Hello everyone and welcome to Saturday Night’s Main Event, the show where we mash ’em up just like wrestling superstars in the ring.
Jesse “The Body” Ventura was not the most gifted wrestler in the ring. But he was colourful and he could talk. Boy could he ever talk. It got him the plum heel announcer role on WWE programming. Jesse and Vince made a great pair, with Ventura praising the heels and belittling McMahon at every opportunity. When Jesse would pair up with Gorilla Monsoon for pay per views, he was a little more respectful and objective, though his heel bias would still poke through. I remember when he first joined the booth with Vince and Bruno Sammartino (RIP). Bruno got so mad (in character) at Jesse that he walked out. I kept waiting for Bruno to come back and kick Jesse out of the booth, but he never did. Now, when I go back and listen to some of that old commentary I get a kick out of Jesse’s heel persona. It was highly entertaining. And how many wrestlers do YOU know who became governor of a state? Interesting fact, The Body was the first LJN wrestling action figure (more like inaction figure, since they had no articulation) I ever bought. I dug his colourful attire even though I had no idea who he was at the time.
Here’s Skitter as The Body. He’s showing so much attitude I barely recognize him!
That’s all for this week. One more wrestling mash-up to go folks!