He was my all time fave wrestler as a young Mid-South fan. I will never forget watching him and Kamala in a steel cage match in Tulsa when the mask turned crimson red. The angle with Magnum TA was an all time great one as well. Dropping those knee lifts....good times.
I met Johnny "The Rubber Man" Walker back in the early 1980's. He was in his prime as Mr. Wrestling 2 and he couldn't have been nicer to me and my two boys! The rival he had with The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie was a Classic between Two Masked Legends! Japan had The Destroyer Dick Beyer....but America had Mr. Wrestling 2 and I do believe we got the better end of that deal! Cheers and Hope To See Everyone At Ringside Soon!
I can’t remember how many knee lifts I gave my brothers and friends growing up. Mr Wrestling II was one of my heroes! Once he left mid south my family didn’t get to watch him much because we lived in the country and cable TV was not available. I have many fond memories of tuning in every Saturday with my brothers and Dad having a bologna sandwich with all the fixings watching Mid South Wrestling!
Mr Wrestling II was the most prominent wrestler in Ga during the 70s and a lot of the 80s. Other wrestlers came and went during that era but he was always consistently there for his fans and friends. He was like the grand daddy of Georgia Wrestling. He was my sons hero. I still have a picture of him and my son together. R.I.P. Sir..
One of my all time favorites... I remember going to the Bell Auditorium in Augusta Georgia and watching him wrestle...I saw Mr. Wrestling 2 and Tim Woods (Mr. Wrestling 1) take on The Minnesota Wrecking Crew,Ole and Arn Anderson. Looking back now I remember an Auditorium packed with cheering black and white families having a great time. Those were the days...
I am so glad you brought that up. On Saturdays wrestling came on when I was in Augusta ga. Your right black and white loved them both. I love Tim Wood no longer here. They are together now. Rip
@@therealitycheckcheck496 I lived in South Augusta from 1972 1987. Went to Glenn Hills High School. Miss my Spartans!! Oh well,time marches on. At least we have such good memories. Take care and God bless you 🤙🏽
The Assassin and Cowboy Bill Watts were also charismatic speakers. They lured the viewer in. Mainly, the Assassin maintained this calm, well spoken demeanor - kind of like one would imagine an actual professional Hit Man. These wrestlers were on MidSouth, but also on Georgia Championship Wrestling.
First time I seen him was at our elementary school back in the 70s wrestling the super star, and I got his autograph, ever since Mr. Wrestling II was my favorite wrestler of all time, on a side note, Mr. Wrestling II wife was a expert seamstress and dress maker, she made all Rick Flairs robes, and many of the old country music stars outfits like Porter Wagoner and many others, R.I.P Mr. Wrestling II.
One of my favorites from GCW back in the days. I remember him being my favorite wrestler for a a long time. There were so many back then that were just classic and he was one of them. It's nothing like it used to be anymore.
Mr Wrestling II certainly did have that fire when he got mad. Even with his mask on you could in his interviews from his voice and eyes that he was mad as hell and likely turning red underneath. I grew up really wanting to knee lift somebody one day.
In addition to studio shows, I watched him many times at the Macon Coliseum and once or twice in Atlanta at the Omni. He was my all-time favorite. It's true - that gravely voice made his promos some of the greatest.
Your so right bro. I started watching wrestling II in 1979 in Shreveport LA. He was awesome. Saw him live a few times and JYD! What I really liked was neck roll dance move he would do. He just had a flare about him. Saw a interview and he said he would drive with his mask on because reporters would follow him thinking he would take mask off. Great video my friend...
I live the Shreveport area all my life helped put mid south wrestling rings up for matches mr. Olympia heel turn was a story line wrote by Superstar Bill Dundee has he was promoter and on the writing team for Mid South Wrestling from 1980 to1986
Mr. Wrestling II was my favorite wrestler of all time. My interest started in 1975 with Georgia Championship Wrestling on channel 17, WTBS "The Super Station" In 1977 Mr. Wrestling I & II was a popular tag team, funny everyone knew who Mr. Wrestling I was (?Tim Wood?) but Mr. Wrestling II was a national secret. Even when the opponent was able to snatch His mask he was able to cover up his face.
Thank you for this! My overall favorite wrestling of all time. Captured my imagination and admiration as a young man. I recall his feuds with the Masked Superstar and the Masked Assassin!
II was my first wrestling hero. I grew up on MidSouth Wrestling, and he was it for me. I was there, about 8 years old, in Lafayette, LA when he left TA to the Midnight Express and Jim "the Wimp" Cornett. And I remember spending weeks thereafter, watching MidSouth, trying to figure out what Magnum had done so wrong that II had to teach him a hard lesson; I simply couldn't wrap my head around II having turned into a bad guy (I certainly didn't know the term "heel" at that time.) Deep down, I thought it was all Jim Cornett's fault ...
