This was a good classic Mid-South matchup. This is the generation of pro wrestling that I grew up with and enjoyed! We are so fortunate to have a service such as youtube to be able to preserve it for us since these days are clearly gone. Great video once again!
kenpalmer1965 You're lucky to be honest. I was raised in NYC in the 90's and late 80's and never got to see these gems til now. Wrestling was great back then
Danny Florio Amen to that! Like I said, I grew up watching pro wrestling starting during the early and mid-1970's when I was a kid in elementary school and into the 80's and mid-1990's. Yes, it was really enjoyable back then! I miss them dearly like you wouldn't believe! Thank God for youtube!
Simple and straight to the point. WWE and TNA should remember this from time to time..especially to keep interest in their product for the long time purist fans.
I came just to see the belly 2 belly suplex nobody did it like Magnum, and in every hood fight in the south growing up in the 80s and 90's we used that move along with the DDT
I agree. Because of the Flair affect. Flair was already losing to Harley in 83' and for Magnum to have gotten over really good he'd have to lose to him a bunch of times so in my opinion nothing was going to work
+Randy Hardin Been watching a lot of Landel lately and that elbow drop is one of the best finishing moves of all time. That "pivot" you speak of was exquisite. Landel coulda been champ, he coulda!
TOO MANY DRUGS. I REMEMBER WHEN ROBERT GIBSON HAD HIS WRESTLING APPAREL STORE IN NORTHPORT, AL. I MET BUDDY AGAIN IN 1999 AND HE WAS A FAR CRY FROM THIS 1984 MATCH. I MEAN DRUGS AND BOOZE DID HIM IN.
BUDDY PICKED UP THE FIGURE 4 FROM FLAIR. MAGNUM WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NWA CHAMP HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE ACCIDENT. HE LOST TO NIKITA, BUT WAS SUPPOSED TO UPSET FLAIR AT STARRCADE '86.
Buddy is one of the biggest whatif stories in wrestling history. He really doomed himself from day one by setting himself up as the poor man's "nature boy" by taking the nickname from ric flair who was currently on top of the world with the exact same gimmick(although flair took of from buddy Rogers, but at least not WHILE rogers was still doing it). Rumor is he was due to have a program with flair where he'd win the NBA world title, but refused to wake up and make the taping due to a long night out with cocaine followed up by Valium to sleep and hung up on dusty Rhodes and then told Crockett he'd be there when he got there. Well, when he got there, dusty asked him to return the north American title because he no longer had a job. Maybe his biggest mistake was he never really took care of his body and when he was given a go in the wwf, I believe in 1995, he was 34 but looked 40 pounds overweight and looked more like 44 so they really couldn't push him like they maybe would have had he been in shape. It's a shame because the guy was talented, but part of being talented in wrestling is keeping your body up to par because in that time period, the look is what separated the big contract guys from the indy guys and Landell just didn't look the part and let himself go way too early in life. Sad story really, especially since he died at I believe 53 from complications from a car accident.
Sting sucked to me, big smile and weird character. Surfer? Um ok. Magnum was kind of the Hill Billy Hogan, but he was good in the ring and had a good finishing move. His personality lacked though. Neither of those babyface could do anything but chase the heel champion. NWA had a good system worked out, what they needed instead was to replace Flair with another Heel. Buddy might have done the trick for a while but he blew it right when the moment came.
This was a good classic Mid-South matchup. This is the generation of pro wrestling that I grew up with and enjoyed! We are so fortunate to have a service such as youtube to be able to preserve it for us since these days are clearly gone. Great video once again!
kenpalmer1965 You're lucky to be honest. I was raised in NYC in the 90's and late 80's and never got to see these gems til now. Wrestling was great back then
Danny Florio Amen to that! Like I said, I grew up watching pro wrestling starting during the early and mid-1970's when I was a kid in elementary school and into the 80's and mid-1990's. Yes, it was really enjoyable back then! I miss them dearly like you wouldn't believe! Thank God for youtube!
So agree!
Watching these two guys at the beginning of their prime makes me wonder what could have been.
Really think about it.
Crunchy sounding canvas , that's the kind of wrestling I like ...
Southern bumpin ring
@@jeremyl2594 Gooder than Grits 💪
I liked Buddy Landell's corkscrew elbow drop.
Yes he had the best spinning/corkscrew elbow in wrestling hands down!!
He had the besr elbow drop for sure, He was a great worker too
Miss you Magnum. You had every 'it' factor for superstardom.
RIP Buddy Landel
Simple and straight to the point. WWE and TNA should remember this from time to time..especially to keep interest in their product for the long time purist fans.
Wrestling is dead to old time fans, the current product is unwatchable.
I came just to see the belly 2 belly suplex nobody did it like Magnum, and in every hood fight in the south growing up in the 80s and 90's we used that move along with the DDT
2pacexpert you can actually use that in a real fight
Great match up
Nature boy Buddy Landel
Buddy Landell from Los Angelas with a Tennessee accent lol.
