The idea that anybody ever thought it'd be a good idea to turn this guy face was absolutely ridiculous. He's a heel, through and through. He is a HEEL.
Ken is the man. I have listened to all of his interviews and shoots, and I can’t get enough. When asked if Bischoff had any talent, not hesitating saying ‘Absolutely Not’ 😂
Vince would just assume induct a live hand-grenade to the WWE HOF before Patera. That's what you would be getting if you put him on-stage. That's why he isn't in there. The only way he would get in is if he is willing to sell-out.
Wow, Patera is 100% right. The corporate jabrones got involved in the wrestling world when they had no experience and killed the product which was old fashion wrestling. True fans want to see rivalries and not corporate people trying to change wrestling into a day time soap opera. Guys like Biscoff and Russo killed the wrestling business. Jim Heard and Ted Turner also killed the wrestling business. Wrestling needed to be run by wrestlers who care for and have experience for what they are selling.
pumpkinsdontcry Agree 100%. Patera is the best shoot interviewer I've seen yet. Mainly because he's not afraid of anyone and he's not trying to make himself look good all the time.
Eric Bishoff killed WCW!!!! Simple as that the weekly money that was going out was crazy. Mike Graham god rest his soul said that out of the top 20 guys 5 were working the rest were at home taking a check. Not to mention how he threw away a bunch of money to get Hogan & his whole group Jimmy Hart, Eddie Lesley etc.
Patera is one of the more underrated hilarious wrestling personalities of years past. I have both shoot interviews that he did for RF Video and Ring of Honor and both are worth checking out if you want a good laugh.
Man, the misconception so many of these guys seem to have about Eric Bischoff is really sad. He was neither the monster, nor the idiot they make him out to be. He made the best of a bad situation with WcW, got zero credit for anything good that happened, and took all the heat for everything bad that went down. And it was all because, back in the day, he took full responsibility for it all and always refused to throw anyone else under the bus.
Jim Nicholson - Lol. Bischoff was and is an asshole that gives just as good as he gets. How can you say he’s never thrown anyone under the bus? Maybe he never threw Hogan under the bus. That’s it
Bischoff gets blamed for the demise of WCW unfairly I think. His lack of experience certainly contributed to it no question, however people love to give Bischoff *ALL* of the blame for it's failure but *NONE* of the credit for it's success. *AOL/Time Warner* killed WCW. Not Eric Bischoff. Ted Turner was removed from power and thus Eric had to report directly to a board that from the beginning had already made up their minds to get rid of WCW. However, it is a valid argument that Patera brings up here in-regards to how WCW was built into a lucrative-machine that was loaded with ex-WWF personnel, the was killed instantly once the WWF became a self-sustaining publicly-traded billion-dollar company. Then it was sold to Vince McMahon for pennies-on-the-dollar. Bischoff conveniently gets a job with the company afterwards. I also found it interesting on how Vince had secretly-funded ECW, most of the major stars in the Attitude Era - Ruthless Aggression Era at some point were in either ECW or WCW. Paul Heyman is working for the WWF in creative while ECW is still open and facing bankruptcy. There is a *LOT* that stinks in this situation.
@@D2Kprime I think Vince only funded ECW at the end so he could use it as a farm team, so to speak. He wanted a few guys from their roster, but didnt have spots available for them immediately. He needed to stop them from jumping to WCW before he was ready to sign them.
You had a gym in North St Paul MN for several years,and you closed it down Ken ! Eventually, your business failed. Yes, it can happen to anyone. One reason your gym failed is because of the way you treated your memeber. When my formal training partner called me,and told me that Patera's Fitness Emporium was closed down I cheered ! The place being closed down is the best thing that ever happened to it.
Jabroni is an old school insider wrestling term - older wrestlers like Patera and Sheiky Baby used it often, younger guys like The Rock would have learnt it from their wrestler Dads and Grandads. Kayfabe Lives!!!
Kay Steve Was he still is!!!! He knew nothing about wrestling wouldn’t listen to guys like Flair & Sting he brings Hogan in not to mention what he paid Hall & Nash & the increase in pay they always got when someone new came in Goldberg, Y2J, Ray Mysterio too name some.
