A classic group of interviews from the 1950's from Jules Strongow's old Hollywood Wrestling TV show. Included are Nick Bockwinkel, Fred Blassie, Mr. Moto & Mike Sharpe
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@BilbusWilbury9 жыл бұрын
Nicky Bockwinkel! LOL I've never seen Nick Bockwinkel when he wasn't at least in his late 40s early 50s in the mid 80s AWA... what a gem of a video.
@jeffreycoogan098 жыл бұрын
@Billy Mcpherson That's when he first started out. I wonder if people watching him back then thought that he would go on to be such a legend in sports entertainment. R.I.P Nick Bockwinkel.
@earlkoppelman57105 жыл бұрын
Met nick in san francisco.was wrestling that nite in oakland.Very impresses.Carried himself as a real pro...
@themeanestofgenes24095 жыл бұрын
I've never seen a babyface Bockwinkle!
@santosjerez15865 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreycoogan09 Legend that single handed Folded the AWA by refusing to sell to Hogan ....
@jeffreycoogan095 жыл бұрын
@Santos Jerez That's way Verne Gagne and Hulk Hogan mixed like oil and water.
@DyspotikOriginal2 жыл бұрын
That blassie interview was so great. "I'm the greatest" and in the same breath "a modest man" was so funny
@altfactor10 жыл бұрын
Classie Freddie Blassie was one of the best interviewees, especially as a villain. He would call anyone he hated "Pencil-Neck-Geeks".
@markelliott81839 жыл бұрын
This is incredibly classic material.
@taylorvaughan94529 жыл бұрын
G
@benjaminlucas16356 жыл бұрын
Even in the 50s, Blassie looked old. He kept the same look up until the day he died.
@twillbanks4 жыл бұрын
Oh man...Bockwinkel was such a young baby in this interview! Being a kid in the 80s and having seen him in his latter days, this just blows my mind! Thank you so much for sharing this!
@dougfredricks2017 Жыл бұрын
Wow. 👍 such a great nostalgic post. AWA champ Nick Bockwinkle
@tecurran64 Жыл бұрын
Captain pecker checker!
@Paul-qo1hb Жыл бұрын
Remember seeing Nick Bockwinkel listed as the AWA heavyweight champion in Pro Wrestling Illustrated in the 1980s and late 1970's.
@Dark_Asteroid4 жыл бұрын
Freddie is truly a gift to women, modest and unassuming. A real mandude.
@DCMcNeilJr2 жыл бұрын
This is quite possibly the greatest set of interviews ever. Ever! The look on Jules' face half the time. It's fab.
@stewartberger77342 жыл бұрын
Mr Moto one of the old time great wrestling characters.....Blassie stole the show as always
@ProbertFire15 жыл бұрын
Wow.....look how young Nicky Bockwinkel is!! And humble! His mic skills certainly improved over time. A treat to see this clip of him.
@theholyvineofdavid6473 ай бұрын
He was 54 in 1987, so he had to be about 24-26 here
@liverpooloflife87314 жыл бұрын
Just loved the way the interviewer physically pushed Mr. Moto out of the room.. Wow.. Bockwinkle with a crew cut...
@greatmcluhansghost71342 жыл бұрын
that was my grandfather Jules Strongbow. he was a big man in wrestling and a big man in life!
@gbody2617 Жыл бұрын
I love the old stuff all the way until WCW and WWF died.
@The27016664 жыл бұрын
cant believe bockwinkle was sooo young and he talked sooo humble
@erictoniaschwab100910 жыл бұрын
I love when Moto insists that he is a very clean wrestler!
@Dive-Bar-Casanova7 жыл бұрын
He used an illegal judo chop when the ref want looking the rat.
@undergroundwarrior704 жыл бұрын
Actually Mr. Moto was a very clean wrestler. It was around 1963 or 1964 my mom and I used to watch wrestling on TV, KTLA channel 5 out of Los Angeles, CA. on Wednesday nights. Wrestling, Boxing (on Thursday nights) and Roller Derby, the Los Angeles Thunderbirds (also known as the L. A. T-Birds on Sunday afternoons. All of it at the Olympic Auditorium.
@erictoniaschwab100910 жыл бұрын
Watching this really makes me miss kayfabe. I think we all had that moment where we knew maybe something was up but it was real to us dammit!
