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[WrestlingHeretic]

Wow, Remus looks outright skinny here.

[dasteelers75]

Hey Verne, you made your son wrestle. What, you couldn't make him lift weights?

[zzDzCzCzz]

A fat man trying to claim he's the most agile wrestler. That's priceless.

[Neenockamockawok]

WARNING: Do not operate heavy machinery under the influence of a Greg Gagne promo. Please allow drowsiness to wear off for 24 hours

[maxx3442]

Greg Gagne looks like my CPA. Damn, did he ever touch a barbell??

[Stolehome66]

Greg Gagne had the worst physique of any wrestler ever.

[baliw33]

Greg Gagne lokk like he weighs about a buck 50!

[JonathanVonErich]

Bockwinkel and Heenan = greatest duo ever.

[yardlet6]

You can see the jaw through the mask!

[travisf31]

My word, is Greg Gagne a dog. What a pure lemon. No wonder this guy never did anything

[ClassicRockfan79]

@travisf31 i agree, he was terrible at promos, and boring in the ring.

[JasonL77]

Super Destroyer Mark 2 sounds alot like Sgt. Slaughter. (wink, wink)

[NAYellowjackets]

@JasonL77 that was mark3

[Bertminator]

Greg gagne has to have the most boring interviews

[puck30]

The Super D in this video sounds like Saughter.

[UptownAssassin95]

@MommaCornettesMoney.....Not disputing that at all. He was a very successful tag champ. However, would you not think that he would have gotten the strap at least ONCE from Bockwinkel, Hennig, Lawler or even, Rick Martel. Especially if the company was being run by Daddy?

Instead, he fights the likes of Johnnie Stewart & tags with Buck Zumhoff, wearing a Village People army fatigue cut-off and headband....looking very gay, I must say.

[suckyamomma30]

Ldf Jake what is that on your head?!!!Oh its only a Mark.Fucking idiot.What kind of moron puts the same comment down twice aswell?

[Lfdjake91]

@suckyamomma30 A guy who is twice as smart as the guy who does'nt know how to hit the "Reply" button located to the right of the post.

[suckyamomma30]

lfdkake91 your right i dont know anything about AWA History mainly because it was before my time.But be carfull because your making yourself sound like a Mark.And not a very good one since you have to repeat the same comment twice,lol.Idiot.

[Lfdjake91]

@suckyamomma30 Hey pussy next time you want to throw insults at someone at least be man enough to hit the reply button so that the person knows what you said about them & can respond back rather then being gutless coward talkin' shit behind someone's back like a fuckin' pussy.

[PLANBELA]

ccc

[suckyamomma30]

Good speaker? Yes. Strong? More then likely. BIiggest? Doubt it there was Andrea. Agile? Oh please.He was one of those lumbering Wrestlers that you would watch just to get to a good match.

[Lfdjake91]

Again you know nothing about wrestling history. Blackwell was very agile for a 400 pounder. He reguarly threw dropkicks, could jump high into the air to deliever elbowsmashes & I have even seen him execute flying headbutts & flying bodypresses from the top rope.

[Lfdjake91]

Again U know nothing about wrestling history. Blackwell was very agile for a 400 pounder. He reguarly threw dropkicks, jumped high in the air to give elbow smashes & I have even seen him do flying headbutts & flying bodypresses from the top rope.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@suckyamomma30 No, he was pretty agile in his prime. By the mid-80s, when his refusal to take care of his own personal health really caught up with him, he slowed down a lot, but earlier on he could move pretty well for his size. That was always part of his gimmick, his agility for a guy who was well under 6 ft tall and over 400 lbs.

[suckyamomma30]

Who the fuck is this Fat cunt?

[yardlet6]

Someone who's a hell of a lot better than most of the WWE guys! RIP Jerry.

[Lfdjake91]

Jerry "Crusher" Blackwell one of the best big men workers ever. You obviously don't have a clue about wrestling history.

[TheArtofUTube]

This guy Jerry is out of breath. LOL eat some more bbq chicken.

[styx4ever1963]

Super Destroyer Mark III does anybody know who he was!

[Lfdjake91]

LOL Sgt. Slaughter under a mask @ 4:47.

