{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Retro Wrestling Archive Podcast Network","title":"Retro Wrestling w/Gene Jackson Ep. 46 - Maxx Payne: The Rock Star Gimmick That Wrestling Wasn’t Ready For","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8ebcf0e7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":7597,"description":"This week on Retro Wrestling with Gene Jackson, we sit down with one of the most unique and misunderstood characters of the 1990s wrestling boom.....Maxx Payne.\n\nFrom the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo system to Memphis, WCW, and the WWF, Maxx opens up about a career that was anything but conventional. He talks about training in Japan alongside Chris Benoit, the culture shock of Memphis wrestling, the politics of the mid-90s locker rooms, and what it was like trying to break new ground with a rock & roll wrestling persona before the business was ready for it.\n\nBut the centerpiece of this conversation?\n\nMaxx tells the full, unfiltered story involving rock legend Steve Miller, the behind the scenes saga that derailed what could have been a game changing crossover between wrestling and mainstream music. This isn’t rumor or secondhand storytelling, it’s Maxx’s firsthand account of what happened, how it unfolded, and how it changed the trajectory of his career.\n\nAnd here’s the kicker…\n\nWe even have the Jimmy Kimmel Show clip that backs up Maxx’s side of the story.\n\nThis episode is part wrestling history, part rock & roll cautionary tale, and part redemption story, as told by the man who lived it.\n\nIf you’ve ever wondered what really happened with the Man Mountain Rock gimmick, the clique era politics, or how close wrestling came to something truly groundbreaking musically… this is the episode you’ve been waiting for.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kf0ZTqBFprO952Wt3UH_SshPb356wrIpWyiK4IH5dYc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wZjBl/YThhYzQ4MDZkNjRm/MzY2YTlmNDRiMDRj/NmY4Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}