Sonny Onoo & Eric Bischoff

Busted Open

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Aew, Bully Ray, Sports News, Ring Of Honor, Nxt, News, Tommy Dreamer, Mark Henry, Dave Lagreca, Sports, Professional Wrestling, Leisure, Wwe, Njpw, Wrestling

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Dave LaGreca, Bully Ray & Mark Henry pay tribute to the life and career of the legendary Antonio Inoki. They bring on two incredible guests: Sonny Onoo and Eric Bischoff, who share stories about the greatest wrestler in the history of Japan that have never been previously revealed.

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0:00.0	This is The Busted Open Podcast.
0:04.4	You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern.
0:09.4	On Sirius XM, Fight Nation Channel 156.
0:13.2	Welcome to The Busted Open Podcast. This is Dave LaGrecca.
0:17.8	On today's episode, Mark Henry, bully Ray and I talk about the life and career of one of the great
0:24.2	iconic men in the history of pro wrestling and I'm talking about Antonio and Okie who at the age of 79
0:33.4	departed us this past weekend and we talk about it at length and we have two amazing guests to reflect some great stories about this iconic wrestler.
0:43.0	Sonny Ono joins us and also Eric Bischoff and you do not want to miss this episode.
0:49.4	This is very special episode of The Busted Open Podcast.
0:54.2	We're going to talk about Antonio and Okie. We got to talk to Sonny Ono and Antonio and Okie wanted the greatest figures in the history of pro wrestling.
1:02.2	One of the greatest figures in the history of Japan.
1:05.2	So what are some moments and memories that you first think of when you hear the name Antonio and Okie?
1:10.2	Well, of course, you know, I got to meet Mr. Inoki through Eric Bischoff and trying to weekend our relationship with New Japan.
1:20.2	I think it was like 93, 94 and one of the things that I remember was how generous he was.
1:32.2	I mean, he's quite the figure. I don't know if you guys have met him, but he's stature and he's quite the guy and amazingly respected.
1:44.2	I was talking to one of my friend from Japan. He's almost like, you know, when he passed away, it was almost like Pope had died.
1:56.2	He's so much beyond pro wrestling. He was a great politician. He was a member of a diet in Japan, which is kind of like a senator.
2:06.2	And he tried to use his position and he did all those peace festivals. If you remember all those, you know, like a 96, we met with him.
2:18.2	And I think Eric and I got to meet with him in LA and he had we had a private meeting with him.
2:27.2	I think that that meeting, that invitation, got us, you know, probably no one here will probably know till now is Chris Jericho.
2:41.2	We were dragging, you know, we were introduced to those guys through Misty and Okie.
2:47.2	And, you know, Eric talks about how important the cruiser weight was to, to Nitro, a television show.
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