$130,000.00 Shot (1993) Brian Davis vs Walter Ray Williams Jr.

Will Brian Davis get $130,000.00 or will he choke at the Greater Harrisburg Open?

[@adamrobinette6832]

That crowd was absolutely lit on that last shot. Imagine if he wound have finished the 300. The roof would have blown clean off.

[@pdarksage]

It's hard enough to bowl a perfect game. It's harder to do it on sport conditions. It's even harder to do it on TV. It's almost inconceivable when your final shot is the difference between 20K and 130K......I give this guy alot of credit.

+pdarksage.. I dont think Pro's bowled on sport condition back then.. Patterns and Sport shots did not become official until around 2000.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

but he lost it.. screwed the pooch

[@LPH-11]

@ADEBISI ADEBISI You're a weird little girl. Lol! 🤫

[@John3710]

you could tell his approach was just slightly skewed left on that last one... nerves def. got the best of him

[@davidjames1684]

a lot, not alot.

[@mikesmith7324]

serious mullet. Im surprised it didn't knock down the 2 pin when he turned his head.

[@BlackAdam2784]

HAHAHAHA !!!!!!!

[@aaronbeardsley3261]

Business in the front, party in the back.

[@GraduatedIn]

LOL

[@tash_views]

I crapped myself haha

[@PenusDrippings]

Lol. He didn’t turn around fast enough.

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

The purple rhino pro was my first RR ball and was an absolute tank. Going from urethane to RR left bowlers (esp crankers) in awe of how they sawed racks. My rhino pro was second hand and plugged but I logged a sanctioned 300 game with it the same year as this video. There wasnt $130,000 on the line but I did win the 3rd game sidepot for about $30.

[@jerryalexander8803]

One of my favorite balls of all time, very underrated bowling ball, I wish Brunswick would bring that and the teal back in some sort of fashion

[@dangeroreilly2028]

Yes that's a great story. Loved it the first time you told it here, too.

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

@@dangeroreilly2028 I had no idea what you meant by that until I read all the older comments. 100% unintended senior moment dupe. I suck, sorry internet.

[@dangeroreilly2028]

@@bobbyricigliano2799 no harm no foul!

[@markrosnick6487]

I was a newspaper photojournalist covering this for the Harrisburg Patriot News. One of my most memorable assignments

[@SSNESS]

You could tell as soon as he released it, that the ball was going way too wide

[@steveholman5978]

I was fortunate enough to be watching when the very first televised 300 game was bowled. It was bowled by Jack Biondolillo on April Fools day in 1967, no joke.

[@jonsmith1259]

1954 Championship Bowling, Steve Nagy televised 300. Not a PBA event, but still a televised 300.

[@tjcoffey]

299 on first TV appearance and wins the tournament? Not a bad day's work.

[@MrRemark21]

Also, Don Johnson had a 299 game in the Championship Match in the Firestone Tournament of Champions on ABC Saturday, April 4, 1970.

[@ibreathexcellence]

let's be real here, the true winner of this event was that mans hair

[@stevedrongowski4661]

vokhila

[@Kgio-2112]

Why

[@rickydiggler7950]

@@Kgio-2112 MULLET!!!

[@cremGeoff]

Dead right...a very bad hair style

[@JohnHoffman65]

🙌🤣🎳🧑‍🦱 so true!

[@nostalgicgaming5944]

I saw this happen at a bowling alley once. Everyone was standing behind him. Final bowl, and one pin was left standing. So heart breaking, but a great memory.

[@malcolmbaldwin5735]

did the guy have a mullet as well ?

[@nostalgicgaming5944]

@@malcolmbaldwin5735 hahaha! If he had a mullet he probably would have bowled 300 =)

[@jas9239]

@@nostalgicgaming5944 I got into a league with a buddy of mine from high school when we were like 28 just because it gave us an excuse to hang out..we both sucked but I saw a 300 game, a 299 game and the best one was this dude with Tourette’s..I’m not making fun, it was just so fun to watch him when he was bowling good, his tics would really start gettin wild and some of the guys would make noises at him so he’d tic out and he bowled a 289 and the sound he made when he got that 9 on his 11th ball is something I’ll never forget

[@20alphabet]

That's hard... life-changing hard. He'll remember that shot for the rest of his life. He'll also watch the match numerous times throughout his remaining years, despite what he might tell people. That's tough.

[@guykiernan537]

He beat WRWJ and won a PBA title. I'd watch it a lot if it were me too. Sure its a lot of money but the title is priceless.

