I enjoyed hearing Arn and Tully, and really respect them for their wrestling abilities. Flair, I respect him for his wrestling ability, but I can't stand him hearing.
@ed2kou1 It'd be nice. I've only seen the Birds on the old ESPN when they aired WCCW, and saw the 2 WCCW DVDs, But I agree they should get their own DVD, since they made they're impact on WCCW, AWA, UWF, NWA, GCW, & GWF. Plus Gordy's runs in Japan, and near run in WWE, which wouldve been bitchin'. Try imaginging the Birds vs the Bulldogs, the Hart Foundation, the Killer Bees, the Demolition. And how after they came in wrestlers began using enterance music & the Freebird Rule.
@Cavillier1970 You have to look up where the Freebirds pildrive Ted Dibease it was in 1981. I was a kid, still thinking wrestling was real, I hated the Freebirds after that. I was crying, like I said I was a kid lol.. Also where they blinded the Junk Yard dog, with the Freebird hair cream. Look it up it's on youtube, it's Classic.. Gordo Solie the announcer sells it like it's so damn real!! CLASSIC
@lambert581 I can see WWE doing a Lawler dvd package which I'd love to get too. That'd be great, especially for fans like me. See I live in Buffalo, and all we had here was WWF, and the cable comapnies in the city didnt carrry TBS or anything else at first, except USA network. So I never knew anything else but WWE existed. I think the fans down South were luckier than we were.
@kcin713 Please. Back then, "World Championship Wrestling" was the program that aired on WTBS at 6:05PM on Saturday Nights! This was Jim Crocket Promotions presenting the National Wrestling Alliance! When Ted Turner bought the promotion from the Crocketts, gradually the name WCW was phased in over three years time. Prior to that the "WCW" moniker belonged to Ole Anderson, as he re-christened his area after changing it from the more territorial "Georgia Championship Wrestling".
excuse me for not being more technical.I know all of what you just said but being that when it became known as WCW Saturday night,it was basically this show,with just a few changes
@MrJon76 Actually this was the NWA which was governed by a group of people. Jim Crocket was a promotor out of the Carolina's, he had the Mid Atlantic, about 85 Crocket took it over. Which was bad, cause it ended the territories
@StarConstellation I think Roberts was retired as this point I may be wrong but I am thinking this is sometime in '87-'88 maybe it was a bit later than that, I think hayes and garvin were still in wccw for most of '87
God if only Crockett could have signed ALL the Freebirds. Hayes, Gordy and Roberts vs. Flair, Anderson, and Blanchard would have been an all time classic feud!
@speedbuggy Actually during this time, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts were back in World Class. Michael Hayes also went back to World Class a few months later.
@HorrorFreak68 Well, I don't remember exactly when it was, but I remember I had a wrestling magazine that had a story on a Horsemen-Freebird feud & a certain match which included Hayes, Gordy & Roberts vs. Luger, Flair & Tully & of course Luger didn't last very long in the group.
@speedbuggy & @HorrorFreak68 The 'territory' days did sometimes feature cross-promotional stuff, and wrestlers would visit other territories at times. The Road Warriors showed up in the NWA promotions a few times even when they working for the AWA. So while I don't know the specifics, a Freebirds-Horsemen match certainly could have been possible even when they were in WCCW....although weren't the Freebirds almost always a heel? A heel-heel matchup would have been rare.
@beautifulsarah100 That's why he's one of my heroes. Sweat and work the hardest in the gym and on the mat, then after that, captivate others with charisma and a larger than life personality.
@cfx5000 yes he was shit ..the stain on the horsemen ..his money is what got him the spot..bought his way in SON..he ever got in my way he'd have a big ol' knott on his forehead when he woke up..
With it being WM weekend. A Freebirds vs Horsmen match back then would have been a WM worthy match. Yes, it's the wrong promotion. Just mean it would have been epic match and feud.
Dont get me wrong as Michael PS hayes was shit hot on workrate and promos but please....age 28 @ 04:11 sureley you meant 38 as otherwise he was the oldest 28 year old i ever did see!
The horsemen n freebirds fought in Atlanta. Arn,tully n Luger v Hayes,Gordy n buddy Jack. Horsemen won. Shortly after bam bam left. I think he believed the birds wouldn't get a fair shake. I think he was right. Crockett woulda did anything 2 please flair.
