Rest in peace, legendary "heel"/manager Classie Freddie Blassie!

Blassie always looked like a guy in his 60s lol. Bet the guy was born a senior citizen. He knew how to cut a promo.

@ronaldshank7589

3 жыл бұрын

He was right, though. Women shouldn't dress in Potato Sacks, and look bad. I'm not saying that every woman does that, of course, or that no women know how to take care of themselves. But some women, the way that they dress, or should I say, undress, nowadays, act like it's a crime to wear decent clothing! They go around, looking like a walking advertisement for sex, with their tight clothing! When a woman dresses that way, say what you want, but you won't catch me hanging around 'em!

@actionsub

3 жыл бұрын

By the time TV came to the point where footage like this might have existed, he was pushing 40 as it was. He was born just as World War ONE was wrapping up in 1918. By the mid 50's he'd already had 20 years in the sport under his belt.

@alejandroperez-yy9ym

3 жыл бұрын

Poor guy he didn’t look like himself in 2003 on bud final raw appearance

@seka1986

2 жыл бұрын

Blassie was awesome!!

@johnsonlugan6302

2 жыл бұрын

@@actionsub f

VASTLY ahead of his time!

I've loved this guy since I was 5 years old and watching wrastlin' with my dad on TV. A match between Freddie Blassie and the Golden Greek John Tolos was to die for.

@kevinm6790

2 ай бұрын

Blassie and Tolos ruled Los Angeles at that time!!

What a treat, grew up as a kid watching Freddie Blassie, heel manager in NY, never saw him so young, he was great on the mic.

PENCIL NECK GEEKS GODDAMN CLASSY FREDDY BLASI WHAT A GOOD R.I.P. FREDDY TRUE LEGEND

Even 60 years later, Freddie would be able to teach most a thing or two about cutting a promo. :D

Freddie needs to come tell some women the same thing now. woo im sure he got some heat there.

I saw Blassie many a time at the Olympic Auditorium in the 60s & 70's. I loved it when Dick Lane would interview him and he would file his teeth. Nothing like the crowd chanting "Bite Fredy Bite" when he was in the ring. Great times.

@danoc51

Жыл бұрын

Thanks to KZread, I've seen every major wrestling announcer multiple times and none have come close to Dick Lane. As opposed to just holding the mic like so many these geeks do, Lane would get into verbal fights with the heels and would criticize dirty moves when they were wrestling. "There should be a thousand dollar fine for doing that." But Dick showed such affection for the baby faces that you'd think they were his sons. He was a very popular actor in 1950's gangster movies and he could play either the crook or the police detective....great training for wrestling. Anyway, I really wanted to make a comment on Blassie's criticism of the way "women around here" dressed. A lot of women attended wrestling matches in those days and he is probably just trying to create heat with them.

You all need to understand this: before there was Roddy Piper and before there was Stonecold Steve Austin, there was Fred Blassie. There would be no Stonecold or Piper if there was no Freddie Blassie pushing the envelope.

@ronaldshank7589

5 жыл бұрын

That's true! Annnd....if anybody doesn't like that, then they're nothin' but a pencil-necked geek!!!!!

@goosegander3747

4 жыл бұрын

And there was Big Moose Cholak and Angelo Poffo. Poffo was Macho Man Randy Savage's father.

@richardmorris7063

2 жыл бұрын

Was that Moose doing the interview?

@MisterBeauJanGels

Жыл бұрын

@@richardmorris7063 No, Jules Strongbow. That's the real Jules Strongbow, not jobber to the stars extraordinaire Frankie Hill.

@KaneRobot

Жыл бұрын

It's a laughable to think that someone wouldn't have eventually come along if Blassie didn't, especially in something like pro wrestling that has a massive amount of performers. There is zero evidence that Steve Austin (for example) wouldn't have happened if Blassie didn't. Your pandering, obvious comment got the likes you were after though.

PENCILED NECK GEEK.......PRICELESS!!! Vintage Blassie...TY for the upload Rockrims69.....Cheers from The Squared Circle

GOD I MISS HIM !!!!!

