Absolutely love watching interviews with Mr. Blanchard now. Watching him as a kid I absolutely despised him which shows you just how brilliant he was as a heel. 😊
Tully Blanchard was to the heel role what Ricky Steamboat was to being a face! They were both so good that I could never imagine them in the counter roll.
Wow, that is the perfect analogy/comparison. Both men were masters of their craft. Tully was that guy that you REALLY wanted to see get his ass kicked. Job well done, Mr. Blanchard. Thank you for all of the awesome moments and memories, Sir.
It's funny because Steamboat ALWAYS wanted to be a heel but NOBODY would take that chance & everyone laughed whenever he brought it up because they felt NO FAN ALIVE would believe it!😂👊😎💯📠
Tully was in a rare category of Heel! He was the kind of heel that does not exist today. Non cartoonie, he was not trying to sell shirts. He was a prick and that is all there was. And he would win.
Great comment, I love it! I had someone comment on one of my videos about Tully that he was a “sawed off little prick” that you wanted to see get beat up and it is the perfect description that I feel he would take as a badge of honour 😆
Exactly. Tully was arrogant and condescending. He was small enough to think you could whoop him, but when you saw him in the ring, you realized he was a pretty tough dude.
Tully was briefly a Face in his last days in Southwest Championship Wrestling. The story was that the Sheepherders (who, in SCW were The NWO Before the NWO) had attacked and injured promoter Joe Blanchard. Tully set out to rid SCW of the Sheepherders, and promised that if he couldn't beat them he'd retire. He lost the big match, and "retired". No mention was ever made on the show that retiring just meant moving to another territory.
Young heel HBK along with Sherri REMINDED me of Tully and Baby Doll! Even when you watched Shawn in ring, he combined elements of Tully, Flair, and Savage into his new heel ring style. BUT his smugness ACTUALLY reminded me more Tully than Flair or Macho!
Tully learned from all the top stars from all the territories back in the 70's and 80's.. Hell of a heel, probably one of the most hated heels ever due to the feuds he was a part of.. the Magnum Fued was massive!!!
Tully and Flair epitomized the Horsemen attitude! Those first 2:30 of this video should be required viewing/listening for every young wrestler today! 👍
Tully, it is wonderful to see you be at such peace and contentment.....Getting to know you outside of the ring from 35 years ago is really a neat thing.... I remember when I heard you would not be wrestling anymore due to an issue with drugs. As I reflect back at that time, it makes perfect sense that a strong and tough man like yourself, wasted little time in picking up another way to express the artist in you when you gave it up to YHWH and decided to go into ministry - PRISON MINISTRY of course...I believe you were under Pastor Loran Livingston out of Charlotte, NC....I lived in SC for about a year back in 1995 and picked the Pastor up on the radio on Sunday nights. He was the absolute best....when he fired up, he could get a man to rise up and be instantly ready to kick some a--.some evil a--. Or pump you personally up and get you to believe you can do anything... His style really motivated me..... I had went to SC to battle my drug issue and was really struggling and that's when I found out you had went into ministry and was free free and Free of the madness... I used to love all sports and wrestling was one them....during my battles, I eventually got clean and stayed that way in February of 1997, if I flicked on wrestling, I would gravitate in my head to Tully and Arn and then winder how you wee doing....you became part of a motivation wheel that helped me get the desire and strength to get clean.. I knew Jesus, but if you do not make Him your priority, you got nothing.... I have come a long way since then and so has my friend, Tully Blanchard, who I will have to wait to meet on the other side.... MAKE NO MISTAKE When I think about Tully Blanchard, I di not go to the wrestling ring in my head, I go to a prison and see a crowd of men totally focused on what you are saying....Pastor Loran Livingston type - No But what they do get is a man they know 100% is telling them the Truth.. You did not get the integrity tag as being an honest man after YHWH. You earned that in the Wrestling business. You and Arn might have been A little shady in how you fought and did