Kitchener Memorial Auditorium must’ve outbid both the LA and NYC markets for that match! The real action goes down in Kitchener!!

This is a great example of selling an event. He was "mocking" the location but he made sure to emphasize the location, time etc. Basically selling the show in the promo and done in a way to make you want to see it.

@TheOriginalFreak

2 жыл бұрын

This also serves the purpose of hyping up the grandeur of the event and the extraordinary talents of the wrestlers, a so of "You folks don't realize what a bargain you are getting if you buy tickets to come see this as rich people in far off cities have to pay a lot more to see this show." I'm certain there is an industry term for it, at least back in the Mad Men days of marketing or in the vaudeville or traveling circus eras. This is in the ballpark of "Negging" as implemented by the character Barney Stinson on HIMYM, where in Barney would "Compliment" a woman in a non-sarcastic tone by making a statement involving a perceived negative quality of the woman in a positive way. For example "Wow, I've never met a woman who can pull of oily hair, but you do!" or "Hey, you look great! How much weight have you lost in the last year now, 50, 60 lbs?". Psychologically, the belief is that instead of getting upset at the person delivering the statement, the woman would lower her own self esteem, thus making the person who uttered the statement viewed more positively, or at least having more value relatively speaking, especially since that person made the comment in a tone and fashion that sounded complimentary in nature.

@thelionsshare6668

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this was textbook. Generating heat, and talking fans into the arena, and putting his guys over. All at the same time.

I am from Kitchener and was at this show as a 12 year old. It was awesome.

Don't you dare miss it!

I'm going to Kitchner on Wednesday.

@gregsaddie

4 жыл бұрын

Tomorrow is Wed July 22nd! Lol

@rphillip1086

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Bobby really got some color back in his face. Will be worth it to see that alone.

Phenomenal promo by The Brain!

Bobby Heenan heeling on other heels, I LOVE IT!!!!!

Billy Red Lions! "Don't you dare miss it!"

Pure AWESOME! This is what the WWE lacks today.

Wow I did not expect there to be a mention of the dingo warrior in the WWF. I thought they changed his gimmick before he joined.

Yep. He was "Dingo" in World Class.

Awesome how Heenan essentially used reverse psychology to promote both events!

@massimoricciardi6202

Жыл бұрын

The Paul Heyman of his day.

@ashtonhaggitt216

Жыл бұрын

@@massimoricciardi6202 lmfao no. Hernan, cornette hart; these guys are in leagues of their own. Heyman is great, but hes not on their level for comparison.

"There's over a ton of human being in that ring!" There will never be another Brain

That moment you realize they were promoting the Ultimate Warrior vs The Brooklyn Brawler and it wasn’t a squash match.

RIP Bobby and Billy Red

back in uganda chuckin spears.. lol. love the brain

@johnwilburn

7 жыл бұрын

Today, the left wing social police would deem it racist and herds of people would decide it offended them. Heenan's creativity would be so stifled today, I don't know if he could even get over.

@ArkOmen1

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnwilburn Ha ha yes the pc propaganda cancel culture mob would be all over this! Out in Uganda chuckin spears working at a fast food restaurant....hilarious!

@gregbailey8253

3 жыл бұрын

You guys are so right, what happened to the days when heels were supposed to say controversial things and piss the fans off?

@wateo1782

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnwilburn Jim Cornette got removed from NWA for a similar joke.

@johnwilburn

3 жыл бұрын

@@wateo1782 I know. NWA’s leadership is a failure. Praying to the PC gods will never deliver prosperity.

Now it would've been awesome if video footage of both of these matches were here. These sound like great matches.

the brain would take a ton of hits as manager....flying over the top ropes...and getting layed out....best ever...

I‘be always wanted to see the King Kong Bundy vs Kamala match! They always showed a second of it in the introduction on Saturday morning wrestling.

