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(46 Minute Audio) Tony Anthony Discusses: The Origin of T.L. Hopper, What Killed Smoky Mountain Wrestling, Heat With Tully Blanchard, Vince Russo's "Smart Mouth," The Argument That Let Him Know Where He and Russo Stood With Each Other, The Two Sides of Jim Cornette, When Cornette's Good and When He's Bad, Harsh Words For Bill Watts, High Praise For Bill Watts, Being a Genuine "Son of a Plumber," The "WWE Style," Wikipedia Errors, Zipper Boots, The Origin of The "Tony Anthony" Name, Rookies With Flashy Britches, Tom Prichard, The Rock, Roddy Piper, The Godwinns, Stone Cold, The Rock-n-Roll Express, and More

By ClubWWI.com
Oct 23, 2009 - 1:09 PM


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Get ready to plunge into our dirtiest, whitest, shoot interview yet as "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony joins  ClubWWI.com for a 46 minute shoot interview like only he can!

He's captured titles all over the United States from SMW to Memphis and even managed the Godwinns to the WWF Tag Team Championship as Uncle Cletus.  Now, he joins  The Club to talk about it all.  Hear about all the fights, feuds, and how the business has changed from the Vince McMahon's personal plumber only on...  ClubWWI.com!

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

Bumps
Southern Wrestling
Entertaining
People He Learned From
Getting Over
The Old Territories
Wrestling as an Artform
Changing Business
Keeping People Interested
Steve Keirn
Wikipedia Errors
The Problem With Young Stars Today
Flashy Britches
Cycles
The Big Rush
Psychology
People Doing Promos For Hours
Tom Prichard
The Rock-n-Roll Express
Refs With Ear Pieces
Clueless Rookies
Jealousy in Wrestling
Spots
Wrestlers Turned Reality Stars
The Rock
Stone Cold Steve Austin
What a Company Needs Before Challenging WWE
Match Repeats
Wrestling "WWE Style"
Japan
Crooked Trainers
The Real Person Who Trained Him
Roddy Piper
Blackjack Mulligan
"Mr. Knows It All"
Zipper Boots
Origins of the Name "Tony Anthony"
The Grapplers
Bob Giegel and Harly Race
Memphis
How "The Dirty White Boy" Name Came About
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
The Two Sides of Jim Cornette
When He's Good
When He's Not
Corny in WCW
Corny in WWF
What Killed Smoky Mountain Wrestling
The SMW Booking Situation
Harsh Words For Bill Watts
Kind Words For Bill Watts
Heat With Tully Blanchard
Caring About His Character
T.L. Hopper
How Cornette's Debts Lead To His WWF Debut
The Plumber Gimmick
Being a Real Life Son of a Plumber
The Early Demise of T.L. Hopper
Uncle Cletus
The Role Hillbilly Jim Played In His Debut
The Role Vince Russo Played In His Demise
Russo's Lack of Southern Knowledge
Russo's "Smart Mouth"
The Argument That Put Their Problems On The Table


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Alphabetical Listing of Guests You Can Hear on...

A

Sivi Afi
Aaron Aguliera
Skandar Akbar
Brent Albright
Ole Anderson
Road Warrior Animal
Tony "T.L. Hopper" Anthony

B

Buff Bagwell
Doug Basham
Paul Bearer
Giant Bernard
Big Daddy V
Eric Bischoff
Steve Blackman
Brian Blair
Tully Blanchard
Nick Bockwinkel
"The Boogeyman" Marty Wright
Bad News Brown
D-Lo Brown
"Jumping" Jim Brunzell
Mike "Simon Dean" Bucci
Bull Buchanan

C

Lance Cade
Christian
John Cena Sr.
Chaz "Headbanger Mosh"
Bryan "Adam Bomb" Clark
Rob Conway
Jim Cornette

Justin Credible

D

D-Ray 3000
Scott D'Amore
Christopher Daniels
Shawn Daivari
Dangerous Danny Davis
Dawn Marie
Damian Demento
Colin Delaney
Brother Devon
Demolition Ax
Demolition Smash
Bill DeMott
Ted DiBiase
J.J. Dillon
Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore
Disco Inferno
Spike Dudley

Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Kenny Dykstra

E

Bobby Eaton
Paul Ellering

Armando Estrada

F

Manny Fernandez
Francine
Mr. Fuji
Dory Funk Jr.
Terry Funk

G

Ronnie Garvin
Jackie Gayda
Glacier
Sylvain Grenier
Tod Gordon
Zach Gowen
Juventud Guerrera

H

Chalie Haas
Chris Harris
Bruce Hart
Jimmy Hart
Diva Search's Jessica Hatch
Dave Hebner
Earl Hebner
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
Jon Heidenreich
Christy Hemme
Hillbilly Jim
Molly Holly
The Honky Tonk Man
Tim Horner
Scotty 2 Hotty
Sam Houston

Mr. Hughes


I

The Iron Sheik
Ivory

J

B.G. James
Jazz
Ahmed Johnson
Judge Jeff Jones
Orlando Jordan

K


Kamala
Kid Kash
Kevin Kelly
Pat "Simon Diamond" Kenney
Ron Killings
Cpl. Kirschner
Kizarny
Kevin Kleinrock
Brian Knobbs
Ivan Koloff

Nikita Koloff


L

Bobby Lashley
Bruno "Harvey Wippleman" Lauer
Jerry "The King" Lawler
"The Total Package" Lex Luger
Buschwhacker Luke

M

Rodney Mack
Magnum T.A.
Balls Mahoney
Rick Martel
Clarence Mason
"Masterpiece" Chris Masters
Robbie McAllister
Rory McAllister
Matt Morgan
Ernest Miller
Missing Link
Father James Mitchell
Mo From Men on a Mission
Sean Mooney
Ricky Morton

Trevor Murdoch

N

Kevin Nash
Nidia

Nunzio

O

One Man Gang
Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff
Oscar From Men on a Mission
Fred "Typhoon/Tugboat/Shockmaster" Ottman
Pierre-Carl Ouellet

Outback Jack

P

Diamond Dallas Page
Ken Patera
Jim Powers
Tom Prichard

R

Harley Race
Baron Von Raschke
"The Yeti" Ron Reis
Rhino
Dustin Rhodes
Tommy Rich
Rikishi
Paul Roma
"Super Hero in Training" Rosie
Jacques Rougeau
Terri Runnels

Lance Russell


S

Samoa Joe
Bruno Sammartino
Samu
Tito Santana
Dan "The Beast" Severn
Ron Simmons
Elix Skipper
Slick
Tracey Smothers
Al Snow
Sim "Deuce" Snuka
Dennis Stamp
George "The Animal" Steele
Rick Steiner
Scott Steiner
Idol Stevens
The Stro
AJ Styles
Dave "Evad" Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan

T

Dave Taylor
Sylvester Terkay
ECW's Tiffany
Too Cold Scorpio

V

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Jimmy Valiant
Johnny Valiant
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
Sid Vicious
Vito
Nikolai Volkoff


W

 

Y
David Young
Mae Young


Z

Larry Zybszko

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