Fritz Von Erich vs Joe Blanchard

[DavidFullam]

Oh man, they cut the bit where the ref bladed Blanchard when he got put in the claw.

[CadillacL]

@fabian4evrfabian He was very good @ commentating. He could've even kept the territories but, newp, he wanted to kill other territories/promotions.

[elc1960]

Of the wrestlers involved in this match, only Joe Blanchard is still alive. Duke Keomuka does a brief run-in near the end of the match - like Fritz and Joe, he also had a son who became a pro wrestler (Pat Tanaka). Fritz, Duke and Waldo Von Erich are all no longer with us. Maybe modern wrestling should take a page from these guys' books and slow down the pace of the matches a bit. Maybe the guys would have longer careers if they did.

[MrMKH2010]

Was Joe running Southwest Championship Wrestling when this took place?

[Wehategod]

in my WWE Raw vs Smackdown game for PS3 I created Both Fritz Von Erich and Joe Blanchard as well as Dory Funk Sr. Bob Orton Sr. Grizzly Smith Black Jack Mulligan Stu Hart Gory Guerrero Angelo Poffo Carlso Colon sr. Rocky Johnson Warren Bockwinkel Jerry Jarrett Eddie Graham Johnny Valentine thats all I created for now

[JonathanVonErich]

Man...Fritz was such a tough wrestler. The great Dory Funk jr. said that Fritz's style was simply to beat the hell of somebody, and Gary Hart once said that Fritz was really hard to work with, that Fritz will beat you down really quickly if you didn't paid attention.

[mrbluto3]

This is from the North Side Colosseum.

[rudymartinez]

I remember this feud well! THS WAS WRESTLING! NO, THIS WAS RASSLIN'!

Greatness!

[outybellyman]

great j/o material !

[brokenarrow2222]

Notice that these wrestlers didn't use STEROIDS.

[muscleslam]

A Real Hammering Slugging it,Brawl of a match with the real meaning of " All in Wresting " thats for sure,which leads me to ask,do you have the full match,would be great ot see it from start to finish.Thanks for posting.

[PaulWrightTheGreat]

Didn't realize Joe Blanchard was a better worker than Shawn Michaels

[CadillacL]

Vince WISHES he could get a reaction like this from the fans. Vince REALLY needs to do something different, he's

really beant on milking "sports entertainment" to the hilt. Titles use to mean something but, now its a joke.

[Semetary]

Classic blow off match, I didn't realize how good Joe was damn, very good stuff.

[Wehategod]

The Greatest Tragedy in Wrestling history was the Von Erich Family Great Wrestlers but only Kevin is still alive. Big Von Erich is dead as well. RIP to the other Von Erichs.

[mrbluto3]

This match was from 1966 or 67 at the North Side Coliseum in Forth worth Texas, the announcers name was Dan Coats. Fritz later bought the company and renamed it WCCW

[mka800]

This is when men were fucking MEN. True tough guys. Not like this shit today. These are the guys you wouldn't ever want to piss off in a bar.

[heavymetalsoldier]

i know. back when it was real, and half the time it was

[youdude1121]

so i guess u approve of gay sex? the fact that these guys were old and hairy dnt make'm more of a man than the guys now

[PatrioticPirate]

@youdude1121 man, you're almost as smart as me. ALMOST.

[youdude1121]

@PatrioticPirate this was so old im kinda lost and i hope you're very close to genious smart then, lol.

[PatrioticPirate]

@youdude1121 you ought to try reading the relevant comments. Its called LITERACY. You ought to try it sometime; I don't think it'll hurt you. What I meant was that your comment was dumber than hell. I mean, come on, man, what the f*ck does "gay sex" have to do with anything?! And damn right, the wrestling back in the days of this post WAS better than this sh*t they pass off as wrestling. WAAAAAY better.

[youdude1121]

@PatrioticPirate if the comment doesn't seem to be relevant, hum.....could it be that it was erased??? reading the whole thing the comment i replied to is not here anymore so maybe you should follow ur own advice and consider minding ur own fucking business instead of runnin your mouth.

