I was backstage at the Capital Center in Maryland after a classic wrestling
event. Before the event, I was already stunned by something.

You see, my friend Mark Bachteler’s hot sister was dating Playboy Buddy Rose.
We actually drove with Playboy to the matches. But it was who was with him
that was a shocker.

Yes, Playboy Buddy Rose was friends with a young, spindly Curt Hennig.

This was before the whole Mr. Perfect days. He was still an undercard punk. You know the
guy who would momentarily stun someone like the Magnificent Muraco, then just
get the smack down.

And yes, young kid and all, I knew the stuff was fake, but come on. I didn’t want
to see these two together.

But what I saw after the matches backstage really crushed me…lol.

It was none other than George “The Animal” Steele decked out in a three piece
suit, cigar in his mouth, reading The Wall Street Journal.

Oh well.

I still watched every week like clock work – waiting for Ernest Angley to lift someone out
of a wheelchair and have ‘em jump around.