Can anyone tell me the story behind Lenita Ericsson and what her involvement in the company was or was going to be? I heard on a podcast that she had an interesting story in the new Nitro book but it didn't go into detail and it's really entrigued me as to what it may be.

Tried Googling her but it doesn't go into much detail, The guy on the podcast said she was going to have a major part backstage and on screen if WCW went on 

I had no idea who this person was (my guess was either porn star or Playboy model) and since it's extremely rare for me not to even be aware of a wrestling personality from that time (even in WCW) I simply had to google her.

This popped up. 10/10 for pure WTFness.



Here you have a (likely strung out) interviewer I never heard of interviewing Bob Sapp(!) in dying day WCW. Buddy Lee Parker, William "The Refrigerator" Perry and some guy name Sam Greco get brought up. I am so confused by all of this. 

That was one of the best videos I've watched all day.

It amazes me that WCW thought having Lenita Erickson conduct interviews was a good idea. Mean Gene could be an idiot, but there was an air of showmanship to his performance. Erickson has anti-charisma. She's worse than any WWE-bot interviewer and she even gives Rob Feinstein a run in terms of shoddy journalism. Paulshock wasn't much better.

And yet, Bob Sapp despite everything rules here. There's no real direction, he's just shilling everything he can and once it's over, he takes a giant dump on the segment with one of the hammiest evil laughs of all time.

**** 3/4.

EDIT: Upon further research, Lenita Erickson was a glam rock vocalist from the 80s who performed in the band Madam X. According to the interview, she was involved with the PowerPlant, seemingly around the same time as Bob Sapp before being cut. As you can tell, I wasn't her biggest fan and presume she wouldn't have lasted long in any capacity.

Sam Greco was a bad motherfucker, was he training WCW wrestlers?!?

That video was big time cringe, Sapp is a monster and that woman actually looks like she's not too much smaller than him in that video, maybe it was the camera angle?

Sapp should have been the future of WCW though, he was in 4 of the absolute craziest most insane and intense fights ever, the 2 Ernesto Hoost matches, the fight against Kimo in Vegas, and the fight against Noguiera at Shockwave 2002 if you ever watch any fights watch those. The Hoost rematch is one of my favorite fights of any style of fighting ever, the Noguiera fight was so nuts it was like it wasn't even real but it was, unbelievable fights. 

Aug 6, 2018 21:18:44 GMT shinobimusashi said:

Sam Greco was a bad motherfucker, was he training WCW wrestlers?!?

That video was big time cringe, Sapp is a monster and that woman actually looks like she's not too much smaller than him in that video, maybe it was the camera angle?

Sapp should have been the future of WCW though, he was in 4 of the absolute craziest most insane and intense fights ever, the 2 Ernesto Hoost matches, the fight against Kimo in Vegas, and the fight against Noguiera at Shockwave 2002 if you ever watch any fights watch those. The Hoost rematch is one of my favorite fights of any style of fighting ever, the Noguiera fight was so nuts it was like it wasn't even real but it was, unbelievable fights. 

Goldberg vs. Sapp in a wrestling as sport build was something I was going to do in my WCW rebook. It would have been during a period where Goldberg was a heel champion, and they were bringing in monsters to beat him and Goldberg would always prevail.

So this thread needs a bump.

On 83 Weeks they interviewed the author behind 'Nitro' arguably the greatest book written on WCW and covered the Lenita Erickson chapter. So Lenita was a much bigger name than I gave her credit for. Not only was she a vocalist, she was actually in a relationship with Gene Simmons and used that to form a relationship with Brad Siegal. Around the time of the Bob Sapp interview, she was one of the most powerful figures in the company and had a direct line to Siegal. At one point, Jerry Jarrett, JJ Dillon and her put together a bid to buy the company from Turner and she was going to be the female authority figure of the company opposed to Vince McMahon.

If you haven't read the book, I urge you to check it out. Not only does it cover WCW, but some of the interviews are really fascinating and shed a lot of new light on the behind the scenes aspect of the company.

I really do need to read that Nitro book.

"The words of a very big man." Just beautiful.

Ok...

Apparently if you type in Lenita Ericsson into google this is one of the first searches that comes up. That could just be google preferences doing it's thing though.

