I watched his entire reign at the Garden, he was incredible. There will never be another Superstar Billy Graham.

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Envy you, unfortunately it was before my time. Especially the Garden back then must have been a unique and amazing atmosphere

@mondocjenson-dy8zd

2 ай бұрын

👍Back in the era of Mil Mascaras...

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

@@mondocjenson-dy8zd others said that mascaras was difficult to work with, really protective about his character

My all time favorite wrestler

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Great taste

@edx21x

2 ай бұрын

the man of the hour, the man with the power too sweet to be sour

R.I.P. Superstar Billy Graham.😢

That was an excellent documentary about Superstar Billy Graham!! Well balanced based on facts. If everyone would do their Ytube videos like this, it would be a great place.

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Really apopreciate your words. To be honest i am fairly new at this "making video" thing, so still many things to learn. If you have any wrestler or athlete i should cover in the future let me know, always happy about some input.

I remember seeing SBG, Ken Patera and Lou Ferrigno amongst others compete on the CBS 📺 Production of WSM

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Envy you. Those were great times to watch wrestling

@mondocjenson-dy8zd

2 ай бұрын

@@howstrongis Jon Kolb of the Steelers, Bruce Wilhelm and Franco 💪Columbo. CBS did a great job of production. I remember NWA wrestling JCP where Ken Patera would suit up in his Olympics gear

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

@@mondocjenson-dy8zd Was always a huge fan Franco, that’s amazing

@mondocjenson-dy8zd

2 ай бұрын

@@howstrongis I recall the Refrigerator race on WSM where Francos broke his Leg

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

@@mondocjenson-dy8zdWasnt actually aware of that incident until you mentioned it. Maybe i try to cover Franco in the future.

SuperStar # 8 of all times ,,, hands down

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Who do you got at 1-7?

Did you repost this video bro? I thought I commented on it a few days ago. Loved SBG!

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, had to reuploaded it unfortunately

Definitely the time period when Ox Baker, Dusty Rhodes , The Assassin, Superstar Billy Gram , and the others were in the NWA with Gordon Solie .

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Ox Baker, now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while. And amazing time period indeed

Imitated but never duplicated

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Really well said

He bench pressed over 600 lbs in the late 60's or early 70's (legit).

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Must have been close to when he met Arnold for the first time.

@Nicholas-dreamlove

2 ай бұрын

@@howstrongis : I don't exactly know what year it was, though I read that Superstar Billy Graham bench pressed 605 lbs in a back issue of "Inside Wrestlin" from April 1972 that did a cover shoot on him; this was when he wrestled for Mike LeBelle's AWA. The cover had him in the ring wearing a big American Flag on, it was definetly ground -breaking for the time. Check it out.

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

@@Nicholas-dreamlove thanks for sharing. Let me check also a little around. Now I want to know too

@Nicholas-dreamlove

2 ай бұрын

@@howstrongis By all means friend, I collected back issues of "The Wrestler", "Inside Wrestling", "Wrestling Superstars", and "Wrestling's Greatest Battles" - and the magazines reported matches all around the territories.

Unfortunately I discovered pro wrestling about 6 months into Bob Backlunds title run. So the Billy Graham I saw was the karate gimmick 🤮. Later the WCW run and of course his hip breaking return to WWF. I bought the wwe documentary on him it’s really good. I’ve always been a big fan but it’s funny how I started with his not so great stuff and worked backwards.😮

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Starting with the Graham Karate gimmick is like starting at the New Era WWf, bad timing :) But working his career from the low to the highlight might have been actually a good approach

Da greatest is not da known but da unknown heros in life ..face it . Shit

Reportedly but unproven he was a 600 lbs bencher

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, might be. He was a strong bencher for sure, but while I did my research about the strongest benchers, I came across mixed reports.

@pooddescrewch8718

2 ай бұрын

@@howstrongis Nikolai Volkoff was a 600 lbs bencher too . Barry Darsow could do it too but not for long before he tore a pec .

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

@@pooddescrewch8718Almost added Nikolai actually, finished even his part in the video. That guy had one interesting life.

He was second to Pat Casey in the bench in the late 60’s.

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Awesome, didnt know that. Thanks for sharing. Pat Casey was a freaking beast

@mikedarrow3809

2 ай бұрын

@@howstrongis he was maybe 5 pounds off the record. If that was his sole focus you have to wonder what he would have achieved.

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

@@mikedarrow3809 100%, wonder that with many guys….”what if”

@mikedarrow3809

2 ай бұрын

@@howstrongis very few

hogans always been a fraud and a cheap imitation.

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Think Hogan was just at the right time and place. But Graham needs some more recognition

Okay, genius, old people, when they reach 70 or 80 and 90.Something gonna give out whether they use steroider or not namely heart, liver kidney.

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Not saying he didn’t make it far, but usually old people have heart/liver issues and so on when they are old, not starting in their 40s. Plenty of cases where people on roofs get pretty old or even never have any health issues, but also many guys in wrestling who weren’t that lucky. And as mentioned in the video, his issues started already 1985

So did others like Jesse Ventura. Just saying. Not defending Hulk Hogan here.

@howstrongis

12 күн бұрын

True, and also Billy took things from Muhammed Ali who took things from Georges George.

Very sad he died pretty much broke considering how much influence he had on wrestling

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

True. Just making a video about Snake Pit, where they all get taught the importance of saving your money throughout your career

@jd9119

2 ай бұрын

It's disgusting to see how these guys made more money in a year than most people make in a lifetime and still manage to find themselves flat broke. Then they hit up the old fans to help out with the medical bills or to help pay their rent. Superstar Billy Graham could've gotten a regular job like everybody else has once his career fizzled out. He chose not to.

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

@@jd9119 Think its the lifestyle and they never think about what comes next. Saw yesterday the documentary about Buff Bagwell....same story....

Hogan's whole shtick was stolen from Billy Graham from which was stolen from African-American 1960s urban vernacular.

@howstrongis

2 ай бұрын

Yeah.Things always getting reused. Hogan from Billy from Ali from Gorgeous George