Tony Schiavone Comments On Speaking With Jim Crockett Jr. Two Days Before His Passing
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During a recent appearance on Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, Tony Schiavone commented on his phone call with Jim Crockett Jr. prior to his passing, and more. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his phone call with Jim Crockett Jr. before his passing: “Well, unfortunately, two days before he died, David called me and said Jimmy wants to talk to you. So, he put me on speakerphone. I talked to Jimmy and told him how much his family meant to me and how much he meant to my career. I said, ‘Honestly, I would be nothing without you because you’re the one that gave me my shot, gave me my chance, and so everything that I’ve done, every success that I’ve had, is really because of your confidence in me.’ I know there’s a lot of other people that were on my side – Ric Flair and Dusty [Rhodes] wanted me to do well – but Jimmy Crockett made the decision to let me work for them and thus made the decision to put me on TBS. That’s kind of all how it started.”