Dean Malenko on Refereeing in WWE; Booker T Recalls Saying No to Hair vs. Hair Match


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AEW UNRESTRICTED 04/23/20: DEAN MALENKO

Malenko on starting as a referee in WWF:: "Pat Patterson would call me. I would work West Palm Beach and the Tampa area. The one everybody can still see me on was Saturday Night Main Event in Tampa at the Sun Dome. I was the referee for Randy "Macho Man" Savage with Elizabeth at the time against George Steel."

Malenko talking about Darby Allen: "We always talk about the It Factor. There are a lot of guys can do flips and tumbling acts and dive to the ropes and all that. But there is something about him. He does them different and puts his stamp on it more than anybody else. He understands the audience. He understands that part of the business and getting himself over and doing anything he can do get his name out there and face out there."

HALL OF FAME WITH BOOKER T 04/22/20

Booker T talking about hair vs hair match he could have had against Edge at WrestleMania years ago about a shampoo commercial: "Bruce Prichard came to me and he said, hey Book, what do you think about a hair match. I said a hair match? He said, yea, hair for hair, you against Edge at WrestleMania. I said, is Edge cutting his hair? Because, I'm not cutting mine. So, he said ok, well, we will figure something out. I shut that down immediately."