Stan the lariat Hansen a man who fans thought was legitimately crazy. Hearing him speak means he was by and far one of the greatest wrestling characters ever

Stan Hansen seems like the most relible source of pro-wrestling there could be. No bitterness what so ever.

Stan looks GREAT! The years have been good to him.

Really interesting interview. First time I ever heard Hansen give one...not what I expected...very articulate and soft-spoken dude. Hansen is a legend.

Hannibal you have set the new STANDARD for shoot interviews my friend!!!!!!

My brother and I had the chance to visit with Stan and Frank after a Thanksgiving match in Lawton, Oklahoma back in the 1970's. They were two fine gentlemen in talking to us that day. We were just a couple of young teens and were in awe. I appreciated the, taking a few minutes for us.

Thank you for sharing. As a kid, I was genuinely terrified by Stan Hansen. I don't think I ever saw him at a live event, but the yelling, and the tobacco. I always wanted to see someone beat him. He was a great performer. It's amazing to me, still, as an adult to watch this and see he's so eloquent in his recollections. Amazing. Thank you again for this!

Great interviews with legends.

Extraordinarily interesting. Stand Hansen tells a story and the interviewer does not inject himself as a distraction but rather compliments and strengthens the interview. Well done!

I like whenever Hansenis talking about Brody, he always used his real first name. Shows that they were genuinely good friends.

Can't express how much thanks for these Stan interviews Hannibal......Thanks again......

Stan and Terry Funk were absolute geniuses of wrestling psychology. To hear them speak outside of the business, they are the calmest and most respectful men. Contrast this with the madness and chaos they brought to the ring. They understand the business in ways that today's markish wrestlers and fans could only dream of. Both Hansen and Funk pulled truly great matches out of Hulk Hogan, and that is saying something. Masters of the craft.

If a movie is ever made on the story of my life, I hope they hire Stan Hansen to narrate. He has such a powerful, yet gentle voice

The battles between the Funks and Brody & Hansen were epic..

Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody. Damn, what a tag team that would be today.

Sometimes the most soft spoken guys were legit badass's in their younger years. Glad to see you doing well Mr.Hanson!

"Grandpa Stan" So well spoken and quiet out of the ring.

Tito Santana and Barry Windham also went to West Texas A&M. A ton of wrestlers went to college there.

You can tell by Stan's facial expressions that he misses his friend, Bruiser Brody.

These interviews are awesome!

Weird to hear Hanson sound like a normal human being.

Stan was one of the only guys i feel. That could literally go toe to toe with Brody in the ring. Both VERY stiff rough competitors. Loved it when they tagged together in Japan. But loved it even more when they were fighting against each other.

Stan’s smile speaks volumes.

Stan seems like the epitome of a southern gentleman here. This is a complete contrast to the character he portrayed in the ring, and in "No Holds Barred." "How do you win this game?" "Last man standing wins!"

Love Hanson & Brody , so many great memories from when I was young watching them in awe. Everyone I know regardless if they like or hate wrestling loves them also. ❤️

STAN WOULD BE GREAT AT NARRATIONS OR VOICEOVERS.

in the wrestling the Stan Hansen is the very bad man but in the this show, the Stan Hansen is the very nice and intelligent American.

Brody and Hansen The Best Tag Team of ALL TIME... period

that's how a wrestler interview should be. gives all the information without giving anything up. Too many times wrestlers talk about things that they only heard about, 2nd or 3rd hand. Stan will make it very clear that he doesn't know about something in particular and moves on. My favorite interviews are with Stan.

I had the pleasure of seeing Stan wrestle in person man he was a tough mofo

I have started watching classic wrestling matches and saw my first Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen matches against Terry Funk. Stan had a great knee drop on top of other moves and the finish actually got me teary eyed when Dory ran in to save Terry from getting strangled by that rope. Brody was just as impressive, it's a terrible shame to have lost him early.

If there was one guy I'd love to talk to just once it is Stan Hansen. He is my second favorite wrestler ever next to Bruiser Brody. Anyway...Love ya Stan!

Stan will always be my favorite wrestler of all time. Such a good heel, but he could work babyface so easily as well.

The Lariat. His wars with the great Bruno Sammartino were epic.

Both of them was legendry in own era...

what a great guy!! I always was a mark for Stan!