[@marbleracingstudios9552]

Maybe you would, but not him. He’s an experienced player with a strong mental game. Not you

[@20alphabet]

@@marbleracingstudios9552 Lol, you've lost your marbles 😆

[@20alphabet]

Definite choke under enormous tension. Can you imagine what chaos was pulsing through his mind and body during that shot? The fact he didn't explode from the internal forces is itself a surprise, let alone the fact that he wore THAT haircut on national television!!

[@AntiqueCycles]

Damn, ya just don't see that very often, especially these days. That is one SWEET mullet!

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

The Purple Rhino was a phenomenal bowling ball when it came out. It was the first reactive resin bowling ball I owned and it hit like a truck. Mine was a plugged second hand ball but I loved it and shot a ABC sanctioned 300 game with it in 1993. There was no pot of money and I wasn't bowling against WRW, but I did get a nice ring though :)

[@brianforbes9715]

Still have my puple rhino!!Don't use it of course bowled 300 with it and retired the ball.

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

@@brianforbes9715 Coming from standard urethane balls, the Purple Rhino hit so hard it was amazing. I am unimpressed with newer bowling balls that turn over as soon as they hit the lane and make everyone think they are a cranker.

[@brianforbes9715]

@@bobbyricigliano2799 Yeah we actually had to use fingers back then to hook the ball

[@kevinotte4652]

@@bobbyricigliano2799 I STILL bowl with a wine rhino. I'm old school though. My backup ball is a Columbia White Dot.

[@slaiyfershin]

130 grand 20 years ago reduced to a mere 10 grand now. What sad times bowling is in.

[@craigeillison9650]

Yep, they're all moving over to Darts!

[@fallinjosh15]

We need another great bowling movie like Kingpin or The Big Lebowski lol

[@georgemasson6125]

I like bowling, but it's a bit like croquet. Not really going to fill stadiums watching guys roll bowls into clubs. If it was to become big, it needs to evolve. I suggest human heads poking up, preferably people like Kardasians and other Z list 'celebrities'. Yeah, a full on strike on their face would certainly make me tune in to that channel.

+George Masson.. Well it sure as hell used to fill stadiums back in the day. And top PBA pros got paid like other top pro athletes.. Not anymore..

[@georgemasson6125]

It can be unpredictable which sports can suddenly become fashionable. Ice hockey and speedway were very popular here in #scotland in the 1950's. Bowling was huge here in the 2000's. Lawn bowling is a hugely popular sport here and has been for 100 years, but it's for old people generally. Even though I'm in my 50's, personally I love X game sports like skateboarding.

[@TheTor]

Business in the front, party in the back!!

[@commonopinion7529]

that mullet is 130k gold

[@garla5851]

The good ole days,, when the PBA Announcers weren’t embarrassed to comment on how much money the Pro’s were Bowling for !! Cheers 🍻

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

Movie Trailer Voice: "In a world gone mad, when mullets ruled the land...."

[@jayminer8773]

He made the same "error" I did years ago on the front 8 and moved left to compensate for nerves. Issue for me was acing the target, leaving a 10 pin due to the adjustment. My teammate/coach angrily asked me what I did, then proceeded to ask why. My game wasn't for 130k though, nor a title but, I did end up with a 268.

[@TheJohnCooper]

How about a bit of bloody appreciation for that mullet people. This was 90s too. Outstanding

[@rmx01indiana]

And the bowling gods said, "299, thanks for shopping."

[@simplyhamm]

0:45 - "No bowler has ever bowled a 300 game on his first TV appearance" Uh, no, telecasters from 1993. You forgot about Bob Benoit, January 1988. I watched the whole thing.

[@Wolfman12395]

I was just thinking the same thing lol

[@brianforbes9715]

Yes and wasn't he bowling 2 finger?

[@christopherdunne7848]

Not sure if 2-finger, but he used a 15 lb ball. He went to a 16 soon after. In that 300, not a "lucky break" in the bunch; all solidly in the 1-3 pocket.

[@brianforbes9715]

@@christopherdunne7848 yeah I totally remember 10 in the pit every shot he did bowl 2 finger from what I read

[@samuelbeach5585]

@@brianforbes9715 Just watched that game against Roth. Both fingers in the ball, and the thumb. He just rolled it way back onto his wrist.

[@masterchief247]

The Purple Rhino Pro was such a great ball.