That is correct. Dusty Rhodes would water down ANY angle that he wasn't a part of. Don't believe me? Just listen to a shoot interview with Jimmy Garvin.
call me crazy, but i do believe that back in these days, there was some realness, the wrestelr's prolly had more freedom do come up with their own lines to say. and i think egos did get involved on a personal level to where they half way did puts some real force behind the wresteing moves without killing each other but the recipiate new the other fella ment business and grudges were a real thing
@sdot74 because back then, it was all about wrestling. Now its about merchandising, diva posters, action figures, t shirts, and movies. Macmahon has even admitted that wrestling hasnt been about wresting, in his opinion, since 1987, when some of the first t shirts started being sold. in the last thirty years, macmahon has sought to disable, buy and and destroy every wrestling promotion because he wasnt to totally control the market, And he has a big slice of it.
they did wrestle in 1986 at the omni in atlanta Ga. on a sunday afternoon. a six man tag the freebirds vs arn ,tully and ric flair. the birds won with a figure 4 on all
3 horseman at once..it was one month before the first war games in the atl.
Now that would've been a helluva a feud the Horsemen vs the Freebirds. It wouldve been awesome to see the Horsemen vs Freebirds in the Wargames. The NWA could of had another great feud that could of lasted half a year easy.
@bmtangle Yeah I actually have it on dvd, the build up that is. The birds were coming back to Atlanta. Michael Hayes had a new song, it was the remake boys are back in town. They both cut some pretty good promos. The Horsemen were talking about partying and stuff. The birds were talking about drinking jack all night.
@bmtangle Yeah sometimes I don't understand why they do the things they do.
Remember WWF had Flair and Hogan, the dream match everyone had been waiting for. They fought at house shows, but never a PPV. You believe that, the very 1st time Flair and Hogan met was a house show! THE DREAM MATCH. I have that on DVD to lol. If I can figure out how to put stuff on here I will.
@ed2kou1 exactly the Freebirds were more influential than anyone really realises,and if you look at the Hall of Fame especially who is not in it what about Jake,Savage,Bulldogs or Road Warriors,i don`t mean any disrespect to anybody in the Hall but guys like Jake and the Freebirds there influence on the industry is legendary.
@stylinnprofylin I agree, did you no the birds we're the 1st one to come out to music. I tell you another guy that belongs in the hall, and he had alot of influence. Probably one of the greatest tag wrestlers ever! AA damn he was great on the mic. His interviews we're intense
exactly man,AA the enforcer was the power behind the Horsemen and what about Barry Windham,i think it`s disgusting that Vince would even consider Warrior over those guys,ok Warrior was a huge draw but come on Vince wake up.
@stylinnprofylin Totally. I never did like the Warrior, to fake. Now I hear Goldberg might be going to WWE. I was never a fan of him either. The thing they don't understand is the wrestler needs to get beat up, then they come back and win. Kinda like Rocky. The warrior and Goldberg, we're just about dominating and winning. Guess that works for some.
@ed2kou1 it is variety thing. The underdog is a great character but to have one superman there is a special thing. Also rom a settin perspective Goldberg had a special place: He was a force o good against the unstoppable chaos.
@stylinnprofylin the freebirds started sometime in the lates 70s. they were in the georgia and florida territories before moving to the world class territory in dallas. i remember as a kid (7,8 years old) watching terry gordy piledrive a very popular and yound ted dibiase (pre million dollar man of course) a grand total 14 times in the ring and concrete floor on tbs. made gordy and the freebirds huge. oh the memories.
This was when Ron and Jimmy Garvin became tag team partners after Jimmy made his face turn. Also, wasn't this after the Four Horsemen kicked Ole Anderson out of the group?
@NWAfan. I am from Atlanta and you are right. Hayes never really took off as a singles wreslter. He had charisma (but different type of charisma than the horseman) What would have been a better angle was to let the freebrids feud with the horseman.
Dusty should've never booked himself over too often. Booking himself World Champion T.V. and U.S. champ really held back the company. His ego killed what possibly could've been a classic Horsemen vs. Freebirds encounter. Bunkhouse stampede vs. Royal Rumble. People in N.Y, Chi, Philly, Boston and D.C. cant relate to the former. No wonder Crockett went broke.
This wasn't exactly the Freebirds, this was Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin and Ronnie Garvin. This would have been an interesting storyline. Dusty should have kept the Four Horseman vs. The MIdnight Express and The Road Warriors vs. The Midnkight Express Storylines also.
