Patterson was way past his prime here. The Poffo’s ICW promotion would book anyone that had a been a name at this point regardless of there age and declining ability.
I have Thunderbolt Patterson’s autograph. He was on one of the first wrestling cards my parents took me to as a young boy. Savage could make every contender look good in the ring.
@@rickyjohnson4184 ICW wrestling. International Championship Wrestling. It was an outlaw promotion run by Angelo Poffo. A lot of wrestlers from Ron Fullers Southeastern Championship wrestling joined ICW over a money dispute with Ron Fuller
It's terrible as much as I love championship wrestling watching it as a kid and grew up on it. I still had a racist element. I did not know the struggle of the black wrestlers till I became old enough to feel the struggle.
I came way after this and even I knew wrestling was racist as a kid how they did booker t at mania 19 and the hole story line was degrading to us .. I can only imagine the struggles of this dude rocky j . Tony a. Big Lad jyd .. they should if got more opportunities they were all over with the crowd
This is great. Never knew these two wrestled.
Patterson was way past his prime here. The Poffo’s ICW promotion would book anyone that had a been a name at this point regardless of there age and declining ability.
The crowd loved every bit of it
And now Thunderbolt is in the WWE Hall of Fame (2024) 🍻
I have Thunderbolt Patterson’s autograph. He was on one of the first wrestling cards my parents took me to as a young boy. Savage could make every contender look good in the ring.
Thunderbolt Patterson is cool
Wow first time seeing a young Randy Savage not yet a "Macho Man"
He was calling himself Macho then & his dad wore a mask & called himself the Miser. His brother was Leaping Lanny but nobody knew it back then
@@isaacbraxton1731they found out that lanny and macho man were brothers when macho was in a feud with Ronny garvin
@@steveburtonomahain which territory. I found out in reading a book
@@rickyjohnson4184 ICW wrestling. International Championship Wrestling. It was an outlaw promotion run by Angelo Poffo. A lot of wrestlers from Ron Fullers Southeastern Championship wrestling joined ICW over a money dispute with Ron Fuller
Randy had the Macho Man nickname before he became a wrestler when he played Baseball. There's an early interview where he mentions this.
I never knew TBolt wrestled against Macho Man or ever appeared in ICW.
I thought ICW was in the Maine area
It's terrible as much as I love championship wrestling watching it as a kid and grew up on it. I still had a racist element. I did not know the struggle of the black wrestlers till I became old enough to feel the struggle.
I came way after this and even I knew wrestling was racist as a kid how they did booker t at mania 19 and the hole story line was degrading to us .. I can only imagine the struggles of this dude rocky j . Tony a. Big Lad jyd .. they should if got more opportunities they were all over with the crowd
Don't forget the Black Main Eventers of the 50s Like Sweet Daddy Siki, Bearcat, Bobo Brazil, Luther Lindsay, and so many more....
He sold that headbutt
Thunderbolt was never The Guy as long as Randy was in ICW! I'm not a big fan of the Thunderbolt.. not so good on the shtick.. mid card material