Michael Hayes was AWESOME on the mic! Fabulous Freebirds! Legends!

@toma.4808

Жыл бұрын

Michael was the talker/showman, Terry was the enforcer and buddy was the whiskey drinking technician. Great team!

@battlestarmarc

6 ай бұрын

Freebirds were magic.@@toma.4808

@madamefeast4824

4 күн бұрын

Him turning his head to each side was cooler than anything going on in professional wrestling today

Amazing that Gordy was 19 and Hayes was 20 here. Buddy was the old man at 33.

@michaelrood2751

9 ай бұрын

Buddy got old quick.

Saw this on original broadcast! They will forever look like this in my mind! :) RIP Bam Bam and Buddy!

@stevejohnson1577

7 жыл бұрын

amen

@tonyd7601

4 жыл бұрын

I remember it also. I thought who is that Buddy guy.

@robintaylor4249

3 жыл бұрын

Buddy is my all time fave wrestler

Say what you want about Michael Hayes the guy could cut a hell of a promo and had charisma that was unmatched and could get heat.

@blacquesjacques7239

6 жыл бұрын

Hayes had a habit of misusing words showing he wasn't as worldly as he'd have you believe . Example In the opening interview that most teams are " compromised " by two members when he meant that most teams arecomprised of two members .

@whizztelevision4112

6 жыл бұрын

He meant compromised. Reasoning is two members are easy to form a strategy against whereas three are harder to strategize against.

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906

5 жыл бұрын

@@whizztelevision4112 A team being compromised is at a disadvantage ...comprised is the right word .

@toetappermcturd9631

5 жыл бұрын

I had the privilege of being an employee of my hometown coliseum back in the day. One of the best parts of the job was when wrestling came . I had the honor of meeting and chilling with just about every big name you can imagine from the 80s and 90s . Terry Gordy even dedicated a forearm crush to Kerry Von Erics chest to me during one of their matches . Years later i took my then 3 year old daughter to the matches . Although i was not an employee anymore i still knew some folks and they let me take her backstage to see her favorite BIG SHOW . after a few minutes of guys like Dusty Rhodes and Jerry lawler rubbing her head BIG SHOW and Jim Neidhart came out of the back . She freaked out and started screaming DAD , its BITCHO ITS BITCHO !!! He looked a bit annoyed and reached WAAAAY DOWN and slowly picked her WAAAAY up to his face and said in that deep as hell voice ... BIG SHOW . She was all excited about getting picked up by Big Show . He best part though was when Neidhart looked at him and said “bitcho“ lol. I wonder how long he kept that name behind the scenes .

@franklinwilson3783

4 жыл бұрын

Hayes could win a match with his mouth and a microphone...a rare skill

Gordy was one of the best yet underrated wrestlers of all time.

@ptdennis1906

5 жыл бұрын

I think Terry Gordy was a GREAT heel and was NOT underrated. Do you REMEMBER his pile driver, used to "injure people" ? Then he went to Japan and returned with the SPIKE... I thumb to the throat. I hated Gordy but [spoiler alert] in THIS match... Kevin "Big Sexy" Nash and The "Last Ride" Undertaker... THAT move is what Gordy used to FINISH HIM long before anyone every HEARD of Nash or The Undertaker... Gordy was just before his time. His only flaw... he was not good on the mic. Just my opinion...

@suzannewillis817

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of great wrestlers of yesterday still are giving no respect.

@3Kraxy

4 жыл бұрын

Just to think he was only 19 in this video

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906

4 жыл бұрын

@@ptdennis1906 He had other flaws . He was a hard drinker and it effected his reliability , he had to do things to excess including drugs , he was a great throwback wrestler but that was not selling tickets , and he was often overweight . I liked Gordy but The Freebirds had run their course and he kept returning to it out of loyalty to Michael Hayes who needed him a hell of a lot more than he was needed by the other two .... Buddy Roberts was as solid a performer as Gordy but he did not have the physical presence . Buddy sold as many tickets as a singles wrestler as he did in The Freebird ...He and King Parsons were selling out towns with no Von Erich on the card . Smaller towns true but he was over for being a heat magnet

@JerichoMile4

3 жыл бұрын

Terry Gordy was a larger version of Dick Slater‼️👍

In all seriousness, there's more talent in a half hour of GCW than in 6 months of WWE.