The bookers missed out on a money maker 85-89. The Horseman vs The Freebirds would've been pure money. Oh they teased us with Michael Hayes and Ric Flair here and earlier in 85 when JCP took over TBS. But if that happened, Dusty could'nt have been in Main Event
What was so stupid is that Dusty COULD have been in the Main Event if he booked it right. There were only 3 members of the Freebirds (unless they would have allowed Jimmy Garvin to team with them, since he was long time friends of their's) so they would have needed a 4th member. Dusty would have been a natural.
Rule No. 1......Keep one eye on one Horseman, and keep your other eye on the other two! It's that simple! If you do this, the chances of NOT gettin' your ass whipped increase by at least a 100%.
Hayes is my alltime favorite . I met him at the Atlanta Hard Rock Cafe in 1993 . He was very cool to me when I asked for a picture with him . Cool to see the "Hands of Stone" coming to his aid in this clip .
arn was a buster on the mic, he still is as he acts like its still all real, no one bothered to tell him kayfabe is out of the bag...I still love arn though. he didnt have enough emotion on the mic always an intense seriousness, didnt do it for me coming from him, and hayes rhymed his words sometimes....lol
Just give PS Hayes and Flair a mic and give me a bowl of popcorn cuz I'll listen to it all night long.
grantorino2009 19 hours ago
love the crowds reactions :)
classicfreeze72 5 days ago
sweeet times..in wrestling!!!
classicfreeze72 5 days ago
One of the best talkers ever.
choice2099 2 weeks ago
I will always think of WCCW when I see Jimmy and Michael in the ring together.
pazios2002 3 weeks ago
Also, faces or heels, Michael Hayes and the Freebirds were always great on the mic and in the ring.
Nostaglia2012 4 weeks ago
I enjoyed hearing Arn and Tully, and really respect them for their wrestling abilities. Flair, I respect him for his wrestling ability, but I can't stand him hearing.
Nostaglia2012 4 weeks ago
arn doesnt even belong in wrestling looks like the janitor, just another pile of useless shit like hhh hbk austin taker etc
countbloodula 1 month ago
Before flair turn into a joke
crow672008 1 month ago
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Flair used to call Michael Hayes " The Spandex Cowboy". LMAO. The first rule in fighting is you don't overmatch yourself
deedaman2011 1 month ago
Flair used to call Michael Hayes " The Spandex Cowboy". LMAO. The first rule in fighting is never overmatch yourself,1,2,3, 1. LMAO
deedaman2011 1 month ago
Michael Hayes was mad underrated when it came to mic skills. Definitely one of the best in the 80s. Long live The Freebirds.
RobertoFlackTV 1 month ago
I love 2:25 - Flair is probably thinking, "What the hell? Do these guys think I'm Jimmy Snuka or something?" :)
pajmf 1 month ago
You never had to sleep with your momma!
jamminjohn 1 month ago
Didn't they have a six-man tag match later on that show?
barrybear2011 1 month ago
@barrybear2011 They were building it up for a Freebirds vs Horsemen match at the Omni. Horsemen greatest ever. Freebirds belong in the HOF. WOOOOOO
ed2kou1 1 month ago
@ed2kou1 Wouldnt surprise me if the Birds get in, maybe this year.
Cavillier1970 4 weeks ago
@Cavillier1970 Man I hope so! I'm hoping the WWE makes a tribute Dvd to them as well.
ed2kou1 4 weeks ago
@ed2kou1 It'd be nice. I've only seen the Birds on the old ESPN when they aired WCCW, and saw the 2 WCCW DVDs, But I agree they should get their own DVD, since they made they're impact on WCCW, AWA, UWF, NWA, GCW, & GWF. Plus Gordy's runs in Japan, and near run in WWE, which wouldve been bitchin'. Try imaginging the Birds vs the Bulldogs, the Hart Foundation, the Killer Bees, the Demolition. And how after they came in wrestlers began using enterance music & the Freebird Rule.
Cavillier1970 4 weeks ago
@Cavillier1970 You have to look up where the Freebirds pildrive Ted Dibease it was in 1981. I was a kid, still thinking wrestling was real, I hated the Freebirds after that. I was crying, like I said I was a kid lol.. Also where they blinded the Junk Yard dog, with the Freebird hair cream. Look it up it's on youtube, it's Classic.. Gordo Solie the announcer sells it like it's so damn real!! CLASSIC
ed2kou1 4 weeks ago
@Cavillier1970 I hope the Freebirds get a DVD along with Jerry Lawler Jimmy Snuka Bruiser Brody & Abdullah the Butcher
lambert581 2 weeks ago
@lambert581 I can see WWE doing a Lawler dvd package which I'd love to get too. That'd be great, especially for fans like me. See I live in Buffalo, and all we had here was WWF, and the cable comapnies in the city didnt carrry TBS or anything else at first, except USA network. So I never knew anything else but WWE existed. I think the fans down South were luckier than we were.
