This was real wrestling. Sad to say we will never see this brand again
@TheSportsfan35
3 жыл бұрын
@CJ Mack, & that's thanks to promoters like Ole, Bill Watts & Bob Geigel who took the business seriously & wanted the talent who worked for them to take it seriously.
@ulyseeslorenzosutton1772
2 жыл бұрын
No we never will again.
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥
@gabrielgraves7369
2 жыл бұрын
So very true
@quinnkay4409
3 жыл бұрын
I have never seen Wrestling 2 as a heel. He was my hero in 79-80! Best masked baby-face ever!
@timothyburns2768
2 жыл бұрын
I agree 2 was great.
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥
@KevoRetro1
Ай бұрын
Yeah man I remember when Wrestling 2 turned heel on JYD, and he paid for it, and had it coming.🤨
@PilgrimPiper
5 жыл бұрын
I was in the crowd for the Lafayette card when II walked out on TA. Thank you for posting this video. For years I have tried to find some footage from Lafayette LA. I always tell my son stories about those days and what it was like. Bringing back some good childhood memories. Peace be with you
@michaelobrien9689
4 жыл бұрын
Brother, I grew up in Lafayette and went to the Munincipal Auditorium many times. Mid South was the best ever.
@creoleDJ
2 жыл бұрын
Lafayette, Houma, Morgan City, Alexandria…I was a kid living on & off in the state & really enjoyed Mid South!
@rockn1677
10 жыл бұрын
Saturday morning memories from days gone by, never will be the same again.
@roberdink
3 жыл бұрын
NWA Powerrr is the only show that comes close to recreating that magic.
@saldelucia1902
9 ай бұрын
My god so true by gone time..
@davegoldberg3282
6 жыл бұрын
Bill Watts with those top notch bracket special effects LOL
@headbrown5629
4 жыл бұрын
Much better than the modern product they try to call wrestling
@KeithFroehlich07
6 жыл бұрын
"I haven't lost anything, I've got the North American heavyweight title...Hahahaha" Mic drop!
@ronaldshank7589
4 жыл бұрын
A. K. A. a Pipe Bomb! It was absolutely savage!!!
@eggomafia
2 жыл бұрын
😄😄😄🎯✌
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
@@eggomafia you are so right, now we are talking wrestling with smoking action on all fronts
@michaelconnors7668
4 жыл бұрын
We also see Mr Wrestling 2's finest hour. When Magnum TA refuses to listen and take direction from Mr Wrestling 2, Mr Wrestling 2 picks up his marbles and goes home. Good for him. Magnum TA needed a lesson, and the Midnight Express gave it to him. Thank you Mr Wrestling 2, Jim Cornette, and the Midnight Express for your commitment to sportsmanship and fair play at the highest level.
@GregoryWeagle
2 жыл бұрын
Everyone adjusts their knee pads in wrestling all the time. Doesn't mean there's something in the pads, shut up Cowboy Bill!
@impalaman9707
7 жыл бұрын
I always loved the "old school heels" and how they would lie about breaking the rules: "oh, no. I didn't do that. I was just adjusting my knee pad"!
@Jimbo_Bluff
7 жыл бұрын
Wasn't Mr. Wrestling II and Skandar Akbar one and the same?
@longtimerasslinfan3500
5 жыл бұрын
James Swanson, no sir. I don’t remember Skandor’s real name but Wrestling 2’s real name is Johnny “rubberman” Walker. He was a recently retired mid-card worker when offered the chance to be Mr. Wrestling 2 in Georgia
@ronaldshank7589
4 жыл бұрын
"The adjustment that won him the match"!
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥 sadistic heels rule
@Narrate918
4 жыл бұрын
One of the most perfectly executed heel turns of all time
@charlesbukowski9836
3 жыл бұрын
I know...the talent was so good you could be a grandpa like mr wrestling 2 and still pull it off...there is more talent in his pinky than all of wrestling today combined...
@freddyvidz
4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Mr. Wrestling II
@thedarkchild86
10 жыл бұрын
Bill Watts calls Jim Cornette a sissy ....gold man ....gold
@peterp2153
4 жыл бұрын
Great booking having Terry Taylor stepping in to take the extra lashes for Magnum. Great babyface shit.
@damienthorne3012
4 жыл бұрын
A man can't adjust his kneepad without being accused of cheating?
@creoleDJ
Жыл бұрын
Reached down & scratched his nuts also…
@madbrowniac7871
5 жыл бұрын
Cowboy Bill Watts goes on record as the only individual ever to work the term "body lice" into a promo in any sport or walk of life." This angle was ingeniously devised and executed by everyone involved. And I cannot recall another one quite the same.B.W.
