@WrestlingHeretic Yeah I always heard Gorilla Monsoon say that during Andre's in ring run with the WWF. But, that's the line he was told to push since they figured that many of their newer fans wouldn't have seen things like this.....until now :P
Man, that was HUGE. I'd read about this match before, but I never thought I'd get a chance to see it. It's just so surreal.
This one match featured the only face versus face encounter Hogan and Andre ever had, Big John Studd defeating both men simultaneously at the height of their careers, and Hogan's first loss since becoming WWF champion.
Man, thanks for posting this.
(And yes, I'm aware that Hogan lost a tag match in Japan prior to this. This was still his first loss shown stateside.)
@phillymak Veteran southern wrestler, wrestled and won titles throughout the southern territories (Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, et al) throughout the 60s and 70s, he was close to retiring here.
gran aporte amigo, el gran mil mascaras entre todas esas grandes estrellas, luego luego se ve cuando hay calidad y el la tenia de sobra para aquellos que dicen que el santo es el mas grande, se olvidan y discriminan a alguien igual o mejor que el, el gran mil mascaras, ojala que algun dia lo veamos en el hall of fame, aunque sera dificil.
Mean Gene after Orndorff throws Johnson into the post: "you've gotta be kidding me! You've GOTTA be kidding me!!" and then Gene says it twice again after Studd wins. Made me laugh out loud, such memories. Gene will always be one of the best commentators ever.
@barbarash I agree. Both Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan lost cleanly and the ending didn't really achieve much apart from to show that Andre and Hogan are just a couple of heels in face clothing, lol.
Really cool psychology at the end of this match with Hogan and Andre going at it...Then after Studd won it, you weren't real sure if they would team up to go after him or not...The WWF didn't often keep it's audience guessing like that back then...
I thought that Andre The Giant was the king of the battle royals, but I guess I was wrong
WRESTLINGNUTT1 1 month ago
lawl mil mascaras would probably won but he trip :P
911sergios 3 months ago
stud is a fuckin pussy
maikyboy12345 7 months ago
Oh Dick Murdock you old racist
Piledriver86 7 months ago
mil mascaras en quinto lugar
juan87funk 7 months ago
he eliminated them both, in BRIEF, he's the winner ))
lead4blade 8 months ago
hulk hogan and mr. blunerful were two big sore losers
TheMashwatcher585 8 months ago
Its sad to see the Andre in 1984 that can really move compared with the Andre of WrestleMania III in 1987 that could BARELY move.
stargate121 8 months ago
That was fuckin awesome Studd should of got a title shot & 30 g's
Jesse48311 8 months ago
lol studds like holly shit
MichaelMyers87 10 months ago
Where was hillbilly Jim?
calsheets1978 10 months ago
@calsheets1978 this was before HB came to the wwf
TheMashwatcher585 8 months ago
@ 2:13 Rocky Johnson is having a fit!!
CVTom 11 months ago
Studd got 30 Gs! All in a night"s work!!!
JonAntonyEsposito 1 year ago
Wow, I didn't see that ending coming(Not being sarcastic,I really didn't think that would happen)
eazytooquik 1 year ago
Andre and Hulk eliminated themselves
generationll 1 year ago
Battle Royals were so much fun back then.
Bizarronumber4 1 year ago
That was the 1st battle royal I've seen where Andre didn't win.
abc1000001 1 year ago
andre the giant lost the battle royale????
TheMashwatcher585 1 year ago
Does the ring look smaller or is it just me?
Seoulmanaja 1 year ago
lol Hulk has to hog the spotlight even when he loses..
carter2 1 year ago
lol i knew BJS was gonna win.... he was so badass!
arlichar11 1 year ago
I thought Andre the Giant was undefeated in battle royals! [/sarcasm]
WrestlingHeretic 1 year ago
@WrestlingHeretic Yeah I always heard Gorilla Monsoon say that during Andre's in ring run with the WWF. But, that's the line he was told to push since they figured that many of their newer fans wouldn't have seen things like this.....until now :P
Holden308 1 year ago
@Holden308 He rarely lost a battle royal.
Fartingbellybutton 1 year ago
well at least mil mascaras was at the last 5 or 6
jaliscoyguerrero 1 year ago
look at the white man (Mr. Wonderful) sticking it to ROCKY JOHNSON (Black man) .. nothing changes
niclondon 1 year ago
@niclondon look at niclondon playin the race card....yeah nothing changes....
Foolishpleazure 1 year ago
@niclondon
Maybe because Paul Orndorff was a running back in college and the black man likes to say that a whitey can't do it.
yardape99 1 year ago
@yardape99 Dick Murdoch hated Blacks because he was a member of the KKK.
Fartingbellybutton 1 year ago
@Fartingbellybutton
What does that have to do with Orndorff?
yardape99 1 year ago
@yardape99 I don't know.
Fartingbellybutton 1 year ago
@Fartingbellybutton From everything I've heard Murdoch was pretty nasty all the way around, not just to blacks but to everybody.
DocLeggz 1 year ago
Man, that was HUGE. I'd read about this match before, but I never thought I'd get a chance to see it. It's just so surreal.
