This guy's gimmick was so good that I watched him since I was a kid in the late 80s and thought he'd just sound like a bafoon in these interviews, man, he's been one of the most clear and well spoken wrestlers I've seen yet - excellent job!
I agree , the toughest wrestlers are usually the best story tellers. I still watch their matches against the steiner. Brothers. Just like all pro sports , the good old days will never return
Agreed. I think we’re all shocked at how much of an adult he seems to be. When I saw pictures from the wrestling Hall of Fame, I was like who’s the handsome guy next to melon-head knobbs.
I thought that Nasty boys were just goof balls wrestling with colorful character. I did not know the back story of how they got to where they were. Now I have more respect for them.
I managed a restaurant a few blocks down the street from AWA business headquarters. It is funny that every man from that era and area will state that Brad Rheingans was easily the king of the hill. You would never know it by looking at him, Brad was a small, unassuming polite, and soft spoken man. I love the story how Vader says that brad shoved his face in the toilet when Vader challenged him. Nord the Barbarian will also tell you how Brad could easily handle any of the big Robinsdale boys
Sags actually looks BETTER now than he did during his career prime. I believe he has an ideal voice for ghost story audibooks. Imagine Poe, M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood read by Sags...
Great interview with Sags. He is very well spoken. I also loved the Nasty Boys vs Steiners match from Halloween Havoc 1990. I recommend watching that match to everyone.
More sags. Surprising that up till this point there werent that many interviews with him. He has a great memory and has a lot of new stories to share that haven’t been discussed before
2:09 I read in Ric Flair’s book that he tried to quit and Verne showed up to his house and asked why he was quitting? When Ric told him he couldn’t do it anymore Verne told him to suck it up and he expected to see Ric at practice later on that day. He wouldn’t let you quit on him.
Gagne was a tough guy who ran a tough camp. Everyone who went through his camp said that. Supposedly that was to separate the weak and the tough. Makes us wonder how many of today's wrestlers would survive Gagne's training regiment.
@@kevthegoat8774 Gagne must have seen talent in Flair. Usually trainees are a dime a dozen. Same deal at Matsuda's wrestling school. A friend had trained to be a manager and Matsuda tortured the poor guy. Most trainees bailed out after a week.
@@kevthegoat8774 Not so much asked him back, but dragged his ass back. Told Flair that he quit everything in his life and Gagne was not going to allow him to quit on him
I'll second, third...UMPTEENTH?..these praises about how ENJOYABLE listening to Jerry is. How has he not done any major shoots prior to this? I was expecting a Knobs, but got a Lanny Poffo! Well spoken, great stories...thank you both!
The hushed, factual way he told all this seemed like a guy recalling POW camp. Trauma as well as pride, but not bragging. Another wrestler nothing at all like we thought.
This may be my favorite segment from this channel. Definitely was not what I was expecting. Love hearing about his immense respect for guys like Verne, Brad Riggins etc..
If i was some important person who needed bodyguards the first 2 guy's that i would want to hire is Saito and Brad Rheingans when they were young. I remember Jesse Ventura talking about tough guy's like Haku and Rude and Dick Slater and he said what no one knows is there was this guy named Masa Saito and he just might of been the scariest of them all.
If I had to pick professional wrestlers as my bodyguards I would have Haku, Craig Pittman and Tracy Smothers. Haku's reputation speaks for itself, Craig Pittman has a military background and MMA experience being a very good amateur wrestler and Tracy Smothers would be just awesome to have around and had a background in bodyguarding and other types of security. I know guys like The Iron Sheik and Bad News Allen were bodyguards for famous people too.
There’s an amazing story of the sheik and Bruno samartino having to stand toe to toe and take out some professional football players from back in the day.
Ironically, I had a similar approach as a trainer at McDonald's in my teens... Many of my new hires left on their first break. If they made it past the first break, they typically turned out to be really dependable workers.
I just don't know what this has to do with what is for all practical purposes learning how to do a theatrical performance...idk it sounds more like a college hazing ritual
Pro wrestling was still a secret society so to speak. You couldn't just bring in some guy off the street and put him in the ring. I'm guessing that's how some of them looked at it back then.
@@jumbothompson sadly that almost looks like what they do these days.... some wrestlers in the mid level companies don't even look like they have more than a couple weeks of training
@@Donathon-qx8kq Plus it was and is a tough business. The injuries were real. A lot of the guys back then were wrestling with some major injuries. Its not like today where you can take time off for surgery.
