My favorite Ernie Ladd line of all times, "There's two things I hate, cats chasing dogs and broken down wrestlers chasing me!" RIP Big Cat you are still the man today. That trash that is out now is not what I call wrestling!!!!!
YIK YIK YIK AND YONK YONK YONK THIS WRASSLER AIN'T GONNA DO THIS TO ME AND THAT WRASSLER AIN'T GONNA DO THAT TO ME ! YIK YIK YIK AND YONK YONK YONK ! ERNIE THE CAT LADD !
Ladd said he was going to put an Indian back on the reservation and pluck them feathers and send a black man back to Africa. Ladd didn't mind crossing the line at all. It was a god promo.
For those morons who think wrestling should go back to TV14. Guys, Mr. Ladd didn't say the words,"Ass" or "Bitch". So, Ernie was ahead of its time. RIP Mr. Ladd. U and JYD are pioneers for many black performers.
"That drunk Indian was out here again, I know he was full of whiskey!" 😂 "SHUT UP OUT THERE!" 😂 "And Tony Atlas, we gonna send him back to Africa!" 😂 "Brotha ... I'm gonna pluck them feathers!" 😂 Oh man, Ernie was pure GOLD at cutting these hilarious promos! 😂😂😂
God, he was good... I love the way he'd tell the kids to 'SHUDDUP !!' and nearly laugh... You know he's was out there having a great time. I miss those days...
Something you will never hear again in your life. "I was in the back looking at the monitor and that drunk Indian was out here again. I know he was full of whiskey. SHUT UP!"
One of the most over heels in pro wrestling.....but to tell you a story about how believable he was as a heel....in the late 70's I was teaching in Franklin, LA....Ernie's wife's home town and one day one of my black students who know I was a fan of pro wrestling came up to me in the hall and said, "Hey, Mr. Powell...Guess who I saw walking down the street yesterday....Ernie Ladd!!" I asked the kid what he did, and he replied, "I walked to the other side of the street!"....
Big Cat" Ernie Ladd 💛🙏🙏R.I.P. 🙏🙏🙏❤ I watched you growing up. You helped paved the road for many blacks in Football,l and. Pro-Wrestling. You were professional, and classy!!! One of the best heal wrestlers of his era. Loved his matches with Andre the Giant. You will be missed!❤
I used to love Ernie Ladd when he wrestled in the Los Angeles area in the early 70s. Quite a character. Ladd certainly didn't have to worry back then about being PC in his interviews.
The fact that Gordon Solie with the sweet Shades comes off as a hipper version of "Bosley" from "Charlie's Angels" just elevates all this to immediate GOLD level! Rest In Power, Mr. Gordon Solie, Mr. "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd, and Mr. David Doyle (who played "Bosley").😇😎❤🎤🐅🤼♂️B.W.
And they were both hillarious as heels in promos. Murdoch didn't care who or how he insulted somebody and Ladd was just plain ol' mean and grouchy-that's why we loved 'em. RIP Ernie Ladd and Dick Murdoch.
In later life, I met a couple of people who knew Ernie personally, and they told me what a great guy he really was....wish I had the opportunity to meet him.....
ernie was one of my favorites..God rest his soul, he was incredible...loved his feud with dusty and him always calling rhodes ; dirty rhodes...ernie is so missed :)
A friend if mine and I were on the phobe laughing about this a few weeks back. He said he hollered when I recalled a Ladd- Rhodes promo by imitating them
"Tony Atlas, we're gonna send him back to Africa, no question about it!" "I'm gonna pluck dem feathas!" "Well Indian, I know you're somewhere full of whiskey and a lookin' at that television!" So much gold in such a small amount of time lmao.
Would you say that Ladd was one if not the most underrated guy on the mic ever? I think he and Dick Murdoch were so underrated. They were "Gods of the Mic".
Bill Watts when Ladd wrestled in his Mid South Territory, taught Ernie the behind scenes business of pro wrestling and Ladd became the first African American booker.
@Java Flav True but he could have risen above it. Look at Dusty Rhodes and the polka dots. The polka dots were a rib on Dusty but he turned it round on them and got the polka dots over.
