"Guest Booker Gold, Volume 2"

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

Комментарии • 117

  • @PLATINUMSWORDS
    @PLATINUMSWORDS 11 лет назад +24

    For Sullivan to put in that much thought in a card that would never happen really speaks to his booking skills.

  • @KingGhidorah5464
    @KingGhidorah5464 4 года назад +8

    I’ve been reading Sean Oliver’s book and hearing how Kevin Sullivan who normally hates everyone had such a great time on Guest Booker just warms my heart.

  • @elijahchesterthomas5334
    @elijahchesterthomas5334 3 года назад +6

    "Gagne never drew a dime." - Mike Graham

  • @thehmc
    @thehmc 11 лет назад +8

    A Piper's Pit with Iron Mike Sharpe would have been pure magic.

  • @wilhelmfriedrichi3865
    @wilhelmfriedrichi3865 9 лет назад +8

    I remember the glory days of the territorial system. AWA,WCCW,CWF,JCP,IWA and so many other great promotions. WCCW was my favorite

  • @doesntmatter8330
    @doesntmatter8330 8 лет назад +2

    I really enjoyed watching Sullivan's mind work.

  • @blumbino
    @blumbino 11 лет назад +9

    Say what you will about Sullivan. That card he put together would have been awesome.

  • @chrisz31974
    @chrisz31974 12 лет назад +3

    I loved the Gary Hart one. He would mention the tiniest tiniest details and I would be like "Holy crap, that totally makes sense!!" and it would make the angle that much better

  • @robertbishop5357
    @robertbishop5357 5 лет назад +1

    I remember going to the National Guard Armory in Ft. Lauderdale on Friday nights and see Kevin Sullivan, Mike Graham, Eddie Graham, Steve Kiern, Ron Fuller, Pak Song, Bob Roop, Humperdink. Just to name a few. Lots of fun and fantastic memories.

  • @pulsarstargrave256
    @pulsarstargrave256 9 лет назад +17

    Kevin took time booking his "card" and put a lot of thought in it. It's too bad he's retired, cause they could use him in the WWE right now!

    • @drido
      @drido 8 лет назад +3

      Really interesting watching him work through that card.
      "Some must die so that others may live!"

    • @trinityshawn731
      @trinityshawn731 3 года назад

      Or AEW

  • @TheLionInWinter07
    @TheLionInWinter07 8 лет назад +2

    Damn the business needs a mind and a talent like Sullivan today, one of the best.

  • @jamiemoll2484
    @jamiemoll2484 12 лет назад +1

    It's wild that Kevin Sullivan is talking about the MSG matches! I was born in April of 84'! Only like a week difference from this event!

  • @miltonjoyner4201
    @miltonjoyner4201 2 года назад

    Sullivan knows his shit!! That would be an awesome lineup!

  • @fjccommish
    @fjccommish 13 лет назад +1

    These are terrific.

  • @jimmyface71
    @jimmyface71 14 лет назад +2

    8:43 - best line ever!!!

  • @kozlov13
    @kozlov13 14 лет назад +1

    one hell of a card that Sullivan put together, i'd pay to see that

  • @jimmyface71
    @jimmyface71 14 лет назад +1

    Sweet - thanks K.C.!

  • @tiatrips
    @tiatrips 5 лет назад +1

    At one time, Sullivan, Cornette, Flair, and JR were all on the same booking committee in WCW. What they could have done if Herd wasn't there would have been incredible.

    • @frankbonini9128
      @frankbonini9128 3 года назад

      The Reason Flair Left the Booking Committee Before He Left NWA/WCW Outright Was that He Raised the Ratings of the Saturday & Sunday Night Shows, as Well as Clash of the Champions, to Great Numbers ... & Herd Would Still Drive Him Nuts to the Nth Degree

    • @tiatrips
      @tiatrips 3 года назад +1

      @@frankbonini9128 I remember hearing that. While Herd wanted to put the Ding Dongs in a wrestling ring, he was shutting down some of the best minds in the business.

  • @Nortatem
    @Nortatem 12 лет назад +1

    I being a life time bay area kid, I remember a time around 83 that AWA would have been able to get a big draw at the Cow palace. The issue was they had an angle brewing that never aired on tv or at any of the smaller venues in SF because Vince McMahon bought up TV time and the AWA had to change stations and dropped the angle cause the two superstars in question now worked for Vince. So it was possible and never happened because of Vince.

  • @kv01010
    @kv01010 12 лет назад +1

    its been a while since you have done a Guest Booker Gold..