Cavillier1970 2 weeks ago
P.S. would have made a good champ esp heel !
arankin73 2 months ago
Michael P.S Hayes, Tommy "Wild Fire' Rich, and the Armstrongs. Got to love!!!!
blackstruggle77 3 months ago
Hayes: "The reason they call you the 'All Nite Long Man' is 'cause it takes you all nite long to get the job done!". That was weak. :)
YacktmanFocused 3 months ago 2
MAN!!This is when wrestling was actually good.I miss WCW back in these days.
kcin713 3 months ago
@kcin713 Please. Back then, "World Championship Wrestling" was the program that aired on WTBS at 6:05PM on Saturday Nights! This was Jim Crocket Promotions presenting the National Wrestling Alliance! When Ted Turner bought the promotion from the Crocketts, gradually the name WCW was phased in over three years time. Prior to that the "WCW" moniker belonged to Ole Anderson, as he re-christened his area after changing it from the more territorial "Georgia Championship Wrestling".
MrJon76 2 months ago
@MrJon76
excuse me for not being more technical.I know all of what you just said but being that when it became known as WCW Saturday night,it was basically this show,with just a few changes
kcin713 2 months ago
@MrJon76
If you look in the background you see it says World Championship Wresting,did you forget they had an Alliance?
kcin713 2 months ago
@MrJon76 This was their flagship program! The best time in wrestling!
rufus317 2 months ago
@MrJon76 Actually this was the NWA which was governed by a group of people. Jim Crocket was a promotor out of the Carolina's, he had the Mid Atlantic, about 85 Crocket took it over. Which was bad, cause it ended the territories
ed2kou1 4 weeks ago
does anyone know why they didn't just get the 'birds to come help p.s.?
mikemike4315 3 months ago
@mikemike4315 I think Gordy may have been in Japan at the time and Roberts was in another promotion.
StarConstellation 3 months ago
@StarConstellation I think Roberts was retired as this point I may be wrong but I am thinking this is sometime in '87-'88 maybe it was a bit later than that, I think hayes and garvin were still in wccw for most of '87
MrMolmem 2 days ago
Doc Hendrix !!!
cableconnection6 4 months ago
Loved this footage; when the odds were evened up, the horsemen ran away!!!
SallyLulu885 5 months ago
I would never have thought I would be nostalgic someday for old wrestling vids. Wow. LOL.
windbeamproductions 6 months ago
One person doesn't know what it is like to sleep in a bed with his mother....
TheRedWaltz24 7 months ago
God if only Crockett could have signed ALL the Freebirds. Hayes, Gordy and Roberts vs. Flair, Anderson, and Blanchard would have been an all time classic feud!
HorrorFreak68 8 months ago
@HorrorFreak68 Actually the 'Birds were all together in JCP during the time that Lex Luger was a Horseman & wrestled them a few times.
speedbuggy 7 months ago
@speedbuggy Actually during this time, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts were back in World Class. Michael Hayes also went back to World Class a few months later.
HorrorFreak68 7 months ago
@HorrorFreak68 Well, I don't remember exactly when it was, but I remember I had a wrestling magazine that had a story on a Horsemen-Freebird feud & a certain match which included Hayes, Gordy & Roberts vs. Luger, Flair & Tully & of course Luger didn't last very long in the group.
speedbuggy 7 months ago
@speedbuggy & @HorrorFreak68 The 'territory' days did sometimes feature cross-promotional stuff, and wrestlers would visit other territories at times. The Road Warriors showed up in the NWA promotions a few times even when they working for the AWA. So while I don't know the specifics, a Freebirds-Horsemen match certainly could have been possible even when they were in WCCW....although weren't the Freebirds almost always a heel? A heel-heel matchup would have been rare.
JDG7724 7 months ago
@JDG7724 They were faces as much as they were heels & pretty quite popular in the NWA either way, even when feuding with each other.
speedbuggy 7 months ago
WOW the first time I heard a wrestler admit his how old he is. @Mase379 it Roberts not Rogers.
STEELCITYFAN75 8 months ago
Michael PS! ! !
