Black Bart - Why No One Wanted to Wrestle the Road Warriors in WWF & NWA

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[@OikPoinFive]

Susan P. Davis lmao!

[@OikPoinFive]

Susan P. Davis lmao!

[@TheMiggitymark]

I have watched dozens of wrestlers' stories, and this dude is by far my favorite.

[@bobmathews9072]

This guy & Sammy The Bull Gravano are the best 2 storytellers on YT

[@bigglilwayne7050]

@@bobmathews9072 I like Bart, but Ron Fuller is the best storyteller in professional wrestling..

[@paulbright5081]

I’m loving these Black Bart interviews, keep em coming.

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[@notthatfalconcoin538]

good stuff for real

[@brucegruben140]

Paul Bright I know these are real good interviews. Watched one by chance now can’t stop watching.👍

[@brucegruben140]

Title Match Wrestling they KICK ASS Thanks.

[@MC-rf8sx]

I no right he's awesome

[@bryandaniel2875]

The Road Warriors or Legion of Doom had the coolest entrance to the ring. When I was a kid in the 80's I used to watch the Florida wrestling. They would play Black Sabbath 's "Iron Man" and come into the ring and start beating the crap out of the other guys before the bell even rang starting the match.

[@shannonbarnwell3114]

Bryan Daniel we were so lucky to be able to grow up watching Florida Championship Wrestling. I was fortunate enough to become friends with Ron Bass in the end of 2015 and he actually gave me his phone number and we talked a couple of times he was just like Black Bart cool as hell laid back and genuine. RIP Ron Bass

[@bryandaniel2875]

@@shannonbarnwell3114 That's great you were able to become friends with Ron Bass. Yes Florida Championship Wrestling was great fun to watch back in the day. I liked the flavor of local and regional wrestling but so much has changed since then. I like videos like this to hear some of the interesting stories.

[@Landry1974]

The match would be over before the entrance music stopped i loved it 80s wrestling forever

[@floridagator1765]

Florida championship wrestling was the best ever! Hands down!

[@dansmith8912]

I'm with you brother,born,raise on Florida. Watch them every Saturday morning! Good times!

[@troysmith4507]

I have come to love Bart's shoots. They are great!

[@brooklynbull-e3565]

Love these shoots where they share stories with love and not hate

[@at0micwerew0lf]

Black Bart is a great guy...we met him in Fla in the early 90s and he was beyond gracious. Very classy dude.

[@ericarcieri3836]

Black Bart has great interviews he could travel the country with these wrestling stories

[@deanarupe73]

I just imagine the Road Warriors drinking that energy drink yelling"What a Rush!"

[@billywilliams8753]

Beat me to it! lol. Could have been where it came from?

[@billywilliams8753]

@Daniel Hertzler I don't remember either, but I think it was banned pretty quickly

[@droc6927]

imagine them drinking the energy drinks we have today? Especially mixed with anything else, woah, locker rooms would be blown up before the events

[@trappenweisseguy27]

Sounds like a “pre workout” powdered drink. They’re mostly caffeine.

[@showtimeman5673]

@@trappenweisseguy27 was straight GHB.. many stories of od ing in wrestling.

[@purposepassionandlovetv863]

These stories are fascinating. Hearing the realness behind the plots is crazy.

[@GeorgeSquare]

It's honestly no wonder Hawk's heart gave in after 20-years plus of doing shit like that

[@MrJjburgess11]

That's why most the guys from that era died in their 40s. Rude, Perfect, Bulldog etc. Push their bodies beyond normal limits.

[@matthewhill306]

@@MrJjburgess11 So True

[@olderetiredtreemahn3234]

@@MrJjburgess11 roidz will do that to you

[@MrJjburgess11]

@@olderetiredtreemahn3234 but they didn't do just Roids. If they did . They would still be alive. They all did pain pills, tons of alcohol and coke. All that mixed with the Roids will do it.

