TOM ZENK
TAPE COLLECTION


 

From Volumes 11 - 13 of the Tom Zenk Collection.

 Clash of Champions XII September, 1990.

"Initially Ole Anderson had booked Paul Orndorff against Hansen for Clash XII (9/5).  Hansen was notorious as a stiff worker and brawler. Despite playing heel, Hansen rarely called a match. His opponents were forced to work as best they could with little co-operation from him. Orndorff refused to job for Hansen on tv and quit. Instead of choosing one of NWA innumerable jobbers, Anderson booked Zenk for another humiliating squash. 
 
The Observer (9/17) protested - "Stan Hansen pinned Tom Zenk in 3:18 with a lariat. Hansen worked fast and stiff. It was fine given the time limitations since it was all action, but for the life of me if I had a guy who was under contract to earn $156,000 per year (like Zenk is) who is a pretty decent worker, I'd have at least made this a competitive match. Hansen obviously needed to get over in the end, but if he got a clean win, having a good match and winning would help him just as much. And destroying Zenk in this fashionwhen he can mean more in a tag team with Pillman (which they are putting back together again) and given his contract is about as smart as throwing $3,000 each week into a furnace .... Tom Zenk filled in for Paul Orndorff who was taken off the card either because he wasn't going to do the job for Hansen on television.....or [they] just filled Zenk in in the place." 

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