Tully Blanchard on Ric Flair

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Tully Blanchard on Ric Flair
WWE Hall of Famer and original 4 horsemen member Tully Blanchard talks about his friendship with 16 Time World Champion and WWE Hall of Famer "Ric Flair." He also talks what it was like being on the road with Flair, the real personalities of the horsemen members and the mainstream celebrity of the group.
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@rodneytate5259 7 жыл бұрын

Great interview.

@toddclark7554 6 жыл бұрын

Todd Clark seeing this interview Tully is a very nice guy !

@willieholmes1483 5 жыл бұрын

Shawn Michaels said it best: “Tully Blanchard was the coolest bad guy ever.”

@willieholmes1483 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P.: The Snuggery.

@nellbowie7986 8 жыл бұрын

Tully mentioned the businessman in the airport flashing the 4 fingers. Today's wrestling has lost those fans

@robertbishop5357 6 жыл бұрын

Nell Bowie today's wrestling is nowhere near as good as it was back then.

@TruthBTold- 6 жыл бұрын

Robert bishop people hate evolvement

@moncorp1 5 жыл бұрын

No Truth, people hate suckitude.

@noezrider6361 5 жыл бұрын

That's why I'm here. Reliving the best days of PRO wrestling. WCW(NWA) ruled, as well as the territories that I can now see what I missed.

@ricstormwolf 4 жыл бұрын

Sadly true.

@Sargebri 8 жыл бұрын

Tully was the blasting cap that made the Horsemen and he definitely was one of the greatest heels in the history of the business.

@publichousebrandmusic2762 8 жыл бұрын

i never liked you!

@mickymccarthy3410 7 жыл бұрын

Public House Brand Musi cn

@luisg.407 7 жыл бұрын

The Horsemen were never the same without him. Flair was arrogant but likeable, you always respected Arn, but you always wanted to see Tully get his ass kicked.

@PontFlair Жыл бұрын

That's what he said on the WWE DVD 📀

@gordonmckay4780 6 жыл бұрын

One of the most underrated wrestlers and heels EVER!

@robertperdue529 6 жыл бұрын

Gordon Mckay what's is the heel?

@jspdrcrmach5856 5 жыл бұрын

The Bad Guy.

@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1 5 жыл бұрын

he's in my top 10

@gordonmckay4780 4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinkelly1529 I do, I have an English degree.

@samstone5529 8 жыл бұрын

Tully was a fantastic wrestler and talker. I have no idea what some of you have been watching. He is also a true class act.

@jameshutchinson568 7 жыл бұрын

Tully Blanchard was one of the great bad guy wrestlers of all time. I loved watching him as a kid. Very smooth, very charismatic.

@jameswest4259 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up watching NWA in the early 80's and I loved the 4 Horsemen! Ric, Arn, Tully, and Ole with J.J. Dillon, they were never better!

@DavidLucas-oj6ju 4 жыл бұрын

I also grew up on wrestling in the 80s i watched WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING ON Saturday i loved the 4 HORSEMEN

@PontFlair Жыл бұрын

I grew up watching the Horsemen too. I preferred Barry over Ole though

@normangrimm4581 5 жыл бұрын

Flair was the leader of The Four Horsemen but Arn and Tully was the heart and soul of the group.

@TheMisanthropeLives 7 жыл бұрын

My high opinion of Tully has only improved over the years. He was one of the greatest heels ever in the business.

@jerfacekilla 8 жыл бұрын

I could listen to Tully Blanchard talk all day...

@kevinnash2444 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome interview!! Great story by Tully going through o'Hare airport and a business man throwing up the four fingers. The Horesman are Legendary!

@philsackett7341 6 жыл бұрын

The "Tully strut" was one of my favorite things in wrestling back in the day. The sheer taunting nature of it was hilarious. I usually hate that type of behavior in real life, but in wrestling, it was perfect, especially if you were a Horseman.

@Martin-jk2ng 3 жыл бұрын

Tully is class. Full stop. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest of all time.

@LoveScooby 2 жыл бұрын

Tully still looks good, one of the smartest ring generals of all time. He didn’t have any weakness. I enjoyed you as the greatest world TV Champ and United States champ of all time.

@danielroninhernandez8119 6 жыл бұрын

ONE OFTHE UDERRATED WRESTLERS OF ALL TIME................