This promo just made me go looking for the event somewhere online

It was always cool back in the 80s when the WWF would put on heel vs. heel matches. It seemed like they did this a lot up in Canada and not usually matches that would be on TV in the U.S.

"There's over a ton of human being in that ring"

@wigsy99

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Rest in peace Kamala and King Kong Bundy

Interesting how these Canadian cards got just slightly different play and promotion than they would in the USA.

@ferox965

5 жыл бұрын

I'm Canadian. We definitely got huge promo up here for the Canuck cards. Loved Maple Leaf Wrestling...you got different matches than on Superstars at the time. The 80s was a great time to grow up watching wrestling...I had WWF, AWA, Stampede, Lutte Internationale, and since my grandfather had a satellite dish, we would watch NWA together.

@djdarq6311

Жыл бұрын

What can I say… even back then we required a bit more intellect with our entertainment

Brad Rheingans on the card!

The Brady Boone vs Barry Horowitz wasn’t given much play. I was THERE! It was the MAIN EVENT and what a match it was. Ahhh, I remember it like it was yesterday

Great to see Maple Leaf Wrestling footage. I remember watching it on CHCH channel 11 way back in the 80's. Sucked when it was replaced with Shotgun in the 90's.

@steeltownbrown52

7 жыл бұрын

That's the attitude era for ya?.

@LifeOnWelfareIsGreat

7 жыл бұрын

vb

@martyzimmerman9418

7 жыл бұрын

I watched maple leaf wrestling NWA and WWF on CHCH in Buffalo

@ferox965

5 жыл бұрын

Loved Maple Leaf Wrestling.

@mattnelson8833

2 жыл бұрын

i remember those were the days, now wwe isnt great as it is

This stuff is a little before my time but its so interesting to see Canada was getting love with shows I had no idea, I thought kids from southern Ontario like myself would have to drive down to the States to see shows

@ScottSimpson

7 ай бұрын

Southern Ontario has a long, rich wrestling history. Up until the 90s, Jack Tunney ran maple leaf wrestling based in Toronto, with regular stops in Brantford, Kitchener, Hamilton, Oshawa and London, probably more. Occasionally they'd run smaller places like Newmarket.

Bobby Heenan was hilarious

Dingo Warrior was early version Ultimate Warrior

I loved this stuff as a kid during this time. I even learned how to do a lot of their moves i would say expertly and i made a lot of others cry too because they couldn't take the bumps. 😆 I even won a gym locker room fight and finished off the kid who was way bigger and meatier than I with the 🐪 clutch shades of Sheiky Baby himself - The Iron Sheik!

Good to see Billy Red Lyons there. Heenan, as always was great. I’m sure Jim Powers and Paul Roma did well in their match.

@gerardkowalski7683

3 жыл бұрын

Luvd when Slick would call him Billy Dead Head Lyons .

the look lyons has at 2:3o is priceless after that comment

I was at the Peterborough show, I remember that Hart/Bulldog match.

Speaking of jobbing I can't think of another manager that sold personal humiliation of himself better than Bobby. 95% of the time he's an arrogant heel and the other five he spends humiliating himself (maybe something as simple as having a jacket stuck over his head) thereby earning a tremendous pop from the fans. He had *no* ego when it came to his persona.

I saw Bundy vs Kamala in Oakland. I thought it would be cool. 2 minutes 2 neutral tackles double count out.

July 23rd? Awesome, I'll be there.

@jaroncreed

7 жыл бұрын

it was 30 years ago dumbshit

@DaringDarkwingDuck

7 жыл бұрын

Someone didn't get the joke. And you call *me* dumbshit.

@DaringDarkwingDuck

7 жыл бұрын

okay dumbshit.

@jaroncreed

7 жыл бұрын

DaringDarkwingDuck exactly as I thought, back down sit down and shut your fucking mouth shitboy

I`m from Kitchener!!!!! How the FUCK did I miss this when I was a kid?!?

Heenan was so funny.

