After 9-11 I was one of the National guardsmen at the airport in Vegas. I got to meet a lot of interesting people, including MC Hammer, Mohamed Ali, and the Iron Sheik. The Iron Sheik was walking through while my battle buddy and I were standing between the delta checkpoint and monorail; he saw us and came over and talked to us for about a half hour and left us with signed photos. Dude was totally chill, and really seemed to enjoy hanging out with two soldiers standing at their checkpoint. R.I.P. Brother.
@@KaneRobot yea like 2 seasons of superstars no championship wrestling at all a handful of all American episodes and prime time wrestling has the most but the old network before peacock had alot more
Mean Gene blurting out "the soil!" and accidently causing Sarge's promo to go off the rails, and then the hilarious regret he clearly feels as a confused Sarge tries to weave that into the promo🤣🤣 You can clearly see the moment Sarge is like "what? soil? well..........okay." Comedy Gold!!.
My AFJROTC instructor used to say that in class. He said he got so used to cursing in the military that he got home to Thanksgiving & said "PASS THE FUCKING POTATOES!" & everyone looked at him like he was crazy. The Flight died laughing
Nikolai seems like such a genuinely nice, good natured, fun loving man and yet when he walked through the curtain the hate from the crowd was palpable. What a magic thing the world of wrestling was!
Andrew: One of the reasons why I was very glad to see him turn Face at last in The WWF. He had been a very convincing and powerful Foreign Menace style Heel throughout many NWA Territories. So when Nikolai Volkoff became a Hero it was a joy to behold! R.I.P. Mr. V!🤔😉🎤💪🤼♂️B.W.
1:15 - I don't think Mean Gene was ready for Sergeant Slaughter to just go on a complete all-American _tear_ after he flubbed his line. Gene just couldn't contain his laughter! Even Slaughter, himself, eventually cracked up! Ah, man. Golden.
Slaughter was known for spitting all over everyone during his interviews - not on purpose though. Gene with his towel, wiping his face and laughing proves it. Great clip.
Bobby The Brain was amazing, especially with Gorilla. I also like Gorilla and Jesse as a combo. Half the stuff Jesse and The Brain said would never fly today.
I think the best thing for me was the level of love and respect they all had for Gene. He got away with ribbing them and saying things that would have gotten an average person punched. They knew how good he made them look and how easy he made that part of their job. The guy is the best 1 - on 1 interviewer in the history of pro wrestling. There were better partnerships and better in-ring announce guys, but NOBODY beat Jean 1 to 1.
I dont disagree with you about the love he got but I don't think he "got away with it" cause he was one of the boys you know? Like I was in the army and we would constantly go out of our way to annoy each other, play pranks and whenever we would bump into someone from a different branch we'd heckle the hell out of each other but we had zero tolerance for regular civilians messing with one of our guys. I remember we was in a bar and some local guys was talking shit to a recent national guard recruit saying he was a weekend warrior and a toy soldier. We made it very clear to them that unless they actually have the balls to enlist and endure the training you don't have the right to show that guy disrespect, yeah we joke about his branch but he's still our brother. Then we bought the guy a few beers and proceeded to talk shit about him needing "real" soldiers to save his ass lol I imagine being a pro wrestler back then was like that
Have heard nothing but good things about Mr. Harris and seems like he'd have been a riot to hang out with he Mean Gene and The Sheik I hear they all were or are Great Guys
Sad part is If it was nowadays people would of said he’s disrespecting the turkey let’s cancel him all while having thanksgiving with turkeys 🦃 on their folks
I don’t know why, but personally seeing “the boys” have fun in the 80’s is just wild to me. I always just hear stuff like how they would basically get stabbed, get beat up, yelled at, everything in the world. But just to see them goofing around is really wholesome. Especially Iron Sheik.
You only hear about the bad stuff in shoot interviews etc ‘cause they’re a good story/sells dvds etc. I’m sure the majority is like this, just the guys having an absolute hoot.
Mean Gene Okerlund was without a doubt the best ever at what he did. This is when wrestling was great. You had the matches and then you have the one on one interviews which are far more entertaining. Then the skits you see backstage and on remote.
