Gordon Solie was the best Wrestling Announcer bar none.. He had the skills to make Wrestling really exciting.. To bad we dont have this kind of Wrestling anymore.. Glad I was able to witness this at the time that it was happening..

@GordonBates-wv4mr

2 ай бұрын

Agree! Solie was #No.1, & Jim Ross was an incredibly close 2nd spot.

@davidgraham8299

18 күн бұрын

Solie was boring. JR easily, long since surpassed him.

@JuliusCrawley

4 күн бұрын

People talked about how cheap his masks looked but wish I had the money he made in those masks and as a side note they were made by his wife😢and lots of the nice robes a lot of the other wrestlers wore ,rest in peace wrestling 2

@sticky3983

11 сағат бұрын

@@davidgraham8299not so my friend. Jim Ross gives it to Gordon Solie

Good stuff RIP #2 Thanks for all the memories when i was growing up and watching on Saturdays.

The Assassin like Ole Anderson knew exactly what to do and say to get the most heat and that is what made them so hated and so good at what they did. True legends!

Whenever Gordon Solie said "WAIT A MINUTE...." you knew shit just got real.

@wallofrock6725

4 ай бұрын

😂

Gordon Solie was brilliant in moderating the Assassin/Wrestling II debate. Look at his mannerisms and facial expressions when the insults go back and forth lol.

The Assassin's promo is so good. Especially that condescending tone on "Oh my. Aren't we becoming emotional."

@raybee5574

8 ай бұрын

❤CLASSIC❤

@raybee5574

8 ай бұрын

I LOVED GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH during the Great RASSLIN Days

Wrestling was so much better back then

Back n the days the best wrestling and promos ever.

The Assassin was the best in the Mic.Sophisticated Evil...

@dalechampagne7854

5 жыл бұрын

Him and masked superstar Bill Eadie, cut the best damn promos. Calm cool and collected

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906

4 жыл бұрын

The ORIGINAL Cerebral Assassin . Triple H steals from some very good sources . The mutton chop mustache and high knee smash he got from Ole Anderson and The Mind games from Flair and The Assassin . I noticed a few other homages in Trips' style . One thing that stands out is that hia style in more Soythern than a guy who grew up watching Bob Backlund wrestle in the Garden seems likely to be .

Gordon was at his best when he was interviewing the Assassin and II, His facial expressions were money!!!

glad to see this watched the original broadcast in 1980

Dusty could bring it on the mic! Among the best.

If only they would revitalize the Mask generation. 2019 Mr. Wrestling 1 & 2 vs The Assassins In the upcoming Wrestlemania The Super Stars 1 & 2 vs The Super D'$ Or The Spoilers vs The Nightmares The Infernos vs The Mask Medics. What a EPIC time That was.

@randymiller3949

4 жыл бұрын

Patrick...I would love to see The Assassins 1 & 2 wrestle The Grapplers w/Don Carson as The Grapplers original manager. NOW THAT WOULD MAKE ME BUY TICKETS AGAIN & SPIN MY MONEY!!! I'm not wasting my time or money anymore on WWE...AT ALL!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama.

You can't get better than Assassins vs Mr. Wrestling 1, and Mr. Wrestling ll. Assassins talked rough and rude, but at times, would speak eloquently, with the restraint of a professional hitman. They brought in the fans. They knew how to push the emotional buttons - get the audience riled. The Assassin's feud with Big Ray Candy, hometown Hero - were also epic.

@shanefelkel9966

4 ай бұрын

Funny you should mention "hitman". Bob Roop was Eddie Graham's (Tampa FCW NWA) "hitman" until Dick Slater showed up for a tryout. Then he was Eddie's "hurtman". There was some real monsters in the NWA days that could hurt you just by farting in your direction. Many of them were "catch" wrestlers like the Shamrocks, Ruas, and Josh Barnett of MMA fame. The real fighters and stretchers like Danny Hodge, Stu Hart, Billy Robinson, et al were certified bone-breakers.

I remember watching this and couldn't wait for friday night at the municipal auditorium. Good times

JUST LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE?"OLD SCHOOL RULES!MY DAY.

@randymiller3949

4 жыл бұрын

Abraham...you are absolutely right. Vince McMahon & the WWE only wish they could get fan pops & hysteria like this. This is an era of Wrestling I miss so much...the 70s & 80s territory days. This is an era of Wrestling when the wrestlers looked real...they looked like they just walked out of a bar & were ready to fight anyone!!! No lightshow, no silly gimmicks, no entrance music...no goofy costumes...JUST REAL WRESTLING!!! I'm so glad that NWA Power attempting to bring this "REAL RASSLIN" back today in this time, because God knows that I am, as well as a lot of other Wrestling fans, sick of the WWE. Much love from Mobile Alabama.

mr. wrestling II had a clip-on tie...awesome!