others but you never, ever withheld the Truth. Matter of fact, you relished in the Truth and loved telling Dusty to be on the look out and don't turn your back, cause the Horsemen might just jump out of a bush and kick your a--. Mr. Blanchard, sir, thank you for being a MAN of YHWH. Oh, and a wrestler too...... You were part of that last generation of grapplers that can be called an ARTIST. It was as much a part of you as painting was to Picasso....I never saw that back in the day, but now that wrestling is not worth watching today because there are but a handful of artist left, if any...I can appreciate your art work now and you and Arn have no equal on tag team art work..... I am certain that the intensity you had with wrestling art is the same in reaching others and YHWH has and is turning your spiritual art work to His good use. Love ya, man
I grew up watching Mid Atlantic and Jim Crockett promotions. The heels that I wouldn't have wanted to run into on the street were Dick Slater, Sid Vicious, Ole and Tully. They were so believable. I think Slater and Ole were just being themselves. 😅
When you look at the cocky playboy heel technicians who would also strut around that damn ring, THE BIG THREE is Buddy Rogers, Flair, and Tully. And even though Bockwinkel didn't strut around the ring, he STILL came across as a cocky playboy heel technician on the highest level. So I always VIEWED Tully as the younger 5'10 version of those guys. Plus all four of those guys were great on the mic, were well dressed, AND of course had that true main event charisma/IT factor. So the fact he said Bock was a major influence isn't surprising. MJF FOR SURE is from the blueprint of these legends. Hopefully AEW turns him back heel soooner than later. I also think Tully's athletic ability is underrated. His blend of athletic ability and technical skills was CLOSE to the level of babyfaces like Steamboat, Santana, Martel, or Brad Armstrong in that era. But since Tully was true pure heel, he DIDN'T use that babyface type of in ring skillset. He played to the heel side of things. BUT the way he moved in the ring, would throw dropkicks, and even do sunset flips off the top rope at times, you could see he was one of the most athletic guys in wrestling. Only reason why Tully wasn't NWA or WCW World Champion was timing. He was in the Horsemen with Flair. Then when Flair went to WWF in the early 90's, Tully MAY HAVE gotten a WCW World Title reign if he was active full time in the business.
@@die2no Sure he did. BUT Flair was still the EPITOME of the cool playboy heel technician type of wrestler. MOST GUYS switch between face and heel. BUT at the end of the day, MOST GUYS are best off as one or the other. Flair was BEST OFF as a cool heel type. He has said himself he's best off as a heel. Flair's PEAK was arguably as the leader of heel Four Horsemen. MOST of Flair's World Title reigns were as a heel. BUT he still can be a very effective babyface because of his swag and jovial nature. Tully was more of wrestling' s version of JR Ewing. Hella charismatic and cool. BUT a total asshole who doesn't have many if any redeeming qualities. LOL
Bockwinkel was smooth as silk, both talking and wrestling. He's largely forgotten today, but us old timers remember how great he was. I actually think MJF has a little bit of Tully in him. They are similar size (MJF is more jacked, but similar). Both are good athletes and move with precision in the ring. When MJF was a heel, he would go on angry tirades that reminded me a little of Tully. Of course, MJF is his own person and does things in a unique way. But he certainly studied the legends like Tully, Flair, Piper, etc.
@@proggydoggie Damn right!! MJF is a literal mix of Tully, Flair, and Piper. I see shades of all three in him. That’s why i loved it when they had The Pinnacle with Tully and MJF a part of it. Ive heard MJF in interviews say he was heavily influenced by the legends i mentioned earlier. And on Busted Open radio, a fan asked him what era of wrestling young guys should watch for character development. MJF said Jim Crockett Promotions. I can’t wait for MJF to go back to being a heel!
Bully Tully Blanchard was a very good heel 😮😢, he is right I wanted him to beat up always and that’s being a good heel 😢😮I wanted dusty or magnum TA to give him his just deserve 😮😢
My Mount Rushmore of heels changes with my mood, but Tully and Piper are always on it. Others include Orndorff, Heenan, Gino Hernandez, DiBiase, Muraco, and Adonis.
