Back To The Territories #05 | Greg Gagne | AWA

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  • @mattlong81
    @mattlong81 7 днів тому +11

    That Mad Dog Vachon plane story is an all-time great…

  • @PulverizerA
    @PulverizerA 3 дні тому

    Great episode from a great series from a great producer of shoot videos.
    Thanks for uploading it.

  • @J.T.M.671
    @J.T.M.671 5 днів тому +3

    I never understood why they never put the world title on Sgt. Slaughter. He was the most popular wrestler they had in the mid 80's.

    • @jasonkessler6841
      @jasonkessler6841 5 днів тому +1

      Good question.

    • @jonathanturbide2232
      @jonathanturbide2232 4 дні тому +2

      Personally I think Verne was reticent to put the title on him because he saw him as a "gimmick", Verne was so old fashioned that perhaps he thought his character wasn't "serious" enough to be the AWA champion so he made him "America's champion" instead. Either that or he thought Slaughter was a WWF guy and thought he was going to go back to Vince at any moment.

  • @mikthemik69
    @mikthemik69 2 дні тому +1

    Literally anyone else on earth would've been a more credible source of information than Greg Gagne

  • @darthpane5732
    @darthpane5732 4 дні тому

    These shows are so good. Great job

  • @TomLeach-dd8cl
    @TomLeach-dd8cl 3 дні тому +1

    How many times has this been uploaded now?

  • @leppak42088
    @leppak42088 День тому

    Just remember...greg gagne is a legitimate legend. He was part of the biggest most successful territory from that period. They had the second highest rated syndicated shows in every market they were in.theres always several sides to every story. Greg has a great mind for wrestling...maybe some people like eric bishoff might have used him then stabbed him in hhe back and got famous stealing gregs ideas. Why would greg lie about that ? He has no agenda.

  • @ltdn
    @ltdn 3 дні тому +1

    Mad Dog Vachon in the first plane ride from hell...

  • @johnlindsay4310
    @johnlindsay4310 5 днів тому +1

    The story he told about Hogan jumping back from WWF is actually true, it was reported in the dirt sheets at the time.

  • @delbertprince5302
    @delbertprince5302 4 дні тому

    The AWA was an underrated promotion.

    • @jonathanturbide2232
      @jonathanturbide2232 4 дні тому

      Underrated by who, by you? It's not underrated at all by those that actually know their wrestling history, it's very highly rated and fondly remembered as one of the "big three", as a very important promotiom. The reasons it might not be as talked-about as WWF and the NWA/WCW is because the promotion ceased to exist over 33 years ago, and because it wasn't as largely spread or "seen everywhere" as the NWA or WWF, but that doesn't mean it's underrated at all.

    • @delbertprince5302
      @delbertprince5302 4 дні тому

      @@jonathanturbide2232 due to the fact I grew up in Brooklyn, I was able to watch the AWA promotion on Saturdays on a local channel in New York. The AWA was not popular to the viewers. The only I watched AWA was because I love watching wrestling.

  • @scottgordon8902
    @scottgordon8902 7 днів тому +2

    Now this is a great interview. We all love Corny, it's why we are here. He has a tendency to talk over his guests. Greg didn't allow that this time lol. What a conversation. Dropping some AWA knowledge bombs

    • @joshuaedwards6692
      @joshuaedwards6692 5 днів тому

      And we also finally learned that Greg Gagne was the most brilliant mind in wrestling history, and created everything from Hulk Hogan to the NWO... at least that's the way he tells it 😂

    • @scottgordon8902
      @scottgordon8902 4 дні тому

      @joshuaedwards6692 lol that's pretty funny! I rolled my eyes when he said hogan. He wasn't hulk hogan In the Awa

  • @Daved-j9v
    @Daved-j9v 6 днів тому +3

    It seems being around G.
    Gagne influenced Hogan in another way too - which Gagne doesn't take credit for...