I met the "big cat" years ago on a plane when I was a small kid and avid wrestling fan. This dude was so big he had a three seat row all to himself and he was mostly, if not all muscle at the time (late 70s), just to give you an idea of this man's size. I mean he looked like Redd Foxx on steroids, lol. Initially Ernie was asleep, so I didn't want to wake him and possibly end up stuffed in the overhead luggage compartment, lol. Eventually he awoke and I shook his hand. Nice guy and very down to earth. (RIP, Mr. Ladd) It's surreal to see someone on TV, then meet them in real life. I also met Mr. Blackjack Mulligan, another legend and HUGE individual.
What he doesn’t tell you is he was the pilot. That’s how he met all of these people. He almost crashed a plane once meeting Mean Joe Green. I know this because... I’m his co pilot, and onetime lover.
Ernie Ladd is my relative..great Football player, greater wrestler..remember him when I was a kid stopping at my uncles house & chatting with my dad n uncles..big big man RIP
There was also a shoot when Ernie asked Gordon if he had been drinking - cause "I smell whiskey in the ring...it must have been that drunken Indian then..."...
The "Big Cat" did the Best interviews!!!...I met him years ago, and he was a "Legit"...6'9" 320#...Size 18 boot!...Huge hands...Great football player at Grambling, played for Eddie Robinson...Played Pro ball with the Chargers, Chiefs, & Oilers...told me he could make more money in Pro Wrestling than football..."What a Great"...RIP...Big Cat!
LOLOL..REMEMBER WHEN HE CALLED DUSTY RHODES..DIRTY, DIRTY RHODES ?? OR HIS EVEN BETTER PROMO TOWARDS BRUNO..CALLING HIM..BRUNO SAM-MIN-TINA...ERNIE WAS A CLASS ACT IN AND OUT OF THE RING..HE IS MISSED..R.I.P.BIG CAT.
Too bad I wasn't born to see Mr. Ladd wrestle, he played his heel character very well and he brought a lot of heat and was great on the mic and the ring.
Ladd was a very credible "bad guy" when I was a kid in New York. He had a good rivalry with Johnny Powers in Buffalo. I loved the thumb injury routine he used.
Drunken Indian=Chief Jay Strongbow Dirty Rhodes=Dusty Rhodes Masked Varmint=Mr Wrestling II Uncle Tom Johnson=Rocky Johnson 'Dimestore Indian=Wahoo McDaniel Thundermouth=Thunderbolt Patterson Andre the Dummy=Andre the Giant There's more, but those are the ones I remember off top.
Oh I agree. The new stuff is horrid! I just turned 56 last month! You Gotta Love Ernie "The Big Bad Cat" Ladd! #99 Defensive End Super Bowl I for Hank Stram's Kansas City Chiefs! As Ernie would say; "Only 2 things in this world that don't live long, and That's a dog chasin cars, and a broken down wrestler like Johnny Powers messin with the King of Wrestling!"
OMG, man I so despised Ernie Ladd back in the day!!! He was truly a mean and scary dude! Its only now that he's gone that I truly appreciate his value to pro wrestling. No one from the present age of wrestling can touch him when it comes to interviews. That drunken Indian...the masked Varmint...classic...LOL. RIP Big Cat.
"Promises Promises" The true "King of Wrestling" Ernie "The Big Cat" Ladd....You were the best.....# 99......R.I.P. I miss you as do many many others! Gordon Solie, you were a great guy, "Mr TV Announcer" Having a few drinks with you in a little lounge in Indian Shores Florida.... was great! A tremendous memory in my life! R.I.P.
MAN I'd even start watching WWE again if they had a guy like Ernie Ladd out there now adays... none of them boring ass pricks out there today comes even close though.
The big promotions today are crap because the companies want their programs to be written and produced like it's just another drama or sit-com. The problem is wrestlers are improvisational performers, NOT actors. Having them recite scripts will never be as compelling or believable as having them just use their own personalities to ad-lib their own promos.