InTheWeedz 8 months ago
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO EAT PINTO BEANS. AND IT AIN'T GOOD!
netscorcher25 8 months ago
Check out all that gold. Either you're a world champion, or you're not. Priceless.
x1a0053 8 months ago
The Horsemen were great. Flair and AA, the greatest! WOOOO
ed2kou1 8 months ago
Miss these days, this is wrestling golden era. Nothing like the old NWA
HandsomeMs1 8 months ago
Ric Flair on Michael Hayes: " That nuthin' happenin street trash wants to be a world champion. " ... rofl.
FMAStudent 9 months ago
I love how everybody else looks like they're ready for battle and Ric looks like he just got off the golf course. He was the greatest ever. Period.
beautifulsarah100 9 months ago
@beautifulsarah100 That's why he's one of my heroes. Sweat and work the hardest in the gym and on the mat, then after that, captivate others with charisma and a larger than life personality.
DemonKingMMA 9 months ago
god he looked 38 when he was 28
JerRudo 9 months ago
This is how TNA should be.
sakonhagakure 10 months ago
"you have no idea what it's like to eat pinto beans.."
I've eaten pinto beans - what's the big deal?
fosbury68 10 months ago
even when Flair dont talk he classes up the joint lol what a rush it must of been to hang around with him
motorhead1964 10 months ago
Tully was a punk ..shit i could woop his azz , but then id get jumped by the rest of the horsemen after ..
motorhead1964 10 months ago
@motorhead1964 Tully was the shitz! Small but quick and mean as a bull shark. He'd fuck you up son.
cfx5000 10 months ago
@cfx5000 yes he was shit ..the stain on the horsemen ..his money is what got him the spot..bought his way in SON..he ever got in my way he'd have a big ol' knott on his forehead when he woke up..
motorhead1964 10 months ago
@motorhead1964 What the hell are you talking about
ed2kou1 8 months ago
With it being WM weekend. A Freebirds vs Horsmen match back then would have been a WM worthy match. Yes, it's the wrong promotion. Just mean it would have been epic match and feud.
BSGdepot 10 months ago
@BSGdepot I agree completely. If Jim Crockett could have signed Gordy and Roberts, it would have been better then classic.
HorrorFreak68 8 months ago
HAYES WAS BORN ON March 29, 1959 AND THIS WAS THE EARLY 80S
BIGO6942 11 months ago
@BIGO6942 This was later 80's
cclizarkb 10 months ago
Great promo but man its so weird seeing Hayes stand up for the fans since his usual material he doesn't give a damn about the fans.
Kenro200x 11 months ago
Dont get me wrong as Michael PS hayes was shit hot on workrate and promos but please....age 28 @ 04:11 sureley you meant 38 as otherwise he was the oldest 28 year old i ever did see!
Jacksiin1 1 year ago
@Jacksiin1 Hayes probably was 28 here. He was born in 1959, and this segment is from 1987
bassrocker35 11 months ago
@Jacksiin1 drinking drugs being on the road will age you fast..
motorhead1964 10 months ago
Gordy's leg was bad to. Remember later on they did have Hayes and Garvin vs Arn and Tully. I know it wasen't the birds but still.
ed2kou1 1 year ago
spandex cowboy.....whoooooooo!
freddy333ful 1 year ago
The horsemen n freebirds fought in Atlanta. Arn,tully n Luger v Hayes,Gordy n buddy Jack. Horsemen won. Shortly after bam bam left. I think he believed the birds wouldn't get a fair shake. I think he was right. Crockett woulda did anything 2 please flair.
takauthar 1 year ago
Fuck... it always gets me, reaching or passing the age of wrestlers i used to watch as a kid. Hayes @ 28 years old here....
bobmonk64 1 year ago
I prefer the cartoon characters that read from a script like on today's wrestling.
lol. Yeah right, I just want to see if I could say that without falling over and laughing.
muta157 1 year ago
Where was Bam Bam?
piercdbruh 1 year ago
why so much yelling
MissDeeCole 1 year ago
That is correct. Dusty Rhodes would water down ANY angle that he wasn't a part of. Don't believe me? Just listen to a shoot interview with Jimmy Garvin.
NWA1985WCCW 1 year ago
"Don't ever overmatch yourself!"
talon115 1 year ago
Freebirds vs 4 Horseman could have saved WCW, but Dusty had to destroy it because it wouldn't have featured his fat ass...
