I remember being a kid watching wrestling on The superstation TBS at 6:05 every saturday night thats the 1st time I seen Wildfire Tommy Rich and he became my favorite wrestler. Way b4 I started watching WWF, Georgia Championship Wrestling is the promotion that made me a wrestling fan
When I was in high school I met Tommy. I was working at the rec department in my hometown and Tommy came and worked a show at our gym. I was the one who opened the gym up for the promoter and Tommy was with him. I got to help them set up the ring and hang out with Tommy before the show. He let me hold his replica ten pounds of gold and when I put it over my shoulder he told me that was disrespectful to west the belt over my shoulder. He said it’s a belt and meant to be worn around the waist. He also smoked a carton of cigarettes that afternoon. Lol
wildfire came thru were I love in Louisville Kentucky and set the gardens on fire when I was a lil kid then he did a couple spots at iwa mid south late 90s early 2000s always loved him he sounds like he smokes 5 packs a cigarettes a day with that grawl
Tommy, it is so good to see you! It's been a long time. Idk if you heard, but I am in breast cancer surgery and getting ready for chemo and radiation I really wanted to see you. It's me and Shemar Franklin Moore now. Aka "Hondo" S.W.A.T. channel 10 Friday nights.
I see him all over town. Walmart, Kroger's all over and he looks like he has been beat UP for 20 years and he was beat up 35 years ago. One of the best back in the day.
He had so much talent and ability, if he could have stayed clean and out of trouble long term he would have been mentioned in the same breath as Flair. He was amazing back in the day.
I never seen him as a bad guy .when I was a kid he was awsome everyone loved him girls would cry thinking he was getting hurt.i hope he's having a great life.
He met his wife at Dee Ford's? I have been friends with Dee for decades. I used to work on a three car race team and Dee was one of our drivers. Pretty good at it too. He and my Dad became friends also, and one of the last times I saw Dee was at my dad's funeral. Small world, huh?
For the record, I'm from CUMMING Georgia (there's no S) and yes we were considered a "Sundown Town" back then BUT everyone LOVED Tony Atlas and Tommy Rich. And there's absolutely no comparison to "race relations" then and now. NONE
TOMMY RICH, PAUL ORDORRF, AND DON MURACO ARE MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME, ONE DAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING TOMMY RICH AFTER A ECW EVENT IN QUENS NY, BUT THE SAD PART IS , I DID NOT GET TO MEET HIM PERSONALLY, CAUSE HE WAS ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK, WITH A LADY ON HIS LAP LOL THEY WERE BOTH DRINKING, SO I DID NOT WANT TO BREAK THE BRO CODE LOL LOL LOL, BUT MAN I WAS HOPING THE LADY WOULD GET OFF HIM, SO I COULD JUST GET A HANDSHAKE, THIS WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE LATE 90'S, I ALSO MET SANDMAN, TOMMY DREAMER, AND A FEW OF THE ECW WRESTLERS THERE......
I only remember hearing about that when Flair had the debacle with leaving and taking the belt to the WWF, so basically this is what I could find to explain it more, ''the NWA World Heavyweight Champion had to put up a $25,000 security deposit to the NWA Board of Directors as a statement that they would not leave the company with the belt.'' I'm guessing when Rich is referring to it was a different belt and amount obviously.
That belt was probably worth 200 not 1200 so Jimmy CRownette probably saved himself 1K hah. You have to pay fees I think if a check bounces as I didn't even try when somebody wrote me one to avoid that. I'll never be able to forget his deformed finger but I have taped them together or toes. I can't seem to get the small one or next to it to heal. I think I broke like 3 or 4 of my toes on the same foot along with other issues heh. I kept thinking was going to need surgery like CM Punk for just jumping into crowd. Tommy can be difficult to understand at times its like you gotta sorta get into his cadence hehe. I can't believe the guy is still wrestling. Iron Sheik I think got more popular after he stopped wrestling from all this antics and interviews :).
@@tonyrhoton6613 Hehe of the Troglydites or what it was from movie. I don't even think he made my top 10 or 20 managers when ranked them :). Maybe he can open a Fried Chicken place with Trevor too :).
He's more country now than he was back then. I believe there comes a point when you just say to hell with it and quit trying to cover the accent as much😅. That's what happ with me anyways.
Don't break Down in WV That is where Wrong turn , THE Hills have eyes ,deliverance and way way to many others happen...actually don't even visit ..fuk that noise ..
Tommy has always been criminally underrated!
