My Wrestling Journey Begins
I've been wrestling on independent shows in the New England area and training at Kowalski’s for four years now. I just finished my first tour in Japan. All the advice I was getting was that it was time to work for one of the remaining territories, as I’d gone as far as I could wrestling only a few shows a month. I was at the point in my career where the best way to improve was to work steadily.
So I talked to Walter and asked what he thought. Walter didn't want to lose me, but he knew that would be my best option. He suggested that I talk to Paul about going with me. Paul has about a year less experience than me, but he’s more than ready. So I talked to Paul about going to a territory with me. We could tag team together and split all the expenses. We had each other to lean on and both wanted the best for each other.
Prior Commitments
I was managing a local rock 'n' roll club and was comfortable just giving a two-week notice. Paul (Triple H) was managing a Gold’s Gym. He had some commitments he had to fulfill first. So that put everything on a slight hold.
One of the commitments Paul had was going to a national Gold’s Gym convention. While at the convention, Paul met Ric Flair, who offered him a job at WCW. Of course, he had to take it, which set me back a little. However, it just made me believe my opportunity was coming.
One Door Closes and Another Opens
While I was figuring out my best option, I was still managing the rock club The Rock Pile and working a few shows a month for Walter. The nights Walter had a show, I would work the bar right after the wrestling show. One of these nights, after the bar closed, I put in a tape of that night's match. One of my bouncers was this really tough kid named Jon. He flipped out and told me he always wanted to wrestle. So I took him to Walter’s.
I started to develop a close friendship with Jon. Between four days a week at the school and every weekend at the bar, we were together all the time. Jon finally had his first match, and it was clear he was really green. But you couldn't miss his raw talent.
Walter told me that Raw was in New York and I should go and talk to Jerry Lawler about the Memphis territory. I knew my best option would be to go as a tag team. My friends Paul and Mike suggested I team with Jon. I really trusted their opinion, so I talked to Jon.
We had almost no time to come up with a team name and look. I’ve always been Perry Saturn, and in Jon’s one match, he wrestled as the Eliminator. I felt that our names should go together. So I went to the library—after all, this was before Google. I had to look up things in books. After many hours, I learned Saturn is the Roman god of the harvest. Kronus was the Greek god of the harvest. So we became Saturn & Kronus, the Harvesters of Sorrow. This lasted until we met Lawler.
Off To Memphis
Lawler was doing Raw upstate in New York. I don’t remember what town it was; I just remember it was over a four-hour drive from Boston. We met Lawler at his hotel. I had to convince him to hire us, so I told him Jon was working for a couple of years, even though he had only one match and was working under a year. Lucky for us, Walter had a good reputation, and he hired us. We told him our work names and team name. He said in the South, they would think we were farmers. So we became Saturn & Kronus, the Eliminators. And off to Memphis we went.
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Its amazing how geography can decide the name you will be best known by, keep up the good posts !PIZZA
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Thanks again for sharing this deep dive into your carreer @planetarypro ! Cant wait to read the next episode of it how it continues :)
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Dang, Jerry. I like Harvesters of Sorrow more. 😆
Love the back story of stuff the common fan might not know!
this is just amazing to read your article, knowing the insiders , thanks for sharing!!!
Finally another Perry Saturn story! I really enjoy reading these stories as we get some insights from behind the scene. I hope you'll soon write another article!
Woo is that in that last photo with the crown? Is that you? No way!!! You really are something, with that last AMA you give such fine details from the past, its so cool to listen to and now these posts you are fuckn rocking it. What we do here gives me hope for you guys, so on to a bright future and woo knows maybe we meet someday that would be sick right if this thing bings in so much momentum that those moments can arrise. Again on to a bright 2024 and beyond. Hope to read a lot more of your stories( im suppose to say that lol) I do tho, KEEP ROCKIN
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Nice!
So much amazing history just in this one post! I love the vintage photo of Lawler, too; he's aged so gracefully, it's been many years since I thought about what he looked like in his heyday. 💜 Please keep sharing your backstory!
Great work mr perry! i love reading and hearing about your history. Id say if you wanted to impress crim tell her you are part of the cWo! she is our leader!
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STOPThanks so much for sharing your memories of the good old days! I love these stories, and am honored that you are here on Hive. Thank you for entertaining us fans over the years.
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as somebody who is not familiar with wrestling at all, it was a nice reading👊
That's a good career right there.
Very good read. Thanks for being here!
A great read. Thanks for sharing your story.
Hey Perry, I loved reading about your journey into the Memphis wrestling territory! Your story is incredibly inspiring, showing how determination and taking risks can lead to amazing opportunities. Keep sharing these behind-the-scenes stories—they're a treasure for all wrestling fans! Me as number 1. ❤️
#woo #woogame #wrestling
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I love reading about the history of wrestlers coming up in the 80s and 90s. Such a fun time!
Never give up!
Thanks for sharing your story. It's so interesting to hear about the background behind the legends. !PIZZA
That’s amazing!
Your dedication and hard work are truly inspiring. Teaming up with Jon and heading to Memphis sounds like an incredible opportunity.
Best of luck on this new chapter of your wrestling journey! Keep pushing forward—you’ve got this!
Loving the history articles
ayooo butops here i have been a fan of wrestling for years so the fact that we are supporting legends gives a smile to my face