I grew up in Florida and raised on Florida Championship Wrestling. I was orphaned at 2 but my Granddaddy came and got me every Friday night and took me back Sunday evening. Watching wrestling was our thing and my Granddaddy never drank and the only time I’ve ever heard him cuss was while we were watching wrestling. We went to see a show at the Lakeland Civic Center and we were in decent seats but not to close but there was a little old lady with a humongous yellow purse sitting ringside and every time a heel got close enough she smacked the shit out of them lol. The Cuban Assassin got more lumps from her than his opponent. Kevin Sullivan was fighting Dusty but he must have been watching from gorilla or been informed by all of the other heels about old granny because try as Dusty might he couldn’t get Kevin near that mean ass granny lmao. R.I.P. Jesse James Calder you were the best granddaddy ever and the best man I’ve ever known!!!
There was an old lady who used to sit near the steps up into the ring at the Boston Garden. She had a sewing bag that she used to carry to the matches. She had a couple of old hat pins in her bag that she would pull out at try to stick the "bad guys" as they walked by her on the way into the ring. The legend of "Hat Pin" Mary....
That is hilarious! Back when I was little they used to have rasslin' in the television studios up on the mountain. A lot of times Jerry Jarrett and Tojo Yamamoto would wrestle there and you would see these little old ladies trying to hit the bad guys with their purses. Of course Tojo would be in the ring hitting the Fargo brothers with his sandals.
It was the same in Britain. Giant Haystacks (Loch Ness in WCW), used to take a right battering from old ladies' handbags. Added to it back in those days British promotions didn't use barriers around ringside. I think it was expected to be part of the show, let them get their aggression out!!!
Anytime I watch an old territory days tapings, I see such a different crowd than today. There were so many old ladies scattered. Nowadays you don’t see any. Very rarely at least.
I remember watching wrestling PPV's at my grandparents, my grandpa was same way, 99% of the time he's a mild, deep South gentleman, but as soon as they put a little vs big guy that 1% came out n he would run a string of cuss words that would make Steve Austin n Tommy lasaurda blush, great memories
My grandmother was like this and hated bobby the brain. she would go to shows to just mess with him and get kicked out for it. she liked corney though come to think of it lol.
in central states wrestling out of kansas city we had a set of twin sisters that were at every match the promotion had in their own right they became stars to
Of course I remember them. They sat on the far side of the ring, just to right of center. When they started taping in the studio they were permanently given the same seats. One time ringside announcer Bill Kirsten brought them into the ring and gave them each a gift because the All Star Wrestling show got so many letters asking about them. They were twins named Mertie and Gertie Hyde. One of them passed away and the other still went the shows every week.
I remember seeing a lady jump up and try to grab Skandor Akbar at a Mid-South show in Oklahoma City back in the 1980s... the cops marched her all the way down to the other end of the arena and she had to watch the rest of the show from there. LOL
The days when wrestling attracted EVERY age demographic....because the storylines were about RELATABLE MOTIVATIONS. The Attitude Era and 90s ECW basically killed that. You never see older fans at events nowadays, or many woman fans This was a HILARIOUS story by the way lol
My brother was not a wrestling fan, but I made him take me to see the show. He got into a mouthing off match with Ivan Koloff. A little ole lady walked up to him and hugged his neck. But, when he sat down, he pointed to Ivan Koloff and said, “I like him. He argues.”
I was at a local baseball game with tickets from my place of work and we got upgraded seats. When we sat down I didn't notice at the moment we were going to be in front of a group of ladies of retirement age. As soon as I relaxed and started talking to the people next to me I got smacked in the head with a rolled up program that sounded like a gunshot I turned around and this tinywhite haired lady was scowling at me for being big and tall. Everybody had a good laugh.
There was an old lady who went to tapings of Don Owen's PNW wrestling in Portland, OR. She would get into it with Chris Colt, who was a flamboyant heel jobber, at one point even slapping Chris during a match. That's a bump every heel should want to take!
I used work with this little Mexican dude that used a fryer basket like Jim used his tennis racket. It was a place open till 3am across the street from 3 bars. It was chaos every single weekend. One time he hit a dude so hard with the fryer basket it made a dent in the shape of the guys skull. We ended up taking all the video footage of all the fights and making a montage and put the rocky theme music to it. 🤣
I love how corny sounds just like my grandma sounds when she's mad about something, I love that old southern vernacular. I heard Jim say a lot of the same sayings in his podcast that I would hear my grandmother say when I was young, Good Times.
I've heard tale my great grandmother would throw things at whoever got between her and the TV when wrestling was on. Guess wrestling used to possess old women, now it disgusts them.
That's actually their biggest demographic if my memory serves me because there's a leftover fans from The Attitude Era. Most modern-day kids don't care about wrestling and adults who used to like it during the 1980s or 70s don't care about modern wrestling either.
