KAMALA & IRON SHEIK STUDIO SHOOT INTERVIEWS
Two exclusive Studio Shoot Interviews are now available for your viewing pleasure exclusively on MWFprowrestling.com! The internet classic Iron Sheik Studio Shoot has entertained fans from all over the world. "The Ugandan Giant" Kamala interview gives you a look at the man's soul. Both interviews were conducted in a lit television studio with microphones and professional television equipment - they were not recorded in a hotel room with a camcorder. Detailed descriptions of each interview are listed below.
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"THE UGANDAN GIANT" KAMALA STUDIO SHOOT INTERVIEW
Wrestling great "The Ugandan Giant" Kamala joined us at MWF Studios for the second
edition of the MWF/BostonWrestling.com Studio Shoot Interview Series in your choice
of DVD or VHS. It's a three hour no-holds-barred interview that's extremely insightful
and thought provoking. Kamala opens up and is very honest about his true, deep
feelings about the wrestling business and his life in general. Top top it off, Kamala
actually SINGS two songs that he wrote for an upcoming CD! That's right, "The
Ugandan Giant" now is involved in the world of music and shares a little in this
interview. Here are a list of topics covered:
* Family and life growing up in MS
* His interest in wrestling and living in MI and FL
* Having his car repossessed
* Moving to AK
* His training and breaking into wrestling
* Going to the UK
* Wrestling in Memphis as Sugar Bear Harris
* Having Percy Pringle as his first manager
* Having to work his girlfriend about the business and the "money" from the battle royal he won (and being shot at)
* Being naive to the payoffs in wrestling
* Who came up with the idea for Kamala
* The infamous Kamala music video
* His initial thoughts of the Kamala gimmick
* Thoughts on Jerry Jarrett
* Thoughts on Jerry Lawler as promoter and wrestler
* Thoughts on Stan Frazier and the promoters trying to sabotage his drawing power
* Going out in public as Kamala during the days of kayfabe
* Friends and family's thoughts on portraying Kamala
* His mother (a big wrestling fan) figuring out her son was Kamala
* Buying his mother a home from his wrestling payoffs
* Working with Andre The Giant
* Heat over Andre swearing at him over a blown spot and Kamala firing back
* Putting his finger in Andre's face while packing a gun
* Andre trying to hurt people and his problems with the Iron Sheik
* Andre swatting a midget in the locker room
* Andre making racist remarks
* Making more money working with Andre in Mid South then WWF
* Leaving Memphis for Mid-South
* Travel in Mid-South
* Thoughts on Bill Watts as a promoter and a person
* His impressions on Bill Watts temper
* Was Bill Watts a racist?
* Working with Jim Duggan
* Working with Junk Yard Dog
* Working in the Super Dome
* Working with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams
* Working with Ted DiBiase
* Encountering racism and violence from the fans in Mid-South
* Attacking a fan that tripped the workers and being thrown out of Marshall, TX
* Leaving Mid-South for World Class
* Other territories interesting in booking Kamala
* Working for the Crocketts
* Thoughts on World Class
* Money in World Class as compared to other promotions
* Thoughts on Fritz Von Erich
* Walking out on World Class over a payoff at a Texas Stadium show
* Thoughts on the Von Erich sons
* His and Paul Bearer's reaction to Kerry Von Erich's WWF departure just before his death
* Were the Von Erich sons over pushed?
* Thoughts on Bruiser Brody
* Thoughts on the Missing Link
* Listening to Skandar Akbar's advice on money
* Thoughts on the Freebirds
* Thoughts on brief shots in AWA
* Andre getting him into WWF
* Walking out on WWF after three months due to pay
* Other promoters thoughts on Vince McMahon as the wrestling war began
* Initial thoughts of Vince McMahon
* Thoughts on Freddie Blassie as a manager
* Travel in the WWF and drug use at that time
* What Kamala did for recreation
* Thoughts on Steve Lombardi as Kim Chee
* Eating a chicken on TNT
* Did WWF hold a grudge against him for walking out the first time?
* Sleeping in a rent a car to save money
* Thoughts on returning to Mid-South as the promotion was getting ready to close shop
* Pat Patterson calling him about returning to WWF
* Frustration on not being able to provide for his family at times
* His wife coming on the road with him
* Working Saturday Night's Main Events on NBC
* His big run with Hulk Hogan
* Hogan's comments to him on money
* Different weekly WWF payoffs
* Why wasn't Kamala on WrestleMania III?
