[1995-09-23-SMW-TV] Interview: Buddy Landell

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

This is one of the best babyface promos I've ever seen. It's not as emotional as the previous interview acknowledging his past, but it's almost as great.

 

"Hey Jimmy. I'm glad that my past seems to be on your mind. See, my past is something that I have forgotten about but you choose to keep bringing it up. That's fine and dandy. I lived that life. See, Jimmy Cornette, I've done a lot of things I've never even told you about. I've been in houses sleeping on floors, guns pulled to my head. Let me tell you something -- I've been in the sewers with rats like you before, boy. I've been down as low as a man on the face of God's green earth can get. But let me tell you something Jimmy, I overcame all of that. And the beating that you all gave me in Barbourville, hey -- it was a heck of a beating. But let me tell you something, baby. Here I am. Right here. Anytime you want it. Let me tell you something -- you got that brain dead Tommy Rich. Everybody out there see that haircut that Tommy Rich has got on? He looks like Sgt. Carter. He's really trying to live the gimmick, ain't he, baby. He's taking that 'top lieutenant' to heart. Rich, I'm gonna stomp a mudhole in you and walk it dry. You'd be better to go through hell with gasoline britches on, boy, than to mess with me. 'Cause I forgot more about pokin' eyes, givin' low shots, and pullin' hair than you've ever known in your stinkin' life. You wanna know who the wannabe is? I'm lookin' at him right now. Tommy Rich is the best thing you've got goin' on, Cornette. You better pack it up and send it home, 'cause I'm gonna kick your stinkin' brains in and form my own one-man militia!"

[Tim Evans]

Landell hating on Rich is funny. Good promo from one of the best.

[El-P]

I'm getting repetitive, but tremendous promo AGAIN from Landell. He's been even better as a face than as a heel, something that has to be seen to be believed.

[PeteF3]

Southern as a boiled peanut. Cactus is a better storyteller, but Landell is better at talking you into an arena.