Fred Blassie trashes Hulk Hogan, praises the WWF

[lildwayne21]

GO BLASSIE!!!!!

[gstar235]

HAHAHA good on yah. Freddy, Hogan aint got shit on any of the other hall of famers. Anyone wouldve gotten as popular as Hogan was if Vince and all the other executives gave them Hogans role, hell they probably would be better

[MrPotatoesLatkie]

@gstar235 Nah. Vince knew it was Hulk Hogan because he had him come from the AWA. Hogan was the guy because he had the size and, the charisma. He was king in an era where size and, muscles meant everything to the mainstream type of fan. He was larger than life. Some were more chiseled, or were bigger, but lacked that "it" thing Hogan had.

[lildwayne21]

@MrPotatoesLatkie You got it.

[lildwayne21]

@gstar235 I agree. From a wrestling standpoint Hulk Hogan cannot touch 90% of the guys that are currently in the WWE HOF.

[in2food]

I love how he blasts Hogan because his organization says who wins or loses a match. LOL! Yeah, Freddy in WWF it's all real and nobody knows who's gonna win.

[nriab23]

@in2food Yeah but the point is in WCW it was just egotistical Hogan calling the shots, at least in the WWF one wrestler didn't have near unlimited power.

[lildwayne21]

@nriab23 Thank God for that. 

[oldschool6804]

@in2food freddie never liked hulk hogan

[vaderman27]

@Ger47Bear

Whatever you faggot hogan mark. Hogan sucks and so do you. Good riddance to YOU, and any family you might have. They can drop fuckin' dead too.

[RMilvae]

@vaderman27 You know it's just wrestling. Chill out.

[born2rockhard]

This is absolutely true. Hulk Hogan was all alone to change professional wrestling? McMahon didn't make Hogan what he is? Hogan got to big for his tights when he started playing politics to get what he wanted and its a good thing Vince got rid of him when he did. WWE needed Bret Hart, Shawn Micheals, and all wreslters of WWF's New Generation to move up and big shots like Hogan wouldn't step aside and hand over the spotlight like a real legend should.

[DrBananaKing7000]

@born2rockhard Shawn Michaels did the same exact thing though, he held people back too. He even admitted to this in his autobiography : / Many wrestlers are guilty of this. Plus, many people seem to neglect the fact that Hogan actually passed the torch to many people such as Ultimate Warrior, Sting, and Goldberg. Love him or hate him, pro wrestling needed Hulk Hogan on so many levels. He was the man who turned it mainstream and put an end to the belief that pro wrestling was just a circus act

[xtncord]

SHUT UP OLD MAN! The most well-known thing about this dead freak is his being the manager of the most powerful force in the universe! Like him or hate him, wrestling would be unimaginably different if it wasn't for the Hulkster.

[Hartebreaker84]

hogan was a dick, flair helped out wwe and did it for the love hogan just left again once he didn't get his way, and roddy piper in the real world they should have been fighting out for the title. flair and pipper two legends

[23jordanAIRwalker]

hogan is sucha duck, i just bought wwe's new release top, 50 superstars all time and punk ass hogans in there praising freddy and riding his dick. WELL BE BETTER BE fucking jobroni fuck! there were so many people instrumental to his enormous almost god like success he got.. the iron shiek being a huge player in that story. i hate how hulk thinks he did it alone.. humble down..hulk

[born2rockhard]

@23jordanAIRwalker

Bravo. Well said.

[23jordanAIRwalker]

@born2rockhard im glad some one has some sense... lol i love how blassie says hes should of busted his head open lmfao....

[RS1963]

Hogan has always been a large muscle bound no talent wrestler. He doesn't know much. He's always been overrated and always will be.

[romans52345]

@RS1963 yeah that's why he is the biggest star in wrestling history wrestling is an entertainment not a sport it's about drawing money...and who drew more than Hulk....Austin of course because Austin had the internet....

[Hartebreaker84]

@RS1963 get beaten up, hulk up leg drop. flair yeah repetetive but he and bret hart had things in common could tell a story and wrestle; flair was the original icon every one wanted to be him woooooooooo

[Sabocalypse]

blassie was the man

btw you guys sure are having a long argument below LOL ! 

[garethac81]

Anyone who has seen Hogan wrestle in Japan knows full well that when Blassie says Hogan "couldn't tell a head lock from a hammer lock", he's talking out of his ass.

[cw85739]

If you'd of seen Blassie when he was in the ring, not a manager, but a world class champion, wow, the guy would drive the fans crazy!

