The Grand Wizard and Captain Lou Albano make a deal! Part 1 of 3

[aitraining]

Gotta love old TV Wrestling!  As a kid - I loved this!

[5Kspecialist]

Wrestling used to be funny and fun...I miss those days.

[quincy5757]

The good old days... Joe McHugh ring announcer.. Dr. Greeskha attending ringside physician.. Hamburg, Pa taping location.. Captain Lou and the Grand Wizard... priceless..

[abark]

Back when wrestlers were ugly and weird looking not all pretty boys with identical tattoos and appearance

[abark]

The way Sammartino says Albano it sounds like he is saying Obama

[SeanMBryans]

Albano teamed with Tony Altamore to become The Sicilians (Mafioso type) yag team - They would win a version of the WWWF US Tag Title from Arnold Skaaland and Spiros Arion - But the promotion ignored that they had even won - Albano would retire and become a manager for the company - Altamore would go on to remain a jobber for the WWWF until he retired. Albano made the HOF - Altamore, sadly, has not.

[wtf66611]

Im guessing this was from 1979. WWF Championship Wrestling.

[mfbinc]

this was right before zbyszko turned



[mdhotstuff]

Captain Lou Albano was a tag team champion way before he became one of the most successful WWF Managers.....

[MagicKirin]

@mdhotstuff

He was a regional tag team champion

[mdhotstuff]

God I miss the old WWF managers.....

[Rayla840]

Bruno's fro was so funny!!!

[Srd1126]

I hope the Lou was smart enough to get the Wizard to indemnify him from all the pending lawsuits from male wrestlers Patterson sexually harrassed.

[farnumbp]

Anything with The Captain is great !

More clips please!

[eslubin]

Lou Albano was proof positive that if you were just hanging around the office annoying people in 1984, you would be swept up by McMahon's plans and become a star.

[pwdoncaster]

Albano was just phenomenal on the mic.

[bitchslap666]

How the fuck was Patterson ever a draw?

[Dietpepsivanilla]

@bitchslap666 Pat Patterson was a draw everywhere he wrestled--San Francisco, AWA and WWWF. He was also a very good wrestler and great on the stick.

[ccie12933]

Great reference to Finley selling contracts. That was a big deal at the time which the "commissioner" of baseball at the time didn't allow to go through.

[posthumanhero]

this so brings me back.love the wizard.....lou albano rip

[vividwatch47]

@posthumanhero, The Grand Wizard (A.K,A, Ernie Roth) and Captain Lou Albano R.I.P..

[bcstpete]

More Grand Wizard please!