Sparks3rdCoast Very interesting and I could imagine accurate point my friend! Part of the problem these days is amongst the young bucks & chicks in the big organizations (particularly the biggest) is you got to many "performers" and to many "entertainers" and not enough "rasslers". With all due respect to the Rock, he made it further in less than 10 years than most wrestlers past or present could make it in 30. He conquered the world of wrestling and then decided to become an actor in Hollyweird and then he blew up there too. I don't knock him for his desire to change careers and get out of wrestling when he was still fairly young and not to beat up. He, like everyone else has the right to live their own lives and I am glad he has done so well outside of wrestling. But when he did that I believe he did create a bad trend for future generations of "sports entertainers". Now a days, especially the ones in WWE want to do the same thing, they want to wrestle for a few years and make a name for themselves then go on to Hollywierd and blow up there like the Rock did. These guys (unlike the Rock) in many cases could give a shit about pro wrestling. I miss the good old days when you had guys who just loved wrestling and wanted to be the biggest stars in wrestling not movie stars.
Sparks3rdCoast The promos were scripted back in the day. They were usually promoting the house shows. The matches were predetermined to push the top guys.The difference was today's technical advances.
The promos were loosely scripted, but often by the rasslers themselves. Not like today's WWE crap, where even rasslers with strong mike skills like Jericho just recite what's written.
Ernie Ladd had absolutely No Fucks To Give in his promos
I was shocked 😂😂😂😂 just now 😂😂😂😂
The most underrated promo guy ever. IMO he's right up there with Piper, Rock, Flair, etc.
"That drunk indian was out here again and I know he was full of whiskey."
Ernie was ahead of his time and deserves more appreciation today.
"We're gonna send Tony Atlas back to Africa"! "I know that Indian is somewhere watching full of whiskey!" Best interview EVER!!! 🤣😂🤣😂
My favorite Ernie Ladd line of all times, "There's two things I hate, cats chasing dogs and broken down wrestlers chasing me!"
RIP Big Cat you are still the man today. That trash that is out now is not what I call wrestling!!!!!
That was my favorite also Big Cat was the man.
Nawlins That was some great times in the municipal auditorium. I rather go to my mama funeral before I go to mine. 😂😂😂
HE NEVER SAID THAT ! HE WAS THE BIG CAT ERNIE LADD ! OTHERS CALLED HIM ERNIE THE CAT LADD ! HE DID NOT HATE CATS !
@@javierortegon4425 why are you so triggered that you think he hates cats? Get a grip
YIK YIK YIK AND YONK YONK YONK THIS WRASSLER AIN'T GONNA DO THIS TO ME AND THAT WRASSLER AIN'T GONNA DO THAT TO ME ! YIK YIK YIK AND YONK YONK YONK ! ERNIE THE CAT LADD !
Ladd said he was going to put an Indian back on the reservation and pluck them feathers and send a black man back to Africa. Ladd didn't mind crossing the line at all. It was a god promo.
A lovely art called "Getting heat". I miss those days so much. The memories remain.
WWE are a bunch of pussies. Afraid to give and get heat. PUSSIES
People weren't as easily offended then as they are today.
He used to scare the shit outta me. I thought he was an entertaining wrestler too.
For those morons who think wrestling should go back to TV14.
Guys, Mr. Ladd didn't say the words,"Ass" or "Bitch". So, Ernie was ahead of its time.
RIP Mr. Ladd. U and JYD are pioneers for many black performers.
"He belongs back on the reservation in a teepee." Ernie Ladd was a classic. I always looked forward to his interviews.
One of the BEST SHITTALKERS EVER & could back it up!
ernie ladd needs to be in the top promo of all time conversation
1 minute of Ernie Ladd is WAYYYYY better than 20 minutes of Triple H!
@erictoniaschwab1009 shit, better than an episode of Raw!
@@creoleDJ better than the last 10-15 years of McMahonland
One second of HHH is too much!!!!!
@@PsychomachineryEBM thumbs up for the mcmahonland. sounds like something that would actually be a thing, rides and all.
It's easier though to impersonate HHH just speak when constipated and trying to take a shit lol 🤣
This is wrestling GOLD. RIP Mr. Ladd.