* Thoughts on working with Jake Roberts and his fear of Damian
* Thoughts on the first Kamala action figure
* Thoughts on the Iron Sheik and his medicine
* The Sheik coming onto a whore, his night in bed with her and spitting on her
* The infamous story of the Sheik failing a drug test
* Did Kamala get ring rats?
* Working a squash match with Mick Foley
* Having King Curtis Iaukea as a manager
* Thoughts on Mr. Fuji as a manager
* Teaming with Sika
* WWF advertising Kamala after he left
* Leaving in the summer of 1987
* Running an arcade business
* Having a softball team named after him
* Kamala talks about being unable to afford to send his kids to college
* Would wrestling be better off unionized?
* The disparity in pay between professional wrestling and other forms of entertainment
* Kamala breaks down and explains why he wishes he never got into wrestling
* Kamala expresses his thoughts about not being able to afford to bring his family places other wrestlers were able to afford to
* Ultimate Warrior offering his limo to Kamala
* Kamala wonders why he wasn't paid what he feels he was worth
* Returning to Memphis part time
* Going from Kamala to James Harris in real life
* Driving by buildings he worked for WWF while truck driving and pulling over to the side of the road and crying
* Kamala explains how he feel he was discriminated against
* How some territories would only use one black wrestler at a time
* Running a pea farm
* Locker room's thoughts on the WWF scandals of 1992
* Being contacted by the FBI over WWF activity
* Thoughts on Dr. George Zahorian and him offering drugs
* Was there a steroid problem in wrestling?
* Did you ever see ring boys abused?
* If he'd have got a better push if he used drugs or was friendlier with the office?
* Was Kamala ever propositioned for homosexual sex?
* Sharing a room with Pat Patterson
* Was Mel Phillips interested in Kamala's bare feet?
* His return to the WWF in 1992 as the monsters were phased out due to steroid and drug testing
* Different royalty checks received
* Kamala getting the call to return soon after having his lawyer look into his royalties
* Thoughts on Harvey Wippleman as a manager
* Thoughts on the Ultimate Warrior in and out of the ring
* Thoughts on working with Undertaker & Paul Bearer
* The huge difference in SummerSlam payoff between Undertaker and Kamala
* Complaining to McMahon about the payoff
* Locker room morale during a bad time
* The Survivor Series 92 casket match
* Turning babyface
* Why his WrestleMania 9 match with Bam Bam Bigelow was scrapped
* Being told not to meet with George Foreman and Natalie Cole at WM9
* Thoughts on various skits trying to make Kamala civilized
* How Kamala would have booked himself as a babyface
* Kamala talks about his singing and song writing
* Thoughts on Bam Bam Bigelow
* Thoughts on working with Yokozuna
* Leaving WWF in 1993
* Getting back into the trucking business
* Kamala talks about his feelings about being confronted by someone while trucking talking about him doing poorly financially in wrestling
* His sister and niece being murdered by her husband
* Kamala talks about staying on the DA to put his brother in law in jail for the murders
* Bottoming out in life between losing his job and sister
* Getting the phone call from Hulk Hogan about coming into WCW in 1995
* Feelings about not being offered a contract
* Thoughts on Eric Bischoff
* Only getting $800 for working Hogan before the Clash of Champions
* Bischoff scolding Kamala for going to Kamala over pay issues
* Comparing McMahon to Bischoff
* Thoughts on how he was used in WCW
* Regrets about not being part of the Monday Night Wars?
* Not returning a call to appear at a Royal Rumble
* Howard Finkel calling about being in the WrestleMania X7 battle royal
* Why Kamala wanted to leave as aoon as he got to the Astrodome
* How much did Kamala make to work the battle royal?
* Kamala not realizing who the Rock was and that he was Rocky Johnson's son
* Life on the independents
* Thoughts on Ben Peacock as Kamala II
* Kamala shoots on Abdullah The Butcher for keeping blacks out of Japan
* Advice on someone wanting to get into the business
* Thoughts on the indy's
* Favorite memory of wrestling
* Biggest regrets
* Will wrestling ever have a union?
* How would you like Kamala to be remembered
* Will we ever see a Kamala book?
* How would you like James Harris to be remembered?
