Gene was a total pro. I remember being a kid and worrying about his safety every week 🤣

@broadwaybiz211

Жыл бұрын

Same here 😮😅

@HANGRYJIMLODLIFEALWAYSLOD

Жыл бұрын

Same! I always felt like Ultimate Warrior or the Legion Of Doom would hurt him by accident😂😂😂

@jamesbowers5946

10 ай бұрын

That’s what we call selling folks

@gmard1

9 ай бұрын

It’s funny with Gene, when you can watch it again and again , you see how he tried not to laugh. The old timers were pros in the ring and on the mic

@timbow1356

6 ай бұрын

With no judgement or lack of respect, in my older years it was funny to find out just how drunk Mean Gene was most of the time 🤣 So many sources: Nash, DDP, Piper etc

When I was a kid everytime I saw Fuji film in stores for cameras I thought it was made by Mr. Fuji, lol.

@storiedworlds6261

4 жыл бұрын

Kenny Ryan 😂🤣🤣😆 Hilarious. Thanks for sharing.

@mnoorist8223

3 жыл бұрын

This is so funny.

@evanabbott2737

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I would too, if I was a kid around then...!🤔😁

@citizenbeeswax7985

3 жыл бұрын

It was! Mr Fuji's family owns Fuji film. Look it up. Google it.

@zman8340

3 жыл бұрын

That’s gold

After the most coke impacted interview Mean Gene ends with the classic straight line… “Ok gentlemen, I can’t thank you enough”

@AlumniQuad

Жыл бұрын

...set against the guitar solo from Madonna's "Dress You Up".

@brianaugello3724

Жыл бұрын

No drugs

@laurenurban3942

Жыл бұрын

Do you think so?

This is why the '80's ruled. There was always an element of cheekiness and humor to the best promos.

@seka1986

2 жыл бұрын

it was great!

@krisscanlon4051

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah big time

@Magneticlaw

Жыл бұрын

....and plenty of cocaine.

@junghunt8645

Жыл бұрын

This is one of the worst promos I’ve ever seen in my life. TF you talking about? Dude is obviously a fucking idiot and had nothing to say. This was dogshit

@JesusChrist-lv6cs

8 ай бұрын

Only downside is they were controlled by a balding lying egotistical maniac who's wrestling was average at best

"64. Maybe 65, or maybe 46 in somebody elses eyes." Truly a magnificent quote.

@dracsspago

2 жыл бұрын

@@thefreestylefrEaK I think he, and Fuji, were high af that day...

@harrykadaras9459

Жыл бұрын

@@thefreestylefrEaK Lysdexic

@jeremyc9593

Жыл бұрын

Now we know who taught Scott Steiner math

@skydriver5709

Жыл бұрын

COCAINE!

@brianeddes3701

Жыл бұрын

64 +5 =

The great and wonderful Mr. Fuji had the best cheeky smile of all villains and you could tell, as you can see here with Gene and Don, he was always having a true good time. I sorely miss the old-timers. Long live their memories! ❤❤❤

@4cuttime

8 ай бұрын

💯❤😊

OMG i can't believe this is on KZread, i haven't seen this interview in almost 35 years, i used to have this on a VHS tape back in the 80's and i used to watch it everyday because it just made me laugh and it brightened my day, it's classic Don Muraco and even he knew he was rambling at the end, thank you for putting this up.

@matimus100

Жыл бұрын

Is Zeus you're personal God belief

Fuji's unyielding smile throughout Muraco's crazy shit is an inspiration to anyone who ever considered giving up. If Fuji's smile can endure this...you can do it, kids.

@citizenbeeswax7985

3 жыл бұрын

LOL Fujis smile is very sadistic, but in this specific promo I guess it was more masochistic.

I liked this. Don got a little existential. No wonder a lot of fans don't understand.

@BOCIMPORTS

2 жыл бұрын

“time and numbers and space”

OMG I was at the Coliseum that night! It was the first live WWF event I ever went to. Thanks for putting this up!

Had me puzzled. Looks like Muraco broke into a Roddy piper voice for a bit and then some Macho man weirdness...

@ronaldshank7589

3 жыл бұрын

As the old saying goes-Whatever works! Don didn't care who you put in front of him-he was gonna do his best to just steamroll right over 'em!

@goldenagenut

3 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly, was he channeling Roddy for a minute there?

@victorjohnson2337

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I made a similar comment before noticing this. Glad it was not just me.

Don Muraco was one of my all time favorites, but that was brutal.

Piper tribute from Don off the top for sure! Even nailed the physicality.

