Putski was one of my favorites during my elementary & middle school years. Ivan was really over back then. He wasn't much of a worker, but he was over with the fans big-time. Jay Strongbow was pretty much the same way too.
Started watching in the Fall of 1978. Favorites were Crusher Blackwell Ivan Putski Yukon Lumberjacks Tony Garea/Larry Zybszko Technically, the first show I saw at 6 years old were all of them. Great memories.
Facts. My favorite wrestlers were the independents (Mascaras, Andre, Stan Hanson, Abdullah the Butcher, Sheik, Brody, the Funk brothers). These guys would come in once a month, do their thing, and bounce. The reason it was cool to see these guys was exactly because they weren't liked by the regulars. You would hope that a real fight would break out in the ring because these guys didn't sell. It would get even more crazy when 2 indies were booked to wrestle each other. There wasn't a storyline so you didn't know what to expect.
Can you ask Tito how he found working with The Bulldogs please. Also about his experiences wrestling in Spain (in 1993, I believe), where he not only beat the Undertaker, but gave "The Deadman" multiple piledrivers at the finish. He was so over with the crowd.! A real hero's welcome/reception. Cheers. Good work as always!
Loved Ivan back in the early eighties. I used to stick my head out of the driver's door of my mom's 1972 orange Volkswagen Beetle as we drove through crowded parking lots & yell from the back seat "POLISH POWER!" She would get so pissed.
He and Santana were WWF tag team champs in 1979, taking the belts from the Valiant brothers at MSG and losing them at the Spectrum in Philly to the Wild Samoans, Afa & Sika.
God, I love Tito so much and always have. Can one bad thing be said about him? In the ring or as a person. I wish I knew him, so I could go hang out with Tito all the time.
he was one of my favorites, but at a meet and greet, he was an ego maniac, never thought he would be like that to his fans. two coolest wrestlers i ever met were Bob Backlund and Stan Stasiak... Putski will always be one of my favorites, but that shocked the hell out of me.
Vince has always favored bodybuilding wrestlers so I'm not surprised Ivan's wrestling deal was way better than anybody else's with the exception of Bruno Sammartino, Andre The Giant, & Hulk Hogan
Putski only had about 3 moves but he liked to flex and the crowd loved it. Every match was easy work for Putski. No big bumps and get the win after about 7 minutes.
Ivan brought me into the locker room and I met all the wrestlers he had given me his number and told me to go to Dallas to learn yes he drank a millers beer and was smoking a Winston he took me in because I had a varsity wrestling jacket on joe was one helllof a nice guy
Ivan earned it. He was one of if not THE top spectacle in wrestling. So explosive, the way he would take bump bump bump then just explode with the hammer, everyone would lose their minds. With that draw power you get to work what you want, getting jealous and mad at that is natural, but very few worked the way he did. Not even tony atlas can compare for me, just so different
it was jealousy.but wrestlers like tht are needed in pro wrestling to get that special attraction feel. the wrestlers back then couldnt understand tht it actually helps their bussinesss pushing guys like tht
I heard another reason why Putski was so disliked was because he smelled like garlic, like REALLY bad. Most of the big names back then rarely sold and hardly ever lost. Hogan, Piper, Flair, The Road Warriors are only a few I can name. There had to be more than that.
@@rubenarriaga3029 Yeah, okay there. His whole gimmick was "hulking up" from finishers, but yeah, he "sold well, too", huh? You Hulk fans are just such fanboys.
@@SuperN1ntendoChalmers yes he did Hulk up and was a major part of his arsenal but a few more well known examples of Hulks good selling was the following and not limited to: 1) When Paul Orndorff turned on Hulk in 86 and piledroved him 2) when King Kong Bundy attacked Hulk on a SNME a month or 2 before WrestleMania II 3) When Earthquake attacked Hulk on the Brother Love Show in 1990 4) When the Undertaker defeated Hulk in Survivor Series 1991 for the WWF title and Hulk had to be carried out the ring
Tito was my first IC champ with the green belt. Great memories.
Savage was mine, a couple years behind ya! Was the 2nd Tito title run in 1985 with the same belt Macho had?