Billy red lions looked more bad ass for an old man than I remember.

they would do hundreds of these local spots a week, love seeing these.. Never knew Harley had the "Handsome" moniker in the F

@ScottSimpson

9 жыл бұрын

This was some months before he won King Of The Ring. At this point in his run, he seemed decidedly out of place: Just a tough SOB with boots and tights who called himself "Handsome" but looked older than most.

@michaelsuder486

Жыл бұрын

He shouldn't have. Just look at him - it makes absolutely no sense. Him using Handsome to describe himself is definitely very heelish

Dingo Warrior

The interviewer looks like Peter sellers

THE DINGO WARRIOR ! ! !

I saw the peterborough show it was good

He pretty much said this word often on TV after WMlll! Especially on Prime Time Wrestling!

Gene Okerlund was not allowed to participate in telecasts from Canada for reasons never fully explained.

@RedyPiper

3 жыл бұрын

Is that right? I never knew that.

@shaolin1derpalm

3 жыл бұрын

Not entirely accurate. Billy Red Lions was a Canadian star and Canada has kind of strict rules about having a specified amount of Canaduan talent representing on a show for that speciific market. Also it may have been k the Tinnwy Contract. London over to the east was Tunney territory back in the day.

@lancecampbell4323

3 жыл бұрын

Shaolin, to quote the Iron Sheik, “You are absolutely right!” By using Billy Red, the show was considered Canadian by the government as stations has to show so many hours of Canadian content per day. Mean Gene would have made the exact same promo American. Welcome to Socialism. Fun fact: The same regulations led to the creation of the McKenzie brothers on SCTV, which made Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas stars.

I miss these days maple leaf wrestling

37 Steve Lombardi Vs Dingo"Ultimate" Warrior

Brooklyn brawler jobbing to the warrior as always

Never knew Brad Rheingans was in the WWF.

@ScottSimpson

9 жыл бұрын

Wasn't for long, and never got exposure beyond doing some jobs on TV. But in 1987, who were you going to go work for?

@markmullins5822

6 жыл бұрын

Scott Simpson Crockett

lol 1:54. Heenan was awesome.

The Dingo Warrior ...translation ....Ultimate Warrior ...dark match.

Jesus Barry Horowitz was in the WWF in 1987? He must have been a jobber for 10 damn years.

Dire straits!!! lol

Interesting...Brad Rheingans in the WWF?

Back when I was growing up it was good,now I wouldn't even watch it.

was Kamal v Bundy a Heel vs. heel match???

The Tunney thing was great. Everybody knew he was a nobody but him schmucking around as WWWF "President" was hilarious, esp playing off him (like Heenan).

whoa!!! did bobby heenan say something about kamala chucking something? only in 1987.

@hexkwondo

6 жыл бұрын

Well to be fair, his gimmick was a primitive warrior from a Ugandan tribe.

@michaelsuder486

Жыл бұрын

He was from an African tribe. They "chuck" spears when hunting. People like you finding racism where it isn't

Who is this.guy????

WCW WAS KING AT BINGO HALL ARENA EG BUILDINGS BIG ENOUGH TO SWING A CAT!3RD RATE TOWNS EG MANCHESTER!

Was Macho Man still a heel then?

@markmullins5822

5 жыл бұрын

Kind of Tweening but almost a Face. His Face Turn was solitified on Saturday Night's Main Event when he shook hands with Hulk Hogan to form The Mega Powers in October 1987

Barry Horowitz was the greatest piece of talent

@TheRSTD1

2 жыл бұрын

😂 only if he was sharing the ring with Iron Mike Sharpe or Salvatore Palomo.

He wasn’t using the word as an in-term.

Who is the guy holding the mic?

@alanmartino8727

4 жыл бұрын

Billy "Red" Lyons

You tell em Bobby. That Macho Man doesn't want people to know he is a Poffo, what a no-good man. Savage is a Poffo!!!