@randallpelaez901

4 жыл бұрын

The past six years is more like it...

@MrSniperfox29

2 жыл бұрын

I love the way some people feel the need to mock the WWE for any reason.

@herberthunter5570

2 жыл бұрын

You got that right... also CWF, too

@TheTurk56523

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSniperfox29: It’s not an insult. Many, if not, all of the talent in many of the Regional territories of professional wrestling back before Vince McMahan decided to do a takeover were the pioneers of what wrestling is today. A good example was The Road Warriors. These guys were popular within The NWA and The AWA in the early 80s. Then a couple of years later, WWF made Demolition. I called them FATolition. Anyway you call them, they were Brand-X of pro wrestling. And it was always like that. Anytime the NWA/WCW made a story or a new niche where it became popular within the masses, WWF would follow along with it.

@ugadawgs1990

2 жыл бұрын

100% WWE is full of personalities but no compelling storylines or wrestling talent.

Freebirds were so cool in the 80's. Freebirds Von Erichs was one of the best feuds ever.

Childhood memories!!!! Saturday evening WTBS

@davemcvey9966

5 жыл бұрын

Pork Beans hey Pork beans we are getting old life was so much easier back then we was kids not a care in the world we didn't even understand life

@williamhaynes4800

2 жыл бұрын

We watched this on Saturday afternoons, and WCW from Fort Worth Saturday nights. The best rivalry in wrestling was Von Erichs vs Freebirds.

A lot of folks calling him Michael PS Hayes. This was way before he started using the PS. While we’re at it...Roberts, Gordy and Hayes...those are The Fabulous Freebirds. I never bought Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin as a Freebird.

@kajunklown

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and Brad Armstrong as Fantasia/Badstreet was just pitiful. But it was hilarious when he interfered in the Freebirds vs Young Pistols title match for both teams, first as himself for the Pistols (his brother was a member) and then for the birds as Fantasia. Good memories.

@kevincampbell5785

Күн бұрын

And Terry was not yet called "Bam Bam".

Hayes and Gordy were so young here...Hayes speaking like a veteran, total natural on the mic.

When Wrestling was Saturday Morning And Evening Fun

@robintaylor4249

4 жыл бұрын

Those were good days damn good days.

Gordon solie will always be the ring announcer in my mind's narration of my life. Good ole' gordon!

Freebirds - First to have 3 man tag team - first with intro music. Freebirds were the NWO, 15 years earlier.

@mdhotstuff

4 жыл бұрын

I might be wrong, but I think The Kangaroos were first

@randrake4

3 жыл бұрын

They weren't first with music. They were first to use Rock music. Look up Gorgeous George matches in the 50s. He used classical. People falsely just say first to use music.

@terrycoyle9791

3 жыл бұрын

Only the coolest know what the Freebird Rule is.........

"Gordon Solie, I'd like to say you know, that's a nice suit you've got on. If you want to wear it long enough, it might come back in style"

@sheltonguy539

Ай бұрын

Indeed

IMO, The Fabulous Freebirds gave us the best of both worlds; gritty wrestling with a large dose of Sports Entertainment in their appearance and demeanor...I watched GCW while growing up in NJ, so WWF was my flagship, but I couldn't get enough GCW/NWA; awesome show and great memories watching on The Superstation!

Michael Hayes, the original wrestling poet.

@johnnyx9892

Жыл бұрын

No that was Super Star Billy Graham

@samromero5632

Жыл бұрын

Superstar Billy Graham was the best on the mic. Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Jesse Ventura, Dusty Rhodes and Austin Idol have all used stuff from the Superstar. And have all said he was the best. 💯💯💯

Michael Hayes was a beast rhyming on the MIC.....My man Buddy Roberts was already a star before the Freebirds he was a original Hollywood Blonde ...RIP Terry Bam Bam Gordy

@toetappermcturd9631

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Fuller Jr he was Dale Valentine back in the southwest championship days and had a feud with Ricky Steamboat . He was Promoted by Joe Blanchard ( father of Tully Blanchard) and Johnny valentine as Johnny’s brother and toured between PAC west , New York , deep south and Joe Blanchards SCW. After that he changed to Buddy Roberts and was a big part of the wrestling world . The man will be missed by us old hardcore rasslin’ fans

@organicallypoweredlife1417

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to both of yall for recognizing the brutal brilliance of Buddy Roberts!

