Excellent video history of the NWA. Also, great jab at TNA/Impact, as you know they had a partnership with the NWA, till they got greedy with the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team titles. That was why the NWA took the belts back and ended the agreement with TNA.
thank you for the awesome info. Yes, the NWA had a $25,000 .00 bond on the world belt. Because, WCW brought out the old NWA and phased it out , they forgot the loop hole with the "bond". Ric Flair took the belt to WWF in 1992. What a lot of these morons forget once you become the world champion you are indeed entitled to the belt , along with the $25,000.00
This was a clever, entertaining video that did a decent job of giving a summary and overview of the history of the NWA. Things were a bit more complicated than presented, but there's only so much you can do in 10 minutes. For a detailed history of the NWA I highly recommend Tim Hornbaker's "NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE MONOPOLY THAT STRANGLED WRESTLING."
I just found your channel and wow so nice to find a new unique Wrestling channel You and that guy were great! I can tell you put a lot of time into this! I can't wait to see more, Brilliant Work guys! LIKED AND SUBBED!
Dave, I enjoy your videos dude. They are informative and your very relatable. But I must say that this is one of the funniest videos you've done, hands down my favorite so far as I've only started watching your channel a few months ago and this one is from 2017. I really enjoyed the cut aways after the announcer gave you one of his off the wall "views", like about smoking for example. Your "you turned out" joke was great and your tone of voice was perfect. I enjoy that dry kind of humor. Anyway I'm rambling so to close....This video was f'n awesome!!! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much. This was a lot of fun to make. That line and most of the comedic parts of this video were all made up on the fly, as I did not have any idea what he was going to say. Thank you again so much for the support and I am so glad that you are here!
Another Awesome video Dave! I Love the old school history videos you do... How about a mini Documentary on some old school legends like George Hackenschmidt, Ed The Strangler Lewis, Farmer Burns, Frank Gotch, etc... Also I have always been curious to find out more about how Pro Wrestling went from being completely Legitimate, Like Gotch & Hackenschmidt to becoming "Sports Entertainment." Thanks again for the great videos!
@@DaveKnowsWrestling I love this video as highlights the "Pioneer Era". Unless I've overlooked a previous one, how about a video on the origins of promoters dating back to the 1860s after the Civil War, carnival days?
If I ran the National Wrestling Alliance, I'd crown Dave as the first NWA RUclipsr Heavyweight Champion. The NWA RUclipsr Heavyweight Championship is a custom NWA World Heavyweight Championship with replacable sideplates.
Haha, I thought he was funny and wanted him to use his old timey announcer voice in a video and he knows nothing about wrestling. Plus I feared that a sepia tone episode about the NWA's origins needed a bit of color commentary to hold people's attention. Perhaps it wasn't needed.
David Frederick I completely agree with you. I love it when we see people who actually know true facts about wrestling. Sorry to say, I don't watch anymore because the passion is gone. So yes that guy in the background distracted me from enjoying this video.
Dave Knows Wrestling--- Would have been awesome if Conan O'Brien had done the "Announcer's spot"....but aside from having a bit of fun the "facts" are always interesting to hear....and through the years I have indeed heard AND read several stories concerning how the "Original" N.W.A was started up....plus of course the "how's" and "why's" concerning the other factions of Rasslin Promotions. Cheers Dave and I'll See Everyone At Ringside Soon
This is a very timely video to come in my recommended section, as NWA Smoky Mountain is having its last show on August 19th, which is in a couple of weeks or so. Very sad to see if I'm gonna be honest.
I enjoyed the vid and the background guy. If he annoyed people, doesn't that mean he has doing his job?! Nice change of pace from the normal wrestling vid.
Found this channel last night and been watching probably a few too many videos. Already recommended to friends. This one, with the announcer, is the first time I've fully guffawed at any of the jokes. I've always had an enjoyment for 1940's radio announcers. (For the record, it was the "Never trust an Ital-" joke, as an Italian-American myself, that sh*t's funny.)
Thank you! Welcome! For a bit of BTS, I had no idea what he was going to say. I just liked his old announcer voice and came up with an excuse to put him in the episode, he doesn't even like wrestling. When he said that Italian line, I was totally unprepared.. for the record he is half Italian himself. He went on from there, but I knew I had to cut it.. although he thought I should have kept it all in
Absolutely LOVED this episode ! The 40's motif, and the annoying news announcer was hilarious . And the old news reel bit just put it over the top. The people complaining about this episode are most likely below 40 years old and just have no connection with the style. Granted I am only in my early 50's, still an old fart I am told, I remember them being woven in the "World at War" series. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much, so great to hear that you enjoyed the presentation and totally got what I was going for. And I wouldn't say old.. I would say grown enough to know better
Very nice. Skips over the anti-trust evasion, but very good. (By claiming to be part of the same organization the promoters were able to "explain" away their collusion with other territories to the various state athletic commissions.)