I grow up going to wrestling events every weekend in PR, I was 10 years old when I first saw Stan In person, I was impressed, his size, I was 10 lol. I missed those good days in PR when wrestling was at the top. I hate the invader for what he did to Brody.

I guess its true sometimes the best heels are really nice.

invader 1 should be in jail for the bruiser brody murder

him and luger bull rope match was lugers best march ever

Bill Watts was kinda like the coach you hated in high school, but by the time you were 30 you realized the guy really knew his shit and knew you could do better things than YOU knew you could do. (I grew up in Oklahoma City so Mid-South was our 'home team' promotion.)

Stan looks like Texas if the state had a face.. He was one of my favorites growing up

This guy just makes ya go “ wow” over and over. Those stiff lariats?!? OMG! It hurts my neck just to watch those clips. Then he says he hit Terry Funk as hard as anyone he ever hit! Just crazy. 95% shoot? Holy smokes……

Oh my, this reminds me of how old we're getting.

BRUDY Y HANSEN FUERON MÁS QUE UNA PAREJA EXCITOSA , ERAN BUENOS AMIGOS. SE VE EN SU CARA QUE HANSEN LO EXTRAÑA.

Great job !!! Keep them coming

The audio on the interview is excellent. What type of body microphone do you use?

Stan the Man= One badass hombre !!

Great interview!!love it!! Who would had thought by this interview that Stan Hansen was a terrifying man in his prime!!!You people think it was scary him and Brody teaming up?He used to team up with fucking Abdullah the Butcher in Puerto Rico!!! I saw them as a kid,scary scary men...

I never seen a Hansen Match That I did not Just LOVE

Stan Hansen always comes across very well in interviews. Not to be a shill, but his book was a very good read if not a bit disjointed. A lot of older wrestling fans have probably heard the story of a wrestler who made their name with the WWF, NWA, and to a lesser extent the AWA but Hansen became a legend from his work in Japan. It is interesting to hear things from his perspective. Thank you, Hannibal, for doing this interview.

I love the Funks. But I loved Bruiser to.

great memories from the japanese video game giant gram you can play with hansen there.

Stan is a Texas gentleman, and may God bless him!

Tito Santana and Ted Dibiasse also played football at West Texas as well! Had no idea how many wrestlers are alums of there!

brody was a newspaper journalist.

stan and frank are legions!!!

I've asked West Texas State (now West Texas A&M) admission recruiters about the famous wrestlers that went to their school and they have no clue that Stan, Brody, the Funks, Dusty, Bobby, and Tully went to school there for football. Smh

FOREVER!-terry funk

This explains a lot.

Stand Hansen was a bad man. Much love. Go Stan.

This was a very tough guy and I like him and still do I watch his match with lex Luger a lot

guys got a great radio voice

I watched that Hansen vs hogan in Japan match over and over as a child on vhs:

Brody at some point in his life was living in Uniontown Pennsylvania not far from where I grew up.

*GOD BLESS FRANK GOODISH*

his book is a awesome read.

STAN HANSON and BRUISER BRODY didn't like each other in the ring but on the road to the next show, they were the best of buddies. Ten Gallon White Cowboy Hat and a giant Afro on a huge head; they made quite the pair. The Spotatorium in Dallas-FT.Wort to Texarkana Arkansas was three hours but would take all day eating, talking, sleeping, farting and cutting promos on each other nobody would ever hear: "Bruiser Brody hear!!!" "Just wanted to tell you how happy I am to be in the ring tomorrow afternoon with Carlos Calon? He fake spits on the ground: Let me tell you something about Bruiser Brody He's got the long curly hair he's got the scar's on his head. HALF-HOUR outside of the city the show starts at seven it quarter to five we come across a broken down beat up rambler full of Girl Scouts standing on the side of the road looking like they needed help and Stan Hanson driving pulls up behind them and comes to a complete stop. "What are you doing, we ain't got time for this." Frank was all business all the time. Hanson ignores him and gets out to see what he can do to help. The girls swarm the car when they see Brody and he can see they have a flat tire and don't know how to change it. Hanson has some of the girls get out the back and starts bringing out the tire and jack to change the tire. Frank gets up to the back of the car just as the Scout Leader asks Stan a question he turns to answer; Frank bends down and starts breaking the lugs on the car. Stan's hand is right at his should he grabs him lightly and says, "I got this Frank." "I'll do it." Ignoring him. "What did I tell you, hillbilly?" He jerk's his shoulder back and in a moment frozen in time "Frank" became "Bruiser Brody" right before your eyes and everyone became silent." BIG STAN HANSON kneed Brody in the back of the head and his paper-thin forehead skin from dozens of barely healed scars exploded blood in every direction spattering off the old Rambler quarter panel and on to Girl Scout uniforms and children's faces in horror as the dance began. Eight or eight-thousand spectators never matters to the pro's because it's all grist for the mill except when they all take off the woods unison... A couple stood back who might have known who they were in fascination or a trance once they saw all that blood when a Texas State Trooper pulled up for a "Safety Check," seeing little girls scattering and two very large men rolling around in the ditch fighting over a lug wrench... (PS More to come: I might have them brought to the arena One police escort SWAT and the other Fire & Rescue fight right in the front door....) thewrestlersheaven.blogspot.com/2018/02/girl-scout-cookies-in-dirt-bruiser.html

