He was my favorite heel as a kid. I’ll never forget re-watching the Wrestlemania 2 match on VHS tapes. Back when wrestling was wrestling. I miss those days. I’m 49 years old now. Glad to have experienced all that stuff as a kid.
Both original families in the show were named after wrestlers. The Bundys were named after King Kong Bundy of course and the Rhodes family was named after Dusty Rhodes.
This is from Episode 83 in Feb 2019...a month before Bundy died. Not a new clip so don't be surprised at them talking about Bundy in...current... tense
@kingofkings69ner and the short term character Luke Ventura, who worked with Al at the shoe store during the first season, was named after Jesse The Body Ventura
I remember an interview with Bundy where he says he never understood wrestlers that didn't want to lose a match and shit, because the victory it's not real after all. It came clear to me that Bundy was a wrestler that did his job and he understood that it was a business, he had respect for it, but never took it more seriously than he should. Of course he wouldn't accept to job to a rookie or a guy with half the size of him, but he wouldn't give a fuck about being a champion.
I don't understand how anyone can watch the modern shit. I've tried so hard to watch it because I want to like wrestling like I used to, but it is just pure garbage. I'm glad these two watch it for us because I can't.
@@TheVoidofNothing11 I recently tried to watch. However wrestling really sucks without the fans screaming and telling and creating energy. Watching Monday night raw without the fans fucking sucks. Corona virus is making wrestling even more shitty and hard to watch
@@TheVoidofNothing11 its a bunch of kids and people in India who just got the internet and don't know any better. They never grew up with the 80s and 90s wrestling so they have nothing to compare it to.
Weird question.... Bundy did SNME against Hogan in cage match. For a while he was THE monster heel. Might as well as why Earthquake didn't make it big, makes about as much sense.
During an interview a few years ago, Bundy said he got to screen test for the role of Kingpin in Ben Affleck's "Daredevil" movie. He says he got a call back but lost the role to Michael Clarke Duncan.
I first learned of and will best remember Bundy in Georgia. He had some epic battles with the Road Warriors. There’s a great 6 man I remember with Road Warriors and Jake Roberts vs Bundy, Ron Garvin and Tim Horner. It’s on TH-cam.
I didn't know who King Kong Bundy was until he came in to wrestle Undertaker in 1995. I've since gone back and enjoyed some of his work in Mid-South and the Hogan stuff. Hogan complained about him a lot -- claimed Bundy worked too stiff.
The artist is old enough to remember when Kingpin was Spider-Man’s nemesis before he was Daredevil’s or The Punisher’s. Before he was “nerfed” into just a big, tough guy, he was a giant who fractured concrete and punched off car doors with his fists, in the days of the knockout gas shooting walking stick.
Bundy was awesome and left the business on his own terms. The angle where he avalanched Hogan on snme was done so well because Bundy was the real deal.
I've always liked Bundy. Very agile despite his size. Sure nowhere as agile as someone like Vader, but for an 80s big man the guy could move. Jerry Blackwell was pretty similar as well in his prime.
@@cyberpunkgrappling6447 Boom Boom was a great fighter. Always moving forward. Always aggressive. The match with Du Ku Kim was brutal. Both fighters gave it everything. Imo Boom Boom was never the same fighter after that bout. He seemed to have lost something.
The first wrestling event I went to was a house show in 86 and Hogan and Bundy was the main event. I still remember my dad saying Bundys name in a hilarious way. I wish I still had the match card paper since I cant even remember the other matches on the card since i went to both survivor series in Cleveland short after that. I was only like 10 at the time and Hogan was so huge at the time I was super excited. I definately remember that match and Bundys big splash and avalanche. It was awesome. I still remember on Prime Time when he had the quickest win in history supposeably against Special delivery Jomes. That was such a squash. Avalanche and it was over. Loved it...RIP KING KONG BUNDY. Probably one of the greatest wrestler names in history. That name just instills fear hearing it.
