@@BazookaToe I'm black and ya know what I wholeheartedly agree with him. Fake azz liberals are the biggest problem of our society. You must possess a diamond lens to see exactly what he is talking about
@@jedsteelwell2354 Hollywood and Magic Shows aren't having any trouble suspending people's disbelief and everything's been done and seen there, as well. That's just a lame excuse that enables the half-assed attitudes of today's sports entertainment "talent" that can do all the flips and winking-at-the-audience they like, but can't cut a promo to save their lives, can't sell to any believable degree to save their lives, can't have tag matches without completely removing the ref from the equation and tossing all the rules out because they aren't clever enough to figure out how to do all those flips and fancy double-team moves within the confines of same and god knows those things need to be one EVERY. SINGLE. MATCH. And do you know why? Because if they're not, they got nothing else to offer an audience.
That was because they fed and fed to the crowd in little bites to build shit to where it really counted and got the pop (and drove ticket sales). No idea if this particularly feud had been building for long but I’m sure Dark Journey had been doing shit like this long enough without comeuppance that the fans lost their shit when she got hers.
Everything that transpired in this ring was pure gold. Now this is pro-wrestling. No scripted promos, Jake's growing frustration with the referee pulling him back, Slater and Dark Journey's actions being turned against them, and then the DDT plant (DJ sold it great :)). Great stuff
Dark Journey must have done one helluva job as a heel to get THAT kind of pop from the fans getting the DDT. More props should be given to her in my opinion.
It was more about Jake Roberts. I remember an interview where Paul Boesch asked Jake if there was any truth that he DDT a Nun. Jake replied "the quickest way to your knees is straight down, I did her a favor" And he was a face at the time. Jake Roberts could do no wrong in Houston, the fans loved him.
I actually like how wrestling does it -- you involve yourself with the men and get violent, you lose the protection, especially if you aren't in the match.
Hey Rich, great video. Brings back a lot of memories. If that's your real picture, did anybody ever tell you that you kinda resemble Bob Backlund. Especially in his hayday.
@@marmcd2003 hell he also beat up sting ,ultimate warrior ,bob roop, joe leduc ,foad warrior hawk, bob sweetan yes i would say he was a badass, even dick murdock ,butch reed , brusier brody ,scot steiner ,billy jack haynes did want to fuck with him
I remember when I saw this when I was 11 years old!!!! I went to school that following Monday and EVERYONE was asking, "did you see Jake the Snake DDT Dark Journey?!?!?!" That was the DDT that shook the world!!!!!!!!
this is when territories wete a thing, at the time this was going on, i had no idea who any of these people were, nor did i even ever here of this territory or brand
There was no internet then and only a couple of channels that did nation wide broadcasting. This was all regional stuff. The WWF changed that in the later half of the eighties but even then you'd be lucky to see maybe one of their shows every couple of weeks.
Thats the trick to old wrestling tho. It stretched the imagination without totally insulting it. To me,wrestling is its best when something illogical is very minuscule but the talent is so convincing that it gets over with you thinking too deeply.
Shit I was just suspending my disbelief and enjoying it I didn’t realise I was to look deep into it and bore the hell out of myself and every one else by telling ppl how it couldnt happen.Bet your a hoot at the movies
It’s hilarious when seen out of context. But if you were there and watching every week, and went in believing you weren’t watching a scripted show, then the reaction would make perfect sense.
Goddamn. As a face, Jake is in his own class when it comes to getting over. There isn't a more popular/better finisher that got that kind of reaction. Getting a whole arena to chant "DDT" is pretty amazing since I don't think there's ever been any other finisher that got a crowd going like that.
Dear God, they're not even close. The RKO makes the crowd pop because of the "outta nowhere" way it's done. The DDT was so over that it pretty much turned Jake from a heel to a face...and why Hulk Hogan refused to feud with Jake in 1986 and made sure the match they had didn't make it to TV. 1986...Hogan at his peak, world champ, the most popular wrestler in history, the biggest babyface there is and people were chanting "DDT!" during their match. THAT means something.
KHTV 39 Houston!! I forgot all about that channel! We don't have channel 39 anymore, but back in the day, on Saturday nights at 10:30 pm my TV was tuned in to that channel for "Houston Wrestling" with Mr. Paul Bosch!
