Blassie started working for The McMahons in the 1940s. He started with Jess McMahon in 1947, a year after he left the Navy during World War 2. He’s the,only wrestler to work with ALL 4 generations of the family, through 8 different decades. That’s some loyalty right there!

@grawakendream8980

Жыл бұрын

wow

Classy Freddie Blassie! After they made him they broke the mold. He ALWAYS told the truth. I read his biography and he's even more brutal but deadly honest about everything in his life.

@GlorifiedTruth

Жыл бұрын

I just finished re-reading it. Couldn't agree more; great history in it, too.

Fred knew the value of old time wrestling.

@bdot187um

Жыл бұрын

He was working us that's all

@quentinkaasa47

2 ай бұрын

Then he wouldn't have trashed WCW with its southern roots.

Loved this guy. Andy Kauffman's favorite wrestler of them all.

@richardtaylor5461

4 жыл бұрын

Both Kaufman and blassie was losers

i love this dude.

Really miss that man. The Fashion Plate of Wrestling, The Maker of Champeens, an absolute genius and unbelievable talker/promo cutter. RIP Freddy!

This is why iron sheik says I'm the real not the hulk Hogan

Even older, it seems like Blassie, was either cutting a promo, or perhaps I think a straight shoot.

@bdot187um

Жыл бұрын

​@spikeohara420yeah he was definitely playing sides here.

Freddie Blassie defines class.

Freddie Told it like it is. Rest In Peace Freddie

@richardtaylor5461

4 жыл бұрын

Nope told nothing but shit

I remember going to the Olympic Auditorium with my Dad to watch wrestling, Blassie,Tolos, Bobo Brazil, Mil Mascara to name a few, and of course after few burgemisters my pop’s couldn’t wait to give Freddie Blassie a piece of his mind in the parking lot 🤣🤣🤣

Miss ya Freddie one of my fav if ya don't like him your a pincel neck geek

My god!!! Where has this been all my life! Preach, Freddie, PREACH!!! The man speaks the truth! #huckfogan

@bdot187um

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha you do know that he went back and praised hogan years later...this shit was all work to help vince out that's all.😂

@Blazers04

Жыл бұрын

@@bdot187um oh well aware. But I’ll take anyone trashing Terry The Terrible any day

@bdot187um

Жыл бұрын

@@Blazers04 Terry ain't got shit to do with it, this was all Hogan but hey...since your a hater It don't matter either way😂

@Blazers04

Жыл бұрын

@@bdot187um ya know Hogan and Terry The Terrible are the same person, right? Lol But yes, I will hate on Hogan until the end of time. Plenty of examples to back up my hate.

Stuck for an answer when u tell him hello!!!

@racefan1701

4 жыл бұрын

So funny, classic Freddie Blassie. He, the Wizard and Albano were amazing.

The old school guys were the best. Fans should go to the autograph things when they have them and show the old school wrestlers how much they were loved while you still have the chance. We just recently lost Baron Scicluna, Kenji Shibuya and Gene Kiniski.

Happy Birthday to us Mr Blassie RIP

@oldschool6804 I havent seen it but Im not going to doubt it. Still needed Vince to make it what it was. You are 100 percent right about that last part even stole his mustache.

Almost 10 years since his passing.

@81silvermj

11 ай бұрын

20

Best wrestling personality ever, and its not even close

Freddie was an ambassador for WWF, getting looked after, his opinion is very biased, but entertaining to hear. I have my doubts how impressed he was with the cartoon/part time job characters of 95, or the jerry springer stuff of "Attitude"

@TheLarryburns84

2 жыл бұрын

he did narrate the opening to Wrestlemania 15 if I remember, and that was peak attitude era

@BlueSkyeReynolds Point taken man. Nice convo with you

Well spoken, Fred.

@bdot187um

Жыл бұрын

He was cutting a promo chill out😂

@born2rockhard Shawn Michaels did the same exact thing though, he held people back too. He even admitted to this in his autobiography : / Many wrestlers are guilty of this. Plus, many people seem to neglect the fact that Hogan actually passed the torch to many people such as Ultimate Warrior, Sting, and Goldberg. Love him or hate him, pro wrestling needed Hulk Hogan on so many levels. He was the man who turned it mainstream and put an end to the belief that pro wrestling was just a circus act

@The_13th_Hussar

2 жыл бұрын

He passed it and took it right back.

@gstar235 Nah. Vince knew it was Hulk Hogan because he had him come from the AWA. Hogan was the guy because he had the size and, the charisma. He was king in an era where size and, muscles meant everything to the mainstream type of fan. He was larger than life. Some were more chiseled, or were bigger, but lacked that "it" thing Hogan had.