That voice! I'd listen to him read the phone book!

Stan the Man

Hanson is Legend.😎😎😎

“You know.”

Im going to west tx

I could listen to this guy read the phone book.

He almost took off Terry Funks head with that lariat outside of the ring. It was the Funks vs Brody & Snuka w/ Hansen outside the ring in street clothes. Thought he decapitated Funk

Probably the most normal sounding clear speaking wrestler ever telling stories on youtube. Sounds and looks like someone that wasn't a wrestler. He's too normal.

Stan played in no holds barred as bubba with hulk Hogan as rip

Stan Hansen to me has always been the man who has walk the walk and talk the take God bless him,also bruiser Brody,and big can vader. Don’t make them like that anymore.🤠💪

Who was real-life tougher, Hansen or Murdoch?

should have defended the awa title vs uwf champ terry gordy, dr death, terry taylor

WOW i aint heard KING CURTIS and MARK LEWINS names for years ... they were actually from new zealand

Listening to Stan Hansen, I know he is a true gentleman. Just saying

how was it working with Ole Anderson

All this talk on Brody being 6'4" is rather funny considering I just happened to be watching Brody vs 'Texas Red' The Undertaker, in his professional debut in WCCW several days ago and was noticing the heights of the two - pretty much dead even. Now Calloway (The Undertaker) is supposed to go 6'9"-10", which we know is absurd. Perhaps 6'7" is more fitting. Figuring Brody was maybe an inch shorter than 'Red', then take two. Inches for his hair, which is rather massive, gives you about...6' 4"-5".. If you look st his shoes, there really is no room for lifts on any signifigant size.. Heck, Kane had one inch lifts early in his career and they were hugely noticable... Brody might have had half inch lifts at most and a legend grew out of it, but it is his hair that adds most the 'fake' height lol ;)

The best wrestling talent comes from the state of Texas.

🔥Chaos🔥

I bet those Yankees brother caught hell from those boys, brody was probably the mediater .

He speaks perfect Texan.

Stan is so soft spoken and he refuses to say anything bad about anyone. Go back and listen to his lunatic, unhinged, insanity laced rants of his ring persona and you would think that this CANNOT POSSIBLY be the same guy. 🤣😂😅 I remember his feuds with Pork Chop Cash and how he would go on these wild rants and to listen to him you'd think "This guy is certifiably insane." Lolololololol.

3:06 he was 6'4? good lord, they billed the man at 6'8

I cannot believe this is the same tobacco chewing maniac that threw missy Hyatt out of the changing rooms at superbrawl 1 !! He seems so chilled out !

hansen is actually real cordial in real life. I LIKE the real hansen better than his in i ring persona

Funny Bruiser was billed as 6’8” but Hansen said he was 6’4”.

Stan "Doug Dimmadome" Hansen.

The Blind Potato Master himself. As Jim Cornette put it lol

Doesn't feel right not seeing chew dribbling down his chin.

as a kid i thought he was a manaic

I bet all these guys studied hard at WTS. LOL

I believe Ted DiBiase and Tito Santana went to West Texas

Stan beat lex luger for u.s. title and brody didn't even bother with luger lol. RIP brody. Stan u rock!!