1 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:08,425 Here are Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty- 2 00:00:08,425 --> 00:00:10,177 'The Rockers'! 3 00:00:10,177 --> 00:00:13,055 We're the best at doing whatever it takes to win. 4 00:00:13,055 --> 00:00:14,890 [narrator] In the 1980s, 5 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:17,226 Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels formed one of 6 00:00:17,226 --> 00:00:20,729 the greatest tag teams of the WWF's Golden Era... 7 00:00:20,729 --> 00:00:21,813 'The Rockers.' 8 00:00:21,813 --> 00:00:22,940 We're comin' at ya. 9 00:00:22,940 --> 00:00:25,943 With their high-flying moves and glam rock style, 10 00:00:25,943 --> 00:00:30,155 they became heartthrobs and wrestling superstars. 11 00:00:30,155 --> 00:00:33,951 An arena with 15 to 20,000 screaming people. 12 00:00:33,951 --> 00:00:35,994 You don't even get that kind of high from drugs. 13 00:00:35,994 --> 00:00:38,288 They've got that charisma that people love. 14 00:00:38,288 --> 00:00:41,041 And the outfits, and the hair, and the smile. 15 00:00:41,041 --> 00:00:43,043 After a shocking betrayal, 16 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:45,420 only Shawn would ascend to the dizzying 17 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:48,298 heights of fame that Marty had always craved. 18 00:00:48,298 --> 00:00:50,759 Shawn Michaels, ladies and gentlemen! 19 00:00:50,759 --> 00:00:52,636 Marty just let him walk all over him and 20 00:00:52,636 --> 00:00:55,347 just steal away his life. 21 00:00:55,347 --> 00:00:57,933 Driven by an insatiable desire to reclaim 22 00:00:57,933 --> 00:01:00,978 his former success, Marty spirals down 23 00:01:00,978 --> 00:01:03,939 a destructive path of self-sabotage. 24 00:01:03,939 --> 00:01:05,607 I'd get in a lot of trouble for 25 00:01:05,607 --> 00:01:07,776 my outside of the ring antics. 26 00:01:07,776 --> 00:01:09,278 He takes everything to the extreme. 27 00:01:09,278 --> 00:01:11,280 It's all about getting that reaction. 28 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,490 The problem is you get hooked onto that. 29 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:15,867 Sometimes Marty is just his own worst enemy. 30 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:19,079 Burdened with health issues, Marty ignites a storm of 31 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:22,791 controversy that threatens to consume his legacy, 32 00:01:22,791 --> 00:01:25,460 bringing him face to face with a secret that has 33 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:27,504 haunted him for over 50 years. 34 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:34,511 I mean, you said a lot of crazy things, 35 00:01:34,511 --> 00:01:36,805 so we can only hope that there's no truth to any of it. 36 00:01:36,805 --> 00:01:38,807 Trying to decipher fact from fiction 37 00:01:38,807 --> 00:01:40,601 is part of the game too. 38 00:01:42,561 --> 00:01:44,313 I mean, it could've. 39 00:01:44,313 --> 00:01:49,484 ♪ 40 00:01:49,484 --> 00:01:52,029 ♪ 41 00:01:54,573 --> 00:01:57,409 [Footsteps] 42 00:01:58,535 --> 00:01:59,494 How you doing, brother? 43 00:01:59,494 --> 00:02:00,704 Good to see you, man. 44 00:02:00,704 --> 00:02:03,206 Damn, how many cameras we have, 48 today? 45 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:06,376 [Laughing] 46 00:02:06,376 --> 00:02:07,836 I am MJ in the house, 47 00:02:07,836 --> 00:02:10,672 otherwise known as Marty Jannetty. 48 00:02:10,672 --> 00:02:13,216 One of 'The Rockers' from back in the day. 49 00:02:13,216 --> 00:02:14,760 Jannetty going all the way up. 50 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,386 Bombs away! 51 00:02:16,386 --> 00:02:18,305 This morning was rough. 52 00:02:18,305 --> 00:02:21,558 It's a nerve, I can touch it right now. 53 00:02:21,558 --> 00:02:23,268 Right, right... 54 00:02:23,268 --> 00:02:25,145 right there is the worst point. 55 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:27,939 Man, I can't wait til it heals, you know, all the way, 56 00:02:27,939 --> 00:02:30,567 so we can cut it open and put a joint back in. 57 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:31,693 [Laughing] 58 00:02:31,693 --> 00:02:35,739 He's a very charismatic, very charming individual. 59 00:02:35,739 --> 00:02:38,784 My name is Al Snow, former WWE superstar. 60 00:02:38,784 --> 00:02:40,452 What does everybody want? 61 00:02:40,452 --> 00:02:41,703 I've been a professional wrestler for, 62 00:02:41,703 --> 00:02:44,706 going on 41 years, and at one time I was Marty Jannetty's 63 00:02:44,706 --> 00:02:46,375 partner in 'The New Rockers.' 64 00:02:46,375 --> 00:02:48,126 Ready for tag team action. 65 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:50,754 And on that run, that was where Marty hurt his ankle. 66 00:02:50,754 --> 00:02:52,589 Really severely rolled it. 67 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:55,050 And Marty Jannetty collapsing into the rope. 68 00:02:55,050 --> 00:02:57,844 Over the years it just got progressively worse and worse. 69 00:02:57,844 --> 00:02:59,346 Yeah. 70 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:01,390 I've known Marty Jannetty since, really, 71 00:03:01,390 --> 00:03:04,142 high school is where we played football together, 72 00:03:04,142 --> 00:03:06,895 and, just were in the same class. 73 00:03:06,895 --> 00:03:08,271 I'm Lee McCluskey. 74 00:03:08,271 --> 00:03:10,148 I'm an orthopaedic surgeon, uh, 75 00:03:10,148 --> 00:03:12,275 do mostly foot and ankle work. 76 00:03:12,275 --> 00:03:14,736 Marty was uh, he was a fantastic athlete, 77 00:03:14,736 --> 00:03:16,113 first of all. 78 00:03:16,113 --> 00:03:17,864 You know, wrestling, of course. 79 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:20,367 In high school he had a lot of interaction with 80 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:23,912 my brothers, playing ball and so forth. 81 00:03:23,912 --> 00:03:26,540 I'm George McCluskey and I'm a shoulder and 82 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:28,750 elbow surgeon in Columbus, Georgia. 83 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:31,169 Most people have one problem in one shoulder, 84 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:32,713 or one problem in one foot or ankle, 85 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:35,173 but he's got about six or seven things. 86 00:03:35,173 --> 00:03:37,384 MJ's up in the house! 87 00:03:42,431 --> 00:03:45,058 Twelve... 88 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:48,353 On a good day. 89 00:03:48,353 --> 00:03:51,231 Your body can only take so many slams, you know? 90 00:03:51,231 --> 00:03:53,442 And uh, I took quite a few. 91 00:03:53,442 --> 00:03:55,944 The ankles were bound to go and 92 00:03:55,944 --> 00:03:57,821 we're working on those now. 93 00:03:57,821 --> 00:03:59,281 Woah! [Cheering] 94 00:03:59,281 --> 00:04:01,491 I had joint replacement in the right ankle, 95 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:03,827 reconstructive on the left. 96 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:06,246 Both shoulders are kind of torn up. 97 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:08,123 ...back drop! 98 00:04:08,123 --> 00:04:09,458 I remember him as being a 99 00:04:09,458 --> 00:04:11,877 very aggressive football player. 100 00:04:11,877 --> 00:04:14,755 He probably took sports more seriously than he did school. 101 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:16,840 A little on the wild side. 102 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:19,551 ♪ 103 00:04:19,551 --> 00:04:22,846 I remember, we were in the chemistry lab doing some 104 00:04:22,846 --> 00:04:26,016 experiments and he said, "Whatever you guys do now, 105 00:04:26,016 --> 00:04:28,602 do not put the blue chemicals in with the 106 00:04:28,602 --> 00:04:32,606 orange chemicals." And he didn't say why. 107 00:04:32,606 --> 00:04:34,149 [Laughing] 108 00:04:34,149 --> 00:04:37,402 And I thought, well, I'd like to know why. 109 00:04:37,402 --> 00:04:38,945 [Laughing] 110 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:40,989 Well, I took the two chemicals and 111 00:04:40,989 --> 00:04:43,158 mixed them together, and wham! 112 00:04:43,158 --> 00:04:45,535 ♪ 113 00:04:45,535 --> 00:04:47,787 One girl, she got blown back a few feet. 114 00:04:47,787 --> 00:04:49,539 [Bang!] 115 00:04:49,539 --> 00:04:54,044 ♪ 116 00:04:54,044 --> 00:04:56,379 The window that was behind me blew out, 117 00:04:56,379 --> 00:04:59,883 and I got stuff on me from the explosion. 118 00:04:59,883 --> 00:05:01,635 It was all over school. 119 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:05,138 Everybody's like, "Man, Jannetty blew up the lab. 120 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:07,641 Did you hear about Jannetty blew up the lab?" 121 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:09,017 I don't think anybody else ever tried to 122 00:05:09,017 --> 00:05:10,268 mix the blue and orange. 123 00:05:10,268 --> 00:05:11,770 [Chuckling] 124 00:05:11,770 --> 00:05:14,147 Um, you can't believe 125 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:17,526 99% of what Marty's 126 00:05:17,526 --> 00:05:20,570 you know, talkin' about. 127 00:05:20,570 --> 00:05:23,031 My name is Karen Walker and 128 00:05:23,031 --> 00:05:28,161 I've known Marty for upwards of 40 years. 129 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:33,041 He comes up with some of the strangest things, you know? 130 00:05:33,041 --> 00:05:35,710 You know, Marty just walks up and talks to ya, 131 00:05:35,710 --> 00:05:38,380 it's probably all a big story that he's making up 132 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:40,257 as he goes along. 133 00:05:40,257 --> 00:05:41,925 Actually I was 13 and 12 134 00:05:41,925 --> 00:05:44,594 I'd come over and the hookers would give me 135 00:05:44,594 --> 00:05:46,513 freebies because they thought I was cute. 136 00:05:46,513 --> 00:05:49,558 Donald Trump was coming towards me smiling, 137 00:05:49,558 --> 00:05:50,809 "How you doing, Marty? 138 00:05:50,809 --> 00:05:52,811 You always got a pretty girl on your arms." 139 00:05:52,811 --> 00:05:56,815 I got talked into going to a sex addiction clinic and 140 00:05:56,815 --> 00:05:59,109 I ended up dating my councillor. 