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Lash LeRoux was recently a guest on The Shining Wizards podcast, where he was asked his thoughts on Bret "The Hitman" Hart and Jerry "The King" Lawler.
"I was never around Jerry Lawler as much as I was around Bret Hart because we were in competing companies at the time. Him in WWE & me in WCW, and Iâve done a few events with Jerry since then, but they were always situations and circumstances where we didnât get the opportunity to talk a lot. So we donât know each other quite as well. Bret, I got to know a little better. But funnily enough, and oddly enough, I didnât realize he was a bit of an artist himself until after WCW was kind of done. Once WCW was done, then I saw some of his stuff online⊠I didnât realize while he was in WCW that he liked to draw cartoons. He never mentioned it to me about what I was doing in WCW Magazine so I never had an opportunity to talk to him about it."
On the conflict of interest between religion and pro wrestling:
"Actually, I always tried to carry myself in walking a way that didnât conflict with my faith. It was always extremely important at the time. I was very young. And always paramount was maintaining my integrity and trying my best to maintain my faith and my beliefs. A very cool experience early on, was one of the first Nitros I was ever at, Sting came up to me, and he had spoken to Ted Dibiase, and I knew Ted pretty well at that point, and of course Ted was active in ministry then, and still is, and he (Sting) had heard through Ted about me being a person of faith, and being a believer as a young guy, and he made it a point to walk up to me and say, âhey, if youâre ever experiencing any difficulties or feel overwhelmed or have crisis of faith or need someone to speak to, come grab me anytime and weâll talk about our faith.â And I always thought that was pretty cool. I donât try to beat people over the head with it. Itâs just near and dear to my heart. I donât necessarily wear it on my sleeve. I have a thick skin if people donât feel the way that I feel. But that doesnât change how passionate I am about it."
On the formation of the MIA:
"It was actually presented to us, and you can throw into the mix originally, Booker T. as GI Bro. A lot of people donât remember that because it didnât last very long. It was a couple of weeks and then they were doing something else with Booker T. But the way that came about, and again, if youâre young in the wrestling business, and youâre trying to create a spot for yourself, itâs so important that youâre versatile and able to think on you feet and think in terms of how can I take the opportunity they gave me and make the most out of it. Because they came to us and they had seen something in our work ability. Everyone of us could have good matches or we had something about us, especially myself, and I can speak very specifically about myself, Chavo, and Hugh. This is the truth, and by the way, to put it in perspective, this is when Vince Russo and Ed Ferarra first came in, and they sat us down and said, âlook, we think you guys have great talent, and weâve only got two choices. Weâve only got so much space on a television show, and we can either find a way to throw all of you guys together into one segment, or we can send you all home because we really donât have anything creative for you.â We were like, âOk, sure, weâre game for whatever,â and thatâs when Vince (Russo) pitched us the idea of The Misfits In Action. And the way it was literally pitched to us was that every show needs a little bit of comic relief to it. So he said, âBro, have you ever seen that movie âStripes?â Thatâs you bro. If you havenât seen it, go watch it, and Iâm telling you, youâll get over. You guys are gonna be the guys from Stripes.â And weâre like, âyeah, sure, whatever you want us to do.â âYouâre going to wear the camouflage and going to be The Misfits In Action.â
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