WWE Hall Of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan recently spoke with SunLive.co while on a trip to New Zealand, discussing a number of topics including his feud with Andre The Giant, how he got the name ‘Hacksaw’ and more:

Fans In New Zealand & Wrestling’s Global Reach
“It’s amazing the fans in New Zealand. It’s crazy for an old-time wrestler to pull into Tauranga and have fans come up to me and go ‘Hooooooo’ in the middle of the street. It’s amazing the appeal of wrestling around the world.”

How He Got The Name ‘Hacksaw’
“It’s actually from my football days. I used to hack my way through the wedge. So we tried Hacksaw and it kind of stuck. People are like, you’re Hacksaw Duggan and you carry a 2×4. I’m like, ‘It’s wrestling, it doesn’t have to make sense’.”

The Competitive Nature Of Pro Wrestling
“A lot of things folks don’t realise about wrestling is that it’s very competitive. In America there is 1500 NFL players, there’s 600 NBL basketball players and there is 100 WWE wrestlers. Everyone wants to be a WWE wrestler. It’s extremely competitive business and one of the big misconceptions is that we are all good friends. Well, we all compete for the same money, we’re real good friends.”

His Big Moment In The Ring Against Andre The Giant
“It was a double whammy to be main eventing at the Garden in front of 20,000 people and then to be in there with Andre. The television show went off the air and I was standing over Andre covered in blood with my 2×4. So that moved me up to a main event man, instead of a mid-card guy. From then I worked with Andre 54 nights straight, so I got to know him pretty well, and he could be an irritable giant sometimes too.”

For the full interview, visit SunLive

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