Wow...the 1st 40 seconds of this video is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! First the look on Rufus face when the announcer points out who's coming and then when the challenge is thrown down they both walk in opposite directions....I still got tears in my eyes from laughing so hard...
OMG this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! Ernie Ladd flipping backwards so that his feet catch the top ropes! LOL. He always put his arm over his head when he was getting beat up.
One of the greatest angles of all time and a little racism from Ernie Ladd (nappy hair). Ric Flair called Rufus that all the time. He even called him Kunta Kinte (Roots). I wonder how that would go over today. Sad that all three in this are gone. They answered that final bell. Ernie, Gary, & Rufus, thanks for the memories.
I gotta admit i REMEMBER this one, I LAUGHED all night at this, but that was the GREAT days of wrestling and they are GONE FOREVER ,NEVER COMING BACK and i dont WATCH wrestling anymore, it,s NOTHING but crap now.
lmao at gary hart leaving with his money rufus r jones was also father of the manager "slick" in the wwe and managed the iron sheik, volkoff, the big boss man, and even kamala.
Rufus did say "wrestle" at the 0:12 - 0:13 second mark. However, I do think that was a mistake on Rufus' part when it comes to making this angle work. Still, this is a hilarious angle.
@RSXemperor- you're so right- one of the flaws with the current product is the lack of mouthpieces to get good wrestlers over that don't have to gift of gab- Benjamin, Haas, Swagger, and others...
Hmmmm. I never knew that Ladd worked in Mid Atlantic. I do know he was in Mid South for part of 1984 because he had beaten Magnum for the North American title there.
@@FranFJB yup. He even worked in the WWWF against Bruno. I also remember when he worked here in Los Angeles for the Lebelle's and when he was part of the first company that attempted to go national; Ed Einhorn's IWA.
The deal was this, JYD went to the Carolinas to help Rufus R.Jones, and Jimmy Valiant, so Ladd goes to Mid-South just in time to screw Dog out of victory in the Ghetto Street Fight with Butch Reed in the Superdome.
Warchief01 Rufus was an embarrassment to me as a black kid growing up. True enough, he took care of business in the ring, but all the other clowning was sickening. Like when Ric Flair and the Andersons beat him up and slapped a chauffeur cap on him or when Blackjack Mulligan beat him and tore his suit off, leaving him in the ring corner half naked and unconscious.
![Rufus R. Jones Interview [1984-03-10]](/img/n.gif)
"When you can get a thousand dollars laying around I advise you to pick it up and take it!" 🤣🤣🤣😅😆
I can watch Ernie Ladd promos all day.
"Yank-yank-yank...yunk-yunk-yunk!!"
IT'S YIK YIK YIK ! YONK YONK YONK !
YUK YUK YUK YIK YIK YIK YUK YUK YUK
Ernie Ladd took the money and got out of the ring. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Captain Nappy Head???
Ernie Ladd is great!!!
Wait a minute did the "Big Cat" call Mr. Rufus 👉🏾"Captain Nappy Head" 🤔
😆🤣😂
RIP to playboy Gary Hart, arguably the Blackest White man in wrestling history!
Gary Hart was Black
That drunken Indian Strongbow better not mess with Ernie Ladd
The funniest thing about this clip is when Hart, Ernie and Rufus finish the interview, they all go off in different directions.
"That's gotta be the DUMBEST nappy-head I've ever seen in my life!" LOL
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
2019....NO WAY could they get away with that now
Captain Nappyhead HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm dead!!!
Good Lord, this is 1984? Unbelievable. I was 10 and tuned into TBS Saturday and Sunday for this.
Wow...the 1st 40 seconds of this video is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! First the look on Rufus face when the announcer points out who's coming and then when the challenge is thrown down they both walk in opposite directions....I still got tears in my eyes from laughing so hard...
I just noticed that too. Hilarious!!
OMG this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! Ernie Ladd flipping backwards so that his feet catch the top ropes! LOL. He always put his arm over his head when he was getting beat up.
One of the greatest angles of all time and a little racism from Ernie Ladd (nappy hair). Ric Flair called Rufus that all the time. He even called him Kunta Kinte (Roots). I wonder how that would go over today. Sad that all three in this are gone. They answered that final bell. Ernie, Gary, & Rufus, thanks for the memories.
They would NEVER get away with that in todays world no way.....
Ernie Ladd played him like the first Atari. CLASSIC!!!1
...and made the first payment wirh his ASS immediately afterward.
HELL NO ! THE FREIGHT TRAIN RUFUS R. JONES TOOK IT TO BIG ERNIE LADD AND GARY HART !
I gotta admit i REMEMBER this one, I LAUGHED all night at this, but that was the GREAT days of wrestling and they are GONE FOREVER ,NEVER COMING BACK and i dont WATCH wrestling anymore, it,s NOTHING but crap now.
The selling by Ernie Ladd & Gary Hart is absolutely Priceless! I haven't laughed so hard in a long time!😂😂😂
Ladd and Hart promo gold.
Gary Hart just stealing the $1,000 = awesome
😄Ernie Ladd said they were always talkin out the side of their mouth yik yik yik yak yak yak
Still watching it and loving it monday may 10 2021 after work
Ernie Ladd hilarious lmaooo. Love it
I can't believe I missed Hart and Ladd...two of the absolute funniest SOBs in that era, and together!
Rufus was probably a whiskey drinker. Ernie couldn't stand them.
😂🤣😂😄👍🏾
THE FREIGHT TRAIN RUFUS R. JONES !