[@olderetiredtreemahn3234]

@@MrJjburgess11 I know the drill. Unfortunately roidz enable you do things your bodies not meant to do. You can party alot harder .Not much sleep needed

[@davidapple8047]

Love hearing Black Bart share and tell stories!!

[@dandanmarano569]

“That stuff was thick as molasses syrup” I luv it lol

[@respecttheface7152]

Love from minneapolis. Real ledgends. RIP.

[@davidapple8047]

Lots of great wrestlers came from there!! Much respect!!

[@andyinpa1]

I remember the Road Warriors always getting paired against The Mulkey Brothers in the Crocket TV trappings. Those 10 second matches were comical.

[@victormodjeski4173]

I had front row in Chicago, back in the 80s,warriors vs steve olsonowski and rock n roll Buczumhoff. Met rock n roll a few yrs ago. He remembered the match like it was yesterday.

[@chadk890]

Bart was Mid Atlantic Champion in the NWA.

[@r0ckstar666]

So, was the red rooster Terry Taylor

[@pauljoyner4338]

@@r0ckstar666 By the time Terry Taylor got to Jim Crockett Promotions the Mid-Atlantic title had been retired. You must be thinking of the Mid-South championship. That was one of Taylor's first areas he worked in back in the territory days.

[@starwars518]

National heavyweight champion and he was MA tag champ also

[@williamschutz4982]

The Golden days....... Back when you could go to GNC and purchase GHB.

[@CraigSmithII]

Bret Hart said in his book that Kevin Sullivan had got messed up from that shit. He thought Sullivan was having a bad seizure & come to find out,he was over his GHB dosage

[@davem.372]

YEA it was called scoop, it was ghb but nicknamed scoop. That was the late 80s

[@MikeyReaper864]

Is that the "energy drink" shot he was talking about at the beginning?

[@davem.372]

@@MikeyReaper864 yea but there was no energy drinks in late 80s, that was ghb aka scoop. You could buy it in health stores 30 yrs ago, true story

[@ChrisfromGeorgia]

Search KZbin for: Big Lenny Overdose Transformx Anyways, that is what GHB will do if you take too much.

[@keetmadu1054]

RIP Animal/Joe You and Hawk were my favorite wrestlers of all time. Really sad you guys are not here anymore.

[@KD_SWAGGER]

Road Warriors are the best tag team ever!

[@erics8018]

Yeah if pushed to the moon and never had to sell much is all anyone is saying though. People respect them and know they the best

[@KD_SWAGGER]

@@erics8018 👏🏻

[@405boy4]

The infamous Road Warriors Aka the greatest tag team ever.

[@davep1103]

EVER !

[@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru]

Scott and Rick Steiner say Hi

[@mma1st105]

Thus guy could have his own podcast and probably should. He can get all the guys from that era that are left to come on. I'd listen and I was never even a pro wrestling fan.

[@mckinneyanthony250]

Man I was a big fan of professional wrestling when I was a kid but it’s not worth destroying your own body to give people who don’t know you great matches

[@KEICRUMBIE]

Didn't think as a child that he was such a nice guy.

[@nookguy4318]

FLORIDA GATOR yooo flordia gator?? Wow thats where im from. Ganiesville flordia

[@jdslim19]

Texas Trash Compactor was a helliva finishing move!!! Especially when he hit Sam Houston with it to capture yhe Mid Atlantic title!!!!

[@shawne1806]

Awesome interviews bro

[@steveg2251]

Great set of interview segments.

[@davep1103]

THE GREATEST TAG TEAM E-V-E-R !

[@fallguye6011]

Road Warriors' book is a great read and Animal tells all about them. Started out with about 6 or 7 bouncers in Chicago, Minneapolis and those guys went on to become some pretty big name guys. Rick Rude, Ultimate Warrior, Nikita Koloff, and John Nord were a few of them.