[PLANBELA]

nope

[Lfdjake91]

Ummm, yes.

[Lfdjake91]

Jerry"Crusher" Blackwell was one of the best big men ever. He was a great worker, big, strong, quick, agile & an entertaining interview.

[DVROFFMAN]

Bockwinkel is one of the best ever on the mike.

[ProfessorIgor]

Roger Kent at Ringside !!!! a voice I literally grew up with... All Star Wrestling was on right after Speed Racer here in Milwaukee on Sunday mornings... Channel 18 !! GREAT memories with this vid.. thanx !

[striker1984]

You and me both, brother. I think it was on after Twilight Zone on Saturdays also.

Let me ask this, who was the promoter of the AWA? At times, I heard the names Dennis Hilgart, Wally Karbo, Al DeRusha, and Stanley Blackburn alternately referred to as promoter.

[Lfdjake91]

Verne Gagne was the owner & promoter of the AWA, although he used many of the names mentioned as frontmen. Wally Karbo was a promoter & minority co-owner w/ Gagne. DeRusha was head of TV production &Blackburn was the figurehead AWA president.

[cas447]

Greg Gagne: What a dork? Go Gophers!

[vividwatch47]

Is Greg Gagne's a Gopher, why is his teeth perfect?

[oldsman7]

Greg Gagne has the charisma of a wet towel.

[KillJesus]

I think Bockwinkel was underrated as a heel and as a worker. Bockwinkel and Heenan were a great combo!

[ProbertFire]

@KillJesus Very underrated! He was a great heel along with Ray Stevens back in the early 70s in the Midwest. I saw a lot of them in those days and they were heat.  Add Heenan in, and you had pure entertainment. Bockwinkle's condescendingly smooth interview style was perfect for him. Ray was a little gruff, but still enjoyable. Two guys I loved to hate.......and I miss them.

[lakecumberland]

Gotta love Slaughter's big jaw showing through that mask, ha!

[BluntVendetta]

greg gagne fuckin sucked...where else did he wrestle besides his daddy's promotion...no where cuz nobody wanted him!

[UptownAssassin95]

he was nowhere....nobody wanted his lame ass. jumpin jim brunzell carried ass for years. gagne was the one who usually got bloodied up.

[GohModley]

Steroids and a personality transplant would have made Greg Gagne a superstar, in St. Paul anyway.

[jlward]

Jesus Christ, no wonder Greg never got over as a wrestler, he was too busy trying to get a job as a local news sportscaster. Who the fuck cares about the Minnesota Golden Gophers wrestling team?

[misterio2K]

Crusher Blackwell was one of the most agile big wrestlers I've ever seen. RIP.

[zaius316]

What was Greg Gagne more afraid of, needles or food?

[UptownAssassin95]

Yo.....The AWA belt was HUGE....maybe not in status, but definitely in SIZE.

[bigbluedinosaur]

Don 'The Spoiler' Jardine was the first Super Destroyer.

[Tito74]

Gene Okerlund looks like Ron Jeremy.

[johoraka]

the Super Destroyer in this xlip Was DI BoB Sluaghter. Better known as Sgt. Slaughter. What a Classic

[DarthSid1969]

Mark 3 looks & sounds like Nikolai Volkoff...

[banner74]

Mark 3 was Alexis Smirnoff, who had a gimmick similar to Nikolai.

[Lfdjake91]

Incorrect, Super D III was Neil Guay, a Canadian. That was French he was speaking not Russian.

[banner74]

Sorry about that,just after I made my earlier post ,I looked up info on Super D 3 and found that same info.

[vividwatch47]

@Lfdjake91, wasn't Sgt. Slaughter Super Destroyer Mark III?

[Lfdjake91]

@vividwatch47 No, he was Super D Mark II. Super D Mark III was Neil Guay.

[yardlet6]

@Lfdjake91 Who else did Neil Guay wrestle as? The name is familiar.

[Lfdjake91]

@yardlet6 I believe that he wrestled in the WWWF as The Hangman.

[geniemaster100]

@yardlet6 He was the Hangman in WWF and in Canada. He was in an automobile accident that ended his career. He and Swede Hanson held the International tag belts.

