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MAILBAG #3
PUMPING IRON
What did your training regimen consist of? You look like you could handle some heavy weight in the gym.
- Ray Vrba Fayetteville, NC
You’ve got to remember I was a football player first. Hayden Fry was my High School coach, Bum Philips my college coach. Webb Eubanks my pro coach! So through all that lots of iron moved.
Not greatly strong, just average. The figure I’m most proud of: at age 50 I benched 500 pounds! And completed dive-master training at the same age. That was 12 years ago, all gone now!
- Thanks. BJM
STRENGTH TEST
Who was the strongest guy you've ever been in the ring with?
Ken Patera and some guy out of the northeast years ago benched 700. Different kinds of strength, Don Leo Jonathan as far as brute strength! Can't leave out Sailor Art Thomas!
- Thanks. BJM
AMARILLO
Just wondering if you ever worked the Amarillo area, and if so, any memories? I grew up watching some of the greatest there.
- Paul Blankenship Borger, Texas
Brief periods during the 70's. Loved it just couldn’t make any bucks out there. Used to make those trips often during my high school years playing football out of Odessa! Borger, Phillips, Amarillo!
- Thanks. BJM
THE BOYS
Could you please tell us what the Windham boys are up to these days? Mike too? - Dan Walker Barham, NC
Mike runs the family business. Barry still makes shows. Kendall runs an ADT franchise! All in Florida.
- Thanks. BJM
CRAZY LUKE
When you were turned fan favorite in MACW and you had the bounty on your head, a 'cousin' was introduced - 'Crazy' Luke Mulligan. I remember you having a tag match with him in Florence, SC against Masked Superstar and 'The Enforcer' Luciano. That match was the thing that comedy is all about - both telling a story and having the fans laughing so hard they were almost passing out from laughing. Crazy Luke turned the Superstar's mask around so Superstar couldn't see, and you and Crazy Luke were hitting Superstar and he was bouncing around the ring like a pinball. Then Crazy Luke came out of the ring and ate popcorn with a fan during the match. You came out to ringside and made the comment 'I'm having way too much fun here!”
Who came up with the 'Crazy' Luke Mulligan angle and character, and was the comedy aspect intentional?
- Ralph Snart Fort Collins, CO
I had a real cousin who wasn’t all there. Couldn't use him, so we used the next best thing. Cousin Luke was Tim Brooks, who was also Dick Murdoch’s cousin, and Tim’s father was Farmer Jones! This never ends, does it?
- Thanks. BJM
BARRY
I was wondering how you felt to be at WCW Slamboree 1993 and to watch your son Barry defend the NWA World title? Also how did it feel when Barry won the title?
- David-Shea Gomory Ramsey, NJ
Always proud of Barry and of his accomplishments.
- Thanks. BJM
THE BBQ MAILBOX IS CURRENTLY CLOSED. Blackjack will be answering more questions soon.
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