Harley Race - Why Bruiser Brody Was His Own Worst Enemy
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Harley Race discusses why Bruiser Brody (Frank Goodish) was his own worst enemy in his wrestling career. Stream New Shoot Interviews 📺 TitleMatchNetwo...
RIP to the late-great Harley Race. Harley talks about how he warned Brody before taking that fateful trip to Puerto Rico. Also hear Race describe wrestling Bruiser, Stan Hansen, Dusty Rhodes, Terry Funk and others.
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RIP to the late-great Harley Race
This is from his first full Shoot Interview (2000)
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The quiet humble man is much more dangerous than the loud arrogant one. Harley Race being a prime example of this. A true man's man may he RIP
Nobody promoted the Cult of Harley more than Harley himself.
@@danielburger1775 You have to be your own biggest fan in the wrestling business. He was no different than most of wrestlers of the time in that regard.
@@rickybobby420. The problem is if something gets repeated enough, many people believe it.
No doubt Harley was tough. But THE toughest? Nah.
@@danielburger1775 I agree with that people do embellish but he was obviously a tough dude, the toughest is debatable though.
@@danielburger1775 The toughest? Probably not. But there are enough stories about Harley from other people that make it pretty obvious he was a tough guy and not to be messed with. Plus, there are just the documented stories...like him continuing to fight and running two guys out of a diner (for harrassing and/or slapping a woman) after one had stabbed him in the back! Lol.
Race was the perfect manager for Vader. Everyone knew he was a tough ass, and it really gave the sense that Harley was the only one that could handle Vader.
He used to Leon a fat baby 😂 he could definitely handle him.
It's eerie to hear Harley telling Brody that if he went to Puerto Rico with his careless attitude, he won't live. 😢
Except that Brody had been going to PR for years when he was killed.
@meekrob you can only poke the bear for so long before he finally turns around
I personally don’t believe that he told him that-the very last time he went (and never returned). I’m not saying that Race wouldn’t have harbored that thought about Brody at some point. He may even have verbally expressed it to Brody from one older wrestler to a slightly younger wrestler. But we get Race’s point in that we all know someone like Brody, who we often worry will get himself into big trouble for messing with the wrong individual.
@@westyraviz commen sense should dictate that you don't go to other countries and try to push the locals around.
@@westyraviz I believe Harley. I've seen other interviews where it was said Brody owned a piece of the P.R territory and was being short changed. He was going over and getting his money one way or the other. That's why Race warned him not to go over with that tough guy attitude, he wouldn't live to get off the island.
“ You had to assert to certain individuals you wouldn’t tolerate that bullshit” absolutely classic.
It’s impossible not to hang on every word that Harley Race speaks. He’s such a legend.
Toughest man of his Generation and many other Generations
Harley is you're heros hero 💪
When Harley was born, the doctor turned to his parents and said “Congratulations. It’s a man”
😂😂😂
I gotta remember that one!
I saw him actually whoop a smart ass one night at a truck stop.😂😂
😂😂😂
Harley smacked the nurse on the ass when he was born
They don't make men like Harley anymore... Which is probably best for the rest us. On a serious note, he was an absolute legend. Met him at WM XX decades ago and of all the wrestlers I ever met, that was the biggest thrill for me. He was a gentleman and saw my young son wanted to get a picture but was nervous, so Harley placed him at ease with a few jokes. One of my favorite memories!
you do not mess with Harley
True story. 🤛
Harley is a legend as a wrestler and as a man. We won't see another quite like him again.
*Uncle Harley was a Real OG.*
Most people say that about Brody. He didn't seem like a good guy.
Back in the day of "2 out of 3 falls with a 10 time limit". When Harley says someone was fairly tough they must have been tough.
This guy was a five star ring general .. rip
I really enjoy listening to Harley's as a Matter of Fact Attitude.. RIP Harley
It's an enjoyable interview, very down to Earth,good story teller.
If Harley is driving, i ain't riding. 😂
I loved hearing about wrestling from Harley's perspective. He's much more intelligent than I thought and he's been there forever...
So you assumed he was stupid? Without even knowing the man?
@@christopherjames9843 Never said stupid, that would be stupid...
When I was about 7 years old, I got to see Bruno Sammartino against Stan Hansen in a steel cage at the old Boston Garden. It was the bloodiest match I've seen even to this day.