You had to know it was coming. She did a heck of a job letting Jake know exactly where she was so when he was ready he could spring up and grab her with his eyes closed (due to the camera) . And she sold that DDT like a pro. Dark Journey was one of the hardest working "valet" performers at the time. And I have to agree, she should get consideration for the Hall of Fame. Fantastic seller and helped cover for "Dirty" Dick Slater's occasional tongue farts on the mic.
I believed that was back in 1986 after Dark Journey there were no other black female wrestlers of valets that were mainstream until 1995 when Jacqueline appeared in WCW and now she was inducted into the WWE hall of fame but unfortunately Dark Journey was only in wrestling for about 3 years but she was way before her time
DICK LONG i always thought Sherri was black. Especially from her hair in the 80’s. I’m inclined to think she’s black. But Johnny B. Badd Marc Mero is Jewish and white. He just tanned. So ya never know.
@@bejaminunanaowo1268 Sherri was probably one of those predominantly white women with some Black blood going back in her past...being from Alabama and all.
I remember this great moment as a kid!!! The whole family cheered loud as hell!!! She had to wear a neck brace for weeks. Best thing about wrestling is Dark Journey went from being the most hated woman in the mid-south to a couple of years later being one of the most beloved!!
i could'nt return the message on G+ you must have your settings set that way ,its very possible that im related 1 or 2 of my aunts lived in texas we might be a generation back,what' s your moms 1st name ?Ive been looking for my cousin Elizabeth ... my grandfather's name was O.D.Bounds Sr. my dad was O.D Bounds Jr ,Please let me know if your mom or her relatives know those names, i love the old wrestling wwe sucks thats why i'm here .Buzz "'Mad Dog''Sawyer is and was my favorite wrestler ... not matter what they say about him.Please let me know if those names are known by your Mom ...i put you in my wrestling circle if you put me in your circle i should be able share i have a lot of wrestling pics of Buzz,Brody etc thanx Oh My Grandfather & my uncle opened the 1st Italian resteraunt in alaska ....
its very possible. i couldnt return the message on G+ you must have your settings set that way,i accidently replyed to the guy above your reply where the match is it has more info. this so if read that 1 under the match,whats your mothers 1st name? i'm looking for my cousin Elizabeth ... my Grand Fathers name was O.D. Bounds Sr.,my dads name was O.D.Bounds Jr.some of my Aunts & Uncles are Bruce ,Thedos,Barbara,Edward,Harriet,Rudell,to name most of them .Please ask your mom or her relatives if they Know those names and please let me know OK Thanx ...
Try sending that message again. It said I should update it or something. My mother's name is Barbara, but I don't think she is your aunt. If we are related, it probably goes back farther than 2 or 3 generations. I was actually born in Baton Rouge, but we are more of a Texas family. Are you a fan of Slayer? Tom Araya and his wife Sandra live in Buffalo, Texas in Leon county. Sandra's maiden name is Bounds. I think her family is from Houston.
Mid south wrestling and Houston wrestling partners up. Was great. In mid 80s Jake the snake was way over the top.he brought the fans to their feet. Good memories.
@@twirltalklive No there wouldn't - one of the reasons I quit watching wrestling in 2000 was because of the endorsement of men hitting women. I remember this angle - the pepper spray in Jake's eyes was to explain why he DDT'd Dark Journey - in the 80s hitting a woman was not acceptable but, because of the pepper spray, "he didn't realize that was Dark Journey" - in fact, I think Jake was "suspended" or something.
+rick t The problem is most people don't sell it well. Raven hit a few near perfect DDT's, but it seems that most wrestlers are gun-shy about taking the DDT.
Saw magnum t.a, holding that belt on the cover of inside wrestling magazine (apter mag) as kid back in 83-84. It was the largest belt I'd seen next to the awa belt,until the big gold nwa belt arrived in Feb 86.
david myers Because Kayfabe was still alive and well - crowds were full of people who believed it was real, and hordes of people who wanted to believe it was real. Now the game's up, you can't react the same way about something that you know is 100% stage-managed and produced.
+Jane Grey I don't know about that. We still have similar reactions to movies, plays, and TV shows we like. It's not so much that kayfabe is pointless. It's the fact that even though the fans no it's fake that quality of the product is so low they don't WANT to suspend reality and immerse themselves in the moment like we do any other form of entertainment. One major reason is the wrestlers and handed a script to talk, matches are too heavily choreographed, and our intelligence is insulted with this PG crap.