@leaonardland90012 жыл бұрын
Yeah!
@JW-do2wc7 жыл бұрын
This was during the earliest promos of wrestling when television was starting to appear in every household.
@wednesdayoverall90216 жыл бұрын
This was after DuMont had ceased existing as a network
@Lfdjake9115 жыл бұрын
This is the REAL Jules Strongbow. Not to be confused with Frank Hill who played Chief Jules Strongbow the kayfabed brother of Chief Jay Strongbow.
@MrCarl22012 жыл бұрын
Even back then, Blassie used 'Pencil Neck Geek!' LOL!!
@TheManiacalSatanist613 жыл бұрын
Classie Freddy Blassie was one of the best heels of his time, UNDOUBTEDLY!!!!!
@MrDoneboy5 жыл бұрын
Freddie KILLED IT!
@tombakerfx15 жыл бұрын
I'd never seen that Blassie interview before...so THANKS for posting so all these pencilneck geeks out here could hear and see the great fred Blasie from the early days!!
@MrManfly5 жыл бұрын
Freddie was the man in the 50's, former World Champion !
@7beers9 жыл бұрын
Freddie Blassie looked about the same 30 years later.
@wednesdayoverall90216 жыл бұрын
in 1990?
@chrisruth70574 жыл бұрын
Fred Blassie was in his early 40s back then I'm guessing about 41 or 42 but he looks like he's 52
@kwmusic45602 жыл бұрын
@Robert A. Lofgren Jr. Fred Marzino was fucking awful.
@kwmusic45602 жыл бұрын
@Robert A. Lofgren Jr. Nope. He was terrible. Not even the level of a Frankie Williams, Cougar Jay or Bob Marcus.
@kwmusic45602 жыл бұрын
@Robert A. Lofgren Jr. Everybody remembers Frankie Williams. Nobody remembers you. That tells you everything you need to know. Also, learn the difference between "your" and "you're".
@Bizarronumber413 жыл бұрын
Blassie was the greatest!!
@Stayinoutoftrouble10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting - vintage Tricky Nick.
@Mycosyco16 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this. Very entertaining.
@GlorifiedTruth14 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting. What a treat to be able to watch the King of All Men from back before I was born.
@OaktownABQ15 жыл бұрын
This is amazing -- thanks for posting!
@AnupamMukherjee3164 жыл бұрын
How does Freddy look the same after more than 5 decades?
@timgutierrez221111 ай бұрын
Remember, it is NOT classy Freddie Blassie, it is...."The classy Freddie Blassie". I recall in the early 1960's as a boy in LA you could walk down town and look in store windows. I loved walking by the TV store with the TV's on different stations, and in the day one of them always had Pro wrestling on. I remember watching Fred Blassie in his prime and walking into the shp to see the TV he was on. This is before the world turned upside down. Blassie was an incredible wrestler and entertainer, as was Gorgeous George. I believe that Mr. Moto was actually Toru Tanaka who went on to play Odd Job in the Goldfinger movie and wrestle as Proffessor Toru Tanaka. Mike Sharp I wasn,t too familiar with was one big solid dude. Much respect to these men who lived this tough life out of love for it or necessity. You never realize until you get older how you can get trapped making a living in a specific occupation.
@slimydick2312 жыл бұрын
Was Freddie Blassie ever NOT old?
@wednesdayoverall90216 жыл бұрын
Yeah, when he started his career 20 years prior to this clip
@garrymartin73274 жыл бұрын
Im said the same thing hr eas in his early 50's in the 50's
@rmartin75584 жыл бұрын
He was the Sparky Anderson of wrestling, or vice versa.
@beercanman55354 жыл бұрын
he was born with gray hair
@rexsexson53493 жыл бұрын
He was born old, feel so sorry for his mother. She carried him in her womb for 25 years.
@JimmyFoxhound Жыл бұрын
Holy crap Iron Mike Sharpe's dad was a unit. He was huge! 🤣🤣
@Frankiarmz2 жыл бұрын
Great glimpse into the past ! Thanks for posting
@ronaldshank75893 жыл бұрын
"Classy" Freddie Blassie:The King of Men! These 4 Wrestlers must've really been something else back then. The Good Guys were good, and even the Bad Guys were at least somewhat polite... until you got 'em riled up, that is! Great stuff here, and I'm glad I subscribed!
