Ricky Steamboat vs Ric Flair 1978

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  • Ricky Steamboat vs Ric Flair 1978
    Old 16mm Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling house show footage 1978

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  • @DidYaServe
    @DidYaServe 6 років тому +155

    Wrestlers were like superheroes back then. Listen to the crowd.

    • @gammasmash1924
      @gammasmash1924 6 років тому +11

      DidYaServe Crowds today can't compare.

    • @jasonhowell7601
      @jasonhowell7601 3 роки тому +8

      The fans in that day believed it, and that's what is wrong with today's wrestling (WWE, NXT, AEW) it's simply not believable and the wrestlers, promos, and matches in the ring suck Vince's wrinkled a*s in this era, I always thought that the WWE was going to be around forever but now I wonder, I saw a story when Vince dies the WWE will lose half it's value on Wall Street overnight, who knows Shane, Triple H and Ms. Triple H( Stephanie) may have to sell WWE one day, it's possible.

    • @singelo1000
      @singelo1000 3 роки тому +2

      @@jasonhowell7601 9 months after you wrote this,the sell is bound to happen.

    • @chrisoakley5830
      @chrisoakley5830 2 роки тому

      @@gammasmash1924 the crowds today could compare but they don't have anything of quality to react to.

    • @RedroomStudios
      @RedroomStudios 2 роки тому

      the video of the crowd doesnt seem to match he constant screams. I dont see any level of animation from the crowd. nobody appears to be shouting. my sense is the sound track is just added over top.

  • @jericdevera9793
    @jericdevera9793 5 років тому +36

    Look at Steamboat. He's like those Action Figures we had before.

  • @joeskill4663
    @joeskill4663 6 років тому +83

    both these guys in their younger years where sure jacked~

    • @marcdangerfield8956
      @marcdangerfield8956 3 роки тому +2

      ...and they didnt take steroids back then.

    • @TheFailedmessiah
      @TheFailedmessiah 3 роки тому +1

      @@marcdangerfield8956 I wouldn’t go that far. Steroids were pretty big in the 1970s.

    • @NobleBruv
      @NobleBruv 3 роки тому +2

      @@TheFailedmessiah especially back then when they weren't as regulated or carried as many penalties as they do now.

    • @JuliusC1973
      @JuliusC1973 5 місяців тому

      Both were still n their 20's. Similar Athletic Backgrounds, same Trainers I called them different sides of the same coin. They were a perfect match-up. We should have had more of these matches, but not only in Mid-Atlantic bur around the world.

  • @kelbob00
    @kelbob00 7 років тому +69

    The crowd was so into it! When kayfabe was alive, this was the reaction.

  • @treeherder2201
    @treeherder2201 2 роки тому +27

    Met these two in a Waffle House in Greenville SC when I was 12. Great guys both of them....my dad and I sat at their table. I was AWESTRUCK. Then ran into Flair again in 2019 at Pinky's bar and grill in Charlotte. He actually remembered our first meeting.

    • @raymondtipton7243
      @raymondtipton7243 11 місяців тому +1

      These 2 wouldn't b n a waffle house together...that's so funny

    • @grawakendream8980
      @grawakendream8980 Місяць тому

      how would two mortal enemies be eating together at the waffle house

  • @brianchilman3057
    @brianchilman3057 5 років тому +21

    This is the best shape both of them have ever been in. This was when wrestling was fun to watch.

  • @shadygrady2347
    @shadygrady2347 3 роки тому +8

    I was there every other Friday night at the Richmond coliseum from 1977 to 1981 until I started playing High School football. My friends and I ( 9 to 12 year old kids) all thought the matches were real and what was almost as entertaining as the matches were the one to two real fights that would occur every week in the crowd. Flair, Piper, Steamboat, Wahoo, and Blackjack were real life super hero's to us kids !

  • @carrie3470
    @carrie3470 5 років тому +32

    Back in the day when a match actually told a story

  • @samsmith8725
    @samsmith8725 6 років тому +46

    look how big ricky steamboat was my GOD he look like the warrior

  • @BesttBi
    @BesttBi 6 років тому +135

    It's so insane just thinking about how this was *40 YEARS* ago.

