video is 40+ yrs old, what's the issue?

Dude its just a comment acknowledging that our wrestler greats are gone. Dont be a WOKE idiot.

That's an official document! Lol!

@@richardmorris7063 😄

@@justafanofnerdculture7602 I miss Bobby Heenan, dude was LOL

@@richardmorris7063 I agree wholeheartedly! The best manager of all time.

@@justafanofnerdculture7602 he actually lived about 15 miles from me. I'm in Tampa,kind of a hotbead of wrestling.

That's the owner and promoter, brah.

And There Was No Script

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.

And so official w/ that steno pad w/ lines on it. What a hoot,I like to see that paper w/ scribbles on it!

Yup, McMahon ruined wrestling. Killed kayfabe, ridiculous characters etc....@@joeyravage4798

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.

Munich was for Jim Jr or Jim Sr?

@@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.

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...

@@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.

Haha, yeah that was about the most stupid thing anyone has ever said!!

He also could sign with ten knuckle sandwiches across someone's lips.

Paul Boesch was not a genius.

@@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.

@@m.jporte6514 He knew fluent Polish, French, English, etc

In real life their was only two people andre wanted no peice of and harley was one 1 of them.

Its the 70s most contracts were verbal agreements anyways

Amen

Travis Tarrant how

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)

Check out his early matches in Japan.

Think they are trying, OR in the process now.

I heard Corregan owns it but it still may be Bruce Thorpe

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.

philaman1972 Let’s hope that remains that way. I’m tired of paying Vince money lol!

And Big John Studd.

@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 Agreed

He did? Underrated?

Off the Booze

I'm sure Vince Sr. got a laugh out of that suggestion

You're right and Gary Hart and Bronco were right to call him on it

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.

I know it, the yellow legal pad was just lazy.

U mean lou sounded like Andre

Other way around

Lewis had more foreign objects than Abdullah The Butcher.

@@rockinyouallnight AB-SO-LUTE-LY!!! xoxo The Clarences

ANDRE THE GIANT VS HARLEY RACE

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.

Says who?

I seriously doubt that. I do believe Andre had much respect for Race.

@@joeyrincones9308 lol, it's when people read some internet article and think they know everything about backstage wrestling.

He traveled with his custom-made 7 ft mattress. And, he never lost it. 😊

NICE SEEING THESE INCREDIBLE UPLOADS OVER THE LAST MONTH TEXAS AND FLORIDA CIRCUT TO!!!

Andre never wanted a belt. He was a spectacle bigger then any belt.

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.

For how long? Who would he eventually drop the belt to? In truth a person only won if Andre let him win.

NWA had a 300 lb. weight limit to hold Worlds Heavyweight Championship at the time, so Andrea could not have won the title.

enjoy it bud, people dont like to give up their stuff, believe me, i've tried

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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.

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.

Sorry Rob thanks anyway . happy new year :-)

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.

Ok

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

Andre travelled to all the different territories in the 70s and early 80s, until he was signed exclusively to the WWF in 1983.

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.

I think that had something to do with the "giant" affliction/disease he was born with.

No

How

@@Kent933 Eyewitness accounts of Andre standing on boxes…inserting lifts into his boots.

@@royeastham5277 he's definitely 6'8"+

@@Kent933 He was…but…in actuality…John Studd truly was gigantic at an authentic 6’10”!

@@Kent933 Not much more than that…he wore lifts against Big John Studd…embarrassing!