Paul Heyman remembered Lou Albano in his latest "Heyman Hustle" blog. "Lou could talk," Heyman wrote. "Oh man, could he talk. There were no influences in the way he came across. The Captain had a style all of his own. 'I just remember the point I wanna bring across,' Lou once told me, 'and then I just babble before, during, and after. Somehow, in the middle, I said the two or three sentences that sold tickets. Mostly, I just tried to make people want to see me get my ass kicked, and along the way, hopefully the guy I was managing would catch a beating too!'...

"There are so many 'Albano' stories to tell, from the time he ran in his shorts and flip flops up 8th Avenue in New York City when his car broke down during a snow storm, and had hundreds of people following him to what was then known as The Howard Johnson's Hotel where everyone stayed; to the time he got into a drinking contest with Andre The Giant at the hotel bar, took a Ric Flair-esque face bump into the top of a stool, cracked his head, and was knocked out cold ... only to wake up when Don Muraco and Greg Valentine helped peel Lou off the floor. Lou ran outside, threw up all over the sidewalk (with half the remnants of his dinner prominently remaining on his hairy chest), came back inside, ordered another 3 rounds, turned to Andre and said, 'I get a 3 drink handicap for that bump!'" To read the full blog, visit the Heyman Hustle.

Powell's POV: There's much more where that came from. Wow, this is a gem of a blog with some great Albano stories. A must read.

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