The Iron Sheik Gets High and Destroys Kayfabe

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What would happen if one of the biggest heroes and one of the biggest villains in professional wrestling got arrested for smoking a joint together? Just ask babyface "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and legendary heel The Iron Sheik. In 1987, that very fate befell two of the WWF's biggest stars. The aftermath of those shocking arrests not only changed the trajectory of both their lives forever, it also forever transformed pro wrestling in ways the sport is still grappling with. Also in this episode, we learn how the Iron Sheik fled his homeland of Iran in fear that the Shah—who came to power thanks to a CIA-back coup—was about to assassinate him. And we chart how a first-generation viral video attacking Seinfeld star Michael Richards for racist comments gave the Iron Sheik a third act as an online heel and a Howard Stern show favorite. For more on The Iron Sheik’s amazing life, check out the documentary The Sheik and Jim Duggan's autobiography Hacksaw. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video shows and seshes, plus access to cool rewards like a signed book or signature lighter. And it truly helps us make the best show possible.

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0:00.0	This podcast is for adults 21 years of age or older. We talk about cannabis history and
0:06.5	advertise cannabis products. If you're not 21, come back when you are.
0:14.1	Spoke Media
0:15.1	Hey, how's it going, folks? It's Abdullah and Bean. And welcome back for yet another episode of
0:24.2	great moments in wheat history. Bean and I, who are both cannabis journalists and media makers,
0:30.4	go through one of the more fascinating points in the long, long, long, long history of cannabis.
0:36.0	I have no prior knowledge of the story. Bean's about to tell us.
0:39.3	He has researched and written it, and he's going to be telling it to me and you for the first time,
0:44.6	except I get to sit here and react and smoke weed with this guy. Bean, what kind of a story
0:50.2	do you have for us today? I have a really amazing story. It crosses continents. It looks into a
0:58.5	subculture that's both sort of ever-present, but definitely not one that I've been a part of,
1:04.4	not one that's always associated with weed. It's got ups, it's got downs, it's got tragedy, joy, and of course, it's got a lot of weed in it.
1:14.4	Oh my God, that's right.
1:16.4	This is truly sounding like it's going to be the Game of Thrones of Cannabis.
1:22.0	Epic proportions.
1:23.9	Oh my God.
1:24.5	And continent crossing.
1:26.2	That's not something that we get to do very often in great
1:28.7	moments in weed history, but we're going to do it today. I'm pretty excited. I am so excited that
1:34.8	the joint is already rolled up. We're at the very top of the show, and it is prepared. It's sitting in
1:39.7	front of me, and we're going to smoke it. I think we've got everything we need.
1:49.5	If you're listening at home and you're not quite there yet, good time to hit pause, roll something up, pack something up.
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