Bruiser Brody vs Ken Patera (September 4, 1981)

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  • From the Sam Houston Coliseum, September 4, 1981. Rare one-on-one matchup between Bruiser Brody and Ken Patera. BLOODY. Please comment if you like it & want to see more!

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  • @hymansahak181
    @hymansahak181 Год назад +18

    Patera has muscles bulging out of parts of his upper body where I didn’t think you could could build muscles. Truly a specimen. Respect to Brody as usual, always entertaining and a physical beast himself.

    • @charlessavoie2367
      @charlessavoie2367 Год назад +7

      In the early 1970s, Patera weighed 340 pounds and did a standing broad jump (from a dead start, not running) and covered ten feet six inches. Try that weighing half as much, almost no one can do it. Then he held off a truck with his back against a brick wall, rubber smoke in the air, no fake.

  • @popzombie1
    @popzombie1 6 лет назад +29

    Both these guys are legends. Main eventers

  • @GlobalTubeTruth
    @GlobalTubeTruth 5 лет назад +23

    What an awesome match!! Yes, there was a time in pro-wrestling history when great matches like this were commonplace. They ruined it in the late 80's and 90's and it will probably never regain the greatness it once had. Glad I was a fan in this era. I was 10 yrs old at this time.

    • @r.thompson2190
      @r.thompson2190 4 года назад +4

      Thank Vince for that

    • @83reggieT
      @83reggieT 3 года назад +4

      You think theater 80s and 90s ruined it? Try watching the bullshit they try to promote these days.

    • @bobbybrooks1429
      @bobbybrooks1429 2 года назад +1

      Love it

    • @Davepool-hs7vr
      @Davepool-hs7vr 2 года назад +1

      @@r.thompson2190 what about Jim Herd

    • @scotthubbert
      @scotthubbert Год назад

      @@83reggieT that’s really a really similar conclusion to his point dude

  • @LaraRoxx1980
    @LaraRoxx1980 4 года назад +10

    I wish Bruiser Brody was still alive.
    Great old school wrassling.
    Thanks for the upload 👍🏼🤗

  • @philipscott6607
    @philipscott6607 6 лет назад +35

    Brody's knee drop was underrated, I believe; it always looked like he was putting his opponent's head through the floor!

    • @idolheinze6041
      @idolheinze6041 4 года назад +2

      Philip Scott his knee drop was amazing!!!

    • @darrylnicholson1387
      @darrylnicholson1387 3 года назад +1

      Way better than Hogan's leg drop

    • @canedewey756
      @canedewey756 2 года назад

      Al Snow said you didn't even feel the knee drop

  • @mcoleman6834
    @mcoleman6834 4 года назад +12

    The wrestling territory system was a testament to cooperation. Talent exchanges, handshake deals, and decent notice could make a decent night's entertainment. By the way, Houston wrestling was run by a true gentleman named Paul Boesch.

  • @tafaofamily4819
    @tafaofamily4819 4 года назад +8

    Omg seeing Patera brings back child hood memories! Wow amazing how wrestling does that.

  • @Contact_Info
    @Contact_Info 4 года назад +17

    "Breakin' backs like Ken Patera" -Method Man 1994

  • @b.williams5846
    @b.williams5846 6 лет назад +25

    I remember going to the Sam Houston Coliseum a many of Friday nights as a little boy to watch matches like these. Bruiser Brody, Dusty Rhodes, Snuka, and Rocky Johnson made me become a forever fan of pro wrestling. Please share more.

  • @alainmallette2265
    @alainmallette2265 4 года назад +17

    Two absolute beasts.
    They'd probably did their morning workout together the day of this match,adding 45lbs plates on the benches,squats and deadlifts like they were feathers

    • @canedewey756
      @canedewey756 2 года назад +1

      Naw, Brody wouldn't get caught in a gym with a guy he was rasslin, he kept it kayfabe.

    • @alainmallette2265
      @alainmallette2265 2 года назад +2

      @@canedewey756
      You didnt read the interview where he and Lewin went for lunch after doing squats together ?
      They sat in thecsame stall and it caught the ear of either Bill Watts,Fritz nor another of those old promoters who was mad at them.
      Told em not to be seen together in the town they were working against each other.
      They both agreed.So next they they went to eat together in another town!!!🤣😅

  • @mr.marino9247
    @mr.marino9247 4 года назад +27

    Patera was in the best shape of his life here.