i saw king kong bundy's shoot interview and he was smart and well spoken, i felt a bit sad for the guy because he talked about the disappointment he had for his former wrestling colleagues, but it was a good interview and he's an interesting guy, he should have been world champion in the mid 90's after hogan, savage, flair and warrior left i think it would have meant more if he were a dominant heel world champion for over a year and then have bret hart or owen hart score a win over him in a classic underdog vs unstoppable monster match
I was there in Louisville when Jim was managing Jesse Barr, Barr was teamed with Adrian Street, very unusual tag team, while Cornette was seen half the time being chased around the ring by Dutch Mantel and his bullwhip, later when my family and I moved to Oregon I was surprised to find Jesse here working as a good guy. Jesse was a decent wrestler but appearance wise he was fairly generic territorial, there was nothing about him that really stood out. Later on I'd heard he developed a bit of a Matt Borne-like attitude, an asshole and instigator backstage, word was he was the reason the Rockers were fired soon after their first appearance in the WWF, between that and his looks I don't think anyone outside of Portland was interested in calling him up
I remember him as Big Daddy Bundy when he was under the wing of Fritz. He had hair back then. They billed him from Nome Alaska. Said he was working on pipeline and whipped his bosses ass. Kayfabe
The question is misguided; King Kong Bundy was huge (figuratively), doing TV and movies. He's one of the few wrestlers that the non-wrestling fan (like my Grandma) would've known by name and sight. The person asking the question must've missed out.
The cover pic as Bundy as THE KINGPIN is cool he couldve played that guy and not special effects and back then you would hear their wrestlers they can't act , they act live every night in front of a live crowd like they think their. Real that way.
He was my favorite heel as a kid. I’ll never forget re-watching the Wrestlemania 2 match on VHS tapes. Back when wrestling was wrestling. I miss those days. I’m 49 years old now. Glad to have experienced all that stuff as a kid.
Married with Children episode when he crushed Bud in the bee costume 🤣
@Rondough Howell Her brother I believe
On MwC: Bundy first played Peg's brother and them himself when he wrestled Bud.
Haha! I'm watching MWC right now!
Playing the Uncle from Peggy's side was the best....
ShadowAngel is that true or a joke 🤔
The creator of Married with Children named them the Bundys as a tribute to King Kong Bundy cause he liked him.
He was in two episodes as well. In one he was one of Peggy's relatives. In the other he was himself wrestling Bud.
True story
Very true. And King Kong Bundy got his " Bundy" from serial killer Ted Bundy.
Both original families in the show were named after wrestlers. The Bundys were named after King Kong Bundy of course and the Rhodes family was named after Dusty Rhodes.
This is from Episode 83 in Feb 2019...a month before Bundy died. Not a new clip so don't be surprised at them talking about Bundy in...current... tense
Thank you. I wish they would post the air dates for these. Not just a problem on this channel, but all the shoots.
I knew died so it was strange to here but cool to see him as the kingpin
Thank you ☺️
Me and Bundy rode together in mid south for watts... in 83 I was telling him he was Kingpin
Did he ever lift weights? Always wondered that
p d he’s a wrestler what do you think?
@@KreepingUnit I think you're a great friend
King Kong Bundy on Married with Children was the ultimate rib.
That's always my first thought lol
Really? Which episode I wanna see it lol I don’t remember that😂😂😂
@kingofkings69ner and the short term character Luke Ventura, who worked with Al at the shoe store during the first season, was named after Jesse The Body Ventura
@frank bonini yeah, the 2nd appearance is one of my fave episodes
frank bonini oh ok 💯
I remember an interview with Bundy where he says he never understood wrestlers that didn't want to lose a match and shit, because the victory it's not real after all. It came clear to me that Bundy was a wrestler that did his job and he understood that it was a business, he had respect for it, but never took it more seriously than he should. Of course he wouldn't accept to job to a rookie or a guy with half the size of him, but he wouldn't give a fuck about being a champion.
"King Kong the Bundy is a good friend of mine..."
- Iron Sheik
Chris lived right up the street from me. The town was heartbroken when he passed away. Such a nice guy.
Did he earn enough in wrestling not to work?
Unless you were dead than he would run that fat mouth he had.
Andre and randy savage for instance
One of my earliest memories of wrestling, was Bundy and his “five count”.
Such a great heel move
Do you know who created Bundy's 5-count?