AWA's heyday was the mid to late 70s. After about 1983 the money declined a lot. Verne always had his favorites too, he was known for not paying equitably across the card, even by the standards of the time.
lmao, best shoot interview to this day. Patera was unintentially hilirious
I had it on an old laptop, now I can't find it (the full thing) for love nor money.
@@ronniemacdonald2768 Ive still a dvd copy of it. I watch it every now and again.
@@frizzyred1292 Could you rip it? I do miss it. It's a great shoot.
@@ronniemacdonald2768 I dont know how to mate. What do I need to do?
Funniest wrestler ever 🤣 😂
0:16 Absolutely hilarious Ken doesn't hesitate at all.
Ken Patera is not afraid to speak his mind
I wish Conrad did a podcast with a drunk Patera
Bischoff was the luckiest guy in the history of pro wrestling.
Ken Patera interviews are great
The idea that anybody ever thought it'd be a good idea to turn this guy face was absolutely ridiculous. He's a heel, through and through. He is a HEEL.
I do remember that he played a babyface good at one time- after that he turned heel and kept wrestling Bruno.
Ken is the man. I have listened to all of his interviews and shoots, and I can’t get enough. When asked if Bischoff had any talent, not hesitating saying ‘Absolutely Not’ 😂
Yet Bischoff is finally secure and Patera is a drunken and angry ex-felon
I can listen to Patera for hours. He takes no BS and gives no BS. Speaks his mind and doesn’t give a hoot what you think about him.
Bischoff was giving out huge guaranteed contracts like thy were growing on trees. He single handedly sunk that WCW ship
"I don't know if those guys are wearing Pants in the day and Dresses at night..." Sounds like FREEMASON (Devil worshipper) activities.
He Nailed It
I luv Kenny! He has no filter at all. If he feels it, he says it. There is no lying in this man!
Patera always gives great shoots.
Ken always tell it like it is
A little wishy washy!!!!! I could talk to this guy for days...if he didn't choke me out.
Is that the best John Goodman he’s got? 😂
Nice audio.. lol Ken Patera should be in the WWE hall of fame.
Vince would just assume induct a live hand-grenade to the WWE HOF before Patera. That's what you would be getting if you put him on-stage. That's why he isn't in there. The only way he would get in is if he is willing to sell-out.
No he shouldn’t
That would be hilarious but considering how honest he Is, I doubt WWE would care to.
Patera is keeping it real! Always has!
Long live Kenny P
He's pushing 80 too. Long live to Kenny 🙌
Wow, Patera is 100% right. The corporate jabrones got involved in the wrestling world when they had no experience and killed the product which was old fashion wrestling. True fans want to see rivalries and not corporate people trying to change wrestling into a day time soap opera. Guys like Biscoff and Russo killed the wrestling business. Jim Heard and Ted Turner also killed the wrestling business. Wrestling needed to be run by wrestlers who care for and have experience for what they are selling.
They monopolized the circus
Vince McMahon did plenty to kill wrestling also
Ken is pure platinum. Doesn't give an F.
pumpkinsdontcry Agree 100%. Patera is the best shoot interviewer I've seen yet. Mainly because he's not afraid of anyone and he's not trying to make himself look good all the time.
Ken is pure garbage. Who gives an F about him?
He is bitter AF.
LEGEND
Ken Patera speaks his mind BUT he ALWAYS sounds SO BITTER about his wrestling career.
well he was relegated to undercard jobber for the last few years. When they script you losing to someone like Danny Davis, I'd be bitter too
pure fire
Eric Bishoff killed WCW!!!! Simple as that the weekly money that was going out was crazy.
Mike Graham god rest his soul said that out of the top 20 guys 5 were working the rest were at home taking a check.
Not to mention how he threw away a bunch of money to get Hogan & his whole group Jimmy Hart, Eddie Lesley etc.
''Pants in the day and dresses at night'' .LMAO
Patera is one of the more underrated hilarious wrestling personalities of years past. I have both shoot interviews that he did for RF Video and Ring of Honor and both are worth checking out if you want a good laugh.
Good insight : wrestling mentality to corporate mentality. WWE today. It's ok. Still appealing, but needs more randomosity.