141 00:05:59,109 --> 00:06:01,528 He puts on a show for every single person 142 00:06:01,528 --> 00:06:03,655 he comes in contact to. 143 00:06:03,655 --> 00:06:06,074 So if you don't know him intimately, 144 00:06:06,074 --> 00:06:09,953 you don't know the gentle side, you know, the kind side. 145 00:06:09,953 --> 00:06:12,789 The side that gets his feelings hurt. 146 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:14,916 You know growing up, my mom and dad 147 00:06:14,916 --> 00:06:16,876 had a lot of issues with each other, 148 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:19,337 and we, we struggled a lot. 149 00:06:19,337 --> 00:06:21,631 My dad would never let my my mom beat, 150 00:06:21,631 --> 00:06:22,841 beat on me. 151 00:06:22,841 --> 00:06:24,885 She would always have to wait until he went to work. 152 00:06:24,885 --> 00:06:26,303 So I would hide it from him so that 153 00:06:26,303 --> 00:06:28,805 they wouldn't get in a fight. 154 00:06:28,805 --> 00:06:30,015 It was a tough upbringing. 155 00:06:30,015 --> 00:06:33,894 I mean, you know, he's got some bad stories. 156 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:36,646 My name is "Mean" Mike Moran and I wrestled for WCW 157 00:06:36,646 --> 00:06:38,898 as one half of the Disorderly Conduct, 158 00:06:38,898 --> 00:06:40,734 and I also wrestled for 20 plus years as 159 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:43,069 one half of the Texas Hangmen. 160 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:45,947 I met Marty in 1984. 161 00:06:45,947 --> 00:06:47,699 It was both our first territories, 162 00:06:47,699 --> 00:06:49,451 our first opportunities, and here we are 163 00:06:49,451 --> 00:06:52,662 39 years later still friends. 164 00:06:52,662 --> 00:06:54,539 Marty's mom was very abusive. 165 00:06:54,539 --> 00:06:55,790 His dad he loved to death, 166 00:06:55,790 --> 00:06:57,542 but his dad wasn't always there. 167 00:06:57,542 --> 00:06:58,460 I think that, honestly, 168 00:06:58,460 --> 00:06:59,878 athletics got him out of there. 169 00:06:59,878 --> 00:07:03,173 I mean he was a good athlete, thankfully. 170 00:07:03,173 --> 00:07:06,009 And he punched his ticket and got to see the world and 171 00:07:06,009 --> 00:07:07,969 get the hell out of Columbus. 172 00:07:07,969 --> 00:07:10,805 Determined to channel his natural athleticism into a 173 00:07:10,805 --> 00:07:12,515 pro-wrestling career, 174 00:07:12,515 --> 00:07:13,975 Marty picks up the trade from 175 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:17,729 veteran Jerry Oates before making his debut in 1983 176 00:07:17,729 --> 00:07:19,105 in Mid-South. 177 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:20,857 A great maneuver by Marty Oates. 178 00:07:20,857 --> 00:07:22,651 After jumping to Central States Wrestling 179 00:07:22,651 --> 00:07:23,860 in Kansas City, 180 00:07:23,860 --> 00:07:27,447 Marty's invited to mentor another young wrestler. 181 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:29,282 So I'm looking for him in the dressing room. 182 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:30,825 I don't know who I'm looking for. 183 00:07:30,825 --> 00:07:33,078 I went up to this one guy 'cause he looked 184 00:07:33,078 --> 00:07:36,206 shy and quiet, kind of standoffish, 185 00:07:36,206 --> 00:07:37,499 and he was sort of nerdy. 186 00:07:37,499 --> 00:07:39,626 You know he had his blue jeans pulled up, you know, 187 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:42,837 up under his damn chest with a big belt buckle. 188 00:07:42,837 --> 00:07:44,422 Short hair. 189 00:07:44,422 --> 00:07:47,258 I felt comfortable to go ask, "Hey man, do you know who, 190 00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:48,677 is Shawn Michaels around here? 191 00:07:48,677 --> 00:07:50,095 Shawn Michaels? Do you know Shawn Michaels?" 192 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:51,346 "Oh I'm Shawn Michaels." 193 00:07:51,346 --> 00:07:52,681 And I'm thinking, I'm supposed to 194 00:07:52,681 --> 00:07:54,933 hang out with him and show him around. 195 00:07:54,933 --> 00:07:56,935 It's gonna take some work. 196 00:07:56,935 --> 00:07:58,645 [Laughing] 197 00:07:58,645 --> 00:07:59,771 You know from there, 198 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:02,357 it was probably two weeks later, they said 199 00:08:02,357 --> 00:08:04,943 "You guys get together for a tag match." 200 00:08:04,943 --> 00:08:09,114 We went out there, and uh, it was like magic. 201 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:10,573 It was like telepathy. 202 00:08:10,573 --> 00:08:13,702 We already knew what we were thinking. 203 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:15,286 Remember he tapped me, he goes, 204 00:08:15,286 --> 00:08:18,540 "Did you feel something there?" 205 00:08:18,540 --> 00:08:20,834 Yeah that's, that was different. 206 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:23,253 The Midnight Rockers! 207 00:08:23,253 --> 00:08:24,379 [Cheering] 208 00:08:24,379 --> 00:08:26,840 Those guys were incredible. 209 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,550 My name is Pat Tanaka. 210 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:30,385 I've wrestled for many decades, 211 00:08:30,385 --> 00:08:34,264 and I guess people would know me best because 212 00:08:34,264 --> 00:08:37,225 I've wrestled The Rockers for many, many years. 213 00:08:37,225 --> 00:08:38,268 Look out! 214 00:08:38,268 --> 00:08:39,686 Marty and Shawn would run out, 215 00:08:39,686 --> 00:08:42,021 and all you heard was just loud, 216 00:08:42,021 --> 00:08:45,734 high pitched screams of girls going crazy. 217 00:08:45,734 --> 00:08:48,903 Marty just seemed like he was out there having fun, 218 00:08:48,903 --> 00:08:52,157 and just doing what he knew how to do. 219 00:08:52,157 --> 00:08:53,867 I'm Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, 220 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:55,952 WWE Hall of Famer. 221 00:08:55,952 --> 00:08:58,955 Welcome to the barber shop, ladies and gentlemen! 222 00:08:58,955 --> 00:09:03,084 And I am Missy Beefcake, also known as "The Delish." 223 00:09:03,084 --> 00:09:05,837 Marty had this thing where you just, 224 00:09:05,837 --> 00:09:07,172 no matter where he was in the ring, 225 00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:08,882 you couldn't take your eyes off of him. 226 00:09:08,882 --> 00:09:11,509 He'd go here or there and he just, yeah- 227 00:09:11,509 --> 00:09:14,471 Made you wanna look and, you know, maybe even, like, 228 00:09:14,471 --> 00:09:16,639 undress him with your eyes and wonder, like 229 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:19,434 what else was going on in that, you know, 230 00:09:19,434 --> 00:09:21,060 little outfit he was wearing. 231 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:22,437 [Laughing] 232 00:09:22,437 --> 00:09:24,439 I mean, I was in heaven, having all these 233 00:09:24,439 --> 00:09:27,317 girls around for several states. 234 00:09:27,317 --> 00:09:29,277 I got into, like, middle school when 235 00:09:29,277 --> 00:09:31,529 I got a crush on Kerry Von Erich, you know? 236 00:09:31,529 --> 00:09:34,574 And I went to see Kerry Von Erich one night and 237 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,868 Marty was there, and I saw him and 238 00:09:36,868 --> 00:09:39,829 I was like, "Oh my God, that's a Greek god. 239 00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:42,415 I'm gonna go home and throw rocks at my boyfriend." 240 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:44,834 Yeah, and he was looking at me the same way. 241 00:09:44,834 --> 00:09:47,712 So we ended up getting together that night. 242 00:09:47,712 --> 00:09:50,715 I'm his forever wifey by the way. 243 00:09:50,715 --> 00:09:53,176 Every time I went to St. Louis I would see her. 244 00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:55,136 We hit it off and uh... 245 00:09:56,971 --> 00:09:58,973 Yeah, well for St. Louis, you know. 246 00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:00,266 [Laughing] 247 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:02,685 From 15 feet above us! 248 00:10:02,685 --> 00:10:06,147 Marty and Shawn have a stellar run in the AWA, 249 00:10:06,147 --> 00:10:08,358 culminating in a violent match that gets 250 00:10:08,358 --> 00:10:10,360 the attention of Vince McMahon. 251 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,403 Dropping 'Midnight' from their name, 252 00:10:12,403 --> 00:10:15,490 'The Rockers' are signed to the WWF. 253 00:10:15,490 --> 00:10:18,159 And I think this is well known through 254 00:10:18,159 --> 00:10:19,744 the wrestling world what happened. 255 00:10:19,744 --> 00:10:22,455 [Laughing] Our first, our first day in there- 256 00:10:22,455 --> 00:10:26,709 It was common for all the wrestlers to go out, party, 257 00:10:26,709 --> 00:10:28,628 you know, rumble around. 258 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:32,799 But to the extent that Marty and Shawn would go, 259 00:10:32,799 --> 00:10:34,634 it was ridiculous. 260 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:36,719 We had, we had great times. 261 00:10:36,719 --> 00:10:38,555 I mean we had... 262 00:10:38,555 --> 00:10:40,515 yeah, great times, but you know, 263 00:10:40,515 --> 00:10:41,558 that's the only way I can say it 264 00:10:41,558 --> 00:10:43,893 without getting myself in trouble. 265 00:10:43,893 --> 00:10:46,312 To celebrate their first night in the company, 266 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:49,566 Marty and Shawn join their new colleagues at a bar, 267 00:10:49,566 --> 00:10:52,068 but their notorious reputation for partying 268 00:10:52,068 --> 00:10:53,736 proceeds them. 269 00:10:53,736 --> 00:10:55,321 Jimmy Jack Funk comes up, 270 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:59,075 "Hey, I heard you guys are partiers, huh? 271 00:10:59,075 --> 00:11:01,369 Ya'll supposed to be some big partiers." 272 00:11:01,369 --> 00:11:03,663 He goes, "Yeah, let me see you do this." 273 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:05,748 He takes a glass. [Mimics cracking] 274 00:11:05,748 --> 00:11:07,250 He bit the glass. 