@merccadoosis88473 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! I hope all your videos are like this gem.
@digital250014 жыл бұрын
Mike Sharpe was the father of Iron Mike Sharpe "Canada's Greatest Athlete"
@stevep45744 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@derekvietro7843 жыл бұрын
Bret hart being a close 2nd
@nealthompson4043 жыл бұрын
Hmmm... I thought "Canada's greatest athlete" was Gene Kiniski.
@derekvietro7843 жыл бұрын
@@nealthompson404 top 5 with Gretzky
@digital25003 жыл бұрын
@@nealthompson404 That was the way he billed himself.
@CuteLesbo692 жыл бұрын
At the time of these interviews JJ Dillon was already 65 years old.
@undergroundwarrior704 жыл бұрын
I do remember Freddie Blassie and Mr. Moto when I was a kid in the 60's. The other wrestlers I never heard of. Blassie calling Mr. Moto J#! on TV. That's the way it was back then. Not anymore.
@MrSsfsfsf7 жыл бұрын
wow, really interesting footage!
@GETole2 жыл бұрын
Good stuff. Thank you for sharing.
@superruben7026 ай бұрын
Nick bockwinkle is a dang baby right here, when I was a kid I always thought he looked old, I appreciate him more now that I’m old and can see what great all around skills he had
@Viperzzz-k1s6 жыл бұрын
Damn!..Blassie was even old back then!
@robertcornelius35145 жыл бұрын
Blassie was 60 in his thirties.
@c.l.freeman76544 ай бұрын
Wow, look at Bockwinkle. I always thought he looked old as hell but didnt known he was wrestling in the 50s
@hcjc5715 жыл бұрын
Fred Blassie - King Of Men!
@steeltownbrown526 жыл бұрын
Mike Sharpe (Sr.) = Hamilton Ontario Stand Up!
@jeffsalamon67562 жыл бұрын
This is when it still was wrestling fan since late sixties. CLASSIC.
@MrManfly13 жыл бұрын
wow! Bockwinkel was young!!
@lackdeaver99342 жыл бұрын
So Blassie was born a 60 year old man?
@user-hc9qv9yb9m3 жыл бұрын
The first guy Mike looks like Mr. Incredible.
@rsuriyop Жыл бұрын
That Mr. Moto must've been like the inspiration for Mr. Fuji's character years later. I could certainly see the similarities. Because you know America still needed a sneaky, diabolical Japanese heel to carry on the torch once Moto retired.
@frankchilds9848 Жыл бұрын
I dig Mister Moto! Along with Nicky they were popular in Honolulu, and Freddie was here too! Your video bring back memories of when life made sense!
@bluefukingreene12 жыл бұрын
freddie killed it...
@timcarr64012 жыл бұрын
Freddie said he wants "to take his hats off."
@LannieLord4 ай бұрын
OMG I did not realize how handsome Bockwinkel was when he was young !!!!!!!!!!!
@jimmymurphy77892 жыл бұрын
4:08 - "Nah, I don't want to hear any more out of you ! ....(nudges Mr. Moto away)" I love it. Looks like the announcer is big & bad enough to kick all of their asses at the same time.
@princeofcupspoc90734 жыл бұрын
Nicky a little shy at the mic. Boy that will change.
@fightsports665 жыл бұрын
Freddie Blassie is just like abe vigoda, he always looked the same. I bet if we saw his baby pictures he would have the same head and haircut.
@robertbishop53575 жыл бұрын
The Mike Sharpe in the interview, was that Iron Mike Sharpes dad?
@larrylairsonjr51294 жыл бұрын
Yes
@davidmeltzer18714 ай бұрын
1962-I love these interviews
@Lfdjake9115 жыл бұрын
Mr.Moto certainly looks threating in his sweater & suspenders.
@dannycruz54463 ай бұрын
Wow "Nicky" Bockwinkel looking almost unrecognizable there.
@jessekellerthecollectingne5058Ай бұрын
Freddie blassie was decades ahead of his time when it came to cutting promos.
@ferox96510 жыл бұрын
Blassie looks the same!!!!
