Dan Severn: The Truth Behind His Rise

[Music] My coach probably should have never allowed the match because it look like David versus Goliath. Heavyweight matches is kind of like, you know, the dance of the teddy bears. And for whatever reason, I'm just bouncing up and down like a little uh Mexican jumping bean. Not knowing why I'm doing it, but I saw all the all these other wrestlers are doing this. I go, "Well, if they're doing it, maybe I should be doing it, too." My opponent is out on the mat, and the referee looks right at my coach. He goes, "Coach, where's your heavyweight?" My coach has got a clipboard on his chest just like this. He's got his arms crossed. He doesn't even look at me. He just points over at me. Referee looks over at me, looks back at my coach, goes, "Are you sure, coach?" The match lasted about 20 seconds for sure. Cuz soon as referee blew the whistle, is like he came across, crushed me, actually had to stop, turn back around just to drop down two to his knees to sink a half to get the pin.