Ernie Ladd (in street clothes) vs Tom Jones (January 2, 1981)

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  • From Houston. The "Big Cat" makes his own rules, and in 1981, he refuses to wrestle bums like Jones. Ernie Ladd was one of my favorites growing up, he had amazing promo skills, and made me beg my parents to get me ringside seats in New Orleans every Monday night from 1977-84. Please comment if you like this & want to see more!
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  • @KnightBoat
    @KnightBoat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Ernie Ladd is rarely mentioned alongside the Flairs and Pipers and Dustys when it comes to his interviews, but he really ought to be.

    • @PsychomachineryEBM
      @PsychomachineryEBM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ernie Ladd > both

    • @CP-kb1du
      @CP-kb1du 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Flair was hype Dirty Rhodes was a fraud ...Piper was Pat Peterson's boy shower toy

    • @Desstrik
      @Desstrik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @1st Name Basis
      and you are nothing compared to any of those men.

    • @TheStuport
      @TheStuport 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was Spot On when The Show Started and the Mic was being held for him to Pontificate!

    • @danoc51
      @danoc51 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ladd was a great listen whether doing a promo or in the ring and complaining about whatever.

  • @highgate4767
    @highgate4767 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The Big Cat always provides quality entertainment!

  • @leondarnell1
    @leondarnell1 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The best part of this is the promo...Ladd is SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY underrated when it comes to his promos

  • @darrellsmith8197
    @darrellsmith8197 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Will always be my favorite RIP Big Cat Ernie Ladd.

  • @patrickp.jeanotte4308
    @patrickp.jeanotte4308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Class act that Big Cat even helped his opponent out of the ring. 3:56

  • @albartworld6474
    @albartworld6474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    " ... and bring on Andre the Dummy, the Dumb Giant ... ", LOL, Ernie was the best and funniest heel on the stick ...

    • @TheStuport
      @TheStuport 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nailed it!

  • @jamestaylor3725
    @jamestaylor3725 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of Ladd's favorite routines. Seen him do this in every territory.

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What exactly was the angle on him not wanting to wrestle this bum?

    • @curtramsey
      @curtramsey 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@teller1290He told Paul Bosch that he rightly deserves to wrestle Wahoo McDaniel or Andre in a main event and not wrestle a bum like Tom Jones in a preliminary match!

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@curtramsey 🤣🤣 love it

  • @ricolewis2949
    @ricolewis2949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I want this match played on a loop at my funeral or I ain’t going

  • @chancegoode173
    @chancegoode173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The Big Cat Didn’t play , “you just a referee get away from me “. Then fighting with his hat on for most of the match still in his street clothes. Man that was a real wrestler. RIP Big 🐈

  • @michaelinhouston9086
    @michaelinhouston9086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "......this fool thinks this is 'givin' Texas - this is Houston Texas......" You tell 'em Ernie!!!!!!! 👍😂

    • @NatureBoy1957
      @NatureBoy1957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      WOOOOOOOOOO. The Sam Houston Coliseum on a Friday night.

  • @anthonywestjr1063
    @anthonywestjr1063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Tom Jones: It not unusual to be beat by Ernie Ladd! LMAO

  • @abrahammitchell5599
    @abrahammitchell5599 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    THE BIG CAT WAS A BEAST!R.I.P.

    • @caryguth3060
      @caryguth3060 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ernie could create heat, he also had mad skills on the mic.

  • @alanallen1472
    @alanallen1472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Baddest Big Cat in The Business Six Foot Nine Giant Big Badd Cat RIP ERNIE Thanks for the Great Memories

  • @85futureshock
    @85futureshock 6 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Before there was The Rock, Ernie Ladd was the best trash talker in wrestling.

    • @NCFiteFan
      @NCFiteFan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And after there was The Rock, Ernie Ladd was the best trash talker in wrestling.

    • @carlsstrayer7526
      @carlsstrayer7526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      85futureshock b

    • @carlsstrayer7526
      @carlsstrayer7526 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      85futureshock v

    • @carlsstrayer7526
      @carlsstrayer7526 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      v

    • @hadbl12
      @hadbl12 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      85futureshock without a doubt!!!!

  • @liveclassictunes
    @liveclassictunes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Awesome! thanks for posting. Ernie Ladd was one of the greatest talkers ever and this is why today's wrestling absolutely SUCKS. Nothing in today's wrestling compares to this.

  • @ewalk78
    @ewalk78 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I love some Ernie Ladd highlights😃

  • @robertblaney5033
    @robertblaney5033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Love the part when Tom Jones fell down about 2 feet in front of Ernies big boot 😂🤣

    • @larrystroh233
      @larrystroh233 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Phantom kick.
      Lol.