    • @OriginalFatCat
      @OriginalFatCat 5 років тому +5

      Listen to the crowd. Electric.

    • @gummiwise
      @gummiwise 3 роки тому +6

      Just passed by the old Holiday Inn where all the wrestlers would stay when they were in town. Now it’s some seedy no tell motel. Time marches on, I guess. Still thanks for sharing this memory.

    • @mikeseaquest9246
      @mikeseaquest9246 3 роки тому

      Why?

    • @BesttBi
      @BesttBi 3 роки тому +1

      @@mikeseaquest9246 Reasons.

    • @singelo1000
      @singelo1000 3 роки тому +1

      43 years ago

  • @oxcarthabu
    @oxcarthabu 6 років тому +27

    I was living in Richmond, Virginia around 79 or 80, and was in a restaurant where I saw Flair and Steamboat sitting in the same booth together!! They had a match that night at the old Richmond Arena.

    • @sicsempertyrannis77
      @sicsempertyrannis77 6 років тому +2

      That had to have been one of the last shows there. They were strictly running the coliseum by 80 or so.

    • @jefferydrake5706
      @jefferydrake5706 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah I'm still living in Richmond now and I remember the same thing u could c them at a waffle house or maybe catch them going to a hotel they use to try and b careful because of the kayfabe thing

    • @qaz-fi1id
      @qaz-fi1id 3 роки тому

      Liars

    • @johnmclaren1756
      @johnmclaren1756 3 роки тому

      They should be both ashamed of them selves. The reverse posting was 1st done by Marc rollerball rocco v marty Jones in the UK in 1975.

    • @raymondtipton7243
      @raymondtipton7243 11 місяців тому

      This was n Greensboro
      ....Not richmond...they never went to waffle house

  • @chrisoakley5830
    @chrisoakley5830 2 роки тому +3

    NWA Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling in the late 70s and early 80s was the best Wrestling I've ever seen.

  • @goldenera4ever
    @goldenera4ever 8 років тому +93

    I was 6 in '78 and by golly, this was when it really WAS "real" dammit! :-)

    • @venixilinehasfailed8001
      @venixilinehasfailed8001 7 років тому +3

      GoldenEra 4ever They do they same stuff here as they do today,they still call moves and the matches already have a winner unless something ends up happening such as one is throwing stiff blows or back stage disagrees with the bookers for example-Montreal screwjob,it originally happened since Bret and Shawn actually hated each other and Bret didn't want to drop the title to Shawn and planned to take the title with him to WCW which Vince wasnt having so he called off the match mid way and pretended Bret tapped when he clearly didn't. Stuff had always been booked before hand,its still a show of talent but now charisma plays a huge role in it.

    • @goldenera4ever
      @goldenera4ever 7 років тому +3

      Bryn Brynhilly Yeah, it always has been for entertainment purposes really. I was being silly in my comment because to a kid it is absolutely real, LOL! These guys are great actors/stunt men. Although the winner is dictated the physicality is very real and they do have to have that charisma to make it big time.

    • @billyarcade4002
      @billyarcade4002 6 років тому +1

      GoldenEra 4ever I was born in 1976 and when I watched flair vs steamboat in wcw .(The chicken wing finisher)This my first time seeing this.

    • @edogonowski2153
      @edogonowski2153 6 років тому +6

      Steamboat and Flair were jacked back then. Back when wrestling was good before Vince McMahon got a hold of it.

    • @andyraphael
      @andyraphael 5 років тому +4

      It was real entertainment 70's wrestling was the shit i miss that era

  • @textronox
    @textronox 6 років тому +16

    Steamboat was getting into Bodybuilding back then It was 4 years later that he won Mr.North Carolina in bodybuilding. He was not on Juice or roids.Look at pictures when he first started Steamboat had a physique.