I still wish wrestling was back in the territory days, but the one drawback was that you couldn't ever see Championss outside of your area. I never got to see Harley Race or Nick Bockwinkle wrestle in their prime. I only ever got to read about them in wrestling magazines. I would have killed to see Bruno wrestling against Harley Race.
Bruiser Brody as I understand it was widely hated by promoters and bookers. He would reportedly check the house before the bouts and then refuse to wrestle unless he was given what he believed was a fair cut of the take.
Such wisdom, having to go in the territory and wrestle top guys all the time, then putting them over….. very wise business practice. Helped in maintaining and making a lot of the smaller territory.
Harley met Chuck Norris and they both said, "Tie.".
Great interview
Mr. Harley Race was what my grandfather Roy was..
A Grown Ass Man.
As Mark Henry says, there's plenty of men on the earth, but very few Grown Men.
Harley Race was 1 of the roughest and toughest ever.
Very fair , Very Humble, Very Nice man...
But don't cross him or test him.
It wouldn't have been good at all.
Harley Race was the Quint from Jaws of professional wrestling.
Just a tough S.O.B.
And a Legitimate WW2 veteran.
What a man.
Rest In Peace Sir.
You were 1 of the best.
There weren`t too many guys walking the earth that can say they stood up to Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen.
This man is the REAL deal right here.
How can he say Bruiser was a tough guy bully and that he would back down from people who stood up to him, in the same breath!?
The guy was a coward who got what he deserved, by all accounts.
Interestingly enough, Bobby Heenan was asked what he thought of Bruiser Brody during a shoot interview and this was his response:
“Never liked the man at all (Brody)…. very selfish. He would come into a territory and have the mentality of wanting to stick it to the promoters. So what he would do is he would screw up matches purposely or try to destroy business. But he didn’t realize there was a guy in that first match that was maybe making 50 bucks and needed that to pay his car payments, or maybe a child support payment some place, and if Bruiser Brody kills that business, that takes that poor guy out of 50 bucks and I believe when you’re a top guy you owe something to everybody on that card…. to be professional, and to make sure that you do it right. If you don’t want to work for the guy (promoter), then tell him that, but don’t screw the other guys on the card because they got to come back next week, you don’t!”….
He wasn’t wrong.
Man this takes me back to getting shoot interview VHS tapes mailed to the UK before people knew what they were 😂
One of my favorite Legend Mr Harley Race
To be fair, Brody’s worst enemy was probably the guy in Puerto Rico with the 🔪.
Brody had roughed him up in the 70s in the WWWF. He never forgot it.
@@thomasswafford250He roughed him up and beat the daylights out of him in Puerto Rico too.
Brody was fooling around playing bully with a legit dangerous guy and paid the price. He let the tough guy thing go to his head.
We all are 🤗 own worst enemy❤ TRUE STORY ❤
Ego is the spiritual enemy within, original sin/ Wrestling against inner demons is theology of redemption, salvation and sanctification/ Professional wrestling is as close as you can get to Christian Anarchy and fighting the good fight/
Fantastic interview.
Harley tough dude. Everyone respected him.
What wisdom race knew that in order to benefit all the wrestlers he had to come in and do his best to make the local number one guy look good
Race v flair legendary matches
One of the top 5 legit bad asses !
great interview...i remember brody
Harley Race was the greatest wrestler of all time!
When Harley Race tries to talk sense into you then you better listen... no matter who you are
I miss you so fucking much Harley. Missouri was never the same without you.
Wrestling is like any other job, do your work as required by your boss and company, make sure they are happy and be a team player with your coworkers. Brody ignored these basic tenets because he though he was special somehow and the rules did not apply to him. Well, they do and he found out the hard wary because he was not the only one who ignored the rules.
Yes sir. Yes indeed. Now, Frank should have watched his mouth. He needed to respect people’s boundaries.
@@ennbee2051 respect for others in the business and respect for the business. It's what helps make great wrestlers.
Folks laugh at him as the guy who wanted to literally shoot hulk hogan for vince McMahon taking over so many territories so him being right about him being careful in puerto rico probably went over like lead zeppelin 😆 and hes dead for not listening
Always hated Harley, but he was a beast. Gives great interviews also
Great Respect for this Legend .