@@dr.floridamanphd I agree with you 100%. At least I have the option to turn it off when I’m at home I feel sorry for the people in the arena that have to watch it.
When the WWF first started their expansion they came to Denver I think it was 1985, the Shiek was there and he talked to us in the hallway of the old Denver Auditorium Arena for about 30 minutes after his match. Nice guy, he wanted to know about each of us and how we were doing in school and if we were eating right and doing some sort of daily exercise. You would have never thought that he would have the problems later in his life with drugs and whatnot. He treated us like he knew us for 10 years.
I grew up in this era of wrestling & even a few years before! Dick the Bruiser, The Crusher, Mad Dog, King Kong Brody, Pepper Gomez, Bobby Heenan, just to name a few of the legends that paved the way! These guys blow today’s wrestling out of the water!
People close to him say before his daughter was murdered, Iron Sheik was just a character for the camera and in the ring, but he was still Ali Waziri outside the ring. After his daughter was murdered, he went off the deep end with drugs and morphed into being the Iron Sheik 24/7 as himself. Sad story, but he seems to have finally cleaned up enough and will be 81 in a few months from this post. Considering most wrestlers die young, Sheiky surviving into his 80s is amazing.
This was great. To me the best era of wrestling. All these great wrestlers, managers, announcers and add Mean Gene Okerlund and Howard "The Fink Finkel, what more could you want?
God, how I remember all, these great episodes. It seems like it was just yesterday sitting on the living room floor in front of a wooden floor model Zenith television watching Saturday morning Superstars of wrestling. ---- May all of these great wrestlers from the past and Mean Gene Okerlund never be forgotten. Rest in peace and thank you for such great entertainment
Wow that’s exactly my memory. 45 years old and I remember just that sitting on my living room floor turning the dial on the wood floor panel Zenath TV those were the days!
Indeed, your comment agreed 100%. The changes in the business now would never compare with the same experience we had when the WWF aired on T.V. back then.
You almost made me cry.. those are my memories too. I hate being old now but I wouldn't trade being able to be a kid during those times for ANYTHING in the world. Such great memories.
He was a legend with Freddie blassie or I should say Ayatollah blassie but him with Nikolai volkoff and the doctor of style slick legendary all they had to do was get in the ring with the mic nuclear Heat
Now that the illusion is broken, we can laugh at all of this ludicrousness. I love it! Mean Gene must’ve had so much fun working with such BIG personalities.
Gene was, and still remains one of the funiest Americans ever. He was every bit, and sometimes even better than the actual bout. Comic genius. Essential to the success of the whole shebang.
3:45 that was one smooth-ass save that even makes Valentine look like a million bucks, laughing at his kayfabe opponent. Too bad they didn't make it through heh.
I had a connection to greatness many years ago. Back in the Sgt. Slaughter/Iron Sheik days, the WWF came to my town. A local radio personality who was a friend was hired as ring announcer. After the show, he told my wife and I that the wrestlers were playing cards and perusing men's magazines between matches. He also said that of all of them, the nicest and most respectful was the Iron Sheik. He proclaimed his love of the USA, and his appreciation for the people of the USA giving him a chance to be a successful athletic entertainer. He was a really good guy, God rest his soul.
In the late 70s WWF did a zet of matchws on Staten Island. POs from my precinct were part of security. One of my buddies came tonthe stationhouse after and was telling how, back in tje dressing room, George the Animal Steele, Ivan Putsky, and I don't remember who else, were playing cards and discussing stock market, and 2 guys who werecsuppised to be bitter enemies were talking about shsring a ride to Rochester with Bruno Sammartino. My buddy said it was like a college frat house, except for the wrestling tights...
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My other Mean Gene tribute (blocked on youtube) - odysee.com/@ChronBonJohn:5/mean-gene-okerlund-too-hot-for-tv:9?r=86dzqa7X5WbH2bj1T15nPQ53JZ7SA9yp
It's on RUclips. You just have to know how to look for it
So many dead people!
no, its not lol
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@@Zhangsun321 on odysee you are free and welcome to look .
on youtube you have to beg and kneel and suck up to their censorship all the time .
Iron Sheik R.I.P. You were always so much fun to watch. Rest easy, big guy, you've certainly earned it.
