Wrestling With The 80's
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Interview with authors of The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of Andre the Giant
#wrestling #oldschool #80s
It has been 31 years since the passing of legendary wrestler Andre the Giant (May 19, 1946 - January 28, 1993).
In July 2022 I was fortunate enough to conduct an interview with renowned Canadian authors Pat Laprade and Bertrand Hebert to discuss their tremendous biography of Andre the Giant which had been released in 2020.
Bertrand and Pat have penned multiple wrestling works together documenting such things as the Montreal wrestling scene and the life of Mad Dag Vachon, as well as individual works on the history of Women's professional wrestling and the biography of Pat Patterson, but this may be their greatest project yet.
Bertrand and Pat went through painstaking detail to make sure they accurately documented historical facts and figures, dispel some of the many myths around Andre the Giant (some even created himself!) and most important of all, show the human side of Andre Roussimoff.
Go out of your way to find a copy of this book and hopefully you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!
ecwpress.com/products/the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world-andre-the-giant
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To find Pat Laprade on social media:
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To find Bertrand Hebert on social media:
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  • @jamesdimele2610
    @jamesdimele2610 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Strange that the AWA tag team title says American Wrestling Alliance instead of Association.

  • @dcthemadlyricalwolf3161
    @dcthemadlyricalwolf3161 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Born in 76 the 80s was the best years to me

  • @TheImapotato
    @TheImapotato 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Not a fan of the UWF HW title but boy the Mid-South one was horrid so it was an upgrade. I love the NWA TV one, and to me, it had higher prestige than the U.S. one since it had the stipulation of a time limit and was, of course, defended on TV quite often. I never noticed the Mid-Atlantic has Georgia on it...they must have added that around 1984 Also these world belts love Australia but ehhh, Japan, who? That is weird especially since more wrestlers went to Japan for tours than Australia lol

  • @TheImapotato
    @TheImapotato 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Johnny B Badd, YIP...ludicrous look but what a perfect opening match character. The entrance and the wrestling skill was perfect to get the crowd lifted. lol, Mr. All that and a bag of chips! Love it, his vignettes were great BTW, in case you two did not know, the song of old MACW show is called Manilla Skies by Seymour Milton. I use that as my warmup song for my workout, such an awesome tune. I love old time funk with that bass, add in some horns and I am sold

  • @TheImapotato
    @TheImapotato 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My favorite era! Sweet that your wife loves Andre bc of her Grandpa. Wonder if she watched Grand Prix in Quebec or Atlantic Grand Prix, the latter was a long standing touring company in the Maritimes run by Emil Dupree and had one of the few midget ladies divisions. Don Muraco was my favorite heel of all time, hopefully you guys watched those Fuji/Muraco skits and Friday Night Tights appearances.

  • @pez334
    @pez334 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fun video, me personally i would have used the later version of mid Atlantic title which i think looks a lot better than the earlier version that you used and i was surprised that you didn’t include certain belts like the USWA unified world championship , NWA junior championship , the American championship and the NWA national title , but like I said earlier this was still a fun video

  • @davidfrederick1971
    @davidfrederick1971 หลายเดือนก่อน

    According to Magnum he did not smarten up his mother to that table fight or attack would occur.

  • @davidfrederick1971
    @davidfrederick1971 หลายเดือนก่อน

    With great respect for Magnum and Dusty, the sight of them wearing fur coats was utterly WTF. Fur coats were meant for woman wear.

  • @thinkingwisedawg2508
    @thinkingwisedawg2508 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The 2nd version Stan Lane with the Educated feet, Bobby Eaton with the Alabama Jam. They were never boring, after they split a piece of WCW was missing.

