Mid South wrestling was one of,if not THE best TV wrestling show ever. Great action,great angles etc. Wrestling II was an awesome heel! Love this time span in that area.
@mmafan39 жыл бұрын
Used to watch Mid-South wrestling almost every Saturday..the memories!
@edward57502 жыл бұрын
That's the longest time I've ever seen the referee distracted in a match Lol
@KingGhidorah54645 жыл бұрын
This is how you do business. Wrestling II was on his way out, so they turned him heel and sacrificed him to T.A. because he was gonna be their next big star.
@dr.roberts45084 жыл бұрын
Gave 2 a last good Run.
@byroncarr41574 жыл бұрын
Mr. Wrestling II was boring, non athletic his interviews lacked fire and desire he never should of had a major push in pro wrestling mid south had to be desperate to giv him any type of spotlight
@stevejohnson15774 жыл бұрын
Byron Carr he was at the tail end of his career here. He was HUGE in Georgia
@propanepusher1014 жыл бұрын
@@byroncarr4157 Mr. Wrestling 2 was retiring because he was in his 50s when he "pushed" Magnum TA his body was beat up but he was still doing his part to promote the sport he loved. Had Magnum not had his accident he would have pinned Flair for the World Title and had long career like Flair as Champion. All this set in place because of Jim Ross and Mr. Wrestling 2 giving back to the sport that made him famous. As a side note this speaks volumes about Flair, many times he was to hand off the belt to the next big thing but it seemed always the next big thing got hurt, died or became too demanding for the role and Flair was the only go to guy at that time that could draw a crowd as Champion like him or not. Flair was always there to pick up the belt and keep it viable until the next big thing came along and finally worked.
@propanepusher1014 жыл бұрын
@@stevejohnson1577 agreed I always liked Mr. Wrsetling 2
@davidscott76265 жыл бұрын
Damn shame about Magnums accident in 1986. He was going to be a top guy & eventual World Champion.
@darthroden4 жыл бұрын
He would probably be retiring just about now and maybe in the WWE Hall of Fame.
@cargo44053 жыл бұрын
@@darthroden wwe hof is a joke If i was a wrestler I would rather be enshrined in the pro wrestling hall of fame not just in a company's hall of fame...
@tealx20143 жыл бұрын
@@cargo4405 True!
@michaelconnors76682 жыл бұрын
Mr Wrestling II saved Magnum TA from a premature termination to his wrestling career. What an ingrate Magnum TA was.
@The1baddman4 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Mr Wrestling 2
@paintgoddess3689 жыл бұрын
Miss old school wrestling....
@dannyelrod96074 жыл бұрын
Me to
@datdudecollins3 жыл бұрын
@Paint Goddess Who was she? Sort of a weird name for a lady.
@davidscott76265 жыл бұрын
We don't have wrestling like this again. The Territories were the best.
@blaknyte0810 жыл бұрын
The territory promoters knew how to build an angle and carry it. Too bad these days r gone
@manuginobilisbaldspot4244 жыл бұрын
They had the benefit of time. Regional promotion means, 'only show in town' AND info not getting out. You couldn't do this now because these smark morons read their dirt sheets and get everything and air it out. They want to be the show and it sucks.
@TL23542 жыл бұрын
The fans have ruined wrestling
@liveclassictunes4 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr. Wrestling II
@Sh0ckmaster10 жыл бұрын
I loved this feud, possibly my favourite feud from Mid-South. I remember the training vignettes they filmed, where they had Magnum being taught the Knee Lift on a sandbag. Just fantastic :D
@nativeson83108 жыл бұрын
Just think if Bill Watts had been able to keep his time slot on the superstation.
@HOODIZM35 жыл бұрын
Mid-South Wrestling was Legendary, Missing Link,Butch Reed,Rat Pack, Dark Journey, Dick Murdock, Buzz Sawyer, Dr Death,JYD,Humongous.. ...Glory Days of Real Wrestling
@billysikes1374 Жыл бұрын
Yes sir, glad im not the only one
@davidfrederick60034 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr. Wrestling 2
@kwmusic45605 жыл бұрын
Never saw this as it happened as I didn't get Mid South TV, but I remember reading that 2, as Magnum's coach, turned heel as part of his training and to make him a better wrestler, and this was explained after the feud ended.