I question if the "real reason" the NWA was created was to have a true world champion. At the end of the day the promoters are only in the business for money. I don't they cared about the truth in their belts worth. I'd say it was created as a loose alliance so they wouldn't have to compete against each other and make money off each other
Things aren't black and white. A successful business doesn't mean their sole intent was money and therefore nothing else was a goal. In today's society I feel there is a lot of stress placed on making everything an absolute, instead of realizing that things can be multifaceted
Dave Knows Wrestling I agree but a businessman sole intent in starting a business is NOT to make money? Come on. By the way I love your videos just didn't agree with that comment. Best of luck
32 years I spent in wrestling and there was NEVER a time decisions were made for a Championship not even the NWA as the members abandon the NWA as soon as it was no longer of profit as WWF had taken over in almost every Territory and the public had decided that WWF style wrestling was what they wanted. SO even NWA was nothing but a prop for Jim Crockett as Flair was NO LONGER BOOKED OUT by the NWA but by Crockett and that would prove Historically that each office /Territory by paying dues (where is your history of the dues paid?) You have simply repeated what many already know and have written. However you say nothing of the TRUTH behind the NWA ! It was a way to have one Champion that was CONTROLLED and was paid a % that in some towns that was less than the $25 made by local undercard guys. It would be like todays INDY wrestling getting together to have one Champion that could be controlled by a deposit of what was $60,000 and was usually put up by a sponsoring office like the Funks had their DAD and would never have been Champions had it not been for him and Jim Barnett getting Dory Jr ready by working in Australia with Kowalski and others. I could go on all day with this, but why bother as the "Smart Marks" who are really the biggest marks or historians will disagree!! However since I was a kid I lived it.
To give Lou Thesz the chance to become a 6-time world heavyweight champion and hold that title the longest time. Lou was so iconic to the sport. He would have made a fine college wrestling coach.
Just found your channel. What do you think of the book National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling, by Tim Hornbaker? I've just started it, but it doesn't seem to be written very well, and based on what what little bit I've read so far, both NWAs existed by 1941? It's a hard read to follow since I'm not that up on my old timey wrestling history.
Oh really now? ruclips.net/user/edit?o=U&video_id=7yHRKW61svg will have to hold you over for now, I do touch on the origins of the WWE in this vid, but good to know that there is an audience for more. Thanks so much
Now the NWA is making a come back...Being a promotion all to itself...My question with that is will they continue the same expression of the founders or be more like the other promotions around the world.
This video really made me think "Ah the past, such a cool thing to look at culturally, not so great to look at socially and politically". Great vid though, always nice to see you get into...historical character? Eh whatever, all I'm saying is it's fun
That was a fun video. I get a kick out of some of the polls that list Ric Flair, for example, as the best wrestler of all time. Lou Thesz would have destroyed him in a shoot or work and so would Buddy Rogers. Rogers, by the way, only beat Lou Thesz once in all their matches in a Texas title bout in 1950. If you get a chance, check out the one hour draw between Rogers and Thesz from the International Ampitheater in 1951. This is what pro wrestling was and, unfortunately, we'll never see that kind of mat action again thanks to VKM who absolutely ruined the sport.
The dominance of the NWA led to their own downfall when politics behind the curtain led to some promoters upset and breaking away from it. Snowballing its way until the NWA's influence was no longer a thing.
Well hard to say. It's not like something is recognized or it's not. It's how many groups recognize them. For example, PWI only recognizes the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/global-force-wrestling/pwi-will-no-longer-recognize-tna-world-heavyweight-championship
@@DaveKnowsWrestling maybe you should make a video about that. Considering that there are plenty of former world champions in WWE that don't get recognized by WWE. AJ Styles, Tyler Black, Kevin Steen, Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe, and quite a few others were World Champions before joining the WWE and don't ever get recognized as such.
There's something like 250 different Indy promotions in the States right now. There's nothing really stopping all of them from recognizing their own world champion.
I really loved the short documentary! But it was ruined by the back guy. His constant interruptions were annoying. He didn't add anything to the video, even humor. These kind of documentaries should be straightforward.
