Wrestling owes so much to the Crusher. He was a promotional genius. Wrestling would be boring without the talk and buildup. Him and Bobby Heenan! Thank you!
@PsychomachineryEBM
6 жыл бұрын
Da Crusher is actually widely underrated on the mic. He was very entertaining to listen to in any promo or interview.
@MrShortymac187
3 жыл бұрын
Facts
@henrylicious
3 жыл бұрын
He's like a polish American stone cold.
@Whitman1819
3 жыл бұрын
@@henrylicious lol from Cudahy I knew was friends with and worked with his nephew Ed Lisowski when I worked on the docks for CF nice people and real Milwaukee people...good people. I heard a lot of funny stories about 'The Crusher' his family was proud of him. I remember when he would run at the lakefront carrying a full barrel of beer...and according to Ed...it was actually full. Yep, they were 100% polish hehe...
@jonathanturbide2232
2 жыл бұрын
He's not underrated at all, just any old time wrestling fan knows how solid he was on the mic, in fact it was his forte and everyone knows that. So his mic skills are definitely not underrated, not by a long shot.
@laksivrak2203
2 жыл бұрын
Underrated by children who are ignorant
@edgein3299
Жыл бұрын
According to Baron Von Raschke, the Crusher wasn't a big drinker. And if he did drink, it would be a glass of wine. After the matches, he would head home most of the time instead of heading to the bars with the other wrestlers. Like many wrestlers, he was the opposite of his on screen persona.
@poopsmith6853
Ай бұрын
Maybe later in life. I knew people that would run into him at bars he mentioned in promos.
@indiandaeng
Ай бұрын
Owned a bar in South Milwaukee. Nice guy liked to chat with customers
@kerrypederson811
9 жыл бұрын
I loved the Crusher--and the Bruiser too. Every Sat. night---me and Dad--in front of the tv-----and we wouldn't move--that's when wrestling was fun!--Mom and Dad were out at the bars and I was babysitting (usually called "snot sitting") my kid Brothers. Mom and Dad ran into the Crusher and told him about the 12 year old at home babysitting who loved the Crusher sooooo much. Dad talked the Crusher into calling me at home----Oh my God---I was so star struck I couldn't hardly talk to the great man. Stuttering and stammering was about as good as it got---but he thought I was cute. MY BRUSH WITH GREATNESS AT AGE 12!
@ness87mtg
5 жыл бұрын
“Does he even Polka?” The ultimate Wisconsin insult.
@25mfd
4 жыл бұрын
right up there with "does he eat Bratwurst?"
@overthehills_faraway8320
4 жыл бұрын
@@25mfd No NO No, You talk about Polka, that is Pulaski , WI. It's where it was invented, True story...Been there done that. 1st bring a lot beer, yah, and then eat bratwurst.
@markkalfahs1047
2 жыл бұрын
....insult?....try compliment...ya don'ts have to dance it, don't cha know, just sits, listen and enjoy the oompahs and das squeeze boxes, don't cha know....
@greyskywarren6028
Жыл бұрын
So, legend has it that The Crusher didn't actually drink, with the exception of an occasional class of wine. THIS is how you properly work a gimmick - wrestlers now days have a team of writer come up with their material. Guys like the Crusher, The Bruiser, Baron von Raschke were the real deal.
@ronaldshank7589
4 ай бұрын
If e was in the ring with any of these Wrestlers, I'd just do my best to just get through the match, and get it over with. Tell ya what, though-If they started cheating on me, why, I'd find a way to do it to them...and then, let's see what happens! I ain't as big as those guys, but if they get me mad, even if I lose, I'm going after them! Sometimes.....ya just gotta fight fire with fire! Know what I mean?!?
@carloszepeda8842
Жыл бұрын
Great era of wrestling and a classic wrestler who was great to watch. RIP Crusher
@DiesalAZ
8 жыл бұрын
Back when wrestling was "real". My all time favorite wrestler, Da Crusher.