Brodys matches with abdullah the butcher. Were blood 🩸 baths. 🔪. Scared the crap outa me as a kid
Harley Race---- A NATIONAL TREASURE!
Damn I miss him
I baited him with the left, and hooked him with the right.
What Harley Race said About Bruiser Brody,Is definitely true he was stabbed by Jose Huertas Invader,Because he was humility and abusing him,That he couldn't hold any longer,Wrestlers that was there heard several time Jose Huertas saying that some day he was going to kill that man referring Bruiser Brody😮
I just watched the match in Japan against Brody & Hansen. Race & Bonkwinkel held their own very well against them.
One of the greatest nwa companies ever
Its a bit easier to assert yourself when your Harley Race :)
Fairly tough in Harley terms is bullet proof in Human terms
Yes. Back before RUclips and the internet I used to watch Brody when he was in Georgia Championship Wrestling. I also saw him live against some babyface (I think it was the brother of one of the Rock and Roll Express) and Brody beat the hell out of him all over the arena...and since I was sitting right over the heel's entrance I spit a big loogie right on his chest. You don't know fear until you see Bruiser Brody look up at you deciding whether or not to scale the wall to come and wipe you out. Sounds like you've listened to your share of wrestling podcasts, and definitely some with Jim Ross, so use your internet to research Brody's feud with Abdullah, Brody in Japan, Brody no-selling Lex Luger and really just any Brody matches.
It's weird that you question my knowledge of a wrestler I saw fight live and weekly on tv when in Georgia and you're citing wrestlers you only know in retrospect, based on what others said about them and...quite frankly...you probably never even have seen wrestle. I mean, you'll probably lie since this is the internet, but how many matches have you seen Lou Thesz or Danny Hodge wrestle anyway??
#RIPHarleyRace
#RIPBruiserBrody
Harley race
Man, everyone is dying. Wtf is going on....
Harley's been dead for 5 years now and he lived to 76 which is pretty old for a pro wrestler.
Everyone dies.
Everybody poops.
Much respect for Harley Race…however, 2 points- Dory Funk, Jr not only went into the territories to make the local champion look better, he also had more 1 hour broadways than any champion in history… and none of them were the same.
Harleys ear.looks like it has a face on it.
Haha, someone peeking out.
thats his conscience being afraid to be in his own mind, Harleys just that scary
Japan was different than the States, in Japan it was all about the match and the moves, the combat, in the States it was about the story, why they fight more than the fight itself. As we note so often with Hulk Hogan, in Japan he let his full range of moves show, while in the WWE it was mostly punch, kick, and clothesline, that's what the fans here wanted and that's what Hogan gave them, he could do the more complicated moves, he just didn't have to.
And Hansen's stiffness has always been legendary. He wasn't a bully or "tough guy" like Brody was, but his eyesight was so bad he could never gauge his working punches that accurately, and the rule of the day was that if you can't throw a working punch right it was better to be stiff than to throw airballs.
Harley was referring to the 70s when he said there were more similarities.
Why not have a three way match against Dusty Rhodes and Terry Funk?
@Davepool-hs7vr: Topped that in Florida years ago. Dusty Rhodes and Harley Race Teamed against Dory Funk, Junior and Terry Funk. FOUR different NWA World Champs in one Match!😂🎤🌊☀️🍊🌴🤼♂️B.W.
@@madbrowniac7871 but why not have all four of them battle each other? No partners just opponents beating each other.
@Davepool-hs7vr: Because the greatness of the Genius Booking by Eddie Graham pivots on pure suspense. The Funk Brothers are 99and44/100ths% assured not to betray each other. Dusty & Harley have not only endured absolute Wars against each other in Florida they fought each other violently for NWA Gold. Same Florida incidentally where Dusty Rhodes turned Face in 1974 against his then Manager Gary Hart and then Partner Pak Song. Can Dusty Rhodes trust Harley Race as a Partner (and vice versa) when Dusty himself was backjumped by Dick Murdoch and Ernie Ladd to name just two? It's the Pro Wrestling equivalent of a highwire act!🤔🎤🌊☀️🍊🌴🤠🤼♂️B.W.
When I was a child I couldn't understand why this man was my grandpa's favorite celeb/wrestler. I mean stars like Tommy Rich and Tony Atlas just seemed so much more exciting. He told me that in reality he was a very humble and incredibly tough man. I became a fan myself.
