POST INTERVIEW: Les Thatcher, Brian Pillman Memorial Anthology
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4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
John Pollock speaks with Les Thatcher on the release of the Brian Pillman Memorial Anthology and his memories of Brian.
The two chat about the memorable Brian Pillman Memorial Shows that Thatcher promoted in Ohio from 1998-2001, his history with Brian, helping to produce the gun angle from Raw in 1996, thoughts on the recent Dark Side of the Ring documentary, how all three major promotions sent talent for the events, the memorable matches that occurred, and his insight into the modern-day product.
The Brian Pillman Memorial Anthology is available at PillmanShow.com. Les can be heard on Wrestling Weekly each Friday on the Wrestling Observer website.
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| 0:00.0 | Well everybody our guest today has so many accolades that if I were to go through all of them |
| 0:06.0 | We'd be all out of time, but suffice to say this man has done everything within the industry of professional wrestling |
| 0:13.3 | This coming July will celebrate his 60 first anniversary in the industry a pleasure to welcome less thatcher here to post wrestling less |
| 0:21.6 | How are you doing today? I'm doing good John and always a pleasure to talk with you. I'd like to talk to real |
| 0:28.0 | Reporters. It's really cool to do that. Well, I appreciate that you put you put me into that category |
| 0:34.9 | You know, we're gonna talk a lot about Brian Pillman today |
| 0:38.2 | But first of all, I know that a couple of months ago |
| 0:41.5 | You went through a real big health battle related to COVID. I just wanted a quick update because I know of a lot of our listeners |
| 0:47.8 | We talked about it when it happened when you disclosed this back in January. How are you doing several months after the fact? |
| 0:54.0 | I actually was in the gym just what three hours ago. Wow. So yeah, yeah, I'm actually it hit me hard |
| 1:03.1 | It really did I |
| 1:04.7 | I had the COVID pneumonia, which is a little more complicated. They tell me I |
| 1:10.0 | Drop 14 pounds in seven days, which is not healthy at any age |
| 1:15.2 | But yeah, and it was you know a lot of people had told me this but once actually I was done with the virus |
| 1:22.6 | It's just it was the strength coming back was was a slow process course as you get older that slow anyway |
| 1:29.6 | But but this was a little more so then I'd been accustomed to but yeah, I'm good now |
| 1:36.3 | I've had both the Pfizer vaccination, so |
| 1:40.0 | But I'm still wearing my mask because I'm still a bit paranoid in the gym amount those around me, you know |
| 1:46.3 | Yeah, it's it's gonna be such an interesting, you know year or I should say plural years to come |
| 1:52.3 | Of you know just seeing especially at the independent level what the you know |
| 1:56.9 | You would probably have a great perspective on this less is that for independent talent that maybe |
| 2:02.2 | Have had a handful if any wrestling matches over the last year of what shows get resuming like how much of an impact |
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