275 00:11:07,250 --> 00:11:10,295 And Shawn was like, "Well, I can't do that 276 00:11:10,295 --> 00:11:14,465 but I can do this." And he took a wine glass, 277 00:11:14,465 --> 00:11:16,467 "Ch!", breaks it over his head. 278 00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:19,971 And then uh, they ended up throwing some shot glasses 279 00:11:19,971 --> 00:11:22,932 I believe, over the bar at the mirror. 280 00:11:22,932 --> 00:11:25,226 ♪ 281 00:11:25,226 --> 00:11:26,436 They would fight. 282 00:11:26,436 --> 00:11:28,062 They would bleed everywhere. 283 00:11:28,062 --> 00:11:30,440 I mean like, just like they were in a wrestling ring. 284 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,567 Throw each other around and stuff. 285 00:11:32,567 --> 00:11:36,195 Just get so, so messed up. 286 00:11:36,195 --> 00:11:37,947 And that's why they were booted out, 287 00:11:37,947 --> 00:11:40,116 'cause they were just too wild. 288 00:11:40,116 --> 00:11:42,285 It was just kind of one day and out, 289 00:11:42,285 --> 00:11:45,079 on this, one day and done for WW... 290 00:11:45,079 --> 00:11:46,998 now what do we do? 291 00:11:46,998 --> 00:11:49,584 ♪ 292 00:11:54,088 --> 00:11:56,466 After only one week in the WWF, 293 00:11:56,466 --> 00:11:58,927 Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels are fired 294 00:11:58,927 --> 00:12:02,221 for their wild and out of control antics. 295 00:12:02,221 --> 00:12:04,766 And uh, I mean, what kind of luck, you know, 296 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:06,100 GAT luck that I talk about. 297 00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:08,186 I have not explained GAT yet have I? 298 00:12:08,186 --> 00:12:10,438 And I'm gonna bring it up as many times as I can 299 00:12:10,438 --> 00:12:13,942 because it's a, it's a fact, and it exists. 300 00:12:13,942 --> 00:12:16,235 MJ's up in this house! 301 00:12:16,235 --> 00:12:20,990 We are gathered here today in the Holy Spirit of GAT. 302 00:12:20,990 --> 00:12:22,784 ♪ 303 00:12:22,784 --> 00:12:26,496 Just stands for: God's Amusement Toy. 304 00:12:26,496 --> 00:12:27,956 [Laughing] 305 00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:29,499 When God gets a little bored with 306 00:12:29,499 --> 00:12:32,168 his natural disasters... 307 00:12:32,168 --> 00:12:34,170 where's Jannetty? 308 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:36,172 And I'll be just strutting down the street minding 309 00:12:36,172 --> 00:12:38,216 my own business, and then all of a sudden... 310 00:12:38,216 --> 00:12:39,592 [Buzzing] 311 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:42,679 He throws a couple bolts of lightning on me. 312 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,515 And he just sits there and giggles. 313 00:12:45,515 --> 00:12:47,350 GAT, back at GAT again. 314 00:12:47,350 --> 00:12:50,270 GAT because he can't accept responsibility, 315 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,271 so it's gotta be somebody's fault, so it must be 316 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:54,524 God who's always turning the tables on him. 317 00:12:54,524 --> 00:12:56,901 And it's like, no, it's you. 318 00:12:56,901 --> 00:12:59,070 I do believe Marty has had some bad luck, 319 00:12:59,070 --> 00:13:00,488 no doubt about it. 320 00:13:00,488 --> 00:13:02,407 But I also believe, and I've told Marty this, 321 00:13:02,407 --> 00:13:05,493 that a lot of the decisions you've made have caused 322 00:13:05,493 --> 00:13:07,954 the problems you have, and 323 00:13:07,954 --> 00:13:10,289 you need to stop blaming GAT. 324 00:13:10,289 --> 00:13:14,419 His worst quality is Marty is Marty's own worst enemy. 325 00:13:14,419 --> 00:13:17,922 Gone from the WWF, Marty and Shawn sign with 326 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:21,134 a much smaller promotion, Continental Wrestling... 327 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:23,344 Well you know in our short career we've beat 'em all. 328 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:25,805 ...where they struggle to make ends meet. 329 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:28,474 But after a year of impressing the crowds, 330 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:31,352 they once again attract the attention of Vince McMahon, 331 00:13:31,352 --> 00:13:34,355 leading to a second chance with the company. 332 00:13:34,355 --> 00:13:36,315 Well if you've got talent, you get many chances, 333 00:13:36,315 --> 00:13:37,567 in any sport. 334 00:13:37,567 --> 00:13:39,861 The Rockers! [Cheering] 335 00:13:39,861 --> 00:13:42,572 They just kept moving up and up and up on the card. 336 00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:44,490 Women loved 'em, the guys wanted to be 'em. 337 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:48,328 I mean, The Rockers were truly on their way. 338 00:13:48,328 --> 00:13:49,704 Oh! 339 00:13:49,704 --> 00:13:50,997 And we've backed down from nobody, 340 00:13:50,997 --> 00:13:53,291 and the future has a lot to hold for The Rockers. 341 00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:54,959 We are the masters of motion, 342 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:57,086 and whether it be for business or pleasure, 343 00:13:57,086 --> 00:13:59,255 we have all the right moves. 344 00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:01,549 [Screaming] 345 00:14:01,549 --> 00:14:03,801 The girls were chasing the guys around. 346 00:14:03,801 --> 00:14:05,928 The 80s, and the 90s were, you know, 347 00:14:05,928 --> 00:14:07,680 models and stuff. 348 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,265 -Strippers. -[Laughing] 349 00:14:09,265 --> 00:14:11,350 ♪ 350 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:12,518 And we always partied together. 351 00:14:12,518 --> 00:14:14,270 I mean, we used to have, like, you know, 352 00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:16,856 20, 30 girls at the pool. 353 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:18,649 I was getting tired and I says, 354 00:14:18,649 --> 00:14:20,443 "Marty, I'm gonna lay down for a minute." 355 00:14:20,443 --> 00:14:22,570 So I lay down and close my eyes, 356 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:25,490 and all of a sudden he had this pistol in his hand 357 00:14:25,490 --> 00:14:28,201 and he just starts goin' bam, bam, bam, bam! 358 00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:30,995 Shooting at, you know, everything. 359 00:14:30,995 --> 00:14:33,331 I jumped up, I thought he had shot me. 360 00:14:33,331 --> 00:14:34,916 He was trying to wake me up. 361 00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:36,209 [Laughing] 362 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:38,628 He didn't want me to go to sleep. 363 00:14:38,628 --> 00:14:41,172 Jesus Christ. I had a heart attack, man. 364 00:14:41,172 --> 00:14:42,507 [Gunshot] 365 00:14:42,507 --> 00:14:46,219 When he had done that, he'd shot his car, 366 00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:49,639 put a hole in his bedroom through the glass window, 367 00:14:49,639 --> 00:14:51,182 and he got mad at me. 368 00:14:51,182 --> 00:14:52,892 "If you wouldn't have laid down 369 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:54,727 I wouldn't have had to done that." 370 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,355 Yeah, fuck, Marty was crazy man. 371 00:14:57,355 --> 00:15:00,358 We had so much fun. 372 00:15:00,358 --> 00:15:02,568 When Marty and Shawn were really hitting it 373 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:04,737 out of the park, they'd go to a hotel. 374 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,864 They'd take a girl to the room and there were 375 00:15:06,864 --> 00:15:08,658 girls lined up in the hallway, 376 00:15:08,658 --> 00:15:12,078 waiting to go and take their turn at bat. 377 00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:15,164 And like we were on the road 300 days a year. 378 00:15:15,164 --> 00:15:17,959 We partied 290 of them. [Laughing] You know? 379 00:15:17,959 --> 00:15:19,919 And Shawn and I, we were like brothers. 380 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:22,713 We would room together, we would rent a car together, 381 00:15:22,713 --> 00:15:25,091 we'd go eat together, we'd go to the gym together. 382 00:15:25,091 --> 00:15:27,593 You know, a lot of the women we did together. 383 00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:29,262 And um, at one point, 384 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,013 you couldn't have been a closer, 385 00:15:31,013 --> 00:15:34,684 you know, couple guys in wrestling. 386 00:15:34,684 --> 00:15:37,937 As their popularity soars, Marty and Shawn 387 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:41,065 reach the pinnacle of their careers as a tag team. 388 00:15:41,065 --> 00:15:43,484 But on December 11, 1990, 389 00:15:43,484 --> 00:15:47,155 a tragic incident threatens to derail their momentum. 390 00:15:47,155 --> 00:15:48,948 Chuck Austin is his name. 391 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:50,825 And I'd show him there was this move I do 392 00:15:50,825 --> 00:15:53,202 for the finishing, "The Rocker Dropper." 393 00:15:53,202 --> 00:15:55,329 Look at this, here we go! 394 00:15:55,329 --> 00:15:56,873 You know, I was going, stepping through it, 395 00:15:56,873 --> 00:15:58,082 he goes, "Oh I know what you're talking about. 396 00:15:58,082 --> 00:16:00,293 Yeah I know, yeah, I've done it before." 397 00:16:00,293 --> 00:16:02,712 I know exactly what went wrong. 398 00:16:02,712 --> 00:16:05,256 Right before, when I was going off the second rope and 399 00:16:05,256 --> 00:16:07,341 come down, grab him by the back of the head and 400 00:16:07,341 --> 00:16:11,012 drag him down like a bulldog sort of, type of thing. 