One WWE Hall of Famer’s wife found out about her husband’s hard-partying days via an interview featuring another Hall of Famer. Southern wrestling legend Dutch Mantell recently discussed a story about the wife of former multiple-time NWA World Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton found out about his past.
Dutch Mantell Shares Story About Ricky Morton’s Wife Finding About His Cheating from Tully Blanchard Interview
According to Dutch, Tully Blanchard had become a born-again Christian in the 1980s. As was the case with famous or noteworthy born-again Christians, Tully went into the pitfalls of his career. Then Blanchard went into the people he apparently tried to steer from the evils of fame.
Dutch said that Morton was telling him the story and that he obviously hoped that he wouldn’t be mentioned. At the time, he was watching the interview with his wife. Of course, Ricky Morton was a big draw for the NWA in the 1980s and that came with groupies, money, booze, and drugs—if one wished to partake.
Well, Tully Blanchard shared that Ricky Morton definitely partook:
“And Ricky said, ‘Oh god! I hope he shuts up now before.’ And he says this is Tully talking, ‘I used to tell the guys, Ricky Morton especially.’ Oh my god! He buried him on TV, and she looked at him, and he looked at her. He knew at that very moment that it was over. Completely over.” (h/t: Sportskeeda)
The thing to consider about the story is when the interview took place and when Ricky Morton was watching it with his wife. Nowadays, it’s not unusual to see interviews with wrestlers discussing the groupies or “rats”—as they were called—they got back in the day. We’ve heard the stories Ric Flair and Stan Lane, the women who came through the ECW locker room or wrestler hotels.
However, when this happened as Four Horseman and former multiple-time World Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard snitched on his fellow Hall of Fame Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton on television? That had to be a jaw-dropping experience for the Rock N Roll Express member and quite the story for Dutch Mantell to hear from the source.
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