I stand by brightlightgirl.

Lenita Ericsson drawing more new posters to PW via Google than @admin's Twitter.

That Bob Sapp interview sucked until the final 10 seconds. Then it suddenly became comedy gold and worth the three minutes that came before it.

This thread is everything PW needs right now.

Jeezers, is that what pornstars looked like in the 90s?

Jul 7, 2020 0:39:44 GMT N A T H said:

Jeezers, is that what pornstars looked like in the 90s?

She vibes like the very specific type of '80s chick trying to stay relevant in a '90s world, except it was already 2000.

Jul 7, 2020 2:49:17 GMT Kilgore said:

Jul 7, 2020 0:39:44 GMT N A T H said:

Jeezers, is that what pornstars looked like in the 90s?

She vibes like the very specific type of '80s chick trying to stay relevant in a '90s world, except it was already 2000.

Sounds like Barbie.

Jul 7, 2020 3:19:57 GMT 🤯 said:

Jul 7, 2020 2:49:17 GMT Kilgore said:

She vibes like the very specific type of '80s chick trying to stay relevant in a '90s world, except it was already 2000.

Sounds like Barbie.

I was thinking Debra.

Jul 7, 2020 3:21:18 GMT Ness said:

Jul 7, 2020 3:19:57 GMT 🤯 said:

Sounds like Barbie.

I was thinking Debra.

Tomayto, tomahto?

Sable must have been the hero to all the out of date 80s chicks, the hope for them all.

Jul 7, 2020 3:54:10 GMT Kilgore said:

Sable must have been the hero to all the out of date 80s chicks, the hope for them all.

I never got Sable. The woman looked old, even when she was young. I never cared for any of the WWE until Trish.

Aug 6, 2018 14:44:38 GMT Big Pete said:

That was one of the best videos I've watched all day.

It amazes me that WCW thought having Lenita Erickson conduct interviews was a good idea. Mean Gene could be an idiot, but there was an air of showmanship to his performance. Erickson has anti-charisma. She's worse than any WWE-bot interviewer and she even gives Rob Feinstein a run in terms of shoddy journalism. Paulshock wasn't much better.

And yet, Bob Sapp despite everything rules here. There's no real direction, he's just shilling everything he can and once it's over, he takes a giant dump on the segment with one of the hammiest evil laughs of all time.

**** 3/4.

EDIT: Upon further research, Lenita Erickson was a glam rock vocalist from the 80s who performed in the band Madam X. According to the interview, she was involved with the PowerPlant, seemingly around the same time as Bob Sapp before being cut. As you can tell, I wasn't her biggest fan and presume she wouldn't have lasted long in any capacity.

Whatever you feel about Lenita Erickson, she was a pioneer. She was a bodybuilder and is a horse rider, animal rescuer, hard rock singer and complete badass. Her relationship with Gene only got her "in the door" with TV executives. After that, everything was on her own merit. How close would You have gotten to the WCW? She's resurfacing with new music. I loooove her rendition of ACDC's Whole Lotta Rosie!  www.lenitaerickson.com

Mar 24, 2023 17:15:16 GMT djxxxx said:

Whatever you feel about Lenita Erickson, she was a pioneer. She was a bodybuilder and is a horse rider, animal rescuer, hard rock singer and complete badass. Her relationship with Gene only got her "in the door" with TV executives. After that, everything was on her own merit. How close would You have gotten to the WCW? She's resurfacing with new music. I loooove her rendition of ACDC's Whole Lotta Rosie!  www.lenitaerickson.com

Welcome to PW Lenita!

Lenita Erickson has spoken out about this now on her tic Tok I recommend checking it out. There were comments used from here. Who knows you may be featured. She's also posted on YouTube.

Jun 26, 2023 21:09:37 GMT hollywood12905 said:

Lenita Erickson has spoken out about this now on her tic Tok I recommend checking it out. There were comments used from here. Who knows you may be featured. She's also posted on YouTube.

Does her team just Google any mention of Lenita Ericsson and have you guys post?

Super weird to use posts from an obscure message board on your TikTok
vt.tiktok.com/ZSLB3SChC/