Jim Duggan on Bill Watts & Backstage Fights!

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  • @durden2480
    @durden2480 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What a tough guy Duggan was. Such a legend

  • @nawfsidehtown2927
    @nawfsidehtown2927 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Jim Duggan is a Fucking Legend PERIOD!!!!!!!!
    He had Legendary fights.

    • @dtogo4286
      @dtogo4286 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've always heard he was tough but I never heard the stories

  • @chriswillis1585
    @chriswillis1585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The clip with Hacksaw wrestling and Tony and the Brain on the call. Brain laughed the whole match and lost it due to the thought of Duggan being a college graduate - GOLD.

  • @jimbeekman4863
    @jimbeekman4863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I bought a 2000 Ford F-150 from Hacksaw at Boyer Ford in 2008. Hacksaw was missing his 3 front teeth and was wearing a wig... or some type of fake hair. I got an autographed photo of Jim "Hacksaw" Duggan.... Ain't that right.. TOUGH GUY!!

  • @deadaccount7520
    @deadaccount7520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    lol. In a way mid South destroyed Duggan for me. My dad used the WWF popularity to get me into the local guys. Duggan being described as "our Hogan". So nobody else ever treated Duggan as good as a lot of us thought he should have been. His feud with skandar's team of OMG and kamala. Was probably the first wrestling feud I remember. Tough guy.

    • @markherring3513
      @markherring3513 ปีที่แล้ว

      His greatest was in midsouth when he wore the gorilla suit.

  • @gabrielledormuth4634
    @gabrielledormuth4634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Duggan was always one of my favorites as a kid

  • @chrisbridges655
    @chrisbridges655 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The bolt incident was May 30, 1986 during the tournament for the UWF title.

    • @cassiusdio1138
      @cassiusdio1138 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      i havent seen this vid yet.. but when i see Bolt it makes me think of this picture of abdullah the butcher smashing someone in the head with a big industrial bolt i saw in this magazine about that time..

    • @seabrook1976
      @seabrook1976 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude I remember the bolt incident. Wow that brings back some memories.

  • @alfredobatistajr.3009
    @alfredobatistajr.3009 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Hacksaw was so underrated as a wrestler.

    • @davejeffries6786
      @davejeffries6786 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was aight

    • @michaelmclaren1333
      @michaelmclaren1333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was properly rated. Hacksaw was a really big guy with a really big voice. He couldnt and wouldn't sell for anyone. As an upper mid card worker, he was given more chances then anyone else that didnt sell. He is a really nice guy. But cant sell.

    • @theamazing10yearold65
      @theamazing10yearold65 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelmclaren1333 why can't he sell with his character tho?

    • @michaelmclaren1333
      @michaelmclaren1333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theamazing10yearold65if you are familiar with 80s and 90s wrestling. You obviously know hulk Hogans spot in the match where he's "hulking up" no persons punches or kicks had any effect on hulk. Now, take that same concept, people would hit duggan, with NO response and or "no selling". I don't think hacksaw had malicious intent. But he was very limited.

  • @magnificentone4686
    @magnificentone4686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Mid-South was the King Of Territorial Wrestling! McMahon built the WWF product from 84 thru 87 by raiding Mid-South. Duggan, Reed, Dibiase, Nord, Roberts, JYD, Bundy, Nikolai, Iron Sheik, Hercules, Kamala and so on and so on. All appeared in Mid-South before going to WWF but couldn’t put Mid-South out of business until Bill sold it to Crockett

  • @SherryIrvin-l8c
    @SherryIrvin-l8c 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved Jim Duggan. Heard he had Cancer. Is ge still with us? A true legend😊

  • @RayAtkins-wk9zv
    @RayAtkins-wk9zv 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Put jim duggan in the hall of fame

  • @watchman1178
    @watchman1178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ha ha.....I went to some of those TV tapings at the Fairgrounds in Shreveport. Good times.

  • @detangojet
    @detangojet 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Met JD at an airport. Super cool guy. Let us take a pic. His hands were the size of my head.

  • @ArkonBlade
    @ArkonBlade 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That intro music sounds so ominous

  • @tritchie6272
    @tritchie6272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    From what I've heard in interviews,if somebody was going to work for Watts very long,they learned how to work.Sometimes it seems as if we could use abit of Bill Watts today. If memory serves Nikita said when he went to Watts contesting fine Watts called in Grizzly Smith, and under question Grizzly said he didn't personalty see the match that Nikita got fined for supposedly being Lazy in. Watt's refunded the fine after that. Somebody also claimed that Watt's was a huge fan of Big Cat Ernie Ladd. While I don't think Watts was perfect or anything,sometimes I wonder if his bad qualities get exaggerated, embellished by people who didn't like his rules. Or were jealous of his success.

    • @lusterthomas4189
      @lusterthomas4189 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think so I always say Bill wasn't Racist he was southern...

    • @savagecatgt
      @savagecatgt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bill Watts was a bigot. Just because bigotry is normalized in some places, doesn't mean he isn't also a bigot. He was proud of it and very very enthusiastic in his bigotry. He wasn't naive or ignorant, he was malicious. If you were black, hispanic, jewish, homosexual, or a woman, you were seen as someone he doesn't need to respect. He expected respect, but did not return it, even making purposely disrespectful and hurtful comments so you knew how he felt. You can read the transcript of his interview (and listen to audio if you subscribe) on PWtorch and hear his hateful perspective yourself. If that isn't good enough, just read the letter he sent Hank Aaron after he was fired where he doubles down on his bigotry.
      If you have no issues with what he says, then I dont know what to say except good riddance.

  • @rbky04
    @rbky04 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Legend has it that Bill Watts and the Ultimate Warrior got in a fight backstage years ago and the Warrior got the best of Watts. Does anyone know if that's a true story?

