Legendary referee Mike Chioda held another Q&A session on AdFreeShows to discuss all things pro-wrestling, which included Chioda's thoughts on the recently deceased Blackjack Lanza, and more importantly, his insight about the McMahon family and how they are torn apart from the inside. Highlights are below.
His thoughts on the recently deceased Blackjack Lanza:
“Blackjack Lanza was a hell of a worker in his day. I don’t remember him as a worker, but I remember him as an agent for many, many years. He was a serious agent and somebody not to f**k with. He got the job done. The boys respected him. They didn’t f**k with him. They didn’t step on his toes or nothing because you couldn’t step on Blackjack. Jack Lanza was a great agent. He was very stern. When I was a kid growing up in the business, he was very stern. He got the job done for Vince for many years. If it wasn’t for Jack Lanza, Chief Jay Strongbow, Renee Goulet, and other agents at the time, the business wouldn’t have gotten done because the boys were fu**ing wild. They were crazy. You had to have somebody that the boys respected and control the road shows, the live events, and the TVs. Jack Lanza really puts a lot of good memories on getting the job done for the WWF at the time.”
How the McMahon family is split apart, and how Shane McMahon is not even close to the top of the list in being considered at taking over:
“Shane is still not on top of the list. Where is he at now? Is he in the office? Is he running things? Is he Vice President? Is he Vice CEO? Can somebody tell me where he’s at right now because he should be there. I mean, even with Triple H out, you’re going to have Johnny Laurinaitis, Road Dogg, and Scott Armstrong running the fu**ing business? You’re not going to have Shane McMahon there? Where’s he at? It’s boggles me for many years too. A lot of heat there. It gets more interesting, believe me. It’s sad because when I started working for this company, there was Linda McMahon, Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon and now it seems to be all broken apart. All the money in the world probably can’t fix it. They have all the money in the world, a publicly traded company, which is ok. The family is torn apart at this point I think. Maybe not torn apart all the way, which I hope not, but it’s torn apart.”
Says these problems are not happening with Tony Khan and his father:
“Do you think Tony Khan is fighting with his dad? No. Tony Khan is going to do what he wants to do with his dad’s money and with his money, and he’s making it big in AEW, and they’re coming together to make money. The Jacksonville Jaguars, the European Soccer Football team, and AEW. You don’t hear any feuds between them. If there was, you would hear it.”
(H/T and transcribed by WrestlingNews.Co)
