RF Video sat down with Warlord and Barbarian, The Powers of Pain on 10/30/04. They discussed their entire life from beginning to current day going through all their fueds and territories they worked for.
Here is a list of topics they talked about:
-Barbarian discusses working in sumo wrestling
-How the transition was from sumo to pro wrestling
-Memories of Barbarian’s very first match
-Ending up in Georgia
-Working in Memphis
-Who came up with his face paint gimmick
-Comparison of Memphis and Georgia
-If he liked the competiton or gimmicks better than the other
-Thoughts of Ronnie Garvin
-How Warlord got started in the business
-If he watched wrestling before he got in
-What Crockett promised him when he got there
-Who Warlord trained with
-Most influential guy to him at the time
-Memories of working with Baby Doll
-Warlords memories of matches and angles with Dusty Rhodes
-First match
-Warlord and Barbarian’s thoughts of Dusty Rhodes
-What they remember of Magnum TA’s car accident
-Initial thoughts of going to New Japan
-How long it took them to get used to the style
-Thoughts of working with Inoki
-Who’s idea it was to put them together as a tag team
-Who they believe is the best team in the business
-Memories of the Road Warriors
-Thoughts on their barbed-wire matches
-Thoughts of scaffold matches
-What they think of Ric Flair
-Opinion of Lex Luger
-Any politics between Flair & Dusty for the top spot?
-Memories of being managed by Ivan Koloff
-Good road stories
-What happened in the bar fight Barbarian got into
-Who approached them to work for the WWF
-If they were under contract or not
-What Dusty thought about them leaving
-Initial impressions of the WWF
-Story of them being ribbed by Mr. Fuji
-Who made the business decisions for the Powers of Pain
-Fueding with Demolition
-Early memories of Mr. Fuji
-What the travel schedule was like in the WWF
-Thoughts of the drug scene in wrestling
-Thoughts of steroids in the business
-Memories of matches with Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart
-What Hulk Hogan was like in and out of the ring
-If there were any locker room leaders or cliques in the WWF
-Matches with the Bushwhackers
-Memories of The Rockers, Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty
-When did Vince try to split them up
-Memories of working with Hulk Hogan
-What the Ultimate Warrior was like outside the ring
-Thoughts of Jake Roberts
-Memories of Randy Savage
-If Randy was over protective of Elizabeth
-Story about the Nasty Boys
-Memories of Andre the Giant
-Story of Andre and Warrior
-Thoughts of Zeus
-Fame of being on television
-Memories of Dusty coming into the WWF
-How he was treated by the boys
-Ric Flair coming into the WWF
-Working with Davey Boy Smith
-Working with Kerry Von Erich
-Warlords singles matches with Jimmy Snuka
-Matches with Bret Hart
-Thoughts of Chris Walker
-Barbarian’s thoughts of teaming with Fatu
-Working with Ricky Steamboat
-Favorite people to work with in WWF
-Least favorite
-Any politics involved in WWF
-Why they left the WWF
-If WCW ever tried to put them back together
-Teaming with Mick Foley
-Thoughts of match from Superclash
-Memories of working with Tony Atlas
-How he got along with Bill Watts
-Memories of Vader
-Going back to New Japan and working with Scott Norton
-Like working the US or Japan better
-Thoughts on Haku as a person
-Warlord tells the story of Haku biting a guy’s nose off in a bar
-Story of Haku in St. Louis laying out 4 guys at a club
-Injuries suffered in the ring
-Working for Tenryu in Japan
-Working for Herb Abrams
-Barbarian’s memories of Tower of Doom, triple cage match
-Do they prefer working tag matches or singles
-Did Hogan change at all from WWF to WCW
-Working heel or babyface better
-If anyone ever tried to take advantage of them in the ring
-What led to Warlords retirement in 1996
-What Warlord does now for a job
-Celebrities he works for
-Cities they liked to work in
-What Barbarian does outside of the ring for a job
-Any regrets in the business
-People they would have liked to work with that they didn’t get the chance to
-Warlords reaction to his gimmick outfit
-Good rib stories in WWF
-Great rib stories that Mr. Fuji did
-Stories of Jake Roberts and his snake
-Regrets