Buddy sold the finish perfectly; he was actually a very good professional wrestler, a true athlete. Buddy Rose the same kind of guy: very agile.
Why did Magnum look small here and in Florida, but looked much bigger and taller in Crockett? I always found that strange....
Look , a prebubescent Jim Ross
Bill Watts quoting Buddy Fuller, nice!!
If anyone has the video of Magnum TA winning the North American title please post.
Buddel lanel va magnun.t.a💪🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸🤼♂️
Is Watts going to talk about the match 🤔 where's the play by play 🤔
Even if Magnum had not crashed and got the strap, JCP still would've went bankrupt. He wouldn't have been the "Hogan" type to carry the promotion.
I agree. Because of the Flair affect. Flair was already losing to Harley in 83' and for Magnum to have gotten over really good he'd have to lose to him a bunch of times so in my opinion nothing was going to work
No doubt. He was freaking terrible and robotic on the mic.
伸びる盛りで次代の世界王者と言われる中、自動車事故で急逝したのは残念でしたね😢♥️
He is alive today.
Before both would take their talents to Crockett Promotions (NWA).....
Mid-South was in the NWA. You must mean the Carolinas Crocket promotions. They were not the NWA, they were both in the NWA.
Aww... no Buddy Landell pivoting elbow drop. :/
+Randy Hardin Been watching a lot of Landel lately and that elbow drop is one of the best finishing moves of all time. That "pivot" you speak of was exquisite. Landel coulda been champ, he coulda!
He had the style, for sure.
TOO MANY DRUGS. I REMEMBER WHEN ROBERT GIBSON HAD HIS WRESTLING APPAREL STORE IN NORTHPORT, AL. I MET BUDDY AGAIN IN 1999 AND HE WAS A FAR CRY FROM THIS 1984 MATCH. I MEAN DRUGS AND BOOZE DID HIM IN.
How many "Nature Boys" are there in professional wrestling????
Buddy Rogers, Ric Flair, Roger Kirby, Buddy Landel, and Scoot Andrews, just to name a few.
there was only one wooooooo
@@adameat3562 Paul lee,Stan lane
@@mrf19741 Bruno put an end to Nature Boy Buddy Rogers in the WWF, but he still took the NWA title and was finally vanquished by Ric Flair.
BUDDY PICKED UP THE FIGURE 4 FROM FLAIR. MAGNUM WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NWA CHAMP HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE ACCIDENT. HE LOST TO NIKITA, BUT WAS SUPPOSED TO UPSET FLAIR AT STARRCADE '86.
Buddy is one of the biggest whatif stories in wrestling history. He really doomed himself from day one by setting himself up as the poor man's "nature boy" by taking the nickname from ric flair who was currently on top of the world with the exact same gimmick(although flair took of from buddy Rogers, but at least not WHILE rogers was still doing it). Rumor is he was due to have a program with flair where he'd win the NBA world title, but refused to wake up and make the taping due to a long night out with cocaine followed up by Valium to sleep and hung up on dusty Rhodes and then told Crockett he'd be there when he got there. Well, when he got there, dusty asked him to return the north American title because he no longer had a job. Maybe his biggest mistake was he never really took care of his body and when he was given a go in the wwf, I believe in 1995, he was 34 but looked 40 pounds overweight and looked more like 44 so they really couldn't push him like they maybe would have had he been in shape. It's a shame because the guy was talented, but part of being talented in wrestling is keeping your body up to par because in that time period, the look is what separated the big contract guys from the indy guys and Landell just didn't look the part and let himself go way too early in life. Sad story really, especially since he died at I believe 53 from complications from a car accident.
Buddy could never win the NBA title, Dusty maybe, with four partners and lots of timeouts.
I never liked Magnums working punch.
Sting sucked to me, big smile and weird character. Surfer? Um ok. Magnum was kind of the Hill Billy Hogan, but he was good in the ring and had a good finishing move. His personality lacked though. Neither of those babyface could do anything but chase the heel champion. NWA had a good system worked out, what they needed instead was to replace Flair with another Heel. Buddy might have done the trick for a while but he blew it right when the moment came.
@@rickstalentedtongue910He always caught them with that Belly to Back never seen anyone kick out ? I know I couldn't lol
You are so right @@JasonSheppard-uy9ij
@@daviddevine1030 Pretty Big Dude
@@JasonSheppard-uy9ij do you wrestle at all? Heel jobber fun great 🔥🥵
TA by todays standards is just an average Joe. Would have zero shot of getting over. But boy was that man over big time before his car accident.
+Greg Stephens
NO. JCP WAS BUILDING WCW AROUND HIM FOR THE 80's. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BEAT FLAIR AT STARRCADE '86
The man said he is average by today's standards.
jpowers55 lol.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE BAR IS SO LOW BY TODAY'S STANDARDS. THEY DON'T EVEN BEGINTO COMPARE TO THE 80'S NWA TERRITORIES.
Todays has no standards, There are no good workers, bunch of small gymnast.