  • @cretinousjester3475
    @cretinousjester3475 6 років тому +17

    Where it alllllll began........probably one of if not THE greatest rivalry in all of wrestling.

  • @jirassgaremon8322
    @jirassgaremon8322 6 років тому +5

    Steamboat looked like he could’ve be an action movie star doing martial arts films. He had the look for it.

  • @carlosdanger947
    @carlosdanger947 5 років тому +29

    It’s amazing how the crowd was so involved . They believed :-)

    • @billietribble3383
      @billietribble3383 3 роки тому +3

      I got to see several big
      name wrestlers during
      the mid 1960s. the tell
      books claim wrestling
      paid decent but no
      family time. wcw,few &
      Small venue/promotions.
      we're around ga all
      the time

    • @TheKestevon
      @TheKestevon 2 роки тому +2

      Because everyone believed wrestling was real in 70s

    • @chrisoakley5830
      @chrisoakley5830 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheKestevon Not really. I was 12 years old when this match took place. I knew it wasn't real but the difference between then and now was the performance. The show they put on was believable and the heat between wrestlers was believable. They were just a lot better at their craft than today.

  • @mikes.7654
    @mikes.7654 3 роки тому +3

    No crowd sweetening here. Just a crowd of maniacs watching two of the best try to kill each other. Better than anything you'll see from the WWE.

  • @davethebarber62920
    @davethebarber62920 7 років тому +107

    What separates these two legends from wrestling stars of today, was mainly the way they could sell. You really thought they were killing each other.

    • @michaelzoran
      @michaelzoran 6 років тому +15

      Plus, the audience was told they were actually fighting. Some people always said "It is fake," but the fact that it was not acknowledged as "entertainment" left just enough doubt to make it FUN. ... Now, with "entertainment" it simply isn't fun.

    • @mathprodigy
      @mathprodigy 6 років тому +9

      David Childers omg you're exactly right, look at this FINE ART, is truly what it is. Two of THE greatest ever to do it. It's just like you say, it looks like Ric Flair is about to really murder this man in the ring, I mean you actually have to question it for a second. Both these men are working and selling their God damn asses off putting this show on. Its fucking incredible, oh definitely the level of mastery you see here is somewhat if not moreso lost in today's generation.

    • @wkmac2
      @wkmac2 6 років тому +5

      If this is the golden era, then why are there far less live wrestling events and far less wrestling on TV? I don't compare the present era of wrestling to the earlier era of the old territory system because both are different from one another. They are not the same by any stretch. If today's version of wrestling is what you like, then you just like a different version better than the old. That's cool too.
      One poster sez the audience was told they were fighting but actually they were never really told anything. The audience accepted the illusions being sold. Wrestlers back in the day were household names. I can remember in the 1980's when the Omni in Atlanta was filled weekly for the wrestling show. Even the B & C shows were packed. Nobody does that anymore, not even close and never will. Jim Cornette is right, wrestling is dead and has been for nearly 4 decades.

    • @mathprodigy
      @mathprodigy 6 років тому +3

      wkmac2 well it was definitely not dead in 98 lol

    • @wkmac2
      @wkmac2 6 років тому +1

      Sports entertainment was and still is alive. Well is open for debate.

  • @robertanderson2898
    @robertanderson2898 6 років тому +13

    It's amazing, the longevity of a good number of these guys from the old videos, particularly Flair here.

  • @hollandrocksls
    @hollandrocksls 7 років тому +36

    The crowd is insane !!

  • @christian4u69
    @christian4u69 8 років тому +54

    Flair has been quoted NUMEROUS times that if JCP had stayed south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and east of the Mississippi River, they would still be in business today, and I tend to agree. Having spent my teenage years in the '80's in Crockett territory, I can say beyond ANY shadow of a doubt that while Vince Jr may have had the superior technology, Jim Jr BY FAR had the best wrestling talent in North America, maybe even in the entire world.

