10 Things We Learned From Speaking To Orlando Colón

2. The Beauty Of A Granny Throwing Urine At Him

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Throughout our chat with Orlando Colón, we were told how his time with WWE saw him lose his passion for wrestling. Thankfully though, his return to World Wrestling Council in 2019 managed to bring back that spark and love for the business.

Describing his love of competing in Puerto Rico, Orlando remarked, "A Puerto Rican crowd, for me, is unique. There's no place in the world to wrestle, for me, better than Puerto Rico. You can ask most of the talent that's wrestled in Puerto Rico, they will say it's one of the hottest crowds that they've ever performed in."

Giving a great anecdote about how a heel turn of his enraged an old lady to the point that she emptied her bladder for him, Colón explained, "There was this old lady who'd been a fan for over 50 years. She was a fan of my uncle, a fan of Carlito and Eddie. I was the first of the family to turn heel in Puerto Rico. Carlito had done it in WWE, but I was the first to actually do it in Puerto Rico. In the building, I remember the cups were made out of cardboard. She would put rocks in it and throw it at the heel. There's horror stories about heels in Puerto Rico hating going to the ring. She went to the bathroom, she pissed in [the cup], and threw it at me. That's the beauty of it. That means that whatever you're doing is working."

Because only in the wrestling business can beauty be categorised as a granny launching a cup of piss your way.

Off the back of this, Orlando then went on to praise the heel work of MJF as somebody who truly understands what it is to be a villain in the wrestling business.

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