I met Tony Atlas when I worked at JFK airport back in the 80's.He was very friendly,signing autographs and just being a very down to earth class act guy.

@wileecoyote5749

Жыл бұрын

Was he supposed to spit on you?

@apexjoe4769

Жыл бұрын

@@wileecoyote5749 WTF??

"The way we did it back home, we used a hammer" Had me cracking up!

Sounds to me like Tony Atlas watched a few Amos & Andy reruns to prep for this promo. He sounds like Kingfish.

No doubt, this is the best Patera promo I've ever seen.

This is a great example of the good thing's that surrounded pro wrestling at that time. Tony was very young in this video too. Thank you!

@rufust.firefly4890

Жыл бұрын

awfully

@fjccommish

Жыл бұрын

thing apostrophe s?

"have an opportunity to find out how much hot air you have" Love it!

I had the honor of meeting and hanging out with Mr. Patera back in the late 80's , he was one hell of a nice guy .

Ken Patera was one of my all time favorite wrestlers, His brother Jack was the original head coach of the Seattle Seahawks.

@clos6613

Жыл бұрын

No way. I didn't know that

Atlas doing his little boogie reminds me of me when I’m challenging my little kids to feats of strength. 😂🤣

Tony was great, he played a role and matched Ken Patera's bad guy role move for move, classic!

The tony shuffle is by far the best celebration

Tony trained at a gym in Hamden, CT when he was in the WWF. Saw him flat bench 500 pounds. He was about 6'2.5" for those who are interested because of the exaggerated heights of wrestlers. His legs looked even worse in person. As an aside most of the WWF wrestlers of that time worked out in Hamden. Jesse Ventura mostly stood around and talked more than he lifted. Jesse was also about 6'2" tall. Good sized guy but not huge. Swede Hanson had the biggest wrists I ever saw on a human being. He was in the gym on a Sunday morning going thru the motions and said to me - "I need a beer".

@tnadrg1982

4 жыл бұрын

It cause it was an upper body business back I the day

@Scyllax

3 жыл бұрын

About five years ago, I watched Tony still bench 405 five times as if it were weightless. (I could barely bench press my body weight at my best.) I put 270 on one of those safety squat bars you can squat from the floor, which weighed 75 pounds, put a foam pad on the bar, lifted it on my forearms across my chest and walked it across the floor as part of my deadlift workout. He stopped to watch me as I showed what I could do well at 50+. I already had told him I could never do what he does so easily.

@Johnnyrocks34

Жыл бұрын

Jesse was big dude in his day and he was a navy seal. He was legit

@2080bop

Жыл бұрын

I work in Hamden

@trappenweisseguy27

Жыл бұрын

I used to workout in a now defunct Gold’s gym and the wrestlers would workout there when in town to wrestle at Maple Leaf Gardens. I met many of them including Ventura, Steamboat, Studd, Mosca etc, etc. None of them blew me away in terms of their size or workouts. Ventura was trying to forge a career as a rock singer and his voice was trashed. This was sometime around when he was in that terrible sci-fi movie Abraxis.

In 1979, a new pro wrestling publication hit newsstands and magazine racks across the nation. It was Pro Wrestling Illustrated. When the first issue went to press, Ken Patera was ranked at #4 in the National Wrestling Alliance and in the Most Hated Wrestler category. He and John Studd were also ranked at #4 in the Tag Team Division.

"im like coca cola in everywhere" good lord could Patera give an interview

Patera was every bit as strong on the mic as he was in person!

@charlesclark9627

Жыл бұрын

Silly foolishness!

@thechumpsbeendumped.7797

Жыл бұрын

Oh come on, that was embarrassing.

Love this channel. So many classic videos from a great wrestling era. I grew up watching these wrestlers. I love that i can show my kids these.

Patera looks surprised when Tony drove that nail through that pine board.

Hell I had almost forgot Patera , the Man is quite amusing .

love ken's sideburns !!!

Funny thing is, Patera has overhead-pressed 505.5 lbs. It's fair to say that Tony Atlas,(a very strong man), can likely press no more than about 300.

Love these guys, Great performers

I was 13 when this came out wow 👏

Tony Atlas was so jive!!!!LMAO!

Now who could not like this video, hilarious!

This is more entertaining then what the WWF/E puts out today

@kevinkelly1529

6 жыл бұрын

John fromSpace *than Not then

This is really interesting, actually.

I remember this as a kid…

He came to my high school when I was a kid and did this

Ken patera bubbling the lines haha

1:47 "We'll put all that stuff over there, for the time being." I don't know why, but that line killed me.

@lamonnwawrestler2010

7 жыл бұрын

giantkiller56 because it was just a lil spike and a steel rod lol

@giantkiller56

7 жыл бұрын

I dunno, man. I think it's more about how awkward the delivery was. The whole segment was just, wow.

Tony Atlas Was Massive , Legend in the Sport ..... not to mention he was Strong as all outdoors .

Tony Atlas sounds like Cleveland Jr. Lol

These guys were putting on a show....great gentlemen.. literally..... listen to the crowd!!!!!

