Wrestler-turned-magician has become one of the most iconic voices in wrestling, since turning to commentary full time. The 48-year-old Londoner had a legendary in-ring career, and sat down with the Daily Star's Danny Stone to talk all about it ahead of All Elite Wrestling's return to Wembley Stadium for All In later this month. During the chat, he recalled the time he was pranked by a young up-and-comer who decided to lace his drink with something that made an impromptu sleepover with a real living legend a little bit awkward for all involved.
Well originally, we all grew up with Paul Daniels. Tommy Cooper, to a certain extent. Then David Blaine created that rebirth of interest, and Criss Angel to a certain extent.
I think it was Derren Brown for me, who by his own admission would consider himself a magician at least in his most recent forays into public life, though he was an incredible magician starting out. I certainly think the way he has presented it, was a huge inspiration to me. The way that I do my show, a lot of the stuff comes from having watched his shows, seen how he tries to tell a story.
My show is largely using wrestling as a basis to do magic, and I try and emphasise certain stories from my time in wrestling. No! I didn’t even know they ranked commentators to be perfectly honest with you. Anytime someone thinks you’re good at what you’re doing is a good day.
We all grew up with PWI, went down the newspaper shop to get the latest copy. I always remember, .