Yeah he looked like a freight train 😂😂
Get in the ring thousand dollars in the ring lol😂😂😂
Lol They just took the thousand walked out that was great
i shed tears looking at the glory years of wrestling and the GARBAGE of today knowing we'll never see anything like it again
PREACH IT AGAIN. WE NEED A TIME MACHINE SO WE CAN GO BACK AND JUST ENJOY THOSE DAYS WHEN WRESTLING WAS GREAT. I,m WITH YOU ON THAT,
I do remember moment in 1984 in NWA Wrestling under Jim Crockett Promotions.
I was a Senior in High School in 1984.
THE BIG CAT AND GARY HEART GOT A THOUSAND DOLLARS ASSWOOPIN.LMMRAO😁
David Crockett with his usual - so bad it’s good.
“He’s honest, he’s upstanding…”
“That has nothing to do with being a fool!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
the golden age of wrestling..... Jim Crockett Promotions, Mid-Atlantic Wrestling
Rufus R Jones set a trail for Dusty Rhodes...
Man look at the body on Rufus R Jones 😂😂😂😂
He was a train, Amtrak 😂😂😂
I remember watching this live and in color! 😁
lmao at gary hart leaving with his money
rufus r jones was also father of the manager "slick" in the wwe and managed the iron sheik, volkoff, the big boss man, and even kamala.
Captain Nappyhead! We miss you Ernie!
Love how Ernie Ladd just casually exits the ring.
RUFUS R. JONES TOOK IT TO BIG ERNIE LADD AND HIS MANAGER GARY HART !
Always liked Ernie Ladd talking about drunkin Indians full of whiskey 😂🤣
Robert Blaney Ernie Always Refers to Dusty as “DIRTY RHODES”
Greatest Angle Ever
Completely awesome
“I got in the ring & that was enough!” 🤣🤣
Ladd was just so great and great talker and just funny as hell
THE ORIGINAL $ 1,000.00 CHALLENGE !
PlayBoy Gary Hart , Big Cat Ernie Ladd Legends ....
I remember RRJ, Ernie Ladd and Playboy Gary Hart very well. Great times of wrestling.
Man, I miss the pace of wrestling back then as well as those cliff-hanger endings.
THE ORIGINAL $ 1,000.00 DOLLAR CHALLENGE ! MID ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING / JIM CROCKETT PROMOTIONS (1984) .
Why would you pay him up front Rufus? Doesn't matter what he did to Ernie after, he still looked a fool.
Dusty must of got his moves from Rufus 🧐
You're right... he did. Very funny stuff anyway. They just don't do it like this anymore.
Better than raw
Raw sucks
Rip Ernie ladd
Rufus said he'd give Ernie $1000 to get in the ring. He didn't say wrestle...what's the problem?
I expected Mark Youngblood to hit Blanchard with his purse.
Rufus did say "wrestle" at the 0:12 - 0:13 second mark. However, I do think that was a mistake on Rufus' part when it comes to making this angle work. Still, this is a hilarious angle.
Brilliant in it's simplicity.
Man, I missed the old days!
Freight Train Jones got duped
Now tell me when wrestling will be THIS good ever again.
Great stuff.
Mark Youngblood gave one hell of a convincing interview. Had 'me' scared.... ;-)
Greg gagne had more charisma lol!
Was Younblood a Native American and was his brother really his brother
LOL
Yes, it was poorly timed. Sort of interrupted the Rufus- Ladd angle.
you got class lol
this was real wrestling in I love this old stuff
Shedon Chambliss I pick old school classic wrestling over contemporary wrestling any day!
Crockett had an unbelievable talent roster in 1984, how did Gary Hart and Ernie Ladd end up there?
Gary Hart at the time was actually booking for Crockett along with Ernie Ladd and Dory Funk junior Before Dusty Rhodes came along in summer of 84
Love it
Ernie ladder has to be the funniest wrestler ever
Make Wrestling Great Again
@RSXemperor- you're so right- one of the flaws with the current product is the lack of mouthpieces to get good wrestlers over that don't have to gift of gab- Benjamin, Haas, Swagger, and others...
Hahah unlucky Rufus!
Hmmmm. I never knew that Ladd worked in Mid Atlantic. I do know he was in Mid South for part of 1984 because he had beaten Magnum for the North American title there.
Brian Washington Ernie worked the Entire East from North to South!!
@@FranFJB yup. He even worked in the WWWF against Bruno. I also remember when he worked here in Los Angeles for the Lebelle's and when he was part of the first company that attempted to go national; Ed Einhorn's IWA.
I think Ladd work everywhere, literally! A lot of the NWA territories, WWF, might have went overseas as well
The deal was this, JYD went to the Carolinas to help Rufus R.Jones, and Jimmy Valiant, so Ladd goes to Mid-South just in time to screw Dog out of victory in the Ghetto Street Fight with Butch Reed in the Superdome.
Now that's my kind of wrestling right there back lights really go to and from the sixties own up to 1991 now that was wrestling back in the day
awesome :-)
LMFAO!
Best yrs of wrestling
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! :))
1 person got his $1000 stolen.
RUFUS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ! NOT RIC FLAIR !
Gary Hart give me the money lol Dirty Rhodes ripped off Rufus R Jones
lmao
Wahoo is great
nobody steals from Rufus R Jones
2:14
Big Ernie was funnier than Eddie Murphy!
Rufus R. ( Freight-train) Jones.
Warchief01 Rufus was an embarrassment to me as a black kid growing up. True enough, he took care of business in the ring, but all the other clowning was sickening. Like when Ric Flair and the Andersons beat him up and slapped a chauffeur cap on him or when Blackjack Mulligan beat him and tore his suit off, leaving him in the ring corner half naked and unconscious.
THE FREIGHT TRAIN RUFUS R. JONES !