II was great because he would fight anyone, Mongolian Stomper, the Andersons, Assassins, anyone. He didn't beat everybody (he would bleed through his mask on occasion) and that made him exciting. II might win the belt or he might get beat if the heel cheated, but it made you cheer for him. He made wrestling look real. And he would go to the Arby's and eat his lunch, with his mask on and a ton of kids watching him.
In the 70's and 80's Mr. Wrestling #2 was one of the most popular wrestlers in the Columbus Georgia area. Mr. Fred Ward, local promotor, had #2 in the main event and always the Cols. Auditorium was packed. A complete sell out each time #2 came into town and he was always available for autographs and photos. He was every school boys hero and could do no wrong. We lined up any Wednesday night he was in town wrestling. No other wrestler had that kind of crowd drawing power like Mr. Wrestling Number 2. May he rest in peace.
Wow! What a great video! I grew up watching Georgia Championship Wrestling on WTBS in the 70’s. He was one of my favorites! I rarely saw #1. It was usually #2. His move was the Atomic Knee Drop I think. Every week it was a big deal to see if someone could unmask him. God bless him.
My first memories of wresting, we went to the Bell Auditorium usually on Monday nights, and I was probably only about four years old, but Wrestler#2 was one of my first crushes and this little four year old black girl wanted to marry him lol! I stayed into wrestling most of my life, and the fact that I am still watching these videos 50 years later tells you that wrestling was one of the true loves of my life!
Great tribute. I would say Mr Wrestling 2 was an outstanding wrestler. Mid South was towards the end of his career. Go back to the 70s Georgia Championship wrestling. He was amazing at applying holds and counter holds along with just his ring awareness and presence. The name fit him perfectly. He was older and not at his best in mid South in the 80s
I grew up in Southwest Georgia and like several other people who have posted watched many of matches in Columbus and Atlanta. Mr. Wrestling no. 2 was one of my favorites. Do any of you guys remember when Tony Atlas was the Black Atlas and wore a mask? Can anyone tell me who it was that de masked him? I met Andre the Giant when he and Wrestling no. 2 were tag team partners. I think they fought the Funk Brothers.
I saw him back around 1963 in Los Angeles ( Olympic Auditorium ) when he wrestled as Johnny " Rubberman " Walker. Double jointed, I guess He would contort his body in weird ways and could squirm out of holds. I never saw him as Mr. Wrestling II, did he use that ability when wrestling under the mask?
Every promo their acting , so you watch MID- SOUTH and their promis were so over the top but that's why it was great Jim Cornette birthday cake promo was great and Bill Watts feud was great and moves if you watch you'll see finishers of today just being a move back then think a piledriver was banned
A lot of wrestlers said he was a dick , he wouldn't help the young guys and you could tell he hated Magnum TA was getting over and he Magnum was the fan favorite and not MR.WRESTLING 2 bit he did come up in a time when you did what you had to , to keep your spot
@@TheMagnificentMongoSlade Oh my, Matt Hardy also put on a fake intensity disingenuous corny voice... and is *also* rehashing old WWE shit ("MATTer of Fact"); SO EMBARRASSING - it's like they've never met an adult.
I completely forgot about that Matt Hardy segment. Now he's doing three gimmicks at the same time. Jericho is hitting people with oranges, this shit is a travesty.
Making Olympia , who was young and very capable , heel turn to feud with MR Wrestling 2 over who is the premeir Masked man when 2 was just months away from turning heel was stupid . Olympia should have been built up as the baby face in that feud . OLYMPIA lost caché becoming a sneaky heel . It was a bad clusterfeck
@@TheMagnificentMongoSlade I did not mind turning MW2 heel , because he was at the end of his career and was pretty damned good at it . Olympia could have been the star of the future . The hero Midsouth needed after JYD was not drawing as strong or had left . Instead they turned Duggan face because he could not believe that Dibiase would ever work for Akbar. Did they forget that Akbar was respo sible for bringing Duggan into Midsouth ? Akbar was his manager . Midsouth needed someone to keep tabs on what the fans knew .
Mr Olympia was a superhero . If they wanted him to be a heel they should have had him unmasked . Jerry Stubbs was a great heel without his mask . He looked like your PE instructor , that coach no one liked . No one wanted to be Stubbs , Olympia though ....
@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 They tried a myriad of babyfaces to replace JYD. Butch Reed, Tony Atlas, The Snowman and none of them clicked. Duggan truly was all they had and he was really over. They also lost Magnum TA, Terry Taylor and Brad Armstrong apparently didn't work.
