All Elite Wrestling commentator Tony Schiavone recently spoke on his podcast, “What Happened When,” about a number of professional wrestling topics, including the first person he thinks of when seeing the United States Title.
Schiavone said, “I think of Black Jack Mulligan. And that’s just because of my fandom. And then of course, [Lex] Luger was the US champion. Barry Windham, Ric Flair, Wahoo McDaniel, Greg Valentine, I mean, just blah, blah, blah, on and on and on of US Champions.”
On why the U.S. Title is a big deal to him:
“Here’s why the US title means so much more to me as a fan in that — of course, back in the territory days, all right. For instance, Harley Race is the world champion, but he doesn’t defend the world championship in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling all the time. So in effect, the US Title was the biggest title in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling at that time. So it was more prestigious in the territories than it was here in WCW, where it was underneath the world champion that you saw all the time.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