@eddielester3589

Жыл бұрын

Yes Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown.The Hollywood Blondes.

Bad Street USA 😂😂😂😂 MICHEAL P.S. PURELY SEXY HAYES his promos were of legends

@bigroy38

5 жыл бұрын

Ray Bee Prissy Sissy.

Gordon Solie looked like a cross between Bob Newhart and Dwight Shrute's father.

You could see that Terry Gordy was a fan of Bob Orton Jr . He adopted some of his mannerisms .

The debut of the Freebirds. Good stuff right here!

@kvsimagination7299

4 жыл бұрын

Look how skinny Tim Horner was!

@bigroy38

3 жыл бұрын

Debut in Georgia.

This brings back memories Saturday morning wrestling and Saturday nights wrestling the fabulous free birds my favourite wrestlers in those days nwa days michael ps hayes went from nwa into wwf as dok henrik the free birds from 1980,to 1992.

GCW...best wrestling ever! I used to rush home from the basketball court to watch TBS at 6:05 on Saturday evening!! We used to do the real moves out in the yard and its a wonder one of us didn't get hurt bad LOL. We were young and dumb LOL.

Michael learned how to do promos from The Superstar Billy Graham

I think Ronnie Van Zant would have approved of them using the song.

Revolutionary, Terry gordy..amazing worker

After they were run out of Mid-South.Always thought Hayes was imitating Jim Dandy from Black Oak Arkansas.

@actionsub

7 жыл бұрын

I can see that. Hayes and Gordy originally teamed up in Tennessee and then went to Mid-South. As Hayes was barely out of his teens and Gordy still in them, Bill Watts put Buddy Roberts with the duo to help them along as they were still pretty green.

@LadyDragonsblood

7 жыл бұрын

That's EXACTLY who he WAS imitating. He loved Jim Dandy and BOA!

@bigroy38

2 жыл бұрын

@@LadyDragonsblood except there’s no mean bone in Jim’s body.He’s a real nice old man.

@LadyDragonsblood

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigroy38 Oh I know.... I met him a few times. He is a chill dude.

@MisterBeauJanGels

2 жыл бұрын

@@actionsub Hayes and Gordy actually first teamed in the short-lived Mississippi territory run by the Culkin family, local promoters who split from Leroy McGuirk. Both of them were primarily jobbers before that. That territory folded in early 1979 and Hayes and Gordy then went to work for Nick Gulas.

Gordy was 19 here. Insane

Jerry (Jacques Rogeau) Roberts' brother, Ray, wrestled in GA around 1977. I'm pretty sure that he is the one who convinced Ricky Steamboat not to go to Canada since business was down. So Ole Anderson brokered a deal where Steamboat went to the Mid-Atlantic and Crusher Broomfield (One Man Gang) came to Atlanta.

Dear Lord, BAM BAM was ONLY 19 here!! WOW

Now this was wrestling, not the crap that Vinny Mc calls wrestling. Tim Horner was a power force in Smokey Mountain.

1st powerbomb Terry Gordy Woooowwww!!!!

One of the best entrance music in wrestling 😊

@DSseventy5

3 жыл бұрын

Whats the name of their song on this video??

@raymondtipton7243

4 ай бұрын

Freebird

I saw this when i was a kid. I also first saw them when they were on Mid-South Wrestling.

Michael Hayes's promo has to be one the greatest of all time.

@roysears2919

5 жыл бұрын

google bullet bob armstrong! That's who Michael PS Hayes got his style from

I have now and always will be a freebirds fan! Growing up they were like Rockstars. I didn't care if they were faces or heels they were larger than life!

Harley race passed away less than a month ago and was 76 this video is from 1980 and he looked like he could've been 60 geez was he ever young

@theatagamer90

4 ай бұрын

No. He popped on out at one age and just stuck with it.

Such a warm heart feeling hearing my dad's voice....thank you!

@JoeOGosePresents

Жыл бұрын

Curious who is your dad?

An opening Promotional that you would never see today!

Harley race, heel, champion, legend!