  • @EyeSeeSports
    @EyeSeeSports 5 днів тому +2

    Greg Gagne had the idea for SummerSlam. He told everybody about it except Verne. The day he was going to Verne, WWF announced it.

  • @jabrockobiden9434
    @jabrockobiden9434 7 днів тому +2

    Was there one of these for southeastern wrestling, wouldve been great with wither ron fuller or bob armstrong

  • @brandonwilliams5613
    @brandonwilliams5613 7 днів тому +19

    They should have made a three man stable of Greg Gagne, George Gulas, and Erik Watts called Nepolution back in the day.

    • @rodzor
      @rodzor 7 днів тому +3

      Daddy said sell!!

    • @markedly1013
      @markedly1013 7 днів тому +1

      Good idea.

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 6 днів тому +4

      Greg Gagne was a great wrestler and was actually over in his younger days. Your comparison shows your ignorance.

    • @brandonwilliams5613
      @brandonwilliams5613 6 днів тому +2

      @@Rjensen2 Greg was an okay midcarder. You must be a distant relative to be so butt hurt as to try and dunk on someone over a joke. Get a hobby.

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 6 днів тому +1

      @@brandonwilliams5613 He was not a midcarder. He and Brunzell were usually in the main event.
      I guess you are one of those ignorant people that thinks Verne wrestled more than a few times a month.
      All you have to do is watch one of the High Flyers' matches to know how over they were, but you can't even do that.

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 7 днів тому +2

    The Roadwarriors and Hogan in AWA would have meant surviving Vince’s machinations to put people out of business .

    • @ryanjacobson2508
      @ryanjacobson2508 6 днів тому

      Only if Verne kept up with Vince's grasp of the national TV market and pop culture reach... By the late 80's, the broad wrestling audience that Vince created wanted more than what the territories traditionally provided.

  • @calragnarok
    @calragnarok 6 днів тому

    If Brain Last was Jims co host at this point he would not have Jim restraint, "Bullshit!" would be yelled ALOT 😂😂

  • @delbertprince5302
    @delbertprince5302 3 дні тому

    It seem like Greg Gagne and Eric does not to each other until this day.

  • @Josh-t4l4w
    @Josh-t4l4w 7 днів тому +1

    Yess!! 🙌

  • @congressoflife5913
    @congressoflife5913 2 дні тому

    This is from around 2015.

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 7 днів тому +4

    I believe him that Jarrett pocketed all if the Superbrawl money . Verne had a great reputation and Jarrett was sketchy as feck .

    • @maxxdahl6062
      @maxxdahl6062 6 днів тому +1

      Yep Verne was always one of the best paying guys in the industry.

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 6 днів тому

      Jarrett and Lawler were 2 of the promoters involved.
      Besides, there wasn't any money.

    • @toddsmods.623
      @toddsmods.623 5 днів тому

      I wouldn't believe anything Greg Gagne said even if his tongue was notorized.

    • @maxxdahl6062
      @maxxdahl6062 4 дні тому

      @@toddsmods.623 I would, the place was empty, there was no money to pay Jarretts guys.

  • @The495marauder
    @The495marauder 6 днів тому +5

    Greg “ Forrest Gump” Gagne. “So I told him not to give up on politics, and he ran and got elected potus. I didn’t get one thank you from Ronald Reagan after that”

    • @PhilMiCoochie
      @PhilMiCoochie 17 годин тому

      Yeah that’s what I got from this

  • @IsaacArellano-w8c
    @IsaacArellano-w8c 6 днів тому

    Wow Jim did not cuss at all!

  • @OldRichieBoy
    @OldRichieBoy 6 днів тому +3

    I have watched this interview years ago. Stolen Valor.

  • @aidanlynn
    @aidanlynn 6 днів тому

    Greg wrote this comment.

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 7 днів тому +1

    Larry Zbyszko was great but not a guy that can carry a promotion with old ,aging talent and rookie never wases as a roster .

