The blinding of The Junkyard Dog. My favorite angle of all time. To watch it unfold every week was just incredible. It was so well played that everybody believed. I wish that video existed of the entire angle.
It literally started a war between my lil cousin and me. He was JYD. He actually wrote him get well cards and sent them to TBS. Me being Freebirds I ripped one up one day and he legit hit me with a skillet. I got 8stitches and a concussion. I was like 10years old. I still think all these years later he thinks they really tried to blind him. I miss kayfabe!😊
Totally agree with you, as both tag-teams actually knew how to wrestle. Moreso The Freebirds, as the three of them had entirely different styles of the same sport. The Von Erichs were very good, however, They really didn't last very long because of their addictions, or whatever else. Would have liked to see them continue their feud A lot longer, as it was Actual Wrestling. Not The Undertaker putting his foes in coffins.
That August night in the Louisiana SuperDome 1980 Mid-South Extravaganza, Main Event x Michael Hayes vs. The Blinded Junkyard Dog in a Dog-collar match. Seeing Michael Hayes coming to the ring is the reason Freebird is one of favorite songs to perform. Andre The Giant vs. THE Incredible Hulk Hogan was also on the card
Bryant Yep I was there too. Was 13 years old at the time. I remember that night in the Superdome like it was yesterday. Nothing ever compared to the rivalry between The Fabulous Freebirds and JYD. Certainly remember that Andre/Hulk match too. Great memories.
Hi looking for fans Photos of all of these Feuds with JYD for an upcoming project. Would you know of any fans that would have Photos of this. Looking for Crowd shots and in ring action. Thanks
The night Dog and Hayes had the dog collar match in the Superdome a dude ran in the ring and pointed a gun at Hayes. Dog had to do all he could to not break kayfabe to keep the dude from getting a shot off.
Hello that's awesome that you were there in those days, that's when Wrestling was Wrestling! I am looking for someone that may have Photos of JYD vs Freebirds, Also Photos of his Feuds vs Mr. Olympia, Ted Dibiase, Butch Reed, this is for an upcoming project. Looking for Crowd shots as well as in ring shots. Thanks
WOW !!!!! I live in LC and used to be at the Civic Center every other week back then. I do remember ppl jumping the heels on the way back to the dressing room ALL the time....LOLI specifically remember Hacksaw JD getting jumped when he was a heel and he kicked this guys ASS !!!!!AND the guy got put out when the cops could get Dugan off of him LMAO
One of the best angles ever when fans thought freebirds broke Ted Debiases neck. It was Freebirds VS Debiase, Tommy Rich, and JYD. Classic good guys bad guys match!!
I remember watching that back in ‘80 or ‘81. They constantly kept pile driving Dibiase until he couldn’t move. Man, that looked real and I was SCARED! I miss the old days of wrestling.
I remember seeing Micheal Hayes close up at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans as a kid and he was one of the Biggest Dudes I had ever seen. Me & My brother use to sneak down to where the Wrestlers came out their dressing rooms at. But when I saw The Big Cat Ernie Ladd I had to take a few steps back & I damn near dedicated on myself because he was so big
I remember jyd coming out with wheel barrel of junk to bad leroy brown. Many so call experts says you can't go back to territory days. I think you can but it will take money to run regular route. Also good talent with good booking gotta be pro wrestling not sports entertainment.
@Randall Glattyes theres always intrest in a good product. But pro wrestling is a niche. If somebody can put them a solid route or 9 or cities as a base. And can produce a broadcast quality program or produce a ecast weekly for several months it can work. Not trying to compete with with wwe roh aew. But last week numbers last month total and last year gross. Yeah it can work... but there is a secret to this business only few people in on it. But its something that not available to those want to know it....u cant redo uwf or worldclass out the door it took them 10 to 15 years each to get to be hot spot so it. Can be done. Ive seen platform shoes come back twice in my lifetime 🤣😆😂
@Randall Glatt sir I am not discounting what you are saying but the majority what you see is sports entertainment....most promotion geared toward that. And thats fine. Pro wrestling is a niche now there were over 3 million fans of it. That watched wcw. What happen to those people? If u can find away to get to 10% of that market that's lost. Lots of us out here. We watch it until everybody goes to become wwe light. It can happen your view of a success and mine different. A good territory you run 6 days a week 8 shows a week avg 1500-2000 per show with a big show of 4000 plus once a quarter for your blow off. That's a good basic territory...that's what's somebody got some money to burn need to be able to build too. Bottomline i know it would be hard but not impossible.