Dusty one of the best at constantly pointing fingers at everyone and not stopping.

KRISZ891979.....thank you for posting all this great classic wrestling footage- very good footage. Some of the best on the web.

Kris, you are doing the Lord's work. Thank you for these videos.

This is HOW you set up a feud.

Sure i miss them those days! :(

Both Dusty Rhodes and The Assassin do the best Promos.

Rest in peace#2 Johny walker

Assassin #1 was expert at delivering feud commentary.

@nellbowie7986

7 жыл бұрын

Did Assassin #2 ever talk? I know Hamilton had several different partners but seemed like he was always the spokesman

@blacquesjacques7239

7 жыл бұрын

+Nell Bowie This Assassin 2 was Randy Colley, The Moondog.

@litehouse6

7 жыл бұрын

His original partner was Tom Renesto. Later he also had Hercules Hernandez as his partner.

@blacquesjacques7239

7 жыл бұрын

Originally though he was Assassin #1 Jody Hamilton allowed Tom Renesto to do all of the talking because he was the more experienced of the two . Its hard to believe that he was once known as Silent Joe Hamilton because he spoke so few words in interviews .

@blacquesjacques7239

7 жыл бұрын

Roger Smith aka Dirty Rhodes was his other tag partner as well as The Missouri Mauler Larry Hamilton

Wow - I remember when this came on tv....the part where Mr. Wrestling I and II removed The Assassin's mask and Wrestling II had blood coming through his mask on his forehead during the interview. Never thought I'd see it again.

@randymiller3949

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Seay I also remember this too. It was 1980 I think. This was REAL WRESTLING...NO RING ENTRANCE MUSIC, NO SILLY-ASS GIMMICKS, NO LIGHT SHOW. Just Real Wrestlers coming to the ring and Real Fans booing and cheering. I grew up in Dothan Alabama and Southeastern Championship Wrestling with Ron Fuller, Robert Fuller, Bob Armstrong, Austin Idol, Jimmy Golden, Arn Anderson & Jerry Stubbs. I could go on and on with the Real WRESTLERS that spent time in the area. I remember Hulk Hogan's 1ST match in Dothan Alabama...but then he was Terry "The Hulk" Bolder and his brother was Eddie Bolder a.k.a. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. Ox Baker, Ric Flair, Andre The Giant, Dusty Rhodes, Terry Funk were just a few big stars that spent time in Dothan Alabama. Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair & Ox Baker were 3 of the nicest WRESTLERS I ever got to meet. They loved the fan and would talk to the fans after the matches...especially the older fans like my grandpa and small kids...THEY WERE ALL CLASS ACTS. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ERA OF WRESTLING LIKE THE 70s & 80s...NEVER

@clarencedavismba5042

4 жыл бұрын

@@randymiller3949 Absolutely. I saw Ric Flair v Bob "Bullet" Armstrong @Pensacola Municipal Auditorium back then! Austin Idol placing Flair in Figure4 leg lock? Exceptional! Mr. Olympia!

@randymiller3949

4 жыл бұрын

@@clarencedavismba5042 I was at the Houston Co Farm Center on a Saturday night in 1978 when Hulk Hogan wrestled his 1st Wrestling match, but he was Terry "The Hulk" Bolder then. He wrestled the Wrestling Pro...I remember that like it was yesterday!!! Then around 1983/1984 when Ric Flair & Ron Fuller wrestled for the NWA belt & Bob Armstrong was the special referee. You should've heard the crowd when Bob Armstrong turned on Ron Fuller. I really believe that was the loudest I had ever heard the Houston Co Farm Center!!! Man...great memories. Much love from Mobile Alabama.

@shanefelkel9966

4 ай бұрын

Haha. Love the stories from the old days. Hate to say it, but Jim Cornette has some great archival anecdotes about all the 70s and 80s "real" rasslin. Though i dont give one ggd for him personally. Nevertheless, a veritable Library of Congress when it comes to wrestling.

"Let's see if your backbone is the color of your mask!" "Nobody accuses me of being yella." Them's fightin' words. Col. Buckley Christopher George Robley III

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906

4 жыл бұрын

Boy ....😎

I loved wrestling 1 and his sleeper hold.