Whatta pro! Jake had to pick her up, haul her over to him, put her in position, and then kill her with the DDT. I'm guessing Journey maced Jake was to make it look like an accident, but that was no accident. lol
I believe I was still in elementary school when this aired. That following Monday, Jake using the DDT on Dark Journey was the talk of the school yard. The majority of the boys in my class had seen it and was like did you see when Jake the Snake put the DDT on that woman? I'm Jake the Snake! NO, I'm Jake the Snake!
I was there when it happened and yeah that place blew up. Tulsa fairgrounds pavilion so long ago. Mid South was so much better than anything else back then good times.
Watch, and enjoy, I was 11 at this time, when I started watching pro wrestling, at the flip of the big Zenith TV dial, I could watch AWA, NWA, Mid South, WCCW, and WWF, now sad thing all the territories are gone.
35 years later and Dark Journey getting DDT'd still gets my blood pumping. I,too, was cheering when she got what was coming to her.
THIS IS PRO WRESTLING.., THIS IS HOW PRO WRESTLING SHOULD BE.. LET THE WRESTLERS ..DO THEIR THING.. FORGET THE WRITERS....
It isn't just the writers, but the liberal left that would complain like banshees about "promoting" violence against women.
Michael Henry leave your fucked up politics out of wrestling.
@@BazookaToe I'm black and ya know what I wholeheartedly agree with him. Fake azz liberals are the biggest problem of our society. You must possess a diamond lens to see exactly what he is talking about
@@immaculateprince SPOT ON!!!!
Incredible pop.....this generation of wrestlers really knew how to sell it.
Also people still thought shit was real. At this point everyone has seen everything.
@@jedsteelwell2354 Hollywood and Magic Shows aren't having any trouble suspending people's disbelief and everything's been done and seen there, as well. That's just a lame excuse that enables the half-assed attitudes of today's sports entertainment "talent" that can do all the flips and winking-at-the-audience they like, but can't cut a promo to save their lives, can't sell to any believable degree to save their lives, can't have tag matches without completely removing the ref from the equation and tossing all the rules out because they aren't clever enough to figure out how to do all those flips and fancy double-team moves within the confines of same and god knows those things need to be one EVERY. SINGLE. MATCH. And do you know why? Because if they're not, they got nothing else to offer an audience.
@@StarryStarryNocturne it's not a excuse! The guys today could use this exact formula and it wouldn't work.
@@StarryStarryNocturne That was well put.
Tulsa, Oklahoma Expo Center. Was there in the audience and the tv tapings were fun events to attend.
What a DDT. Total credit to Jake and dark journey for pulling it off damn near flawlessly
she was a beautiful woman back in the day. slater slaped the taste out of sting for hitting on her. real fight
@bill tribble uhhhhhh ok. 👍🏽
Not sure what any of that has to do with my original post but.....cool story. 🤨
@@mrsain19 . sorry dear. i had smoke in my eyes when i posted. lol
God damn, Dark Journey just took the greatest bump I've ever seen anyone take from the DDT! And what a pop from the crowd!
That was because they fed and fed to the crowd in little bites to build shit to where it really counted and got the pop (and drove ticket sales). No idea if this particularly feud had been building for long but I’m sure Dark Journey had been doing shit like this long enough without comeuppance that the fans lost their shit when she got hers.
Everything that transpired in this ring was pure gold. Now this is pro-wrestling. No scripted promos, Jake's growing frustration with the referee pulling him back, Slater and Dark Journey's actions being turned against them, and then the DDT plant (DJ sold it great :)). Great stuff
Jake does it "blind" too so he has an excuse when someone says "why would you attack a woman?" THAT is how you build an angle.
Yeah she took it perfectly. Funny how valets and Bruce Prichard can take it no problem, but steamboat spiked his head on the concrete.
@@Lowclef Yeah, DJ and Dick Slater have pretty much the exact same body-type and that will teach them to not wear the same outfit again.
I saw this on tv when it happened this was amazing to see again.
That 5 minutes and 20 seconds was better than anything in wrestling in the past 10 years.
AGREE AGREE AGREE
Dark Journey sold that DDT like a badass. Way better than alot of wrestlers.
I remember this so well.. Dark Journey got DDT by Jake the Snake. Next day, at school.. Everyone was talking about it all day!! What memories!!
"The best pop I ever got."
- Jake Roberts
DDP Snakepit podcast
yep came here to check the pop he spoke about :D
Dark Journey must have done one helluva job as a heel to get THAT kind of pop from the fans getting the DDT. More props should be given to her in my opinion.
