I remember that watching in my youth. Goldberg was a beast, might cover him separately in a future video if I can find enough material about his training.
I'm really glad you showcased Harley Race slamming Andre. The most impressive part of that whole slam, if you watch it closely. Race hoists Andre up, then while he has him up there holding him Race switches his arm around to cradle Andre's head and back of his neck before slamming him to the floor so he did not hurt Andre. Just amazing when you think about it.
Really well spotted, you have a good eyes for details. I came across that clip when I made the list about the toughest wrestlers, so Harley was basically the whole inspiration for this one.
Earthquake powerslamming the then absolutely massive and rather immobile Bastion Booger WITH EASE (incl. walking with him through the ring) is always astonishing to me every time I've seen it.
Tenta was immensely powerful. I'll always remember him catching Big Boss Man in mid air when he tried a cross body from the top rope I think it was at Summerslam. The DSOR episode got pretty sad at the end, shame.
@@howstrongis 21 May 1960 at Madison Square Garden. Really a key point in his career as he only started less than a year previously. in the fall of 1959.
The names and videos i came across where Strong Kobayashi, Butcher Vachon, Hulk Hogan, Harkey Race, El Canek, Kamala, Inoki, Riki Choshu, Big John Studd with Ken Patera, Ultimate Warrior. But Tony wouldnt be surprising.
I’m surprised when you got to the big show, you didn’t mention the Kevin Nash power bomb, not the second one, but the first one where he got him all the way up. The first power bomb is the more impressive but for some reason everyone wants to talk about the second one where they use the angle that he broke his neck in reality he didn’t he was fine, but the first power bomb that was one of the most impressive act of strength I had ever seen in wrestling.
That was actually one heck of a powerbomb, I agree. Reason was I wanted to focus on the body slam mainly, if not the video size would have gotten out of hand :) Another similar mention would have been the vertical suplex from Davey Boy vs Vader
Only been to a couple of house shows in my life, but one was in 1999, and the thing that made an impression on me was the width of Viscera. I remember him standing in the ring facing the crowd on the other side, and I turned to my friend and said "Oh my god, look at how wide his back is". He looked like a refrigerator with legs. Big Show was also on that card but his size didn't impress me half as much, he just looked like a big guy. Viscera was a freaking monster.
@@howstrongis I meant that, looking at the footage, it looks like Crush was strong enough to do the bodyslam, but his job was to pretend he couldn't. By the way, Canek bodyslammed Yoko also
They wanted luger to be the next Hogan. Warrior lifted Andre the Giant as well. They wanted Hogan and Hogan likes. Bischoff hired his best Strong man, Goldberg.
For me, the most impressive body slam was that of Harley Race/ André the Giant. Outside the ring, and Harley Race has the strength but wasnt cut like other Wrestlers. Impressive.
I remember the yokozuna body slam the WWF even said if you could body slam him you would win a Chevy S10 I had just gotten out of the army and was disappointed I couldn't try because I had to work instead of going to the event 😂
Its funnie that wrestlers that were gone pre 1980 a forgotten like giant haystacks and that big 7 foot pluse english wrestler that appeared in wcw briefly before he died
I realized the same thing with Gorilla Monsoon, a forgotten era indeed. With Haystacks I couldn’t find much, but someone mentioned in the comments that Bruno slammed him.
Vader got slammed on a regular basis during his career, guys like Owen Hart, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Sycho Sid, Mick Foley, Kane, Undertaker, Savio Vega, Ron Simmons, Sting, and Tom Zenk have all slammed Vader. It's impressive how these guys can easily pick up a 400+ pound human being.
Mabel Russell yokozuna back in the day before the match they went to a local junkyard and weighed themselves p enable Cayman at 567 lb yokozuna 643 and also as far as strong as mango you cannot forget about Bruno sanmartino he wrestled orangutans and bears 600 lb p really enjoyed your podcast thank you looking forward to Future ones have a blessed night
Great video. Giant Haystacks AKA Loch Ness was billed at 645 and I think he was slammed. Multiple guys slammed Vader with the most impressive probably being Owen Hart because of his small size. I’ve seen Hogan, Sting, Bulldog, Warrior and Boss Man all slam Earthquake. Bundy was great in many ways but he was terrible at posting for bodyslams - On top of Taker and Hogan, I also saw Davey Boy slam Bundy but all three slams stank. I’ve no doubt Crush could’ve slammed Yoko if the story had called for it - most fans believe he picked up Yoko more easily than Luger did. There’s even a story that he was boasting backstage beforehand that he was going to slam Yoko for a shoot but an agent told him he’d be fired if he did
Amazing input. Thanks for all the information. I didn’t know about the Owen one. Do you remember which match it was? Also for Haystacks, I was trying to find someone who actually slammed him. Hope someone in the comments knows more.
@@howstrongis I don't know for sure but I think the Owen slam was a UK-only PPV. It was a singles match between Owen and Vader which built all the way to the big slam at the end. Must've been towards the end of Vader's career in WWE and not long before Owen died either. *edit* - it was WWF One Night Only from September 1997.
@@howstrongis Another cool example of a little guy slamming a huge guy was Brian Pillman slamming Abdullah the Butcher. Particularly surprising because Abby didn't go up for many people and while Pillman had a great physique in the early 90s, he was never known for his strength.
@@howstrongis I have thousands of hours of pure 80's wrestling, in an hour of programming; there must be 3-4 body slams, off the rope powder slams. Even rope assisted body slams in the case of Tully Blanchard. There's something truly satisfying seeing guys like Ted bodyslam, Dibiase had smooth muscles, not boxy chiseled muscles like Warrior. Also Ted had perfect form and his slams were the smoothest. The best were the last second powerslams he delivered out of nowhere to seal the victory 🤣🤣🤣👏🏽👏🏽
Not bodyslams but... Davey boy doing a vertical suplex on Vader, with hard any momentum was impressive as fuck!... ... And Goldberg jackhammer on the giant was baddass, maybe got plenty of help from the giant but baddass to watch!
Andre the Giant spent only about 1% of his entire career as a heel, but every time I see a picture of him in a thumbnail, it's a heel picture. For those of us who are old enough to remember him well, that is not the Andre we knew and loved.
That is actually a good point, never really thought about that. Actually Afro Andre with shorts was my favorite, unfortunately couldn’t find any great pictures there.