The original guy that everyone loved to hate: Classy Freddie Blassie!

His old locker room interviews with Jules Strongbow, Dick Lane, Mr Moto, etc turned a non believer teenager into a lunatic wrestling fan!

RIP, what a great guy!

[Terryfan]

Freddie Told it like it is. Rest In Peace Freddie

[InfiniteHollywood]

Shill for Vince much? Of course he was getting a fat paycheck for life from Vince. I suspect this was from around the time that Vince was about to go out of business as WCW was stomping them into the ground.

[elc1960]

The old school guys were the best. Fans should go to the autograph things when they have them and show the old school wrestlers how much they were loved while you still have the chance. We just recently lost Baron Scicluna, Kenji Shibuya and Gene Kiniski.

[RunDCM]

we know that Hogan is from Tampa and Blassie didn't mean the things he said as he is old school and pretends that Hogan was from Venice Beach. BTW Hogan could "wrestle" if you watched him in Japan he could actually do a match. In his earlys days he was green but in WWF days he did what he know as sports entertainment and they built the WWF around Hogan.

[oldschool6804]

@RunDCM blassie meant what he said he despised hogan, it's common knowledge if you talk to any of the old wrestlers

[packleader1215]

Well, Vince McMahon and his inner circle are very protective. Just watch when Jim Ross Goes To TNA... Controversy

[BlueSkyeReynolds]

The first part of the interview sounds like an in-character promo from the mid-80s in the WWF. "If I'd have known what an idiot he'd have turned out to be, I'd have busted his head open when I found him. He thinks he made himself. He didn't."

The rest sounds like Monday Night Wars-era propaganda. "WWF Good. WCW Bad." In any event, the WWF didn't create Hogan. Half of his popularity came from Rocky III and the other half came from his time in the AWA. All Vince gave him was theme music and belt.

[vivilakers]

@BlueSkyeReynolds are you kidding me? Hulk made Hogan popular. They spend most of their money for Hogan to be good and it paid off for Vince. Anybody could have played the part of Hulk Hogan.

[BlueSkyeReynolds]

@vivilakers

The WWF tried the "muscular, patriotic blond" route with Lex Luger in '93 and it didn't work. WCW tried the same with Sid Vicious in 2000 and that didn't work either. It's about Hogan's personal charisma, not Vince McMahon's marketing tactics. Hogan was already over when he was in AWA.

Stallone had more of a hand in making Hogan a star than Vince. It was the Rocky III cameo which first got him over with crowds. Vince had nothing to do with that. He was in a rival company.

[vivilakers]

@BlueSkyeReynolds But if Hogan was in the AWA do you think there would be Hulkamania? No I dont think so. WWF made Hogan to make commercials, have his own cartoon shows and main event every event.

Do you think even with his personal charisma without those he'll be still as big a star as he was? no effing way WWF invested their money on Hogan to be more famous.

[BlueSkyeReynolds]

@vivilakers We would have seen a more conservative version of the same. Vince McMahon was the first promoter who sought to monopolize wrestling and really bring it into the main stream. There's a reason why AWA didn't have the cartoons and action figures. They weren't as deeply involved in the entertainment side of things as what Vince was. In any event, the WWF took what was big and made it bigger. They didn't take a nobody and turn him into a giant. That's only in Vince's mind.

[vivilakers]

@BlueSkyeReynolds umm what about John Cena, The Rock, STONE COLD steve austin, Undertaker... they are all bigger than life characters. WWF made stars and the stars was given the ball and run with it.

[BlueSkyeReynolds]

@vivilakers I don't think Vince "made" any of them with the possible exception of the Undertaker. Hogan, Austin, and The Rock won over the crowds because of their own distinctive personalities; not because of the company marketing. Vince couldn't take a janitor and make a star out of them. He has to find someone with star potential and offer them a stage to perform. Austin could have been big in WCW if Bischoff had listened to him.

[GLazz85]

@vivilakers I agree with you 100%. Vince created all these people. Look at Hogan before hulkamania he was not even close to what he is. But Vince made him a face and the rest is history

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 Vince didn't make them all stars, he just gave them a platform to perform like he did for Lex Luger, Giant Gonzales, Ahmed Johnson and Rocky Maivia (Not The Rock) . How did it work out for those guys? He can light the candle for his wrestlers but it's there job to keep it lit.