I used to watch world of sport with me nan on a Saturday, and she used to go fucking crazy 😂 I always thought this was a British granny thing because they used to stab the heels with knitting needles and stub cigarettes out on their arse on the way to the ring hahaha
Yeah sometimes kayfabe gets a bit to fae and gets dangerous..i think its time for trump to break it finally it getsxway to far people get hurt and no one really believes someone actually is that dumb and crooked.
"if she wore long earrings she'd look like a set of Venetian Blinds, Give her a face lift you'd have enough left to make a midget." I almost died
The "little old ladies" were the best part of live wrestling shows.
Jim,this is one of you're best stories EVER!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
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Those old ladies LOVED Ricky Morton!!
I grew up in Florida and raised on Florida Championship Wrestling. I was orphaned at 2 but my Granddaddy came and got me every Friday night and took me back Sunday evening. Watching wrestling was our thing and my Granddaddy never drank and the only time I’ve ever heard him cuss was while we were watching wrestling. We went to see a show at the Lakeland Civic Center and we were in decent seats but not to close but there was a little old lady with a humongous yellow purse sitting ringside and every time a heel got close enough she smacked the shit out of them lol. The Cuban Assassin got more lumps from her than his opponent. Kevin Sullivan was fighting Dusty but he must have been watching from gorilla or been informed by all of the other heels about old granny because try as Dusty might he couldn’t get Kevin near that mean ass granny lmao. R.I.P. Jesse James Calder you were the best granddaddy ever and the best man I’ve ever known!!!
That’s an awesome story. Thanks for sharing.
There was an old lady who used to sit near the steps up into the ring at the Boston Garden. She had a sewing bag that she used to carry to the matches. She had a couple of old hat pins in her bag that she would pull out at try to stick the "bad guys" as they walked by her on the way into the ring. The legend of "Hat Pin" Mary....
Grandma knows how to sell a chair shot. Take notes kids
Lol I Imagine her acting like Eddie Guerrero when he would get caught using a weapon 😂
Hell yea. 😂😂 she’s a better worker than all of the AEW roster.
Their Twitter says they are above working.
That is hilarious! Back when I was little they used to have rasslin' in the television studios up on the mountain. A lot of times Jerry Jarrett and Tojo Yamamoto would wrestle there and you would see these little old ladies trying to hit the bad guys with their purses. Of course Tojo would be in the ring hitting the Fargo brothers with his sandals.
She was a stunt granny.
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Not the secrets of pro wrestling - you've gone and revealed them!
It was the same in Britain. Giant Haystacks (Loch Ness in WCW), used to take a right battering from old ladies' handbags. Added to it back in those days British promotions didn't use barriers around ringside. I think it was expected to be part of the show, let them get their aggression out!!!
dunnwell 77 And the old ladies loved Big Daddy even the Queen was a fan
I didn't know about the Queen, but her mother looked the type to load her handbag with her gold bars and give the heels a whacking...
according to bret hart in his book he remarked that margaret thatcher liked big daddy and searching news sites do report the queen was a fan as well.
Anytime I watch an old territory days tapings, I see such a different crowd than today. There were so many old ladies scattered. Nowadays you don’t see any. Very rarely at least.
Grandma pulling the Eddie Guerrero "he was attacking me with the chair" schtick before Eddie did it 😂
Isn't that Sable on the picture...???
Thor Boysen , yep
Yeah just somehow they got it without all of her fucking plastic surgery
No that's the former champion of looks's husband Brock
No, that's Mabel.
Bahahahahahaha
Grannymania running wild.
I remember watching wrestling PPV's at my grandparents, my grandpa was same way, 99% of the time he's a mild, deep South gentleman, but as soon as they put a little vs big guy that 1% came out n he would run a string of cuss words that would make Steve Austin n Tommy lasaurda blush, great memories
My grandmother was like this and hated bobby the brain. she would go to shows to just mess with him and get kicked out for it. she liked corney though come to think of it lol.
This story was one of the best of the many hilarious videos you've posted.
Love the Family Guy mention lol.
As soon as he mentioned Herbert I could visualize the whole scene. LOL Keep these stories comin', luv em!!
Old ladies still believed it in early 1980s in Dallas. Go back and look at WCCW on the network.
in central states wrestling out of kansas city we had a set of twin sisters that were at every match the promotion had in their own right they became stars to
Jim Cornette Experience got me here tonight👍
If we ever get a Jim Cornette movie, this story MUST be included!
Oh this had me rolling....😆😆😆😆
Anyone know of the two old lady twins that went to all the shows in the Kansas City territory?
Of course I remember them. They sat on the far side of the ring, just to right of center. When they started taping in the studio they were permanently given the same seats. One time ringside announcer Bill Kirsten brought them into the ring and gave them each a gift because the All Star Wrestling show got so many letters asking about them. They were twins named Mertie and Gertie Hyde. One of them passed away and the other still went the shows every week.
ricky usa My dad had stories of them cussing the heels. I guess they pissed off The Viking real bad once.
