Cool Ken Resnick Moment over the Weekend (Tom Magee related)
Nov 7, 2023 21:16:22 GMT -5
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Post by chazraps on Nov 7, 2023 21:16:22 GMT -5
This past weekend in Minneapolis was Twin Cities Con, which had a strong wrestling representation there with Trish Stratus, Lita and "X-Pac/1-2-3 Kid/Lightning Kid" Sean Waltman as official guests at booths meeting fans and signing items. Also there, seemingly as an attendee, was Minnesota native and former interviewer for WWF, AWA and AWF Ken Resnick. I'd always heard he was a super approachable great guy, particularly from non-wrestling fans who worked in marketing at the radio station I used to be at who all knew him from the advertising world as "Kenny Resnick" and would speak incredibly highly of him.
I'd always been a fan of his work, and had a burning question in my backpocket for him if we'd ever cross paths. You see, he was the WWF announcer who interviewed Tom Magee immediately after his legendary Bret Hart match, but he was absent from the documentary and I didn't think I'd ever seen him comment publicly about his memories from that night, or if he even had any.
So I approached him, and the stories were all true, super genuine and charming guy. Great conversationalist, one of those dudes who makes you immediately feel like you're longtime friends. I asked him about the Tom Magee match, and he said while he didn't remember much of the match itself or the interview after, he remembers the pop from the boys in the back watching once the finish happened. It made me realize that we'd all heard Vince's reaction but not the rest of the locker room, and apparently they had the shared the same zeal and expressed it in a way that was super rare for wrestling peers to act at the time, especially when getting a first glimpse at a relative unknown. He said it was one of those feelings you don't forget even when the specifics of the rest of the night weren't as memorable.
I followed up by asking him if he was aware of the legend about how long that match was Bret was sought-after for, what a grail it had become and if he'd seen the documentary or the match again when it was found. He said he first heard about the quest for it around the time of the documentary, how it had been absolutely lost for years and nobody having a hint of a trace of it, and when he heard that he only hoped that wherever it was that they could put all surviving evidence of "The Wrestle Rock Rumble" there so it too could be lost.
He delivered that line with perfect deadpan, but it was clear he shares our sense of humor about it. So yeah, great guy and I got a pic with him. Glad we chatted.
I'd always been a fan of his work, and had a burning question in my backpocket for him if we'd ever cross paths. You see, he was the WWF announcer who interviewed Tom Magee immediately after his legendary Bret Hart match, but he was absent from the documentary and I didn't think I'd ever seen him comment publicly about his memories from that night, or if he even had any.
So I approached him, and the stories were all true, super genuine and charming guy. Great conversationalist, one of those dudes who makes you immediately feel like you're longtime friends. I asked him about the Tom Magee match, and he said while he didn't remember much of the match itself or the interview after, he remembers the pop from the boys in the back watching once the finish happened. It made me realize that we'd all heard Vince's reaction but not the rest of the locker room, and apparently they had the shared the same zeal and expressed it in a way that was super rare for wrestling peers to act at the time, especially when getting a first glimpse at a relative unknown. He said it was one of those feelings you don't forget even when the specifics of the rest of the night weren't as memorable.
I followed up by asking him if he was aware of the legend about how long that match was Bret was sought-after for, what a grail it had become and if he'd seen the documentary or the match again when it was found. He said he first heard about the quest for it around the time of the documentary, how it had been absolutely lost for years and nobody having a hint of a trace of it, and when he heard that he only hoped that wherever it was that they could put all surviving evidence of "The Wrestle Rock Rumble" there so it too could be lost.
He delivered that line with perfect deadpan, but it was clear he shares our sense of humor about it. So yeah, great guy and I got a pic with him. Glad we chatted.
