{"product_id":"behind-closed-doors-with-stan-hansen-dvd-r","title":"BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH STAN HANSEN - DVD-R","description":"\u003cp\u003eWithout a doubt one of the most controversial and successful wrestlers of the 20th century was Stan Hansen. Nicknamed “The Lariat”, Hansen brought his roughhouse style all over the world for some of wrestling’s greatest battles. Hansen is one of a handful of wrestlers to have headlined matches all over the world against legends like Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Antonio Inoki, Nick Bockwinkel, Kenta Kobashi, Giant Baba, and more. These battles not only brought bruises, blood, and triumph, but they brought stories. Stan Hansen finally tells those stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor RF Video, this was a much different kind of shoot interview. We went right for the jugular with the Lariat and asked him directly about his greatest battles and foes. Hansen spent a couple of hours with us revealing anecdotes about his in-ring battles that he has never shared before. We were in awe as we felt like the fourth man in the ring in Shea Stadium as Hansen took on Bruno Sammartino in front of a rabid New Yo rk audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe couldn’t talk about battles without including Hansen’s legendary tag team battles with Bruiser Brody. We spent quite a lot of time talking about what it was like fighting along side one of the most controversial wrestlers of the last generation. Hansen also opens up and tells us the impact his friend’s death had on him in and away from the business. Speaking of controversial, Stan brings us inside of the ring during his stiff matches with the crazy Texan, Terry Funk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHansen goes more in depth about his feud with Bruno Sammartino. It was a tense moment when we asked him point blank about the bodyslam that broke Bruno’s neck. Stan didn’t appreciate the question but he answered it. What was it like explaining to his fellow wrestlers that their biggest draw was going to be out of action due to his mistake?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStan also brings us behind closed doors and breaks down the secret world of pro wrestling in Japan. Hansen explains the politics and what it was like working for both Baba and Inoki. What was it like to make the jump and what were the possible repercussions? We go beyond the ring and into the booking offices of one of wrestling’s most mysterious world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe travel all over the world with Stan from his run in New York, to Georgia, to Japan, to WCW, and more. This isn’t just Stan Hansen part 2. This is Stan Hansen part 2-10. This is the interview with the bad man from Borger, Texas you never thought you’d see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat do you think of the business today\u003cbr\u003eWhat is lacking\u003cbr\u003eHow would you fare in today’s business\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the difference between working stiff and working sloppy\u003cbr\u003eMemories of your first match\u003cbr\u003eWhat was your payoff\u003cbr\u003eMemories of your first days training\u003cbr\u003eWhat did you have to do to protect kayfabe\u003cbr\u003eHow much more serious is the business taken in japan as compared to here\u003cbr\u003eIs i t true that fans want wrestlers to hit them or slap them\u003cbr\u003eCan you talk about the dojo\u003cbr\u003eDo you think things are ever taken too far in the dojo\u003cbr\u003eWhat made you and Brody so good\u003cbr\u003eDid you ever rib Brody during a match\u003cbr\u003eAny good Brody road stories\u003cbr\u003eHow hard did you take the news when he passed\u003cbr\u003eJohn Nord told us that Brody was negotiating with Vince when he died. How do you think he would have fared there.\u003cbr\u003eYou describe yourself as a bit of a loner on the road, do some guys confuse it with arrogance\u003cbr\u003eHow pissed were the top heels in the WWWF when you broke Bruno’s neck\u003cbr\u003eWhat was Vince SR’s initial reaction\u003cbr\u003eWere guys apprehensive to work with you after that\u003cbr\u003eMemories of the match where Vader’s eye popped out of his socket\u003cbr\u003eDid you work more stiff with Vader than others\u003cbr\u003eCan you talk about the politics in New Japan during the 80s\u003cbr\u003eWas Inoki hard to do business with\u003cbr\u003eDo you think Inoki believes his gimmick too much\u003cbr\u003eWhat is life like on the road in Japan\u003cbr\u003eWhat is it like to be a superstar professional wrestler in Japan\u003cbr\u003eWhy do you think you fit in so well with the style over there\u003cbr\u003eWas it hard for Americans to adjust to the style\u003cbr\u003eHow much of the match did you know before you were in the ring\u003cbr\u003eGood Japan road stories\u003cbr\u003eWhat were the politics like behind the scenes when you worked with Hogan\u003cbr\u003eWas Hogan worried you wouldn’t do business\u003cbr\u003eDo you think Terry Gordy should have done the match\u003cbr\u003eWhy do you think the business is so bad right now in Japan\u003cbr\u003eDid O nita and death matches hurt the business long term\u003cbr\u003eDid you ever talk to Vince JR about coming back in the late 80s early 90s\u003cbr\u003eWho were your favorite guys to work with and why\u003cbr\u003eWho were your least favorite and why\u003cbr\u003eFavorite matches that stand out\u003cbr\u003eDid you ever spit on guys with the tobacco juice as a rib\u003cbr\u003eTalk about doing interviews with Larry Nelson for the AWA\u003cbr\u003eWhy do you think Verne didn’t want to give you a big run with the title\u003cbr\u003eGreg Gagne did an interview and said that Verne thought Hogan’s telegram was a rib. Do you believe that\u003cbr\u003eIs it tempting to wrestle past your prime\u003cbr\u003eAre you surprised that Ric Flair was wrestling up to just a few months ago\u003cbr\u003eDid you ever attempt to go back to WCW\u003cbr\u003eThoughts on Ole Anderson\u003cbr\u003eOle wrote a book and thinks that guys like Hogan and Flair were interchangeable, do you agree\u003cbr\u003eThoughts on Dusty Rhodes\u003cbr\u003eDid you and Brody ever have problems after matches where guys felt you didn’t sell enough\u003cbr\u003eCould territories work today\u003cbr\u003eIf you were starting a company, how would you go about it\u003cbr\u003eTalk about Baba\u003cbr\u003eCan you talk about how the jump from New Japan to All Japan happened\u003cbr\u003eHow did Inoki take it\u003cbr\u003eCan you talk about the influence of the Yakuza over there\u003cbr\u003eDid Inoki threaten to get the Yakuza involved when you jumped\u003cbr\u003eDid you have to earn Baba’s trust\u003cbr\u003eTalk about the differences between Inoki and Baba\u003cbr\u003eAre you surprised at Johnny Ace’s position in the WWE\u003cbr\u003eHow politically involved were you with All Japan\u003cbr\u003eWhy do you think guys like Steve Williams and Terry Gordy got so over in Japan and never got a fair shake in the states\u003cbr\u003eMemories of working in Memphis\u003cbr\u003eMemories of working with Austin Idol\u003cbr\u003eGood road trip stories\u003cbr\u003eThoughts on Lawler the booker\u003cbr\u003eWhat were some of your favorite feuds and why\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes a good heel\u003cbr\u003eCan a great heel exist in today’s wrestling\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes a good promo\u003cbr\u003eHow would Stan Hansen react if he were told to do scripted promos\u003cbr\u003eHow did you develop your promos\u003cbr\u003eFavorite promoter to work for\u003cbr\u003eLeast favorite promoter\u003cbr\u003eJim Barnett stories\u003cbr\u003eDo you regret sending the belt back to Verne running it over\u003cbr\u003eWho do you miss\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes a good brawl\u003cbr\u003eDrug testing in wrestling\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Highspots UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51575735648557,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/7469\/7773\/files\/IMG_8878.webp?v=1761178412","url":"https:\/\/highspots.co.uk\/products\/behind-closed-doors-with-stan-hansen-dvd-r","provider":"Highspots UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}