He's definitely with his daughter now😢
Can’t stop
Laughing
After 9-11 I was one of the National guardsmen at the airport in Vegas. I got to meet a lot of interesting people, including MC Hammer, Mohamed Ali, and the Iron Sheik. The Iron Sheik was walking through while my battle buddy and I were standing between the delta checkpoint and monorail; he saw us and came over and talked to us for about a half hour and left us with signed photos. Dude was totally chill, and really seemed to enjoy hanging out with two soldiers standing at their checkpoint. R.I.P. Brother.
Forget all those shows on the WWE Network/Peacock. THIS is the kind of stuff we're dying to see.
It's gotten ridiculous with the minimal 80s and early 90s content uploads. Thank God for videos like this and others showing classic wwf on RUclips.
LOL...a bunch of this stuff is viewable on WWE Network.
@@KaneRobot yea like 2 seasons of superstars no championship wrestling at all a handful of all American episodes and prime time wrestling has the most but the old network before peacock had alot more
@@mikesmith2718 Exactly the old network had more content. Shows weren't chopped up and edited like on Peacock
Couldn’t agree more!
Seeing The Iron Shiek out of character is a reminder that The Iron Shiek is never out of character.
This. RIP.
Unless hes ridin with Hacksaw
@@breadfan9Even then, I’m sure he was Iron Sheiking it up.
@@breadfan9😂 that happened like 10 mins away from my house
“Character” lol what character? The Sheik was just the Sheik, through and through
From what I hear, Gene deserved a better memorial.
Apparently, no one showed up to his funeral. Diamond Dallas Page talked about this in a shoot interview.
I guess Mean Gene was that nice guy acquaintance at work that everybody likes, but you never hang out with him beyond work.
@@gilson1982 Plus it's no secret that so many wrestlers since the 80's died an early death, so I wonder if attrition played a part in the low turnout.
The Iron Shiek staying in character while everyone dies laughing as he manages to grab the Turkey and later save it from falling over in the cage.
Gene lost it when Shiekie pretended to spit on the turkey. 😂
Thats not a character. Thats just the Shiek.
@@stevem7192 pretty much what I was gonna say. LOL
I'm surprised that the iron sheik didn't call the turkey a no-good cheap jew sonofabitch.
Sheik is never out of character....
Gene genuinely, honestly had the best job in human history
No doubt
Gene and Howard Finkle both had the best jobs in the world. My god, I can’t even imagine the places they got to see and the people they got to meet.
ain’t that the truth!
Yep, and he was damn good at it!
He was the greatest. Hands down.
"Not only military, but my OWN mother lays in the soil of America!"
Mean Gene trying his hardest not to crack. 😆
Straighten up your act boy or you'll be doing some push ups
I almost died laughing when Iron called Hulk a redneck.
The characters during that era of wrestling were priceless... definitely the golden age of professional wrestling.
I’d watch every week. Imagine cancel culture w/these guys?!
I dunno how you could ever sell being a straight man in this time
priceless, and worthless
The 1970's were the Golden Age of professional wrestling.
@@raysravens52, yeah. Because tall, muscular, charismatic men are all gay… 🤦♂️
Dude I busted out laughing at Gene "Tiny Dick" Okerlund. Priceless
Lol, same here!
the ball busting on those sets musta been epic.... just a bunch a dudes drinking scotch and doin coke.
@@darrensiegel6651 bunch of alcoholics and drug addicts you mean .
Surprised he didn't offer to take'em to tiny town...
😂 Now that’s my kinda humor... I don’t mean dick-jokes, but bestowing nicknames on unsuspecting co-workers
Mean Gene blurting out "the soil!" and accidently causing Sarge's promo to go off the rails, and then the hilarious regret he clearly feels as a confused Sarge tries to weave that into the promo🤣🤣
You can clearly see the moment Sarge is like "what? soil? well..........okay."
Comedy Gold!!.
"THE SOIL!" So random & unexpected, as soon as he said it I died, looks like Slaughter did too! 🤣
👇""THE SOIL"" 😂
Dude it made my cry I was laughing so hard 😂😂 it just completely threw him off he didn’t know where to go with his promo😂
The just “take the mic moment” ~comes back~
“TAPS!”
