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At what age were you exposed
to the wrestling business as the son of "Tough" Tony Borne?
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How old were you when you
began to realize pro wrestling wasn't a shoot?
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Stories of traveling with
his father when he was younger
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At what age did you realize
you wanted to get into the business?
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Stories of athletic background
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Becoming friends with Jesse
Ventura and smoking pot with him
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How did you see Jesse change
over the years?
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How did you break into the
wrestling industry?
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Memories of first match
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Thoughts on Don Owen as
a promoter and a booker
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Roddy Piper mentoring him
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Memories of Adrian Adonis
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Thoughts on a younger Roddy
Piper
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Memories of ex-brother in
law "Playboy" Buddy Rose
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Brutal battle with Buddy
Rose that led to him getting arrested
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Chain match that followed
later in the week
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Thoughts on having someone
in the business being involved with his sister
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Buddy Rose taping a sexual
encounter with his sister and showing it to the boys
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Early memories of The Iron
Sheik
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Trip to Australia where
Borne got cocaine for the boys in LA during a connection
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Memories of Sheik sneaking
coke into Bob Orton's bag going into Canada
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Borne's response to Sheik's
version of the two of them sharing a room in Sydney and the woman that stole his money and drugs from the WrestleMania I Studio
Shoot Interview
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Sheik's shocking reaction
to Borne and the woman having sex in their hotel room
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Story of Ole Anderson trying
to get the Sheik to stretch a guy off the street, then getting a beating by Sawyer, Sheik & Anderson
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Memories of a young Curt
Hennig
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What was travel like in
Portland?
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Drug scene of the late 70's/early
80's
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Borne talks about the character
of John Cena
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Talk of seperating the character
in the ring and behind the curtain
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Talk of NWA Champions coming
through Portland
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Memories of Harley Race
stretching a biker
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Harley Race's driving
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Traveling with Andre The
Giant
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Going to a drug dealers
house with Andre
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Memories of Mid-Atlantic
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Memories of a young Ric
Flair
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Memories of Ricky Steamboat
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Memories of Wahoo McDaniel
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Talk of wild drug use in
the 80's
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Thoughts on how Roddy Piper
has fallen
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Memories of working Mid-South
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Thoughts on Bill Watts
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Infamous brawl of Borne
saving Jim Duggan from fighting three guys after a match where one lost an eye
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Duggan & Watts post-match
reaction
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Lawsuit that followed
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Tension between Borne and
Duggan in years that followed
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Memories of Ted DiBiase
pre-Million Dollar Man
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Memories of Jim Ross
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Memories of the Fabulous
Freebirds
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Heading to the WWF for the
first time
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Resentment from top guys
who were left off WrestleMania?
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Legend that complained loudly
about it
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Boys feelings the day of
the event
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Was WWF in danger of going
out of business if WrestleMania failed?
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Thoughts on "Dr. D" David
Schultz
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Memories of Mr. T leading
into Mania
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Stories of Roddy Piper being
able to shoot
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Memories of Vince McMahon
during his first run
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Relationship once he returned
as Doink The Clown
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How his relationship with
McMahon broke down
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How hot was Hogan in the
mid-80's?
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Borne's opinion on who he
thought Hogan really wanted to be
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Why Borne has no respect
for Hogan
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Hogan's refusal to work
Doink at WrestleMania IX in Las Vegas
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What legend clued Borne
in to the fact he was set to work Hogan at Mania
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How plans on working with
Davey Boy Smith fell apart
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How big was the money in
the mid-80's in WWF compared to other territories
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What was the travel like
in the mid-80's?
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Thoughts on watching the
Sheik smoke crack on Youtube
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Moving on to World Class
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Memories of the Von Erich's
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Thoughts on Von Erich brother
deaths
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Memories of Percy Pringle,
III
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Story of calling Percy's
wife when she was pregnant and how she went into labor
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Stories of Buzz Sawyer and
a fight they had while traveling
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Memories of Bruiser Brody
& Abdullah The Butcher
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Discussion of Brody's murder
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Did the boys not want to
work Puerto Rico as a result?
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Memories of Ultimate Warrior,
who said Borne was one of the biggest assholes he ever met
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Talk of how the Warrior's
wife was having sex with other wrestlers
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What led to so many young
deaths in World Class?
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Thoughts of being part of
WWE's rehab program
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Thoughts on Benoit murders
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Complete details on being
part of the rehab program and the step down program that followed
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How WWE helped him live
after leaving the program
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Story of how he was put
in a rehab programs through the courts previously
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Memories of moving onto
Memphis with a young Mick Foley and Jeff Jarrett
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How Jerry Jarrett got him
hired as Doink
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Memories of Jerry Lawler
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Violent incident between
Ken Shamrock and Nasty Boys at an indy event
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What led Borne to WCW as
Big Josh
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Thoughts on Dusty Rhodes
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Memories of Sting, Lex Luger,
Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk
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Reaction to Bill Watts coming
into WCW
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Did WCW need a Bill Watts?
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Transition period between
WCW and WWF
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How Watts prevented him
from getting surgery on knee injury in WCW
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How Doink came to be
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How the evil clown came
to be
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Thoughts into Doink's introduction
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Memories of the beginning
of Monday Night RAW
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Locker room reaction to
the death of Kerry Von Erich
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Program with Crush leading
up to WrestleMania
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Memories of the second Doink
and thoughts on Steve Kiern
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Story of Steve Kiern dressing
his penis up as Doink
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Who was really responsible
for Hogan showing up with a black eye at WrestleMania IX?
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How Hogan got involved in
Randy Savage and Elizabeth's maritial problems
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Thoughts on Randy Savage
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Memories of Bret Hart now
that he was on top
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Thoughts on reconnecting
with Percy Pringle as Paul Bearer
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Memories of The Undertaker
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How Buzz Sawyer screwed
The Undertaker out of money
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Backlash towards Hogan for
trashing the WWF Title in Japan while not working house shows?
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Why Borne has no respect
for Hogan
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What led to the departure
of Matt Borne in 1993?
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Story behind independent
match that turned into a shoot with Jim Duggan