This was an early video for me. I wasn't sure how my audience was going to take to an episode about early wrestling and done in black & white. And I find him funny and told him just to be annoying to me. It was meant to break up the seriousness. In the time since, I have become pleasantly surprised that so many ppl like just straight up wrestling history
@@DaveKnowsWrestling it was a serious topic about history. It's fine if you are reviewing a PPV. But documentaries need to be straightforward because we are paying a lot of attention. The silly things disturb the storytelling. Hope so the future videos are good.👍
Ironically, now WWE (the company most responsible for the death of the territory system and the decline of the NWA's relevance) is the closest thing to an NWA in wrestling today, with several -territories- brands under their umbrella: Raw, Smackdown, NXT, 205, UK, and soon Japan if the rumors are to be believed.
ill admit to being a little foggy on Lou having held the WWA title when he became the first nwa world champion. I understand your logic for the extra production & all I felt it went over fine & well done.Ya gotta hold their attention esp.younger fans who might be learning wrestling history for the first time. That was great when he chimed in "never trust an Italian!" funny stuff.Wrestling really was mafia like in those days a apparently. Outside of being more tame now, its a lot like it was say in the twenties,thirties,with no recognized champ & mini alliances here and there.I think the so called "independent"promotions,which isn't really an accurate term now but it works,is still the backbone of wrestling,I liken it to the rhythm section of a rock n roll band if anyone can identify with that.Still largely under nwa control,that and guys like David Marquez in Hollywood and wcwc etc in uwn after leaving when Tharpe did his little "hostile takeover..One goal I hope they consider is healing that most recent wound first now that Tharpe is out of the top seat.Cause you almost got an east/west division as it stands,no need for that.Although I'm sure the wrestlers are able to move across those boundaries but being united in name helps in visibility and fans being able to understand what they got. Yeah low subscribers for knowing your history I'm on board.Real well done.
I am a big fan of the NWA now with Billy Corgan in charge of the NWA with Nick Aldis Tim storm Cody Rhodes and the Mac my exposure to the NWA was WWF versus the NWA invasion and NWA TNA watching the old WCW Wild Things 90 wrestlewar the national wrestling alliance with WCW
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. This was my first real attempt at a history video and subject matter before the modern era. I wasn't sure that audiences would respond to it, so I tried to break it up with comedy. Evidently, I didn't really need it
@@DaveKnowsWrestling It's very funny, I like it. I'm personally particular about content, but it's very well done despite my preferences and think it's plausibly niche style.
Great informative influence enjoyable entertaining historical society entertaining past and future of professional wrestling used tool of business journey in any thing you see your wrestling fans video
This whole video was just made as an excuse to put him in it. He always did the old timey voice which I found it funny and he doesn't like wrestling. So I tried to think of a subject to cover around this time period. And I was also experimenting with history videos at the time and wasn't sure if fans would like a video talking about a topic from such a long time ago. So I incorporated humor in hopes of keeping ppl's attention
That reporter is obnoxious. I would have loved to hear more about the legendary National Wrestling Alliance but I just couldn't follow after the distractions.
This was my first outing in really old wrestling history. So I thought it needed humor to keep people's attention. I learned after this that the audience is all in on stuff like this so I never had to bother again
No mention of either the Lewis or Stecher troupes that rules wrestling during the 20's or 30's? Those were early precursors to what would become the NWA [Alliance.] One of the main reasons why the world title scene became so splintered during the 1940's is because of Dick Shikat's infamous shoot on world champion Danno O'Mahoney in 1936. O'Mahoney had been considered the undisputed world champion at the time, and the shoot destroyed any credibility wrestling had maintained. The troupes lost power, and before WWII no less than half a dozen recognized world champions were being promoted across the country. The NWA [Association] had been in the back pockets of the troupes really since day one, and it was their failure to bring any real order to the world title scene of the 40's that prompted Pinkie George to create his own league.
Should have ended this episode with the lines. "Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard You come talkin that trash we'll pull your card Knowin nothin in life but to be legit Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't sayin sh**"
Yeah this was in the beginning when I thought ppl wouldn't care about old school history and felt like I had to do something to keep their attention, especially with limited visuals from the era. However, I swiftly learned how much ppl love wrestling history
The extra theatrics is not needed. The guy in the background is actually causing more of a distraction than anything else. It's not entertaining nor funny. It's just an annoyance and distracting. I recommend don't do this in future videos
At the time, I didn't think anyone would sit thru an episode all about old wrestling and I personally thought his character stuff was funny, but lesson learned, now the history videos are just history
i like the old timey vibe and look but please don’t use the “guest” thing in the future. he’s annoying, and breaks up the flow of the video and most importantly he’s not funny, like at all man
i mean they’re your videos and as long as you like it that’s really the important thing. don’t get me wrong man i really enjoy your videos, some of the jokes with the “guest” work but for me personally i think the video would have been better without it, not trying to be a dick just trying to give constructive criticism. keep up the good work
Wtf is wrong with producing a well informed video?!?? That guy is freakin annoying and really pissed me off! If this is what all your videos are about this is my last one! Cut the crap with all the extra stuff!
