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Talk Is Jericho

The Story of Stampede Wrestling with Ross Hart

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2017

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Ross Hart is the 10th out of 12 Hart kids, and sandwiched right in between Bret & Owen. He produced the Stampede Wrestling TV product in the 80s while his older brother, Bruce, was booker. But he was involved in the family-promotion long before becoming its TV producer! He used to drive the wrestlers around the territory to shows, and talks about the scary car accident in the Canadian Rockies that almost killed him, Davey Boy Smith, Chris Benoit, and Karl Moffat. He's also got stories about Dynamite Kid, Brian Pillman, Randy Orton's uncle, Barry Orton, and brother Owen's early days at Stampede. He talks about his dad, Stu, selling to Vince McMahon only to relaunch Stampede again himself when things didn't go according to plan, and Ross explains why Stu finally closed the promotion for good.

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0:00.0

Talkies Jericho Baby! Talkies Jericho!

0:07.0

Talkies Jericho Mama! Talkies Baby!

0:13.0

Alright, welcome to Talkies Jericho. It is the pot of thunder and rock and roll, and guess what's available for preorder.

0:19.0

My upcoming fourth book, No is a four-liter word, and guess where you can order it?

0:24.0

That's right, my Amazon store at amazon.com slash shop slash I am Jericho.

0:33.0

That's right, you can go to amazon.com and pick it up. The book comes out on August 29th, but gets your preorder in now amazon.com.

0:43.0

Go look for No is a four-liter word. It's up there right now available for preorder.

0:48.0

You can go check that out, and today in continuing with part of my lineage starting off in stampede resting in Calgary, Alberta.

0:56.0

We're talking all about stampede resting with Ross Hart. He's the tenth out of the twelve Hart kids, the second youngest boy right in between Brett and Owen, and of course we would be remiss not to mention the passing of Smith Hart last week.

1:10.0

That is the oldest of the Hart children, and Smith is also talk as Jericho, alumni, great guest, controversial figure, legendary character within the wrestling business.

1:22.0

Smith left his mark, and Godspeed, Rest in Peace, Smith Hart. Thanks for doing this show, and we appreciate you and wish you well wherever you might be.

1:33.0

Smith is gone, but Ross is here. Ross Hart, all kinds of stories about stampede's run in the eighties. He was heavily involved in the promotion as the producer of the TV show at that time when I got into stampede wrestling when I started watching.

1:47.0

His brother Bruce was the booker, but Ross had to drive wrestlers to the shows. In fact, you're going to hear all the scary car crash that Ross had while driving David Boy Smith, Chris Benoit,

1:57.0

Sumohara and Carl Moffitt to show through the Canadian Rockies. They almost plummeted to their deaths. His last time with Owen Hart's early days breaking into the business and stampede, what happened when Dynamite Kid came into the promotion as the booker, and you hear when and why Stewart finally decided to close stampede wrestling?

2:16.0

Ross Hart is on the way, but man, the Judas video. Over six million views on YouTube, thanks to all of you who checked it out and made it go viral. Still number one on the charts in a lot of countries, including Saudi Arabia. Still top five here in the States. Let's see what's going on right now. If you haven't heard it, where you've been, you're going to hear right now. This is Judas right here on Topus, Jericho.

2:47.0

You are beautiful on the inside. You are innocent, personified, and I will drag you down and sell you out. Run away.

3:07.0

I'm cold like December snow. I have carved out this so many love stone, and I will drag you down and sell you out.

3:22.0

It raised by the top, this I've lived in the night. It's a good by demons, I fight. Whatever I become, now that I've betrayed, everyone I've ever loved, I pushed them all away.

3:40.0

And I have been a slave to the Judas since my mind. Is there something left for me to say in the red picture of my life?

3:50.0

I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I've become, I

4:20.0

've been stilt to the heavy cross There is blood on the path I want And if I take, it's haunting me It breaks my darkness, I'm losing the light It's legal by keeping it tight fight What have I become? Now that I've been trained

4:48.0

Everyone I've ever loved, I've pushed them all away And I've been a slave To the truth and sin like mine Is there something left to be the same? In the wreckage of my life, my life

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