He tried to get back on the rails tho 😂
Mene Gene was the best.
"11 states. And only 12 cases of rape. That ain't bad for the weekend."
"PASS THE FUCKING POTATOES!" Too funny! 😂
EVERY THANKSGIVING!!
It's the new tradition!!!
My AFJROTC instructor used to say that in class. He said he got so used to cursing in the military that he got home to Thanksgiving & said "PASS THE FUCKING POTATOES!" & everyone looked at him like he was crazy.
The Flight died laughing
I'm totally using this now
Greg lost it immediately, this was a funny clip. glad I got to see it. I remember Mean Gene when he was in AWA in the 70s.
Does it take five minutes for Valentine to pass the potatoes? 😂😂😂😂😂
Nikolai seems like such a genuinely nice, good natured, fun loving man and yet when he walked through the curtain the hate from the crowd was palpable. What a magic thing the world of wrestling was!
Andrew: One of the reasons why I was very glad to see him turn Face at last in The WWF. He had been a very convincing and powerful Foreign Menace style Heel throughout many NWA Territories. So when Nikolai Volkoff became a Hero it was a joy to behold! R.I.P. Mr. V!🤔😉🎤💪🤼♂️B.W.
He could really sing!
Yeah he was a good guy who hated communism. I think it was blassie who convinced him play the role.
What a stupid thing of the world of wrestling was.
I don't know why but Big John Studd coming in randomly with WHAT DID HE DO GENE? made me guffaw 😂
Nikolai Volkoff howling at Mean Gene’s insult is the funniest thing ever.
Nikolai Volkoff laughing like a kid at Mean Gene's insult! Priceless!!
His laugh made me laugh too 🤣🤣
I truly feel blessed that this footage survives to this day. What a treasure to see this.
Volkov singing “Tiny Bubbles” made my day.
As a 42 year old man, this made me entirely too happy. Couldn’t stop giggling like a little schoolgirl. This was awesome, thank you.
I'm you're age and right there with ya this is classic gold 😂😂😂😂
Same age too. The ending of this video gave me the feels. And I never seen Kamala talk before (besides an interview I watched a few years back)
Same age as well brother. We group up with these amazing interviews. These outtakes are hysterical!
Rip Mean Gene 😪
I'm 41 but same here
I can't imagine being on set with Gene and Sheiky Baby. I'd pïss myself laughing.
Sheiky is so hilarious! I love the video of him, New Jack and Honkey in the hotel room
And Heenan too. Those 3 were so damn funny
"Intelligen Jew businessman"
Yes, I agree. I'd have to bring a couple of changes of pants cuz I have been laughing so hard at all of this
He had the best job in all of wrestling. Legend.
1:15 - I don't think Mean Gene was ready for Sergeant Slaughter to just go on a complete all-American _tear_ after he flubbed his line. Gene just couldn't contain his laughter! Even Slaughter, himself, eventually cracked up! Ah, man. Golden.
The Sarge corpsing? SEND FOR THE MAN!
Slaughter was known for spitting all over everyone during his interviews - not on purpose though. Gene with his towel, wiping his face and laughing proves it. Great clip.
"My mother sleeps in the soil!!" 😂
“He potatoed the Turkey” 🤣🤣🤣
The Brain was brilliant
He made it humble
Gene and the Brain.. two geniuses of their craft. RIP legends
Finally!!! Somebody else who gives Bobby The Brain some of the respect he deserves!!! He was hands down my favorite...
👍😎👍
Heenan was the original, the one and only, the genuine real deal, THE BRAIN!!
Those two together cracked me up so badly when I was a kid.
Bobby The Brain was amazing, especially with Gorilla. I also like Gorilla and Jesse as a combo. Half the stuff Jesse and The Brain said would never fly today.
Damn, was Heenan quick. And Gene went right with him.
It's unbelievable that just about everyone in that video is dead. The hammer and Sarge are still around
And Wendy
I absolutely love the WWF 1980's era. It brings back so many wonderful memories for me as a child.
Even over here in the Netherlands ...brings back so many good memory..where are those days?
