Sgt Slaughter vs Pat Patterson, Part 1

[tennisstar548]

sgt slaughter is alredy bleeding dang

[mdhotstuff]

I wonder if this was the only Alley Fight ever sanctioned in WWF

[jackbox1971]

I love matches where the heel and the face are equally violent. I was used to Pat being the mild-mannered commentator and it was amazing to see him be as viscous as the Sarge, who I loved to hate at the time.

[startrekfan1177]

@tonshaad1230 so we shouldn't be allowed to cheer for who we want to? And who doesn't need to be cheered?

[tonshaad1230]

I love how ignorant smarks who think they know wrestling, say Vince Jr. killed wrestling. If anything, he expanded the business and made it globally apart of pop culture. If anyone KILLED wrestling it was people like Jim Cornette, the traditionalists killed it and the FANS killed wrestling. Streaming instead of watching it on television and cheering for those that don't need to be cheered for.

[jackbox1971]

@tonshaad1230 I agree with you to a point, but I think it's more about taste than anyone "ruining" pro wrestlng. It's an absurd, circus-like brand of theater. It's NEVER been "pure" or anything other than what it is. I remember reading letters from "purists" when I had a subscription to Inside Wrestling in the early 80s. THOSE purists complained that Ted Turner ruined wrestling! In a few years, fans will say TNA killed "real wrestling."

[trekfanful]

@tonshaad1230 I'm with you buddy.

[brnleague99]

Didn't Slaughter blow cigar smoke in Patterson's face during an interview and Patterson smacked the shit out of him?

[MattMonk]

Best wrestling match of all time.

[CMPunkLiddell4LifeO9]

can the two ignorant morons leaving gay/aids jokes about patterson just shut up and let the rest of us enjoy the match? thank you. :)

[CMPunkLiddell4LifeO9]

can people stop with the gay/aids jokes about patterson and just enjoy the match? jesus!

[stufaman]

Patterson is dubbed as a sick puff by many wrestlers from WWE.

[joshuabrooks21]

A classic match from the 1980's. I love how Pat Patterson's shirt says, "I Love New York," when he's actually a Canadian. Both men need to do another match like this one, against each other!

[Chrisdrumz]

@joshuabrooks21 He wore it for a cheap pop!

[joshuabrooks21]

@Chrisdrumz Still, it's pretty cool!

[Brunstar123]

Impressive... a crowd reaction to a belt.

[lordseverance]

just to clarify something that we seem to forget. vince JR didn't take blood out of wrestling during this time period. (the fear of ) AIDS did ;)

[AMEwrestling]

And they said there was no blood during the Vince Sr era? Bullshit, this was one match that became gory. What about Bruno Sammartino? He bled a lot during the Vince Sr era. Andre the Giant bled at Shea Stadium in 1980. Jimmy Snuka bled in a cage match against Bob Backlund in 1980. Vincent Kennedy McMahon is a disgrace for totally eliminating blood, something Vince Sr helped innovate in wrestling. This was a great match for 1981.

[quinnmcguee]

@AMEwrestling

Yeah, man. This was the bloodiest old school match I'd ever seen. The second was Bruno vs. Stan Hansen at the old Boston Garden. Damn bloody.

[JonathanVonErich]

This is a great match....I'm only 24 years old and i can't watch today's wrestling....Today's wrestling sucks....Thank god i have over 30 dvds of old matches like this one....at least the WWE makes pretty good dvds.....My favorite DVDs are the one about Billy Graham, the Dusty Rhodes dvd, the AWA dvd, the 4 Horsemen dvd and the World Class dvd. Wrestling in the 70s and 80s rules !!!

[raven100403]

this originally aired on USA for free back in the early 80's. Now you would pay 40 bucks to see this type of match!!!!

[manonhill12]

I HAVE THAT MATCH ON TAPE THAT WAS BLOOD ALRIGHT IT HAPPEN WHEN HIS HEAD ACCIDENTLY HIT THE RING POST

[mortalkombatrulz]

what was the real bloody fight with slaughter??

[driffter1976]

If anyone in their right mind thinks 'wrestling' today can touch this then they're out of their fucking minds. No blood, shit wrestling, no heat ... this is the real deal.

[venomlords]

boring

[styx4ever1963]

This match is a alltime classic brawl!

