Bob Roop
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Sep 11, 2026
John McAdamHOST
I am fascinated by the idea of Bob Backlund and Steve Kern switching careers and having Bob Backlund as a fabulous one in Memphis.
John McAdamHOST
Believe it or not, I heard a long time ago from someone who would know that the three names that were on the list to replace Bruno Sammartino long term were Bob Backlund, Steve Kern and Bob Roop.
John McAdamHOST
Now, the one thing that makes that projection or he heard that whatever a little bit fuzzy is I just can't see Bob Roop.
John McAdamHOST
I just can't.
John McAdamHOST
steve kern on the other hand i can see him as wwf champion now a whole lot of you just went oh no you have to go back to florida steve kern who was way different than fabulous one steve kern way obviously way different than skinner uh you know he's a good looking guy he has a good amateur background he's good in the ring He's a little bit small to be WWF champion.
Lou KipilmanGUEST
Sure.
Lou KipilmanGUEST
And I'm thinking Steve Kern.
Lou KipilmanGUEST
If they took one of those formative Florida angles to New York, say, introduce his father, the Vietnam War POW, and instead of having Bob Roop as the heel foil, perhaps bring back somebody like Ivan Koloff, for example.
Jim CornetteGUEST
They, they may have given all the programs out because there was nobody there to buy them.
Brian LastHOST
Seven super matches, including the following wrestlers: Bob Orton Jr., Bob Roop, Ronnie Garvin, Rez Wheatley-
Jim CornetteGUEST
[laughs]
Brian LastHOST
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20 MINS LATER
Brian LastHOST
November is drawing to a close, and of course, November is the month in which Thanksgiving occurs.
Brian LastHOST
Thanksgiving Day is traditionally celebrated by having turkey for dinner, which reminds me that there is one turkey who probably didn't get invited to dinner by anyone.
Brian LastHOST
I'm talking about Bob Roop, also known as Maha Singh.
Jim CornetteGUEST
[laughs]
Ray RussellHOST
But I've heard so many great stories about his abilities in the ring.
Ray RussellHOST
But I've also heard equally disturbing stories about Dick outside of the ring from Bob Roop and other people.
Ray RussellHOST
Oh, yeah.
Ray RussellHOST
So he was not a, based on what I've heard, allegedly he was not a fine fellow outside of the wrestling ring.
Ray RussellHOST
But I've heard so many great stories about his abilities in the ring.
Ray RussellHOST
But I've also heard equally disturbing stories about Dick outside of the ring from Bob Roop and other people.
Ray RussellHOST
Oh, yeah.
Ray RussellHOST
So he was not a, based on what I've heard, allegedly he was not a fine fellow outside of the wrestling ring.
Ray RussellHOST
I've...
Ray RussellHOST
If I remember correctly, because we covered this era a little bit in, uh, Bob Roop's The, The Wrestling Stoop, when we were talking about Ole taking over, uh, Georgia, telling Jim Barnett to go home later on here in the year, at the end of the year.
Ray RussellHOST
But if I remember correctly, when they came into Mich- at least according to Ole, now, this is Ole's version.
Ray RussellHOST
He went to the Sheik and said, "Hey, you're not really running these towns.
12 MINS LATER
Ray RussellHOST
They needed to make a living.
Jamie WardGUEST
My only guess, I, I, I have two theories on it.
Jamie WardGUEST
One is maybe he had the Bob Roop thing where he was running around-
Ray RussellHOST
Like an agent?
Ray RussellHOST
We're gonna start adding the 1982 project.
Ray RussellHOST
We're even gonna add some of the conversations I had with Bob Roop on the Wrestling Stoop in regards to this.
Ray RussellHOST
So it's gonna be all things Georgia over there for anybody curious, so go check that out.
Ray RussellHOST
It's available wherever you get your podcasts.
51 MINS LATER
Ray RussellHOST
He was a booker.
Ray RussellHOST
He, uh, according, you know, everything you read about him in his heyday, in his prime, he was a hell of a worker.
Ray RussellHOST
Bob Roop will attest to Mephisto being an amazing heel, an amazing worker.
Ray RussellHOST
Um, just one of those polished, grizzled veterans.
Ray RussellHOST
Uh, Mongol more of a legend in the, the southeast there, but, uh, Ray Stevens' a legend wherever he went.
Jamie WardGUEST
Oh, absolutely, and I, I think we discussed last time, I believe Ray may have been in the spot that Bob Roop ends up in as, like Ole's-
Ray RussellHOST
Correct
Jamie WardGUEST
... right-hand man because he'd only be on TV every once in a while.
1 HR 3 MINS LATER
Ray RussellHOST
Yeah.
Ray RussellHOST
It's, it's weird that, that your memories work that way.
Ray RussellHOST
But, uh, you know, it's like Bob Roop.
Ray RussellHOST
You know, when we first started doing this show, he had a story for every preliminary guy that, you know, that was on the card.
Jamie WardGUEST
So he had a little change of heart.
Jamie WardGUEST
And I'm starting to wonder if Stevens was playing the role that Bob Roop later played for Ole Anderson, because he seems to be on a lot of, uh, of the smaller shows.
Ray RussellHOST
Kind of the hybrid agent.
Jamie WardGUEST
Yeah.
52 MINS LATER
Ray RussellHOST
Right
Jamie WardGUEST
... yeah.
Ray RussellHOST
So, uh, yeah, that's, uh, that's something to look into, and they, they, he kind of hype- uh, was wondering to me, he was, "Do you think that affected business, you know, at The Omni with, you know, kids and things like that and bringing the kids in?" I said, "That's a really good question." But, um, uh, unfortunately the, the couple of wrestlers, Bob Roop and Tommy Rich, that I asked about it, neither of them really had any kinda insight in regards to what it...
Ray RussellHOST
They didn't see any kinda change or whatnot.
Ray RussellHOST
Me and Jamie were talking about Thunderbolt Patterson back there in 1981, trying to upstart rival territory in Georgia.
Ray RussellHOST
I've talked about it at length with Bob Roop on his podcast as well, the original Georgia War.
Ray RussellHOST
And we're gonna do it right here as part of the Regional Wrestling new project coming very soon, the Georgia War of the 1970s.
Ray RussellHOST
Who will win? Well, it doesn't take a lot to figure that out.
Quinton QuarismaHOST
know.
Quinton QuarismaHOST
I'm sure people, there's tons of stuff out there, podcasts about it, but man, I still, it shocks me when you think about, I mean, I could see Roop, because Bob Roop was shady.
Quinton QuarismaHOST
He tried to take over Shire's And then they said he was the mastermind of everybody leaving and starting up All-Star.
Quinton QuarismaHOST
They said he was the mastermind of it.
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