[CoastToCoastPM]

Greg Gagne was a joke.

[VolumedMusicMan]

Somebody never lit a light under the guy to deliver a good promo. Hell, back in 85' Sgt. Slaughter tried by giving him a militia makeover and it still didn't work. Watching Heenan, Mad Dog, Nick, Blackwell, and then seeing Greg its really awkward. It's good to be the promoters son.

[Lfdjake91]

Actually, I always thought that Greg did a really decent classic babyface promo.

[UptownAssassin95]

Definitely....You would think that since his dad was the main promoter, his kid would have gotten a bigger push.

[BluntVendetta]

even his dad couldnt make him a good wrestler! wrestling fans arent stupid we(even the marks) know when somebody is the shits and when somebody is gonna be big

[mamacornettesmoney]

@UptownAssassin95 ?? He had a very big push. Was half of the tag champs for several years.

[vividwatch47]

...considering that he didn't win a singles title in the A.W.A. until 1988.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@vividwatch47 Few people did win singles titles in the AWA. They only had the World title until introducing the America's title in 85, then the TV title in 87. And those titles rarely changed hands.

The tag titles rarely changed in AWA too. Blackwell held the tag belts for over a year, so that is pretty good. He was one of the top stars in the AWA 1980s. That is undeniable.

[RevDarkehorse]

If it weren't for Verne, Greg Gagne wouldn't have done sh*t as a wrestler.

[TheRealMooke]

Wasn't Scott "Hog" Irwin a Super Destroyer one time?

[banner74]

Yes,down in Texas in WCCW managed by Gen. Skandar Akbar.

[tomtrh]

Indeed he was!

[jswags]

Yes also in Georgia

[feckyoo2]

Greg Gagne is a skinny streak of piss. Neputism!

[MaximusRanting]

you called it. Greg Gagne sucked.

[enots67]

Bobby Heenan was the best on promos ever in wrestling,this is when the awa was at the top of the pro wrestling world.

[DarthSid1969]

The AWA was never on top of the wrestling world - NEVER!!! It was always boring and poorly promoted. As far as a quality entertaining wrestling program goes only Crockett gave the McMahons a run for their money. Turner tried to mimic the WWE and even the casual fan knew that would never work in the south...

[rattlinurcage3]

You have no clue to life...Back in the day the AWA was as good as any other promotion.Poorly promoted ? The AWA was big all over the world.I dont remember the WWF leaving the east coast.

[DarthSid1969]

The AWA always was and always will be the laughingstock promotion in wrestlin history. Half of the roster was horrific e.g. Baron Von Raschke & Greg Gagne. Not to mention the worst announcers too. A real snooze fest. If not for the ESPN deal they would have folded up much sooner. Backlund traveled to Japan often. I can't blame him for not wanting to waste his time with DQ wins over Bockwinkel. I dare you to tell me that Verne Gagne didn't look like just as much of a jobber as his son!

[Lfdjake91]

Actually in the '60s & '70s the AWA was a large & very well respected wrestling promotion which featured some of the best wrestlers in the world. It was only from the mid-to late '80s that the AWA fell on hard times & really deteriorated as a promotion. You are juding the AWA for only its last few years of operation.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@DarthSid1969 That is wrong. the AWA was maybe the most successful promotion of the 60s through mid-80s when Vince attacked them and started his expansion. The AWA you saw on ESPN was a shell of the former AWA. It might not be your style, but to act like they were a small struggling promotion just isn't true. They were maybe top dogs overall during that 20 to 25 year period.

Not sure why you mentioned Backlund either. He didn't wrestle in the AWA very much.

[bones24inf]

Is that Sgt. Slaughter in the mask?

[swinging0neckbreaker]

no. slaughter(bob remus) was super destroyer mark2. neal guay from montreal(hence the french accent) was super destroyer mark3. guay also worked the wwf in 1980 as the hangman.

[swinging0neckbreaker]

i'm sorry i didnt watch the video all the way through. YES, slaughter was the second masked man, guay was the first.

[RLFLOWS]

Nick Bockwinkle's the man.

[bones24inf]

great videos, keep them coming!