The reason Buddy was so well like in Chilhowie is it's a very rural community not a lot going on there I grew up about 20 or 25 minutes from there in Saltville Virginia Salt Capital of the Confederacy great people
You got some guy out here... hollering MY name, when last year I spent more money on spilt liquor in bars from one side of this world to the other.... than you made!
Thier is nothing in life worse than wasting God given talent. There are a lot of people, who would give thier right arm to have the spot he had. Unfortunately certain people are truly afraid of being successful. But that doesn't mean that his life was a waste. I sure that he had alot of loved ones who cared alot about him and people are still talking about him today. God bless him and I hope he rests in peace.
I remember nature boy Buddy Landed in wwc Puerto Rico, back in 79 to 80 then 82 ,83, he tag with King Tonga,( Haku, Meng) he was in incredible shape and his work in the ring was amazing, Tonga n Landel were managed by Hugo Savinobich, Tonga turned face and they had a run against each other, then with El Gran Apollo, also a bodybuilder wrestler with skills, they went at it for a while, then at the Coliseum Pachin Vicence in my town Ponce, the last match, Nature Boy Buddy Landel vs El Gran Apollo looser leaves Puerto Rico, of course Landels contract was over so he lost he left, but the match was incredible these guys went at it like they really hated each other, they wresteld they brawled , they hit each other with the kitchen sink, the audience were on they're feet and even loosing as a heal Buddy Landel got a standing ovation. Then in 87 I moved to L.A. were I still live , I see Buddy Landel and I thought it was someone impersonating him, his arms were small and girly, his belly was huge, still he was good on the mic, but he was a sad shadow of the Buddy Landel I saw a few years before in Puerto Rico. Thank you señor Cornette for the good memories. Your a living wrestling encyclopedia.
@@maxxdahl6062 lol ...u sir a hero among men ...that def gave me a much needed morning giggle on a dreary Canadian November morning....Much thanks 👍 I say let those among us who haven't slept through an earthquake in a drunken state or those who haven't eaten a McDonald's cheeseburger off the ground in a drunken stupor cast the first stone in judgement.
@@johngallagher72 You're welcome! It wasn't like a huge earthquake or something, but you could feel it. lol I walked out of my room. My grandmother was like "Did you feel that earthquake?" Me: "We had an earthquake?"
@@maxxdahl6062 - I've done that stone sober. After a long stint in the Air Force sleeping next to active runways for some of the either the biggest and/or loudest planes in our inventory, an earthquake hasn't even been remotely close to waking me up. 😂🤣
@@ELPRES1DENTE45 Oh i'd believe it, my great-uncle was in the air force during WW2, Korea and Vietnam. he was damned near deaf by the time I was born. You'd have to yell at him sometimes to get him to hear you. 😂
They had hinted about a nature boy v nature boy program in the apter mags. I remember reading about it thinking ...hmmm that would be kinda cool. I think Buddy at the time in the apter mags was even referring to himself as the real nature boy.
I love this segment! Great information and inside the business info included. That story of Bill Watts kicking that Haliburton travel case is totally hilarious!!!😂😂😂 The way Jimmy Cornette tells stories (especially humorous stories) is great! I'm laughing out loud, imagining the Buddy /Bill Watts Halliburton story. Thanks for the laughs.
As someone who lived in the middle of the Mid-South territory and watched every show and attended 40-50 house shows a year, very few people ever saw him as more than a "professional loser". He really needed to leave and come back to ever be taken seriously by the fans. When he was put with Butch Reed as a tag team partner we thought it was a joke. Also, the Smooth Operator video was used in Mid-South before it was used on TBS..
@@johngallagher72 Very true, and calling him a mid-level jobber is being considerate when he first came into the territory. People simply didn't like him as a babyface, but absolutely hated him when he started acting cocky and transitioned into a heel. Of course everyone knew whomever he faced would give him a severe beatdown. Lol
I remember him as a jobber- worked the opening matches with Jesse Barr around the circuit- and his flopping-fish response when he got nailed. When he came back blond and with Butch Reed, he was a good heel- the shifty, cowardly heel- and different from all the monsters they had. He stood out. I loved hating him.
