At points in the late 1990s in WCW, NBC's Tonight Show hostJay Leno was actually more key of a figure in World Championship Wrestling than Ric Flair. In the main event of Road Wild 1998 for instance, Jay Leno and Diamond Dallas Page wrestled Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff. Of course, Leno was such a skilled grappler (and took his training so seriously) that Tonight Show band leader Kevin Eubanks hit Bischoff with the Diamond Cutter for the finish. Re-read the above sentences. "Gatecrashing" is oftentimes a negative term. This may be the most negative of "gatecrashing" moments in wrestling history.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