  • @charvelgtrs
    @charvelgtrs 5 лет назад +63

    Ken Patera literally looks like He-Man here.

    • @richboscia1
      @richboscia1 3 года назад +1

      Literally the best comment I've seen on youtube

    • @jensjesfjeld6238
      @jensjesfjeld6238 3 года назад +1

      He literally was He-Man then.

  • @juang3535
    @juang3535 5 лет назад +14

    This is awesome thanks for sharing. Brody 4 life!

  • @mondoarchuleta2404
    @mondoarchuleta2404 6 лет назад +12

    This is wrestling. Best 2 out of 3 fall matches. Old school. Love it. Thank you for bringing it to video

  • @1824ajay
    @1824ajay 2 года назад +3

    Thanks for uploading this man!!Two behemoths

  • @Belburg
    @Belburg 2 года назад +3

    Never knew these 2 had wrestled. Great match.

    • @areguapiri
      @areguapiri Год назад +1

      Bruiser Brody is a legend for those of us over 50.

  • @robdemare8250
    @robdemare8250 5 лет назад +18

    Boy Ken is sure big and in great shape...

    • @ethanb498
      @ethanb498 3 года назад +1

      Around 40 years old here too. Crazy

  • @tigerconway
    @tigerconway 6 лет назад +11

    Pure classics thanks for posting

  • @mikeaubuchon8409
    @mikeaubuchon8409 5 лет назад +7

    Watched both of these guys in Stl . Patera was a former Missouri state champion .
    Brody was one of my favorites . He was just awesome for a bigger guy .
    To bad that they didn't do more to help him when he was stabbed in Porto Rico .
    I'd liked to have seen him as a World Champion .

  • @sanddune
    @sanddune 6 лет назад +3

    'Nobody messes with Ken Patera, and if you have a problem with that I'll be staying at the Holiday Inn, asshole!"

  • @josemontano7767
    @josemontano7767 4 года назад +6

    This was a great old school match

  • @norm2944
    @norm2944 3 года назад +4

    Temper Terra never disappoints. Brody looks good as well.

  • @alainmallette2265
    @alainmallette2265 4 года назад +5

    All four guys in the ring at the end were big bulky tough and mean looking.
    Nothing to do with the acrobats, cheerleaders and gymnasts of today's sports entertainment.

  • @jeffrobodeenyehcmon5925
    @jeffrobodeenyehcmon5925 4 года назад +4

    I use to workout at pateras gym in Minnesota he is so nice very cool guy

  • @jimmadonna1436
    @jimmadonna1436 3 года назад +3

    This is an excellent match. Both men are incredibly fit and bad ass!

  • @bleueggos6798
    @bleueggos6798 4 года назад +2

    Thanks I didn't know I needed this match but I did

  • @brianrosenberger
    @brianrosenberger Год назад +1

    Hell yes. More please.

  • @jamesaffleck5533
    @jamesaffleck5533 5 лет назад +11

    Brody was big but Ken patera man with a body on that dude

  • @Brody-cx5vl
    @Brody-cx5vl 2 года назад +3

    Two legit tough guys.

  • @jameslott4606
    @jameslott4606 6 лет назад +16

    brody didnt care who you were or how big you were he would come after you

  • @ianisaac2501
    @ianisaac2501 Год назад +1

    I heard Houston was a popular spot for wrestling back then and that Paul Boesch was a great promoter who paid wrestlers very well

  • @bluesman3232
    @bluesman3232 4 года назад +7

    Brodie is my all-time favorite "wrassler" especially when he was a baby face in Dallas in the late '70's and early '80's. It was devastating when Brody was knifed in Puerto Rico.

    • @darrylnicholson1387
      @darrylnicholson1387 3 года назад +2

      And the son of b**** that done it is it still a free man and in the Hall of Fame what a crime

    • @AngelMartinez-fl7vg
      @AngelMartinez-fl7vg 3 года назад +1

      @@darrylnicholson1387 José Huertas González is not in the WWE Hall of Fame.

    • @dhornjr1
      @dhornjr1 2 года назад

      @@AngelMartinez-fl7vg Carlos Colon is. And he was in on it.

    • @AngelMartinez-fl7vg
      @AngelMartinez-fl7vg 2 года назад

      Speculation, I don't believe the owner of the promotion put a hit on a wrestler, specially a world renowned one. Invader #1 acted alone IMO.