I remember being a kid watching wrestling on The superstation TBS at 6:05 every saturday night thats the 1st time I seen Wildfire Tommy Rich and he became my favorite wrestler. Way b4 I started watching WWF, Georgia Championship Wrestling is the promotion that made me a wrestling fan
"if you can sell and get 2 or 3 little girls crying in the crowd, you know you are doing a great job" 😂😂.. Tommy Rich.. love this guy..
Tommy Rich is GOLD!!
Tommy is as real as it gets.. One of my favorite wrestlers...
The Big Don himself, Tommy legit seems like one of the most fun wrestlers to interview!
And this interviewer is EXCELLENT! Great questions. Solid research. Superb
Tommy Rich out here looking like my drunk aunt at bingo.
He looks like that blonde woman Angela from Georgia on the show 90 day finance!
Tommy is such an extrovert and optimist and I admire that. He just seems to love everybody and how can you knock that.
How can you not love Tommy Rich?
When I was in high school I met Tommy. I was working at the rec department in my hometown and Tommy came and worked a show at our gym. I was the one who opened the gym up for the promoter and Tommy was with him. I got to help them set up the ring and hang out with Tommy before the show. He let me hold his replica ten pounds of gold and when I put it over my shoulder he told me that was disrespectful to west the belt over my shoulder. He said it’s a belt and meant to be worn around the waist. He also smoked a carton of cigarettes that afternoon. Lol
James needs to fly the man over there Manchester and have the fridge full of some Pabst Blue Ribbon
Thank you, Tommy Rich! Entertaining as always. What a long strange journey it has been!
Lol I love Tommy Rich, so entertaining and funny.
This is Glorious! He needs his own show!
Tommy wild fire Rich is the best wrestler out there today. I watched him from the time I was 5yrs ole to now. I love you Tommy!Country
Tommy needs his own show!!!!!
Very animated he's loves this
65 yrs old still wrestling and living the gimmick.I have always liked Tommy.
This kinda looks like one of the characters in the Wynonnas Big Brown Beaver video by Primus
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Tommy Wild Fire Rich!!!! 🔥
One of my idols when I started wrestling years ago.
"Wildfire" will ALWAYS be one of the ALL-TIME GREATS in my book!
My all time favorite
love this dude! wildfire!
Holly fuck I hope I have this dudes energy for the rest of my life wow. He’s a god dang ball of plutonium. Good for you brother
tommy turning into balls mahooney lol
I thought the same thing
The balls came from lawyer they rip them off
Love the dudes energy!!
Tommy and Tony Atlas being great friends must have been some wild nights
wildfire came thru were I love in Louisville Kentucky and set the gardens on fire when I was a lil kid then he did a couple spots at iwa mid south late 90s early 2000s always loved him he sounds like he smokes 5 packs a cigarettes a day with that grawl
Same here I work on 4th streetlive
Tommy is entertaining as hell
The women went crazy for this guy
Tommy, it is so good to see you! It's been a long time. Idk if you heard, but I am in breast cancer surgery and getting ready for chemo and radiation
I really wanted to see you. It's me and Shemar Franklin Moore now. Aka "Hondo" S.W.A.T. channel 10 Friday nights.
Praying for you, Patti
Fired fired up!! Fired up!! Great memories
Sunny looks well 😂
I see him all over town. Walmart, Kroger's all over and he looks like he has been beat UP for 20 years and he was beat up 35 years ago. One of the best back in the day.
Have Tommy back! Good interview!
He had so much talent and ability, if he could have stayed clean and out of trouble long term he would have been mentioned in the same breath as Flair. He was amazing back in the day.
Man talk about somebody that looks like a hundred square miles of Backwoods Wilderness nowadays! 💯
In my opinion, one of the top bladers behind Ric Flair
Wayne Ferris done that when he was young hahaha
Tommy is 65 and has had 2 hip replacements, and 280, I always liked Wildfire, then I enjoyed his ECW heel run
You should interview Tommy again, i really enjoyed the interview.
I never seen him as a bad guy .when I was a kid he was awsome everyone loved him girls would cry thinking he was getting hurt.i hope he's having a great life.
Somebody say somethin bout fire up?
I never knew about Tommy and Tony Atlas. Tommy is a good person and Tony too. That was rare back then
Props to George South and Mike Jackson..true, true legends in jobberville
He met his wife at Dee Ford's? I have been friends with Dee for decades. I used to work on a three car race team and Dee was one of our drivers. Pretty good at it too. He and my Dad became friends also, and one of the last times I saw Dee was at my dad's funeral. Small world, huh?
he and Missy Hyatt look alike now 😆
I think he looks like Sunny
For the record, I'm from CUMMING Georgia (there's no S) and yes we were considered a "Sundown Town" back then BUT everyone LOVED Tony Atlas and Tommy Rich.