I used for his weight multiple sources like old matches, wiki and cagematch. On some he was even listed as 400 so no one really knows beside One Man himself.
Davey boy smith(the British bulldog) slammed Earthquake with a body slam and then beat him with a pin. It was on an old silver vision video but I can't remember which.
@@howstrongis He did it by himself, but Ken was staggered by it. That is what makes me think Andre didn't "job" him. I saw Patera a lot when I was in Georgia in 1981 with WCW tapings in the local Columbus Saturday show that came on before the TBS show some three hours later.
@@howstrongisKen Patera had bodyslammed Andre the giant 7-8 times in total all by himself and no slam is available atleast on UA-cam. Patera has revealed about it in one of his interviews. Patera was the strongest pro wrestler of 70s and one of the strongest of 80s ( top 3) so it is not hard to believe him.
That’s a fair point and the best comparison I have ever heard :) I meant in terms of agility, not so much about safety. So rather the same car, but one is a more reckless driver if we want to stick with the comparison.
Pretty bad analogy. Vader was equally talented and just as safe to work with as Bam Bam. The difference is, Vader wasnt hesitant to throw receipts left and right if his opponents were slacking. Probably because he took A TON of legitimate hits in his early career from less gifted athletes and decided to not take shit from anyone any longer, which didnt make him the most favorable co-worker backstage.
Think Vader wouldn’t be much unsafe, but rather the style they were required to wrestle in Japan took some huge toll on their body (but that goes generally for pro wrestling) seen too many of the older generation New Japan and All Japan guys in pretty rough shape nowadays.
I’m a retired pro wrestling journalist for Slam wrestling and sometimes for Dave Meltzer. How do you even believe the overinflated weights announced? You should know they are between 10-15% lower in reality. Don’t believe everything you read. Btw, same thing for heights.
As I clearly mentioned in the opening I don’t believe them, and I took the billed weights. In most cases you can easily reduce each billed weight by 20 to 60 pounds. But I am also training many pro wrestlers here in Tokyo so we even got some super heavyweights who are legit. Hope that helps
Those were great times to be a fan. There are some knowledgeable guys here so I am always happy to learn more in the comment section here. Especially with wrestling which has such a long history
Yoko jumped into lugers arms, and luger just turned him. Luger could barely slam bundy in one match. Andre was clearly at his heaviest at wm3, where hogan slammed him. Then ultimate warrior slammed him a few times afterwards. Cena did his firemans carry finisher to Big show, which is pretty insane.
There is actually an incident where Yoko was angry at an jobber who disrespected Mr Fuji, and fully forced a banzai drop on him and stayed there. Actually let me include in somehow in the next or next next video.
By far and away, whenever Hulk Hogan slammed André the Giant during the late '80's. André was not over 500 lbs when Race, Kamala, et al slammed him--he was barely over 400 lbs in those occasions (he may have been close to 450 when Race slammed him in the ring). He was well over 500 lbs when Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior slammed him. Warrior did a very powerful body slam of André-- meaning, he didn't hold him for a long time--he turned him as soon as he could. What was so impressive about Hogan's slam of André at WrestleMania III is how he really held André for a long time, got only minimal assistance from André, and did a proper turn. The latter aspect caused Hogan (per his own recounting of the tale) to tear his right lat muscle. Ahmed deserves props for making the best effort to properly body slam what was undoubtedly a 550+ lbs Yokozuna, but between his weight and the girth of his waist, it would have taken a guy as large as Hogan, André, or The Big Show--all at their peak strength--to do it correctly.
The Giant was during the Nitro days, so into his 40s which is pretty impressive. The hip damage is a lot from the leg drops, which doesnt look like a painful move but wrecks havoc on the hips.
Possibly Yokozuna as well. I remember Hogan had an impromptu match for the WWF championship at Wrestlemania one year. Hogan came out after Yoko beat Bret Hart for the championship, and Mr. Fuji issued a challenge to Hogan to wrestle Yoko for the just won WWF championship. (Of course, Hogan won.)
One of my early wrestlemania memories, probably because of the Cesar’s Palace stage. If I remember correctly he beat Yokozuna, but didn’t slam him that day, but I might be wrong. Haven’t watched the match in ages.
@@howstrongis No slam in that match. It was a short match. Fuji tried to throw salt in Hogan's eyes, but Hogan got out of the way, and Yoko got the salt. That led to the big boot and leg drop combo. At the rematch at that summer's King of the Ring, Hogan tried to slam Yoko twice but couldn't lift him.
@@howstrongisThere is no video available but I remember there is surely photo available of Bruno slamming haystacks. It was a scoop slam , a type of body slam. I saw it few years ago in wrestling forums as far as i remember.
My Pro Wrestlers told my that the Tombstone is actually a lot harder to pull off since there is less help involved from the other side. So doing that on Vader is impressive.
@@howstrongis Giant Haystacks was a different guy than Haystacks Calhoun. Giant Haystacks was an English wrestler in the 80's and 90's. Calhoun was retired before the end of the 70's.
Harley Race may have been one of the toughest men in wrestling but also probably one of the dumbest. The inventor of the flying head butt body slammed Andre the Giant on the cement. What on earth did he do that for? Andre was the biggest draw wrestling ever had and that one move could have significantly shortened his career.
I still vote the most impressive was Mark Henry gorilla-pressing Vader. You can slam anyone with their participation,..and it's impressive when Road Warrior Animal pressed Hogan, or Terry Gordy, but to press a guy whose 375lbs at least?
@@robertcoggeshall3071Was thinking about doing an interview with some of the New Japan wrestlers, would be an interesting question which moves are actually harder to perform.
@@howstrongis 100% the tombstone, since it requires a more accurate positioning and control from both athletes and gets exceptionally harder against obese opponents. Thats why you usually didnt see the Dead Man tombstoning beefy guys, instead he went for his Choke Slam. Vader in their casket match was an exception to that, since he was agile and skilled enough to lock himself into the right spot by bearhugging Taker's crotch and scissoring his head, allowing him to secure the grip and execute it stiff, but safely. Probably the most impressive Tombstone we've ever whitnessed.
@@howstrongis IF you believe the story Bruno told, they slammed each other back and forth until the ring broke. That was just his story though, He did however Slam Haystaks. Bruno had Freakish strength.