    • @dhornjr1
      @dhornjr1 2 года назад +1

      @@AngelMartinez-fl7vg Colon used his influence in Puerto Rico to be sure that Jose Gonzalez never saw a day in jail. He was complicit in the brutal murder of an innocent man.

  • @TheScrawnyboy
    @TheScrawnyboy 4 года назад +3

    Brilliant upload mate,Bruiser & Doctor D are my all time favourites

  • @christopherjames9843
    @christopherjames9843 2 месяца назад +1

    9:58. Hilarious. This is what made old school wrestling so much fun.

  • @omyswiftlourido4161
    @omyswiftlourido4161 5 лет назад +3

    Rare match thanks for uploading....

  • @AnkleSnapper72
    @AnkleSnapper72 7 лет назад +9

    I never knew these two matched up. Thanks for posting.

    • @SuprJoinT
      @SuprJoinT  7 лет назад +3

      Glad you're enjoying it. Never seen another match with them either.

    • @texaswrestling9249
      @texaswrestling9249 Год назад

      Paul boesch had a lot of great match-ups in Houston

  • @nuckelaveez5029
    @nuckelaveez5029 2 года назад +2

    Brody. Such a great face, such a great heel

  • @davemarr2233
    @davemarr2233 6 лет назад +6

    good stuff keep it coming!

  • @dinofalcone6645
    @dinofalcone6645 2 года назад +1

    Two of the best ever

  • @kmsideout
    @kmsideout Год назад +1

    Surreal matchup

  • @dkingofdworld
    @dkingofdworld Год назад

    Love this.

  • @brianskoi
    @brianskoi 4 года назад +18

    Ken Patera had super human strength, and at this point in his career, had a great physique to go with it.

    • @DeeEllEff
      @DeeEllEff 3 года назад +4

      Vasily Alekseyev, the legendary Russian weightlifting champ, said he thought Patera was stronger than he was. Had Ken been a little bit less unlucky, he might have held several world records, including the ones that Vasily would hold onto for years

    • @brianskoi
      @brianskoi 2 года назад +2

      @@DeeEllEff Very True!

  • @leemclaury6251
    @leemclaury6251 5 лет назад +22

    Brody was bigger and muscular himself. Patera was ripped and huge .

    • @83reggieT
      @83reggieT 3 года назад +2

      Both definitely on the gas here.

    • @DeeEllEff
      @DeeEllEff 3 года назад +1

      Patera was also around 300 lbs at this point, and you can see Brody lift him for a body slam using only one arm! These two are truly superhuman monsters.

  • @geminijamie1
    @geminijamie1 4 года назад +3

    A 'Main Event' match in any arena in the country.

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 3 года назад +2

    Brody in the ring with someone who has a big power advantage is rare .

  • @belldn3
    @belldn3 4 года назад +4

    Patera looks like he can bench press a dump truck. Fully loaded.

    • @carmineredd1198
      @carmineredd1198 4 года назад

      yeah, a Tonka truck , maybe even a Nylint

  • @sewermachine1371
    @sewermachine1371 5 лет назад +20

    Dang. Patera was more jacked than I remember.

    • @rodzor
      @rodzor 3 года назад

      barbell plates and t-bone steaks

    • @stephenkinq5425
      @stephenkinq5425 3 года назад

      Patera's physique went through four phases of transformation in His Athletic career ...
      And today , as an old man , he looks like a regular Grandpa.

    • @pooddescrewch8718
      @pooddescrewch8718 3 года назад +1

      @@stephenkinq5425 Old age takes your body from you . He put it to good use and got out of it everything it had .

    • @edwells4769
      @edwells4769 Год назад

      @@pooddescrewch8718 still in good shape for his age.

  • @matteliano454
    @matteliano454 6 лет назад +1

    Awesome! Thanks Rob !

  • @KitKat-ss4or
    @KitKat-ss4or Год назад +1

    The fact Ken Patera is not in the WWE/ Wrestling Observer Hall of Fames invalidates both of them

  • @steveperry1344
    @steveperry1344 2 года назад +1

    we never got to see the bruiser up here in new england but we knew the name. ken patera was in the wwf for a while. two really big guys.

  • @elland37
    @elland37 4 года назад +5

    Is it me or do all the videos of Houston matches on RUclips seem to stretched out vertically? It seems like the ring is 40 x 40 and the guys all look way bigger than normal.

  • @KevinBarry-n6i
    @KevinBarry-n6i Месяц назад

    Fun fact, Ken Pateras brother John ( or Jack) was an NFL head coach with the Seattle Seahawks.

