Stan Hansen Tribute

[SadisticScott]

Hansen was/is my favorite heel of all time. Hell, he's my favorite all time wrestler, and my favorite gaijin. Vader and Steve Williams come a close second and third to me though.

[cproctor5]

favorite wrestler EVER!!!!!

[Cazz8203]

damn, this guy was pretty bad ass.....they don't make em' like this anymore.....was just watchin the infamous eye pop out match with stan and vader which drove me to this tribute, nicely done by the way.....and I also realized thats the crazy wrestler from the Hulk Hogan movie "No Holds Barred".....Stans the man!!

[bayoubengaldave]

0:00-0:13....I know by this point that Stan's in his 60's and all, but seriously...I can't be the only one who's afraid of him...I fear he's going to bust out of the screen and lariat my head off.

[bayoubengaldave]

@dallascowboystar2012

With a clothesline...you sell it...with Stan Hansen's Lariat....IT SELLS YOU!

[1977crueman]

@ 1:25..ducked lariat, then a killer left lariat to drop that dude!!

[690169]

Stan Hansen said "He didn't give a shit I'll hit you and if you fuck a move up I'll hit you much harder"

[clovisman4]

Saw him today at Killer Karl Kox memorial service. 2nd time I've met Stan...one of the nicest and most personable guys I've ever met in the business.

[CLewey44]

Hansen was a tough SOB in the realm of the Funk brothers, Harley Race, Bob Orton etc and he should be HOF bound even tho he rarely if ever wrestled in the WWE. Love his super aggressive roughneck style. 

[mmscott9]

@CLewey44 He wrestled in the WWWF. He challenged Bob Backlund and broke Bruno Sammartino's neck

[damang411]

@teaze10 Russian Sickle Koloff would do a jumping lariat.



[jb0609]

Stan Hansen = One of the greatest wrestlers of all time

[Pancerni]

One of the top 5 of all time.Victories over Inoki and Baba,and the Japanese even gave him a nickname:Fuchinkan (unsinkable battleship).

[tedhobgood]

I'm reading Hansen's autobiography right now--highly recommended; great stories of Japan.

You don't want to f with the lariat.

[zerfer]

One of the very few who beat the holy high h*** out of Vader and lived to tell the tale

[xDolphZigglerx]

And the moral of the story is : Stan Hansen will kill you.

[ClassicRocker61]

The Bad Man from Borger

[polarbear138]

Stan Hansen - You

[gdef1966]

@mrfeetandcheeks I think the legend killer would get killed!!

[gdef1966]

@mrfeetandcheeks The legend killer would get killed!!!

[hyougensyugi]

ボストンクラブが入っているところがいい。

ハンセンが、ボストンクラブで座り込んでしまうと脱出困難。

ウイリアムスのやられっぷりもいいね～。

[dallascowboystar2012]

can someone tell me the diffents between a lariat and a clothsline they look the same 2 me

[DangerousK]

@dallascowboystar2012 With a clothesline, your arm stays straight out. With a lariat, you swing your arm

[IndyX]

@dallascowboystar2012

A clothesline, your arm is stretched out and does not move (like a real clothes line). A Lariat is a strike in which you move your arm towards the opponent.

[GhostDistortion]

One of the legit tough guys of the old days. I love the video and I love the song. This is what wrestling needs these days. A Truly intimidating force, someone with some mystique behind them.

[ironkong26]

2:32 YESSSSSS!!!!!

[HowTingz]

Is it true that Hansen was VERY near sighted, so rather than hit you in the neck, he'd hit you in the face with his Western Lariat???

[ElLocoDiabloNegro]

@HowTingz yes he had one of the most stiff lariats in the buisness

[exe2517]

@HowTingz yes, that's the main reason he stayed in Japan

[sgauden]

This man needs to be inducted into the WWE HOF.

[DemiGod410]

who made this song

[GreatCowProductions]

Stan Hansen is better than you.  Period.

[phineasNBJ]

What's the occasion at the very beginning of the video?

[PatrioticPirate]

Tribute?! Has he passed on?! I hope not...

[mcjeff1234]

mans man,my hero

[B3WorldPictures]

Is that The Bump-N-Uglies at the end?

[SadisticScott]

@B3WorldPictures no, it's Limecell, is it that hard to read the video descriptions?