This must be early to mid 90's when Hulk Hogan went to the WCW and took most of the big names with him.

@bdot187um

Жыл бұрын

True

He is always a champ!

He's right Hulk Hogan was corporately made Vince liked his size and made him who he was

@richardtaylor5461

4 жыл бұрын

Made money put wrestling on the map something old fart blassie cant say

@chadk890

4 жыл бұрын

Verne Gagne and the AWA made Hulkamania

Damn. This was an awesome but brief shoot on Hogan. He knew what kind of jerk Hogan was before the days of the KZread shoot interviews we've all seen about his character. No wonder Andre was hard on Hogan for so many years, Andre didn't like him for the same reasons everyone else disliked him.

@davidkeller2832

6 жыл бұрын

Of course, most of what Freddie said was Kayfabe too. Hogan was not discovered in Califonia - He was born in Georgia and moved to Florida which was where he was discovered.

@r.josedefraga1205

2 жыл бұрын

Jajajaja, your sort of armchair expert rhetoric is hilarious, and embarrasses the wrestling fanbase as a whole. Dude, get a grip, you're uninitiated much the same way most of us commenting on this KZread video are. What value does someone being a "jerk" have to do with what they brought on camera. Smart Fan nonsense, per usual. Thanks for the laugh.

@NapanTR yes

@GLazz85 Yeah I know Vince oversees everything. That's why I said he gives them the platform to perform. But by the mid 90's he addmitted himself that pop culture had passed him by and that he could no longer come up with the creative characters he used to. So he told his talent that they had to start putting more of themselves into there character. Hense The Rock, Stone Cold and DX. And no Hulk Hogan could not have been just anyone or else he would have found a replacement for him when he left.

There is usually some kind of nasty blowout between a heel and his manager. Buck Robley saw that between himself and Bob Sweetan.

Finally someone with brains lol

@richardtaylor5461

4 жыл бұрын

Finally a dumbass comment you and blassie both are lame ass fuckers

@irock2477

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Taylor your chair challenge was lame now quit being a salty ass crybaby

When was this interveiw taken?

@ICHIBAN-cz8ih

3 жыл бұрын

1995 or '96 I think

@GLazz85 Vince didn't make them all stars, he just gave them a platform to perform like he did for Lex Luger, Giant Gonzales, Ahmed Johnson and Rocky Maivia (Not The Rock) . How did it work out for those guys? He can light the candle for his wrestlers but it's there job to keep it lit.

I didnt realize Hogan spent anytime in California. I thought his early days were down in Florida

@jdavid1027

4 жыл бұрын

That was a work. You thought right...

@BlueSkyeReynolds Thats not true. Hulkamania was all Vince. If anyone is original its Roddy Piper because he was the same in every territory he went to. Hulk was a heel, look at him face off against Tony Atlas. That was when guys had the stage to make themselves into characters. Then Vince took over the creativity and made Hulkamania, it would be the same thing if he gave that character to anyone, Terry did a good job with it but he owes Vince everything

The King of Men

@TheJohnnyCotts Yup he made a great career out of it. He lived the Hulk Hogan life in the ring and in the public eye. He did his part but should be thankful to Vince.

thank you algorithm

@GLazz85 Hogan was a face when he was in AWA. Hogan was very popular, but Vince gave him a nationwide platform to shine on. There were supposedly a number of guys Vince wanted to be his focal point, but Hogan was the one who said "yes", and the rest is history.

So this is the cloth that Ric Flair was cut from.

Well, Vince McMahon and his inner circle are very protective. Just watch when Jim Ross Goes To TNA... Controversy

@GLazz85 Again, Vince didn't make The Rock. The was a character Rocky came up with when he was out with a knee injury. Vince just wanted him to be a happy go lucky Rocky Maivia. Just like he wanted Steve Austin to be The Ring Master. Sure he came up with great gimmicks like the Million Dollar Man and The Undertaker but what made those characters great had more to do with who was playing them than the actual idea behind them.

@BlueSkyeReynolds Saw him versus Bockwinkle and Jesse Ventura didnt spot a single hulkamania shirt. He was wildly popular but I wouldnt say he got too much bigger a pop than Martel got in AWA and about the same pop as HHH today. It wasnt until he was the Immortal Hulk Hogan that he got thunderous ovations, thanks to vinces marketing

No filter.

@bdot187um

Жыл бұрын

He was cutting a promo that's all😂

@vivilakers I agree with you 100%. Vince created all these people. Look at Hogan before hulkamania he was not even close to what he is. But Vince made him a face and the rest is history

@GLazz85 Jim Duggan has the same type of gimmick but yet people didn't like him as much they did Hogan.