The most under appreciated feuds in Wrestling History!!! JYD is white hot after this feud, then has one of the best 5 year runs in wrestling history. Hayes is 21…just amazing. New Orleans HATED the Freebirds. Cornette constantly says the same about Lake Charles during Midnight Express vs Rock N Roll Express feud. Louisiana were not “smartened up”.
Being from Louisiana, I can attest that for a pretty small town, Lake Charles can be a pretty heavy town. You don't wanna get into a fight out there, black or white folks, lol. They like to throw down out there
LOL, Michael looks and sounds great. I first got to see him wrestle in Power Pro Wrestling with Eddie Graham, Terry Gordy, Dr. Death, Duggan, etc. Hayes was always electric.
They musta had a lot of success with that angle in Mid South - cause they also did it in GCW, again with JYD - Blinding the Dog is on UA-cam - FREEBIRDS ROCK
Terrygordy is my biggest tragedy in wrestling -he was a megastar in Japan . Had he not overdosed in 93 he would of been a huge part of wrestling they the attitude era
Fantastic heels! The Birds were heat magnets that made whatever promotion wealthy. If not for the Freebirds, the Four Horsemen would have never gotten as much fame as the did. Too bad the Freebirds didn't take advantage of a feud with the 4 Horsemen
Make you think he wasn't in it for the business end..kinda one of them fair weather wrestlers but I get it during them times when certain controversial situations hit that doesn't concern especially a black man you'd better keep it moving and let "Them" figure it out but he also had a bodybuilding career to fall back on too so who knows.
I'm almost positive this is from a Legends of Wrestling round table. You can find them in the network. It's one of the earlier episodes looking at two superstars from the 80s each episode
i prefer that hart foundation in the hall of fame last year after all while the fans attacked hitman and natalya and arrested completely after that since ps loves mma michael hays that was on nxt that could try about matt riddle and that feet he has got bro bro bro frebird god damn though
No, people had more sense and better things to do with their time then get their panties in a knot over something so trivial. They were from Atlanta Georgia, they were called "The Freebirds" the Confederate flag just kinda went with the shtick and people were smart enough to understand that, not looking for something stupid to whine about. Growing up back then I can personally attest that unless the person holding it was wearing a white hood and robe, black people didnt give it a whole lot of thought, especially when it pertained to entertainment. As a kid I had a whole lot of black friends who loved the General Lee and the Dukes of Hazzard.
Michael Hayes was always a POS. Hated this guy. From being F*ed up and trying to pi$$ on Linda McMahon to burying wrestlers like Edge and Christian and Matt and Jeff Hardy and X-PAC. He would volunteer these guys to go out and do insanely dangerous moves night in and night out without checking with them first. And would never let them learn how to run or set up their own matches because he'd tell these guys to go out and do this, that and the other but never told them WHY they were doing it. So they never learned from him how to be better on their own and had to keep relying on him to set up their matches. Uhhhh this guy really gets to me. So so bad.
The blinding of The Junkyard Dog. My favorite angle of all time. To watch it unfold every week was just incredible. It was so well played that everybody believed. I wish that video existed of the entire angle.
It literally started a war between my lil cousin and me. He was JYD. He actually wrote him get well cards and sent them to TBS.
Me being Freebirds I ripped one up one day and he legit hit me with a skillet. I got 8stitches and a concussion. I was like 10years old.
I still think all these years later he thinks they really tried to blind him.
I miss kayfabe!😊
calm down boomer
"Angle!?" That was real man!
That was right when I started watching wrestling. It was a big deal and great angle. I was just sure that JYD was blind
I was so upset about, that when I was a kid. OMG
freebirds vs von erichs the greatest feud in the history of professional wrestling without a doubt!
Totally agree with you, as both tag-teams actually knew how to wrestle. Moreso The Freebirds, as the three of them had entirely different styles of the same sport. The Von Erichs were very good, however, They really didn't last very long because of their addictions, or whatever else. Would have liked to see them continue their feud A lot longer, as it was Actual Wrestling. Not The Undertaker putting his foes in coffins.
Free birds were great in the 80s.
Ok Boomer
Bad Street ATL!!!!!!
@@backwoodz_va Ok Tweener
When it was PRO WRESTLING
The Freebirds were great "Heels", love watching them as a kid, back when wrestling was worth watching
That August night in the Louisiana SuperDome 1980 Mid-South Extravaganza, Main Event x Michael Hayes vs. The Blinded Junkyard Dog in a Dog-collar match. Seeing Michael Hayes coming to the ring is the reason Freebird is one of favorite songs to perform. Andre The Giant vs. THE Incredible Hulk Hogan was also on the card
Bryant Yep I was there too. Was 13 years old at the time. I remember that night in the Superdome like it was yesterday. Nothing ever compared to the rivalry between The Fabulous Freebirds and JYD. Certainly remember that Andre/Hulk match too. Great memories.