Jim Ross !
As a kid I was though King Hippo in Mike Tyson’s Punchout was modeled after King Kong Bundy.
Little kid you did Bundy dirty then.
I met Bundy one time. Biggest human being I ever met! Nice guy too.
I saw him in World Class as “Big Daddy” Bundy.
Bundy would have made a PERFECT Kingpin
No
Bro you are underestimating Cornette. As a kid I always thought Cornette was the real kingpin
Facts
Hell yeah
I agree
King Kong Bundy was uncle Irwin in married with children
RIP King Kong Bundy
I wonder if Ernie Ladd's giving him shit up there in heaven
I remember Bundy in World Class. That's when he first had his head shaved.
What is with the head shaving in World Class Championship Wrestling?
It's a shame that wrestling is all about the past now, since the modern age is so damn awful.
They say the golden age of wrestling is mid 80's to early 90's. After that attitude era was great, but modern wrestling sucks.
I don't understand how anyone can watch the modern shit. I've tried so hard to watch it because I want to like wrestling like I used to, but it is just pure garbage. I'm glad these two watch it for us because I can't.
@@TheVoidofNothing11 I recently tried to watch. However wrestling really sucks without the fans screaming and telling and creating energy. Watching Monday night raw without the fans fucking sucks. Corona virus is making wrestling even more shitty and hard to watch
Your comment is spot on. That's all wrestling is at this point. Just reminiscing about the past.
@@TheVoidofNothing11 its a bunch of kids and people in India who just got the internet and don't know any better. They never grew up with the 80s and 90s wrestling so they have nothing to compare it to.
Weird question.... Bundy did SNME against Hogan in cage match. For a while he was THE monster heel. Might as well as why Earthquake didn't make it big, makes about as much sense.
That was Wrestlemania 2
hogan had a snme with orndorff in a cage, but he did wrestle bundy on snme and bundy won by countout
Quake and Hogan did good business. The Brother Love segment got him heat
Bundy had a huge run.
Quake didn't get a good run because he smelled of arse sweat and tobacco
The reason for this question was just to get Cornette to do his Ladd impression. Bundy was over everywhere.
Bundy was in Moving. Great 80s comedy with Richard Pryor. Small part but the movie was real good.
The drawing makes me feel sad King Kong Bundy could have been King Pin in a live action version of the character
I thought this for decades
The very first time I saw Bundy I said “Kingpin!”.
I mean, it wouldn't have been the 1st time a wrestler was cast as a spiderman villain.
Kayfabe wise Heenan was taking 70% of his pay lol.
As Heenan would say "thats right...wait no..."
My first memory of pro wrestling was Bundy and the AWA logo on ESPN circa 1984
During an interview a few years ago, Bundy said he got to screen test for the role of Kingpin in Ben Affleck's "Daredevil" movie. He says he got a call back but lost the role to Michael Clarke Duncan.
He would have made a way better Kingpin
Cornette's old enough to remember when Kingpin was never anything but a Spider-man villain.
I would love to see Bundy cosplay as kingpin 😂 it would have been gold. RIP King Kong bundy 🙏
King Pin Bundy
The Bundy's of Married With Children got their name because the head writer was a fan of King Kong Bundy
Imagine a team with King Kong Bundy and Butterbean.
Bundy outweighs Kingpin by 8lbs, but Fisk has 3 inches in height.
That would be a hell of a fight!
or, it would just be awful
COUNT TO 5!
(Fun Fact: Jim Ross was the one who told Bundy to start doing that)
"Bundy you dumbed yourself right out of position" - Ernie Ladd
😄
I first learned of and will best remember Bundy in Georgia. He had some epic battles with the Road Warriors.
There’s a great 6 man I remember with Road Warriors and Jake Roberts vs Bundy, Ron Garvin and Tim Horner. It’s on TH-cam.
Jimmy Jack Funk wasn't supposed to be a brother but a nephew. Never understood why they had him wear a mask.
I always loved Bundy's look.
I didn't know who King Kong Bundy was until he came in to wrestle Undertaker in 1995.
I've since gone back and enjoyed some of his work in Mid-South and the Hogan stuff.
