>>17134409Here’s the fullest account I can piece together of what happened the night Scott Hall killed Rodney Perry Turner in January 1983, based on available sources like the Orlando Sentinel (January 16, 1983), Hall’s 2011 ESPN E:60 documentary, and various wrestling biographies. Since exact details vary slightly across accounts and some gaps remain, I’ve stuck to what’s most consistently reported or directly stated by Hall, presented in bullet points for clarity:
- Date and Location: The incident occurred in early January 1983 (likely January 15, based on the Sentinel’s publication date) outside Thee Original Doll House, a strip club in Orlando, Florida, where Scott Hall, then 24, worked as a bartender.
- Key Players: Scott Hall, a pre-fame wrestler, and Rodney Perry Turner, a 37-year-old man whose exact relationship to the club is unclear—possibly a patron, manager, or acquaintance of Hall’s, with some speculation he was Hall’s boss.
- Backdrop: Hall was not yet Razor Ramon; he was a young man in Orlando’s nightlife scene, years away from his wrestling heyday. Turner’s role that night isn’t fully defined, but tension existed, possibly over a woman.
