Stallone calling out someone for not being able to do what wrestlers do in one take and live is the best Sly story.

@itman7132

3 жыл бұрын

He’s wasn’t talking about these wrestlers this shit today is sad

@JaculaDudek

3 жыл бұрын

Stallone is the Ultimate Alpha - according to what Steve Austin said to DDP, when they were making first Expendables, Austin saw first hand that Sly was the Man around the cast that consistent of every major movie bad-ass possible.

@paulschmick869

3 жыл бұрын

@Dust Devil what's with the name calling?

@paulschmick869

3 жыл бұрын

@@JaculaDudek Austin broke Sly's neck in the fight scene. Video on KZread.

@PeteUnsigned

3 жыл бұрын

@Dust Devil Arnold's sloppy seconds....

Flair called Hogan "Thunderlips" when cutting a promo on him in WCW. I couldn't stop laughing.

@matthillegas3099

3 жыл бұрын

@Last Drop Falls My memory failed me there. It was actually on WWF Superstars when Flair called him that.

@bigglilwayne7050

3 жыл бұрын

Flair was crying in the back when Scott Steiner cut that first promo on him lol

@adamsalazar9301

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna see that

@SpinosaurusTheProudSocialist

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthillegas3099 Christopher Daniels also called Hogan Thunderlips a few times in TNA as well. 😂

@matthillegas3099

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpinosaurusTheProudSocialist Nice. I'm guessing that was 2009-10-ish? I didn't see TNA during that time. Daniels is great, though.

Thats awesome that Stallone took up for wrestling and didn't disrespect the wrestlers.

@staticcharm3808

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Mark

@kenrickeason

3 жыл бұрын

He's a hardcore fan who respect the art of pro wrestling... No wrong with none of that..

@tobiasfarragut292

3 жыл бұрын

Slys a smart and perceptive guy ppl got used to punchy rocky or shell shocked Rambo and think “Ohh that’s how he really is” lol those ppl are the real marks

@billywashere6965

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, it's why he cast Stone Cold in Expendables and even "lost" to Stone Cold during their fight scene.

@chadk890

3 жыл бұрын

@@staticcharm3808 Chill out

I think Rocky 3 launched the pop culture phenomenon of Hulk Hogan.

@dennisjr77

3 жыл бұрын

For sure it did!!!

I’ve said it for years, Hogan smiling after his and Rocky’s match was the literal beginning of Hulkamania and wrestling going mainstream. I’ve watched wrestling since I was 6 or 7 and seeing him in that movie was like the coolest thing ever.

@jrsmith1998

3 жыл бұрын

That wasn’t the beginning of Hulkamania

@RafaelTorres-mb5hf

3 жыл бұрын

Agree, not many people knew Hogan outside AWA and Japan and once they saw him as Thunddrlips went crazy looking at the movie credits looking for who was Thunderlips

@peeramidwithin3823

2 жыл бұрын

Just the sight of how “holy shit” big he was, was so impactful, for us at that age.

@Macephtopheles

2 жыл бұрын

@@jrsmith1998 Only if you want to be pedantic and claim it wasn't until he got the WWF championship that it literally began. But in terms of getting attention on the industry then his appearance in Rocky 3 brought that and it was the whole reason Vince wanted him as the face of the WWF because he already had the face/name recognition. Monsoon stating "Hulkamania is here!" just put a name to what was already there.

@jrsmith1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@Macephtopheles Ok. True, Sir.

Honestly that was one of Hogans best matches ever

@kenrickeason

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, That 2005 SummerSlam is.. Lol!!

@ronniejdio9411

3 жыл бұрын

He put Balboa over

@ronniejdio9411

3 жыл бұрын

@Shadow Slayer he should have literally BEEN thunderlips in TNA

@tylerreid7429

3 жыл бұрын

Watch some of his matches from Japan, he's actually not bad at all, he just didn't need to work as hard in the states to get over

@madddoggnogood1491

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerreid7429 oh I know. The best match he ever had was with muta

Thunderlips: Good match. Rocky Balboa: Hey why'd you get so crazy on me out there? Thunderlips: That's the name of the game

@pulsarstargrave256

3 жыл бұрын

The best acting job of Hogan's cinematic career! I sometimes wonder if Stallone was thinking of Superstar Billy Graham when he originally developed the Thunderlips character?

