I'd watch these promos as a naive high schooler in 1980 and wonder, why didn't the first wrestler stay out to hear what his opponent was saying in his promo... my thought was like, hey, Ken, you just missed Bob Backlund... he just left before you came to the microphone and started addressing him... little did I realize the promos were actually for us potential customers to get us to buy a ticket... 😆
@@kazar_redbull1 Skaaland wasn't exactly awe inspiring on the mic, either. Backlund was just a boring, vanilla, bland babyface. Business dropped off considerably after Backlund won the title.
@@bobberg7540😏 Take a remedial math class. No, take two. Superstar Billy Graham sold out MSG during each of his seven appearances as WWF champion. Backlund failed to sell out MSG during his first year as champion. Vince McMahon Sr kept the belt on Backlund because he was a dinosaur, who refused to admit he made a mistake. Vince McMahon Jr was vehemently opposed to his father's decision to take the belt off of Superstar. He said if he had gained control of the WWF from his father a few years earlier, he would have turned Superstar babyface and pushed him like he did Hogan. After McMahon took over the WWF he signed Hogan away from the AWA, made Hogan the WWF champion and ramped up an unprecedented national expansion. Learn the facts before you run your mouth.
Wwf would have their house show promos set up w heels AND faces 1 right after the other n when i was younger i used 2 wonder y they didnt fight when they were just a few feet from each other
Blassie and hulk were great together.
lol Hogan hammer.
Patera was awesome.
I love The Grand Wizzard Of Wrestling's Promo. He is legendary.
Old school Hogan was awesome! Backlund promos are horrible. Grand Wizard is a legend
A Bob Backund promo is a sure cure for insomnia...
Always fast forward video when Backlund comes on
Another match on this card was Dom DeNucci and Baron Scicluna in a Maltese Death Match.
From the Isle of Malts. The Barron was the best. I heard he was a great guy out the ring. Ty
Sorry Malta
I'd watch these promos as a naive high schooler in 1980 and wonder, why didn't the first wrestler stay out to hear what his opponent was saying in his promo... my thought was like, hey, Ken, you just missed Bob Backlund... he just left before you came to the microphone and started addressing him... little did I realize the promos were actually for us potential customers to get us to buy a ticket... 😆
Interesting to see McMahon do his take on Howard Cossel
Backlund the greatest
Three years and five months later Hulkamania would be running wild in the WWF.
Patera should have won the title and had a year long run
Hogan vs Andre
Hogan stealing Superstar Billy Graham's 24 inch pythons line... RIP Superstar. Often imitated but can't be duplicated.
I thought Arnold Skaaland would’ve been the mouthpiece for Backlund because Bob was horrible with promos
@@kazar_redbull1 Skaaland wasn't exactly awe inspiring on the mic, either. Backlund was just a boring, vanilla, bland babyface. Business dropped off considerably after Backlund won the title.
@@davidsamuels9557No, it didn't. Otherwise, they wouldn't have kept the belt on him for 6 years.
@@bobberg7540😏 Take a remedial math class. No, take two. Superstar Billy Graham sold out MSG during each of his seven appearances as WWF champion. Backlund failed to sell out MSG during his first year as champion. Vince McMahon Sr kept the belt on Backlund because he was a dinosaur, who refused to admit he made a mistake.
Vince McMahon Jr was vehemently opposed to his father's decision to take the belt off of Superstar. He said if he had gained control of the WWF from his father a few years earlier, he would have turned Superstar babyface and pushed him like he did Hogan. After McMahon took over the WWF he signed Hogan away from the AWA, made Hogan the WWF champion and ramped up an unprecedented national expansion. Learn the facts before you run your mouth.
What drug was McMahon Sr. on to make Backlund such a long term champion, or Any type of a champion in the first place ???? 🤔
Wwf would have their house show promos set up w heels AND faces 1 right after the other n when i was younger i used 2 wonder y they didnt fight when they were just a few feet from each other
When the Samoans were numbered
damn Hulk looks off of Vitamin S here
Who does Ken's hair?
Hogan was doing a Goldberg decades earlier.
Backlund, what a dolt.