Ernie Ladd (in street clothes) vs Tom Jones (January 2, 1981)
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2017
- From Houston. The "Big Cat" makes his own rules, and in 1981, he refuses to wrestle bums like Jones. Ernie Ladd was one of my favorites growing up, he had amazing promo skills, and made me beg my parents to get me ringside seats in New Orleans every Monday night from 1977-84. Please comment if you like this & want to see more!
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Ernie Ladd is rarely mentioned alongside the Flairs and Pipers and Dustys when it comes to his interviews, but he really ought to be.
Ernie Ladd > both
Flair was hype Dirty Rhodes was a fraud ...Piper was Pat Peterson's boy shower toy
@1st Name Basis
and you are nothing compared to any of those men.
He was Spot On when The Show Started and the Mic was being held for him to Pontificate!
Ladd was a great listen whether doing a promo or in the ring and complaining about whatever.
The Big Cat always provides quality entertainment!
The best part of this is the promo...Ladd is SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY underrated when it comes to his promos
Will always be my favorite RIP Big Cat Ernie Ladd.
Class act that Big Cat even helped his opponent out of the ring. 3:56
" ... and bring on Andre the Dummy, the Dumb Giant ... ", LOL, Ernie was the best and funniest heel on the stick ...
Nailed it!
I want this match played on a loop at my funeral or I ain’t going
"......this fool thinks this is 'givin' Texas - this is Houston Texas......" You tell 'em Ernie!!!!!!! 👍😂
WOOOOOOOOOO. The Sam Houston Coliseum on a Friday night.
The Big Cat Didn’t play , “you just a referee get away from me “. Then fighting with his hat on for most of the match still in his street clothes. Man that was a real wrestler. RIP Big 🐈
Tom Jones: It not unusual to be beat by Ernie Ladd! LMAO
One of Ladd's favorite routines. Seen him do this in every territory.
What exactly was the angle on him not wanting to wrestle this bum?
@@teller1290He told Paul Bosch that he rightly deserves to wrestle Wahoo McDaniel or Andre in a main event and not wrestle a bum like Tom Jones in a preliminary match!
@@curtramsey 🤣🤣 love it
The Baddest Big Cat in The Business Six Foot Nine Giant Big Badd Cat RIP ERNIE Thanks for the Great Memories
THE BIG CAT WAS A BEAST!R.I.P.
Ernie could create heat, he also had mad skills on the mic.
Love the part when Tom Jones fell down about 2 feet in front of Ernies big boot 😂🤣
Phantom kick.
Lol.
You caught that to. So funny.
Terrible. One of the worst I've ever seen. What a bum.
Smart man.
He was too scared to take the boot and stopped 2 feet short!
You gotta love the Big Cats mic skills.
Before there was The Rock, Ernie Ladd was the best trash talker in wrestling.
And after there was The Rock, Ernie Ladd was the best trash talker in wrestling.
85futureshock b
85futureshock v
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85futureshock without a doubt!!!!
whooped dude's ass and still had breath for an interview..wasnt even breathing heavy..that was a true beast
The Admiral Tom Jones was a damn good wrestler & trainer.Wrestled as Mr.Ebony & Black Olympia
@@chitownace777 But when he was booked to job, he was one of the best sellers ever. Ernie wasn't even breathing hard after this match because Jones was doing all the work, selling everything Ladd did including that big foot that didn't come close to connecting. I can't think of any other wrestler who was a star and a bum in so many different places.
In street clothing lol
I love some Ernie Ladd highlights😃
There will never be another Big Cat 🐈 Ernie Ladd 🙏❤️
Still my favorite wrestler from when I was a kid til today. He's badder than Junkyard Dog.
This is HOUSTON baby!!!!
I loved this guy, RIP Brother
One of the best heels ever!
Ernie never liked wahoo because he drank whiskey. Also he made the rules and breaked the rules😂! RIP Big Cat!
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I remember when Ernie Ladd went from wrestling to wrestling announcer. He was a natural.
Ernie Ladd does not get enough credit. He was the man!
THE BEST ALL TIME, THE BIG CAT,WAS SO FUNNY LOL 🤣😂
Awesome! thanks for posting. Ernie Ladd was one of the greatest talkers ever and this is why today's wrestling absolutely SUCKS. Nothing in today's wrestling compares to this.
The Best Big Man In Wrestling
The Big Cat didn’t take no stuff I loved that about him.
I like that he made a lot of $, and he saved his $$.
As others have mentioned, nobody could work a mic like Ernie. For years in the late 60's to mid 70's, the Big Cat was a fan favorite in Houston- gigantic fan favorite. It was one of the few places he went to where he was such; most likely b/c of his association with the Houston Oilers for a couple of years. Paul Boesch was great at working angles with wrestlers and a great promoter. My understanding is that he paid well and treated the wrestlers well.
Boesch wrote a book on his WWII experiences as a rifle company commander in N. Europe. I just got it but haven't read it yet.
If Ernie kept the hat on while wrestling that would’ve been boss!
Thank you Rob D. I attend Houston wrestling for many years as a kid and the big Cat was one of my favs too.
Ernie Ladd was one of the most complete wrestlers (in the ring/on the microphone) of his time and he went against all of the top talent of his time (Andre the Giant, etc). I have never hear a negative thing said about him by any other wrestler either.
40 years ago 6'9 Ernie "The Big Cat" Ladd puts on a show in Houston Texas 🤠
Big Cat was legit , talk the talk Legend ..Street Clothes lol
Tom Jones asked "What's new pussycat?" and the Big cat showed him.
litehouse6 the singer could’ve done a better finish than the wrestler. Lame
It's not unusual to be pinned at anytime!!
