Andre the Giant & Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Kamala & The Missing Link (1983/09/09)

[@nanakia99]

WWE has uploaded on the Network Buzz Sawyer vs Junkyard Dog from this show !

[@jonathanturbide2232]

My guess is that the JYD/Sawyer match was shown on Mid-South wrestling, so since WWE own the full Mid-South/UWF library they can share it on the Network. A good number of matches taped in Houston were then shared with other promotions, with those who sent guys to be on these cards.

[@gregp103]

@@jonathanturbide2232 owns. WWE is a singular entity.

[@فرجالجزار-ق5ز]

قران

[@boooooo1233]

مساج سكس

[@tnjoker7191]

@@jonathanturbide2232 ,

[@thomassoane4302]

I've just started watching these classic matches and I gotta say, it's waaaay better than what they got today. Today's matches have great athletes but there's something missing, there's a rawness to these classic matches & the crowd reaction, like the buildings about to explode lol

[@scottskorupa107]

That's because they thought it was real.

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

@@scottskorupa107 It is real. Real Entertainment.

[@thatrobguy5474]

Back when wrestling was exciting! God i miss the good ole days of wrestling!

[@georgedixon3534]

How old were you in ‘83? When these where the good old days

[@Bloodgod1982]

RIP Kamala, The Missing Link and Andre The Giant :(

[@HyperActive7]

Kamala is no small man.. It just goes to show how huge Andre really was and the fact he was able to pick up Kamala like he weighed next to nothing.

[@jaegurdad1838]

Andre was so powerful and strong, he knew he could destroy anyone. He always took it easy...sometimes too easy. Still, great stuff! Love the old school "rasslin"

[@scottsoenksen842]

I love the Link! He was my favorite back in the day!

[@edwardmarcell2494]

Two wrestling legends we miss you in this life Andre the Giant I pray your soul rest in peace and in no pain. A true gentle giant and very strong individual. Hacksaw Jim Duggan another favorite wrestler, big heart and down to earth actually all four wrestlers are legends indeed the missing link was a big brotha maaaaaaan lol. I ain't fighten that in no alley thank you

[@michaelybarra560]

I've always been a fan of missing link...i loved when he teamed up with bruiser brody...

[@cesasilva8478]

both wilds and no-sellers hehe 😎👏👏👏

[@JKTube]

Fun brawl all around. Thanks for posting this.

[@georgedixon3534]

I had just turned 15 a week before this match (August 29th) by this point I was HOOKED into pro wrestling for a a couple of years already. The bookstores and the Navy Exchange in San Diego carried like 10 different wrestling mags, or “Dirt Sheets”. I couldn’t get enough. Now This is Andre, not that kiddy WWF version in the black strap.

[@bobbyd577]

Missing Link played by the late great Dewey Robertson from Hamilton Ontario Canada.

[@solomongrundy9847]

Didn't know that Kamala and Andre the Giant hung out alot outside the ring Kamala made it funny asf 😂

[@jonathanturbide2232]

This match is the definition of a real main-event. You put that match on posters all around town and you know that everyone will try to buy a ticket, this match has money written all over it.

[@billturner8823]

I loved The Missing Link!

[@chrismeredith7935]

Andre was so careful with those chair shots. Imagine how much damage he could do.

[@sunofman7ify]

Kamala trying to tag out from outside of the ring at the 6:00 mark was classic...he was an underrated performer

[@andrecarter1590]

I remember being terrified of the missing link as a child

[@jesusismegacool]

All these dudes are huge. Also, those are some loose ropes. Missing Link falling through the middle ropes is a cool spot tho.

[@khalidalshakar5226]

WoW God i like the golden age of wrestling

[@normanelder3481]

Good to see all the old worries of the 70s,80s.post some more old wrestling.

[@tijjanimurtala510]

Beautiful may their gentle soul rest in peace

[@BROOKLYNVILLAIN]

Unless the missing link worked out in his home I'm sure when he went to the gym without the paint on people still knew who he was . RIP Him and Andre

[@royluksch2799]

Hacksaw and Kamala had some battles in Mid South.

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

Both Hacksaws. Duggan and Reed

[@michaelgagliano450]

even with no commentary this match was an awesome spectacle

[@Scarheart76]

Great showmanship from all the wrestlers!

[@brotherlittlefoot2216]

Kamala was so good,lol.We forget who the heels were that made the stars look great.If it wasn't for the sell,there would never be a buy.

[@yellaboymike561]

A few years later, Duggan would end up feuding with Andre in the cartoonish WWF

[@TroyandMilva]

Andre's body slam of Kamala here, was better than the slam, that Andre gave him, in the cage match in Toronto.

[@MrCMVikram]

Andre hit Kamala with the chair so slow, that it looked like he just touched it.

[@joelfranco7218]

It don't get no better than this.

[@quadraticresidue]

Good match. Thanks for uploading. Bronco Lubich was scheduled to officiate this important match but he got hold of a bad burrito for lunch and couldn't answer the bell, so to speak.