I'm not sure if I'd put Piper solely because Piper is in a category with very few guys like Flair, in which they can do anything and they're always going to be the main attraction no matter what. Piper is beyond just a heel. But Tully should be on the list
@@gary6754 Yes, but when he hit the WWF scene, it was an earthquake. Piper had been both a great heel and babyface, but his heel run in WWF was iconic.
I didn't know that Lou Thesz was a heel. For some reason, I assumed that he was a face. Probably because back in the day most scientific wrestlers were faces.
Sheik John Tolos Superstar Graham Greg the Hammer 4 Horsemen Road Warriors Masked Superstar Buzz Sawyer Great Mephisto Ivan Koloff Great Kabuki … many more
Tully was the Coolest "Bad Guy" way before The Four Horsemen. I remember his suits with TB on the cuffs. I also had a tall, blonde Texas girl, that had gifted me a couple of Saville Row 3 piece suits. I had to get some shirts made with My initials on the cuffs, like Tully. Now, I wasn't Slingshotting anyone, but I did like dressing nice, when everybody else was wearing Levi's....
If you would like to see some REAL wrestling TALENT on the horizon and aren't busy Tuesday {Dec 12th} at 605pm go on to TH-cam and watch the NWA POWERRR show. ALLIE RECKS is making her National Wrestling Alliance debut. I expect a fast rising, great future for her! See if you agree!
Absolutely love watching interviews with Mr. Blanchard now. Watching him as a kid I absolutely despised him which shows you just how brilliant he was as a heel. 😊
Tully sure as hell was a Heel's HEEL! Him and AA were one of the best Heel tag teams ever!
Tully was an amazing heel. One of the best in wrestling history, long live the Horsemen.
Tully Blanchard was to the heel role what Ricky Steamboat was to being a face! They were both so good that I could never imagine them in the counter roll.
Great comparison! Spot on with that assessment 👍
Perfectly said
Wow, that is the perfect analogy/comparison. Both men were masters of their craft. Tully was that guy that you REALLY wanted to see get his ass kicked. Job well done, Mr. Blanchard. Thank you for all of the awesome moments and memories, Sir.
Awesome analogy my friend! 🙌🏼👏🏻
It's funny because Steamboat ALWAYS wanted to be a heel but NOBODY would take that chance & everyone laughed whenever he brought it up because they felt NO FAN ALIVE would believe it!😂👊😎💯📠
When you love to hate a character, then that is the definition of a heel. Tully was a master heel!!
Tully was an awesome heel.
Tully made the 4 Horsemen great.
Tully Dusty was a fantastic feud.
Tully was a great heal.
Tully Blanchard was born to be a heel.
I hated Tully when I was a kid. Truly a master of his craft.
Probably the most unlikable heel of my lifetime, and that is a compliment!
Tully was in a rare category of Heel!
He was the kind of heel that does not exist today. Non cartoonie, he was not trying to sell shirts. He was a prick and that is all there was. And he would win.
Great comment, I love it!
I had someone comment on one of my videos about Tully that he was a “sawed off little prick” that you wanted to see get beat up and it is the perfect description that I feel he would take as a badge of honour 😆
Exactly. Tully was arrogant and condescending. He was small enough to think you could whoop him, but when you saw him in the ring, you realized he was a pretty tough dude.
I wouldn’t say non cartoonie. Listen to him talk about his match with Andre. That’s a cartoonie villain if I’ve ever heard of one
Tully was briefly a Face in his last days in Southwest Championship Wrestling. The story was that the Sheepherders (who, in SCW were The NWO Before the NWO) had attacked and injured promoter Joe Blanchard. Tully set out to rid SCW of the Sheepherders, and promised that if he couldn't beat them he'd retire. He lost the big match, and "retired". No mention was ever made on the show that retiring just meant moving to another territory.
As far as territory heels go, there aren't too many better than Tully Blanchard. Bad to the bone.
Young heel HBK along with Sherri REMINDED me of Tully and Baby Doll! Even when you watched Shawn in ring, he combined elements of Tully, Flair, and Savage into his new heel ring style. BUT his smugness ACTUALLY reminded me more Tully than Flair or Macho!
Bockwinkel was one of the greatest ever
Absolutely... Bockwinkel with Heenan was absolute gold! Unbelievably good!!