[@guykiernan537]

YES! And the teal and the gold and the rhino X. Lol. A lot of them were great.

[@dillhole4603]

8 year olds, dude.

[@kugai77]

Dont fuck with the jesus

[@jamieisaacs]

business in the front, party in the back

[@chrismooney9275]

I got 6 strikes , on my first 6 balls, when I was at college. My usual score is about 130 in total lol. So it was a complete freak occurance. I ended up with about 235. Probably the only time in my life I've been "in the zone". Everything was just so easy/slow motion.

[@chuckers40]

I know that bowling center well. ABC West Lanes in Mechanicsburg, PA. It's the largest center in the Harrisburg, PA area.

[@malcolmbaldwin5735]

i bet theres a lot of puccie rollin through there

[@louiscsanko3673]

I felt bad for Mr. Davis!! He needed that last shot, and after making quality shots to get to 11 strikes, it was a tiny miss that caused the ball to miss pocket to the right!!! Mr. Davis was fortunate to get by Walter Ray!!!! Walter Ray had a possible 268 and losing out on $110k was tough, but he got the "W" . That was exciting.👍👍

[@MeatUrMakerZ]

Kudos to him, first time ever on tv, bowling against the greatest, for the title, and $100,000, I was watching this thinking he needed to move a couple boards right or he was going to leave a wrap 10 pin, but he got it in and the ball never recovered, too bad. A simple 2 board adjustment with that same shot in or out looks like a winner

[@Dana_Danarosana]

I miss Bo & Chris as much as the next person... but Mike Durbin's color commentary was a special thing and I REALLY do miss it!!

[@SDMF5000]

The soft gentlemans perm was truly outclassed by the Mullet.

[@williamcruz7976]

The mullet makes him more aerodynamic.

[@dondes88]

no the mullet made him less aerodynamic, and caused him to lose lol

[@bryanjensen2614]

This was clearly Ryan Gosling with a massive mullet...time traveler confirmed.

[@refractorhead]

It looked like he moved over a couple boards starting out his approach

[@TheCymbalProject]

He put it all out there... no shame in that performance

[@Zoomer30]

You really have to be Zen about it. Ill personally never have one since I start getting nervous around frame 6 (ie only half way there)

[@Dtyler171]

+Zoomer30 Yeah, it's like "The Legend of Bagger Vance", You have to be thinking as little as possible without falling asleep

[@craigeillison9650]

I'm so good at bowling, I start to get nervous after my first strike ;)

[@MusicGunn]

I've had 12 strikes in a row, just not in the same game. I struck in the 1st, then I spared in the 2nd and went on to strike out (280) and then the next 2 in the next game. I'll never bowl a 300 because I am too inconsistent.

[@elliegosnell2424]

@@Dtyler171RIPe mucs1

[@terrycozier1825]

I bowled with Brian . Great bowler

[@bigkickr]

That mullet is EPIC!

[@jibjab351]

I was going to mention the mullet but seems I am too late

[@DJN1GHTT3RR0R]

He got Munsoned

[@boosters23]

DJN1GHTT3RR0R haha love kingpin.

[@randyporter3491]

Fun Fact - No bowler has ever bowled a 300 on his first TV appearance Fun Fact - No bowler has ever wore his hair in a mullet, on ANY TV appearance. Fun Fact - Pete Webber captured the title of "PBA's Neatest Hair" at the 1987 "Aqua Net Invitational"

[@jasonkennedy3666]

Wow. He was definitely light on the first two in the tenth and got a little lucky with the trip-10 both times. The third one was even lighter though and really didn't have a chance. Oh well. Still incredible!!

[@TheRealSlickRick63]

JaredBail, I beg to differ. it is relatively easy to get 10. The first 10 feel automatic, but the last 2 can easily get into your head. " how many steps do I take? how fast do I throw. For Gods sake don't cross over to Brooklyn etc..." this is why so many end up with 298-299. 2 months ago I bowled my first 300 because I shut out all the eyes on the back of my head and thought of it as the 5th frame. You cant even think of it as the 10th frame.

[@CueBaLLonE1]

Yes 300's are nowhere near easy.. They are much easier to get than they use to be with the new equipment being so good, but it is still not easy at all.. And trust me, try bowling on a pro pattern (which no bowling center has on their lanes in league or practice) and tell me how easy it is. The oil patterns they put down in these kind of Tournaments are ridiculously more difficult.

