The Art of Wrestling hosted by Colt Cabana is my favorite wrestling Podcast. It's usually a cool, relaxed conversation with his wrestler buddies. He's had Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Jake the Snake Roberts and many other wrestlers from several generations. Even if you aren't a wrestling fan, I would recommend trying at least one out. Try the Miz! Everyone knows who the Miz is.
This week's episode (at least the one I listened to this week) stars The Genius Lanny Poffo. The Genius comes from the prestigious Poffo wrestling family. Originally from Downers Grove, IL his father Angelo Poffo was a promoter in the Memphis area rivaling Jerry Lawler. Lanny's brother is no other than Randy Macho Man Savage. All and all a very talented and important family when it came to wrestling.
This was an interesting interview for a couple of reasons. A lot of wrestlers struggle in their later years because of drug addiction, depression or past injuries catching up with them. Poffo is a nice change of pace where he is a positive thinker and happy to be retired from the wrestling world. He never reached the heights of his brother Macho Man, but he is thankful for every opportunity he had. His highest level of popularity was when he entered a program with the then champion Hulk Hogan. He faced Hogan at a Saturday Night Main Event in 1989 and actually beat him. He won by count out, so he didn't win the title, but that's still pretty impressive. Hulk Hogan beat everybody in the 80's.
Poffo touches on his brothers death, as the two were very close. Cabana is a great interviewer and actually doesn't ask about the Macho Man, but Poffo insists that Randy was the only reason that he achieved anything in his wrestling career. It was a solid conversation with The Genius breaking into poems every so often, it was his gimmick for years, and I enjoyed every moment.
I give the AOW with The Genius 4 out of 5 Burning Lariats.
You can subscribe to the Art of Wrestling Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio or you can stream all of the episodes from Colt's site http://tsmradio.com/coltcabana/
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