What's stranger is the Guitar Solo in Madonna's "Dress You Up".....😂🤣😂👍👍👍

we have a steamboat and a dog, isn't that a wonderful story LOL

Time, numbers and space

Muraco was one of the best heels ever. Muraco was a beast in the 80s. Muraco and Fuji was a great team.

Words to live by: "It's all numbers, and time, and space" - Don Muraco.

From the way he's swaying and the look in his eyes he's still recovering from last night. And the way he started talking, I think he was with Roddy Pipper.

@81rbutler

2 жыл бұрын

Piper

The reason the WWF in the 80s was so great is because we always got to see the stars in squash matches against jobbers and enhancement talent. The matches were short and there weren't any storylines except at the lead up to the expensive pay l per views. It was awesome.

Thank you Adam to bring me to the gem.

It seems like Muraco is trying to crack up Okerlund intentionally here.

Don did his best work with a mouthful of powdered sugar donut...

@kennethstanford3520

3 жыл бұрын

A nose full of powder

Muraco would have been a awesome Italian goon in a movie.

64, maybe 65! this is awesome

Don Muraco promos are pure genius!

I fcat checked this promo and I can verify the veracity of Mr. Muraco's statements. Dogs and Steamboats love each other.

If you think this is horrible, you just don't get it. It was brilliant, he didn't corpse and kept his composure even when he knew he had no idea what the fuck he was saying. True professional.

@adrenochromejoe7448

6 жыл бұрын

Muraco was one of the greatest heels in history and those promo were genius. As a face, he just sucked.

@tonypastor705

Жыл бұрын

@@adrenochromejoe7448I think he was great at both.😅

Better than the scripted crap today.

I saw these two outside of Boston Garden! Over 30 years ago.

I met Don at Worlds Gym in Hawaii back in 1990. The nicest guy for sure.

gene wanted to burst out laughing

Dude was doing Steiner math wayyyy before Scott ever was

sounds hilarious to me i don't think you understand what makes a good promo

In fairness. It was said it was a bizarre promo not a horrible promo. Anyone who ever thinks this promo is terrible does not know pro wrestling.

64 will always be 65 to me now after watching this

@mgb4692

6 жыл бұрын

YOU GOT 64? I GOT 65

@troywright359

5 жыл бұрын

@@mgb4692 YOU GOT 46? I GOT TWO OF THOSE TOO

He had a lot of bizarre promos. That was part of his shtick. He was the surfer from Hawaii. He was an awesome heel. His cage match with Snuka I could never forget.

Did I hear right? Was that a metal cover of Madonna's "Dress You Up" at the very end? Hahahaha Awesome.

Muraco is one of the masters of the promo. He was funny on this one but literally fell off the bar stool LOL!

wasn't great, but NOT even close to being a horrible promo.

I think the Magnificent One may just have tried some Maui-Wowie and channeled his best Roddy Piper before the interview. What a great clip. Thanks for posting.

He looks like he was high when he did this promo.

Sounded classic to me

@RedroomStudios

9 жыл бұрын

nah, that was just crap.

I liked Fuji walking away his face said "what the hell?"

This is genius! Both Fuji and Muraco are having a good time. They talk about nonsense so they appear more dangerous.

@datacipher

4 жыл бұрын

They’re incredible. They can slapstick ham it up, or be very threatening - or anything in between. I agree that there was an element where they throw in some Asian mysticism at times to make them more mysterious and threatening. I remember being a little kid, and muraco claiming that that Steamboat was in for a big surprise, as Mr. Fuji - as a master of the martial arts - had taught muraco a counter to every single one of Steamboat’s moves. As a little kid, and a huge steamboat fan you were like: uh oh!!

@NightWarriorAlive

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, ha ha ha,- as-so!

@citizenbeeswax7985

3 жыл бұрын

@@datacipher lol, as a kid, I would worry too if mr Fuji and muraco said that. They scare me a little even now and I'm 42.

I love the little look Gene gives to the camera when he says, “No, I’m not” 1:29

Lol " I can't thank u enough." Explains everything lol

@Wutangmethod

4 жыл бұрын

Yup lol

This promo is better than the promos of today

Damn Muraco's promos straight rocked everytime he touched the mic.

64 maybe 65 or 46 in someone else's eyes...🤔

after 40 years I think i just figured out the #s !!!! BIG THANXXX 4 THIS VIDEO .

Both were high as hell. Look at Fuji's eyes, it's a dead giveaway

This isn't that bad. Better than promos today. In fact it was only at the end here when Muraco tried to *riff-off-of* Gene's "numbers" comment that it went-off-the-rails. Even so he managed to make it *rhyme at the end.*

Don Muraco is one of the all time greats on the mic. How dare you call anything he does horrible.

