An interview with 'Nature Boy' Buddy Rogers from an 1981 episode of Jim Barniak's 'Sports Scrapbook', which aired on the PRISM sports network out of Philadelphia.
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@g3everex Жыл бұрын
In 1979 when Buddy wrestled Ric Flair he still looked like he was in great shape. He was long passed his prime and he could still go with stars of that time. He was before my time but it’s good to have KZfaq to see his matches.
@NewHypertrophyLifter11 ай бұрын
I would love to start from the beginning and watch all the way through to the monday night wars
@MeekMillisbendingoverrn3 жыл бұрын
Man and he was saying this in ‘81 imagine him watching the next 40 years lmfao
@cortpoirier67933 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather 🥰
@elcucuy17703 жыл бұрын
Damn
@dolosavage62952 жыл бұрын
Damn wanna go out
@NewHypertrophyLifter11 ай бұрын
Thats really cool!
@bigglilwayne70506 ай бұрын
@@dolosavage6295 She's taken, but thanks for the compliment...
@drunkensailor1125 ай бұрын
Yeah sure...
@jonathantenney23394 жыл бұрын
I enjoy this interview so much. I wish there was more of them! He was interesting, and he tells a good story! Woulda been cool to have met him! That era is pretty much gone.
@user-dl7lj3zt1v3 ай бұрын
Bruno and buddy two living legends!
@user-dl7lj3zt1v3 ай бұрын
Buddy rogers a true legend!
@thejessman95914 жыл бұрын
"that little four letter word: guts." GIVE ME BACK THIS KIND OF ATTITUDE IN WRESTLING!!!!!!
@jasonpdsi5 жыл бұрын
This interview is the perfect blend of shoot and kayfabe.
@keithshoemaker21554 жыл бұрын
Buddy was my favorite growing up. Lou Thez as someone else posted here was an amazing wrestler!
@1blastman12 күн бұрын
My dad wrestled Lou Thesz when they were in college. My dad made no excuse for losing to him, he just said he lost to the "greatest that ever was".. We used to watch Buddy Rogers whenever he wrestled near us. He was a guy you loved to hate, but you loved him nonetheless. Rogers and Thesz were amazing. Rogers truly transformed pro wrestling.
@spectrumlocalb1918 жыл бұрын
Buddy was a real nice guy.My uncle John Gibson who was a large contractor in Erlton gave Buddy his first job.When I started working for The Spectrum Buddy started managing Jimmy Snuka and we got to know each other very well he was just a great guy. Rest in Peace Buddy.
@franksullivan71106 жыл бұрын
Yeah the Spectrum was great
@michaelrubin9547 Жыл бұрын
Alot of the wrestlers say he wasn't a nice Man
@Junkay2 Жыл бұрын
I don’t come away from this interview characterizing him as a “nice man.” Particularly the part of the interview where he kayfabe says Bruno couldn’t beat him if he didn’t have a heart attack. For most of the interview he’s in his arrogant “Nature Boy”character.
@Junkay2 Жыл бұрын
Buddy comes really close to “exposing the business” particularly where he says modern wrestling (at least what was modern for 1981) does things that “insult people’s intelligence.” I guess old-time wrestlers have been saying that forever. Wrestlers who were hot in that era say that about today’s wrestling.
@oldtimedrumcorps3 жыл бұрын
Watched budy Rogers many times as a kid with my stepdad. He hated this man but to me he was the best and I always waited for Buddy to apply the figure 4 to destroy his oppenents . My step dad hated Buddys strut .. Stepda was a very reserved guy but Buddy brought out things I never knew he had . RIP Buddy
@shikat23714 жыл бұрын
He, like many other old-timers, disliked what wrestling had turned into. Freddie Blassie, Verne Gagne, Sammartino, Lou Thesz, Buddy, Killer Kowalski, et al. have all expressed their dislike about the present state of wrestling. I think Thesz was the most outspoken. He described Hulk Hogan as a "non-wrestler" and went on to say that Hogan's leg-drop was not a wrestling move. Thesz even claimed that his grandmother would've delivered a better leg-drop.