WWE should have competition they are lackluster without other wrestling promotions challenging them. Once again Ted Turner sold WcW Vince did not truly defeat them.
This was a great video. Skip even sounded like an old radio announcer! Great!
Yeah, that was the whole point of this video, he doesn't even like wrestling, I just wanted an excuse for him to do that voice
Excellent video history of the NWA. Also, great jab at TNA/Impact, as you know they had a partnership with the NWA, till they got greedy with the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team titles. That was why the NWA took the belts back and ended the agreement with TNA.
What always amazes me is that promotions can come and go, but the NWA is forever
thank you for the awesome info. Yes, the NWA had a $25,000 .00 bond on the world belt. Because, WCW brought out the old NWA and phased it out , they forgot the loop hole with the "bond". Ric Flair took the belt to WWF in 1992. What a lot of these morons forget once you become the world champion you are indeed entitled to the belt , along with the $25,000.00
Man this comment didn't age well at all
@@MiguelRodriguez-vm8zm your comment is incorrect on so many levels it's not even funny
This was a clever, entertaining video that did a decent job of giving a summary and overview of the history of the NWA. Things were a bit more complicated than presented, but there's only so much you can do in 10 minutes. For a detailed history of the NWA I highly recommend Tim Hornbaker's "NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE MONOPOLY THAT STRANGLED WRESTLING."
Still the most HILARIOUS video you've done yet lol
I just found your channel and wow so nice to find a new unique Wrestling channel
You and that guy were great! I can tell you put a lot of time into this! I can't wait to see more, Brilliant Work guys!
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Welcome aboard! Thank you so much for the support and being a part of the team!
Dave, I enjoy your videos dude. They are informative and your very relatable. But I must say that this is one of the funniest videos you've done, hands down my favorite so far as I've only started watching your channel a few months ago and this one is from 2017. I really enjoyed the cut aways after the announcer gave you one of his off the wall "views", like about smoking for example. Your "you turned out" joke was great and your tone of voice was perfect. I enjoy that dry kind of humor. Anyway I'm rambling so to close....This video was f'n awesome!!! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much. This was a lot of fun to make. That line and most of the comedic parts of this video were all made up on the fly, as I did not have any idea what he was going to say. Thank you again so much for the support and I am so glad that you are here!
Another Awesome video Dave! I Love the old school history videos you do... How about a mini Documentary on some old school legends like George Hackenschmidt, Ed The Strangler Lewis, Farmer Burns, Frank Gotch, etc... Also I have always been curious to find out more about how Pro Wrestling went from being completely Legitimate, Like Gotch & Hackenschmidt to becoming "Sports Entertainment." Thanks again for the great videos!
Thank you so much, I do have a video on Gorgeous George.. but I like the idea of getting some other guys in too
Dave Knows Wrestling - yea it would be a great idea
+Mike Mirch. Read Fall Guys by Marcus Griffin and the Ed Lewis biography by Steve Yohe. Those should get you started.
@@DaveKnowsWrestling I love this video as highlights the "Pioneer Era". Unless I've overlooked a previous one, how about a video on the origins of promoters dating back to the 1860s after the Civil War, carnival days?
Gama's reign w/the John Bull belt is also recognized as a legit, shooting world championship.
Just became a patreon Dave. Love work! Hoping for more on the Pioneer Era!
You just earned a subscriber!
Thank you and Welcome Aboard! Glad to have you on the team!
Great video! I made the mistake of eating during it. Thirty seconds in I almost choked on my food from laughing. Keep up the great work Dave and team!
Hope you're alright, but glad you found it so funny!
This is an excellent video :) Awesome production and I love the gimmick!
Thank you so much. Always good to be appreciated
the rock promo quote tho
American Airlines - "OH! the humanity!" The best part of this video
If I ran the National Wrestling Alliance, I'd crown Dave as the first NWA RUclipsr Heavyweight Champion. The NWA RUclipsr Heavyweight Championship is a custom NWA World Heavyweight Championship with replacable sideplates.
Thank you.. now that would be quite the honor
what is the point of the annoying background other person.
Haha, I thought he was funny and wanted him to use his old timey announcer voice in a video and he knows nothing about wrestling. Plus I feared that a sepia tone episode about the NWA's origins needed a bit of color commentary to hold people's attention. Perhaps it wasn't needed.
David Frederick I completely agree with you. I love it when we see people who actually know true facts about wrestling. Sorry to say, I don't watch anymore because the passion is gone. So yes that guy in the background distracted me from enjoying this video.