    • @ronalmaria9967
      @ronalmaria9967 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      rbky04
      Ultimate Warrior used to work as a male escort, according to an old buddy of mine who worked in production. Watts didn't like that. He fired Warrior because of tgat, and because Warrior sucked in the ring.

    • @yehudafinkelstein7504
      @yehudafinkelstein7504 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Warrior sucked ass. He had LOOK and that was it. Old school promoters like Watts, Ole Anderson, and Verne Gagne demanded that star wrestlers could actually work in the ring to sell tickets. Warrior couldn't do that, he was a flash in the pan who didn't last.

    • @pinnacleproductions6275
      @pinnacleproductions6275 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ron Almaria Warrior was also in gay porn lol

    • @mcdonoghrahloh459
      @mcdonoghrahloh459 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pinnacle Productions Ah no man!!

    • @ronniemacdonald2768
      @ronniemacdonald2768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The story as Warrior told it was that Watts told him to get on all fours so Watts could teach him how to sell a move, i.e. a kick. but Warrior said they only way he'd go down is if Watts made him and Watts backed off. No fight but Warrior stood up to him.

  • @deserieserrano2118
    @deserieserrano2118 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like when you have Shoots old school wrestling legends.....(70-80)...who do you have and when?

  • @daveandersen2484
    @daveandersen2484 ปีที่แล้ว

    I played football with John nord. Nord the barbarian and later called the bzerker. He had a wrestling friend in high school, who lived to fight. They would go around to football games and such, at the opposing high schools. And fight the toughest guys on the football and wrestling and hockey teams etc. Anyone who wanted to throw down, one on one, in a fight was welcome. I don’t think anyone beat them. And I don’t think they had many takers after a dozen incidents. Nord was not the instigator, but he couldn’t say no to his buddy. And got drug into fighting.
    Hacksaw Jim duggan was one of my favorite guys. I would have loved to see him be a tag team champion with John nord. As hacksaw will tell you, Nord was really a down to earth, decent guy. If he wasn’t drinking. They would have had to create a strong silent type character for nord , to compliment hacksaw!

  • @rickt.3630
    @rickt.3630 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Even haters are STILL intrigued by the Cowboy. Believe the internet or not , Watts is a legend

    • @TheHannibalTV
      @TheHannibalTV  7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We hope to interview him one day.

    • @r0ckstar666
      @r0ckstar666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no doubt. bill watts is a legend. people are still talking about him in 2017 is the proof

    • @jr9655
      @jr9655 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is a disgusting racist poc. His own kids don't want him anywhere near his grandchildren

    • @QuartzMatrixed
      @QuartzMatrixed ปีที่แล้ว

      People Still talk about Hitler. Dahmer. Sandusky. I guess they are all legends too

  • @michaelelmorelittlejoe6422
    @michaelelmorelittlejoe6422 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jim I’ve always respected you. I don’t know if you remember that kid who was trying to get your attention and Bruce was like “here boy go get some candy”. Well, that kid was me Sir.
    Tough Guy Hooo…
    RESPECT to you Sir.

  • @kilroywashere1828
    @kilroywashere1828 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mid south when they did shows in Tulsa Oklahoma they used Tulsa convention center and fair grounds pavilion..I never heard of em being any where else I sold t shirts for mid south from 83 to 89

    • @DoktorRotwang
      @DoktorRotwang 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not after 87 you didn't. UWF (Midsouth) shut down that year.

  • @MB-oc1nw
    @MB-oc1nw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bill Wats was a mans man...he didn't suffer fools or pussies. Similar sort of attitude as Ole Anderson

  • @fuscinula
    @fuscinula 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wait.. Nikolai Volkoff knocked out Manny Fernandez?

    • @sanddune
      @sanddune 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, he lit ole stolen valor up.

  • @Halbared
    @Halbared ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who was knocking out Manny?

  • @defblinders9585
    @defblinders9585 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why was Duggan not even given a run with the IC title? He was one of the most over babyfaces in WWF during his first run.

  • @PAL327
    @PAL327 ปีที่แล้ว

    Which wrestler shot up Bill watts home ?

  • @christopherbako
    @christopherbako 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big Jim...He was much tougher before WWF.

  • @jivancich
    @jivancich 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cool

  • @jcg2922
    @jcg2922 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe Nikolai Volkoff said that fight happened because Fernandez came into the match intoxicated and legit punched Nikolai a few times. After Manny ignored a warning Volkoff lit him up. There's an interview where Nikolai talks about it on here somewhere.

    • @TheHannibalTV
      @TheHannibalTV  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yea I asked him about it in the one I did

  • @mrsinister8943
    @mrsinister8943 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hacksaw was one of my least favorite wrestlers ever but he does seem like a really awesome dude and he was a straight up badass in his day.

  • @billywilliams8753
    @billywilliams8753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mid-South waa so much better than Vince McNuggett

  • @craigharris9453
    @craigharris9453 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did I hear Hacksaw say Rick Rude knocked out The raging Bull?

    • @kevthegoat8774
      @kevthegoat8774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nikolai Volkoff not Rude, Volkoff was a very underrated tough guy

  • @vqman535
    @vqman535 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Still looks the same !!!!!!

  • @lusterthomas4189
    @lusterthomas4189 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vince McMahon stole everything from Bill Watts... damn shame

  • @eugenefrederick5411
    @eugenefrederick5411 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hacksaw Jim duggan I grew up watching you so I know you know all the s*** that happens in the back glad to see you still moving I seen you take a pounding

  • @eugenefrederick5411
    @eugenefrederick5411 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How's Bam Bam Bigelow haven't seen him in a while