
Remembering Wrestler Kenny "Sodbuster" Jay
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We remember The Sodbuster with a look back at a 1997 Twin Cities documentary
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Remembering Wrestler Kenny "Sodbuster" Jay
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We remember The Sodbuster with a look back at a 1997 Twin Cities documentary
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> ERIC: FANS OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING LOST AN ICON LATE LAST WEEK.
KENNY "SODBUSTER" JAY DIED AT THE AGE OF 85.
REMEMBERED FONDLY BY FANS AND WRESTLERS ALIKE, THE SODBUSTER IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR, WELL, LOSING.
BACK IN 1997, AN EPISODE OF THE TWIN CITIES PBS SHOW "TAPE'S ROLLING" HIGHLIGHTED PRO WRESTLING IN MINNESOTA.
HERE'S AN EXCERPT OF A GRUDGE MATCH BETWEEN KENNY "THE SODBUSTER" JAY AND HIS NEPHEW.
>> NEPHEW, I DON'T CARE WHAT HE IS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING ALL OUT ON THIS ONE.
I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE HITTING A CHICKEN AND EYE I GOUGING AND HAIR-PULLING.
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ONE THING, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHO'S COMING RIGHT OUT ON TOP OF THAT ONE.
THAT'S SODBUSSER, KENNY JAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THIS IS THE ONE EVERYBODY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR, SODBUSTER KENNY JAY GOING IN THE RING AGAINST HIS VERY OWN NEPHEW.
KENNY JAY HAS BEEN IN CONTROL OF THIS ONE ALMOST FROM THE ONSET HERE.
REFEREE EDIE SHARKEY HASN'T HAD A LOT TO DO BUT ASK J.B.
IF HE WARRANTS TO CALL IT A NIGHT.
>> LOOK AT HIM -- >> MORTIMER PLUMBTREE, THE BUG ON THE WINDSHIELD OF RO WRESTLING WHO AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT WILL STICK HIS STICKING NOSE IN ANY MAN.
>> FOR JB TRASK MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE AT ANY COST, HE GETS RIDS OF KENNY JAY.
>> WHAT A SHOT THIS IS, WHAT A STRETCH FOR PLUMBTREE TO HAND-CRAFT SOMETHING.
AT THE NAILED RIGHT IN THE THROAT OF SODBUSTER KENNY JAY.
THE FANS BRINGING UP THE CHANTS OF CHEATING.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING, THAT IS MUSIC TO THE EARS OF J.B. -- >> KEEP IT DOWN RIGHT NOW.
>> HOW MANY TIMES IN ONE NIGHT CAN THIS IDIOT INTERFERE?
>> WE NEED ANOTHER REFEREE OR WE NEEDS MORTIMOR PLUMBTREE OUT OF THIS SPORT.
>> KENNY!!
HE'S ROLLING HIM OVER.
THIS IS A SUBMISSION HOLD.
KENNY JAY'S GOT IT LOCKED IN AND THERE'S NOWHERE, NO PLACE LEFT TO GO.
ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE.
OH, MY GOD.
>> OH, NO.
HEY, HEY, KENNY.
KEN A.
>> MORTIMER PRESUMETREE INTERJECTED HIMSELF INTO THE MATCH ONCE AGAIN.
KENNY JAY BETTER PAY ATTENTION TO BUSINESS.
THE REFEREE IS CONTINUING O COUNT.
WAIT A MINUTE, GOT HIS LEG.
NOW, COME ON.
OH, NO, NO.
BED BELL SOUNDING] >> I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, KENNY JAY NAILED TO GET BACK INTO THE RING BY THE COUNTS OF 10, YOUR WINNER IS J.B. TRASK.
>> NO WAY.
>> WELL, THAT IS ONE VERY ANGRY AND A VERY JUSTIFIABLY ANGRY SODBUSTER KENNY JAY.
>> THIS WAS A DIRTY RIP-OFF.
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