[@bonor6]

I drank that shit before work and drove a forklift through my bosses office

[@jpayne3616]

He is talking about the juice that hogan always had in his fanny pack. Lol

[@deedle6073]

Juvi-Juice lol!

[@scotshuthats5268]

Cool story Bart, thank you.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

love the BB interviews & he's basically saying in a very nice way as far as skills/being good workers they were one of the worst teams ever Hawk was a just a thin line above Ultimate Warrior impressive physique, boundless energy but almost looked lost in the ring(drugs or no drugs)

[@rickya3877]

LOVE his stories!!!

[@angelgonzalez3411]

In my opinion, they were one of the greatest tag team champions' ever🏆. Followed by Hart foundation, and Strike Force.

[@reggiefurlow1]

Sounds like the good old days of supplements with ephedrine

[@joeyfingaz388]

For sure lol

[@rioducci4798]

Aghhhhhhh what a rush!!!!! Chicago baby!!!

[@joemomma3208]

They were the only team who would come to the ring win the match and leave to the back before their theme music ended. When Ironman started playing you knew you were in trouble.

[@davep1103]

DEM GUYZ WASN’T NO TYPE OF JOKE ! NONE !

[@georgelucas5349]

Animals power slam hands down no one does it better!!!

[@gregorylevi1826]

I loved watching LOD face The Long Riders. Those guys were kinda like Black Bart.

[@johngallagher72]

Wild Bill and Scott Hogg Irwin ..very good and underrated team that seem to be forgotten about in wrestling history .

[@Beetlejuice2959]

I remember years ago that Animal was in a single match in WCW as a one off against the Undertaker in his Mean Mark persona. No idea why it happened, all I can think is that he pissed off Animal somehow as Animal beat the living crap out of him and think may actually have been disqualified lol

[@lexbeltran1354]

Hawk and Animal were bouncers in bars, never heard of them being collection guys

[@J-Colt]

In most shoots I've noticed it was the lower to mid card guys who give the best shoots.

[@MattyV1974]

Great story teller, looking forward to hearing his Nature Boy stories.

[@calebjanus2000]

This is great.

[@frizzyred1292]

I never seen this guy wrestle, a bit before my time but I could listen to him all day lol. Great shoot. Also, can i recommend you guys interview, Ken Patera? He is another guy that is great to listen to.

[@wkcave]

frizzy red you mean you never seen him “rassle?” What is “wrestle?”

[@georgetaylor2024]

Thank you for sharing

[@1981CrueHead]

He looks healthy. Glad to see him

[@PolarizedCandy]

UrbanAquarius what? He looks overweight; he’s clearly showing signs of high blood pressure, and he’s showing signs of labored breathing. Maybe healthy compared to the dog shit health the “average” American is in, but not healthy by any reasonable medical standard

[@1981CrueHead]

@@PolarizedCandy he looks healthy compared to some of his contemporaries, a lot of guys in his line of work don't live that long.

[@erichammer8434]

RIP ANIMAL!!

[@marksolarz3756]

AWA they did well! Verne was fair but firm. They did very well!

[@johnbutler4130]

Ron Bass AKA Ronnie Heard from Arkansas. He was a great guy.

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

High on moonshine, but sounds cool guy wish him a great life

[@herbquarterman377]

The best tag team of all time

[@bwill578]

Best tag team ever

[@jimmybrock6593]

Black Bart awesome pro wrestler with personality and charisma .2 natural traits ,can't be taught. Like. Blackjack mulligan or Brute Bernard believable and willing to please the crowd. Unlike the gimmicks promoted today. Natural talent. 😮😊

[@MC-rf8sx]

Black Bart is awesome he should do a meet a greet because I would go

[@abab-cf3xv]

Road warriors the best tag team ever

[@randallw1977]

I remember Black Bart. He was Cowboy Bart with Bass here when we had Mid-Atlantic. I saw Bart in the main event of my first time seeing them in person. It was February of '85 in Tarboro at the high school. He was up against Manny Fernandez. I got my program book autograph by both.