Only these guys can get away with a normal life promo.....Hunter , eat your heart out, you'll never have this....

Four favorites 2 , superstar super destroyer and assasin

Gordon Solie easily the best

@danielescanaba596

5 жыл бұрын

agreed

Thats how i remember mr wrestling 1&2 in the early to mid 70s

We ate it up back in the day

"All Shook Up" was Elvis not Little Richard, Dusty.

And wait a minute...ASSASSIN 1 HAS THE MASK! ASSASSIN 1 HAS THE MASK!

I'VE MET THE MASKED ASASSIN AND HE'S A NICE GUY I KNEW WHO HE WAS WITHOUT HIS MASK ON

@charliewilcox4296

3 жыл бұрын

Really nice man. Joe Hamilton was so was Tom Renesto The Original Assassins

This is how you draw MONEY! 👍🏾👍🏾💪🏾🏋🏾‍♀️🏆🎗🥂💰

I WISH THE MASK WOULD COME BACK IN ALL FORMS.....................THE FIGHT TO KEEP IT ON

nothing beats thes tv tapings of the early 80's

great promo this one ought to be in the hall of fame famous quote lets see if your backbone is the color of your masked

Bel air still d champ really thats hAs gotten old. Lot more deserving others

I love listening to Dusty

Never remembers a Masked Wrestler who actually LQQKED better without the mask on.....loved Wrestling 2's ( Johnny The Rubber Man Walker ) clip on tie too.....

@chancegoode173

6 жыл бұрын

The Stuport that’s how they got famous. They didn’t have the looks to help carry them over so if they had any type of wrestling abilities with a cool mask they would get noticed

@lesliemiros6743

6 жыл бұрын

it's worked for Mil Mascaras , Mr. Olympia, The Grapplers , The Executioners , I was the original Mr Wrestling IV later V , Stagger Lee, and many luchadores that wore a mask .

Oh yes , I remember, they passed away , oh shoot . Channel 17 , 6;05 pm to 8;05 pm

This is gold

Think I just figured out why Dusty looks familiar......He looks like Archie Bunker!!! God rest your soul Dusty!!! Love and miss that guy!! Did Mr. Wrestling 2 just take off a clip-on tie?!! I'm fucking dying!!!

THAT'S WRESTLIN. I MISS THOSE DAYS

I love how the took the assassins mask after they took wrestling 2s mask earlier and wrestling 2 comes out with a wrestling number 1 loaner mask on. 2 really only looked good in that white and black mask but boy did he have a hot temper for real

Just this 5-10 minute segment between 2 & Assassin could bring as much heat as WWE tries for months to build up. CLASSIC!!

Thanks KrisZ891979 for the posting.

If I wore a short sleeve dress shirt and a clip on tie I'd wear a mask too...

@chancegoode173

6 жыл бұрын

Vincent of Dreamhouse lmao

@lesliemiros6743

6 жыл бұрын

not everyone knows how to tie a tie it's either that someone want a tie they can instantly remove and put on in short notice .

@tritchie6272

4 жыл бұрын

@@lesliemiros6743 My Dad used to wear a clip on. (He was a Preacher) I don't think he ever learnt how to tie a tie. I think he was also abit Paranoid of wearing a regular tie for some reason. I was a teenager before I learnt how to tie one. The Sunday school teacher I had then taught me how. He told me he was showing me the only way he knew. He said he learnt how in the Marines.

@robinmorris5416

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, man in the 70s it was all about convenience. We didn't have time to tie a tie, and most places didn't have air conditioning, so short sleeves were accepted, so we're terrible polyester leisure suits, which were a creation straight from satan, along with polyester tires. Yep we made our clothes and tires out of the same polyester. It was a sad decade in so many ways, but fun nonetheless.

White,Black,and Crimson

Now that was entertaining.

R i p to the greatest wrestlers to ever live mr. Wrestling #2 !!!! try and take his mask off and see don't you get your ass kicked!!!!!!!

Assassin 1 cuts a perfect heel promo

I am thinking on making reproduction masks . These two worked with masks that were constructed completely different . I prefer The Assassin's style . It laces up , 2's has a chin string .

2s wife made all the masks and robes for the wrestlers

Classic! 🙌

The most complete Bio on Johnny Walker's career including quotes from Walker on who developed the Mr Wrestling 2 persona prowrestling.wikia.com/wiki/Johnny_Walker

Solie was indeed very good (high vertical suplay) But i would place Lance Russell as number one. (Aw come on Terry, cut it out)

Where did you get these videos,because they bring back sweet memories to me as kid living in Augusta,GA back in the day!

