George "The Animal" Steele

[elc1960]

Steele did this same thing against another jobber on "All Star Wrestling" around 1979 or 1980. At the end of the match, the guy ended up outside the ring and Steele started twisting the guy's arm right in front of the camera, and you could see the bones twisting under the skin. Really gruesome, but just like Brian Madden, that jobber could also dislocate his shoulder at will.

[alnilam66]

turnbuckles beware

[GhostManBrandonDDpre]

Animal pulled this angle on tv when Lou Albano was his manager and Bruno was commentating.

Might have been Madden but the guy had brown hair.

It was a "Damn, wrestling is REAL!" moment.

[buddmann]

Steel and Maddon played this angle out many times at various venues. Maddon had the ability to dislocate his elbow and that played perfectly into George's hammerlock

[kpny1961]

George Steele @ 1:33 LMAO

[TheWill714]

0:55 : fight over.

[ThePr0t0type]

Curious what are you watching all those videos on?

[stickylish]

love vince at 4;37, THIS IS NOT A WRESTLING MATCH!!

[keithjfro]

I believe that is the Manager of Champions Bill Alphonso as referee

[rockonallnight]

@carl22069 He was quite the villian at one time! Thanks for the 'heel' info!

[philaman1972]

Thank you, Mr. Myers.

[stickylish]

HILARIOUS!!

[buddmann]

Total work - a few years earlier Madden (who was known to be able to dislocate his own elbow) did this same routine at a house show in Hamburg.

[AmericanPride1234]

dang I dont remember Mr. Fuji ever managing The Animal.

[kingkongpingpongdong]

Hope to meet Jim Myers (George "Animal") in the Afterlife; if there is one that is.

Dream Friend he is it seems!

[LIONSTRONG4242]

Just saw George in Orlando---he could not have been nicer!

[mkeysou812]

wow what a beating. this poor jobber got well and truly clobbered

[Landaux]

I cant believe Vince's programs or matches were shown on TBS? Where was WCW??

[DEP717]

The WTBS/WWF connection ended badly. This had a role in Ted Turner looking to WCW.

[DTQ1991]

I remember watching this when I was a kid bad part was this happened to a friend in wrestling practice and more recently to my son in his first high school match he now has a 3'' screw in his elbow

[hotmercedes]

I call BS there is no way this would happen in HS wrestling. I have experience many years.

[DTQ1991]

i beg to differ sir my elbow was dislocated i was thrown on my back landing on my hand which in turn i bent my elbow all the way back to where my hand touched my shoulder so ont assume something u dont know

[hotmercedes]

So the guy laid you out and stomped on your elbow over and over and the ref did nothing? WOW I have broken many bones. But not from this type of abuse. that is my point.

[zao24]

ooh he made him pay for not going over the top rope at the beginning.

[GeorgeSamson6922]

George Steele real name is Jim Myers. He was a high school phys ed teacher and football/wrestling coach in Michigan. For many years he only wrestled in the summer when away from school. He is a graduate of Michigan State University where he played football.

[kanenkitten]

and he was called The Student when he started wrestling

[1maddhatter]

Vince was a great announcer!

[SOUTHFLORIDAJOBBER]

George was by far one of the best Heel's in the game, played it up to every aspect. I heard altho, that in his personal life he was indeed a professor at a university, quite the brain in contrast to his ring personality. Can anyone out there advise if this is indeed a fact. *** Note... I would have jobbed against him in a heartbeat.

[otphd]

:36-:39--"Truly one of a kind, if there ever was." Nobody ever said Vince McMahon was a master of the English language.

[zao24]

nice, I was too young to ever see him as a heel.

[TheDDG]

I think that's the only time I've ever seen George bite the turnbuckle, only to have the entire pad come out in one piece. Usually, it would come out in shreds. Judging by his reaction, I think it surprised him, too.

[jabbojones814]

is steele not the best??

[ceaserdd]

anybody got vids of adrian adonis VS. george the animal steele. i hear they r great matches !!

[lucybrown1]

Steele had the best act of them all. He truly was a scary guy. To bad they never played him up more.

[jeffkohut]

George Steele's finisher is the sickest move! If you do that to someone for real you'd snap their arm

[JarlStaubhold]

It´s the "flying hammerlock"...

[Bloodsport1]

One of my fav wrestling manuevers. THe Flying hammerlock is awesome. I remember my friends as a child would put another friend of mine in the flying hammerlock and every time he'll scream in pain.

[WONDERYYY]

naw the figure four or the figgie fo we called it......brutal!!

[Bloodsport1]

Ah man that hurt so much. Yup it is brutal

[goldieveda]

No Jim Myers was my and all of my Brothers gym teacher in Madison High School, Madison Hts., MI. 1969-1981. He was a great man and tried many times to help many a kid in trouble. One being myself. I do hope to meet him in the afterlife, for as well as he played in the ring, he gave in heart outside the ring.

[zam120]

just some FYI when george was starting out back in detroit he used to be a mask man and went by "The Student" ... made sence since he used to be a teacher in high school in the metro area

[19andrew80]

Bless Jim (George) and his courageous love through his life threatening disease (crones)!

What a (hairy) brute of a man!

[candiixcorn221]

Hey! Guess what!? George "The Animal Steele and Greg The Hammer Valentine are in a comedy now! It's called Somethin' Fishy! It's about how Greg got George intrested into buying a fishing camp. George finds a woman named Faith. It's loads of fun and laughs! Watch the pilot video at SomethinFishyMovie!

[zaius316]

Who's doing commentary with Vince?

[maddogwrestlingfan]

Sounds like Tony Garea.....

[terjer01]

McMannequin sure worked those mealy-mouth foreigners for color commentators frequently back in the day: Antonino Rocca, Bruno Sammartino, Pat Patterson, Tony Garea. Perhaps, this was a plan by then-owner McMahon Sr. to put over his son making him sound like a million bucks over the air.

[kingdomoftheworm]

Good call. That is indeed Tony Garea.

[mrwrestlingII]

VINCE

[BIGCHILL3993]

That's the GREAT LOU THESZ!!!

[funkyflashman]

Hmmm....Brian Madden aka the late Billy Joe Travis?

[TehKarmaPolice]

Very good bobby. That was so smart of you. Have a cracker.

[junta028]

No, Billy Travis was also in the WWF at this time and also working on this show with Jerry Valiant.

They did look similar.