My favourite Harley Race story was that he was on the road with another wrestler, and they stopped at a diner to get something to eat. A guy came in with a gun and demanded everyone's wallets and watches, etc. Harley continues eating. The gunman demands Harley hand over his money. Harley without looking at the gunman said "Fuck Off." The gunman demanded again and Harley stood up, grabbed the gun before pulling out his own and said, "I said Fuck Off!!" The guy ran out so fast.
He also knocked a guy out for hitting a girl then ended up getting st@bbed by the man's friend, there's a newspaper article about it and he was like 20/21 when this happened. Also the story of him slapping Jumbo Tsuruta for suplexing Flair multiple times, Jumbo just accepted it and he wasn't no slouch as he was a Greco Roman Wrestling Olympian!
One of mine was the time with Ole out west somewhere, and of course they were drinking and speeding and some 'good citizen' thought he was going to pull Harley over and take him in as a citizens arrest .It didnt turn out too well for him.
I'm currently caring for my 103 year old WWII veteran grandfather. It is a true honor and a privilege to help provide home hospice along with family support for such a great man. This is not a knock against the current generations because I am nearly 41 years old myself and among you, but my grandfather's generation was just built with a different mindset in an entirely different era of time. They simply don't build men like him anymore and it is a stark realization in real time. We have become distracted by the trivial and that is why a man like Harley Race wouldn't be able to work in today's wrestling format. That need for instant gratification is a shame because great things take time to develop and it only hurts the end product.
Your grandfather sounds like an incredible man, I’m sure when he was over in Europe or the Pacific he never thought he’d see 103. We are the same age & my grandfather is 90. He’s a former USMC & professional boxer. You’re absolutely correct the men of their day were far tougher & just a different breed. Respect to you for caring for your grandpa, I am sure he greatly appreciates it & you’ll be happy you spent this time with him.
God bless your grandfather and I thank him for his service. My grandfather was a Pearl Harbor survivor and was badly burned. 6 months later he reinlisted and was on board the USS Missouri when Japan surrendered
My father was a Korean war veteran and went into Carpentry after. He said nothing but when he got up, asses were whipped, those people won't come around again.
No matter who you ask, the 80s and early 90s wrestlers all tell in their interviews that they had lots of respect for Race. Meaning they where all mortally afraid of him. Listening to those stories, I always get the impression they are talking about organized crime, not entertainment wrestling.
Talking about Harley, for not being a huge man, the stories of his hand strength are crazy, I remember hearing that the guys would be at several of the same hotels as the bodybuilders and they loved Harley, and whenever a new jacked kid was there they would send him to challenge Harley for a test of strength and Harley would have the young guy on his knees in no time
I was born in 86 and WWF used to be on channel 4 in England. My first memory ever was asking my dad to let me stay up to watch Hacksaw Jim Duggan V Yokozuna and me mum said no. My dad creeped in my room and woke me up to watch it. I always remember Yokozuna sitting on Duggans chest and I cried my eyes out. That's still my fave moment ever with my dad.
Wasn't on channel 4 until after 2000 when duggan and yoko were long gone. It aired the invasion ppv. Watched wwf and wcw from the first time since they aired in uk. Google it if you don't believe me
Never aired on channel 4 until post 2000, with the invasion ppv etc and maybe Heat. Hacksaw and yoko were long gone. Google it or chatgpt it etc if you don't believe me. Yoko and Hacksaw spot aired on Sky one.
I remember seeing Harley in Eldon, Missouri close to his wrestling school around 2007 or so. Time and age had started to take their toll, but even so, he still had that air about him that said if you got close enough he could still grab you and break something important.
I think Jim Cornette answered this question the best. He was asked who would walk out of a bar fight - Haku, Dr Death, Bruiser Brody, or Harley? He said Doc could stretch anybody but Haku would eat your eyeball and Brody was a wildcard etc. When he’s done talking the interviewer says what about Harley? Cornette says “Harley would look around, assess the situation quickly, pull out his pistol, shoot the other 3 in the head, abd then calmly walk outside to smoke a cigarette. My mt Rushmore - Harley, Danny Hodge, Dick Slater, Haku
Boy, George South is a name that just keeps coming up in the most unusual stories and competitors. I met him at a carnival in SC along with the R&R Express, Baby Doll, one of the Bushwackers and Jimmy Valiant (who was bullying my then 8-year-old kid to buy a $10 bandana. That was pretty obnoxious, actually). I wonder if he should get HOF consideration for influence in the business as everyone seems to know him and has nothing but kind words to say about him.
