
English: 
>>> YOU MEAN TO TELL ME 
THAT ALL THOSE GRUNTS AND 
GROANS AND SLAMS AND CRACKS 
AREN'T FOR R
WHY HAS PRO WRESTLING 
DECIDED TO TELL IT LIKE IT 
IS?
THAT'S OUR STORY TONIGHT.
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>>> THEY THROW EACH OTHER 
TO THE FLOOR.
THEY POUND AND KICK AND 
STOMP, AND THEIR BLOOD 
CURDLING SCREAMS CAN BE 
HEARD FOR MILES AROUND.
IT'S NOT ANOTHER LOOK AT 
THE SENATE FIGHT OVER JOHN 

English: 
TOWER.
TONIGHT WE LOOK AT A FAR 
PO 
PRO WRESTLING.
IT IS A $300 MILLION 
BUSINESS, FOUR OF THE TOP 
TEN CABLE TV SHOWS ARE 
WRESTLING PROGRAMS, AND 
LAST YEAR, EVENT, 
WRESTLEMANIA, FOUR, GROSSED 
$40 MILLION.
STATE LEGISLATURES ARE 
BEING URGED BY THE BIGGEST 
OF ALL WRESTLING PROMOTERS 
TO THINK THE UNTHINKABLE TO 
TEA CLAIR THAT PRO 
WRESTLING IS NOT A SPORT AT 
ALL, PUT AN ENTERTAINMENT 
WHOSE OUTCOME IS ACTUALLY 
KNOWN BEFORE THE BATTLE 
BEGINS.
WHY?
>>> THEY ACT AS IF IT WERE 
REAL.
>> WE'RE GOING TO PAY BACK 
MASTERTHE TAG 
TEAM TITLE.

English: 
>> IT LOOKS AS IF IT WERE 
REAL.
IT EVEN SOUNDS AS IF IT 
WERE REAL.
WELL, GUESS WHAT, SPORTS 
FANS?
THE SECRET ABOUT PRO 
WRESTLING IS FINALLY OUT.
>> IT IS NOW OFFICIAL. 
WRESTLING IS NOT REALLY 
WRESTLING.
WRESTLING PROMOTERS HAVE 
TOLD THEIR SECRETS IN AN 
ATTEMPT TO FREE THEMSELVES 
FROM THE HALF NELSON OF 
GOVERNMENT REGULATION.
>> WAIT A MINUTE.
WHAT'S THAT SHE SAID?
>> IT IS NOW L, 
WRESTLING IS NOT REALLY 
WRESTLING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE WORLD WRESTLING 
FEDERATION RECENTLY TOLD 
NEW JERSEY LAWMAKERS THAT 
WHEN THEIR BOYS, WRESTLERS 
LIKE HULK HOE BEGAN AND THE 
IRON SHEIK BATTLE IT OUT IN 
THE RING, IT'S JUST 
ENTERTAINMENT.
AN EXHIBITION.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE MATCHES 
ARE D.
SO WHY DID THE WORLD 
WRESTLING FEDERATION 
SUDDENLY ANNOUNCE THAT THIS 
IS ENTERTAINMENT?
THE ANSWER IS INDEED MONEY.

Malagasy: 
  JEOP■■ESTL■■

English: 
THE WWF SAYS ENTERTAINMENT 
SHOULD NOT BE REGULATED 
HERE IN NEW JERSEY OR 
ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND WITH NO REGULATION, 
THAT COULD MEAN FEWER TAXES 
TO PAY, AND HENCE MORE 
MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.
IN THE U.S. 27 
ATHLETIC COMMISSIONS 
REGULATE PRO WRESTLING, 
WHICH MEANS PROMOTERS AND 
WRESTLERS MUST BE LICENSED, 
MATCHES MUST BE APPROVED BY 
THE STATE, A DOCTOR MUST 
ATTEND EACH EVENT, AND 
EVERY WRESTLER HAS TO HAVE 
A PHYSICAL.
IN RETURN, STATES CHARGE A 
5% GATE TAX AND SOME 
COLLECT ANOTHER 5% TAX ON 
CLOSED-CIRCUIT BROADCASTS.
>> I'M NOT KNOCKING THE 
COMMISSION.
THEY DON'T DO NOTHING F
THEIR PERCENTAGE.
THEY TAKE OUR WHROOD 
PREPARE PRESSURE.
WE KNOW WE'RE HEALTHY.
THEY GET A BIG PERCENTAGE.
>> CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN 
MOUNTED TO DEREGULATE PRO 
WRESTLING.
WWF REFUSED TO TALK TO 
"NIGHTLINE."IN CALIFORNIA A 
MAN DICK FLOYD, WHO HAS 
JUST REINTRODUCED A BILL TO 
REMOVE STATE CONTROL, 
WOULD. 
>> THE ONLY REASON THE 
STATE IS IN THERE IS 
GETTING THE LICENSE FEES 
FROM THE PROMOTERS, THE 

