The recent Art of Wrestling episode with Shane Douglas is full of good stuff. There’s one anecdote I love, about how he won his first title (the UWF TV title). Apparently, it was supposed to be Sting vs. Eddie Gilbert, with Terry Taylor attacking Sting before the match, but Taylor hit Sting too hard with a chair and he couldn’t compete. So they shoved Shane Douglas out there and he expected to put Eddie Gilbert over, but it was called on the fly and Douglas ended up winning the title!
A cool example of how to apply some Creative Moves in WWWRPG, perhaps. Terry Taylor (or Sting) botches a roll, Creative says it means Sting’s too injured to compete and books Shane Douglas into the match, maybe Eddie Gilbert uses a Move to give Douglas the win.
http://tsmradio.com/coltcabana/2014/10/08/aow-219-shane-douglas/
AoW is worth listening to for all sorts of insights into the wacky world of professional wrestling.
Some are more engaging to me than others, but this one is exactly the kind I like most – Shane Douglas gives some insight into how things worked behind the scenes when he was coming up without being jaded or vindictive, and Colt asks interesting questions.
But yeah, if you’ve never listened to AoW, it’s worth scrolling through the old eps and cherrypicking the folks you want to hear talk, if nothing else!