[@charlescaldwell9449]

Road Warriors Aka Mafia Muscle I believe it

[@filmaker256]

It was mainly because they were just to damn rough in the ring! They would throw you over their damb head before you had a chance to "lock - up"

[@emperorburton]

I wouldn’t want to work with anybody who didn’t sell my moves either.

[@norms3913]

He did a brief stint in Paul Jones army briefly at one time before joining jj dillions stud stable

[@daveoliphant2889]

Hawk and animal rule always have always will

[@mikesmith2718]

Never really remember Black Bart from back in the day but man he seems like a hilarious guy to be around and a genuine one of the boys type of guy

[@norms3913]

He teamed up with the late ron bass in the stud stable with jj Dillon as manager

[@peteoneprestigious6st]

He was mostly a low card/jobber in the late 80s in WWF

[@peteoneprestigious6st]

I remember he would team up with Barry Horrowitz sometimes 😆 LoL 😆

[@taym510Oak]

Legendary 💯💯

[@norms3913]

He was better teamed up with Ron bass in the stud stable with jj Dillon as manager

[@KwamtumPshX]

What the hell were they drinking that got them so jacked up?!?

[@BigRooster616]

What you seen on tv is what you got . That was Mike and Joe !

[@angelgonzalez3411]

It's called, "Sizzurp Purple Drink."

[@falconfoot5769]

Love the LOD vs SST wars!

[@chrisgoffe5048]

..when they did there finishing move on the Nasty Boys

[@diablo666541]

I like Bart spread in Waterford I recognise that FM road

[@RealArtfulDodger]

"Buck Schotz Woods Wipe" LOL like WTF? Toilet paper for hunters?

[@rayokeefe3800]

Wow,so funny hearing these funny stories, heard Hacksaw tell a funny one too,how Andre wrapped his Uniform strap around his neck to choke him,but went in his mouth instead, an he got a mouthful of the giants sweat in him,an he ended up spewing off the ring apron,many many moons ago now. :)

[@keysersoze5920]

I met "Animal" in 1990 at Gold's Gym in Foster City, CA. He asked me to spot him on incline bench, which I did. Very strong man. Very nice man, especially when he stuck-up for another gym member there who was being bullied by the "Ultimate Warrior." I don't know exactly what "Animal" told the "Warrior," but the latter immediately left the gym "with his tail between his legs."

[@coldflame1450]

Joe Sermeno but ultimate warrior was stronger right

[@claycollins9852]

Oh trust me Joe was stronger. His arms alone were like the size of the Warrior's waist.

[@claycollins9852]

Amazing, i also met both men in 1990 at Clark's Pro Gym in Albuquerque. My dad worked security when the wrestlers and bodybuilders and would come to town. My dad was also a very successful bodybuider and a PA so they respected the hell outta him. Joe was super cool. One of my favorites. Warrior was an a hole. He told me, a twelve year old kid to piss off. My old man and a few others checked him good on that. Joe was one of those guys. Crazy the parallels between our two experiences. Also, years later i was engaged to a girl who grew up around Joe in Minnesota. And on top of that, my grandmothers neighbor, Gary, was cousins with Barry Darsow. That's Smash from Demolition. And to a lesser degree the Repo man. I had the best childhood if you were a wrestling fan. I got to meet almost all of them back then. Just say a name and i probably met em.

[@whatever_it_takes6691]

How many plates?

[@keysersoze5920]

@@whatever_it_takes6691 On each side of the bar he had 4-45s & 1-25 and did 3X8 of incline bench. Later he was doing 6X3 shrugs with each side of the bar full to the end with 45s. Math says..?

[@abuhassan9321]

Precious Paul!

[@davep1103]

YES SIR !