English: 
PARTICIPANTS AND ALL THAT 
IS FOR THE MONEY.
>> SO HOW MUCH MONEY IS AT 
STAKE IN IN 198 THE STATE 
OF CALIFORNIA MADE $63,000 
FROM PRO WRESTLING. 
LAST YEAR IT MADE OVER 
$300,000.
ONE MAJOR REASON FOR THE 
400% INCREASE IS THE RISING 
POPULARITY OF PRO WRESTLING 
AND THE INTRODUCTION OF EMA.
>> WHAT YOU GOING TO DO 
WHEN HULKAMANIA AND THE NEW 
CHAMPION RUNS WILD ON YOU?
>> WHEN THEY LAUNCHED 
WRESTLEMANIA ONE, IT MADE 
$255,000.
NEXT WEEK IT PLANS TO MAKE 
$27 MILLION.
IF DICK FLOYD'S BILL 
PASSES, THE GATE TAX ON 
WRESTLING WOULD REMAIN IN 
EFFECT, BUT THE BROADCAST 
TAX WOULD BE ELIMINATED, AS 
WOULD STATE INSPECTION OF 
EVENTS.
>> THE WHOLE POINT IS BY 
VIRTUE OF THE COMMISSION 
BEING IN THE BOX OFFICE, 
THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH 
REVENUE IS BEING TAKEN IN.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT TAKING 

English: 
THAT PERSON OUT, WHO IS 
EVER GOING TO KNOW?
>> BUT FLOYD FEELS THE 
STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION 
DOESN'T DESERVE THE TAXES 
AND LICENSE FEES IT 
COLLECTS.
>> YOU OUGHT NOT TO RUN A 
CHARADE OF SAYING THAT, 
LOOK, WE'RE LICENSING AND 
REGULATING SOMETHING WHEN 
WE'RE NOT.
YOU DON'T LICENSE 
ENTERTAINERS.
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, 
WE'LL BE LICENSING ROLLER 
DERBY.
WE DON'T LICENSE ROLLER 
DERBY.
WE DON'T LICENSE ROCK 
CONCERTS.
>> AMERICA, READ MY LIPS, 
I'M NO PHONY.
IF WRESTLING IS 
ENTERTAINMENT AND BEATING 
UP PEOPLE IS THEIR WAY OF 
DERIVING ENTERTAINMENT, I'M 
ONE OF THE GREATEST 
ENTERTAINERS IN THE 
>> YOU THINK IS REAL OR IS 
IT FAKE?
>> NO COMMENT.
>> SOME OF IT'S FOR REAL, 
SOME OF IT'S FOR FAKE.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN SITTING 
THERE AND WATCHING IT.
WHAT IS IT?
>> IT'S REAL FAKE.
>> IS IT EVER.
WE ASKED BRUCE BAUMGARTNER, 
WHO WON A GOLD MEDAL IN 
WRESTLING IN THE 1984 
OLYMPICS TO SHOWHOW 
IT'S FAKED.

