According to Cagematch, all of his post-WM5 matches, save one on the MSG Network, were on untelevised house shows. So to 99% of the WWF audience, Death by Garvin Stomp.
Andy "The Viking" Fordham. Interviewer: "Do you consider yourself an athlete?" Andy: "Of course I'm an athlete - I wear trainers and I've been on Grandstand"
Met John Studd as a kid, he genuinely was one of the nicest people ever. He signed autographs for about 30+ kids after telling kid #10 he has to wrap it up soon because he had to go. But, stayed cool as the line continued to grow and stayed until he signed the last one!
Having met Randy and Elizabeth around this time at our local airport as they were leaving, they signed my program from the night before and were really nice to me....and Randy never once broke character, he was wearing camouflage tights, black cowboy boots, a sleeveless shirt and a bandana....he looked ready for a match at 8 o'clock in the morning in an airport....I don't know if he was a consummate professional or a lunatic lost in kayfabe but he was awesome either way and I suspect there is a very fine line between the two
😂😂 that’s a great story man. I can picture it clear as day in my mind. I also laughed my ass off at your observations of his clothing. Because if there is anything I’ve learned, that’s how all these guys used to dress at all times. Hulk Hogan would be at some airport with neon blue spandex pants, and snake skin boots, a No Holds barred t shirt, and a durag 😂😂😂
@@WaldoBagelTopper lol. Ultimate Warrior walked in in jeans and a button up shirt that he didn't button up and his chest stuck out about 3 feet in front of him....he was a sight to see..,.the funny one was Demolition...these 2 post apocalypse Mad Max warriors looked like they were going golfing....khakis and polo shirts lol
The cocaine era was truly amazing for unhinged promos. I love when Marc says someone is off their box, you just know it's quality stuff in the promo. People always bring up Ultimate Warrior but alot of them were on the verge of an aneurysm.
It was completely rampant 😂😂 funny thing is that as kids, we just took it as intensity. Then you grow up and learn about life and realize that Hacksaw did it, Sheik did it, Macho, Hogan, Warrior, Legion of Doom, lmao the list goes on
Eh, I doubt many of these guys were doing it before matches and promos. Some, sure, but most probably saved it for the after party when they were drinking.
I always liked Garvin in the south shows and territories. He had a great working punch like Pedro Morales. And when we met Dino Bravo backstage in NY back in 80 or 81, he was great with us. Shook our hands and signed autographs for us. A real cool laid back guy from what I remember.
"Grandstanding and hot dogging" and "Hulkamania is dead" are easily the greatest Promos in the history of wrestling. Macho Man was really built different.
Rick Martel had actually proposed to Vince that he formed a tag team with Dino Bravo, but Vince was having none of it and he let him go. It's sad because he always had good matches and was involved in interesting storylines...
Bret Hart really seemed to hate Dino Bravo. In his book he just goes off on Dino, calling him a slow dinosaur. Probably didn't help that Bret broke his sternum when wrestling him. Dino just kept on with the match while Bret felt like he was about to die.
@waldobageltopper yeah and Bret realising he couldn't continue didn't want to job to Dino so instead of taking a pin he kept rolling out to get counted out ..the match is on UA-cam
@@WaldoBagelTopper Yeah, I think so. I definitely remember the part where he talked about it in Wrestling with Shadows and they showed footage of him landing chest-first on the guard rail.
@@VelvetMetrolink Yes, but I just wanted to give context. There were probably other reasons Bret didn't like Dino, but his broken sternum was probably the most notable public interaction between them.
His organized crime ties were very deep. Dinos uncle was bigwig in Montreal Mafia. He was involved with the Mafia, biker gangs and a Forst Nations mob.
There's a really weird period around 92 where they tried to make brown haired dino bravo a baby face and sean Mooney on commentary goes "do I hear cheers for dino bravo!!!"....no sean, you didn't....
Big John was a henchman in Jackie Chan's movie The Protector and popped up in a few other movies with bit parts. Tom Magee is another wrestler that was in a bunch of movies but you never hear people mention. Granted they were small parts Kinda like Kerry Von Eric in Problem Child.
Yes and the theory is that he was not killed by rivals for encroaching on their territory but was killed by associates for making one mistake too many.
I can't remember who but just last week I saw someone speaking about rooming with Studd and they said he was TAKING GROWTH HORMONES. And he confessed he wanted to be taller than Andre. I wonder if it sped up his cancer?
Dino was WWWF tag team champ with Dominic DeNucci in 78', held all 3 versions of the Canadian Heavy Weight Championship (NWA, WWF and International) and feuded with Crusher Blackwell and the East/West Connection in AWA in the early 80's. He probably should have been a World champ for some company.