    • @donnellholmes6334
      @donnellholmes6334 7 років тому +5

      A step above in JCP

    • @TheCancerkilla
      @TheCancerkilla 7 років тому +8

      I agree to a point. JCP's issues included Jim not separating his business from his friendships. By his own admission, he partied too much with the wrestlers, spent money like water among other things. Had he been a better businessman, or had someone who could reign him in somewhat, he still would be in business.

    • @FantadiRienzo
      @FantadiRienzo 4 роки тому +3

      Dude, the follow up promotion WCW had the superior wrestling talent in may 1994. And then fucking Hogan came and WCW started to suck. Wrestling talent or match quality didn't sell.

    • @justincase4892
      @justincase4892 3 роки тому +6

      Mid Atlantic wrestling was the best in my humble opinion.

    • @christian4u69
      @christian4u69 3 роки тому

      @@FantadiRienzo They also had ATM Eric at the helm. Spending SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY to get those non-producing big names.

  • @robertanderson2898
    @robertanderson2898 6 років тому +5

    I was born in December of that year. Was still 10-11 years away from their legendary NWA matches in the late 80's...... WHAT A SLOBBERKNOCKER!!!!

  • @prayingmantis6777
    @prayingmantis6777 7 місяців тому

    I haven't seen Ricky wrestler too many times being a WWF fan back in the day.
    He is the best at selling a match for sure!

  • @JimHawkwind03411
    @JimHawkwind03411 7 років тому +28

    Flair stated that his 70s encounters with Steamboat were better than the legendary 1989 Trilogy, but they can only be seen at their house shows.

    • @alanguages
      @alanguages 5 років тому +8

      Flair also stated that he wrestled Steamboat hundreds of times. No wonder, they understood each others reaction and did their matches on the fly without pre-planning them. Unreal abilities from them.

    • @mr.mirchenstein6549
      @mr.mirchenstein6549 4 роки тому +2

      So crazy to think this was 11 years b4 the trilogy!

    • @chrisoakley5830
      @chrisoakley5830 2 роки тому

      The 78 matches were better. The 89 matches were very good but not as good as the ones a decade earlier.

  • @donrajah1738
    @donrajah1738 5 років тому +6

    Steamboat's best years were definitely in the NWA.

  • @BikiniDeathSquad
    @BikiniDeathSquad 7 років тому +28

    I didn't know they went back that far.

    • @robertanderson2898
      @robertanderson2898 6 років тому +4

      Me either until now. I mean i knew they both came up in the 70's, but didn't know if they fought each other. Awesome.

  • @joebarksdale6437
    @joebarksdale6437 4 роки тому +12

    If wrestling didn’t work out these guys look like they could’ve won Mr. Olympia!!

  • @jamesondancy2183
    @jamesondancy2183 3 роки тому +6

    The best and most exciting wrestling ever! It was believable back then, these two played the crowds like nobody else, you had to experience it to understand it today, listen and watch the people. Flair and Steamboat were like gladiators!

  • @devonledford8734
    @devonledford8734 8 років тому +19

    Look at these guys sell, I always thought Flair's hair was an aesthetic thing, but without it you couldn't see him blading, or selling! The perfect heel, and the perfect baby face!!

    • @floridagator1765
      @floridagator1765 4 роки тому

      All of the bleached blondes bladed. Think about it. Color

    • @darrinmoore3528
      @darrinmoore3528 2 роки тому +1

      Their matches are the best ever. Flair & Steamboat. They could go all night. Great shape.

  • @gp5676
    @gp5676 4 роки тому +3

    Someone needs to remaster this video...this is epic

  • @tauntedbynooneendedupashog4520
    @tauntedbynooneendedupashog4520 8 років тому +39

    ric flair was buff back then I didn't know that

    • @t3rr3nc388
      @t3rr3nc388 5 років тому +16

      Steamboat was jacked tho

    • @asadmalik2464
      @asadmalik2464 4 роки тому +1

      Roidheads

    • @thetonycam3944
      @thetonycam3944 4 роки тому +1

      I don't know but even Jacked ric flair was kinda flabby. Must be genetics.