Darkyodajedi 1 year ago
the erea of GOOD WRESTLINGA...THE 80S once the 90s came around wrestling change and not for the better,,,
dude075wm 1 year ago
call me crazy, but i do believe that back in these days, there was some realness, the wrestelr's prolly had more freedom do come up with their own lines to say. and i think egos did get involved on a personal level to where they half way did puts some real force behind the wresteing moves without killing each other but the recipiate new the other fella ment business and grudges were a real thing
c0uchsl0uch 1 year ago
wow the four piles of horse shit were really something
talibanexpress 1 year ago
Reebok. how about prowings
PEDROCLASSIC 1 year ago
Damn, Arn had some sick lines. He projected the horseman as an elite group like no other with his words. He described greatness.
slimmsayton 1 year ago
why did wrestling become stupid now a days...this stuff is timeless
sdot74 1 year ago 20
@sdot74 You have to remember, the WWF was just as stupid back then too. Problem is, that's apparently what the masses want to see.
HorrorFreak68 8 months ago
@sdot74 100% Right. Damn Vince.
runway27r 7 months ago
@sdot74 because back then, it was all about wrestling. Now its about merchandising, diva posters, action figures, t shirts, and movies. Macmahon has even admitted that wrestling hasnt been about wresting, in his opinion, since 1987, when some of the first t shirts started being sold. in the last thirty years, macmahon has sought to disable, buy and and destroy every wrestling promotion because he wasnt to totally control the market, And he has a big slice of it.
22centman36 6 months ago
@sdot74
Perfectly said sir.
Desstrik 1 month ago
THE ENFORCER PROMPTLY MOVES IN!!!
ARN ANDERSON..THIRD BEST EVER!!!! Behind 1) Nature Boy..and the 2) The Macho Man in his prime......
T74G 1 year ago 2
Hayes cut a great promo at the end.
tickman2 1 year ago 5
Ric flair is epic
TheShame311 1 year ago 2
That was CLASSIC! This is how it should be!
jerryreiner 1 year ago
The spandex cowboy..lol.
sammys70 1 year ago 3
Some of these old promos give me goosebumps. Awesome stuff.
RyanKBoman 1 year ago 4
Hayes, Garvin, Gordy, Rogers vs Flair, Windham, Anderson and Blanchard in Wargames. That would have been an ALL TIME CLASSIC!!!!!
Mase379 1 year ago 14
@Mase379 Bam Bam Gordy alone would've destroyed the Horsemen. Buddy Roberts was one of the toughest SOB's in professional wrestling
rufus317 5 months ago
You still suck , Ric Flair ... I like how Flair STFU's instantly ,when Michael Hayes shows up
rvdsux 1 year ago
micheal ps hayes was awesome at cutting promos good stuff
joedaniels100 1 year ago 3
Man,do i miss wrestling of this caliber...
11121southedbrooke 1 year ago 3
I forgot all about the Garvins! The Garvin Stomp!
bearmassaro 1 year ago
if rick flair would put together a 4 horse team right now...who would put together?
ericou812 1 year ago
@ericou812 Watch TNA dude.....He's doing it now. Beer Money, AJ Styles, and Kazarian...known now as 4tune.
SolemanMT 1 year ago
Must have had a sale on blue sportjackets that week. Too bad Crockett buried the UWF..by 1989 it would have been some really hot rivalries..
mmb33541 1 year ago
whatever happened to terry gordy?
ericou812 1 year ago
@ericou812
Bam Bam passed away from a heart attack in 2001. He was 40 years old.
RacerRose 1 year ago
they did wrestle in 1986 at the omni in atlanta Ga. on a sunday afternoon. a six man tag the freebirds vs arn ,tully and ric flair. the birds won with a figure 4 on all
3 horseman at once..it was one month before the first war games in the atl.
marcua101 1 year ago
Now that would've been a helluva a feud the Horsemen vs the Freebirds. It wouldve been awesome to see the Horsemen vs Freebirds in the Wargames. The NWA could of had another great feud that could of lasted half a year easy.
Cavillier1970 1 year ago
Damn Flair got dirty with words!!
leoricoftristram 1 year ago
FREE BIRDS
MuffinsEatMe 1 year ago
If only I had a time machine Six man tag: Freebirds vs. Four Horsemen, book it!
bmtangle 1 year ago
They had it in the omni, but they never showed it on tv.
ed2kou1 1 year ago
@ed2kou1 What!? are u serious? The NWA must be kickin themselves for letting that go. I mean, I was a fan of wrestling because of the NWA and USWA.
bmtangle 1 year ago
@bmtangle Yeah I actually have it on dvd, the build up that is. The birds were coming back to Atlanta. Michael Hayes had a new song, it was the remake boys are back in town. They both cut some pretty good promos. The Horsemen were talking about partying and stuff. The birds were talking about drinking jack all night.
ed2kou1 1 year ago
@bmtangle Yeah sometimes I don't understand why they do the things they do.