The first time I went to a WWWF show an old lady hit George "The Animal" Steele with her purse. 😂😂😂
If Jim took that chair shot and sold it, youd have yourself the oldest new babyface in history
There was those ones in Knoxville & World Class
My great-grandma is from nyc and was known for using a hatpin on the wrestlers and managers she didnt like. They stopped letting her into the matches.
HELL'S GRANNIES
That was the Civic Center.. I was there and it was as funny as Jim makes it sound!!
Old women loved the american dream daddy.
There was this old lady fan at Full Sail in NXT. I guess wrestling can still hit the oldest demo if they just wanted to.
That was actually Greg Valentine, he got free Tickets.
@@herzkine This is actually funny coz Valentine once watched an episode of Dynamite in the pandemic era lol
I remember seeing a lady jump up and try to grab Skandor Akbar at a Mid-South show in Oklahoma City back in the 1980s... the cops marched her all the way down to the other end of the arena and she had to watch the rest of the show from there. LOL
Grannie packing 357 magnum😂
nah i can see a old lady trying attack brotherLOVE🤣🤣
I have to hand it to Flair's granny. She did something about it.
So very true Jim, so damn true.
The lady in the thumbnail lol
She's NOT a "Stunt Granny"!
Go Granny Go!
Frist time I heard my grandmother swear was when the midnight Express dropped Ricky Morton on Jim's tennis racket
The days when wrestling attracted EVERY age demographic....because the storylines were about RELATABLE MOTIVATIONS. The Attitude Era and 90s ECW basically killed that. You never see older fans at events nowadays, or many woman fans
This was a HILARIOUS story by the way lol
This one of the top funniest stories from jim.😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
My brother was not a wrestling fan, but I made him take me to see the show. He got into a mouthing off match with Ivan Koloff. A little ole lady walked up to him and hugged his neck. But, when he sat down, he pointed to Ivan Koloff and said, “I like him. He argues.”
The family guy episode was herbert the pervert fighting an old nazi. High octane music plays as they very slowly throw punches
That must have been hysterical to watch.
I was at a local baseball game with tickets from my place of work and we got upgraded seats.
When we sat down I didn't notice at the moment we were going to be in front of a group of ladies of retirement age.
As soon as I relaxed and started talking to the people next to me I got smacked in the head with a rolled up program that sounded like a gunshot
I turned around and this tinywhite haired lady was scowling at me for being big and tall.
Everybody had a good laugh.
UPGRADE to urine soiled seats? :-D
There was an old lady who went to tapings of Don Owen's PNW wrestling in Portland, OR. She would get into it with Chris Colt, who was a flamboyant heel jobber, at one point even slapping Chris during a match. That's a bump every heel should want to take!
I used work with this little Mexican dude that used a fryer basket like Jim used his tennis racket. It was a place open till 3am across the street from 3 bars. It was chaos every single weekend. One time he hit a dude so hard with the fryer basket it made a dent in the shape of the guys skull. We ended up taking all the video footage of all the fights and making a montage and put the rocky theme music to it. 🤣
My grandma used to go to the local wrestling shows!!
Mee-Maw is a fan of the Iron Sheik HACKTOO
My great grandmother use to whack heel wrestlers with her cane.
I love how corny sounds just like my grandma sounds when she's mad about something, I love that old southern vernacular. I heard Jim say a lot of the same sayings in his podcast that I would hear my grandmother say when I was young, Good Times.
The pre-Travis era
😂😂😂😂 “I swear I didn’t hit her”
Lol we were seated above the entrance at Amarillo Colluseum and spit in Stings hair lol.
LOL, You needed to play the old woman for all it was worth
I bet Corny gave that feeble little family guy granny a swat of his tennis racket! LMAO . Gettem Corny!!
YOU side with heels? You destroy the bizness, dammit.
She's vibrating....lmao
Damn...sounds like my grandma
I've heard tale my great grandmother would throw things at whoever got between her and the TV when wrestling was on. Guess wrestling used to possess old women, now it disgusts them.
what you think of that grandma
😂😂😂😂😂
that was funny
I was surprised to find a 44 year old man that actually still goes to wwe when it comes to town
That's actually their biggest demographic if my memory serves me because there's a leftover fans from The Attitude Era. Most modern-day kids don't care about wrestling and adults who used to like it during the 1980s or 70s don't care about modern wrestling either.
I used to watch world of sport with me nan on a Saturday, and she used to go fucking crazy 😂 I always thought this was a British granny thing because they used to stab the heels with knitting needles and stub cigarettes out on their arse on the way to the ring hahaha
She could probably kick the asses out of the entire WWE roster !
Why brag about acting like a little child with an old Lady? Talk about a little Child.
gebo ganes It's almost like that was his character as a heel manager or something. 😐
Cause he asked him to tell a story
Yeah sometimes kayfabe gets a bit to fae and gets dangerous..i think its time for trump to break it finally it getsxway to far people get hurt and no one really believes someone actually is that dumb and crooked.