This guy's gimmick was so good that I watched him since I was a kid in the late 80s and thought he'd just sound like a bafoon in these interviews, man, he's been one of the most clear and well spoken wrestlers I've seen yet - excellent job!
All these Sags interview segments are gold.. I could listen too him tell stories all day. Thanks for these interviews James..
For real, this interview led me to a series of other interviews he did and they are always super solid
@@scotthalvorson1161 appreciate that, i will put them on my too watch list..
Same thing with Bill Eadie. Very even tempered and easy to listen to
I agree , the toughest wrestlers are usually the best story tellers. I still watch their matches against the steiner. Brothers. Just like all pro sports , the good old days will never return
Never was a huge fan of the NB, but Sags is one of the best interviews by far.
Agreed 👍
Sags is awesome to listen to , great stories/recollections
Agreed. I think we’re all shocked at how much of an adult he seems to be. When I saw pictures from the wrestling Hall of Fame, I was like who’s the handsome guy next to melon-head knobbs.
I thought that Nasty boys were just goof balls wrestling with colorful character. I did not know the back story of how they got to where they were. Now I have more respect for them.
I managed a restaurant a few blocks down the street from AWA business headquarters. It is funny that every man from that era and area will state that Brad Rheingans was easily the king of the hill. You would never know it by looking at him, Brad was a small, unassuming polite, and soft spoken man. I love the story how Vader says that brad shoved his face in the toilet when Vader challenged him. Nord the Barbarian will also tell you how Brad could easily handle any of the big Robinsdale boys
Yeah Scott Norton and Bradshaw have talked about how Brad used to whoop them nearly every session.
Danny Hodge wasn't big either but every wrestler says he could kill you if he wanted too.
Wasn't Brad Rheingans used as a jobber in WWF?
@@greense65 Yes you are correct.
Sags actually looks BETTER now than he did during his career prime. I believe he has an ideal voice for ghost story audibooks. Imagine Poe, M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood read by Sags...
Great interview with Sags. He is very well spoken. I also loved the Nasty Boys vs Steiners match from Halloween Havoc 1990. I recommend watching that match to everyone.
Hall of fame. One of the greatest tag teams of all time. Underrated
More sags. Surprising that up till this point there werent that many interviews with him. He has a great memory and has a lot of new stories to share that haven’t been discussed before
2:09 I read in Ric Flair’s book that he tried to quit and Verne showed up to his house and asked why he was quitting? When Ric told him he couldn’t do it anymore Verne told him to suck it up and he expected to see Ric at practice later on that day. He wouldn’t let you quit on him.
My 8 and 9yr older brothers put me through similar treatment growing up.
Gagne was a tough guy who ran a tough camp. Everyone who went through his camp said that. Supposedly that was to separate the weak and the tough. Makes us wonder how many of today's wrestlers would survive Gagne's training regiment.
Ric Flair quit the camp more than once but Verne kept asking him to come back.
@@kevthegoat8774 Gagne must have seen talent in Flair. Usually trainees are a dime a dozen. Same deal at Matsuda's wrestling school. A friend had trained to be a manager and Matsuda tortured the poor guy. Most trainees bailed out after a week.
I heard Stu Hart was brutal as well.
@@LL-fd7xn He was brutal....and cheap.
@@kevthegoat8774 Not so much asked him back, but dragged his ass back. Told Flair that he quit everything in his life and Gagne was not going to allow him to quit on him
Saggs is so enjoyable to listen too ..
Great interview segments
This man could lul me to sleep and I mean that as a compliment. Well paced and soothing voice telling an interesting story.
Sags could have been bigger but still blessed us with his determination and talent.
Much respect to Sags. He has pure guts and dererminarion. to make it thru Vern Gagnes camp.
I'll second, third...UMPTEENTH?..these praises about how ENJOYABLE listening to Jerry is. How has he not done any major shoots prior to this? I was expecting a Knobs, but got a Lanny Poffo! Well spoken, great stories...thank you both!
He did a good series with that dude from boston a few years ago
@@scotthalvorson1161 Sean Oliver? I think thats the dude
@@smeagolbeagle2316 the guy im talking about is boston wrestling mws or something saggs did three 1 hour vids with him
@@scotthalvorson1161the guy from Boston passed away last year
@@Trill_4_Life damn I had no idea rip
I think I’m not alone in thinking holy s**t Sags should write a book.