@AbdurRahim-ep5qv2 жыл бұрын
The wrestling that they liked was only during the greek gladiators time
@UltimateEnd02 жыл бұрын
Whenever I think of old timey wrestling, I always think of that super hairy guy from Ren & Stimpy Lost Episodes.
@liamsandal6360 Жыл бұрын
@@AbdurRahim-ep5qv Your ignorance is astounding.
@adamlane6453 Жыл бұрын
It's inevitable though. You can only push a new idea so far before it becomes stale. Retrospect shows us that every innovator of every new generation "ruined" wrestling. Time was when it was a legit shoot. Then it became a work. Then came Gorgeous George and the birth of the gimmick. Who birthed Natures Boy Rogers and Flair, Superstar Billy Graham, even the legit fighter Mohammad Ali. Gimmicks. And then Graham birthed Dusty, and Hogan, and Savage, and second stage Scott Steiner, and The Body Jesse V and on and on. Fast FWD to undead-old-west-zombie-wizard-undertaker versus man-in-the-iron-mask-in-a-shirt-and-tie and the work is now more dangerous than the shoot ever was and it makes millions. And here we are now in 2023 and I can't make heads or tails of most of the product out there, domestic or international, major fed or indie. It seems all so so so so bad now. And here I am an old timer making the same complaints about the state of modern pro wrestling in 2023 as they were in 1923. "Back in my day wrestling was real. Nowadays they make it seem so fake." 🤷♂️
@Jim-Tuner Жыл бұрын
The older guys came from a time when most everyone in wrestling was a real athlete and understood what the real thing would look like. The main event guys would put on 60 minute main events. They were all in really great shape. The more modern wrestlers often have never done any sports at all. Often they were bodybuilders who worked a "look" that resulted in them being in terrible physical shape. We got to the era of the ten minute match where the matches themselves were kind of an afterthought and the interviews were the product. But the thing to understand is that anyone today who MIGHT be good enough to be an old-time wrestler usually ends up in MMA and the UFC now. They have a real alternative to pro wrestling.
@DOLARNICK6 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest of all time but the time was 1940-1964. I loved watching NB never saw a really bad match. He did it all and gave credit to the greatest real wrestler Lou Thesz!
@franksullivan71106 жыл бұрын
Daniel Olarnick I am only old enough to remember him manage but the old clips I watch he was a hell of a performer.
@user-dl7lj3zt1v3 ай бұрын
I love both buddy and bruno and its a real shame they didnt like eachother.
@BuJammy2 ай бұрын
Excellent wrestler, shabby human being.
@user-dl7lj3zt1v3 ай бұрын
Buddy rogers was the true nature boy the original and the best! Ric flair is great but buddy was the best nature boy and the original !
@brianparker130 Жыл бұрын
This guy was working the whole interview I love it 😂
@davemac90873 жыл бұрын
Wow, Definitely a lost gem that I don’t think many people have had the opportunity to view that enjoy wrestling, especially ‘ATTITUDE-ERA” wrestling! Constantly emulated, never duplicated!!! Great classic.
@AlexanderT.A.G3 жыл бұрын
If wrestlers still wrestle like his era how many of you people would enjoy it
@JOn87_STRONG11 ай бұрын
Everyone
@69chico69-xp22 күн бұрын
No one it was just dry humping back then
@69chico69-xp22 күн бұрын
@@JOn87_STRONGlol liar
@joeblow74073 жыл бұрын
Absolutely the Greatest of the Great!!!!
@suicidality2744 Жыл бұрын
Rogers protects kayfabe the entire interview.
@areguapiri Жыл бұрын
Wrestling in 1981 was a million times better than the lunacy that became of wrestling under Vince McMahon from 1985 until now.
@TiltBrook9 ай бұрын
Then again, here in this 1981 interview, they are saying how much better wrestling was back in the day years BEFORE 1981
@kingsports1113Ай бұрын
82-2024
@TheHannibalTV Жыл бұрын
🤠
@stewartberger77342 жыл бұрын
The best ever
@user-dl7lj3zt1v3 ай бұрын
Rip buddy and bruno
@rickrick50413 жыл бұрын
Great interview
@billblanchard25102 жыл бұрын
Brunno said he hated Roger's...wrestling was so different back then....I still watch old school wrestling....great matches back then.....