@ronaldshank7589
4 ай бұрын
He, Jerry Blackwell, Maddog Vachon, Paul "The Butcher" Vachon, Baron Von Rashke...were amongst the most violent, most vicious Men, I've ever heard of! Their Take-No-Prisoners kind of attitude definitely impressed me, over the years. They were a lot more manly, than some of these little Soy-Milk-Drinkers are, nowadays. These little wimps gotta run home to mama, every time a little something happens to 'em. They're pathetic! Be like the true Men of old! Don't be a baby, all the way through life. If something happens to ya, do like these Classic Wrestlers did. Getcha some guts, pull yourself up by the bootstraps, and BE A MAN!!!!! There ain't nothin' wrong with that!
@joey.m12345
29 күн бұрын
I don’t know about real, but more fun to watch
@DiesalAZ
29 күн бұрын
@@joey.m12345 I was like 8 years old, it was 'real" to me at that point
@stevekoenig3684
5 жыл бұрын
Just an hour ago as I'm doing this, a statue of the Crusher was unveiled in his hometown of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
@Drew_D
2 ай бұрын
I’m from Indiana. I wish we could get a Dick the Bruiser statue in Indianapolis. Maybe even in Delphi, his hometown.
@anonymousdeuce
7 жыл бұрын
I love watching the AWA on WVTV channel 18 every Saturday afternoon . The Crusher and The Baron on of my favorite tag teams all time. Love you Milwaukee.
@mrnoiz23
7 жыл бұрын
Channel 18 you and me anyone else?
@josephcebelinski2070
4 жыл бұрын
@@mrnoiz23 Channel 26 here in Chicago. 11am Sunday mornings.
@mrnoiz23
4 жыл бұрын
@@josephcebelinski2070 Tweeking that little loop antenna on the B&W TV :)
@stratkiller86
3 жыл бұрын
we love ya too, prost!
@robertwegner9086
4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Saloon ten years in a row!!!
@77loneranger
2 жыл бұрын
Da Crusher is the ultimate blue-collar hero. He definitely isn't a Whitefish Bay kind of guy.
@Professor-IC
6 ай бұрын
Nor Fox Point or Bayside.
@JeffmChicago
8 жыл бұрын
Saturday afternoons watching wrestling's best Da Crusher! Great memories as a kid growing up in Milwaukee. I cry for my city today. It's a shell of its former self. So, sad.
@trevmac8362
8 жыл бұрын
me too i cry for you also
@cinnordlaw2335
7 жыл бұрын
I cry for you too. Milwaukee is is waaay better shape than it was in the 70s.
@princeofcupspoc9073
3 жыл бұрын
@@cinnordlaw2335 Do I need to explain the joke?
@scottchavez1688
9 ай бұрын
Milwaukee, like Mpls & St Paul, we're amazing blue collar cities. Now, they are cesspool with no go neighborhoodd thanks to liberals.
@niknikktm
4 жыл бұрын
Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski. My Grandma's cousin. She used to tell me how his drinking buddies would call her mothers house (probably looked up Lisowski in the phone book) looking for him. He was my favorite. Went to see him in matches at the Minneapolis Auditorium and tapings at WTCN 11 (where the AWA filmed their TV matches) too many times to count.
@bigboresledder
4 жыл бұрын
I saw these guys as a kid in Minneapolis in the 60's and it was nothing but fun. Very little good coming out of Milwaukee these days.
@cardinalsfan8182
2 жыл бұрын
One of a kind-the crusher was the best interview ever!!
@maraviyoso8473
3 жыл бұрын
Modern "wrestling" fans always talk about wrestling is supposed to be "fun." THIS was fun, real fun.
@raddmann336
8 жыл бұрын
Verne Gagne and the Crusher were the favorites of the fans in Minneapolis when I was growing up. The Crusher was such a hoot on the mic. Sure miss those days.
@leehylo4692
6 жыл бұрын
Does anybody remember the Milwaukee wrestler by the name of Bob Amel
@mikegarcia7672
7 жыл бұрын
I liked how Mad Dog Vachon tried lifting the Crushers hair off his head. Very funny stuff!
@juckimal
11 ай бұрын
Back when these men were the kings. I love it. Love Da Crusher!
@skysthelimit7579
Жыл бұрын
This man is Wisconsin I love it
@jackmandu
5 жыл бұрын
Best ever, RIP Mean Gene.
@celestiawinters667
5 жыл бұрын
My mom told me to look this man up after she saw his statue in South Milwaukee. I am now realizing that I have seen videos of this man before.