[@tiatrips]

I'm completely with you about not thinking about it as the tenth. Personally, I break my game down into 1/3's and 1/4's depending how I'm feeling, just so I don't think about having the front 8 or 9.

[@1too3fore]

All depends on whether you like performing in the 10th. I have always been the clean up batter. Love the pressure, enjoy performing in the 10th inning.

[@TheRealSlickRick63]

I hear what you are saying. I was a baseball pitcher from Little League through high school. That experience enables me to put myself in a sort of "Zen state" (for lack of a better word) when performing. Still, for some reason, 99% of people I have seen with all X's choke in the 10th. You wouldn't think so. Bowling is a relatively simple game. (Notice how I don't call it a sport?).

[@1too3fore]

Rick Hankins Funny cause I don't consider baseball a sport either.

[@crienospmoht]

million dollar mullet!

[@cornonthecob1268]

Don't break my heart, my ache breakie heart

[@talkinghead3169]

No one does a mullet, quite like an American 😂

[@erder2158]

Holy shit you americans even gatekeep mullets

[@thediscgolfdoctor862]

"entering into fantasy bowling world"

[@davidjames1684]

Bowling, the only game where you can knock down about 5/6th of the pins of that of a perfect game, but only get 1/3rd of the score. A 300 game = 120 pins knocked down. A 100 game (9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9/9) = 99 pins knocked down (only 21 pins less than that of a perfect game). What a bad scoring system! Also, why only add the pin count of the first ball after a spare? What if the bowler gets a 3 6 in the frame immediately after a spare? Why count that as a 13? Why not take the larger of the 2 pin counts (such as 3 and 6) and count the spare (in this case) as 16, not 13? Why bias the first shot as more important immediately after a spare? Think about 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/0 = 100 vs. 9/ 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- = 100. 1 mark and 9 opens ties 10 marks? What a crappy scoring system! Also 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ XXX = 120 pins down in 1 game, the same number as a perfect game.

[@thedigitaliam1511]

Damn. Sometimes you get lucky. That first and second ball in the 10th were way wide to carry but he got bit with the third ball.

[@perfect1150]

"He's got the tournament of champions"...........guaranteed he'd give that back for $100,000+

[@happyfacequincy]

man i know that feel i had 11 strikes yesterday about to bowl my first 300 and i leave a 5-7 split the 12th ball:(

[@louisjamin7195]

More like "$130,000.00 haircut"

[@ryanolsen294]

Louis Jamin lol

[@gordlawson11]

Epic Mullet.

[@dangolfishin]

First of all, that's one sweet mullet. Secondly, atleast he used on arm to bowl.

[@garygwinn4256]

Never should have thought about it

[@tshank6871]

2:37 Mr. Daryl Bower, might be the greatest bowler I know!!

[@19kash91]

I met this guy at a hotel in Cornelius NC pretty cool!

[@williamford9564]

Any idea what happened to him? I don't recall him making any more TV shows or making any future impressions on the PBA.

[@samtrout5147]

If you think about it, a 299 point game is even harder than a 300 point game.

[@jakesnussbuster3565]

Absolutely not even close to true

[@Mondaris584]

dude got the uncle joey mullet goin on

[@60viking]

Back in 68 i bowled on Beat the Champ the TV show and fell apart in front of the cameras. Wish i could have recovered.

[@pjsbulldog67]

A bit too much speed but he definitely lifted,,cant even imagine the pressure he felt though

[@Evilerpegasus85]

pjsbulldog67 how the hell are you criticizing this man go and try to bowl 1 strike cause I bet you can’t

[@stewiegriffin6503]

at 1:43 you can hear a chicken

[@usneod9329]

As a bowler I know that still haunts him to this day !

[@JonesDylan874]

2:21 "OH, NOT THE 2-PIN!"

[@NoahRonaldo22]

What A Preformance By Brian Davis, Who Lead $110,000 Slipped right through his fingertips

[@averykie]

The captions said “OH, NOT THE TOOTHPICK!”

[@johntaylor6837]

The best one is Weber’s mullet!

[@asoeng]

I did not know that Tom Byron is a bowler

[@NashJM1]

He was on his mark, he just needed to slow his speed down. That's what happens when you are under pressure, you tend to get too fast.