    • @myinnapeaceministries7545
      @myinnapeaceministries7545 4 роки тому +10

      Steamboat was a body builder prior to Wrestling. Flair looked up to Billy Graham back then. Isn't it ironic how the 2 top Wrestlers in the 80's (Hogan & Flair) were admirers of Graham?!

  • @boxcarent.3147
    @boxcarent.3147 7 років тому +30

    steamboat is really pumped up.

  • @thomasp6576
    @thomasp6576 Рік тому +6

    Don’t think they’ll ever capture that feel again..that was a magical time

  • @darrinmoore3528
    @darrinmoore3528 2 роки тому +1

    My first Wrestling match was Flair And Steamboat 1978 In Lenoir N.C. Awesome. My two favorite wrestlers.

  • @rickb.9067
    @rickb.9067 6 років тому +5

    The place would always be rocking when those two got together.

  • @mathprodigy
    @mathprodigy 6 років тому +8

    Would you imagine it, without any annoying commentators, I can let the wrestlers actually tell the tale, and all I can hear otherwise is the COMPLETELY GOD DAMN LIT CROWD in the background, suspension of disbelief in complete, full commanding effect.

  • @GeorgeBonez
    @GeorgeBonez 3 роки тому +1

    I was 9 years old and I was there at that match. We went so often that I made friends with a kid who’s mom worked at the Colosseum and we never watched the wrestling . We were always playing in places of the Colosseum we weren’t supposed to be lol.
    I remember we would bring bags of those little rubber Super Balls like you got in bubble gum machines and throw them from the Nose-Bleed seats into the ring in the middle of the big matches to try and hit the “bad guy” lol
    I have so many memories of those times .

  • @peterp2153
    @peterp2153 6 років тому +9

    Wow, I love Steamboat’s martial arts style strikes and chops. He made them look so powerful and vicious. I like Steamboat the jacked up, fired up babyface better than the graceful family man character he became in the 80s and 90s.

    • @billietribble3383
      @billietribble3383 3 роки тому +1

      I don't steamboat fought
      nearly as often as flair.
      he was more family
      oreinted

  • @Quis404
    @Quis404 3 роки тому +4

    The nostalgic feeling I get from watching this... best days of my life. #Thanks4TheMemories
    #FatherTimeIsUndefended

  • @jameslansberry3574
    @jameslansberry3574 5 років тому +4

    Damn, Steamboat is HUGE! I've seen a few old photos and matches with a buffed Flair, but Steamboat almost looks like Cena with long hair back then....

  • @mathprodigy
    @mathprodigy 6 років тому +3

    Holy shit, for 1978, flair and steamboat had that place fuckin LIT. What some legends.

  • @TheCancerkilla
    @TheCancerkilla 7 років тому +13

    Match is clipped all to hell but another 5 star affair as both were in their absolute physical primes.

  • @wcm5636
    @wcm5636 4 роки тому +2

    Amazing the chemistry these two had in the ring. A thing of beauty

  • @bigblackanvil8217
    @bigblackanvil8217 9 років тому +1

    This brings back so many memories. This is beyond awesome.

  • @waynep1178
    @waynep1178 8 років тому +5

    As a kid, this was my fav fued

  • @jameslott4606
    @jameslott4606 6 років тому +8

    both men look fabulous in this bout both were a little bigger here steamboat looks like hes about 245 here while flair was about 250 255 maybe.as everyone knows steamboat was a succesful bodybuilder he won a number of bodybuilding titles...and at one time flair wanted to be a strongman like ken patera.

  • @seabrook1976
    @seabrook1976 7 років тому +2

    My god, these guys were fucking maestros.

  • @slagrebi740
    @slagrebi740 7 років тому +2

    flair was such a pro. never loved him but he could sell it . 30 years + gotta love it.

  • @metermanx
    @metermanx 8 років тому +54

    Back then the lights would be out except for the ring, and there would be a fog of cigarette smoke filling the colleseum. Ahhh yes, freedom..

