one of my favorite matches was him vs pat o'conner 2/3 falls for the nwa world championship. its pretty cool to find this video and learn more about him.
Wrestling & boxing were the first sports broadcast on TV because they could be shot with one narrow-field, stationary camera. Other sports are more difficult and expensive to shoot.
@mrkreamer. Wrong! Buddy Rogers was the Nature Boy long before Ric Flair. I should know as I am almost 68 yrs. old. Have seen a lot of the old timers wrestle on TV, and have seen Buddy Rogers wrestle in person.
Always loved watching him wrestle. The fact that he and Lou Thesz got along says a great deal about Rogers. His attitude wasn't all inside the ring, however. I recall reading about other wrestlers getting pissed off at him and injuring him in a dressing room brawl. But his performances were always first-class among the bleached blond villians--athletic and operatic--a better showman than Freddie Blassie; only Gorgeous George (though physically smaller) matched his histrionics.
Buddy also had Parkinson's disease the time he managed Snuka. Hands trembling while holding the microphone. He comes off real friendly in this interview but almost all wrestlers at his time said he was quite arrogant & a bastard, with all due respects. Rare interview...thanks for the upload!
for those who havent put the timeline together. this i imagine is right after his feud with flair.Prizm was a pay channel in the northeast. they showed wrestling from the spectrum. so im guessing this interview was done to reaquaint him with the fans of this area leading to the snuka albano feud
New Nd All Japan Selling out Tokyo Dome for decades as well.... Bulldog nd Bret Hart (over 80,000 in attendance) ... Hogan /Goldberg Georgia Dome (WCW) ... Not to mention the 40 - 90 thousand at Wrestlemania every year.
Greatest mic skills in wrestling's history of, w/a combination of looks & skills to match. His face here looks like he had some work done, but his physique's still outstanding. If Buddy was really 50, this was 1971. Funny that he'd like wrestling to eliminate gimmicks, when he's the guy who started it in that direction.
Yeah but it got taken to a whole new level eventually.For all his gimmickry,Buddy could wrestle with the best of them.(See his 1951 match with Lou Thesz.).Nowadays all you see is enormous sized guys ,juiced up on steroids,who know nothing about wrestling-and don't even pretend to.
I hate to tell you but Gorgeous George used to come to the ring in a fancy robe and throw golden bobby pin in the crowd and there was a man named Rikki Star who wore ballet slippers and ballet danced around the ring and that was during Buddy Rogers era
I have NEVER heard anything good said about Buddy Rogers from other great wrestlers of his era. They all hated him. They all say that he would really try and hurt people in the ring. Outside the ring, they say that he walked around with a major attitude based on his "star" status. He pissed two guys off one night so badly in the dressing room(cant remember thier names) that they both beat the crap out of him, breaking his hand and chasing him out into the parking lot in his underwear!
The 2 guys you are referring to are Dr.Bill Miller (yeah he really was a vet.) and Karl Gotch.Gotch,incidentally, was a phenomenal wrestler-in the class of Lou Thesz- but had no charisma.Ergo he never became world champ.
remember ( harley5510) that interview was in the 80s a very popular time in wrestling, and wrestlers who were famous wrestlers in the 1900s , 1920s, 1930, like the frank gotches wrestlers used to dislike & disdain the wrestling in 1950s & 1960s at the time those paticular wrestlers from the 1900s 1920s were well in there 60s in the 50s, so every older generation has something to say as soon as a younger generation comes alone and there a huge boom era for wrestling, thay hate
Wrestling back then was slowed paced. I mean a headlock for 10 minutes and the guy breaks out of it only to be caught in it again!! IMO, the best were guys like Inoki, Robinson, Bockwinkle. Technical, entertaining wrestlers
Depends on the wrestler. Killer Kowalski and Gorgeous George could set an exciting pace, and Rocca could, too, in his younger days (later there was much stalling, endless toe-holds and absurd trunk and hair pulling). Ricki Starr also was dazzling, even if at times politically incorrect!
@TekkenKazuyaMishima I have read many autobiographys (Freddie Blassie, Lou Thez, Roddy Piper, Ric Flair,ect.) and the general consensus is the same on the subject of Buddy Rogers. He was not a well liked individual among his fellow wrestlers(in fact he was quite hated!) Some other old school wrestlers were looked upon with distain as well: Mil Mascaras, Johnny Valentine, Ole Anderson and others.
@TekkenKazuyaMishima Sure. Just ask me whatever it is that you want to know. I grew up on Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling(late 1970's-mid 1980's)and used to go to the live matches all the time. I followed the international wrestling scene through the Bill Apter magazines that were around at the time and also through the various wrestling programs that i saw on cable back then. Ive read pretty much all autobiographys by former stars on the time(and much earlier too).
