VOC Nation Wrestling with History - 7/31/19 - with Ken Resnick

Former 1980s WWF/AWA backstage interviewer Ken Resnick joined VOC Nation’s Wrestling with History program to talk about the upcoming “Gathering” convention in Charlotte, his WWF run, WCW being disorganized, failed comeback attempts, today’s product being overly scripted, and more..

On his upcoming appearance at The Gathering in Charlotte: “I am going to host and emcee the dinner the night before to honor the life and memory of Bobby Heenan, Bruiser Brody, and Randy Savage. The unique part of that is, he put this together in conjunction with the closest family members of those that have passed (Cindy Heenan – Bobby’s widow will be accepting for Bobby; Barbara Goodish – Brody’s widow – will be accepting for Brody; Lanny Poffo will be accepting for Savage). Tickets available at tmartpromotions.com.

On whether he ever had another opportunity in the WWE: “In the late 80s, Vince flew me back out and we had a meeting. All of the interviews were still market specific back then, it was before everything was on USA. Vince wanted to do a segment called Face to Face, where the talent would tape one interview, and I would pretend like I was talking to them from WWF headquarters and we could individualize the interview for each specific market. We agreed on money, everything was set, Vince came out and shook my hand and told me it would be three weeks before we started and not to go (take other work); I didn’t hear from them again for years. Two years after that I got a call from Bruce Prichard and he expressed interest in bringing me back. They wanted my help putting a bunch of vignettes together for Mr. Perfect. So we put together all of these vignettes that they ran for Mr. Perfect, and I never heard another word after that. But I like Bruce, I have nothing but good things to say about Bruce.”