@daleva187goligo

3 жыл бұрын

@@pulsarstargrave256 ahem, excuse me but... mr. nanny

@tobiasfarragut292

3 жыл бұрын

Rocky: well hey would you still like to get that Polaroid?...📸 Thunderlips: Sure..(Poses with wife Linda)

@pulsarstargrave256

3 жыл бұрын

@@daleva187goligo Didn't want to see Mr.Nanny because of its part in the Randy Savage and Elizabeth blow up! Is it a decent "popcorn" movie?

@nebraskajoenelson8987

3 жыл бұрын

@@pulsarstargrave256 not really lol....but I suppose I would say it's better than suburban commando...if that says anything lol

"Thunderlips" sounds like a member of Retribution

@deniscore8270

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that the name of the virtual crowd noise in the thunder dome ? :D

@scottbreon9448

3 жыл бұрын

Also sounds like the name of a 70s porno. LOL

@kenrickeason

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottbreon9448 LMAO!!!!!! It does!! Lol!!!!

@metalhead2024

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@Burger-urger

3 жыл бұрын

@@deniscore8270 that comment is underrated fr

Came for Hogan, stayed for the history lesson.

I wonder if originally they had Rocky winning and Hulk said, "That don't work for me brother, leg drop and pin.". Couldn't even put over Stallone in his own movie.

@GHOST91141

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@LilZeusWrld

3 жыл бұрын

Stone Cold would’ve done the same shit 🤣

@TheSwerveShow

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, i heard something like that. He didn't believe Rocky was going to be a good movie. WWF was passing boxing in popularity as well.

@johan-dj4lj

3 жыл бұрын

That is freakin hilarious - that comment just made my day thank you

@johan-dj4lj

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSwerveShow I heard Hulk Hogan doing the movie Rocky 3 is the reason he left the WWF in the first place That it was Vince J.Mcmahon who didnt want Hogan to do the Rocky 3 movie and that is why he left the WWF and went to go work for Verne

This is one of the best convos they've had on the show lately. I love when Jim just talks pure, old school wrestling and territory stuff. Especially when it comes to Eddie Graham.

@rav-7072

3 жыл бұрын

It sometimes gets annoying when the topic is Rocky 3 and he still goes on about the territories, Freebirds or sth. We know he loves it but c'mon.

Seeing Hogan in Rocky 3 was absolutely what kick started my love of wrestling in the 80's

Let’s not forget Mr. T was a huge star in the early to mid 80’s with the A-Team and Rocky III so that helped WrestleMania become as big as it was, along with several other celebrities.

@ValiantWrestling

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt Rocky III had any impact on Wrestlemania 1, Rocky 3 was almost 3 years (premiered may 24th 1982) before the 1st Mania in march 85...

@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother

3 жыл бұрын

@@ValiantWrestling I didn’t say nor imply that it did, but it certainly didn’t hurt.

@KomradeKrusher

3 жыл бұрын

@@ValiantWrestling But it made Mr. T a bonafide mainstream celebrity and likely set up the relationship between T. and Hogan. And that was what McMahon was all about back then already: Taking wrestling into the mainstream spotlight, not as a "freak show" or circus attraction, but as a legitimate form of "TV entertainment".

@Boudica234

3 жыл бұрын

Rocky 3 was released May, 1982. The A Team premiered in January, 1983. Mr. T's Rocky 3 role definitely catapulted him to stardom and greatly supported the subsequent success of the A Team.

@dkupke

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget his cartoon

I hate that the mainstream just judges wrestling with only one word: fake. If people could accept that wrestling is just another TV show, people would be impressed that everything is done live in one take.

@SaviorGabriel

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Stage plays are fake with predetermined outcomes, and no one bats an eye. Pro wrestling does it, and people wanna point fingers at it yelling "FAKE!" in utter contempt, and disgust. Nobody complained about Rocky being fake, that's for fucking sure.

Star in the movie ? Yeah, the freebirds were the stars of Highlander as well.

