From Houston Wrestling via Mid Atlantic, this has Bob Caudle and David Crockett, as well as Mr. Boesch for the signing of the contract. Please comment if you like it & want to see more!
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@denisdemey9624 Жыл бұрын
I'm 50 yrs old and to this day Andre's still my hero. RIP 🙏 🏆
@cliffroberts17742 жыл бұрын
Andre made wrestling so exciting. Watching him just walk to the ring in the Forum was worth the ticket
@dougfredricks20173 жыл бұрын
So hard to believe how many of the Legends... Wrestling greats are no longer with us.
@DavidSmith-rv2hw2 жыл бұрын
video is 40+ yrs old, what's the issue?
@pariahnation1284 Жыл бұрын
Dude its just a comment acknowledging that our wrestler greats are gone. Dont be a WOKE idiot.
@fredicagoillanoise13096 жыл бұрын
Always great to see legendary Bob Caudle
@mrsain19 Жыл бұрын
Imagine taking THIS giant out to happy hour as your wingman. 💪🏽😏
@MrDoneboy3 жыл бұрын
Born in Houston, Texas...And watched, and attended, many cards at the Coliseum, on Friday nights!
@realschneids3 жыл бұрын
The Houston Wrestling video library is a gold mine, so glad the NWA owns it and not WWE!
@TroyandMilva6 жыл бұрын
Love how they signed on a blank lined pad!
@richardmorris70632 жыл бұрын
That's an official document! Lol!
@justafanofnerdculture7602 Жыл бұрын
@@richardmorris7063 😄
@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын
@@justafanofnerdculture7602 I miss Bobby Heenan, dude was LOL
@justafanofnerdculture7602 Жыл бұрын
@@richardmorris7063 I agree wholeheartedly! The best manager of all time.
@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын
@@justafanofnerdculture7602 he actually lived about 15 miles from me. I'm in Tampa,kind of a hotbead of wrestling.
@21stCenturyTemplar.3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how the reporter made it all sound legit and talked so serious about it as if there was no script involved.
@screamingbaboon6642 жыл бұрын
That's the owner and promoter, brah.
@blkpanther112 жыл бұрын
And There Was No Script
@joeyravage47982 жыл бұрын
These straight men SOLD wrestling as REAL for decades until Vince McMahon RUINED it with his ridiculous characters and then just outright admitting it wasn’t real so he didn’t have to pay taxes in NJ. DIK.
@richardmorris6365 Жыл бұрын
And so official w/ that steno pad w/ lines on it. What a hoot,I like to see that paper w/ scribbles on it!
That's the real Andre he was still in great shape that back injury took his career.
@jimpimmers53875 жыл бұрын
It's funny that the best they could come up with was a blank yellow legal pad. Crockett seemed like he wanted to be anywhere else but there.
@adamc.hardyiii18193 жыл бұрын
Cool seeing Bosch, Crockett and Caudill all on at the same time. Really cool footage.
@racheldianeames37296 жыл бұрын
id remember watching Andre the giant on Tv when id was a kid long time ago and Id was very surprised that God created a very unique man thAT was also a gentle giant who had a good heart :)
@larryjones4096 Жыл бұрын
Saw him live here for the first time here in Houston, along with my classmates,he was all we talked about.Such an unbelievable sight,he truly was the 8th wonder of the world,like seeing a comic book character come to life.
@BJack20076 жыл бұрын
The real rarity here is seeing and hearing Joe Murnick. What a special treat. Murnick was the local promoter for Jim Crockett based in Raleigh, NC, and he promoted the Raleigh area, as well as most of eastern North Carolina and eastern Virginia, including Richmond and Norfolk. Murnick was co-host of a Raleigh-only version of "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" in the 1960s and early 1970s, and when that Raleigh-only version was discontinued and all of the area's TV tapes were consolidated to WRAL in Raleigh, Murnick was still seen as the ring announcer on Crockett shows until his sons Elliot and Carl took over those duties toward the end of 1977 or early 1978. Joe Murnick had a deep, classically-southern voice that was just so perfect for the times and one of my favorite ring announcers ever.