It was more about Jake Roberts. I remember an interview where Paul Boesch asked Jake if there was any truth that he DDT a Nun. Jake replied "the quickest way to your knees is straight down, I did her a favor" And he was a face at the time. Jake Roberts could do no wrong in Houston, the fans loved him.
Richard Gustason the DDT he invented is by far the best move in pro wrestling
She was hot!!!! Jake DDT’d the 💩 out of her too!!!! Ouch!!!!
I actually like how wrestling does it -- you involve yourself with the men and get violent, you lose the protection, especially if you aren't in the match.
Hey Rich, great video. Brings back a lot of memories. If that's your real picture, did anybody ever tell you that you kinda resemble Bob Backlund. Especially in his hayday.
DJ really sold that DDT. the fluent motion of it was near flawless.
Jake"The Snake" Roberts one of the best of the best!!!
Man, Vince McMahon missed the boat on Dick Slater...trying to make him a babyface as "The Rebel". He was a terrific heel.
Dick Slater was a legit badass too. He beat up John Matuszak (football player, played sloth in The Goonies in a legit bar brawl.
Vince is still out there killing wrestling
Vince is killing sports entrtainment ,he says he does not d.o wrasslin
@@marmcd2003 hell he also beat up sting ,ultimate warrior ,bob roop, joe leduc ,foad warrior hawk, bob sweetan yes i would say he was a badass, even dick murdock ,butch reed , brusier brody ,scot steiner ,billy jack haynes did want to fuck with him
That's Vince burying everyone he didn't create.
You have to love the tag line used by all of them. "Let me tell you something"......
Standard issue opening line in RASSLIN'
Dark Journey was beautiful.
Yes!
Still is!
Not worth getting your head flushed in a toilet for though
@@burleykev lol poor Sting
@@shaunclifton5281
It wasn't Sting's fault that Dick was a piece of crap
Greatest line ever:
“What does DDT stand for?”
Jake Roberts: “hmph.....The end”
DDT means Drop Dead Twice
GREAT REPLY!!!!
She is the true first lady of wrestling. Dark Journey,Baby Doll,Sunshine all should be in the WWE Hall of Fame now.
Mattmannish WWE is Hollywood wrestling
You're right but it's sad though.
Miss Elizabeth will forever be the First Lady of Wrestling
Woman Chris benoits wife from doom isn't she in the hof
They need a valet hall of fame!
No hold was ever hotter than the DDT in it's early days. Jake was even announced as "The DDT Man" at least once.
That DDT was a bad move back in the day
Jake made the DDT look absolutely devastating
I remember when I saw this when I was 11 years old!!!! I went to school that following Monday and EVERYONE was asking, "did you see Jake the Snake DDT Dark Journey?!?!?!" That was the DDT that shook the world!!!!!!!!
Sadly, Jake was gone and up north within what... six weeks?
So everyone in Mid-South knew what the DDT was but when Jake got to the WWF nobody knew what it was😔😔😔😔
Rick Rude was using the DDT at the same time in WCCW.
this is when territories wete a thing, at the time this was going on, i had no idea who any of these people were, nor did i even ever here of this territory or brand
There was no internet then and only a couple of channels that did nation wide broadcasting. This was all regional stuff. The WWF changed that in the later half of the eighties but even then you'd be lucky to see maybe one of their shows every couple of weeks.
Now if it's used they kick out everytime. What a joke.
That's because they don't know Nothing in the WWF
Classic! Dark Journey took that DDT like a champ! Thanks for posting.
Dark Journey's legs after the DDT was fucking GOLD.
LISTEN TO THE POP FORM THE PEOPLE!OLD SCHOOL RULES ALL THE TIME!xxx
+Abraham Mitchell insane...kayfabe days were definitely the best.
Abraham Mitchell And not like this phony pumped-in crowd noise from New York.
It's November 2023, and this
5 minute 20 second clip beat
"ANYTHING" out there today!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
one of the biggest loudest pop in wrestling history
Only other 1 I can think of is Lawler dropping Rick Rudes valet Angel in Memphis. That place exploded!!! Man I miss rasslin
Lol. I mean Jake was blinded so there’s no way he could tell the difference when grabbing Dark Journey as opposed to Dick Slater.
Yeah not like he could tell the difference between a 250pd man and a 120pd woman But hey wrestling is more fun when you don't worry about details
@@DMS-pq8 Knowing Jake, he probably didn't give a damn one way or the other.
