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Talk Is Jericho

True Pro Wrestling Crimes

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Jamie and John from the True Crimecast podcast return, and this time they’ve got details on crimes committed by professional wrestlers! They detail the case of Juana Barraza, the luchadora serial killer who prayed on the elderly in the Mexico City area. They’re talking about WCW’s Hardbody Harrison who’s currently serving a life sentence for his part in a sex trafficking ring! There’s Douglas Whitton, an indie wrestler who murdered four people, and Rockin’ Rebel Charles Williams, a protégé of the Rock & Roll Express, who was involved in a murder suicide. They also discuss less serious crimes that involve Ric Flair, Billie Joe Travis and Jerry Lawler, and Hurricane Helms and Chris Jericho! Please support our sponsors! FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use promo code JERICHO to get $150 in FREE bets when you place your first $5 bet. Pandora: Find a gift as unique as your love! Visit a store near you or shop online at https://us.pandora.net/ Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! Cynch: download the Cynch app or go https://www.cynch.com/ and get your first tank exchange for $10 with code JERICHO. Bosch Tools: learn more at https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/ SlingTV: check out https://www.sling.com/ for special offers STAY CONNECTED: TikTok: @TalkIsJericho Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy Twitter: @TalkIsJericho @IAmJericho YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisJerichoFozzy https://www.webisjericho.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0

TALK IS JERICAL BEAMING TALK IS JERICAL

0:07.0

TALK IS JERICAL MAMA TALK IS BAY

0:13.0

All right, welcome to TALK IS JERICAL. It's the plot of Thunder and Rock'n'Roll and Jamie and John from True Crime Castor Back

0:19.0

and this time they've got details on crimes committed by professional wrestlers.

0:23.0

They're talking about a luchadoras serial killer named Wana Baraza who allegedly killed 40 elderly women in the Mexico City area

0:29.0

and they've got details on the crimes committed by someone I worked with at WCW Hardbody Harrison.

0:34.0

He's currently serving life in prison for his part in a sex trafficking ring and then there's Douglas Witten, an indie wrestler who murdered four people

0:41.0

and they've got details on the case of the Rock'n'Roll Charles Williams, a wrestler who was trained by the Rock'n'Roll Express who got signed to ECW and was then involved in a murder suicide.

0:51.0

I got a couple stories that aren't quite as serious as murder as well.

0:54.0

Tell the little-known story about Rick Flair who was actually illegally adopted. He was sold as a baby.

0:59.0

Then there's Billy Joe Travis who was actually arrested on live TV in Memphis while working for Jerry Lawler.

1:05.0

Wait to hear the details on this one. We even talk about my brush with the law in Kentucky that ended up with me and Hurricane Helms

1:11.0

spending a night in jail. So true wrestling crimes with Jamie and John from True Crime Cast starting now on TALK IS JERICAL.

1:20.0

So in the ongoing series of the True Crime Cast talk is Jericho Union, Jamie and John are back and you guys always come up with cool topics and ideas.

1:34.0

And what we came up with this time is to talk kind of about pro wrestling crimes but outside of the beaten path.

1:44.0

Obviously we've seen dark side of the ring talking about bruiser Brody and of course the Chris Benoit tragedy.

1:51.0

But there's a lot more kind of a dirty underbelly in pro wrestling than just those ones. So where did you guys come up with the idea for this topic?

2:00.0

Yeah, I've always been a big wrestling fan and as much as I can bring my interests together I try to.

2:06.0

We've covered the. And was to worry I talked about that pretty openly and publicly before we've covered a couple other small crimes and we put together kind of a catalog of these crimes committed by wrestlers and thought we could put them together and come up with a good show for you.

2:22.0

Well, I mean, absolutely because I think one thing that people don't realize is that wrestling is such a worldwide phenomenon which would lend itself to having more of these kind of crimes and criminals and we're going to discuss three or four different stories today.

2:37.0

And like I said, ones that we might not have delved too far into before. So let's just jump right in the original idea that you came to me with was a Mexican luchador or a luchador.

2:50.0

So we say a female wrestler. Yeah, that's the case of one a burrito one up burrito. Okay, so tell me about one of burrito.

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