@johnhawk19696 жыл бұрын
Munich was for Jim Jr or Jim Sr?
@MisterBeauJanGels5 жыл бұрын
@@johnhawk1969 Crockett Sr. died in 1973. There was a transition period of some months or a year before Jimmy took over, so the Murnicks were associated with both. Bob Caudle was the weatherman on the newscasts of WRAL, which was owned by Jesse Helms. After Helms was elected to the U.S. Senate, Caudle became director of his Raleigh field office. Sounds like he did that and the wrestling at the same time but exact information is sketchy.
@pls20285 жыл бұрын
So what was the point of having Joe Murnick as part of the contract signing? Crockett was the promoter, not Murnick. Guess nobody bothered to check the footage before it aired. Several have commented the yellow legal pad was BLANK. And what difference does it make which language Andre signs in? He signs his name - which certainly isn’t language-specific... The issues with this segment notwithstanding, still miss the old territory days...when wrestling was wrestling...
@MisterBeauJanGels5 жыл бұрын
@@pls2028 The point would likely be that the segment was taped in Raleigh, the Murnicks were the promoters in Raleigh and the fans in the region all knew that. The Crocketts were in Charlotte, so they may not have been available to be physically present for the taping. The territorial system was largely based on certain local promoters who were central to the territory because they also operated booking offices, with separate local promoters in other communities who didn't book talent and instead relied on the booking office to fill their local cards. Boesch and Sam Muchnick were exceptions in that they managed to remain strictly local promoters, due to a large population base providing a sizable audience. The other exception was the McMahons, who by this point had managed to either sever ties with their local promoters or keep them on as employees of the company (e.g. Phil Zacko). The distinctions inherent in this system appear to be lost on 21st-century fans because the business hasn't worked that way in so very long.
@shavingdave12 жыл бұрын
Andre looks lean and mean here. Wow!
@C_mao6 жыл бұрын
"He can sign in about five different languages" (He's signing his name (:
@Evilkingus5 жыл бұрын
Haha, yeah that was about the most stupid thing anyone has ever said!!
@suzannewillis8174 жыл бұрын
He also could sign with ten knuckle sandwiches across someone's lips.
@michaelmadden82693 жыл бұрын
Paul Boesch was not a genius.
@m.jporte65143 жыл бұрын
@@Evilkingus Ya, it was stupid. But, because of the geographical area of Andre's place of birth, he would have had the opportunity to learn a few languages that were common to the locals. I had read that he knew how to speak some other languages.
@truebaimar99232 жыл бұрын
@@m.jporte6514 He knew fluent Polish, French, English, etc
@michaelmohrle1773 Жыл бұрын
Love the 70s, so serious here, like signing up to go golfing !!
@edwardklintworth20043 жыл бұрын
In real life, no one could beat Andre.
@angelvalle9963 Жыл бұрын
In real life their was only two people andre wanted no peice of and harley was one 1 of them.
@davidalvarez28934 жыл бұрын
LOL This "contract" looks very similar to a yellow notepad! LOL
@joemixon8343 жыл бұрын
Its the 70s most contracts were verbal agreements anyways
@chadwarren24182 жыл бұрын
Greatest to never hold a world title
@ericwright25945 жыл бұрын
Rip andre the giant
@jlamontbrown86985 жыл бұрын
Amen
@davidcabral38055 жыл бұрын
Andre didn't need a world championship! he was just as big as any world championship !!
@MrAitraining6 жыл бұрын
That pen was like writing with a Q Tip in Andre's hands.
@woobie14296 жыл бұрын
classic footage,look forward to more
@TravisTarrant7 жыл бұрын
Joe Murnick was a great man. His son Elliott passed away two months ago. The Murnick family was the local Raleigh promoters.