[@jonathanduplantis1403]

Thank you

[@quadraticresidue]

Nice job by Bill Watts putting that match together. The main event that night was Junkyard Dog versus Butcher Vachon.

[@torpedo9096]

André really is special

[@pablotorresalvarado754]

Exelente siempre será Andre el gigante icono de siempre de la lucha libre y la historia de la lucha libre un clásico de siempre Andre el gigante genial fue y lo será siempre este coloso de la lucha libre.andre forever

[@champmd1]

I had no idea that Ron Jeremy used to ref.

[@kinleyburks9956]

Missing link was huge great ass match ol hacksaw jim Kamala the giant classic

[@ronsharer2986]

Man!! This match kicked ass.

[@thare2597]

I could watch the classics all day. WWE was on TV the other night, so much talking and weird drama. Channel got changed pretty quickly.

[@jefferyorton1723]

Look at all that action packed action!!

[@mulagudda2697]

This is what good wrestling looks like everything doesn’t look so scripted 💯💯💯💯

[@sanjayrozario3368]

Andre was in awesome shape at that time. When we talk about wrestling..Andre was the god of wrestling..he has the right structure that we imagined a wrestler to be.. massive nd strong..luv u Andre and think you for giving us so much to remember ❤❤❤❤❤

[@rayvillarreal6646]

Ron Jeremy guest Referee lmao.

[@johnniec2861]

damn kamala and the missing link were beasts but Andre was on a whole nother Plateau , He was so HUGE didnt realize how bid duggan was till he stood next to andre,, Ahh the good ole days :)

[@Danimal77]

It's a whole other***, not a whole nother. Nother is not a word.

[@tigerconway]

Those were the matches . Classics

[@232jamies]

Missing Link looks like he was carved from a brick!

[@bcushing]

20 year vet, Dewey Robertson.

[@jeffclark7888]

The Missing Link from “Parts Unknown”.

[@stephenlandry9343]

The missing link duggen kamala the old mid south wrestling! Man I want to go back. But I can't I know. This was my youths wrestling stars!

[@patrickshultz8944]

I got to see Andre wrestle Kamala in the early 80’s for the Mid-South territory.

[@shiwangipawar426]

whats your age now...?

[@satoshibitcoinsaki6532]

When I heard that Biden had chosen Kamala a running for VP this guy is who I thought of.

[@paystyles5429]

Ditto

[@Babybugex]

He would have made a great VP..RIP Big Man.

[@jmborkar7455]

Heavens Forbid. . . If Nothing Else This Kamala Would Have His BidEn(d). . .

[@jeffclark7888]

Shazam. Agree.

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Rest in ☮️ Kamala and Andre.

[@mr10tomidnight]

Andre The Giant's last year of good health was 1983. He just went downhill after that.

[@SeanRankin2]

and his last year wrestling for different territories

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

It is a shame I didn't know of Andre in his prime

[@marty7549]

@@SeanRankin2 wrong

[@Danimal77]

@@SeanRankin2 He still wrestled for different territories in 1984.

[@Danimal77]

His decline started in 1981 after he broke his ankle stepping out of bed. He was still mobile in 1983, but he needed some support of the ropes at times to get up or get his balance. After Wrestlemania 2 he was a shell of his former self and had his first back surgery which didn't help. To see Andre at his most agile you need to go back to the 1970's.

[@bassambouhamad7935]

I love it.

[@paulbalderas1476]

The missing link..actully had some good fighting skills he was awkward and his character was awesome

[@SonnyBubba]

I had forgotten how ripped Link was. I remember he was crazy, green, and had the hardest head in wrestling.

[@datsmeyeah346]

The crowd is going nuts!!

[@HAM-sb2ns]

The entire match.

[@davidmichels9454]

Makes me think of wrestling at the chase kplr TV St Louis 11 back in the day

[@chrischar9428]

Why or how

[@2020-g8s]

RIP Kamala, Andre, Link

[@philliphilton3441]

This is when I really got into wrestling

[@rockinyouallnight]

Who keeps clanking that anvil?

[@trussdprocess5003]

Andre was always the heavy duty weapon the faces would get 2 back them up against the heels esp a stable loved 2 c andre in that roll..kamala n link as a team?🤔 HELL YEA!!!!!

[@brendantalbot8163]

Lacey Lorenzo

[@samanthap1006]

great camera angles 7:11

[@Chuck-i4y]

Wheres this at Houston?

[@vincegedeon6583]

Epic Match that 👢 of ANDRE 🤕😂😮💕🤘💪🇺🇲

[@redbaron474]

When they at least made it LOOK real.

[@dpj1]

Video starts at 00:00

[@jimmydcap]

You never crossed Andre in the ring. If you pissed him off ! You were done for.

[@Uncle1278]

R.I.P Kamala.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

No commentary is better . Listen to that crowd

[@robertvaughn7358]

Great match

[@mikesuto4706]

13:46 .... WOW! What a WICKED chair hit by Andre!

[@daniellee8162]

Jim: BAGAWD, THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR!

[@tigerconway]

good classic

[@Ice_Drizzle]

Dewey almost broke the ring

[@gregp103]

You call him Dewey? Did he call you Blastpods?