Interesting comment that had Buddy gone to Dallas, he may not have survived. Does that mean there were too many temptations there such as those taken by the Von Erichs ?
No, not as much that as the territory didn't fit his style. Von Erichs were going over, and strong unless you were the freebirds style team or a tag team at the very least.. Buddy needed to be able to cheat, be chicken shit while still winning, etc. Nothing to do with temptations.
@@maxxdahl6062 that territory definitely fit his style. He would have been the perfect enemy for The Von Erichs. But all those drugs they were doing definitely would have killed him
I just watched the match between Buddy and HBK in Smokey Mountain, I am curious to hear Jim's account of working with HBK in that era outside of the WWF? I am also curious about the IC title being 'on the line' for this match. Why would the WWF allow their title to be defended in that situation? Should todays WWE do this now? Would allowing this kind of excursion with their talent benefit today's WWE? Thank you Jim and Brian.
Nature boy “ buddy landel “ …. I grew up on him ,, magnum ta , flair ,,, r& r express,, midnight express,,, dusty ,, Tully ,, double a ,,,, Sam Houston,, baby doll ,, jj ,, you all get the picture,,, but I was a kid in 80s, then fast forward to 1992 in smw,,, he had really changed…. Substance abuse is a awful thing .. rip mr. Landel ….
Personally I think your comment might've played a part aswell, the amount of people I know including myself that like nature boy buddy landel over flair, seeing how fragile wrestlers egos are I can't imagine flair would like it ,it's just an opinion there's no proving it.
I pissed Buddy Landell off once. I was like 13. Kingsport TN for an SSW show. My dad knew Scotty Ace and we were chatting with him, my friend walks up to Buddy Landell and called him Stan Lee. There was a wrestler named Pretty Boy Stan Lee. Buddy said hey there pork chop. My friend walked over and said "you guys said that was Stan Lee". So I go ask for his autograph and he said "maybe later pork chop". I said "wait, isn't he pork chop?" Pointing to my friend. He went to say something and did the forget this gesture while everyone around laughed. He did get a big pop during the brief SSW HOF ceremony they did that night. 2001 I think.
Mark Curtis memorial show. I won a shirt that night with a bunch of signatures...but lost it in a move. Had Buddy's signature as well as Arn Andersons.
I used to love how Flair would mock Landel in the Atlanta studio. That one when he said he would give him one of his robes but he would get lost in the sleeves🤣. He also made fun of J.J.'s suits at the time, calling him Porter Wagoner, a country singer who was associated with Dolly Parton. With Landel gone, and now Tully Blanchard's associate and later part of the Four Horsemen, Dillon ditched the Col. Parker suits and dressed more executive, which made him perfect for the Horsemen.
I worked at Pizza Plus in Glade Spring VA from 2003-2006, and Buddy was a frequent customer. He was always really cool to us in the drivethru. Seeing Buddy and Ricky Morton were common occurrences in Southwest VA.
I met Buddy in around 1995 ? It was at a Hooters in Knoxville , Tennessee. He had a nice knee brace contraptions on. I mean it had like the metal bars and hinges 😂. Im not small , but he's actually a big dude. I kinda felt small. We talked a minute around the bathroom. I was about 25 at the time. A younger boy kinda interrupted and said " I remember watching you when a was a kid years ago. " Buddy said "Thanks a lot kid , you make me feel real fuc*ing good. " 😂😅 He wasn't laughing or smiling when he said it. 😂 I started laughing just to ease a bit of tension. Omg , he was a character.
Pro Wrestling Legends vs. Currrent Star Dream Match: (Prime) Buddy Landel vs. Dolph Ziggler. My second one would be (Prime) "Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin vs. Bryan Danielson.
Love ya Corny but How do you know if someone didn’t walk up to Buddy and say he was getting the belt …The nwa wasn’t the entity it once was so Didn’t jcp decide at that point You don’t know what the plans for Buddy as even if it was just a week with the title but I tend to believe Buddy … GOD BLESS YOU BUDDY !!!