Remember WWF had Flair and Hogan, the dream match everyone had been waiting for. They fought at house shows, but never a PPV. You believe that, the very 1st time Flair and Hogan met was a house show! THE DREAM MATCH. I have that on DVD to lol. If I can figure out how to put stuff on here I will.
ed2kou1 1 year ago
@ed2kou1 Please do so cause the world needs some type of closure to that. Even though it will just raise more ?'s.
bmtangle 1 year ago
If i`m not mistaken the Freebirds were around before the Horsemen.
stylinnprofylin 1 year ago 2
Yeah they were. The Horsemen we're hot though! They took it to a whole new level! The Birds we're great, they belong in the hall of fame.
ed2kou1 1 year ago
@ed2kou1 exactly the Freebirds were more influential than anyone really realises,and if you look at the Hall of Fame especially who is not in it what about Jake,Savage,Bulldogs or Road Warriors,i don`t mean any disrespect to anybody in the Hall but guys like Jake and the Freebirds there influence on the industry is legendary.
stylinnprofylin 1 year ago
@stylinnprofylin I agree, did you no the birds we're the 1st one to come out to music. I tell you another guy that belongs in the hall, and he had alot of influence. Probably one of the greatest tag wrestlers ever! AA damn he was great on the mic. His interviews we're intense
ed2kou1 1 year ago
exactly man,AA the enforcer was the power behind the Horsemen and what about Barry Windham,i think it`s disgusting that Vince would even consider Warrior over those guys,ok Warrior was a huge draw but come on Vince wake up.
stylinnprofylin 1 year ago
@stylinnprofylin Totally. I never did like the Warrior, to fake. Now I hear Goldberg might be going to WWE. I was never a fan of him either. The thing they don't understand is the wrestler needs to get beat up, then they come back and win. Kinda like Rocky. The warrior and Goldberg, we're just about dominating and winning. Guess that works for some.
ed2kou1 1 year ago
@ed2kou1 it is variety thing. The underdog is a great character but to have one superman there is a special thing. Also rom a settin perspective Goldberg had a special place: He was a force o good against the unstoppable chaos.
Nertrender 1 year ago
@stylinnprofylin the freebirds started sometime in the lates 70s. they were in the georgia and florida territories before moving to the world class territory in dallas. i remember as a kid (7,8 years old) watching terry gordy piledrive a very popular and yound ted dibiase (pre million dollar man of course) a grand total 14 times in the ring and concrete floor on tbs. made gordy and the freebirds huge. oh the memories.
stansimms72 1 year ago
where's ole at?
ramennoodlechef 2 years ago
I remember when he would come out and say lyrics from whatever hit song was playing on the raido at the time
manta5x 2 years ago
One of the best promos Hayes ever cut.
xAces11Highx 2 years ago
@xAces11Highx Flair is actually a big fan and he always says good things about his impact on the biz.
stylinnprofylin 2 years ago
This was when Ron and Jimmy Garvin became tag team partners after Jimmy made his face turn. Also, wasn't this after the Four Horsemen kicked Ole Anderson out of the group?
kenpalmer1965 2 years ago
Cool I like it
shonster33 2 years ago
Problem is people who watched NWA from the Southeast viewed Micheal Hayes as bush league compared to Flair and the horsemen.
NWAfan 2 years ago
@NWAfan. I am from Atlanta and you are right. Hayes never really took off as a singles wreslter. He had charisma (but different type of charisma than the horseman) What would have been a better angle was to let the freebrids feud with the horseman.
dare2727 2 years ago
Dusty should've never booked himself over too often. Booking himself World Champion T.V. and U.S. champ really held back the company. His ego killed what possibly could've been a classic Horsemen vs. Freebirds encounter. Bunkhouse stampede vs. Royal Rumble. People in N.Y, Chi, Philly, Boston and D.C. cant relate to the former. No wonder Crockett went broke.
VolumedMusicMan 2 years ago 5
This wasn't exactly the Freebirds, this was Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin and Ronnie Garvin. This would have been an interesting storyline. Dusty should have kept the Four Horseman vs. The MIdnight Express and The Road Warriors vs. The Midnkight Express Storylines also.
JuliusC1973 2 years ago
One can dream my friend.