Hi looking for fans Photos of all of these Feuds with JYD for an upcoming project. Would you know of any fans that would have Photos of this. Looking for Crowd shots and in ring action. Thanks
@@350daysthemovie7 I wish I could say I had something to share. Unfortunately, I don't
The night Dog and Hayes had the dog collar match in the Superdome a dude ran in the ring and pointed a gun at Hayes. Dog had to do all he could to not break kayfabe to keep the dude from getting a shot off.
@@MaxWhiteArabiLouisiana Is there a video footage of it?
It was definitely the Municipal Auditorium.
Watts knew how to run a regional promotion like a sumbitch! 🔥🔥🔥
david crockett
Some of the greatest of all time- they have been through Lake Charles, La. Mid South days were the best.
i was at many of the Lake Charles matches....i was but a lad but he is telling the truth...beaumont tx was almost the same.
Hello that's awesome that you were there in those days, that's when Wrestling was Wrestling! I am looking for someone that may have Photos of JYD vs Freebirds, Also Photos of his Feuds vs Mr. Olympia, Ted Dibiase, Butch Reed, this is for an upcoming project. Looking for Crowd shots as well as in ring shots. Thanks
Freebirds number one 1980s
Dam I loved the fabulous Free birds they were great
WOW !!!!! I live in LC and used to be at the Civic Center every other week back then. I do remember ppl jumping the heels on the way back to the dressing room ALL the time....LOLI specifically remember Hacksaw JD getting jumped when he was a heel and he kicked this guys ASS !!!!!AND the guy got put out when the cops could get Dugan off of him LMAO
lmao!! damn
I believe it
One of the best angles ever when fans thought freebirds broke Ted Debiases neck. It was Freebirds VS Debiase, Tommy Rich, and JYD. Classic good guys bad guys match!!
I remember watching that back in ‘80 or ‘81. They constantly kept pile driving Dibiase until he couldn’t move. Man, that looked real and I was SCARED! I miss the old days of wrestling.
Back when heels were heels and babyfaces knew how to be loved
Michael Hayes was 21 and Terry Gordy was 18 when they were feuding with JYD in Mid South.
I remember seeing Micheal Hayes close up at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans as a kid and he was one of the Biggest Dudes I had ever seen. Me & My brother use to sneak down to where the Wrestlers came out their dressing rooms at. But when I saw The Big Cat Ernie Ladd I had to take a few steps back & I damn near dedicated on myself because he was so big
Non spelling fuck! 👖 💩
Lake Charles was supposedly the craziest fucking crowd in wrestling history
I remember jyd coming out with wheel barrel of junk to bad leroy brown. Many so call experts says you can't go back to territory days. I think you can but it will take money to run regular route. Also good talent with good booking gotta be pro wrestling not sports entertainment.
@Randall Glattyes theres always intrest in a good product. But pro wrestling is a niche. If somebody can put them a solid route or 9 or cities as a base. And can produce a broadcast quality program or produce a ecast weekly for several months it can work. Not trying to compete with with wwe roh aew. But last week numbers last month total and last year gross. Yeah it can work... but there is a secret to this business only few people in on it. But its something that not available to those want to know it....u cant redo uwf or worldclass out the door it took them 10 to 15 years each to get to be hot spot so it. Can be done. Ive seen platform shoes come back twice in my lifetime 🤣😆😂
@Randall Glatt sir I am
not discounting what you are saying but the majority what you see is sports entertainment....most promotion geared toward that. And thats fine. Pro wrestling is a niche now there were over 3 million fans of it. That watched wcw. What happen to those people? If u can find away to get to 10% of that market that's lost. Lots of us out here. We watch it until everybody goes to become wwe light. It can happen your view of a success and mine different. A good territory you run 6 days a week 8 shows a week avg 1500-2000 per show with a big show of 4000 plus once a quarter for your blow off. That's a good basic territory...that's what's somebody got some money to burn need to be able to build too.
Bottomline i know it would be hard but not impossible.
I was at many of those matches in the 80’s.
The most under appreciated feuds in Wrestling History!!! JYD is white hot after this feud, then has one of the best 5 year runs in wrestling history. Hayes is 21…just amazing. New Orleans HATED the Freebirds.
Cornette constantly says the same about Lake Charles during Midnight Express vs Rock N Roll Express feud. Louisiana were not “smartened up”.
Man, those were the good days
Fans really bought into the product back then Rest In Peace JYD
Wrestler did not break kayfabe . Without that the product sucks
Imagine being Hayes n Gordy-there were like19-20 when this happened -
Famous.badasses young and partying
Hey I'm lake charles!!!
