Dominic DeNucci, a former pro wrestler and the trainer of WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley and ECW Original Shane Douglas, recently spoke with our friends at WrestlingInc.com for an interview. Featured below are some of the highlights.
On Mick Foley and Shane Douglas being the best pro wrestlers he ever trained: "Well, Shane Douglas and Mickey Foley [were] the two best I ever trained. Then, somebody changed later, but I was a good trainer because I got about 15 boys and I was good, but I was doing [well] too with the wrestling and I travelled everywhere in the world, so the wrestling was good for me."
On Foley's dedication to coming to training and a promise he made Foley's parents: "He was driving from, where he went to school, yes, and then, he drove on a Friday night to come to Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania]. Sometimes, I would find him in front of the school, asleep in the car, a lot of times, because he wanted to. But also, I had a responsibility for him because his mom and dad, they said to me, 'you take care of [our] boy.' I said, 'I'll take care of him. If he's bad, I'll kick his ass.'"
On concerns he has regarding the health and safety of wrestlers: "A lot of the boys work hard, very hard, but that's all they do. They do too [many] crazy things. And then, they are crippled. They're going to be crippled for the rest of their life. Like, Mickey Foley does the same thing. They're 50, 52 years old and almost done because a lot of people say, 'ah, the wrestling is fake' and things like that."
Check out the complete interview with Dominic DeNucci above.