English: 
>> RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE 
THIS GUY'S KNEES BEND.
HE HELPS HIMSELF OUT.
HE STRAIGHTENS HIMSELF OUT 
NICE AND RIGID AND PROBABLY 
PUSHES RIGHT OFF WITH THE 
ARM TO HELP HOLD UP THERE 
HE IS BALANCING HE 
IS NOT MOVING AROUND.
THEN WHEN HE FALLS, BOOM, 
HE FALLS RIGHT ON HIS 
HANDS.
THE MAT IS VERY CUSHIONED.
>> I REALIZE THAT WRESTLING 
IS AN EXHIBITION, BUT IT IS 
A PHYSICAL AND SOMETIMES 
DANGEROUS EXHIBITION.
IN FACT, WE HAVE HAD A 
DEATH -- WE HAD A DEATH 
HERE IN GEORGIA IN THE 
RING.
>> IN THE THE MIDST OF ALL 
THIS CONTROVERSY ABOUT 
DEREGULATING PRO WRESTLING, 
ONE STATE IS HEADING IN THE 
OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
HERE IN GEORGIA THE FEELING 
IS WRESTLING NEEDS NOT LESS 
ATTENTION BUT MORE.
THIS BILWHICH GOVERNOR 
JOE FRANK HARRIS IS 
EXPECTED TO SIGN WOULD FOR 
THE FIRST TIME PUT 
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING 
UNDER STATE CONTROL.
THE BILL'S AUTHOR, STATE 
REPRESENTATIVE DICK LANE, 
HELD HEARINGS WHICH 
REVEALED THAT CHILLING 
TACTICS THAT PROMOTERS 
FORCE THEIR WRESTLERS TO 
EMPLOY TO HIKE TICKET 

English: 
SALES.
>> IF A PROMOTER TOLD YOU 
TO BLEED THAT NIGHT, THEN 
YOU HAVE TO CUT YOURSELF 
AND BLEED.
>> JUICEING.
THEY HAVE A SMALL
BLADE, THEY HIT IT OVER 
THEIR FOR HEAD.
THE BLOOD COMES OUT LIKE 
WHEN YOU SHAVE, YOU NICK 
YOURSELF, IT BLEEDS LIKE 
THE DEVIL, BUT IT DOESN'T 
LEAVE BIG SCARS.
>> I JUST DON'T THINK 
THAT'S ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR.
IN GEORGIA OR ANYWHERE 
>> IN THE STATE OF 
WASHINGTON ATHLETIC 
COMMISSIONER STAN NACCARATO 
SAYS THE WRESTLERS NEED TO 
BE SUPERVISED.
AWE WE HAVE HAD A FORMER 
RECOGNIZED WORLD CHAMPION 
IN THE WWF SLAP A GIRL IN 
THE A TOOTH. 
BACK IN THE HALL RIGHT 
OUTSIDE THEIR DRESSING 
ROOMS.
I HAD TO APPEAR IN COURT 
WITH A MAN TO GET HIM -- 
THERE WAS A WARRANT FOR HIS 
ARREST.
>> 0 CORRESPONDENT JOHN 
STOSSEL LEARNED PAINFULLY 
HOW IRRATIONAL A PRO 
WRESTLER CAN BEHAVE.
>> I'L
STANDARD QUESTION.
>> STANDARD QUESTION.
>> I THINK THIS IS FAKE.
>> YOU THINK IT'S FAKE?
WHAT'S THAT?
IS THAT FAKE?
WHAT THELL'S WRONG WITH 

English: 
YOU?
THAT'S AN OPEN HAND SLAP.
>> PRO WRESTLING HAS SHAKEN 
OFF THAT BLACK EYE, 
MOUNTING HOLLYWOOD STYLE 
EXTRAVAGANZAS THAT HAVE 
ATTRACTED MILLIONS OF ND TH 
THAT GO WITH THEM.
THE CHAMPION PROMOTER, 
WITHOUT QUESTION, IS THE 
WWF.
>> IT'S ALL A GAME.
IT'S ALL A GAME THAT THEY 
ARE CONTROLLING.
AND THEY'RE LAUGHING ALL TO.
>> AND IT'S A BANK THAT'S 
BULGING.
THEY GROSS OVER $300 
MILLION, ENOUGH MUSCLE FOR 
ITS CAMPAIGN TO WIPE OUT 
STATE REGULATIONS AND 
POCKET ALL THE TAX MONEY IT 
CAN.
I'M JAMES WALKER
"NIGHTLINE."
>> WHEN WE COME BACK, 
SHOULD WRESTLING BE 
REGULATED OR NOT?
WE'LL BE JOINED BY ONE OF 
THE BEST KNOWN FIGURES IN 
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, 
CAPTAIN LOU ALBANOA 
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY 
MAN, DICK FLOYD.