3:20 they did that to my friend's car crossing the border from Cornwall Ontario to Vermont (not far from Dino's home province of Quebec). in the early 90s. Thankfully we had nothing hidden behind the bumper. Apparently someone had fired a round through the mayor's office window the night before after he said he was going to crackdown on smugglers. The contraband smoke trade was wild back then in Canada.
My Grandpa took me to WWF in the 80s at the Arco arena and he had a whole bunch of binoculars. He loved wrestling and he knew you had to have my binoculars to see's events and he had a whole bunch to pick from.
Just fyi: The Commonwealth of Kentucky generally has the lowest cigarette prices in the country. So, if you're trying to snag them, that's where you need to go. Just sayin'
I mean, it's a little over 5 quid for Marlboros. In New York State they're about 13. And THAT is a perfect illustration of evil, corrupt, lunatic lefty politics versus fiscally conservative/socially libertarian politics
Oh man on a different note, you have got to check out WWF Championship wrestling season 6 episode 1,& 2, a jobber by the name of Ben Ortez, he is so bad, 1st he takes on the Shiek, just wait for the lock up Shiek just rows his arms in confusion, then ep:2 he takes on Rene Goulet who is a little more forgiving. So funny!!!
Macho took off the goggles then reached for them again when they weren't there is amusing. Imagining a mad AF macho man locked in a room with you would be scary AF.
I believe Dino godfather or was very close to a major crime lord,also Ronnie Garvin was so great in the 70s he was in his golden years here as was Dino he was Canada's hogan! Bless em
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They make it look so big by pulling the shudder back,or something, I've has almost top row seats at a few pro football games, and your not as far back as the make it look.
Hogan's got a tan on him in that WrestleMania promo that looks like he sat in the booth for half a day. And the Crisco shine they gave him makes it all the worse.
"He looked like a henchman in an action film." Too bad these clueless blokes don't know that Big John Studd DID play a henchman in an action movie called "The Protector" in 1985 starring Jackie Chan.
He almost definitely was. Almost every single person that has worked with him or was around him at the time has said he was abusive to Miss Elizabeth on record.
Doesn’t work for me brother, Hulk would see himself as Luke except he is his own father, gets Leia who is totally not his sister and taught Han to fly 😅
Don't know why you have question marks on screen during Hogan's WrestleMania V promo. Everything he said made sense. It was grand and over the top, but it made perfect sense. Seems like you guys just aren't smart enough to understand it.
This is Frenchy Martin's final appearance in the WWF before he retired. So, at least in kayfabe, the DEVASTATING Garvin Stomp ended Frenchy's career.
Wrong. He became enhancement talent after the fact, until his retirement.
According to Cagematch, all of his post-WM5 matches, save one on the MSG Network, were on untelevised house shows. So to 99% of the WWF audience, Death by Garvin Stomp.
Garvin ended many careers
❤ Garvin>Haku
Garvin was the one guy Andre was afraid to shoot on
Big John Studd looks like a special guest darts player on Bullseye, ready to win prizes for Darren from Kent.
Andy "The Viking" Fordham.
Interviewer: "Do you consider yourself an athlete?"
Andy: "Of course I'm an athlete - I wear trainers and I've been on Grandstand"
Listen to Tony, he’ll tell you what to do….
Met John Studd as a kid, he genuinely was one of the nicest people ever. He signed autographs for about 30+ kids after telling kid #10 he has to wrap it up soon because he had to go. But, stayed cool as the line continued to grow and stayed until he signed the last one!
Having met Randy and Elizabeth around this time at our local airport as they were leaving, they signed my program from the night before and were really nice to me....and Randy never once broke character, he was wearing camouflage tights, black cowboy boots, a sleeveless shirt and a bandana....he looked ready for a match at 8 o'clock in the morning in an airport....I don't know if he was a consummate professional or a lunatic lost in kayfabe but he was awesome either way and I suspect there is a very fine line between the two
😂😂 that’s a great story man. I can picture it clear as day in my mind. I also laughed my ass off at your observations of his clothing. Because if there is anything I’ve learned, that’s how all these guys used to dress at all times. Hulk Hogan would be at some airport with neon blue spandex pants, and snake skin boots, a No Holds barred t shirt, and a durag 😂😂😂
@@WaldoBagelTopper lol. Ultimate Warrior walked in in jeans and a button up shirt that he didn't button up and his chest stuck out about 3 feet in front of him....he was a sight to see..,.the funny one was Demolition...these 2 post apocalypse Mad Max warriors looked like they were going golfing....khakis and polo shirts lol
80% a lunatic lost in kayfabe and 20% a consummate professional.