@chrischar9428 4 жыл бұрын

UNDERRATED BY WHOM

@tommycallahan4650 7 жыл бұрын

Tully Blanchard is the greatest World Television Champion of all times

@israelcrucifiedinchrist797 6 жыл бұрын

and the national champ

@tvtitlechampion3238 6 жыл бұрын

Jake the Snake was pretty great, but Tully got the heat and asses in the seats.

@israeldeleon2929 5 жыл бұрын

I liked Mr Wonderful as TV champ I wished he had a longer reign

@bigchuck20785 5 жыл бұрын

Double A is greatest TV TV Champion of all times! Hands down!

@TFRANCHISETHERILLA 5 жыл бұрын

The Great Muta

@DougUnfunny 6 жыл бұрын

his daughter Tessa looks like a star in Impact wrestling. she looks like million bucks.

@EManFXW 8 жыл бұрын

Tully's 100% right about Philadelphia. I grew up in Philly and used to go to some of the house shows there as a kid and some fans would cheer them. Philly was definitely Horsemen town.

@TruthBTold- 5 жыл бұрын

🙏🏾👍🏾

@phillymamba2791 5 жыл бұрын

Yes Philly definitely was. I was at those matches. At the old Civic Center. Those were the days

@jimmoore811 4 жыл бұрын

My buddies and i paraded around high school as the 4 horsemen.....great times

@jupiterjohnson7191 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hannibal, Tully is overshadowed! Discovered this guy on AEW, the horseman were before my time. I grew up on WWF! But man this guy had a physique!

@juanc1328 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Gino Hernandez lived and Tully brought him in after Ole stepped away!

@shawnhensley4884 2 жыл бұрын

That would've rocked. Gino was made to be a Horsemen and they could've turned him face later. Gino gets bigger than the Horsemen and they jump him and fire him. Gino turns face and tags with Magnum against double-A and Tully. or maybe he demands a shot at Flair's belt.

@billcowan5539 4 жыл бұрын

The best version of the Horseman were with Ric , Arn , Tully and Barry Windham. Those were the days

@jamesdesomma3639 3 жыл бұрын

Ric tully arn and ole

@Kevin-cy4qn 3 жыл бұрын

Bill Cowan, COULDN'T AGREE MORE! My favorite faction of the Horseman as well!

@Kevin-cy4qn 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesdesomma3639 can't argue about the original 4, but Imma have to go with Bill on the Barry Windham faction of The Horseman

@WEK-kh8gd 2 жыл бұрын

No Ole. Ole sucks.

@maliquepone2188 2 жыл бұрын

The great thing about that iteration of the horseman they where at their most technical sound i.m.o

@rodolfolopez2370 4 жыл бұрын

I remember my parents taking us to watch Southwest Championship Wrestling at the Memorial Colesium in Corpus Christi, Texas in the 70s. Tully Blanchard and Gino Hernandez were the best.

@endrsgm 4 жыл бұрын

back in the mid to late 80s i was a huge fan of the 4 horsemen. i went to a few matches live and remember getting iced thrown at me for cheering them. even so ... tully was the one i HATED. he was the perfect heel. gotta admire and respect him.

@north-philly-rome 6 жыл бұрын

Tully was my favorite horseman in the 80s

@mj-7444 3 жыл бұрын

Very seldom do people keep their voice with age,Nice. I swear I can’t tell the difference between him and pat militech. That is probably why I always felt like i knew Pat’s voice. He sounds like Blanchard!!! 100%

@liquidnails5867 4 жыл бұрын

Tully's great, I love seeing him in AEW

@thegroveness 5 жыл бұрын

Ric, Tully, Arn, Ole managed by JJ

@tommyjones5316 4 жыл бұрын

The original four horses.

@DavidLucas-oj6ju 4 жыл бұрын

Diamonds are 4 ever and so are the 4 HORSEMEN

@erictaylor479 3 жыл бұрын

The Horsemen were like Kellogg's Corn Flakes.The original is still the best.

@OdintheGermanShepherd 7 жыл бұрын

Diamonds are forever, and so are the Horsemen

@eulrikeleday9076 5 жыл бұрын

Tully a true legend who got screwed

@DavidLucas-oj6ju 4 жыл бұрын

My sentiments exactly Diamonds are 4 Ever and so are THE 4 HORSEMEN

@pens8766 5 жыл бұрын

Tully was always my favorite horseman.

@Murph_. 2 жыл бұрын

Philly LOVED the Horsemen! When we went, dressed in suits for wrestling to root for the Horsemen, we always had a lot of people with us, just as we had a lot of people against us. It was ALWAYS fun.