And there's absolutely no comparison to "race relations" then and now. NONE
Damn city slicker.
What memories.
I cant wait to see Wildfire Tommy Rich live for GCW on April 16th 2023.
Fire up Wildfire, Fire up.. HEY
Somebody Say Something Bout Wildfire!!!!!!!!!
Water
Tommy Rich! Old school hillbilly showman. What a character. He's from a time when wrestling was great.
I’d like to see Wildfire turned loose in Madchester
But Anyway....aaaahahaha 😂
TOMMY RICH, PAUL ORDORRF, AND DON MURACO ARE MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME, ONE DAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING TOMMY RICH AFTER A ECW EVENT IN QUENS NY, BUT THE SAD PART IS , I DID NOT GET TO MEET HIM PERSONALLY, CAUSE HE WAS ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK, WITH A LADY ON HIS LAP LOL THEY WERE BOTH DRINKING, SO I DID NOT WANT TO BREAK THE BRO CODE LOL LOL LOL, BUT MAN I WAS HOPING THE LADY WOULD GET OFF HIM, SO I COULD JUST GET A HANDSHAKE, THIS WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE LATE 90'S, I ALSO MET SANDMAN, TOMMY DREAMER, AND A FEW OF THE ECW WRESTLERS THERE......
He is a legend with the men not the ladies
Why does this guy look so much like Thrasher from Final Fight?
Gawd this man is unique looking
That surprises me what he said about jim cornette...didnt know he was like that.....thats wild
1:22:10 Tommy said "back then you had to put ten grand up for the belt" - can anyone elaborate a bit more about that?
I only remember hearing about that when Flair had the debacle with leaving and taking the belt to the WWF, so basically this is what I could find to explain it more, ''the NWA World Heavyweight Champion had to put up a $25,000 security deposit to the NWA Board of Directors as a statement that they would not leave the company with the belt.'' I'm guessing when Rich is referring to it was a different belt and amount obviously.
@@rodzor, great answer, thanks for taking the time. Makes sense.
He said he's what with the ladies? Lol
Damn clear ur throat Tommy lol.
Tommy was as hot at his peak as anybody everv has been in Georgia.
This guys baked!
He always has been. 🤣
King
Tommy Rich looks like a poorly aged horror movie grandma.
😂😂😂😂😂😂.
Tommy has "it".
Tommy is more Italian than sicily!
#fbiecw
Buddy Roberts was smelly according to Tommy
That belt was probably worth 200 not 1200 so Jimmy CRownette probably saved himself 1K hah. You have to pay fees I think if a check bounces as I didn't even try when somebody wrote me one to avoid that. I'll never be able to forget his deformed finger but I have taped them together or toes. I can't seem to get the small one or next to it to heal. I think I broke like 3 or 4 of my toes on the same foot along with other issues heh. I kept thinking was going to need surgery like CM Punk for just jumping into crowd. Tommy can be difficult to understand at times its like you gotta sorta get into his cadence hehe. I can't believe the guy is still wrestling. Iron Sheik I think got more popular after he stopped wrestling from all this antics and interviews :).
Cornette is king 🤴
@@tonyrhoton6613 Hehe of the Troglydites or what it was from movie. I don't even think he made my top 10 or 20 managers when ranked them :). Maybe he can open a Fried Chicken place with Trevor too :).
He's so country.
He's more country now than he was back then. I believe there comes a point when you just say to hell with it and quit trying to cover the accent as much😅. That's what happ with me anyways.
Save me 2 hours...does he mention anything about Jim Barnett ? My Boy
He called it channel 17 wrestling. I still call it that, don’t really here that anymore.
Yes, I don't think Yall play characters. I think yall went out there and was yourself genuine is the difference in wrestling back then and now
Ouch, my subtitles.
Why does Tony look like the joker sans makeup?
i need subtitles, for tommy, not james
He has a really odd looking right elbow..
I'm sure that elbow has seen over 10,000 foreheads!
Super jacking
Jim Cornette bouncing checks and not paying
Cornette is king
4th and and of August to to
Tommy Wildfire Rich a friend of mine Thunderbolt Patterson is my name love you say Tommy say heaven h i g h to your wife and be good
Me and Tommy rich have became friends over the years and be glad to see him this Saturday
Sure you have
Don't break Down in WV That is where Wrong turn , THE Hills have eyes ,deliverance and way way to many others happen...actually don't even visit ..fuk that noise
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Wirdo town
Appalachian Hillbilly Mutant Wrestling ....👾😼🙉💀🤡👹👽👿👻