"That drunk Indian was out here again, I know he was full of whiskey!" 😂
"SHUT UP OUT THERE!" 😂
"And Tony Atlas, we gonna send him back to Africa!" 😂
"Brotha ... I'm gonna pluck them feathers!" 😂
Oh man, Ernie was pure GOLD at cutting these hilarious promos! 😂😂😂
Make my ooooooooown personal Thanksgivin'!!
He belongs on a reservation in a teepee
One of the best heels ever!!!
"Tommy Rich you got a leg that a Doctor needs to look at and I'm about to send you there" Classic Ernie Ladd.
"I know your somewhere full of whiskey looking at the television" 😂🤣😂🤣😂😃😂🤣
God, he was good... I love the way he'd tell the kids to 'SHUDDUP !!' and nearly laugh... You know he's was out there having a great time. I miss those days...
Former Kansas City Chief Ernie "The Cat" Ladd, one of the greats. Rest In Peace big cat.
Something you will never hear again in your life. "I was in the back looking at the monitor and that drunk Indian was out here again. I know he was full of whiskey. SHUT UP!"
leonche64 Yaaaah bruh you say that now on WWE and errrrbody will have a lawyer...lmao! Ohhhh man The Big Cat was awwwl that!😂
Straight the f*uk up my brother!
Full of whiskey and watching that television.
Wow! A true master of his craft!
One of the most over heels in pro wrestling.....but to tell you a story about how believable he was as a heel....in the late 70's I was teaching in Franklin, LA....Ernie's wife's home town and one day one of my black students who know I was a fan of pro wrestling came up to me in the hall and said, "Hey, Mr. Powell...Guess who I saw walking down the street yesterday....Ernie Ladd!!" I asked the kid what he did, and he replied, "I walked to the other side of the street!"....
I would have got his autograph & chatted him up,loved big Cat
Agreed. Ladd's promos were the only ones that were better than Ric Flair's. I honor them both. Rest in peace, big fella.
Cough Dr. D. David Schultz
You honor them both? Who the heck are you?
@@PsychomachineryEBM*, David Schultz could cut a HECK of a promo. He was one of my favourite/favorite wrestlers, when I was in elementary school.*
*Before there was a Ric Flair, there was a Gino Hernandez.*
I’ve always felt that Flair was just acting vs Ladd who came across as real.
Ernie the Big Cat Ladd my father in law!! He is truly truly missed.
Loved Mr Ladd. Followed him back when he played D line for Chargers & Chiefs. Too bad they didn't get paid back then.
"I'm gonna PLUCK them feathers!" LOL
Really, Ernie was a genius showman. On my Mt. Rushmore of the greatest pro wrestlers ever. Loved his taped thumb “from old football injury.”
Yeah, that thumb never healed
Mt Rushmore of heels, funny man,pulled no punches but not a good wrestler.
Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
💛🙏🙏R.I.P. 🙏🙏🙏❤
I watched you growing up. You helped paved the road for many blacks in Football,l and. Pro-Wrestling. You were professional, and classy!!! One of the best heal wrestlers of his era. Loved his matches with Andre the Giant.
You will be missed!❤
the older Laurence Fishbourne gets hes starting to look like the Big Cat Ernie Ladd
Agreed lol
So funny! So true!
So it's just not me thinking this.
Now that you mention, he’d be a good choice for a biopic if he could get Ernie’s speech mannerisms down.
I used to love Ernie Ladd when he wrestled in the Los Angeles area in the early 70s. Quite a character. Ladd certainly didn't have to worry back then about being PC in his interviews.
And he was a great football player too.
The fact that Gordon Solie with the sweet Shades comes off as a hipper version of "Bosley" from "Charlie's Angels" just elevates all this to immediate GOLD level! Rest In Power, Mr. Gordon Solie, Mr. "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd, and Mr. David Doyle (who played "Bosley").😇😎❤🎤🐅🤼♂️B.W.
Gordon was the Dean of wrestling annoucers.
Villains like the Big Cat made pro wrestling. We kept tuning in to see them get their comeuppance. You are missed Big Cat.
Nowadays most of the so called "villains" get cheered.
Badder than The Junk Yard 🐕 Dog. Would hate to have played offensive line across from him or met him in the squared circle.