If anything, a bodyslam tells you how experienced and strong the one taking it is, he's doing 80% of the work. Example: When Kane bodyslammed Khali, you can see Khali having one arm on Kane's quad and the other on his shoulder, for stabilization and support. You also notice Khali adding a tiny bit of momentum to the lift, just enough to make the slam succeed. Which is pretty professional tbh, since too much momentum makes a bodyslam look like its halfassed and makes it more difficult for the deliverer to secure the landing. And thats why people were rightfully worried about Luger bodyslamming Yokozuna. Luger was a pretty terrible wrestler. Not goldberg-type awful and ignorant, but severely restricted in his mobility, mixed with a lack of technique = not really safe to work with. And since Yoko himself was a fairly unskilled athlete for a man of his heritage, the odds of a tragic accident were there. However, respect for adding Ron Simmons to that resumee. If I had to name to name THE strongest wrestler of all time, I'd 100% go for him. The Dominator takes an incredible amount of core strenght, explosiveness and timing to do safely, and he managed to deliver it each time with such ease, even against opponents who were actively trying to botch it (Looking at you Trips and Backlund). The fact that he was not a gym rat like 90% of the powerhouses back then makes this even more impressive, dude was just built different.
That’s all pretty good points. I was actually asking two of my wrestlers what they think is the harder move to perform, the answer was :”Strength wise body slam but damage to yourself wise tombstone. I’d say strength wise they’re the same but the opponent can help more on a body slam” As far as you mentioned, fully agree on the Dominator, it takes a lot to perform it so kudos always go to Ron Simmons. Think there is a reason why the Steiners never messed with him.
The later one :) Think Bruno managed to slam him, but with the older matches there is almost zero to none material unfortunately. Would have loved to include something
@@howstrongisit was in 1991 after earthquake did the splash warrior kicked up and he did his iconic shake the ropes and then attempt to clothesline the earthquake but it did nothing so he then lifted him up and di the splash I think it's on yt if I can remember just search "ultimate warrior Vs earthquake" and skip to the end of the match
Man you didn't even put the Thump by JYD on Kamala in here, and the whole ring imploded. JYD climbed the ropes to do it. Yeah your list is incomplete.🤣
@@howstrongis I watched it on what was Mid south, when it aired on 39 in Houston. He and Kamala was always getting it in. Especially when Skandar Akbar was Kamala's manager. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. JYD called him "Skandar Snack bar"...
That is awesome, thanks for sharing. Think i need to start to watch a lot more older Mid South stuff again in April. A lot of catching up for me to do, but thats why i love some of the comments here. Always happy to discover something new.
@@AlldatJazz-rw9wyAppreciate it. Whenever i leave something out or forget something (gonna happen 100%), feel free to drop some knowledge. Always happy to learn.
@@howstrongis Also most title reigns in wrestling history forgotten legend Crash was. I mean who cares if he lost it at the 711 and regained it at Arby's down the street 10 minutes latter 😂.
True, even my mind is blurry when it comes to Crash, definitely an under appreciated wrestler who should get more credit. It’s like when I came across Spiros Arion this video and realized that he was almost always undefeated, sold out MSG on a regular basis and even didn’t need to loss against Mil Mascaras
Some comments: You missed the Ultimate warrior slamming Andre when he was at his heaviest, least mobile and least accommodating Numerous men have slammed the big show, Kevin Nash, Luger, Goldberg, Kane and probably most impressive Bobby Lashley when Show was Ecw champion and likely at his heaviest Lex also slammed Yoko on a Monday night raw show which was cleaner than the original one. I'd consider this a more impressive list than the other men who slammed Yoko as Lex was far light and probably at single digit bodyfat. When you're low in bodyfat your strength PLUMMETS
As mentioned its not supposed to be a complete list, since all those guys got slammed way to many times, that would have resulted in an hour long video. Andre alone got slammed by 4 guys in Japan. Same goes for Big Show and co. So its rather to be a list of the heaviest guys who got slammed, not who slammed them in the first place. Hope that make sense. As for the Lex one, do you know by any chance which episode that was?
@@howstrongis exactly. The list should focus on who slammed them when they were at their heaviest hence most impressive. ua-cam.com/video/SPKxeyBHuQk/v-deo.htmlsi=LpEyGguWaqgbJea3
Appreciate the critic. Also thanks for the video, that one looks a lot better than the one on the USS Intrepid for sure (altough that one is the more memorable one)
@@howstrongis Check out Bundy being slammed by Dr. Death Steve Williams ..., which is much more impressive than Hogan and Undertaker slamming him. I believe it's a tag team match with the One Man Gang as Bundy's partner.
@@justogarcia175 Found it, that was awesome. There is always something i am missing, so appreciate your input. Did a whole video about Dr Death but wasnt aware of that slam.
Kane pretty much body slammed everyone he fought at some point. He lifted big show up with one arm and carried him on his shoulder and walked around with him.
Goldberg didn't just pick up big show he held him up for a jackhammer. That was immensely impressive.
I remember that watching in my youth. Goldberg was a beast, might cover him separately in a future video if I can find enough material about his training.
I was in Denver when he first did it at a house show. Place went from pandemonium to so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
@@howstrongisthis could be good.
I envy you for experience it live. In Europe he only got Tv shows (always 1 month delayed)
@@joshnelson4532making your childhood awesome 😮
I'm really glad you showcased Harley Race slamming Andre. The most impressive part of that whole slam, if you watch it closely. Race hoists Andre up, then while he has him up there holding him Race switches his arm around to cradle Andre's head and back of his neck before slamming him to the floor so he did not hurt Andre. Just amazing when you think about it.
Really well spotted, you have a good eyes for details. I came across that clip when I made the list about the toughest wrestlers, so Harley was basically the whole inspiration for this one.
Ah so that must by why it looks like Andre reached for the floor. I thought he was about to break his arm!
Earthquake powerslamming the then absolutely massive and rather immobile Bastion Booger WITH EASE (incl. walking with him through the ring) is always astonishing to me every time I've seen it.
I forgot completely about the Bastion Booger. I might include it in some extra video, great find there.
Tenta was immensely powerful. I'll always remember him catching Big Boss Man in mid air when he tried a cross body from the top rope I think it was at Summerslam. The DSOR episode got pretty sad at the end, shame.