Bad driver.
The more I learn about Bruiser Brody, the less sad I am that he got killed. The asshole got what was coming to him. I never... EVER heard of a wrestler who doesn't have an attitude problem having any issues, be it in Japan, Mexico or Puerto Rico.
Harley is the mán
Harley Race was such a good heel while managing Vader in WCW that i legitimatly hated the guy! I mean proper hate. I even had to think twice about watvhing this because of how much I hated him. That's how good Harley Race was!
Harley, I never worried about anyone being stiff 😂😂
My favorite match with Harley race was him and the Stomper 1974 in Kansas City they had f-kin match
If Harley Race thinks you're a "fairly tough" guy...look out 🤯
Chuck Norris wishes he was Harley Race 💯
Brusier gave back to the promoters what they gave the wrestlers
Hi 😅😅😒😑🫲😐😁😠🤔🤫
Harley vs Haku in a shoot who wins?
Harley used to fight for real. But haku was huge. I'd say Harley
Haku could kick over his head, in the blink of an eye, with zero effort.
My guess would be each guy would say the other would win. They are both humble respectable guys.
I think it's amazing that when they actually did wrestle each other in the WWF, it was just a match.
Haku doesn't stretch people like Harley did. He bit faces and pulled out eyes. Haku maimed people for life in two seconds. Haku would do that to Harley.
Hello ilove you
To think that maybe if Bruiser Brody would’ve stayed in Japan and maybe would’ve owned some part of AJPW he would still be alive today Jose should be in prison
Bruiser Brody was "fairly" tough?
Stan Hansen (AWA champ and guy who broke Bruno's neck) never really got over in the US?
- Come on, Harley.
What's wrong with saying Brody was "Fairly tough"? Do you really think Brody was in the same league as guys like Haku, Harley Race, Peter Maivia or shooters like Danny Hodge, Lou Thesz, Bruno Sammartino, Chris Taylor etc?
@@kevthegoat8774 - I saw Brody live. How many times did you see Thesz, Hodge, Sammartino, etc. live? Or even weekly on TV?
@@kevthegoat8774 - What's wrong with SAYING it? Nothing. However, I disagree. Brody was tough. Period. Harley's shaving points off Brody's toughness because Bruiser treated wrestling like a business. He destroyed opponents, changed clothes, went to his hotel room and ate cans of tuna with his bare hands. That's Brody. Harley liked to do stuff like walk into a WWF event in Kansas City packing heat and cornering Hulk Hogan, challenging him as to why they were in HIS city doing a show. Harley's definition of completely tough included getting into fights outside the ring and bullying people around just so they'd know exactly how tough he was...and he was tough. But so was Brody.
He was right about Stan Hansen. His style was all wrong for the US and he was really dangerous to work with. The thing with Bruno hurt his reputation more than it helped because he legit injured him. The AWA title run was a disaster because Hansen cared more about his reputation in Japan than doing business in the US.
Nobody believed Harley Race was the toughest guy more than Harley Race.
Brody would have destroyed Race.
Ole Anderson, Wahoo McDaniel and Bob Roop certainly believed Harley Race
@@kevthegoat8774 And?
@@danielburger1775 People believed Harley Race much more than Brody
@@kevthegoat8774 What people?
@@danielburger1775 Haku, Ric Flair, Wahoo McDaniel, Ole Anderson, Bob Roop, Terry Funk, Larry Hennig etc all these guys have gone on record to talk about how tough Harley Race was. Larry Hennig mentioned how Harley had knockout power and was hard to takedown.
Good Lord these guys sound cringey as hell when they ask their generic done to death questions
You do understand that the video you're watching now was made nearly a quarter-century ago, right? The world didn't begin with you.
Brody would had whooped his a$$
I love the story about Race being offered big bucks to wrestle in LA and he went there 1 week and was in traffic for 5 hours every day. Can you imagine how crazy Harley must have been sitting in 5 lanes of bumper to bumper traffic and not being able to move . I can just picture him cursing to Blue Hell in that car
" I never worried about anyone being stiff " Your damned right Harley ! They know payback is coming and it will be hard to forget . A True Pure Wrestler !
When Harley Race was born the doctor said "congratulations, it's a man".