    • @jpowers55
      @jpowers55 6 років тому +5

      metermanx and 2nd hand smoke

    • @christiancharles2866
      @christiancharles2866 6 років тому +7

      Cigarettes kill

    • @christiancharles2866
      @christiancharles2866 6 років тому +3

      Weed instills

    • @119Agent
      @119Agent 6 років тому +2

      Remember when you would walk into a bar and it was totally black and except for the lights over the pool tables? And they shown down onto a thick fog of smoke.

    • @franksullivan7110
      @franksullivan7110 6 років тому +3

      Remember when these guys used to bleed hep c all over each other. Now i am watching a lame finish choreographed between a swede and a mick.

  • @jasonkidd7287
    @jasonkidd7287 5 років тому +1

    I was 5 at this time man these guys were jacked as hell in those days.

  • @davestair3562
    @davestair3562 7 років тому +8

    Best feud in history?

  • @georgemartinez8434
    @georgemartinez8434 6 років тому +8

    It seems like it was just yesterday, where did the time fly

  • @jessedavis7555
    @jessedavis7555 3 роки тому +2

    I seen these guys go at it at a Army base as a kid it was amazing 🤩

  • @LazyHomeSchoolDude
    @LazyHomeSchoolDude 4 роки тому +1

    THAT CROWD IS INSANE

  • @up2eleven308
    @up2eleven308 8 років тому +7

    it was the best from 77-82,steamboat had been doin alot of bodybuilding before he came on scene & was jacked here, notice the torture rack! he was like a bulkier Bruce Lee incorporating martial arts and wrasslin, flair was bigger too and admitted to juicing on occasion,nwa dropped ball with steamboat in 83,holding him away from flair,and when Dusty took over territory that put him and flair as priority opponents, big mistake letting all the to wwf in 83 and 84, jake roberts, roddy piper, valentine,orton, orndoff were all nwa

  • @playinragz
    @playinragz 5 років тому +7

    These two have the same match for the next decade and make millions of $!

  • @josephmiller9424
    @josephmiller9424 2 роки тому +1

    Do ever think these 2 thought back when training at verns AWA Minnesota barn that they would not be wrestling each other in front of crowds but be 2 of the greatest wrestlers ever.

  • @loganfarley437
    @loganfarley437 6 років тому +3

    To all the people on this page that man there Ricky Steamboat never touched steroids or juiced in his life!!!!

  • @L0wki
    @L0wki 8 років тому +5

    2 great Legends before there Prime :)

  • @jamesderbaum9678
    @jamesderbaum9678 4 роки тому +1

    Those were the days

  • @remowilliams2334
    @remowilliams2334 8 років тому +6

    maaaaan Rick Flair by far had the best looking robs. :-)

  • @billyarcade4002
    @billyarcade4002 6 років тому +7

    CLASSIC FLAIR ILLEGAL MOVE TO RETAIN THE TITLE.Oldest trick in the book.Let me tell you something Tony Schavonne to be the man you gotta beat the Man.

  • @onebigkahuna69
    @onebigkahuna69 6 років тому +4

    These two were the mirror images back in day the but one had to be the heel and the other the good guy.They were Magic in the ring.No wonder Ric was the one to induct Ricky into the hall Of Fame.

  • @donnellholmes6334
    @donnellholmes6334 7 років тому +2

    A pleasure to watch!

  • @suzanneflowers2230
    @suzanneflowers2230 2 роки тому +1

    Now this is wrestling.

  • @rockinyouallnight
    @rockinyouallnight Рік тому +1

    Flair vs. Steamboat matches are so much better without having to listen to Old JR or Gord Solie babbling into the vapors throughout the entire match.

  • @thenibnetwork4638
    @thenibnetwork4638 5 років тому +6

    Girl in front left of hard camera was losing her mind

  • @sputnik4423
    @sputnik4423 7 років тому +9

    Think Steamboat was on the "gas"? He is huge at this time.

    • @TheCancerkilla
      @TheCancerkilla 7 років тому

      He was also a competitive bodybuilder around the same time, but yeah, Ricky looks godlike here...