@flyingtigerline

3 жыл бұрын

Yes !!!

I am constantly amazed at Classy Freddy Blassie's modesty. XD

@monurajput5608

4 жыл бұрын

People were more down to earth and had humility back then. Nowadays parents Don't teach kids stories of heroes ,heritage etc.

@ronaldshank7589

3 жыл бұрын

Well...that was a "Tongue-In-Cheek" comment! Are you a King of Men, or a Pencil-Necked Geek? I choose to be a King of Men!!!

Blassie invented the "Art of making love" R.I.P. Fred.

Freddie use to sell cars for a local dealership during the fifties here in Atlanta.

@altfactor

5 жыл бұрын

And he called rival dealers Pencil-Neck-Geeks!

The big guy there is Jules Strongbow, who was the longtime booker for the LeBell family's Olympic Auditorium promotion. He's in "The Road to Morocco" with Hope and Crosby. There was a character on the first couple of seasons of "The Andy Griffith Show" named Mr. Strongbow, whose name had to have been inspired by Jules. Rance, Ron and Clint Howard used to attend the Olympic wrestling shows regularly, and may have suggested it to the show's producers.

@MzKlara

6 жыл бұрын

My dad took me to the Olympic Auditorium to see a wrestling match on my 13th birthday back '63. I wanted to see Freddie Blassie but he wasn't on that night. I tried to get Dick Lane's autograph out of desperation but they wouldn't even let me do that. It was an exciting place, though.

@Gentlem1

5 жыл бұрын

You're probably right , and , of course , Blassie had a great cameo , himself , on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in the classic "Twizzle" episide.

@donaldsmith3926

4 жыл бұрын

@@MzKlara I've heard a bunch of Jim Cornette's stuff on YT, and just replied to a comment about Freddie's being tough. I didn't know about that, but he was the one athlete who could 'punch his way out of a paper bag' on some talk show; Ali and others couldn't do it.

@greatmcluhansghost7134

2 жыл бұрын

Jules was in a few movies: "Road to Zanzibar" and "Captain Caution"

@greatmcluhansghost7134

2 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna look for those Andy Griffith shows.

I love this. He was one of the best if not the best. Nobody can compare to Fred Blassie when it comes to entertaining a crowd. Fred edges out the great Bobby Heenan in my book because he really could wrestle. He was the full package, he had it all.

@ronaldshank7589

11 ай бұрын

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan could wrestle, somewhat. However, whenever he got himself in one of those matches, where he had to wear a Weasel Suit if he lost... (Hee hee hee hee hee)!!! Bobby lost more of those kinds of matches, than you can shake a stick at! It was not only a sight to behold, but it was downright hilarious!!!!!

Fred Blassie,was a fantastic heel!🙏

The King of Men.

@scottconnors8419

3 жыл бұрын

His record lps where classic,pencil neck geek .

Loved Blassie. A real character

baby face promo to me especially about the hats

Rip we love you 😥😥😥😪😭

You can go through life actin' mean and sassy, but you better play it cool when you come around Blassie.

Classy Freddie Blassie

Blassie = Awesomeness

🎶🎶 The training wheels come off your bike / You start to notice boys you like 🎶🎶

Ali was inspired by Blasie and got his whole "the greatest" persona from him, even worked with him years late as he was a big idol of Ali's, later he changed his story that he was inspired by Gorgeous George because he was more a household name.

@panama8009

3 жыл бұрын

Correction Gorgeous George not Blassie.

@greatmcluhansghost7134

2 жыл бұрын

@@panama8009 Ali was inspired by Gorgeous George?

@panama8009

2 жыл бұрын

@@greatmcluhansghost7134 according to Ali himself. Yes.

@greatmcluhansghost7134

2 жыл бұрын

@@panama8009 I have a book called "whatever happened to gorgeous George". might have to dig into that soon.

A bell to bell heel, no break

Great to see him working on his catch phrases from way back then till they stuck

One of the Best!