The cocaine era was truly amazing for unhinged promos. I love when Marc says someone is off their box, you just know it's quality stuff in the promo. People always bring up Ultimate Warrior but alot of them were on the verge of an aneurysm.
Agreed. Which makes me appreciate the ultimate maniacs promo that much more...peek booger sugar era.
It was completely rampant 😂😂 funny thing is that as kids, we just took it as intensity. Then you grow up and learn about life and realize that Hacksaw did it, Sheik did it, Macho, Hogan, Warrior, Legion of Doom, lmao the list goes on
Pmsl😂👍
Eh, I doubt many of these guys were doing it before matches and promos. Some, sure, but most probably saved it for the after party when they were drinking.
"How many Pall Malls you need?" 😂
Big John Studd has the look of a 1970s era darts player
'It always has to look like people are trying to win a fight.'
*Cut to Scotty 2 Hotty doing the Worm.*
I always liked Garvin in the south shows and territories. He had a great working punch like Pedro Morales.
And when we met Dino Bravo backstage in NY back in 80 or 81, he was great with us. Shook our hands and signed autographs for us. A real cool laid back guy from what I remember.
That whole sequence of promos between Savage and Hogan hyping the WM V main event is so great. My favorites ever.
"Grandstanding and hot dogging" and "Hulkamania is dead" are easily the greatest Promos in the history of wrestling. Macho Man was really built different.
Rick Martel had actually proposed to Vince that he formed a tag team with Dino Bravo, but Vince was having none of it and he let him go. It's sad because he always had good matches and was involved in interesting storylines...
Bret Hart really seemed to hate Dino Bravo. In his book he just goes off on Dino, calling him a slow dinosaur. Probably didn't help that Bret broke his sternum when wrestling him. Dino just kept on with the match while Bret felt like he was about to die.
I remember reading that. I generally remember Hart breaking his sternum. Didn’t he do it landing on those old metal guard rails?
@waldobageltopper yeah and Bret realising he couldn't continue didn't want to job to Dino so instead of taking a pin he kept rolling out to get counted out ..the match is on UA-cam
@@WaldoBagelTopper Yeah, I think so. I definitely remember the part where he talked about it in Wrestling with Shadows and they showed footage of him landing chest-first on the guard rail.
You could have just typed the first 6 words and left it there.
@@VelvetMetrolink Yes, but I just wanted to give context. There were probably other reasons Bret didn't like Dino, but his broken sternum was probably the most notable public interaction between them.
His organized crime ties were very deep. Dinos uncle was bigwig in Montreal Mafia. He was involved with the Mafia, biker gangs and a Forst Nations mob.
It is theorised his first nations contact, is the reason for the hit, he is alleged to have had the monopoly on tobacco trade with them.
Let's not fiddlefuck around and pretend Hulk wasn't an incredible promo. The breath control alone is amazing. .
There's a really weird period around 92 where they tried to make brown haired dino bravo a baby face and sean Mooney on commentary goes "do I hear cheers for dino bravo!!!"....no sean, you didn't....
Big John was a henchman in Jackie Chan's movie The Protector and popped up in a few other movies with bit parts. Tom Magee is another wrestler that was in a bunch of movies but you never hear people mention. Granted they were small parts Kinda like Kerry Von Eric in Problem Child.
Thank God new WrestleMe dropped.
Bravo's family was not only in the mob but was a mob boss, that's how he got involved.
Yes and the theory is that he was not killed by rivals for encroaching on their territory but was killed by associates for making one mistake too many.
Watching Andre move like this is sad, but then watching how he moves in the early 70's & 80's is wild!
It’s so weird that this vid popped up just now cuz yesterday I got the hasbro style Dino Bravo figure out out the zombie sailor toys
Clicked on this REAL quick!
Dino Bravo was one of my favorite wrestlers as a child in Canada.
Kind of sad watching that Andre match. Can see how hard it is for him to move at all without the ropes holding him up
I can't remember who but just last week I saw someone speaking about rooming with Studd and they said he was TAKING GROWTH HORMONES. And he confessed he wanted to be taller than Andre. I wonder if it sped up his cancer?
As a kid I was not a Dino fan(he was a heel and i was a kid) Wild to find out these things when older.
I'm not going to lie, 12 year old me LOVED the Garvin stomp...the same way I loved the People's Elbow.
Seeing Dino Bravo with dark hair, he reminds me of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero from the Sopranos lol. How ironic.
got damn...just pure adrenaline and pain that leaked past the painkillers and coke in those promos
Dino was WWWF tag team champ with Dominic DeNucci in 78', held all 3 versions of the Canadian Heavy Weight Championship (NWA, WWF and International) and feuded with Crusher Blackwell and the East/West Connection in AWA in the early 80's. He probably should have been a World champ for some company.