Harley will do ANYTHING to win a fight! He doesn't seem to feel pain!! Seen him miss a head butt on a table! The freakin table broke in half!! He was carried off unconscious bleeding but that's the way he thinks! The Undertaker says if you wrestle him you will be sore for a week!🤕
Nothing but love for Taker and the podcast. Especially since he hooked me up with tickets to the same house show where Randy Orton was discovered backstage. I was 16 and I had injured my knee at work, and I was struggling since it was my first major injury. My mom dealt with one of Taker's business associates at work regularly and called in a favor.
Matt, I left a mean comment before since you asked for one. But in all honesty, you're a thoughtful, humble, self aware, humorous host. Keep up the great work.
Harley reminded me of my grandfather who worked on farm and in old school oilfield on those oil rigs. Old man strength is REAL and they will humble you quick. I will never forget the day some buddies and i were lifting weights on one of those nautilus plate benchpress machines i had just gotten and it went up to 270lbs. We mightve been in 5th grade because we were trying to get strong for our first year of football so we slide the pin in on 270 just to see if we could budge it and nothing. My grandfather walks by and wants to have a go and he pressed it with one arm lol.
An autograph signing event with the Bros of destruction got cancelled in 2018 in Waynesboro, VA.. I still haven’t met the undertaker. The urn would mean so much to me!
Personally I think Gunther is a throwback to the kind of wrestler that Harley race was honestly. So when I think of if Harley race would work today I kind of go back to Gunther. If Gunther works today why wouldn’t Harley race? They are both very similar in a few ways and sure they are different in others but Harley race knows how to get heat on himself and always puts on a great match so that’s kind of how I personally think about it.
Hope I'm not late to this! I've been a huge Undertaker fan since the early 90s. More of a fan of him than guys like Hogan. I went to WrestleMania 24 and watched The Undertaker beat Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship. Also back in toe 90s, I saw the Undertaker clean house on the Nation of Domination at a house show in San Diego, I think in 1994 or 1995! I also got to meet Kane in San Diego at a meet & greet at Best Buy in 2005 before Taboo Tuesday, where he signed an old WWE magazine with the Brothers of Destruction holding sledgehammers on the cover! My birthday comes up on September 30th, and I would be so stoked to win the Urn, because I never got to meet The Undertaker while he was active, and this would be THE wrestling treasure for me!
@@dizzidazegaming Np. I was in middle/high school in the mid and late 90s so I remember that period a little more clearly. Plus it was the height of my fandom.
Arn Anderson was once asked who would win in a no-holds-barred brawl between Harley Race & Haku/Meng. He did not hesitate to answer that it's gonna be Haku. As much as he respected Harley, he had the give the nod to Haku. Haku just couldn't be hurt.
I was totally mislead by the title. Being about Harley Race, I thought it meant he'd go through 6 or 8 guys in a bar fight, and knock the shit out of every last one of them, then light up a smoke and order another beer.
Too much work? I don't care enough? Is the exact reason this podcast is not bigger. If you are ok with the size of your channel then fine. If not, you should already know, that there is no such thing as to much work. You are the undertaker. Your channel should be at least 500,000 strong. You do that by having layers.
My foursome of legitimate badasses would be Danny Hodge, Haku, Harley Race and Tracy Smothers. Danny Hodge was a Golden Gloves Boxing Champion, Professional Boxer, Three time NCAA Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist. There was probably very few men on the planet that could have beaten him in the 50's-60's.
@@kevthegoat8774 Very cool. Danny Hodge was legendary for his toughness and he was JR's #1 choice as the toughest guy to ever lace up a pair of boots. JR said that Hodge was born was a mutation of having tendons twice as thick as a normal male, which gave his freakish strength, especially grip strength. I wonder if Lou Thesz or Bruno would make the cut? Back then, guys had to know how to shoot to survive. Now, you could add guys like Ken Shamrock, Don Frye, Dan Severn and Steve Blackman who were all legit MMA badasses.