Hogan complained about him a lot -- claimed Bundy worked too stiff.
"Why am I Boom Boom?" Incredible.
The artist is old enough to remember when Kingpin was Spider-Man’s nemesis before he was Daredevil’s or The Punisher’s. Before he was “nerfed” into just a big, tough guy, he was a giant who fractured concrete and punched off car doors with his fists, in the days of the knockout gas shooting walking stick.
King Kong Bundy with Married with Children when his head went through the door saying..."Where here"
Bundy was awesome and left the business on his own terms. The angle where he avalanched Hogan on snme was done so well because Bundy was the real deal.
Bundy was fuckin awesome on the mic. Search his promo on Jerry Lawler. "450 POUNDS LAWLER!!!"
Plus i think he worked as a standup comedian.
Every time I see a video with Jim Cornette talking about King Kong Bundy I hope he will do the Ernie Ladd impression. I was not disappointed.
I loved King Kong Bundy and I love hearing Cornette talk about him.
That fucking picture is incredible
King Kong Bundy was so much fun.He would pummel his opponent then yell"Who wants to be next".RIP KING KONG!!!!
King kong bundy vs andre giant was fun
I met Chris at the Monster Factory many years ago. Seemed like a really nice, sincere guy.
I've always liked Bundy. Very agile despite his size. Sure nowhere as agile as someone like Vader, but for an 80s big man the guy could move. Jerry Blackwell was pretty similar as well in his prime.
Was boom boom Bundy a distance cousin of bam bam bigalow lol
Ray Mancini made the news because he killed a man in the ring. Later the dead boxer's mother and referee in the fight killed themselves.
How good was Mancini ?
And do you how big of a star he really was ?
Nathan Russo, he had been champ for close to a year by the time he fought Duk-Koo Kim.
@@cyberpunkgrappling6447 Boom Boom was a great fighter. Always moving forward. Always aggressive. The match with Du Ku Kim was brutal. Both fighters gave it everything. Imo Boom Boom was never the same fighter after that bout. He seemed to have lost something.
Andre vs. Bundy - The Colossal Jostle = pure classic.
Last time I came this early, my wife left me
loll
I loved King kong bundy. He was the best ever
Bundy's 5-Count is epic
GIMME A 5 COUNT
I watched him and Hogan’s WW2 match so much as a kid
Arachnaman vs. kingpin Bundy the WCW fued we never got or wanted.
There was another King Kong Bundy.
Big John stud / Bundy vs Andre & Hulk Hogan was classic.
You know you've been listening for a good while when Corny pauses to find the right word & you think to yourself "Gobsmacked" before he says it.
Never thought of Bundy as anything but one of the stars of the business back then.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO TAKE ON SPIDER-MAN. HE LOOKED JUST LIKE THE CRUSHER IN THE ORIGIN STORY.
I liked his early stuff with him in a suit and sunglasses. Cool kingpin look.
Something about Jim saying Boom Boom so much cracked me up
Bundy was Gangsta period.
King Kong Bundy would be a perfect Kingpin. Jim should be the next Spider-Man movie someone call Marvel Studios NOW!
Chris Pallies was a great guy .
"Still does" Bundy is dead
(this was from the podcast a month before he died)
I loved King Kong Bundy, what a great freaking heel
And I believe he made a couple appearances on *Married with Children* either as the extended family or as himself or something ... I don't remember.
I can't believe jim doesn't know Bundy died🤣
He does know. This is from a February 2019 episode.
It's kinda sad that Bundys match with Undertaker at WM 11 is largely looked at as a flop. Sounds like a hell of a dream match on paper.
R.I.P King Kong Bundy .I was entertained .
King Kong Bundy, my South Jersey brother. Passed away too young.
Boom boom Bundy lol
might be my favorite picture so far
The first wrestling event I went to was a house show in 86 and Hogan and Bundy was the main event. I still remember my dad saying Bundys name in a hilarious way. I wish I still had the match card paper since I cant even remember the other matches on the card since i went to both survivor series in Cleveland short after that. I was only like 10 at the time and Hogan was so huge at the time I was super excited. I definately remember that match and Bundys big splash and avalanche. It was awesome. I still remember on Prime Time when he had the quickest win in history supposeably against Special delivery Jomes. That was such a squash. Avalanche and it was over. Loved it...RIP KING KONG BUNDY. Probably one of the greatest wrestler names in history. That name just instills fear hearing it.
