Road Stories

Very few men ever dared to challenge Andre the Giant, but Bad News Allen was not an ordinary man. A mixture of alcohol, locker room talk, and racial slurs almost led to these two alpha males coming to blows on a bus in the land of the rising sun.

Klondike Bill was, according to Tony Schiavone, a “Sick old f*ck.” The now-legendary story of Klondike Bill using a Kielbasa to satisfy a woman (and then eating it the next morning) made his name relevant again, prompting Schiavone to tell yet another story about Klondike Bill that may have topped it.

The “Million Dollar Man” character was conceived by Vince McMahon. Vince loved it so much that he wouldn’t tell Ted DiBiase about the gimmick until he signed his WWF contract. To convince DiBiase to sign, Pat Patterson told him, “Ted, if Vince could be a pro wrestler, this is the gimmick he’d give himself.”

Klondike Bill is a name most modern fans may not be familiar with, but his name resurfaced after Tony Schiavone told an unforgettable story about him on an episode of his “What Happened When” podcast with Conrad Thompson.

Rob Van Dam, otherwise known as RVD, was given that name because someone once thought he looked like famous actor and martial artist Jean Claude Van Damme. Wrestling fans have often wondered… have the two ever met?