I listened/watched the Ole Anderson RF Video shoot today.His memory aint as damaged as Bam Bam Gordy, but he don't remember a lot. I think it is because she is such a cut and dry miserable human that he don't waste time thinking about the past.

He had the interviewer on edge. Dude was scared and actually asked Ole if Ole was quizzing him or legit didn't remember stuff, like bosses names, angles. Ole said he didn't remember the Tommy Rich/Buzz Sawyer angle, and went on about how he introduced Tommy with an angle vs. Abby.

Ole also said he fired Piper and Buzz Sawyer for doing coke. Said he didn't know all the guys were doing it, because he didn't hang out w/ any of them. If they missed towns or he saw em doing it, he'd fire them.

I wound up watching it in the train wreck porn mind frame, looking more for Ole's reactions and the interaction w/ the interviewer more than for the content.

You'd think that one of the most important bookers of the 70's and 80's would have a lot of interesting shit about some of the hugest angles, but no. I kinda feel that Ole was faking the memory loss and just didn't want to give credit to anyone else for the big angles. Either that or Ole was so blind in his pursuit for $$ that he didn't give a fuck about anything else. $250k/year for booking, plus wrestling plus having points in the company, is a lot for the late 70's/early 80's.

Funny story about Johnny B Badd. Ole saw him, knew he was making like $50 a shot in NY. Ole offered him $600/week, no guarantee. Next thing you know, Herd or Shaw comes in says "I'm going to make you an offer, take it or leave it. $280k/year we'll pay for your hotel, we'll pay for your airfare. Yes or no?"

Also, the story of why he picked Hawk to be a Road Warrior is funny. Ole was looking over some guys. They were all sucking his ass. When he got to Hawk, he looked at Ole and said, "You don't look so tough." That was it. Didn't even care if he could work. Animal was his friend, Ole wanted a tag team, the rest is history.