Photo: Paul Richard, New Jack, Mike Benasky

If you ever cared about the original ECW, you’ve found the right episode. Paul Richard is back for Part 2 of our interview. The former WWF referee and I discussed his WWF career on #6. Now we talk ECW. Do you think you could have booked ECW in New England? Could you have handled the Mass Transit incident? Could you have done business with Paul Heyman? Talk to me after you’ve listened to Part 2 that includes another 56 minutes with Paul Richard. If Paul had not negotiated a television deal for ECW on WUNI Channel 27, New England fans might never have experienced the difference, and ECW might never have become so huge in our area. This is your chance to get inside the mind of the original ECW’s New England promoter.

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Photo: Nikolai Volkov, Paul Richard, Cowboy Bob Orton

This is a big interview for me. Paul Richard worked as ECW’s New England representative, booking and promoting all the shows that ECW ran in New England from 1996 until 2000, when problems arose and he ended the arrangement. Paul opens up and talks about his own career, from being trained by Killer Kowalski in Salem, MA at age 15, working the New England independent scene as a referee, and then graduating to the WWF. But perhaps most interesting stories come from his experience with ECW. Part 1 of the interview is 55 minutes and you’ll hear about everything I mentioned, plus all the details and memories that accompany the facts.

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“The Promise” Antonio Thomas is a Massachusetts based independent wrestler and personal trainer. Antonio, along with Romeo, are best known for their one-of-a-kind ring entrance during their run in the WWE as the Heart Throbs. I’ll ask Antonio about his time in WWE, his recent appearance on NESN’s dating show Sox Appeal, his discipline when it comes to eating right and training, and all the personality questions I can think of along the way. This is a 25+ minute interview. If you want to hear more interviews like this, make sure you’re subscribed to the podcast.

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