Verne Gagne's AWA from 1982. Thanks, Ar Arrivalrules for the original upload. I took liberties and edited in your video.I improved the audio and video some edited in only the interviews. I hope you don't mind.
Пікірлер: 92
@lewis97022 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten how impressive AWA's roster was.
@spaceace1006 Жыл бұрын
Yeah! Vince McMahon was quite impressed with AWA Talent!!!
@ChrisHopkinsBass Жыл бұрын
Gene saving that promo that Hogan botched halfway through....what an absolute pro he was!
@battlestarmarc2 жыл бұрын
Heenan was a great heel. One of the funniest guys ever.
@VolumedMusicMan Жыл бұрын
I grew up with AWA. It was my wrestling 101.
@what2_watchnext Жыл бұрын
These were the days when the characters were spontaneous and the interviews were off the cuff. Mean Gene was so cool playing the straight man to all these knuckleheads. What a great time.
@jondoes7836 Жыл бұрын
And I thought all this was real when I was a kid. Great entertainment back in the day.
@larrysaunders60653 жыл бұрын
AWA in 1982 was the best.
@OaktownABQ2 жыл бұрын
Heenan and Bockwinkle were promo GOLD!
@deonteross2996 Жыл бұрын
Nick and Bobby work so well together
@OaktownABQ Жыл бұрын
@@deonteross2996 Absolutely!
@VolumedMusicMan8 ай бұрын
Hulkster, starting to find himself in his promos. Compare him to 1979 in Atlanta or NY in 1980. This is a major improvement. 👏
@scottcassulis60624 жыл бұрын
God Bless MEAN GENE BOBBY THE BRAIN AND NICK
@tracysimmons38605 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Mean Gene
@norellpolk16265 жыл бұрын
He was the man
@tracysimmons38605 жыл бұрын
Lewis 970 The Best!
@jimmyplenderleith9471 Жыл бұрын
Nick Bockwinkle OOOZED World Heavyweight WRESTLING Champion
@CertifiedHuSTLer Жыл бұрын
Thanks man good stuff!
@OikPoinFive3 ай бұрын
Berserker & Nails as the AWA Outsiders in 92. Razor is 3rd guy! NWO 0.0 aka The AWA in summer 1992 begins. Former awa guys (and gals) are still disgruntled WF put their AWA out: slaughter as AWA President, Perfect as executive VP, managers: Sensational Sherry & Gen Adnan. Wrestlers: Razor the leader, Nails, Berserker, knobbs, Saggs, hbk.
@jeffreylasky2737 Жыл бұрын
Imagine if Verne Gagne would have just put the world title on Hogan & paid him.
@emptyhand7779 ай бұрын
McMahon would have just paid him more.
@emptyhand7779 ай бұрын
The heels so much better on the mic.
@kevinknight3606 Жыл бұрын
Classic promos.they don,t do it like they use to.
@DJB1PlanetFunksville4 жыл бұрын
I still do the claw till this day baron con raschke
@scoonman Жыл бұрын
The Baron… the Nazi from Nebraska 🤣
@jasonkasprick63703 жыл бұрын
By golly you tell 'em Jim!!
@jasonpdsi Жыл бұрын
Heenan and Bockwinkel were the wrestling equivalent of Lewis and Martin.
@quadraticresidue Жыл бұрын
Always a treat seeing Prince Iaukea in action with the great Bobby Davis. That is quite a card being announced for the following week. Mongolian Stomper - Wahoo would be a main event anywhere. Baron Scicluna versus Bobo and Monsoon versus Bruno. And let’s not forget Tarzan Tyler taking on Johnny Valentine. In later years, Iaukea and the Baron were tag team champions being managed by Altamore’s buddy and fellow Sicilian, Louis Albano
@faceduro6719 Жыл бұрын
You know there's a thing that people forget that this AWA World Heavyweight Title was the first Original Big Gold Belt way before NWA/WCW Big Gold Belt and it doesn't acknowledge the AWA as the first which is Odd if you look at the title size and design is basically identical I would say AWA was the Prototype of what the Big Gold Belt is today
@emptyhand7779 ай бұрын
Yes, very much so. There are "unification" matches between Bockwinkle and Flair. Flair's NWA belt looks pathetic next to the AWA belt.
@davidgerow Жыл бұрын
This is when wrestling was fantastic.
@scottcassulis60624 жыл бұрын
I Dig The HULKSTER'S Sunglasses
@jondoes7836 Жыл бұрын
Bobby Heenan was the best heal in wrestling entertainment history….
@gregoryleggett9773 Жыл бұрын
Not to mention the funniest.
@LegendKiller0300011 ай бұрын
AWA blew it BIG TIME
@briancarloss4648 Жыл бұрын
The Brain and Mean Gene were gold.
@AOS1738 Жыл бұрын
The AWA, I feel was far better than the "CRAP", the WWE will ever be !
@princeofcupspoc9073 Жыл бұрын
1:20. "And I'm waiting for a call back from Net York." 5:40. The best interviewer, best manager, and best wrestler of ALL time.