Meh the background guy helped break it up and make it fun.
Entertainment. It's not rocket science.
Dave Knows Wrestling--- Would have been awesome if Conan O'Brien had done the "Announcer's spot"....but aside from having a bit of fun the "facts" are always interesting to hear....and through the years I have indeed heard AND read several stories concerning how the "Original" N.W.A was started up....plus of course the "how's" and "why's" concerning the other factions of Rasslin Promotions. Cheers Dave and I'll See Everyone At Ringside Soon
Keep Skip, he is hilarious i will be using the smoking thing when I see smokers
This is a very timely video to come in my recommended section, as NWA Smoky Mountain is having its last show on August 19th, which is in a couple of weeks or so. Very sad to see if I'm gonna be honest.
That is sad... I hope you enjoy the show
I enjoyed the vid and the background guy. If he annoyed people, doesn't that mean he has doing his job?! Nice change of pace from the normal wrestling vid.
Thanks.. glad somebody gets it
Found this channel last night and been watching probably a few too many videos. Already recommended to friends. This one, with the announcer, is the first time I've fully guffawed at any of the jokes. I've always had an enjoyment for 1940's radio announcers. (For the record, it was the "Never trust an Ital-" joke, as an Italian-American myself, that sh*t's funny.)
Thank you! Welcome! For a bit of BTS, I had no idea what he was going to say. I just liked his old announcer voice and came up with an excuse to put him in the episode, he doesn't even like wrestling. When he said that Italian line, I was totally unprepared.. for the record he is half Italian himself. He went on from there, but I knew I had to cut it.. although he thought I should have kept it all in
Absolutely LOVED this episode ! The 40's motif, and the annoying news announcer was hilarious . And the old news reel bit just put it over the top. The people complaining about this episode are most likely below 40 years old and just have no connection with the style. Granted I am only in my early 50's, still an old fart I am told, I remember them being woven in the "World at War" series. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much, so great to hear that you enjoyed the presentation and totally got what I was going for. And I wouldn't say old.. I would say grown enough to know better
Love the video man! Keep doin what youre doin man! But dude in the back ground has me dead 😂😂
Thanks Spencer.. you like Skip huh? Glad someone does
Dave Knows Wrestling it was more your reaction to what he was doing 😂 im still laughing.
Dave, you should do one about What if the NWA had a tournament? Instead of Orville Brown being awarded the title in 1948. Who would be in it?
Great Content 👍👍
That George Hackenschmidt tournament that you mentioned in the beginning was a work.
Very nice. Skips over the anti-trust evasion, but very good. (By claiming to be part of the same organization the promoters were able to "explain" away their collusion with other territories to the various state athletic commissions.)
Thanks
Videos like this are why we love you Dave
Thanks so much for the kindness and support!
I question if the "real reason" the NWA was created was to have a true world champion. At the end of the day the promoters are only in the business for money. I don't they cared about the truth in their belts worth. I'd say it was created as a loose alliance so they wouldn't have to compete against each other and make money off each other
Things aren't black and white. A successful business doesn't mean their sole intent was money and therefore nothing else was a goal. In today's society I feel there is a lot of stress placed on making everything an absolute, instead of realizing that things can be multifaceted
Dave Knows Wrestling I agree but a businessman sole intent in starting a business is NOT to make money? Come on. By the way I love your videos just didn't agree with that comment. Best of luck
The NWA was created to F**k the police
32 years I spent in wrestling and there was NEVER a time decisions were made for a Championship not even the NWA as the members abandon the NWA as soon as it was no longer of profit as WWF had taken over in almost every Territory and the public had decided that WWF style wrestling was what they wanted. SO even NWA was nothing but a prop for Jim Crockett as Flair was NO LONGER BOOKED OUT by the NWA but by Crockett and that would prove Historically that each office /Territory by paying dues (where is your history of the dues paid?) You have simply repeated what many already know and have written. However you say nothing of the TRUTH behind the NWA ! It was a way to have one Champion that was CONTROLLED and was paid a % that in some towns that was less than the $25 made by local undercard guys. It would be like todays INDY wrestling getting together to have one Champion that could be controlled by a deposit of what was $60,000 and was usually put up by a sponsoring office like the Funks had their DAD and would never have been Champions had it not been for him and Jim Barnett getting Dory Jr ready by working in Australia with Kowalski and others. I could go on all day with this, but why bother as the "Smart Marks" who are really the biggest marks or historians will disagree!! However since I was a kid I lived it.
I believe the real world champion would lead to more money. I agree there is no 0ther reason. You're right.
Great video
NWA and Georgia championship wrestling were always my favorites
To give Lou Thesz the chance to become a 6-time world heavyweight champion and hold that title the longest time. Lou was so iconic to the sport. He would have made a fine college wrestling coach.