@overthehills_faraway8320
4 жыл бұрын
I saw him in Green Bay, still have piece of his t-shirt
@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, Crusher was ranked at #6 in the now defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA). And condolences to the family of Axl Rotten, who like Crusher, has answered that final bell.
@trevmac8362
8 жыл бұрын
i bought all those magazines you talked about..Good Catch my friend
@Rjensen2
Жыл бұрын
Fuck Axl Rotten. Untalented hack who had to do garbage wrestling just to have a job.
@JoyceAllKnowingTarot
6 жыл бұрын
i loved the Crusher!! My dad id not let Sunday morning pass w/o seeing the Crusher and we 4 kids were right there with him. Rest in Peace Crusher and James Adams, Sr.
@mikeharlan8708
10 ай бұрын
every Sunday morning, watching the AWA, one of the things my dad and I could agree on.
@crusherbmx
7 жыл бұрын
The all time best!
@jeffolson7853
3 жыл бұрын
Da Crusher was the best! I had the luxury of living in Minneapolis & watching the AWA wrestling for many years. Mad Dog was a favorite too.
@schautamatic
4 жыл бұрын
If only I could ever find that one old Byron’s Tires commercial with The Crusher bending a huge truck tire in half while yelling in that signature voice: “If you didn’t get your tires from Byron’s, GET ‘EM NOWWWW!!!” 😄😄
@carloszepeda8842
5 жыл бұрын
Great promoter for wrestling.
@cardinalsfan8182
2 жыл бұрын
Love the song “the crusher” by the Novas in 1964!!!!
@joebagadonuts8852
11 ай бұрын
Crusher always seemed to be doing it with a wink. Like when he would pause in mid tirade to ask the interviewer how to say a word. Or he'd do his "how 'bout dat?", the studio audience would cheer, and he'd say to the interviewer, "gotta keep 'em awake". Even watching as a kid, you felt like you were in on the joke.
@1Cruzer4u
7 жыл бұрын
My Goodness A Absolute Classic The ever entertaining Crusher these guys were great Mad Dog, Vachon (The Va-Shawn) brothers Mad Dog & Butcher lets not forget The Bruiser all Legendary Wrestler's men who made the sport famous.
@twaflyer1
6 жыл бұрын
There were two Lisowskis,' and one of them, Stan L', used to work out at the Irving Park YMCA in Chicago in the late 50's and early 60"s! All I remember is that the guy used to do 5-10 Bench Press Rep's at 450 Lbs. We had Clyde Emrich there too, who later was the strength Coach for the Chicago Bears. "DEM vuz Duh Days," as the Crusher would say!! If I could go back in time, that would be the time for me!!!
@gc5907
Жыл бұрын
I remember Clyde, I used to be a ball boy with the bears...he didn't like my dad because he was allowed by the higher ups to use the players weight room, Which in hind sight I don't blame him for.
@abrahammitchell5599
8 жыл бұрын
Da Crusher was crazy as hell!
@JS1966
8 жыл бұрын
Love the Crusher...they don't make them like him anymore. The shit today is so bad. Crusher actually stayed in pretty good shape even when he was older.
@trevmac8362
8 жыл бұрын
He;s unbelievable shape
@Phoenix7786
6 жыл бұрын
Hell Even Animal spoke about how great shape Crusher was in for his age.
@robertnahum5823
Жыл бұрын
My Dad loved the Crusher!! Great memories!!
@raddmann336
5 жыл бұрын
He was a good role model for me when I was growing up lol.
@jesshansen1397
3 жыл бұрын
Da Crusher gave Bobby Heenen the name the weasel.
@dereksanderson3305
Жыл бұрын
Ever here of Stella Wentdownski...!!!Lolll.that one went over Mean Genes head.loll ..
@sheldonhchambliss1385
4 жыл бұрын
I lovd the crusher
@johnnyho8765
5 жыл бұрын
Da One, Da Best.
@ronthompson95
Жыл бұрын
The funniest wrestling thing ever for me was Baron Von Raaske holding out his hand like it was this crazy weapon. Lol
@mikeharlan8708
10 ай бұрын
The Claw
@republican68
7 жыл бұрын
Da Crusher.