    • @markjohnson-sl9qf
      @markjohnson-sl9qf ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You caught that to. So funny.

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 ปีที่แล้ว

      Terrible. One of the worst I've ever seen. What a bum.

    • @williamhaynes4800
      @williamhaynes4800 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Smart man.

    • @enod9746
      @enod9746 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He was too scared to take the boot and stopped 2 feet short!

  • @rahmanali6947
    @rahmanali6947 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The Best Big Man In Wrestling

  • @theadmiral460
    @theadmiral460 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    whooped dude's ass and still had breath for an interview..wasnt even breathing heavy..that was a true beast

    • @chitownace777
      @chitownace777 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Admiral Tom Jones was a damn good wrestler & trainer.Wrestled as Mr.Ebony & Black Olympia

    • @MrHmg55
      @MrHmg55 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chitownace777 But when he was booked to job, he was one of the best sellers ever. Ernie wasn't even breathing hard after this match because Jones was doing all the work, selling everything Ladd did including that big foot that didn't come close to connecting. I can't think of any other wrestler who was a star and a bum in so many different places.

    • @CP-kb1du
      @CP-kb1du 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In street clothing lol

  • @jessecumba
    @jessecumba 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ernie Ladd does not get enough credit. He was the man!

  • @elguapo9702
    @elguapo9702 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    There will never be another Big Cat 🐈 Ernie Ladd 🙏❤️

    • @williamhaynes4800
      @williamhaynes4800 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Still my favorite wrestler from when I was a kid til today. He's badder than Junkyard Dog.

  • @brotherword9390
    @brotherword9390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I loved this guy, RIP Brother

  • @bestlifenow2285
    @bestlifenow2285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the best heels ever!

  • @robertbishop5357
    @robertbishop5357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You gotta love the Big Cats mic skills.

  • @texasentertainmentnetwork3777
    @texasentertainmentnetwork3777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This is HOUSTON baby!!!!

  • @jaystew730
    @jaystew730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember when Ernie Ladd went from wrestling to wrestling announcer. He was a natural.

  • @babarajas
    @babarajas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you Rob D. I attend Houston wrestling for many years as a kid and the big Cat was one of my favs too.

  • @chancegoode173
    @chancegoode173 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The Big Cat didn’t take no stuff I loved that about him.

    • @MrPernell27
      @MrPernell27 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like that he made a lot of $, and he saved his $$.

  • @johnnywilluams3221
    @johnnywilluams3221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    THE BEST ALL TIME, THE BIG CAT,WAS SO FUNNY LOL 🤣😂

  • @VolumedMusicMan
    @VolumedMusicMan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Ernie never liked wahoo because he drank whiskey. Also he made the rules and breaked the rules😂! RIP Big Cat!

  • @steelcastle5616
    @steelcastle5616 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ernie Ladd was one of the most complete wrestlers (in the ring/on the microphone) of his time and he went against all of the top talent of his time (Andre the Giant, etc). I have never hear a negative thing said about him by any other wrestler either.

  • @arkrazor354
    @arkrazor354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As others have mentioned, nobody could work a mic like Ernie. For years in the late 60's to mid 70's, the Big Cat was a fan favorite in Houston- gigantic fan favorite. It was one of the few places he went to where he was such; most likely b/c of his association with the Houston Oilers for a couple of years. Paul Boesch was great at working angles with wrestlers and a great promoter. My understanding is that he paid well and treated the wrestlers well.

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Boesch wrote a book on his WWII experiences as a rifle company commander in N. Europe. I just got it but haven't read it yet.

  • @Poohdaddymagic
    @Poohdaddymagic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ernie was the original American badass...

  • @taisyalover14
    @taisyalover14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ernie ladd was the man

  • @VolumedMusicMan
    @VolumedMusicMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    If Ernie kept the hat on while wrestling that would’ve been boss!

  • @rahlohmcdonogh280
    @rahlohmcdonogh280 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Poor Tom Jones!Remember kids nobody gonna give you nothing!Absolutely genius!Sophisticated Thuggery!

  • @santosjerez1586
    @santosjerez1586 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Big Cat was legit , talk the talk Legend ..Street Clothes lol

  • @Eagle1349
    @Eagle1349 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That guy was a classic!

  • @JerichoMile4
    @JerichoMile4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    40 years ago 6'9 Ernie "The Big Cat" Ladd puts on a show in Houston Texas 🤠

  • @chrisskoog3269
    @chrisskoog3269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love these Videos. Late 70's Early 80's classic!