  • @freddiereagan6705
    @freddiereagan6705 5 років тому +1

    41 years ago OMG

  • @THECLARENCES
    @THECLARENCES Рік тому +2

    Freddy Lewis was in this crowd. He kept chanting, “Roddy! Roddy! Roddy!” xoxo The Clarences

    • @rockinyouallnight
      @rockinyouallnight Рік тому +1

      I believe it. One time, Freddy Lewis heckled me with that chant at an Open-mic Night at The Holy City Zoo.

    • @THECLARENCES
      @THECLARENCES Рік тому +1

      @@rockinyouallnight Freddy was notorious for going around San Francisco chanting, “Roddy! Roddy! Roddy!” xoxo The Clarences

  • @georgewhitehead9914
    @georgewhitehead9914 3 роки тому +1

    Legends in the ring🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @lucianopavarotti2843
    @lucianopavarotti2843 3 роки тому +1

    Steamboat in his competitive bodybuilding period

  • @loosescrews2764
    @loosescrews2764 7 років тому +21

    I use to love watching this and really believed it was real. These guys were the best. Now I don't watch it at all. there is simply no fun in watching SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT. Macmahon killed the great sport of wrestling!!

    • @gammasmash1924
      @gammasmash1924 6 років тому +5

      I remember, as a teenager in the early-mid 80s, my friends and I thought the WWF was(probably)fake, but the NWA, that was real.

    • @Warden033
      @Warden033 4 роки тому

      Great show, not great sport. Sports are competition.

    • @chrisoakley5830
      @chrisoakley5830 2 роки тому

      He sure killed it.

  • @coda700
    @coda700 6 років тому +1

    This version of their feud was better than the 1989 version eventhough those matches were technically better. Here they hated each other so was more emotional. Plus the feud worked better when Steamboat was the challenger.

  • @wrobinson1702
    @wrobinson1702 6 років тому +1

    Steamboat was really big in those days. He and Flair were both ripped as well.

  • @bathombre9739
    @bathombre9739 3 роки тому +1

    This was awesome, looked like it could have taken place in the 1930s

  • @tzford
    @tzford 3 роки тому +1

    Probably Ric Flair’s toughest opponent ever! Always wrestled a great match every time!

  • @bone26l
    @bone26l 4 роки тому

    Ricky Steamboat was my first favorite wrestler.

  • @theexuberantmortalbeast6213
    @theexuberantmortalbeast6213 2 роки тому

    I was 3 years old. West Columbus High School. Cerro Gordo North Carolina. Waiting by the door of the locker room. When Flair came out. I wrapped my feet around his ankles, and my arms around his thigh. My mom and aunts and a crowd of females were stuck to him like white on rice. I actually remember being 3 years old, being lugged to the ring by Ric Flair attached to his leg as a 3 year old boy… Flair is a God. Don’t question it.

  • @sirric5157
    @sirric5157 4 роки тому +1

    Flair and Steamboat was the young moneymakers for Crockett str8 studs

  • @connerhuston2613
    @connerhuston2613 3 роки тому +1

    I wonder if there is full match footage during this time? In an interview Flair said as good as his 1989 trilogy of matches against Steamboat was they had many more that were better nobody but those who attended the house shows witnessed.
    I assume those matches were around this time period

  • @jericdevera9793
    @jericdevera9793 5 років тому +1

    Damn! I wish there is a full version of this match.

  • @0sumgamezzz435
    @0sumgamezzz435 6 років тому +12

    "The dirtiest player player in the game" Taking the 10 pounds of gold home, once again, as only he can.

    • @samfisher4414
      @samfisher4414 2 роки тому +1

      I don’t get it back then a punch to the throat got you DQed?

  • @nidheeshpareed3026
    @nidheeshpareed3026 7 років тому +1

    I born on 1997 LOLwhere am I when this happened

  • @edogonowski2153
    @edogonowski2153 6 років тому +19

    Back when wrestling was good before Vince McMahon got a hold on it.