@johnkrolczyk2241
2 ай бұрын
The Crusher has to be elected into the Polish-American Hall Sports Hall of Fame (located in Michigan). He did so much for pro wrestling and was proud of his heritage.
@crushthecrusher7134
2 жыл бұрын
Crusher is crazy in wrestling
@LoganSewell83
6 жыл бұрын
I always expect Da Crusher to yell "Bite my shiny metal ass!" His presence looks like the inspiration for Bender.
@joespitler3929
6 жыл бұрын
The Tree of us LOL
@mariaz4847
Жыл бұрын
Best, and most entertaining wrestler ever!!
@Mike-jv4rz
7 ай бұрын
Good times- Just saw the iron claw, little different era but brings back memories watching wrestling on channel 44 in the Chicagoland area. the Crusher and the Bruiser, what a great team !
@callofthewillman4469
5 жыл бұрын
stella whyndowski, you'd like her
@madtownangler
5 жыл бұрын
The first announcer looked like Captain Kangaroo.
@dhart8451
4 жыл бұрын
Roger Kent
@hockeyman1054
2 жыл бұрын
The great Al DeRusha...
@johnschindler7883
9 ай бұрын
Loved the contrasting parts of his promos. Rants at the camera, volume 10. Then suddenly dials it down to 2 while he talks to whoever holds the mic and then back to 10 for the camera.
@CaptainFantastik1
4 ай бұрын
Way before my time but this guy is gold.
@mikeholt1248
8 ай бұрын
Holy guacamole, when you were a kid you talked to Da Crusher on the phone! Anyone who understands what wrestling is all about would call that one golden moment! One of his best quotes was,” Beer’s good fa’ ya’!”
@mgkingsley2336
9 ай бұрын
I use to sneak into to the matches as kid at Calhoun Beach Manor...the Crusher was my favorite!
@ronaldshank7589
4 ай бұрын
The Good Ol' Crusher! He could be insanely hilarious on that Mic, giving interviews, but he was all business in the Ring! Watching his interviews here, and watching him and Mad Dog Vachon doing some play-fighting here, definitely made me smile and laugh! However, I'd be probably fearing for my life, if I had to get in the Ring with him...and I wouldn't want to be in a match with him, if losing meant having to smoke a big ol' Cigar!!! I hate smoking!!! I tried a Cigar once. I gave up on it, halfway through. It didn't make me sick, or even light-headed, but the thing was so long, that I literally grew tired of it about half way through, and said "Ahh...forget it"! I stubbed it out...and then went to bed. I was better off without it!
@25411959
4 жыл бұрын
"Da Crusher!" "How `bout dat?!!"
@thomasjohnson3179
4 ай бұрын
NOBODY better than The Crusher!!!
@kennethjohnson6319
7 жыл бұрын
i always like the Crusher when. he wrestle against the Vashons and the blackJacks classic
@sheldonhchambliss1385
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorites
@scoh840
5 ай бұрын
Growing up in the twin cities, It was hard to get information about the Bruiser. The only source of information was the Apter rags. As far as I was concerned, Crusher was God. My old man tried to tell me that Bruiser was more famous nationwide, that Crusher was mostly a Minnesota and Wisconsin phenomenon. How about dat!
@cbsctomh
4 жыл бұрын
He's gonna cut down his workout from walking a block to walking a half a block...lol!
@antoniusjohnson3824
7 жыл бұрын
Sucks that they script guys nowadays, because you can't get these kind of promos anymore.
@chadmiller7876
5 жыл бұрын
Hell you can’t get these kind of wrestlers anymore .. can you imagine turning on raw and seeing somebody like the crusher on there nowadays?? Not gonna happen unfortunately
@667nikolas
Жыл бұрын
do the hammerlock
@mikeharlan8708
10 ай бұрын
do the eye gouge.
@Drpluv187
4 жыл бұрын
Milwaukee's Finest!!!!=)
@tomsteinhardt4722
Жыл бұрын
I love the accent. I saw him in Sheboygan.
@crushthecrushermachinewwel6500
3 жыл бұрын
i like the crusher
@richardluckert3215
Жыл бұрын
My Hero
@MrDoneboy
9 ай бұрын
The Crusher!!!!!!