Yes, Hulkamania was created in the AWA. Verne gange dind't actually create it. Just like with any great wrestling character, it develops over time.

we know that Hogan is from Tampa and Blassie didn't mean the things he said as he is old school and pretends that Hogan was from Venice Beach. BTW Hogan could "wrestle" if you watched him in Japan he could actually do a match. In his earlys days he was green but in WWF days he did what he know as sports entertainment and they built the WWF around Hogan.

Didn't know he didn't like Hogan!

He tells the truth.

@bdot187um

Жыл бұрын

He's working ya brah🤓

@ITSHIM1294

9 ай бұрын

@@bdot187umyour comments are everywhere. Zip up Terry’s pants man

Lol I love how everyone hates Hogan and yet he believes he's the most iconic, respected wrestler ever. Wake up brother!

@CactusG26

9 жыл бұрын

aidsbrigade well everyone has to admit that Hogan actually IS the most iconic character in the history of wrestling... but why is that...? because Vince McMahon put his complany`s entire marketing machine behind a single guy... Hogan... the marketing job for Hogan was TREMENDOUS... back in the mid and late 80s Hogan was EVERYWHERE... TV (both wrestling programing and mainstream) movies (terrible ones but still...) something like that has never being done for ANY wrestler up to that point... the WWF turned Hogan into a larger than life character that still endures to this day... they did an amazing job talking into cosideration that even in his prime Hogan was a terrible wrestler... even in his very prime his in-ring work was fucking HORRIBLE.... Blassie was absolutely right... Hogan actually thinks that he`s the one who did everything to become what he was/is when the truth is that he owes EVERYTHING to Vince McMahon... and about respect... Hogan is probably one of the LEAST respected guys in the history of wrestling... i`m sure that even he knows that... Blassie, Monsoon, Flair, Dusty, Undertaker... THOSE are truly respected guys...

@jcp1977

8 жыл бұрын

+CactusG26 what the wrestling world needs is another Classy Freddie Blassie

@BluRayKing

8 жыл бұрын

+aidsbrigade everyone acknowledges that, people need to wake up and realize what a piece of shit he is. His peer have done many shoot interviews. You ever wonder why hogan is on MTV Cribs but most of his colleagues aren't? They could all be paid nice right now, but thank you iconic hero that they aren't.

@RevolverOcelot2008

6 жыл бұрын

He is iconic and one of the reasons pro wrestling is still around but he is also egotistical and petty and would do anything to keep himself as the top guy in the company including literally booking himself in the main event or having his cronies do it or even enabling Scott Hall's alcoholism to get him in hot water with management so Scott wouldn't outshine him

@kb9788

5 жыл бұрын

Hardly.

Interviewer is a Pencil Necked Geek

DEAR GOD GIVE US BACK FREDDIE BLASSIE IN RETURN WILL GIVE U HULK HOGAN LOL !!!!!!!

@richardtaylor5461

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck you Hogan made WWF loser blassie wasn't shit

@chadk890

4 жыл бұрын

@@richardtaylor5461 Blassie is a LEGEND come on

Fred in later years,frail.

@landinmycourt Vince oversees everything. Duane Johnson had to have permission to become the Rock and they brainstormed the idea. Stone Cold was just the ECW character sandman given to a more talented wrester. Hulk could have been anybody, its the easiest gimmick to follow. Hollywood Hogan was a more difficult character that took skill from Terry to pull off but obviosly there would be no Hollywood without the original. THe men do pull of the gimmicks but Vince cast them into those characters.

by saying hes stuck for an answer, hes sayin hulk is dumb right?

@landinmycourt I did say any big man. Big as in bulky not height because Hogan isnt that tall. Lets be realistic they had to have been able to speak decent English so that eliminates Gonzalez and Andre. Ernie Ladd could have done it Tony Atlas Rocky Johnosn Sting Ultimate Warrior any of those big guys could have done it. If I had another 100lbs of muscle I could have done it.

@GLazz85 OK so according to your logic guys Andre the Giant, Big John Stud, Ernie Ladd, Dan Spivey or Giant Gonzales in their prime would have had the same impact as Hogan if put in that role? Now before you contradict yourself again read your last comment where you said and I quote "any big man could have played him." The key word ANY!!!

HAHAHA good on yah. Freddy, Hogan aint got shit on any of the other hall of famers. Anyone wouldve gotten as popular as Hogan was if Vince and all the other executives gave them Hogans role, hell they probably would be better

@RS1963 yeah that's why he is the biggest star in wrestling history wrestling is an entertainment not a sport it's about drawing money...and who drew more than Hulk....Austin of course because Austin had the internet....