VolumedMusicMan 2 years ago
my names michaelhayes
hayesman1270 2 years ago
nice!
the horsemen do what the horsemen have to do.
spyguybuy 2 years ago
they should have had more feuds than they did with more teams and people in general.
okrabay 2 years ago
I Think there the 3 wankers-Cowerds
kirkwanglers32 2 years ago
Yes, a Freebirds, Horseman feud would have been great in the long term.
larrystarstruck 2 years ago
LOL, The Spandex Cowboy
eraffel 2 years ago 2
the 4 horsemen made the NWA
curtisjones400 2 years ago
2 of the greatest stables EVER!!! If it wasn't for the horsemen or freebirds, we never would have seen the NWO.
cdowg187 2 years ago 3
NWO SUCKED! Horsemen were the best. Freebirds were great to.
ed2kou1 2 years ago
look at all that gold.. the horsemen the shit
nawvar2001 2 years ago 2
THATS HOW THE SKRIPT WAS WRITTEN.
rusty1325 2 years ago
The Garvins Rule!!!!
blacklexo8 2 years ago
classic horsemen beat down !!!
whoooooooooooo.
DoktorSick 2 years ago
Very nice, thanks for sharing this vid! 4Horsemen 4 Life.
HippieBuddah 2 years ago 2
Freebirds vs Four Horseman would have been classic stuff
styx4ever1963 2 years ago 40
I agree, styx4ever1963. The Freebirds-Four Horsemen feud would've been great at the time!
LanceDukes 2 years ago
Except the Freebirds sucked in the ring except for Gordy, while the Horsemen were all great wrestlers.
altohart 2 years ago 2
I agree. The Freebirds & the Horsemen were the first 2 factions in wrestling and there still the best ones ever.
Lfdjake91 2 years ago 4
Damn straight it would have!! The National Wrestling Alliance missed out on a great angle.
soln4suhreborn 2 years ago 2
The bookers missed out on a money maker 85-89. The Horseman vs The Freebirds would've been pure money. Oh they teased us with Michael Hayes and Ric Flair here and earlier in 85 when JCP took over TBS. But if that happened, Dusty could'nt have been in Main Event
djlegman 2 years ago 28
What was so stupid is that Dusty COULD have been in the Main Event if he booked it right. There were only 3 members of the Freebirds (unless they would have allowed Jimmy Garvin to team with them, since he was long time friends of their's) so they would have needed a 4th member. Dusty would have been a natural.
Lannis32 2 years ago
True. And another great idea would have to eventually have the Freebirds turn on Dusty & then have the Dream fued with them.
Lfdjake91 2 years ago 3
@djlegman tully and arn couldnt match up with gordy....
arlichar11 1 year ago
Sexy? I guess it doesn't really matter about the nicknames.
VOROX9 2 years ago
Don't jump on the horsemen.
vertigo214 2 years ago
Yea JR, thank goodness for the garvins (lol)
bigdog67 2 years ago
Ric Flair was the best. Not only did he not hide that cheating was the only way to win championships, but more importantly, he flaunted it.
"...never overmatch yourself. One two three. One"
Classic stuff from the Dirtiest Player in the Game.
themightycelestial 3 years ago
Hayes later joined with Jimmy Garvin as the Freebirds (version 2)
xracer09 3 years ago
That's the Freebirda I remember...Jimmy "Jam" Garvin & Michael "P.S." Hayes..I saw them live a cpl. times when WCW came to town.
mooky9669 2 years ago
I like Flair's comment about Hayes "The spandex cowboy!"
all028 3 years ago
Rule No. 1......Keep one eye on one Horseman, and keep your other eye on the other two! It's that simple! If you do this, the chances of NOT gettin' your ass whipped increase by at least a 100%.
txwrestling1989 3 years ago 4
Hayes is my alltime favorite . I met him at the Atlanta Hard Rock Cafe in 1993 . He was very cool to me when I asked for a picture with him . Cool to see the "Hands of Stone" coming to his aid in this clip .
squabs217 3 years ago
he is without a doubt one of the greatest talkers and best wrestling voice ever
nwauwf 3 years ago
Hayes was a good talker but after this interview he is a nobody compared to Flair.
NWAfan 3 years ago
hayes wasnt a good face, when he was a heel he was top 5 on the mic, as a face he was laim
thickey1156 3 years ago
I agree but maybe a top 10 talker. 2 who are better are in this video Arn and Flair.
NWAfan 3 years ago
arn was a buster on the mic, he still is as he acts like its still all real, no one bothered to tell him kayfabe is out of the bag...I still love arn though. he didnt have enough emotion on the mic always an intense seriousness, didnt do it for me coming from him, and hayes rhymed his words sometimes....lol
thickey1156 3 years ago