English: 
>>> HE IS, QUITE LITERALLY, 
ONE OF THE MOST FAMILIAR 
FACES IN THE WRESTLING 
WORLD, CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO 
HAS BEEN A PRO WRESTLER AND 
WRESTLING MANAGER FOR MORE 
THAN 30 YEARS.
CAPTAIN LOU HAS MANAGED 
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES AND 
HELPED 
WRESTLEMANIA CONCEPT.
DICK FLOYD IS A CALIFORNIA 
STATE ASSEMBLY MAN WHO HAS 
ENTERED THE BILL TO TE WRES 
CALIFORNIA.
HE JOINS US FROM LOS 
CAPTAIN LOU, YOU SPENT YOUR 
LIFE PROMOTING WRESTLING.
NOW THE WORLD WRESTLING 
FEDERATION SAYS IT'S ALL A 
FAKE, IT'S NOT A SPORT
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU 
FILE?
>> WELL, JEFF, IT'S AWFULLY 
FUNNY THEY NEVER SAID THIS 
BEFORE.
IF THEY SAY IT'S A FAKE, 
WRESTLING FEDERATION HAS 
CREATED THEMSELVES.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE 
ALLIANCES LIKE THE NWA AND 

English: 
THE AWA, THERE ARE 
WRESTLERS LIKE BARRY 
WINDOM, THERE ARE FORMER 
WRESTLERS LIKE PIPER AND 
BRUNO SAN MAR CONTINUEO, SO 
IF THERE IS ANY FAKE 
INVOLVED IN IT, IF THEY SAY 
THAT, THEY CREATED THIS 
THEMSELVES.
COMMISSION IN PROFESSIONAL 
WRESTLING FOR THE FACT THAT 
THE WRESTLERS SHOULD 
PROTECTED AND ALSO WHY 
SHOULDN'T THE STATE COLLECT 
REVENUE FROM US?
I CALL IT A SPORT.
YES -GS WE ADMIT THAT THERE 
IS SHOWMANSHIP ONAL WRESTLI.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE TRYING TO 
GET BACK TO THE BASICS OF 
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING IN E 
DON'T FEEL THAT THE WWF HAS 
THE RIGHT.
IF THEIR MEN ARE FAKE, WHY 
SHOULD OTHER PEOPLE BE 
JEOPARDIZED AND WHY SHOULD 
OTHER WRESTLERS NOT HAVE A 
DOCTOR AT SIDE, NOT BE 
EXAMINED BEFORE THEY GO 
INTO A RING --
>> CAPTAIN LOU, JUST A 
SECOND, NOBODY ARGUES THAT 
YOU DON'T NEED SKILL AND 
DISCIPLINE 
A WRESTLER, BUT THE 

English: 
QUESTION IS, IS IT 
SOMETHING LIKE A BALLET, 
LIKE THEAOR IS IT A 
SPORT IN WHICH PEOPLE GO 
INTO THE RING ANDDON'T 
KNOW WHO'S GOING TO WIN.
>> I NEVER WAS A VERY GOOD 
WRESTLER.
I PRIDED MYSELF AS A 
MA GOT BEAT IN THE 
RING, NO ONE TOLD ME TO 
LOSE.
IF THE OTHER WRESTLER HAD 
ONE HAND TIED BEHIND HIS 
BACK, HE COULD HAVE BEATEN 
CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO, THE 
WRESTLERS AND THE OLD 
TIMERS, I BELIEVE THEY WERE 
TRUE WRESTLERS AND TRUE 
ATHLETES.
YES, THERE WAS SOME 
SHOWMANSHIP INVOLVED IN 
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, 
BUT, AS I SAID AGAIN TODAY, 
THEY ARE TRYING, SOME 
ALLIANCES, LIKE THE NWA AND 
AWA ARE TRYING TO GET BACK 
TO THE BASICS OF WRESTLING.
THATHLETES.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS IN 
NEW YORK STATE WHO ARE 
TURNING AROUND.
IT'S FOR THE BETTER OF THE 
BOYS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE AN ATHLETIC 
COMMISSION AND THE STATE 
SHOULD HAVE REVENUE.
WHY SHOULD P■
THE TOTAL PIE, EATING THE 
WHOLE PIE.
I MEAN, WE'RE IN AMERICA.
WE PAY TAXES.
EVERYONE DOESN'T LOVE TO 
PAY TAXES, BUT THIS IS 