Thats the trick to old wrestling tho. It stretched the imagination without totally insulting it. To me,wrestling is its best when something illogical is very minuscule but the talent is so convincing that it gets over with you thinking too deeply.
He knew it was her being blinded gave him a good excuse
Shit I was just suspending my disbelief and enjoying it I didn’t realise I was to look deep into it and bore the hell out of myself and every one else by telling ppl how it couldnt happen.Bet your a hoot at the movies
Yea.....she started out as a heel but people loved her sooo much, she and missy became the main event for a long time.....very underated
Majik Man 73 yesss....I didn't realize she was black until I read Wiki
Majik Man 73 Jake the snake smoking dope.
+algblessed 1 she's mixed that's why
@@denisemitchell8477 Like that matters. Almost all African-Americans are 'mixed' to some degree. That's what makes that shit so laughable.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424
We basically are. My great grandmother was a muskogee creek and she lived until I was 20. I'm now 40 years old.
It's hard for me to tell if that DDT was "fake". Jake was amazing. DJ did a good job as well.
Yes that DDT was bad
Oh she was clearly fine...the subtle leg kicks after the fact show she was still clearly conscious and had her faculties. Just a great great sell job.
Man I miss my childhood. Dark journey.....
I remember this so well. I jumped smooth off the couch when this happened.
Missy Hyatt said the dark journey couldn't work, but she sold that DDT pretty good
The crowd pop for Dark Journey getting DDT'D is hilarious.
It’s hilarious when seen out of context. But if you were there and watching every week, and went in believing you weren’t watching a scripted show, then the reaction would make perfect sense.
There wasn't a feminist in the building at that moment
Goddamn. As a face, Jake is in his own class when it comes to getting over. There isn't a more popular/better finisher that got that kind of reaction. Getting a whole arena to chant "DDT" is pretty amazing since I don't think there's ever been any other finisher that got a crowd going like that.
RKO
Dear God, they're not even close. The RKO makes the crowd pop because of the "outta nowhere" way it's done. The DDT was so over that it pretty much turned Jake from a heel to a face...and why Hulk Hogan refused to feud with Jake in 1986 and made sure the match they had didn't make it to TV. 1986...Hogan at his peak, world champ, the most popular wrestler in history, the biggest babyface there is and people were chanting "DDT!" during their match. THAT means something.
+Blind Terry Tucci Amen to that! Jake's pop was more organic.
Blind Terry Tucci the closet thing to the DDT is the Stone Cold Stunner
Blind Terry Tucci yes sir
DDP’s Snake Pit brought me here. Great segment!
One of the best DDT's I've ever seen by the best to ever do it.
KHTV 39 Houston!! I forgot all about that channel! We don't have channel 39 anymore, but back in the day, on Saturday nights at 10:30 pm my TV was tuned in to that channel for "Houston Wrestling" with Mr. Paul Bosch!
Those were the days!
Loved the I.W. Marks jewelry promos during wrestling. That and Mattress Mac.
So was my TV. This brings back all types of memories.
One of the best promo guys ever in the business.
You had to know it was coming. She did a heck of a job letting Jake know exactly where she was so when he was ready he could spring up and grab her with his eyes closed (due to the camera) . And she sold that DDT like a pro. Dark Journey was one of the hardest working "valet" performers at the time. And I have to agree, she should get consideration for the Hall of Fame. Fantastic seller and helped cover for "Dirty" Dick Slater's occasional tongue farts on the mic.
Everything about this was gold.
man DJ was fine! can't blame Dirty Dick crazy how controversial their relationship was back in the day!
4:38 - And that's when Dark Journey became Light Journey . . . Lights out baby!
I believed that was back in 1986 after Dark Journey there were no other black female wrestlers of valets that were mainstream until 1995 when Jacqueline appeared in WCW and now she was inducted into the WWE hall of fame but unfortunately Dark Journey was only in wrestling for about 3 years but she was way before her time
+DICK LONG thank you
She loved "snow" a lot
Lady Sapphire?
DICK LONG i always thought Sherri was black. Especially from her hair in the 80’s. I’m inclined to think she’s black. But Johnny B. Badd Marc Mero is Jewish and white. He just tanned. So ya never know.
@@bejaminunanaowo1268 Sherri was probably one of those predominantly white women with some Black blood going back in her past...being from Alabama and all.