Saw Ken Petera when I was a kid at a AWA . All Star show these were like the big house shows they did with a loaded roster the main event was a Battle Royal were the last 2 in the ring was Petera. and Andre he picked up Andre up to his shoulder s carried him across the ring and put him outside the ropes with ease Andre would recover and throw Ken over the top rope to win but it was still impressive to see him carry Andre around like that.

@clos6613

Жыл бұрын

Wow. I gotta try to find that. Very impressive

@cronsmans

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't waste your time this was a house show that wasn't filmed. Least I think it wasn't it was a long time ago. One other match I remember was Hulk Hogan vrs. David Shultze. Hogan came out to Eye of The Tiger it was a couple of months before he would go to the WWF.

I remember this. I never saw Patera in person, but I saw Atlas twice; June 1978 against Cyclone Negro in Columbia, SC, then in November 1992 as a heel against Brad Armstrong in Greenwood.

This is funny....Times have changed....lol

Atlas and Patera were a whole head taller than Bob Caudle. I had never gotten a sense of how tall and massive those wrestlers back then were until I saw a card in person at the Greensboro Coliseum. Guys I thought were a certain height shocked me as they walked pass me in the hallway on their way to their dressing room. I had thought Kevin Sullivan was a short dude because that's the way he looked on TV but nope, he walked in with Mark Lewin who was a good head taller than himself. Sullivan was at least 6 feet tall so Lewin was about 6'5". Dory Funk Jr., Baron Von Raschke, Jimmy Valiant, Paul Jones, all these wrestlers were huge. Much respect to them for being so big but so fluid in the ring.

those side burns were epic those are KILLER AWESOME side burns

@besteverepicmillennial5927

4 жыл бұрын

Thats epic? do you know what epic means?

I wish I could have witnessed the 70's...

Because he was a loose cannon that fit the heel role perfectly. Patera always seemed awkward as a babyface. He was much more suited to be a heel. A perfect example of his real life loose cannon persona would be the McDonalds incident in which he tossed a 30 pound boulder through a McDonalds window after being refused service. He then beat the shit out of several cops as they tried to arrest him. He spent 2 years in prison. Thats why he was the perfect heel, cuz he was also one in real life

Ken Patera is fantastic wrestling I love watching his stuff

LOLz at the little victory dance at the end.

3:20 with headphones in you can hear ric flair cutting a promo

i lived in minnesota in 1973, when gagne was crowing about snagging patera after the olympics. gagna snagged and trained so many top shelf wrestlers but couldn't keep them.

Gotta love the OG strong men of wrestling from back in the day 💪

Ken Patera was a good sport

Ken patera seems rediculously competitive

LMFAO What a classic!

Saw Tont Atlas jogging in Auburn Maine years ago

Ken Patera is a gentleman's gentleman.

Tune in to ECW on the scy fi channel Tues night and listen to the way he laugh and dance

Dude, I'm telling you, old ladies can smash a board with their fists. Now, smashing the nail without breaking the board. That's something else.

Very great acting!

“I don’t have to talk about myself” he says after 30 seconds of him talking about himself and his accomplishments.

Good old days

Gotta love ken the man.

True, but of course nobody really kept anybody back then. That was the name of the game in those days, the Territorial Shuffle

Lol. Love Tony's down-home, country, plain-speak.

Nostalgic

Love these dudes..from youth

Thank God they weren’t having a mike skills contest.

@PeterBrown-mz4nv

16 күн бұрын

They are more about action than talking.

I always enjoyed Ken Patera especially on his shoots he's no holds barred, between Atlas and Patera neither really was super for mic work; lol

This stuff ain't easy.

i might be wrong here but i think the trick to exploding the hot water bag is, if you look at tony's left hand which is on the side of the bag that you cant see, he has a finger taped likely with a blade so when the bag is stretched enough he cuts it.

@Scyllax

7 жыл бұрын

maziku If he could inflate it until it turned white like that, that is really dangerous. If it blows back into his lungs, it could cause a pulmonary hemorrhage.

Imagine myself having the strength of Ken and Tony all in person by age 25. I would have had loads of fun.

Both classy guys....

As long-time wrestling fans, this brings back many happy memories for us. These guys are LEGENDS in the wrestling industry, way before the use of steroids was considered in sports. Mr. Atlas has always been a good-natured individual and so has Mr. Patera. They both look great in their current age(s). And for all the ignorant folks who posted stupid shit about the legendary Tony Atlas - shut up!

@timpenfield5

4 жыл бұрын

Love Toney and Ken, great performers and fricken hilarious. LOVED "WRASSLIN" IN THOSE DAYS,

@LBKettlebellClub

Жыл бұрын

Both of them are super juiced up here

@kelainefes

Жыл бұрын

Steroids had been used by athletes for decades at that point. The public just was not aware.

@Fektthis

Жыл бұрын

Athletes have been abusing steroids since before this. They were developed in Germany back in 1935. They've been banned since 1975. They'd already been around 40 years and abused at every level by then though. There are videos right here on KZread of both Patera and Atlas admitting to using steroids. Both try to downplay it though which abusers tend to do a lot.