@rowds Жыл бұрын
Rogers not Roger's
@user-dl7lj3zt1v3 ай бұрын
Rip the immortal buddy rogers
@Chrisdrumz Жыл бұрын
It's funny how he's kayfabing and the interviewer knows it basically making this whole interview a work😂
@Rjensen29 ай бұрын
Funny how?
@Chrisdrumz9 ай бұрын
@@Rjensen2 Ya know,the way he tells the story. He's a funny guy.
@user-lw4jx9di5yАй бұрын
I've seen everyone from Oconnor, bockwinkle,verne, The funks, Brisco, kiniski, Backlund , over 50 years. Race, styles ect Wrestling today is so Predictable, so repetitive. Wrestlers have 2 or 3 moves. The exception are styles and few others. Its all about gimmicks, storyline, T shirt sales, entrance music. I loved the greats I grew up with. 60 min draws, believability, 2 out of 3 falls. Sad its gone. No one sells anymore
@philaman19722 жыл бұрын
Philadelphia's own PRISM network! A few things to say: (a) This was right before Buddy joined the WWF for a short stint to manage Jimmy Snuka as he turned from hated heel to loved babyface. (b) Buddy was the prototype for all heels that came after him with his arrogance and cockiness. (c) In a shoot, Bruno stated that Buddy's heart attack story was fake. (d) I first started watching wrestling in 1980-81 and if Buddy were alive today, I can only imagine what he would say about today's product!
@michaelrubin9547 Жыл бұрын
Buddy did have a heart attack
@TheClassicalVillian1824 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelrubin9547 he had three strokes not a heart attack
@joseperez1085 Жыл бұрын
Ric Flair copied everything from him the strut , name Nature boy, even the figure four leg lock.
@raphaelmalik4392 Жыл бұрын
So did Buddy Landel. The forgotten Nature Boy from the 80s
@pl56247 ай бұрын
A year before his time in wwf with snuka vs albano and ray stevens.
@voodoo493 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine Barbra Streisand hanging around Bob Bachlund..... lmao
@Rjensen29 ай бұрын
Well, she didn't hang around Buddy Rogers either, so what's your point?
@zombiefulci3301 Жыл бұрын
Bruno Sammartino hated this man
@rafeeqturner14583 жыл бұрын
Interesting, Bruno told a completely different story in why and how he beat Buddy
@MrMferg2402 жыл бұрын
BRUNO told the truth. ROGERS would not have been allowed to wrestle if he didn't pass all the states medical examinations. he didn't have a heart attack.
@Rjensen29 ай бұрын
Bruno was straight out lying about that match.
@Rjensen29 ай бұрын
@@MrMferg240You are absolutely lying. And claiming that state athletic commissions were legit is hilarious. Explain then, why were most of his matches before only around 30 seconds as well. And explain why they were tag matches consisting solely on Rogers standing on the ring apron? After that, explain why Rogers hardly ever wrestled again, outside of a few matches in Detroit years later, and were also less than a minute?
@Rjensen29 ай бұрын
@@MrMferg240Not that I would expect someone who thinks Bruno beat him in a legit match to be able to explain that, of course. 😂
@MrMferg2409 ай бұрын
lol, BRUNO would have completely destroyed BUDDY in a shoot. not even close. sorry if that upsets you.@@Rjensen2
@jlover911Ай бұрын
audio sucks
@christophertyler34257 ай бұрын
Funny how guys who know the finishes are fake still hold on to excuses as to losing.
@voodoo494 жыл бұрын
Wow! Buddy said he beat Bruno 11 straight times before losing the belt to Bruno right after his heart attack.
@carlosdanger9473 жыл бұрын
You do realize it’s scripted don’t you ? No one “ beats” anyone in pro wrestling .
