When I was in Portland, I'd learned a fancy way to jump into… Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Thomas Erwin "Tom" Zenk (November 30, 1958 - December 9, 2017) was an American professional wrestler, also known by his nickname Z-Man. Robbinsdale, Minnesota is located 9 miles northwest of Minneapolis with a … Anyway, back to the story. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account.

So I came running down the aisle kissing the women and babies, got to the ring apron, waved to the people, put one hand on the rope and jumped into the ring – and fell flat on my butt! A bit later (February 1987), in Pittsburgh, not long before Wrestlemania III we (“The Can-Am Connection”) were doing a program with Bob Orton and Don Muraco. And if I was ever asked by a member of the office or one of the stooges about what had gone on the night before, I’d just say “I was at the party but I got so smashed I can’t remember what happened”.

Tom Zenk was the last surviving pro wrestler from Robbinsdale High School’s class of ’76, which included “Mr. There’s no word on the cause of his death. There was a match when he and Arn Anderson fought for the TV Title either in WCW or NWA and Arn pulled Zinks tights exposing his ass. I’d never tried it in public so I thought I’d give it a shot at the main Saturday night spot at the Portland Sports Arena (the old bowling alley). Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. He had to do it again, and this time it got a better reaction … I mean exposed me so everybody could see.. We also partied on occasions and I think I generally had no heat with the boys because I was humble and partied with the heels. On the other hand,  there were always a few guys who hated me for my looks – y’know – calling me a “pretty boy,” “primadonna,” “fag,” “gayboy” – all the kind of stuff that Tony Curtis writes about in his bio –  about how jealous people have to level things out to make themselves feel better about their own lives….. From a Tom Zenk interview on TomZenk.net Most Embarassing Moment Question - it's a bit predictable but we have to ask it - what do you remember as your most embarassing moment in the ring? (By the way I’m all natural in the trunks dept. I was never a stooge or tattle-tale about what the boys were up to the night before, cheating on their wives, drugs, drinking, it didn’t matter to me so long as you could handle it. ( Log Out /  We were working a program with Muraco and Orton and during a match I took Bob Orton down in a headlock take-over and got the 1..2.. He rolled me back over, sold the headlock waited for 10 seconds while the ref asked Bob if he wanted to quit. In mid-1984, Zenk joined the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based American Wrestling Association, where he performed as an undercard wrestler until September 1985. Anyway, on the good side, that meant I never got hurt in the ring because I think most all the boys liked me.

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