Completly forgot about the catch with Boss Man. Let me check which episode that was.
Loved this one. Harley slamming Andre on the concrete floor was very impressive.
Thanks for sharing.
Harley was a beast, looking forward to his Dark side of the ring episode next week
That's a really good match too BTW
@@1983jblackProbably one of my favourite Andre matches.
Big man Slam or get SLAMMED
@@howstrongisooh yeah!
Your forgetting British Bulldog lifted Vader for his hanging vertical Suplex and also picked Mable up on his shoulders.
He was struggling a little though. I give Davey credit. He really was a strong son of a bitch
That's when Mabel was in the corner and Davey squatted him up, right? He did the same thing to Yokoazuna too.
Anyone slamming Yokozuna is impressive as hell, as Yoko was huge!
Especially in his late career
You missed Bruno Sammartino slamming Haystacks Calhoun in the 1960's. Calhoun was billed at 602 pounds from Morgan's Corner Arkansas
So someone actually managed it. I was wondering that myself if someone managed to slam Haystack’s. Just adds so the legend of Bruno
@@howstrongis 21 May 1960 at Madison Square Garden. Really a key point in his career as he only started less than a year previously. in the fall of 1959.
@@user-pm5ck5si1iAwesome, appreciate the input.
I immediately thought of Haystacks too. But little if any footage of him getting slammed exists apparently.
Yeah, think a lot of footage is lost or on VHS in some collectors storage.
Harley Race's slam was most impressive! Tony Atlas might've slammed Andre as well! Thanks!
The names and videos i came across where Strong Kobayashi, Butcher Vachon, Hulk Hogan, Harkey Race, El Canek, Kamala, Inoki, Riki Choshu, Big John Studd with Ken Patera, Ultimate Warrior. But Tony wouldnt be surprising.
Hulk Hogan body slaming tiny Tim Blackwell who was about 440 pounds. Hogan did this several times and a few times the ring calapsed
Great input there. Maybe a make a short list with all the inputs from the comments, to many honorable mentions
Who's tiny tim Blackwell
@@chrischar9428crusher Blackwell in awa.
I think Haku holding up Big John Studd like he was 100 pounds was the most impressive thing in this video.
Haku doing Haku things.
Bruno Sammartino slamming Haystacks Calhoun in 1961 had to be heaviest of all-Time!!
For sure, unfortunately I could find zero material. But the fact that Bruno did it doesn’t surprise me
I’m surprised when you got to the big show, you didn’t mention the Kevin Nash power bomb, not the second one, but the first one where he got him all the way up. The first power bomb is the more impressive but for some reason everyone wants to talk about the second one where they use the angle that he broke his neck in reality he didn’t he was fine, but the first power bomb that was one of the most impressive act of strength I had ever seen in wrestling.
That was actually one heck of a powerbomb, I agree. Reason was I wanted to focus on the body slam mainly, if not the video size would have gotten out of hand :)
Another similar mention would have been the vertical suplex from Davey Boy vs Vader
Only been to a couple of house shows in my life, but one was in 1999, and the thing that made an impression on me was the width of Viscera. I remember him standing in the ring facing the crowd on the other side, and I turned to my friend and said "Oh my god, look at how wide his back is". He looked like a refrigerator with legs. Big Show was also on that card but his size didn't impress me half as much, he just looked like a big guy. Viscera was a freaking monster.
99 was a perfect time to visit one. I envy you.
Yeah, I can imagine how huge viscera must have been in real….
Kane swinging khali like hes a hola hoop 😂
Lot of earlier bodyslams on earthquake, hogan, warrior, bulldog, and warlord
Didn’t know about the warlord one.
Seems that Crush could have bodyslammed Yoko, but it was out of the script
I didn’t know that. Do you know if it was recorded somehow? Do be fair, according to Luger, basically Yoko slammed himself.
@@howstrongis I meant that, looking at the footage, it looks like Crush was strong enough to do the bodyslam, but his job was to pretend he couldn't. By the way, Canek bodyslammed Yoko also
Crush legit lifted him, but faked not being able to.
They wanted luger to be the next Hogan. Warrior lifted Andre the Giant as well. They wanted Hogan and Hogan likes. Bischoff hired his best Strong man, Goldberg.
For me, the most impressive body slam was that of Harley Race/ André the Giant. Outside the ring, and Harley Race has the strength but wasnt cut like other Wrestlers. Impressive.
Looking forward to his Dark Side of the ring episode this week, think they included a lot of unseen footage
The 1988 Survivor Series had Hogan with two impressive looking slams on One Man Gang and on King Kong Bundy.
I completly forgot about these, thanks for mentioning them. Wish i could still include them.
I remember the yokozuna body slam the WWF even said if you could body slam him you would win a Chevy S10 I had just gotten out of the army and was disappointed I couldn't try because I had to work instead of going to the event 😂
That sir, is an amazing story itself :) Not sure if the car would have been worth the back pain :)
Its funnie that wrestlers that were gone pre 1980 a forgotten like giant haystacks and that big 7 foot pluse english wrestler that appeared in wcw briefly before he died
I realized the same thing with Gorilla Monsoon, a forgotten era indeed. With Haystacks I couldn’t find much, but someone mentioned in the comments that Bruno slammed him.
Vader got slammed on a regular basis during his career, guys like Owen Hart, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Sycho Sid, Mick Foley, Kane, Undertaker, Savio Vega, Ron Simmons, Sting, and Tom Zenk have all slammed Vader. It's impressive how these guys can easily pick up a 400+ pound human being.
Vader was a proper super heavyweight. He might have helped them slamming himself, one of the first athletic big men in wrestling
@@howstrongis Do you think you and I could slam Vader in proper technique? Even if he helps slam himself?
I tried it once with one of hour 140 kg guys here in Japan, regretted every bit of it. And Vader was heavier than that.
Not a body slam but notably Mr. Perfect lifted The Giant cleanly for a Perfect Plex. Everyone jumped to their feet and looked so stunned.
I remember that one. The perfect plex was as clean as it gets.