@lusterthomas4189
2 жыл бұрын
Put Boyd pierce in the Hall of Fame now.....
@richardbain8746
10 жыл бұрын
Boy this brings back memories todays wrestling is pure garbage!
@ronaldshank7589
4 жыл бұрын
And now, here in 2020, some 5 years after you said what you did about Today's Wrestling being pure garbage (which I have to basically agree with you on that statement, Sir!), now, due to this Coronavirus trekking its way across the Globe, Vince McMahon can't even have a crowd show up anytime soon, due to this sickness. The Miz showed up at work with this junk recently, and he caught the proverbial tidal wave of backstage heat for it, and rightfully so! Now, it looks like WrestleMania 36 is going to be deeply affected by this Virus, and you can bet your bottom dollar that all of this is cutting into Vince's fortunes! He's losing every which way he goes! After the way that he did other Wrestling Organizations, by buying out their top stars, and forcing those Wrestling Organizations to go bankrupt, one saying comes to mind, concerning Vince McMahon:"My, oh my, how the tables have turned"! Now, it's Vince's turn to be on the bitter side of things! Karma, justice, what goes around comes around... whatever you want to call it, truly has come back to bite Ol' Vince right in the Wallet!
@diablo666541
4 жыл бұрын
Today b.s. is racially sensitive .
@bigfootaintreal5454
4 жыл бұрын
Mr Wrestling II just passed away. He was awesome and he will be missed.
@teastrainer3604
Жыл бұрын
He may have been the greatest worker ever.
@prentisspowell8148
10 жыл бұрын
Love it....mostly for the film clip of the old Lafayette Sport Center......a building like something you might see in an old boxing movie from the thirties....smoke filled arena, drunk fans, but excellent wrestling matches....I was a regular from 1977 through 1979....lots of good memories....
@PilgrimPiper
7 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget this card. I was there for this. Wonderful memory from childhood, little bit emotional right now. I always tell my son how wrestling was presented in those days and how cool to find this clip.
@dinobrya2
2 жыл бұрын
That Bill Watts commentary.😂
@martinking1839
4 жыл бұрын
I dug Mr. Wrestling II. Best kneelift ever! He was great as a heel like Bob Armstrong, if you will. His promos, like Bob Armstrong, still kept you pulled in....not lulled out....like today.
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
Bob Armstrong was 🔥
@michaelvolgare9441
11 жыл бұрын
During this time in Mid South Watts came up with one great angle after another. Watts was taught by some of the best minds ever in the business (Eddie Graham, Roy Shire, Vince McMahon Sr. Joe Blanchard, Leroy McGuirk). His territory was stiff and hard hitting, the way WRESTLING (not sports entertainment) is supposed to be.
@gladfan1989
5 жыл бұрын
Emphasis on WRESTLING
@ronaldshank7589
4 жыл бұрын
I heard from someone as to why Vince calls his Organization "Sports Entertainment", but I forgot why. Could someone please refresh my memory?
@ronaldshank7589
4 жыл бұрын
@@GlitchesintheMatrix1954 I understand that. Which do you prefer-"Sports Entertainment", or "Rasslin"? I, of cot, won't knock ya either way, but I prefer "Rasslin"!
@thommytsunami
4 жыл бұрын
To be faaaaiiiiiiiir Bill Dundee was the booker at this time. Watts was a promoter and set the tone for the territory but it was guys like Dundee, Ernie Ladd, and Eddie Gilbert that actually came up with the angles.
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
@@ronaldshank7589 The truth is a power play. W WE does not have to be governed by any kind of Athletic Commission in any state or area.
@justinharasyn1574
4 жыл бұрын
This is all I watch on WWE Network. Great wrestling.
@josephtelegen8754
6 жыл бұрын
A. Eugene was awesome in Mid-South. B. There it is! The famous "whistling stranger in paradise" Bill Watts line later applied by Cornette to the Archbishop of Talent Bury!
@jameslott4606
6 жыл бұрын
i loved 2s evil laugh as he walked away from bill watts
@hiddensetting5238
6 жыл бұрын
Not having access to mid south television , and only seeing wrestling 2 on the superstation as a babyface. And seeing this as a grown man I don't think I've ever been as disappointed as a fan in seeing wrestling 2 as a heel.
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right
@AtlChris
9 жыл бұрын
I loved Wrestling II as a grouchy old heel.