@@dennisrowan9700 LOL!
That guy was a classic!
Poor Tom Jones!Remember kids nobody gonna give you nothing!Absolutely genius!Sophisticated Thuggery!
Love these Videos. Late 70's Early 80's classic!
Ernie ladd was the man
There was no one like Ernie Ladd! Rest in Heaven!
I love the Judge Roy Bean reference.
Ernie was the original American badass...
I wish they had the vision to make him an announcer!!! He would have been as big or bigger than Jessy the Body Ventura!!!!
Ernie Ladd was a commentator for the WWF and he wasn't to good because he played it straight.
The Big Cat=Heat Machine!!!!
The best trash-talker hands down
Ernie Had a Reputation for being a very easy person in the ring as Most of his contact is actually very gentle. When Ernie Put his Boot up, there was very minimal contact that was very well sold!!
Let me tell you something Mr. TV annoucer! 3:15 love the announcer in the lime green leisure suit! 😂
Push Ernie Ladd around? That's as unlikely as someone refusing to go on a date with Halle Berry. Ernie Ladd was one of a kind. We are very fortunate to have been able to watch this guy. Thanks for posting and thank you Mr. Ladd.
"Bundy....ya big fat piece of shit..." Ernie always made me laugh.
Ernie was one that was better as a "BAD" guy!
"Walk the way I wants to walk, talk the way I wants to talk!...".
He was a great actor
We need that type of spirit and inspiration back. This era needs improvement😒
Cause if you gonna fight you mind as well win.
Ernie was a boss hahahaha
I need a lime-colored suit like that to match my lime-colored Adidas running shoes.
So, this is where Hogan got his moves.
Awesome!
"My bidness, is my bidness!"
HIs "yip yip yap,yip yip yap" interview is the way an interview should be done
How could they possibly make the King of the Squared Circle, Ernie Ladd, wrestle in his street clothes and mop up some hapless jobber? What an insult! The commission should have investigated itself on that account.
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the big cat
Ernie Ladd
there will never ever be no other
wrestling sixties, seventies, and early too mid eighties
wrestling was wrestling back then
at the Armory!!
RIP E.Ladd.
the great one
The Big Cat didn't even take off his hat,still beat the bum. Great memories Ernie was the best.
Love some Big Cat
I love that jacket.
I sure am not going to argue with Ernie
Ernie always makes me laugh. Always called Wahoo the drunken Indian. Never be another Ernie!
OMG, The "Big Cat" talked the BEST most politically incorrect trash ever! 2nd place Ernest "The Cat" Miller, oh yeah. Keep these classics coming! A+ quality footage!
Add Dr D David Schultz
If memory serves it was Tony Atlas who said Bill Watts really liked Ernie Ladd and gave Ladd alot of authority.
Ladd was the best trash-talkers there ever was. Even Muhammad Ali couldn't hold a birthday candle to the Big Cat
'I make my rules and i break my rules.' Hilarious
Completely awesome
Big cat with his taped thumb was dangerous
I logged how he kept it very simple He always referred to everybody else is a bum And whiskey drinkers Is always hilarious
When the big cat talks, YOU listen!
Ernie Ladd did the same angle a few years earlier in Kansas City. He was always convincing though!
You were there?
Watched it on the Kansas City version All Star Wrestling tv show when I was kid.@@mcdonoghrahloh459
The big cat was right again. Tom Jones got destroyed because the promoter doesn't listen. He said he wanted whowoo Mc Daniels not a total jobber. Ernie was one of the best wrestling in his istreet clothes. .the big cat was the best .thank you for posting this and keep the great videos coming
YOU JUST A TV ANNOUNCER!!!!
Ernie Ladd looks like Indiana Jones with that hat and leather jacket.
Great football player
The best !
This guy predecessed Piper, and it is easy to see where Piper got his inspiration. Ernie Ladd is just awesome
Better than Piper
Big Cat was One of a Kind .
Check out that Ring Announcer’s REEAALLY Green Suit!!😄😄
Ernie Ladd was the best in my opinion Showman and Statesman Of All Times in the Professional Wrestling World. Nobody Black or White did it like this Brother. Even his lost matches were very Entertaining. RIP Big Cat... Wrestling truly lost a Legend in that Ring in the Sky.
His foot caught that guy square in the jaw
That has to be the biggest ring I have ever seen
Like to see more 70s were the best
This is great acting all around,Ref,promoter,and why of course Mr. Ladd
love it
I wonder how Ernie and Andre got along backstage...
He was gangsta
So funny.
Speaking as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officer, I would like to posthumously acknowledge the great Ernie Ladd who never cowed to White Supremacy. He rightfully called out others - Tony Atlas, Bobo Brazil, Wahoo McDaniel - who too often played Tom when they should have been raising a black fist!
I see ya BIG CAT, hat and all, lol the BIG CAT didn't play !!!
Ernie mfin Ladd! 😄
Big Cat I love me Crazy Dude
Look at Boyd Pierce run for cover in his lime green suit!!
tom messed that big boot up. hahaha
Seans Transformation Journey. Yeah he did!! Tom had ONE job to do!
He's the Muhammad Ali of Wrestling!!!
Of course he is
-ref bothers Ladd to fight
-30 seconds later ref is counting to 3
Ernie BigCat was so entertaining. He's main event, not like those downcard bums like Tony Atlas and Bobo!!