@randymcvay308 7 жыл бұрын

Tully as well as the rest of the horsemen were favorite's when i was stationed in South Carolina. saw tgem several times

@TheTonedef76 5 жыл бұрын

Tully was my Favorite Horseman. Him, Dusty and Magnum TA has some epic matches.

@williamchristian8705 4 жыл бұрын

He was great as a heel. I totally despised him as a character. Reality he was probably a wonderful person in real life. But he was so good at selling it you couldn’t stand his wrestling persona. He was like the obnoxious sports star in your youth.

@zap_sigma1 3 жыл бұрын

He still is. Easily one of the bezt heel managers in the biz today. FTR has really blossomed under his tutelage as a tag team. Tully is a consumate professional.

@tasan215 5 жыл бұрын

🐎🐎🐎🐎 4ever, yes Tully you were favorites of Philly PA!

@dewaynewhite2928 7 жыл бұрын

Tully was the man, he was awesome and physical, the sling shot was his finishing move, wow lots of time gone by.

@sheawhitey8631 4 жыл бұрын

As FLAIR WOULD SAY LOUD AND PROUD..." BRIGHT LIGHTS- BIG CITY- PRETTY LADIES KEEP THE CHAMPAGNE ON ICE...DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER...AND SO ARE THE HORSEMEN...WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

@johnreece5540 5 жыл бұрын

Tully's barenuckle bouts with Ronnie Garvin defined the greatness of the era.

@1EVILZ06 3 жыл бұрын

Hands of stone.😂

@richbrake9910 2 жыл бұрын

Blanchard said it was cold when he started in Kansas City in December of 1983. He's right. It was 20F below with 70 below wind chills in Dec 83 in KC.

@airemoutreigns6366 8 жыл бұрын

PHILLY LOVED THE HORSEMEN

@CT-nb5lm 7 жыл бұрын

I was theee perfect age when this all went down.. I dunno what years it was. but somewhere between 1983-1988. so I was 11-16 years old....good times. **I remember watching GoldenGirls from 9-10pm on Saturday nights then WCW at 10-11 when Tully Was TV Champion/Four Hoursmen,,,, Then my Favorite was 11-12midnight Florida Wrestling with Kerry Von Erich,CHris Adams and I forget the rest. But I loooved the Florida version of WCW.. *The WWF was on fire. I bet I still have those "Pro Wrestling Illustrated" magazines from 1982-1987 when I collected em. proabably in my moms attic in a box with Thrasher Skate magazines..lol Thank You Tully Blanchard...

@romainlavoie1526 3 жыл бұрын

Tully is humble here. There was a serious segment of the men wrestling fans and sporting fans alike that were real Horsemen Fanatics! It's was the best 👌

@chappellhannon4451 3 жыл бұрын

TELLY AND ARN WILL ALWAYS BE THE TRUTH 🐴🐴🐴🐴

@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf 2 жыл бұрын

Luv ya Mr Blanchard. Great performance and great dedication thank you for your time n commitment 👏 👍

@rogeradams7286 7 жыл бұрын

Arn and Tully; I can't think of a better team; Magnum said Tully could blow anyone up

@1EVILZ06 3 жыл бұрын

Hawk & Animal were a better tag team. The road warriors ruled back then.

@chuckfinley6747 3 жыл бұрын

@@1EVILZ06 decent charisma with a lot of presence but their matches were just blah. All they did was outmuscle guys because they had an extremely limited move set and no in ring psychology.

@1EVILZ06 3 жыл бұрын

@@chuckfinley6747 What about my all time favorites. The Rock & Roll Express......Robert & Ricky

@arymniak1 3 жыл бұрын

'80's wrestling was the best. Well almost as good as the late 60's and early '70's. Today it's all show and no go.

@slkrik31 5 жыл бұрын

He and Arn had such great chemistry together as a tag team. IMO they were the driving force behind that group because they could put on great matches. If Vince were smart, he would bring Tully in part of the creative team to work with the newer talent.

@danielr4640 6 жыл бұрын

I wish the television title belt is still around

@shaunclifton5281 3 жыл бұрын

Love ya, Tully, but I honestly think more people LOVED The 4 Horsemen. It will Always be Flair, Arn, Tully, and Barry for me.

@mitzicarpenter2820 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the AWA,NWA era Tully, Flair,Arn and Ole Dimonds are forever and so are the 4-Horseman!