[@chriscraven9335]

I can tell you why without even watching this: they left destroyed pushes and gimmicks in their wake everywhere they went, with their no selling and no jobbing.

[@jcelldogs]

1000% the truth. Lod/road warriors remind me of a hulk hogan if sorts. Calling their shots with management of wrestling companies and getting their way. Vince McMahon attempted to sign the road warriors in 1986 and couldn't. They created demolition as a replacement of sorts even though they were not the same. . Demolition were heels and rose in popularity as heels requiring a face turn. After dominating the tag division and getting their 3rd tag belts, McMahon finally got his wish in early/mid 1990 signing hawk and animal. I'm almost certain they lobbied to get their way as a favor of signing that demolition was to be destroyed to clear the path for their rise. Demolition immediately went from dominating everything, to adding crush and turning heel and losing every match. Even more so an insulting job to a Japanese team at wrestlemania 7. Same with the hart foundation. The tag division literally within months of lods arrival went into the shitter. Demolition, hart foundation, rockers, powers of pain, were all pretty much killed off in 1990 and 91 and non existent in 92. Nobody teams like the Beverly brothers, Hercules and Roma, the orient Express, the overrated nasty boys, etc were the new teams. Ok there was earthquake and tugboat but still. It went way downhill quick, probably not by accident.

[@spyoung777]

jcelldogs don’t forget that before LOD went to WWE, Vince acquired The Powers of Pain - Warlord & Barbarian, who copied LOD completely. I always thought Barbarian should’ve been part of the LOD.

[@jcelldogs]

@@spyoung777 correct. I just firmly believe that a condition of lod going to wwf in 1990 was the separation of the powers of pain, and having demolition go away. The road warriors were horrible in ring performers that legitimately hurt people and only got over because of their bad boy image and a familiar song from black sabbath called "iron man." That's what made them. The went to wwf and didnt want anything in their way or any doubt who the fan favorites were. That's why demolition had to turn heel and turn into jobbers and a team with no direction. It was all haw and animals doing with behind the scene politics.

[@bentnosewp]

jcelldogs good synopsis. I recall this but never put two and two together

[@2126beatz]

@@jcelldogs very good. 💯

[@johngallagher72]

Wasnt the original LOD Warriors , Rude and King Komg Bundy ...pretty sure he was a part of Ellerings stable around this time.

[@diablo666541]

Lod didn't start till wwf.

[@AMadLanza]

He could very easily be my kin folk from the way he looks and acts. Call me uncle bart!

[@bended6927]

Crazy he my uncle also

[@AMadLanza]

@@bended6927 Cousin Ed is that really you???

[@AndraeS19751]

Hawk was Wild 😂😂😂😂

[@Cbear3450]

I would have been scared to death to see Hawk all wired up on that energy stuff!

[@fallguye6011]

You probably did in the early days when they stormed the ring. Rarely do I recall Hawk laid back like Animal was.

[@TheKonsy]

What energy stuff was it?

[@Cbear3450]

TheKonsy, an energy something that normal humans should definitely stay away from.

[@TheKonsy]

@@Cbear3450 yh but what lol

[@Cbear3450]

TheKonsy, you’ll have to ask ol’ Black Bart for the answer to that one.

[@brandonyouth5241]

Black Bart from World Class? Wow nice to see him doing good

[@r0ckstar666]

Just because you are alive does not mean you are doing good

[@markstiburski2502]

I remember watching them on nwa wcw on Sat putting their finisher on some jobber thinking well that dudes dead

[@jamailwalker5875]

I loved the Road Warriors they were my favorite tag-team ever to me no tag-team was better then those guy's. Animal and Hawk had the coolest ring entrance ever. I know Hawk is in heaven kicking ass and raising hell.

[@calebchris100]

He traveled the southern territories I saw him in ft worth Texas as a kid in world class championship wrestling. Back when wrestling was good and had great gimmicks. Now it’s a bunch of cooperate junk.

