Paul Wight appeared on chrisvanvliet's Insight podcast and told a story about the time Hulk Hogan called his hotel room in Japan after Wight threw a dropkick off the top rope during a tour.
Wight was telling Van Vliet about how, early in his career, veterans had a specific idea of how a seven foot tall wrestler was supposed to move in the ring, and the blueprint most of them wanted to force on him was Andre the Giant. The Hogan call came during one of those early tours.
Wight: "I had Hogan call me in Japan. I threw a dropkick in Japan off the top rope and hit Yasuda with it. And I got to my room, there was a blinking light, and the message says, please call Mr. Bollea when you get to your room. Oh, hell, they didn't even hulk it. It's Mr. Bollea. Sh*t, I'm in trouble."
"So I called Terry collect, Japan, back then. Goes, 'brother, did you just do a dropkick off the top rope in Japan?' I went, 'Yeah, I did.' He just, 'brother, you ever do that again, I'll never work with you.' Click."...
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