“As far as no f*cks given, he was probably number one.” ☝️ In this bonus clip, Chris Jericho and Lance Storm trade stories of Johnny K9 aka Bruiser Bedlam.
This show has been a gold mine for wrestling fans. Such amazing stories and background information. I love it. The more I watch it though, the more I'm reminded about a phrase I heard growing up "Kiddo, never meet your heroes."
That CAN be true. I once got to share a tabke with Harry Smith, Jim Neidhart and Bret fucking Hart. Jim and Harry weren’t hostile by any means but they were nowhere near as warm and just cool as Bret was. He told us stories, he laughed and even gave me a big hug at the end of the night, telling me I was a “good little worker”. The absolute highlight of a “career”. The context in which you meet your heroes is everything. IMHO.
I knew him personally from the biz. The very last time i saw him, he was riding with his crew in formation going east on the 403 outside of Hamilton. I juggled my way through traffic and rolled down my window and yelled Johnny, he yelled Krupoff. He pulled back to the back and shook my hand from his bike. We talked for a few minutes, as we were driving, pretty much yelling to each other and I showed him my baby son Marlon and he just said Awesome or something of that nature. Then we just shook hands again and said goodbye and take care. We held up traffic completely and could have caused an accident but it was OKAY! Last time we met, just under 28 years ago because my son was born in February 96. True story and last time I saw him.
It would’ve been so much easier to remember K9 fondly if he had just stuck with wrestling. From the stories shared about working at SMW for example just sounded like a genuinely nice and fun guy. But with the knowledge of his crime involvement just isn’t that easy.
Definitely. The stories seem cute and all, but they really outline his self-centred personality. He was the kind of guy who would do whatever he wanted regardless of how it affected other people. He was a prominent member of the criminal underworld in Canada, being the president of a Satan’s Choice Motorcycle club chapter and an enforcer for the United Nations gang. He was not a small time shoplifter. He was a piece of shit. His people were drug traffickers and cold-blooded killers. Nobody wants to talk about that, though.
Huge fan of both you guys. (Yes I'm a lance storm mark) I hope that storm is Jericho's final match. I mean for both of them. Start together and end together.
If Johnny K9 had not gotten involved the wrong people he could have a longer wrestling career. He was indeed a criminal but he did care about those he instead of friends. I remember from the documentary when Scott D'Amore and Johnny were wrestling Scott got shorted paid by the promoter and Johnny burst it into the guy's office and held him up by his neck telling him to pay what Scott was owed. The promoter threw a handful money at them. I got paid a lot but the promoter never booked them again.
I just got to tell the story I just got done watching the dark side of the Ring I don't know Johnny K-9 but I know Bruiser bedlam when I was a little boy in Taylor Michigan he would come and wrestler for MTW and he would scare the crap out of me but he would also be funny because the fans would call him mister Clean because of his bald head real nice guy when I met him