401 00:16:11,012 --> 00:16:13,598 He took that decent, and the crowd popped, 402 00:16:13,598 --> 00:16:14,724 it looked good. 403 00:16:14,724 --> 00:16:17,351 So when I got him up for The Rocker Dropper 404 00:16:17,351 --> 00:16:19,187 he was all excited, wanted to make sure 405 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:21,147 he got that same pop. 406 00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:24,275 But see he stood all the way up and dove down. 407 00:16:24,275 --> 00:16:26,694 [Crowd shouting] 408 00:16:26,694 --> 00:16:29,280 He dove straight into the ring 409 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,657 and broke his neck. 410 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:33,326 I go to roll him over. 411 00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:35,620 I stepped over him and saw his legs crossed. 412 00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:38,414 And I saw him, he was laying there, 413 00:16:38,414 --> 00:16:41,125 and pick his arms up and like, wiggle his fingers, 414 00:16:41,125 --> 00:16:42,668 and I tagged Shawn, I said, 415 00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:44,670 "I think he might be hurt, man." 416 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:45,838 And Shawn did great. 417 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:49,467 He dove off the top, he did not touch him at all. 418 00:16:49,467 --> 00:16:51,719 We covered for the pin. 419 00:16:51,719 --> 00:16:53,262 And he was still laying there, 420 00:16:53,262 --> 00:16:57,475 he hasn't moved, and so we get out the ring. 421 00:16:57,475 --> 00:16:59,268 So, the time I got in the back everybody's 422 00:16:59,268 --> 00:17:01,646 gathered around the monitors looking. 423 00:17:01,646 --> 00:17:04,649 He has not moved, his legs are still crossed. 424 00:17:04,649 --> 00:17:07,235 He's not moved from the spot. 425 00:17:07,235 --> 00:17:11,072 They took him to the back and got him on a helicopter, 426 00:17:11,072 --> 00:17:14,450 and I'm watching all that. 427 00:17:14,450 --> 00:17:17,787 I'm just thinking, "Man, I caused that." 428 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:26,254 And Chuck says he expressed reservations about having to 429 00:17:26,254 --> 00:17:30,341 fall to the mat without using his hands to break his fall. 430 00:17:30,341 --> 00:17:31,884 I questioned him several times, 431 00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:33,719 and he told me he was a professional and 432 00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:35,179 he would protect me. 433 00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:39,141 When I hit the mat I knew my neck was broken. 434 00:17:39,141 --> 00:17:42,812 I find out six months later they're suing us 435 00:17:42,812 --> 00:17:45,064 for, um, 10 million. 436 00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:47,817 And the jury, they know what they saw on the TV, you know, 437 00:17:47,817 --> 00:17:50,027 'cause they had the TV monitor and they showed them. 438 00:17:50,027 --> 00:17:53,906 They reacted on that, I did too, oh God. 439 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:57,201 If they don't see it done right it looks sickening to see. 440 00:17:59,787 --> 00:18:01,956 Yeah. Dean come in, they told the jury, 441 00:18:01,956 --> 00:18:03,874 "Now you're gonna see the move." 442 00:18:03,874 --> 00:18:07,003 Brought the mat in, did 'The Rocker Dropper' there. 443 00:18:07,003 --> 00:18:09,130 They jury just sat there like... 444 00:18:09,130 --> 00:18:10,506 just looking. 445 00:18:10,506 --> 00:18:12,383 But it was just no reaction, nothing. 446 00:18:12,383 --> 00:18:13,926 And for wrestlers that's the worst thing. 447 00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:16,762 You either want a, "Yay!" Or, "Boo!" 448 00:18:16,762 --> 00:18:18,389 You don't want just nothing. 449 00:18:18,389 --> 00:18:20,224 [Laughing] 450 00:18:20,224 --> 00:18:21,809 It was seven days worth of trial. 451 00:18:21,809 --> 00:18:24,312 When we're done, they got the judgement, 452 00:18:24,312 --> 00:18:29,150 and it was probably 20 minutes. 453 00:18:29,150 --> 00:18:31,319 I mean they come down and say, "We're ready." 454 00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:33,696 You know, it's hard to get two people to agree. 455 00:18:33,696 --> 00:18:36,532 Get twelve people, and you're ready in 20 minutes. 456 00:18:36,532 --> 00:18:39,160 ♪ 457 00:18:44,749 --> 00:18:47,126 After a very brief deliberation, 458 00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:50,046 the jury returns with a verdict. 459 00:18:50,046 --> 00:18:53,632 "We find the WWE 90% negligent. 460 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:58,554 We find Chuck Austin 5%, Marty Jannetty 5% negligent. 461 00:18:58,554 --> 00:19:02,433 We find for Chuck Austin $24 million." 462 00:19:02,433 --> 00:19:06,479 I jumped up, I was gonna say, "They were suing for 10!" 463 00:19:06,479 --> 00:19:08,064 You know, my lawyer said, "Sit down, sit down! 464 00:19:08,064 --> 00:19:10,649 We'll appeal." We appealed. 465 00:19:10,649 --> 00:19:12,985 They called me and said, "They're willing to make a 466 00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:15,821 settlement for $10 million." 467 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:17,907 "You mean I gotta pay 5% on that?" 468 00:19:17,907 --> 00:19:19,992 I think they had said they would just take it 469 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:21,911 out of my royalty cheques. 470 00:19:21,911 --> 00:19:23,746 I just didn't get as much pay as 471 00:19:23,746 --> 00:19:25,915 I was supposed to get for a while. 472 00:19:25,915 --> 00:19:29,210 The judge dismisses Shawn and says, "You're out of it. 473 00:19:29,210 --> 00:19:31,170 There's not- no evidence against you." 474 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:33,714 That's the luck of Shawn. [Laughing] 475 00:19:33,714 --> 00:19:35,549 I've said this a million times and 476 00:19:35,549 --> 00:19:37,802 everybody that knows him will agree. 477 00:19:37,802 --> 00:19:41,639 He can step in shit and come out smelling like a rose. 478 00:19:41,639 --> 00:19:45,226 I'm not a Shawn fan at all, not even this much. 479 00:19:45,226 --> 00:19:47,728 He was... he was egotistical, 480 00:19:47,728 --> 00:19:49,146 he was um, you know, 481 00:19:49,146 --> 00:19:51,857 "The Heartbreak Kid" kind of attitude. 482 00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:54,777 Well that's his real attitude, that wasn't a show. 483 00:19:54,777 --> 00:19:57,488 He was always a little cocky and arrogant, but you know, 484 00:19:57,488 --> 00:19:59,448 that's my brother, he was good to me. 485 00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:02,076 Then he started getting edgy towards me. 486 00:20:02,076 --> 00:20:05,162 He would get aggravated when Marty'd overdo something. 487 00:20:05,162 --> 00:20:07,039 But on Shawn's behalf, 488 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:09,708 he didn't have quite as bad of a... 489 00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:13,796 quite as bad of a habit as Marty did. 490 00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:16,424 I couldn't list the number of drugs Marty's probably done. 491 00:20:16,424 --> 00:20:21,220 I know cocaine, crack, Somas, Halcions. 492 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:23,722 ♪ 493 00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:28,644 I saw him take a lot of Halcion- 494 00:20:28,644 --> 00:20:31,063 a heavy duty tranquilizer. 495 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:32,815 And he was laying on the floor 496 00:20:32,815 --> 00:20:36,152 with the pills spilled everywhere. 497 00:20:36,152 --> 00:20:38,070 I had to call Shawn, and tell Shawn, 498 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:39,822 "What do I do? Do I call an ambulance? 499 00:20:39,822 --> 00:20:41,282 Do I call a cop? What do I do?" 500 00:20:41,282 --> 00:20:43,367 And he's like, "Don't call nobody!" 501 00:20:43,367 --> 00:20:45,870 Him and Jimmy Snuka, um, 502 00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:48,873 they just bust through the door and 503 00:20:48,873 --> 00:20:51,459 grabbed him and 504 00:20:51,459 --> 00:20:53,586 got him in the shower and stuff, 505 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:57,423 and I cleaned the room, got the pills, and, you know. 506 00:20:57,423 --> 00:21:01,093 I just was so, I was just somewhere else, you know? 507 00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:03,888 I just, "Oh my God." You know? 508 00:21:03,888 --> 00:21:06,390 He almost died. 509 00:21:06,390 --> 00:21:10,895 I think maybe it was that Shawn thought that Marty was 510 00:21:10,895 --> 00:21:15,065 gonna screw up really bad because some of the shit 511 00:21:15,065 --> 00:21:17,318 that he did was, you know, crazy. 512 00:21:17,318 --> 00:21:19,778 Like most partners do, 'cause I'm in a tag team, 513 00:21:19,778 --> 00:21:23,199 Marty and Shawn started butting heads a little bit, 514 00:21:23,199 --> 00:21:25,826 and it escalated to where they actually had 515 00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:29,788 a physical fight in a hotel. 516 00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:31,707 Marty came in drunk, 517 00:21:31,707 --> 00:21:35,503 bumping all over, cussing Shawn. 518 00:21:35,503 --> 00:21:39,548 And then here comes Shawn, and runs across the room, 519 00:21:39,548 --> 00:21:41,801 hits Marty, knocks him out a window. 520 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:44,887 ♪ 521 00:21:44,887 --> 00:21:50,184 Luckily we were down low and he hit the bushes, 522 00:21:50,184 --> 00:21:54,271 and crawled back through the window, 523 00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:56,565 got up in Shawn's face and says, 524 00:21:56,565 --> 00:21:59,693 "Think you can do it again?" 525 00:21:59,693 --> 00:22:02,738 Marty gets up and walks out the door, 526 00:22:02,738 --> 00:22:04,323 Shawn walks out behind him. 527 00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:05,491 Next thing you know 528 00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:07,243 I look out there and Marty's got Shawn 529 00:22:07,243 --> 00:22:10,204 on the ground, he's got his knees on his arms, 530 00:22:10,204 --> 00:22:12,206 and he's choking him. 531 00:22:12,206 --> 00:22:14,375 And he's already purple. 532 00:22:14,375 --> 00:22:16,418 Marty said he just remembers looking down and seeing 533 00:22:16,418 --> 00:22:20,381 his jeans were all bloody and it wasn't his blood. 