Oh my goodness! The Superstar laid out his drug regimen on national TV! "7 Dianabols a day, 5 testosterone shots a week, I'm gonna come back so strong & powerful, I'm gonna break his back..." Hahaha...this dialogue is crazy true. Zingers everywhere! Godspeed Superstar 🙏💪💜
@@kevinhope8279 Bob carried himself like a real athlete as he had been a D2 NCAA Champion. He tried to give his promos in a calm and concise manner much like many of the athletes of the day gave their interviews. He wasn't crazy or over the top, that was him being himself.
Ya know what’s weird about him is I watched him talk just as himself about life, working out, controversial stuff lately, and he was very interesting to listen to but yet on camera he absolutely sucks I wonder why that is lol
Back in these days in the WWF they didn't like heel champions and this was in the late 70s with Happy Days killin on TV Bob Backlund was Vince's Richie Cunningham 😂
Here's a thought...let's say Vince Sr. actually turned Graham babyface...would they have turned the Grand Wizard babyface also? I don't know if a kinder, gentler Grand Wizard of Wrestling would have been all that effective...
George Zahorian's #1 customer. I wonder if Superstar would have gotten the same results only taking half the amount of steroids. Did he over do it and destroy his body when smaller, less destructive doses would have worked just as well?
Guys used and evolved other people's personas since wrestling has been around. Grahama used a lot dusty Rhodes and Muhammad ali himself. Gorgeous George is probably the greatest original innovator as far as characters are concerned. There was no one like him then or before when he did that gimmick.
@@CC-hg9un that Superstar’s shtick, tho good, was not completely original either. Superstar has said he took from Buddy Rodgers who took from Gorgeous George.
@@Kayfabe74, not any where close to what they had with Hulk Hogan. Maybe more than Jesse Ventura, but I doubt it and the WCW definitely made more with Big Pappa Pump and Hollywood Hogan, than they ever would have with Bob Backlund. Face it, he was boring.
In hindsight, it was okay since Buckland was also selling out arenas. People want just plain good guys to win back then as kayfabe was still pretty much hidden during that era. It wasn't until the Hogan era that characters became the main appeal.
@knowhowmedia5889 Patera won a gold medal in the Pan Am Games. I believe he won a silver in the World Championships but I don't think he got an Olympic medal.
Think if Bob would be the bad guy but act like he is the all American boy buy over the top and he cheats and superstar is the good guy can superstarmania.
Graham rattling off the drugs he's going to take before the match. lol
This is amazing 5 dianabols lol
What a time to be alive!
This aired on my eleventh birthday.
@@davidmitchell6873 Same age brother
I loved growing up in the 70s and 80s. The wrestling, sports and music were so great.
Rest in Peace CHAMP. SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM
Eternal Legend! 🤘🤘
he should have been the WWF champ for long than 1 year
Oh my goodness! The Superstar laid out his drug regimen on national TV!
"7 Dianabols a day, 5 testosterone shots a week, I'm gonna come back so strong & powerful, I'm gonna break his back..."
Hahaha...this dialogue is crazy true. Zingers everywhere!
Godspeed Superstar 🙏💪💜
I caught that too, but I think it was 100% legal at the time. I heard that they used to sell GHB at GNC stores in the 90's.
That was awesome! You couldn’t get away with that today!
@@kidgrebo1 It became illegal in 1990, without a Rx
RIP SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM!!🙏
😢 He was so ahead of his time. The best.
Superstar Billy Graham screamed the quiet part at the top of his lungs. “Not only do I take steroids, this is how much I take!”
😂😂😂😂Damn, we'll never get promo's like this again.
Superstar looked unreal in the 70's.
Not as unreal as you.
@@Massivemonster1234 u r trash
@@Massivemonster1234Or you.
Backlund blew the house down with his promo
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 BS. It went Downhill taking the belt off Billy. Bob was a crappy actor. And it was a big mistake.
@@kevinhope8279 Bob carried himself like a real athlete as he had been a D2 NCAA Champion. He tried to give his promos in a calm and concise manner much like many of the athletes of the day gave their interviews. He wasn't crazy or over the top, that was him being himself.
I took a hiatus from wrestling and got back into it in the mid 80s to about 2013. Then if fell off dumb story lines etc
Billy got robbed, but he now has the strap in the pearly gates! Rest in peace Billy! We love you!
BACKLUND'S PROMO SUCKED!
The grand wizard should be in the hall of fame
He was already inducted in 1996. He’s in.
@@visionquest09 1995
I think it’s fair to say Superstar’s 6 month reign as champ was much more memorable than Backlands 5 year run.
Backlund's in reality was a 3 time Champion in a 5 plus year run
11 months actually
It is not fair to say
Bob Backlund had the personality of mashed potatoes in this interview.
Ya know what’s weird about him is I watched him talk just as himself about life, working out, controversial stuff lately, and he was very interesting to listen to but yet on camera he absolutely sucks I wonder why that is lol
Terrible mic skills Backlund possessed then.
He makes a better heel.
It wasn’t until 1994 when Backlund “lost the plot” did he start to have any character and personality in his performance
😂
As I stated in a previous video Vince McMahon looked like Christopher Reeve in his younger days in this video Bob Backlund looks like The Miz
At this age he looks close to identical with his grandson Declan. Shanes son.