@ghanahumber937 3 жыл бұрын

I loved the bad guys. Tully and Mr. Wonderful was hilarious

@shanecochran1969 5 жыл бұрын

Ric Flair might have been the heart of the 4-horsemen, but Tully Blanchard was the "SOUL" of the 4-horsemen...

@erictaylor479 3 жыл бұрын

No doubt

@patrickcalvin5272 4 жыл бұрын

I remember the slingshot suplex!!

@kevinwright5106 4 жыл бұрын

Always reminded me of Ray liota in goodfellas

@blacquesjacques7239 7 жыл бұрын

People appreciate how good and important to the success of the four horseman Tully was . At the time I couldn't understand him but after the Magnum TA matches he won me over . Had Magnum ever won the NWA title I would have rathered seeing Tully chasing the champ than Flair .

@mrbobevans 5 жыл бұрын

He seems like a really nice guy.

@dabig25 5 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest heels ever

@Majnun74 5 жыл бұрын

I think I’m going to trim down my beard exactly like this!

@johnreece5540 5 жыл бұрын

Tully Blanchard was/is that "Horseman" who was that fierce "Pitbull" who put the t in tenacious and tough.

@stevenclark6662 4 жыл бұрын

Dude(s), you get the BEST interviews... GREAT channel, and I'm a proud subscriber 😎

@johnevans2820 4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion one of the greatest heat seekers ever in wrestling

@packinaglock 5 жыл бұрын

I was a 4 Horseman fan bigtime!

@AndrewsOpinion15 6 жыл бұрын

TULLY BLACHARD WAS GREAT MEMBER OF FOUR HORSEMEN !!!

@derrickhouston9578 5 жыл бұрын

The older I get, the more I love Tully!!! $ Horsemen Rule!!!

@iconicon7354 5 жыл бұрын

As Tully eloquently expresses the truth- professional wrestlers of that era strive for great performance. They are consummate professionals and that is precisely why they have star power.

@jby1155 3 жыл бұрын

“Shoot em four fingers. That’s penetration.” -TB

@robhansen6553 5 жыл бұрын

dream match Tully in his prime vs the hitman in his prime

@shaundavis5109 5 жыл бұрын

Closest you'll get is Summerslam 89 sadly

@johnniebee4328 4 жыл бұрын

Ric Flair the GOAT

@MoveInSilence23 8 жыл бұрын

Tully looks a lot like Gregg Popovich...

@moncorp1 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like tommy lee jones

@eversezramclaurin3103 5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah he does.

@Mark-sj3xb 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like bowler Marshall Holman.

@chappellhannon4451 3 жыл бұрын

TELLY DOES LOOK LIKE POP 🤣😂🤣😂

@billymc2681 5 жыл бұрын

Tully and Gino Hernandez were a great tag team...

@gregorypower9385 5 жыл бұрын

That's why I remember wrestling of the 80s The Four Horsemen that was nothing like it I should look forward to watching wrestling I don't know however people feel about that but this wrestling s*** today sucks and ain't nothing like how I was back in the 80s the 80s was the s*** especially for horse

@leonardsanchez1022 4 жыл бұрын

It was awesome back then

@michaelmaynard58 Жыл бұрын

In Philly we loved the Horsemen!

@jamesnason9884 8 жыл бұрын

Tully was truly one of the best. I'm sorry for saying this. But without Tully the 4 horsemen suck.

@ryanmurphy2588 3 жыл бұрын

Don't be sorry for stating a fact. Without Tully the Horsemen did indeed suck. With the exception of Pillman, but Tully made the Horsemen go without a doubt. Tully Blanchard is Awesome. He was the blasting cap of the Horsemen. 1985- 88 don't happen for the 4 Horsemen without Tully!

@andrewclayterman6230 4 жыл бұрын

Great quality fantastic interview

@johnnyskinwalker4095 6 жыл бұрын

That's right the Horsemen worked cause they were a great force for Evil. It was a miracle if you beat them. And you hated them more.

@adcolt54 7 жыл бұрын

Tully has aged well.

@co5bass5 6 жыл бұрын

The 'clarity', the ability to articulate, and thoughtful nature of 'shoots' from Tully Blanchard and Lanny Poffo really give credibility to their perspective and opinions. Great interview.