@BlueSkyeReynolds umm what about John Cena, The Rock, STONE COLD steve austin, Undertaker... they are all bigger than life characters. WWF made stars and the stars was given the ball and run with it.

Main man...

@tonshaad1230 Hogan had the gimmick first and Duggan is cross eyed which automatically makes him less likeable

I love how he blasts Hogan because his organization says who wins or loses a match. LOL! Yeah, Freddy in WWF it's all real and nobody knows who's gonna win.

@eddieisgreat5150

2 жыл бұрын

I know your post is 10 years old lol but he was saying how hogan was telling who to win or lose not wcw.

@BlueSkyeReynolds But if Hogan was in the AWA do you think there would be Hulkamania? No I dont think so. WWF made Hogan to make commercials, have his own cartoon shows and main event every event. Do you think even with his personal charisma without those he'll be still as big a star as he was? no effing way WWF invested their money on Hogan to be more famous.

It's an opinion...

@in2food Yeah but the point is in WCW it was just egotistical Hogan calling the shots, at least in the WWF one wrestler didn't have near unlimited power.

LOL! This is a work and Freddie just couldn't tell the difference when he got old...

@bdot187um

Жыл бұрын

True😂

Freddie Blassie is the man! Although i grew up loving Hulk Hogan! I now know Hogan is nothing but a selfish, egomaniac Jerk! And that stupid reality show killed his image!

Did Hulk Hogan play Football with Tampa Bay before he chose Wrestling?

@bdot187um

Жыл бұрын

I don't think so

LOL...He was still playing the part. Hogan is from Florida and Venice Beach is made up.

Historically, I think that the WWF has the worst style of matches. Hogan's worst matches IMO were his WWF matches where Vince had wrestlers dumb it all down. The Ultimate Warrior was Vince's idea of what a wrestler should be. Vince doesn't even like the word "wrestler."

Shill for Vince much? Of course he was getting a fat paycheck for life from Vince. I suspect this was from around the time that Vince was about to go out of business as WCW was stomping them into the ground.

@BlueSkyeReynolds are you kidding me? Hulk made Hogan popular. They spend most of their money for Hogan to be good and it paid off for Vince. Anybody could have played the part of Hulk Hogan.

My sister is a pencil neck geek.

blassie was the man btw you guys sure are having a long argument below LOL !

@landinmycourt Uhm that makes no sense at all. Of course noone could have been Hogan when he left because he still existed in another company. That would be stupid to have 2 Hulk Hogans around it obviously didnt work with Razor Ramon. Noone can talk like the Iron Sheik or come up with Random things like Piper. Anyone could have said eat your vitamins and say your prayers and God Bless America and talk about the hulkamaniacs or hulksters in every promo.

lol. ask shawn michaels if he wasn't callin shots in wwf back in the day?? ask the kliq if they weren't callin shots. lol. wwe is known 2 hav guys wit unlimited power outside of vince call shots. don't distort history.

Bitter......party of one......

@landinmycourt Really? Please tell me where you went to school so when I have kids I never send my kid to that University. Its the same stance with three points that match the original. Main point Hulk could have been anybody and its an easy gimmick. sub argument anyone could use the vitamin line equates to the fact that it was an easy gimmick. sub argument b-You plug in any big man to the Hulk character and it works ex. Warrior, Sting Rock etc. Bulky comment relates to any big man could be Hulk

@RS1963 get beaten up, hulk up leg drop. flair yeah repetetive but he and bret hart had things in common could tell a story and wrestle; flair was the original icon every one wanted to be him woooooooooo

@richardtaylor5461

4 жыл бұрын

Nope only southern trash did not fans of the real major league wrestling WWF flair wasn't shit

`10 pencil neck geeks dislike this!

@sylviovargas8626

6 жыл бұрын

RufusLeakin I love this but I'm still a pencil neck geek

Ultimate Warriors video backs this up , Hulk sucks.

It would be funny if he called Hogan a number 2 pencil neck geek!

@richardtaylor5461

4 жыл бұрын

Been funny if Hogan would've threw blassie into the stands with a kneck brace

@GLazz85 Worked up? Are you kidding me. Everytime I respond to one of your comments, I feel like a BIG AND BULKY Roger Clemens pitching to a minor league team. Whatever I throw at you, you keep striking out. Eventually though I'm gonna get bored and have find someone else to play with.

