Jerry "The King" Lawler on the Legacy of AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Being the MOST Underrated Ever

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Jerry "The King" Lawler on the Legacy of AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Being the MOST Underrated Ever

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Күн бұрын

NICK BOCKWINKEL
The picture-perfect professional who many believe to be one of the greatest of all time!
Good looks, great interviews, intelligence, skills and one of the longest title runs in the history of wrestling made him one of the most intriguing men in wrestling.
The King, who had dozens of incredible matches with Bockwinkel dating back to the late 1970s, offers up some incredible facts about Nick.
There are similarities between Bockwinkel and Ric Flair but one this is perfectly clear....Nick never had to yell or scream to get heat or command respect. His promos includeda vocabulary that went over the average persons head. You could easily hate him.....but never deny he will go down as one of the best ever.
Also features highlights of his first meeting with Lanny Poffo and a match with Ric Flair.
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@altonbinkley9484 Жыл бұрын

Jerry And Nick had some of the best matches ever. I can remember them all. Thanks to both for the memories fellas!!

@natmason5528 8 ай бұрын

He WAS my champion having grown up in AWA territory (Chicago). I can attest to his greatness!

@johnstrider2186 Жыл бұрын

The Bock was the cool hand Luke of the wrestling world....suave, cool and aloof, one of the greatest ever to lace them up!

@bigmike2464 10 ай бұрын

Nick Botwinkel had the look, the style, the swag/Drip, him and Heenan were a pairing that people have been trying to copy ever since. He could go with anyone, any style. Easily in my Top talk

@stephenrogers4537 3 ай бұрын

Nick bockwinkel was the epitome of class a true champion in a good friend he is missed😢

@surfczar Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid and I knew a Nick Bockwinkel promo was coming up I would run and get a dictionary because I knew he was going to use a lot of words that I didn't know, and when I looking them up they were so perfectly placed, he was amazing.

@kingcast Жыл бұрын

Yes he was!

@truth.74 6 ай бұрын

Jerry The King Lawler I hope you realize that you are loved.

@sspaay 2 ай бұрын

Bockwinkle stayed in great shape and worked his butt off in the ring. He also was a master of 70's and 80's style wrestling, skills on a par with Flair and Race.

@robertradermecher4083 3 ай бұрын

Was priviledged to see Nick wrestle,in person,over 20 times. Best at every phase of the wrestling I have,and will ever see. Thats since 1962.

@user-ds1vq3mi2r 2 ай бұрын

Bockwinkle was the epitome of a World Champion and I was fortunate enough living in Texas to see him on SW Championship Wrestling and live against Jerry Lawler at the Joe & Harry Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio not to mention his bouts vs Dusty Rhodes in the Houston area, Great Times in Pro Wrestling!

@JAYPAY-sv8rl Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to this one.

@jonathanhensley6141 Жыл бұрын

You could say that was the first big gold belt. Tony atlas said the same and I saw some of matches against jumbo tsuruta. He also had a great match against curt hennig.

@Rjensen2 16 күн бұрын

It was sheet metal. 😂😂😂 It definitely wasn't gold plated.

@emptyhand777 9 ай бұрын

Bockwinkle's arrogance came from being physically and mentally superior to the fans. Flair's arrogance came from being "The Man" with all the money and coming to your town to nail all your women. Both effective, but Bockwinkle's tougher to pull off. But he did it.

@davidmitchell443 3 ай бұрын

"May I say that, first of all,if my big words seem to put you a bit off center...I'm not talking to you or YOUR fans... I'm talking to MY fans."

@MarkfromKy Жыл бұрын

The King said that the Nick Bockwinkel's fan club was having a meeting in a phone booth down on Beal street LOL great line

@Rjensen2 16 күн бұрын

The Bockwinkel Brigade would like a word with you....👍

@marqueswilliams345 3 ай бұрын

Damn could you imagine Nick Bockwinkel in the NWA as the champ

@Rjensen2 16 күн бұрын

It'd be the same money but more than double the work load. 😂

@shaolin1derpalm 6 ай бұрын

Bock is a wrestling demigod

@troylowe814 4 ай бұрын

I grew up on the Memphis promotion so obviously I was, and still am, a big Jerry Lawler fan. Since 1980 to today Kingfish is still my all time favorite. But Nick Bockwinkel isn't far behind. Nick was perfect in the role of world champion. I've never seen anyone carry the big belt better.

@josephmiller9424 11 ай бұрын

He was the Ric Flair of his time and i think Flair copied how he dressed glasses just how he acted but Flair took a better supplement for energy then Nick

@user-ds1vq3mi2r 2 ай бұрын

Yep and Flair was trained by Verne Gagne & began his career in the AWA, where Bockwinkle was already an established star.

@charliewise1971 7 ай бұрын

What was the name of his podcast?

@BradDrakePN 2 ай бұрын

Bockwinkel’s 1,000+ day title reign isn’t even in the top 25 top lengths of reigns.

@Rjensen2 16 күн бұрын

Well, it is, actually.

@trevmac8362 Жыл бұрын

Bockwinkel even made TV jobbers look good in front of 200 people at TV tapings. Now that is special

@kingcast Жыл бұрын

Yes he did!

@CuteLesbo69 Жыл бұрын

Bockwinkle never seems to get the credit he deserves.

@kingcast Жыл бұрын

Very much true! One of the longest title reigns in wrestling history

@CuteLesbo69 Жыл бұрын

@@kingcast I was lucky enough to see a Bockwinkle Lawler match in person. I was a kid and in complete awe that I was witnessing a world champion. I was also lucky enough to see Hennig and Lawler when Curt was still the AWA champion. I really miss those times.

@kingcast Жыл бұрын

The two just knew how to get the maximum emotion out of everyone.