1950's Wrestling Interviews (Bockwinkel, Blassie, Moto, Sharpe)

[cpepe22]

re 4:48 -4:51 ...getting his dad's advice at all times, telling him who he's seen, where he's been, thats funny

[slimydick23]

Was Freddie Blassie ever NOT old?

[bettydaw1970]

youtube sucks dosent it?

[japanpro1]

mr moto, charlie yamamoto was from gardena, ca.

[bluefukingreene]

freddie killed it...

[mtbinpa31]

Mike Sharpe Sr., looks and sounds just like his kid Iron Mike Sharpe the mostly jobber of the WWF in the 80's, Sharpe Jr., once spoke of his Dad on an interview, never knew they were a wrestling family.

[Jiltedin2007]

"Iron" Mike Sharpe, and Nick Bockwinkel back in the 50's? Damn! How old to you think they were when I saw them wrestling back in the late 80's? Freddie Blassie looked no different back in the 50's than he did before he was in the WWE.

Back around 1987 or 1988, Nick Bockwinkel was dominating AWA Wrestling in Minnesota, but "Iron" Mike Sharpe was being used as a Jobber in the WWF.

[japanpro1]

this may be warren bockwinkle, nick's dad.  i remember warren from southern ca tv in the early 50s.

[MarcZERO1980]

Did Freddy ever look young?

[MrManfly]

wow! Bockwinkel was young!!

[buttercremehonda]

LMAO @ the announcer's face after Blassie says " the art of making love". He's like WTF?

[imjustpassinthru]

Jules Strombow makes all those guys like tiny. Strombow used to be a wrestler, as I recall. Does anyone remember the announcer Dick Lane on KTLA channel 5 in Los Angeles?

[Jiltedin2007]

@imjustpassinthru Are you kidding me? My whole family were Wrestling Maniacs. Ever since we came to Los Angeles back in 1967, we would have Wrestling on every week on KTLA Channel 5. And do you remember when Dick Lane would get a break from Wrestling, he would do an ad on Reliable Mortgage Incorporated from his own Announcing Booth?

And do you also remember the Lakers and Angels being broadcast on KTLA Channel 5? Known back then as "Golden West Broadcasting".

[imjustpassinthru]

@Jiltedin2007 ... Dick Lane was a Hollywood actor in his younger years. Do a YouTube search for this video:

Joe Penner and Dick Lane in The Day the Bookies Wept.

Dick Lane is the one on the far left doing the talking.

[Jiltedin2007]

@imjustpassinthru Also, I forgot to mention back in the Old days, KTLA Channel 5 also did UCLA Basketball. Do you also remember those old days of KTLA Channel 5?

Dick Lane was probably an actor before I was born, considering that I was born in 1962.

And also back then, Dick Lane was the announcer for Roller Derby when KTLA also did the Thunderbirds. Back then I thought that Roller Derby was like Wrestling on Roller Skates.

[evslarg]

i like Mr.Moto

[treetoptop]

This old Kay Fabe stuff rules. The fact that it is black and white makes it even more legendary.

[Bizarronumber4]

Blassie was the greatest!!

[TheManiacalSatanist6]

Classie Freddy Blassie was one of the best heels of his time, UNDOUBTEDLY!!!!!

[sportsoracle]

Mike Sharpe's son, Iron Mike, did pretty well for himself too.

[kdemonde]

Wow thats Nick Bockwinkel from the AWA? i didn't know he went back that far is this really from the 50's or the 60's?

[TNO73]

@kdemonde Yeah that is him. Even in his laster days in the AWA he was still awesome. Great wrestler & a great mic man.

[kdemonde]

@TNO73 He looks great, i grew up watching mainly WWF wresling being from New York so i didnt have the opportunity to watch Bockwinkel wrestle but watching videos recently assures me that you are right, he was a talented and articulate wrestler.

[yardlet6]

@kdemonde Second generation wrestler. His dad was Warren Bockwinkel.

[JohnnyAwesome420]

"I don't do karate!"

[nachodaddy]

BLASSIE RULES!!!

[elc1960]

What a shame. Here's a classic wrestling promo video and the posted comments immediately turn to that idiotic liberals vs conservatives shit. Why can't we go on YouTube without seeing that partisan politics crap? Christ, you even see things like that in postings of old Green Giant commercials! It's a wrestling video, not Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Keith Olbermann or Glenn Beck! Grow the fuck up!!!

[Blackjesus3]

didnt blassie say he knew vince when vince was a kid?

[Germany1111]

Holy crap, look at Nick Bockwinkel, so young here.

[ChristIsLiberty]

A table lurking behind them and no one got put through it?

A different time!

[Wehategod]

These are Real Wrestlers I don't care what anybody says.

[barclaybass]

Saying he was the best at everything including "The art of making love" was pretty damn racy for back then!!

[rb62470]

@barclaybass Not really. Believe it or not "to make love" had two meanings back then. One of the meanings was the one you're thinking of - sex. But there was a more standard meaning as well. The standard usage of the term "make love" referred to the act of a guy courting a gal. If you were good at making love, it basically meant that you were good at courting, good at making them fall for you.

[Rollie1961]

Iron Mike Sharpe??

[goalieguy41]

@Rollie1961..... his dad....

[Murphdogg4]

I think this was actually from the 1960's.

