Kiniski stated Garvin continued his advances and believes his rejection of Garvin led to his career in WWE stalling. He claims that he later spoke with McMahon regarding Garvin’s harassment following an event in Portland, Oregon; records show that Kiniski worked a WWE live event in Portland on February 10, 1987.

“I remember where it was, it was in Milwaukie, Oregon, we wrestled in Portland,” Kiniski said “I called Vince, and I said ‘Hey, Vince, I don’t think this is right. Terry’s hitting on me. I don’t appreciate that and I would like it to stop.’ And Vince said ‘Oh, ok. I’ll deal with it.’ And that was it.”

According to Kiniski, however, the harassment from Garvin continued, leading Kiniski to believe McMahon never spoke to him. He claims things came to a head during a meeting with McMahon during a weekend loop later in 1987, which came about after Kiniski was given the night off for a Saturday event, which he believed was due to his complaint.

“I talked to Vince, I said ‘This isn’t right, Vince,'” Kiniski said. “‘I complain, and now you guys are punishing me. I’ll finish my bookings, but I’m not putting any guys over. Put me in the ring we’ll see what happens.’ Vince knows I could take care of myself, so he said ‘No.’ I said, ‘I’m done.’ I said ‘I’ll finish my matches.’ ‘Nope, you’re done now. ‘Thank you very much.'”