Being from Louisiana, I can attest that for a pretty small town, Lake Charles can be a pretty heavy town. You don't wanna get into a fight out there, black or white folks, lol. They like to throw down out there
My city
I'm from Lake Charles 🤣
Same. strange how this was on my recommended lol
Wow ppl filling water pistols with liquid Plummer that's hardcore
I carry Liquid meth in mine
LOL, Michael looks and sounds great. I first got to see him wrestle in Power Pro Wrestling with Eddie Graham, Terry Gordy, Dr. Death, Duggan, etc. Hayes was always electric.
My hometown
Weather in the 70s, fashion in the 80s.
Tony Atlas shoulders tho....unreal lol
They musta had a lot of success with that angle in Mid South - cause they also did it in GCW, again with JYD - Blinding the Dog is on UA-cam - FREEBIRDS ROCK
Terrygordy is my biggest tragedy in wrestling -he was a megastar in Japan . Had he not overdosed in 93 he would of been a huge part of wrestling they the attitude era
Fantastic heels! The Birds were heat magnets that made whatever promotion wealthy. If not for the Freebirds, the Four Horsemen would have never gotten as much fame as the did. Too bad the Freebirds didn't take advantage of a feud with the 4 Horsemen
I'm telling ya--those Cajuns are as crazy as they are clever! "Water Pistols filled with Liquid Plumber"? Who else would think of such a thing!
Freebirds,Von Erichs, Geneo Hernandez, The Great kabuki all the best athletes and entertainers ever.
Freebirds so awesome original 3 lol
I meet Michael P. S Hayes in Wagoner Oklahoma in early 80's when Dr death Steve Williams
Greg Stringer and??
@@TempeSoldier123 he was very rude to me as a kid
@@TempeSoldier123 And......
Treez 615 how so? You must be black, because everyone knows he’s a white racist.
Tony Atlas " nope , it's too hot . I ain't coming". Hmm...never could understand why he never made it to the highest level.
Make you think he wasn't in it for the business end..kinda one of them fair weather wrestlers but I get it during them times when certain controversial situations hit that doesn't concern especially a black man you'd better keep it moving and let "Them" figure it out but he also had a bodybuilding career to fall back on too so who knows.
Does anyone have the rest of the interview?
I'm almost positive this is from a Legends of Wrestling round table. You can find them in the network. It's one of the earlier episodes looking at two superstars from the 80s each episode
Backstreet Atlanta G.A.
I just watched the clip a few days ago. Hayes literally took off out the stadium as soon as he blinded JYD
be took some fries from me without asking when I worked at the sportaoruim
B E?
Can i have a fry? 🤔
Those fries with the special ingredient!!
Dam
Back then people thought this shit was real
Beware welding caps and mud boots
I met a lot of wrestlers in Atlanta back in the late 80's. Almost all of them were good guys. This guy was an A-hole.
i prefer that hart foundation in the hall of fame last year after all while the fans attacked hitman and natalya and arrested completely after that since ps loves mma michael hays that was on nxt that could try about matt riddle and that feet he has got bro bro bro frebird god damn though
Back when men were men and Pro Wrestling was everything.
Why would atlas no show, he's the face
Viva UWF!
I wonder if they caught all that heck bcuz of their Confederate Flag robes and attire.
Yeah that didn't go over in the south
No, people had more sense and better things to do with their time then get their panties in a knot over something so trivial. They were from Atlanta Georgia, they were called "The Freebirds" the Confederate flag just kinda went with the shtick and people were smart enough to understand that, not looking for something stupid to whine about. Growing up back then I can personally attest that unless the person holding it was wearing a white hood and robe, black people didnt give it a whole lot of thought, especially when it pertained to entertainment. As a kid I had a whole lot of black friends who loved the General Lee and the Dukes of Hazzard.
Unbelievable trying to earn a living and having your life threatened!
Michael Hayes was always a POS. Hated this guy. From being F*ed up and trying to pi$$ on Linda McMahon to burying wrestlers like Edge and Christian and Matt and Jeff Hardy and X-PAC. He would volunteer these guys to go out and do insanely dangerous moves night in and night out without checking with them first. And would never let them learn how to run or set up their own matches because he'd tell these guys to go out and do this, that and the other but never told them WHY they were doing it. So they never learned from him how to be better on their own and had to keep relying on him to set up their matches. Uhhhh this guy really gets to me. So so bad.
Calm down Boomer
the Freebirds were bums
More like into each others Bums
Hey they were from the Badstreet!
You still are
@me MYSELF 🖕🏼🖕🏼
@@santosjerez1586 Spread your lips boy
Most boring thing out there