2017 WWE Hall of Fame inductee Teddy Long recently appeared on The Roman Show at the F.E.W. People’s Show in Miami. F.E.W. will be hosting several shows during the Wrestlemania weekend in Orlando. Below are some Teddy Long interview highlights:
On African Americans in professional wrestling:
“I think everything that is going to happen is going to happen. We have had African American world champions, we’ve had Afro American tag team champions, I think everything has happened,” he said. “Take me for instance; I was the first Afro American to go this far as running a major wrestling company. I stayed in this position nine years as manager. Where can I go? I can’t go any higher than that. I am not a wrestler. Vince McMahon paved the way for Afro American guys that want to do something. Its not up to Vince to make you a star because your African American you have to be able to do something too.”
On his Smackdown wedding to Vickie Guerrero:
“It was outstanding,” he said. “She was a sweet woman. It’s as sweet as she can be. The thing with Vickie and me it got over because we became a team. We understood what our job was. We had a job for the people and give them what they want. Some of them were some of my ideas.”
On his start in pro wrestling:
“Things have changed,” he changed. “I started doing errands. I had the opportunity of being back there so my sixth sense told me I better start getting busy or make up stuff so you can remain back here.”
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