@chrystalgarcia12555 жыл бұрын
Travis Tarrant how
@phb39263 жыл бұрын
Andre was a class act back then unlike the the trash of today...he gave the sport a good name and made it respectable
@jaybird12296 ай бұрын
That's why they had Andre travel from territory to territory back in the day. Andre was so big and impressive, nobody would believe that he could lose if he won a championship. His championship bouts always ended in DQ's, countouts, or time expired. To my knowledge, he never won a championship even though he was undefeated pior to Hogan pinning him near the end of his career at Wrestlemania 3.
@motaltockery51913 жыл бұрын
Didn't think much of Andre till I'd seen some of his (Very) early vids, that man had (Real) wrestling skills...
@garyrasberryjr.5522 жыл бұрын
In his early days, he could work well. It was when Vince McMahon Sr. took over his booking is when he really started to his repertoire in the ring (although when he worked Japan, he did some decent chain wrestling). Vince Jr. did the same thing with Hulk (limiting him to just a few moves), but when Hulk worked Japan, he would break out some nice moves and rarely use the legdrop finisher (preferring his classic Axe Bomber finish)
@martindoll5884 Жыл бұрын
Check out his early matches in Japan.
@2000Cowboys2 жыл бұрын
He drank 110 beers 🍻.....9 gallons.
@philaman19726 жыл бұрын
Excellent promo and video quality. I am surprised WWE does not own the Houston Wrestling video library.
@SuprJoinT6 жыл бұрын
Think they are trying, OR in the process now.
@HeavyJ7136 жыл бұрын
I heard Corregan owns it but it still may be Bruce Thorpe
@latin9156 жыл бұрын
As of Jan. 2018 the Boesch family still owns the library while Billy Corgan via his purchase of the NWA owns the rights to licensing of the library. Meaning he can use the footage from the library whenever he chooses such as for the NWA youtube channel.
@VolumedMusicMan5 жыл бұрын
philaman1972 Let’s hope that remains that way. I’m tired of paying Vince money lol!
@antoninstancl9198 Жыл бұрын
Andre had the best duds on!
@Dakatari3 жыл бұрын
Andre the Giant vs Big John Studd was another great match he had. Rest In Peace Harley Race and Andre the Giant
@marka.graffakasnakebitenat37363 жыл бұрын
And Big John Studd.
@Dakatari3 жыл бұрын
@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 Agreed
@Sargebri5 жыл бұрын
Having Andre come to your town was just as big as having the NWA champion show up. The only thing that is comparable these days is wrestling the Undertaker at Wrestlemania.
@texaswrestling9249 Жыл бұрын
I miss Paul boesch and Houston wrestling
@whatever_it_takes66915 жыл бұрын
Andre had underrated interview skills
@bara73313 жыл бұрын
He did? Underrated?
@CP-kb1du3 жыл бұрын
Off the Booze
@85futureshock6 жыл бұрын
I believe this is the infamous match that Gary Hart talked about in his book. Paul, Gary and Bronco Lubich were trying to come up with a finish that Harley Race could win without making Andre look weak. Paul suggested Andre slip on a pencil outside the ring. Gary and Bronco looked at each other in disbelief. When Paul tried to present the finish to Andre, he said “Hey boss. I cant lose to a pencil”. On another note, Paul Boesch is a underrated commentator. He wasn’t the technical expert on moves like Gordon Solie or Joey Styles but he was great at getting the characters and personalities across and the motivations for why the performers were feuding.
@fromthefarside5 жыл бұрын
I'm sure Vince Sr. got a laugh out of that suggestion
@danielmoore23204 жыл бұрын
You're right and Gary Hart and Bronco were right to call him on it
@VolumedMusicMan2 жыл бұрын
Paul also liked to bring in the AWA and the WWF champions to Houston as well. That didn’t go well with the NWA. So they held back Harley from going to certain cards in Houston. Thus, Paul decided to quit the NWA Texas booking office in 1981, and went Joe Blanchard in San Antonio, Bill Watts in 1983, and Vince in 1987.