[@poppapips7493]

Drink was ultimate orange...heavy use late 80s till illegal...reformulated now and not the same at all

[@619DioFan]

Original ultimate orange was the shit. used to take it after working a graveyard shift then hit the gym. even after being up all night at work you could slam tons of weight, stuff was spiked with everything and the kitchen sink.

[@poppapips7493]

@@619DioFan took it too until I watched a friend lifting have a heart attack at 26. Wadnt clogged artieries. Apparently the arteries can spasm and close under intense stress. Exsessive Heavy weights + ultimate O = major pump and hence his spasm. Dead 26 year old.

[@haitiyouyou76]

@@poppapips7493 Goodness gracious!

[@keebz75]

Used to mix it with can of Mountain Dew!!! Some of the best workouts you’d ever have. But afterwards it was sleepy time. They banned it cuz some kid died during wrestling match or something like that.

[@blake7871]

Poppa Pips Yep. I’ve read about coronary artery spasms. Excessive cocaine use can cause the same thing.

[@rolindahlquist3124]

They worked stiff, pretty sure that was why nobody wanted to work with them. Animal has said when they started they were really green and didn't know how to work well yet. It came with time.

[@lordstanleyjr2015]

Tough as nails !

[@turdbglr]

I remember Georgia league back in the early 80’s. Road warriors would beat the shit out of roger bond on a regular basis

[@mikenyce539]

Well to me, Animal sold more work than Hawk. Hawk got better as the years went on, (against Steiners, H. Heat and Powered of Pain) But that's because they could give as much as they could take.. L.O.D didn't have much of a choice 😂 They were just about Done by the time they got to WWF.... Quik Story I wish it was on KZbin... Road Warriors AGAINST Rick Steamboat and Jay YoungBlood. Just won the NWA World TT title from Sgt Slaughter and Don Kernoodle after fighting for a year or so.. Came matches and EVERYTHING... Made a guest appearance on Mid-Atlantic for Champion vs Champion. Road Warriors (Mid-Atlantic Champion).. The Road Warriors whipped THEIR ass like they was some Jobbers and got Disqualified so the championship wouldn't change hands.... As a young teenager my mouth just dropped, as a adult I still laugh my ass off every time I hear a Story about them being stiff

[@strongbrave]

Road Warriors were cautious around Kevin von Erich.

[@DionKhnum]

So were they afraid of the RW. I saw them wrestle at the Los Angeles sports arena.

[@robertrouse6403]

Because they were better than the others more than likely

[@scaccu]

are LoD praised for the same reason Ultimate Warrior was hated?

[@jcelldogs]

Yes. 100% they are. If u mean by not having any real talent and just being sloppy and rough with people...then yes.

[@davidstephens5603]

John Parrella didn’t seem to give a fuck. When he just got done playing his last game at Nebraska, before he started a 12 year NFL career, he knocked one of those fools face off his head for making racial slurs to one of his team mates in Japan.

[@076Tay]

What's a locker room & what was he putting in it

[@TitleMatchWrestling]

It was GHB also known as "scoop"

[@MAC_6.7]

Title Match Wrestling that for real? They were taking powdered roofies? Lol

[@matsuwd-emethdaath4002]

If you saw these 2 guys coming to the ring...I would think you would not want to rassle with these beasts !😂😶

[@thejmc4074]

Those hosses would lay a beating on guys. No joke either one of them.

[@nathanwanner..44]

I wouldn’t want to wrestle those monsters those guys are way to tough

[@neilgoldring4832]

Knock Knock......... Who is it?........ The Road Warriors! We're here to get get that 💰 you owe us!.............. Oh F--K!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Nepthu]

The Road Warriors had a reputation of being tough guys, and everyone was afraid of Hawk. Yet, the Brawl for All proved that Hawk barely knew how to throw a punch. Many of the "best" fighters are by reputation only with no evidence to back it up.