The Kaufman Lawler Feud: Chapter 3 - The Shove

[Stereolabdream]

The internet is a wonderful wonderful thing; but it was a hard nail in the coffin of this kind of beautiful Theatre. Look at their faces-just magical escape.

[0ilikeboobies0]

lmao those bitches are mad as hell.

[rangers1919]

I don't know what's funnier, Kaufman or the hicks in the audience going crazy.

[RadAntelope]

YOU DON'T TOUCH ME, BABY!

[c4r1s66]

I'd wrestle the girl at 1:42 pretty hard...

[AndreDarkAngel]

Man... the second half of the XX century kicked ass... XXI sucks so far, so plastic, so soulless so heartless...

[WatchVenusSpa]

Can you imagine what Andy would be like with the internet and unlimited media outlets today? Funny or Die would be his bitch!

[IAMPIZZAPASTA]

Andy Kaufman is the best Troll on earth

[fosponomot]

wow they are really pissed

[arkansoul]

The weak-ass WWF or WWE, whatever the hell they call themselves, stole ALOT of angles from Memphis Wrestling. The WWF didn't even want celebrities until Andy came to Memphis.

[WatchVenusSpa]

@arkansoul You can argue that the transition from Vince McMahon Sr. to Vince McMahon Jr. had a lot to do with that as well.

[arkansoul]

@WatchVenusSpa That's true. Vince Jr. was smart in how he built his daddy's empire, but it killed territorial wrestling in the process.

[WatchVenusSpa]

@arkansoul Had Andy lived you KNOW Vince Jr. would have brought Andy up to NYC to do a similar run with Piper or Hogan. Vince saw the mistake his dad made when he fired Hogan for making Rocky III, (which made Hogan a huge star and Verne Gagne a boatload of money because he saw this coming and signed Hulkster as soon as Vince Sr. fired him,) and the rest is history.

[ChrisC11291980]

@WatchVenusSpa I've been saying that for years! Kaufman would have been banging down the door in New York a year later to have a piece of the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection!

[rtisi]

Those days are gone. Too bad too because this was entertainment without the glitz. It was dirty arenas, sweaty, not oily wrestlers and innocent yet very stupid storylines that flew.

[DictatorPwnage]

Look how pissed off the crowd is.

[arkansoul]

@DictatorPwnage Take it from me. That crowd was CRAZZZY!!! There was this old black lady who used to stick the "bad guys" who fought Lawler with those big pearl top pins. They banned her from the Coliseum. When Lawler heard about her, he fixed it to where she had FREE ringside seats until she passed away. Only in Memphis, brotha...

[arkansoul]

@DictatorPwnage If I'm not mistaken, That's her @ 1:46...

[EmperorBubba]

I'M FROM HOLYWOOD AND I WILL SUE YOU !!!!

R.I.P Andy you goddamn 1-of-a-kind, absolute legend.

[Slothdrop]

The woman's expression and body language at 2:18 is hilarious!

[squishedpimp]

@Slothdrop hahaha, she well just said, "Bang on."

[danteras23]

the man was awesome. just amazing. this is classic.

[abc1000001]

Lawler stated that when he did end up wrestling Kaufman, some of his fellow wrestlers thought this was real. They were encouraging Lawler to teach Kaufman a lesson. It is in Lawler's book.

[krsfromprp]

Growing up in Kentucky, this was the shit.

[Frequent2001]

haha old people are losing their fucking mind andy kaufman was a genius

[llNoahTheHeroll]

LOL HAHAHAHAHA 0:58 that lady is all upset

[jaroncreed]

the girl at 1:42 is fucking smoking hot!

[bjornbjorn2]

its funny how the stupid Americans thought it was real hahaha

[ChaostheClown]

@bjornbjorn2 uhhhh not really.

almost every wrestling fan i've ever met in my life, minus a handful of really little kids who didn't know any better, knew it was staged, pre-determined, acted out stuff. but you can still react to it, ya know?

you watch TV shows and movies and react with the characters on screen. it's the same exact thing. these people arecharacters...who just so happen to put on tights n beat each other up a lot. that's just the nature of their character.

it's like theater.

[bjornbjorn2]

@ChaostheClown hahaha

[ChaostheClown]

@bjornbjorn2 lol

[bjornbjorn2]

@ChaostheClown people all over the world use to laugh at america believing this shit was real !

[ChaostheClown]

@bjornbjorn2 i still don't think you got what i was saying. =/

basically, 98% of wrestling fans you'll meet, in America or otherwise, don't believe it's real. they know it's a staged show put on purely for their entertainment, scripted, pre-determined and all. they KNOW this.

so to think that they think it's real is as dumb as...thinking it's real.

so gg.

[bjornbjorn2]

@ChaostheClown im talking about back in the day ! not now !

[hussun2021]

mr10tomidnight......retard....­it was all fake. You loved fake pile drivers and fake speeches.

[BrutalPenguins]

slamming someone on a mat isnt fake bud

[hussun2021]

It's called Man on the Moon rent it sometime, it was all rigged. The human body can't withstand that....simply falling down some stairs can kill you.

[sondio]

Its acting, and second rate at best. But it is freaking awesome, just look at the crowds reaction, they all want to kill Andy, or at least want Jerry to do it for them.

So why call midnight a retard? He knows it´s fake, it does not mean you cant get a kick out of it, so stop being oh so smart and let people enjoy what they like.

And wrestling is fake, but some times the pain is real. Just youtube Mick Foley and hell in a cell versus undertaker. And look at the bumbs Foley took in that match.

[Nertrender]

Oh thank you for opening my eyes! I have this rare disease that none of my doctors can figure out. Should I go ask Hugh Laurie about it? He solves those mysteries on T.V.

Of course this is a show! that is what we love. Do you think that schwartzinager is an elite everything? as far as fake speeches: how can a speech be fake? He said it, didn't he? I think that this feud not only influnced celeberity involvment but the way heels act.

[ChaostheClown]

@hussun2021 rofl i think if anyone is the 'retard' in this situation, it'd be you, sir.

especially after mr10tomidnight's apparent knowledge of bumps, spots, and storylines.

but if your brain is too tiny to realize that, i think you're the mentally challenged one.

we clearly all know it's a staged event. why are you even watching this anyway? odd thing to look up if you have such negativity towards it. we don't need people to tell us what we already know, though, and it happens a lot.

[mr10tomidnight]

I loved Jerry Lawlor's speech where he was gonna burst his bubble and that he was gonna treat Andy like a fellow wrestler.I loved how he told Kaufman "You're gonna get hurt son" I love how Andy took that bump from Lawor's back suplex.That does look like he did get hurt there - more than likely it did.I loved Jerry's pile drivers-Awesome!! nothing like old school wrestling at its finest hour.

[shakysyxx]

jsut to think how many ppl got pissed at this... rest in peace andy

[jerzeefranky3475]

THE ONLY PERSON that comes close 2 ak is spenser p...u just dont REALLY know what stunt hes gonna pull at ANY time!!!

[suburbanpsychopathic]

thanks for uploading the entire "saga" dude.

[cryptopsyamon]

andy was a true original and could fool people better than anyone ever. So far ahead of his time that people still dont get it. A true genius as Dazz has stated.

[DazzHerra]

Genius! hook, line and sinker

[clipboardcrotch]

this is great stuff.