It seems that as Tully warmed up he got more into the interview. James does a great job of being a fan but not acting like a fanboy.
Tully is always a challenging interview. He has a lot to share, but he chooses his words carefully.
Tully was very important to the Horseman ...
Flair, Arn, Barry, ... were cool heels, he was the only one who got real heat.
I agree, Tully was the heel that smiled to your face and then steals your girl.
Tully was so great. Didn't have to constantly yell and scream or attack people outside of the ring. If he shook your hand, better count your fingers.
Tully was the one horseman who absolutely couldn't work as a face.
@@killjoydklown Agree with you. A natural heel.
The people envied Flair, respected Arn, and hated Tully! He was a perfect bad guy.
Let's not forget Michael P.S. Hayes, y'all. 🎶"Badsreet, Atlanta, GA..."🎶
Tully is on that mount Rushmore as being one of the best heel ever he was so good at what he did and deserve much more credit.
Thank You Tully Blanchard
4 Giving Me So Many Great Memories
Tully is the best of the best Greensboro 1 4 Horsemen still rule wrestling today's wrestling sux
Tully was such a great heel I even hated the way he held the belt during his interview time.
Assassin #1 was an outstanding heel!
So articulate. He just oozed evil.
My top 5 Heels beside Tully: Harley Race, Gino Hernandez, Roddy Piper, Nick Bockwinkel and Terry Funk. Orndoff would be honorable mention
Great picks. I don't know if anyone can top heel Funk in the early 80's. Orndorff was absolutely solid. Tough, arrogant, and funny!
Tully learned from all the top stars from all the territories back in the 70's and 80's..
Hell of a heel, probably one of the most hated heels ever due to the feuds he was a part of.. the Magnum Fued was massive!!!
Tully and Flair epitomized the Horsemen attitude!
Those first 2:30 of this video should be required viewing/listening for every young wrestler today! 👍
Tully, it is wonderful to see you be at such peace and contentment.....Getting to know you outside of the ring from 35 years ago is really a neat thing....
I remember when I heard you would not be wrestling anymore due to an issue with drugs. As I reflect back at that time, it makes perfect sense that a strong and tough man like yourself, wasted little time in picking up another way to express the artist in you when you gave it up to YHWH and decided to go into ministry - PRISON MINISTRY of course...I believe you were under Pastor Loran Livingston out of Charlotte, NC....I lived in SC for about a year back in 1995 and picked the Pastor up on the radio on Sunday nights. He was the absolute best....when he fired up, he could get a man to rise up and be instantly ready to kick some a--.some evil a--.
Or pump you personally up and get you to believe you can do anything...
His style really motivated me.....
I had went to SC to battle my drug issue and was really struggling and that's when I found out you had went into ministry and was free free and Free of the madness...
I used to love all sports and wrestling was one them....during my battles, I eventually got clean and stayed that way in February of 1997, if I flicked on wrestling, I would gravitate in my head to Tully and Arn and then winder how you wee doing....you became part of a motivation wheel that helped me get the desire and strength to get clean..
I knew Jesus, but if you do not make Him your priority, you got nothing....
I have come a long way since then and so has my friend, Tully Blanchard, who I will have to wait to meet on the other side....
MAKE NO MISTAKE
When I think about Tully Blanchard, I di not go to the wrestling ring in my head, I go to a prison and see a crowd of men totally focused on what you are saying....Pastor Loran Livingston type - No
But what they do get is a man they know 100% is telling them the Truth..
You did not get the integrity tag as being an honest man after YHWH.
You earned that in the Wrestling business. You and Arn might have been
A little shady in how you fought and did others but you never, ever withheld the Truth. Matter of fact, you relished in the Truth and loved telling Dusty to be on the look out and don't turn your back, cause the Horsemen might just jump out of a bush and kick your a--.
Mr. Blanchard, sir, thank you for being a MAN of YHWH.
Oh, and a wrestler too......
You were part of that last generation of grapplers that can be called an ARTIST.
It was as much a part of you as painting was to Picasso....I never saw that back in the day, but now that wrestling is not worth watching today because there are but a handful of artist left, if any...I can appreciate your art work now and you and Arn have no equal on tag team art work.....