  • @donwilcox728
    @donwilcox728 4 роки тому +1

    History will show Vince McMahon destroyed the sport of professional wrestling. His perversity has led us directly to what we now have - an absolute joke. For those watching this 100 years from now, this is from the heart of the prime years of pro wrestling. 1974 - 1983 was like catching lightning in a bottle. 10 short years. 3,650 days. All territorial wrestlers were in their prime. I was 6 to 15 years of age during this time. My eyes saw it while it happened. I believed it. I loved it. I miss it. What wonderful memories. Gone forever. Never forgotten.

    • @chrisoakley5830
      @chrisoakley5830 2 роки тому

      You are right. By buying up all the territories WWE ruined wrestling. If he had any sense when he bought each promotion he should have kept it quiet and let it continue as it was in secret. Wrestling overall would have been much better off. Breaking up the territories and calling it Sports Entertainment killed wrestling as we once knew it.

    • @donwilcox728
      @donwilcox728 2 роки тому

      @@chrisoakley5830 Vince McMahon and the WWF/E killed off the territories, which in effect destroyed his farm system because the WWF/E never created new stars, they stole them. And by doing that Vince cut his own throat. It took a few years but once they churned through the stars that other's created the WWF/E were on their own and they simply had no idea what they were doing. What a sad, pathetic legacy to leave behind. Vince McMahon made his billions but he's nothing more than fraud. Today's pro wrestling is proof of that.

  • @JamesWilsonCurrier
    @JamesWilsonCurrier 3 роки тому

    The youtube algorithm gave me a gem! Ricky steamboat is as big as Brian cage in 78!

  • @tonyrhoton6613
    @tonyrhoton6613 8 місяців тому

    This was when wrestling was good made u say it could b real 1 thing 4 sure the work they put in was both of them in great shape 1975 to 1985 best year of wrestling

  • @nducati
    @nducati 4 роки тому

    The spot work behind this match is what made the business profitable to begin with.

  • @myinnapeaceministries7545
    @myinnapeaceministries7545 4 роки тому +1

    They don't make athletes like this anymore!

  • @nklopez56
    @nklopez56 7 років тому +3

    My God the Screaming!!!

  • @raidernation7427
    @raidernation7427 5 років тому

    2 of the all-time best. Each 1 could have a good match with anybody. Which made it even better when they got to wrestle each other bc you KNEW it was gonna be great.

  • @waynep1178
    @waynep1178 4 роки тому

    As a kid in the 70s, ^ this was my fav fued

  • @t3rr3nc388
    @t3rr3nc388 5 років тому +2

    He had torture rack way before lex

  • @melissageiger71
    @melissageiger71 4 роки тому

    Our Mom used to take us to the Savannah Civic Center a bit earlier than this, more like 76... She was always honest to us, that it was an act, but it didn't change the excitement of it...and we'd wait out back afterwards and meet the wrestlers...they were regular guy's... I remember Mr wrestler #2, Mr Fugi, Tora Tanaka, Dickie Slater, of course Ric Fair, Black Jack Mulligan, Abdullah the Butcher...the list goes on...but yeah, it was a different time... everybody in the country was Patriotic..and no matter who was in the Whitehouse, he was shown the proper respect... everyone stood for the pledge and the national anthem 🇺🇸...we were all banned together against Russia...and everyone was proud to be American.... miss all that so much...I don't want to move to Canada but I'd leave here and go back in time in a second!!

  • @RCT1963
    @RCT1963 5 років тому

    More entertaining than a year's worth of Raw...AND Smackdown.

  • @MikeyMcCrashCap
    @MikeyMcCrashCap 4 роки тому +1

    Ric Flair after that atomic, tho. There never should be any question as to why he was the world champion, and the greatest one ever.

  • @rickywright3894
    @rickywright3894 5 років тому +1

    I used to think there would never be matches that topped Steamboat and Flair! I'm still right! And they only cost 10 bucks back then!!

  • @fredflintstone1316
    @fredflintstone1316 7 років тому +3

    Steamboat was good, but Flair vs Wahoo was the BEST!