Buddy should have stayed in The UWF because he needed Watts' discipline to keep him in check. He wasn't going to get that from Crockett or Dusty in The NWA.
Buddy's difficulties were not because he was a bad person. His addictions and destructive behavior were the natural result of serious health problems that went undiagnosed and untreated until he made some attempts to do so toward the end of his life. His problems disabled him from ever having been able to live a normal 9 to 5 existence. His personality and physical talents made him somewhat able to make up for that and wrestling was probably the only place he ever could have thrived in. But all the problems that came were inevitable and the liquor and dope were his way of self medicating and dealing with the stress and pressure of his life. He was never able to comprehend his sucess and felt like a country boy who didn't belong up there. He projected the opposite image of how he really felt about himself. What people are missing is the better he did the more pressure he was under, which worsened his condition, which cycled into more substance abuse. Add to that all the injuries, chronic pain and head trauma, which made his mental health and addictions worse All the talk about how Buddy was nothing but a big fuck up are leaving out the most important part of the picture. Believe it or Buddyhad a genius i.q., if he hadnt had the issues he had, he could have been anything he wanted to be. It was amazing that he made it as far as he did, considering the hand he was dealt. So he was not really as big of a screw up as it may appear.
Could never understand why Buddy copied Flair. The platinum blonde hair, the Nature Boy name, the initials on the trunks and boots, the figure four leg lock finishing move, the robe which was very cheap compared to Flair's robe. The guy was nothing but a poorly made carbon copy of Flair and was wrestling in the SAME TERRITORY much of the time. He eliminated his chances of ever being a main eventer in the NWA because of his lack of imagination to his gimmick.
@@danielburger1775 damn I forgot all about Roger Kirby thanks. I should have remembered Kirby cause he was always the only NB with a handlebar mustache. As for Andrew I didn't forget him but I never really considered him a NB
I heard flair was wantn to take some time off because his wife at the time had a miscarriage. That's when the idea was pitched to have buddy take the belt for a small run.
If flair and buddy were to wrestle 3 times with flair coming out ahead two to one, wouldn't that of buried landel anyway? Don't see two nature boys existing in the nwa after that
Great talent but the man had no control like a lot of guys in the business, a real shame because he was over, good worker, could've had an amazing career otherwise, sad really.
I know corny loves landel but.. he was just alright to me. What I remember most is him taking shots at flair then flair coming out the very next segment and completely ignoring him lol.
Cornette Ric flair turn heel in jcp sept.29,1985 attacking dusty after dusty help flair from attack by Nikita and Ivan koloff.landell got fired by jcp Dec.15,1985 dec15 tv taping interview talking about match with flair for nwa world hw title meaning heel vs heel match would have taken place.dillon become four horsemen manage in early Jan.1986
First Time I herd of buddy landed was on a cut scene were Hollywood Hogan , Kevin Nash were listening to Flair on a previous week we're flair is cutting a promo on Hogan , Kevin Nash says that Flair has been swade in by 40,000 Carolinas that it's better to be the nature boy than it is to be a father 😜 than Flair says I know they got Scott Haaaoll , Nash says how did flair become that southern ? Hogan than says I want y'all ta like me cuz I need you to like me😂😂😂 than later they mentioned buddy landel I forgot why . Hogan has done so many things I can't forget.
There was more dope in chill . wow us to hang steel and we picked up men in chill . the had no drivers license, and big habit. Hope thing have got better there.
I cannot WAIT to hear JIm after finding out what Kenny "BY GOD" Omega has been going through since basically All In. Vertigo to the point the whole ring was spinning... I wonder how many guys Jim knows who fought through that.
All the people saying "Buddy was his own worst enemy" need to read my other comnent here. Theres way, way more to it than than that, and nobody has ever talked about it so I will.
Buddy passed away while living in Chilhowie Va, everyone knew and loved him.
Home of the famous Chilhowie park…heard of that place a few times on corny vids
@@tobiasfarragut292 no.that park is in Knoxville,Tn
@wow77777 yes it is, that's where they hold the fair right?
