Scott Bowden presents Kentucky Fried Rasslin

Most of you know the story of how Sid Vicious threatened to tear off my head after I jokingly made some rather cutting remarks about the “incident” (a euphemism if there ever was one) with Arn Anderson that cost him the NWA/WCW titles and his job with the Turner wrestling company.

I got my revenge after Lawler lost the Unified World title to Sid, a replacement for Jake Roberts, who fell off the wagon en route to Memphis at a bar in the Atlanta Airport and failed to show for his Friday night title match. After a rigorous two-day training program under my supervision at the Q Sports Club in Memphis, the King reclaimed his crown Monday night…and saved our hair in the process. (And you thought Tommy “Wildfire” Rich had a short reign as NWA World champion…Sid was master of the world for barely four days.)