  • @isaiahwinbrone
    @isaiahwinbrone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The best trash-talker hands down

  • @litehouse6
    @litehouse6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Tom Jones asked "What's new pussycat?" and the Big cat showed him.

    • @VolumedMusicMan
      @VolumedMusicMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      litehouse6 the singer could’ve done a better finish than the wrestler. Lame

    • @dennisrowan9700
      @dennisrowan9700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's not unusual to be pinned at anytime!!

    • @litehouse6
      @litehouse6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dennisrowan9700 LOL!

  • @djjoyful1
    @djjoyful1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There was no one like Ernie Ladd! Rest in Heaven!

  • @michaelvolgare4454
    @michaelvolgare4454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Big Cat=Heat Machine!!!!

  • @stevenmarcus2181
    @stevenmarcus2181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the Judge Roy Bean reference.

  • @FranBushardt
    @FranBushardt ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ernie Had a Reputation for being a very easy person in the ring as Most of his contact is actually very gentle. When Ernie Put his Boot up, there was very minimal contact that was very well sold!!

  • @givemetoast
    @givemetoast 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I wish they had the vision to make him an announcer!!! He would have been as big or bigger than Jessy the Body Ventura!!!!

    • @michaelvolgare4454
      @michaelvolgare4454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ernie Ladd was a commentator for the WWF and he wasn't to good because he played it straight.

  • @randquadrozzi1280
    @randquadrozzi1280 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I sure am not going to argue with Ernie

  • @texasrockshillcountry6574
    @texasrockshillcountry6574 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ernie was one that was better as a "BAD" guy!
    "Walk the way I wants to walk, talk the way I wants to talk!...".

  • @elindioedwards1048
    @elindioedwards1048 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Push Ernie Ladd around? That's as unlikely as someone refusing to go on a date with Halle Berry. Ernie Ladd was one of a kind. We are very fortunate to have been able to watch this guy. Thanks for posting and thank you Mr. Ladd.

  • @2laughandlaugh
    @2laughandlaugh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Bundy....ya big fat piece of shit..." Ernie always made me laugh.

  • @jpmace321
    @jpmace321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He was a great actor

  • @romanharris9280
    @romanharris9280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We need that type of spirit and inspiration back. This era needs improvement😒
    Cause if you gonna fight you mind as well win.

  • @aaajimmyb7472
    @aaajimmyb7472 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The big cat was right again. Tom Jones got destroyed because the promoter doesn't listen. He said he wanted whowoo Mc Daniels not a total jobber. Ernie was one of the best wrestling in his istreet clothes. .the big cat was the best .thank you for posting this and keep the great videos coming

  • @edwardjackson8773
    @edwardjackson8773 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the big cat
    Ernie Ladd
    there will never ever be no other
    wrestling sixties, seventies, and early too mid eighties
    wrestling was wrestling back then
    at the Armory!!
    RIP E.Ladd.
    the great one

    • @barrybrown8415
      @barrybrown8415 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Big Cat didn't even take off his hat,still beat the bum. Great memories Ernie was the best.

  • @chazatlas
    @chazatlas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    OMG, The "Big Cat" talked the BEST most politically incorrect trash ever! 2nd place Ernest "The Cat" Miller, oh yeah. Keep these classics coming! A+ quality footage!

  • @Michael1966W
    @Michael1966W 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love some Big Cat

  • @rooseveltrobinsonjr2016
    @rooseveltrobinsonjr2016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ernie was a boss hahahaha

  • @nubreaks2
    @nubreaks2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So, this is where Hogan got his moves.

  • @sargejackson6136
    @sargejackson6136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Big cat with his taped thumb was dangerous

  • @hubertvale5132
    @hubertvale5132 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Let me tell you something Mr. TV annoucer! 3:15 love the announcer in the lime green leisure suit! 😂

  • @chuckwilburn1298
    @chuckwilburn1298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ladd was the best trash-talkers there ever was. Even Muhammad Ali couldn't hold a birthday candle to the Big Cat

  • @mayormc
    @mayormc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    How could they possibly make the King of the Squared Circle, Ernie Ladd, wrestle in his street clothes and mop up some hapless jobber? What an insult! The commission should have investigated itself on that account.

  • @FirebrewTV
    @FirebrewTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "My bidness, is my bidness!"

  • @blackatheistmillionaire1636
    @blackatheistmillionaire1636 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome!

  • @alanwhite8266
    @alanwhite8266 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Big Cat was One of a Kind .