English: 
AMERICA.
WE ADMIT THERE ARE THINGS 
WRONG WITH OUR COUNTRY, BUT 
?
WE TRY TO MAKE IT BETTER.
THERE ARE THINGS WRONG WITH 
THE COMMISSION, BUT LET'S 
GO OUT AND MAKE IT BETTER.
LET'S PUT SOME WRESTLERS ON 
THE COMMISSION.
LET'S MAKE IT BETTER.
>> LET ME ASK ASSEMBLY MAN 
FLOYD.
WE REGULATE A LOT OF THINGS 
THAT AREN'T SPORTS, WE MAKE 
SURE STUNTMEN ARE 
PROTECTED, WE REGULATE A 
LOT OF THEATERS, EXIT 
SIGNS.
JUST BECAUSE WRESTLING MAY 
NOT BE NEOUS 
SPORTING EVENT, CAN TAKEN 
LOU ALBANO HAS 700 STITCHES 
IN HIS BODY, DOESN'T THAT 
SUGGEST IT MIGHT BE A GOOD 
IDEA TO HAVE DOCTORS AND 
RESIDENTS AT THESE EVENTS?
>> NOBODY ST- SAYING NOT TO 
HAVE .
I'M SAYING IF WE HAVE A 
STATE SANCTIONED LICENSED 
GAME, THAT'S WHAT IT'S 
GOING TO BE.
WE NEED REGULATION IN 
BOXING, BUT BOXING IS A 
WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD.
THE REFEREE IS IN COMPLETE 
CONTROL.
HE CAN STOP IT, HE CAN 
PENALIZE PEOPLE, ALL THESE 
SORT OF THINGS, BUT THE 
REFREE, STATE SANCTIONED, 
LICENSE UNDERSTAND 
LIFORNIA 

English: 
NOT TO SEE THE BAD GUY DO 
SOMETHING.
IF HE GETS OUT OF HAND, 
THEY TAKE HIM -- I HAVE 
SEEN THEM HIT THE REFEREE 
OVER THE HEAD WITH A CHAIR, 
THROW THE REFEREE OUT, THE 
FIGHT TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE 
AS WELL AS IN THE RING.
THEN WE HAVE A GUY WHO 
TWO BY 
FOUR, ANOTHER GUY WITH 
CHAINS, A GUY WITH A 
GUITAR.
THE REFEREE WATCHES THE GUY 
GIVE ANOTHER GUY A HAIR CUT 
OR TURN A SNAKE LOOSE ON 
THEM.
>> JUST A MINUTE, SENATOR, 
THAT'S BASICALLY IN THE 
WWF.
IT'S NOT IN THE AWA OR IN 
THE NWA, AND THEY ADVERTISE 
A GUY COMES IN WITH A TWO 
BY FOUR.
>> WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A 
MINUTE, ALBANO, DON'T RUN 
OVER ME LIKE THIS.
>> LET ME FINISH.
>> HE'S DOING THE GAME JUST 
LIKE THEY DO TO HYPE THE 
WRESTLING.
HE IS INTO THE GAME.
>> EXCUSE ME, GENTLEMEN.
SOR 
FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION 
FOR DICK FLOYD.
>> I DID THE SAME THING.
>> WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS 
TRY TO GET IN THE RING WITH 
SOME OF THESE SENATORS 
WRESTLERS.
>> I AM GOING TO GET 

English: 
CONTROL OF THIS IF I HAVE 
TO GET INTO A HA NELSON.
ASSEMBLY MAN FLOYD,ONE 
QUICK QUESTION.
UNDER YOUR BILL WE HAD A 
LAWYER LOOK INTO IT.
HE TELLS US THAT IN FACT 
THE STATE WOULD NO LONGER 
COLLECT THAT TAX FROM 
CLOSED-CIRCUIT.
>> THAT'S WROK.
>> JUST A MINUTE, CAPTAIN 
LOU.
CAN YOU MAKE IT CLEAR --
>> THAT WAS A MISTAKE IN 
THE BILL, BUT THAT'S GOING 
TO BE CORRECTED.
>> YOU HAVE NO INTENTION 
PUTTING MORE MONEY --
>> THE GAME TAX, WE GET 
THAT FROM THEATERS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO SANCTION 
AND LICENSE WRESTLERS, I 
WANT TO KNOW THOSE POOR 
GIRLS JUST A FEW BLOCKS 
DOWN THE STREET WRESTLING 
IN THE MUD, WHY THE HELL 
AREN'T WE LICENSING THEM?
THEY'RE IN MORE DATHAN 
ALBANO WOULD BE IN THE 
RING.
>> THAT'S ONLY IN YOUR 
OPINION, SENATOR.
IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT 
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, YOU 
SOME ALLIANCES AGAIN TRYING 
TO GO FOR THE BETTERMENT OF 
WRESTLING, GETTING BACK TO 
THE AMATEUR STYLE THEY 
ADVERTISE.
>> BUT IF YOU GET BACK TO 
THE AMATEURS --
>> NO, NO, CAPTAIN LLOYD 
AND  IF 
YOU DON'T MIND, WE PROBABLY 
NEED A TIMEKEEPER HERE.

