"Baron" Mikel Scicluna vs. Laurent Soucie (Jobber) 1/2

[spartacus3ful]

Scicluna in his earlier years was a highly ranked contender, but by the late 1970s and early 1980s had been relegated to the role of a middle card heel. Perhaps out of respect to his earlier glory, he occasionally would be matched up against a young and far less experienced jobber whom he was able to defeat. This put him in the category of Grade B heels such as Johnny Rodz, Jose Estrada, Davey O'Hannon, etc.

[smush127]

I'm a scicluna. He was my brandies cousin

[bhug3996]

Hot grinding bearhug 2:02

[TheBobbyleeMadtv]

scicluna is half maltese half canadian when i was young he lived next door to us

[eatpigsnot]

this really played into Woehrles rep as a no nonsense ref. he was the best. i spent ages 15-25 in Delaware Cty, PA and have many fond memories of going to the Spectrum live for wrestling and/or watching on PRISM

[Derby14]

Great to see one of the under-appreciated WWE Hall of Famers in action. Also, I have seen Laurent Soucie in a battle royal on one of the old Coliseum Videos but never knew exactly who he was or even how to spell his name until I saw this vid. I can't tell you how appreciative I am to find out who he is. Thank you for posting this! LOL at Worley...where was Jack Tunney to suspend him for life plus ten years like Danny Davis?

[stickylish]

one of the greatest heel wrestlers ever!! loved the rake of the eyes wiyh the boot laces!!

[stickylish]

always loved the rake of his opponents face with his bootlaces. one of wrestligs alltime greatett heels.RIP BARON!!

[fatalbeatings]

A truly great competitor. RIP 1929-2010

[TheSteffen1223]

r.i.p baron

[DoovallianStallion]

Sciculina lokks EXACTLY like Maurice from Sesame Street!  Exactly!

[ddenuci]

Does anyone know for sure whether Scicluna was really from the isle of Malta? I've seen various wrestling web sites that claim he was born in the US.

[JIMMYLINE]

I'm fairly certain he was really from there. I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain I'm not.

[Ephesians1957]

Yes he was a native of Malta He was in his early 20s when he immigrated and settled in toronto,where he began wrestling professional, he ended up in Pittsburgh Pa,Where he became a legend

[TheBobbyleeMadtv]

@JIMMYLINE yes Mikel scicluna was from Malta When I was young he lived next door to us

[xikster101]

@ddenuci yes Scicluna was from malta, he was a far off cousin of my father, he is dead now ...

[ddenuci]

@xikster101 I didn't realize he had passed away on 3/20/10 from cancer. RIP.

[Keyo717]

@ddenuci I think he was from South Philadelphia like Strong Bow was.

[dylangauci1993]

@ddenuci Im from Malta and yes he is from the Isle of Malta.

[jmaster779]

@ddenuci no he is from malta

[windmills20]

5:28 did the ref really just do that?

[JIMMYLINE]

LOL! Yep, he did!

[philmorehole]

im gonna have to agree with mikebryson. and ppl like Rick Flair and Shawn Michaels were great wrestlers, amd still wrestle today. in my opinion i think they should give it up. they had great runs, and who knows how long their bodies are going to last? shawn is always getting hurt, and rick runs his mouth too much, but thats just me. so i think they should retire and sooner or later they will most likely be inducted into the hall of fame.

[OoKatyPerryoO]

Im from germany and i met laurent soucie at school today!Hes very cool and the vid is very interresting.

[mikebryson]

Who cares who could really stretch people in "real competition"? This is pro wrestling! It's about performance! God bless the promoters who weeded out the bad ones and gave us entertainment. There have been great shooters who were great pros (Vern Gagne, Billy Robinson and Kurt Angle). But some of the greatest pros were not known for their ability to hook (Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes and the best ever Shawn Michaels). These guys made money for one reason: we the fans LOVED their work.

[aginghipster]

In real competition Soucie could have stretched a majority of the lockeroom. He did'nt get a good push and quit the business in 83-84.

[JIMMYLINE]

you're probably right. I guess if they couldn't draw money then they were doomed in professional wrestling. Soucie, McGraw, Jones, Travis, Rodz, etc. were decent wrestlers who never became what they should've. Credit the promoters for that loss. A lot of guys quit because they put in long hours and days (risking injury) for little money.

[hellblazer14dmn]

viva il maltin