To Be The Man #24: Antonio Inoki

In this episode of To Be The Man, Ric and Conrad reflect on the recent passing of the legendary Antonio Inoki. The guys discuss ’The War of the Worlds’ with Inoki and Muhammad Ali, Inoki showing up in WCW, Ric wrestling Inoki at Collision in Korea, the experience of being in North Korea, and much more! 00:00 TBTM #24 01:04 Florida Hurricane 03:13 Today’s topic: Antonio Inoki 06:00 Ali vs Inoki 08:37 Working in NJPW 10:07 Rikidozan 11:46 Giant Baba 12:35 Meltzer’s Review of the Ali match 16:01 Wrestling’s use of Celebrity 17:43 The success of Ali vs Inoki 19:06 Inoki vs Backlund 20:55 Collision in Korea 23:17 Ali & Flair in North Korea 24:14 The Match 27:43 Wrestlers were miserable 29:49 The GREAT MUTA 32:24 50 years of Flair 40:40 Greg Gagne 41:55 Ricky Steamboat’s last match 42:42 BREAK RIC FLAIR DRIP 43:19 #3 Prospect 45:07 IS Ric going to wrestle again? 47:04 BEST part of training with Verne 47:46 1970s wrestling 52:33 Modern Wrestling 55:39 NEXT WEEK: ASK RIC ANYTHING