The reason Buddy was so well like in Chilhowie is it's a very rural community not a lot going on there I grew up about 20 or 25 minutes from there in Saltville Virginia Salt Capital of the Confederacy great people
My friend Eric McClure lived there also.
As Buddy said it many times, he was his own worst enemy.
Loved Flair's promos on Atlanta tv about Buddy. The one about more money on spilled liquor is classic
You got some guy out here... hollering MY name, when last year I spent more money on spilt liquor in bars from one side of this world to the other.... than you made!
Nope....Atlanta didn't have TV. They just did local shows.
Buddy was so good, he had me cheering for Flair around the time those vignettes aired. It's shitty how life turned out for him. So much potential.
Life didn't turn out for him. He did it to himself.
Thier is nothing in life worse than wasting God given talent. There are a lot of people, who would give thier right arm to have the spot he had. Unfortunately certain people are truly afraid of being successful. But that doesn't mean that his life was a waste. I sure that he had alot of loved ones who cared alot about him and people are still talking about him today. God bless him and I hope he rests in peace.
This Artwork is Absolutely Hilarious props to Travis Heckel awesome Job Travis you're the best.
"If it dosent snow we can't go" - Buddy Landel
I remember nature boy Buddy Landed in wwc Puerto Rico, back in 79 to 80 then 82 ,83, he tag with King Tonga,( Haku, Meng) he was in incredible shape and his work in the ring was amazing, Tonga n Landel were managed by Hugo Savinobich, Tonga turned face and they had a run against each other, then with El Gran Apollo, also a bodybuilder wrestler with skills, they went at it for a while, then at the Coliseum Pachin Vicence in my town Ponce, the last match, Nature Boy Buddy Landel vs El Gran Apollo looser leaves Puerto Rico, of course Landels contract was over so he lost he left, but the match was incredible these guys went at it like they really hated each other, they wresteld they brawled , they hit each other with the kitchen sink, the audience were on they're feet and even loosing as a heal Buddy Landel got a standing ovation. Then in 87 I moved to L.A. were I still live , I see Buddy Landel and I thought it was someone impersonating him, his arms were small and girly, his belly was huge, still he was good on the mic, but he was a sad shadow of the Buddy Landel I saw a few years before in Puerto Rico.
Thank you señor Cornette for the good memories.
Your a living wrestling encyclopedia.
Arn should have fired the Glock in the air outside as warning shot...that would have woke him up.
If his hangovers were worse than some of mine...not likely. I slept through an earth quake.
@@maxxdahl6062 lol ...u sir a hero among men ...that def gave me a much needed morning giggle on a dreary Canadian November morning....Much thanks 👍 I say let those among us who haven't slept through an earthquake in a drunken state or those who haven't eaten a McDonald's cheeseburger off the ground in a drunken stupor cast the first stone in judgement.
@@johngallagher72 You're welcome! It wasn't like a huge earthquake or something, but you could feel it. lol I walked out of my room. My grandmother was like "Did you feel that earthquake?" Me: "We had an earthquake?"
@@maxxdahl6062 - I've done that stone sober. After a long stint in the Air Force sleeping next to active runways for some of the either the biggest and/or loudest planes in our inventory, an earthquake hasn't even been remotely close to waking me up. 😂🤣
@@ELPRES1DENTE45 Oh i'd believe it, my great-uncle was in the air force during WW2, Korea and Vietnam. he was damned near deaf by the time I was born. You'd have to yell at him sometimes to get him to hear you. 😂
The Master of The Corkscrew Elbow, Buddy Landel!
That thing was a work of art.
Loved that elbow, He was great, just his own worst enemy
I think it would have been more interesting if Buddy had been the one to take the title off Flair in 1987 instead of Ronnie Garvin.
They had hinted about a nature boy v nature boy program in the apter mags. I remember reading about it thinking ...hmmm that would be kinda cool. I think Buddy at the time in the apter mags was even referring to himself as the real nature boy.