@@davidwilliamdanielthomas9305 If not including legitimate MMA fighters like Brock Lesnar, Bobby Lashley, Kazushi Sakuraba, Dan Severn, Ken Shamrock, Kazuyuki Fujita etc who all competed in Pro Wrestlers then I think Bruno could definitely make top 10-15. The guy was insanely strong, conditioned and had enough amateur wrestling/shooting skills to hurt somebody.
@@kevthegoat8774 I agree, and guys like Bruno, Lou, Harley etc competed back in the territory days when they may have, for shoot, had to legitimately defend the belt against a promoter or worker who decided to go into business for themselves. Another guy to consider is Bob Backlund! Bob was insanely strong and conditioned and could legit stretch his opponents, if he felt like it.
I think Taker is incorrect that fans wouldn't enjoy the slower older style. A decent example of that more methodical style imo in FTR. I just don't think alot of guys nowadays could work that style is the real issue.
Gunther in WWE has been a solid throwback style wrestler in and out of the ring, in his work and his promos. Bonus that he represents the classic German (or Russian) heel looking down on everything American, and talking about how weak everyone else is. Fritz Von Erich (originally), Baron Von Raschke, Ivan Koloff, etc., and now Gunther.
You forgot to add a fourth to that bar fight scenario. Andre in his prime. And still Andre said the only one he was ever afraid of was Haku. But Andre in his prime, not even sure Haku could take him.
Harley Race toughest man on G♡D's green Earth, just don't tell Haku/Meng that hahaha. 😂🤣 Who doesn't love a great Harley Race story. My top two fav wrastlers.. 🥇Undertaker 🥈Harley Race
The world today doesnt lend itself to producing another man like Harley Race but Im sure there are a lot of really tough, brash young guys who gives no f**ks today.
As far as Harley being able to wrestle in modem era the matches are just different too u don’t see crazy hardcore matches or I quit matches to where u really had to show how tough u are the writer and cameras can get u over way more now than ever…with that being said, them old school guys like Harley n Haku, those the type of people u want as back up or just as a friend
The toughest of the Toughest. Andre is the mountain of any list. Andre tipped a car over with two guys in it. lol. I am really not sure who would be that one.
Hawk, Scott Norton, Bob Backlund, Stu and Bret Hart, Paul Orndoff, Wade Barrett to name a few that could handle themselves fairly well outside the ring
I think if we are talking pre 1995, then pretty much everyone could. Spivey, Rude, etc are obvious, but even guys like Martel, Zenk, etc. Come the mid 1990s though, we start getting the Christopher Daniels of the world becoming wrestlers, and far less of the Dick Slater types.
@@handsolo1209Hogan couldn’t whip cream. Savage wasn’t known for being a tough nut. I think guys like Boss man, Earthquake, Typhoon, Andre and Brutus kept Hogan safe. The golden goose couldn’t be harmed as it would harm those guys making money
@@AlanJOHNSTONE-u1w Yes, a 6'6", 300lbs guy who had his ankle broken, and still came back and went through actual training and not a "wrestling school" couldn't "whip cream". I guess he knocked Inoki out with a whisk... EVERYONE who broke in prior to the late 1980s/early 1990s was tough. You didn't even make it past the "try out" in those days unless you were.
@@handsolo1209 Hogans size probably helped. He wasn’t known as a tough guy. Was quite sneaky backstage with under hand politics and stuff. He wouldn’t work with the legit hard guys as they worked stiff. He was known for being quite a shit bag of a guy
@@AlanJOHNSTONE-u1w I think you are falling in to the trap of only thinking that the bullies and drunks were tough. Everyone was tough back then. Of course there was a pecking order of guys not to mess with under any circumstances, but in reality everybody was a "someone to mess with". Back in the day, wrestling did not attract models, Hollywood wannabes or people who could have been PhDs, but it was their "dream" to be a WWE "superstar". It attracted freaks, dropouts, extreme poverty and nutcases. They wouldn't even let you in unless you could take care of yourself. We hear about the nutjobs like Haku, Steiners, etc, but just because we don't hear anything about guys like Hogan, Sting, Steamboat, etc doesn't mean that they were wimps. They just weren't degenerates who got in to trouble every 5 minutes.
I can't express how much I HATE the idea of being eligible for a giveaway the audience is manipulated into; leaving a comment, subscribing, leaving a 5 star review (regardless of quality) and follow the spotify page. I did one of four.
