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Brian Damage
This is the 419th installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series. A group of stories that delves into the darker, underbelly of pro wrestling. Many of the stories involve such subjects as sex, drugs, greed and in some cases even murder! As with every single story in the Sin series, I do not condone or condemn the alleged participants. We simply retell their stories by researching interviews, newspapers, magazines and various other sources of media.
When Fools Rush In
An independent promoter advertised a huge event that would take place in India back in 1994. The card featured such talent as The Powers of Pain, Mr. Perfect, Bret Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow and the Repo Man. The main event advertised was The Ultimate Warrior versus Demolition Ax. While the real Powers of Pain and Ax were booked, the rest of the “stars” were other wrestlers imitating the more famous wrestlers. It was widely speculated that the Warrior was portrayed by journeyman ‘Conan’ Chris Walker…who played the Warrior character overseas previously.
When the sold out crowd caught on that many of these wrestlers were not the real deal…they became angry and finally erupted when the main event started and the Ultimate Warrior wasn’t legitimate. Fans started throwing objects into the ring and eventually chairs were thrown at the wrestlers, the referee and others at ringside. Ax allegedly became frustrated and began throwing the chairs bac into the crowd.
Fans then rushed the ring, with some carrying field hockey sticks and started hitting the wrestlers with them. All in all, dozens were arrested, with a total of five injuries.
Dundee See Dundee Do
Jamie Dundee recalled his life growing up with his father being a famous professional wrestler in ‘Superstar’ Bill Dundee. He said that as a kid, he and his family would move constantly from state to state for Bill to work the various territories. Jamie said that his father was never really around for him growing up. He also recalls an incident that happened when he was about four years old in 1975. His Dad and Tommy Rich got him drunk on beer and then decided to pierce his ear with a needle and ice cubes. When the four year old went to pre school the next day with an earing, the teacher demanded the child remove it.
Bill Dundee also owned and ran a strip club and Jamie recalled his father sleeping with all of the dancers and believed that his father got a few of them pregnant. Jamie believes that he has a few brothers and sisters he may not even know about, due to his Dad’s philandering ways. Jamie would eventually become a wrestler himself, and have his own issues with drugs, alcohol and the law. Jamie also said he has four kids from four different mothers.
Tampax A Punch
Madusa Miceli recalled wrestling overseas in Zimbabwe, Africa for the very first time. While on the tour, she was hanging out drinking at a bar with some of the girls from GLOW. She remembers hearing some shouting and then some glasses breaking. She turned around to see the Sheepherders of Butch Miller and Luke Williams involved in a brawl.
Madusa recalled one of the Sheepherders (She wasn’t sure which one) were bleeding heavily from their nose. Concerned, Madusa went into her purse to look for something to wipe off the blood. She said she pulled out a tampon and shoved it in the Sheepherder’s nose. He then continued fighting with a tampon string hanging out of his nose.
Pena the Ass
In the Summer of 1994, AAA president Antonio Pena received a phone call from somebody threatening his life and warning him not to show up at the AAA offices that day. Pena decided to ignore the warning and defiantly went to his office. He would be met by five gunmen who pistol whipped an employee and stole $15,000 in cash and jewelry. The men also destroyed some office equipment and trashed the place overall.
Police initially stated that they had no suspects or leads in the case. A few weeks later, reports came out that believed the assault and robbery was potentially from a rival wrestling organization, possibly EMLL or UWA. It was also believed that a hit was placed on the head of AAA president Antonio Pena. No arrests were ever made and the case was never solved.