![]() The wheels had already begun turning in some wrestlers’ heads. Little did I know at the time, this was spurring a lot of jealousy with the other wrestlers, because Vince didn’t spend that much time doing anything like that with anybody. He said, “I want you to dance.” And I thought, “This guy’s gotta be kidding me.” And he said, “I said dance!” So I danced in the outfit. KONNAN: Vince would come out to the ring with me and would watch me walk like a robot in the costume. WWECLASSICS.COM: What happened once you got to each arena with the costume? Visit Max Moon's Alumni profile | View Max Moon photos So I flew from Los Angeles to Boston, waited for the boxes, got a cab, put the boxes in the cab and then drove from Boston to Cape Cod and got all of the boxes unloaded. I specifically remember, one time, we had at a show at the Cape Cod Melody Tent. KONNAN: I was working in Mexico at the time, so I had to pick up the outfit in Los Angeles, then fly from Los Angeles with four or five big boxes with the robot head, arms, legs and chest piece to wherever we were going. WWECLASSICS.COM: What was your schedule like once WWE signed you to a contract? I told him I wanted to fly into the ring. Vince is a merchandising genius and he loved it. By chance, I knew a guy in Los Angeles who was a designer. He asked if I knew anybody that could design it. We were just shooting around ideas and I told him that when I was wrestling in Japan, I saw this Japanese anime cartoon robot on TV that shot confetti and fire. In no way did me being Hispanic ever come up. KONNAN: Here I was a Hispanic bi-lingual wrestler in 1991 and back then they didn’t know how important the Latin demographic was. WWECLASSICS.COM: Where did the idea for the Max Moon character come from? View photos of Konnan in WCW | Watch videos featuring the best of Konnan ![]() Sooner or later, you will sign up with us.” That type of bravado and being so sure in the way he said it, that sold me. He said, “It doesn’t matter if you sign with us now. I had an incredible conversation with Vince. The same day I got to Stamford, Conn., Paul Bearer was also there waiting. Pat just seemed very nice and I had never been in a limo. We’ll pick you up in a limo.” Ole Anderson was rude and very rough to deal with. KONNAN: Pat Patterson called me on New Year’s Eve and told me to come there. I really didn’t want to go to WWE, because I had grown up in Miami, and all I ever grew up watching was NWA. We’re thinking of putting you in a tag team with Brian Pillman.” I stayed there, but while I was working with them, Pat Patterson called me from WWE. Jim Ross told me, “We want you to stay here. Ole Anderson was the who had just been fired and Jim Ross was the interim guy. I was there representing Mexico with Rey Mysterio, Sr., who was my teacher and Rey Mysterio’s uncle. There were two Russian amateur wrestlers that had gone to the Olympics. I had wrestled in the Pat O’Connor Memorial Cup, which was a tag team tournament with different guys from around the world. WWECLASSICS.COM: How did you arrive at WWE? View gallery featuring backstage photos, concept illustrations, instruction manual and more What happened to one of the most highly anticipated and expensive personas in WWE history and why did the lucha icon abruptly leave the organization? For the first time in more than 20 years, WWE spoke with Konnan about Max Moon’s surprising fate. A short time later, Max Moon disappeared entirely. As Max Moon, Boric wrestled Shawn Michaels for the Intercontinental Championship on the debut episode of Raw while Konnan sat at home in Mexico. WWE poured thousands of dollars into the creation of Max Moon - originally called The Comet Kid - but after the young rookie was plagued by backstage controversy, Tom Boric - aka Paul Diamond - assumed the costume. ![]() Straight out of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, the spaceman who hailed from “Outer Space” burst onto television screens as the brainchild of Mexican wrestling legend Konnan. Max Moon, with his eye-catching bodysuit and impressive special-effects-charged entrance, was, perhaps, the persona most representative of the colorful period. As many sports-entertainment fans came of age during the early 1990s, WWE began to prepare for the post-Hogan era by introducing a host of new faces into the squared circle spotlight.
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