I was randomly thinking last weekend of a fantasy booking where Heenan's pre WM 6 purchase of the Barbarian is built up for weeks as Heenan teasing that he found the man to take down Warrior or Hogan.
Pretty sure this made a CHV?
He quit the WWF in the middle of headlining everywhere to sold out places, then went to the AWA/Pro Wrestling USA.So what was it that kept Tonga Kid from breaking out? He had the hardest push that wasn't Hogan it feels like and he just dropped off the map for like three years.
An independent group has a show 1/31 at the University of Alaska-Anchorage with Brad Rheingans vs. Gene Kiniski; the Tonga Kid vs. Bobby Duncum; Debbie Combs vs. Despina Montaguas; Samoan Afa vs. Steve O. Apparently Steve O and Rheingans will no longer work for Gagne, nor will Billy Robinson.
Texas All-Star: The Super Bowl Spectacular drew about 2,000 in San Antonio—which is a good crowd there—for the one-night tournament involving something like 24 wrestlers. Bruiser Brody won the final, beating Chris Adams in what I’m told was a pretty good match, using a piledriver on a chair…Several World Class guys like Iceman King Parsons, One Man Gang, etc. were there along with locals, plus the Tonga Kid, Samoan Sika and another Samoan said to be Sika’s fat son, who weighs more than Leroy Brown they tell me…I’m told the Tonga Kid looks excellent, and it’s from someone who would know. I do know he’s getting over big…Austin Idol won the U.S.A. Heavyweight Title from Big Bubba (Fred Ottman) in a match that never took place…The Junior Heavyweight Title is no longer mentioned since Dale Veasey left and took the belt with him…With Shawn Michaels leaving, the Tag Team Titles were quickly given to Zulu (egad, it’s Ron Pope—as a tag champ even!) & Al Madril, who beat Michaels & Paul Diamond.
Lars Anderson and his Polynesian Pro Wrestling flew everyone into the US again for a show in San Jose on 4/20 and “drew nearly 50 people, 25 paid” to see such stars as Lars, and some random Samoans. One of them was “Son of Samoa”, who is the younger brother of Tonga Kid and said to have great potential. Younger brother of Sam Fatu = Solofa Fatu = Rikishi. So yes, that was true.
If we were just born then we'd be babies/toddlers, and no promoter should listen to anybody who actively poops their pants.Me and @Laz would have been able to tell VKM that if we had been born in the late '70s/early '80s.