Mabel Russell yokozuna back in the day before the match they went to a local junkyard and weighed themselves p enable Cayman at 567 lb yokozuna 643 and also as far as strong as mango you cannot forget about Bruno sanmartino he wrestled orangutans and bears 600 lb p really enjoyed your podcast thank you looking forward to Future ones have a blessed night
Great video. Giant Haystacks AKA Loch Ness was billed at 645 and I think he was slammed. Multiple guys slammed Vader with the most impressive probably being Owen Hart because of his small size. I’ve seen Hogan, Sting, Bulldog, Warrior and Boss Man all slam Earthquake. Bundy was great in many ways but he was terrible at posting for bodyslams - On top of Taker and Hogan, I also saw Davey Boy slam Bundy but all three slams stank. I’ve no doubt Crush could’ve slammed Yoko if the story had called for it - most fans believe he picked up Yoko more easily than Luger did. There’s even a story that he was boasting backstage beforehand that he was going to slam Yoko for a shoot but an agent told him he’d be fired if he did
Amazing input. Thanks for all the information. I didn’t know about the Owen one. Do you remember which match it was?
Also for Haystacks, I was trying to find someone who actually slammed him. Hope someone in the comments knows more.
@@howstrongis I don't know for sure but I think the Owen slam was a UK-only PPV. It was a singles match between Owen and Vader which built all the way to the big slam at the end. Must've been towards the end of Vader's career in WWE and not long before Owen died either. *edit* - it was WWF One Night Only from September 1997.
That is awesome, thank you for finding it. Will try to watch it tonight.
@@howstrongis Another cool example of a little guy slamming a huge guy was Brian Pillman slamming Abdullah the Butcher. Particularly surprising because Abby didn't go up for many people and while Pillman had a great physique in the early 90s, he was never known for his strength.
That actually i heard for the first time. Need to find that clip. Especially impressive with Brian Pillman, who isnt the biggets wrestler.
I don't know when was the last time I saw a bodyslam, that was a hallmark of the Golden Era of the 80's. Ted Dibiase was the best
I miss those times and challenges. And Dibiasi was awesome
@@howstrongis I have thousands of hours of pure 80's wrestling, in an hour of programming; there must be 3-4 body slams, off the rope powder slams. Even rope assisted body slams in the case of Tully Blanchard. There's something truly satisfying seeing guys like Ted bodyslam, Dibiase had smooth muscles, not boxy chiseled muscles like Warrior. Also Ted had perfect form and his slams were the smoothest. The best were the last second powerslams he delivered out of nowhere to seal the victory 🤣🤣🤣👏🏽👏🏽
@@zombiefulci3301Thats awesome, always feel free to clarify things if i make some mistakes here. Happy to learn.
Not bodyslams but... Davey boy doing a vertical suplex on Vader, with hard any momentum was impressive as fuck!...
... And Goldberg jackhammer on the giant was baddass, maybe got plenty of help from the giant but baddass to watch!
Davey boy is a highlight reel himself. When I made the video about the British Bulldogs, I found some amazing vertical suplexes from Davey.
Thumbnail is like, “That doesn’t work for me, brother.”
And there we have it, the peak comment for this video :)
@@howstrongis 😂
Andre the Giant spent only about 1% of his entire career as a heel, but every time I see a picture of him in a thumbnail, it's a heel picture. For those of us who are old enough to remember him well, that is not the Andre we knew and loved.
That is actually a good point, never really thought about that. Actually Afro Andre with shorts was my favorite, unfortunately couldn’t find any great pictures there.
far be it from me to give Hogan credit but by the time he bodyslammed Andre in WM3, Andre was really becoming immobile
That is a good point, especially with Andre gotten heavier over the years too. Same with Yokozuna.
One man Gang was over 500. No way he was only 450
I used for his weight multiple sources like old matches, wiki and cagematch. On some he was even listed as 400 so no one really knows beside One Man himself.
@@howstrongis I used to be 450,and I wasn't anywhere near as big as OMG,even though I'm 3"shorter
Davey boy smith(the British bulldog) slammed Earthquake with a body slam and then beat him with a pin. It was on an old silver vision video but I can't remember which.
I wasnt aware of that. Let me see if its still somewhere on the Network. Thanks for mentioning it.
Ken Patera slammed Andre at the Oakland, CA Kaiser Arena back in the 80s. Pantera was very strong then.
Did he do it himself? Only found one of Ken Patera where they slammed Andre as a team.
@@howstrongis He did it by himself, but Ken was staggered by it. That is what makes me think Andre didn't "job" him. I saw Patera a lot when I was in Georgia in 1981 with WCW tapings in the local Columbus Saturday show that came on before the TBS show some three hours later.
Cheers, appreciate your input. Those were some great times to be a wrestling fan.
@@howstrongisKen Patera had bodyslammed Andre the giant 7-8 times in total all by himself and no slam is available atleast on UA-cam. Patera has revealed about it in one of his interviews. Patera was the strongest pro wrestler of 70s and one of the strongest of 80s ( top 3) so it is not hard to believe him.
@7:51 Never seen John Tenta doing a dropkick.
One of the early agile big men.
I'm trying to really think could a 1988 or a 1990 Hulk Hogan Bodyslam Yokozuna in 1993 ? That's the million dollar question
A good question indeed.
Think beside pro fighting no other sport has so many “what if’s”
Lex hardly slammed Yoko,
Even Lex agreed on that in that interview
Comparing Vader to Bam Bam is like comparing a Kia to a Bently. Bam Bam busted his ass to keep people safe.
That’s a fair point and the best comparison I have ever heard :) I meant in terms of agility, not so much about safety. So rather the same car, but one is a more reckless driver if we want to stick with the comparison.
@howstrongis lol. Thats an awesome analogy.
Learned from the best ;)
Pretty bad analogy. Vader was equally talented and just as safe to work with as Bam Bam. The difference is, Vader wasnt hesitant to throw receipts left and right if his opponents were slacking. Probably because he took A TON of legitimate hits in his early career from less gifted athletes and decided to not take shit from anyone any longer, which didnt make him the most favorable co-worker backstage.
Think Vader wouldn’t be much unsafe, but rather the style they were required to wrestle in Japan took some huge toll on their body (but that goes generally for pro wrestling) seen too many of the older generation New Japan and All Japan guys in pretty rough shape nowadays.
Ahmed Johnson Slamming Yoko. Yoko was short, and 600 pounds. That's by far the most impressive.