@richardpace5809 Жыл бұрын

Wasn't a Tully fan growing up but looking back now at his promos and his in work matches with AA he is so underrated. Look up his match against Dan Spivey. Tully held his own and never backed down in almost a semi shoot . These guys will never be duplicated by todays bunch. Just not the same.

@phuckewe178 6 жыл бұрын

Inventor of the slingshot suplex.

@samanthamasters2254 6 жыл бұрын

good to see Tully again. he looks at lot like his dad joe Blanchard. I really remember him from southwest championship wrestling out of San Antonio Texas when i was a kid. donnie. S.A ,texas

@groovypaul1630 5 жыл бұрын

I bet you have a lot of wreasling knowledge if you remember Tully's dad . Nice to know others with knowledge of this great sport. Most people just remember what is going on now.

@richardclark7224 10 ай бұрын

Tully is right about us in the city of Philadelphia pa, we love the 4 horseman Philadelphia pa is and always will be Horseman country💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

@darewan8233 6 жыл бұрын

Tully you rock man! Hope to see ya again soon.

@exidy-yt 7 жыл бұрын

Oh man! Tully Blanchard dosen't even resemble the guy I remembered from the Four Horsemen, or when Tully and Arn came to the WWF for a short while. I used to really like the guy (Slingshot suplex 4tw!) but if I passed him on the street I would never have recognized him. :(

@e2go 5 жыл бұрын

A human being looks older than he did 30 plus years ago! Let’s all fucking cry about it. You are an imbecile!

@Stevedrums741 10 ай бұрын

Tully was so good at what he did that I hated him through the magazines exclusively as I was in NJ and didn't have cable.

@donaldpainter956 2 жыл бұрын

Tully Blanchard was the greatest wrestler in the 80s

@sassylee9941 5 жыл бұрын

Those were great times for wrestling fans.

@oveidasinclair982 7 жыл бұрын

My dad said the 4 horseman were the greatest, he wasn't a big fan of Lugar, but he said Tully, Arn and Flair were top notch

@Dan-hg8ns 7 жыл бұрын

The best incarnation of the 4 Horsemen in my opinion were Flair/Arn Anderson/Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham. Luger sucks.

@perrylx 7 жыл бұрын

I liked Luger......on the mic. He fit because of the look (DEFINITELY nit the work). IMO Windham never was a heel. He never wasn't that great on the mic, but his matches were historical (favorite of all time was him vs. Flair for the title. The one that went for 60min)

@oveidasinclair982 7 жыл бұрын

Luger really does suck in real life, he was a drug addict who beat on woman and he took his wrestling persona into real life.

@blacquesjacques7239 7 жыл бұрын

+perrylx I say the same . Windham was never a real Horseman because he couldn't work heel . No one wanted him to be a heel

@israelcrucifiedinchrist797 6 жыл бұрын

how about when he came back in 1990 and attacked sting and luger? that was exciting

@phicrappazappa3844 6 жыл бұрын

Tully Blanchard was the GREATEST HEEL OF ALL TIME!! There is NO comparison. Triple H falls short in his shadow.

@mezzosongbird2221 5 жыл бұрын

HHH actually is better. People hate him simply for who he married.

@JoeyKO757 5 жыл бұрын

Tully is a smart dude

@woc1371 4 жыл бұрын

Tully was one of those heels that you love to hate

@rict5878 3 жыл бұрын

A true crime that the Horsemen never battled the Von Erich's.

@BIGFACTSENT 5 жыл бұрын

Four Horsemen had awesome chemistry

@patriciaryan8909 5 жыл бұрын

Championship wrestling from fla,with Gordon solie,saw a lot of matches at Eddie Graham sports stadium,great memories.

@kellycarlson4167 7 жыл бұрын

Tully Blanchard was the lil enforcer for the Four Horseman. Long live Tully Blanchard.💪

@mentalmastermind9635 6 жыл бұрын

kelly carlson Arn Anderson was the enforcer hence his nickname lol

@killerseddie8295 5 жыл бұрын

We loved the Horsemen in eastern N.C.

@therocksays7915 5 жыл бұрын

I got too meet Tully many years ago at my friends church in either n/s Carolina. Anyway his handshake was like a death grip.

@stoenyce 5 жыл бұрын

Underrated Talker. Man he could pop shit!!!

@1mrslapzilla 8 жыл бұрын

TULLY AND THE HORSEMEN FUCKING KICKASS!!!!!

@josephwilson7971 8 жыл бұрын

I lived in Florida.I look back as He was one of the great Heel.