@thebadaids

Жыл бұрын

As someone who’s dabbled in bodybuilding for years now, I can tell you for a fact Tony was on the juice. As for Patera, at least in this he looks pretty clean. None of exaggerated delts that look inhuman, no gyno, and a few other things indicate he’s not on a course. That’s not to say he didn’t use, I’m sure he did, as during those times 99% of those wrestlers were on A-Z If their gimmick was about their body. I just don’t think he was on anything at this moment. Not only has Tony proven his use from his body telling on him during his prime, but he’s been open about his steroid use the last few years.

Costanza owns the feats of strength!

Ran into ken at a bottle shop in Roseville Minnesota he looked scary but was a nice man

Tony Atlas…rocking the socks

Look at the difference in size of Tony Atlas between 1978 and 1980. I think somebody introduced him to T, DD, and HGH during that time. He had to be 40 lbs. more muscular in 1980.

@trappenweisseguy27

Жыл бұрын

No doubt he was on various cocktails, but HGH back then was only available from cadavers and probably too pricey even for a wrestler.

@ThorMaxx No, I mean, literally SMASHING THE NAIL. As in destroying the nail, bending it, crushing it. Without damaging the piece of wood used to smash the nail with. I would love to see that.

tony's celebration dance @ 3:29 LOL

Patera murders another promo

Pure Heat Patara

Looks like Flava Flav after ten years of steroids, lol

"OK Tony......CAN YOU DIG IT!!!!!!"

It’s the battle of the kneecaps!!!!

Tony Atlas was great with this "Yessabossin" act

@edmcguire6133

3 жыл бұрын

Yassuhh Massa Jones

@edmcguire6133

3 жыл бұрын

Stephon Fitchett

Atlas was a charisma machine!

LOL @ tony's victory dance

I have a feeling that Tony Atlas has blown more than water bottles... lol

Is that andrew dice clay?

"Did you see henry ripping off ken's act by holding back a car." Yes I did, the WWF/WWE wants legitimate strongmen to do that so they do it.What's your point? "Henry didn't compete long enough in any sport to be considered the strongest." He did not compete long,but nonetheless he came up with the highest Supertotal of all time,all-time squat and deadlift and drug-free total World Records&an instant Strongman Champion at the ASC-The short time and little effort makes all even more impressive!

You have to remember that henry had no competition for those olympic titles when he was winning them.Ken did it during the golden age of american weightlifting.When ken won the nationals in 69 Joe Dube from the USA won the world title.Ken was beating the likes of bednarski and dube during his later years.he was alsop competing againest Alexeev for the world titles.

@mastersironmantarmstrong7148

2 жыл бұрын

He was dangerously close to Alexeev in his prime. Patera had great potential and Alexeev admitted Patera was actually stronger but he had superior technique.

The hit water bottle looks like a whoopie cushion

Ol razor blade in the tape trick…

If Tony Atlas had trained his legs at all he'd have competed for Mr Olympia.

Black Atlas was my favored wrestler

I wish the network had the late 70's mid Atlantic shows. are they just holding back? i am about half way done with the mid atlantic content - wish they added older stuff

He said I’m like horseshit I’m everywhere !

Tony Atlas was of walking minstrel show. I can't believe he allowed himself to be displayed in this manner.

@DLR-ft8vl

5 жыл бұрын

Atlas was a lovable lummox that played his part well!

@teller121

5 жыл бұрын

It was beautiful.

@deanarupe73

5 жыл бұрын

He wqs supporting himself and his family. Wrestlers didn't make as much as they do now in Tony's day. I'm sure he did whatever was asked of him in order to pay the bills. Wouldn't you if you were in his position. Alot of these interviews with the older wrestlers have them talking about being on the road all the time to make money to support thier families.

@joeyburrows8256

3 жыл бұрын

@@teller121 fuck you

@carlosdanger947

3 жыл бұрын

@@joeyburrows8256 Man you do realize wrestling was scripted don’t you? It was ALL an act to get fans to go see the live shows .

Is that Bob Cottle?? I’m sure I didn’t spell it correctly

Look up the Petera shoot interview. VERY VERY sad :( "Ken Patera 11"

Umm why does tony atlas's tights looks like a diaper..

@tyroneirving7049

7 жыл бұрын

paul kersey fuck u little bitch

@HellhammerSS

7 жыл бұрын

Hey man Tony's cool. Save that for New Jack

@jronhardiman6443

6 жыл бұрын

paul kersey don't say dat shit no more..

@europeanamerican379

6 жыл бұрын

J'ron Hardiman fuck outta here nigga

@SurgeonVault

5 жыл бұрын

it's called a "fight diaper"

i just watched it on youtube,he was using a monlift with a suit and straps and didn;'t have to walk out or rack the weight.

KZread Suggested: Brazilian Buttlift I'll watch that after part 2 of this.

LMAO! My God! I had no idea how Tony Atlas talk s-o-o-o-oo-o-o-o-o-o country.

I remember when patera popped the hot water bottle he blew it up to a certain point and popped it with a needle I saw it on tv.

I'd be afraid to let that bottle pop in my face like that.