Big John Studd Toronto Interview

WWF (now WWE) wrestler Big John Studd being interviewed on Toronto Rocks (probably 1985 or 1986? If you know for sure, please comment below!) by Joel Goldberg, as Studd was in town to be part of that year's Christmas show at the International Centre.

[@Messiah717]

Such a nice man as many have said. He left us far too early.

[@Robocoppat]

I got a chance to meet both him and King Kong Bundy when they walked into my auto body tech school back in the early 80's. Turns out my teacher heard myself and others in my class talking about wrestling and he told his sister in law, who was a secretary at the WWWF offices about it and they showed. What we didn't know, was our teacher was good friends with these 2 legends. What a Great day it was.

[@Kromsmitesyou]

Didn't know he was so nice and down to earth. He was an MP in the US Army and served in Vietnam also. RIP big man.

[@BruceLee-sw4ms]

Great to hear big John interviewed - very down to earth and talks well - sounds intelligent.

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

John Studd was way too nice for the wrestling business. He was a heel aka villian, in all interviews like this he was nice and extremely polite, you would never expect him to be the one who cut Andre's hair or be part of the plot to turn Orndorff against Hogan. He put over Hogan big time here. I miss Big John!

[@suicidality2744]

This was 1986. Studd mentioned his upcoming role in the Disney movie Double Agent. That aired on ABC March 29, 1987 the same night as WrestleMania 3.

[@CP-kb1du]

Met Big John Studd in August 1982 at Car Show Signing in Halifax great man very nice polite Huge Mountain of a man ..Legit 6'10 380 easily .... respect

[@Coodeville]

Never saw Studd like this before but all I ever heard was that he was a hell of a nice guy

[@michaelrood2751]

Met him once at the capital centre at a Caps game and he was incredibly nice

[@misserin3371]

What a big sweet bear. I want to hug him!

[@willyhwang1059]

watching early 80s wrestling as a young lad, I was amazed by Big John Studd, and also in tag team with King Kong Bundy

[@denisdemey9624]

I think the plan was in late 1986 early 87 if he stayed he would've became a babyface. RIP John 🙏 💪 🏆

[@jimjackson8333]

Always heard he was a really good guy and family man. Sad he passed away.

[@Opheggie54]

He was an absolute sweetheart according to most wrestlers

[@CollectingCardboard]

Thanks for sharing! Outside of the *REAL* heat that Studd had w/ Andre, I've more or less heard _everyone_ speak very highly of Studd. We have a local DJ here in New Jersey (Big Joe Henry) who always mentions his friend,....Big John Studd,....around his birthday anniversary, every year. Continue to RIP, Big Johnn Studd!

[@allancove4483]

I heard than Big John Studd was a real nice feller in real life. One giant feller gone way too soon. RIP Big Man. We miss you.

[@jiovanna4136]

RIP Big John Studd (1946-1995) This man was 6 foot 10, 367lbs. He was like a giant Grizzly bear...monstrously powerful. He was a major part of the WWE's First Golden Era in the early 1980's 1984-1989) called the Rock "N" Wrestling Era...the boom period of pro wrestling and when pro wrestling became a pop-culture phenomenon. When pro wrestling mixed pro wrestling with Rock and pop music during the advent of Music videos and the Golden Era of MTV...when Cyndi Lauper was involved in pro wrestling as a in ring manager to there women's champion at the time (Wendy Richter) and even Mr T, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Liberace, Andy Warhol, Danny Devito, and meny other Top celebrities were part of pro wrestling...Hailing that Era of WWE The Rock "N" Wrestling Era (1985-1990) Big John Studd was one of the great Pro wrestling stars of that Era...him along with Andre The Giant, Hulk Hogan, Roudy Roddy Piper, Macho Man Randy Savage, Mean Gene Okerlund, Bobby The brain Heenan, Capt. lou Albano, The Junkyard dog, Bret Hart, Ricky The Dragon Steamboat, Hillbilly Jim, King Kong Bundy, Ultimate Warrior, The million dollar man Ted Dibiase, One Man Gang, Big Boss Man, Ravishing Rick Rude, the Mouth from the south Jimmy Hart, ect Entertained the masses weekly. What extraordinary big man that is now itched in the minds of generations and one of the most memorable big men of pro wrestling...this man inspired the likes of " The Big Show" And " Kane" And meny other future stars. He left us too soon but he made his legendary iconic Mark. In the words of The late great Ring announcer Howard Finkel... " Making his way to the Ring weighing in at 367lbs from Fairfax county Burke Virginia....Big John Studd!!! "

[@ADAM_COLLECTS]

My mum, who is all of 5 feet 3, Adelaide airport Australia and waiting to collect her bags. An arm went over her head, grabbed a bag and clear pulled it over her. She turned and saw the biggest human she’s ever seen, Big John Stud. She described his gold horse necklace and how he was so wide he was “vast”.

[@littlegp18]

He was one of the masked wrestlers in the tag team "The Executioners" with the other one being a masked Killer Kowasaki in the 70's

[@almightyone1181]

Big John Studd in his other normal voice is a great man

[@hawaii197]

John Milton Rip one of the coolest guys you can meet . He was one of Hogans best friends

[@MyNameIsUnavailable]

Gentle Giant ❤️ a PILLAR of my childhood and WM1

[@brownmut5518]

I remember watching this on TV back in the day.

