Cage Match: Don Muraco vs Jimmy Snuka: October 1983 (1/2)

[oneUNITED7SS]

0:04 He's right there.

[SeanMBryans]

Muraco bladed rolling at 6 04

[SeanMBryans]

Jimmy balded at 3 17

[SeanMBryans]

The most epic match in either man's career - and possibly in the history of the business. Classic.

[hitcan79]

Pat Patterson's voice makes me want to puke, no telling how many young boys that fucker molested the sick fucker. him and his "cream team" gross

[ajoqut]

3:11 Snuka cut himself.

[japanpro1]

as a rookie in 1971 (awa) don muraco sported an amazing physique, a huge upper body and a flat, tapered waistline. that went south when he did. in 1972 i was ringside to see rookie jimmy snuka. in his corner? don muraco. they were touted as former football team mates. hmmm.

[SuperStrik9]

Snuka was the man back in the day!

[exitthedragon]

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[exitthedragon]

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[exitthedragon]

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[TerranRich]

If you see a fat kid in the audience with a Puma t-shirt, that's Bubba Ray/Brother Ray Dudley (according to himself in a shoot interview). :)

[SteelandSouls15]

thumbs up if you're trying to find mick foley in the crowd

[TeHoff]

@SteelandSouls15 where the hell is he

[SteelandSouls15]

@TeHoff lol I said trying. He said he was at this match in the front row and I'm trying to find him

[dantana613]

Muraco was such a great heel, and he could talk on the stick

[elc1960]

By the end of the match, I was referring to when Muraco fell out of the cage through the door and not Snuka leaping off the top onto Muraco. Up until he falls out the door, it's a really good match. Snuka's leap is what truly sets it apart from other cage matches. Snuka tried this leap against Bob Backlund in a cage a couple years before, but Backlund rolled out of the way and Snuka crashed.

[elc1960]

In the full version of this match (available on several WWE DVDs), you can plainly see Mick Foley in a red and white plaid shirt giving Snuka and Rogers the "I love you" sign. He's hard to miss - long haired kid standing up holding up his right hand. As cage matches go, what made it a classic was more the set-up to the match, and the finish. The ending was kind of lame, with Muraco falling out through the door. The cage match Snuka had with Backlund was actually better.

[arobinson68]

muraco was one of the best heels of all time! these guys need to teach the new wrestlers about angles!

[masantana]

"It's a Pier 6 Brawl !" or "Takes a shot to the solar plexus!" are my favorite Gorilla-isms.

[martyritz]

Gorilla Monsoon, one of the best play by play guys of all time! " It's bedlam here in the Garden". Plus he took it so serious, telling you rules, insight to a cage match, cliche's . Classic. "Snuka is busted wide open"

[kidlou]

this is when wrestling was awesome. now its like a circus.

[funkyflashman]

Not only was Foley at this card, but also Bubba Ray Dudley and Tommy Dreamer.

[razzlefrazzle123]

One of my favorite matches, it was done really well.

It also inspired my favorite wrestler to get in the business, so extra points for that :D

[1989iw]

i can see mick :) 0:06 but only faintly

[toyotas2006]

One of the most legendary cage matches of all-time. Muraco was one incredible heel!

The fans were jacked through the roof to root for the SuperFace SuperFly

[fryeman2005]

i tried diving off of my bed like snuka while i was drunk once but i fell over as soon as i stood up on my bed haha

[ace9ful]

i see mick

[LifeInBrunswick]

Foley's WWE debut- I love it!

[1stsmosh]

Jesse Ventura starts the narration!  SUPER FLYYYYY!!!!

[MrOldspicey]

soooo fake....

[Bigeddie1009]

yeah no kidding you just found that out

[rupra92]

look for mick foley around 0:00 - 08

[JoeyPencils]

the magnificent 1 was a great heel

[camp168]

@JoeyPencils

I loved to hate him!!!...he was awesome!!

[dakinjay]

one of the top matches of all time.

[timeak22]

the ic title meant something at that time

[suspekt29]

These were the bombass cage matches. Not like that pussy shit today or the blue steel cages back then. People had no problem showing a little blood either.  Wrestling has gone soft like the rest of the pussies who censor entertainment. RIP 80s wrestling

[CerebralContusion]

I agree! I, too, remember the blue steel cages. What was the point in having THAT KIND of a cage? Maybe to "make it 'easier' for the wrestlers to "get out," since a number of them (probably) had very little/limited 'climbing ability.' " That's why I watch ECW, XPW, and CZW, wrestling. Cage matches (I'm talkin' about the kind of cages that are used to put criminals and animals in!), light bulbs, tables, broken glass, barbed wire, and folding chairs, in my opinion, THAT'S WRESTLING!

