Dutch Mantell on Nick Bockwinkel Defending the AWA Title in Memphis

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Dutch Mantell on Nick Bockwinkel Defending the AWA Title in Memphis
Clip from Story Time with Dutch Mantell #15
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@marcm9999 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in the Milwaukee area and raised on the AWA. Bockwinkle was truly greatness. Style, charisma, and great on the mic. The original Heenen Family: Bockwinkle, The Crippler Ray Stevens and manager Bobby Heenen. I would advise you at the very least look up some of their interviews from the AWA. Very entertaining and for the time cutting edge.

@catyear75 Жыл бұрын

Nick Bockwinkel is criminally underrated today. He was literally one of the top 5 wrestlers in the history of the industry...!

@kidguzzi_chrisgalardi Жыл бұрын

Loved Nick Bockwinkel. I grew up on the AWA. He was an excellent heel. Bockwinkel and Heenan were absolutely fantastic!

@milovaldez8269 Жыл бұрын

Nick Bockwinkel was the greatest AWA World Champion of all time.

@JasonQuinn-qq4om

Nick Bockwinkle was a true World Champion. Nick defended the AWA title in Memphis, San Antonio, Calgary, Japan. A true pro.

@weaselsuit Жыл бұрын

Uh huh. Dutch Mantell had better matches with Lawler than Nick Bockwinkel did. Sure you did Dutch. Go see the wizard…

@matthewcollins8602 Жыл бұрын

Bockwinkel had an incredible run in Georgia also right before the Georgia Wrestling Wars started in 1973. It was when Dutch started there I believe. His dad Warren Bockwinkel was a great in ring talent as well.

@imafreakinhistorian2169 Жыл бұрын

Bockwinkel was "world champion" , the fans expected him to wrestle . Thats why it got over .

@angusthecat6617 Жыл бұрын

bockwinkel maybe the most underrated wrestler of all time. which is amazing because he should be in everyones' top 10

@cardiuswalker7068 Жыл бұрын

Lawler and Bruno were just regional champions. Ric Flair was the real world champion.

@gregorykrug8034 Жыл бұрын

Nick Bockwinkel is one of very best of all-time IMO. I am talking Mount-Rushmore-level greatness. He could work against the big guys or the high-flying guys. He was great on the mic. His in-ring style and psychology was believable. Just the fact that the guy went as "Nick Bockwinkel" without some stupid Vince-McMahon-inspired gimmick says a lot.

@lucag.lisickza425 Жыл бұрын

hey guys i dont know if this im just saying would be stupid ,but personally i love watch and rewatch the mighty battles bockwinckel had during the years but what made me build a super respect for the guy was the run hw had in the awa in the 80s,when iirc he was in his 50s

@briannettles669 Жыл бұрын

I always enjoyed the AWA champion defending the title in Memphis. It increased the talent pool pursuing the AWA title beyond just the wrestlers based out of Minneapolis and made the AWA seem much bigger than they were.

@Ferpero Жыл бұрын

Nick was the definition of class act.Great promos great worker in the ring and he looked like a World Champion should look.

@ThailandDantotherescue Жыл бұрын

Great on the mic. Great in the ring. A tough SOB ( you had to be back then ) and carried himself like a champion but with dignity. He had a family, you never heard a story of him dancing naked on a bar or running around with ring rats. If you wanted a true professional wrestler back then it was bockwinkle and sammartino.

@Bunbunfunfun Жыл бұрын

I lived in a Canadian province where we got got Stampeded Wrestling from the West and AWA show from the east in Winnipeg.Both "styles" were a lot different. Had my heroes for Calgary Bret Hart,Bruce Hart, Davy Boy Smith and from Winnipeg my heroes were Hulk Hogan,Verne Gagne and Ric Martell. Thats being said Nick Bockwinkle was the best wrestler i had ever seen (sorry Bret you were still green) up to that point. Nick Bockwinkle,Bret Hart,Johnny Saint, Lou Thesz are my pro wrestling mount rushmore. Saint and Thesz are recent additions (last 20 yrs or so ) when I decided to check out wrestling from years past.

@shaolin1derpalm Жыл бұрын

I didn't find Bock boring at all. Just well paced. He had holds but he was nefarious. I love when he would jump off the second rope onto a dudes back. His leg scissors from the corner after a snapmare, and how he would hold onto an arm drag and reverse it 8nto an arm bar.

@Ted_Bell Жыл бұрын

They still got a bunch of Bockwinkel's promos with Heenan on KZfaq. Those are so entertaining to watch.

@mmmadog Жыл бұрын

Marty Janetty tells a story how they use to hide his belt from him. I remember Bockwinkle coming out without a belt during interviews.

@davem6735 Жыл бұрын

Growing up on Memphis rassling, Bockwinkel was so easy to hate. Smug, arrogant, well dressed, well spoken, came off as educated. Many of the things most of us fans were not. Seeing Lawler do an actual wrestling move was like seeing a shooting star. It did not happen often. And we were all like, "Lawler can actually wrestle, who knew?". Because 99% of the time it was wild brawls. Dutch didn't do a bunch of chain wrestling either. Dundee carried that load when a Charles or Robinson came to town. People would have gotten bored of it week after week but having Bockwinkel in ever once in a while was entertaining. Bockwinkel would always point out that he was a wrestler and Lawler was just a brawler. That bastard. People would cheer when Lawler would drop kick, sunset flip, or reverse a hold because it was so rare to see. Dutch was so popular in the territory because he was so easy to relate to. We didn't know any "kings'" or "superstars". But a hot tempered red neck that would slap the taste out of your mouth if you crossed him? Most of us had more than one of those in our own families.