English: 
WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO 
PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, AND 
PERHAPS WE'LL COME BACK, 
AND WHEN AND IF WE DO, 
WE'LL BE JOINED BY FRANK 
DEFORD, A SENIOR WRITER FOR 
"SPORTS ILLUSTRATED".BC  WOY
>>> CONTINUING THE 
QUESTION, ARE YOU SURE 
EDWARD RMURROW STARTED THIS 
WAY.
FRANK DEFORD IS WITH US 
FROM NEW HAVEN, 
CONNECTICUT.
HE IS A PRIZE WINNING 
AUTHOR AND HE TAKES PART IN 
OUR NEW YEAR'S PREDICTION 
PROBLEM TO FORECAST THE 
YEAR AHEAD IN SPORTS AND 
PROBABLY WISHES HE MAY BE 
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
FRANK, I DO WANT TO ASK YOU 
ABOUT THE MASSIVE APPEAL OF 
WRESTLING, THE FOLKS HA PAY 
THEIR $19.95 FOR A PAY PER 
VIEW PROGRAM, THE PEOPLE 
WHO GO TO WRESTLING, DO 
THEY IN YOUR SENSE, KNOW IN 
THEIR HEARTS THAT THIS IS A 
SHOW?
DO SOME OF THEM BELIEVE 
IT'S REAL?
WHAT ARE THEY WHEN THEY GO?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WISH I 
WERE ONE OF THEM.
I THINK THERE WOULD BE 
NOTHING BETTER IN THIS 
WORLD TO BELIEVE IN A WORLD 
THAT'S ALL BLACK AND ALL 

English: 
WHITE AND ALL HEROES AND 
VILLAINS.
I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
I'M VERY JEALOUS OF THEM.
I THINK SOME OF THEM 
UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAY NOT 
BE THE MOST CORRECT THING 
IN THE WORLD, BUT I THINK 
THEY PRACTICE WONDERFUL 
DENIAL, JEFF, AND IN THAT 
SENSE I THINK IT'S TERRIBLY 
BENIGN AND VERY, VERY NICE.
ALSO, JEFF, I WANT TO 
CONGRATULATE YOU BECAUSE 
YOU'RE THE FIRST TELEVISION 
WRESTLING EM SEE TO GET 
THIS FAR IN THE PROGRAM 
WITHOUT GETTING HIT.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE I'M 
SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES 
AWAY.
NO DUMMYS HERE.
IF THE FANS, WHO BOTH KNOW 
AND DON'T WANT TO KNOW THAT 
IT'S A STUNT IF THEY BECAME 
CONVINCED -- CONVINCED BY 
THE WORLD WRESTLING LOBBY 
THAT THERE WAS NO MORE 
CHANCE TO BELIEVE, WHAT 
WOULD IT DO TO THE A BE -- 
ATTENDANCE, DO YOU THINK?
>> I DON'T THINK IT WOULD 
AFFECT IT AT ALL.
I THK IT WAS LIKE THE 
PERSON WHO SAID WE OUGHT TO 
DECLARE THE VIETNAM WAR WON 
AND GET OUT.
I THINK THE PEOPLE WILL 
FORGET IT AS SOON AS THE 