[@bigjohnstuddWWE]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@jonfever1108]

I'm glad I could :)

[@jamessullenriot]

"My plane leaves at 6, so I'll leave the show by 5." Now if your plane leaves at 6 you have to be at the airport by 3

[@zombiefulci3301]

John was a great guy, sad he was hated and bullied by that lumbering Ogre freak Andre

[@battlestarmarc]

Studd was a beast.

[@boardammo1593]

The Giant Studd was a nice guy!

[@cybrnathan]

Met him when i was around 8 years old. He was a mean heel at that time with Mid-Atlantic. I believe he was wrestling Black Jack Mulligan that night. My mom knew one of the ushers who let a few of us kids go down ringside, this was about 2 hours or so before the matches. John came out just to see what was going on, and talked with us a bit. One of the nicest guys I've ever met. Back then the guys got into trouble if they stepped out of character, but he was so nice to us.

[@coachryan44]

Toronto Rocks Was My Favourite After School Show

[@jonfever1108]

100%!

[@capri8225]

I bet ol John had the ladies chasing him. He has that Kenny Rogers class thing going on. Rest Well John

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

I liked how he talked in kayfabe, but without going all over the top, and yelling.

[@mikecarey1885]

One of my favorite Big Men

[@TheHannibalTV]

👍

[@misserin3371]

John was such a handsome and charming man. I just love him. ❤

[@randomrickreviewsrrr4662]

I really liked seeing him break out into TV and Movies. Seems like he was a good guy.

[@richardybanez9052]

What Kind/Awesome Man BJS You Rock.Richard.

[@mikehunt4986]

Studd is super-cool here! Anyone know if he was still with WWF at this point?

[@hymansahak181]

Gentle Handsome Giant.

[@IrishGuyReacts]

Seems very down to earth.

[@jimschwandt8089]

A class act through and through.

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

This DJ is some old guy now in his 60s. I remember this like it was yesterday.

[@christianhoneyman6779]

Awsome video. 😀😃😄😁

[@josephmurrill8530]

You know, I'll never be able to understand why Andre the Giant hated Big John Studd. John is a very big very nice guy. He never did anything to Andre except work with him in the ring. It didn't matter who was the biggest, it matters who was the best.

[@aaronroyal9449]

So weird to see him out of character but without breaking kayfabe. Maybe some current wrestlers should watch this.

[@dougfredricks2017]

From a great era of the 🌎WWF

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

He looked like a combination of Ted Dibease and Earthquake, I think.

[@richardguanci9604]

John was a cool guy

[@jamesrav]

too normal :) when you're 6'8 350, you might as well use that in the best way possible. Might have made more in pro football.

[@peterp2153]

He actually wasn’t as billed up for much of his career. Watch when he was one of the Masked Executioners in 70s WWWF. He was actually pretty slim, having a build more similar to Undertaker or Diesel.

[@billyanderson6457]

John was 385lbs here.

[@davidnicol8997]

He played in the NFL

[@Nostalgicguy2242]

I can't believe Sid Vicious is actually bigger than Studd..

[@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927]

*6'6.5, but still a big man nonetheless.

[@brunopaolucci6054]

Wow I’m from Toronto. Don’t remember watching this?

[@jonfever1108]

I remember being wrestling crazy at the time and anytime wrestlers were on tv, outside of the typical weekly shows, I tried to record it.

[@stevep4574]

He was on the show Hunter in the 80s.

[@MrNWA4Life]

But was he a Rush fan?

[@jonfever1108]

We can hope...;)

[@CoreChamber]

What was he under the desk for?

[@ericwright2594]

rip big john studd

[@brentschmoeckel1420]

One of the best good guy or bad guy

[@vincegaristo8694]

Big scary dude but speaks like a nice guy.

[@docmoody6908]

Andre disliked John because Studd was using Andre's Gimmick stepping over the top rope. Andre told him to stop stealing his bit. But John refused to duck through the ropes. So if you watch their matches Andre manhandles john every chance he got.

[@kevinmellow3797]

Big Jhon stud. Was. A. Beast

[@clark82]

As a lot of people say, Studd was just far too nice to be in the wrestling business and this interview does back up that a little (he is suppose to be a heel at this point, and he is far to face here)

[@highgate4767]

I'm guessing the DJ is a normal sized man, so just compare BJS to him as they are side by side. Wow!. Mr.Minton seems like a very nice soft spoken and well spoken man when not in his wrestler character.

[@dwade6322]

Lol..John was feelin no pain here..

[@ben8447]

Was he not under contract to Vince here? Doubt Vince would have allowed him to an interview like that and have his heel be all nice.

[@neilparmar5705]

RIP BJS

[@wizcorn9958]

I’m not Big John Studd🤤

[@robertcornelius3514]

Sad he died so young.

[@prayingmantis6777]

He looks like Bruce Jenner.

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

This DJ is some old boomer now in the 60s.

[@CheapJabroni]

I remember this guy. Triple H rip off.

[@danorthsidemang3834]

John Studd was a cool dude