@jamie.777 Жыл бұрын
I know it, the yellow legal pad was just lazy.
@14DaveHunter5 жыл бұрын
Andre always sounded like Lou Ferrigno.
@donrice26092 жыл бұрын
U mean lou sounded like Andre
@KQwest98 Жыл бұрын
Other way around
@JM-dv1zq5 жыл бұрын
5 minutes of my life I'll never get back ! LOL
@21stCenturyTemplar.3 жыл бұрын
Can't believe 1978 looked that far off!!! The only one looking modern was Andre!
@johnhawk19696 жыл бұрын
Classic. Real Classic.
@MrDoneboy3 жыл бұрын
Paul Boesch was the best host!
@OneUltimateWarrior4 жыл бұрын
This is the match that had the famous photograph of Harley Race bodyslamming Andre.
@samsmith87255 жыл бұрын
A few of the best bull shitters of all time at the end of the video you can see there's nothing on the paper
@____2080_____3 жыл бұрын
Bob Cottal was like, “Huh? Why did you take the mic? You want me to go away?”
@Houston123ABC Жыл бұрын
The officialness of this was cool.
@S500-2 жыл бұрын
He have Sportsmanship and Gentleman ,Unlike Today s wrestler, Andre Is Nice Person
@christanner37613 жыл бұрын
Just like my legal note pad from High School, blank except for some pencil doodles.
@waylonskitchen35255 жыл бұрын
i like this video & would love to see more
@THECLARENCES Жыл бұрын
Harley Race feared Freddy Lewis!!! xoxo The Clarences
@rockinyouallnight Жыл бұрын
Lewis had more foreign objects than Abdullah The Butcher.
@THECLARENCES Жыл бұрын
@@rockinyouallnight AB-SO-LUTE-LY!!! xoxo The Clarences
@HeavyJ7136 жыл бұрын
Race was one of the few guys Andre wouldn't mess with
@cynthiataylorglenn52596 жыл бұрын
ANDRE THE GIANT VS HARLEY RACE
@shikat23716 жыл бұрын
I really don't know about that. A hard slap from Andre's huge right hand would have incapacitated anyone, including Race. Many wrestlers who battled with Andre have confirmed that. Not to mention the fact that Andre stood at least a foot taller and weighed at least 200 lbs heavier than Harley Race.
@joeyrincones93085 жыл бұрын
Says who?
@robertbishop53575 жыл бұрын
I seriously doubt that. I do believe Andre had much respect for Race.
@Karemaker5 жыл бұрын
@@joeyrincones9308 lol, it's when people read some internet article and think they know everything about backstage wrestling.
@Shaverboy5162 жыл бұрын
That pen was like a tooth pick in Andre’s hand.
@sunnybhaikillergamer96905 жыл бұрын
ANDRE THE GIANT
@BikerBenny2 жыл бұрын
So much fire, macho man and ric flairs pro mos got nothing on this!
@MisterBeauJanGels3 жыл бұрын
Autocaptioning just told me that Andre never lost a mattress.
@jaybird12296 ай бұрын
He traveled with his custom-made 7 ft mattress. And, he never lost it. 😊
@adamjabbar67605 жыл бұрын
Andre was like taker in that he didn't need a belt because he was over just being who he was..
@bryanmcwhite93352 жыл бұрын
2022 Rules forever in old wrestling I'm Andre the giant forever. In new wrestling I'm Kane forever. Kane Andre the giant Jr forever.👍.
@HyperActive74 жыл бұрын
Andre wrestled at Lakewood Church.. LOL!
@MDJ-wb1pn6 жыл бұрын
The crew is there discussing this situation
@tommyc96592 жыл бұрын
Andre rules
@conorolaf1762 Жыл бұрын
If Andre had become champion it might have been a pay cut for him. And if they wanted him to wear a belt, then it would have had to been specially made for his girth.