Sags should do his own podcast. He's great.
Superb interview!!
You gotta want to be in the business and that's why they were strict. Curt Hennig talked about how strict Verne was
The hushed, factual way he told all this seemed like a guy recalling POW camp. Trauma as well as pride, but not bragging. Another wrestler nothing at all like we thought.
This may be my favorite segment from this channel. Definitely was not what I was expecting. Love hearing about his immense respect for guys like Verne, Brad Riggins etc..
jERRY IS SURPRISINGLY WELL SPOKEN
Great interview. I wonder where Sags played college football?
Ferrum College. A NCAA Division III school in Virginia
You ran from Ken at the airport 😂😂😂😂
Respect to Saggs Legit Tough ...
well said jerry. iron sheik bad ass baba
They still train that way in Mexico 😂 Not even allowed a sip of water
WOW what an interview wow wow wow great
Perhaps the best wrestling related interview I've ever heard.
You had to be tough as nails and a little crazy to go through that camp.
Damn what a dark time
Good, it keeps the riff raff out
Good morning James my favorite wrestling interviewer 😼
Do you wanna leave ? ......I got nowhere to go ?
If i was some important person who needed bodyguards the first 2 guy's that i would want to hire is Saito and Brad Rheingans when they were young. I remember Jesse Ventura talking about tough guy's like Haku and Rude and Dick Slater and he said what no one knows is there was this guy named Masa Saito and he just might of been the scariest of them all.
If I had to pick professional wrestlers as my bodyguards I would have Haku, Craig Pittman and Tracy Smothers.
Haku's reputation speaks for itself, Craig Pittman has a military background and MMA experience being a very good amateur wrestler and Tracy Smothers would be just awesome to have around and had a background in bodyguarding and other types of security.
I know guys like The Iron Sheik and Bad News Allen were bodyguards for famous people too.
Danny Hodge is someone not to over look his grip on top of knowing where to grab you would stop people from trying anything.
Damn, Jerry, is a great interview. Brad & Sheiky Baby were bad men by all accounts.
There’s an amazing story of the sheik and Bruno samartino having to stand toe to toe and take out some professional football players from back in the day.
Jerry seems like a great guy, Its a shame he spent so much of his energy on alchohol and drugs, but atleast he found a job that fit him perfectly
My grand mother trained there
Or did she ?
Well she was 5’0
250 lbs and the nastiest short clothesline you ever felt
Loooove his voice. It's up there with John Hamer's. If I could, I'd sound like either of these gents.
My Lord, please go outside
@@nonebutchrist5136 Stupid retort. It doesn't mean anything. What exactly is going outside to achieve?
But does this make the best performers?
Ironically, I had a similar approach as a trainer at McDonald's in my teens... Many of my new hires left on their first break. If they made it past the first break, they typically turned out to be really dependable workers.
You put the new hires at McDonalds in submission holds?
I hope y'all know swollen in puke 🤮 will make you puke not much logic behind that lol
I want to hear about shamrock
Saggs doesnt like talking about it and seems like he blames it on knobs for starting the trouble to begin with
@@scotthalvorson1161 🤣cool
There’s a 100 shoot interviews covering it from both sides
@@Spooky_515 not from Sags side .
We've heard about it so many times
But he had the corniest wrestling league by the late 80s.
In the mid-late 80's, the WWF was poaching almost all the top AWA talent....
I just don't know what this has to do with what is for all practical purposes learning how to do a theatrical performance...idk it sounds more like a college hazing ritual
Pro wrestling was still a secret society so to speak. You couldn't just bring in some guy off the street and put him in the ring. I'm guessing that's how some of them looked at it back then.
@@jumbothompson sadly that almost looks like what they do these days.... some wrestlers in the mid level companies don't even look like they have more than a couple weeks of training
@@Donathon-qx8kq
Plus it was and is a tough business. The injuries were real. A lot of the guys back then were wrestling with some major injuries. Its not like today where you can take time off for surgery.
Um, Um ,Um, Um, Um
Go listen to a Ted talk if it bothers you.
dum, dum, dum, dum, dum@@venomlords
Give the whole damn thing already this is a cheap way to get views
No it’s not. It’s smart business for the platform.
Sometimes being cheap is smart. However I refuse to subscribe or like each individual video.