I don't know about Indy telivision coverage, but Bruisers show ran in Chicago up to about 1986 or so on channel 26 (currently WCIU The U/ MeTV - home of Svengoolie!), along with AWA All Star Wrestling and the occasional Bob Luce classic show. As for Ol' Moose Cholak, his parents owned the Calumet Beach Inn tavern which is now an empty lot and the Moose did work for the city of Chicago's Streets and Sanitation department as an engineer for a few decades.
The Sid resemblance has always been there for those that saw both, but in his early days Bruiser looked more like Lesnar and was as physically intimidating. I only saw him as an old man, he was a stud in his prime.
Everybody sold for Kamala. Brody, Hogan, Andre, Taker. Crusher and him tried that with The Road Warriors and they just squashed them with overhead presses and no selling and letting them know "this is happening, easy way or hard way".
@@maceomaceo11overhead presses of bruiser & crusher? I know the road warriors had ridiculous power, but that sounds damn near impossible. Is there video of this?
Ive seen them press and toss co siderably bigger. Plus they were both like 5'8". The short guys are way easier to balance, which is is whats hard qbout pressing a human. Animal could military press well iver 500lbs and hawk in the neighborhood of 400+. Ive seen them press monsters like Barb, big bill tabb, etc in weekly squash matches,@NLaBar
In the early 80's, a lot of middle aged guys were getting perms. Blackjack Mulligan did it in the WWF in 1982. Earl Weaver did it as a Baltimore Orioles Manager. It made all 3 of them look less menacing.
In '81/82 Weaver managed Mulligan a few nights in Baltimore against Killer Kahn who had Mr Fuji in his corner... Fuji threw salt and Earl kicked dirt. Kahn even permed his queue.
As someone the same age as the Roadies who grew up in the same town, I can state conclusively that Animal and Hawk knew exactly who Crusher and Bruiser were. When they Gorilla press slammed them in Chicago they were not acting out of ignorance.
Bruiser wrestling left NBC, then went to a lower powered ABC affiliate, channel 6. MacLaines older brother was head meteorologist for them. Later, they went to WTTV channel 4, an independent channel, until it finally went out.
Went to all the Olympia shows in Detroit. Then, the Sheik went head to head with a star studded 16 match card. Went to Cobo that night. Felt like I was cheating on my girlfriend.
Bruiser was more of a massive deal than I thought. I’m 22 and I’ve heard of him but never knew how much of a powerhouse he was. Even my grandparents knew who he was and they despise professional wrestling. They told me his stuff was legitimate to them
I'm loving these old school topics he's hysterical most of the time but every once in a while they slip him something that calms him down so he can have holiday dinner with the family lol when jim and brian said amazon glad my Alexa device didn't go off 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Jim's take on the state of WWA's business may be influenced by his firsthand experience in late 1982. Business was still halfway decent until earlier that year, then started dropping off and never recovered. This may have to do with Bruiser's push in St. Louis (he won the Missouri title at the Sam Muchnick Retirement Show on January 1) and the connections it provided. Dick brought in Bruiser Brody and Harley Race for shots on WWA shows and even put the title on Race. Not long ago, Dave Dynasty posted clippings to Facebook about a show at Market Square Arena in 1982. He was asked if that was Bruiser's last show in the building, but didn't answer. When did Indiana get cable TV? I always assumed that people there started watching Georgia TV, and getting to see the Freebirds and Tommy Rich was a revelation. As I mention above, Bruiser could still bring in big stars on occasion, but the regular roster were a pitiful sight. At one point, most of the jobbers on Wrestling at the Chase were WWA regulars or others working the circuit in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
Spike Huber was terrific, shame he never had a career anywhere else. Nice to hear Steve Regal being mentioned, never understood why William Regal began his career here as Steve Regal when there was already a Steve Regal who'd been around long enough for fans all over the country to remember the name and see that it's obviously not the same guy.
Thanks for the analysis! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
@@Rjensen2u know ppl can know what's on the card without watching. Barely anyone is watching aew. How bout that taping getting cancelled cause they only had 1000 ppl show up. Aew sux
I don't know about Indy telivision coverage, but Bruisers show ran in Chicago up to about 1986 or so on channel 26 (currently WCIU The U/ MeTV - home of Svengoolie!), along with AWA All Star Wrestling and the occasional Bob Luce classic show. As for Ol' Moose Cholak, his parents owned the Calumet Beach Inn tavern which is now an empty lot and the Moose did work for the city of Chicago's Streets and Sanitation department as an engineer for a few decades.