[GLazz85]

@landinmycourt Yeah true you cant always turn straw to gold. Luger was very hot when he turned to the American thing. Gonzalez was just a terrible wrestler. Johnson had a very good run. Also vince saw Maivia wasnt working and made the Rock. All of them are vinces brain child. It does take charisma to make the character into something great. Hogan did that but I think other guys could have too.

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 Again, Vince didn't make The Rock. The was a character Rocky came up with when he was out with a knee injury. Vince just wanted him to be a happy go lucky Rocky Maivia. Just like he wanted Steve Austin to be The Ring Master. Sure he came up with great gimmicks like the Million Dollar Man and The Undertaker but what made those characters great had more to do with who was playing them than the actual idea behind them.

[GLazz85]

@landinmycourt Vince oversees everything. Duane Johnson had to have permission to become the Rock and they brainstormed the idea. Stone Cold was just the ECW character sandman given to a more talented wrester. Hulk could have been anybody, its the easiest gimmick to follow. Hollywood Hogan was a more difficult character that took skill from Terry to pull off but obviosly there would be no Hollywood without the original. THe men do pull of the gimmicks but Vince cast them into those characters.

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 Yeah I know Vince oversees everything. That's why I said he gives them the platform to perform. But by the mid 90's he addmitted himself that pop culture had passed him by and that he could no longer come up with the creative characters he used to. So he told his talent that they had to start putting more of themselves into there character. Hense The Rock, Stone Cold and DX. And no Hulk Hogan could not have been just anyone or else he would have found a replacement for him when he left.

[GLazz85]

@landinmycourt Uhm that makes no sense at all. Of course noone could have been Hogan when he left because he still existed in another company. That would be stupid to have 2 Hulk Hogans around it obviously didnt work with Razor Ramon. Noone can talk like the Iron Sheik or come up with Random things like Piper. Anyone could have said eat your vitamins and say your prayers and God Bless America and talk about the hulkamaniacs or hulksters in every promo.

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 Dude your either a little kid or just stupid cause you don't even get the jist of what I'm talkin about. So I'm gonna leave it at that.

[GLazz85]

@landinmycourt You should leave it alone since you cant refute the fact the Hogan was a cookie cutter character and any big man could have played him. Which is my point from the start. Im not saying Vince is the absolute brain behind every character all I am saying is that he might be the brain behind 35% of a wrestlers character but when it came to Hulk Hogan not Hollywood Hogan he was 90% of Hulkamania

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 OK so according to your logic guys Andre the Giant, Big John Stud, Ernie Ladd, Dan Spivey or Giant Gonzales in their prime would have had the same impact as Hogan if put in that role? Now before you contradict yourself again read your last comment where you said and I quote "any big man could have played him." The key word ANY!!!

[GLazz85]

@landinmycourt I did say any big man. Big as in bulky not height because Hogan isnt that tall. Lets be realistic they had to have been able to speak decent English so that eliminates Gonzalez and Andre. Ernie Ladd could have done it Tony Atlas Rocky Johnosn Sting Ultimate Warrior any of those big guys could have done it. If I had another 100lbs of muscle I could have done it.

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 Dude you just keep changin your stance everytime. Look at your comments. First you say "Hulk could have been ANYBODY, its the easiest gimmick to follow." Then the next time you say "ANYONE could have said eat your vitamins and say your prayers and God Bless America and talk about the hulkamaniacs or hulksters in every promo." Then you say "Hogan was a cookie cutter character and ANY BIG MAN could have played him." Now you say "Big as in bulky not height." It's just a spincycle with you.

[GLazz85]

@landinmycourt Really? Please tell me where you went to school so when I have kids I never send my kid to that University. Its the same stance with three points that match the original. Main point Hulk could have been anybody and its an easy gimmick. sub argument anyone could use the vitamin line equates to the fact that it was an easy gimmick. sub argument b-You plug in any big man to the Hulk character and it works ex. Warrior, Sting Rock etc. Bulky comment relates to any big man could be Hulk

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 OK I'll go slow so even you can understand. First you said ANYBODY could be him. Meaning ANYBODY. The next time you said ANY BIG MAN could be him. Meaning ANY BIG MAN. Then you said BIG AS IN BULKY NOT TALL. Meaning anyone BULKY. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that you are saying three different things. I mean that's like a casting director saying they're looking for ANYBODY to be the next Terminator. Then when people show up they say "no I mean ANYBODY big. "Not tall but BULKY"

[GLazz85]

@landinmycourt This is getting ridiculous. I dont expect you to know that you are wrong because even the Nazis thought they were doing the right thing. Anybody is obviously overstated for effect but there is a valid point to the argument. I had to break it down 3 ways for you and you still dont understand. A person can lead a thirsty horse to water but cant make him drink. You are that thirsty horse. You love Hogan but really you know that was an easy gimmick many men could have done.

