Interview with Eric Draven!

One of my greatest questions of all time is, one, who do you think is the GOAT of wrestling?

um that's a very difficult question because there's so many levels of what is you know what is what makes a wrestler great if it's like their in-ring ability then i'd probably have to really put some thought into it the generic answer i believe is rick flair um But I think in ringability, I think Nick Bockwinkle was equal.

But he didn't travel as well as, you know, as often as Rick.

I've heard so many stories.

You know, I've never met Ric Flair in person, so I don't know how true these stories are.

But I heard them directly from Terry Taylor, you know, about Rick showing up two to three hours late to a show, 20 minutes before his match, looking like he was drunk.

And then not even talking to a guy and then coming to the ring and outperforming them and looking like a million bucks.

So Rick's, you know, obviously a good choice, but I mean like this is a business and the business is making money.

So does that make Hulk Hogan the best? Um, in my opinion, obviously it's Jerry Lawler.

I think, uh, all the big angles we see in WWE were angles that Jerry did in, uh, Memphis wrestling.

Um, I think Lawler made the most money without doing the most to his body because while he did bump a lot, the travel does a lot more, and Lawler was able to make millions just traveling Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.

So I'm not saying those are the only places he went, but, I mean, that was his base, and that's where he was while Flair would be flying from – all the way across the country for a match the next day.

And Lawler almost was able to drive everywhere he went.

So those are my choices.

I don't know.

I'm sure that there are more modern wrestlers who do cooler things or whatever.

But I think Flair is probably the easiest answer for greatest of all time.

But in my opinion, it's Lawler.

And then I think Hulk Hogan made the most money and made wrestling the most money.

Well, I appreciate that answer because growing up, like I was a huge Ric Flair fan.

I was a smaller guy, but I had a bunch of friends.

So we were like the four.

And of course, Tully Blanchard's been on the show.

So we knocked off one of four.

But I've had the pleasure of meeting Barry Tully, Arne Anderson, Lex Luger, Sid Vicious.