[DavidFullam]

Yeah, it was all to make it easier to get out, a stip I hated. I grew up in the South so that meant you stayed in the cage till you won via pinfall or submission.

[produqt17]

this is the match that inspired mick foley (a.k.a. mankind a.k.a. cactus jack) to begin wrestling because he attended it. It is said that at some point you can see a young mick foley in the crowd on the original WWF/E filming of this event. I haven't spotted him yet, but I'm also not sure if this is the official WWF/E Filming.

[skinwalkerxxx]

So wrong that Snuka did not win the belt there.

[10Dec1971]

I had a crush on Jimmy Snuka. I was in the 6th grade when this match took place. I love the old school wrestling. So much better than the crap that's on today.

[ztadros]

you are not lying no crush but monsoon and jesse ventura the greatest commentaters the wwf ever had man it is all a soap opera today i just watch smack down on friday so it kills my work hours and thats it no pay per views no fucking way i was at this match i was 10 years old when this happen i live 20 min by subway from msg

[Will87]

is that ventura speaking at the beginning?

[rygi23]

it doesn't ever say but there's no doubt that it is him

[goalie74]

I'm pretty sure that this match is from one of the old Coliseum Home Videos that the WWF put out in the 80's and Ventura used to be the host for them.

[foreverhulkamania]

its from the Most Unusual Matches tape. wish i still had it!

[jms6464]

i used to have it as well....great tape....wasnt the texas tornado match with bob orton and rowdy piper on it as well......some sort of lumberjack match with savage or something

[killerbandlinkinpark]

dude im 14 years old and into the classic matched not the new ones

[miggy25]

i used to LOVE staying up to see these Madison Square Garden wrestling cars on MSG..classic!...this truly did change the face of cage matches

[foreverhulkamania]

man the buildup to this match must have been good. the crowd was really looking forward to it!

[butterp7]

This is great!! No big fan fair..no big explosions, fireworks, bimbos. Just get in the cage and take care of business. This was wrestling was good.

[pf462]

@butterp7 I happen to like the bimbos, thank you very much.

[peepeeray]

This was the only reason my dad finally agreed to let us get cable TV. When I told him they showed these WWF main events at Madison Square Garden on the MSG Network, he hooked us right up. Thanks Dad! Those were great times.

[keithjfro]

You can see Mick at :05 as Snuka is inspecting the cage. That's Mick doing the Snuka sign.

[cymru1991]

And Mick foley was here too- he was caught on camera too somewhere.....

[ConE500]

You can see him at 0.07 holding up the horns.

[neckbeardpride]

Bubba Ray Dudley's in the front row with a puma shirt

Tommy Dreamer's there somewhere too, Bubba joked that he probably "took up two seats"))

[1x9x8x9]

lol, and don't forget mick foley! What a great match!

[JakeCasablanca]

"Muraco's like a caged lion"

Monsoon you are so right!

[earthdog82]

numerous wrestlers

say they were at this. tommy dreamer was too i think..

[bighustle89]

this transended the sport 4ever this rite here changed how basic cage matches were this is 1 of the greatest cage matches ever woooo

[aceisking]

now this is good wrestling unlike today

[sublime242]

he was the first guy ever to jump off a cage hes a fucking legend

[kundalini1128]

I was there live. I was 12.

[dooktango]

to be honest, wwe should've pushed snuka more. my opinion, it should've been a title match in the cage with snuka winning.

[yardlet6]

@dooktango He was too much of a headcase and also the incident where his girlfriend died.

[yonkeykong420]

you were there that fuckin awsome!! mick foley was there too

[deadlyhips]

lol

[saanzacs]

The cage match that made both Snuka and Muraco into WWE legends!

[snuka12000]

This is the match that made Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka a legend and inspired many to become wrestlers.

[coyne7593]

i see mick foley

[ekocapacity10]

where?

[figgesich]

where?

[Chrisdrumz]

He's REALLY hard to spot in this version because of the quality,but he is at about the 3 second mark off to the right wearing his red and black flannel and he's pointing at Snuka. If you've never seen it before there is no way you'd spot him.

[ChadBurk4420]

Monsoon is the greatest commentater of all time!

[judahsong]

@ChadBurk4420 Gorilla and Heenan, best announce combo ever!

[cityman88]

me neither

[logitech565]

apparently wikipedia states that you should be able to see mick foley from this video but i can't seem to find him

[kryschaun]

also bubba ray dudley is in the front row

[WECENANUFF]

which one is he?

[kryschaun]

i dunno, he said it in an interivew, and he is wearing a puma t-shirt lol

[cityman88]

this is the match that inspired mick foley to become a Pro Wrestler