534 00:22:20,381 --> 00:22:22,967 It should have never happened but it did and, you know, 535 00:22:22,967 --> 00:22:25,553 Shawn had to miss a few days on the road from it. 536 00:22:25,553 --> 00:22:28,097 And uh, I think that was the catalyst to the end of 537 00:22:28,097 --> 00:22:29,515 their partnership, because you know what? 538 00:22:29,515 --> 00:22:31,016 If you get your ass kicked by your partner, 539 00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:34,645 it's kind of hard to go back to normal. 540 00:22:34,645 --> 00:22:37,606 We met with Vince, and Vince was like, 541 00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:40,859 "I'm trying to find a way to split you guys up and 542 00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:43,028 take you into singles." I said uh, 543 00:22:43,028 --> 00:22:45,072 "Shawn and I need to talk about that first." 544 00:22:45,072 --> 00:22:46,824 Shawn was like, "I'm okay with it!" 545 00:22:46,824 --> 00:22:50,327 Right fucking there, I mean like, wow man. 546 00:22:50,327 --> 00:22:52,204 I said, "Well where are we gonna go with this?" 547 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:54,123 And you know Vince was saying, "Well, 548 00:22:54,123 --> 00:22:56,792 I see Shawn being a superstar and 549 00:22:56,792 --> 00:23:00,462 I just don't quite see that in you right now, Marty." 550 00:23:00,462 --> 00:23:03,257 Could that have crushed him or what? 551 00:23:03,257 --> 00:23:05,301 Vince just saw something more in Shawn, 552 00:23:05,301 --> 00:23:08,887 and I think that probably Shawn was in Vince's ear, 553 00:23:08,887 --> 00:23:11,056 or ass, more than Marty was. 554 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:15,686 I hate to say, to use this expression but... 555 00:23:15,686 --> 00:23:17,646 kKssing ass. 556 00:23:17,646 --> 00:23:20,858 And I said, uh, "Well what will you do with me?" 557 00:23:20,858 --> 00:23:23,569 'Cause see, I figured, okay, you use me to get him over, 558 00:23:23,569 --> 00:23:25,571 and then shit can me, I ain't gonna do it. 559 00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:27,364 But if you're keeping me aboard, you know, 560 00:23:27,364 --> 00:23:28,407 of course I'll do it. 561 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:29,700 [Announcer] ...there has been a great deal of 562 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:31,452 speculation as of late that uh, 563 00:23:31,452 --> 00:23:33,579 maybe there's a little trouble there 564 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:34,913 between The Rockers. What do you know about it? 565 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:36,290 Any rumours? Have you heard anything? 566 00:23:36,290 --> 00:23:39,293 They were planting the seeds in matchers prior 567 00:23:39,293 --> 00:23:42,880 where Marty and Shawn had a little dust up. 568 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,341 And Shawn would always be the one that was initiating, 569 00:23:45,341 --> 00:23:47,926 or getting angry, or more frustrated. 570 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:50,596 Of course the magazines were running with the story of 571 00:23:50,596 --> 00:23:52,514 how we were jealous of each other, 572 00:23:52,514 --> 00:23:54,308 who had prettier girls. 573 00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:55,809 The rumours about them are true. 574 00:23:55,809 --> 00:23:58,854 They don't get on at all. 575 00:23:58,854 --> 00:24:01,482 They had the Barber Shop, which was Brutus "The Barber" 576 00:24:01,482 --> 00:24:03,359 Beefcake's kind of like, talk show. 577 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:07,363 Let's welcome them right now, they're The Rockers! 578 00:24:07,363 --> 00:24:09,281 [Cheering] 579 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:12,493 And uh, that was the pinnacle of the turn. 580 00:24:12,493 --> 00:24:13,911 You've been having some problems, 581 00:24:13,911 --> 00:24:16,455 but I want to get you out here on the Barber Shop 582 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:18,832 so we can talk about this thing and get it all 583 00:24:18,832 --> 00:24:20,459 straightened once and for all. 584 00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:23,671 Before that day I had no idea 585 00:24:23,671 --> 00:24:25,297 that that was gonna happen. 586 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:26,840 I don't want to put the blame back and forth 587 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,009 just like you said. I'll take the blame. 588 00:24:29,009 --> 00:24:30,260 I'm sorry. 589 00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:32,721 I want this thing to work with The Rockers. 590 00:24:32,721 --> 00:24:36,934 And if you want to go on your own then walk off and leave. 591 00:24:36,934 --> 00:24:39,395 If you want to stick together and make this thing work, 592 00:24:39,395 --> 00:24:42,022 when I turn around we're gonna shake hands, 593 00:24:42,022 --> 00:24:44,149 and we're gonna go on a rock and roll 594 00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:46,485 like The Rockers can do. 595 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,779 He waits a second, listens to the crowd saying, 596 00:24:48,779 --> 00:24:51,073 you know, "Stay together, stay together!" 597 00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:54,618 Then he spins me around... 598 00:24:54,618 --> 00:24:55,994 We shake hands. 599 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:56,954 [Cheering] 600 00:24:56,954 --> 00:25:00,124 Ladies and gentlemen, The Rockers! 601 00:25:00,124 --> 00:25:01,417 -Told ya! -Glad to see that. 602 00:25:01,417 --> 00:25:02,710 Told ya. 603 00:25:02,710 --> 00:25:05,337 You know, and the crowd goes crazy. 604 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:07,464 I look that way and he turns, wham! 605 00:25:07,464 --> 00:25:08,799 Oh! 606 00:25:08,799 --> 00:25:10,551 Oh I knew he was gonna do that. 607 00:25:10,551 --> 00:25:12,594 I just knew he was gonna do that. 608 00:25:12,594 --> 00:25:15,222 And he kicked me so hard I didn't even feel the glass. 609 00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:16,265 No! [Glass shattering] 610 00:25:16,265 --> 00:25:18,225 Oh my God! 611 00:25:18,225 --> 00:25:22,020 ♪ 612 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:23,814 [Screaming] 613 00:25:23,814 --> 00:25:26,650 Right through the glass window of the Barber Shop! 614 00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:28,068 The fans didn't want the team to break up, 615 00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:30,362 no doubt. Nobody saw it coming. 616 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:33,824 That's, you know, it really made it the moment. 617 00:25:33,824 --> 00:25:36,535 It, in a way it really broke my heart. 618 00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:37,870 Cowardism! 619 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:39,663 [Fans shouting] 620 00:25:39,663 --> 00:25:40,998 Oh he's hurt. 621 00:25:40,998 --> 00:25:42,875 I think we seemed like beast friends, 622 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:44,251 you know, to the people. 623 00:25:44,251 --> 00:25:46,837 You know, so it really kind of broke their heart for us 624 00:25:46,837 --> 00:25:49,256 to split, but then to split that way. 625 00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:51,759 What a despicable act that was. 626 00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:54,470 It was a career defining moment for both of them, 627 00:25:54,470 --> 00:25:56,889 but in really- [Sighing] 628 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:58,599 I hate to say it, in two different ways. 629 00:25:58,599 --> 00:25:59,516 For Shawn it was, you know, 630 00:25:59,516 --> 00:26:01,727 a launching pad, and he took it. 631 00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:02,936 There's a problem with you, Shawn! 632 00:26:02,936 --> 00:26:04,938 -I don't think so. -The Rockers are history. 633 00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:06,356 Oh and Marty, if he'd have, 634 00:26:06,356 --> 00:26:08,025 he could have just stayed out of his own way, 635 00:26:08,025 --> 00:26:10,819 it could've had the same ascension as what, uh, 636 00:26:10,819 --> 00:26:12,070 Shawn did. 637 00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:14,823 And I think that's where you could see the two, 638 00:26:14,823 --> 00:26:17,159 you know, go different paths. 639 00:26:17,159 --> 00:26:19,912 ♪ 640 00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:27,336 Following a tumultuous relationship soured by 641 00:26:27,336 --> 00:26:29,838 excessive partying and physical fights, 642 00:26:29,838 --> 00:26:31,882 The Rockers finally split, 643 00:26:31,882 --> 00:26:34,176 leaving Shawn and Marty to pursue their 644 00:26:34,176 --> 00:26:36,595 separate journeys as singles wrestlers. 645 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:37,971 You know he was a little upset, 646 00:26:37,971 --> 00:26:39,056 you know, and then he's going, 647 00:26:39,056 --> 00:26:40,265 "What's supposed to happen to me?" And I said, 648 00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:42,142 "Well, what's gonna happen with both of us?" 649 00:26:42,142 --> 00:26:44,228 We're both gonna then get judged on 650 00:26:44,228 --> 00:26:45,562 wherever our careers take us. 651 00:26:45,562 --> 00:26:47,147 And if you get over, they're gonna use you. 652 00:26:47,147 --> 00:26:48,273 Plain and simple. 653 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:50,067 Things definitely had changed. 654 00:26:50,067 --> 00:26:52,361 It's almost like they weren't a tag team at all. 655 00:26:52,361 --> 00:26:54,071 It got a little ugly. 656 00:26:54,071 --> 00:26:56,865 I think Marty resented Shawn at that point, 657 00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:59,701 and I think Shawn was trying to distance himself 658 00:26:59,701 --> 00:27:01,995 from Marty, because he was at, you know, 659 00:27:01,995 --> 00:27:03,705 making his way up the ladder. 660 00:27:03,705 --> 00:27:05,249 And so he was trying to get 661 00:27:05,249 --> 00:27:07,084 as far away from him as he could. 