I think with Race and Haku you would be looking at a bar in shambles and those two a bloody mess on the floor. Because I don't see any backing down in either of them. So they are fighting tell neither of them have enough left to keep going.
Top 10 heariest wrestlers of all time 10. Big v baddy/viscera 9. Big show 8. Ake bono 7. Andre the giant 6. Haystacks 5. Mountain man mike 4.yokozuna 3.glant haystacks 2.the McGuire twins 1. Happy humprey
The fact that this Podcast isn't called "Deadman Talking," Is a real missed trick
Dude... That is PERFECT!!!
Might be a copyright thing.
@@dougmiller5608 Possibly, yeah. But I can't see WWE suing the Undertaker lmao.
That is damn good you should copyright it and sell it to taker
You've done it now.. You've gone and made a big mistake.
“I don’t make mistakes , I bury them.” That has to be one of the coldest quotes in existence
My favourite Harley Race story was that he was on the road with another wrestler, and they stopped at a diner to get something to eat. A guy came in with a gun and demanded everyone's wallets and watches, etc. Harley continues eating. The gunman demands Harley hand over his money. Harley without looking at the gunman said "Fuck Off." The gunman demanded again and Harley stood up, grabbed the gun before pulling out his own and said, "I said Fuck Off!!" The guy ran out so fast.
He also knocked a guy out for hitting a girl then ended up getting st@bbed by the man's friend, there's a newspaper article about it and he was like 20/21 when this happened. Also the story of him slapping Jumbo Tsuruta for suplexing Flair multiple times, Jumbo just accepted it and he wasn't no slouch as he was a Greco Roman Wrestling Olympian!
The thing is most people with guns are fake tough guys
Harley was the real deal
One of mine was the time with Ole out west somewhere, and of course they were drinking and speeding and some 'good citizen' thought he was going to pull Harley over and take him in as a citizens arrest .It didnt turn out too well for him.
I'm currently caring for my 103 year old WWII veteran grandfather. It is a true honor and a privilege to help provide home hospice along with family support for such a great man. This is not a knock against the current generations because I am nearly 41 years old myself and among you, but my grandfather's generation was just built with a different mindset in an entirely different era of time. They simply don't build men like him anymore and it is a stark realization in real time. We have become distracted by the trivial and that is why a man like Harley Race wouldn't be able to work in today's wrestling format. That need for instant gratification is a shame because great things take time to develop and it only hurts the end product.
Your grandfather sounds like an incredible man, I’m sure when he was over in Europe or the Pacific he never thought he’d see 103. We are the same age & my grandfather is 90. He’s a former USMC & professional boxer. You’re absolutely correct the men of their day were far tougher & just a different breed. Respect to you for caring for your grandpa, I am sure he greatly appreciates it & you’ll be happy you spent this time with him.
God bless your grandfather and I thank him for his service. My grandfather was a Pearl Harbor survivor and was badly burned. 6 months later he reinlisted and was on board the USS Missouri when Japan surrendered
Yeah the “old guard toughness” they just took it. It was like they didn’t realize it was actually a thing. It just was..
I lost mine in 2006 he was 96 cherish every moment
My father was a Korean war veteran and went into Carpentry after. He said nothing but when he got up, asses were whipped, those people won't come around again.
If Harley Race, Haku, Barbarian & Barb's wife are the final 4 of a bar fight, she's walking out of that bar with 2 apologies & Barbarian by the ear! 😂
Lmfao YES!!!
Judy Bagwell could have taken them all.
And Barbarian's wife is cracking both Harley and Haku's skull with a cast iron skillet.
Fact SOME wrestlers wives at home are tougher than their husband's this goes for old school wrestlers who been married to the same women for YEARS
@@brokenteethalbumreviews5388that is not a fact
No matter who you ask, the 80s and early 90s wrestlers all tell in their interviews that they had lots of respect for Race. Meaning they where all mortally afraid of him. Listening to those stories, I always get the impression they are talking about organized crime, not entertainment wrestling.
Back in the 60s & 70s and early 80s WRESTLING not sports entertainment crap was absolutely like being in the mob. It was kayfabe or die.
