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Funny to hear him talk without his “dusty rhodes” voice.

@Rucker1980

Ай бұрын

Wow. He sounds like his sons

@josephross7936

Ай бұрын

What about Vince McMahon vs Mr. McMahon voice?

@JonMalbrough

29 күн бұрын

And sometimes he slips into it for INFLECTIOOONNN If you weeeeewwwww

@minunianda4629

29 күн бұрын

I was almost like when did Dustin gain weight? Lol!

Another Charlotte Boy! Dusty Rhodes must have an IQ of about 150. He has a keen mind! I saw Dusty at the 7/11 on Milton rd in 1986. Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Dick Slater, Tully Blanchard, Abdul the Butcher, Rocky King, Magnum TA, and 200 other pro wrestlers lived here.

I grew up on JCP and the NWA. Great stuff. Never watched WWF. To each his own

@TabletopJason

Ай бұрын

I watched everything I could find on tv back then. Loved the variety we in the 80s. JCP/NWA, AWA, UWF, and WWF all had their own unique style. Didn't get to see WCCW or CWA, but I'm sure it was the same thing. Now everything is simply either WWE or a WWE impersonator.

@jldraw

Ай бұрын

I never had access to JCP while it was still an active promotion. My local cable provider was in dispute with Turner Broadcasting and refused to carry any of his networks until around 1991. So I only knew of JCP and later WCW through the magazines. In time I was able to access a great deal of JCP broadcasts and came to regard them as my favorite wrestling promotion of all time.

@robertgividen2968

Ай бұрын

Lol, the memories flooding back. I am 50. I used to go to my Nan and Trunk's almost every weekend for a year during Crocket Promotions. I just wanted to say something other than JCP it took a few to put it together lol. We are talking early early 80's. Grandparents were rich and had every station known to man. I grew up in Louisville, KY so Jerry Lawler and Fabulous Ones were my world. I was in awe of Jake Roberts, Ted Dibease, and countless others. But it felt much more gritty and real compared to the circus of WWF at the time. I loved both and still do. I watched Southern wrestling for nearly a year before I saw WWF and my suspicion of it being entertainment went from not sure to fact.

I've been saying this for a long time no company will ever get bigger than WWE. Some will come close but no cigar

The war between the localized wrestling territories and the nationally promoted WWF was lost after “WrestleMania III” because after that event wrestling became synonymous with WWF the way cola is to Coke. By that point WWF has syndication, cable, broadcast and PPV. They also had a stranglehold on merchandising and marketing on a national scale. There was no way for the “little guy” to compete with them at that point. The localized territories had a very small window to get their houses in order and push back against WWF but were unable to build the infrastructure necessary to mount a true offensive. It was over by “WrestleMania III”. JCP kept running for another year because they didn’t realize the game had been called.

@chrisconnell8464

16 күн бұрын

Great analysis and being publicly traded gave them almost unlimited funds. To add to that, WWE network put the dagger in the heart because they no longer needed to be scared of "television" canceling them. 100% bullet proof now.

Verne and Vince Sr. did things in a somewhat controlled way. With territories being the only real divisions in wrestling. NWA getting bought by Turner and becoming WCW on TBS, a cable channel. Changed the game. Now you had southern wrestling being watched all over the country. Vince Jr. knew he had to make a major move, or face losing all his talent to Turner. The rise of wrestling during that era was truly the American Dream. Can't ever see it being like that golden era again. I grew up in Milwaukee WI. on AWA every Saturday morning. Only in the 80's did wrestling become mainstream. Cable television.

He doesn't mention that with only two companies, where would the new talent come from? How would they get to develop and improve if there was only the big time, and nowhere profitable new talent to develop? They should have aligned with Jarrett, Lawler, Florida, The Fullers, the Watts, and The Von Erich's to figure out how to keep the South and Southwest there own. There were millions of pro wrestling fans in the South who would have made them millions.

The Goldust gimmick definitely got over, but to me Dustin was at his best when he was The Natural Dustin Rhodes. I knew Steve Austin was going to be a star when he was in Texas in 89

I am so happy these shoots are coming out again. I have a hunch as to why and if so.. well played sir.

@jonbourgoin182

Ай бұрын

What's the hunch you have? Genuinely curious

Im glad he got his flowers after this. Rob got alot of these esrly interviews that are gems now

Saw Flair vs Dusty in Pittsburgh in 86. Helluva show.

You've gotta love The American Dream!

Glad to catch this so soon

Even during the late 90s Monday Night wars WWF/WWE had the brand recognition. I knew so many people who were not wrestling fans but were watching WCW/nWo. The would constantly call it "WWF" when they talked about it. Sometimes I'd try to correct them, but more often than not, was just met with a blank stare.