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Was there any pictures.....of him in the casket with his mask on
Was there any pictures with in the casket with his mask on..I would like to c then
My favorite wrestler of all time!!! #2 🤟 2,2,2,2
He was my all time fave wrestler as a young Mid-South fan. I will never forget watching him and Kamala in a steel cage match in Tulsa when the mask turned crimson red.
The angle with Magnum TA was an all time great one as well. Dropping those knee lifts....good times.
I met Johnny "The Rubber Man" Walker back in the early 1980's. He was in his prime as Mr. Wrestling 2 and he couldn't have been nicer to me and my two boys! The rival he had with The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie was a Classic between Two Masked Legends! Japan had The Destroyer Dick Beyer....but America had Mr. Wrestling 2 and I do believe we got the better end of that deal! Cheers and Hope To See Everyone At Ringside Soon!
That KNEE LIFT was classic!! I grew up as a fan of Mr. W2 🙏😷✌⚓
Wrestling 2 Knee Lift was legendary! Mid-South wrestling was fantastic in the early 80’s
I can’t remember how many knee lifts I gave my brothers and friends growing up. Mr Wrestling II was one of my heroes! Once he left mid south my family didn’t get to watch him much because we lived in the country and cable TV was not available. I have many fond memories of tuning in every Saturday with my brothers and Dad having a bologna sandwich with all the fixings watching Mid South Wrestling!
Good stuff!
Same here. Back in the 80s put the knee lift on my neighbors. Passed off many parents lol
I used to watch Georgia Championship Wrestling on cable TV almost every Saturday evening. Mr. Wrestling II was one of my favorite wrestlers.
Mr Wrestling II was the most prominent wrestler in Ga during the 70s and a lot of the 80s. Other wrestlers came and went during that era but he was always consistently there for his fans and friends. He was like the grand daddy of Georgia Wrestling. He was my sons hero. I still have a picture of him and my son together. R.I.P. Sir..
One of my all time favorites... I remember going to the Bell Auditorium in Augusta Georgia and watching him wrestle...I saw Mr. Wrestling 2 and Tim Woods (Mr. Wrestling 1) take on The Minnesota Wrecking Crew,Ole and Arn Anderson. Looking back now I remember an Auditorium packed with cheering black and white families having a great time. Those were the days...
I am so glad you brought that up. On Saturdays wrestling came on when I was in Augusta ga. Your right black and white loved them both. I love Tim Wood no longer here. They are together now. Rip
@@therealitycheckcheck496 what years were you in Augusta?
@@MaxMoon65 1976 to 1980
Really near by in South Carolina. Aiken and Barnwell.
@@therealitycheckcheck496 I lived in South Augusta from 1972 1987. Went to Glenn Hills High School. Miss my Spartans!! Oh well,time marches on. At least we have such good memories. Take care and God bless you 🤙🏽
The Assassin and Cowboy Bill Watts were also charismatic speakers. They lured the viewer in. Mainly, the Assassin maintained this calm, well spoken demeanor - kind of like one would imagine an actual professional Hit Man. These wrestlers were on MidSouth, but also on Georgia Championship Wrestling.
First time I seen him was at our elementary school back in the 70s wrestling the super star, and I got his autograph, ever since Mr. Wrestling II was my favorite wrestler of all time, on a side note, Mr. Wrestling II wife was a expert seamstress and dress maker, she made all Rick Flairs robes, and many of the old country music stars outfits like Porter Wagoner and many others, R.I.P Mr. Wrestling II.
Definitely my favorite wrestler of all time RIP
One of my favorites from GCW back in the days. I remember him being my favorite wrestler for a a long time. There were so many back then that were just classic and he was one of them. It's nothing like it used to be anymore.
One of the greatest masks wrestlers of all time. I also like the angle he did in Mid South with Magnum T.A. And he also was great on the mic
Fantastic angle and feud
I was a huge Mr wrestling #2 fan.ive seen him many many times in person he's one of the best wrestler in the world rip my friend.always in my heart.
His vocals were on point. Very convincing. " A mean principle at a elementary school ".
Mr Wrestling II certainly did have that fire when he got mad. Even with his mask on you could in his interviews from his voice and eyes that he was mad as hell and likely turning red underneath. I grew up really wanting to knee lift somebody one day.
Dam he had to be my favorite as a young boy back in the mid 70s r.i.p 2
R.i.p. Mr Wrestling 2 my best memories of him was in Atlanta GA his feud with Larry Zbyszko. Great matches
Rip the greatest wrestler that ever lived I love Mr wrestling # 2 he will always be my favorite of all time
In addition to studio shows, I watched him many times at the Macon Coliseum and once or twice in Atlanta at the Omni. He was my all-time favorite. It's true - that gravely voice made his promos some of the greatest.