Gimme a time- machine..😢
Seems like it was a 1000 years ago. Great memories. Sad what the world has become
Your so right!! The best💪
Indeed. Those were good times.
"PASS THE FUCKING POTATOES!!!"
THE Iron Sheik's spit- "HOCKKK TOOOO!!" @ 1:04 is the funniest part of this video. 🤣
Tooof
He’s a cartoon character
2024: Hawk Tuah!
@@shoWbitzI was about to say the same thing
Having a really sucky weekend and that clip of Sheik and the turkey literally made me belly laugh. Needed that.
Hope you’re ok my man
Rest in Peace, Iron Sheik.
🙏🏿
I think the best thing for me was the level of love and respect they all had for Gene. He got away with ribbing them and saying things that would have gotten an average person punched. They knew how good he made them look and how easy he made that part of their job. The guy is the best 1 - on 1 interviewer in the history of pro wrestling. There were better partnerships and better in-ring announce guys, but NOBODY beat Jean 1 to 1.
I dont disagree with you about the love he got but I don't think he "got away with it" cause he was one of the boys you know? Like I was in the army and we would constantly go out of our way to annoy each other, play pranks and whenever we would bump into someone from a different branch we'd heckle the hell out of each other but we had zero tolerance for regular civilians messing with one of our guys. I remember we was in a bar and some local guys was talking shit to a recent national guard recruit saying he was a weekend warrior and a toy soldier. We made it very clear to them that unless they actually have the balls to enlist and endure the training you don't have the right to show that guy disrespect, yeah we joke about his branch but he's still our brother. Then we bought the guy a few beers and proceeded to talk shit about him needing "real" soldiers to save his ass lol I imagine being a pro wrestler back then was like that
@@emanuelmartinez7267 You're spot on. Gene was 100% one of the boys and that's why he did what he did in the first place.
Ricky Steamboat said that nobody from the WWE/WWF went to Gene's funeral services, except for him.
That's sad and pathetic if it's true 👍 😊
@@VAHOSS I heard DDP and Killer Bees were there too
Every part of this is better then modern wrestling. Unscripted promos, a interviewer who has a personality. No one will ever be better then Gene.
Back then it was “here are the bullet points. You have two minutes. Sell it”
@@dr.floridamanphd bahahahaha so true
Modern WWE =/= all Modern wrestling
That’s because Vince McMahon wants total control over everything.
Yeah you watch this then after it there is a match that is most likely shit. No thanks modern era is way more balanced.
1:04
Sheik spitting on the turkey had me on the floor 😂
Gene shat himself already
arkkkkk taw
Pass the fucking potatoes! I lost it right there 😂😂😂😂
"He spit on the turkey!"
Sugarbear Harris was such a sweet funny man. R.I.P. Gene, and all the legends in this collection.
The Iron Sheik is still alive, amazing, Hard to believe that everybody in video is dead except Wendy, Sheik, Valentine
@@billysikes1374 slaughter is still alive lol so is Valentine
Slaughter is still alive lol
Have heard nothing but good things about Mr. Harris and seems like he'd have been a riot to hang out with he Mean Gene and The Sheik I hear they all were or are Great Guys
He scared the crap out of me when I was a kid!!!
Mean Gene and Iron Shiek were gold together, always
Mean Gene, the Brain Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon were 3 of the reasons I watched wrestling
What a time capsule. Goofing off and breaking kayfabe- not exactly mind blowing today, but back then a leaked tape might have been problematic.
Facts
Before 1995, that tape would have gotten ALL of them fired!
Seeing Shiek fucking around and laughing in that last clip was the best part for me.
yeah, just like those 12 rapes over the weekend
@@MrSinister718 lol what?
Sheik spitting on the turkey is pure comedy gold holy shit
Also that casual "12 cases of rape that ain't bad for the weekend" had me dying
Ah FACK THE TURKEY.
It should of been a chicken - he looks like he's pretty good at choking chickens.
And Patera did it to a turkey with a pecker too.
Sad part is If it was nowadays people would of said he’s disrespecting the turkey let’s cancel him all while having thanksgiving with turkeys 🦃 on their folks
That would have gotten him canceled today 😂😂😂
The Golden era, no doubt. They all had so much character!