Hey bud do you have anything from 1990-1993? Thanks in advance, bud. p.s. please check out my Canadian WWF TV videos!

Tunney always jobbed poor Bobby

"Mr Kamala, you're gonna be back in Uganda chucking spears" - Ooh boy, I'm sure absolutely no wrestling fan will ever take that out of context in 2022 😅

@michaelsuder486

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you but there isn't anything offensive about what he said. A native chucking spears? That's how they hunt.

@johns3491

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelsuder486 Yes, I know, but there is the term "spear chucker", which is just as offensive as the N-word. But yes, at face value, I know exactly what Bobby meant.

That was an odd promo. Between the matchups (heel v heels) and a rare instance of Bobby sounding kind of confused. However, he sold the event like a pro. Used a form of reverse psychology to promote the venue

Money for nothing ...chicks for free

Plus, I bet they didn't pay Dire Straits for their use of "Money for Nothing"

Unfortunately, yes he did.

@michaelrubin4832

6 жыл бұрын

I heard Heenan didn't like Tunney in real life

"Money For Nothing"!

Promoter Jack Tunney lol

What ever happened to this Dingo Warrior?

@markmullins5822

5 жыл бұрын

No one really knows but you wear his symbol upon your brow

@alanmartino8727

4 жыл бұрын

Doing gay Australian porn

Those are two of the worst cards I've ever heard.

@ScottSimpson

9 жыл бұрын

Definitely a 'C' show, but in those days, TV jobber vs. TV jobber was still a good match, because both guys were seasoned workers who knew their role and got the crowd going.

@steeltownbrown52

7 жыл бұрын

Even superstar vs. jobber would get more time (rather than being just another squash match you'd see on Superstars or Challenge). I remember seeing one on WWF Wrestling on CHCH with Pistol Pez Whatley vs. Tugboat from Madison Square Garden. But, I think those cards seem pretty interesting, heel vs. heel in King Kong Bundy and Kamala. One half of the Killer Bees and one half of the Young Stallions teaming together.

These are only 'horrible cards' for those who have short attention spans. When every match has to be 'exciting' with 20 high-flying near-pins, all that crap, it gets boring after a while. I miss the days of mismatches where guys just got demolished.

@frankcabanski9409

10 жыл бұрын

Today's wrestling - modern day spot fests and no personality script readers - is boring.

@josephaufrecht5508

5 жыл бұрын

@Lewis 970 Dude your on drugs the shit today is garbage and just plain bullshit.

@josephaufrecht5508

5 жыл бұрын

@Lewis 970 I too liked and watched the Nwa

@gregp103

3 жыл бұрын

Jobbers fighting jobbers has nothing to do with short attention spans and flips. When Brady Boone goes over you have a weak card.

horrible cards. wow

Horrible card, besides the main event.

@michaelsuder486

Жыл бұрын

It's not a bad card at all. There are a few bad matches The best match would probably be Hart Foundation v Bulldogs.

Billy Red Lyons was the worst!

@markmullins5822

5 жыл бұрын

Still better than Michael Cole

@gregsaddie

4 жыл бұрын

Don't ya dare miss him!

@gregsaddie

3 жыл бұрын

The hardest to listen to was Jack Renolds

@hymansahak181

3 жыл бұрын

No he wasn’t. He was a good spokesperson and promoter of the Canadian SW Ontario territory.

@gregsaddie

3 жыл бұрын

@@hymansahak181 He was a great guy. But when he and Jessie did the Wwf for Canada broadcast, it was sort of awkward. Jessie was an improvement over Angelo Mosca,vwho I guess was worse than Jack. :). Maybe looking back I'll revist if any of those shows existed. But I remembered wishing at the time that Vince McMahon would do the Brantford shows

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Paul Roma no show in Kitchener as Johnny K9 took his place as fans booed.Muraco replaced Billy Jack vs Hercules

I miss these days maple leaf wrestling