662 00:27:07,084 --> 00:27:09,294 Marty lives for the moment. 663 00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:11,421 He just makes really bad decisions. 664 00:27:11,421 --> 00:27:13,423 One of the girls I was seeing down in Tampa, 665 00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:14,925 we went to a club. 666 00:27:14,925 --> 00:27:17,135 And she was a dancer, stripper, dancer, whatever. 667 00:27:17,135 --> 00:27:19,096 Exotic dancer, there we go. 668 00:27:19,096 --> 00:27:22,724 There was policemen on the premises, pats me down, 669 00:27:22,724 --> 00:27:25,853 and he pulls out a little baggie of cocaine. 670 00:27:25,853 --> 00:27:27,855 We got arrested, and uh, 671 00:27:27,855 --> 00:27:30,899 I did six months house arrest for that. 672 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:34,236 He's got multiple stories of getting kicked out of 673 00:27:34,236 --> 00:27:36,280 multiple countries, because he got 674 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:37,948 arrested for doing something. 675 00:27:37,948 --> 00:27:39,658 Bammer is just waiting to get his ass home. 676 00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:42,035 It was in India, it was a five-star hotel. 677 00:27:42,035 --> 00:27:43,871 Marty goes up to a cop. 678 00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:47,708 Asks if he can ride his motorcycle. 679 00:27:47,708 --> 00:27:48,750 I'm sure the cop is thinking 680 00:27:48,750 --> 00:27:50,043 he's gonna drive down the street. 681 00:27:50,043 --> 00:27:53,422 Marty goes up the stairs of this hotel. 682 00:27:53,422 --> 00:27:56,633 For some reason the doorman opens the door, 683 00:27:56,633 --> 00:27:59,177 and there's all these people around the fountain, 684 00:27:59,177 --> 00:28:01,680 and then he goes straight inside the lobby. 685 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,891 [Engine revving] 686 00:28:03,891 --> 00:28:05,184 And then wipes out and 687 00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:06,977 knocks one of the dudes into the fountain. 688 00:28:06,977 --> 00:28:10,022 [Engine revving] [Crashing] 689 00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:13,191 It was just like, did he really do that? 690 00:28:13,191 --> 00:28:15,694 I mean... [Laughing] 691 00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:18,989 You know he's been in trouble now with the law. 692 00:28:18,989 --> 00:28:21,450 They booted him out for a minute. 693 00:28:21,450 --> 00:28:24,453 He and the Iron Sheikh, I think he's ahead by one, 694 00:28:24,453 --> 00:28:26,705 of the number of times that a person's been fired, 695 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:29,374 and brought back, and fired again, and brought back. 696 00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:31,710 -Marty Jannetty! -[Cheering] 697 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,378 That's Marty Jannetty! 698 00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:35,047 And then they did the whole New Rockers thing, 699 00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:37,132 which Marty feels Shawn actually was the one 700 00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:38,926 who suggested it to kind of sabotage, 701 00:28:38,926 --> 00:28:41,178 and make people not think of the original Rockers. 702 00:28:41,178 --> 00:28:43,430 Here we go! The New Rockers! 703 00:28:43,430 --> 00:28:45,098 The problem was I don't think Marty was 704 00:28:45,098 --> 00:28:47,601 100% invested in it, and I don't blame him. 705 00:28:47,601 --> 00:28:50,437 It kind of took a swing at what he and Shawn 706 00:28:50,437 --> 00:28:52,564 had accomplished and what they had done. 707 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,316 They'll make you think they're really planning to do 708 00:28:54,316 --> 00:28:55,233 something with you, but they're really, 709 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:56,777 you're just a filler for the card. 710 00:28:56,777 --> 00:29:00,280 And that's when Marty realized it was time to go. 711 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,366 He went to WCW and it looked like 712 00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:03,492 they were really gonna get behind him. 713 00:29:03,492 --> 00:29:05,786 They were gonna try to do something major with him, 714 00:29:05,786 --> 00:29:08,956 but Marty kind of got in his own way again. 715 00:29:08,956 --> 00:29:11,792 In WCW he was in trouble with the law. 716 00:29:11,792 --> 00:29:13,877 You know, he had gotten several DUIs. 717 00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:15,879 One led eventually to him 718 00:29:15,879 --> 00:29:17,839 losing his license for ten years. 719 00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:21,885 The contract ran out and then that was it. 720 00:29:21,885 --> 00:29:24,554 He just kind of floundered after that. 721 00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:28,600 ♪ 722 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,936 ♪ 723 00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:37,317 It devastated him. 724 00:29:37,317 --> 00:29:39,987 To the point where he had posters of Shawn 725 00:29:39,987 --> 00:29:44,116 on his wall, with darts, 726 00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:45,534 and he would just try to hit him in 727 00:29:45,534 --> 00:29:47,744 the most perfect spots. 728 00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:50,288 ♪ 729 00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:52,207 By the late 1990s, 730 00:29:52,207 --> 00:29:55,210 Marty struggles to compete on the indie circuit, 731 00:29:55,210 --> 00:29:57,963 and eventually vanishes from the public eye. 732 00:29:57,963 --> 00:30:01,133 Following a string of DUI charges, jail stints, 733 00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:04,636 and substance abuse issues, Marty spirals for the next 734 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:08,473 five years before finally hitting rock bottom. 735 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:10,684 The first time I'd ever considered ending, 736 00:30:10,684 --> 00:30:13,145 you know, life, was like, "Fuck it, I've had enough." 737 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,605 What I was gonna do was buy the biggest pile of cocaine 738 00:30:15,605 --> 00:30:18,108 and just do it until my heart bust. 739 00:30:18,108 --> 00:30:19,943 So that was my conversation with 740 00:30:19,943 --> 00:30:21,028 the higher power, was, 741 00:30:21,028 --> 00:30:22,195 "If you don't want me doing this, 742 00:30:22,195 --> 00:30:23,363 you need to let me know. 743 00:30:23,363 --> 00:30:24,614 And you know I'm pretty stupid, 744 00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:26,033 so make it obvious." [Laughing] 745 00:30:26,033 --> 00:30:28,785 You know, you like, you were given a sign, 746 00:30:28,785 --> 00:30:31,038 "You gotta make it obvious for my dumb ass." 747 00:30:31,038 --> 00:30:32,914 [Telephone Ringing] 748 00:30:32,914 --> 00:30:34,166 And the phone rings. I look down, 749 00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:36,501 didn't recognize the number, 750 00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:40,547 and that call that came in was Shawn calling me. 751 00:30:40,547 --> 00:30:43,133 And he was inviting me to, it's called AIM. 752 00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:45,594 It's Athletes International Ministry, 753 00:30:45,594 --> 00:30:48,180 he wanted me to go to that in Phoenix, Arizona. 754 00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:49,723 And he goes, "I'll take care of everything, don't worry 755 00:30:49,723 --> 00:30:53,852 about that, but I would like you to be my guest." 756 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,938 You know before he made that call to me we ain't talked 757 00:30:56,938 --> 00:31:00,525 in person, on the phone, in seven, eight years? 758 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,319 And that's when it hit me like, 759 00:31:02,319 --> 00:31:04,237 "Holy shit." [Laughing] 760 00:31:04,237 --> 00:31:08,533 I mean, you asked for a sign. 761 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:11,745 And then I did go out to Arizona and then, you know, 762 00:31:11,745 --> 00:31:14,331 Shawn ended up, you know, doing the baptize thing 763 00:31:14,331 --> 00:31:15,415 where they dunk you in the water. 764 00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:18,126 Shawn ended up being the one to dunk me in the water. 765 00:31:18,126 --> 00:31:20,879 ♪ 766 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:22,839 And we did all that and for like three weeks 767 00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:25,717 I lived the most pure life. [Laughing] 768 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:27,385 Now that all that has happened, 769 00:31:27,385 --> 00:31:29,471 I get a phone call from WWE. 770 00:31:29,471 --> 00:31:32,015 You know, they wanna do a Rocker reunion. 771 00:31:32,015 --> 00:31:34,184 So, of course, you know? 772 00:31:34,184 --> 00:31:37,479 Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels together again. 773 00:31:37,479 --> 00:31:40,190 So we're at the curtain now and it's Rocker reunion and 774 00:31:40,190 --> 00:31:42,526 I've been off TV for so many years. 775 00:31:42,526 --> 00:31:46,738 Now I start getting nervous, and Shawn picked up on it, 776 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:48,657 and he goes, "What's wrong?" I said, 777 00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:50,492 "Man, what if they don't remember me?" 778 00:31:50,492 --> 00:31:52,661 And he goes, "Are you kidding me?" 779 00:31:52,661 --> 00:31:54,204 He goes, "We were The Rockers, 780 00:31:54,204 --> 00:31:55,831 nobody's gonna forget us." 781 00:31:55,831 --> 00:31:57,749 As he said that the music hit. 782 00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,292 It's The Rockers reunion! 783 00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:02,129 And the fans are on their feet here in Atlanta! 784 00:32:02,129 --> 00:32:04,506 And I go out there and they pop. 785 00:32:04,506 --> 00:32:06,883 And I was like, "Wow!" 786 00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:09,469 The amazing thing with Shawn and I was 787 00:32:09,469 --> 00:32:12,681 how we were so in tune with each other. 