  • @ThirtyPack.
    @ThirtyPack. หลายเดือนก่อน

    Magnum could carry all the deadweights in a match from Dusty Rhodes to Bill Mulkey and made them look like they was great😂

  • @jayyarbrough4497
    @jayyarbrough4497 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never really got to see Dennis but it could have been a broom as long as you got Beautiful B

  • @RellyBabyy9
    @RellyBabyy9 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DEAD MAN WALKING

  • @abdurahmanmohammed6077
    @abdurahmanmohammed6077 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hulk hogan of course

  • @TedsTakesWrestling
    @TedsTakesWrestling 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    On my Mt Rushmore Happy birthday AA

    • @WrestlingWithThe80s
      @WrestlingWithThe80s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolute legend! My go to for old school matches and promos when I’m in the mood to see some great wrestling 👍

    • @TedsTakesWrestling
      @TedsTakesWrestling 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WrestlingWithThe80s same here

  • @Emmet-q3s
    @Emmet-q3s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well I'll tell you what I know I am a big fan of magnums Ric flair himself Magnum hadn't had his accident Ric flair wouldn't have been a 16 time world champion I think that says it all

  • @davidsmith1162
    @davidsmith1162 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I Liked Magnum TA. He Seemed Like Your Friendly, Okay Wrestler. I Had No Idea His Career Would Be Cut Short, By A Devastating Car Accident. Hope To Hear More About Him, & Hope He's Still Alive😊.

  • @Julian-yc4hn
    @Julian-yc4hn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Their rivalry with the Rock n roll express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) was like the college football rivalries like Auburn Alabama The Iron Bowl or Georgia Florida The world's largest outdoor cocktail party in Jacksonville Florida

  • @TravisBrady-wn8fr
    @TravisBrady-wn8fr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always found it interesting how alot of the 80s guys got their ring names from tv and movies. At the time i didnt like that but now i couldnt imagine it being different.

  • @rayday007
    @rayday007 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is who Rick Rude was inspired by!

  • @hakeemgordon-fi8qz
    @hakeemgordon-fi8qz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    WWE needs to have a tv championship 💯

  • @TerryBeach-y3r
    @TerryBeach-y3r 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the most charismatic most popular rising Superheroes Superstar

  • @WayneSmith-yw5vs
    @WayneSmith-yw5vs 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    McMahon considered any wrestling history that wasn’t his as not wrestling history, which is sad but hopefully hhh realizes the error of this

    • @WrestlingWithThe80s
      @WrestlingWithThe80s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agree, would be nice to see old footage and title lineages.

  • @slidecounter5813
    @slidecounter5813 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Smooth transitioning Spime Buster Arn the best at it

  • @Davidp1985
    @Davidp1985 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jesse Ventura seconds later, “what a move there by Arn Anderson, beautiful” Still in my eyes this one was the best spinebuster ever. It was executed and sold perfectly with great height. Should have gotten the 3 count to be honest

    • @WrestlingWithThe80s
      @WrestlingWithThe80s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He hit it so beautifully all the time. This one and the one to Taker at WM18 always stand out in my mind. His DDT was a thing of beauty as well.

    • @Davidp1985
      @Davidp1985 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WrestlingWithThe80s Yes I remember watching it live and it was the buzz of the night for me. If Naitch had gotten the win for that breaking the streak I would have accepted it. JR also made it better “it’s Arn Anderson with a spine buster where the hell did he come from”

  • @TedsTakesWrestling
    @TedsTakesWrestling 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Now thats how you do a spinebuster

    • @WrestlingWithThe80s
      @WrestlingWithThe80s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TedsTakesWrestling it’s an absolute work of art! So was his DDT.

    • @TedsTakesWrestling
      @TedsTakesWrestling 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WrestlingWithThe80s 💯💯💯

  • @brandonlovessports1866
    @brandonlovessports1866 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    86-88 were my favorite years. 89 wcw started getting weard

    • @WrestlingWithThe80s
      @WrestlingWithThe80s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were at their peak in those years. It was Muta and Flair that kept me interested in ‘89.

  • @montecarlo4294
    @montecarlo4294 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m very grateful to Eric Bischoff for having the idea for the NWA/WCW World TV Championship

  • @DJReyzor357
    @DJReyzor357 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And regarding how short his career was, Mr. Terry Allen still accomplished a lot...