[shaneomac911]

@styx4ever1963 I love this match coz it actually looks realistic. Not compared to todays god awful show acting.

[oldschool6804]

@shaneomac911 many of the blows are still real! you are wrong!

[Hobbsy75]

I just love the Fink and the overzealous MSG bell ringer

[ECWExtremeMoments]

pat patterson you gay fag! no really he is a gay fag!

[scooter167]

So ?

[ECWExtremeMoments]

Nothing about it just saying

[quinnmcguee]

This was a CLASSIC match! One of the best ever.

[Poco1997]

Wish wrestling was more like it was in the early days

[CadillacL]

Sure do miss wrestling like this.

[brnleague99]

@CadillacL Wrestling was great up to 1995. Then it started going downhill. God WWF will NEVER be as cool as it was in 1988-1992 again.

[trekfanful]

@brnleague99 I have been a wrestling fan since I was ten in 1985. I don't look at wrestling with rose colored nostalgia glasses. I enjoy wathing this gret stuff from when I was coming up and before but there are some great athletes out there TODAY who are working their asses off and all anyone can do is whine about the past being better. Neither is better. It's unfair to compare apples and oranges. Just shut up and at least try to enjoy the show. (cont.)

[trekfanful]

@brnleague99 If you can't do that then at least stop whining long enough to enjoy great matches like this. You people don't even appriciate that much.

[mrfilmnoir68]

I remember this Alley Fight live on the USA cable network. So much blood was spilled that night! I think Slaughter opened up an artery.

[golem98626]

FYI this was a real match. It wasnt a scripted match. Both didnt know who was going to win or knew how it was going to end. It had no referee and no holds barred. No pinfall or submissions either. That was just pre brawling by both men. And the blood was Sgt's real blood that flowed down.

[shaneomac911]

How do you know that?

[golem98626]

because I have the Hall of Fame 2004 DVD and thats was one of the match added i got the match with real commentary from Vincent K. McMahon then i have the alternate commentary with Michael Cole, Sgt Slaughter and Pat Patterson and they were saying that it wasnt scripted and they didnt know how it was ending so they went along with it.

[crazyyankyisback]

the most bloodiest match was pat patterson when he took off his pants belt and beat the shit out of 1 of them blood was ever where look that 1 up from the door there was blood every where couldnt see the guys face almost the hole fight and he never stopped beating him but that was when wrestling was real not the fuking drama shit today you guys watch

[Gnomecoldsaidso]

And by your logic, Vince providing a stage where Megastars like Austin and Hogan could flourish "killed wrestling". They way you see it, taking wrestling out of dingy arenas with a thousand people tops, and bringing it to the masses, all amounts to "killing wrestling". 80,000 people at Wembley Stadium in '92 is an example of how Vince "killed wrestling". Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan became the biggest stars the industry has ever seen, but that was only after Vince "killed wrestling".

[hardnard5]

the bloodest match in WWE history.

[larry44legend]

i know the reason behind this feud. Sgt. smashed P.P w/chair during Cobra Clutch Challenge,the most bloodiest match on TV.

[Buckeyecat2002]

Pat Patterson was and is a very sweet guy. He left hiw heart in San Francisco and always represented the values of San Francisco in his life style and wrestling.

[Srd1126]

Patterson does not deserve to be in the same ring as Slaughter. While Slaughter was defending the free world Patterson was in some bath house.

[darkpatriot85]

But, Patterson was the first IC champ and was first to be in the hall of fame

[ScrotumCancer]

Andre was the first. Patterson didn't get in until 1996.

[darkpatriot85]

I meant BEFORE not first.

[thegreatpampero]

Great feud! Great match! This was when Sarge was at his best. Pat was getting toward the end of his career but could still go like gangbusters.

[landrykkb]

@thegreatpampero Pat Patterson would have been 40 when this match took place.

[johndoe4777]

this match wasnt fake i think

[Lfdjake91]

This was one of the greatest angles& matches of the WWF's pre-Hulk Hogan era.

[Gnomecoldsaidso]

Love ignorant smarks who think they know everything about wrestling. They act as if Vince McMahon is the devil incarnate, yet lots of their childhood memories from which they fondly recount is attributed to him. Vince McMahon has been boss throughout some of the worst times, and some of the absolute best. To say he killed wrestling is ashine, and definately incorrect.

