WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase Sr. has shared his experiences of working with Killer Khan after Khan’s death last month at the age of 76.
On a recent edition of his “Everybody’s Got A Pod” podcast, DiBiase Sr. reflected on working with Khan when the pair were both working in Japan. He said,
“I know I worked with him several times here [in America]. Probably more in Japan, and probably a lot during the time that me and Stan Hansen were teamed up … Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen, they were the two most recognizable [and] famous foreign wrestlers in all of Japan. And Brody jumped ship, and he left All Japan Pro Wrestling and went to New Japan. That doesn’t happen very often. Loyalty is a big thing in Japan. And so Stan needed a new partner and came to me, and he says, ‘Do you want the spot?’ And I said, ‘Are you kidding? Do I want the spot?’ … But back to Killer Khan … Great guy, though. The thing I remember the most about him [is] that he was a very likable guy. Very jovial.”
In the WWF, Khan would work with top names including Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales, and would have a praised feud with Andre the Giant.
One of Khan’s matches with Andre would see him compete in a ‘Mongolian Stretcher Match’ and the pair would win 1981’s ‘Feud of the Year’ by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