  • @charles2675
    @charles2675 Год назад +1

    Ken ..was at the.. Muddy Cow.. may
    2023. North Branch.. Minnesota
    Book signing. 🍺.

  • @danlivni2097
    @danlivni2097 5 лет назад +17

    Ken Paterna should be in WWE HOF

    • @apostasiaelegcho5612
      @apostasiaelegcho5612 3 года назад +2

      Why? It's a joke. Vince McMahon is an individual of incredibly low moral character. Ken is better off not being in it.

    • @smoothjazzandmore
      @smoothjazzandmore 3 года назад +1

      The WWE HOF is a joke! For crying out loud, they have SD Jones in there!

    • @edwells4769
      @edwells4769 Год назад

      Joe Paterno should be in there too. And Al Pacino

    • @mikevercruse437
      @mikevercruse437 Год назад

      Why not?

  • @josemontano7767
    @josemontano7767 6 лет назад +7

    GO BRODY!!

  • @alabamabigfootsociety4427
    @alabamabigfootsociety4427 5 лет назад +3

    Oh Hell, another Brody video

  • @johnhartley4721
    @johnhartley4721 2 года назад +1

    Classic!!!

  • @rict5878
    @rict5878 5 лет назад +4

    5 star matchup

  • @leemclaury6251
    @leemclaury6251 6 лет назад +6

    Ken Patera was chiseled and very muscular here . Ripped

  • @mikeprince2036
    @mikeprince2036 5 лет назад +8

    Hogan vs brody is box office.

  • @ifgwelf
    @ifgwelf 8 месяцев назад

    Patera was a legit physical specimen. Great heel during his prime

  • @s.k.sandles7005
    @s.k.sandles7005 5 лет назад +2

    The big bruiser from Waxahatchie, TX!!

  • @randquadrozzi1280
    @randquadrozzi1280 11 месяцев назад +1

    Imagine a real fight between these two.

  • @randyscott6369
    @randyscott6369 6 лет назад +3

    Alwayus good to see Patera get a good working

  • @snoxbox
    @snoxbox Год назад

    Awesome match.

  • @dwayneglover2176
    @dwayneglover2176 4 года назад +4

    Every time I see. Bruiser Brody to this day or think about him, I think it's a damn fucking shame the way that man was murdered in Puerto Rico (for those that don't know) look it up and to think in the fucking shower and his fellow wrestlers did nothing about it....not even help the man get medical attention cold blooded business only Tony Atlas helped.

  • @bobofwinnipeg9455
    @bobofwinnipeg9455 2 года назад +1

    Patera and Kurt angle would have been awesome tagteam

  • @drkaufman
    @drkaufman 4 года назад +4

    Anybody else hear that lady screaming?

    • @mr.marino9247
      @mr.marino9247 4 года назад

      It seems like somebody is killing some of her family hahahha

    • @johnchavezjr3312
      @johnchavezjr3312 4 года назад +2

      Probably Jim Cornette 🤣

  • @tiberiumsunwars1487
    @tiberiumsunwars1487 3 года назад +2

    those blue collar fans or the 70s were great

  • @hubertvale5132
    @hubertvale5132 6 лет назад +1

    Great match!

  • @johnvargas2730
    @johnvargas2730 6 лет назад +1

    awesome !

  • @jameslott4606
    @jameslott4606 6 лет назад +6

    you can see patera didnt care much for the top turn buckle lol

  • @detangojet
    @detangojet Год назад

    Patera looked “small” next to Brody. The good old days. They ain’t never coming back

  • @leemclaury9024
    @leemclaury9024 28 дней назад

    Petra had muscles on muscles here. He was chiseled.

  • @carlryan608
    @carlryan608 3 года назад +1

    Wrestling at its best!!

  • @johnclaudio8799
    @johnclaudio8799 6 лет назад +2

    more classic please.

  • @natashahurt8947
    @natashahurt8947 4 года назад +3

    1:16 what everyone says about batman vs superman

  • @alanyoung8038
    @alanyoung8038 4 года назад +2

    This was wrestling, not the crap we see today

  • @Toxicplyer
    @Toxicplyer 4 года назад +5

    Back when wrestlers looked like action figures

    • @carmineredd1198
      @carmineredd1198 4 года назад

      they still look like action figures, they look like 5'4'' the Fonz with his 33'' chest , eh ?