  • @OaktownABQ
    @OaktownABQ 12 лет назад +5

    Greg is living in a parallel universe. The AWA never came close to selling out any of the SF Bay Area large arenas -- the Cow Palace and Oakland Coliseum.

  • @dreamofthendless
    @dreamofthendless 14 лет назад +1

    Iron Mike Sharpe on Pipers Pit damn i would love to have seen that

    • @frankbonini9128
      @frankbonini9128 4 года назад

      I Believe Sharpe Did the Pit on an Occasion or So

  • @Ricardosucio
    @Ricardosucio 10 лет назад +2

    5:35 I don't agree with that tactic, but goddamn. Vinnie Mac is a badass

  • @FallbrookTom
    @FallbrookTom 12 лет назад +1

    Sullivan a great booker. Both he and Dusty got their start here in Fl. CWF days, Eddie Graham's territory.

  • @Kenro200x
    @Kenro200x 14 лет назад

    I've watched lot of great wrestling matches but man I would have loved to have seen Orndorff vs. Windham.

  • @OaktownABQ
    @OaktownABQ 14 лет назад

    AWA never came close to selling out in San Francisco OR Oakland. In fact, they eventually moved their cards to the smaller Kaiser Auditorium Arena in downtown Oakland.

  • @Rockulaproductions
    @Rockulaproductions 12 лет назад

    10:00 "Referee Bumps" -we in Dallas who grew up with World Class Championship Wrestling call that a "Bronco Lubich"
    He looked real old by the time it was in full swing so it was real easy to believe a light bump would put him out

  • @jonathanturbide2232
    @jonathanturbide2232 12 лет назад

    Steamboat wasn't with WWF in April 1984, he only arrived in the company in January 1985.

  • @GamesGeek-qv7zq
    @GamesGeek-qv7zq 9 лет назад +5

    I kept on thinking that kevin sullivans card could be a lot better but that card would be enough to sell out MSG without giving away a great card which you'd save to sell out a dallas stadium or silverdome

    • @bobjones3074
      @bobjones3074 9 лет назад +1

      Exactly, Kevin knew the garden

  • @alwilson3204
    @alwilson3204 5 лет назад +1

    C'mon Gagne, ol' Crusher and Mad Dog in a cage match and he wonders why they couldn't compete!

  • @dailysentinal354
    @dailysentinal354 9 лет назад +2

    Guest booker one word Yeti!

  • @RPenta
    @RPenta 12 лет назад +3

    They could never have paid Hogan more than Don Vinnie would have paid him; even if Hogan got a third of the AWA.

  • @jonerikson5925
    @jonerikson5925 4 года назад +2

    Kevin Sullivan had a interview with WWE, and Stephanie McMahon, who is somehow head writer, had no idea who he was and asked what he had done in the business!

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 12 лет назад

    Putting someone over = Running them out of the company? That must be you Sullly! How about doing another Varsity Club re-union, that was GOLD last time!

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 12 лет назад

    Yep, what would you like to know? Perhaps punctuation for starters?

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 12 лет назад +1

    Good to know you can't form your own thoughts. Oh and if you want to know some of the brilliant booking moves Sully made, look no further than your Avatar to see how he handled good talents! Take care now champ!

  • @2Phaktz
    @2Phaktz 12 лет назад

    Greg looks like and sounds like Jim Calhoun.

  • @MatthewWolverine
    @MatthewWolverine 12 лет назад +1

    Based on a print interview with Sullivan I read years ago, he isn't a legit devil worshipper but he does believe in Druidism or something of that nature. But he's not actually a Satanist(according to what he said in that interview).

  • @LouSkunt77
    @LouSkunt77 9 лет назад +2

    I feel bad for Greg in a way. Several people including Michael Hayes said that Greg understood where the business was going but Verne was out of touch. I wonder if Greg had more power if there is such a nasty split between Hogan and the AWA.

    • @ryankeefe1236
      @ryankeefe1236 8 лет назад +2

      Solomon Grundy I remember Shawn Michaels telling the story that he and Marty were pitching the midnight rockers to Verne with Greg in the room and Verne with a straight face saying "are you sure people won't confuse it with rocking chairs" while Greg just shook his head

  • @amirokareem3535
    @amirokareem3535 2 года назад

    The person who gave his word " Verne you got my word" if they said is a bunch of air didn't mean nothing they said.

  • @RPenta
    @RPenta 12 лет назад

    One does not question, the Emperor of Sports Entertainment, Don Vinnie McMahon.

