Austin Idol vs Stan Hansen (Bunkhouse Match, 10-10-83, Best Quality) Memphis Wrestling

[@squonk86]

Stan (The Lariat) Hansen.. One of the best professional wrestlers ever...

[@mondocjenson-dy8zd]

Bring back the old days

[@mondocjenson-dy8zd]

@@squonk86 I graduated in 1982 and grew up watching Dusty Rhodes, Tiger Conway, Johnny Weaver etc., on NWA. Now those were the Days.

[@midniterider6656]

@@mondocjenson-dy8zd I graduated in 83,grew up with the best wrestling of all time....ROAD WARRIORS,BIG STAN HANSEN,BRUISER BRODY,BUZZ SAWER...list goes on!!

[@billtribble7197]

Hansen made the perfect heel. He was big enough to be believed.

[@greenlawler]

@@suzannewillis817 That dumb ref was Paul Morton, father of Rickey and one of the GOATS

[@trentaccid2177]

WHEN PRO WRESTLING MADE YOU BELIEVE.

[@scenariomckinney]

This is what wrestling SHOULD be!!

[@nadair2112]

It is weird seeing Austin Idol playing the face for me. I remember watching him feud with Tommy Wildfire Rich and Mr. Wrestling II on TBS and Georgia Championship Wrestling. He always played the heel. Man, could Austin talk and man could he work. Thanks for posting this as both Stan Hansen and Austin Idol are two legitimate legends.

[@yardlet6]

He was face also in Southeastern/Continental.

[@boscoblair105]

Indeed!

[@1980bwc]

Lance Russell was the best announcer before, after and since! RIP Mr. Lance.

[@jameschilders7423]

I totally respectfully disagree. Did you ever watch mid Atlantic, Bob caudle was the greatest

[@tedmayer1597]

Lance is good ,but he made me nuts calling it a "tire tool" 😂😂

[@danoc51]

I respect your opinion and Lance Russell is good, but Dick Lane (in the LA NWA territory, 1960's and 1970's) is the best. He was a fast-talking actor in 1950's 'B' movies playing both thug and cop characters. When it came to promos, he made wrestlers shine in their respective roles. Nobody ever loved the baby faces more than Dick Lane. And nobody hated the heels more than Dick Lane. And he let the heels know it, too! Unfortunately, we have very little footage of Dick Lane as a wrestling announcer. Whereas Lance was more known for his "Aw, come on," Dick Lane was fired up, asking for fines and condemning the horrible acts of wrestlers. In this particular match, Dick Lane would have chased down Stan Hansen and read him the riot act.

[@alwilson3204]

@@jameschilders7423 Monsoon of WWF had them both beat.

[@DabsDad]

@@jameschilders7423 Gordon Solie was the best and it's not really close.

[@EddieFelson777]

Hansen has always been my favorite wrestler throughout the decades

[@mark19642001]

These guys can work! They had the crowd in their hand from start to finish.

[@cottonmill1970]

I was front row ringside for this 👍

[@trentaccid2177]

I SAW YOU THERE DUDE YOU WERE UGLY

[@donwilcox728]

Were you in the Coliseum for the 1981 Lawler vs Terry Funk bloodbath classic? Give us some of your memories!!!

[@yegenek]

Austin acutally said: Stan... this is not Japan! ok.. whatever you do, DO NOT KILL ME !..

[@A_Beautiful_Death]

We now know why Stan made so much money in Japan lol.

[@matthewcollins8602]

I was going to comment this exactly but you beat me to it four years ago lol

[@CP-kb1du]

@@A_Beautiful_Death 20K per week in the 80's with Brody

[@carlosdanger947]

@@CP-kb1du and a lot of that was cash ( non taxed)

[@CP-kb1du]

@@carlosdanger947 NJPW AJPW all paid cash , same as PRIDE ... all USD $100.00 Bills ..

[@yardlet6]

Marlin never learns. Everytime he comes into the ring he gets his ass kicked.

[@1980bwc]

Fun Fact: The referee of this match, Paul Morton, was the father of Ricky Morton. One half of the most over tag team in professional wrestling history, The Rock & Roll Express.