@michaelvolgare4454 which makes me loves the business as a whole
Talking about Harley, for not being a huge man, the stories of his hand strength are crazy, I remember hearing that the guys would be at several of the same hotels as the bodybuilders and they loved Harley, and whenever a new jacked kid was there they would send him to challenge Harley for a test of strength and Harley would have the young guy on his knees in no time
Harley race was a man's man. He feared no man and would fight the devil to get out of hell.
He was a wife beating racist. What a man
There will never be another Harley
I was born in 86 and WWF used to be on channel 4 in England. My first memory ever was asking my dad to let me stay up to watch Hacksaw Jim Duggan V Yokozuna and me mum said no. My dad creeped in my room and woke me up to watch it. I always remember Yokozuna sitting on Duggans chest and I cried my eyes out. That's still my fave moment ever with my dad.
Alright .hacksaw Jim duggan was a bad ass
Wasn't on channel 4 until after 2000 when duggan and yoko were long gone. It aired the invasion ppv.
Watched wwf and wcw from the first time since they aired in uk. Google it if you don't believe me
Never aired on channel 4 until post 2000, with the invasion ppv etc and maybe Heat.
Hacksaw and yoko were long gone. Google it or chatgpt it etc if you don't believe me.
Yoko and Hacksaw spot aired on Sky one.
"me mum"? From the north mate?
I remember seeing Harley in Eldon, Missouri close to his wrestling school around 2007 or so. Time and age had started to take their toll, but even so, he still had that air about him that said if you got close enough he could still grab you and break something important.
Pants with sandals is diablocal
Yes and crossing your legs like a woman= good heat
@@HG6TV23 That kind of indicates which way the wind blows for him.
I don't know how Mark lets it go. I'd compare him to Bud Light, but if he's any drink it's something blue and popular on a cruise ship.
Yeah, it's like, come on there Captain Casual.....you can pull through and wear some shoes for a damn taped podcast.
I'm unsubbimg because I want to hear Takers' stories, not look at some dudes feet for an hour. Ffs!
2:40 😂 "thats where he learned all his moves." Yeah both of them"😂
Best character in WWE history, thank you for everything
Real authentic wwe fans love and appreciate the stories everytime
Glad you brought up Heisman voting, because I want Ron Simmons in that tourney. That is one bad man.
Henry is one of the coolest dudes on this podcast yet.
I think Jim Cornette answered this question the best. He was asked who would walk out of a bar fight - Haku, Dr Death, Bruiser Brody, or Harley? He said Doc could stretch anybody but Haku would eat your eyeball and Brody was a wildcard etc. When he’s done talking the interviewer says what about Harley? Cornette says “Harley would look around, assess the situation quickly, pull out his pistol, shoot the other 3 in the head, abd then calmly walk outside to smoke a cigarette.
My mt Rushmore - Harley, Danny Hodge, Dick Slater, Haku
That is a crew, buddy!!
You would need to built a 5th face for Gillberg
Dr D!!! He needs way more respect!!!
I'd throw in Stan Hansen.
Boy, George South is a name that just keeps coming up in the most unusual stories and competitors. I met him at a carnival in SC along with the R&R Express, Baby Doll, one of the Bushwackers and Jimmy Valiant (who was bullying my then 8-year-old kid to buy a $10 bandana. That was pretty obnoxious, actually). I wonder if he should get HOF consideration for influence in the business as everyone seems to know him and has nothing but kind words to say about him.
Sandals needs to stop throwing "What's your Mt. Rushmore of..." into every. Single. Conversation.
Who cares
Only thing missing from the giveaway urn is Paul Bearers signature... RIP Paul Bearer
Paul is inside the urn. RIP Percy Pringle
Man kind should sign he has the urn for a bit
Harley could work any era!!!!
Harley will do ANYTHING to win a fight!
He doesn't seem to feel pain!!
Seen him miss a head butt on a table!
The freakin table broke in half!!
He was carried off unconscious bleeding but
that's the way he thinks!
The Undertaker says if you wrestle him you will be sore for a week!🤕
Nothing but love for Taker and the podcast. Especially since he hooked me up with tickets to the same house show where Randy Orton was discovered backstage. I was 16 and I had injured my knee at work, and I was struggling since it was my first major injury. My mom dealt with one of Taker's business associates at work regularly and called in a favor.
Mark never talks about his toughness. You have to be one tough SOB to be the boss backstage that keeps everyone else in line.
If you are truly tough, you don't talk how tough you are.
@@daveyb1908 exactly.