Landell had talent. Great spinning elbow and standing drop kick.
Prime Buddy is insanely underrated.
Really is a shame, he was great, Just wish he would have been something other than a wannabe Flair
I love this segment! Great information and inside the business info included. That story of Bill Watts kicking that Haliburton travel case is totally hilarious!!!😂😂😂
The way Jimmy Cornette tells stories (especially humorous stories) is great! I'm laughing out loud, imagining the Buddy /Bill Watts Halliburton story. Thanks for the laughs.
Born and raised in Memphis. Loved Buddy!❤️🤘🏻
"THAT'S RIGHT I SAID IT" was his tagline at the end of his promo's he was solid the corkscrew elbow drop looked hot in slow motion replay..
Really enjoyed this segment, thank you.
in 1976 I was trading in coke bottles to get a general admission tickets to the Midsouth Coliseum, love the stories
Just a great talent all around. RIP Buddy💚
"It was before he made enough money to do coke."
To know this is Cornette pulling his punches.
In the late 80sto early 90s Landell looked like he was trying to be Buddy Rose lol.
I just Googled Halliburton suitcases, some of them are a few grand....
I laughed hard when I read the title and saw the picture. Knew what was coming but still loved it. Corny is the best.
talented dude who just couldn't get out of his own way
Really underrated talent.
Yep. Always liked Buddy but he was his own worst enemy
Loved his promos and his work.
The story of most pro wrestlers
He kept getting opportunity after opportunity most wrestlers weren't getting, and blew them all.
Been watching him on Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Landel was great as the Nature Boy wooooooo
As someone who lived in the middle of the Mid-South territory and watched every show and attended 40-50 house shows a year, very few people ever saw him as more than a "professional loser". He really needed to leave and come back to ever be taken seriously by the fans. When he was put with Butch Reed as a tag team partner we thought it was a joke. Also, the Smooth Operator video was used in Mid-South before it was used on TBS..
Interesting take ...I think its because he was introduced as mid level jobber baby face with dark hair in Mid South tv
@@johngallagher72 Very true, and calling him a mid-level jobber is being considerate when he first came into the territory. People simply didn't like him as a babyface, but absolutely hated him when he started acting cocky and transitioned into a heel. Of course everyone knew whomever he faced would give him a severe beatdown. Lol
I remember him as a jobber- worked the opening matches with Jesse Barr around the circuit- and his flopping-fish response when he got nailed. When he came back blond and with Butch Reed, he was a good heel- the shifty, cowardly heel- and different from all the monsters they had. He stood out. I loved hating him.
That story about Buddy saying Use my head this time Bill had me in tears lol
Interesting comment that had Buddy gone to Dallas, he may not have survived. Does that mean there were too many temptations there such as those taken by the Von Erichs ?
Or geno
No, not as much that as the territory didn't fit his style. Von Erichs were going over, and strong unless you were the freebirds style team or a tag team at the very least.. Buddy needed to be able to cheat, be chicken shit while still winning, etc. Nothing to do with temptations.
Yes .that is what he meant ...Corny meant that the Dallas party lifestyle would have probably killed Buddy and he would have OD'd .
@@johngallagher72 Listen to it again. Yes he meant that later. But he was saying he wouldn't fit in due to promotion style FIRST.
@@maxxdahl6062 that territory definitely fit his style. He would have been the perfect enemy for The Von Erichs. But all those drugs they were doing definitely would have killed him
willing to trade sprite in aluminum cans for new episode.
we have a stupid syrup tax but still willing ;)
I just watched the match between Buddy and HBK in Smokey Mountain, I am curious to hear Jim's account of working with HBK in that era outside of the WWF? I am also curious about the IC title being 'on the line' for this match. Why would the WWF allow their title to be defended in that situation? Should todays WWE do this now? Would allowing this kind of excursion with their talent benefit today's WWE? Thank you Jim and Brian.
Send it to their email address so they can see it.
