 20% off any plan. Rosetta Stone – Go to https://RosettaStone.com/JERICHO to get 50% off unlimited access STAY CONNECTED: TikTok: @ChrisJericho Instagram: @talkisjericho @chrisjerichofozzy Twitter: @TalkIsJericho @IAmJericho YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisJerichoFozzy Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/

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0:00.0	Talk is Jericho,
0:03.0	Jericho, baby.
0:05.0	Talk is Jericho.
0:07.0	My heart.
0:08.0	Talk is Jericho. Mama. Talk is me. So I think about a couple months ago Eric Bischoff mutual friend mentioned your book
0:20.7	I'm gonna try your last name, Balukian.
0:24.3	Brad Balukian.
0:25.4	Yeah, yeah, there you go.
0:26.7	You were smart in the insert of your book.
0:28.4	You actually had a pronunciation.
0:29.6	I learned from the first book to do that. Very smart.
0:33.0	But he mentioned that he has a friend Brad who had written a book called The Wax Pack and now
0:37.7	I've done a book called The Six Pack and asked if I'd be interested in checking it out
0:42.2	and writing a blurb for the book and what an interesting concept
0:46.8	this book is because even like I said in my blurb to write a wrestling book that hasn't really been written before is a rare thing.
0:54.8	And you've done this with the six pack.
0:58.3	Why don't you explain briefly what exactly the concept of the book is, and also explain what the concept of the book is and also explain what the concept of the
1:05.0	wax pack was as well which was the first book that you'd written or the one prior.
1:08.8	Well I think as you said it's really hard to maybe have an original concept in the wrestling book space and so many the books are written by you know you've written books a lot of wrestlers are written their biographies and you know a lot of really good historical books have been written, but I really wanted to do something entirely different, which is really get at what you guys are like as people, the humanity of the pro wrestler, right? And like the movie, if people have seen the movie,
1:34.0	The Wrestler with Mickey York or Iron Claw more recently,
1:38.0	what makes those movies so great and so popular
1:40.0	to a broad audience
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