Just found your channel. What do you think of the book National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling, by Tim Hornbaker? I've just started it, but it doesn't seem to be written very well, and based on what what little bit I've read so far, both NWAs existed by 1941? It's a hard read to follow since I'm not that up on my old timey wrestling history.
Well first welcome to the channel. And second I have not read that book
Ran across you on WWW and I gotta say I really dig this channel. Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much and glad that you are here! BZ WWW rules!
Dave Knows Wrestling thanks for the response man! Keep up the great work!
One more thing I have noticed that WWE was advertising ROH on their commercial breaks on USA for the last couple months.
They've done stuff like that before. If memory serves, I do remember a few WCW commercials on during the Boom
7:24 As an Italian, I laughed.
cool video Dave, I would like to see the history of WWWF and how it was created.
Oh really now? ruclips.net/user/edit?o=U&video_id=7yHRKW61svg will have to hold you over for now, I do touch on the origins of the WWE in this vid, but good to know that there is an audience for more. Thanks so much
L.U.Q.M.A.N WWE started 65 years ago as Capital Wrestling Corparation .
By Toots Mondts/ Jess Mc Mahon
And its a member of the National Wrestling Alliance.
AND he was a ref for Bob Geigel here I Saint Joseph, MO for CSW.
Remember when NWA did Boyz in da Hood.
Top comment!
Wrong group
Now the NWA is making a come back...Being a promotion all to itself...My question with that is will they continue the same expression of the founders or be more like the other promotions around the world.
I would like to find that out as well
This video really made me think "Ah the past, such a cool thing to look at culturally, not so great to look at socially and politically". Great vid though, always nice to see you get into...historical character? Eh whatever, all I'm saying is it's fun
I am glad you had fun, I had fun with this too
Good video
Great video Dave
Very Much Appreciated
Nice work Dave. I have been enlightened by further wisdom. hey man are you keeping up with the new NWA, champ Tim Storm, Jocephus, Aldis etc.?
Thanks so much and no, I'm not. Sad to say that I don't have much faith, but if enough people like you endorse it, I may have to give it a try
Great Video!!!
Thank you so much!!!
We need a video on the star dust trio.
Without the NWA the WWE, AEW, WCW and basicly all other big wrestling companies wouldnt exist
Well.. there are some outside of America that would. And not too sure how much the NWA has to do with AEW
@@DaveKnowsWrestling When WWE wouldnt exist AEW would probably either
Interesting video, awesome concept, rough execution.
Thanks?
Love this Channel
Welcome to the Team! Means a lot!
That was a fun video. I get a kick out of some of the polls that list Ric Flair, for example, as the best wrestler of all time.
Lou Thesz would have destroyed him in a shoot or work and so would Buddy Rogers.
Rogers, by the way, only beat Lou Thesz once in all their matches in a Texas title bout in 1950. If you get a chance, check out the one hour draw between Rogers and Thesz from the International Ampitheater in 1951. This is what pro wrestling was and, unfortunately, we'll never see that kind of mat action again thanks to VKM who absolutely ruined the sport.
The dominance of the NWA led to their own downfall when politics behind the curtain led to some promoters upset and breaking away from it. Snowballing its way until the NWA's influence was no longer a thing.
Hey Dave,
How many recognized wrestling world championships are there right now?
Well hard to say. It's not like something is recognized or it's not. It's how many groups recognize them. For example, PWI only recognizes the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/global-force-wrestling/pwi-will-no-longer-recognize-tna-world-heavyweight-championship
@@DaveKnowsWrestling maybe you should make a video about that. Considering that there are plenty of former world champions in WWE that don't get recognized by WWE. AJ Styles, Tyler Black, Kevin Steen, Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe, and quite a few others were World Champions before joining the WWE and don't ever get recognized as such.
There's something like 250 different Indy promotions in the States right now. There's nothing really stopping all of them from recognizing their own world champion.
Great video. I wish you had at least mentioned that those early tournaments were truly legitimate matches (as apposed to predetermined).
I did mention it
Lou Daro's big international tournament that Vincent Lopez won in the mid 1930's was anything but legitimate.
Hey Dave, who was the first male and female couple in wrestlers?
Does Gorgeous and his Wife count
I really loved the short documentary! But it was ruined by the back guy. His constant interruptions were annoying. He didn't add anything to the video, even humor. These kind of documentaries should be straightforward.