  • @lambert581
    @lambert581 13 лет назад +1

    @Kenro200x Or a Savage vs Orndorff

  • @roywalley4734
    @roywalley4734 8 лет назад +2

    Vince couldn't book his way out of a cardboard box.

  • @donsae
    @donsae 14 лет назад

    @adrift923 works just fine for me maybe a blocked script?

  • @moggy1231
    @moggy1231 11 лет назад +3

    hogan left because verne gagne was a hardass tyrant who wanted a piece of hogan's japan money which was very lucrative at the time.

    • @frankbonini9128
      @frankbonini9128 4 года назад

      Bill Eadie Said Something to That Effect in His Guest Booker. About Verne Trying That with Him, as Well as Using Him As a Pawn to Dethrone and Eliminate Rick Martel (the Champion of the AWA at the Time) from the Territory. Eadie Refused & Basically Quit, Outta Loyalty to Rick & Not Wanting to Give Up HIS Japan Money

  • @billhayes4868
    @billhayes4868 9 лет назад +5

    Poor AWA & other territories. It's all business wrestling is. I remember McMahon complaining about Bischoff with his nitro tactics, but Vince basically did the same thing in the 80's. Vince lives the ruthless aggression lifestyle it's not just a catchphrase for him it's a way of life.

    • @pulsarstargrave256
      @pulsarstargrave256 8 лет назад

      Definitely! Gagne had a TV deal all lined up but when he told them he had lost Hogan the network cancelled the deal! It's such a shame. Mid Atlantic, NWA and AWA all had better programs than Vince but because of his talent raids and their own bad decision making, Vince's circus survived while they went belly up!

    • @derrickrobertson3334
      @derrickrobertson3334 6 лет назад

      Wonder why u r not see shoots about when SONY bought Columbia pictures... business is business fel l as. Vincent was smart. He knew his audiance was always gonna be split as long as these other promotions were in buisnesss. If he wanted to grow, they had to disolve. He took a huge risk as well, let's not forget that people. It could've backfired, and would've if his competition had a little more real business sense. I love the old school stuff as much as the next guy, but when cable started booming, this was gonna happen to the wrestling buisness. Vincent was just th e one that saw it.. and got in front of it.

    • @kpllc4209
      @kpllc4209 6 лет назад

      Not only talent raids, Vince would run shows opposite other promoters to hurt their gates. Not only in the mid 80s when there was competition but in 1989 when the AWA was on its death bed and lucky to draw 500 people. The AWA was going to do a legends night so the same weekend Vince booked a legends show for the same city and brought in guys like Mad Dog Vachon. Vince was a vindictive prick for real but man did he cry when WCW did it to him.

  • @bull864
    @bull864 12 лет назад

    You have the perfect username.

  • @robins1016
    @robins1016 9 лет назад +4

    If you have not been following pro wrestling for at least 30 years you have no way to judge what is going on today. You have to be able to have something to compare it to. I have been watching pro wrestling for nearly 50 years now and I can tell you that what is going on today absolutely sucks. I can say that because I was there in the old days I know what it was like. The kids that they have in there now just don't know how to work. That is because most of the old timers that do know how to work are out of it or up in the front office and I don't have the time or the patience the show these guys anything which is a shame because pro wrestling is a mere shadow of what it used to be.

    • @Aleister_Donny
      @Aleister_Donny 9 лет назад

      robins1016 I started watching wrestling around the time the first Wrestlemania with Hogan and Mr.T went down. I stopped watching it when the Rock went off to Hollywood. After the departure of the Rock and Stone Cold I just lost interest. Haven't watched since.

    • @bobjones3074
      @bobjones3074 9 лет назад

      The talent is the best ever in terms of ring work but psychology and spontaneity and forming your own personality are dead

    • @Aleister_Donny
      @Aleister_Donny 9 лет назад

      Bob Jones I'm gonna have to take your word for it because I couldn't tell you who is who in today's wrestling. To be honest with you, I don't even know what networks carry wrestling.

    • @jamiedale5070
      @jamiedale5070 5 лет назад

      @@bobjones3074 yes deffo the athleticism is at his best now but that's no good if no one sells a damn thing and it's all spots with no storyline. Defeats mean zero. U could lose 8 weeks in a row then get a title shot at PPV. Promos are scripted by soap writers. Its painful. God I miss good strong lengthy angles

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 12 лет назад

    While that's all well and good in theory. It really doesn't work for the Mr. Perfect character at that time, since all his heat was derived from him being BETTER than everyone and over cocky because he never lost to lesser opponents. Least of all to a runt who was simply riding Snuka's coattails and simply in the right place at the right time.