Lol you're so right about Backlund looking like the Miz with that potato head looking face of his! Lolol 😂
Bob Backlund did not do the best promos but he would bleed with the best of them. Billy Graham was awesome!
@Big Larry that's ridiculous. Bob was one of the best workers and ring technicians ever.
Totally electrifying to see SSBG in TV as a kid then! He was and always will be the true champion of that era! McMahon F’d up!
Back in these days in the WWF they didn't like heel champions and this was in the late 70s with Happy Days killin on TV Bob Backlund was Vince's Richie Cunningham 😂
He came across more like Ralph Malph.
That's the greatest interview because I agree with everything he said
man!!! vince senior really made a huge, he should of had superstar turn and become a babyface and keep the belt on him!!!!
A huge what?
@@Massivemonster1234 mistake
The funkiness of a Rhodes. You weren't kidding.
7 Dianabols a day 🤣🤣🤣
If Vince McMahon senior would have pushed Superstar Billy Graham instead of BackLund. Hogan would have never existed
The grand wizard corpsing send for the man
Backlund literally sounds like Eddie Vedder mumbling in this interview 😅
😂
Mexican jumping bean. Dying laughing. This stuff wouldn't fly today. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I would have loved to have seen this card!
Heel backlund was vicious
Was Graham talking about taking steroids and drugs ?
Yep
Here's a thought...let's say Vince Sr. actually turned Graham babyface...would they have turned the Grand Wizard babyface also? I don't know if a kinder, gentler Grand Wizard of Wrestling would have been all that effective...
Wasnt expecting that voice from Billy
George Zahorian's #1 customer. I wonder if Superstar would have gotten the same results only taking half the amount of steroids. Did he over do it and destroy his body when smaller, less destructive doses would have worked just as well?
Everyone ripped off Superstar's schtick. He should've never been forced to lose the belt to boring Backlund.
Guys used and evolved other people's personas since wrestling has been around. Grahama used a lot dusty Rhodes and Muhammad ali himself. Gorgeous George is probably the greatest original innovator as far as characters are concerned. There was no one like him then or before when he did that gimmick.
@@MrAitraining So what’s your point?
@@CC-hg9un that Superstar’s shtick, tho good, was not completely original either. Superstar has said he took from Buddy Rodgers who took from Gorgeous George.
@@underwriter100 correct. All starts with Gorgeous George.
Poor business decision putting Bob Backlund over on Superstar Billy Graham...
BS
@@Kayfabe74, the popularity of Superstar's 3 biggest copy cats says otherwise. Nobody even remembers Bob Backlund...
@@jasonwilliams3967 the WWF did Tremendous business with Backlund on top, he fit the mold that they wanted and the formula
@@Kayfabe74, not any where close to what they had with Hulk Hogan. Maybe more than Jesse Ventura, but I doubt it and the WCW definitely made more with Big Pappa Pump and Hollywood Hogan, than they ever would have with Bob Backlund. Face it, he was boring.
In hindsight, it was okay since Buckland was also selling out arenas. People want just plain good guys to win back then as kayfabe was still pretty much hidden during that era. It wasn't until the Hogan era that characters became the main appeal.
Graham looks like Super Macho Man from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!
I'm gonna take all these drugs....and then live the rest of my life in medical hell.
Back when steroids were legal, he’s boasting how many dianabol and other steroids he’s going to take 😅
Bob Backland couldn’t cut a promo
7 DBols a day&test ! let's gooooo 😂
The Great ones don't talk, they do. Super Star admitted talking hard core steroids. Mil Mascaras had all the moves.
Eyes on the WIZ??? Did he ever interfere in matches?
So Kurt Angle wasn’t the first Olympic gold medalist in wrestling
Kurt was the first pro wrestler to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling. Patera won his for weightlifting.
@@RBloodworth187 Patera didn't even place at the Olympics.
@knowhowmedia5889 Patera won a gold medal in the Pan Am Games. I believe he won a silver in the World Championships but I don't think he got an Olympic medal.
The late night creaking in my house has more charisma than Bob Backlund
Wow vince was a freakin nerd
I was one when this aired. Lmao.
wow billy talking about steroids
Bob still has better promo skills than roman
It’s bad when Vince McMahon has to bring more color to Bob Backland!
Bob Backlund was boring brother
That was the gimmick 😂.
What does the Grand Wizard really look like?
Superstar was acting out because he was forced to drop the belt
Damn, Muhammad & Billy new how too hype & antagonize opponents & crowds, we'll never see this kind of flava again!!!! R.I.P. TOO THE GREAT ONES!!!!
vince sr really made a huge and horrible mistake, he should of had superstar turn and become a babyface and have superstar continue being champion!!
A mistake that led to five years of great matches & business profits.
@@KennethGallahan you mean 5 years of bob backlund being champion?
Bob Backlund has no character, boring Zzzzzz
Think if Bob would be the bad guy but act like he is the all American boy buy over the top and he cheats and superstar is the good guy can superstarmania.
BB sure didn't have much personality......
Thumbs down for poor film quality.
What a boring underserving champion. Superstar should had remained Champion up till Hogan’s return.
Was mill mascaras ugly who noes
Bob Backlund was THE WORST!!!
Bob Backlund was boring ,no character, at all. Zzzzzzz