@DixiePokerAce2 ай бұрын
There was NO WAY they were gonna put the NWA belt on Andre.
@juancamaro16682 жыл бұрын
I speak and write in Puerto Rican, Cuban, Mexican, Peruvian, Colombian and Spanish. 🤣
@bryanmcwhite93352 жыл бұрын
2022 Rules forever Steve Fikes Harley race and Roman reigns forever
@laurentbessac26874 жыл бұрын
Big André !
@dave62796 жыл бұрын
Wow, theres Bob Caudle..
@porsche5914 Жыл бұрын
This has nothing to do with nowadays wrestling anymore. Completely different world, completely different people. If you liked wrestling back then, you can easily hate it today
@Jay_Cannon Жыл бұрын
4:08 Andre isn’t superstitious, but he is a little stitious.
@TBOOKSS3 жыл бұрын
Much money was spent on many hours of top Lawyer's fees on that contract...
@richardsimmond3632 Жыл бұрын
Anybody notice that was just a yellow legal pad?
@richardsimmond3632 Жыл бұрын
Harley Grace? Come on Bob!
@swolepatrol21396 жыл бұрын
They should have put the belt on Andre.
@stuartdinkes80486 жыл бұрын
NICE SEEING THESE INCREDIBLE UPLOADS OVER THE LAST MONTH TEXAS AND FLORIDA CIRCUT TO!!!
@punkem7336 жыл бұрын
Andre never wanted a belt. He was a spectacle bigger then any belt.
@jonathanturbide22326 жыл бұрын
Brian Sheetz A title would have humanized him in a way, he just didn't need it to be special and a top attraction. Also back then the NWA champ had to defend his title every night in various territories, and André had too much going on with Japan and appearances and bookings to defend the title as much as the NWA would have asked him to.
@robertbishop53575 жыл бұрын
For how long? Who would he eventually drop the belt to? In truth a person only won if Andre let him win.
@jerryjaystafford74725 жыл бұрын
NWA had a 300 lb. weight limit to hold Worlds Heavyweight Championship at the time, so Andrea could not have won the title.
@jasonjordan71552 жыл бұрын
Wonder why David & Bob were there Houston is a long way from Raleigh
@dougfredricks2017 Жыл бұрын
Unsure if this was the match where Harley slammed Andre. Saying Harley was tough is an understatement.
@jlover9114 ай бұрын
very low key. very soft spoken crew
@motojimedanino97174 жыл бұрын
nice guy
@officialmelpeachey6 жыл бұрын
where are you getting this great houston at ? i love to get it on dvd or vhs for my collection
@melbias50466 жыл бұрын
enjoy it bud, people dont like to give up their stuff, believe me, i've tried
@HeavyJ7135 жыл бұрын
Try the new streaming service
@joesalyers3 жыл бұрын
2:01 World's Heavyweight Champion HArLeY GrAcE
@TheGeniemaster1005 жыл бұрын
I remember Joe Murnick.
@johnny5805 Жыл бұрын
Andre is looking healthy and handsome here, before his acromegaly kicked into full gear.
@ericfrontczak80169 ай бұрын
Poor harley
@johngallagher724 жыл бұрын
Wow ..never knew Bob Caudle was Houston commentator I just assumed Crockett hired him off the street or from another sport.
@jonathanturbide22323 жыл бұрын
Bob first worked in Georgia, and hosted a small wrestling show there in the late 50's. He then worked for Jim Crockett sr in Mid-Atlantic, in the early 70's. He wasn't a Houston wrestling employee per say, I think here he was simply brought by David Crockett to help with the presentation of the angle.
@tonypastor705 Жыл бұрын
Wow, and he was scared of Harley Race in real life.
@andreasantarelli506 жыл бұрын
Hi Rob can you posted Please , the angle Killer Kahn ,Ted Dibiase e Micheal Hayes in mid South 1980?