And they were both hillarious as heels in promos. Murdoch didn't care who or how he insulted somebody and Ladd was just plain ol' mean and grouchy-that's why we loved 'em.
RIP Ernie Ladd and Dick Murdoch.
In later life, I met a couple of people who knew Ernie personally, and they told me what a great guy he really was....wish I had the opportunity to meet him.....
YELLING TO THE CROWD TO SHUT UP..ALWAYS HELPS A LOT..LOLOL
ernie was one of my favorites..God rest his soul, he was incredible...loved his feud with dusty and him always calling rhodes ; dirty rhodes...ernie is so missed :)
LOL Dirty Rhodes
A friend if mine and I were on the phobe laughing about this a few weeks back. He said he hollered when I recalled a Ladd- Rhodes promo by imitating them
Ernie Ladd !!! One of the greatest of all time- !!! Was lucky enuf to ride with the big cat and learn from the best!!!
High praise indeed!
The best villian in a villianous business.
Ernie Ladd was one of a kind.. RIP big guy...
One of the all time great San Diego Chargers and wrestlers.
"Tony Atlas, we're gonna send him back to Africa, no question about it!"
"I'm gonna pluck dem feathas!"
"Well Indian, I know you're somewhere full of whiskey and a lookin' at that television!"
So much gold in such a small amount of time lmao.
lol Ladd would have gotten cancelled nowadays xD
Would you say that Ladd was one if not the most underrated guy on the mic ever? I think he and Dick Murdoch were so underrated. They were "Gods of the Mic".
I watch this promo every now and then. Reminds me of a time when the word hypersensitivity wasn't yet invented.
Ernie "The Cat" Ladd (RIP) was an amazing tall man wrestler & extremely hilarious on the mic all the time, haha!!!
Bill Watts when Ladd wrestled in his Mid South Territory, taught Ernie the behind scenes business of pro wrestling and Ladd became the first African American booker.
"We're gonna send Tony Atlas back to Africa!" My God, was Ernie Ladd the man responsible for Saba Simba??
Man, was Saba Simba the worst gimmick ever o what? Maybe Terry Taylor and the Red Rooster.
@Java Flav the gobbledygooker was the worst gimmick period.
@Java Flav nah, The Gooker made no sense. The Rooster could have worked if Terry didn't think it was a rib on him.
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@Java Flav True but he could have risen above it. Look at Dusty Rhodes and the polka dots. The polka dots were a rib on Dusty but he turned it round on them and got the polka dots over.
I met the "big cat" years ago on a plane when I was a small kid and avid wrestling fan. This dude was so big he had a three seat row all to himself and he was mostly, if not all muscle at the time (late 70s), just to give you an idea of this man's size. I mean he looked like Redd Foxx on steroids, lol. Initially Ernie was asleep, so I didn't want to wake him and possibly end up stuffed in the overhead luggage compartment, lol. Eventually he awoke and I shook his hand. Nice guy and very down to earth. (RIP, Mr. Ladd) It's surreal to see someone on TV, then meet them in real life. I also met Mr. Blackjack Mulligan, another legend and HUGE individual.
As a former wrestler one the biggest compliment I got was when JYD and the Iron Shiek complimented me on my match.
Did you shake his hand the second he opened his eyes?
What he doesn’t tell you is he was the pilot. That’s how he met all of these people. He almost crashed a plane once meeting Mean Joe Green. I know this because... I’m his co pilot, and onetime lover.
Ernie Ladd is my relative..great Football player, greater wrestler..remember him when I was a kid stopping at my uncles house & chatting with my dad n uncles..big big man RIP
@@BadTV1993 I remember seeing The Big Cat on Houston Wrestling - as I recall, he was always a baby face here.
Ernie Ladd was a classic. Loved what he had on the back of his ring jackets: "Promises, Promises"
"I'D RATHER FIGHT A MAN, THAN MAKE LOVE TO A WOMAN! YOU BETTER CALL SOMEBODY!"
One Ernie Ladd promo is all the proof you need for proving how much cooler wrestling and wrestlers used to be.