Check this one out: ua-cam.com/video/3L-Coj8L1uY/v-deo.html
Koko B Ware and Norvell Austin...the Ly brothers...Home and Ug....Always made me laugh
Nature boy “ buddy landel “ …. I grew up on him ,, magnum ta , flair ,,, r& r express,, midnight express,,, dusty ,, Tully ,, double a ,,,, Sam Houston,, baby doll ,, jj ,, you all get the picture,,, but I was a kid in 80s, then fast forward to 1992 in smw,,, he had really changed…. Substance abuse is a awful thing .. rip mr. Landel ….
You sound like your my age, exact same people I grew up watching, Loved The Road Warriors and the Koloffs
Wasn't there a planned feud with Ric Flair "Nature Boy vs Nature Boy" idea? What if he did those feuds with Ric? Personally I liked him more than Ric.
Yep, they were gonna do a Nature boy vs. Nature boy feud. Think buddy got fired right before it got started if I remember correctly.
@@maxxdahl6062 yep I believe that's what happened too.
Personally I think your comment might've played a part aswell, the amount of people I know including myself that like nature boy buddy landel over flair, seeing how fragile wrestlers egos are I can't imagine flair would like it ,it's just an opinion there's no proving it.
I pissed Buddy Landell off once. I was like 13. Kingsport TN for an SSW show. My dad knew Scotty Ace and we were chatting with him, my friend walks up to Buddy Landell and called him Stan Lee. There was a wrestler named Pretty Boy Stan Lee. Buddy said hey there pork chop. My friend walked over and said "you guys said that was Stan Lee". So I go ask for his autograph and he said "maybe later pork chop". I said "wait, isn't he pork chop?" Pointing to my friend. He went to say something and did the forget this gesture while everyone around laughed. He did get a big pop during the brief SSW HOF ceremony they did that night. 2001 I think.
Mark Curtis memorial show. I won a shirt that night with a bunch of signatures...but lost it in a move. Had Buddy's signature as well as Arn Andersons.
Rest in paradise Nature boy Buddy Landel
That corkscrew elbow was cool
I used to love how Flair would mock Landel in the Atlanta studio. That one when he said he would give him one of his robes but he would get lost in the sleeves🤣. He also made fun of J.J.'s suits at the time, calling him Porter Wagoner, a country singer who was associated with Dolly Parton. With Landel gone, and now Tully Blanchard's associate and later part of the Four Horsemen, Dillon ditched the Col. Parker suits and dressed more executive, which made him perfect for the Horsemen.
Wasn't this around the time Flair as face was just finishing up with dungeon training Nikita ...it looked Landell was set to be next up as challenger.
@@johngallagher72 yes but Dusty had other plans, he lost faith in Landel and wanted Flair to turn full heel. The birth of the Horsemen.
I worked at Pizza Plus in Glade Spring VA from 2003-2006, and Buddy was a frequent customer. He was always really cool to us in the drivethru.
Seeing Buddy and Ricky Morton were common occurrences in Southwest VA.
Unfortunately we could see he was a frequent customer too
Landle was smooth as f. Great pro wrestler.
1984 Buddy Landell is 1990-2000s Ric Flair.
I met Buddy in around 1995 ? It was at a Hooters in Knoxville , Tennessee. He had a nice knee brace contraptions on. I mean it had like the metal bars and hinges 😂. Im not small , but he's actually a big dude. I kinda felt small. We talked a minute around the bathroom. I was about 25 at the time. A younger boy kinda interrupted and said " I remember watching you when a was a kid years ago. " Buddy said "Thanks a lot kid , you make me feel real fuc*ing good. " 😂😅 He wasn't laughing or smiling when he said it. 😂 I started laughing just to ease a bit of tension. Omg , he was a character.
Pro Wrestling Legends vs. Currrent Star Dream Match:
(Prime) Buddy Landel vs. Dolph Ziggler.
My second one would be
(Prime) "Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin vs. Bryan Danielson.
Landell did wrestle in Dallas.
I would of loved it if he became Intercontinental champion ...
I pray he got reborn!
