024 // KONNAN - Connected with KONNAN - Part 1

Legendary Luchador KONNAN shares his journey on how he got his start as a wrestler in Tijuana and being trained by Rey Mysterio Sr, him representing the Latino culture on televised American wrestling, owning the rights to your name, his thoughts on Lucha Underground, UFC , LWO, being in the NWO, the type of deals you can get as a wrestler, filming his music videos, his thoughts on the creative writing behind the scenes at WWE , the politics of the industry, his beef with Vampiro, the death of Perrito Aguayo, his love for Eddy Guerrero, how he brought Lucha Libre to Paul Heyman on ECW, racism in wrestling promotions, his thoughts on how they're booking Alberto Del Rio, CM Punk's departure and now fighting in UFC, what the masks mean to the Lucha culture, the Filthy Animals, his long time friendship with Rey Mysterio, Rey losing his mask in WCW, how the business has changed, who he thinks are the next rising stars! Twitter @konnan5150

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024 // KONNAN - Connected with KONNAN - Part 1 is an episode from CONNECTED with RUBEN TORRES.

This episode is 52:13 long.

This episode was published on May 19, 2016.

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