@GLazz85 OK I'll go slow so even you can understand. First you said ANYBODY could be him. Meaning ANYBODY. The next time you said ANY BIG MAN could be him. Meaning ANY BIG MAN. Then you said BIG AS IN BULKY NOT TALL. Meaning anyone BULKY. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that you are saying three different things. I mean that's like a casting director saying they're looking for ANYBODY to be the next Terminator. Then when people show up they say "no I mean ANYBODY big. "Not tall but BULKY"

Freddie is Kayfabing

....league's...

lol @ vince got rid of hogan. y would vince get rid of his biggest draw?? hogan got the f**k outta there on his own bruh. u might wanna learn the facts.

@whatever8915

5 жыл бұрын

Everybody thinks they know it all. You, like others, don't know anything. Shut it!

@junegiovanni6475

5 жыл бұрын

The biggest draw is Stone cold, he surprised hulk Hogan in drawing power and merchandise. Hulk Hogan wasn't even a big draw at the time of his racist comments. Vince was the one that released him from his legends contract and took him of the hall of fame. Vince is the one that got rid of him. You don't know shit...get your facts straight. Like Vince cares about a old man with back surgeries and leg surgeries and can't move and is not the draw he used to be....vince can't count on a old man...He is focused on young fresh talent. Trust me Vince don't care, if you do wrong, he don't give a shit if you're a draw, he will fire you. That is the stupidest shit I've ever saw on a comment thread... "why would Vince fire Hogan because he is a draw"....REALLY?He is not the draw he used be and is old now...What use can he be for WWE when he can't wrestle...well he never could wrestle. Vince can easily bring in Stone Cold, The Rock who are bigger star's and are bigger draws then Hogan. They can come in to make appearances. Trust me, they don't need him, they survived without him and without him experienced, the biggest era in pro wrestling called the Attitude Era, Stone cold was the biggest draw and WWE was having a their huge boom period without Hogan.

@GLazz85 You've been sick so you've had time to respond to my comments? CRY ME A RIVER!!! So now that your feeling better you will have no reason to respond. So go on with your great life booking fantasy wrestling. By the way The Rock, Austin and Cena were not mentioned in your BIG AND BULKY fantasy league. According to your comments you had Tony Atlas, Rocky Johnson, Ultimate Warrior and Sting.

@GLazz85 Wow, I'm getting a grammar lesson from someone who writes "What the hell does Hogan have that noone else does." Last I checked "noone" is not a word. I think you meant to say no one. I seriously think you need to stick to your fantasy wrestling games where you can book your BIG AND BULKY wrestlers in matches that would only draw money in your world. I live in reality, and the reality is Hogan has out drawn all your BIG AND BULKY fantasy players. If not, then PROVE otherwise or go away.

@richardtaylor5461

4 жыл бұрын

In ring talent that you and blassie dont have loser

No one knows or cares about what Freddie did lol hes jealous of hogan like everyone else

@GLazz85 Dude you just keep changin your stance everytime. Look at your comments. First you say "Hulk could have been ANYBODY, its the easiest gimmick to follow." Then the next time you say "ANYONE could have said eat your vitamins and say your prayers and God Bless America and talk about the hulkamaniacs or hulksters in every promo." Then you say "Hogan was a cookie cutter character and ANY BIG MAN could have played him." Now you say "Big as in bulky not height." It's just a spincycle with you.

Once a scumbag always a scumbag...bret is right

@landinmycourt This is getting ridiculous. I dont expect you to know that you are wrong because even the Nazis thought they were doing the right thing. Anybody is obviously overstated for effect but there is a valid point to the argument. I had to break it down 3 ways for you and you still dont understand. A person can lead a thirsty horse to water but cant make him drink. You are that thirsty horse. You love Hogan but really you know that was an easy gimmick many men could have done.

You know SHIT!! I'm probably old enough to be your father. I grew up with the old time wrestlers. Hulk Hogan is not from Venice Beach he is from Florida. Those hyperdeveloped dudes are all on roids! Just like most Wrestlers.

it wuz hogan's charisma that carried wwe n took prowrestlin 2 the mainstream. it wuzn't sheik or any1 else that injected him with charisma

@landinmycourt You should leave it alone since you cant refute the fact the Hogan was a cookie cutter character and any big man could have played him. Which is my point from the start. Im not saying Vince is the absolute brain behind every character all I am saying is that he might be the brain behind 35% of a wrestlers character but when it came to Hulk Hogan not Hollywood Hogan he was 90% of Hulkamania

Awa made hulkamania.fact

@richardtaylor5461

4 жыл бұрын

Nope Hogan created hulkamania fact jack

@dominicalberto2179

8 ай бұрын

In once sense AWA made Hogan popular and I don't remember Hulkamania until WWF. In AWA he was called the Incredible Hulk Hogan.