Yeah, Ahmed maybe wasn’t the best wrestler, but the slam was impressive
Ron Simmons ❤
The best
*DAMN*
Kamala slamming Andre was impressive
I always remembered it in the back of my head, but never actually saw the slam until i decited to make the video
I’m a retired pro wrestling journalist for Slam wrestling and sometimes for Dave Meltzer. How do you even believe the overinflated weights announced? You should know they are between 10-15% lower in reality. Don’t believe everything you read. Btw, same thing for heights.
As I clearly mentioned in the opening I don’t believe them, and I took the billed weights. In most cases you can easily reduce each billed weight by 20 to 60 pounds. But I am also training many pro wrestlers here in Tokyo so we even got some super heavyweights who are legit. Hope that helps
Kerry Von Erich was the first to body slam King King Bundy. Kerry also bodyslammed Kamala.
I didn’t know about the Kamala one, great find there
@@howstrongis Good vid!
Appreciate it
@@howstrongis I’m almost 50 years old, I grew up watching NWA, AWA and WWF Wrestling when I was a kid. Always a pleasure finding a channel like yours!
Those were great times to be a fan. There are some knowledgeable guys here so I am always happy to learn more in the comment section here. Especially with wrestling which has such a long history
Hogan once tried to bodyslam his ego he couldn't do it and pulled 20 muscles in his back... BROTHER!!!!
That doesn’t work for me brother
Anybody ever slam Uncle Elmer?
That was another name beside Haystacks where i wondered if anybody actually managed it. Maybe someone in the comments knows.
Ahmed has to be the most impressive. Don’t think anyone was as heavy as Yoko at that time and it was actually a passable, proper body slam.
For sure. People always like to hate on Ahmed, but he had his moments.
Good genetics and a crap ton of gear go a long way
Yoko jumped into lugers arms, and luger just turned him. Luger could barely slam bundy in one match. Andre was clearly at his heaviest at wm3, where hogan slammed him. Then ultimate warrior slammed him a few times afterwards. Cena did his firemans carry finisher to Big show, which is pretty insane.
Luger pretrty much said the same thing in that interview. Impressive how athletic Yoko was with his size
@@howstrongisyoko was pretty impressive. Must be something seeing him on the way down dropping a leg on you, lol.
There is actually an incident where Yoko was angry at an jobber who disrespected Mr Fuji, and fully forced a banzai drop on him and stayed there. Actually let me include in somehow in the next or next next video.
It's A ME! .. 4:29
By far and away, whenever Hulk Hogan slammed André the Giant during the late '80's. André was not over 500 lbs when Race, Kamala, et al slammed him--he was barely over 400 lbs in those occasions (he may have been close to 450 when Race slammed him in the ring). He was well over 500 lbs when Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior slammed him. Warrior did a very powerful body slam of André-- meaning, he didn't hold him for a long time--he turned him as soon as he could. What was so impressive about Hogan's slam of André at WrestleMania III is how he really held André for a long time, got only minimal assistance from André, and did a proper turn. The latter aspect caused Hogan (per his own recounting of the tale) to tear his right lat muscle.
Ahmed deserves props for making the best effort to properly body slam what was undoubtedly a 550+ lbs Yokozuna, but between his weight and the girth of his waist, it would have taken a guy as large as Hogan, André, or The Big Show--all at their peak strength--to do it correctly.
That is a good point actually.
Also Ahmed sometimes doesn’t get enough props and is easily hated by many, but that slam was legit.
Hogan's 60lbs heavier than Harley & a weightlifter. For me Harley impressed more.
In the 1980s i body slammed Andre the giant with only one arm.. in action figure form. Lol
The slam which could be heard around the room :) Will include it in the next list
Hulk Hogan slammed Big Show, Andre, One Man Gang, Earthquake, Vader, Bundy , maybe Gorilla ? and people wonder why he had so many Back Surgeries!
The Giant was during the Nitro days, so into his 40s which is pretty impressive. The hip damage is a lot from the leg drops, which doesnt look like a painful move but wrecks havoc on the hips.
Possibly Yokozuna as well. I remember Hogan had an impromptu match for the WWF championship at Wrestlemania one year. Hogan came out after Yoko beat Bret Hart for the championship, and Mr. Fuji issued a challenge to Hogan to wrestle Yoko for the just won WWF championship. (Of course, Hogan won.)
One of my early wrestlemania memories, probably because of the Cesar’s Palace stage. If I remember correctly he beat Yokozuna, but didn’t slam him that day, but I might be wrong. Haven’t watched the match in ages.
@@howstrongis No slam in that match. It was a short match. Fuji tried to throw salt in Hogan's eyes, but Hogan got out of the way, and Yoko got the salt. That led to the big boot and leg drop combo. At the rematch at that summer's King of the Ring, Hogan tried to slam Yoko twice but couldn't lift him.
Im curious if there's any record of someone slamming Haystack Calhoun?
I was curious/thinking the same thing, maybe someone in the comments know more.
Bruno sammartino
Wish there would be some footage out there i could have included. Especially that era of wrestling so many things are lost
@@howstrongisThere is no video available but I remember there is surely photo available of Bruno slamming haystacks. It was a scoop slam , a type of body slam. I saw it few years ago in wrestling forums as far as i remember.
Hogan slammed Earthquake, too.
That might have been that time when Earthquake had his debut and went against Hulk right? Completely frogot about that.
You missed bruno sammartino slamming 620 pound hey stalks Calhoun.
I thought about it, but unfortunatly couldnt find any got material or photos of the slam. Maybe someone in the comments know something.
Bruno Sammartino slammed 600 lb haystacks Calhoun back in the 60’s.
Someone mentioned that too. Do you know by any chance if there is any material out there? Never found a picture. Would be amazing to see
@@howstrongis I seen a picture of it years ago but that’s it
Thanks for letting me know, appreciate it. Let me see if I can include it somehow in the future
Kamala Slammed the Booze out of Andre legit
Kamala had some interesting career for sure(that and his music career)
Stamboli... Wow!
Build like a tank, he seems to do pretty well nowadays
Undertaker tombstone vader which is actually even more impressive
My Pro Wrestlers told my that the Tombstone is actually a lot harder to pull off since there is less help involved from the other side. So doing that on Vader is impressive.
Goldberg body slammed BIG SHOW in a match in WCW
Goldberg manages some pretty impressive lifts.
