Recap by: Chris Siggia, rajah.com
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TWO MAN POWER TRIP OF WRESTLING: TONY GAREA 05/26/20
Tony Garea said Jay Strongbow did not do much in the ring but got an amazing reaction because he was such a great seller. When Strongbow made his comeback, the people exploded. In 1973, Ray Stevens and Nick Bockwinkle were supposed to come in to fight Toru Tanaka and Mr. Fuji for the WWWF Tag Team Titles. Stevens and Bockwinkle cancelled. Vince Sr put Garea and Haystacks Calhoun together as a replacement team and they won the tag team titles. Tanaka and Fuji couldn't do anything with Calhoun, so Garea worked most of the match selling and eventually making the hot tag to Calhoun. Tony Garea spent his career as a babyface. He doesn't feel he would have made a good heel because he said was not good using heel psychology in the ring. His favorite tag team partner was Rick Martel. When Garea retired from the ring, he became an agent. He said there was a primary and secondary agent. The primary agent at the time was Jay Strongbow, whom he learned under. Garea started as a secondary agent that reported the box office numbers. Garea, between working as a wrestler and an agent, worked for the WWE from 1977-2014.
WRESTLING FRIENDS WITH FLASH MORGAN: RICOCHET 05/26/20
Ricochet said he loved working for Lucha Underground. After seeing the look of the temple and talking with Konnan, he made the decision to work there. He has a lot of friends and good memories from his time there. He loved the look and the feel of how the show was shot. At the time, he was not making good money, so he was happy how much they were paying him per match, while still being able to work the U.K., Japan and pwg. In season 3, they filmed 36 episodes. He had to wait until they aired before he was able to do anything else. Without telling anybody, Lucha Underground took a 3 month break during the season, so he had to wait an additional 90 days before signing elsewhere. He tried to get the 90 days taken down to 30 or 60 days and they said no. He believes the NXT Takeovers were better than any PPV anywhere. He loved his time at the Performance Center. HHH and Shawn Michaels knew how to use him and develop his character.