@paulbrown9311 Жыл бұрын
I can't get enough of Patera in his prime
@PentagramDave Жыл бұрын
"I BEEN SQUEEZIN A FEW MELONS MYSELF VOV RASCHKE!!!"
@gregwilhite Жыл бұрын
Now this is wresting. What a great roster and good times.
@javieraponte51592 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, Greg gagne couldn't cut a promo to save his life, woooooooooow he really sucked on the microphone 😆🤣😂🎤🎙
@VolumedMusicMan2 жыл бұрын
It’s great to be the promoter son!
@jameschilders7423 Жыл бұрын
Daddys boy
@SkylarReed2L Жыл бұрын
Most of these promos in this video were horrible... not just him
@jasonkessler6841 Жыл бұрын
With a Poker?...... That was bad.
@richardvann21657 ай бұрын
He didn't even have the build of a wrestler. He looked like a stick man
@user-zw5yj3jo7d8 ай бұрын
OMG! By golly Jim brunzel!
@usaalways18692 жыл бұрын
Baron von raschke. Wooooooooooooo
@silverado20042 ай бұрын
Classic
@eddiekulp1241 Жыл бұрын
Jerry Blackwell with a harem ?
@VolumedMusicMan8 ай бұрын
Poor girls lol
@robertnahum58235 ай бұрын
Bobby Duncan was hilarious 😂
@SAnd-pd1ou3 ай бұрын
Hogan looks about 60 here, probably only 22😂
@ChrisHopkinsBass Жыл бұрын
"I'm the man who should be at the top" - shame that Verne was stuck in the 50s with his ideas on what a champion should be
@frankcabanski94092 жыл бұрын
The audacity of the wease...um, Bobby Heenan.
@fmbbeachbum81633 жыл бұрын
Bobby the Wea..... I mean Bobby the Brain. Lol
@anthonybranco6 ай бұрын
Hogan's promos were much better by 1984.
@usaalways18692 жыл бұрын
By golly Lol 😂
@scoh8405 ай бұрын
My God, does Patera look scary!
@howdymo2326 ай бұрын
Nick Bockwinkl is the biggest.
@Vendeish Жыл бұрын
Patera should have been champ
@MrJimb11138 күн бұрын
BVR sounds exactly like Mad Dog Vachon
@AOS1738 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Bobby YOU WERE THE WEASEL !!!!!!!!!!
@lackdeaver99342 жыл бұрын
Greg Gagne must’ve been thrown out of Planet Fitness his first day. . .and never went back!
@chuckdthefirst6698 Жыл бұрын
Quick! Make Greg a sandwich!
@chuckdthefirst6698 Жыл бұрын
Actually he’s ripped compared to how he was in the late 80’s.
@strothermartin5368 Жыл бұрын
9:28. What the hell? 9:57 You know what he was doing 🥒A little Valiant bros.9:57. 9:57. 9:57. 10:11. 10:11. 10:11. 10:12
@Doug41160 Жыл бұрын
13:23 "now there you go..." 5:22 "this man is not even a man....."
@PROFESSOR-I.C. Жыл бұрын
Hogan was a Hack.
@surfczar2 жыл бұрын
Hogan is so hateable. Nick Bockwinkel was the man.
@PROFESSOR-I.C. Жыл бұрын
Tito "The Frito Bandito" Santana. 2 Peso bum.
@driverdad713 жыл бұрын
Greg Gagne was truly horrible
@scottyarosh57 Жыл бұрын
Yes horrible on surface. But played his proscribed role to a tee. All American nepotistic owner son and ….whiner exemplar
@chuckdeless98912 жыл бұрын
Hogan couldn't out wrestle the AWA Champion.
@spider_hoss Жыл бұрын
Hogan just isn’t impressive on the mic here.
@rondellschuyler7074 Жыл бұрын
Hogan is Thunder lips ! 💋 watch the movie Rocky 3 if you have not.
@GregoryWeagle8 ай бұрын
After watching Greg and Jim cutting a promo, Jess Ventura was right: High Criers is perfectly accurate. What a bunch of whiny babyfaces?! What is with 1980's wrestling and promos? Ron Richie on Stampede Wrestling cuts a promo on Larry Cameron and a Canadian Flag spins out of nowhere, and now Jerry Blackwell and Shiek has a belly dancer dancing superimposed during the promo. Why?!
@madbrowniac78712 жыл бұрын
Cannot even imagine Ming uh Baron Von Raschke without "Number One" Paul Jones to put him over in JCP!🤔😂🎤🤼♂️B.W.
@morrison1405 Жыл бұрын
Hulk was always a big dummy.
@melekelewis2945 Жыл бұрын
Yeah a big dummy that made millions, man shut up with that Bs hater.
@Batony Жыл бұрын
Vince really had to work with Hogan on his promos. His southern accent is very evident here.
@deejay3243 Жыл бұрын
Greg should have hit the weight room.
@thomasmessina1977 Жыл бұрын
I guess the rock stole that line from Hogan people's champion I wonder what other quotes he stoled
@c.l.freeman7654 Жыл бұрын
Jabroni from the Iron Sheik and others
@melekelewis2945 Жыл бұрын
He didn't steal it,he probably didn't know Hogan said it back then