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August 26,2003

What's the most humorous part of a match you've been in?

I'm not sure this is the most humorous but it was a lot of fun and
became a long-standing joke. It was back in ECW when I was working
with Chris Candito. We worked with each other a ton and had great
chemistry. For a while we were defending the Tag Team Titles and
following that match right after with a single match against each
other. We were feuding with each other while tag team champions. Our
timing was so on it was ridiculous. We were having 2 really good
matches a night. Both Chris and I were pretty tight with Shane
Douglas, who was off hurt at the time. One night (I think in Baton
Rouge, LA) Shane pulled us aside and offered us some advice. He said
we were getting too comfortable with each other and despite our
matches being real good they were getting too smooth. He said at times
it looked like we were dancing out there. There was one spot in
particular he used as an example. I don't remember the exact spot, all
though I bet Candito does, he's incredible with remembering spots from
years ago. The spot was out of the corner, it involved an up and over,
a go behind maybe, a duck or two, and ended up with Candito hitting me
with a swinging neck-breaker. He would then follow that up with his
leg drop off the second rope. Shane said we looked like we were
waltzing, and he hummed the music for us and gestured through the spot
with his hands (da...da…da…da...da…dum..dum….dum..dum) I'm not sure if
you can place the song from my lame musical attempt or not, I hope so.
Our next match we changed things up a bit and tried not to look so
smooth but that one spot became a favourite of ours and we always did
it the same and hummed the waltz music quietly to each other as we
went through the spot.

Where did you get the Power Rangers underwear?

Believe it or not they were custom made for me. Originally the office
just sent someone out to buy a pair but they don't make them in adult
sizes. (Go figure). So what they did was buy a pair of plain white
underwear in my size. (actually they were a size or 2 too small but
they were supposed to be my size) They also bought the largest pair of
Power Ranger ones they could find. The seamstresses had to then cut
the panels, with the pictures on them, off of the kids under wear and
sew them onto the adult ones. They wear so tight I could barely breath
in them. With all of the sewing done to them there was very little
stretch left in them as well.

What is the status of your autobiography?

I was really flying on that thing until I started with WWE. Once I
signed here I had considerably less free time and I knew that a book
would have to go threw the office so there was really no rush. I've
got pretty much everything but SMW, ECW, WCW, WWE covered. They may
not sound like much completed but believe it or not that is a lot of
material, especially considering that it's done as a completed part of
a book, not just notes.

Is there one angle that you feel you missed out on?

There is one angle that I'm really disappointed I missed out on. Back
when I was part of the Un-Americans. It was when I first heard the
office was thinking of doing Kurt-Brock at Wrestlemania. We were all
on Smack Down and I thought the Un-Americans would be the perfect tool
to turn Kurt face and send him into Wrestlemania. It's an angle I
think could have carried on for a few month and produced great matches
and cemented Kurt as the American hero, ready to face the monster
Brock and Wrestlemania.

Have you ever gotten lost on route to a show and missed it?

No but I came close once. I was in ECW traveling with Jerry Lynn. We
were doing a loop based out of Pittsburgh. The first house show was in
Johnstown. Before each week I always print direction up on a Rand
McNally program I have on my computer. I typed in Pittsburgh to
Johnstown and Johnstown, OH came up. I clicked on that and printed
directions. The mileage was about 180 miles, which sounded right.
Jerry and I did the drive and once we got into town started looking
for the building. We were at the something Country Armory. No one in
town had a clue where this thing was. Jerry and I were cussing to each
other how stupid these people could be not to know what county they
are in and how to find their local building. Finally we call one of
the other boys to get directions. Turns out, the show was in
Johnstown, PA, which was 180 miles the other side of Pittsburgh. So
now it's quite late and we have to drive 360 miles to go to make the
town. Paul bumped us later in the card and we hauled {at}$$. We made the
show just after intermission. We walked into the locker room got
dressed, Paul told us we were working each other. We went directly to
the ring and, I think, worked the semi-main event.

Do heels want their loyal fans to Boo or Cheer?

We would rather they Boo. At least I would. That is the reaction we
are trying for. When a crowd Cheers the heel it makes the match so
much harder. House shows it doesn't matter so much because guys can
switch rolls, but on TV it gets difficult.

Thoughts on Strong Style Stiff Wrestling?

I've dealt with this before and I'm pretty much against it. It's hard
enough to keep your body together in this business with out hurting
each other intentionally. I don't mind solid workers but I find in
most cases the less skilled workers are the ones who try to work a
stiff stronger style to make up for it. That was the origin of a lot
of the hard-core style wrestling. It was workers who weren't good
enough to get noticed wrestling so they hit each other with stuff and
jumped off of things to grab attention. The same can be said for a lot
of the strong stiff style. Guys get pops from the crowd by stiffing
the hell out of each other. A lot of people talk about how stiff Fit
Finlay was yet as much as I dislike Stiff wrestling he's my all time
favourite guy to work. Fit was snug and very skilled. He laid his
stuff in and was so precise I never got hurt. I remember it stinging
when he forearmed me but I was never sore after a match. Most stiffer
guys today are sloppy and it causes injury. Having to work stiff, to
me, says your not good enough to make it look stiff.

That's it for another one. Till next week,
Lance


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