R.I.P. To the legendary shit talker, Ernie Ladd!
There was also a shoot when Ernie asked Gordon if he had been drinking - cause "I smell whiskey in the ring...it must have been that drunken Indian then..."...
Man I miss this guy, RIP in that big squared circle in the sky. 🙏🏽
"brotha....I'm gonna pluck them feathers...." gold lol
Ernie Ladd needs his own network. I miss him so much
SHADDUP OUT DEAH!!! lol I love it
Ernie Ladd was HILARIOUS!!! The Masked Varmit (Mr.Wrestling II) was a criminal, LMAO!!
What's sad is LADD couldn't cut this promo in this snowflake society we live in Nowadays...
Get um' KING ERNIE!!
Ernie Ladd went against everybody didn't he
This 1 minute 11 seconds promo can beat a three hours of RAW
Best promo ever. I wish he'd gotten the "Yerk yerk yerk ah yack yack yack " in !
The "Big Cat" did the Best interviews!!!...I met him years ago, and he was a "Legit"...6'9" 320#...Size 18 boot!...Huge hands...Great football player at Grambling, played for Eddie Robinson...Played Pro ball with the Chargers, Chiefs, & Oilers...told me he could make more money in Pro Wrestling than football..."What a Great"...RIP...Big Cat!
Gordon with his hangover shades on
ANYBODY REMEMBER ONE OF HIS CLASSIC WORDS. YOU BETTER GET ON THE PHONE AND CALL SOMEBODY WHEN THE BIG CAT ERNIE LADD COME TO TOWN. RIP BIG GUY.
LOLOL..REMEMBER WHEN HE CALLED DUSTY RHODES..DIRTY, DIRTY RHODES ?? OR HIS EVEN BETTER PROMO TOWARDS BRUNO..CALLING HIM..BRUNO SAM-MIN-TINA...ERNIE WAS A CLASS ACT IN AND OUT OF THE RING..HE IS MISSED..R.I.P.BIG CAT.
brian centi YAK YAK YAK...YONK YONK YONK.....THE BIG CAT !!!! Cheers
On some of his ring jackets, he had the words "Promises, Promises" on the back. Classic.
RayNDeere Great memory!! The Big Cat always delivered "The goods" both on the mic and in the ring! Cheers
"I know he was full of whiskey!!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Back when wrestling was fun.
all fulla whiskey: one of the best
Ernie "The Big Cat" Ladd. The baddest brother in pro wrestling.
Too bad I wasn't born to see Mr. Ladd wrestle, he played his heel character very well and he brought a lot of heat and was great on the mic and the ring.
Ernie Ladd was the man! He was the 1st person I ever heard call someone an egg sucking dog. I've been a fan ever since. lol
That drunken indian, I KNOOOOOW he's fulla whiskey!! The Big Cat & Solie with the 2-day hangover shades, rockin' the mike!
Ladd was a very credible "bad guy" when I was a kid in New York. He had a good rivalry with Johnny Powers in Buffalo. I loved the thumb injury routine he used.
In Buffalo he had to put up with both Mr. TV announcer #1 AND Mr. TV announcer #2.
The Big Cat was solid. It takes art to be a good heel.
Ladd was gold on the mike,he had names for all his opponents, how do like that Mr TV Announcer.
Drunken Indian=Chief Jay Strongbow
Dirty Rhodes=Dusty Rhodes
Masked Varmint=Mr Wrestling II
Uncle Tom Johnson=Rocky Johnson
'Dimestore Indian=Wahoo McDaniel
Thundermouth=Thunderbolt Patterson
Andre the Dummy=Andre the Giant
There's more, but those are the ones I remember off top.
Now THAT'S a promo!
I remember he played the football. Chiefs and chargers . We miss him !
Don’t forget the Oilers in between
Love the Big Cat. And Solie with the shades. Classic shit there!!
Fulla whiskey, shut up out there! Ladd the best talker and promo EVER.
Dude should be in Canton as well. Not too many guys can say they were legit great at two different sports. That drunk Indian stuff was gold! 🤣🤣🤣
ERNIE " THE CAT " LADD THE KING OF THE TRASH TALKERS !