@TheStuport
8 жыл бұрын
LOL....Johnny The Rubber Man Walker was grouchy with or without his mask... heel or baby face....that was just his personality
@lesliemiros6743
7 жыл бұрын
You outta hear Ole Anderson
@adriangreen9785
4 жыл бұрын
Him and bullet bob Armstrong put on some great feud bouts
@TheSportsfan35
3 жыл бұрын
@@lesliemiros6743 Ole has a right to be bitter & grouchy, Vince killed the business & in the process hurt guys like Watts, Verne & Ole who put all their $ into their respective territories.
@lesliemiros6743
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSportsfan35 I knew that about him off course and he also does a funny impression of Stu Hart.
@jonathanlee6098
2 жыл бұрын
These old wrestling programs are 10 times better than anything going on today
@GregoryWeagle
2 жыл бұрын
You know it's old school when Cowboy Bill needs a poster paper and a sharpie to show the entire tournament progress so far. High school level stuff.
@diablo666541
4 жыл бұрын
Mr wrestling told it like it was . He trained many people
@timshelton2896
6 жыл бұрын
II setting up for the "Knee that killed New Orleans"
@mindlessdroid3630
5 жыл бұрын
The booking here is awesome you have the TA, 2 heel turn involving the Midnight and JYD "leaving" for 90 days setting up the TA, 2 feud and then the Midnights celebration complete with cake that sets up the infamous Bill Watts slap of James E and subsequent Watts beat down leading to the Midnight, Watts, Stagger Lee, JYD's close personal friend feud.
@TPowell31
4 жыл бұрын
Listening to Bill Watts comments about Jim Corvette was funny 😆
@locky7347
2 жыл бұрын
"I haven't lost anything, I've got the mid south heavyweight title"
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥 He was truly talented
@KeithFroehlich07
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@elc1960
2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you're still out there Ed, supplying us with more old school wrestling footage. You were one of the first channels I subscribed to back in 2009. Keep on keepin' on man!
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥
@rahlohmcdonogh280
6 жыл бұрын
Watts commentary is actually great!
@VolumedMusicMan
7 жыл бұрын
My favorite W2 interview next to this one he had with the assasain and Gordon Solie in Atlanta.
@longtimerasslinfan3500
5 жыл бұрын
VolumedMusicMan, the one with the Assassin was even better than this one in my opinion. Wrestling 2 always gave great promos.
@dennissmith5807
4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Mr Wrestling 2.
@babysam614
4 жыл бұрын
The kneelift that killed New Orleans
@MCN168
2 жыл бұрын
Watts could've a great heel or an awesome face based on his territory. My Dad said he couldn't believe he survived the crowds in NYC at Madison Square Garden in 1965 during his battles with Bruno Sammartino.
@lusterthomas4189
2 жыл бұрын
I heard Watts was a tough sob
@MCN168
2 жыл бұрын
@Luster Thomas Same here. Kevin Nash and Jake Roberts said he was a bully. Hacksaw Duggan loved him though.
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥 U got to watch your back
@DMS-pq8
5 жыл бұрын
Watts saying JYD goes "Ghetto Style" Imagine saying that today
@RickJW-OSM
4 жыл бұрын
I think that term was first used by JYD himself.
@DMS-pq8
4 жыл бұрын
@@RickJW-OSM Wouldn't matter. Its like rappers can say the N word all day long but let a White person say it and its a crime against humanity
@diablo666541
4 жыл бұрын
Keep racism crap where belongs n NFL n NBA .
@diablo666541
4 жыл бұрын
@@RickJW-OSM same with ice man Parsons. Yet he wants claim racism against Fritz von Erich
@kingcook-we7vw
4 жыл бұрын
I looked for this comment soon as I heard it..lol.. I dont mind. Just funny.. plus. I like to sometimes referred as ghetto myself. When I'm down and dirty.
@davidscott7626
5 жыл бұрын
Wrestling 2 would have shocked fans had he turned heel earlier in his career. Johnny Walker was & is very beloved as the ultimate fan favorite. At this point he was ready to retire. This had the potential to be the biggest heel turn up till that time. Tommy Rich beat them to it.
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome back ☺️. I'm a Flyers fan as well but wrestling is my 1st passion
@evdallas3847
8 жыл бұрын
he was my favorite when i was a kid
@manifestgtr
3 жыл бұрын
LOL “whistling stranger in paradise” 40 years later, Jim Cornette uses that same exact line on Vince Russo.
@martindoll6656
8 жыл бұрын
Cornette has always been one of my favorites.
@diablo666541
4 жыл бұрын
Guy is wrestling historian imagine a museum of wrestling corny would be host of the tour.
@kasandrapurplekitten
5 жыл бұрын
goes ghetto style good lord Watts
@rahlohmcdonogh280
7 жыл бұрын
Nothing like this after an afternoon of college football!
