From a world renowned Professional Wrestler to being a Publican, the transition wasn't that easy for Johnny Kincaid, from travelling the world, to staying in one place 24/7, from seeing different people most everyday, to seeing the same people everyday, from talking and learning about different cultures, to hearing the same old stories day in and day out, but this is the life he chose after the fame and glory.
It starts with wrestling, being in Korea and Hawaii with Billy Whitecloud, meeting Dwain Johnson, better known as the `Rock' for the first time, wrestling in Dubai and being whipped by the chief of police, meeting some very dodgy characters in Beirut
and surviving.
He then goes on to his training and running of pubs, some of his stories are better than Eastenders and Coronation Street put together.
They go from kid's fun days and party nights to hidden sex in the poolroom.
From Disco Dancing to out right punch-ups on the dance floor,
from Rock and Roll to Body Slams, these are just some of the things that went on in some of his pubs. Get rid of the arseholes and keep the character's that was his motto he said.
BE WARNED, THERE IS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE, BUT ONCE YOU START READING, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN.
This is Johnny's second book on his Biography, the first one depicted his early life being born and brought up in Battersea, (not Barbados) how he got in trouble and was put in a home, and how after doing a spell in a Detention Centre he ended up on a travelling fair ground, he joined a boxing and wrestling booth taking on all comers. Johnny was only into boxing in those days, but one of the wrestlers (John Monk) started to train Johnny and from there on he never looked back. His wrestling took him all over the world to some weird and wonderful places. He has met a King, a Prince, and many famous people through his travels, there were also many women around who wanted to keep company with our Johnny, and Johnny always said that he was put on this earth to spread happiness, so he spread as much as possible.
This book is more about the later part of his career, when leaving the fame and glory behind and becoming a publican, how his life changed in many ways and in other ways it never did. How pub punters picked on him because of what he used to do for a living. Johnny said it was some times like being back in the ring; the only difference was that he wasn't being paid for it. He tells some stories that will make your hair curl, about what some pub punters do when they think their not being watched.
Johnny said that he has had two major jobs in his life; he wrestled for twenty-six years then went in to the pub game for another twenty-three years, and one way or another they were just the same.
Like everybody, Johnny has had his ups and downs, his highs and lows, but the in betweens have been very exciting, and this is what he wants to share with you, so take a walk in Johnny's shoes and meet the Hawaiian dancer who did the hip job on him, and how he met the Rock for the first time. Take a ride through seven of his pubs and see if you can pick out anyone you might know, but be warned, although there are no names mentioned, you might just recognise yourself.
It was about a week after our interview when I got the phone call, the time was about four in the morning, I had not long been in bed as I had just driven back from Hamilton in Scotland. `Hello' I said, “hi John” the voice said, I thought who the fucks calling me this time of the morning, “it's Billy” the voice said, `Billy who' I asked, “Billy White Cloud” the voice said, `Billy, do you know what the fucking time is mate' “holy shit, I've had a drink and I forgot the time difference” he said, (well we all know what the red Indians are like on fire water), `what do you want Billy' I asked, “how would you like to come to Korea and Hawaii?” he asked. Now at this point you would have thought I would have be ecstatic, but I just told him to book me and phone me back, then I put the phone down and went back to sleep,
I said to the wife in the morning, `I had a funny old dream last night, I dreamed that Billy White Cloud phoned me to go to Korea.' She said that she thought she heard the phone but wasn't sure, so no more was said, three days later Billy phoned back and said it was all booked, I would be flying out to Korea the following Month for three weeks then in to Hawaii for Peter Maivia for one week. `Hold on a minute Billy' I said, `what about the money side of things?' “Don't worry Johnny I have fixed it all up” and when he told me what I was getting, well lets put it this way, it's better he was on the other end of the phone, because if he was standing next to me he would have got a big kiss.