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 12 лет назад

    Check that, this was in 84' when he was just going as Curt Hennig and the Mr. Perfect gimmick wasn't even thought of yet. Hennig was a babyface then and a very accomplished pro, while Tonga Kid was just part of the "right family" and got his break based on namesake alone. He didn't deserve a win over Hennig, especially considering how their career's went in the years that followed.

  • @detrius82
    @detrius82 13 лет назад

    @Gambit455 Well, in 84 Hennig was a great wrestler, but he wasn't as well established, and he could make anyone look like a million bucks. So, it's smart, if he wants to get Kid over, to use Hennig. Plus, he did say Hennig would get heat afterwards, so he wasn't just going to lose and leave, they were going to start off a feud, and build both of them.

  • @roywalley4734
    @roywalley4734 8 лет назад +1

    Haku vs' Mr. Perfect Main Event in any town and at any time.

    • @kpllc4209
      @kpllc4209 6 лет назад

      You wouldn't sell 200 tickets in the 80s or 90s

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 12 лет назад

    Translation = I've been completely owned and can't prove anything, so I'll use big words as a defense mechanism in an attempt to mask my utter failure.

  • @fightsports66
    @fightsports66 11 лет назад +20

    Greg Gagne is still running that tired BS about how the boys had no contracts and all you needed was a handshake. The reason old time promoters like Verne did not give you a written contract is because then they would be able to short change wrestlers on their payoffs. If you have a written contract it would have an agreed upon amount you would have to pay a wrestler ( Vince's contract have a guaranteed minimum). But guys like Verne would tell you the house was smaller than it actually was as an excuse to pay you less than what was agreed upon when you "shook hands"

    • @bobjones3074
      @bobjones3074 9 лет назад

      Yup

    • @moirabeast8469
      @moirabeast8469 7 лет назад

      Well now thanks to those written contracts there's never been a time where there were less pro wrestlers making a full time living and only a handful are making big money.

    • @Pillar5770
      @Pillar5770 6 лет назад

      American promoters were crooks.

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 6 лет назад

      @Ajmal Ali EXACTLY. People make the mistake of not recognizing the nuances of it. What allowed Vince to build his monopoly? The allure of assured contracts certainly helped, yet it's not the fault of those contracts that the monopoly has done so much harm to the industry. Vince only had to be less shitty than his competitors, he's still pretty shitty and even indy promotions like PWG are giving their talent a better experience than the WWE. People take forever to sign with the WWE because they're too busy doing what they actually WANT to do Japan and elsewhere, then when they finally want the money and want to retire soon they take the WWE money.

  • @kv01010
    @kv01010 14 лет назад +1

    Sean looks stressed in the Kevin Sullivan interview lol

  • @6steveo9
    @6steveo9 13 лет назад

    @Rayla840 Very smart man in terms of the business Kevin Sullivan is.
    Very smart. He has a plan in that shoot of how to book Goldberg back on top, run with him for as long as it draws, then the heel who beats him would have to be such a baddass he would have had an authority figure (JJ Dillon for example) come on TV and say the board and the network refuse to allow this guy on TV because he's an animal.
    Gold. You wanna see this guy? You gotta pay for it.
    Brilliant.

  • @MrObelisk2290
    @MrObelisk2290 12 лет назад

    didnt gagne kill someone

  • @fjccommish
    @fjccommish 4 года назад

    Most of this isn't booking.

  • @kv01010
    @kv01010 12 лет назад

    I see Gagne's frustration about what Vince did.. It comes off bitter but, I watched the "Spectacular Legacy of AWA" dvd.. On it, Vince talks about him taking talent during 83-84, he acts like it was fair competition.. I agree that it was.. What makes me mad is, when he talks about Bischoff taking talent during the Monday Night Wars.. He acts like it was unfair competition.. Yet, he did the same thing back then.. Its bullshit how he tries to justify himself in the dvds & come off as the babyface

  • @ApothecaryGrant
    @ApothecaryGrant 3 года назад +1

    Andre v Studd was always a snore fest

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 13 лет назад

    Tonga Kid beating Hennig? No wonder Sullivan never made it as a Booker!