@bertmustin4 жыл бұрын
The greatest old man yells at cloud gimmick of all time.
@madbrowniac78715 жыл бұрын
There is an amazing important part to this angle. As the story goes Two and Magnum had real trouble when Magnum teamed with a native of Downers Grove, Illinois. Guy named Lanny Poffo. The son of Angelo Poffo. The brother of a then Memphis supervillain named Macho Man Randy Savage.B.W.
@magnificentone46862 жыл бұрын
Perfectly done! Mid-South was the big time in regional promotions cause of creative storylines like this
@chancegoode1736 жыл бұрын
Wrestling 2 is too funny he said the man said I quit I quit I can’t stand anymore lol.
@tonyfranklin44227 жыл бұрын
Vince McMahon has screwed up wrestling so much !
@TL23542 жыл бұрын
How?
@ibrahimsobh14462 жыл бұрын
Have you watched it lately it's straight up garbage, Vince has killed Wrestling
@metallicbigtoe39492 жыл бұрын
This comment has aged like a fine wine 👍
@donniebrooke-prowrestleruf67356 жыл бұрын
I love the way the ring sounds during the Midnight Express / Mr. Wrestling 2 match...
@chrisbaker94554 жыл бұрын
THE N.W.A FROM CHARLOTTE, N.C., SOUTH-ATLANTIC, G.C.W. FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND C.W.F. FROM FLORIDA, WAS GREAT WRESTLING!!!
@datdudecollins3 жыл бұрын
...the ref just turns his back on the action for a solid 45 seconds +, to talk to #2, COMPLETELY disregarding the match in the middle of what could've been potentially the finishing move.🙄🙄Even when both me slam to the mat with force enough to physically shake the ring, he still never turns around. I can totally appreciate the attempt to sell...but...🤦🏼♂️😏🥴
@jameschilders74232 жыл бұрын
It dragged out to long made the ref. Look so stupid
@Infinitequeue10 жыл бұрын
Loved this era in wrestling. Vince ought to sell regional franchises and reinvent this sport.
@SonnyBubba6 жыл бұрын
It’s nice to think about the idea, but it wouldn’t work. The territory system works only if each territory is a monopoly. That is, fans in one territory didn’t know what was going on in the other territories.
@rahlohmcdonogh2806 жыл бұрын
And the internet! No more angles!
@diablo6665414 жыл бұрын
@@SonnyBubba it might cause wwe going downhill sinse 07 benoit tragedy. It already on life support. With covid19 goin on .if he had any sense he do somthing.caz aew n wwe got low rating now
@BazookaToe4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Wrestling 2 possibly saved Magnum TA’s life by throwing that towel in.
@keithbperrin96332 жыл бұрын
Loved how 2 was speaking down to magnum...I loved it...good for the great heel....mr. wrestling number 2
@kevinmoore29292 жыл бұрын
Thomas, you're nuttier than a fruit cake.
@Edward-ib9ub Жыл бұрын
"He was upside down screaming I quit! I quit!I quit! I can't stand no more! I quit!" 😄
@TranceMasterJackАй бұрын
We all heard it. 😄
@MrDinghus7 жыл бұрын
The whole story arc with Wrestling II as Magnum TA's mentor/tag partner, their winning the tag titles, Wrestling II becoming NA Champ and turning on TA, then TA getting the rub by thrashing his former teacher and winning the belt is just brilliant. One of the best angles in wrestling and a textbook example of using an older talent to build a new star.
@JackJones-ke8mo2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥💪
@jamie.777 Жыл бұрын
Agreed 👍. This is so entertaining
@KeithFroehlich076 жыл бұрын
I liked II as a heel. :-)
@laserleftfootttt76834 жыл бұрын
My father wrestled in college. He hated it when I watched pro wrestling because it was so technically unsound. He never understood that I just enjoyed the story lines.
@jameschilders74232 жыл бұрын
I bet that ticked your father off to no end
@JackJones-ke8mo2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥
@JS196611 жыл бұрын
First I have to say that the AWA is my favorite area of all time.I'm talking about the TV SHOW....not the territory itself. The AWA TV show was good but the Mid South show had more angles,more action,and more star vs star matches than the AWA did. Again, I am NOT talking about the territory as a whole..just the TV show.