A great one

Potato sacks......just go to San Fransico, you’ll see that there.

Legend

Blassie is the best

Fred Blassie was ahead of his time. A true Wrestling ICON. BLASSIE was the rock's roll model. Blassie found Hogan- gave that big goof his start

If Eddie Haskell was a wrestler - he'd be Freddie Blassie, but Blassie would still call him another Pencil-Necked Geek.

R.I.P.: Freddie Blassie 😢

I love how he says "Women should wear tight, form fitting clothing - so people can see what they look like" while cupping his hands over his chest like breasts. I wonder what he was thinking about haha

@ps-yk8su

4 жыл бұрын

And then spandex was born

Hahaha fuck this was great

Classic 💯💯💯

He looks ancient even then...

My God what a gentile time

What kind of clothes do you think they should wear? They should wear form fitting clothes (as he makes a hand gesture relating to boobs). Priceless!!R.I.P Hollywood Fashion Plate Still love ya!

Pencil necks 😂 what a promo

Too bad the audio is only on one side and isn't in sync with the video

How did Freddie look old 70 years ago?

blassies book rules....have a nice day is the only wrestling book as good,w jericho next

If that's blassie in 50s when did he have dark hair in the 30s

@kevinm6790

2 ай бұрын

I saw a video from the late 40’s where he had dark hair.

Circa 1965

He should have been born triplets, because he had more technique, more personality, more finesse-- than one person _should_ have.

When wrestling was real🤔

@cjaquilino

4 жыл бұрын

4862cjc You sounds like his soyboy.

@ronaldshank7589

3 жыл бұрын

...or, so we thought. Pathetic, ain't it? The whole friggin' thing turned out to be a Giant Lie! The "Curtain Call" from Early 1996, where Scott Hall and Kevin Nash hugged Shawn Michaels and Triple H, after a Steel Cage Match. The pretense (Kayfabe), was figuratively shot straight through the Head and the Heart, and was effectively killed off that night. Understandibly, Vince was FURIOUS!!!!! He knew how important Kayfabe was, and what it was meant for. To have 4 Clowns kill Kayfabe like that...to Vince, it was a type of Unforgivable Sin! After Hall and Nash left to go to WCW, Vince got Triple H and Shawn Michaels alone, and sternly told them off! He finished by saying:"It's a huge (Blankety-blank) sandwich, and we're all gonna have to go a big bite! Wrestling, while exciting, hasn't really been the same ever since.

@ronaldshank7589

3 жыл бұрын

@4862cjc Yeah.. agreed! Especially the last two categories that you mentioned-Soyboys, & Pencil-Necked Geeks!!!

Pigs, wearing potato sacks!!!! Pricelesss!!!!😂😂😂😂

Too bad the audio isn't synced

Who was the big guy holding the microphone?😕

@Rockrims69

5 жыл бұрын

The original Jules Strongbow. A former wrestler and a promoter and matchmaker in the So Cal territory.

@roybaker6902

4 жыл бұрын

Wrestling promoter at the Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles. Former actor Dick Lane was the TV announcer and did most of the interviews (along with the jalopy races and Roller Derby).

@markwest3485

3 жыл бұрын

Jules Strongbow, former regional champion and then promoter for NWA Hollywood. A Native American but no relation to Chief J Strongbow.

What year was this? We need Freddie Blassie to take to the woke crew

@richardmorris7063

2 жыл бұрын

Freakn pencil neck geeks!

Anyone know what year this was?

@richardmorris7063

2 жыл бұрын

Just a guess 63-65

Never he was young?

the original punani slayer

Blassie must have been born looking 60.

He almost seems like he's trying to alienate the viewing public.

Blassie was a big dude, but he's dwarfed by the interviewer. That guy looks like a bison in a suit. Who was he? I'm guessing a former wrestler himself.

@L0wki

4 ай бұрын

Jules Strongbow.

He invented the art of making love.

😂😂😂😂😂😂 Supposedly as nice a man as there was when not “kayfabe”.

Fred was born old.I wonder what Fred would say about transgeñder women.😆