I remember watching buddy when he had black hair wrestling for the poffos in icw in Kentucky when he won the rookie of the Year
Waiting on Jim Cornette to Address yet another Round of WWE Releases which seems like a Monthly Occurrence at this point in time … 💀
I heard John Morrison was fired. That can't be true, is it?
@@speranza9415 Sadly yeah he was among the recent cuts. :/
Either Vince is prepping for a sale. Or he's trying to make Tony Khan spend himself into a huge hole.
@@maxxdahl6062 Not sure just have to bide our time and see how things go down.
@TheJoeGreene Okay then lol.
The briefcase story has too be among Cornette's best/funniest
Distracted driver even before cell phones - what was he doing??
Buddy Landel and Gino Hernandez as a tag team!!! Holy crap....
4:40...
Buddy Shoulda Scored a "BigTimeSpot" from That Slip&Fall in TheHotel Entrance! 😜
Love ya Corny but How do you know if someone didn’t walk up to Buddy and say he was getting the belt …The nwa wasn’t the entity it once was so Didn’t jcp decide at that point You don’t know what the plans for Buddy as even if it was just a week with the title but I tend to believe Buddy …
GOD BLESS YOU BUDDY !!!
Great Bill Watts story. 😂
"Kick my head instead." lol
Most bizarre art. Jim, peeping on Buddy sleeping? Lol
That was in reference to Buddy oversleeping for Atlanta TV
More watch alongs
I have been waiting to hear Jim talk about Chad Gable and his match with Big E on Raw and Charlotte taking over the woman's division
You likely won't hear anything about Raw.
Buddy should have stayed in The UWF because he needed Watts' discipline to keep him in check. He wasn't going to get that from Crockett or Dusty in The NWA.
Buddy's difficulties were not because he was a bad person. His addictions and destructive behavior were the natural result of serious health problems that went undiagnosed and untreated until he made some attempts to do so toward the end of his life. His problems disabled him from ever having been able to live a normal 9 to 5 existence. His personality and physical talents made him somewhat able to make up for that and wrestling was probably the only place he ever could have thrived in. But all the problems that came were inevitable and the liquor and dope were his way of self medicating and dealing with the stress and pressure of his life. He was never able to comprehend his sucess and felt like a country boy who didn't belong up there. He projected the opposite image of how he really felt about himself. What people are missing is the better he did the more pressure he was under, which worsened his condition, which cycled into more substance abuse. Add to that all the injuries, chronic pain and head trauma, which made his mental health and addictions worse All the talk about how Buddy was nothing but a big fuck up are leaving out the most important part of the picture. Believe it or Buddyhad a genius i.q., if he hadnt had the issues he had, he could have been anything he wanted to be. It was amazing that he made it as far as he did, considering the hand he was dealt. So he was not really as big of a screw up as it may appear.
Could never understand why Buddy copied Flair. The platinum blonde hair, the Nature Boy name, the initials on the trunks and boots, the figure four leg lock finishing move, the robe which was very cheap compared to Flair's robe. The guy was nothing but a poorly made carbon copy of Flair and was wrestling in the SAME TERRITORY much of the time. He eliminated his chances of ever being a main eventer in the NWA because of his lack of imagination to his gimmick.
Naw that wasn't it, his personal demons kept him from being a main eventer. Him calling himself a second Nature Boy did actually work for him.
@@gregorylevi1826 Wouldn't he actually be something like the sixth?
@@danielburger1775 no the third
@@gregorylevi1826 Third?
Rogers, Kirby, Flair, Lane, Landel...Fifth.
Andrews was after Landel, so I was wring about sixth, but still closer than you.
@@danielburger1775 damn I forgot all about Roger Kirby thanks. I should have remembered Kirby cause he was always the only NB with a handlebar mustache. As for Andrew I didn't forget him but I never really considered him a NB
Unpopular opinion, but Buddys my favorite Nature Boy.
RIP
It was before he made enough money to buy coke lol
If it doesn't snow, we can't go.
Another Heckel masterpiece lmao
I heard flair was wantn to take some time off because his wife at the time had a miscarriage. That's when the idea was pitched to have buddy take the belt for a small run.