English: 
MATTER IS TAKEN CARE OF.
>> MAY I INTERRUPT A 
MOMENT?
WHEN THE SENATOR TALKED, HE 
WAS A LITTLE MISINFORMED.
HE SAID THE STATE IS NOW 
GOING TO CHANGE THE BILL 
WHERE THEY 
REVENUE.
WHY SHOULDN'T THE STATE 
RECEIVE REVENUE FROM A 
SPORT?
I CALL IT A SPORT BECAUSE 
WRESTLERS ARE HURT, AND ANY 
WRESTLER THAT CAN'T AFFORD 
HOSPITALIZATION, YOU MUST 
REMEMBER, LIKE IN THE NEW 
YORK STATE ATHLETIC 
COMMISSION IF YOU'RE HURT 
IN THE RING, YOU ARE 
PROTECTEBY THE ATHLETIC 
COMMISSION.
A DOCTOR CHECKS YOU BEFORE 
YOU GET IN THE RING.
SUPPOSE PROMOTERS TELL US 
THAT THEY WILL TURN AROUND 
AND HAVE A DOCTOR THERE, 
ONCE THEY DEREGULAR YOU 
LIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION 
THAT WON'T BE.
THE WRESTLER WILL NOT BE 
PROTECTED.
THEY ARE ATHLETES.
WHERE THE SENATOR SAID HE 
SAW TWO BY FOUR'S AND 
SNAKES IN THE RING, MAYBE 
THAT'S THE WWF'S WAY OF 
HAVING WRESTLING, BUT THERE 
ARE ALLIANCES.
>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE 
GORGEOUS LADIES OF WRES 
STPHRING THIS IS 
RIDICULOUS.
>> GENTLEMEN, ONE AT A 
TIME.
>> IT'S A GRAND 
ENTERTAINMENT.
NOBODY ARGUES THAT.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 
AWA, NWA, OTHER PRIVATE 
ALLIANCES SUCH AS 

English: 
TRANCEWORLD THAT ARE TRYING 
TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS 
OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING.
>> IF THEY HAD, THEY WOULD 
BE MAKING THE BUCKS.
>> ONE RULE, I DON'T KNOW 
-- I KNOW I DON'T HAVE A 
BLACK AND WHITE SHIRT ON, 
TO GO ONE AT A 
TIME.
>> LET ME ANSWER A 
QUESTION.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR 
LOU ALBANO.
>> THIS IS THE LOU ALBANO, 
SHOW.
>> ASSEMBLY MAN --
>> THAT WILL DO IT FOR NOW, 
FOLKS.
CAPTAIN LOU --
>> YES.
>> IF THE FANS WHO PAY 
THEIR GOOD MONEY COME TO 
BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE 
SHOWMEN AND NOT EN 
TKPWHAIJD A SPORT, DON'T 
YOU THINK THAT MIGHT 
DESTROY A LOT OF THE 
ILLUSIONS AND ALSO DESTROY 
THE GATE?
MAY DESTROY THE 
ILLUSION, BUT I WOULD LIKE 
TO FEEL THAT WHEN I 
WRESTLE, WHEN PEOPLE BEAT 
ME, I WAS BEAT BECAUSE I 
WASN'T A GOOD WRESTLER.
NO ONE TOLD ME TO LOSE.
AS I SAID, IF THE WWF 
CLAIMS THAT IT'S A SHOW, 
PERHAPS THEY ARE SHOWMEN, 
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT 
EVERY WRESTLER IN THE WORLD 
IS A SHOWMAN.
>> I GET THAT POINT.
NOW ASSEMBLY MAN FLOYD, 
LET'S COME BACK TO THE 
BASIC QUESTION.

Malagasy: 
ICIA■■■■ESTL■■■■D.■■NY20/2E RSW■

English: 
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE 
TO STATE IT IN THE CLEAR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GET HURT 
THE RING, RIGHT?
>> YES.
YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY DO IN ROLLER DERBY AND 
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, TOO.
WE DON'T LICENSE THEM AND 
SANCTION THEM.
>> IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL 
THE PLAYERS HAVE TO PASS A 
PHYSICAL.
IF THEY DON'T, THEY CAN'T 
PLAY.
>> THAT'S A LEAGUE RULE, 
NOT A STATE RULE.
>> I'M NOT AT ALL CLEAR 
WHY, THOUGH, YOU'RE SAYING 
THAT PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS 
OUGHT TO HAVE LESS 
PROTECTION THAN, SAY, 
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN 
CARNIVALS WHICH ARE 
REGULATED BYSTATES■■
>> NO, NO, THEY ARE NOT 
REGULATED THERE IS NO 
LICENSING OF THE Y 
PEOPLE ANYWHERE THAT I KNOW 
OF.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, 
AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT DO 
YOU LOSE THE GATE OR 
OF COURSE NOT.
ITLIKE GOING TO THE 
MOVIES.
NOW WHEN ALBANO WAS 
WRESTLING, I WAS DOING A 
LITTLE GIG CALLED KOREA, 
BUT I KNOW WHEN I WATCH A 
WAR MOVIE THOSE GUYS AIN'T 
DYING, THEY AIN'T BEING 
KILLED, THEY'RE NOT BEING 
REALLY HURT, AND THAT'S THE 
SAME WAY WITH WRESTLING.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE 
NEVER BEEN IN A RING 
YOURSELF AND YOU DON'T 
KNOW, YOU'RE NOT AN 
ATHLETE.
DON'T CRITICIZE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE ATHLETES.