I had given up on wrestling. Then cable TV came to town and I decided to watch GCW. It was like a breath of fresh air after suffering through the decline of Detroit's Big Time Wrestling promotion, where the major star was as old as my grandfather, and the other "stars" were a bunch of has been's ...washed up athletes from other sports, and neophyte bums who had no business being in the ring. Enter Michael Hayes and the Freebirds. Finally some wrestling stars that a long haired weed smoking beer drinking girl chasing 18 year old could relate to, as well as a GREAT ring announcer, wrestlers that looked and wrestled like real athletes, and good angles and storylines that kept me interested. Thank You Freebirds and GCW for saving my wrestling life

@scottjackson1420

2 жыл бұрын

I still loved Flying Fred Curry and Tex McKenzie, though!!!

@dnx112

2 жыл бұрын

Firpo oh yea!

Buddy Roberts saved the Freebirds because they were really young and green and buck wild . Roberts was a party dog himself but a responsible and talented heel .Dale Hays was a real nutter too ..I had worked with him on a Gulf of Mexico oil rig ...and he was nuttier than a squirrel turd .

First ACTUAL appearance of the Freebirds was in 1979 in Memphis. Gordy had blonde hair as well lol.

Wish The Freebirds had a long run in the NWA or WWF ...... them against the Horseman would have been awesome

The mr Saito match there actually wrestling!

Miss those great matches from Georgia thank you Mr.Gordon

Surprising to see a very young Tim Horner has a light weight jobber. I've always thought of him as a solid middle card face. "White Lightning" was a fine athlete.

@dnx112

2 жыл бұрын

Horner was always a scrub.

I always wondered how Flair and Race did those knee drops to the head without hurting anyone.

@martindoll5884

7 ай бұрын

When he drops his knee pad, he is covering his shin which is what he is actually hitting his opponent with

I didn't realize Michael Hayes was doing a Dusty Rhodes. Any does Dusty really well

I lost count of how many times Solie said "Uh uh!!!"

Did Terry Gordy just perform a powerbomb in 1980?

@nyswedeanderson9049

7 жыл бұрын

hell yes he did!

@craigknight6483

7 жыл бұрын

lou thez used a powerbomb in 1950

@ryanrollins8368

5 жыл бұрын

Gordy greatest big man ever!

Michael Hayes cut a great promo - his one mistake I noticed was saying compromising instead of comprising but other than that, super-impressive flow!

Rompin stompin graveyard destruction !!!!!

@mdhotstuff

4 жыл бұрын

That is a cool line

Always strange seeing Michael Hayes without facial hair.

@gadget00

7 жыл бұрын

jvinson totally

@trapperdan

7 жыл бұрын

he looks horrible now w/that pencil mustache

@harryzimmerman7991

5 жыл бұрын

Same here,it's weird,he looks like a totally different person here, didn't see them at this time when they started it, too young or we didn't get that show here in Texas, don't remember seeing it, first saw him when the Freebirds were in World Class in the 80s during their fued with the Von Erichs, still had that attitude but he seemed way more gruff and savage there, they all did, that was some kickass shit to watch as a kid, great period in wrestling!

@davidterry919

3 жыл бұрын

He looks like a kid without his beard. The Freebirds were great , they new what it took to get the crowd all spun up and excited. Thank you Micheal PS Hayes , Terry Gordy, and Buddy Roberts for all the memories and good times .

Those the tallest ropes I've ever seen on a wrestling ring. Buddy Roberts looked like Lord Littlebrook standing on the apron waiting for the tag.

@NewHeightsWrestling

7 жыл бұрын

Kurt Seery They really are

@raybee5574

6 жыл бұрын

Kurt Seery Lord Lil Brook 😂😂😂😂😂

Stars and bars

Didn’t realize Nick Patrick had been refereeing that long!

At 530 we got a Pier 6. Pure Solieism.

Jesus.... more talent here than all of WWE/AEW put together...

Loved these old school rings that bounced

That ring is literally like a damn trampoline

...and now the Freebirds are in the WWE Hall of Fame. I remember they appeared in the WWE managed by Cyndi Lauper's boyfriend, Dave Wolf.

Mike was gold on the Mic

The Freebirds truly were fabulous.

If you havent yet. Check out UFC, with ,social media, KZread, etc. It's like 80s Pro Wrestling but it's real fighting. Fighters cut promos now and trash talk each other on social media. It's the ultimate entertainment/sport now.

3 yrs after The Skynyrd plane crash Michael Hayes capitalizes! Just having Freebird in the name at that point was a guarantee draw.