  • @JoBo6772
    @JoBo6772 14 лет назад

    Greg Gagne sounds just like his Dad
    Kevin Sullivan was a good Booker, but he seemed "BatShit Crazy" LOL

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 12 лет назад

    All you said was "do you know anything". Anything covers a wide variety of topics, and clearly I know how to type complete sentences where you are still lost. So I started there so you can join the adult conversation. How about asking an actual question, like a grown up? Then I could understand what you are trying to say and respond in kind.

  • @TheShitfobrains
    @TheShitfobrains 12 лет назад +2

    Greg Gagne is bitter, they should have paid Hogan and his dad should have changend with the times

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 12 лет назад

    You said "do you know anything" , anything being the key word. Since you have trouble typing coherently, I thought we'd start there and work to more tougher discussions. Try and keep up sport!

  • @TonyHookedonVanlife
    @TonyHookedonVanlife 11 лет назад +1

    WWE is a lost cause, I think... it's too far gone. They think a wrestling show can be run like a sit-com or some other mainstream network show. It CAN'T! It's different, which they seem to have forgotten. Hell, this is a prime example - the position that was once held by Jim Ross, who's been in the business FOREVER and knows more than most the people in the entire company COMBINED, is NOW held by a woman who came from the LPGA! Ladies Professional Golf! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!

  • @michaelhunziker7287
    @michaelhunziker7287 3 года назад +1

    Greg Gagne is the least believable pro wrestler. The nepotism is laughable. The Muppet Grover had a better physique.

    • @kellijones6481
      @kellijones6481 2 года назад +1

      If Verne wasn’t his daddy, the best Greg could’ve ever done is become an assistant manager at a Walmart. Maybe a used car salesman but that’s almost giving Greg too much credit

  • @NZbumblebee
    @NZbumblebee 12 лет назад

    I think Kevin & Chris were both good men. But one just got a little lost along the way.

  • @Pillar5770
    @Pillar5770 5 лет назад

    The only honest wrestling promoters were the Japanese and Don Owens. I have not heard anything good about any other wrestling promoters, especially American promoters.

  • @ymca4547
    @ymca4547 13 лет назад

    Sour grapes from Greg Gagne methinks. Business is business. To be the top you gotta beat the opposition. Just saying.

  • @defiantone8556
    @defiantone8556 9 лет назад +2

    If what Greg said is true about what Vince said, Vince is full of shit, if he didn't want to put anyone out of business. Vince got what he wanted, & the fans got what they DIDN'T want, & that's the WWE being crammed down our throats 24/7 as the only REAL player on TV And this may come as a shock to Vince & WWE fans, but NOT all wrestling fans care for the WWE & Vince & his circus of freaks. Vince sounds like the big fish eating the little fish.

  • @xaviertoybox
    @xaviertoybox 13 лет назад

    vince don't give shit about anyone

  • @TheBiz316
    @TheBiz316 12 лет назад

    Vince put everyone out of business....Wrestling became corporate....It was no longer a mafia family type business...you lost Gagne....Get over it....

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 12 лет назад +1

    Conspiracy theories! LOL!! You really are reaching now, just stop, you're embarrassing yourself. "Asked to work for ECW in 96'" HAHAHAHA. Thanks for the laugh!

  • @stubby42642
    @stubby42642 12 лет назад

    kevin sullivan has forgotten more about wrestling than any of us will ever know. and anyway, kevin sullivan made a shitload of money booking over the years. ur comment is nonsence, you need to do a little more research.

  • @CadillacL
    @CadillacL 14 лет назад

    Another reason to hate Vince!

  • @ScarFace5566
    @ScarFace5566 12 лет назад

    Childish name calling, another sign that you have been exposed as a simpleton and a troll. Now who's avoiding the topic? You never did answer when the next Varsity Club re-union would be? Care to defend that brilliant decision?

  • @joku54567
    @joku54567 11 лет назад

    because WWE's structure you cant have a booker. there doomed with wrestling writers. plus kevin sullivan would beat the piss out of kevin dunn.

  • @chriskoob
    @chriskoob 12 лет назад

    from what ive seen the best guest booker eps were sullivan, j.j., gary hart, cornette and even greg gagne (though i think he put over verne a lil too much vs what prob really went down but thats understandable) mike graham's guest booker was the worst, it was like he forgot what the concept of the show was about and all he wanted to do was tell stories

    • @neosgx96
      @neosgx96 6 лет назад

      chriskoob In Sean Olivers book he talks about Mike not being very involved with booking and kept asking Sean and other people in the room for advice in booking a card. Sean felt that and removed the card booking from the final release.