[1990-06-09-ICW-TV] Interview: Tony Atlas

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

I agree -- Atlas should have gotten the Clash spot against Flair over JYD. These promos are solid.

[PeteF3]

Atlas don't need to hollar and scream about how much food he ate to get overweight. Good little low-key, quietly cocky promo from Tony.

[soup23]

Atlas against Flair at the clash would have been interesting. I have liked these promos well enough but without getting any rebuttal or in ring action its tough for me to really relate to them.

[Kevin Ridge]

Volume is low so hard to hear. What I seem to get from it is that Atlas is the Man. Everywhere Atlas goes, the people say there goes the champion.

[Cox]

It would be nice to get a sense of the programs that Atlas is involved with here, but knowing ICW and how rarely they kept people around from taping to taping, there might not have really been any programs. Still, Atlas should be working for a territory or promotion where he can actually do something rather than these generic "I'm the man" promos.

[garretta]

Considering where he ends up and what he ends up doing not too long from now, Cox, I'll take these promos as they are and be glad. Still, it would have been nice to see more than one of Tony's matches so far during this run. (That's not a criticism of Will and Loss, by the way; knowing how much they love these promos, I'm sure that if more than one match had been considered worthy of inclusion, we would have seen it.)

[drew wardlaw]

There was some consistent talk about Atlas being brought into WCW, and was there in late 92 I think, but didn't last long. Really could have freshened things up around this time for the company. I like these promos, but the only match I remember from the set is the Onita match. Maybe there's a reason for that.

[GSR]

There are a lot people coming into the ICW and it seems like they have to holler and scream to get attention. They seem to think that have to come out here, flex their muscles and boast about how much food they ate to get overweight! He was sat thinking the other day that he’s the man with the guns, the man with the bod, the man with the looks and the man with the gold. He’s the man everybody is shooting for and everybody is talking about. When he walks down the street people look at him and say ‘there goes the champion’, and he likes that. Today he’s got to take care of an Italian champion and he’s just one of the contenders making the fatal mistake of getting in the ring with ‘the man’. He hasn’t forgot about ‘Chief’ and is going to take care of him too.

 

I’m afraid I’m bored of these now, same old, same old. Interesting idea of him getting the spot against Flair at the Clash instead of the JYD. After seeing these promos, and giving him a defined focus on Flair as opposed to just being generic, I certainly think he would have been better than the Dog was.

[dawho5]

Now I want Atlas in WCW. The guy can cut a promo for sure. He's had one promo done about 7 or 8 different ways so far. Can't imagine he'd have done worse with actual different material.