hey thanks for the reply... share with your buds... i did the tour 2x once in either 1999 or 2000 and the 2003 tour... Massive Damage, Chi Chi, Vance, Frenchy Lamonte were on the first tour with me... then the folks in this one

Miss Manitoba wrestling so much

hi Shadow

Retired Texas indy worker here. I remember reading this on Edge's biography growing up and hearing Lance Storm, Don Callis and Chris Jericho on interviews tell stories about these tours. I wished when I started training 2005 that, I had this kind of experience of paying dues and learning how to work in these environments. These are the kind of humbling origins when debuted in 2007 working in small crowds, almost empty arenas and a group of guys and gals that were learning how to work. I think I would've appreciated it alot more looking back going to Mexican bazaars and flea markets to, do these really shifty lucha shows mixed with very little good talent. Thanks for sharing this documentary and I hear that Chris Jericho is executive producers in another upcoming Death Tour documentary, with Tony Condello. I can't wait to get my hands on a whole North American release since it's currently being shown in theaters in Canada.

@@GOJOWrestling hello

hope you are doing well... would loved to have shown you the Tony Condello cut... too much blood for network tv back then

The original cut was closer to 2 hours... I pitched doing six 22 minute episodes. But this was before reality TV... or at its dawning and nothing like that had been done before. The original cut focussed much more on Tony Condello and was much bloodier and grittier. The Network was afraid people would change the channel and we had to start from scratch. Leatherface such a great human... would never allow his face on air. I said stay close to me when I am filming (myself and the great Keith Eidse did camera). Leather turned into such great company on the trip... just one of the most interesting people you could ever imagine... the WILDEST stories just seemed everyday to him.

@@andrewlee8667 ahh man , the original 2 hour cut would be unreal to see! Too bad the network didn't give you guys the green light for the original cut , as you hinted with reality shows and wrestling docs trending nowadays , it would easily crush it as a series or 2 hr doc today. I hope some day the 2 hours directors cut gets shown. on a side note I thought Leatherface was Kerry Brown playing two characters lol I had no idea that was an individual on his own. So good.

@@gordthegeek Condello saw it... and the Jackal said it was by far the better story.... (no voice over). Just wrestlers telling the story. But back then it was cut low rez... 1tb of space was $1500 and money was tight... There is no copy of it other than what I gave Tony years ago

@@andrewlee8667 oh yeah , Im old enough to remember how expensive server space was back then. Your doc was right before the KZfaq era. I totally respect Don Callis' opinion. oh lord , Tony has the holy grail lol

Crash got a hold of me after i posted this... he and El Assesino had a wrestling school.

@@andrewlee8667 awesome bro, it was a really awesome film. I'm sure it made for some fond memories. 80+ hours of travelling together

@@citizenbeeswax7985 80hours of driving... a lot of quiet conversations... listening to Chi Chi's music... and long long convos with leatherface... He ended up being the guy i hung out with the most... Never wanted his face on camera. I told him stay close to me... and you won't be on camera... but lots of great convos as we drove through the night.

@@andrewlee8667 ahhhhhh I was wondering why I never saw leather face! I thought he was there on camera but I didnt see him! Lol now it makes sense!

@@citizenbeeswax7985 one of my coworkers was his tag team partner for many years, he tells me stories about him all the time, sounded like a hell of a man to hang around with. Took leatherface super seriously

8x!!!!

Yeah, but she earned respect.

15:31 This was my reaction too

Fool hit her in the back of the head too

I've been on this tour 8 times

Tony still runs the tour

Without Chi Chi the doc would not have worked... complete CLASS ACT!!!

hey how can i reach you? i won't be leaving my details here but if you give me your company name i will search it out and toss you an email

Tony is still doing them I think and this time of year.. only covid would stop him/// maybe...

@@andrewlee8667 do you have a contact for tony

@@zacharycarter9887 sorry i do not... i think he has a landline and lives in Winnipeg so maybe you could search him there?

You can find him on Facebook.

ring had to fit into a rental van... the ring Van was packed tight.... no give to that ring at all it was stiff

Sarah Stock ended up being the TNA Champ... I was a little shy to interview here as she was Chi Chi's girlfriend. He was the alpha dog of that trip... so how he went ... went the crew. I did not know till close to the end of the tour that she had wanted to be interviewed. I drove with her probably close to 70 hours in our SUV and she was great... Getting tips from Leatherface and connections I think that is how she ended up in Mexico for so long... was Leather's connections.

@@andrewlee8667 Sarita!

Tony is still doing the tour 20 years later... global warming is the hardest thing though... changing the window... narrowing the time

i think Crash sent me this a while ago... it is an update... he and Roberto are now partners and trainers. thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/prairie-pro-wrestling-academy

Certainly not for money lol, just for the love of wrestling

Charity. To do something for the kids on Northern Indian reserves which get little to no touring entertainment at all. Tony is wealthy he doesn't need any money. He does it purely to give back to the community in his province.