@chozahfearless7524

Ай бұрын

I hate when people do that it makes them look stupid 😂

@TabletopJason

Ай бұрын

@@chozahfearless7524 No kidding!

@chozahfearless7524

Ай бұрын

@@TabletopJason deer in head lights!

I would still love to see the NWA wrestling any day over WWE!

@davidporter7051

Ай бұрын

this is what a mouth breather would say

@johnnybstuddd4482

Ай бұрын

NWA is so much better than WWE

@davidporter7051

Ай бұрын

@@johnnybstuddd4482 yeah that is why NWA is owned by a has been musician and nearly unalive after a snow bit with James Mitchell.

@SIXTHREEONEFOURTHREENIONEOOSEV

Ай бұрын

​@@johnnybstuddd4482 THE ORIGINAL NWA OH YES!!!!!!!!!!

@SIXTHREEONEFOURTHREENIONEOOSEV

Ай бұрын

​@@davidporter7051 THE ORIGINAL NWA!!!!!!!!!!

Good interview

One of the greatest of all time. Was lucky enough to see him in Kansas City wrestling Harley Race in a Texas Death Match. RIP Champ

Everyone who tries to be like WWF(E), Loses, Make Vince try to win at your game is how you beat him

@chozahfearless7524

Ай бұрын

WCW had it for a few years and ruined it by trying to be wwe lite Ala WCW 2000! Same with TNA

I love Dusty but he’s underplaying how ruthless Vince Jr was to put WWF on the map. He did a lot of shady and bad business practices that should’ve landed his ass in prison. Sure the NWA was stuck in there ways about how to do pro wrestling but it wasn’t all terrible.

There is a great Dustin Rhodes vs Steve Austin TV Title Match. They were both so young and hungry, trying to prove themselves. You really felt like they were going to have something special down the road. It never really happened.

I was at those Civic Center shows in Philly and they were much better than the WWF shows

Nwa felt real in WWF felt cartoonish

@davidporter7051

Ай бұрын

ok. Spaceman, The new breed, Ta-Gar, Lazer-Tron, and Lord Zoltan disagree

@jasondoucette4642

Ай бұрын

@@davidporter7051 that's was at end jcp when are we trying to do stupid stuff like WWF but I did like the attitude era that was fun

@davidporter7051

Ай бұрын

@@jasondoucette4642 Spaceman, Ta-Gar, Lord Zoltan were around long before the end of JCP.

@anthonymcc9045

Ай бұрын

No

@user-lh6pf9rh5r

29 күн бұрын

@@davidporter7051 Ebradorky fabrojek teelord..... Rekunt rekunt rekunt!!

6:08-6:13 Ric Flair on Johnny Carson in his heyday would've charmed the pants off of Carson. With his mic skills he definitely would've broken into Hollywood in a big way!

The real interview is stone cold Steve Austin podcast with Vince McMahon he basically told us wat aew was going to be back in 2012

#RIPDustyRhodes

"Mee, bay-beh. Das' why."

I thought 80s. Crokett Had a better product then wwe. It was southern rasslin. Wwe wasnt

Glad Terry is still alive.

wwf vs nwa hulk hogan vs ric flair sting vs the ultimate warrior lex luger vs macho man the rock and roll express vs the rockers the road warriors vs the hart foundation magnum t.a vs jake the snake here's my nwa vs wwf wrestling card

Yes amen NWA realistic

6:50

Dusty

I prefer Dustin to Cody

@TheGreatestBabyFace

Ай бұрын

No one asked

@D4NK1

Ай бұрын

@@TheGreatestBabyFace true

They did?

@johnnybstuddd4482

Ай бұрын

No they didn't, Vince just had more money. NWA was a much better product and much better wrestlers.

@clintsaines9274

Ай бұрын

@@johnnybstuddd4482 I agree. WWF was theatre.

NWA always had the talent, they just didn’t know how to develop it. Case in point: Ted DiBiase. Vince took that talent and developed it into a legendary character that will live on forever. NWA was just never able to do that with anyone really, except maybe Sting I guess.

@briannettles669

Ай бұрын

The NWA definitely could develop talent, but they did not have the creativity to come up with bankable gimmicks. They could develop great in-ring talents like Ted DiBiase or Steve Austin, but they could not come up with the Million Dollar Man or Stone Cold gimmicks that made millions of dollars.

Hello ilove you❤❤

Yall was to worried about what superstars was going be used and got a foot out the door

NWA didn't promote right

na sorry dusty nwa was never gonna beat wwf for the simple fact that vince knew how to get to the real source of money in familys and that was the kids! make it simple for them,get them hooked and mom and pop gonna buy the merch and take them to see that wwf show once a year when its in town! Nwa had talent and history etc for the adult audience but kids is where the money is at george lucas knew that which is why he made the deal for star wars that he did with fox studios! Parents will move mountains to please their kids before they look after themselves vince knew that!