[PatrioticPirate]

@youdude1121 Okay, Great Wise One, what does gay sex (or any kinda sex at all?!) got to do with this post? Explain that one to me. And since you put your counterfeit two cents worth on YouTube, that makes it anyone's business who happens to read it. So stick it up your ass.

[youdude1121]

@PatrioticPirate ok let me explain again "the comment i was answering to was deleted" do you understand english cause I can explain in spanish too but I dont speak RETARD wich is probably ur first language. And for your benefit since you sound so interested in my comments why dont I stick it UP YOUR ASS instead????

[PatrioticPirate]

@youdude1121, did your momma or either one of your daddys have any children that survived? You need to get your head and ass wired together. And I would still like to know what the fuck gay sex, according to your slow ass, has to do with this gotdam post. You're so fuckin' busy talking about gay sex and sticking things up SOMEBODY ELSE'S ass that this professional wrestling environment may not be conducive to vermin like you. And if you're that tough, get your carcASS in the fucking ring. Thanks

[PatrioticPirate]

@youdude1121 If you ever even pretended to think about possibly stepping in even an imaginary ring against someone like me, your ring presence would be deleted. Stay in your place, little boy.

[youdude1121]

@PatrioticPirate with a nickname like yours the only way i'd be deleted is that of course you are a female and all these angry people and you tube hosts reading me would kick my ass for kicking yours ok? anyone can run their mouth from the safety of their computers PRICK!!!!!!

[PatrioticPirate]

@youdude1121 You know what? You started all this foolishness by being the stupid little bitch you are. You know damn well you wouldn't talk this shit in person, so shut'chur fuckin' piehole. I'll even give you the last word, because if you can compare this swill you watch today to the real shit of yesteryear(ie: this video), then MY word is the only one that counts.

[youdude1121]

@PatrioticPirate Wow now Im really convinced that you are a woman, cause any REAL man would plain ask me to fight, I guess you got your BALLS cut off so in that case FUCK YOU, HAVE A FUCKED UP LIFE it was fun scaring the shit outta you PUSSY. get your thoughts straight and then we'll talk ok cause I didnt get a word you tried to say in that last statement ok??? PS If you cant take the heat dont comment on lines not directed to you, the only little BITCH here is you!

[PatrioticPirate]

@mka800, thank you. No one knows about when wrestling was worth the damn electricity.

[60936093]

I met Joe Yesterday, I truly classy person. talked a little SWC Wrestling with him. It was great. Thanks Joe for all you did for the sport in the "Early Years"

[Lfdjake91]

This was quite the wild brawl for its day.

[86lenny]

Holy shit the crowd heat was off the charts ! Vince would cream his pants for a reaction like this.

[Lfdjake91]

Texas crowds were always hot.Texans love their 'rasslin' & their football.

[heavymetalsoldier]

he would

[tullybl]

Good third fall.

[8D8A8N]

Joe Blanchard used to live across the street from my Grandpa when he lived in San Antonio!

[Lfdjake91]

Funny, just how similar Fritz & Joe's careers would later be. Both men ran Texas wrestling promotions, WCCW & Southwest respectively, and both were followed into wrestling by their sons. Both their sons had drug problems as well

[Sargebri]

Yeah. However, Tully Blanchard managed to get his life together and become a minister before it was too late. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said of David, Kerry, Mike and Chris Von Erich.

Also, its doubly ironic that Fritz is the heel and Joe is the face and years later their boys would be the reverse. In fact, when Joe Blanchard was promoting in San Antonio Tully was a heel instead of a face like most promoters sons.

[Lfdjake91]

All excellent points, althought to be fair, Joe did originally try to push Tully as the top babyface of his Southwest promotion but eventually discovered thatTully was just much better as a heel.

[curryworld28]

Fritz Von Erich was the greatest

[Mbk606]

The father of the Von Erich's Vs. the father of Tully Blanchard.

[Oldbluehere]

Notice the plain wrestling trucks, lack of aerial gymnastics and the excited crowd. This is how wrestling was.

[SandyKrebs]

Fritz the heel

[JasonJames55]

Joe Blanchard is Tully Blanchards Father.