Muraco was mine. But yeah… great memories.
@@smeagolbeagle2316 yup Tito was the first to hold that title
His name is Puduski.
@UCC0W707UXzFM4iaVAJbnwlA Yeah, I never remembered him with a belt. I caught the tail end of his career.
Putski was one of my favorites during my elementary & middle school years. Ivan was really over back then. He wasn't much of a worker, but he was over with the fans big-time. Jay Strongbow was pretty much the same way too.
Same here , him and Billy graham were my favorite face and heel of that era
Started watching in the Fall of 1978.
Favorites were
Crusher Blackwell
Ivan Putski
Yukon Lumberjacks
Tony Garea/Larry Zybszko
Technically, the first show I saw at 6 years old were all of them.
Great memories.
As Jesse "The Body" would say: Ivan Pa-dewski!
Yes lol
Facts. My favorite wrestlers were the independents (Mascaras, Andre, Stan Hanson, Abdullah the Butcher, Sheik, Brody, the Funk brothers). These guys would come in once a month, do their thing, and bounce. The reason it was cool to see these guys was exactly because they weren't liked by the regulars. You would hope that a real fight would break out in the ring because these guys didn't sell. It would get even more crazy when 2 indies were booked to wrestle each other. There wasn't a storyline so you didn't know what to expect.
Best interviews of wrestling (maybe of all time)
Can you ask Tito how he found working with The Bulldogs please.
Also about his experiences wrestling in Spain (in 1993, I believe), where he not only beat the Undertaker, but gave "The Deadman" multiple piledrivers at the finish.
He was so over with the crowd.! A real hero's welcome/reception.
Cheers.
Good work as always!
1991**
I loved the Ivan Padooski and Jesse The Body Ventura matches.
Jesse Ventura versus Ivan Putski those were some fun matches to watch.
Loved Ivan back in the early eighties. I used to stick my head out of the driver's door of my mom's 1972 orange Volkswagen Beetle as we drove through crowded parking lots & yell from the back seat "POLISH POWER!" She would get so pissed.
Was your mother pissed or embarrassed? 😮
@@MortonT1958 both.
Arriba!
My father was born in Nazi occupied Poland just like Putski. My father adorded that guy.
Mil Mascaras was my favorite as a kid. Kind of obscure now to some folks but I will always remember Mil
Putski is a fascinating guy. He was super over, and really only had one notable run challenging for the title
I guess his height helped as he was only 5'6/5'7 despite being very muscular so he was always the underdog
He and Santana were WWF tag team champs in 1979, taking the belts from the Valiant brothers at MSG and losing them at the Spectrum in Philly to the Wild Samoans, Afa & Sika.
@@petesmart1983 What you said made no sense. Short don't make you a underdog there's nothing inherently good about tall.
God, I love Tito so much and always have. Can one bad thing be said about him? In the ring or as a person. I wish I knew him, so I could go hang out with Tito all the time.
It's Chico, not Tito.
he was one of my favorites, but at a meet and greet, he was an ego maniac, never thought he would be like that to his fans. two coolest wrestlers i ever met were Bob Backlund and Stan Stasiak... Putski will always be one of my favorites, but that shocked the hell out of me.
For a guy who couldnt wrestle, he was treated very well.
Vince has always favored bodybuilding wrestlers so I'm not surprised Ivan's wrestling deal was way better than anybody else's with the exception of Bruno Sammartino, Andre The Giant, & Hulk Hogan
But he wasn't over six feet tall???
@@chad.mason13 So, tall means nothing.
Much love
Putski only had about 3 moves but he liked to flex and the crowd loved it. Every match was easy work for Putski. No big bumps and get the win after about 7 minutes.
Putski sounds like the Brock Lesnar of his day...
Ivan brought me into the locker room and I met all the wrestlers he had given me his number and told me to go to Dallas to learn yes he drank a millers beer and was smoking a Winston he took me in because I had a varsity wrestling jacket on joe was one helllof a nice guy
Loved putski...as rugged as he was he should have gone further.