Wishy washy! Lol!!!!!!!
Ken is interesting
Did Ken not like Eric Bischoff?
Yeah he loves Eric thinks he’s a great guy did you not listen to this
Man, the misconception so many of these guys seem to have about Eric Bischoff is really sad. He was neither the monster, nor the idiot they make him out to be. He made the best of a bad situation with WcW, got zero credit for anything good that happened, and took all the heat for everything bad that went down. And it was all because, back in the day, he took full responsibility for it all and always refused to throw anyone else under the bus.
Jim Nicholson - Lol. Bischoff was and is an asshole that gives just as good as he gets. How can you say he’s never thrown anyone under the bus? Maybe he never threw Hogan under the bus. That’s it
Bischoff gets blamed for the demise of WCW unfairly I think. His lack of experience certainly contributed to it no question, however people love to give Bischoff *ALL* of the blame for it's failure but *NONE* of the credit for it's success.
*AOL/Time Warner* killed WCW. Not Eric Bischoff. Ted Turner was removed from power and thus Eric had to report directly to a board that from the beginning had already made up their minds to get rid of WCW.
However, it is a valid argument that Patera brings up here in-regards to how WCW was built into a lucrative-machine that was loaded with ex-WWF personnel, the was killed instantly once the WWF became a self-sustaining publicly-traded billion-dollar company. Then it was sold to Vince McMahon for pennies-on-the-dollar. Bischoff conveniently gets a job with the company afterwards. I also found it interesting on how Vince had secretly-funded ECW, most of the major stars in the Attitude Era - Ruthless Aggression Era at some point were in either ECW or WCW. Paul Heyman is working for the WWF in creative while ECW is still open and facing bankruptcy.
There is a *LOT* that stinks in this situation.
@@D2Kprime I think Vince only funded ECW at the end so he could use it as a farm team, so to speak. He wanted a few guys from their roster, but didnt have spots available for them immediately. He needed to stop them from jumping to WCW before he was ready to sign them.
Is that Conrad Thompson interviewing him?
Carl Hepp No. This was 2004. Gabe Sapoelski is the interviewer.
You had a gym in North St Paul MN for several years,and you closed it down Ken ! Eventually, your business failed. Yes, it can happen to anyone. One reason your gym failed is because of the way you treated your memeber. When my formal training partner called me,and told me that Patera's Fitness Emporium was closed down I cheered ! The place being closed down is the best thing that ever happened to it.
how did he treat the members? what happened to his gym?
This guy is a negative cloud
Yep, a little wishy-washy action going on there, ha ha!!
NightWarriorAlive lmao
Cream team
Ken Patera for HOF
Mark it zero, Dude. Next frame
So, the term jabroni came from Ken Patera?
Iron Sheik
Jabroni is an old school insider wrestling term - older wrestlers like Patera and Sheiky Baby used it often, younger guys like The Rock would have learnt it from their wrestler Dads and Grandads. Kayfabe Lives!!!
This guy is awesome.
He should have ran wcw he would have took Hogan and Nash and hall dont
Eric Bischoff was a real weasel. Him and hogan got rich and ran wcw into the ground .
Kay Steve
Was he still is!!!! He knew nothing about wrestling wouldn’t listen to guys like Flair & Sting he brings Hogan in not to mention what he paid Hall & Nash & the increase in pay they always got when someone new came in Goldberg, Y2J, Ray Mysterio too name some.
@@patrickgray5633
Now it all makes sense why Brad Siegel fired Bischoff.
ken had no mic skills at all himself!!!!!
Ken Patera Murders a Promo is a timeless-gem.
I thought there was huge money in the AWA
Hahahahahahahaha!!!! No!!!
For Verne there was.
D Togo Not in the late 80’s.
AWA's heyday was the mid to late 70s. After about 1983 the money declined a lot. Verne always had his favorites too, he was known for not paying equitably across the card, even by the standards of the time.
Strange accent!
siren7193 sounds like a mixture of Minnesota and where he was raised, Portland, im pretty sure he settled down in Minneapolis after he retired
Homophobe!
Ken is a REAL man, not a girly boy.
@@maddogmcrae Most homophobes I know suck a mean cock.
Plain talk! Can you handle it?