@gtz1975 vince mcmahon used to try to get copyrights on wrestler's names [think brutus beefcake]. he did that with mike rotunda but to get around it he used rotund-O in wwf and rotund-A in nwa. or maybe it was the other way around.
anyhoo, i don't know which is on his birth certificate but that's the reason for the rotunda/rotundo discrepency.
He looked so young back then. Had this innocent look to him. I thought that he was far better in the NWA than he was in the WWF. He was very talented and decicated to pro wrestling the first half of his career. Didn't like that Michael Wallstreet thing that he was doing in the ear'ly '90s. I like him as Mike Rotunda ONLY!
Is that George Michael (channel 4 in DC) The Sports Machine doing the interview? Was it still the civic center in 87? I know it was the baltimore arena in 90 (now the 1st mariner arena). It's funny that it out lasted the capital center that lured the bullets out of baltimore.
Yes that is indeed George Michael. George was a great journalist in the field of sports, and was one of the few to ever treat wrestlers and wrestling with any kind of respect.
this was done on April 10, 1987, the first night of the Second Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup tournament in Baltimore, Maryland at the Baltimore Civic center, I was 15 years old and back stage when the were recording this.
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vinny6737 6 months ago
Mike Rotunda or Mike Rotundo?
gtz1975 1 year ago
Lawrence Michael Rotunda. Rotundo was one of his ring names he used at one point in his career.
dbach0215 1 year ago
@gtz1975 vince mcmahon used to try to get copyrights on wrestler's names [think brutus beefcake]. he did that with mike rotunda but to get around it he used rotund-O in wwf and rotund-A in nwa. or maybe it was the other way around.
anyhoo, i don't know which is on his birth certificate but that's the reason for the rotunda/rotundo discrepency.
TheBigBadWoIf 1 year ago
Awesome. Classic wrestling.
Chuloloc 1 year ago
bull shit mike rotunda you screwed me spjts in rotunda's face
bigbrian32 2 years ago
Barry windham said near enough the same thing about why he left the WWF
diamondstudd 2 years ago
Vince must have thrown major dollars at him to come back. He ended back up in the WWF and took on the IRS gimmick. He still with the WWE even today.
thunder0925 2 years ago
Like the saying The Million Dollar Man is fond of saying: EVERYONE'S GOT HAS A PRICE!
MONEY TALKS AND BULLSHIT WALKS EVEN IN PREDETERMINED MATCHES!
JRMOTOR88 2 years ago
He looked so young back then. Had this innocent look to him. I thought that he was far better in the NWA than he was in the WWF. He was very talented and decicated to pro wrestling the first half of his career. Didn't like that Michael Wallstreet thing that he was doing in the ear'ly '90s. I like him as Mike Rotunda ONLY!
north5880 2 years ago
Always thought Mike Rotunda looked like a mixture of Bruce Campbell and British Actor George Irving.
mrxskull 3 years ago 5
@mrxskull I think he looks like Will Clark of the Giants circa 1986
abaskcasckbackj 1 year ago
@mrxskull Damn it, I thought I was the one who saw the Bruce Campbell connection! I salute your perspicacity.
MrJackassPenguin 1 month ago
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genociding 3 years ago
Is that George Michael (channel 4 in DC) The Sports Machine doing the interview? Was it still the civic center in 87? I know it was the baltimore arena in 90 (now the 1st mariner arena). It's funny that it out lasted the capital center that lured the bullets out of baltimore.
mdhawkfan 3 years ago
Yes that is indeed George Michael. George was a great journalist in the field of sports, and was one of the few to ever treat wrestlers and wrestling with any kind of respect.
diamondman420 3 years ago
this was done on April 10, 1987, the first night of the Second Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup tournament in Baltimore, Maryland at the Baltimore Civic center, I was 15 years old and back stage when the were recording this.
rivercorrie 4 years ago 3
April 10-11, 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland
porkchop6000 4 years ago