I am certain that the intensity you had with wrestling art is the same in reaching others and YHWH has and is turning your spiritual art work to His good use.
Love ya, man
I grew up watching Mid Atlantic and Jim Crockett promotions. The heels that I wouldn't have wanted to run into on the street were Dick Slater, Sid Vicious, Ole and Tully. They were so believable. I think Slater and Ole were just being themselves. 😅
Don Jardine, AK.A. The Super Destroyer was a legit badass too.
@@stealthbomber2127 Yeah the Gary Hart video where he talks about Jardine kicking the hotel clerk and detaching his testicles is worth a watch.
Tully remember and love that jacket!
When you look at the cocky playboy heel technicians who would also strut around that damn ring, THE BIG THREE is Buddy Rogers, Flair, and Tully. And even though Bockwinkel didn't strut around the ring, he STILL came across as a cocky playboy heel technician on the highest level. So I always VIEWED Tully as the younger 5'10 version of those guys. Plus all four of those guys were great on the mic, were well dressed, AND of course had that true main event charisma/IT factor. So the fact he said Bock was a major influence isn't surprising. MJF FOR SURE is from the blueprint of these legends. Hopefully AEW turns him back heel soooner than later.
I also think Tully's athletic ability is underrated. His blend of athletic ability and technical skills was CLOSE to the level of babyfaces like Steamboat, Santana, Martel, or Brad Armstrong in that era. But since Tully was true pure heel, he DIDN'T use that babyface type of in ring skillset. He played to the heel side of things. BUT the way he moved in the ring, would throw dropkicks, and even do sunset flips off the top rope at times, you could see he was one of the most athletic guys in wrestling. Only reason why Tully wasn't NWA or WCW World Champion was timing. He was in the Horsemen with Flair. Then when Flair went to WWF in the early 90's, Tully MAY HAVE gotten a WCW World Title reign if he was active full time in the business.
Flair went back and forth
@@die2no Sure he did. BUT Flair was still the EPITOME of the cool playboy heel technician type of wrestler. MOST GUYS switch between face and heel. BUT at the end of the day, MOST GUYS are best off as one or the other. Flair was BEST OFF as a cool heel type. He has said himself he's best off as a heel. Flair's PEAK was arguably as the leader of heel Four Horsemen. MOST of Flair's World Title reigns were as a heel. BUT he still can be a very effective babyface because of his swag and jovial nature. Tully was more of wrestling' s version of JR Ewing. Hella charismatic and cool. BUT a total asshole who doesn't have many if any redeeming qualities. LOL
Bockwinkel was smooth as silk, both talking and wrestling. He's largely forgotten today, but us old timers remember how great he was. I actually think MJF has a little bit of Tully in him. They are similar size (MJF is more jacked, but similar). Both are good athletes and move with precision in the ring. When MJF was a heel, he would go on angry tirades that reminded me a little of Tully. Of course, MJF is his own person and does things in a unique way. But he certainly studied the legends like Tully, Flair, Piper, etc.
@@proggydoggie Damn right!! MJF is a literal mix of Tully, Flair, and Piper. I see shades of all three in him. That’s why i loved it when they had The Pinnacle with Tully and MJF a part of it. Ive heard MJF in interviews say he was heavily influenced by the legends i mentioned earlier. And on Busted Open radio, a fan asked him what era of wrestling young guys should watch for character development. MJF said Jim Crockett Promotions. I can’t wait for MJF to go back to being a heel!
Greg Valentine was one of my favorite heels.
Bully Tully Blanchard was a very good heel 😮😢, he is right I wanted him to beat up always and that’s being a good heel 😢😮I wanted dusty or magnum TA to give him his just deserve 😮😢
My Mount Rushmore of heels changes with my mood, but Tully and Piper are always on it. Others include Orndorff, Heenan, Gino Hernandez, DiBiase, Muraco, and Adonis.
I'm not sure if I'd put Piper solely because Piper is in a category with very few guys like Flair, in which they can do anything and they're always going to be the main attraction no matter what.