[downwithleetspeak]

On the air, Vince served as a great ring announcer, and later as his own character in the ring. Behind the scenes he has been the most successful wrestling promoter of all time, bringing wrestling to the mainstream, going national. He has sacrificed everything to entertain the fans. Indeed, he is not destroying wrestling; the fans are. If you'd stop cheering for Batista and start venerating say, William Regal as a fan favorite (or despicable heel) maybe things would start looking up.

[ozzyheadmetal]

No, MacMahon Jr. is not the devil incarnate but yes, it's true...he killed professional wrestling...just take a look around...we have WWE, TNA and then thousands of micropromotions including ROH, NWA, CZW...before McMahon Jr. we had also AWA, WWA, World Class, a strong NWA, Florida Championship, Detroit wrestling and later USWA, UWF, SMW, Global, ECW...do you think that it is just the same thing?!!!

[Gnomecoldsaidso]

You'd have World Class, and AWA, but it wrestling wouldn't be the Global phenomenon it is today without Vince McMahon. If he didn't buy out the territories, we'd have regional wrestling, probably wouldn't have guys like The Rock. You think if WWF wasn't as big as it was The Rock would have taken up wrestling in some regional territory like North Carolina? How could Austin become as big as he was by only wrestling in Texas? He needed a worldwide stage to become a megastar, and Vince built that.

[ozzyheadmetal]

Maybe we need few megahypersuperstars like The Rock , Steve Austin (and I've got to tell I am a Stone Cold big fan), Hulk Hogan,..and more Terry Funk, Ric Flair, Harlery Race, Stan Hansen, Bruiser Brody, Suspestar Graham, Jerry Lawler, Each one king in his territory. We don't need Hogan films, Austin films, The Rock films...we need WRESTLING not Vince's sport entertainment...(and don't think that I am an old man thinking about the old glorious days...iI'm just 26) ...

[foreverhulkamania]

this is on the 2004 hall of fame dvd.

[BrunoOrson]

When was this? Does anyone knows?? I remembered this! Awesome!!

[foreverhulkamania]

i believe this is from 1981.

[saracen3000]

i remember when this feud started. slaughter slapped patterson on tv and patterson accepted the cobra clutch challenge. slaughter put it on and patterson escaped after running into the turnbuckle and slaughter overshot and hit the post. slaughter got mad and busted patterson open. memories of REAL wrestling.

[boomhauer20055]

love the finks combover lol

[aitraining]

One of the best brawls in the history of the WWF

[zisoul]

I respect VINCE Sr for what he did for WRESTLING when

it was a Sport.vince jr needs to be flushed way down

the camode for killing WRESTLING all down the camode.

[saracen3000]

AMEN!!!

[Gothiczartan]

i just saw sgt. slaughter at the san diego comic con yesterday!

[lowdownelf]

I saw this live. Slaughter gets thrown across the ring and slams his head on top of the ring post. When he got on his hands and knees to get up, blood was pouring out of his head. The match ends when the Wizard throws in the towel on behaf of Slaughter. One of the greatest matches ever!

[Tommygun1028]

Thank you for uploading this. These were the GREAT days of pro wrestling and I still get into these matches. Wrestling today could NEVER match the sheer electric feeling here!

[saanzacs]

I was looking for this match! Thanks for posting! You're the best!

[lambert581]

Didnt Slaughter have another match like this against the Iron Sheik

[saanzacs]

The infamous 'Boot Camp' match a few years later.

[LillianAxefanforever]

I think this is the match I watched where Pat ripped Slaughters head open towards the end. It was one bloody mess when it was over. This was back when it was Live from MSG once a week for three hours. Way more wrestling then mouth running and bs like now. What happen to those days.

[johnorydupont]

I read about this match in a 1981 edition of The Wrestler. It was a big thing in the early 1980s, especially in Bob Backlund era of the WWF, when it was all about the sweet science of wrestling. My, how times have changed.

[gnr4rules]

sgt slaughter rules

[qwertyuiop6681]

@gnr4rules nope

[landrykkb]

You're right,johnorydupont!You see these matches every other week now on Raw or Smackdown which takes away from the novelty of the match.