788 00:32:12,681 --> 00:32:15,434 Like, we became one when we tagged together. 789 00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:18,603 -Tandem offense. -Look at this! 790 00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:21,148 Even the way we bounced over the rope and went down 791 00:32:21,148 --> 00:32:23,567 would be, our feet would hit the floor at the same time. 792 00:32:23,567 --> 00:32:26,236 Everything was in unison. As a one. 793 00:32:26,236 --> 00:32:28,655 They haven't missed a beat, they haven't lost a step! 794 00:32:28,655 --> 00:32:30,824 The next day that's when they told me, 795 00:32:30,824 --> 00:32:32,993 "Marty, hell of a match you had last night, 796 00:32:32,993 --> 00:32:34,411 they want to give you a contract. 797 00:32:34,411 --> 00:32:37,330 The way we're gonna use you, you'll make over a million." 798 00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:38,874 Couldn't, couldn't ask for a better, 799 00:32:38,874 --> 00:32:41,126 you know, comeback. 800 00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:43,920 To end up in jail a week later. 801 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:45,547 [Laughing] 802 00:32:45,547 --> 00:32:48,008 ♪ 803 00:32:52,721 --> 00:32:55,182 After a successful Rockers reunion, 804 00:32:55,182 --> 00:32:57,976 the WWF plans to continue featuring Marty on 805 00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:59,603 a regular basis. 806 00:32:59,603 --> 00:33:01,813 But trouble with the law once again prevents him 807 00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:04,441 from capitalizing on the opportunity. 808 00:33:04,441 --> 00:33:07,277 My wifey, um, we got to the apartment, 809 00:33:07,277 --> 00:33:11,323 and got into a real big fight and 810 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:13,241 the neighbour called the police. 811 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:16,578 And, um, the police show up, they were like, 812 00:33:16,578 --> 00:33:18,455 "Oh he's on probation go get him." 813 00:33:18,455 --> 00:33:21,458 So I'm in jail now. 814 00:33:21,458 --> 00:33:23,668 And I had just saw him and that stripper girl 815 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:26,922 a week before and I warned him about her, 816 00:33:26,922 --> 00:33:29,174 and then a week later they got in a big fight and 817 00:33:29,174 --> 00:33:31,426 he got arrested, which eventually had him 818 00:33:31,426 --> 00:33:34,429 in the house arrest, and he lost his job. 819 00:33:34,429 --> 00:33:36,806 And he had just gotten that last, 820 00:33:36,806 --> 00:33:39,684 that was his last shot. 821 00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:41,645 But guess what's the common denominator? 822 00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:43,897 Hanging out with strippers that do drugs and 823 00:33:43,897 --> 00:33:46,900 things like that, that's a lot of fun, I like that too. 824 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:49,819 But don't be surprised if it bites you in the ass. 825 00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:52,530 Vince, he's like, "Gosh I love Marty, 826 00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:55,533 I love him. Great guy, but he's got the biggest 827 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:57,369 black cloud over his head." [Laughing] 828 00:33:57,369 --> 00:33:59,621 You know, I mean that's, and it's true. 829 00:33:59,621 --> 00:34:01,831 When Vince recognizes that, you know, 830 00:34:01,831 --> 00:34:04,209 and he's one of the smartest people I've ever met. 831 00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:07,963 He does have a black cloud that follows him around, but, 832 00:34:07,963 --> 00:34:11,091 he's the one that's, you know, putting it up there. 833 00:34:11,091 --> 00:34:12,509 [Laughing] You know what I mean? 834 00:34:12,509 --> 00:34:15,470 And keeping it on a leash to follow him, you know. 835 00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:17,722 It doesn't have to be that way. 836 00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:20,183 Hold on, time out. 837 00:34:20,183 --> 00:34:24,938 It's so swollen I can't get the pants' leg up. 838 00:34:24,938 --> 00:34:26,898 Sometimes when that crap's acting up 839 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:28,483 then I'll get like lightheaded. 840 00:34:28,483 --> 00:34:29,568 So I was just looking at you all I'm like, 841 00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:31,361 "Oh I'm gonna faint now, oh shit." 842 00:34:34,864 --> 00:34:36,116 I do. 843 00:34:36,116 --> 00:34:38,868 I do worry about him 'cause he's alone, 844 00:34:38,868 --> 00:34:41,329 even though he says he has a lot of 845 00:34:41,329 --> 00:34:43,248 telephone girlfriends and whatnot. 846 00:34:43,248 --> 00:34:44,541 You know, in the past, 847 00:34:44,541 --> 00:34:46,751 in the last years I would see him and 848 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,962 he'd be still trying to get in the, 849 00:34:48,962 --> 00:34:51,339 getting in the ring, trying to wrestle, 850 00:34:51,339 --> 00:34:53,675 and his ankle was horrible. 851 00:34:53,675 --> 00:34:55,010 It was ridiculous, like I don't even know 852 00:34:55,010 --> 00:34:56,011 how he got around, 853 00:34:56,011 --> 00:34:57,971 how he was able to walk or anything. 854 00:34:57,971 --> 00:35:00,181 His audience now is, instead of being out 855 00:35:00,181 --> 00:35:03,435 around the ring, is, yeah... 856 00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:06,479 Is the internet. It's Facebook. 857 00:35:06,479 --> 00:35:09,399 I think that Facebook makes him feel like 858 00:35:09,399 --> 00:35:11,234 he's not housebound. 859 00:35:11,234 --> 00:35:15,572 Um, which for the most part he is with his injury. 860 00:35:15,572 --> 00:35:22,537 ♪ 861 00:35:22,537 --> 00:35:25,415 So he can reach out and touch people. 862 00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:27,500 They can, you know, respond to him, 863 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:29,794 he can get reaction from people. 864 00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:31,463 ♪ 865 00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:33,548 I think his life feeds off of that, 866 00:35:33,548 --> 00:35:36,301 because of the way we grew up. 867 00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:40,722 We grew up wanting that every night, right? 868 00:35:40,722 --> 00:35:43,016 And then all of a sudden one day, you know, 869 00:35:43,016 --> 00:35:47,187 you see that there's no more of that. 870 00:35:47,187 --> 00:35:49,314 Social media is right there. 871 00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:51,358 He sits around and he's trying to think, 872 00:35:51,358 --> 00:35:55,111 "Okay, what can I think of funny for the book?" 873 00:35:55,111 --> 00:35:57,530 And he sits around and tries to come up with a funny 874 00:35:57,530 --> 00:36:00,533 story, and those are the ones you know are bullshit. 875 00:36:03,161 --> 00:36:05,705 No, I didn't do the post about the daughter thing. 876 00:36:05,705 --> 00:36:07,457 That was a complete hack. 877 00:36:07,457 --> 00:36:10,460 I didn't even see it to know to defend it or anything. 878 00:36:10,460 --> 00:36:12,796 ♪ 879 00:36:12,796 --> 00:36:14,547 'Cause I was hearing all these things like, 880 00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:15,840 "You wanted to have sex with your daughter?" 881 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,843 I'm like what the hell are you talking about? 882 00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:21,012 I mean, she didn't deserve any of that. 883 00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:22,305 I mean, neither did I, 884 00:36:22,305 --> 00:36:24,349 but I mean, she certainly didn't. 885 00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:26,393 I mean, I'm the whacko on the internet, 886 00:36:26,393 --> 00:36:28,728 and that's another reason, you know anything wacky 887 00:36:28,728 --> 00:36:32,065 like that is believable because, "Well Marty..." 888 00:36:32,065 --> 00:36:35,151 There are lots of things that I see Marty post on Facebook, 889 00:36:35,151 --> 00:36:38,029 and I'm like, "What are you doing?" 890 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:41,116 And there was a point where there were 891 00:36:41,116 --> 00:36:44,869 a lot of "holy shit" moments. 892 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:48,248 So Marty Jannetty is trending on Twitter, uh, 893 00:36:48,248 --> 00:36:50,834 because he says that he was 13 years old. 894 00:36:50,834 --> 00:36:52,001 Someone grabbed him, 895 00:36:52,001 --> 00:36:53,711 dragged him to the back of a bowling alley, 896 00:36:53,711 --> 00:36:55,755 and then here is a quote from Marty Jannetty on 897 00:36:55,755 --> 00:36:57,048 the Facebook post, he said, 898 00:36:57,048 --> 00:36:59,717 "That was the very first time I made a man disappear." 899 00:37:10,770 --> 00:37:13,356 The Columbus, Georgia police department told TMZ, 900 00:37:13,356 --> 00:37:16,067 "The first step we'll be seeing if we have any 901 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:19,529 missing persons or unidentified remains cases 902 00:37:19,529 --> 00:37:22,907 that match the limited information in the post." 903 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:24,993 I mean, if something happened, 904 00:37:24,993 --> 00:37:26,995 I mean, it is not out of the realm of possibility that 905 00:37:26,995 --> 00:37:29,247 they could solve this crime. 906 00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:31,541 When my friends in Germany are sending me the 907 00:37:31,541 --> 00:37:33,501 newspapers, you know, headlines says 908 00:37:33,501 --> 00:37:37,505 "Mauler Marty Kills Man." I mean what the fuck? 909 00:37:37,505 --> 00:37:40,091 I mean, what happened to the rapist? 910 00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:42,177 You're more concerned that a kid was trying to 911 00:37:42,177 --> 00:37:45,555 save his self, and ended up accidentally, 912 00:37:45,555 --> 00:37:47,891 it's called accidental death for a reason. 