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🗓️ 30 September 2015
⏱️ 78 minutes
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0:00.0 | The Cherico Network on Westwood One. |
0:03.9 | Alright, Bill Aptor spent most of his career covering pro wrestling for pro wrestling illustrated. |
0:08.8 | It was the biggest pro wrestling magazine, the Bible of pro wrestling in the 70s and 80s, early 90s, |
0:15.1 | before there was an internet, before there was websites, before there was dirt sheets, |
0:18.7 | there was pro wrestling illustrated. Bill photographed so many legendary moments in the ring. |
0:24.3 | He knows everybody, he imitates everybody, he's finally written a book about all of his experiences |
0:29.7 | in the pro wrestling business. The book is called Get This. Is pro wrestling fixed? |
0:34.0 | I didn't, it was broken. That's Bill's thing, it's pro wrestling fixed, I didn't know it was broken. |
0:39.1 | Bill's motto, which he'll be saying over and over again. Bill is here with us this week on Talk |
0:44.7 | as Cherico to give us a sneak peek of his book. You'll hear why he had to sneak into WrestleMania 1. |
0:50.4 | What role he played in Hulk Hogan getting in the part of Thunderlips and Rocky III. |
0:54.3 | How Bill got Andy Kaufman started in pro wrestling. Which wrestler inadvertently broke three of |
0:59.2 | Bill's ribs in the ring and what finally mended his relationship with Macho Man, Randy Savage. |
1:17.6 | All right welcome to Talk is Jericho, the part of Thunder and Rock and Roll. The Remedy for |
1:22.7 | Boredom has arrived. The people's podcast is here and let's go for a ride with Bill after he's |
1:28.7 | got his brand new book coming out. Is wrestling fixed? I didn't know it was broken and Bill will |
1:33.6 | lovingly tell you all about how he came up with that title. You'll be able to get it on Amazon |
1:38.7 | October 13th. Like I said, he's coming up and sharing some great stories with us today. |
1:45.5 | Such a funny guy, I've known him for years. Very wacky, very goofy, very eccentric. |
1:50.8 | Perfect candidate for being in the wrestling business for 35 years or 40 years. Lots of great |
1:55.0 | stories to tell and the book is great and the show is great. Speaking of great, I went and saw ACDC |
2:01.8 | Monday night in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. Man, I'm telling you what, I've seen a lot of great |
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