He just sounded tough and serious. I think that's missing in today's wrestling where everyone seems to be forcing it.
@@TheMagnificentMongoSlade Dude didn't play around.
Your so right bro. I started watching wrestling II in 1979 in Shreveport LA. He was awesome. Saw him live a few times and JYD! What I really liked was neck roll dance move he would do. He just had a flare about him. Saw a interview and he said he would drive with his mask on because reporters would follow him thinking he would take mask off. Great video my friend...
Thanks.
I live the Shreveport area all my life helped put mid south wrestling rings up for matches mr. Olympia heel turn was a story line wrote by Superstar Bill Dundee has he was promoter and on the writing team for Mid South Wrestling from 1980 to1986
Hey big old school wrestling fan here. I look forward to watching some of your material
I appreciate that
Mr. Wrestling II was my favorite wrestler of all time.
My interest started in 1975 with Georgia Championship Wrestling on channel 17, WTBS "The Super Station"
In 1977 Mr. Wrestling I & II was a popular tag team, funny everyone knew who Mr. Wrestling I was (?Tim Wood?) but Mr. Wrestling II was a national secret.
Even when the opponent was able to snatch His mask he was able to cover up his face.
Thank you for this! My overall favorite wrestling of all time. Captured my imagination and admiration as a young man. I recall his feuds with the Masked Superstar and the Masked Assassin!
RIP , Mr. Wrestling 2 !
II was my first wrestling hero. I grew up on MidSouth Wrestling, and he was it for me. I was there, about 8 years old, in Lafayette, LA when he left TA to the Midnight Express and Jim "the Wimp" Cornett. And I remember spending weeks thereafter, watching MidSouth, trying to figure out what Magnum had done so wrong that II had to teach him a hard lesson; I simply couldn't wrap my head around II having turned into a bad guy (I certainly didn't know the term "heel" at that time.)
Deep down, I thought it was all Jim Cornett's fault ...
II was great because he would fight anyone, Mongolian Stomper, the Andersons, Assassins, anyone. He didn't beat everybody (he would bleed through his mask on occasion) and that made him exciting. II might win the belt or he might get beat if the heel cheated, but it made you cheer for him. He made wrestling look real.
And he would go to the Arby's and eat his lunch, with his mask on and a ton of kids watching him.
When I was a 12 year old kid in 1974, living in Savannah, GA. Mr Wrestling 2 was my favorite! RIP...
checking out wrestler of the year 1980 SALUTE Mr. Wrestling II
In the 70's and 80's Mr. Wrestling #2 was one of the most popular wrestlers in the Columbus Georgia area. Mr. Fred Ward, local promotor, had #2 in the main event and always the Cols. Auditorium was packed. A complete sell out each time #2 came into town and he was always available for autographs and photos. He was every school boys hero and could do no wrong. We lined up any Wednesday night he was in town wrestling. No other wrestler had that kind of crowd drawing power like Mr. Wrestling Number 2. May he rest in peace.
Loved the knee lift!
Wow! What a great video! I grew up watching Georgia Championship Wrestling on WTBS in the 70’s. He was one of my favorites! I rarely saw #1. It was usually #2. His move was the Atomic Knee Drop I think. Every week it was a big deal to see if someone could unmask him. God bless him.
My first memories of wresting, we went to the Bell Auditorium usually on Monday nights, and I was probably only about four years old, but Wrestler#2 was one of my first crushes and this little four year old black girl wanted to marry him lol! I stayed into wrestling most of my life, and the fact that I am still watching these videos 50 years later tells you that wrestling was one of the true loves of my life!
Great tribute. I would say Mr Wrestling 2 was an outstanding wrestler. Mid South was towards the end of his career. Go back to the 70s Georgia Championship wrestling. He was amazing at applying holds and counter holds along with just his ring awareness and presence. The name fit him perfectly. He was older and not at his best in mid South in the 80s
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My Favorite Wrestler When I Was A Young Kid, I Had A Mr. Wrestling ✌ Mask!
R.I.P MR wrestling
He was tops at what he does.
Two.two.two .him and magnum wrestling together was awsome .my favorite wrestler
He was great
One of the all time greats,,, plain and simple
Rip mr wrestling 2
Man I loved seeing him wrestle in Shreveport!