@billybillee8160

2 жыл бұрын

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

@breazy832

Жыл бұрын

He said bizarre

As Macho would say "Space is the place!" :D

hahaha, Mean Gene's expression at the end was so funny, looking at Muraco, like "what the fuck are you on?"

I remember a kid I was watching a promo with Morocco and Fuji and they were in Hawaii. Fuji mentions, “once we get back to the United States, everyone will pay when they face magnificent Morocco.” I remember my late father saying, “Mr. Fuji, Hawaii is in the United States.” 😂

@Lewis9700

Жыл бұрын

And that's funny because Fuji was born in Hawaii

@johnkalap9314

Жыл бұрын

Morocco? Which part, Casablanca? 😅

Omg WWF playing Madonna at the end haha

@subzero8679

4 жыл бұрын

They played a lot of 80's music in the WWF back then, afterall it was the 80's haha!! I remember a Greg Valentine promo from '85 ish and they used the song "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" from Tears for Fears lol.

fuji is stuck in npc mode just standing there grinning not understanding what muraco is trying to say

"Take the steam outta the boat and the boat don't float"- Rowdy Roddy Piper

LOL! Don seemed to be channeling Piper there at first!

Sounds like Muraco is trying to do a Roddy Piper impersonation

moment of freedom

And now back to "Fuji Vice" 🤣

As Chief Wiggum would say "hopped up on goofballs"

This is not horrible, this is going with the flow, "ad-libing" by the masters- Don Muraco and Mr. Fuji! Ha HA HA, Ah-SO!

Mr. Fuji LEGEND! "Time and numbers and space." LOL! Sounds like something Ultimate Warrior would say. Of course, Warrior's promos kicked ass!

I wish promos were still like this lmao

mr fuji standing there smiling for the camera thinking damn man can you cut a better promo than that damn son your makeing yourself look stupid

My tooth was getting a cavity drilled out at the end, but then I turned it down.

I think the Ultimate Warrior found this inspirational.

It's wasn't a terrible promo. He just didn't punctuate the conclusion with a memorable statement.

When I was in 8th grade in 85, a classmate saw Muraco walking on Ferry Street in Newark,NJ. He asked if wrestling was fake and Muraco told him it was.

Mr Fuji corpsing was just icing on the cake.

Can only assume Fuji was put with Muraco to keep him heel in fans eyes, as his promo work is really enjoyable

Well Muraco is known for being great on the mic, so he is allowed a stinker!

That was Muraco's Scott steiner impression. Lol

I would have guessed drunk.

Morocco should have done that promo before he started coming down off the coke

Muraco looks baked!

Muraco is really magnificent, no doubt!!

Muraco and Scott Steiner should have really sat down and wrote a math textbook together.

It wasn't that bad until he started talking about numbers and space, but that was partially Mean Gene's fault lol

Adam from Partsfunknown sent me here

He was always one of my favorites. I thought he was one of the cooler guys with that lightning bolt vein. Corny said he was nothing special but he was definitely one of the better heels of that time.

awesome outro music; "dress you up in my love"

@pinebarrenpatriot8289

Жыл бұрын

That music has got Cindi Lauper......MAD now (Jumpin Jeff Farmer promo😅)

sounded like it was written for Roddy Pipper

@bigmoneynowammy77

10 жыл бұрын

must be the truth, I was about to say the same thing

@wwmoggy

10 жыл бұрын

James Cave just watched it again its a bad piper imitation

@bigmoneynowammy77

10 жыл бұрын

yeah, sounds like hes doing a piper imitation. that was first thing I thought. the whole delivery, and even his voice. he was probably trying to rip off piper as he was the top heel

@alwaysamysteryyes2021

6 жыл бұрын

Piper never had a promo written for him in his life.

@TexsVlogsBlogsandDogs

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe Piper wrote it for him, but yeah in one way or another its very Piperesque

I loved Mr. Fugi

@matimus100

Жыл бұрын

Strange comment

Talk about being wasted. He probably didn’t remember doing this.

"Mr. Fuji...ahh soh"

It looked liked muraco was reading off of cards his eyes kept shifting and it looked like he wanted to start laughing cause I don't think he understood what he was saying right

Dude! it's quite obvious that Fuji and Muraco smoked a huge cannon of a joint before the interview... maybe even Gene had a few tokes.

Don doing his best piper imitation

as the late Gordon Solie would say "Indeed"

Fuji at the end was like wtf did I just see?

This is the vintage version of Scott steiners math. Thank you Adam blampied for bringing this to my attention

Muroco was doing his Piper impression.

Don Muraco and Mr. Fuji high as hell.

All this was missing was the fade to black with Gene being caught saying, "what the fuck was that?"

WONDERFUL! Remember Fuji Hospital?