Interview with Jack Veneno

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Some of you may have heard of him the guy who beat Ric Flair for the world title in '82 at the Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This was on a wrestling magazine I bought here in spanish so I'll be translating it sorry if my english is not great.

 

1. First off what do you say to the people who say wrestling is fake?Wrestling is real anyone who has been to any of my shows has seen me bleed and get slammed all over the ring anyone who looks at that and tells me it's fake must be crazy.

 

 

2. Ok so you say it's real. What would you say the reason to you a 50 year old man winning every one of his matches be? could it have something to do with you owning the company?Of course not I win all my matches bases on my athletism and me owning the company doesn't mean anything, if you watch american wrestling you will see Vince Mcmahon who owns the WWE get beat by practically everyone in the company including a one legged kid.

 

3. Now that you mention WWE it's been said that you once tried out for them what do you have to say about that? I once went to U.S.A in the 70's and tried to get a contract with them since they were mainly in the east coast I could have been a huge babyface because of the big Puerto Rican and Dominican population but they said I was too small.

 

 

4. How did you get started here then?I was doing some shows with Vampiro K in the park until a number of international wrestlers came from United States and Scotland(note: he probably menas Roddy Piper) in the 80's.

 

5. Was Ric Flair one of them? Yes he was. He was NWA champion at the time and he came to defend it here and me being the number one in the country was the one to challenge him and beat him.

 

6. What did that match mean to you? It means everything to me. After that match I became a national hero and the idol of every kid in the island it made me a legend.

 

 

7. You never lost the belt do you still have it?Yes but I can't even put it on anymore because of this stomach.

 

8. How come whenever the "foreing wrestlers" came to the island and they spoke in english all they said was "Jack Veneno me kill you!"?A man of few words can be 10 times more intimidating than someone who doesn't shut his mouth.

 

9. Whatever happened to Bronco? I heard he's in Puerto Rico.

 

10. Well thank you for your time what would you like to tell your fans?I just want them to remember me not by my time in 2000 when I was slow and fighting those unworthy adversaries but my time in the 80's and 90's more specifically my match with Ric Flair I know they don't show it on tv anymore but I own it and if anyone who hasn't seen it would like to you'd be more than welcome to watch it with me and until then JACK VENENO SACANDO CHISPA!(his catchphrase)