[B3WorldPictures]

@SadisticScott Yeah The Bump-N-Uglies are much better.

[jbc429]

tough brutal son of a bitch. love this guy/

[1974nyarlathotep]

I remember he used to spit his chew on guys ! LOL it was funny a real badass redneck in the flesh.

[1974nyarlathotep]

One guy in real life I alway thought was a mean man-If I was a wrestler I wouldnt have wrestled him. fk that... Or Vader...

[mickyw33]

Holy &^%*! Who is this guy and why have I never heard of him?? Haha, I need to look his matches up. I like his style for a big guy in that era of wrestling.

[Wurzelknecht]

@mickyw33 Stan "The Lariat" Hansen. Probably the most succesful Gaijin (foreign Wrestler) in the history of Japanese Pro Wrestling. Made the Lariat famous which is nowadays used by many wrestlers all over the world. Look for his Matches from AJPW against Legends like Mitsuharu Misawa or Kenta Kobashi. Great storytelling and extremly stiff. The match you will probably find the easyiest is agains Vader when Hansen almost Punched Vader's eye out of it's socket.

[highflyer47]

I never saw him using twice lariat in one game. That's a killer Lariat out of nowhere and he got killer instinct. WWE's finishing move are too weak to make a real knock out blow like Hansen.

[allsecure2001]

Hansen was one tough SOB. He treated every match like a shoot.

[NoahFan114]

"You've seen my tribute to the lariat"

No, I haven't. How do I View that? It's not on your page.

[stonedsour2097]

One of the greatest of all time and one of the last survivors of that great era in wrestling. A legend in the true sense of the word. Thank you for all the memories Stan. LARIATOOOOOOOO

[nygellkagchelland]

1: 07 to 1:13...

now THATS brawling!

[buffalobob74]

Brody, Funk & Hansen were the most succesful gaijin wrestlers in Japan in those days,

[henrymarriottczw15]

The most succesful gaijin wrestler is proberly Stan Hansen...I'd say that one of the biggest honors of wrestling is being given the AJPW triple crown, and All Japan gave it too him 4 times. <-- THATS RESPECT RIGHT THERE PEOPLE

For people that say and bitch about 'wrestling being fake', then take a lariat from Mr. Hansen, and when you wake up 2 weeks later in the hospital, they'll know that wrestling is far from being fake in anyway!

[jjw1950]

What a great guy in real life. His wife is from Japan and they have been married for many years. Both of their sons are great baseball players. I see him from time to time. I am proud to say that he is my cousin.

[Wrestlingfan619619]

Hard to believe he was nearly blind as a bat in the ring but so good

[landrykkb]

It just goes to show you that imitation indeed is the most sincere form of flattery because JBL executed the Lariat with almost the same intensity and stiffness as Stan Hansen.

[phuezoguzman]

a true wrestilg heel heroe was a perfect wrestler he have anithing power speed technique and rougthneck

[spartako77]

realmente es bueno, pero mas que luchador, es un peleeador, pero de los buenos..

[SlayerJay1974]

Man I wish there were guys as stiff as Vader or Hansen these days. Pussies like Jericho or Randy Orton would run home crying after one hit

[Wurzelknecht]

Funny thing is: Jericho had trouble adjusting to the WWE-Style when he got there and was often scolded for being too stiff. ^^

Of course there is a difference between a Light-Heavyweight like Jericho being stiff, and a guy who weighs 300+ like Hansen or Vader.

[bennybagofdonuts]

Man, I would've loved to see a prime Hansen against Samoa Joe. Hansen = GOAT.

[FoodLord66]

Simply awesome video and song !!

[SlayerJay1974]

Now I see where Bradshaw got his shit from

[ez8195]

Bradshaw VS Hansen

That would be INSANE

[eslubin]

good job editing

[shootinladders]

the lariat kinda reminds me of megaman o.O

[StanKingston420]

LARIATOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[SpaceCowboy9280]

The limecell song is fucking awesome

[grudgefuck]

STAN THE LARIAT!!!!!!!!!!

[SYNDICADO]

Real Wrestler

Real Man

REAL TEXAN!

Coming in to do one thing and thats kick your ass!

[chuninofcool]

Mr. LARIATO

[HeinitzProductions]

Met stan for the 1st time tonight as his son, Shaver Hansen plays Class-A Midwest League baseball with my hometown Clinton LumberKings. Nice guy.