Dicky Slater had dynamite in his fists!! Definitely one of thee toughest.
Matt, I left a mean comment before since you asked for one. But in all honesty, you're a thoughtful, humble, self aware, humorous host. Keep up the great work.
I agree, he's a good host, he just needs to loose the sandals 🤣
I grew up watching Harley Race he was a badass.
Taker: “You got some of El Gigante? That must’ve been before he followed me.” That’s where he learned all his moves.” Taker “Both of them.” 🤣
The dude in sandals from the Goodship Lollipop sounds exactly like Conrad Thompson.
" Yer killing me Smalls " AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC LINE. Great one Sir.
Harley reminded me of my grandfather who worked on farm and in old school oilfield on those oil rigs. Old man strength is REAL and they will humble you quick. I will never forget the day some buddies and i were lifting weights on one of those nautilus plate benchpress machines i had just gotten and it went up to 270lbs. We mightve been in 5th grade because we were trying to get strong for our first year of football so we slide the pin in on 270 just to see if we could budge it and nothing. My grandfather walks by and wants to have a go and he pressed it with one arm lol.
An autograph signing event with the Bros of destruction got cancelled in 2018 in Waynesboro, VA.. I still haven’t met the undertaker. The urn would mean so much to me!
thats cool man im really glad your podcast is a thing because It got me more into wrestling
Personally I think Gunther is a throwback to the kind of wrestler that Harley race was honestly. So when I think of if Harley race would work today I kind of go back to Gunther. If Gunther works today why wouldn’t Harley race? They are both very similar in a few ways and sure they are different in others but Harley race knows how to get heat on himself and always puts on a great match so that’s kind of how I personally think about it.
Hope I'm not late to this! I've been a huge Undertaker fan since the early 90s. More of a fan of him than guys like Hogan. I went to WrestleMania 24 and watched The Undertaker beat Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship. Also back in toe 90s, I saw the Undertaker clean house on the Nation of Domination at a house show in San Diego, I think in 1994 or 1995!
I also got to meet Kane in San Diego at a meet & greet at Best Buy in 2005 before Taboo Tuesday, where he signed an old WWE magazine with the Brothers of Destruction holding sledgehammers on the cover!
My birthday comes up on September 30th, and I would be so stoked to win the Urn, because I never got to meet The Undertaker while he was active, and this would be THE wrestling treasure for me!
The nation I think was more 96/97 so that's probably what your thinking
@@Sweeptheleg83 you're right. I was pretty young at that point. Probably got my years mixed up somewhere. Thanks for the reminder, brother! 🙌
@@dizzidazegaming Np. I was in middle/high school in the mid and late 90s so I remember that period a little more clearly. Plus it was the height of my fandom.
Henry Godwinn! Wow! Awesome
Harley, haku, and the barbarian in a bar fight? The bar is demolished, they won't have to walk out of it.
First time I remember seeing Henry Godwin was in WCW as Mark Canterbury in 1992 against Sting on Saturday Night.
Arn Anderson was once asked who would win in a no-holds-barred brawl between Harley Race & Haku/Meng. He did not hesitate to answer that it's gonna be Haku. As much as he respected Harley, he had the give the nod to Haku. Haku just couldn't be hurt.
Don’t be so childish.
Been watching the TH-cam snippets for some time. Finally jumped into the podcast itself
whoah! taker loves the sandlot too!
"your killin me smalls!"
Mark is so chill.
The Undertaker is the coolest dude on earth.
We need all the Harley stories, All of em!!!
I always loved the Godwinns. I grew up very hillbilly myself so I could sadly relate to the gimmick more than most 😆. I really enjoyed this interview.
I was totally mislead by the title. Being about Harley Race, I thought it meant he'd go through 6 or 8 guys in a bar fight, and knock the shit out of every last one of them, then light up a smoke and order another beer.
I saw him in the point pleasant armory with George south and the Italian stallion in the early 90s! It's so wild that he remembered that!
The world would explode If that bar fight happened
Very cool urn one favorite WWF Hall of Fame Undertaker
Too much work? I don't care enough? Is the exact reason this podcast is not bigger. If you are ok with the size of your channel then fine. If not, you should already know, that there is no such thing as to much work. You are the undertaker. Your channel should be at least 500,000 strong. You do that by having layers.