[@kevinbarry3277]

Overrated you mean

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

@@kevinbarry3277 Then you don't know wrestling

[@kevinbarry3277]

@@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester better than you hero

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

@@kevinbarry3277 In your dreams noob

[@kevinbarry3277]

@@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester suck it punk

[@ronr7905]

Austin Idol on working with Stan Hansen; "It's blind, and deaf, and all it knows how to do is kill!" :D

[@KakashiInWinter]

Kayfabe, Hansen was right to be pissed. It was an "anything goes" match, and people kept interrupting him! :D

[@EddieFelson777]

Ref hits him and the promoter attacks him

[@pniiice]

I loved/dreaded Hansen back as a kid in Louisville

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

Stan Hansen = one of the greatest ever

[@Panzer4F2]

This was 1983. Hansen would go on to hit Japanese wrestling like Godzilla. Check out Stan versus Andre the Giant too. Amazing.

[@docmalthus]

Stan gave Andre his best match. Body-slammed him too!

[@davidfranks3141]

Yes, the Hansen gordy matches at this time are pure wrestling gold

[@EddieFelson777]

Stan and Andre match is hands down best match ever

[@nubreaks2]

They had to play that he was the roughest, biggest heel around. He worked in Japan for decades and they are more strict. His US storylines as the big, bad, wild man from Borga, TX made him a legend.

[@BigOrangePred]

Near universal opinion was Hansen was a consummate professional and one of the genuinely nicest guys in the business. Unfortunately he was also basically blind as a bat. Because of his vision issues, he ended up working so stiff no one in America wanted to work with him long term. Dude was money in Japan, so much that the punishment you had to take working with Stan was worth it.

[@garypruitt4289]

Ah! The old tire tool in the boot. Never fails

[@ondreyko]

Love spots I’ve never seen before like Hansen tying the ref up.

[@pniiice]

that with Lance's voice. All so convincing.

[@jasonstone3231]

As a kid I thought Austin Idol was huge until I seen this match lol Stan looked like a giant next to Austin lol

[@alwilson3204]

Idol still looked closer to 255 or 265 here than 240 lbs.

[@Satyr000]

@KontaroOki much like Terry Gordy, Steve Williams, and Bruiser Brody. Hansen should have been more popular in the states. Its a shame that instead we get stuck with the Ultimate Warrior.

[@nubreaks2]

Stan Hansen has been banned in more territories than anyone else in history.

[@jmb01550]

Probley Abdullah the Butcher may have more that Hansen

[@midniterider6656]

He wanted no part of Austin Idol...lol...what joke,Stan was the man,my favorite of all time!!!

[@bostonbevo9781]

I LOVE STAN HANSEN

[@tedmayer1597]

Is it just me but Lance was making me crazy calling it a "tire tool" ....it would have sounded better calling it what it is a "tire IRON" 😂😂😂

[@amtlin]

Stan use to beat the breaks off Austin Idol!

[@seanLeonard1000]

STAN HANSEN RULES!!!!!

[@MrGrxxx123]

Great match

[@boscoblair105]

Austin Idol For President!

[@rayramirez4173]

A legend

[@nassermj7671]

Nobody but nobody filled arenas $$ like Stan. He didn't give a flying flamingo about wearing a belt as long as he drew $$ and that he did.

[@hughbo52]

Damn if that didn't look real.

[@georgejackson4426]

Mick Foley said Hansen was pretty much legally blind so he'd just throw a punch or clothesline as hard as he could and that's why it looked so real.

[@TheDavidJasonReed]

Paul Morton, the ref and Ricky Morton's dad, passed away this weekend.

[@slow71971]

Yesssssss,R.I.P.Taught his the right way of the wrestling business.

[@phychmasher]

2:54 40 years later I'm here to tell ya... he's saying "Youth!"

[@thelastlonewolf2047]

I always love Bunkhouse Matches or Battle Royales with Bunkhouse Rules This is Real Hardcore Professional Wrestling not The Sport Entertainment Bullshit like Vince McMahon's WWE from a Real Hardcore Professional Wrestling Fan like myself.

[@buck2239]

@BaronTurco I'm not going to ask what else and where.

[@MuhammadAli-fg9uj]

That was fuckin awesome

[@busch231]

Hansen leaves his chaps on throughout. But it's a match that peters out unresolved.