@justinhearst

3 жыл бұрын

Not to mention Randy Savage in Spiderman

@SegaDream131

3 жыл бұрын

The ONLY redeeming moment you have not wasted your life watching that was BONESAW!...

@scottbreon9448

3 жыл бұрын

@@SegaDream131 Bonesaw is ready.....

@joshuac5537

3 жыл бұрын

Triple H was the star of Blade Trinity.

@ninjalo3752

3 жыл бұрын

@KaneMagus Connor forever. Fuck Duncan. And that movie.

Mr. T. Had some shine because he won a TV competition called "worlds toughest bouncer". That was before Rocky 3.

@rickyusa1000

3 жыл бұрын

The best thing Mr T ever did was run through that locked office door instead of kicking it open. That one moment and his distinctive look is what led to him becoming a star.

@johan-dj4lj

3 жыл бұрын

I Think Mr T. was a famous bodyguard as well before the Rocky Movies

@johan-dj4lj

3 жыл бұрын

@brad 2020 Really did he have a GMC van and partners named Face, Hannible and howling mad Murdock Wow i wonder if the writer of the show was a wrestling fan

@koDaffi

3 жыл бұрын

@brad 2020 A-Team was after Rocky 3.

@chadk890

3 жыл бұрын

@@johan-dj4lj Leon Spinks bodyguard

Hogan, Rocky 3, Mr. T, A-Team, Cyndi Lauper, Roddy Piper.. all of those things and players built towards Wrestlemania 1.

4:43 Mr. T got bigger than Hogan from the movie because he actually starred in the entire movie, not just one scene like Hogan.

@chadk890

3 жыл бұрын

Clubber Lang was Mike Tyson before Tyson

@dennisjr77

3 жыл бұрын

@@chadk890.... good call! Pretty much!

@jdalldayallnite

3 жыл бұрын

💯 facts! Hogan got like 100 seconds of screen time in the whole movie lol

@guyhill6269

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@ReverendBenzo

2 жыл бұрын

"Shut up, old man!"

Nikita Koloff and Kerry Von Erich auditioned for Drago in Rocky IV. Koloff was too big and Kerry was too stoned.

@Nostalgicguy2242

3 жыл бұрын

Kerry doesn't look anything Russian.. maybe Demolition Smash would have made it.. he actually played a Russian character Krusher Krushev, but he didn't have Dolph Lundgren's height, but his partner Demolition Crush made Drago look small

@ricosalvaje5802

3 жыл бұрын

Terry Funk tried to get Dynamite kid to be Drago but kid was too short.

@lusterthomas2435

3 жыл бұрын

Ouch....

@PontFlair

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nostalgicguy2242 RIP Modern Day Warrior If they shaved his head, he'd probably be fine. He forgot his lines. Barry Darsow aka Krusher Krushev aka Smash wasn't a Russian, he was a Russian sympathizer from his hometown Minneapolis.

@PontFlair

3 жыл бұрын

Kerry was stoned, sad but true. He asked Nikita at the audition "do you know your lines" LOL RIP Kerry Nikita was still green. If only he had his character more down, Sly would've helped 2 wrestlers become stars. Dolph Lundgren just fit, glove on hand.

Forget Rocky 3, Hulk Hogan's best acting performance was his scene with the limo driver in No Holds Barred. What's that smell? Dookie!

@InazumaStudios1

3 жыл бұрын

That part in ‘No Holds Barred’ always cracked my dad up!

@PTaylor1087

3 жыл бұрын

I love that movie for that line only.

@henneberrymike

3 жыл бұрын

Hogan’s best acting was in Muppets From Space.

@jmc7504

3 жыл бұрын

naw hogans best performance was carrying ultimate warrior for 20 mins in toronto

@QuentinDude

3 жыл бұрын

Hulk in a pink tutu in MR Nanny was his crowning moment in cinema

Hogan was a fast-rising star in wrestling before Rocky III, he had a look and a personality that SCREAMED "Look at Me!", but Rocky was what got Hogan noticed by the non-wrestling fans, the people who didn't normally watch wrestling before saw this HUGE larger-than-life character and said "I need to see more of this guy!". Would Hogan have been Vince Jr.'s guy during the Big Push without Rocky? Probably, but Rocky helped a lot in bringing in the bigger audience.