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 First off, where in any of my comments did I say I love Hogan. I don't let FACTS get in the way of weather I like a person or not. But judging by the OPIONS you have of him you do. But I do agree with you that this is getting ridiculous cause I'm arguing with a mental midget. So heres my advice to you. Instead of shooting steriods in your ass like the BIG AND BULKY wrestlers used to do, why don't you stick it in your head and maybe just maybe it will increase the size of your brain.

[GLazz85]

@landinmycourt Sorry to get you all worked up like a caveman. You know that its whether you like a person or not. Weather relates to climate. Also, I have no idea what an opion is but I assume you meant opinion. Funny you think I need the cerebral steroids

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 Worked up? Are you kidding me. Everytime I respond to one of your comments, I feel like a BIG AND BULKY Roger Clemens pitching to a minor league team. Whatever I throw at you, you keep striking out. Eventually though I'm gonna get bored and have find someone else to play with.

[GLazz85]

@landinmycourt Dont worry! Maybe one day with enough research and a savy you can understand the real argument. Until then keep practicing your command of the English language. Because "have find someone else to play with" is not a proper sentence. So I guess you can say I took your weak Clemens fastball 450 to dead center.

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 Wow, I'm getting a grammar lesson from someone who writes "What the hell does Hogan have that noone else does." Last I checked "noone" is not a word. I think you meant to say no one. I seriously think you need to stick to your fantasy wrestling games where you can book your BIG AND BULKY wrestlers in matches that would only draw money in your world. I live in reality, and the reality is Hogan has out drawn all your BIG AND BULKY fantasy players. If not, then PROVE otherwise or go away.

[GLazz85]

@landinmycourt Did not mispell it just missed the space bar. You are a moron. Not starting a fantasy wrestling league because I definately have better things to do with my time. Ive been sick so Ive had time to make you respond with dumb comments. Now that im better, I wont have time. So while you are stuck being you, I'll be my living great. BTW Rock,Austin and Cena all have higher PPV buys than Hogan ever did and sell more tickets at arenas. Not the Hartford civic center like in Hogan's time.

[landinmycourt]

@GLazz85 You've been sick so you've had time to respond to my comments? CRY ME A RIVER!!! So now that your feeling better you will have no reason to respond. So go on with your great life booking fantasy wrestling. By the way The Rock, Austin and Cena were not mentioned in your BIG AND BULKY fantasy league. According to your comments you had Tony Atlas, Rocky Johnson, Ultimate Warrior and Sting.

[tonshaad1230]

@GLazz85

Jim Duggan has the same type of gimmick but yet people didn't like him as much they did Hogan.

[GLazz85]

@tonshaad1230 Hogan had the gimmick first and Duggan is cross eyed which automatically makes him less likeable

[TheJohnnyCotts]

@GLazz85 Hogan was a face when he was in AWA. Hogan was very popular, but Vince gave him a nationwide platform to shine on. There were supposedly a number of guys Vince wanted to be his focal point, but Hogan was the one who said "yes", and the rest is history.

[GLazz85]

@TheJohnnyCotts Yup he made a great career out of it. He lived the Hulk Hogan life in the ring and in the public eye. He did his part but should be thankful to Vince.

[GLazz85]

@BlueSkyeReynolds Thats not true. Hulkamania was all Vince. If anyone is original its Roddy Piper because he was the same in every territory he went to. Hulk was a heel, look at him face off against Tony Atlas. That was when guys had the stage to make themselves into characters. Then Vince took over the creativity and made Hulkamania, it would be the same thing if he gave that character to anyone, Terry did a good job with it but he owes Vince everything

[BlueSkyeReynolds]

@GLazz85 Watch some of his AWA matches. It's the same character, only he wasn't as patriotic and he had a larger repertoire. He was already drawing crowds crowds and wearing shirts which read "Hulkamania." Vince McMahon did not invent that.

[GLazz85]

@BlueSkyeReynolds Saw him versus Bockwinkle and Jesse Ventura didnt spot a single hulkamania shirt. He was wildly popular but I wouldnt say he got too much bigger a pop than Martel got in AWA and about the same pop as HHH today. It wasnt until he was the Immortal Hulk Hogan that he got thunderous ovations, thanks to vinces marketing

[BlueSkyeReynolds]

@GLazz85 Vince elevated him, no doubt. I'm not arguing that in the slightest. I'm arguing against the notion that Vince "created" him. He may not have received ovations like The Rock or Stone Cold while in the AWA, but a HHH ovation is nothing to sneeze at.