@kevincaldwell4707
4 жыл бұрын
Love that girl in the audience just getting mad as hell at 04:27. You don't see reactions like that in wrestling anymore.
@Edward-ib9ub
Жыл бұрын
She was ready to throw down. Two better be glad he kept stepping 😊
@HoustonIsImmortal
9 жыл бұрын
Somehow I think the Cowboy doesn't believe Jim Cornette is all that manly...LOL
@darthroden
6 жыл бұрын
Some people still don't think he is.
@kevinpayton2664
6 жыл бұрын
Bill Watts expressed how many people feel about Jim Cornette then and now.
@kelsonlopez1583
5 жыл бұрын
"body lice....a scavenger!!" LOL!!
@misterjosephfloyd
6 жыл бұрын
Watts sure did like his whippings
@keithgriffin1174
4 жыл бұрын
Did Bill Watts say JYD goes Ghetto?????
@stevew7571
Жыл бұрын
What a swell handwritten sign for the tv title tourney.....art class project???
@stevew7571
Жыл бұрын
First of all Bill: get off my back
@mikeharvey1597
9 жыл бұрын
Great heel turn.
@quadraticresidue
5 жыл бұрын
I’m with II on this. He coached Magnum up from being a preliminary wrestler to being a champion. Magnum was very ungrateful and deserved the whipping from the Midnight Express. Did you notice Cornette taunting Magnum while he was being whipped? Classic.
@larrykiser8187
3 жыл бұрын
It's was wrong u don't walk out on ur parnter
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to T V wrestling 🔥. You are so right now we are talking wrestling 🔥
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
@@larrykiser8187 welcome to TV wrestling heels rule. Y you are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥
@ltdee1970
4 жыл бұрын
I Hello I miss this kind of wrestling great power mode and heels lying about what they did
@mesa4592
5 жыл бұрын
That whipping looks painful but DAM he looks good in jeans
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right
@jeromehebert3184
4 жыл бұрын
I loved Mid South .. me, my dad, and my sister watched for years... this is when wrestling was good.. today, it's garbage
@macarthurclutch4436
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Wrestling II
@lusterthomas4189
2 жыл бұрын
Damn Bill Watts deserves an Oscar.
@Edward-ib9ub
Жыл бұрын
Watts definitely has the gift of gab
@nicoleknight9412
3 жыл бұрын
I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut that Cornett's tennis racquet was loaded.
@kingcook-we7vw
4 жыл бұрын
As a kid.. my brothers were confused.. I watched wwf.. they thought it was msw. They always told me it changed.. But I realized it was a totally different product.
@yardlet6
11 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Ole. Watts was assistant booker in Georgia.
@TBDV1
8 жыл бұрын
Budro was a great worker.....wish he could have tamed his demons.
@slightlybetterthanaveragej6777
3 жыл бұрын
This was actually a devastating thing. It really was obviously a fake, JYD did a comical "tiiiimbeeerrrr" kind of fall. It knocked him down some in my eyes....
@dmenace4life
7 жыл бұрын
II had a sinister laugh.
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, the sadistic heel. Now we are talking wrestling 🔥
@creoleDJ
2 жыл бұрын
Funny how Wrestling II’s heel turn isn’t mentioned in the “Biggest heel turns ever” conversation…
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥
@creoleDJ
2 жыл бұрын
@@JackJones-ke8mo heel turn against Magnum TA and JYD, 2 of the biggest fan favorites of that era..
@JackJones-ke8mo
2 жыл бұрын
@@creoleDJ thanks for the response 🔥
@darthroden
6 жыл бұрын
Loved the part where Terry Taylor came out to take the last five lashes for Magnum TA. Long before he was killed by that dumbass Red Rooster gimmick.
@kylewaller6695
4 жыл бұрын
Cornette just referenced this match vs. JYD
@macarthurclutch4436
4 жыл бұрын
Yep just heard it
@greedyd5524
7 жыл бұрын
It's funny they didn't show Dog get knee'd cause he sold it so awful
@VolumedMusicMan
5 жыл бұрын
W2 an excellent heel here!👏
@TraderJack641
10 жыл бұрын
Great clip!
@zebra3stripes
7 жыл бұрын
We go to the video evidence. #2 was full of #2.
@craighenderson5582
9 жыл бұрын
Great stuff
@nolanwalls9894
Жыл бұрын
I rember this almost cried!!
@mkl62
8 жыл бұрын
In 1979, a new pro wrestling publication hit newsstands and magazine racks across the nation. It was Pro Wrestling Illustrated. When the first issue went to press, Mr. Wrestling #2 (Johnny Walker) was ranked at #5 in the Most Popular Wrestlers category.