[mrfeetandcheeks]

i dare randy orton to try and bury that legend

[Wurzelknecht]

Yeah I bet if Randy gave him an RKO, Hansen would just stand up and tell him to go ask Johnny Ace how to do the Ace Crusher properly...and then he would lariat the tatoos out of him. ^^

[dietfreeman42718]

@mrfeetandcheeks He could now with the way Stan is with age and heatlh, but back in the day....Orton more then likey die!

[Hurricane32]

@mrfeetandcheeks Orton would fill his little trunks if The Lariat was staring at him from across the ring

[ajbguy03]

@mrfeetandcheeks no he would just take a stiff shot from Hansen and go backstage to cry to Vince to get Hansen fired

[IndyX]

@mrfeetandcheeks

Randy would try to hit the RKO....and Stan would just beat him shitless

[MarshalToy]

"THE ONE AND ONLY AMERICAN...

THE ONLY ONE TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN IN JAPAN!"

Hilarious song. Fits well with the The Lariat.

[Jarsfan1997]

Baba: Tonight you're working in a tag against Hansen and Vader.

Me: I quit.

[chrisz31974]

LMAO!!!!!!!

[GuerillaBlack87]

Lmao.....!

[TheFnNatural]

YOU QUIT!?

[bloodviolence]

I'm in!! I love those odds!!!!!!! I dont mind dying by the hands of Vader and Hansen.

[BURNINGHAMMER76]

OOOHHH Man this is to awesome haha i didnt know he had a sweet song about his righteousness

[FCT5809]

0:26. The man is a killer! LARIATOOOO!

[jay69jay69er]

one of the greatest!!!!!

[dele3344]

Do you have a link for the second song?

[necroblackwrestler]

This is Stan Hansen, he is instantly LEGEND!!!

[Mistertbones]

Stan Hansen is number one. The Lariat, has to be the greatest move period.

[TheFnNatural]

BAD MAN FROM BORGER TEXAS!!!

[darkpatriot85]

Stan Hansen is the original Texas hellraiser. He made Vader's eye pop out.

[Bonziibomb]

I hope to one day be awesome and epic enough of a wrestler that musicians must make songs to discuss me.

Just like the Lariat.

[Jcold316]

WOW!!!!this guys was awesome..I have the pleasure to see him in tagteam with Brody in PR..The best tag team ever for me!!!!!!!

[ez8195]

JBL has that DeBiase has the rich man buying off people gimmick and the moveset of Stan Hanson

[keegsta343]

WTF. All you marks saying Awesome sucks are a bunch of dipshits. Go watch one of his matches against Masato Tanaka. Stupid kids.

I bet you guys dont like Cena either? spastics.

[bigsexy9999]

Finally we agree that JBL(or stan light lol) vs Stan Hansen would be a waste.

[ez8195]

Ted DeBiase + Stan Hansen= JBL

[bigsexy9999]

How do you figure that since JBL is a basic carbon copy of Stan

[Bonziibomb]

JBL WISHES he was a carbon copy of Stan.

[DeathtoWWE]

lol JBL isn't fit to lick the dogshit off Stan Hansens boots.

[TheoUnit798]

Stan Hansen plus an inkling of Dick Murdoch= JBL, but JBL couldn't touch those 2

[ez8195]

don't forget a little Ted Debiase

[bigsexy9999]

JBL vs Stan, Mike Awesome was a lousy wrestler

[AssaultDriver]

lol WHAT!?

[bigsexy9999]

AssaultDriver, MIKE AWESOME WAS A LOUSY WRESTLER....did you hear it that time?

[RoadWarriorSammy]

Your an idiot, Mike Awesome was a superb wrestler.

[RoadWarriorSammy]

And JBL wasn't? Your a morn pal.

[bigsexy9999]

I never said anything about JBL's wrestling skills, I said Mike Awesome was lousy.

[RoadWarriorSammy]

Fair enough, your entitled to your opinion. I happen to think Mike Awesome was a stunning wrestler for his size.

But JBL vs Stan would be a waste of Hansons credibility.

[jer114]

Awesome was a good wrestler but he needed a smaller guy like Tanaka that he could throw around to do most of his trademark spots. Awesome vs. Hansen wouldn't be that good because how would Hansen take those bumps? Not an insult to Hansen, who was great, but he's 300 pounds and wasn't flying over the top rope through a table.