[@KakashiInWinter]

Tying up the ref. Awesome.

[@buck2239]

I would have popped Eddy too! He always stuck his nose where it didn't belong! lol

[@CP-kb1du]

Ref had not Business putting his grubby hands on Hansen

[@nassermj7671]

Nicest guy ever in person - Stan, try it

[@corkscrewfoley]

@nubreaks2 Why is that?

[@larryjones4096]

Like my boy Dusty,Terry and Dory Funk,Bruiser Brody and all the fine fellows from Upper Tx. marveled by us lil' bits in Lower Tx. 'cause like Johnny Cash they took their mayhem everywhere worldwide with Lone Star pride.And they could do it legit,whereas we could get kicked outta school for copying their backyard style.Good days indeed.

[@TheTrent814]

THAT'S WRESTLIN

[@TheTrent814]

STAN THE LARIAT HANSEN.AWESOME

[@lonniewatkins4844]

Austin Idol was one of my favorite wrestlers back in the day but Big bad Stan Hansen was all he could handle and then some!

[@stephenlandry9343]

You should check out Austin Idols interview with Jim Cornette about Stan Hanson. It's funny ,they talk about how Hanson couldn't see or hear very well which made wrestling him a nightmare. They say Stan Hanson was one of the nicest men they know.

[@alexciocca4451]

I hope these matches are never seen by aliens cause if they do they will conquer the world without doubt

[@MrGrxxx123]

The bad man from Borger Texas

[@GeraldGreenfield-gn9dc]

Austin Idol====== Butt Pirate!

[@lisaadcock7116]

Hansen was a real wrestler

[@Lfdjake91]

Wow, Hansen beat up everyone in that match,but got himself suspended. I guess Stan was to violent for Memphis, one of the more violent of territories. BTW, referee Paul Morton is the father of Ricky Morton of the Rock N Roll Express.

[@zisoul]

Now this is real WRESTLING,real Spots Entertainment to witch vince jr don't have the balls big as grapefruit to produce or promote.

[@lonehorseman09]

i would have been screaming for my money back cause the main event was too short and there was no blood.

[@georgemalakas9936]

Wrestling 101 training video! Today stuff weak

[@joshwame6746]

Lmao, i remember that, ringside. My momma tried to give Austin Idol here .22 pistol, lmao😂😂

[@spencerbrown6915]

That man got stretched out lol!

[@richardmann3396]

Don't take a seat at the table if you don't want a plate of what the cook is serving. Dude shouldn't have gotten into the ring.

[@nubreaks2]

This was a classic. I remember this one. Idol's Vegas Leglock was more devastating than Flair's Figure 4 and he should have had some world titles. He was also better on the mic.

[@Trumantop1]

Idol would not fly, this kept him from being the biggest thing in wrestling imo

[@cretinousjester3475]

Neal Stanley: True. I love Austin Idol, he was probably my favorite wrestler in the Memphis territory but he could be a handful and a headache for promoters. That and the flying fear is the reason he never got to Hogan/Flair level. Considering some of the shit that's happened to them, you could say Idol was spared.

[@charlescummings4045]

Anyone who says Idol was better on the mic than Flair need to get off that meth. Idol was good enjoyed him while living in Tn. but he was no Flair.

[@bruiser]

@@Trumantop1 He was in a plane crash. Think it broke his back. He was Iron MIke McCord in those days.

[@SallyLulu885]

Austin Idol looked good in jeans back then!!!

[@mikerobertson4041]

This stuff is hilarious! Professional wrestling is always good for a laugh!

[@michaelgoad8022]

It was so much better when there was one or two camera angles. Among other things......kayfabe cough, cough.

[@MrGrxxx123]

Back to Japan

[@燃えよノラミャオ]

レフェリーがジョー樋口😲

[@manybirds7210]

Bad man from border

[@KontaroOki]

Stan Hansen 日本で人気者だったのにアメリカでは悪役

[@maruhiroya417]

しかもアイドルとはこの4年後にタッグ結成。

[@BaronTurco]

@buck2239 and his nose wasn't the only thing

[@walterbrown2997]

Stan Hansen broke Bruno Sammartino was neck with that Lariat when you had gold coins hidden in his elbow pad you can say that Stan Hansen was one. SOB !