Piper is beyond just a heel.
But Tully should be on the list
@@gary6754 Yes, but when he hit the WWF scene, it was an earthquake. Piper had been both a great heel and babyface, but his heel run in WWF was iconic.
Roddy Piper, Harley Race, Nick Bockwinkel , Terry Funk. Heel Terry Funk in the late 70's/early 80's was unstoppable.
Good list. Lawler flip flopped but I’d add him
@@georgemaranville3305 Good one! Lawler is one of the best examples of a wrestler who can be a great face and a great heel!
To this day, there is no better heel nor is there any better on the mic than Tully Blanchard.
Pure Heat lol
I didn't know that Lou Thesz was a heel. For some reason, I assumed that he was a face. Probably because back in the day most scientific wrestlers were faces.
The Iron Sheik was the greatest heel.
Can't go wrong with Iron Sheik. Great talker, great worker. Heat magnet.
Sheik
John Tolos
Superstar Graham
Greg the Hammer
4 Horsemen
Road Warriors
Masked Superstar
Buzz Sawyer
Great Mephisto
Ivan Koloff
Great Kabuki
… many more
SuperStar and the Wizard pure heat ...
Buzz Sawyer was an absolute madman. His promos were intense!
great champion, great entertainer.
Al Madril is a name I haven’t heard in ages.
What made Tully so great as a heel IMHO was his arrogance. He didn't say much but I loved to hate him.
He looked and sounded like someone you wanted to slap LOL
For me, Tully and Gino Hernandez are the two best heels ever… as a kid there’s no one I wanted to see get beaten up more than them.
Great picks. Both of them had a clear understanding of the role.
Imagine you had access to this man’s mind for wrestling backstage and didn’t ask for one bit of advice.
Mt Rushmore of heels:
Abdullah the Butcher without a doubt...then Ox Baker, Ric Flair, and King Kong Bundy.
Great picks. Abdullah was just an awesome force and 100 percent heel, at least in the US. Bundy's 5 count was heel personified.
1994 Owen Hart takes the cake
He was an ANIMAL, AN ANIMAL!
Since he wouldn't name any heels I will: The Sheik in Detroit. Pure heel and none I can think of who were better.
Ric Flair,Roddy Piper,Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, Mr Vincent McMahon, Shawn Michaels
Tully was the Coolest "Bad Guy" way before The Four Horsemen. I remember his suits with TB on the cuffs. I also had a tall, blonde Texas girl, that had gifted me a couple of Saville Row 3 piece suits. I had to get some shirts made with My initials on the cuffs, like Tully. Now, I wasn't Slingshotting anyone, but I did like dressing nice, when everybody else was wearing Levi's....
My top 5:
1. Tully
2. Bundy
3. Mr. Mcmahon
4. Rude
5. Miz
Not the Miz, but he certainly is very good!!
I can't see Tully as a baby face
Tully the only wrestler to my memory to ever do the sling shot suplex
Tully was the best
Coolest heel ever
Tully Blanchard 1
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I thought Lou Thesz was a baby face?
DR d david Shultz was a great heel
If you would like to see some REAL wrestling TALENT on the horizon and aren't busy Tuesday {Dec 12th} at 605pm go on to TH-cam and watch the NWA POWERRR show. ALLIE RECKS is making her National Wrestling Alliance debut.
I expect a fast rising, great future for her!
See if you agree!
Yeah, I wanted to see him get beat up and lose every time he wrestled. He did get beat up but he would win too.
WCW was stupid not to hire him back
Playboy Buddy Rose.
Eddie Gilbert
Mike Shaw
Gino Hernandez
Rip Oliver
Ed Wickowski
Billy Jack Haynes
Eddie Gilbert was so much fun.
Wouldn't watch the crap they do now is pathetic
Wrestling lost one it's greats over stupidity they all were partying Vince was ignorant and Herd if He was in charge Pizza 🍕 man
Rick Rude
Today's wrestling bad guy's could learn a lot about heeling from Tully Blanchard..... The GOAT of heels
He's so smooth and bad
Bockwinkel was one of the greatest ever