Tony Schiavone has worked with Ricky Steamboat for years.
During the latest installment of his “What Happened When” podcast, the AEW commentator reflected on working with “The Dragon” back in the day in Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, as well as working with him during his recent stint in AEW.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the episode where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.
On working with Ricky Steamboat in Mid-Atlantic Wrestling in the past: “With the exception of grey hair, he looks pretty much the same. He was a phenomenal star in the Mid-Atlantic. Even though fans remember him more as Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat — WrestleMania III against Randy Savage and then coming to work for WCW — this [Mid-Atlantic] is where he made his name. Ric Flair is the man he made his name with. Everybody thinks of his ’89 series with Flair but there were so many phenomenal matches that fans on a national basis, or even regional basis, never saw — unless you went to the Greensboro Coliseum.”
On working with Steamboat in AEW: “He was very cautious in the beginning … ‘I don’t want to do this and that’ … but when he got the arena, it all changed. He got into the excitement of it. It was really great working with him.”
Check out the complete episode of the show at Patreon.com. H/T to WrestlingHeadlines.com for transcribing the above quotes.