He was built like a tank
Ivan earned it. He was one of if not THE top spectacle in wrestling. So explosive, the way he would take bump bump bump then just explode with the hammer, everyone would lose their minds. With that draw power you get to work what you want, getting jealous and mad at that is natural, but very few worked the way he did. Not even tony atlas can compare for me, just so different
and the way Ivan had control of the camera, so much confidence, he was just in his own world out there
Did Putski ever wrestle Koloff while they were both in the WwwF? I thought they had a match or two. Can't find any footage.
Ivan is an elder everyone needs to respect that
Can you interview Abyss from TNA and ask him why he never went to WWE at the prime of his career?
Working for WWE backstage, no chance he'll get clearance to do an interview
Probably because he was thought of as a Mankind (Mick Foley) clone.
Ivan and wahoo were very popular in SWCW in the early 80s
Wahoo was talented and respected. Putski was neither
That’s a lot of W’s
it was jealousy.but wrestlers like tht are needed in pro wrestling to get that special attraction feel. the wrestlers back then couldnt understand tht it actually helps their bussinesss pushing guys like tht
Heenan said Ivan would constantly leave hard boiled eggshells and garlic peels on the locker room floor and guys HATED that
Blassie said the same thing
It’s bc he had a song to sing and he was gonna sing it
He was shorter than the other wrestlers that's why they disliked him. His 605 pound bench press was an equalizer.
Let me tell you something Ivan Padooski, before you step in the ring with me, take a bath.
Polish power !
Why we talking about a sawd off pollock!!!!
Putski's fan base was too small (Polish). Should have been champion. Total workhorse. Saw him live at MSG several times in 1979.
POLISH POWER !!!!!
That 1987 MSG match, Putski didn't want to sell or lose to Ted Dibiase but Ted power slammed him outta nowhere and Putski was jobbered
Where can I watch that match? I don't see it here on RUclips.
ruclips.net/video/kNLVoZstoN8/видео.html
The last match
One small side note....
Ivan's body might not have the natural movements to sell the opponents skills ?
I heard another reason why Putski was so disliked was because he smelled like garlic, like REALLY bad. Most of the big names back then rarely sold and hardly ever lost. Hogan, Piper, Flair, The Road Warriors are only a few I can name. There had to be more than that.
Flair didn't sell?? You better watch some of his matches.
@@leftystevenson2436 I should have omitted Flair, you are right. I just plain don't like the guy, and that skewed my statement.
@@SuperN1ntendoChalmers Hogan sold well too despite no selling as well
@@rubenarriaga3029 Yeah, okay there. His whole gimmick was "hulking up" from finishers, but yeah, he "sold well, too", huh? You Hulk fans are just such fanboys.
@@SuperN1ntendoChalmers yes he did Hulk up and was a major part of his arsenal but a few more well known examples of Hulks good selling was the following and not limited to: 1) When Paul Orndorff turned on Hulk in 86 and piledroved him 2) when King Kong Bundy attacked Hulk on a SNME a month or 2 before WrestleMania II 3) When Earthquake attacked Hulk on the Brother Love Show in 1990 4) When the Undertaker defeated Hulk in Survivor Series 1991 for the WWF title and Hulk had to be carried out the ring
Ivan didn’t do drugs? He definitely did roids.
People should have been jealous of ivan. I mean he was a professional wrestler and a seventh dwarf. He had it all!!!!
Ivan had very little wrestling skills, pretty stiff in the ring, just the Polish hammer finisher.
I can’t stand Jessie. He whines like a liberal and looks like one. Even back then. 😂
Are you going to dump Tito and change the channel names after he's done telling you all his stories? xo
I can still hear him singing on Pipers Pit.
Tito how u leave ur daughter
What?? He did what???
Putski sold a bunch Tito be hating. Putski became a high profile jobber at the end of his career
Padooski is a cheater
Couldn’t stand him
Hey Tito, talk to your daughter Jennifer instead of being afraid of your second wife
What`s going on with him and Jennifer? We want to know.
Ivan PADOOSKI couldn’t work! He was stiff! Very boring wrestler!
Both Mil and Ivan were not very exciting.