Didn’t Sammartino slam Haystacks Calhoun? That would be up there.
Some mentioned that in the comments, unfortunately I found zero material. Wondering if there might be some old photos or something out there
Harley slamming Andre, Harley was about 245lbs & not a body builder,plus it looked more impressive.
Harley had that old timer farm strength
Terry Funk slammed Andre, as well
I didnt know about Terry Funk. Do you know by any chance what match that was? I might be able to include it in the notes somehow.
I think I got him mixed up with Blackjack Mulligan
Happens to me all the time. Let me try to find the Blackjack one
You left out a bunch of people, both slammers and slammees.
Giant Haystacks anyone?
Haystacks was the one I was wondering myself. Someone in the comments mentioned that Bruno managed it. Hope there is some more material out there
@@howstrongis Giant Haystacks was a different guy than Haystacks Calhoun. Giant Haystacks was an English wrestler in the 80's and 90's. Calhoun was retired before the end of the 70's.
@@user-pm5ck5si1iI always mix those two up. Thanks for clarifying.
Harley Race may have been one of the toughest men in wrestling but also probably one of the dumbest.
The inventor of the flying head butt body slammed Andre the Giant on the cement. What on earth did he do that for? Andre was the biggest draw wrestling ever had and that one move could have significantly shortened his career.
Looking forward to his dark side of the ring episode
Why wasn't the time Miss Elizabeth slammed the Big Bossman mentioned
She did? When was that? That would be an honorable mention.
I think he's kidding.
@@robertcoggeshall3071Deep down i was hoping he wasnt :)
@@howstrongis Liz didn't look like she could slam a midget.
I still vote the most impressive was Mark Henry gorilla-pressing Vader. You can slam anyone with their participation,..and it's impressive when Road Warrior Animal pressed Hogan, or Terry Gordy, but to press a guy whose 375lbs at least?
Don't think anyone slammed any of the heavier than that wrestlers like Happy Humphrey
I wasn’t aware of that. Do you know if there is any material about it out there?
Undertaker picked up Vader like a sack of potatoes and tombstoned him.
Makes me wonder what’s harder to perform, a body slam or a tombstone pile driver
Undertaker has botched several tombstones on big guys. Tombstone would be harder than a slam, because you have to position him for it.
@@robertcoggeshall3071Was thinking about doing an interview with some of the New Japan wrestlers, would be an interesting question which moves are actually harder to perform.
@@howstrongis 100% the tombstone, since it requires a more accurate positioning and control from both athletes and gets exceptionally harder against obese opponents. Thats why you usually didnt see the Dead Man tombstoning beefy guys, instead he went for his Choke Slam. Vader in their casket match was an exception to that, since he was agile and skilled enough to lock himself into the right spot by bearhugging Taker's crotch and scissoring his head, allowing him to secure the grip and execute it stiff, but safely. Probably the most impressive Tombstone we've ever whitnessed.
You are correct on that one
Did anyone ever body slam Haystack Calhoun?
Some people in the comments mentioned Bruno, but i couldn’t find any material
You have a shallow history of All time.
Happy Humphries, around 800 lbs has been slammed in the past. Most notably by Haystacks Calhoun.
Appreciate some criticism. Do you know by any chance who slammed Happy Humphries?
@@howstrongis Haystacks did. Bruno Sammartino might have as well, but I can't find full conformation.
@@PapaBear816Appreciate the input. Always happy to learn. Think someone mentioned Haystacks got slammed by Bruno at one point.
@@howstrongis IF you believe the story Bruno told, they slammed each other back and forth until the ring broke. That was just his story though, He did however Slam Haystaks. Bruno had Freakish strength.
did anyone slam Happy Humpfrey he over 800lbs at one time or the Mcguire Twins they were both over 700lbs
I couldn’t find any proper confirmation when I made the video, maybe someone in the comments knows.
If anything, a bodyslam tells you how experienced and strong the one taking it is, he's doing 80% of the work. Example: When Kane bodyslammed Khali, you can see Khali having one arm on Kane's quad and the other on his shoulder, for stabilization and support. You also notice Khali adding a tiny bit of momentum to the lift, just enough to make the slam succeed. Which is pretty professional tbh, since too much momentum makes a bodyslam look like its halfassed and makes it more difficult for the deliverer to secure the landing. And thats why people were rightfully worried about Luger bodyslamming Yokozuna. Luger was a pretty terrible wrestler. Not goldberg-type awful and ignorant, but severely restricted in his mobility, mixed with a lack of technique = not really safe to work with. And since Yoko himself was a fairly unskilled athlete for a man of his heritage, the odds of a tragic accident were there. However, respect for adding Ron Simmons to that resumee. If I had to name to name THE strongest wrestler of all time, I'd 100% go for him. The Dominator takes an incredible amount of core strenght, explosiveness and timing to do safely, and he managed to deliver it each time with such ease, even against opponents who were actively trying to botch it (Looking at you Trips and Backlund). The fact that he was not a gym rat like 90% of the powerhouses back then makes this even more impressive, dude was just built different.
That’s all pretty good points. I was actually asking two of my wrestlers what they think is the harder move to perform, the answer was :”Strength wise body slam but damage to yourself wise tombstone.
I’d say strength wise they’re the same but the opponent can help more on a body slam”
As far as you mentioned, fully agree on the Dominator, it takes a lot to perform it so kudos always go to Ron Simmons. Think there is a reason why the Steiners never messed with him.
Bruno bodyslamed haystacks calhoon
Someone mentioned that too, unfortunately there is almost zero material out there
I think the undertaker cleanly tombstoning guys like Vader or mark henry is more impressive than any of these body slams
That’s actually a good question, never thought about that. I could ask some of my wrestlers what they think is harder
@@howstrongis didn’t say harder just more impressive
did i space and miss haystacks calhoun or did you goof up?
The later one :) Think Bruno managed to slam him, but with the older matches there is almost zero to none material unfortunately. Would have loved to include something
Earthquake was also lifted up by the ultimate warrior
Did he? Do you know by any chance which show this was? Cheers for the input.
@@howstrongisit was in 1991 after earthquake did the splash warrior kicked up and he did his iconic shake the ropes and then attempt to clothesline the earthquake but it did nothing so he then lifted him up and di the splash I think it's on yt if I can remember just search "ultimate warrior Vs earthquake" and skip to the end of the match
Found it, thanks for the find/input
@@howstrongis your welcome
Their was actually a wrestler in the wwe that weighed 900 pounds. Don't remember is name.
