{"product_id":"straight-shootin-with-ken-patera","title":"Straight Shootin' with Ken Patera","description":"\u003cp\u003eStraight Shootin' With Ken Patera sees this Olympic athlete give one of the most controversial and outspoken shoot interviews ever!!! Patera had an all star career as a main eventer in major promotions like WWF and AWA as well as various territories. He holds nothing back in talking about it all here from drug use to steroids to working with all the top names. You won't believe some of the stories and things that Patera says. You'll hear about it all from what a young Vince McMahon was like to steroid use in the 1972 Olympics to drug use in WWF. Patera also lived with a young Ric Flair when Flair was training to be a wrestler and he tells all about the wild, partying lifestyle of Flair as well as the time Flair almost quit the business. Patera covers his entire career from how he broke into wrestling to training under harsh conditions at Vern Gagne's camp to learning his trade in territories to being a top heel in WWF and AWA. Patera is an open book in talking about it all from wrestling Dusty Rhodes in a rainstorm at the Orange Bowl to winning the Intercontinental Title from Pat Patterson to selling out Madison Square Garden in a feud against Bruno Sammartino. Patera tells what all the top stars were like outside the ring and gives his true feelings on the wrestling business. What was Hulk Hogan like in AWA? What did he think of the angle where he cut Andre The Giant's hair and how did Andre feel about it? What was it like being on the first Survivor Series and Summerslam? How did he manage to get the NWA Missouri title just four days after winning WWF's IC title? Some of Patera's stories are sure to shock you. You'll hear about his thoughts on turning babyface and feuding with Bobby Heenan after getting out of jail in real life. Patera definitely has some stunning things to say about the final years of his career and surprising advice to young wrestlers. He also has some pointed words for Vince McMahon. If you are an old school WWF or AWA fan this shoot is a must. This edition of the Straight Shootin' Series is sure to open your eyes and leave your jaw on the floor!!! Topics Included: -His weight lifting background. -The injury before the 1972 Olympics. -Winning a medal at the 1972 Olympics. -Steroid use in the Olympics. -Breaking into the wrestling business. -Training at Vern Gagne's school. -Training with The Iron Sheik. -How The Iron Sheik changed over the years. -Being in the same class as Ric Flair. -Living with Ric Flair. -How he got Flair into Gagne's school. -Crazy party stories with a young Flair. -The time Flair almost quit wrestling. -The swinging full nelson finish. -His first matches. -How his Olympic background helped him get pushed. -Working the territories. -Wrestling Dusty Rhodes in a rainstorm at the Orange Bowl. -Feuding with Wahoo McDaniel in the Mid-Atlantic region. -Learning to be a heel. -Feuding with Jay Strongbow. -What Vince McMahon Sr. was like. -Stories about a young Vince McMahon Jr. -Feuding with Bruno Sammartino. -Winning the Intercontinental Title from Pat Patterson. -What Patterson was like behind the scenes. -Winning the NWA Missouri title four days after winning the IC title. -How he was able to work for NWA and WWF at the same time. -Feuding with Bob Backlund. -Losing the IC Title to Pedro Morales. -Going back to AWA. -What Hulk Hogan was like in AWA. -Drug use in WWF and drug use by Vince McMahon. -Being in Bobby Heenan's stable with Nick Bockwinkel. -Teaming as half of The Sheiks with Sheik Adnan Al Kassie. -Going back to WWF. -Cutting Andre The Giant's hair. -What Andre though of the haircut idea. -What Andre was like to wrestle and like outside the ring. -Going to jail. -Why he won't talk about the night he was arrested. -Going back to WWF when he got out of jail. -The skits in WWF where he was in a jail cell. -Feuding with Bobby Heenan and the Heenan Family. -The debate angle with Heenan. -Tagging with Hulk Hogan. -The beatdown angle from Heenan's Family. -Being in the main event of Survivor Series 87. -Injuries that hurt his momentum as a babyface. -Wrestling Bad News Brown at the first Summerslam. -Being in the Wrestlemania IV battle royal. -Lots of outspoken views on Vince McMahon. -Drug use in the wrestling business. -The toll the business takes on you. -His advice to young wrestlers. -What Jesse Ventura was like. -Patera talks about all this and much, much more in this controversial interview!!!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PW Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49021939515641,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/2625\/5609\/files\/patera.jpg?v=1788776527","url":"https:\/\/pwcatalog.com\/products\/straight-shootin-with-ken-patera","provider":"PW Catalog","version":"1.0","type":"link"}