BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(For the “4 For Dinner” segment I take a hypothetical look at four people I’d like to have dinner with within a certain field or other random connection.)
(FOUR) STING
I thought hard about this one. I knew the other three for sure, but Sting’s spot here could have been taken by a lot of people but I wanted to get another perspective. With Sting there I can talk about WCW and NWA stuff that I really enjoyed as a kid. I’d attempt to get Vince and Sting to make nice and get a contract signed before the main course arrived. Also, I wonder if Sting remembers meeting me in like 1989 in Atlanta. I’m thinking no.
(THREE) PAUL HEYMAN
I’d invite Paul Heyman to dinner to bullshit about the old ECW days and what it was like building ECW from a small little indie to “Number Three” during the biggest era in professional wrestling history. I’d want to pick his brain about what he thinks about today’s wrestling. The coolest thing would be finding out what he had planned for ECW upon its closing. You just know he had some bookings and plans that would have rocked.
(TWO) SHAWN MICHAELS
He’s my favorite wrestler of all time. That enough gets him a place at the table. His performances in the mid 90’s were the reason I became such a wrestling fan and devoted a chunk of my life to it. I’d love to get his take on things, what he’d do differently, and it’d be crazy to hear him and Sting talk to each other. His attitude, his matches, his all out charisma owned them all. A lot of folks will say Hogan, Rock, or Austin were the best because of the money they made. Some would say Bret Hart or Ric Flair because of their ability. In my book, Michaels is the best wrestler of all time.
(ONE) VINCE MCMAHON
Why the hell wouldn’t I? If there is anyone in professional wrestling that you’d want to sit with and have a casual and candid conversation about wrestling with it’s the man himself, Vincent Kennedy McMahon. He’s been the ringleader of this pro wrestling operation for the past quarter century. If you’re a wrestling fan you’ve heard all the shoots by now. You’ve heard every dirty, foul mouthed, beaten up, carny-living fallen superstar to rising indie jobber do their “life on the road” storyline shtick. It’s cool and all. I enjoy the stories, but imagine if you could get Vince’s side on everything. Imagine what kind of knowledge this man could drop on someone.
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