@Staszu135 жыл бұрын
This is the original Jules Strongbow, who started out as an actor, became a wrestler, and later a promoter. He died in 1975. The wrestler most of us know as Jules Strongbow was named Frank Hutchinson, is a legit Native American, and took his ring name from this guy. For that matter Joe Scarpa, AKA Jay Strongbow, took his last (ring) name from Jules as well.
@voodoo494 жыл бұрын
Is this one a true Native American?
@Staszu134 жыл бұрын
@@voodoo49 I don't know
@cljustice15 жыл бұрын
Classic.
@japanpro112 жыл бұрын
mr moto, charlie yamamoto was from gardena, ca.
@MattAttack5414 жыл бұрын
These are Real Wrestlers I don't care what anybody says.
@straightpipec6099 Жыл бұрын
That’s great
@danlivni20976 жыл бұрын
Nick Bockwinkel at 4:12. Nick is probably in his early 20s in this interview.
@SclafaniBagni14 жыл бұрын
right on man
@nassermj7671 Жыл бұрын
Take a good look boys & girls. No roids, pep pills and miscl junk. PURE GOOD OLD FASHIONED HARD WORK! Honestly earned.
@LeVontrellJones Жыл бұрын
You think athletes didn't roid up in the 50's? In addition to that being patently false, it's pretty naive.
@yardlet613 жыл бұрын
@kdemonde Second generation wrestler. His dad was Warren Bockwinkel.
@MediaM54 жыл бұрын
wow , at first i wasnt looking at the video when mike sharpe sr spoke..it sounded almost like his son iron mike sharpe...iron mike sharpe was huge in stature just like his father. i remember when being trained by mike in brick nj he spoke of his father fondly.
@warrenclarkable14 жыл бұрын
Blassie said the men don't like him? I was a fan of his and I'm a straight guy! What a great man. Makes me lol.
@TheRaizeX10 жыл бұрын
I would say this was more early 60s.
@kdemonde14 жыл бұрын
@TNO73 He looks great, i grew up watching mainly WWF wresling being from New York so i didnt have the opportunity to watch Bockwinkel wrestle but watching videos recently assures me that you are right, he was a talented and articulate wrestler.
@bettydaw197012 жыл бұрын
i was being sarchastic when i said it sucks..its flippen awesome, i mean pre-youtube u would have never seen a clip like this!
@TNO7314 жыл бұрын
@kdemonde Yeah that is him. Even in his laster days in the AWA he was still awesome. Great wrestler & a great mic man.
@brihev43552 жыл бұрын
i'm surprised you could say "making love" on television in those days.
@jarnec94289 жыл бұрын
I don't know why there was debates about Obama in the comments. Shouldn't we just appreciate these steroid free wrestlers who are clean and well versed in the art of making love?
@rmartin75584 жыл бұрын
Clean? Fat chance, 'roids have been around forever.
@Jiltedin200713 жыл бұрын
@imjustpassinthru Are you kidding me? My whole family were Wrestling Maniacs. Ever since we came to Los Angeles back in 1967, we would have Wrestling on every week on KTLA Channel 5. And do you remember when Dick Lane would get a break from Wrestling, he would do an ad on Reliable Mortgage Incorporated from his own Announcing Booth? And do you also remember the Lakers and Angels being broadcast on KTLA Channel 5? Known back then as "Golden West Broadcasting".
@heatherwaibel63614 жыл бұрын
Oh number one
@ronthompson95 Жыл бұрын
Omg that is Iron Mike Sharpe? I didn’t realize he was that old. I know he has passed on. He must’ve just took a four hour shower before this video.
@imjustpassinthru13 жыл бұрын
Jules Strombow makes all those guys like tiny. Strombow used to be a wrestler, as I recall. Does anyone remember the announcer Dick Lane on KTLA channel 5 in Los Angeles?
@Bloodgod19824 жыл бұрын
very old :o wow
@nohbuddy14 жыл бұрын
Blassie was born old
@Jiltedin20072 жыл бұрын
R.I.P.: Nick Bockwinkel and Freddie Blassie 😢
@israeliteking1947 Жыл бұрын
fook those pale-skin devils !!! 😂😅🤣
@donclark468511 жыл бұрын
The interviewer was a former Wrestler himself by the name of Jules Strongbow.