@chadk890

3 жыл бұрын

Well said

@dennisjr77

3 жыл бұрын

So.... Stallone put Hogan over. (Not just dropping him over that top rope.)

@MarginalSC

3 жыл бұрын

They thought "I want more Thunderlips The Ultimate Male!"?

@MrSheckstr

3 жыл бұрын

What really helped was by the time Rocky 3 was out of the theaters and coming into peoples home either on Movie Cassette rental OR on cable (now with THREE movies it made for an excellent block of movies to last an entire afternoon and keep a watcher on a specific channel.... at that time having a trilogy franchise was a major marketing windfall for the the home movie markets .... I gotta a little away from my point. Having your wrestlers suddenly showing up in movies and TV shows and having technically non wrestlers like MR T really allowed the WWF to expand into a national brand

@Jim-Tuner

2 жыл бұрын

The beginning of Hulkamania was when Hogan took his first hit of cocaine during the filming of the movie. It completely changed his personality and his interviews. It made him a star. It gave him charisma.

Fun fact: Terry Funk either choreographed or helped choreograph the street fight in Rocky V

@chazgirl6186

2 жыл бұрын

Choreographed the rambo 3 stunts also.

No one gonna talk about Pauly getting in on Hogan!!! 🤣🤣🤣

@genxtasy9914

3 жыл бұрын

I dont sweat you.

@ricosalvaje5802

3 жыл бұрын

Paulie wouldn't put Hulk over lol

@MrJjburgess11

3 жыл бұрын

Hogan you gotta sell the chair shot from Uncle Pauly. Hogan: "that doesn't work for me brother"

@dennisjr77

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao... “I don’t sweat you!”

Can we get a watch a long for Balboa/Thunderlips?

@MrSpeed-lt8gr

3 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome! You ain’t nothin’ meatball!!!

That maybe 20 minute segment is the best wrestling ever put to film. It’s the very best parts of wrestling, delivered like no other format ever has. Go watch it and imagine you are specifically watching a wrestling show and CHANGE NOTHING!! It’s so good!!

Jim has hinted at for years. But here he finally admitted why Bruce Pricard doesn't like Jerry Jarrett. Jerry rightfully treated Bruce like a stooge. And Bruce didn't like being called out like that

@psjdangerman

3 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who gets sick every time I hear Prichard bullshit about everything?

@steelenigma17

3 жыл бұрын

@@psjdangerman no you're not alone he use to be funny about it. But since he went back to Vince it's more of him being a shill for them

@psjdangerman

3 жыл бұрын

@cory the worst is when he says shit like Sting wasn't really over nationally and Nick Aldis hasn't got It. Stupid.

@steelenigma17

3 жыл бұрын

@@psjdangerman yeah that is some of the stupidest. He said those because Sting was the good guy when wcw was beating wwf there. And because someone there doesn't like Aldis for some reason.

Thanks Corny. Ive had a rough couple of days,listening to you and Brian helped a lot.

@benzone3711

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you're feeling better, these two put a smile on my face too

I want Jim to book Thunderlips vs Clubber Lang.

MTV and Wendy Ricther with Cindy Lauper is what brought about Wrestlemaina. Vince fell into the celebrity trap and ran with it.

@chadk890

3 жыл бұрын

Jerry Lawler did the celebrity thing first in Memphis with Andy Kaufman

@evilsWa

3 жыл бұрын

@@chadk890 you...you think Kaufmann was the first celebrity involvement in wrestling? *holds in laughter*

@chadk890

3 жыл бұрын

@@evilsWa They did it before Vince did in 1982 am I right?🤔

I think Mr T being on the A-Team had more to do with him being at Wrestlemania than the Rocky 3.

@nonamerequired123

3 жыл бұрын

@Steve Creator Well it's easy to missunderstand what I wrote.

My Family couldn't stand New York Wrestling, Atlanta is what they loved.. Only one who actually watched anything from New York was my great aunt(R.I.P)and she only watched for 2 people.. She had eyes for JYD calling him a handsome man and she was crazy about Andre The Giant but other than that she didn't care for New York Wrestling like that.. That hard hitting southern style what she loved..

