Tony Atlas had drug issues especially cocaine and was no showing events that's why he was let go before the boom
After Brodys Murder he got deeper into drugs and would end up homeless for awhile
This all stuff he's admitted in other interviews
You can't put the blame on Vince, they didn't pay to send guys to rehab back than
And like I said Dutch doesn't get a pass, he continued to do business down there for almost ten years after while Tony and others like Flai who wasn't even there boycotted Colon
Idk. Vince hated tony atlas it seems to me. Too many problems over the years.
1. Tony has stated he was let go by vince while arriving late with snuka and greg valentine.. but vince had “to set an example” and fired only tony which tony says was because he was black. Saw a recent shoot (which i doubled on with another to verify) and tony said his drug addictions started fukking with him post brody death when he was blackballed and lost his money in a divorce. Said he was no different than any other of the boys in. 70s/80s.. except he was black and held to a higher standard. Tony dont even like to use the black card but hes adamant about this.
2. Tony starts working for awa and vince tells him he has an africa tour that verne will allow tony to do. Verne said ok but come back. Vince tells tony he talked to verne and tony is with wwe now. To y says he saw verne at hof and they talked how vince never told verne anything and verne telling tony he was gonna make him the champ but he dissapeared.
3. Or how he was let go the final time before saba simba run because he asked why the houses are getting bigger but their checks are the same as stated in piper’s book during a meeting vince had with the talent and tony was only one who said anything. Let go a week later. This is when tony says he really started fukking up.
4. Or how vince threatened to put mario savoldi out of business for using tony and did just that. Which lead to tony becoming homeless in north east.
5. Also tonys story of how hulk would purposely piss vince off by asking tony to ride in the limo with them cause hulk knew vince hated tony.
Wwe has long gone out of there way to shyt on tony. He didnt even get paid the same for his hof.. had to rent a tux and ride coach while other guys got 1st class flights and limos. Look how they tried to play em in legends house like he was the bad guy. Made him a joke with henry. His drug addiction couldnt have been that bad in his prime cuz he said he had like 17k worth of checks sitting at sd jobnes house that theyd laugh about not needing.
Sd was even threatened to be fired JUST for letting tony live at his house. Way too many examples here.