@LoganCharlesII

6 жыл бұрын

I remember the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, GA back in the day!

they're professional wrestlers. you can tell by the suits.

Gordon trying to not laugh!

WRESTLING II HAD A CLIP-ON TIE AND TRIPPED OVER THE MICROPHONE CORD

Mr. Wrestling 2 took many beatings at the hand of Assassin #1

@MrTsuruta1000

6 жыл бұрын

Scott Actually it's Assassin 2, Jody Hamilton carried the #2 designation long after his original partner Tom Renesto retired.

Omneh if you wheel! Rip Virgil!

Reminds me of Ric Flair and Bob Armstrong wrestling in street clothes; on a SECW TV broadcast.

Every wrestling school should use this video as Promo 101: The quintenstental promo!

@wallofrock6725

2 ай бұрын

Dusty didn’t even know who sung All Shook Up 😂

The Assassins wrestling in polo shirts...how 80's is that?

I liked 2 as a kid.

remember this angle

Hell yeah!!!

two has a posse!

The reason that Mr Wrestling 2 wore a mask is that Johnny Walker(Mr. Wrestling 2) Look looked like an old man.

@melbias5046

7 жыл бұрын

yeah, eddie graham told him to wear the mask.

@nellbowie7986

7 жыл бұрын

+mel bias yep he looks the same now as he did back then lol

@barranquitasboy6409

7 жыл бұрын

mel bias: I was hearing an Ole Anderson shoot interview saying that he originated Mr. Wrestling 2

@melbias5046

7 жыл бұрын

BarranquitasBoy nah, when he wrestled for graham in florida as johnny walker that"s when graham told him he looked old and was better off wearing a mask, and when eddie gives you advice at that time you were wise to take it which he did, ole made money with him but it wasn"t ole who suggested it.

@melbias5046

7 жыл бұрын

***** well, graham is the one that gets the credit, because mike graham is on tape saying his dad came up with the idea when walker wrestled in florida. and he did look old for his age at the time thats for sure. at the end of the day it was one great gimmick

Look, if we’re being honest, Wrestling II started it.

Where was wrestling 1 during this entire incident?

Are you going to give that back to him said Howard Youngblood

Wrestling 2 Said the Assassin could not win Single Handed!!

For accuracy, Jody Hamilton was Assassin II, his original partner Tom Renesto was Assassin I, And, Hamilton was still "II, " while his partner here, Randy Colley carried the "I." RIP, Tim Woods "Mr. Wrestling I, Johnny Walker, "Mr. Wrestling II, Randy Colley, "Assassin I," and Jody Hamilton, "Assassin II," and Dusty Rhodes and Gordon Solie. A HUGE part of my kid days, now gone to glory.💐💐💐💐💐💐🌈

Let me tell you something right now, PUS GUT 🤣

who is you? howard youngblood and bubba youngblood?

OK genius, where's the sound?

Classic NWA

All shook up is Elvis... Dusty. Not Little Richard. Pandering to the black crowd way back then even!

Was the assasin 2 Hercules Hernandez

@diggitydave75438

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Ferguson Hercules Hernandez was Assassin #2 at one tine, but was not the original Assassin #2. Fun fact. Hercules Hernandez was also Mr. Wrestling 3.

@fatalvision2

3 жыл бұрын

It was Roger Smith who later wrestled in Memphis as Dirty Rhodes

Mr. Wrestling looking like a klansman

My name is Howard Youngblood and I been to the wrestling in twilight zone in Augusta ga all the way to 👌 Knoxville tenn with all 🌟 star wrestling in 1960. With our god. You can not make it happen in the name of Jesus aman

Bloodied him up@8:27

BORIS MALENKO????

call bubba youngblood this week i am bubba youngblood big wrestling fun of the assassins and tim woods mr,, wrestling no,, one and two 1 and 2

This is the pinnacle of wrestling interviews/trauma/revenge. If this hadn't been executed with precision, it could have killed pro wrestling. Good job Johnny, Ole, Jody, and Gordon. Too bad the McMahons couldnt understand the complexities of it all. They turned wrestling into a Marvel comic. Hate all you millinials never got the chance to see Ox Baker or Dick Slater at your local high school gym. By the time you were born, wrestling had become a parody of itself. Vince turned it into a mail order bride that had scabies and gonorreah, and he still wanted you to pay a premium to watch Gordon Ramsey make shit salad.

Wwe sucks. Wwe is so predictable i won big $ on Rollins and aj 90% new seth would b champ