[RoadWarriorSammy]

A very sensible observation and I do agree, I was just jumping at the idea that Hansen vs JBL would be better then Awesome vs Hanson which we know isn't true.

[jer114]

Well you're damn right about that!

[koitaman]

昭和プロレス最高！不沈艦ハンセン最高！

ウィィィィィィィィー！

[RoadWarriorSammy]

"THE ONLY ONE TO WIN THR TRIPLE CROWN IN JAPAN!!!"

Is that true?

[DangerousK]

No. Other Americans beside Hansen who have won the triple crown include Vader, "Dr Death" Steve Williams, and Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy

[RoadWarriorSammy]

You said "include", you mean other Americans have won the triple crown becides the names you mentioned?

[phillyforever]

he was the first right ?

[DangerousK]

No. Jumbo Tsuruta was the first, then Genichiro Tenryu, Tsuruta won it back, Terry Gordy won it from him, then Stan won it from Gordy

[Thomazbr]

someone have the lyrics of the second music?

[Bonziibomb]

He was so awesome you couldn't just write or talk about him.

No.

When you wanted to talk about Hansen, you had to do it in the form of a heavy metal song.

[DaReelDeal]

Stan Hansen is a fuckin beast. It annoys me when people happen to forget his name when mentioning wrestling greats like Andre and Hogan.

[newagepun]

Thats because seeing hansen to them would be 'inaccessible'. Not anymore at least.

But yeah, I missed guys who looked like him and just have indestructible move sets. Hansen to some may look 'obsese' or 'fat' because he doesn't have the body chiseled like Baptista. But he had a hell of a credible big man move set and the western lariat was a huge part of his defined offense.

[kcmet79]

bad man from borger texas..

[TheClodfather]

STAN! THE LARIAT! STAN HANSEN!

Lol, is that a fan made song? Or was it part of the original?

[IndyX]

I believe it was fan made song. You can find it on iTunes

[kedordu]

mike awesome was a better stan hensen than jbl

[dsriggs]

Stan Hansen was a better Stan Hansen than both of those nobodies!

[RoadWarriorSammy]

Very much true but come on, Mike Awesome(RIP) was a far better wrestler and a much closer rendition of Stan Hansen then that hack JBL ever was.

[superkid12345]

JBL is like a Stan Hansen cover band. He plays the songs and has the look but at the end of the day it's just a guy in a costume. Mike Awesome was the next gen Stan Hansen

[yaboy3k]

I gave this video to some of my friends, and I titled it "Stan Hansen kicks the shit out of the best wrestlers the world has ever seen".

I'd like to think I got that part right.

[9InchWarrior]

He would literally demolish him. I can imagine JBL trying with his Clothesline from Hell, and putting Hansen onto the mat, only for Hansen to get up laughing and going "You've shown me a clothesline..now let me show YOU a "lariat"..."

And the next Raw would be a tribute to the "legendary" career, and life, of JBL, with most of the wrestlers standing round looking not really bothered

[newagepun]

Hansen don't need a running start. He'll kill you wherever you stand. Hell he'll let JBL get a shot at him with a clothesline, take the blow and roar back with a wicked LARIATOOOOOOO!!

[dele3344]

I can't help it...

LARIATTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[CowboysCarryGuns]

They don't make men like Stan anymore. A guy who shows up to straight up kick your ass and end your career! REAL MAN REAL TEXAN.

[MarkusCallaway2006]

since when did ending someone else's career makes you a wrestling great??? you have a stupid attitude.

[hydra555]

Stan Hanson=JBL

[emaldinho]

ehhh no JBL=Stan Hansen ;)

[onitamark26]

No Stan Hansen>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>JBL­

[evega44]

Stan Hansen was a beast. His Lariat is legendary and his arsenal of weapons like his piledriver and powerbomb were devastating. wrestling today is full of pretty boy steroid heads. Remember Abdullah the Butcher, Bruiser Brody,Terry Funk and of course Flair and Hansen. Those guys were monsters in the ring and thats what wrestling is all about or should be.

[newagepun]

His moveset were basic but effective for his size. Diving elbows, shoulder tackles, your puro-forearm, DDTs, suplexes. The thing is every match was athletic where he was and fighting him was going to war with everything you had. Thats why I kinda like the throwback big guy who isn't really a musclehead but just knows what moves work best for them to kill their opponents week in and week out.