@martindoll66568 жыл бұрын
Wrestling 2 put Magnum TA over big time
@wrestlingconnoisseur4 жыл бұрын
Lol at the announcers referring to Krushchev as his real name repeatedly.
@chrischar94282 жыл бұрын
Wasnt he still darsow then
@edward5592 Жыл бұрын
Great action. Great angles. Mid South was the best. Too bad wrestling isn't fun to watch anymore. WWE bores me to sleep 😴
@robertbishop53578 жыл бұрын
Cornett was one of the best heel managers of all time. I believe Mr. Wrestling 2 went was more of a baby face than a heel.
@DKTCHIKC6 жыл бұрын
Robert bishop This may sound crazy but if Mr Wrestling II hadn’t turned heel Magnum TA wouldn’t had blown up like he did. After his career ended he went on to be a very good color analyst.
@jabronicamel19576 жыл бұрын
Mr.2 was near the end of his career . And went out on a good Run.
@user-dd6so9rx3c Жыл бұрын
Damn. Bill Watts wouldn't shut up ! He loved the sound of his voice too much.
@yardlet69 жыл бұрын
Boyd Pierce has a normal suit on. Get rid of the tie!
@vestel7775 жыл бұрын
This is when Pro Wrestling was Wrestling!!!!!!!!!
@aragin669 жыл бұрын
I would say this was probably around 1983.
@Strive1324L Жыл бұрын
The BEST wrestling program ever!!!
@rabbitt834 жыл бұрын
Mr wrestling 2 was right magnum said I quit I give up I heard him say it
@madbrowniac78712 жыл бұрын
Predates a bigger moment in Magnum's career in 1985 with much more on the line in Greensboro...😉🎤🐴💎🤼♂️B.W.
@ChrisLogan78710 жыл бұрын
Mr. Wrestling 2 Rocks!!!
@jabronicamel19576 жыл бұрын
Mr.2 after wrestling had a T.V. show called Masked Cop.
@captkirk979711 жыл бұрын
i said he said I quit! LOL!
@ricstormwolf25 күн бұрын
"Formidable hold." It's called a backbreaker, Bill 😂
@josephparis9736 Жыл бұрын
Great feud. The way they had that set up was the exact way you set up a feud between Magnum T.A. and Wrestling 2. That's how you do it. I miss the Mid South shows on tv.
@diablo6665414 жыл бұрын
Mr wrestling talks like he got clothespin on his nose.
@artvandeleghe10 жыл бұрын
Ahh the gold 'ole days of real wrestling!! Today's WWE-controlled-everything is such garbage
@pur45679 жыл бұрын
artvandeleghe I agree
@DannyFlorioNYC9 жыл бұрын
artvandeleghe That's because the promoters of the territories were bad businessman. They all tried to go national and failed miserably
@robertbishop53578 жыл бұрын
+Danny Florio I think watts, Lawler, Jarret, or the Von Ericsson could have gone national and world wide. they all had the talent at one point and I think the money. they just didn't have the vision like McMahon did.
@jonathanturbide22326 жыл бұрын
Robert bishop They didn't had the money either, or the resources to make it happen. Only Vince did.
@lanceparker4796 Жыл бұрын
Underrated fued between an upcoming star and a curmudgeonly veteran. No matter what people say about Bill Watts he is my fa oriented promoter of all time.
@jamie.7776 жыл бұрын
Gotta love Mr. Rasslin II. ✌
@JS196611 жыл бұрын
Wrong...this is when wrestling was GREAT...the angles were awesome. The shit NOW sucks. This was great stuff
@vestel7775 жыл бұрын
I Loved it when Cowboy Bill Watts ran WCW because He was for the Fans. He gave the Fans what they wanted. Bill had a saying and it went like this - What do you fans want to see today? Oh you want to see The Rock And Roll Express vs The Midnight Express?? Ok you got it "Let's Hookem Up"!!!!!!!!!
@chrischar94282 жыл бұрын
He was a disaster in wcw
@vestel7772 жыл бұрын
@@chrischar9428 I agree with You.