  • @gillies9
    @gillies9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I need a lime-colored suit like that to match my lime-colored Adidas running shoes.

  • @stiffpeter1771
    @stiffpeter1771 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ernie Ladd was the best in my opinion Showman and Statesman Of All Times in the Professional Wrestling World. Nobody Black or White did it like this Brother. Even his lost matches were very Entertaining. RIP Big Cat... Wrestling truly lost a Legend in that Ring in the Sky.

  • @snackcakeman
    @snackcakeman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ernie always makes me laugh. Always called Wahoo the drunken Indian. Never be another Ernie!

  • @benjaminharrisongray9079
    @benjaminharrisongray9079 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love that jacket.

  • @elliyahugenesove9777
    @elliyahugenesove9777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HIs "yip yip yap,yip yip yap" interview is the way an interview should be done

  • @tritchie6272
    @tritchie6272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If memory serves it was Tony Atlas who said Bill Watts really liked Ernie Ladd and gave Ladd alot of authority.

  • @MrLuckytrucker21
    @MrLuckytrucker21 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When the big cat talks, YOU listen!

  • @cecilharmon1832
    @cecilharmon1832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Completely awesome

  • @MyRobertallen
    @MyRobertallen 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    'I make my rules and i break my rules.' Hilarious

  • @burdenernie6050
    @burdenernie6050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ernie Ladd looks like Indiana Jones with that hat and leather jacket.

  • @roberthetrick8849
    @roberthetrick8849 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I logged how he kept it very simple He always referred to everybody else is a bum And whiskey drinkers Is always hilarious

  • @davidebrownstl
    @davidebrownstl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His foot caught that guy square in the jaw

  • @m-train2334
    @m-train2334 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Speaking as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officer, I would like to posthumously acknowledge the great Ernie Ladd who never cowed to White Supremacy. He rightfully called out others - Tony Atlas, Bobo Brazil, Wahoo McDaniel - who too often played Tom when they should have been raising a black fist!

  • @iceman4408
    @iceman4408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best !

  • @bigdickdudley9119
    @bigdickdudley9119 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great football player

  • @spudhandle
    @spudhandle 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That has to be the biggest ring I have ever seen

  • @robertvaughn7358
    @robertvaughn7358 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Like to see more 70s were the best

  • @donovanshannon7878
    @donovanshannon7878 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He was gangsta

  • @menno1upload
    @menno1upload 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy predecessed Piper, and it is easy to see where Piper got his inspiration. Ernie Ladd is just awesome

  • @mcdonoghrahloh459
    @mcdonoghrahloh459 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is great acting all around,Ref,promoter,and why of course Mr. Ladd

  • @markjohnson-sl9qf
    @markjohnson-sl9qf ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So funny.

  • @curtisbell1707
    @curtisbell1707 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Big Cat I love me Crazy Dude

  • @dmwiguy9235
    @dmwiguy9235 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ernie Ladd did the same angle a few years earlier in Kansas City. He was always convincing though!

    • @mcdonoghrahloh459
      @mcdonoghrahloh459 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You were there?

    • @dmwiguy9235
      @dmwiguy9235 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Watched it on the Kansas City version All Star Wrestling tv show when I was kid.@@mcdonoghrahloh459

  • @veronica0902
    @veronica0902 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    YOU JUST A TV ANNOUNCER!!!!

  • @charlesharrisjr9909
    @charlesharrisjr9909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Check out that Ring Announcer’s REEAALLY Green Suit!!😄😄

  • @djbeacon6895
    @djbeacon6895 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ernie BigCat was so entertaining. He's main event, not like those downcard bums like Tony Atlas and Bobo!!

  • @Poohdaddymagic
    @Poohdaddymagic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder how Ernie and Andre got along backstage...

  • @curtramsey
    @curtramsey 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Look at Boyd Pierce run for cover in his lime green suit!!

  • @eugenedantzler4485
    @eugenedantzler4485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He's the Muhammad Ali of Wrestling!!!

  • @blackatheistmillionaire1636
    @blackatheistmillionaire1636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ernie mfin Ladd! 😄

  • @stiffpeter1771
    @stiffpeter1771 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Big Cat Treated Tom Jones like yesterday's trash. The level of disrespect was way off the 📊 charts 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
    RIP Ernie Ladd

  • @jonrobbin170
    @jonrobbin170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bum like Tony Atlas lol Tony Atlas was a tank and he still is

  • @sooner282000
    @sooner282000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I see ya BIG CAT, hat and all, lol the BIG CAT didn't play !!!

  • @sheldonhchambliss1385
    @sheldonhchambliss1385 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    love it