This was an early video for me. I wasn't sure how my audience was going to take to an episode about early wrestling and done in black & white. And I find him funny and told him just to be annoying to me. It was meant to break up the seriousness. In the time since, I have become pleasantly surprised that so many ppl like just straight up wrestling history
@@DaveKnowsWrestling it was a serious topic about history. It's fine if you are reviewing a PPV. But documentaries need to be straightforward because we are paying a lot of attention. The silly things disturb the storytelling. Hope so the future videos are good.👍
What did that other guy say in 6:19 ? It sounded like he said "I wasn't held as a child."
That is exactly what he said
Ironically, now WWE (the company most responsible for the death of the territory system and the decline of the NWA's relevance) is the closest thing to an NWA in wrestling today, with several -territories- brands under their umbrella: Raw, Smackdown, NXT, 205, UK, and soon Japan if the rumors are to be believed.
Yeah it is strange how history repeats itself, everything old is new again
ill admit to being a little foggy on Lou having held the WWA title when he became the first nwa world champion. I understand your logic for the extra production & all I felt it went over fine & well done.Ya gotta hold their attention esp.younger fans who might be learning wrestling history for the first time. That was great when he chimed in "never trust an Italian!" funny stuff.Wrestling really was mafia like in those days a apparently. Outside of being more tame now, its a lot like it was say in the twenties,thirties,with no recognized champ & mini alliances here and there.I think the so called "independent"promotions,which isn't really an accurate term now but it works,is still the backbone of wrestling,I liken it to the rhythm section of a rock n roll band if anyone can identify with that.Still largely under nwa control,that and guys like David Marquez in Hollywood and wcwc etc in uwn after leaving when Tharpe did his little "hostile takeover..One goal I hope they consider is healing that most recent wound first now that Tharpe is out of the top seat.Cause you almost got an east/west division as it stands,no need for that.Although I'm sure the wrestlers are able to move across those boundaries but being united in name helps in visibility and fans being able to understand what they got. Yeah low subscribers for knowing your history I'm on board.Real well done.
Thanks so much for being on board. Plus, I like that you really know your stuff!
Guy in the back kinda ruins the video
But like the "ad" at 5:14 was funny just the excessive writing he was doing at first was distracting
Fair enough... he is a pain in real life too
The other guy was great haha
That static in the background is killing me.
1950's&60's. Willie Two Bears. Have any info on him?
Anything in specific or any reason in particular?
1:12 - love the attitude Dave, but the no-sell from the reporter? dang....
He sold.. that was the most amount of emotion they were allowed back in the day
Excalibur good easily talk faster than any old time news reporter
Everytime I see Dave all I can think about is what he looks like when he's off the cuff full throttle PISSED.
I'm losing... (LOL!)
I learned something today!
Very glad to hear that
I think lacy stole you're time machine and traveled from the past to the present
How dare she!
Didn't Hindenburg happen in 1937? Wouldn't that news story already be a known fact if you were in the 1940's? Asking for a friend.
Well news travelled slower back then... and Skip is clearly not that bright
dude VERY well done!!!! your research is well done and you really seem to know your shit keep it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU ALLEN!
George hackenschmidt the first ever world heavyweight Champion the greatest wrestler of all time
Good to see a Hackenschmidt fan. In terms of legitimate wrestling, he's difficult to argue with
Gerard Johnson Him and Frank Gotch.
John Pesek would have been beaten them both. Likely with ease.
Gerard Johnson
ever heard of Gama The Great ??
I'd give anything for a DeLorean with a flux capacitor...
I am a big fan of the NWA now with Billy Corgan in charge of the NWA with Nick Aldis Tim storm Cody Rhodes and the Mac my exposure to the NWA was WWF versus the NWA invasion and NWA TNA watching the old WCW Wild Things 90 wrestlewar the national wrestling alliance with WCW
Good times
I love your great information. But Dave you don't need those cheesy jokes. This video was kinda irritating. Just the facts please!
It's very good video. I don't trust comedy in history clips but it's informitivestracting. Might be nothing, like buttons owed.
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. This was my first real attempt at a history video and subject matter before the modern era. I wasn't sure that audiences would respond to it, so I tried to break it up with comedy. Evidently, I didn't really need it
@@DaveKnowsWrestling It's very funny, I like it. I'm personally particular about content, but it's very well done despite my preferences and think it's plausibly niche style.
Great informative influence enjoyable entertaining historical society entertaining past and future of professional wrestling used tool of business journey in any thing you see your wrestling fans video
This aint a video about rap.
It is if you truly want it to be
Exactly
One point that pen isn't from the 1940's.
He must have stole it from me after I smuggled it in from the future
@@DaveKnowsWrestling LOL!!! He is actually a very good actor - hammy but good....