This one match featured the only face versus face encounter Hogan and Andre ever had, Big John Studd defeating both men simultaneously at the height of their careers, and Hogan's first loss since becoming WWF champion.
Man, thanks for posting this.
(And yes, I'm aware that Hogan lost a tag match in Japan prior to this. This was still his first loss shown stateside.)
BlueSkyeReynolds 1 year ago 3
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ mil mascaras yeah!!!!!!!!!!
hipnosis999 1 year ago
who the hell is bob boyer?
phillymak 2 years ago 13
Jobber.
Fartingbellybutton 1 year ago
@phillymak Veteran southern wrestler, wrestled and won titles throughout the southern territories (Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, et al) throughout the 60s and 70s, he was close to retiring here.
FerretJohn 1 year ago
I know who he is!!! he was the guy under the dog pile .
thanhbites 1 year ago
wth? hogan and rocky johnson didn't even approached eachother..lame
dAnCinToNy87 2 years ago
Hogan and Johnson are allies /friends until they are the last two left..i was a big Rocky Johnson fan in the past..very quick
valor423 2 years ago
That's how a Battle Royal works boys. Don't be sore losers.
DVROFFMAN 2 years ago
BJS won, that was a change of pace
1980Triumph 2 years ago 3
Studd also won the '89 Rumble
gmta28 1 year ago
yeah, I meant that this footage is important because he threw out Andre and Hogan during the big 80's and as a heel.
1980Triumph 1 year ago
gran aporte amigo, el gran mil mascaras entre todas esas grandes estrellas, luego luego se ve cuando hay calidad y el la tenia de sobra para aquellos que dicen que el santo es el mas grande, se olvidan y discriminan a alguien igual o mejor que el, el gran mil mascaras, ojala que algun dia lo veamos en el hall of fame, aunque sera dificil.
jyrkyforlove 2 years ago
The Rock must be covering his eyes when he saw his dad busted wide open.
WWEChampion16 2 years ago
MIL MASCARAS CON LAS GRANDES LEYENDAS ENVIDIA A LOS LUCHADORES DE PAPEL EN aaa Y CMll
las leyendas de la lucha libre americana hulk hogan andre el gigante mr wonderful bug jud stud Tony Atlas whaoooooooo
MIL MASCARAS HALL FAME
jarc316 2 years ago
it's more intertaining back then, it's all shit now
themaninthevan0 2 years ago
Mil Mascaras, the wrestler with a thousand masks.
Mariachi702 2 years ago
After the match, Vince told Studd he actually won 30,000 DOLL HAIRS.
stargate121 2 years ago 3
Classic Battle Royal from '84...:-)
ckendall67 2 years ago
Mean Gene after Orndorff throws Johnson into the post: "you've gotta be kidding me! You've GOTTA be kidding me!!" and then Gene says it twice again after Studd wins. Made me laugh out loud, such memories. Gene will always be one of the best commentators ever.
snuffereet 2 years ago 2
you guys are queer for eavh other.woooooooooooooooooo!
diesel021234 2 years ago
Nice to see Big John win it.
MaxPayne72 2 years ago 2
and yet the one who claims to be the "real" giant wins yet another battle (2nd one in the 1989 royal rumble)! They just cant keep the big man out!
1985HotRod 2 years ago 2
mil mascaras is your father yankes
etnslp 2 years ago 3
mil mascaras baby? but he was born in 1942 in this fight he was44 years old!!!!
vasquezge 2 years ago
this is when the term "Superstars" still ment something..not like now a days with these so called ones
SmashVentura 2 years ago
1:30 is fake his head
goldust1994 2 years ago
Wow Hogan is such a bad loser when it comes to Battle Royale's. He lost fair and square.
barbarash 2 years ago 14
hogan always was a bad loser
holbart76 2 years ago
@barbarash I agree. Both Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan lost cleanly and the ending didn't really achieve much apart from to show that Andre and Hogan are just a couple of heels in face clothing, lol.
BobbyUK1979 6 months ago
Mil Mascaras baby!!!
headbngr101 2 years ago
Yeah, mil mascara is a baby there, a NEW BORN that is.
vergalechera 2 years ago
he was huh,you have a cool name by the way, lol
headbngr101 2 years ago
LOL @ how slow Rocky Johnson went head-first into the post
AntonBatey 2 years ago
greatest battle royal of all time.
bigdeeski 2 years ago
3.03. Hogan and andre !!!!!!!!!!!!
bigkurt 2 years ago
And they call Edge the ultimate opportunist LOL
Holden308 2 years ago
Damn Hogan did the job in this one?
WhoKilledDizzy 2 years ago
shock i got a old mag of the pixs of this match
gothsoul82 2 years ago
Just barely. There's great footage out there of Randy Orton and Edge's bums!
sweeneysister 2 years ago
Really cool psychology at the end of this match with Hogan and Andre going at it...Then after Studd won it, you weren't real sure if they would team up to go after him or not...The WWF didn't often keep it's audience guessing like that back then...
Daftandsuch 3 years ago
You can see Hogan's Buttcrack at 3:03.
GarfieldVsSnoopy 3 years ago 3
at 3:33 you can see Hogan's Ass.
Fartingbellybutton 2 years ago