@mrfilmnoir68 Greg Valentine is very well respected now from what i've seen and even helps some indy wrestlers out . but the wrestler who i think has the most respectful attitude and would be the most fun to be around is hands down Billy the superstar Graham
@@chaswickswhite5736I believe Rogers beat Flair at the Scopes Coliseum on November 22, 1979. Flair beat Rogers on July 9, 1978.I don't know of any other encounters.
Chill get the hell out of here, yea it gotten more scripted but matches Shawn Michaels, CM Punk, Chris Jericho, Undertaker, Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Bret Hart, Stone Cold, Triple H ETC.... Have put , have been way more entertaining then not only any Buddy Rogers match but any matches during "the Golding era of Professional Wrestling.
Good stuff
He had a couple of fanstastic moves he worked. Very athletic guy.
IF buddy rogers watched raw in 2015 he totaly go insane .
+join the authority (ALEXA FANBOY) HE WOULD BLOW THE BUILDING UP!!!!!LOL
+Samuel Medina Is Buddy Rogers dead? Or is he still alive!?
Buddy Rogers passed away in 1992
@Leonardo's Truth If Rogers was in his prime he would have totally mopped the floor with Sammartino
@Leonardo's Truth Before or after Buddy breaks the handle over Bruno's head?
Legend
I hope this gets saved! It's near American history.
3:51 - Amen Buddy
one of my favorite matches was him vs pat o'conner 2/3 falls for the nwa world championship. its pretty cool to find this video and learn more about him.
Yea it is Pretty cool to finally get to see videos of my great grandfather!!!!
All class
Wrestling & boxing were the first sports broadcast on TV because they could be shot with one narrow-field, stationary camera. Other sports are more difficult and expensive to shoot.
wow how awesome is this? thanks a bunch
Kayfabe is real with this one.
Flipp off.
@mrkreamer. Wrong! Buddy Rogers was the Nature Boy long before Ric Flair. I should know as I am almost 68 yrs. old. Have seen a lot of the old timers wrestle on TV, and have seen Buddy Rogers wrestle in person.
Are you still alive?
Buddy Rogers was the NWA World's Heavyweight Champion of July 31, 1962.
The Robert Mitchum of wrestling.
Always loved watching him wrestle. The fact that he and Lou Thesz got along says a great deal about Rogers. His attitude wasn't all inside the ring, however. I recall reading about other wrestlers getting pissed off at him and injuring him in a dressing room brawl. But his performances were always first-class among the bleached blond villians--athletic and operatic--a better showman than Freddie Blassie; only Gorgeous George (though physically smaller) matched his histrionics.
He was the original and Real Naturboy so he does deserve his respect.
The Nature Boy v.
The Legendary Pat O'Connor 40,000
Buddy also had Parkinson's disease the time he managed Snuka. Hands trembling while holding the microphone. He comes off real friendly in this interview but almost all wrestlers at his time said he was quite arrogant & a bastard, with all due respects. Rare interview...thanks for the upload!
Kayfabe, learn about it
for those who havent put the timeline together. this i imagine is right after his feud with flair.Prizm was a pay channel in the northeast. they showed wrestling from the spectrum. so im guessing this interview was done to reaquaint him with the fans of this area leading to the snuka albano feud
41K is unheard of? Maybe in 1961. But 1984 texas Stadium drew the same without cable television/Hogan, etc
New Nd All Japan Selling out Tokyo Dome for decades as well....
Bulldog nd Bret Hart (over 80,000 in attendance) ... Hogan /Goldberg Georgia Dome (WCW) ... Not to mention the
40 - 90 thousand at Wrestlemania every year.
Budd is, doubtlessly, still the stylistic bridge between old-school & today's wrestling.
For real, he brought showmanship and style to audiences across the nation when TV was just a novelty.
Greatest mic skills in wrestling's history of, w/a combination of looks & skills to match. His face here looks like he had some work done, but his physique's still outstanding. If Buddy was really 50, this was 1971. Funny that he'd like wrestling to eliminate gimmicks, when he's the guy who started it in that direction.
Yeah but it got taken to a whole new level eventually.For all his gimmickry,Buddy could wrestle with the best of them.(See his 1951 match with Lou Thesz.).Nowadays all you see is enormous sized guys ,juiced up on steroids,who know nothing about wrestling-and don't even pretend to.
PRISM debuted in 1976 and Jim Barniak’s Scrapbook in 1980 so this would have to be around 1981
Um, gorgeous George started it
I hate to tell you but Gorgeous George used to come to the ring in a fancy robe and throw golden bobby pin in the crowd and there was a man named Rikki Star who wore ballet slippers and ballet danced around the ring and that was during Buddy Rogers era
My left ear loved this video.
