1. Bushwhacker Luke Reveals Why The Bushwhackers Never Won The WWF Tag Team Titles
During a recent appearance on the Pancakes & Powerslams show, WWE Hall of Famer Bushwhacker Luke revealed why Vince McMahon didn’t book The Bushwhackers to become the Tag Team Champions in the World Wrestling Federation, negative criticism for their WWE Hall of Fame induction & more. Below are the highlights:
On Vince McMahon not believing in tag team main events:
“If it was a main event, Vince never used tag teams. Tag teams were more of attractions. The Bushwhackers were attractions. One time he put Ted DiBiase and IRS together to work against Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake. The rest of the time, the tag teams were never sent to the main events.”
On strong characters not needing titles:
“When you have strong characters, like Jim Duggan, he’s a character, he had the flag, he was over, he didn’t need the belt. To me, when I was doing booking, I put the belts on wrestlers who didn’t have so much of a character, but the belt helped them get to that level. Great workers worked their way up to that level.”
This was the reason for The Bushwhackers never capturing the Tag Team Titles in the WWF.
[showhide more_text=”Read More” less_text=”Read Less”]On his memorable 1991 Royal Rumble elimination:
“I still get stopped and asked about that 1991 Royal Rumble, were I came to the ring, Earthquake grabbed me, threw me out the other side, I landed on my feet, and started marching back. People remember that sort of stuff. And when you look at that, look how many years ago that was!”
On thoughts of retirement:
“I feel like if I stopped moving around, my body is going to lock up. As long as I can move around on the mat, I’ll keep doing it. I try to keep in shape.”
On criticism of being selected for the WWE Hall of Fame:
“We got a lot of negative publicity. Who are these two goons? Most of the wrestling fans didn’t know about the Sheepherders or the Kiwis. You know, we first came in 1972 to the USA. Before that, we wrestled all over, including far east Japan. We first came to North American in 1972. None of the fans today knew that.”
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