[@johnliberty3647]

Is Ron jeremy the ref?

[@jonathanduplantis1403]

Kamala slammed Andre back then

[@brandonritchey484]

Kamala slammed Andre before Hogan did

[@paystyles5429]

Odd watching Ol Hacksaw Wrassle without his USA chant Tuff Guy... HOOOOOO!!!

[@ThunderLips730]

Dark smokey arena wrestling. Is there any type that's better?

[@pablotorres5520]

Videos de oro de la era mas genial y genuina de la lucha libre .y varios iconos de la historia aqui .kamala .un grande .fue de la lucha libre de antes genial epoca de ellos fue amediados de los 60 tas. Y 70 tas y 80 tas y parte de los 90 tas .un crack fue el genial y carismatico kamala y el gran luchador y gran persona fue el una persona gentil amable y sin egos personales su pasion el deporte . Lotriste se fue joven a los 46 años .por problemas de salud y no tratados a tiempo y en mayor del caso por culpa de el mismo no.dejarse tratar ni operar .y problemas a los huesos ..y kamala igual a el le cortaron las piernas por diabetes y otros problemas de salud fue un gran hombre de vetdad susrevuerdos quedan y que mejor estos videos y obio el gran andre y era un hombre grande .el lego a medir 2.13 cms otros dicen que mas .era tipo de gran enbergadura fisica a pesar de no ser desarrollado musculoso como.el actual campeon wwe boby lasley pero andre poseia una increible fuerza y apesar de su gran sobrepeso levanto muchas veces a 2 luchadores de casi 100 kilos o mas y al mismo tiempo andre llego a pesar 200 kilos y mas en un tiempo eso y su corazon no dio mas el alcohol lo perjudico igual bebia mucho el .una lastima o si no.estaria cin vida ahora y tendria ahora 76 años . Como.dicen los creyentes el era y fue un pan de dios .el tuvo una hija de eso no hay muchos detalles .su hija deve ser alta por genetica .minimo 1.80 cms .. sus recuerdos viviran por siempre gran andre .rene .rusimof.y kamala forevet

[@gregorypower9385]

I was to a big fan of the missing link

[@wdc9633]

Bonus: Danny DeVito as referee!

[@atomwarlock6326]

First appearance of the Trashman?

[@basilcarpenterjr1592]

RIP kamala loved that guy

[@solomongrundy9847]

Kamala had the worst falling out the ring ever the funniest also ahh man 😂😂😂

[@HAM-sb2ns]

Andre's huge here

[@mr10tomidnight]

His speed and agility was amazing for a big man.

[@BROOKLYNVILLAIN]

Here?

[@Danimal77]

@@mr10tomidnight His speed and agility WERE amazing, not was amazing. When there are more than two things, it's WERE (plural), not was (singular).

[@yusufsonara]

Very good

[@nevermorenovelist]

Thirty seconds in and I'm amazed. That ring looks rickety as shit. How'd it manage to stay together?

[@alimamalmahdi]

A great classic but would be much better with the great voice of mr paul ❤️

[@norbertop.niebres6320]

This must have been from a HOUSE SHOW.

[@ginnymagurno7796]

Yes

[@onyxjadedelegance]

i think i was at this match!!!!!

[@texasrockshillcountry6574]

People forget Andre and Hacksaw Duggan were friends prior to the WWF crap.

[@martinmarron3798]

I don't know if you guys notice but there a ghost kid running thru around 11 minutes check it out again and you will see it😮😮😮😮😮

[@danhough4156]

Is that captain lou as the ref ?

[@chrischar9428]

He was Sgt. Lou back then

[@lesleychastain3376]

Miss the Veterans wrestlers. Andre the giant. Jake the snake Roberts. Macho man Randy savage. Now the undertaker s retired from the sport.

[@keptyeti]

Even when I was a kid I knew it was all a work but I still always appreciated when they made it easier to suspend your disbelief. Gimmicks like The Missing Link were so obviously absurd they were never any fun to watch. Kamala was ridiculous but at least primitive tribal societies exist. WTF is the Missing Link supposed to be anyway?

[@maxjackson1946]

Little known fact - Kamala’s last name was Harris

[@UndisputedMRecabo]

Lmao

[@maryheim-hancock8625]

Not exactly little known. He wrestled as Sugar Bear Harris for years before Kamala in Memphis. Thanks Lawler. Great gimmick

[@maryheim-hancock8625]

Old story. First time Lawler painted Sugar up he ask him why did you paint a banana on my stomach?!!! As told by Dutch Mantel

[@turvis94]

After that began Hulkamania era.

[@martinsopchak8218]

Rob guy.i was thinking the same thing.

[@Izzy-bh9en]

I didn’t know Duggan was around in ‘83

[@biffalobull2335]

Hard to believe Kamala parlayed a wrestling career into the VP slot

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

Well, this Kamala has more brains than his female counterpart.

[@davidayala7427]

Ah caray esto esta mejor que la AAA

[@sheldonlevine6187]

anybody know where this was ?