[SclafaniBagni]

right on man

[jblive1985]

its wreslting nobody cares they kno its not real n alot of the morality crowd some lib n some christian conservitive attack the wwf in the late 90s

[sweetcurmudgeon]

@colderbeer

Ah, yes... the good old days when dimwitted racists could spew their ignorance all over the place without some eeevil liberal calling them on it. You really must miss those days, you anachronistic dweeb.

You do understand, don't you, that Freddie Blassie was a heel... a villainous CHARACTER who was deliberately offensive and obnoxious as a means of putting fan's asses in the seat?

Or, do you?

[colderbeer]

@sweetcurmudgeon You can bet the ranch that the majority of Americans who vote and who pay taxes completely agree with my sentiments on political correctness. Now run along.....and keep on the lookout for anybody that's not being politically correct!

[sweetcurmudgeon]

@colderbeer

Yeah, I guess that's why President Obama was elected in a landslide, you drooling, teabagging hick!

[colderbeer]

@sweetcurmudgeon You've personally insulted me twice now. I'm sure like a lot of Obama voters you're miserable the moment your filthy feet hit the floor in the morning. Keep in mind you attacked me.....I didn't attack you. Full control of the Congress and the White House and you are still upset and miserable.....what a little, little man you must be.

[86lenny]

@sweetcurmudgeon It wasn't a landslide and the douchebag"ll be gone in 2012(thank God).

[sweetcurmudgeon]

@86lenny

What was the electoral tally?

Yeah, didn't think you knew.

[GlorifiedTruth]

Thanks so much for posting. What a treat to be able to watch the King of All Men from back before I was born.

[sportsoracle]

I remember watching Mike Sharpe's son Iron Mike in the WWE in the 1980s, pretty solid wrestler both as a main eventer and eventually as a top notch enhancement wrestler.

[angus506]

freddie blassie is old then holy fuck

[colderbeer]

Yeah, I think Blassie started out as a kid in his 30's when he was born!

[digital2500]

Mike Sharpe was the father of Iron Mike Sharpe "Canada's Greatest Athlete"

[RSXemperor]

ECW owes some of its influence to Freddie Blassie.

[warrenclarkable]

Blassie said the men don't like him? I was a fan of his and I'm a straight guy! What a great man. Makes me lol.

[Lfdjake91]

This is the REAL Jules Strongbow. Not to be confused with Frank Hill who played Chief Jules Strongbow the kayfabed brother of Chief Jay Strongbow.

[elc1960]

@Lfdjake91 I always thought it was strange that Frankie Hill (the WWF Jules Strongbow) was a real Native American, but Jay Strongbow was supposed to be his brother and was Italian. Out of all the alleged "Indian" wrestlers in history, only a handful were legitimate (Wahoo McDaniel and Frank Hill come to mind, as well as the real Jules Strongbow).

[Lfdjake91]

Mr.Moto certainly looks threating in his sweater & suspenders.

[OaktownABQ]

C'mon people. Everybody knows Japanese exercise is FAR superior to American exercise...LOL

[ProbertFire]

Wow.....look how young Nicky Bockwinkel is!! And humble! His mic skills certainly improved over time. A treat to see this clip of him.

[bettydaw1970]

@ProbertFire blew me away, still, has that same voice..

[highnrising]

This Jules Strongbow has about 6 inches and 60 pounds on any of the wrestlers he inteviews.

Is he related to Jay Strongbow?

[mastervoz]

No.

Actually Jules Strongbow is his REAL name.

Jay Stronbow's real name is Joe Scarpa and he wasn't even an American Indian. He was and Italian American.

Jules Strongbow was a booker in Southern Ca. for many years and booked the WWA when Freddie Blassie was champ. This was before Jay Strongbow came on the wrestling scene.

[KingVincent1]

Set em' straight Fred !!!

[hcjc57]

Fred Blassie - King Of Men!

[jeuron]

Blassie, Flair and Rock are three of the best talkers ever!!!!

[ericcollins81]

and bockwinkel too

[BushZappa]

Was Blassie ever NOT old???

[pornguy2]

I saw Freddie Blassie wrestle in 1948 at the

Hollywood Legion Stadium where he called himself "Sailor Boy Freddie Blassie" and he was young, fresh off the boat (out of the navy). I would guess this is at least 30 years later and Blassie would be 50+ and still looks good

[rb62470]

@pornguy2 Dude, does this video look like 1978 to you? The title says '50's. This is probably only maybe ten years after you would've seen Blassie at HLS. He was born in 1918, so figure he's about 40 in this clip.

[OaktownABQ]

This is amazing -- thanks for posting!

[airjor1]

How ironic, blassie married a Japanese woman.

[pauleeleintz]

It is amazing how much interviews have changed over the last 50 years. But Blassie was the best.

[tombakerfx]

I'd never seen that Blassie interview before...so THANKS for posting so all these pencilneck geeks out here could hear and see the great fred Blasie from the early days!!

[mufozomby]

haaa nicki bockwinkel this the ealyest i have seen of slick nick

[cljustice]

Classic.

[BottomlessJackDaniel]

He certainly dwarfs the evil Japanese character, Mr. Moto

[jlandd]

I love it, but he seriously should have gotten someone else to do the interviews, because none of them look too tough next to him! It looks like none of them could take him on : )