Nice find booki. Seemed to be a very intelligent guy. Shows a lot of respect for the biz....class.
I have NEVER heard anything good said about Buddy Rogers from other great wrestlers of his era. They all hated him. They all say that he would really try and hurt people in the ring. Outside the ring, they say that he walked around with a major attitude based on his "star" status. He pissed two guys off one night so badly in the dressing room(cant remember thier names) that they both beat the crap out of him, breaking his hand and chasing him out into the parking lot in his underwear!
The 2 guys you are referring to are Dr.Bill Miller (yeah he really was a vet.) and Karl Gotch.Gotch,incidentally, was a phenomenal wrestler-in the class of Lou Thesz- but had no charisma.Ergo he never became world champ.
remember ( harley5510) that interview was in the 80s a very popular time in wrestling, and wrestlers who were famous wrestlers in the 1900s , 1920s, 1930, like the frank gotches wrestlers used to dislike & disdain the wrestling in 1950s & 1960s at the time those paticular wrestlers from the 1900s 1920s were well in there 60s in the 50s, so every older generation has something to say as soon as a younger generation comes alone and there a huge boom era for wrestling, thay hate
The man could dress in dapper style, that's for sure.
@lazur1 In Part 3 Buddy mentions 1979, so I guess Barniak said Buddy was 60, not 50, making this 1981.
@Dewaynesite1 they had it..Flair won...so he became the only Nature Boy
Wrestling back then was slowed paced. I mean a headlock for 10 minutes and the guy breaks out of it only to be caught in it again!! IMO, the best were guys like Inoki, Robinson, Bockwinkle. Technical, entertaining wrestlers
Depends on the wrestler. Killer Kowalski and Gorgeous George could set an exciting pace, and Rocca could, too, in his younger days (later there was much stalling, endless toe-holds and absurd trunk and hair pulling). Ricki Starr also was dazzling, even if at times politically incorrect!
Bruno Sammartino was the man without a dout
@TekkenKazuyaMishima I have read many autobiographys (Freddie Blassie, Lou Thez, Roddy Piper, Ric Flair,ect.) and the general consensus is the same on the subject of Buddy Rogers. He was not a well liked individual among his fellow wrestlers(in fact he was quite hated!) Some other old school wrestlers were looked upon with distain as well: Mil Mascaras, Johnny Valentine, Ole Anderson and others.
Kayfabe, learn about it
Amazing interview, when was this interview done?
@TekkenKazuyaMishima Sure. Just ask me whatever it is that you want to know. I grew up on Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling(late 1970's-mid 1980's)and used to go to the live matches all the time. I followed the international wrestling scene through the Bill Apter magazines that were around at the time and also through the various wrestling programs that i saw on cable back then. Ive read pretty much all autobiographys by former stars on the time(and much earlier too).
at 2:46 does buddy rogers have his hands down his pants?!
6:59 ok was this interview before or after Wrestlemania III?
妬みからカールゴッチとビルミラー2人かがりで腕を折ったんだよね。1人でやらないと
What happened to Buddys face?
Buddy Rogers >>+50 years>> John Cena. What's the difference really?
When was this like 1980?
@mrfilmnoir68 Greg Valentine is very well respected now from what i've seen and even helps some indy wrestlers out . but the wrestler who i think has the most respectful attitude and would be the most fun to be around is hands down Billy the superstar Graham
@BandakaKush LOL. Good catch
NWA World Champion June 30, 1961-January 24, 1963
WWWF World Champion April 29, 1963-May 17, 1963
Ric Flair ain't got shit on the original Nature Boy!
Buddy Rogers Vs. Ric Flair would be a "Classic" match.
They faced off in the battle of the nature boys
Flair took The Nature Boy name after beating him in a match.
@@OneUltimateWarrior No. Buddy won that match
@@chaswickswhite5736I believe Rogers beat Flair at the Scopes Coliseum on November 22, 1979. Flair beat Rogers on July 9, 1978.I don't know of any other encounters.
Can you see Ric Flair come out to Nat King Cole song LOL!
Love his belly button
much as i love bruno he co conspired to screwjob Buddy . No dispute.
Well...buddy here had his clique and ruined wwwf. Bruno had been black balled all around the USA because of Rodgers and vince.
Well...buddy here had his clique and ruined wwwf. Bruno had been black balled all around the USA because of Rodgers and vince.
Hogwash. The promoters couldn't have their champion not fighting. They would go broke, and then nobody would work. Bruno did what needed to be done.
Chill get the hell out of here, yea it gotten more scripted but matches Shawn Michaels, CM Punk, Chris Jericho, Undertaker, Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Bret Hart, Stone Cold, Triple H ETC.... Have put , have been way more entertaining then not only any Buddy Rogers match but any matches during "the Golding era of Professional Wrestling.