[GLazz85]

@BlueSkyeReynolds Point taken man. Nice convo with you

[BlueSkyeReynolds]

@GLazz85 Thanks. You too.

[oldschool6804]

@GLazz85 he was wearing hulk a mania shirts in awa i have seenit, he stole the gimmick from billy graham and austin idol hogan is a biter and an asshole!

[GLazz85]

@oldschool6804 I havent seen it but Im not going to doubt it. Still needed Vince to make it what it was. You are 100 percent right about that last part even stole his mustache.

[BlueSkyeReynolds]

@BlueSkyeReynolds I agree that they gave him a larger platform and made him a bigger star than he already was. I'm just saying that Vince McMahon didn't "create" him, nor could he have made just anyone as big of a star as Hogan. He tried that all throughout the mid-90s. It wasn't until Steve Austin became the top star that he found another individual who was able to connect with audiences like Hogan had in his prime.

[oldschool6804]

@BlueSkyeReynolds it was legit it's not in character blassie never liked hulk after hulk came back to wwf in 83 i heard a shoot interview with blassie where he said this

[MIKETX76]

Great video. RIP Mr. Blassie

[NapanTR]

by saying hes stuck for an answer, hes sayin hulk is dumb right?

[fjccommish]

@NapanTR yes

[sportsoracle]

Blassie/Tolos in L.A. in the early 1970s was as good as it got.

R.I.P. Classy Freddie and the Golden Greek

[boru25]

When was this interveiw taken?

[RSXemperor]

Freddie Blassie hates Hogan because of the politics he played in the 80's. Freddie during his run as a wrestler saw a lot of political bs that upset him. Freddie and Gorilla Monsoon were the guys pulling for Bret Hart to be WWF champ and he wrote in his book how much of a insult it was that Hogan played politics to get it back in 93 at Bret's expense.

[vcirilla]

You're a piece of fucking shit.There's things in life you don't say,and being glad someone is dead just shows what a piece of fucking bullshit you are.

[MrPernell27]

haha fuck you and fuck freddie blassie. you're a apthetic faget pice of trash!!!!!!!

[megaman2160]

what did he die from

[lockenjr]

yeah mcmahon is chicken shit enough to do just that to. great point man.

[IVoNzIpPeRI]

that was real shit ! " blassie was the man . R.I.P..

[pnkrk244]

I won't argue my age with you, BDOUG23 but I do have a hell of an eye opener for you. Wrestling is a SHOW!!!! If they even say a place of origin anymore, it's one to fith their gimmick most likely. So you think there are no 44 year old wrestling, punk rock, or horror fans, eh? That's your option. I don't care what you think. I consider myself a wrestling historian and dig as far back as I can to find stuff about it. Fine, don't "waste your time" any more. I never asked for you comments.

[jjfrazee]

Great video

Blasse was from St. Louis and still have fans here

[BDOUG23]

LOL...He was still playing the part. Hogan is from Florida and Venice Beach is made up.

[pnkrk244]

Venice Beach is real and is in California, between Marina del Rey and Santa Monica. It's got a really famous gym right near the beach. I've been there like a few hundred times so I can safely say you're wrong BDOUG23. Sting always said he's from Venice Beach also, though he lives near Glendale, CA.

[BDOUG23]

OH MY GOD....I don't believe you took it that way. I meant him being from Venice Beach is fake. I KNOW THERE REALLY IS A VENICE BEACH DICK HEAD....Who cares about Sting or where he lives?

[pnkrk244]

Well apparently you Dick Head since you wrote a frigging post about it. I met Sting in Southern California waiting for his wife in a gynocologist's office while I was waiting for my wife also. He did live in Venice, but had moved inland to a very nice part of Glendale by that time, and you were the one who wasn't clear dingleberry. Rude ass individual.

[BDOUG23]

FUCK OFF!! He is not "FROM" Venice Beach......If he lived there, so what. It's not where he was born and raised.....It took you a month to write me back on this, why bother idiot?

[pnkrk244]

Because I think rude-ass know it alls on You-Tube should get a reply for a while. And I knew more about it than you. Muscle beach is the nickname for the section of Venice where there are weights set up outside so that you can look at hyperdeveloped dudes at the beach. So you think Foley is really from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico? Who knows who chose Venice, all I'm saying is that in Sting's case, it's pretty damn close.

