Reeser Bowden interviews Ernie Ladd Re: Andre The Giant

[paul3fun]

Andre the DUmmy...Dirty Rhodes..and the Drunken Injun...LOL!!! could you imagine how the big Cat looked once he seen them up in heven?? LOL!!!!

[MrJesuschristisking]

''andre the dummy''id like to see him call him that to his face

[z28barber]

This is Classic



[Tellthatruth]

I will slap your face in the presence of your parents.

I'm using that on someone.

[tornmask]

the late great Ernie "The Cat" Ladd was a BAD DUDE! x0[ ...my Dad & i went to an International Wrestling Association show in Roosevelt Stadium, New Jersey c.1975 & witnessed a classic wrestling match between Ladd & the IWA Champion Mil Mascara!..(Mascaras won the match)...great event! =0]

[13bears13]

Andre the Dummy...you get no better then that

[danteras23]

quite awesome

[denzelsnipes69]

"And you stand in my face and call me a liar, I'll slap your face real good in the general public!"

[ChrisRadio]

ANDRE THE DUMMY!!! Priceless!!!

[Piledriver86]

Man, that title belt looked like crap.

[dmenace4life]

GET ON THE PHONE AND CALL SOMEBODY! SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT!

[veeseee128]

ernie ladd is one funny red nigga

[frogca]

I love the Big Cat. He once told Tony Atlas he was going to send him back to Africa. I am Black and even I was cracking up when he said it. Those were the days when wrestling was fun.

[DammitDrag]

@frogca AMEN !

[hazza3]

Does anyone have the Ladd interview where he shoots on Andre?

[ChocolateBig09]

To yimpka:Ernie Ladd graduated from Grambling State University,and I KNOW THAT 2 B A FACT because my mom n dad had classes with him at that college.My father still has the yearbooks 2 prove it.I'm not tryin 2 b mean,but only speak WHAT U KNOW!!

[Gendoshands]

One of the first black heels

[lonechief]

He talks like Morgan Freeman.

[danteras23]

Ernie Ladd was awesome. One of the best heels ever. There will never be another like him. Just tremendous.

[yimpka]

Ernie Ladd was illiterate, had a 6th grade education.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@yimpka Ernie Ladd graduated from Grambling St University and was highly intelligent.

[antoscarp]

Ernie was the Greatest!

[CadillacL]

Sure miss wrestling & wrestling promos like this.

[will434usmc]

Ernie Ladd was the BEST interview EVER !!!!! Dude was HILARIOUS

[saracen3000]

Man I never got 2 c Ernie in action in his career. But these YouTube clips r the truth!!! The big cat ain't no joke!! He sound like Fred Sanford callin Andre a dummy!! Man I wish I coulda seen ladd wrestle. He coulda taught a promo class

[GohModley]

@saracen3000 Ah.....shit, son. You know it. These Ernie Ladd clips on the You ain't just the truth. They be the truth in a motherfucking box son. A motherfucking box, for real.

[BradNC11175]

"Andre the Dumby" lol. It would take a big big man to talk shit about Andre the Giant so publicly like that. Enrie Ladd would have been one of the few to get away with that.

[thefriendsociety]

damn that belt looks like a nasty piece of welding metal somebody picked up off the ground at a junkyard

[T74G]

@thefriendsociety

LOL!!!!!!! LOL!! one of the ugliest titles ever!!!!!!! that and the Mid-Americas title in memphis...which was as u described so eloquently!!lol!!

[57rg]

im consider myself lucky to have been a wrestling fan in the late 60s and 70s and saw so many great characters of the wrestling world. Ernie Ladd was my favorite. He was great in interviews and a great heel in the ring. He was awesome. Please post more of The Big Cat. Thanks , these are great videos.

[Dietpepsivanilla]

Ernie was one of the AFL's greatest characters AND players. Member of the Chargers 1963 World Championship team.

[cwes478]

There would've never been a Rock if there was no Ernie Ladd.

[lockenjr]

@cwes478 exactly the rock also copycatted a lot of pipers stuff as well

[tomac67]

"Get on yo telephone and call somebody!"

[Vergadoce]

@tomac67 ... "and tell 'em somebody's gonna get hurt."

[ratmaslove]

i love wrestling

[testodude]

what a great clip. Ernie Ladd and Reeser Bowden. Ernie was the best on the mic. I'd love to see a Boyd Pierce clip with him wearing his white suit with the big roses on it. That's great stuff.

[tomac67]

@testodude Boyd Pierce was pimp, mac-daddy before it was cool.

It's a real man who, 50 years old, can pull off the blue blazer with white roses.

[Nawlinsfanforlife]

I was there back in the 70s in New Orleans @ the Municipal Auditorium at one of the battle royals Ernie took from the Giant. I have to give it to the Big Cat as soon as the battle royal started he roll out of the ring and hide by the poll the and watch everyone get eliminated. Andre thought he won. Ernie rolled in from behind and drop kicked Andre from behind. First time I saw Andre go over the top rope. I was the only one cheering when Ernie won!!

[Buckeyecat2002]

The self-proclaimed "King of Wrestling" haled from Houston. Texas. He was a Republican and best friend of Former President George H.W. Bush. Mr Ladd refused to be stero-typed as a Black/Negro/Colored wrestler. He had superior mic and selling skills. He was a great heel. He was a, non-technical, squash wrestler.

[cireewol]

What a talent! Ernie, arguably one of the first marketable black wrestlers, won us over with a combination of southern-influenced, ethnic droll!

He was one of the best!

[silverado2004]

LOL,'The General Public"LOL .Andre the Dummy.Hey,classic stuff.I remember the Big Cat way to well.From the Mid South to GCW to the Carolinas,oh yes.One of my all time favorites a true legend.God Bless you Mr Ladd.

[jobber25v]

i was shocked when mark henry and lashley were ecw champ but that title dont mean shit now days

[RSXemperor]

It sucks that politics and racism prevented Vince Mcmahon Sr. from putting the WWE Title on Ernie Ladd. He would have made a great heel champ against guys like Dusty, Bruno, Backlund or Morales.

[HarleyjXXX]

The Big Cat was also a hell of a football player in the old AFL. RIP Big Cat

[ebbowman]

LMAO at him calling him "Andre the Dummy" throughout the whole interview.

[Nawlinsfanforlife]

"I rather go to my mama's funeral than go to my own funeral" RIP Big Cat

[monkeyboy4746]

I remember Ernie Ladd had a match on TV one time, he threw the guy into the ropes and then put his foot out to catch the guy in the chest, but the guy was too short so he caught the foot in the top of the head, bent his neck back all the way.

[Koolazzmike]

Ernie Ladd was before my time, but this promo was funny! This still holds up today! I don't watch wrestling now, but I am sure this promo is way better than promos of today.

[Obamadose]

you got that right

[Jiltedin2007]

Was "The Big Cat" the biggest man ever?

[CleveDavis89]

no. andre', show, giant gonzalez, and dalip singh is bigger and taller

[ccie12933]

You ain't been slapped until you been slapped by the Big Cat in the General Public! :)

Loved it when Ernie dropped by in the Mid-Atlantic area - he had a great and forgotten feud with Jimmy Snuka.

The Big Cat will never be forgotten!

[bigbluedinosaur]

Andre the Dummy was afraid of Ernie Ladd just like that no good Dirty Rhodes.

[BarryBRemix]

WHO WON?

[ROAD1255]

Someone please post some more Ernie Ladd interviews, he's hilarious.

[betsythedog]

I did'nt know he died. He was my next door neighbor in Tampa in the late 70's when he was wrestling there. Went to the beach with his family many times there. His whole family was very good friends with ours. It was very cool to know them.

[mcfrs]

LOL!!!! Yep, I'm with you on that.

[songoku350]

Ernie Ladd should come back to life for one day, walk into the WWE/TNA locker rooms and slap them in the mouth and show them what a real heel is. Ernie relished being a heel and the crowd reactions he got. RIP E.L

[battlecuda]

i couldn't agree more

[Buckeyecat2002]

RIP Big Cat, President GW Bush's good friend.

[alancaltry]

GW is a dead man's best friend.

[airjor1]

Please, don't disturb Ernie by making that statement.

[mrperfectnot29]

Andre the"dummy" ! I will slap your face and whip your fanny ! Thats classic ! He would be a great "coach for all the dummies now that cant cut a promo ! rip ernie !

[phillyforever]

it takes real balls to call andre a big big dummy

rip

to two legends

[zandor1956]

the big cat former defensive lineman with the kansas city chiefs hes from orange texaspass away a few years ago he did a nice interview

[alcorderyjr]

" ... I decided to enter some of the battle royals that Andre the Dummy was in, and I beat that dummy several times in battle royals." ROFL, "I will slap yo' face in the presence of yo' parents, less known in the presence, ... of all the fans, and pin you again dummy!" Ha, ha, ha! What a funny and intelligent interview, Reese wants to crack-up laughing, and I don't know how he kept a straigth (yet smirking) face through that interview! One of the all-time great heels ... Ernie Ladd R.I.P.

[efplanetvideos]

RIGHT ON BROTHA!!!

[prestonite]

omfg . OUR CATS SCOOTED out of the romm when they heard Ernie talk

[pattersongrove]

Now that,s the way interviews are supposed to sound like no hell yes no candy asses true wrestlers can still give great heel interviews with out talk like that.

[DTA550]

Ernie Ladd giving yet again a CLASSIC performance. R.I.P

[chuckgan]

Didn' get to see much of himexcept on tv in World Class against Kamala and Mid-South when he broke Sonny King's shoulder

[EmoKilla420]

AN PIN YOU AGAIN DUMMY!

[jivee123]

Andre tha dummy...classic.... sounded like fred sanford at the end when he said dummy... jivee123

[Tsuruta1]

The "Big Cat" definitely could do dialogue on the mike. Ernie Ladd was one of a kind. Glad I got to see him perform on TV and in person while growing up.

[samurai02]

great promo

[soln4suhreborn]

NWA tri state would become independent Mid South/UWF.

[batistalosttakerwon]

a real great big man - good brawler good talker - rest in peace big cat

[biggerflexible]

Ernie Ladd rocks man he inducted the JunkYard Dog into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2004. He was entered in 1st in 1995. These inductions + Mr Perfect's and The Iron Sheiks brought be back to the WWE/WWF.

[jancember]

I saw him a few times at barton collisium in little rock .He was one of the first real big men I had seen in person . He was a giant of a man .After the match my dad and me stopped for gas and saw ernie there getting a soda .We talked for a few minutes with him .My dad and him really hit it off .He was a very nice man to us I'm sure he was tired after the match and just wanted to go to his hotel room but he took time to talk to a snot nosed kid and his dad .Very classy man .We need more like him

[HillbillyPicker08]

Ernie Ladd was a real nice guy out of the ring.I met him in Lake Charles,Louisiana back in 1998.God rest his soul.

[grandp83]

Damn, Ernie was the truth. I had never heard him speak before either.

[mismooth]

rip big cat!

[ChungryNomad]

"the only shot you gonna get right in yo' MOUTH"

lol

[edgardogeorge]

OMG! I'd never heard him on the mic... I almost barked! SO GOOD!!! Today's dudes ramble on for half an hour and don't even come close to this caliber of promo!

[JS9700]

Ernie used to always say "there's 2 things in this world that don't live long, that's a dog chasin' cars and a broken down wrestler chasin' me"! Also, "momma didn't raise no fool, momma raised a champion"!

[Buckeyecat2002]

Ernie Ladd was best friends with President Greorge HW Bush, Sr.

[huntercentury]

The old school wrestlers gave such good promos. It is truly a lost art. They were also a lot tougher back then. They spent more time in the gym and less time in the salon.

[introjectionate]

Great comment! I agree that the old school wrestlers were tougher and gave better promos than their present day counterparts. But wrestlers like Andre, Dick Murdoch, Dick the Bruiser, and the Crusher might have spent as much time in the saloon as the gym.

[stand2c]

The greatest interview of all time....years ahead of all others...even present.

[soln4suh]

DAMN!! calm down big cat,we hear ya!-it's gonna be aaight!! lol r.i.p. ernie ladd.

[EmilyD1454]

Ernie Ladd was my teacher's father!!!!

[betsythedog]

I probably knew her. They used to live next door to me in Tampa in or around 1979. He was wrestling there. He and my family went to the beach there quite a few times together. It was funny how many people came over to us to visit him. Wrestling in Tampa was really big there at the time. He was a VERY nice person and his family was too. I have alot of great memories with them. I was a skinny 13 year old white boy hanging with this huge black family and they treated me like their own.

[EmilyD1454]

That is so cool! Her name is Erica.

[alcorderyjr]

Reese is trying not to crack a smile! Ernie Ladd was an intelligent educated man who had some of the funniest and entertaining interviews of anybody! "I will slap your face in the general public", hilarious! A heel saying "all my fans" (before The Rock!), you can't help but like him! Look at his and Bad Leroy Brown's promo about JYD and Dick Murdoch, their interview is better than the fan favorites! Thanks of course, to the late great Ernie Ladd!

[mamacornettesmoney]

Enrie might be king of the promos to me. He's pretty darn close if he isn't at the very top.

[JoeyPencils]

1 of the greatest heels ever

[sdupont83]

Ladd remains a legend. He was quite an original, and I remember the crowds he would draw. He knew how to get under the fans' skin better than anyone else...

[hukeeaboo]

you said it mike,,,, aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

i just get sick inside

[mikealhambra]

the best promo.s ever was ernie ladd r.i.p big cat

[BuddyNHiram]

Anyone have any vidoes of the BEST announcer ever, GORDON SOLE? This was the best of wrestling! Saw THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON at Riches in Atlanta working in construction.

[picklemeat1]

one thing can not stand broke down dogs chasing car and broke down wrestlers chasing me I rather go too my mama funeral then go too my own rip Ernie Ladd

[hakemdroppedtheball]

That is the Greatest quote ever in wrestling

[picklemeat1]

hey Ernie Ladd was my favorite wrestler thanks for the comment

[hakemdroppedtheball]

I saw every Wrestling Extraganza there was in the Superdome.We would go to the Municipal Audutorium, St. Bernard Civic Center and the U.N.O. arena to watch Mid South wrestling. As the Big Cat would often say "You better CALL somebody and tell them to CALL somebody and tell them the Big Cat is coming to town!!!!!!

[picklemeat1]

those were some good times thanks for the memories

[SuprJoinT]

I lived directly behind the St Bernard Civic Center, and went to wreslting every Monday night for a few years there, I was between 11-13 at the time, and it was some of my best memories, seeing some of my favorite wrestlers every week. I also recall going to all the Superdome shows, and Municipal shows as well. Cool name picklemeat, I like Savoie's the best, my wife just put some in her cabbage yesterday!!

[gunsnroses513]

rip both of them

[Freebird79]

lol andre the dummy

[DemonBatista]

Jackass, Andre is cool.

[makemoneyonlinehome]

Ernie Rules especially when he hit the Dummy with his "Taped Thumb" lol

[Troncarter1969]

Ernie RULES. My favorite line he used to always say when doing a promo for a big match he had coming up at the SuperDome of the Downtown Municipal Auditorium, "YOU BETTER GET ON THE PHONE AND CALL SOMEBODY...CAUSE SOMEBODY GONNA GET HURT"

[picklemeat1]

I use too go to the superdome and the municipal aduditorium back in the day what great memories

[keithmoore9164]

this was the nwa area of okla,tex,la,ark,miss,

[effiephillips]

i thought the big cat was great. met him in wal mart in ruston la in 93. what a great guy. rip

[57rg]

rip big cat. he was my all time favorite. watching this brings me back many years to when i loved wrestling. i remember watching ernie on channel 41 and 47 in the new york area. i smile when i see this video. "I'LL SLAP YOUR FACE REAL GOOD IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC". he did the best interviews.he was one of the true greats in a period of wrestling that had so many colorful characters. IF ANYONE HAS MORE INTERVIEW FOOTAGE OF ERNIE CAN YOU PLEASE POST IT? thanks again.

[baliw33]

Da Big Cat rules, one of the greatest when it came to interviews.

[ciencaras]

There will never be another "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd. His interviews were hilarious and he was always at his best when he was a miserable heel. I have some clips of him in the I.W.A. before he turned on Cowboy Ellis and it just wasn't as good as he was on this clip. God bless & R.I.P. "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd.

[bigtyplay3]

Big Cat is deeply loved and missed, Cat was one of the greatest men to ever live a true godly man. We shared wonderful times together, i'll cherish my memories of Cat forever. An originator. R.I.P

[takauthar]

Ernie Ladd. the first blackman to set it off as a heel in wrestling. i never got to see him do his thing but i read about him in the magazines sho'nuff.Thanx to youtube i can see what i missed.bigup rolochosu.R.I.P.BIG CAT.

[Bloodsport1]

r.i.p Ernie Ladd

[aginghipster]

RIP Ernie Ladd. I never saw him in his prime. Bill Watts was really not a member of the NWA so Im surprised by the NWA banner in the back.

[rolochoshu]

This is from Leroy McGuirk's Championship Wrestling, which was a member.

[bigpoppanard]

Bill Watts & Mid-South Wrestling was a Non-member official member of the N.W.A., McGuirk & Welch were the actual owners of the N.W.A. membership. Watts continued the recognization and even attended N.W.A. BOD Meetings.

[ouachitarivervalley]

@aginghipster : This was not Bill Watts' MidSouth Wrestling, but was Leroy McGuirk's Championship Wrestling. McGuirk was the NWA promoter for the area that later would be MidSouth.

[finalorbit]

"Give me somebody!" I remember Ernie yelling this when they stopped giving him contenders to fight. LOVE this man! Rest In Peace, brother.

[fishinfreak1]

RIP Big Cat, no one else like him in the world!

Does anyone have an interview with him saying GET ON THE PHONE AND CALL SOMEBODY! If so please post.

[Nat1831]

Big CAT you will be Missed my Brother.

[drizzywood]

R.i.p Ernie Ladd

[DPR4444]

The King of Professional Rasslin'

RIP Big Cat

[rolochoshu]

RIP Big Cat :(

[RCBIFE]

The late, great Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd knew how to provoke during a promo, and was very vicious verbally and in the ring. Outside the wrestling business, he was a true gentleman and a scholar. R.I.P. Ernie Ladd.

[dweezil41]

I met Ernie Ladd in Lake Charles,Louisiana several years ago and he was a real nice fellow.

[sjmcollins]

Is that a cigarette sticking out of Ernie's 'fro?

[BoogieKnight75]

"I'll slap you in your face in the general public!" "OOWWW! I just get sick down in side, it make me want to throw up just thinking about how bad I would like to slap yo face." "I would slap yo face in the present of your parents . . . " I don't know if you can beat Ernie on the stick. That guy had it!

[samhain2364]

Always have loved The Big Cat. One of my all time favorites.

[Troncarter1969]

The Big Cat ruled. I grew up on him in Mid South Wrestling. He's the first wrestler I heard cut a promo like none other at the time. His only peer was maybe Dusty Rhodes

[saanzacs]

Ernie Ladd Rules!!!

[danmasterslive]

More PLEASE!!!

[ciencaras]

"slap his face... dummy" LOL!!! love that big cat

[thecharmer]

Always loved Ernie Ladd. He once wrestled in a squash match while smoking a cigar and wearing a derby!

[wonderboy44]

Andre the dummy. lol. Gotta love the big cat.

[yjc1019]

Andre the Dummy, lol. Ladd was a funny heel,even if he wasn't trying to be.

[kevinhardy]

kool video

[litehouse6]

Ernie Ladd is cool.

[blassie]

nice recovery (from the frog in his throat)... shows his mic skills.

[JonahHexx]

Ernie the Big Cat versus Redd Foxx! "Let's hook 'em up!"

[bigroy38]

How would you like one across yo lip?

[mamacornettesmoney]

I'll slap you around real good in the general public! I will slap you in the presence of yo parents, less known in the presence of all the fans, dummy!

[salanh]

Great stuff, as usual. Thanks for posting.