@tyronebiggums893 Жыл бұрын
Watts almost killed WCW
@johnnyrodgers26434 жыл бұрын
RIP MR .Wrestling 2
@keithknott83072 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on "Channel 3 KTBS (ABC) SHREVEPORT LA" When it was shown. Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY was stunned 😳 the "MR WRESTLING II" Backstabbed "MAGNUM T.A" over being passed over. But "T.A" wasn't the only one that "MR WRESTLING II" (formerly a good guy) "BACKSTABBED", nor was the "JUNKYARD DOG" either. But he had the (his finishing) "KNEE LIFT" that everyone knew to beware of. While "MAGNUM T.A" who stayed a good guy chose a different finishing move "BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX", and he had great success with it as well. "MR WRESTLING II" after "T.A" also trained another who would extremely DANGEROUS, That man would be known as: "HERCULES HERNANDEZ". Who's finishing move was the "COBRA CLUTCH". Also very effective.
@bertmustin8 жыл бұрын
Mr Wrestling !! without the mask looked like Red Forman so now I can only think of Mr. Wrestling II calling Magnum TA a 'dumbass'.
@NicoTineman2 жыл бұрын
Neither Magnum nor MR2 could talk worth a damn.. so Watts had to do all the talking for both of them!
@JackJones-ke8mo2 жыл бұрын
Yeah dude 😎 good match 👍 What is up man on man action 🔥 R U man enough Magnum T A GREAT man
@michaelconnors99067 жыл бұрын
Magnum TA turns on Mr Wrestling 2.
@yardlet611 жыл бұрын
Loved face to grouchy heel.
@jamesstreet228 Жыл бұрын
Jim Ross and Jim Cornet when they were about 22 y/o. Lol. Edit Barry Darsow was one of the most underrated wrestlers. His strength was legendary. He lifted Tank Patton (300 lbs) with one arm and tagged in his partner with the other.
@TehJew228 жыл бұрын
At 8:47, this is me when I have had enough.
@robertsutton8802 Жыл бұрын
Business,, have pickup,, great show
@davemk010 жыл бұрын
Darsow was moving like volkoff
@B2K14 жыл бұрын
Mr Wrestling 2 has died late yesterdsy
@robertbishop53578 жыл бұрын
a jealous old man..........Hahaha hahaha. .......very interesting.
@errolwaguespack71964 жыл бұрын
yes very interesting
@billysikes1374 Жыл бұрын
I swear I watch these 35 to 40 year old matches and I can't believe I didn't see the work, Wrestling has always been fake, This was gold
@eojricci94245 жыл бұрын
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE OMNI !!!!!!!! GORDON SOLIE LOL
@BigStevie4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!!!!
@BudSchnelker8 жыл бұрын
This could have been much better if Mr. Wrestling II was better on the stick. If he was able to talk with the fluidity and the mannerisms of, say, J.J. Dillon, he would have sold this much better.
@tenzin6825 жыл бұрын
Jesus how old was Wrestling 2? It looks like he wore his tidy-whities out to the ring. He could probably pull them up to his neck!!!
@edward57502 жыл бұрын
Imagine if he and Magnum had traded trunks Lol. Magnum's speedo style trunks wouldn't have worked for wrestling 2 😁
@calliopivogiatzis22352 жыл бұрын
Wrestling 2 partner's in that match was probably the parking lot attendant. He sure was not a wrestler!
@bigdickdudley91195 жыл бұрын
Didnt this angle start when magnum st teaming with lanny poffo abd two didnt want him too because he was machos brother and aheel in mid southern
@TL23542 жыл бұрын
Huh?
@DaveInLAS3 ай бұрын
Geeze, Magnum was in that torture rack from 5:03-5:34 🤷🏻♂️ So who forgot their spot?!?!?!
@phill23325 жыл бұрын
Watts needs to shut up and let the performers perform.
@hilohaole40032 жыл бұрын
Tim woods was on Nikita’s team slangin pre paid legal services
@Zacht19802 жыл бұрын
5:35 - Looks like that win was just "Repo-ed" from Magnum TA.
@reynaldoreyes9927 Жыл бұрын
Mid -South Wrestling 3/. / 84 TV SHOW 📺. Last week footage Closing Moments: The Mid-Night Express( Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton with manager Jim Cornette) defeated Mr.Wrestling 2 (1/2 of Mid -South Tag Team Champions)& John King ( Magnum TA try's to save 2 from Express! & Krusher krushchev attacks MTA) From: Shreveport, Louisiana: Irish McNeil's Boys Club Wednesday,feb.29,1984 (Live! Tv Taping)
@greglavergne7373 Жыл бұрын
Wrestling 2 was correct the man carried TA to the titles.