@godofthisshit

3 жыл бұрын

@Kenrick Eason Did they call it NY wrestling?

@danielwilson9724

2 жыл бұрын

@@godofthisshit probably.. Southern wrestlers/fans always refer to WWF/E as wrestling " up north" and I still hear that reference

Thunderlips had more charisma and style than Terry Hulk Bollea ever had

Sly would never have picked Andre because that would have looked ridiculous. Hogan already towered over sly and nobody would have believed Stallone could beat Andre or draw with him. Stallone always tried to make things not look TOO stupid to make his hero characters look more believable. In over the top for example, arm wrestling legend cleve dean was wanted to play the bad guy, bull hearly, but Stallone said no. Too big. And the part was given to rick zumwalt. Who wasn’t quite as massive, but still bigger than Stallone. Sly is a very clever guy.

seeing the original entrance of hogan and t at wrestlemania with eye of the tiger playing sends chills down my spine , a truly memorable moment.

Thank you rocky 3 for making hogan a star

@mikekling5880

3 жыл бұрын

You mean it wasn't Mr.Nanny

@ChromeFamily

3 жыл бұрын

NO!! Holds barred.. ;)

@turtleneckless

3 жыл бұрын

i thought he got his break in "thunder in paradise"

@MrJjburgess11

3 жыл бұрын

Suburban Commando put Hogan over the top. Tom Cruise could only dream to be that big.

Just watched the Vice special on Owen Hart. Cornette is not all slaps, insults, smart ass remarks, and brutally honest comedy. The man has a heart. I hope I didn't break any kind of Kayfabe by noticing that.

I can tell you right now that Rocky 3 made Hogan. I had no idea what wrestling was as a kid and I saw him once and remembered he was Thunderlipps and I was hooked since and so were several of my friends.

@jeremiahochoa1989

3 жыл бұрын

That's what my dad says too

@shaynewest8757

3 жыл бұрын

@Steve Creator wwf wasnt seen around the world at tbat time the Rocky movies were.

@jasonbowser5754

3 жыл бұрын

Steve Creator true but the difference is on wrestling fans started watching wrestling after that movie. Without Rocky 3, it doesn’t explode like it did

@jasonbowser5754

3 жыл бұрын

Steve Creator you seem to miss the point completely. It wasn’t wrestling fans at the time that made him blow up. It’s people who didn’t watch wrestling at all that started because of this. Me, and tons of kids in school started watching him because he was the guy who threw Rocky out of the ring. How freakin hard is that to understand?

@jasonbowser5754

3 жыл бұрын

Steve Creator yes but again...he was over with wrestling fans, not the general population that never even thought about wrestling. Hogan brought those people in. Or rather, Thunderlips did.

If Vince was going to prop up a struggling territory and use it as a developmental, it should have been Mid South. Watts was the best at developing talent back then.

@musicandmagic909

2 жыл бұрын

You think Bill Watts would have listened to anything Vince said? Watts would have done things one way - his way - it's why he couldn't get on with Turner.

The Italian meatball Vs The American hot dog

@dreday5880

3 жыл бұрын

Is that an Always Sunny reference?

@speedygonzales378

3 жыл бұрын

@@dreday5880 i don't know as I have never seen that TV show

This was my question haha. Thank you so much for making my day!

@SalCapone6499

Жыл бұрын

Hi guy

Verne Gagne, Vince Sr., Jerry Jarret, Eddie Graham, Fritz Von Erich, Stu Hart and Crockett... All of those names around at the same time is just astonishing!

Thunderlips: The ultimate male versus (points at Rocky) the ultimate meatball!

Stallone's mother was a promoter of womens wrestling. And she is a mystic. Frank Stallone is a brother Mason. Quite an interesting family. Hogan is also a brother, BROTHER! As is Brutus Beefcake and Brother Love.

ThunderLips: The ULTIMATE male.

@MarquisLeary34

3 жыл бұрын

versus the ULTIMATE meatball!

Travis missed a golden opportunity to draw Jim as the ultimate male Thunderlips

@earheadsix4119

2 жыл бұрын

Instead? He’s depicted as the ultimate meatball, ha, ha, ha…

Terry funk was in the greatest movie of all time road house

@dennisjr77

3 жыл бұрын

“You ain’t shown me nothing yet!” “Opinions vary!”