[BDOUG23]

You know SHIT!! I'm probably old enough to be your father. I grew up with the old time wrestlers. Hulk Hogan is not from Venice Beach he is from Florida. Those hyperdeveloped dudes are all on roids! Just like most Wrestlers.

[pnkrk244]

I'm 44, and you have no facts. Screw off.

[BDOUG23]

I have no facts? Fact is He was actually BORN in Augusta, Georgia. So that's where he would be billed from EVEN IF HE LIVED IN Venice Beach WHICH HE NEVER DID!! I don't see how I was a know-it-all when all I said was he was not from Venice Beach and him being from Venice Beach was made up. Venice Beach sounded better than Augusta, GA.......Whatever, you're not 44 . A 44 year old would not favorite the videos you did...LOL Liar...I'm done wasting my time on you.

[lockenjr]

actually you are rignt sorry.

[lockenjr]

huh actuallly he's right man hulk is from florida. Blassie is being kind of a jerk here. I mean come on luger, hogan and duggan don't know anything give me a break freddie I thought you were your own man.

[NickSpam1]

R.I.P... :(

[LODGE4444]

The King of Men

[mistabig3]

Stuck for an answer when you tell him hello LOL Blassie was a true pro, sadly the likes of him are missing these days in wrestling

[bigpoopie69]

I [heart] Blassie! RIP!

[FoCuS138]

hehehe "muscle beach"

[galantpd]

Blassie is still the man

[lildwayne21]

YOU TELL THEM BLASSIE!

[suckyamomma30]

Yea but somebody with Blassies stature he would have regognised Chris Benoit and Eddie Gurrero in WCW at that time or around that time.But Freddie lost his indipendant backbone through a WWE cheque.

[TitanicTarn1968]

when did he and Hulk have a falling out- and what did Hulk do to piss him off?

[hulkyone]

I don't think their was ever any tension between the two at all. If you notice, Blassie is trashing WCW on behalf of the McMahons. This attack seems to be nothing more than a business ploy

[hulkyone]

Sorry for the typo. I meant to spell their as "there." Again, I don't think there was any real-life tension between the two. Hogan eve praised Blassie after he died

[hulkyone]

Even friends can be business rivals

[jamesadams2717]

RIP Freddie

[GrampawUniverse]

He is always a champ!

[yonkeykong420]

pencil neck geek!

[FoCuS138]

blassie was always loyal to WWE...which is why they always brought him in....

[Bela195401]

He was brought in as a heel with Johnny Valiant as his manager. His first match he faced 3 jobbers, Nacho Berera, Dave Shoal and some other stiff. We cheered like crazy for him. The next week on tv he was announced as Brad Rheingans tag partner against Ray Stevens and Jerry Blackwell. (No more Johnny V as manager-he did his own interview. Valiant just disappeared.

[drumfreak87]

Wow...so Hulkamania started in Minnesota?

[breannaelliott1]

Hi. Yes t started in the AWA in 1982. Hogan almost won the awa title but didn't and left over a merchandise dispute

[Hulkamania4eva]

Yes, Hulkamania was created in the AWA. Verne gange dind't actually create it. Just like with any great wrestling character, it develops over time.

[Bela195401]

Blassie obviously was still getting paid by McMahon when this video was made. Verne Gagne created Hulkamania in St. Paul when he turned Hogan face, although McMahon still takes credit for it.

[breannaelliott1]

Verne Gagne created Hulkamania, AMEN!!!

[MrPotatoesLatkie]

He (Hogan) was no wrestler? Neither was Blassie. A fake actor/stunt man actually. Wanna see some good wrestlers? Olympics, NCAA, local high schools, or the wonderful world of MMA, which is real prowrestling!

[Bela195401]

You're right, Blassie was no Kurt Angle himself. His best moves were biting and eye gouging.

[oldschool6804]

@MrPotatoesLatkie blassie is  far from an actor you prick!

[pjdr]

i kinda thought that wcw looked way too pollished, i liked wwf's grittier look better

[smudgeVIW]

don't agree i enjoyed wcw actually thought it had better and more wrestling on it than WWF soap opera.

[loverockit]

RIP, love how Fred tells it like it is

[batrastard]

Nah, Blassie was a class act. Vince wouldn't have had to pay him a dollar, he was just a very loyal guy.

[frednichols]

I wonder how much vince payed him to say all that

[dednigggerstorage]

i wonder how much your dad paid your mom for sex