@wednesdayoverall90216 жыл бұрын
He was the booker and matchmaker for the promotion
@davebrakefield1615 жыл бұрын
It's not the same Jules Strongbow from the 80s.
@desmondcastro367910 ай бұрын
Nick looks like around 22 years old here.
@brucemoose97924 жыл бұрын
Willie Two Bears. Looking for any info on him. Wrestling world mag he was in. 1974.
@Jiltedin200713 жыл бұрын
@imjustpassinthru Also, I forgot to mention back in the Old days, KTLA Channel 5 also did UCLA Basketball. Do you also remember those old days of KTLA Channel 5? Dick Lane was probably an actor before I was born, considering that I was born in 1962. And also back then, Dick Lane was the announcer for Roller Derby when KTLA also did the Thunderbirds. Back then I thought that Roller Derby was like Wrestling on Roller Skates.
@handsomeclem2082 жыл бұрын
The LA T-Birds were never a part of the original Roller Derby, but were the marquee team in Roller Derby's rival promotion, Roller Games; LA's Derby team was the LA Braves, which skated from 1954 until 1965, relocating to New England in 1966, becoming the Northeast Braves in 1968 after the original New York Chiefs were disbanded in 1967.......
@kdemonde14 жыл бұрын
Wow thats Nick Bockwinkel from the AWA? i didn't know he went back that far is this really from the 50's or the 60's?
@markraza97629 жыл бұрын
tor dr moto kamata and classie fred blassie looked and sounded great!!!!!!!!!!!
@shannonfiedler78547 жыл бұрын
This is not Tor Kamata. While Kamata worked as Professor Moto at one point, this is the original well known West Cost "Charlie Moto"
@lewis97022 жыл бұрын
Freddie Blassie probably looked like an old man when a toddler.
@bettydaw197012 жыл бұрын
@ProbertFire blew me away, still, has that same voice..
@erictoniaschwab100910 жыл бұрын
Could someone please give me more info on Mr. Moto? He was my dad's favorite villain when he was growing up.
@japanpro110 жыл бұрын
moto was actually a native southern californian. in the 50s and 60s he was known for finishing with his sleeper hold. in '54 or '55 he had an epic match with 6'9" (billed) rookie cowboy tex mckenzie, in which he brought mckenzie to his knees with karate chops and put him to sleep in two consecutive falls. 'i chop down the tree,' he bragged in the post-match interview.
@melbias504610 жыл бұрын
MultiSamTaylor i think those are two different guys.
@japanpro110 жыл бұрын
the mr moto i know of wrestled into the late 60s, perhaps the early 70s. in his last years he turned face, the gimmick being that his son was in high school and it was embarrassing to his son to be identified with his father's ultra-heel image. he lived into the 1990s.
@merccadoosis88473 жыл бұрын
@@melbias5046 I believe Canadian Tor Kamata wrestled as "Mr Moto" for a while as well.
@merccadoosis88473 жыл бұрын
@eric ~ I believe this answers your question: sites.google.com/site/wrestlingscout/profiles-by-country/profiles/moto In all honesty, I was not aware that Mr Moto had that great an influence over West Coast wrestling and really learned something thru that link.
@Tony02062 Жыл бұрын
Saw Iron Mike in Boston in 70s
@imparter93372 жыл бұрын
Wow look at short hair, 20 something, babyface Nick Bockwinkel. Incredible.
@robertbishop53575 жыл бұрын
Is Mike Sharp the father of Iron Mike Sharp? Aaah Mr. Moto ......most honorable and sneaky wrestler. Freddy Blassie =a pencil neck geak=priceless. Nick Bockwinkel = a great interview always.
@OldSchoolRasslin7 жыл бұрын
This is from a time when wrestling was great and America was great! Not like today.
@gregp1036 жыл бұрын
Wrestling isn't great today, but America is. Thank you President Trump.
@imjustpassinthru13 жыл бұрын
@Jiltedin2007 ... Dick Lane was a Hollywood actor in his younger years. Do a KZfaq search for this video: Joe Penner and Dick Lane in The Day the Bookies Wept. Dick Lane is the one on the far left doing the talking.