@NIQUEROSS808

3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t watched it in yrs.. thanks for reminding me 💯💪🏽

@charlesbuckley5615

3 жыл бұрын

FOH 😂😂😂😂😂

In those 83 Battle Royals they did have Andre and Hogan face off. In Rockford, IL, everyone was down, and Hogan and Andre were getting ready to lock up in the middle, but then the Heenan Family attacked them, eliminating Hogan. Andre eventually won when he and Ken patera both fell over the top at the same time but Andre held on and didn't go to the floor.

Speaking of Hogan and Mr.T, I always loved Hogan's cameo on the A-Team.

@dwade6322

3 жыл бұрын

I watched every episode back in the 80's...What all was Hogans story on there? I dont remember it.

@brad3042

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwade6322 Mr.T was a big fan of Hogan in the episodes he was in and they ended up working with Hogan to take down some baddies. I have the DVD sets but haven't watched in years.

@c.l.freeman7654

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwade6322 it's on KZread. Do a search. Atleast it was

I don’t know why but listening to Jimmy Cornette lifts my spirits up. Interesting what if re: Eddie Graham.

CORNETTE is a WRESTLING GOD.

Bobby Heenan called Hogan “Thunderlips” from time to time during broadcasts. It always made me smile.

I agree with Jim Cornette - Vince would have definately done business with Eddie Graham - The Graham brothers were Vince's favorite wrestlers when he was a kid. Eddie Graham was always called on for his finishes. That is a known fact. Eddie Graham sent Dusty up to New York in the late 70's for a big money program with "Superstar" Billy Graham So I believe Vince would've done business with Eddie Graham No question about it

@johan-dj4lj

3 жыл бұрын

​@Last Drop Falls SIR !!! YOU ARE WRONG. ... GO BACK TO PLANET IDIOT PLEASE Vince K. Mcmahon was born in 1945. Hulk Hogan was born in 1953. So how could Hogan be his favorite as a kid. Hogan was 24 when he broke into the business That made Vince 32. YOU DO NOT MAKE ANY SENSE Do the math please. Vince J. Mcmahon gave Hulk Hogan his last name just like he gave Bruiser "Brody" his last name. FACT. Maybe Vincent K. Mcmahon liked Hulk Hogan during Hogan's first WWWF run( "Classy" Freddy Blassie was his manager). Vince was doing commentary during the 1970's for the WWWF and probably saw potential in him BUT HOGAN WAS NOT HIS FAVORITE WHEN Vince K. Mcmahon WAS A KID There are stories after stories of Vincent K. 's favorite wrestlers. The Graham Brothers and How Vincent K. loved how Dr. Jerry Graham would light his cigars with 100 dollar bills in his convertable cadillac and fancy suits ... Mr. Brian Last please correct me if I am wrong. Thank You

@kenrickeason

3 жыл бұрын

@Last Drop Falls Dude What are you say?

@robertoagosto9637

3 жыл бұрын

@@johan-dj4lj Last Drop is using Steiner math.

@78bcat

3 жыл бұрын

That's just nutty. Vince would have made a harder sell than what he gave Verne, Stu, Bosch, maybe a little more financially generous...but the only offer to "work together" would have Eddie as WWE's local promoter. Even though business is 100% personal to Corny, Vince is the antithesis of that. Business is business.

@johan-dj4lj

3 жыл бұрын

@@78bcat Exactly Business is Business and NOBODY I mean nobody had a better mind for the business of wrestling Then Eddie Graham. He was top 5 minds in the wrestling business Ever. Learn your history. So Vince would have kept him happy with some sort of deal. FACT Vince K. stayed out of Florida until after Eddie Graham's death Vince K. had property down in Florida but he respected and admired Eddie Graham that much. Listen to the interviews and read all the stories.

Terry Funk was in the Stallone movie Over the Top....

Kind of off subject but Tiny Lister in an interview I seen talks about having the same agent as Hulk Hogan maybe mr. T did also

In retrospect to what Jim said, being from the northeast region, I didn't know who Hulk Hogan was until I saw Rocky 3

"I'm gonna break him in half like this"

@whidoineedthis

2 жыл бұрын

Why does your name sound familiar?

