Remembering Blackjack Lanza

Busted Open

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4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dave LaGreca & Bully Ray remember the life of WWE Hall of Famer Blackjack Lanza. Bully reminisces on the moments he shared with Blackjack and explains the impact Lanza had in his life & career during WWF/E's Attitude Era. Plus, the guys talk to WWE Hall of Famer John Bradshaw Layfield, and he pays his respects and shares funny stories he has of the late great Blackjack Lanza.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Busted Open Podcast, this is the Busted Open Podcast.
0:17.6	You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern on
0:22.6	Series XM by nation channel 156.
0:26.4	Welcome to the Busted Open Podcast, this is Dave LaGrecca.
0:31.0	On this special edition of the Busted Open Podcast, myself and Bully Ray look back at the
0:37.1	life and career of Blackjack Lanza who we lost at the age of 86.
0:43.1	Also, we'll be joined by Hall of Famer, JBL, that's right, John Layfield would join us
0:48.2	with stories as well as we look back at the life and career of WWE Hall of Famer, the
0:54.7	legendary Blackjack Lanza.
1:18.2	Today we start off the show remembering Hall of Famer, Blackjack Lanza who we lost yesterday
1:41.2	at the age of 686, Blackjack Lanza, as I said, Hall of Famer, Tag Team wrestler, one
1:48.4	of the grades, also a road agent later on in his career with the WWE and starting his
1:55.5	career in 1961 all the way until 1985 before contributing backstage for the WWE F-slash
2:04.9	WWE and let me welcome in my Hall of Famer partner today, the one and only Bully Ray and
2:12.9	Bully yesterday we lost another great one, the legendary Blackjack Lanza.
2:19.8	When I heard about the information of Jack passing away, my immediate instinct was to
2:27.5	pay homage and tribute to him on social media.
2:34.2	I picked up my phone three or four times yesterday to try to treat the right thing but I could
2:40.2	not come up with the right words and I don't know why this one was so difficult to me.
2:47.3	Jack was our road agent for the majority of my WWE run in 1999 to 2005.
3:00.5	He was out there with us every single night.
3:03.8	I probably saw a Jack 250 to 275 nights a year.
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