@32rodrick
11 жыл бұрын
From BALLROOM WRESTLING
@keithwayne4572
4 жыл бұрын
Bill watts was obnoxious on the microphone...wow
@lusterthomas4189
2 жыл бұрын
You think so, I thought he was really good.
@Edward-ib9ub
Жыл бұрын
The John Wayne of Wrestling Lol
@ChrisHopkinsBass
Жыл бұрын
0:40 - no expense spared for that graphic!
@dr.roberts4508
4 жыл бұрын
Didn't show the rest of it cause. JYD could not sell it
@nolanwalls9894
Жыл бұрын
O god this awsome!!
@veteranpatriot4474
6 жыл бұрын
He goes Ghetto Style.... Couldn't get away with that today HA HA HA
@saveus228
6 жыл бұрын
Jason Wayne if a black said it, it’d be no problem, double standard
@veteranpatriot4474
6 жыл бұрын
@@saveus228 Ohhhhhhhhhh too True my friend, The world of double standards we do live in .
@KingGhidorah5464
4 жыл бұрын
RIP II
@edward7241
3 жыл бұрын
Lafayette Loseyanna at 3:53 lol
@ericsmithhart8509
2 жыл бұрын
Mr wrestling 2 wore tighty whities! Lmfao
@Edward-ib9ub
Жыл бұрын
Magnum was wearing his speedos Lol
@ericsmithhart8509
Жыл бұрын
@@Edward-ib9ub better than I diaper!
@impalaman9707
3 жыл бұрын
Bill Watts never gave me a babyface I felt worthy of cheering for. I thought they were all wimps. Mid South was the league where the only wrestlers I liked were heels because I thought they were tougher and cool---the faces were nerds
@Edward-ib9ub
Жыл бұрын
The faces were squeaky clean like Terry Taylor and Magnum TA
@impalaman9707
Жыл бұрын
@@Edward-ib9ub I know--I didn't like them. Especially hated the Rock and Roll Exporess
@Edward-ib9ub
Жыл бұрын
@@impalaman9707 Me too. I always cheered for the heels. The road warriors with Precious Paul Ellering and the four horsemen were my favorites from the NWA. Mid South had the freebirds and Midnight Express. Jim Cornette was a great heel manager. Those were the days 😊
@johnhawk1969
5 жыл бұрын
Bill Watts would have made a great heel manager
@longtimerasslinfan3500
5 жыл бұрын
John Hawkins III, Watts was actually a top heel in Georgia for quite some time and fueled with Wrestling 1 & 2
@chrishollister80
3 жыл бұрын
is this around the time JYD jumped ship and went over to the WWF?
@litehouse6
10 жыл бұрын
Was Boyd flying a 747 while he was doing the opening commentary?
@yardlet6
10 жыл бұрын
Just be glad he not wearing a suit that fries your corneas.
@ccie12933
10 жыл бұрын
Just don't call him Shirley.
@yardlet6
10 жыл бұрын
I want to see the suit they buried him in.
@madbrowniac7871
5 жыл бұрын
Halloween came early around MidSouth that year. And Boyd Pierce went as a plumb bob. R.I.P. Mr. Pierce you did a terrific job as an Announcer.B.W.
@rudistorm3348
4 жыл бұрын
Did is miss Mr. Wrestling I?
@VolumedMusicMan
4 жыл бұрын
Watts and WII has good a good promo here. My favorite WWII promo was the one from Atlanta with the Assassin. The build up is a classic!m.kzitem.info/news/bejne/qoNvrn-acJl5i6w
@misterhyde1971
2 жыл бұрын
Watched it on your recommendation…🔥🔥🔥!!! The Assassin’s mike skills were Great!!! That whole promo was 🏆!!!
@VolumedMusicMan
6 жыл бұрын
Bill Watts defining radical liberalism at 6:50!👏
@mikegilkey4173
Жыл бұрын
I wish Watts would have been more open about his feelings about Cornette. He really suppressed how he felt.
@robertbishop5357
4 жыл бұрын
Although a heel I think Wrestling 2 was a much better face.
@KeithFroehlich07
Жыл бұрын
Jim Cornette living rent free in Bill Watts head. 😎🎾
@dr.roberts4508
Жыл бұрын
Didn't show the knee lift. Cause JYD did not sell it
@jaydelosreyes595
4 жыл бұрын
here after cornettes podcast
@hoganshideout
2 жыл бұрын
The original complete match: kzitem.info/news/bejne/w3xp03iqp2doeYo
@Filmation77
5 жыл бұрын
3:42 Wrestling II's N.A. belt looks way better than Willie Mack's Strap
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