<b><font color="#990000">(46 Minute Audio) </font>Ken Patera Discusses:</b> Why He Retired At The 1988 Survivor Series, Vince McMahon: "Ruthless Son-of-a-Bitch," Details of His One Sided AWA Contract, Walking Out The Night He Was Asked To Lose The Georgia Title To Tommy Rich, Early Days of AWA Cameraman Eric Bischoff, Crowd Reaction The Night He Jobbed To The Red Rooster, Why No One Does The Spinning Full Nelson Today, Public Reaction After He Cut Andre The Giant's Hair, Showcasing His Real Life Issues During His WWF Return, Why Big John Studd Didn't Work As "The World's Strongest Man," Rooming With a Rookie Ric Flair, The Grand Wizard, Lou Albano, Vince Sr., Rocky Johnson, Big Bossman and More

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(46 Minute Audio) Ken Patera Discusses: Why He Retired At The 1988 Survivor Series, Vince McMahon: "Ruthless Son-of-a-Bitch," Details of His One Sided AWA Contract, Walking Out The Night He Was Asked To Lose The Georgia Title To Tommy Rich, Early Days of AWA Cameraman Eric Bischoff, Crowd Reaction The Night He Jobbed To The Red Rooster, Why No One Does The Spinning Full Nelson Today, Public Reaction After He Cut Andre The Giant's Hair, Showcasing His Real Life Issues During His WWF Return, Why Big John Studd Didn't Work As "The World's Strongest Man," Rooming With a Rookie Ric Flair, The Grand Wizard, Lou Albano, Vince Sr., Rocky Johnson, Big Bossman and More
By ClubWWI.com
Jun 22, 2009 - 11:59 PM

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Long before today's World's Strongest Men and Olympic Heroes, there was only one. That man's name is Ken Patera and he's joined ClubWWI.com for a rare shoot interview that you won't soon forget.

Ken's career is the stuff legends are made of. From his days of Olympic Weightlifting to his days of WWF head-bashing, Patera's resume speaks for itself. Besides bouts against heroes like Andre The Giant and Bruno Sammartino, the second Intercontinental Champion in World Wrestling Federation history has found life after wrestling. From the highs to the lows, the Olympic strongman addresses it all and it's available right now on ClubWWI.com. It's a shoot interview you simply can't miss.

In today's 46 Minute ClubWWI.com Shoot, James Guttman and Ken Patera discuss:

What He's Doing Now
Still Working at 65
The 1972 Olympic Games
His WWF Retirement at the 1988 Survivor Series
Retiring With No Money
Starting Broke, Retiring Broke
His Injuries
Putting Off Surgery
Vince McMahon: "Ruthless Son of a Bitch"
McMahon Having Him "By The Balls"
What Vince Would Do To Him
What Money Patera Was Making In WWF
Working For Nothing
His Conversation With Vince Before Leaving
McMahon's Reasons For Treating Him The Way He Did
Passing Out From Shoulder Pain Before a Match
His Divorce
"It's quite obvious you don't want me around here anymore."
Getting Over Big Bossman and Bad News Brown
Doing Jobs On The Way Out
Not Being a "Make Believe Creation of Vince McMahon"
Jobbing To The Red Rooster In The Boston Garden
The Near Riot That Followed
Laughing Up The Ramp and Back
Not Wanting To Go To WCW
When Patera Should Have Retired
Being Told Early On When To Retire
Why He Should Have Taken The Advice
How Much Longer He Could Have Wrestled
Breaking Into Wrestling The Same Day as Ric Flair
Rooming With a Young Ric Flair
"Ric was born to be in professional wrestling."
Not Considering Wrestling His True Profession
His Job Today
Wishing He Did It When He Was Younger
Winning World Championships
His Response When People Ask If He Misses Wrestling
How Much Wrestling He's Watched In The Last Decade
WrestleMania
His Feats of Strength
How He Put Nails Through Boards With His Hands
Bending Bolts
Memories of Young Vince McMahon Jr.
"Vinnie Jr."
Why Ken Was One of the Only Ones To Call Him That
Vince McMahon Sr.
How Vince Sr. Transitioned To Vince Jr.
Memories of Vince McMahon Sr.
What He Did When He Got a Bad Payout From Vince Sr.
Working With The Grand Wizard
Working With Lou Albano
Why His Partnership Didn't Work With Lou
Asking Vince Sr. To Change The Wizard To His Manager
Cutting Andre The Giant's Hair
The Public Reaction To It
What People Did To His Car
Having Heat In The 80s
Today's Stars Not Having Serious Heat
Overscripted Wrestling
When Script Writing Started in WWF
Ken's Reaction To Being Handed a Script
Everyone Sounding The Same
Today's Writing Staff
Jim Brunzell
Vince McMahon Putting People Out of Business
When Verne Gagne Teamed With Jim Crocket
What Vince Did That No One Else Did
Why It Made Him Successful
Ted Turner's Childhood as a Wrestling Fan
What That Didn't Qualify Him For
Wrestling Run Like a Corporation
Early Days of AWA Cameraman Eric Bischoff
Opening a Health Club
WWF Using His Real Life Issues as a Gimmick
His Feelings About It
What Professional Wrestling Is
The Best Good Guys
The Worst Bad Guys
Fan Reaction
Working Against Bruno Sammartino
The Second Time He Wrestled In MSG
Setting an Attendance Record
Why It Wasn't Broken
What People Came To See That Night
The Spinning Full Nelson
Why No One Does It Today
Working On WWF's Old Ring Mats
Why He Sometimes Didn't Spin
Bodybuilders vs. Weight Lifters
How His Discus Throwing Past Helped Him Develop The Move
Make Believe "World's Strongest Men" Like John Studd and Dino Bravo
Why McMahon Made John Studd "The World's Strongest Man"
Why McMahon Would Take Away Your Identity
Teaming With Rocky Johnson In Georgia
Not Having a WWF Contract
Never Having a WWF Contract
Details of His One Sided AWA Contract
Getting It Thrown Out By a Judge
The Contract WWF Tried To Give Him
George Scott
Refusing To Drop The Georgia Championship To Tommy Rich
Tripling The Business in Georgia
Offering To Give The Belt To Bill Eadie
Walking Out Of The Omni
Giving Back The Belt
Bill Watts, Sam Mushnik, Frank Tunney
McMahon's Mission Statement
Leaving Wrestlers With No Options
Today's Talent
Why They Don't Need Talent
Shiny Uniforms and Painted Faces
Working Against Lou Thesz

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