The Big Cat is my favorite wrestler of all-time. Your photo is my favorite manager of all-time.
Ernie Lad had the greatest mic skills. Underrated fasho 😂🔥🔥🔥
I hit the floor when he said he was gonna send Tony Atlas back to Africa 🤣🤣🤣
The Big Cat was one the best trash talkers of all time🤣
Oh I agree. The new stuff is horrid! I just turned 56 last month! You Gotta Love Ernie "The Big Bad Cat" Ladd! #99 Defensive End Super Bowl I for Hank Stram's Kansas City Chiefs!
As Ernie would say; "Only 2 things in this world that don't live long, and That's a dog chasin cars, and a broken down wrestler like Johnny Powers messin with the King of Wrestling!"
0:24 so THAT's how Tony Atlas became Saba Simba!!!!
Love The Big Cat Miss You Ernie
i had the pleasure of meeting Ernie when I was a kid. Great memories.
I know that indian was full of whiskey lol
hahahaha
Fire WATER
Ernie's hilarious rants wouldn't fly nowadays, and the world is a poorer place without it.
1:06 "what do you think about that Gordon?" - Gordon probably the moment the cameras was off "That was awesome"
He did not give a rat's ass about offending anyone. Kick ass PROMO !
OMG, man I so despised Ernie Ladd back in the day!!! He was truly a mean and scary dude! Its only now that he's gone that I truly appreciate his value to pro wrestling. No one from the present age of wrestling can touch him when it comes to interviews. That drunken Indian...the masked Varmint...classic...LOL. RIP Big Cat.
Ernie Ladd is the best..
"Promises Promises" The true "King of Wrestling" Ernie "The Big Cat" Ladd....You were the best.....# 99......R.I.P. I miss you as do many many others!
Gordon Solie, you were a great guy, "Mr TV Announcer" Having a few drinks with you in a little lounge in Indian Shores Florida.... was great! A tremendous memory in my life! R.I.P.
MAN I'd even start watching WWE again if they had a guy like Ernie Ladd out there now adays... none of them boring ass pricks out there today comes even close though.
The big promotions today are crap because the companies want their programs to be written and produced like it's just another drama or sit-com. The problem is wrestlers are improvisational performers, NOT actors. Having them recite scripts will never be as compelling or believable as having them just use their own personalities to ad-lib their own promos.
Sparks3rdCoast Very interesting and I could imagine accurate point my friend! Part of the problem these days is amongst the young bucks & chicks in the big organizations (particularly the biggest) is you got to many "performers" and to many "entertainers" and not enough "rasslers". With all due respect to the Rock, he made it further in less than 10 years than most wrestlers past or present could make it in 30. He conquered the world of wrestling and then decided to become an actor in Hollyweird and then he blew up there too. I don't knock him for his desire to change careers and get out of wrestling when he was still fairly young and not to beat up. He, like everyone else has the right to live their own lives and I am glad he has done so well outside of wrestling. But when he did that I believe he did create a bad trend for future generations of "sports entertainers". Now a days, especially the ones in WWE want to do the same thing, they want to wrestle for a few years and make a name for themselves then go on to Hollywierd and blow up there like the Rock did. These guys (unlike the Rock) in many cases could give a shit about pro wrestling. I miss the good old days when you had guys who just loved wrestling and wanted to be the biggest stars in wrestling not movie stars.
Sparks3rdCoast The promos were scripted back in the day. They were usually promoting the house shows. The matches were predetermined to push the top guys.The difference was today's technical advances.
+Karl Hungus Guys like Ernie Ladd needed NO script back in the day
The promos were loosely scripted, but often by the rasslers themselves. Not like today's WWE crap, where even rasslers with strong mike skills like Jericho just recite what's written.
Ladd was even a heel playing in the AFL! Other players hated playing against him.
That's what's missing from wrestling these days...the interviews!
I'm gonna pluck those feathers! LOL
Sent Tony Atlas back to Africa, and he came back Saba Simba!!
Can we just talk about how Gordon Solie was STYLIN AND PROFILIN right at the end there
We need a Ernie Ladd movie/documentary