This is really great content. Loved listening to this on the podcast. Perms lol
Going through a rough day so far, thanks for the upload Jim.
The Sid resemblance has always been there for those that saw both, but in his early days Bruiser looked more like Lesnar and was as physically intimidating. I only saw him as an old man, he was a stud in his prime.
“When you see Flair, drop yer bags and tell flair I SAID to carry yer bags”
- Bruiser to Steiner
Jerry Jarrett. once said that when he saw Bruiser not selling for Kimala, he knew it was pointless to try and continue working with him.
Everybody sold for Kamala. Brody, Hogan, Andre, Taker. Crusher and him tried that with The Road Warriors and they just squashed them with overhead presses and no selling and letting them know "this is happening, easy way or hard way".
@@maceomaceo11overhead presses of bruiser & crusher? I know the road warriors had ridiculous power, but that sounds damn near impossible. Is there video of this?
@@NLaBarwitnesses only, but apparently a few dozen witnesses saying the exact same thing.
@@NLaBarI remember Jim telling this story. He definitely vouches for those overhead presses.
Ive seen them press and toss co siderably bigger. Plus they were both like 5'8". The short guys are way easier to balance, which is is whats hard qbout pressing a human. Animal could military press well iver 500lbs and hawk in the neighborhood of 400+. Ive seen them press monsters like Barb, big bill tabb, etc in weekly squash matches,@NLaBar
Thanks for uploading this. I wanted to share it with a online friend from Indy.
In the early 80's, a lot of middle aged guys were getting perms. Blackjack Mulligan did it in the WWF in 1982. Earl Weaver did it as a Baltimore Orioles Manager. It made all 3 of them look less menacing.
In '81/82 Weaver managed Mulligan a few nights in Baltimore against Killer Kahn who had Mr Fuji in his corner... Fuji threw salt and Earl kicked dirt.
Kahn even permed his queue.
Weaver looked ridiculous with a perm.
As someone the same age as the Roadies who grew up in the same town, I can state conclusively that Animal and Hawk knew exactly who Crusher and Bruiser were. When they Gorilla press slammed them in Chicago they were not acting out of ignorance.
Bruiser wrestling left NBC, then went to a lower powered ABC affiliate, channel 6. MacLaines older brother was head meteorologist for them. Later, they went to WTTV channel 4, an independent channel, until it finally went out.
This is something I miss from the podcast. Talking about the territories. Sometime you get tried of talk about all the new stuff.
Went to all the Olympia shows in Detroit. Then, the Sheik went head to head with a star studded 16 match card. Went to Cobo that night. Felt like I was cheating on my girlfriend.
This was fun to listen to
Bruiser went full Conway Twitty with that hair.
Its been a long time...
This is the kind of content I would like more of. Less modern day reviews, more expansive territory stories.
Yep. It's less of the co host talking, if only I noticed
@@Platform246what’s wrong with Brian?
@@ThisIsGers I could go on and on
You must not understand their podcast format...this happens on The Experience every week.
Great segment.
by 1984 at least around fort wayne area there was no wrestling on. i grew up watching bruiser from 1973 or so till last time around 1983 or so.
So, that's what happened. Indianapolis sat there like a turd in a punchbowl. Makes sense. LOL.
Im glad you talked about ft Wayne Indiana.i had a great interview with you and teddy long at heroes and legends
Bruiser was more of a massive deal than I thought. I’m 22 and I’ve heard of him but never knew how much of a powerhouse he was. Even my grandparents knew who he was and they despise professional wrestling. They told me his stuff was legitimate to them
Thumbnail Looks an awful lot like an old Sid.
And now I can't unsee that.
Same I thought the second I thought it
Or younger Harley race
I'm loving these old school topics he's hysterical most of the time but every once in a while they slip him something that calms him down so he can have holiday dinner with the family lol when jim and brian said amazon glad my Alexa device didn't go off 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Trash.
@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma whatever lol if you don't like it why are you here go touch grass.
