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Busted Open

'The Master's Class': Hall of Fame Heavyweights

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

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

PODCAST EXCLUSIVE: Who are the best big men in the history of pro wrestling? Dave LaGreca, Mark Henry, Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray approach this question head on in this edition of 'The Master's Class'. From work style, character and strength, the guys dive deep into their picks and break down their reasoning behind why these heavyweight talents shine above any other. With laughter, fondness and even some tears, this episode promises to be one for the books.

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0:00.0

This is the busted open podcast. You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday

0:07.1

from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern on serious XM fight nation channel 156. Welcome to Busted

0:14.5

Open podcast. The masters class and we have our array of teachers because school is in

0:20.9

session classes in session. So let's go. We got WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry. We have

0:27.6

WWE Hall of Famer Bulley Ray and we have the innovator of violence. Tommy Dreamer and

0:33.1

today we're doing whole of fame and heavyweights. That's right. The greatest big men in the

0:39.0

history of pro wrestling. So Mark, we'll start with you because I have a feeling that anybody

0:44.6

that's listening to this show right now probably knows who your choice is going to be.

0:49.3

But we start with our own big man, the one and only Mark Henry.

0:53.9

But they there will be no hints. We're going to go straight to the jugular. I believe that

0:59.8

Andre the giant is the greatest big man of all time. One because there was never anybody

1:07.6

like him with his mindset of understanding the psychology of wrestling, knowing who he was,

1:15.5

what he was good at and what he shouldn't do. And the fact that he was recognizable

1:23.3

every part of the planet. Even today, as we speak, Andre the giant has a positive.

1:32.6

Andre the giant, there are stickers and posters and murals of Andre all over the country

1:39.5

as the as traveling talent, bully and Tommy and myself. We've seen these stickers and posters

1:51.1

because we drive everywhere. And I would go so far as to say I've seen a sticker on a big wall

2:01.0

by the airport when you leave Mexico City. So it's not just in America. You go to Montreal,

2:08.2

you go to anywhere in Canada. Andre is a God there. And that was just the two neighboring

2:17.2

countries. I'm very sure I wish that we could put out a message to all our fan base around the

2:24.2

world. Take a picture the next time you see the Andre mural or a sticker. And I guarantee you

2:30.0

they would come from everywhere on the planet. Being the most recognizable figure, not wrestler.

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