{"id":72276,"date":"2020-04-27T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=72276"},"modified":"2020-04-27T08:39:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T13:39:59","slug":"sonny-onoo-recalls-starting-with-wcw-and-why-njpw-officials-were-upset-with-the-company-transitioning-to-an-on-air-role-his-departure-from-the-company-and-issues-with-vince-russo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/04\/27\/sonny-onoo-recalls-starting-with-wcw-and-why-njpw-officials-were-upset-with-the-company-transitioning-to-an-on-air-role-his-departure-from-the-company-and-issues-with-vince-russo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonny Onoo recalls starting with WCW and why NJPW officials were upset with the company, transitioning to an on-air role, his departure from the company and issues with Vince Russo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1492888412\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b>In Your Head Radio with Sonny Onoo<br \/>\nHosts: Jack and One Inch Biceps<br \/>\nRecap by Vic Schiavone<br \/>\nShow available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inyourheadonline.com\/viewnews.php?autoid=38431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IYHwrestling.com\/<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>On how his initial off-camera role in WCW came about:<\/b> &#8220;Eric Bischoff called me one day because we go back a long way in the martial arts world and asked me how fluent my Japanese was\u2026He said if we get an opportunity let\u2019s talk to some New Japan (Pro Wrestling) guys about this kickboxing opportunity; why don\u2019t you go to Japan with me. So that\u2019s how I went. But when I got there, unbeknownst to me, Eric puts me in a spot because I\u2019ve got four to five of the meanest-looking Japanese guys you could probably pick out in a line-up, and they\u2019re looking at us like they want to kill us. I\u2019m looking at Eric like what the hell did you do to these people? I thought for sure I was going to end up in Tokyo Bay floating face down. As I translate what Eric was saying to the Japanese officers of New Japan, I\u2019m translating and hearing this at the same time, and what happened is the prior management of WCW was taking between $400,000 and $500,000 in pay so that New Japan could use our talent, but they never sent any talent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, they were pretty pissed, thinking WCW was ripping them off for half a million dollars. Eric apologized, and said \u2018Hey, give us another chance, the prior management is gone, I\u2019m in charge, here\u2019s our talent that you guys can use, let me make it up to you, and we want to have a friendly relationship with New Japan.\u2019 That\u2019s basically how the thing went. Masa Saito at that point says to me, \u2018Well, who\u2019s going to be our contact person, because communication is a real issue here and we can never get your talent?\u2019 Eric, without skipping a beat, said \u2018Well, that will be Sonny. You call Sonny, I always take Sonny\u2019s call, so you\u2019ll have a direct line to me and he can translate whatever your request is and I\u2019ll try to accommodate everything that\u2019s possible.\u2019 I said to Eric, \u2018I don\u2019t work for you\u2019, and he said \u2018You do now.\u2019 And basically, that\u2019s what I was, I was kind of like a liaison, translator, officer for WCW.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On how he transitioned to an on-air role:<\/b> &#8220;I was a fan, but I had no idea what the pro wrestling business was. None. I\u2019m just a casual television fan. So, I jumped in with both my feet. Next thing I knew, New Japan wanted to introduce their talent into WCW, so at that point they needed a mouthpiece. So Masa Saito, Jimmy Hart, Kevin Sullivan, Eric Bischoff, those guys said, OK, you\u2019re going to be a manager, and this is what you need to do and develop that character that was Sonny Onoo\u2026I actually had done some martial arts movies\u2026I had been in front of the camera before with a script, but nothing like professional wrestling where a lot of the stuff is on the spot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On the controversy that of his WCW departure:<\/b> &#8220;Eric was gone when Vince Russo came in, and I don\u2019t know if you guys know this or not, but he made a public statement when he came in on one of the WCW platforms saying that (I\u2019m paraphrasing now) \u2018I\u2019m from America; I don\u2019t want any Japanese and I don\u2019t want any Mexicans on my television\u2019, and proceeded to fire all the Japanese and Mexicans, almost all of us\u2026He actually pointed out a race of people, Japanese and Mexicans. I don\u2019t know how delicately he could have said it, but there was no gray area. He proceeded to take us off TV. But what Vince Russo failed to realize was that because I was tied in to New Japan, New Japan at this point was paying us (WCW) over a million dollars a year. So, when he got rid of the Japanese, he lost a million dollars a year. Honestly, he wasn\u2019t too bright\u2026Actually, I should be thanking him, because of what he said and it was so cut and dried. I had just signed a two-year deal prior to that, so they had to pay me\u2026I went out and got a real good lawyer, and everything worked out fine for me\u2026If Vince had half a brain and knew the business side of it, he would have never said it\u2026He was just that arrogant and stupid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Other topics discussed include a funny story involving Kaz Hayashi, his involvement in the Collision in Korea pay-per-view in North Korea, a memorable moment involving Jimmy Snuka, whether he had offers from other wrestling companies after WCW.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-196960826\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async 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