Good stuff
Wrestling II's Mid-South run was great all the way to the end
He was my favorite, him Mr wrestling #1
He was Voted the Champion of Champions by the fans whole in GCW
That mask was an instant classic
I grew up in Southwest Georgia and like several other people who have posted watched many of matches in Columbus and Atlanta. Mr. Wrestling no. 2 was one of my favorites. Do any of you guys remember when Tony Atlas was the Black Atlas and wore a mask? Can anyone tell me who it was that de masked him? I met Andre the Giant when he and Wrestling no. 2 were tag team partners. I think they fought the Funk Brothers.
Nice tribute.
I thank Jim Cornette for talking about Mr. Wrestling 2 I would have never probably seen any of the videos of his promo
That's why I listen to him!
Yes he did team with Mr Wrestling 1 in the 70s against the Anderson Brothers my all time favorite mask wrestler along with the Superstar
I saw Johnny Walker wrestle Dory Funk Jr. for the NWA Title in Memphis in the late 60s.
My four favorites are Danny Hodge, Mr. Wrestling II, Roddy Piper and Gino Hernandez.
The Plane Crash was in 1975.
Okay. Some of the research I did said 1978, guess they had the wrong date or maybe I just botched it lol.
Thanks anyway
I saw him back around 1963 in Los Angeles ( Olympic Auditorium ) when he wrestled as Johnny " Rubberman " Walker. Double jointed, I guess He would contort his body in weird ways and could squirm out of holds. I never saw him as Mr. Wrestling II, did he use that ability when wrestling under the mask?
I didn't see him do it much
Bro....you gotta watch the GCW stuff with MrW1 and 2. They were great.
R.I.P.
Fiery, tough guy vocals, yep!!
Mr.W II
Has ANYONE else ever done the angle Wrestling II did with Magnum?
I don't think I've ever seen it done again. Bruno/Zbysko was before Magnum/II and the student turned on the teacher in that one
Every promo their acting , so you watch MID- SOUTH and their promis were so over the top but that's why it was great Jim Cornette birthday cake promo was great and Bill Watts feud was great and moves if you watch you'll see finishers of today just being a move back then think a piledriver was banned
Does any one know if he was buried with he mask on
I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS MR WRESTLER #2
Hercules was MR WRESTLING 3 I think the arms and you knew it wasn't MR.WRESTLING 2
A lot of wrestlers said he was a dick , he wouldn't help the young guys and you could tell he hated Magnum TA was getting over and he Magnum was the fan favorite and not MR.WRESTLING 2 bit he did come up in a time when you did what you had to , to keep your spot
LAUGHING MY FUCKING ASS OFF at The Young Bucks tryna cut a promo - if those pathetic little boys owned tag wrestling for 15yrs....
Fake intensity, disingenuous and corny. It was awful. Lol
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Oh my, Matt Hardy also put on a fake intensity disingenuous corny voice... and is *also* rehashing old WWE shit ("MATTer of Fact"); SO EMBARRASSING - it's like they've never met an adult.
I completely forgot about that Matt Hardy segment.
Now he's doing three gimmicks at the same time.
Jericho is hitting people with oranges, this shit is a travesty.
The identity of the person who actually asked Walker to become Wrestling II is lost to history. About four or folks have claimed it.
I LIKE MR. WRESTLING 2 JUST DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE HIM WITH A MASK, THE SUPER STAR, THE SPOILER, THE ASSASSIN, ETC.
Making Olympia , who was young and very capable , heel turn to feud with MR Wrestling 2 over who is the premeir Masked man when 2 was just months away from turning heel was stupid . Olympia should have been built up as the baby face in that feud . OLYMPIA lost caché becoming a sneaky heel . It was a bad clusterfeck
After watching the whole angle you're right. It really derailed Olympia and then II was turned heel shortly thereafter. It was foolish
@@TheMagnificentMongoSlade I did not mind turning MW2 heel , because he was at the end of his career and was pretty damned good at it . Olympia could have been the star of the future . The hero Midsouth needed after JYD was not drawing as strong or had left . Instead they turned Duggan face because he could not believe that Dibiase would ever work for Akbar. Did they forget that Akbar was respo sible for bringing Duggan into Midsouth ? Akbar was his manager . Midsouth needed someone to keep tabs on what the fans knew .
Mr Olympia was a superhero . If they wanted him to be a heel they should have had him unmasked . Jerry Stubbs was a great heel without his mask . He looked like your PE instructor , that coach no one liked . No one wanted to be Stubbs , Olympia though ....
@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906
They tried a myriad of babyfaces to replace JYD. Butch Reed, Tony Atlas, The Snowman and none of them clicked. Duggan truly was all they had and he was really over.
They also lost Magnum TA, Terry Taylor and Brad Armstrong apparently didn't work.