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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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