@ghettocracker5005
2 жыл бұрын
Hit with Bar Maids... 😂 Milwaukee is nothing now. Don't visit the city that died like Detroit... I lived there for 47 years and the saggin made me move out...
@PoppaSquat-et3qp
5 ай бұрын
I had no idea that Captain Kangaroo wrestled!
@RH-sb5co
7 жыл бұрын
Da Crush!!
@arfshesaid4325
4 жыл бұрын
was that captain kangaroo doing the ring announcing
@tomsteinhardt4722
Жыл бұрын
Da Crusher. Yeah hey.
@lucianopavarotti2843
3 ай бұрын
Baron Von Raschke looks like Kane's grandpa
@sheldonhchambliss1385
2 жыл бұрын
Love it
@3vilbigfoot553
5 жыл бұрын
Im related to da crusher on my moms side
@bobzani
26 күн бұрын
By the end of his career, he could barely move.
@savagedick1462
2 жыл бұрын
Baron von raske had a swimmers build , the average baird man
@ThePainLife
7 жыл бұрын
I came here to see Vachon.
@joel5160
4 жыл бұрын
The best
@user-dc1dr9kr8x
9 күн бұрын
Just watch mean gene.......
@kevinknight9950
Жыл бұрын
Heard crusher did promos with a chair hanging around his neck.😂
@TL....
Жыл бұрын
are there any videos of him speaking polish
@BuddWX
Жыл бұрын
I bought him a beer
@BigbadJOHN303
5 жыл бұрын
#Crusher #southmilwaukee
@whitelion1111
Жыл бұрын
The R U DE C R U D E B U N C H... yeah that's the ticket...
@brianunkhunter1340
11 ай бұрын
Who did he say was an idol of his? Darnell Stahlman?
@rsgpandskilling
5 жыл бұрын
2:11
@rsgpandskilling
5 жыл бұрын
DONALD TRUMP LOOKIN AZZZ
@11226jose
6 жыл бұрын
The crusher looks like Barney (from the Flinstone) on steroid
@odudi
6 жыл бұрын
If only drinking beer could make you a better wrestler i would have won a few medals wrestling at the olympics lol. I miss the days when there were wrestling territorys all over the country. Vince killed them all off, now we are stuck with such a horrible excuse for wrestling. Sure there are indys and new Japan but they are not available to watch at least from my cable company.
@standorito
3 жыл бұрын
He sounds so French Canadian to me.
@henrylicious
2 жыл бұрын
That accent isn't uncommon in the upper Midwest.
@halriggs9328
Жыл бұрын
Mad dog and the crusher could destroy anyone
@MaceMn
4 жыл бұрын
Me and my grandma were up drinkin' 'till 4 in the morning thinking up ways to kill you!
@JeffreyJetsKohut
5 жыл бұрын
People talk about wrestling not being the same as it used to be. Squash matches with interviews would NEVER fly in todays wrestling. Imagine 3 hours of Raw where wrestlers would battle jobbers and in between would be interviews promoting PPV's. The ratings would tank.
@princeofcupspoc9073
3 жыл бұрын
There's the problem. You were watching WWF.
@hellawaits5528
2 жыл бұрын
My fathers neighbor
@fuqui035
Жыл бұрын
If wanted to sleep watch wrestling of the pST
@tonygarea7925
2 жыл бұрын
At 5'2, and in his 60's, with the mobility of a crippled elephant, it was hard to suspend disbelief when watching the crusher at this point
@Rjensen2
Жыл бұрын
He wasn't 5'2", you ignorant asshole.
@danburnette7674
10 ай бұрын
I wrestled Crusher so not sure where you arrived at your 5 ft 2 estimate. He got out of the business at the right time. He made a few appearances for WWF in some of the AWA towns from back in the day and still received a Hulk Hogan type crowd pop. Actual height was 5-11 maybe 6 ft tall.
@rsgpandskilling
5 жыл бұрын
0:211
@ScreamingEagleFTW
3 жыл бұрын
i used to think that was real when I was 9.. lol
@Rjensen2
Жыл бұрын
Nobody cares what you think now, what makes you think they care about your thoughts as a 9 year old kid? By the way, you must have been one stupid 9 year old. Most kids figure it out a lot sooner.
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