WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long dishes on his lengthy career in the sport

It’s not often a person in wrestling starts at the absolute bottom and works his way to the absolute top. That’s exactly what Teddy Long spent decades doing. It all started for him in the late 1980s. A young Long ran errands for wrestlers in Jim Crocket Promotions, which was broadcast weekly on WTBS out of Atlanta. He would also set up the ring before the matches. And quickly, he got his first promotion when he was given a referee shirt. “I went out and the first match I did was Ron Bass and Black Bart. They were in a Texas Death Match,” Long said. But unfortunately for the young Long, he didn’t quite understand the pre-scripted nature of pro wrestling, specifically when the wrestlers started bleeding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices