Ted Dibiase vs. Hulk Hogan - MSG 1979 (Pt 1)

[arenbe2000]

With Vince Sr.'s marketing it is wrestler Incredible Hulk Hogan vs wrestler Ted Dibiase w/ the crowd not too emotionally involved. Old school NWA style booking focusing more on wrestling less on gimmicks. With Vince Jr. its the hero the Immortal Hulk Hogan vs the villain Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase with the crowd emotionally involved. New school booking focusing on gimmicks. Shows you how important Vince Jr.'s marketing is because without it Hulk Hogan and Ted Dibiase are just wrestlers.

[GraceOnTheThirdDay]

This is when Hulk Hogan was FAAAAAABBBBBUUUULLLOOOOUUUUSSS­SS~!

[mramo]

they were 25 & 26 years old respectively when they fought in this match. hogan being a year older.

[air5hocker15]

Hogan...is a show-off in that match.

[CFrench386]

Ted DiBiase looks YOUNG in this vid, so does Hogan. . .

[TheTaylorJohnson1]

I still like Hulk Hogan

[nequito718]

I miss The Fink. No announcer can match his energy, especially when he would announce "NEWWWWWW" champions.

[cfcsteve86]

Nothing fabulous about Hulk Hogan

[invisibleman275]

haha at 320 lb

[kolisionn]

dibiase was with the wwf since 79??damn i never knew that. and hogan was billed at 320, he doesnt even look that heavy back then

[labombina3]

ted dibiase. when he was broke. then won this match against hulk hogan and became million dollar man

[tb049]

is that the fink on the mic?

[GingerHeadHitmanFan]

Fuck you Hogan fans I want every Hogan video off the youtube.cocksuckers!

[lagmuncher]

DUDE! He's not bald!! Lol

[crappiccino1]

lol the ref is so tiny!!!

[TheRedWaltz24]

Dibiase... one of the best in the business. Always a professional and a great ring tactician.

[28hotrods]

wow i was like a new born baby when this happen

[Inediblehulk]

@bigmike7379 Yes, he was "The Incredible Hulk Hogan" at the very beginning, but Marvel's copyright lawyers weren't happy with the name. So he became "Fabulous" instead. Not a writer's mistake. The whole legal battle over ANY "Hulk" name lasted well into the '90s

[Inediblehulk]

I like how that tiny referee makes even DiBiase look like Big John Studd.

[Waluigifan94]

Man, Howard Finkel is a legend. It's like he was born with the WWF/E.

[bigmike7379]

DUH the incradible Hulk DUH that is what he was called BTW how did Dibiase look without a beard he looked funny lol

[vikirocks4ever]

Now Hulk Hogan is a legend!!!

[TakeAShowerStinky]

Where's Virgil?

[gamblerpete]

@TakeAShowerStinky

At the time he was 17 so, I think, he was selling drugs in the streets and ripping off stuff.

[Hartebreaker84]

di biase should have won the world title

[Bravesrtops]

hogan at the height of his steroid use. what a physical specimen

[vikirocks4ever]

@Bravesrtops well hogan wasnt the only in wrestling who took steroids !

[kenpalmer1965]

Boy, vintage WWF action from good ol' Madison Square Garden! This was three years before Hogan's appearance in the movie "Rocky III" as wrestler Thunderlips. Dibiase in there trying to match strength for strength with Hogan was a no-go!

[negtype13]

Dude..Dibiase has some traps though. ... basically the only feature on his body that would allow you to think that he MIGHT be able to physically hang with Hogan.

Still, BOTH are great wrestlers!!

[CavenEdwards]

This is Cool!!

[pliestifolife]

ted dibiase sr will alwayys b one of the greatest, his son is putting the dibiase legacy too shame

[mattdude90]

Hogan receiving an arm drag, blimey. I've never seen them take one let alone give one. Hogan can't wrestle. Never has been able to, and never will.

[wanaply9]

@mattdude90

Hahaha!! This is being said on the internet soooo much lately,, unfortunately ignorantly,, "never has, never will"? Do yourself a favor and look up a few of his matches in Japan.

[slipknot789able]

i think this ted dibiase and the ted dibiase we see today look almost identical

[nacholibrary]

@slipknot789able you do realise, that the ted dibiase here is ted dibiase jrs. dad.

[screamingdean5]

It had to have been a long time ago. Look all the hair Hulk Hogan has!

[embeleshow]

old school-announcer intros everyone in the ring, the microphone from the ceiling. No rap themes...classic

[chaz5447]

if you've watched ted's shoot interview you know how highly he spoke of this match. good stuff. thanks for putting it up

[damron13]

If only someone can make Hogan 30 years younger. ....

[JuicyPlayer]

Thunderlips!

[yamachicken]

haha this is before he was the million dollar man. I met Ted in person. He's HUUUGGGEEEE. and a very class act guy

[KenDoeFresh]

hogan should go back to the Fabulous Hulk Hogan lol

[rocky9298]

@KenDoeFresh hulk was the best bad guy in the business the hell with the red and yellow

[sanussi416]

Sometimes, the best babyfaces start out as heels; and sometimes the best heels start out as babyfaces. I'm sure that for a lot of fans, a match like this is a bit weird to watch. LOL

[jimhellwick129]

hogan look so big and strong,320 lbs later he has 303 lbs

[80srocknroller]

Wow i'm celebrating 30 years of Hulk Hogan's debut at MSG because he was a heel managed by Classy Freddie Blassie and Ted DiBiase was a babyface before his Million Dollar Man gimmick i remember this match today as it was yesterday!

[BJanesek]

Look at all that hair!

[iLuVMeTaL4LiFe]

who would of thought ted debiase would become "The Million Dollar Man" and Hulk Hogan would create a dynasty for years to come.

[mlbfan3]

hulkamania started when he defeated the iron shiek

[RevDarkehorse]

@mlbfan3 No Hulkamania started in the AWA.

[MattRebel25]

haha hogans the "bad guy" and dibiasi's the "goog guy".......

[AngelofAnguish]

Give me THIS kind or THIS era wrestling ANYTIME or DAY! Hey Vince, keep the WWE DVDs featuring the "old school" matches and interviews comin'! In my opinion, THOSE are the ONLY positive things coming from today's WWE, anyway!

[thewardog666]

hogan was a monster then how tall and big he was is out of this world its show how much wrestlers have changed if hogan could be a wrestler to day hed be one hell of a man to beat

[MaximusJohal]

"Fabulous Hulk Hogan"...... so whys the ring announcer saying "Incredible Hulk Hogan"???? lol

[paSsii1996]

@MaximusJohal Dont you know "The incredable Hulk", hes refering that hero to hulk hogan I think

[bigmike7379]

@MaximusJohal the writers mistake he was called the incredible hulk hogan in reference to the show

[pandabaer1982]

Ted Dibiase :-))))) lööl

[tourettegirl]

Dibiase is a sell out now.

[mario6sic6]

how come?

[MusicDude86]

why's that?

[John6yt]

LOL looks like Ted didn't have any "seasonal residences" back then

[cbaldwinjr]

LOL...maybe Lincoln Nebraska instead of Omaha :P

[karmavirus]

People booing Hulk and cheering Dibiase...

man that was a long long time ago!

[adamOUTBREAK]

Thirty years ago... just saying that feels weird. Maybe because I grew up watching Hulk in the nWo.

[oddity3927]

@karmavirus, more telling of time is that Hogan had hair.

[monkey555ize]

@karmavirus right

[gal493]

its not hist debut.

his debut was on november, againts figueroa.

[leandar]

This was his MSG debut, not an overall WWF debut.

[Paradittle]

hogan has hair

[ScotsmanKen2008]

how small is the ref? pmsl!

[ccie12933]

HULK SMASH!

Err, sorry, wrong Incredible Hulk!

[WrestlingHeretic]

Hope the referee doesn't have an evil twin....

[rhealg123]

they liked ringing the bell back then didn't they

[getalongperson]

nothing else to do i think lol

[snappy452]

Ted Dibiase, when he was only a mere hundredaire

[ccie12933]

Now THAT'S funny. :)

[geep20]

Does anyone have the complete card for this night?I hated Hulk Hogan back then.

[Tubewings]

I almost didn't recognize DiBiase here.

[DotDotkins]

Dibiase really looks different without the beard.

[soln4suhreborn]

Here in the old Tri-State/NWA (later Mid-South/UWF) area that's pretty much how we remember DiBiase during his heel years there as "King Rat".

[handwrittenhysteria]

Awesome, I remember Dibiase talking about this in his shoot