@@benespinosa6725you’re just a bot
@@PrecursorOrb1no I'm not lol you're an idiot.
@@PrecursorOrb1no I'm not lol just because I comment on these videos whatever mark.
I enjoyed seeing Dick's son Carl work he was something else😂😂😂😂😂( the Snyder SLAP with something that was always going to be classical)👍
Jim's take on the state of WWA's business may be influenced by his firsthand experience in late 1982. Business was still halfway decent until earlier that year, then started dropping off and never recovered. This may have to do with Bruiser's push in St. Louis (he won the Missouri title at the Sam Muchnick Retirement Show on January 1) and the connections it provided. Dick brought in Bruiser Brody and Harley Race for shots on WWA shows and even put the title on Race. Not long ago, Dave Dynasty posted clippings to Facebook about a show at Market Square Arena in 1982. He was asked if that was Bruiser's last show in the building, but didn't answer.
When did Indiana get cable TV? I always assumed that people there started watching Georgia TV, and getting to see the Freebirds and Tommy Rich was a revelation. As I mention above, Bruiser could still bring in big stars on occasion, but the regular roster were a pitiful sight. At one point, most of the jobbers on Wrestling at the Chase were WWA regulars or others working the circuit in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
Dick The Bruiser appeared at The Chase in St. Louis also.
Was it Bob Geigel who had a piece of Chicago? He was the main Central States guy. Or possibly Harley Race?
It was Gagne's.
I named mine bruiser too!
Every time Corny mentioned "Bruiser" I think of Brody before Dick
Spike Huber was terrific, shame he never had a career anywhere else. Nice to hear Steve Regal being mentioned, never understood why William Regal began his career here as Steve Regal when there was already a Steve Regal who'd been around long enough for fans all over the country to remember the name and see that it's obviously not the same guy.
Thanks for the analysis! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
Best content
Is this skipping for anyone else? I’m listening through Bluetooth in my car so I’m unsure if it’s me or them lol
Working fine for me.
@ I switched videos it’s definitely me. Had to go wired connection.
Pockets vs Wheeler Useless this week on AEW Dynamite Jim. That will surely Pop a rating sell tickets and put Butt's in the seats 😂😂😂😭😭😭
They've got you watching, so there is at least one person paying attention.
@@Rjensen2 well thats worth paying pockets millions a year to pretend to wrestle ... o wait
@@Rjensen2u know ppl can know what's on the card without watching. Barely anyone is watching aew. How bout that taping getting cancelled cause they only had 1000 ppl show up. Aew sux
I didn't watch Rampage or Collision 😘 Kinda sadly, I get the vibe I didn't miss much
@@jamesgroover4643 don't worry. No one watches rampage collision and dynamites number continue to shrink.
Cornette went to diddy parties
Og hot tub host
Move a couple words and you have"The Dick Bruiser"
What
Bruised Dick in the Memphis Territory.
Bruiser v Baron. Gestapo Match?
Fresh territory content hit off the press ready to banter me to sleep
Who had the worst perm, Bruiser or Lawler?
Ken Patera
Harly Race
David Schultz
They were all bad but, believe it or not, they were popular. Even country singer sex stud Conway Twitty had one.
Bruno
That gentleman that Jim is doing the haircut on in the thumbnail looks like he could be Sids father!
Cornette don't know what a Amazon truck looks like ?
He's not the smartest bulb in the shed
Has Jim actually woken up & decided to stop with his TDS on his podcast? Only time will tell.
Hipefully but although i disagree with him i want him to say whatever he wants to, unlike his side
Heck yeah dawg @@jabrockobiden9434
@@jabrockobiden9434Funny you think that when Republicans have been trying to ban books and choose curriculum for schools for the past 50 years 😂
Trump winning rattled Jim so hard he started answering viewer questions again
Ad before the video, ad after 1:06 into the video. I don’t get why, but the ads on this channel are ridiculous.
how many forests has Jim flattened alone with the amount of papers he's balled up, taken notes on, and archived?
Trump 2024!
Dick the bruiser ? Cornette still stuck in 84
Did you listen to the clip? He was asked a question about it, Einstein.
84? Bruiser's best days were closer to 54 to 64.
He's a fuckin historian and was asked a question.
you're watching a cornette video, were you expecting him to not cover historical stuff lol?