@SuprJoinT6 жыл бұрын
andrea Santarelli I lost my beta copy in Hurricane Katrina, as I had most of 1979-80 mid south, but I've seen a tiny bit of the start of that angle on KZfaq.
@andreasantarelli506 жыл бұрын
Sorry Rob thanks anyway . happy new year :-)
@SuprJoinT6 жыл бұрын
I lost my beta copy in Hurricane Katrina, as I had most of 79-80 mid south, with local (New Orleans) promo's, but I've seen a tiny bit of the start of that angle on KZfaq.
@andreasantarelli506 жыл бұрын
Ok
@dion2261 Жыл бұрын
Rip Andre
@CP-kb1du3 жыл бұрын
Don Leo Jonathan beat the Booze Giant In Montreal ..
@rockinyouallnight Жыл бұрын
Harley Race reeked of cigarettes.
@c0uchsl0uch Жыл бұрын
Paul was right around 6'2", look how much taller andre was
@lewiskent5507 ай бұрын
He's not 6'2" He's listed as 6'1".5 =1.86m Maybe they under listed him However at his peak he was probably 6'2"-3/4
@TheReal78 Жыл бұрын
If ANDRE DIDN'T HAVE THIS SIZE HE COULDN'T OF BEEN A WRESTLER? NEVER HEARD ONE GOOD PROMO EVER.
@josephgibbons16312 жыл бұрын
Contract? They all signed a yellow legal tablet. Funny. Need to work on the props.
@acres903 жыл бұрын
NWA??? I always thought he was in wwf...?
@rydawg76293 жыл бұрын
Andre travelled to all the different territories in the 70s and early 80s, until he was signed exclusively to the WWF in 1983.
@bubblegumrabbit13983 жыл бұрын
Yes as the other replier stated Andre traveled to all the territories, also Andre's main career was in Japan as were many of the top NWA and AWA stars. Andre's feud with Stan " The Lariat" Hansen in Japan is legendary. Andre was mostly a heel in Japan.
@scvbtr26 жыл бұрын
Andre's forehead looks caved in.
@Danimal11776 жыл бұрын
I think that had something to do with the "giant" affliction/disease he was born with.
@style0023234 жыл бұрын
Pencil 1- Andre 0
@jamesbrown-gx7ip5 жыл бұрын
did I hear boesch say andre was 6-8
@jayphlegm95905 жыл бұрын
No
@fivestar18364 жыл бұрын
Very Cringy but better then anything AEW has ever done :)
@Michael_Chandler_Keaton Жыл бұрын
Harley actually slammed Andre. Not halfway either. Got him up and over the shoulder. So, take that Hogan.
@pariahnation1284 Жыл бұрын
before there was Vince........it was Paul. I had the honor of seeing Andre win the 22 Man Royal Battle in the Sam Houston Colesium in Houston back in 1977 as a 10th bday present from my uncle. He took me. Of course Andre won.
@royeastham5277 Жыл бұрын
Aha! 6’8”…475 pounds…7’4” myth via WWF busted!
@Kent933 Жыл бұрын
How
@royeastham5277 Жыл бұрын
@@Kent933 Eyewitness accounts of Andre standing on boxes…inserting lifts into his boots.
@Kent933 Жыл бұрын
@@royeastham5277 he's definitely 6'8"+
@royeastham5277 Жыл бұрын
@@Kent933 He was…but…in actuality…John Studd truly was gigantic at an authentic 6’10”!
@royeastham5277 Жыл бұрын
@@Kent933 Not much more than that…he wore lifts against Big John Studd…embarrassing!
@doctor7211006 жыл бұрын
Look how bad the NWA poster is on the wall! Umreal. These announcers are so stiff. Wrestling sucks now, but these guys were terrible. I miss the monday night wars.
@FHouseOM7 ай бұрын
John Cena was present here.. we just can’t see him