One Man Gang on Hulk Hogan, Tom Zenk Memories, and Andre the Giant

Recent episode of the School of Morton podcast show had George Gray (One Man Gang and Akeem in WWF) as the guest discussing his thoughts on wrestling against Hulk Hogan, memories of the “Z-Man” Tom Zenk, and working with Andre the Giant.

On the topic of wrestling against Hulk Hogan, Gray stated it was moments hard to describe in words because of the visual spectacles Hogan generated for their matches together.

“Really you can’t describe it… one of those experiences. The noise was so loud in the ring when his music hit and he actually made his entrance. The noise was just so loud it was deafening. You really couldn’t even call spots in the ring, the people were so loud. The good thing with Hulk Hogan was once you had a set match a good fifteen, twenty minute set match you could take that match all around the whole circuit”.

On the topic of fond memories of Tom Zenk, Gray stated he was a nice guy and someone he considered as a good worker in the ring. The show’s host Ricky Morton felt the same and mentioned Zenk was a very nice person to be around with.

George Gray – “Once he left the business he kind of just vanished. From what I remember of the guy he was a nice guy. He had a great look about him, to me he was a good worker in the ring.”

Ricky Morton – “I hung out with Tom a lot. I treat people the way they treat me. Tom was always nice to me. I imagine he did a lot of business for WCW because of his look.”

On the topic of memories working with Andre the Giant, Gray stated Andre was very helpful towards his own career. He mentioned Andre wanting things changed after their first match in order for Gray to come out as a star in the end.

“I went out in the ring… and this is Andre the Giant so every time he hits me and I’m flying all over the place. After the match he calls me back and sits me down and he said boss I’m already over. I came in here to get you over. So I don’t want you flying around like that. I want to have a regular match with you. I was kinda like this is Andre the Giant, he doesn’t have to do that.”