  • @Oipunkhalloween
    @Oipunkhalloween 3 дні тому

    A company thats a cross between wwe and ufc.....oh you mean UWF/UWFI IN JAPAN in the late 80s early 90s? 😂

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 7 днів тому +1

    As a fan watching AWA from afar I thought Rick Martel was a great look towards the future . But the Midwestern guys who were the home crowd did not like Rick Martel . Martel had good national appeal that Verne needed but his backbone fans had to buy it too . Stan Hansen was not it either . Stan Hansen fans were hardcore old school fans , not mainstream johnny come latelies on the national stage .

    • @ryanjacobson2508
      @ryanjacobson2508 6 днів тому

      Vince didn't exactly love Martel either. He got the Model gimmick which Martel did get over, but Martel didn't have the height that Vince preferred (Shawn Michaels was the only shorter guy Vince ever gave a big push to... Well he did let Benoit be champion but we know how that turned out).

    • @jonathanturbide2232
      @jonathanturbide2232 4 дні тому

      ​@@ryanjacobson2508 That's not true at all. Randy Savage was WWF champion for a full year, and he wasn't 6'5. The myth that Vince only pushed big wrestlers is ridiculous, when you look at all the guys that were given a big push throughout the 80's only a minority of them were big giants.

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 7 днів тому +1

    Shawn was insufferable and Marty incorrigible … both bad news

  • @scottthomas7870
    @scottthomas7870 7 днів тому +9

    Greg Gagne gets a bum rap from too many wrestling fans and workers who opine that he was a terrible wrestler and that he had a job only because of the old man. On his podcast, Dutch Mantell lumped Greg in with George Gulas as the worst of wrestlers. Greg had to be at least an adequate to perhaps an excellent grappler due to his training. If Gagne is to be criticized, it was his lack of weight--180-to-190 pounds. 'Course, in today's AEW, he'd be as big as a lumberjack and taller than MJF. Some of Greg's stories may be suspect or embroidered, but his career certainly is not.

    • @jasonkessler6841
      @jasonkessler6841 5 днів тому

      Yes, he was not a bad worker.

    • @joshuaedwards6692
      @joshuaedwards6692 5 днів тому

      He was awful 😂 He never would've got over anywhere if not for his name, and his dad pushing him.

    • @willhannah4542
      @willhannah4542 5 днів тому

      Stupid comment as some of the biggest names in the business have stated that Greg was outstanding in the ring. The problem is many put their feelings before fact

  • @KHLB516
    @KHLB516 7 днів тому +16

    Lost a lot of respect for Jim not calling “bullshit” multiple times on this interview

    • @jeremywilson6387
      @jeremywilson6387 7 днів тому +11

      I mean all you need to do is listen to Greg geez...Greg was the 2nd best thing to ever happen to wrestling besides his dad of course. Greg was the architect of EVERY idea ever 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @KingGhidorah5464
      @KingGhidorah5464 7 днів тому +12

      That wasn’t his job here, it was to get Greg’s story.

    • @eptx830
      @eptx830 7 днів тому +7

      ​@@jeremywilson6387 Greg gave Google the idea to buy UA-cam 😅

    • @jeremywilson6387
      @jeremywilson6387 7 днів тому

      @@eptx830 I heard Google double crossed him and took the idea but you know how wrestling stories get twisted lol

    • @rodzor
      @rodzor 7 днів тому +2

      Oh yea, Corny bit his tongue here. He was very diplomatic.

  • @jeremybragg6576
    @jeremybragg6576 7 днів тому

    Extablish

  • @LucysPop
    @LucysPop 5 днів тому +1

    Trump 2024

    • @swfcocs1
      @swfcocs1 3 дні тому

      Fascist says what?

    • @LucysPop
      @LucysPop 3 дні тому

      @swfcocs1 what a dope you are. See you on November 5th dummy.