Ken Patera Interview Recap
Posted: Nov 3rd 2010 By: CMBurnham
Arda Ocal and Jimmy Korderas interviewed Ken Patera. Highlights:
- Placing ahead of ?The Incredible Hulk? Lou Ferrigno at the 1977 World?s Strongest Man Competition, and beating him in a tug-o- war
- Helping break Ric Flair get into wrestling through Verne Gagne?s wrestling camps
- Was it a mistake for him to return to wrestling after his prison sentence?
- Being broke when he entered and when he left the wrestling business
- Would he accept a call to the WWE Hall of Fame?
- How Vince Sr. treated him as compared to Vince Jr.
EXCERPT: ?I got Ric (Flair) into wrestling. Ric and I were sharing a house with a couple other guys in 1972 and he was hounding me to introduce him to Verne Gagne because I was starting at Gagne?s training camp in a few weeks. I finally took him down to the old wrestling office in downtown Minneapolis and introduced him to Verne. He said ?I already have enough guys, I can?t handle one more?. The other guys were Greg Gagne, Verne?s son, The Iron Sheik, Jumpin Jim Brunzell. Finally we convinced him to include Ric and that?s how it all started.?
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