Now I HAVE to get Spotify! You convinced me faster and better than loved ones and colleagues!
With Harley, Haku and Barbarian, I would think the guy to complete the legit badass foursome is Bad News Allen.
My foursome of legitimate badasses would be Danny Hodge, Haku, Harley Race and Tracy Smothers. Danny Hodge was a Golden Gloves Boxing Champion, Professional Boxer, Three time NCAA Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist. There was probably very few men on the planet that could have beaten him in the 50's-60's.
@@kevthegoat8774 Very cool. Danny Hodge was legendary for his toughness and he was JR's #1 choice as the toughest guy to ever lace up a pair of boots. JR said that Hodge was born was a mutation of having tendons twice as thick as a normal male, which gave his freakish strength, especially grip strength. I wonder if Lou Thesz or Bruno would make the cut? Back then, guys had to know how to shoot to survive. Now, you could add guys like Ken Shamrock, Don Frye, Dan Severn and Steve Blackman who were all legit MMA badasses.
@@davidwilliamdanielthomas9305 If not including legitimate MMA fighters like Brock Lesnar, Bobby Lashley, Kazushi Sakuraba, Dan Severn, Ken Shamrock, Kazuyuki Fujita etc who all competed in Pro Wrestlers then I think Bruno could definitely make top 10-15. The guy was insanely strong, conditioned and had enough amateur wrestling/shooting skills to hurt somebody.
@@kevthegoat8774 I agree, and guys like Bruno, Lou, Harley etc competed back in the territory days when they may have, for shoot, had to legitimately defend the belt against a promoter or worker who decided to go into business for themselves. Another guy to consider is Bob Backlund! Bob was insanely strong and conditioned and could legit stretch his opponents, if he felt like it.
@@davidwilliamdanielthomas9305 ask buzz sawyer. Bob backlund put him to sleep.
I think Taker is incorrect that fans wouldn't enjoy the slower older style. A decent example of that more methodical style imo in FTR. I just don't think alot of guys nowadays could work that style is the real issue.
Gunther in WWE has been a solid throwback style wrestler in and out of the ring, in his work and his promos. Bonus that he represents the classic German (or Russian) heel looking down on everything American, and talking about how weak everyone else is. Fritz Von Erich (originally), Baron Von Raschke, Ivan Koloff, etc., and now Gunther.
I remember Taker being called Mean Mark in WCW, walking out with the Road Warriors.
You forgot to add a fourth to that bar fight scenario. Andre in his prime. And still Andre said the only one he was ever afraid of was Haku. But Andre in his prime, not even sure Haku could take him.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉truth
Finally watching full episode after watching TH-cam shorts/instagram for sometime
Undertaker would of told a story that has a statue of limitation... If you weren't wearing sandals and pants 😂
Harley Race toughest man on G♡D's green Earth, just don't tell Haku/Meng that hahaha.
😂🤣
Who doesn't love a great Harley Race story.
My top two fav wrastlers..
🥇Undertaker
🥈Harley Race
Fantastic podcast!
Harley and Flair the only true traveling world champions.
No, everyone up until Flair was. Thesz, Funk, Briscoe, etc all travelled the territories, and many trips to Japan.
Thank you mark sir for giving me memories love from india ❤❤❤❤❤❤
The brothers of destruction are e on same plain as Road warriors, Steiner Brothers and Rock n Roll express and Midnight Express. Tag team legends.
In for the comp, I thought I'd just do the reviews, etc... now I'm hooked on the pod casts 🙌
70s, 80s was great. Race, Terry funk,
Dory, Brisco, bockwinkle 60 min
Believable
Taker and Henry O. BSK represent!
Harley Race always struck me as a smart man
5 star review! LOVE THE SHOW 🔥
The world today doesnt lend itself to producing another man like Harley Race but Im sure there are a lot of really tough, brash young guys who gives no f**ks today.
Science theorizes that if Harley Race and Haku ever fought for real, they would be in a stalemate for eternity.
That Harley impersonation surprised me Undertaker was pretty good! 😂
Great video as always 👍
From the looks of Takers midsection, Taker's enjoying retirement 😂
I know a name Harley Race would say ... Dynamite Kid.
Crazy thing is any of these old school guys could take most civilians. So guys like Race and Haku were the baddest of the bad.