@michaelrubin9547 Жыл бұрын
It's not all scripted some are shoots
@rowds Жыл бұрын
@@michaelrubin9547 😂
@Rjensen29 ай бұрын
@@michaelrubin9547Maybe in the 1800s. 😂
@michaelrubin95479 ай бұрын
@@Rjensen2 no even in the 1970s
@theloaner43789 ай бұрын
according to Bruno, in1963, the state athletic commission would never permit a critically ill heart patient to wrestle in a sanctioned event, it took Buddy years to come up with this story, and it is truly laughable.
@johnthegreat7 ай бұрын
But all this doesn't mean shit, what God judges on is on what we do for others,and believe in Jesus
@ronsharer2986 Жыл бұрын
He was still sticking to that bullshit heart attack story. Bruno beat him and that's all there is to it. This guy was so vain. The world's 1st Rick Flair.
@Rjensen29 ай бұрын
Bruno was straight up lying about Buddy. Bruno's bullshit has been refuted so many times, it's sad idiots still believe it.
@ronsharer29869 ай бұрын
@@Rjensen2 Buddy Roger's thought he was the greatest thing in the world. And then he found out he wasn't so great after all. I guess Rick Flair is still the greatest thing too. What a crock of shit.
@donwadd91433 ай бұрын
@@Rjensen2 Brunos son doesnt even like Bruno! Like Heenan said Bruno was a bitter man.
@SubmissionArmwrestling3 жыл бұрын
Ric stole the show....
@mikethomas26413 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍👍🌭🍺.
@stevehartman173010 ай бұрын
Roger's was built n a good wrestler a private n hurt deliberately good people. When he lost a match on tv he picked up announcer Jimmy Lake n threw the 70ish announcer over the top rope down onto the concrete floor breaking his. Leg which pneumonia set in and he died. He should have been charged with manslughter.
@Rjensen29 ай бұрын
I can't believe people actually believe that. 😂
@michaelsorrells46494 жыл бұрын
This Bubby before Ric flair
@harryhearn36673 жыл бұрын
watched him when i was a very young boy and always enjoyed . it was so much better then to watch as compared to the junk you see today. in my opinion lou thesz,buddy rodgers and bob backland are the three best of all time. there were many more in this era that were at the top of my list as well. RIP NATURE BOY
@MyMy-zi7yv3 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute Buddy, are you trying to say that wrestling was real in your day. To my knowledge it started going fake in and around the 20's. Please someone more knowledgeable correct me?
@MBCR1013 жыл бұрын
A worked business that took itself way too seriously but trying to imagine dealing with the men back then compared to today is impossible.
@lonesomelou41883 жыл бұрын
Buddy Rogers was the champ when I was 10 yrs. old in '62 ( it's 2021 now). But I digress. A dvd titled "The (un) Real History Of Professional Wrestling", narrated by Steve Allen, is the best history to watch. It covers the sport from its' beginning up to Hulkamania.
@hervederinel2622 жыл бұрын
@@MBCR101 it didn't take itself too seriously. Wrestling matches were considered as legitimate as MMA fights are today and all wrestlers were legit tough guy who knew how to wrestle (or how to hook to use their slang) and worked together to draw as much money as possible. Keeping the illusion was mandatory for everybody involved to keep making a good living out of it. Imagine if suddenly Dana White came out admitting UFC has been completely scripted from day 1, every MMA training center, fighter and small time promoter in the world would instantly go bankrupt.
@vultureguy33 Жыл бұрын
Give him a break. Of course it was fake then too but it was a heck of a lot more real in a lot of ways. Kayfabe was still a thing in the business at this time and the prior generations had been a lot more protective of it. Buddy is a legend.
@michaelrubin9547 Жыл бұрын
It was never fake it was fixed
@jameswarren2653Ай бұрын
Bruno Sammartino hated Buddy and Bruno said the heart attack comments were false. 🎉
@sammydabull4001Ай бұрын
Earnings MILLIONS LMAO
@sammydabull4001Ай бұрын
3:20 CHIF CHEWAKEE WAS MY GRAND FATHER'S FIRST CUSION AND THE FIRST ROMANI PRO WRESLER AND I WAS THE SECOND, LOL NOT THAT ANYONE CARES.😊