913 00:37:54,481 --> 00:37:56,107 There was a big story about your claim that 914 00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:59,194 you made a man disappear after an attempted rape 915 00:37:59,194 --> 00:38:01,362 on your person as a teenager. 916 00:38:01,362 --> 00:38:02,947 Did you realize how public this was gonna get, 917 00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:04,657 with like police involvement? 918 00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:05,950 Nah, hell no. 919 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:07,535 The police showed up on his doorstep. 920 00:38:07,535 --> 00:38:10,079 I mean this thing went all the way, they investigated. 921 00:38:10,079 --> 00:38:11,831 I had to deal with police. 922 00:38:11,831 --> 00:38:13,249 I couldn't even, I had to get the, 923 00:38:13,249 --> 00:38:14,626 I was scared to go to the airport. 924 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:17,253 That's the only reason I had to tell that it was a 925 00:38:17,253 --> 00:38:20,924 storyline you know, so they would leave me alone. 926 00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:26,971 Hypothetical. 927 00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:30,975 In a pretend world... Yeah. 928 00:38:31,893 --> 00:38:34,062 Okay... Okay. 929 00:38:34,062 --> 00:38:42,111 ♪ 930 00:38:42,111 --> 00:38:43,696 So this is a bowling alley, 931 00:38:43,696 --> 00:38:45,448 it used to be called Victory Lane. 932 00:38:45,448 --> 00:38:47,492 When I was 14 I worked here. 933 00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:50,161 ♪ 934 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:51,871 The dude that worked the front desk, 935 00:38:51,871 --> 00:38:55,833 but he also was somebody to buy weed from. 936 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:57,585 When I went to buy the weed from the guy, 937 00:38:57,585 --> 00:38:59,337 went out in the parking lot and sat in the car. 938 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:02,131 As he gave me the bag, he reached over and 939 00:39:02,131 --> 00:39:05,093 he put his hand on my crotch and said, "What's this?" 940 00:39:05,093 --> 00:39:07,845 And I smacked his hand, I said, "Nah, not me." 941 00:39:07,845 --> 00:39:11,683 And he got a little aggressive off of that. 942 00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:15,562 And he chased, and grabbed, and got me to the back. 943 00:39:15,562 --> 00:39:18,565 A big boy, man, he got me down and got on top. 944 00:39:18,565 --> 00:39:22,777 ♪ 945 00:39:22,777 --> 00:39:25,488 And uh, you know, he was 946 00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:26,739 trying to get to my pants, 947 00:39:26,739 --> 00:39:29,701 unbutton, you know, take my pants down. 948 00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:33,037 And I've got a 200 pound weight on me, 949 00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:35,540 so this is as far as I can go, and it's right there. 950 00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:37,876 ♪ 951 00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:39,210 And it was about this size. 952 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,170 Maybe a touch bigger, maybe. 953 00:39:41,170 --> 00:39:43,506 But it was like, "Get off me!" You know? 954 00:39:43,506 --> 00:39:46,259 I'm just trying to get him off me. 955 00:39:46,259 --> 00:39:48,928 And evidently it caught him in the wrong place. 956 00:39:48,928 --> 00:39:51,264 In the temple that can, that can, that can... 957 00:39:51,264 --> 00:39:53,349 end your life. 958 00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:55,184 ♪ 959 00:39:55,184 --> 00:39:57,145 You know I'm thinking, don't know what to do! 960 00:39:57,145 --> 00:40:01,274 I mean, do I tell the police? 961 00:40:01,274 --> 00:40:05,570 And I thought, go get my family member. 962 00:40:05,570 --> 00:40:10,617 We both agreed you can't call the police. 963 00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:14,996 You know, we thought that would be the wrong move. 964 00:40:14,996 --> 00:40:18,458 On the other side of the trees, the far back trees, 965 00:40:18,458 --> 00:40:21,085 that's Chattahoochee River. 966 00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:23,880 So, you know, 967 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,299 we gotta get him to the river. 968 00:40:26,299 --> 00:40:29,427 ♪ 969 00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:31,095 This is all hypothetical, remember, 970 00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:32,972 that Columbus Police Department. 971 00:40:32,972 --> 00:40:35,391 It was a storyline for wrestling. 972 00:40:35,391 --> 00:40:38,436 ♪ 973 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,480 With what happened in the car, with the... 974 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,066 with the grab, I'll give that. 975 00:40:43,066 --> 00:40:45,735 That's truth. 976 00:40:45,735 --> 00:40:48,154 If you're um, gonna write a storyline, 977 00:40:48,154 --> 00:40:49,781 for wrestling, but you take something 978 00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:54,285 that had happened, and you magnify it. 979 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:58,498 I mean, I see now that that was too much of a storyline. 980 00:40:58,498 --> 00:41:01,709 They did a missing persons, they didn't find nobody. 981 00:41:01,709 --> 00:41:03,878 So I mean, that should be the end of it. 982 00:41:03,878 --> 00:41:06,255 No body no crime, for Marty. 983 00:41:06,255 --> 00:41:11,260 ♪ 984 00:41:11,260 --> 00:41:15,556 ♪ 985 00:41:15,556 --> 00:41:20,603 ♪ 986 00:41:20,603 --> 00:41:24,482 ♪ 987 00:41:25,525 --> 00:41:27,944 I love Marty dearly, and I want, 988 00:41:27,944 --> 00:41:30,321 I just want him to be happy. 989 00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:33,157 I fear that he's gonna be alone, 990 00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:35,785 because this becomes your life, you know, 991 00:41:35,785 --> 00:41:37,286 and now what do you do? 992 00:41:37,286 --> 00:41:38,663 When you gotta keep going on living, 993 00:41:38,663 --> 00:41:40,373 but your life died. 994 00:41:40,373 --> 00:41:42,208 Marty, we love you. 995 00:41:42,208 --> 00:41:44,252 Keep your hands off my wife. 996 00:41:44,252 --> 00:41:46,921 [Laughing] 997 00:41:46,921 --> 00:41:49,340 The future is bright, Marty. 998 00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:50,883 Give it a chance. 999 00:41:50,883 --> 00:41:52,301 There are people that love you out there. 1000 00:41:52,301 --> 00:41:54,721 I'm one of them and I, I had thought about 1001 00:41:54,721 --> 00:41:57,557 maybe flashing you, Marty. 1002 00:41:57,557 --> 00:42:00,893 -[Laughing] -But I'm mic'd up, so... 1003 00:42:00,893 --> 00:42:03,104 [Kisses] You're missing out. 1004 00:42:03,104 --> 00:42:04,897 There's a thing in the wrestling business about, 1005 00:42:04,897 --> 00:42:06,649 you know, "Oh, I don't want to be the Marty Jannetty 1006 00:42:06,649 --> 00:42:08,818 of the team." Let me tell you something, 1007 00:42:08,818 --> 00:42:10,361 you'd be lucky if you were. 1008 00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:12,989 Because there would certainly not be a Shawn Michaels 1009 00:42:12,989 --> 00:42:14,657 at the level that Shawn Michaels was 1010 00:42:14,657 --> 00:42:16,325 if it was not for Marty Jannetty. 1011 00:42:18,494 --> 00:42:19,871 I love him to death. 1012 00:42:19,871 --> 00:42:24,375 I mean, there was 7 years of undeniably the best 1013 00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:27,587 relationship two people could have, and then, 1014 00:42:27,587 --> 00:42:29,547 you know, from ever since the phone call 1015 00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:31,549 he's been great again, so... 1016 00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:33,134 Yeah, I love him to death, you know. 1017 00:42:33,134 --> 00:42:35,178 -He and I were together. -Right. 1018 00:42:35,178 --> 00:42:37,430 24 hours a day for 7 years. 1019 00:42:37,430 --> 00:42:39,640 You know, I mean, for all that time for us to get in 1020 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:43,394 maybe one, one fight, is not bad at all. 1021 00:42:43,394 --> 00:42:46,189 Can't hold something, from, that's in your 1022 00:42:46,189 --> 00:42:48,483 rearview mirror out in front of the street, 1023 00:42:48,483 --> 00:42:49,484 you know, in front of you. 1024 00:42:49,484 --> 00:42:52,195 That's back there. 1025 00:42:52,195 --> 00:42:55,031 You know in the real side of it, 1026 00:42:55,031 --> 00:42:57,241 I didn't drag him to the river. 1027 00:42:57,241 --> 00:42:58,910 ♪ 1028 00:42:58,910 --> 00:43:00,203 One of my buddies, 1029 00:43:00,203 --> 00:43:01,496 we drug him over to the woods and 1030 00:43:01,496 --> 00:43:03,414 poured gas on him and burned him up. 1031 00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:05,291 [Laughing] 1032 00:43:05,291 --> 00:43:08,544 And maybe I even heard that when, if they burned, 1033 00:43:08,544 --> 00:43:10,004 they don't burn as much as you think they would and 1034 00:43:10,004 --> 00:43:12,131 there's a lot of bones that you gotta bury them. 1035 00:43:12,131 --> 00:43:14,175 That is the story that he told me, yes. 1036 00:43:15,343 --> 00:43:18,596 When we were partners. 1037 00:43:18,596 --> 00:43:20,014 Yeah, yeah. 1038 00:43:29,774 --> 00:43:32,902 This is absolutely true. 1039 00:43:32,902 --> 00:43:37,615 He told me a long time ago that did happen, yes. 1040 00:43:37,615 --> 00:43:41,661 'Cause I can look at him in the face and I can listen to 1041 00:43:41,661 --> 00:43:44,956 the story and tell when he's telling the truth and 1042 00:43:44,956 --> 00:43:46,707 when he's not, you know. 1043 00:43:53,005 --> 00:43:54,465 [Laughing] 1044 00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:55,675 You got as much as you can get. 1045 00:43:55,675 --> 00:43:56,843 Yeah. 1046 00:43:56,843 --> 00:43:58,261 That's as much as I can give you. 1047 00:43:58,261 --> 00:44:00,137 Hypothetically or not there it is. 1048 00:44:00,137 --> 00:44:02,473 [Laughing] 1049 00:44:02,473 --> 00:44:04,767 Sometimes you gotta look through the smoke. 1050 00:44:04,767 --> 00:44:06,394 Smoke in mirrors does a lot.