3:20 they did that to my friend's car crossing the border from Cornwall Ontario to Vermont (not far from Dino's home province of Quebec). in the early 90s. Thankfully we had nothing hidden behind the bumper. Apparently someone had fired a round through the mayor's office window the night before after he said he was going to crackdown on smugglers. The contraband smoke trade was wild back then in Canada.
The Dino Bravo hit is up there with Who Shot Jimmy Hoffa when it comes to unsolved mob hits
Same with Gino Hernandez
@SJT929496 oh yeah I sadly forgot about Gino
Damn. Shot 17 times...that probably rules out suicide.
It shows how tough Dino Bravo is. It took 17 tries at suicide to die.
@@rathraven1313 I could see some of the ECW guys who like the pain doing that
Suicide by musket. Took an hour and a half.
These guys need a show on Saturday night itv
My Grandpa took me to WWF in the 80s at the Arco arena and he had a whole bunch of binoculars. He loved wrestling and he knew you had to have my binoculars to see's events and he had a whole bunch to pick from.
Love the editing!
6:20 Vincent Price Thriller laugh
Just fyi: The Commonwealth of Kentucky generally has the lowest cigarette prices in the country. So, if you're trying to snag them, that's where you need to go.
Just sayin'
I mean, it's a little over 5 quid for Marlboros. In New York State they're about 13.
And THAT is a perfect illustration of evil, corrupt, lunatic lefty politics versus fiscally conservative/socially libertarian politics
It is alleged bravo has the first nation contacts... A monopoly as it were, and wouldn't allow a "partnership" with other mobsters.
Oh man on a different note, you have got to check out WWF Championship wrestling season 6 episode 1,& 2, a jobber by the name of Ben Ortez, he is so bad, 1st he takes on the Shiek, just wait for the lock up Shiek just rows his arms in confusion, then ep:2 he takes on Rene Goulet who is a little more forgiving. So funny!!!
Macho took off the goggles then reached for them again when they weren't there is amusing. Imagining a mad AF macho man locked in a room with you would be scary AF.
Lmao cartel Martel is good shit sounds like a name of cocaine
I believe Dino godfather or was very close to a major crime lord,also Ronnie Garvin was so great in the 70s he was in his golden years here as was Dino he was Canada's hogan! Bless em
Wrestleme to the rescue for 2024
Hey guys, love your work. I was wondering, are there full video shows on your Patreon?
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They make it look so big by pulling the shudder back,or something, I've has almost top row seats at a few pro football games, and your not as far back as the make it look.
He seems to be erased from the list of previous WWF/WWE superstars
I think Gunther could pull of the Garvin Stomp if he did it rapid fire style and mega stiff !
Orton's stomp was weak as shit compared to Garvin.
I remember dark haired Dino Bravo in the NWA. He was pretty damned good actually.
Total baby face at the time.
Mid to late 70s I believe.
I'm number one! Whew!
Illegal cigs are still hugely popular in Canada, big business here in 2024.
Whats the name of the intro song?
Everytime i see savage i think "why is he on his tip toes again"
Hulk’s promo is about as nonsensical as those of Warrior.
I like the Garvin stomp
The Martel Cartel is a name I came up with for a Survivor Series team in my wrestling card game.
Back and to the left... back and to the left...
Ooo yeah shovel Hogan off the canvas
I loved Dino bravo
Hogan's got a tan on him in that WrestleMania promo that looks like he sat in the booth for half a day. And the Crisco shine they gave him makes it all the worse.
"He looked like a henchman in an action film." Too bad these clueless blokes don't know that Big John Studd DID play a henchman in an action movie called "The Protector" in 1985 starring Jackie Chan.
Guys......his mom just died like 3 days before this.....I mean come on.....ay tog...
Wrestle ME…!!!!!
Also Savage WAS NOT abusive in real life.
And yet many people who were actually there said he was. .....
He almost definitely was. Almost every single person that has worked with him or was around him at the time has said he was abusive to Miss Elizabeth on record.
Go team
Trump and Hogan 24
dino mainly died cause he was a mob enforcer after wwf lol
Hulk Hogan sound just like Donald Trump, talking garbage by the ton.
to silly to watch
Macho Man is Anakin and Hulk Hogan is Obi Wan
Doesn’t work for me brother, Hulk would see himself as Luke except he is his own father, gets Leia who is totally not his sister and taught Han to fly 😅
Jon Stud was shite
Don't know why you have question marks on screen during Hogan's WrestleMania V promo. Everything he said made sense. It was grand and over the top, but it made perfect sense. Seems like you guys just aren't smart enough to understand it.
Trumpamania!
Your sidekick is getting X-Pac heat from me. Talk about dead weight.
You just know before every take they took a line of cocaine.