[@herbertjarnigan1394]

Up yours

[@fr0103]

These guys are machines. On the final ball it appeared Davis threw wide intentionally so the ball wouldn't finish high and split. That's the way pros are trained, it's all about pin count. But on the last ball "money" is the priority (or should be) and NOT a perfect game. Either the right lane was a little tight and he gave the ball more space or it was a rookie error. Example: when JIm Stefanich rolled his 300 game in the 1974 Midas Open, he threw the ball as hard and fast as he could straight at the head pin. The ball should've resulted in a 7-10 split but the pins combined perfectly into left and right pits. You could see Stefanich shaking (later he said he just wanted to get it over) but it was a true example of a pro in action.

[@mullerpb74]

Walter ray using the crush/r? Man that was a great ball!

[@TheShape2534]

Patrick Muller I had a buddy that had that red Crush/R. He also had the purple one called Crush/R2 I believe. I had the purple Rhino Pro that was in this video. I shot my first 300 game with that ball.

[@RayJacksonbighmw]

@@TheShape2534 as I used Ebonite balls from 1989-2005 it could've been a Nitro/R ball. That also came in Purple and was a Reactive Resin ball.

[@TheShape2534]

@@RayJacksonbighmw Now that you mention it, I do remember the purple Nitro/R. I had the lime green one.

[@beeemm2578]

That last ball was like he picked up a 60lb'er of the return. Lol.

[@radinsyah1574]

Weak release borne from nerves. Sad to see a TOC winner not being happy right after winning.

[@boj99]

WTF is going on with that hair 😂😂😂😂 LoL

[@christopherforry4192]

Somebody needs to make a movie based on this. I was reading interview from right after the competition, and it seems like something that could be dramatized with great effect.

[@Joelontugs]

I'd like to thank my mullet for leading me to victory

[@chrismanning217]

Thats when bowling was great!

[@--dh--]

We've been hearing a lot about this fantasy football league, he is about to enter into fantasy bowling world.... Huh??? lmao

[@Collateralcoffee]

Wow, just look at the mallet :)

[@cutehumor]

Brian Davis was 21 years old and beat the GOAT Walter Ray Williams and beat him with a 299 on his first PBA tournament. damn

[@mobshooter]

Honestly. I'd cry.

[@Jeon1958able]

This video doesn't have enough dislikes.

[@TheTor]

Mullet City!! ;O)

[@habyss]

I never heard of this one before.

[@RedWings2008]

All I can say is.....what a Mullet!!

[@floridamaddogg]

Who was playing fantasy football back then?

[@BrownWolverine]

barney, you mentioned on another video you uploaded that you are not a fan of Walter Ray...now I haven't seen everything you uploaded, so if you have already done my suggestion, disregard. But why not upload all the 300 games shot against Walter Ray?

[@parsnip2699]

How can this be 1993? The score ticker show the 49er's vs Texans score. Houston Texans didn't exist before 2002.

[@iGetNoRespect21]

Because it was a replay on ESPN classics, not live.

[@Dtyler171]

He dropped it. He should have took his time. Saw it coming even before the spoiler comments. Meh.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

Was it just me or did it look like he moved left on his final shot?? That shot looked deeper, unless maybe he drifted a little due to nerves??

[@robertreyes5036]

That mullet is on point

[@alaajaber6584]

What ball did the guy with the mullet have?

[@sleeplessknight9348]

Bradley Bayuga well you're not wrong

[@scott473]

blue rhino pro

[@BrownWolverine]

Purple, not blue.

[@craigeillison9650]

Not quite enough balls.

[@EricSmyth4Christ]

He may or may not get it. Watch the video...

[@chrisszyyy]

how bout that FANTASY bit by the commentator lol

[@LFCMitty]

Didn't know Torres and N'gog were playing for Liverpool in 1993.

[@lostasadorespr]

At 0:37 is that Mike Miller on the crowd?

[@teejay6063]

Who's Brian Davis? Why don't I remember this?

[@railroadskater2896]

I don't believe the statistic shown at 0:50 is correct, because at the 1988 Quaker State, Bob Benoit bowled a 300 in the championship match and it was his first TV appearance.

[@mrwrister]

True. Perhaps the statistic was referring to ESPN appearances. Just a guess.

[@paulcgretired6245]

The Highest game I ever bowled was a 299 and yes, I left the 2 pin on the 12th. What a coincidence!

[@patrickwall8517]

Look like he lost it a bit in the down swing and almost dropped it, the ball went further to the right and didn't recover. If you watch it a second time the same thing almost happened on his first ball in the 10th.

[@slickwillywize]

IS this Munson vs Big Ern?

[@sanderslongdrive]

Choked.