I remember this episode! We got "WTBS" in central NY in 1978.

GCW, CWF, and AWA Still holds up better than the current WWE.

@michaelrose5614

2 жыл бұрын

Agree with you 100 percent

@fredericbarclay7468

2 жыл бұрын

15:00. Word: Dick Slater was Stone Cold in Georgia,but it seemed he was always a heel for CWF. RIP Gordon and Dick.

I live in Columbus Georgia in the 1980s dad used to take me and my two sisters to the wrestling events every Saturday

Cant believe Saito is pulling off a Twister in the 80s?! Wtf!!

@kevinbbadd

Жыл бұрын

wrestling has had those moves for 1000s of years. bjj is just copycat

@sickboy6663

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinbbadd yea, and Eddie Bravo is still kicking about claiming he invented it.

Is Mr. Roper of 3s company refing Harley race match ?🤔😆😆

@litehouse6

4 жыл бұрын

The ref is Sonny "Rough House" Fargo, one of the Fabulous Fargos along with Jackie Fargo.

@nosajiksnektoouglyforporn3204

3 жыл бұрын

Beats hanging out with the missus at the Regal Beagle.

Terry Gordy is 19 here and is so good

Freebirds 4 ever baby Rip bam bam Terry Gordy and my man Buddy Roberts always loyal brothers 😁

Jerry Roberts is Jacques Rougeau Jr.

Michael P S Hayes has a mouthpiece!!

Saito put on a clinic...former olympian

I remember that. Epic

The beginning of the video any kid growing up in the late 70s early 80s know of one number 12 Jersey, Terry Bradshaw

Gordon Solie is the best announcer ever

Even Gordy is flossy here

This was 4 days before I was born.

I loved the Fabulous Freebirds

I have seen both the Original Freebirds wrestle in Huntington West Virginia and Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin later on

And thus it began............

The guys change the game of wrestling. Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts .

best ever nextd to the midnight express with bobby and stan the man lane. When wrestling was cool, rock n roll wrestling was alive

Michael Hayes spittin verbal judo

@demonslayer5558

3 жыл бұрын

"verbal judo" I am just cracking up........ good one. 😄😁😃

Wow- Michael Hayes can cut a helluva promo

What a F#@*ing promo, LEGENDS

WHAT A PROMO OMG

Love the Birds

Hard to believe that Gordy was a teenager at this time!

@jrvbamafan1

3 жыл бұрын

Damn....he looked about 35

Food for thought Michael Hayes was only 21 years old here and Terry Bam Bam Gordy was only 19..Can you say born with it

Tim Horner looks like he was about 15 years old.

Did Gordon Solie clone himself? He seems to show up in basically every NWA territory along the East Coast.

@TheStevehuff

6 жыл бұрын

EnforcerX71 That was because some matches took place in a different area from where he was commentating.

@actionsub

5 жыл бұрын

Gordon did get around over the years. He was simultaneously doing commentary for Georgia Championship Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Florida, and off and on he'd also pull duty for Ron Fuller's various promotions.

@MisterBeauJanGels

4 жыл бұрын

Solie was closely tied to Eddie Graham and influential in the development of his television programs. When Ann Gunkel split from the Georgia promotion and started her own group, she took almost everyone, including announcer Ed Capral. Graham, being a part owner of the Georgia promotion, brought Solie in to Atlanta because his credibility would help solidify the NWA position, and Solie ended up sticking around for years afterward. His work for other promotions came about mostly in the mid-to-late 1980s when the business changed dramatically and promoters were looking for a certain presentation on television, which as helped by Solie's credibility and reputation.

@suzannewillis817

4 жыл бұрын

You never know ,maybe they had a robot of him made ,like the terminator only this one doest harm anyone.

@showtimeman5673

4 жыл бұрын

@@actionsub who worked for ron fuller in u.s.a knoxville? Gordon?

GCW got markedly better in 1980 and on.

Wow, Nick Patrick the early years.

Gordy is not even 20 here, so crazy. Trying to imagine when I was 19 seeing someone my age look so, well, big and beastly. But dude was a legit worker along with being tough as nails. Michael Hayes - such a damn natural on the mic for being such a young kid himself. Roberts was a solid worker and professional. This was such a great era for tag teams and stables (along with other stuff)!

Free birds 🦅

Hayes is Vince's one true love.