  • @leeinvegas
    @leeinvegas 10 месяцев назад

    Ken was chiseled and ripped . In great shape . Muscles on top of muscles

  • @wdecoff4214
    @wdecoff4214 5 лет назад +5

    Its funny to think Kenny in his prime could Military Press almost as much as Frank Could Deadlift..

  • @shawndavis8802
    @shawndavis8802 4 года назад +1

    Is that Bruce Pritchard at 6:12 picking up that chair?

  • @ericfox7234
    @ericfox7234 5 лет назад +3

    What about a bruiser Brody on steroids 😳
    Man handled him already

  • @matthewcollins8602
    @matthewcollins8602 3 года назад +1

    I'm a huge Brody fan but Patera could have literally snapped Brody in half if he wanted to without question. Frank was a tough guy and legend but people are kidding themselves thinking he could legitimately take Ken Patera in a shoot 💯

    • @kevthegoat8774
      @kevthegoat8774 2 года назад

      Both were tough guys but I'd go with Brody over Patera in a shoot.

    • @edwells4769
      @edwells4769 Год назад

      Yes because the strongest guy always wins in a fight, every time, always.

  • @larryfloyd4993
    @larryfloyd4993 10 месяцев назад +1

    ken patera should have had a run as a AWA CHAMPION

  • @jesuscampos8136
    @jesuscampos8136 2 года назад

    Bruiser is scarier than the Motorhead logo💪

  • @user-dz4ty5tj7q
    @user-dz4ty5tj7q 3 года назад

    Seems like Houston wrestling really emphasised wrestling. Fast becoming my favourite go to promotion to get my wrestling fix

  • @alainmallette2265
    @alainmallette2265 5 лет назад +1

    Those chair shots
    Lol

  • @armyfazer1410
    @armyfazer1410 2 года назад

    I had forgotten how jacked Patera was!

  • @johnsawh6316
    @johnsawh6316 6 лет назад +17

    Brody makes Ken Patera look small, wow

    • @xhuntarianx
      @xhuntarianx 4 года назад +2

      At 6'8 300 lbs yeah Brody was a monster of a man.

    • @alainmallette2265
      @alainmallette2265 4 года назад +1

      Bother were absolutely huge and strong.

    • @kevthegoat8774
      @kevthegoat8774 2 года назад

      @@xhuntarianx Brody was 6'4

    • @xhuntarianx
      @xhuntarianx 2 года назад

      @@kevthegoat8774 no he wasn't, he was always listed at 6'8" and he claimed himself he was 6'6". Look at him next to 6'4" Stan Hansen and he is clearly a couple inches taller.

    • @kevthegoat8774
      @kevthegoat8774 2 года назад

      @@xhuntarianx Brody was listed at 6'4 in the NFL, Stan Hansen even stated Brody was 6'4 in a shoot interview, Brody wasn't a couple of inches taller at all. Jerry Oates also stated Brody was 6'4. He clearly doesn't even look 6'8 anyway. Remember wrestling is known for huge exaggerations.

  • @chrislawson7622
    @chrislawson7622 Год назад +1

    So sad about Brody, imagine if he would have never gotten done what happened to him, what a coward the guy who stabbed hom

  • @kylemckenney4578
    @kylemckenney4578 4 года назад +2

    When WRESTLING was WRESTLING. Not this "ENTERTAINMENT" crap.

  • @jprz13
    @jprz13 3 года назад

    The TV graphics are new that I remember the match

    • @jprz13
      @jprz13 3 года назад

      Use to see Houston Wrestling every Saturday

  • @patrickheath5011
    @patrickheath5011 3 месяца назад

    Thank God and Cowboy Luttrall for Gordon Solie

  • @michaelmichellevillareal2487
    @michaelmichellevillareal2487 2 месяца назад

    No circus moves just plain smash mouth wrestling !!

  • @user-ys2wp4cr9g
    @user-ys2wp4cr9g 3 месяца назад

    When real men populated pro wrestling,not like todays fashion models.

  • @sonic-qh7ed
    @sonic-qh7ed Год назад

    i dont remember if i ever saw patera bleed in any match. thoughts

  • @user-bi9fo3sx6l
    @user-bi9fo3sx6l 4 месяца назад

    Haku vs brusier brody would have been some match. RIP brusier.😊

  • @robertdeleo6423
    @robertdeleo6423 Год назад

    Ken Patera looks jacked !!! Ken looking his best !!!

  • @charles2675
    @charles2675 Год назад

    Sunrise MN. . Harris MN