WWE Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan with Mike Riley
Felger & Massarotti
Beasley Media Group
4.1 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Mike Riley spoke with WWE Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan
He shares stories about his life and times in pro wrestling, discusses the state of pro wrestling today and has advice to any wrestlers looking to break into the business.
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| 0:00.0 | B-Pod Studios |
| 0:03.0 | Coming Sunday, August 8th on Route 1 North in Saugus Mass at the world-famous Calhoun restaurant, |
| 0:17.2 | W.W.E. Hall of Famer, Hacksaw, Jim Duggan, will be on hand for an autograph session from 3 to 5 p.W.E. Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan will be on hand for an autograph session from 3 to 5 p.m. |
| 0:24.8 | Great to be with all of you. My name is Mike Riley, 985, the sports hub, wrestling inside the ropes. |
| 0:29.9 | Right now, honored to be joined by the Hall of Famer himself, Hacksaw Jim Duggan. |
| 0:36.8 | Jim, thanks for being with me, but before we get underway, I know you got something to say. |
| 0:42.3 | Well, thank you, brother. |
| 0:43.1 | You know, the first thing Hacksaw Jim Duggan has to do is give a big, you know, |
| 0:48.3 | kind of fires me up, gets the blood flowing, gets the air and the lungs, you know, gets ready to go. |
| 0:53.8 | Yes, we are ready to go, and we're ready to see you Sunday, August 8th at the Calhoun. |
| 0:59.9 | And Jim, the last year or so, you've been on the sidelines touring for live crowds, seeing people, |
| 1:07.8 | and doing autograph sessions. But again, happy to be with you here in the Boston area on Sunday, August the 8th. |
| 1:15.7 | I'm sure you're excited to be back out on the road interacting with fans once again. |
| 1:20.4 | Yeah, I really am. |
| 1:21.4 | But I'm not doing too many shows. |
| 1:23.2 | You know, at this stage, I bring my wife with me. |
| 1:25.4 | We were able to stop and smell the roses a little bit. |
| 1:28.5 | You know, brother, it's been such a great business for me, professional wrestling in general. |
| 1:32.7 | People watch that dark side of the ring. They hear the story about the Von Erickson, Gino, |
| 1:37.9 | and Brody, and Jake. You know, and that's a big segment of our population, of the wrestling |
| 1:42.7 | population. But there's also guys that are successful in our business. You know, Tito Santana, myself, I've been my wife for almost 40 years. I never had to go through rehab for booze or drugs. You know, I did plenty of both. I can't throw no stones. I just never had that addictive type personality. You know, I put daughter, two daughters through school. |
| 2:02.4 | I joke, I said, you know, no felony arrest. |
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