  • @choppiewayz
    @choppiewayz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    NWA was definitely was going to hang the world title on Magnum T.A. The perfect Babyface. Magnum would've held the title longer than Ronnie Garvin. Magnum T.A's trajectory would've been legendary

  • @jrep85
    @jrep85 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Flair started his reigns in 1981, while Hogan didn't begin his reigns until 1984. Hogan did have the single longest run during his first title reign. More than double Flair's longest reign.

  • @Bert_Fromarketin
    @Bert_Fromarketin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    BEST BELT...EVER!! ON RED LEATHER AS PRESENTED TO OLE DUSTY....THE BEST VERSION..EVER

  • @michaelkirkland6573
    @michaelkirkland6573 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I stopped watching wrestling for a time. A friend got me to give it another watch. As soon as the Rock was on screen, I thought “that’s my guy, he has a special charisma”. My initial introduction to wrestling, and it was Magnum TA who made me feel that. Would have been an all time great. Microphone work was great. In-ring work was even better

  • @JohnWicksmagazine
    @JohnWicksmagazine 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brett!! Edit: Dam I didn’t know the answer was at the end already 😂😂😂😂

    • @WrestlingWithThe80s
      @WrestlingWithThe80s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤣🤣 I appreciate the enthusiasm!

  • @heeljoe7221
    @heeljoe7221 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Everyone talks about Mankind and The Undertaker in the Hell in a Cell true fans remember Magnum T.A vs Tully Blanchard in the cage on a "I Quit" match, that was the true first ever Hell in a Cell

    • @WrestlingWithThe80s
      @WrestlingWithThe80s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was so good! Will be doing a video on it very soon 👍

    • @heeljoe7221
      @heeljoe7221 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @WrestlingWithThe80s truly I can't wait, and Thank you

    • @WrestlingWithThe80s
      @WrestlingWithThe80s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heeljoe7221 thank you for the support!

  • @thack57
    @thack57 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You showed Terry and Tully both wearing belts, standing next to each other as if they were Tag Team Champs and it made me think about the Andersons and I enjoyed the Andersons better than the Road Warriors. The R.W. were awesome when you first saw them but if you loved 'Wrestling' the Road Warriors were boring but try to imagine Tully + Magnum as a TagcTeam - if anyone could imagine Tully turning babyface. But with Magnum's Intensity and Tully's toughness they'd be so much fun to watch as a team. Oh well, stuff to dream about.

    • @WrestlingWithThe80s
      @WrestlingWithThe80s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never thought of that but yeah they would have been great together!

  • @GangstaMojo
    @GangstaMojo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When Nikita koloff won the belt that's when they premiered it with the black strap

  • @pinotnoir6974
    @pinotnoir6974 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As great as Magnum T. A. was; I personally feel that the late David Von Erich would’ve made a more credible world champion than M.T.A. My opinion of course.

  • @ErikShen2907
    @ErikShen2907 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    SOLIE IS GOD

  • @joeybeal1804
    @joeybeal1804 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes he would have a great world heavyweight champion

  • @jamesrfb
    @jamesrfb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Magnum TA is a top tier Hall of Famer. As good as anyone who ever wrestled.

  • @missytucker5202
    @missytucker5202 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    David should have been checked out by a doctor . Kevin talked him into going to see a doctor about the pain and getting sick at his stomach .The doctor was going to check David out , but he freaked out and said he would tear the place apart if he didn't get out of the stirrups .Its a shame he didn't get checked out (He had an intestinal Infection .David's intestines ruptured and poison leaked out and killed him unfortunately .There are a lot of what ifs (Well what if he would have taken care of himself (Maybe he would still be alive today .What a sad day Feb.10 1984 was for his family ,friends ,fans 😢

  • @ninagarcia3478
    @ninagarcia3478 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He is dead and end of story

  • @Jerry-zc5qt
    @Jerry-zc5qt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would have loved to see Magnum TA turn heel on Dusty Rhodes in 87 and take Ole Andersons place in the 4 horsemen