@roycelincoln379010 жыл бұрын
I remember Amarillo, tx
@josephmiller94246 ай бұрын
Magnum TA his car accident did change wrestling , like he wouldve took the belt from flair or think instead of Barry joining the horsemen Magnum joins and betrays Dusty now that wouldve shocked the crowd. And then he goes back but like life then his journey back to the light and he becomes the hero again and goes next level and probably heads to NY , But when he was hurt and back then you could say anyone was brothers so why not big Scott Hall back then i think Hall was trying to look like Magnum.
@michaelallanrubin23764 жыл бұрын
What an angle and Bobby Eaton says they didn't get along for real
@jd91192 жыл бұрын
Was Mr. Wrestling 2 drunk when he did the interview? He couldn't even think of what he was going to say and had those weird pauses.
@johntaylor48054 жыл бұрын
This was a good wrestling saying video
@donniebrooke-prowrestleruf67356 жыл бұрын
Yellow Dog Express, do you have an e-mail address?
@kwmusic45602 жыл бұрын
People always talk about Vince raiding the territories, but a year later Cornette, Eaton, Condrey, Darsow, Morton, Gibson and Magnum would all be working for Crockett.
@madbrowniac78712 жыл бұрын
Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson (as "Marty Lunde"), and Rick Rude were three others in the early middle Eighties who went from MidSouth Undercards to JCP.🤔😂🎤🐴💎🤼♂️B.W.
@snoxbox2 жыл бұрын
Darsow looks like the repo man.
@philipdefibaugh5683 Жыл бұрын
Lol
@philipdefibaugh5683 Жыл бұрын
He also kinda looks like smash!
@19buseye713 жыл бұрын
This was when wrestling promotions focused on making kayfabe LOOK real instead of making cartoon characters out of "sports entertainers".
@sjjackson21254 жыл бұрын
Magnum TA saying i quit?? Foreshadowing to Tully Blanchard 🤔🤔
@lonehorseman0910 жыл бұрын
magnum is the son of former nwa star soldat wolfman gorky.
@musicman1959594 жыл бұрын
Mr Wrestling 2 did all of that talking but was a total punk when Magnum TA told him to come get in the ring.
@musicman1959592 жыл бұрын
@Edward Did I say that it wasn't? No I didn't. ✌️
@impalaman97073 жыл бұрын
I think Mid Atlantic did a better job with the way they presented Magnum TA as a babyface than Mid South did. Mid South had him yelling and screaming, and that's just not his style. He's much better as a smooth talker, when he went to NWA, he sounded classier and not decent and not temperamental---more like Magnum PI (Tom Selleck)
@chrischar94282 жыл бұрын
He could never talk
@norms39132 жыл бұрын
Mr wrestling 2 don't want to get beat like he got beaten at the hands of the the assassin Jody Hamilton lol
@Dock76 Жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff. Student potentially surpassing teacher. Teacher can't handle it and he's being a petty asshole.
@gtf25844 сағат бұрын
lots of let me tell you somethings going down
@VolumedMusicMan2 жыл бұрын
Didnt Wrestling II say he acted like this all along to make Magnum TA tough. Kind of like of like Coach Lombardi…
@Batony5 жыл бұрын
Watts was a terrible play by play guy sheesh
@danlivni20979 жыл бұрын
What year is this from? It looks like mid 80s
@RicardoMoreno-je6ix9 жыл бұрын
Hi
@SonnyBubba6 жыл бұрын
83-84.
@joespitler39295 жыл бұрын
1984
@nolanwalls9894 Жыл бұрын
Dam masked wasbacreal old man but they luved him
@dame280911 жыл бұрын
This look so fake now....it looked real when you are 12 years old...smh
@brianblake26116 жыл бұрын
I
@Batony6 жыл бұрын
Watts butchered that commentary.
@MrHmg555 жыл бұрын
Watts tried to work a Bible lesson into a lot of the angles he'd book. He was really laying it on heavy with this one: sacrifice, turning the other cheek, etc. It wasn't just face vs. heel, it was Good vs. Evil. Kind of a unique approach to commentary, but I think it worked well, and there were certainly a lot of fans in that part of the country who came from the same deeply Christian place that Watts was coming from.