“Superstar” Billy Graham

Long before cats like Triple H, John Cena, Hulk Hogan and Jesse “The Body” Ventura were guys like Bruno Sanmartino, Ivan Putski, Dusty Rhodes and “Superstar” Billy Graham. Coming from a middle class family in Pheonix, Arizona Superstars has lived a life of both good & bad in the wrestling world. He stated his father suffered from MS and was abusive towards him. He was inspired to become a weightlifter because he hung out with his brother at the gym at a young age.

Watching this DVD I discovered he was actually a minister before he even became a wrestler but he still maintain weightlifting during that time. He left the ministry because of a failed (fixed) marriage and he was ashamed because of that. THis DVD gives him the opportunity to talk about how he got into wrestling as well as discuss the downfalls of being addicted to steroids and the effects that it had on him and the near death experience he encountered. He also discuss how losing the heavyweight title turned him to drugs.

Through it all he is a true survivor. This DVD shows where the flashy image of a wrestler originated. I would definately give this 5 stars and a must see for any real Ole’ School wrestling fan. It even has some of the old WWWF (what it was called back then), AWA and local matches he participated in. I enjoyed it a lot.

“Superstar” Billy Graham is a true wrestling legend.