@robertgividen2968

Ай бұрын

Vince wife, Linda deserves so much credit for the major success of the WWF//WWE. I am sure Vince's ego had always pushed her out of the light in the business.

This guy was massively overated. Nwa rode the wave if popularity of wrestling till wwf took all that for themselves because nobody wants to watch a fat man and s bunch of jobbers. They had flair and thr road warriors. They rode them as long as they could. At starcade 87 Ronnie garvin was in the main event and they were done. Crockett to turner it didn't matter they were all incompetent and out for themselves and have the nerve to be mad at Vince. Dusty couldn't do a few situps?

@afdcg

Ай бұрын

Dusty Rhodes was a bigger draw than most wrestlers at that time. Despite him being out of shape, he was a star. NWA was great but targeted a more mature audience. WWF was always cartoony even in the 70s with most guys and gimmicks being over the top. WWF targeted a family audience and kids so it won and NWA lost. It's pretty simple.

@brentwebster6341

Ай бұрын

He was morbidly overrated and I can’t stand to listen to his fake ass over the top southern twang way of cutting a promo as well.

@givem110

Ай бұрын

@@afdcg nwa targeted an audience that was rapidly disappearing in the mid 80s. People who wanted to treat wrestling like a sport. I don't have to read about it I lived through it and half of their fans thought some if the matches were still real. Nwa was an inferior product with a few big stars. Wrestling is for kids anyway and to look back in for nostalgia. Nwa lost by catering to adults like wwe does today while losing 90% of their audience

@iang8169

Ай бұрын

Dusty was a star partly because of his ability and partly because he was booker and he kept inserting himself into the cos hottest angle . When magnum was on the rise all of a sudden the masked " James gang " magnum and dusty became a thing . When the r and r v midnight s was the hottest angle all of a sudden dusty plus the r and r v midnight s and Bubba became the angle. When r warriors v horseman was the hottest angle then it became a 6 man with dusty plus the r warriors v 3 of the horseman became rhe angle. When magnum came back on TV after his crash then dusty had to be the one saving him from a horseman beating and use a b ball bat on Tully to get himself suspended to come back as the midnight rider for the 3 rd time

@MrChazT

Ай бұрын

@@givem110NWA lost because they didn’t have mass media exposure. WWF/WWE was in New York and they capitalized on the opportunities that was available to them. When they got involved with MTV it was over basically because everybody that was into pop culture watched that channel. The NWA had better wrestlers hands down, and was the superior product. The WWF/WWE had a huge media presence and they marketed all the wrestlers on their programs as superstars, rather they were or not, and Kids believed it because it was drilled in their head over and over again when they watched. Brutus the barber beefcake was not a superstar I don’t care who said he was! I can name numerous wrestlers in the WWF that were considered stars that nobody talks about today.

He's always putting his kid or himself over. Can't Stand Him.

@GHMYahooka

Ай бұрын

that's cool, why don't you tell us all what you did in the wrestling business. oh what's that? nothing? oh ok.

@duvalcounty1037

Ай бұрын

Are you serious you probably joking

@dutchboi2425

Ай бұрын

Yea u cant be serious...i mean dusty has his critics ...but has jyst as many if not way more positive accolades..one being called a pure genius

@Warrenwoon

Ай бұрын

Fake humility be even worse

@eazypeazy33

Ай бұрын

Art of war

Sounds like Dusty was sour grapes. I blame him for NWA failure.

@aidanbagwell7879

Ай бұрын

This was when dusty was at one of his lowest points I’m not shocked he sounded a little bitter

@GBTwelveSixteen

Ай бұрын

Didn't help Crockett was spending more than being earned but yeah, blame Dusty.... idiot.

@GHMYahooka

Ай бұрын

@@aidanbagwell7879 yeah like when road dogg and kip were high as kites bad mouthing hunter and wwe, not their best moments and hardly anything to judge them on being down and out.

@aidanbagwell7879

Ай бұрын

@@GHMYahooka yea exactly, or Kevin Nash’ vanilla midget comment when Eddie and Benoit won the belts at mania. He was just salty and drunk

@jldraw

Ай бұрын

You aren’t alone. Not sure if this is still the case but for years David Crockett blamed DR for putting what he considered his family’s business under. I personally never subscribed to that viewpoint because regardless of what we may think of DR’s creative, he wasn’t the bottom line when it came to expenditures and the day to day operations of JCP. The Crocketts, in particular Jim Crockett Jr. could’ve yanked DR’s cord anytime they chose to and they never did. They allowed him to create and book with full consent so to me the failure of JCP was ultimately not on DR.

What he's warning against is what WWE is doing now