Gene's entire career was trying not to laugh🤣
RIP Mean Gene
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Look like they were all great friends from a great era of wrestling
Also, drugs. Lots of drugs.
4:10 "Pass the fuckin' potatoes"
If this were 3 hours, I would absolutely watch it all. These are great!
Pass me the fuckin potatoes and let’s sit and watch it
I don’t know why, but personally seeing “the boys” have fun in the 80’s is just wild to me. I always just hear stuff like how they would basically get stabbed, get beat up, yelled at, everything in the world. But just to see them goofing around is really wholesome. Especially Iron Sheik.
You only hear about the bad stuff in shoot interviews etc ‘cause they’re a good story/sells dvds etc. I’m sure the majority is like this, just the guys having an absolute hoot.
Mean Gene Okerlund was without a doubt the best ever at what he did. This is when wrestling was great. You had the matches and then you have the one on one interviews which are far more entertaining. Then the skits you see backstage and on remote.
Not to mention the half hour of blabbering in the middle of the ring to start the show only to have it go nowhere.
@@dr.floridamanphd I agree with you 100%. At least I have the option to turn it off when I’m at home I feel sorry for the people in the arena that have to watch it.
You mean Gene Mean
The genuine fun and love this crew has for each other is very apparent. Would’ve loved to work with them!
Greg Valentine and his wife had the exact same haircut
🤣😂🤣😂
RIP to all the wrestling stars we have lost so far....🙏🙏🙏
Classic WWF blooper reels like this would be ratings gold on the network.
When the WWF first started their expansion they came to Denver I think it was 1985, the Shiek was there and he talked to us in the hallway of the old Denver Auditorium Arena for about 30 minutes after his match.
Nice guy, he wanted to know about each of us and how we were doing in school and if we were eating right and doing some sort of daily exercise.
You would have never thought that he would have the problems later in his life with drugs and whatnot.
He treated us like he knew us for 10 years.
Thanks for all the great memories, Mean Gene. R.I.P.
That last part with Iron Sheik was him at his best. RIP, may he rest in FUCK HULK HOGAN!
The really wild part is it looks like everyone in the Shiek's last segment has transitioned to the great beyond.
So sad to think about how many of these genuine legends have left us now. RIP to all
I grew up in this era of wrestling & even a few years before! Dick the Bruiser, The Crusher, Mad Dog, King Kong Brody, Pepper Gomez, Bobby Heenan, just to name a few of the legends that paved the way! These guys blow today’s wrestling out of the water!
Dr. X
Mean Gene was a legend and the best in the business . R.I.P Mean Gene Okerlund.
Half, if not most, of these wrestlers are now gone.........the 80's seemed like yesterday
Yea true
Gene 'Pass the fucking potatoes!' Okerlund
Nobody could hold a candle to mean gene.
Greg Valentine can’t even keep a straight face 😂
Sheik was laughing that is awesome. To this day I still believed he never got out of character.
People close to him say before his daughter was murdered, Iron Sheik was just a character for the camera and in the ring, but he was still Ali Waziri outside the ring. After his daughter was murdered, he went off the deep end with drugs and morphed into being the Iron Sheik 24/7 as himself. Sad story, but he seems to have finally cleaned up enough and will be 81 in a few months from this post. Considering most wrestlers die young, Sheiky surviving into his 80s is amazing.
@@redrumloamy he RIP now. I read about the tragedy of his daughter it’s very sad and hard breaking
Gene was a great performer - as much a part of the wwf's persona as any one of those famous wrestlers
The Iron Sheik doing the roll call at the end and everybody partaking in the fooleru had me dying 😂😂😂😂
This was great. To me the best era of wrestling. All these great wrestlers, managers, announcers and add Mean Gene Okerlund and Howard "The Fink Finkel, what more could you want?
Rest In Peace to The Iron Sheik. He'll really be Missed. 🙂💪🙏🙏
Iron Sheik is so underrated when he talks the talk 🤣🤣🤣
Wow. So many legends in this clip that have crossed over. I'm glad we have the opportunity to go back and relive these great moments. ❤
They all really seemed to like each other and really got along well. I grew up watching all these absolute gems. I was so lucky!