This whole video was just made as an excuse to put him in it. He always did the old timey voice which I found it funny and he doesn't like wrestling. So I tried to think of a subject to cover around this time period. And I was also experimenting with history videos at the time and wasn't sure if fans would like a video talking about a topic from such a long time ago. So I incorporated humor in hopes of keeping ppl's attention
@@DaveKnowsWrestling It works - do more - where you back in time - it looked real good...
you didnt have blue in the 40s? no just a lot of racism😂
He came up with that on the spot
Could you argue vern was as good or better at booking talent then vince jr at their peaks?
Umm that's a tough call, it's yes and no
That pen wasn't vintage 1940s... 😛😜
No it wasn't I too caught that.. he must have taken it from me
Sonny Meyers be came Sheriff of Buchanan County in Missouri
Cool.. now, I want more wrestling Sheriffs
Just a lot of racism. He wasn't lying!😂😂😂
That reporter is obnoxious. I would have loved to hear more about the legendary National Wrestling Alliance but I just couldn't follow after the distractions.
This was my first outing in really old wrestling history. So I thought it needed humor to keep people's attention. I learned after this that the audience is all in on stuff like this so I never had to bother again
No mention of either the Lewis or Stecher troupes that rules wrestling during the 20's or 30's? Those were early precursors to what would become the NWA [Alliance.] One of the main reasons why the world title scene became so splintered during the 1940's is because of Dick Shikat's infamous shoot on world champion Danno O'Mahoney in 1936. O'Mahoney had been considered the undisputed world champion at the time, and the shoot destroyed any credibility wrestling had maintained. The troupes lost power, and before WWII no less than half a dozen recognized world champions were being promoted across the country. The NWA [Association] had been in the back pockets of the troupes really since day one, and it was their failure to bring any real order to the world title scene of the 40's that prompted Pinkie George to create his own league.
You sure do know you're history.. but this video was long enough as it is. Good to see their is an audience for even more of this stuff
Of course. I've added my subscription by the way.
Skip Hannigan reminds me of a much shorter Ken Dryden
Not a bad comparison. Although the real Skip knows NOTHING about sports, so I'm sure he didn't take any inspiration for creating his character
Or WWE should put their gigantic egos aside and help other promotions.
That be nice.. but I think McMahon and Ego are too tied together... except for Shane
THAT WON'T HAPPEN. BECAUSE THE MACHON FAMILY WOULD TRY TO DEPLETE OTHER PROMOTIONS ROSTERS. THEY ARE CUTTHROATS.
Hannigan rocks. Bring him back.
Just like NWA Dave is Gangsta Gangsta
Nice.. thanks for the compliment
Should have ended this episode with the lines.
"Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin nothin in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't sayin sh**"
irritating interruptions
Yeah this was in the beginning when I thought ppl wouldn't care about old school history and felt like I had to do something to keep their attention, especially with limited visuals from the era. However, I swiftly learned how much ppl love wrestling history
@@DaveKnowsWrestling Yeah, this was fascinating stuff on its own. I watched it to the end because I was interested in it.
The extra theatrics is not needed. The guy in the background is actually causing more of a distraction than anything else. It's not entertaining nor funny. It's just an annoyance and distracting. I recommend don't do this in future videos
At the time, I didn't think anyone would sit thru an episode all about old wrestling and I personally thought his character stuff was funny, but lesson learned, now the history videos are just history
Is this a shoot or a work? It’s a Dusty finish.🏆
Umm yes
i like the old timey vibe and look but please don’t use the “guest” thing in the future. he’s annoying, and breaks up the flow of the video and most importantly he’s not funny, like at all man
Well I don't see him coming back.. I think he's funny
i mean they’re your videos and as long as you like it that’s really the important thing. don’t get me wrong man i really enjoy your videos, some of the jokes with the “guest” work but for me personally i think the video would have been better without it, not trying to be a dick just trying to give constructive criticism. keep up the good work
Me I like learning the history.
Good, glad to know there are fans like me out there
Wtf is wrong with producing a well informed video?!?? That guy is freakin annoying and really pissed me off! If this is what all your videos are about this is my last one! Cut the crap with all the extra stuff!
WWE should have competition they are lackluster without other wrestling promotions challenging them. Once again Ted Turner sold WcW Vince did not truly defeat them.
Competition has fueled men to go to the moon. I hear ya
More like Ted Turner tapping out to Vince McMahon.....
AEW
Thanks for the info but leave the bad comedy to SNL
They are good for that
The other guy is so annoying
You should meet him in real life
I loved this lol
Thanks so much! Wasn't sure if this vid was too old school for people or too boring without color... or if people might dislike Skip Hannifin
Obviously to make someone money.
LMAO just a lot of racism
FUNNY.
koooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
Thanks