What's funny is Rocky III came out in 1983. The first Mania was in 1985, two whole years later & Vince tried to capitalize on that movie. Two years is a lifetime in wrestling years, even in the 80s.

Hulk would of never left the WWWF if he didn't make Rocky 3. If he never went to the AWA and become the Hulk as we knew him. It was Gagne that turned him into the Hulk that tore the shirt and Hulked up in the matches. McMahon senior fired him from WWWF for making Rocky 3.

The beginning of Hulkamania was when Hogan took his first hit of cocaine during the filming of the movie. It completely changed his personality and his interviews.

Brian is right, for awhile the WWF only referred to Harley Race as "The King."

Corny doesn't think Rocky III was HUGE in the 80's/WWF explosion is just proof he's lost in the bubble...

Didn't Vince pretty much buy out Montreal (International Wrestling in Quebec) when the Rougeaus and Dino Bravo arrived. ?

Jim's wrong here Hulk Hogan in Rocky 3 introduced millions to wrestling and Vince rolled with it. To people who didn't know wrestling or have any involvement it was their introduction to wrestling and is what put it in people's conscience. Jim downplays it saying Hulk was already big. Without Rocky 3 wrestling wouldn't have exploded to the heights it did well at least so quickly.

@SynBlades

2 жыл бұрын

Jim Cornette tends to be right and wrong on all his stuff.

love all the Vince Sr. stories.

Superstar Billy Graham or Jesse Ventura would have worked in Rocky 3.

@henrygvidonas9573

2 жыл бұрын

Billy Graham was both Hulk Hogan and Jesse "The Body" before either of them did anything worth mentioning. Both based large parts of their own public personas on Graham's stuff. If Graham hadn't slumped badly in 80/81, given up on the "Superstar" gimmick, shaved his head, lost most of the the steroid physique, and decided to be "weird bald karate dude" for a while at the same time when Hogan became super popular, who knows how things could have turned out. Hogan left the AWA with enormous upward career momentum, made Bob Backlund nothing but an odd hazy memory in the WWF, and became the biggest thing ever in wrestling. Graham jobbed to Backlund while confusing the audience with a different look and in-ring style, left the WWF, went to the AWA, eventually started to juice _hard_ again, and by the time he looked like the "Superstar" again, nobody really cared about him that much anymore. When he returned to the WWF he was too old and broken down. Hogan was in his early 30s going at full steam ahead, Graham was in his mid-40s with a really bad hip, bad ankles, and other health problems on top of it. If the blonde, long-haired, larger-than-life, steroid meat mountain look was what was required for "Thunderlips", it was the worst possible time in Graham's entire career to provide that. Jesse jobbed to Backlund or was still Adrian Adonis' tag team partner around the time the cast for "Rocky 3" was put together and the movie was shot.

Florida Wrestling also aired during the late 70s/early 80s on local WWOR-9 in the New York/Tri State area...

"To all my love slaves out there. Thunderlips in the flesh, baybeh."

Regarding the magazines, and how Vince wouldn't allow any photo sessions for PWI with his guys, I recall being really surprised seeing studio shots of Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard posing with the WWF tag team belts. I wonder if they caught some heat from Vince over that.

Corny talking about the Territories are my favorite videos on this channel

That thumbnail is fantastic. 😂

Brian asks any question. Jim's response every time: "Well, , (audible sigh)..."

@themedianman9712

3 жыл бұрын

I find myself doing this now in everyday convo, in addition to "Whale what the fuuuuck"

"the ultimate male (pattern baldness) vs the ultimate meatball"

I never heard of Eddie Graham as I was born in 1996. I will have to look this guy up.

@sc30002001

3 жыл бұрын

Mike Graham is his son

Stalone in real life is shorter than you think ... and the only other guy I could think of to play thunderlips would be Jesse Ventura

@jesse2214

3 жыл бұрын

John studd

@whidoineedthis

2 жыл бұрын

Ya hes really like 5'5/5'6. Hes the same size as my dad lol. Obviously hed prolly kick my dads ass, but my dad was a military man an can fight and shoot in real life.