[realelpasohero]

jbl reminds me of Stan Hansen in so many ways

[dietfreeman42718]

JBL was and still is a huge MARK/Fan of Hansen. Hell The only reason diff. between JBL and Stan is body style,and a few moves like the dropkick Stan does.

[newagepun]

except Stan kicks more ass than JBL could hope for. Plus he did it in foreign soil to boot. Then again, it was a hit.

[RaldyV]

Lariato > Clothesline from Hell

[TheFnNatural]

Hansen isn't the only american to win the triple crown. Terry Gordy and Steve Williams just off the top of my head

[DangerousK]

yeah and Vader

[dietfreeman42718]

Really? I did'nt know Vader hald the Triple Crown as well. I knew Gordy and Dr. Death did but not Vader.

[TheoUnit798]

I know you comment is pretty ancient, but he won the Triple Crown twice, once in a tournament defeating Akira Taue in the final. He also beat Mitsuharu Misawa for the title, this was after his run in wwf.

[dietfreeman42718]

Hey, I'am just glad to know that. Thanks for the extra info man, I'am a Vader fan

[ThatBingleGuy]

he won triple crown 4 times

[SaUrOrNiThOiDeS]

Yeah the fastest arm in the west!!

[TheFnNatural]

anybody know who sings this song!? badass Hansen needs to be in WWE HOF

[NYCrazyRob]

The vid info says it's by Limecell.

[JerRudo]

I love the song.

[sabumark26]

Stan Hansen is the unsinkable battleship!!!

[TheFlyingHoodlum]

1:23 If I had a choice between taking that lariat of being hit by a chevy pickup doing 35 mile an hour. I would have to flip a coin because theres no difference between the two.

[DangerousK]

I've always been afraid for the safety of Tenryu when he took the lariat at :25. Watch it again and look at his head

[egg64]

Yeah, that rolling Western Lariat was disgusting. I guess it doesn't make things better to be damn near blind and 6'4 270lbs of angry Texan rage.

[chaldodon]

PRO WRESTLING

LEGEND AND GREAT

[sexylsantreeeff]

stan never sould out

[32pumper]

great video, i just wish i was drinking a tall cool sundrop while wathing. or perhaps even cheerwine, boy, wow!

[georgyfontaine28]

Hulk Hogan would never ever bleed in any match for anyone. But he did in his match with Stan Hansan in Tokyo Dome. Hogan had much respect for Hansan.

[kungen1979]

I would have liked to see the match against Vader 1990 when Stan hit Vader so hard that his eyeball popped out of its socket, only held back by his eyelid. Thats what you call a hard fucking Lariat ( I asume that it was a Lariat that caused the damage )

[ajbguy03]

it's on youtube i'm sure you can find it.... but it wasnt the Lariat that caused the damage it was just a straight punch....it was early in the match

[durpinator]

what a badass. He was half blind or something too wasn't he? Still kicked peoples asses.

[werytraveler]

Wow! he's gotten old. Me too I guess. Stan's was the toughest. Him and Piper baby. We'll miss you Flair. Love you and thanks a million.

[saholben]

Stan Hansen=wrestling legend...now all we got are WWE 'entertainers', whatever the hell that is.

[Stillwater100]

Great song, great video! Looking at Stan, you'd think he was a just a fat guy who'd be slow as molasses and couldn't work worth a lick, and then he goes into action and WOW! It's amazing how well me moved for a guy his size.

[cream11]

Great Song!! I used to love when Hansen would wrestle with a giant chew in his mouth and spit brown juice on his opponents faces and bodies!

As if his intense beatings were'nt enough!

Oh yeah and he could smash you with a cow bell or giant rope!

[TheRabidCrippler]

I'm a huge fan of Brody and Hanse and I don't want to offend any 1 but lol I think Hansen was more professional then Brody I've never seen (not saying he never didn't) Hansen no sell anything where as no selling is one of the many things that made Brody infamous

[danielblades]

He didnt take no shit from anyone!!!

[phillyforever]

such a rush im pump right now

[Timepark]

I thank USA for sending real Men like Stan to Japan, not fake gay STEROIDS.

Stan,Brody,FUNKS,Terry Gordy,Steave Williams, Hogan(before he leave Japan), Vader and many more.

And of course Lou Thesz and Karl Gotch.