God, how I remember all,
these great episodes. It seems like it was just yesterday sitting on the living room floor in front of a wooden floor model Zenith television watching Saturday morning Superstars of wrestling. ---- May all of these great wrestlers from the past and Mean Gene Okerlund never be forgotten.
Rest in peace and thank you for such great entertainment
My sentiments exactly!
Wow that’s exactly my memory. 45 years old and I remember just that sitting on my living room floor turning the dial on the wood floor panel Zenath TV those were the days!
Indeed, your comment agreed 100%. The changes in the business now would never compare with the same experience we had when the WWF aired on T.V. back then.
You almost made me cry.. those are my memories too. I hate being old now but I wouldn't trade being able to be a kid during those times for ANYTHING in the world. Such great memories.
RIP Iron Sheik. The Heel of all Anti-American Heels. I wish I was born to see you perform magic
He was a legend with Freddie blassie or I should say Ayatollah blassie but him with Nikolai volkoff and the doctor of style slick legendary all they had to do was get in the ring with the mic nuclear Heat
The look that terrified turkey gave the audience was too much!😂
I’m in tears right now.
Now that the illusion is broken, we can laugh at all of this ludicrousness. I love it! Mean Gene must’ve had so much fun working with such BIG personalities.
Rumor has it his blood type was vermouth.
Illusion lol
@@dr.floridamanphd that was his mouthwash
The illusion is broken for you NOW ???
The sheik saying the turkey looks like Hulk Hogan always gets me
It makes me happy they had a lot of fun making these. Looks like they’re all there to have a good time and goof around.
Gene Mean, the best to ever do it!
Iron Sheik was a beast. He was the real deal.
Can’t we all just lighten up again like these guys ?
that last clip is the maddest thing i have ever seen and i love it
Mean gene interviews were great in the wwf.
Especially when he interviews bad guys.
👍
Gene "Tiny Dick" Okerlund @ 3:18 had me rollin.....lmfao :P
There will never be anything like this again. Picasso in high boots. Pure smack. Amen.
Always a joy watching these guys break character
Gene was, and still remains one of the funiest Americans ever.
He was every bit, and sometimes even better than the actual bout.
Comic genius.
Essential to the success of the whole shebang.
I will have that quote stuck in my head forever
.. .. .."" PASS THE F**KING POTATOES "".. .. ..
3:45 that was one smooth-ass save that even makes Valentine look like a million bucks, laughing at his kayfabe opponent. Too bad they didn't make it through heh.
Rest In Paradise Iron Sheik!
Ah man this shit is GOLD!!! RIP to those no longer with us 😔🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🕊
These are great!
Rest in Power, Sheiky Baby. Tell Gene Mean we said hello.
iron sheik and mean gene had a very special relationship , i loved it when they had them both at the hall of fame induction.
Love the ending. How many of those past superstars have passed on. Iron sheik rocks.
I had a connection to greatness many years ago. Back in the Sgt. Slaughter/Iron Sheik days, the WWF came to my town. A local radio personality who was a friend was hired as ring announcer. After the show, he told my wife and I that the wrestlers were playing cards and perusing men's magazines between matches. He also said that of all of them, the nicest and most respectful was the Iron Sheik. He proclaimed his love of the USA, and his appreciation for the people of the USA giving him a chance to be a successful athletic entertainer. He was a really good guy, God rest his soul.
Sheik is still alive.
@@jeremytheloner Thank God!
America is a stain on the world just so you know.
In the late 70s WWF did a zet of matchws on Staten Island. POs from my precinct were part of security. One of my buddies came tonthe stationhouse after and was telling how, back in tje dressing room, George the Animal Steele, Ivan Putsky, and I don't remember who else, were playing cards and discussing stock market, and 2 guys who werecsuppised to be bitter enemies were talking about shsring a ride to Rochester with Bruno Sammartino. My buddy said it was like a college frat house, except for the wrestling tights...
the people sure
the gov ? eh .......nope lol (speakin bout myself)
The Iron Sheik. Smacked the turkey 🦃 back into the basket lol 😂
"Let me tell you something Mean Gene!".......👍🇺🇸