THE IRON SHEIK STUDIO SHOOT INTERVIEW
For a year and a half, this was an underground classic that has now been seen by hundreds of thousands of fans all over the world on DVD and You Tube, and was even played on The Howard Stern Show, leading to a new wave of popularity for the WWE Hall of Famer! Former WWF World Heavyweight and Tag Team Champion The Iron Sheik sat down with BostonWrestling.com in the debut edition of the Studio Shoot Series. What makes our shoot interviews different from the rest? Each individual is interested in a professional television setting. The studio is lighted and the stars have a microphone on, giving it the interview a better look and sound than some in the past. The Iron Sheik is best known for his WWF days in the 1970's to the 1990's, but there's more to the character and more to the man than meets the eyes. The Sheik joined us for a three hour, no holds barred interview where he names the names and talks about some of wrestling's biggest scandals as well as drug/"medicine" problems. The legendary Sheik goes on several legendary drug induced tirades that will catch you off guard. This interview was conducted prior to his wild actions on August 5th at Iron Sheik Appreciation Night but is one you'll want to watch again and again!
Look for Part II coming soon!
NOTE: The Sheik uses colorful, adult language that may be offensive to some viewers.
Here is a complete list of topics the Iron Sheik talks about:
* Life and wrestling in Iran
* Coming to the United States
* Going from amatuer wrestling to professional wrestling
* Seeing the AWA in Minnesota
* How he got the name the Iron Sheik
* Training with Ric Flair, Ken Patera, Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell
* Driving the ring truck to various cities in the AWA
* Working in World Class
* Working in Mid-South
* Going to the WWWF as Hussein Arab
* Winning the first ever Madison Square Garden Battle Royal
* Working in Mid Atlantic
* The travel in Mid South
* Saving Bob Orton from AK police after beating up a southern woman
* Working in Japan
* Working in Puerto Rico
* The murder of Bruiser Brody
* Returning to the WWF, now run by Vince Jr.
* Verne Gagne offering him $100,000 to break Hulk Hogan's leg and bringing the WWF Championship to the AWA
* His dislike of Hulk Hogan
* How Bob Backlund wanted to drop the championship to him instead of the Masked Superstar
* Dropping the title to Hogan
* How Hogan reminds him of Michael Jackson
* Not getting a title run with Hogan after dropping the belt
* His feud with Sgt. Slaughter
* The famous bootcamp match against Slaughter at MSG
* Thoughts on Slaughter
* Thoughts on Jesse Ventura and "medicine"
* Slaughter getting fired for talking about forming a union
* The locker room's thoughts on forming a union
* Teaming with Nikolai Volkoff
* Stories of Volkoff using a portable grill on the road to cook food and save money
* His friendship with Volkoff ending over $2
* The atmosphere at WrestleMania I
* Wendi Richter turning down his sexual advances
* A car ride with Richter, Greg Valentine and the Fabulous Moolah where he throws Moolah out of the car on I-95
* WrestleMania II and working the battle royal with NFL stars
* WrestleMania III and his dislike of Brian Blair
* Getting arrested with Jim Duggan in NJ, the legal ramifications and job status in WWF following the incident
* Going back to World Class
* His brief return to the WWF in 1988 and what led to his quick departure
* Misunderstanding Vince McMahon telling him his drug test was "positive"
* Wrestling Sting in the NWA in 1989
* Residual checks from merchandising
* Returning to the WWF in 1991 as Col. Mustafa
* Wrestling in the main event of SummerSlam 1991
* Thoughts on the Ultimate Warrior
* Dr. George Zahorian and the Zahorian trial
* Hogan lying about steroid use on the Arsenio Hall show
* Thoughts on General Adnan
* Thoughts on Saddam Hussein
* What Arnold Schwartznegger said to him when they met at MSG
* Sex and drug scandals in 1992
* Mel Phillips and Terry Garvin abusing their power
* Steroid/drug testing
* What led to his 1992 departure
* Working UWFI in Japan as Khosrow Vaziri
* Life on the independents
* Returning to the WWF in 1996 to manage the Sultan
* His match with Volkoff against the Bushwhackers at Heroes of Wrestling
* The deaths of so many wrestlers at a young age
* Would the unionization of wrestlers help?
* His 2003 car accident damaging his knee
* The murder of his daughter Marissa
* His wife stealing WWE residual checks
* Andre the Giant being rude to fans
* Bringing Jake "The Snake" Robert's cocaine into Canada
* Harley Race trying to take the Sheik out in a shoot
* Ted DiBiase and other wrestlers becoming Born Again Christians
* Name association on Jimmy Hart, Bobby Heenan, George Steele, Junkyard Dog, Tito Santana, Don Muraco, Mr. Fugi, Adrian Adonis, the Hart Foundation, the British Bulldogs, Randy Savage, Elizabeth, Gorilla Monsoon, Pedro Morales, Ivan Putski, King Kong Bundy, Big John Studd, Hercules, Paul Orndorff, Kamala, the Wild Samoans, Rocky Johnson, Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Linda McMahon and more!!!