Liked buddy didn't know who he was when I saw him in mid atlantic with black hair
If flair and buddy were to wrestle 3 times with flair coming out ahead two to one, wouldn't that of buried landel anyway? Don't see two nature boys existing in the nwa after that
Thought the same thing. Buddy in WCCW in 1985? He would’ve died.
You ain't lying, all the drugs The Von Erichs were doing.
Great talent but the man had no control like a lot of guys in the business, a real shame because he was over, good worker, could've had an amazing career otherwise, sad really.
*_Woooooo!!_*
I know corny loves landel but.. he was just alright to me. What I remember most is him taking shots at flair then flair coming out the very next segment and completely ignoring him lol.
He could be 1994 nwa champ
Wow buddy landel was in shape wtf I never knew that until now lol seriously I never seen him in good shape
Cornette Ric flair turn heel in jcp sept.29,1985 attacking dusty after dusty help flair from attack by Nikita and Ivan koloff.landell got fired by jcp Dec.15,1985 dec15 tv taping interview talking about match with flair for nwa world hw title meaning heel vs heel match would have taken place.dillon become four horsemen manage in early Jan.1986
I always enjoyed Buddy Landel...wish he could have kept his habits in check
Hanging with jyd after the show wasn't good for nobody even dog.
Buddy was snorting coke with Butch Reed, not smoking crack with JVD and Sheiky lol
I got chance to meet Buddy Landell 2 times he was nicest guy i met
I met him in 1986, He was the nicest guy imaginable, He asked me, Where the ass in Savannah Ga hang out at? Lol
I don't get the buddy Landell thing seems to me he was just copying ric flair I don't even know how he was even taken seriously
Cm punk is clearly a corny fan. Tonight on rampage he said SOLO AGOGO COMOROTO. Lmao!!
Buuh-door-o
Buddy was amazing but he didn’t deserve a Flair program.
Before drugs he was.
First Time I herd of buddy landed was on a cut scene were Hollywood Hogan , Kevin Nash were listening to Flair on a previous week we're flair is cutting a promo on Hogan , Kevin Nash says that Flair has been swade in by 40,000 Carolinas that it's better to be the nature boy than it is to be a father 😜 than Flair says I know they got Scott Haaaoll , Nash says how did flair become that southern ? Hogan than says I want y'all ta like me cuz I need you to like me😂😂😂 than later they mentioned buddy landel I forgot why . Hogan has done so many things I can't forget.
Buddy was awesome in the ring he was his own worst enemy alot like Scott Hall
There was more dope in chill . wow us to hang steel and we picked up men in chill . the had no drivers license, and big habit. Hope thing have got better there.
Cornette has zero style and dime store taste. Landel better than Gino Hernandez on the mic? Yeah ok 👌🏻
corny is the goat
Buddy was never in great shape. He was always plump around the middle.
JYD died with a long white growth growing from his face.
Buddy was not better than Chris Adams or Gino Hernandez sorry corny.
I cannot WAIT to hear JIm after finding out what Kenny "BY GOD" Omega has been going through since basically All In. Vertigo to the point the whole ring was spinning... I wonder how many guys Jim knows who fought through that.
Flair right off the top of my head did that regularly. And was still infinitely better than Omega.
So uncle Dave and finger bang bitch says I've seen no medical proof
Buddy Landel is the dollar store ric flair
So, Flair was the dollar store Buddy Rogers?
@@maxxdahl6062 Except Flair is arguably the greatest modern day wrestler of all time and Buddy Landel is an underachiever
@@maxxdahl6062 Flair was the T2 to the first Terminator
@@quentinterlecki8432 Not seen much of Buddy, eh?
@@maxxdahl6062 LOL I think you don't know the meaning of underachiever...
Gotta disagree Gino Hernandez was better than Buddy
Gino was a lot better, in every way, including on the mic, Gino would have been as big as Flair, that's a fact
All the people saying "Buddy was his own worst enemy" need to read my other comnent here. Theres way, way more to it than than that, and nobody has ever talked about it so I will.
Why is he dead?
because hes dead?