Might have been Happy Humphrey, not sure if anyone ever dared to pick him up
Thanks for letting me know his name.
No worries,. Him and the Twins are at least the biggest two i am aware off.
The Ultimate Warrior slammed Andre!
He did, might have been actually one of the last ones
Andra the giant was also slammed by the ultimate warrior
Probably as one of the last persons
Hogan vs André Forever 👍
Legendary moment
Goldberg perform the best one on big show
Goldberg made many moves look effortless. Makes me wonder how strong he really was.
@@howstrongis yes , for people who think pro wrestling was fake they can watch this
Man you didn't even put the Thump by JYD on Kamala in here, and the whole ring imploded. JYD climbed the ropes to do it. Yeah your list is incomplete.🤣
Holy…I wasn’t even aware of that. You got me there, that should have been included
@@howstrongis I watched it on what was Mid south, when it aired on 39 in Houston. He and Kamala was always getting it in. Especially when Skandar Akbar was Kamala's manager. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. JYD called him "Skandar Snack bar"...
@@howstrongis and Brock slammed Big Show off the ropes too. I subbed anyway. Still good stuff. Ya made me dig in the archives. 🤣👍
That is awesome, thanks for sharing. Think i need to start to watch a lot more older Mid South stuff again in April. A lot of catching up for me to do, but thats why i love some of the comments here. Always happy to discover something new.
@@AlldatJazz-rw9wyAppreciate it. Whenever i leave something out or forget something (gonna happen 100%), feel free to drop some knowledge. Always happy to learn.
I think John Cena got the big show in a slam at least once
There was even an attitude adjustment if recall correctly. I made a video about Cena on the channel in the past, might have included it there.
I didn't see any one slamming Crash Holly and he weighed well over 400 pounds i guess it never happened 🤷♂️
Crash Holly, the real super heavyweight :)
@@howstrongis Also most title reigns in wrestling history forgotten legend Crash was. I mean who cares if he lost it at the 711 and regained it at Arby's down the street 10 minutes latter 😂.
True, even my mind is blurry when it comes to Crash, definitely an under appreciated wrestler who should get more credit. It’s like when I came across Spiros Arion this video and realized that he was almost always undefeated, sold out MSG on a regular basis and even didn’t need to loss against Mil Mascaras
Bulldog brower slammed haystack Calhoun
Wasnt that one of the first "break the ring" spots ever? Wish there was some material I could have included.
And brody slammed Blackwell
Was that their AWA match? Bruiser was amazing, covered him in a previous episode.
Yes
Ultimate warrior slamed Andre like nothing, easier than Hogan slam at mania 3
I think we was also one of the last ones who did it on Tv, which means Andre was pribably at his heaviest too
@@howstrongis yeah people tend to forget that one too often,I believe it was late 1989.
Mark henry big boss man the grait godzalis
Did anyone ever slam Giant Gonzalez? Maybe Taker?
Some comments:
You missed the Ultimate warrior slamming Andre when he was at his heaviest, least mobile and least accommodating
Numerous men have slammed the big show, Kevin Nash, Luger, Goldberg, Kane and probably most impressive Bobby Lashley when Show was Ecw champion and likely at his heaviest
Lex also slammed Yoko on a Monday night raw show which was cleaner than the original one. I'd consider this a more impressive list than the other men who slammed Yoko as Lex was far light and probably at single digit bodyfat. When you're low in bodyfat your strength PLUMMETS
As mentioned its not supposed to be a complete list, since all those guys got slammed way to many times, that would have resulted in an hour long video. Andre alone got slammed by 4 guys in Japan. Same goes for Big Show and co.
So its rather to be a list of the heaviest guys who got slammed, not who slammed them in the first place. Hope that make sense.
As for the Lex one, do you know by any chance which episode that was?
@@howstrongis exactly. The list should focus on who slammed them when they were at their heaviest hence most impressive.
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Appreciate the critic. Also thanks for the video, that one looks a lot better than the one on the USS Intrepid for sure (altough that one is the more memorable one)
Hulk hogan bodyslam andre the giant
Legendary
Best one was John Cena fu Big Show and Edge
Putting them both on his shoulders was crazy. Made a whole video about Cenas crazy strength.
Nobody slammed big John studd !!!!
Andre might have something to say about that :)
Studd was always funny when he would block the slam holding the ropes.
Hogan was the first to slam andre at 540 then warrior
That might be, early Andre and late Andre are two different weight classes
@@howstrongis no one after warrior tried andre was too banged up.andre was slammed by everyone in the 70s
Hornswaggle slammed Big Show?
😅
YOU HAVE TO WEIGH HOGAN'S HEAD SEPARATELY HIS ( EGO ) WEIGHS A TON
Next episode, who could slam Hogans ego :)
Is this ai voice ?
No, real Canadian
Come on man, the Luger/Yoko slam was poorly scripted/executed with Yoko practically throwing himself up and into Luger's arms.
Luger said in the interview that Yoko was so athletic, he basically did it himself.
@@howstrongis Check out Bundy being slammed by Dr. Death Steve Williams ..., which is much more impressive than Hogan and Undertaker slamming him. I believe it's a tag team match with the One Man Gang as Bundy's partner.
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@@justogarcia175 Found it, that was awesome. There is always something i am missing, so appreciate your input. Did a whole video about Dr Death but wasnt aware of that slam.
Harley Race said big man Slam or get SLAMMED
Stan Hansen slam of Andre was the Best!
Hansen is the man
Many of these are overestimated. Big show is 6'11'' 441lbs. Yokozuna is 6.'1'', Vader 6'6''... Mad dog Vachon's brother (Paul.) bodyslam Andre.
100%. As mentioned in the beginning, in pro wrestling, generally taking off few inches and pounds might be more realistic.
Vader ain't 6 foot 6
Kane pretty much body slammed everyone he fought at some point. He lifted big show up with one arm and carried him on his shoulder and walked around with him.
I feel like I have seen the same thing now that you mention it. Let me check if I can find the material.
@@howstrongis Just type in WWE Kane power tribute. The clip is in that video. 👌
That made my search a lot easier. Thank you