These illustrations are phenomenal

Remember to watch Rocky 4 on November the 3rd I enjoy Rocky 3 the most of the Rocky movie series family guy reminded me of Dolph Lundgren Day

I could listen to Jim and Brian talk wrestling history all day. In fact sometimes i do

THUNDERLIPS!!! The most underrated rocky film in the series

Mr. T had been on a show called “Games People Play” in a bouncer competition, as I remember. I think Bryant Gumbel hosted.

“ I threw him down the alley, like a dirty rag!”

Funk choreographed the street fight in Rocky 5.

YOU AINT NOTHIN MEATBALL! LMAO

Loved that movie as a kid.

You had me at Rocky 3

Austin Idol could have been Thunderlips.

Andre was in the AWA annually for awhile.

Rocky Should have pumped out a movie every year after Rocky 4. Rocky vs Rick Rude, JCVD, Rocky vs Grace Jones.

@ronniejdio9411

3 жыл бұрын

Rocky 9 showdown with the big show

"It's all fake meatball !"

That scene had the greatest one liners in any of the movie series... might be the best scene as well. Blast off meatball!!!!!

Thunder lips is here! In the flesh babeh!

I grew up in the seventies on NWA wrestling with Gordon Solie commentating.

Hulkster was scary in that flick.

Vince wanted the Von Erich boys.. I believe they would of worked well in old WWF.. Seriously.. It's wrestlers that WWF misused like Vader but I truly I believe he would have use the Von Erich boys well especially Kerry or Kevin..

@vanderful2397

3 жыл бұрын

Vader was his own worst enemy. Shawn wasn't the only one who didn't like him. I don't think you could push guy who was liked so little.

@chadk890

3 жыл бұрын

Vader was ruined when Hogan no sold his power bomb in 1995 in WCW.

The "Thunderlips" character was created specifically for Hogan but before that, Harley Race was originally approached about the wrestler role in the film, Harley and the NWA turned the offer down as they thought it was going to be making fun of wrestling.

@chrischar9428

3 жыл бұрын

According to whom

@stormydavis8546

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrischar9428 Harley told me himself back in 99

@stormydavis8546

2 жыл бұрын

@@unlimitedayoproduction2452 it's truth, get over it

I mainly love how the night Hogan went into the WWE HOF they got Stallone to induct him and Sly got a better payday than Hulk. 😆

@ErwalDeeas

3 жыл бұрын

The INCREDIBLE Hulk Hogan!!!! I still cringe to this day.

@chadk890

3 жыл бұрын

@@ErwalDeeas What's wrong with saying The Incredible Hulk Hogan when he was called that years before?

@ErwalDeeas

3 жыл бұрын

@@chadk890 I always heard him being called the IMMORTAL Hulk Hogan. The INCREDIBLE Hulk is a Marvel character.

@chadk890

3 жыл бұрын

@@ErwalDeeas He was called Incredible Hulk Hogan in the AWA and a little bit in 84 when he won the belt from Iron Sheik

@ErwalDeeas

3 жыл бұрын

@@chadk890 AAAAWWWWW YEAH!

Crockett raided Florida the way Vince raided Minnesota

I remember when Hulk Hogan didn't do well in interviews with the AWA. It was Greg Gagne that helped Hulk Hogan.

Vince McMahon: you can play a professional wrestler in Rocky III, but your name'll be "Thunderlips!" Hulk Hogan: THAT works for me, Brother.

Awesome to hear that Stallone put the detractors in their place. He was the Mike Tyson to Steve Austins Hulk.

@whidoineedthis

2 жыл бұрын

Pro wrestlers are honestly the most versatile and well rounded entertainers across the board...without a script

It is interesting to me, how so many things have changed since pretty much all the territories folded other than Memphis after 1991, but the one thing that has stayed the same in terms of semi big to big Pro Wrestling Promotions in the United States, they all feel the need to consistently have big events in these United States cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, New York City, and San Francisco. I have not known of a United States Promotion that doesn't run one of these cities listed above at least every two or three years. For instance since 1984 WWE has run shows in all those cities except Dallas took longer because of the tragedies in World Class Championship Wrestling, a lot of people showed little interest in Pro Wrestling in Dallas until the late Nineties.