KING KONG BUNDY!
KING KONG BUNDY!
KING KONG BUNDY!
Bundymania is running wild.
i saw king kong bundy's shoot interview and he was smart and well spoken, i felt a bit sad for the guy because he talked about the disappointment he had for his former wrestling colleagues, but it was a good interview and he's an interesting guy, he should have been world champion in the mid 90's after hogan, savage, flair and warrior left
i think it would have meant more if he were a dominant heel world champion for over a year and then have bret hart or owen hart score a win over him in a classic underdog vs unstoppable monster match
The computer commercial hurt bundy it got Vince mad at him i heard him say something like this on a utube interview
Bundy brokered the deal without assistance from Vince. Also, Vince wasn’t making any money off the deal...so they went their separate ways.
Among a rare group to have participated in the first three WrestleMania events.
I thought KK Bundy died. Why is Jim saying he lives currently in New Jersey?
From an older episode.
He passed away shortly after this recording 😞
this episode was a month before he died
Jesse came back to Memphis after his WEF run in his Jimmy Jack Funk gimmick and spent several months there, frequently teaming with Teijo Khan.
Both Cornette and King Kong Bundy would be one hell of a choice for Kingpin. Now that Bundy is no more.Corny makes the most sense
No one can top Vincent D'onofrio's performance as Kingpin in the Daredevil tv show now that the bar has been raised.
Whenever I think of the Judge from Blood Meridian, I think of King Kong Bundy.
Who had a better career Big John Studd
or King Kong Bundy?
i liked Jesse Barr, he was also had good Wrestling background. Probably not like Angle or Brisco (JACK). But I would say at least as good as Hass.
Florida Heavyweight Champion
"he still does up in Jersey"?
Didn't he die in 2019?
Edit: now I see it is a recent upload of an old episode
This was recorded in Feb 2019...
@@fuzzluvver69 you are right: I looked at the upload date but not that it was episode 83.
Don't forget about Jesse's cousin... Arm Bar!
I was there in Louisville when Jim was managing Jesse Barr, Barr was teamed with Adrian Street, very unusual tag team, while Cornette was seen half the time being chased around the ring by Dutch Mantel and his bullwhip, later when my family and I moved to Oregon I was surprised to find Jesse here working as a good guy. Jesse was a decent wrestler but appearance wise he was fairly generic territorial, there was nothing about him that really stood out. Later on I'd heard he developed a bit of a Matt Borne-like attitude, an asshole and instigator backstage, word was he was the reason the Rockers were fired soon after their first appearance in the WWF, between that and his looks I don't think anyone outside of Portland was interested in calling him up
R.I.P. BUNDY!!!
Before he was Boom Boom Bundy in the AWA he was Big Daddy Bundy in World Class.
I remember him as Big Daddy Bundy when he was under the wing of Fritz. He had hair back then. They billed him from Nome Alaska. Said he was working on pipeline and whipped his bosses ass. Kayfabe
From the refrences he makes from time to time, I would love to hear Corny talk in depth about comics.
I liked King Kong Bundy more than Earthquake as a heel. Quake made a good babyface though. If only Bundy would've turned face.
The question is misguided; King Kong Bundy was huge (figuratively), doing TV and movies. He's one of the few wrestlers that the non-wrestling fan (like my Grandma) would've known by name and sight. The person asking the question must've missed out.
😂😂😂 on what planet was Bundy a huge star doing TV and movies?
Kingpin come to life except bigger. Kingpin was 450+ lbs at 6'7. But yeah, Bundy was great.
🙄
Boom Boom Mancini killed his opponent during a boxing match
Bundy's 1995 run really hurts his legacy.
Isnt Vicki Guerrero managing king kong bundy now in aew?
The cover pic as Bundy as THE KINGPIN is cool he couldve played that guy and not special effects and back then you would hear their wrestlers they can't act , they act live every night in front of a live crowd like they think their. Real that way.