I remember this great moment as a kid!!! The whole family cheered loud as hell!!! She had to wear a neck brace for weeks. Best thing about wrestling is Dark Journey went from being the most hated woman in the mid-south to a couple of years later being one of the most beloved!!
mid south was pretty awesome
it shure was ...
kenny bounds Hey, Kenny. Are you related to anybody named Bounds in central Texas? My mother was a Bounds.
i could'nt return the message on G+ you must have your settings set that way ,its very possible that im related 1 or 2 of my aunts lived in texas we might be a generation back,what' s your moms 1st name ?Ive been looking for my cousin Elizabeth ... my grandfather's name was O.D.Bounds Sr. my dad was O.D Bounds Jr ,Please let me know if your mom or her relatives know those names, i love the old wrestling wwe sucks thats why i'm here .Buzz "'Mad Dog''Sawyer is and was my favorite wrestler ... not matter what they say about him.Please let me know if those names are known by your Mom ...i put you in my wrestling circle if you put me in your circle i should be able share i have a lot of wrestling pics of Buzz,Brody etc thanx Oh My Grandfather & my uncle opened the 1st Italian resteraunt in alaska ....
its very possible. i couldnt return the message on G+ you must have your settings set that way,i accidently replyed to the guy above your reply where the match is it has more info. this so if read that 1 under the match,whats your mothers 1st name? i'm looking for my cousin Elizabeth ... my Grand Fathers name was O.D. Bounds Sr.,my dads name was O.D.Bounds Jr.some of my Aunts & Uncles are Bruce ,Thedos,Barbara,Edward,Harriet,Rudell,to name most of them .Please ask your mom or her relatives if they Know those names and please let me know OK Thanx ...
Try sending that message again. It said I should update it or something.
My mother's name is Barbara, but I don't think she is your aunt. If we are related, it probably goes back farther than 2 or 3 generations. I was actually born in Baton Rouge, but we are more of a Texas family. Are you a fan of Slayer? Tom Araya and his wife Sandra live in Buffalo, Texas in Leon county. Sandra's maiden name is Bounds. I think her family is from Houston.
this is the best ever kind of wrestling,this is how it should be again.
I thought this great wrestling would never end but unfortunately it did so sad.
One of the greatest moments is Profesional Wrestling History!!!
Right up there with Hogan presenting the belt to the Ultimate Warrior and Shawn Michaels beating Bret Hart in Overtime.
Mid south wrestling and Houston wrestling partners up. Was great. In mid 80s Jake the snake was way over the top.he brought the fans to their feet. Good memories.
Everyone in this match sold their asses off. What a legendary moment.
She took that better than Ricky Steamboat would a few months later.
Look at all the women going crazy behind the ring! My how times have changed.....
firebirdude2 oh yeah women love pro wrestling, he'll I've been a fan for 40 years lol
I have today's world we live in today there would be a boycott.
@@twirltalklive No there wouldn't - one of the reasons I quit watching wrestling in 2000 was because of the endorsement of men hitting women. I remember this angle - the pepper spray in Jake's eyes was to explain why he DDT'd Dark Journey - in the 80s hitting a woman was not acceptable but, because of the pepper spray, "he didn't realize that was Dark Journey" - in fact, I think Jake was "suspended" or something.
My maternal grandmother was a HUGE wrestling fan and the sole reason I became a wrestling fan.
@@angier4748
You sound like my grandma lol. Not to diss you because she is the one who introduced me to pro wrestling.
This generation of tv was the best....period
That Dark Journey was fine. The crowd went nuts when she got DDT.
Holy Alex Gracia Batman. Jake Roberts used his DDT on Dark Journey, Awesome.
:32-Everywhere I go...and every time I come.....I have Journey with me. Thanks for the info, Dick
And "she services me in every way possible " lol. I laughed like hell when he said that. 😂
Correction, "she Services me any way that she sees fit" lol
When Jake the Snake Roberts put that DDT on you it's lights out
In the midsouth run, Jake sold sleeveless t-shirts at the gimmick table that said "DDT. Cruel but fair." I wish I had one.
Look at (and hear) the pop from that crowd.....those days never to return
The DDT isn't a finisher anymore because no one , not one time , delivered it like the Snake.
+rick t
The problem is most people don't sell it well. Raven hit a few near perfect DDT's, but it seems that most wrestlers are gun-shy about taking the DDT.