English: 
>> NOBODY IS CRITICIZING 
YOUR ATHLETIC ABILITY.
I WOULDN'T EVEN CRITICIZE 
YOUR USE OF YOUR MOUTH 
BECAUSE YOU DO THAT VERY 
WELL.
>> YOU DO A PRETTY GOOD 
JOB.
>> GUESS WHAT, FOLKS?
GUESS WHAT ASSEMBLY MAN, 
GUESS WHAT CAP AIN LOU, 
THIS VERSION OF THE 
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS TES 
MUST PAUSE FOR ANOTHER 
BRSERVICE
>>> CONTINUING OUR 
CONVERSATION NOW WITH 
CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO, DICK 
FLOYD AND FRANK DEFORD.
FRANK, QUICKLY, GRANTED 
THAT IT MAY BE BENIGN, A 
FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT, IS 
THERE SOMETHING BOTHERSOME 
ABOUT SPORTS ANNOUNCERS WHO 
PUT WRESTLING HIGHLIGHTS IN 
THEIR PACKAGE.
>> I THINK IT'S AMUSEMENT.
WHEN THE HARLEM 
GLOBETROTTERS COME TO TOWN, 
THEY'RE INCLUDED, SO I 
THINK THAT'S PERFECTLY 
APPROPRIATE.
>> CAPTAIN LOU, VERY 
QUICKLY, ARE YOU WRESTLERS 
GOING TO GO TO TRY TO FIGHT 
THIS ACTIVELY, TO KEEP 
YOURSELVES REGULATED BY 
STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY?
>> I THINK EVERY WRESTLER 
SHOULD GET BEHIND IT.
THERE SHOULD BE A MISSION.
THEY ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF 
OUR BOYS, THEY PROTECT OUR  

English: 
A LIVING.
THERE ARE ALLIANCES, AGAIN, 
AS I SAID THAT ARE GETTING 
PACK TO THE REAL 
WHATEVER THE WWF SAYS MAY 
BE ONLY FOR THEMSELVES BUT 
NOT WRESTLING AS AN OVERALL 
PACKAGE.ARE GREAT ATHLETES, 
AND THEY NEED THE 
PROTECTION THAT THEY CAN 
GET.
>> ASSEMBLY MAN FLOYD, THE 
LAST WORD IS YOURS.
WHAT'S TOF 
DEREGULATEING THE SPORT?
WHO 
>> THE ONLY BENEFIT IS THE 
STATE IS NOT INVOLVED IN A 
CHARADE OF SOMETHING FOR 
THMONEY.
IF WE'RE GOING TO REGULATE, 
IF WE'RE GOING TO LICENSE, 
WE HAVE TO LICENSE THE 
REFEREE AND HE HAS TO
CHARGE.
THROWS OUT OF THE 
RING --
>> THEN DO IT.
>> HE IS DISQUALIFIED.WAS G 
THE BACK OF BNO'S ■TRUNKS 
IN THE OLD DAYS AND THE 
REFEREE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING 
THE WRONG WAY, DISTRACT 
HIM.
IT'S A GAME AND 
IT'S GREAT GAME.
I HOPE IT C
DON'T THINK THE STATE OUGHT 
TO PARTICIPATE JUST FOR THE 
WE'RE NOT PROVIDING NG THER.
'RE JUST TAKE BEING THE 
MONEY.
> GENTLEMEN, WE ACTUALLY 
HAVE TO GO.
THAT'S OUR REPORT FOR 
TONIGHT.
I'M IN 

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