Chuck Norris fears Harley Race
"Mark, know what we haven't done in a while?" "Put out a good podcast?" Lololol.
"What's you're finish kid? .... I'll move." 😂
Great guest!
Love me some Taker!
Thank you Guys
"Kad! When ya hear this...." (crumbles can)
Great talk
LOLZ!!! PIECE, lUV AND "tHIS ELBOW IN YOUR FORHEAD!!!"
I bet Harley would eat cucumbers soaked in vinegar
Hopefully not around Mark...
Pickles 😅
Undertaker, make a video on some of ur wrestlers Court stories being the judge and stuff
As far as Harley being able to wrestle in modem era the matches are just different too u don’t see crazy hardcore matches or I quit matches to where u really had to show how tough u are the writer and cameras can get u over way more now than ever…with that being said, them old school guys like Harley n Haku, those the type of people u want as back up or just as a friend
Would love to see a 4 way bar dance with
Haku, Harley Race, Brock Lesnar and Dick Slater
You worked el Gigante?
.....yes...
Jesus I laughed so hard at that. Henry seems like a good egg haha
That urn would make an awesome wedding present for my wrestling obsessed soon to be brother-in-law!
The toughest of the Toughest. Andre is the mountain of any list. Andre tipped a car over with two guys in it. lol. I am really not sure who would be that one.
It wasn’t a proper car a it was a 3 wheeler
Hawk, Scott Norton, Bob Backlund, Stu and Bret Hart, Paul Orndoff, Wade Barrett to name a few that could handle themselves fairly well outside the ring
I think if we are talking pre 1995, then pretty much everyone could. Spivey, Rude, etc are obvious, but even guys like Martel, Zenk, etc. Come the mid 1990s though, we start getting the Christopher Daniels of the world becoming wrestlers, and far less of the Dick Slater types.
@@handsolo1209Hogan couldn’t whip cream. Savage wasn’t known for being a tough nut. I think guys like Boss man, Earthquake, Typhoon, Andre and Brutus kept Hogan safe. The golden goose couldn’t be harmed as it would harm those guys making money
@@AlanJOHNSTONE-u1w Yes, a 6'6", 300lbs guy who had his ankle broken, and still came back and went through actual training and not a "wrestling school" couldn't "whip cream". I guess he knocked Inoki out with a whisk...
EVERYONE who broke in prior to the late 1980s/early 1990s was tough. You didn't even make it past the "try out" in those days unless you were.
@@handsolo1209 Hogans size probably helped. He wasn’t known as a tough guy. Was quite sneaky backstage with under hand politics and stuff. He wouldn’t work with the legit hard guys as they worked stiff. He was known for being quite a shit bag of a guy
@@AlanJOHNSTONE-u1w I think you are falling in to the trap of only thinking that the bullies and drunks were tough. Everyone was tough back then. Of course there was a pecking order of guys not to mess with under any circumstances, but in reality everybody was a "someone to mess with". Back in the day, wrestling did not attract models, Hollywood wannabes or people who could have been PhDs, but it was their "dream" to be a WWE "superstar". It attracted freaks, dropouts, extreme poverty and nutcases. They wouldn't even let you in unless you could take care of yourself. We hear about the nutjobs like Haku, Steiners, etc, but just because we don't hear anything about guys like Hogan, Sting, Steamboat, etc doesn't mean that they were wimps. They just weren't degenerates who got in to trouble every 5 minutes.
You guys need all the bsk on a show b4 a million
Just leaving my obligatory comment about the sandals being slightly off putting.
I can't express how much I HATE the idea of being eligible for a giveaway the audience is manipulated into; leaving a comment, subscribing, leaving a 5 star review (regardless of quality) and follow the spotify page. I did one of four.
I think with Race and Haku you would be looking at a bar in shambles and those two a bloody mess on the floor. Because I don't see any backing down in either of them. So they are fighting tell neither of them have enough left to keep going.
Sandals this ain't the way brother
Top 10 heariest wrestlers of all time
10. Big v baddy/viscera 9. Big show 8. Ake bono 7. Andre the giant 6. Haystacks 5. Mountain man mike 4.yokozuna 3.glant haystacks 2.the McGuire twins 1. Happy humprey
That name was trademarked my the podcast king conrad Thompson I believe when he was trying to get undertaker to join his series
Please make flip flops on camera, unacceptable