Mick Foley has a sick double arm DDT he used for years.
Jake's was always the best.
Jake was super, Super Smooth with it, and the Best. Beautiful knee lift too.
No respect for finishers any more. That is one of the reasons that wrestling sucks now.
Mr. Unpredictable Dick Slater with that awesome belt!!!
Saw magnum t.a, holding that belt on the cover of inside wrestling magazine (apter mag) as kid back in 83-84. It was the largest belt I'd seen next to the awa belt,until the big gold nwa belt arrived in Feb 86.
+The Prophet of Rage The AWA belt was more regal and detailed. It'll be a hard choice between the two.
this so great, Slater is awesome, dark journey is amazing
why dont we see crowd reactions like that anymore
david myers Because the on-screen product is hopelessly inferior.
david myers Because Kayfabe was still alive and well - crowds were full of people who believed it was real, and hordes of people who wanted to believe it was real. Now the game's up, you can't react the same way about something that you know is 100% stage-managed and produced.
david myers Look at the current product that IS wrestling, & you have to ask? lol
+Jane Grey I don't know about that. We still have similar reactions to movies, plays, and TV shows we like. It's not so much that kayfabe is pointless. It's the fact that even though the fans no it's fake that quality of the product is so low they don't WANT to suspend reality and immerse themselves in the moment like we do any other form of entertainment.
One major reason is the wrestlers and handed a script to talk, matches are too heavily choreographed, and our intelligence is insulted with this PG crap.
Couldn't agree more.
Journey took that like a true pro!! I know her days back when she feuded with Missy Hyatt!!
This Was My Childhood This Is Why I Love Wrestling #WrestlingFan4EVER!!!
RIP to the great Richard Van Slater.
He planted her into the shadow realm
she tried to usurp him by opening her own portal before he could grab her, but in the end,, the realm took another soul
The oversized North American title. LOVE THAT BELT!
Even Ric Flair was jealous of that belt He thought it looked better than his worlds heavyweight title belt
By far, one of Jake's most devastating DDTs ever!
That was just 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Back in those days...AWE MEMORIES!!...
He killed her. I thought I saw it all in my 30 years plus watching wrestling. That was just mind blowing. Wow.
This was when wrestling was so worth watching... I miss those days!!
My all-time FAVORITE angle of all-time!
Dark Journey got struck down at the hands of Jake the Snake Roberts and that DDT
Just listened to Jake Roberts talk about how good of a pop this was and this is the reason he went to the WWF
That’s such an odd looking championship belt. I can’t tell if I hate it or love it.
Whatta pro! Jake had to pick her up, haul her over to him, put her in position, and then kill her with the DDT. I'm guessing Journey maced Jake was to make it look like an accident, but that was no accident. lol
I believe I was still in elementary school when this aired. That following Monday, Jake using the DDT on Dark Journey was the talk of the school yard. The majority of the boys in my class had seen it and was like did you see when Jake the Snake put the DDT on that woman? I'm Jake the Snake! NO, I'm Jake the Snake!
Damn he straight destroyed her with that DDT
I was there when it happened and yeah that place blew up. Tulsa fairgrounds pavilion so long ago. Mid South was so much better than anything else back then good times.
This is the best! I miss this stuff, wrestling today sucks
*This is how you tell a story...this is how you POP a crowd.*
God,.I remember watching this with my Sister!!
The baddest DDT Ever!!!!
Dark Journey looked so damn fine. Jake looking good as usual.
I love this real wrestling. Prestigious moment.
Watch, and enjoy, I was 11 at this time, when I started watching pro wrestling, at the flip of the big Zenith TV dial, I could watch AWA, NWA, Mid South, WCCW, and WWF, now sad thing all the territories are gone.
Dark Journey sold that like a champ!
man I remember that likes it was yesterday....Jake is definitely in my top 10
sweet I miss old wrestling
better than modern day.
And no wrestler (or fan) under the age of thirty means anything to anyone.
A great feud it was. Great promo s also 5 ⭐️
Now that's some damn serious heat!!
Dark Journey sold that DDT
Good ole days... I remember that.. we went crazy when she got DDT 🤪
Slater was a true competitor, I followed his career since his early days in Georgia Championship Wrestling.
❤ this. Dark. Journey. Rocked
When Jake performed the DDT, it looked like he killed somebody.
Dick Slater was a legit badass. Those were the glory days of wrestling. Today’s wrestling doesn’t even move the needle.