Andre The Giant VS King Kong Bundy 09.23.1985 MSG

[Pats128124]

This brings me back to my childhood, watching this on the MSG Network, channel 30 here in NY. This time was the height of the WWF. At this time they had the BEST roster in WWF history. Its just crazy that these days are gone and we will NEVER see wrestling like this ever again....as a kid , these were the days you really "BELIEVED" ...Andre was the greatest of all time. Period.

[Themarilynmanson1000]

this is fake

[Zsnow41]

@Themarilynmanson1000 how is this fake? your a bumb ass it looks real to me

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[skbirdi]

@Zsnow41 its fake.... u need to get a reality check!!!!

[overfisken]

Vince McMahon on commentary was great!

[Wampaa]

@overfisken Its Gorilla Monsoon and Jessy Ventura on commentary.

[overfisken]

@Wampaa Yeah, the intro was done by McMahon and it threw me off... it still works as a general statement, though.

[Wampaa]

@overfisken I missed Vince at the beginning.

[eveningtsar]

Gee I'd hate to be that ref. . .

[Naturalhit]

Wow, Bundy was really flexible.

[Jessyleppert]

I thought Heenan became Bundy's Manager at this time.

[hoghash78]

Watch Andre....in his prime.

In the 1970s he was fast and had power.

The Andre in WM3 was not able to do what he did.

Andre had great skills when he was healthy, fortunately for us we can look it up.

[rayvernon]

skills? HAHA you dont really think it was even a bit real do ya?

[subzerowarrior1]

Battle of the fat asses.

[lildwayne21]

For God sakes Studd put on his street clothes. He looks terrible. He should have come out in some gear instead to run interference.

[lildwayne21]

Look at Andre down on that mat selling for King Kong Bundy. Babyface/heel Andre......two totally different styles. When Andre's a heel he doesn't leave his feet. You want him to appear indomitable in there. Babyface Andre will leave his feet and will sell for you. He'll get down on that canvas and take a beating for you if necessary depending on his opponent. Andre was a real pro in there. A real veteran.

[lildwayne21]

This was 1985. Compared to 1987 and Wrestlemania III Andre could still move around that ring extremely well.

[lildwayne21]

a break back then when they showed up to a house show and they heard Andre was the head road agent. If Lanza or Chief Jay Strongbow had been a road agent back then, it would have been a different story. I don't know where Vince McMahon, Monsoon and Patterson came up with the idea to make Andre a road agent, but it cut the wrestlers a lot of slack back then and probably made it easier for them to work the house shows. Show up to a town, have your match, sign a few autographs and hit the bar.

[lildwayne21]

In between working as a wrestler in 1984 Andre had starte working as a road agent for the WWF. Andre was a part time wrestler, part time road agent. Now obviously they didn't let him work for a road agent at MSG, but imagine showing up to a house show back then and hearing that Andre The Giant was a road agent. The WWF was running 2-3 shows a night back then. My understanding is that most of the wrestlers loved it, b/c all Andre would do is drink and play cards. The wrestlers were getting

[hoghash78]

Andre in the 70 s

Was a monster. Big very big, and moved fast.

He was scary. And was great.

He moved with purpose.

You could never over sell Hogan at that time

[lildwayne21]

@hoghash78 Yes. In the 70s Andre was extremely quick for a Giant. He moved around that ring with amazing speed. Well, Hogan wasn't on this show and Andre The Giant is still Andre The Giant, so if he would wanted to oversell Hogan, he could have done that.

[subzerowarrior1]

I think Big Show was always faster and stronger than Andre, and in terms of wrestling skills Show surpasses him in that.

[odinsragess]

Big john studd looks almost as tall as andre!

[1985HotRod]

This is when Bundy was getting a major push. In the beginning of the match when he took a bump out of the ring, thats major for a guy that size.

[berkin96]

@1985HotRod Andre s real height ???

[1985HotRod]

@berkin96 andres real height was approximately 7 foot 1 i believe though he was billed at 7 foot 5

[b12ian72]

LOL'D at 2:30 ... Bundy selling the choke

[lildwayne21]

@b12ian72 Yeah, but Bundy was very quick and light on his feet for a man that size. He could shrug that choke off easily.

[1974Qball]

Fuk I think I watched this live.

[144church]

Cpt. Lou was friggin annoying

[lildwayne21]

@144church LOL. Gorilla Monsoon knows that better than anybody, as you can tell from his commentary. Anytime Albano went backstage, Gorilla must have breathed a sigh of relief.

[TheMashwatcher585]

the drive in double feature lol

[SeanMBryans]

Bundy always reminded me of Humpty Dumpty . . . Neither of these two looked like they spent too much time in a gym. Andre gave it his best even when he was in terrible pain - Bundy could always put on a good match - And could sell a move and had no problem putting over other guys. That's a pro. Hogan should have taken a page from either of these guys playbooks.

[twsstar]

classic

[messycumshot]

he has a steel chair thats made of wood OH MY GOD XD

[Magicspirits16]

I like what Captain Lou Albano said "GET HIM OUT OF HERE GET HIM OUT OF HERE!!!" I laugh so much that I was almost going to piss. :D

私はキャプテンルーアルバーノが言ったように"ここから彼を出て­彼をここから出る！"私はそんなに私はほぼ小便をするつもりだっ­たという笑い。:D

[hoghash78]

Andre in the 1970´s , was very agile and very powerfull.

Nothing like he was (unfirtunately) in WM3

[philaman1972]

This is from a Colosseum Video I remember watching 25+ years ago. I miss how over-the-top wrestling used to be.

[geewhiz05]

What a terrible leg drop



[scaryanima2002]

@geewhiz05 wasn't a leg drop

[josemour100]

Never saw King Kong Bundy being man-handled like this before. Andre really is a giant

[Tangph1960]

Lol

[JoeyPencils]

could andre have been in worse shape

[jerryz9983]

@JoeyPencils You must not know what he went through in the last years of his life...

[JoeyPencils]

@jerryz9983 exactly...I can see he is in terrible shape, caused by somethings out of his control.

[GhostManBrandonDDpre]

It was weird to see Lou's face turn, since he was the manager of evil for so long. He really did some of the best comedy spots of any WWfF manager and he bled more than all the others combined.

[TherealRNO]

@GhostManBrandonDDpre: Well, for us 80s kids, Capt. Lou was both a wrestling legend & the real-life Mario (per The Super Mario Bros. Super Show), so it's no surprise that he was face.

[talshiarr]

Wow, Bundy looks like he missed the spot falling out of the ring and landed a lot harder than he wanted. Heavy as he is that would really hurt.

[abernam]

Nice pop!

[mars188]

Alot of Ugly in that Ring

[LEEKYLE99]

I dont think i recall ever seeing these two fight