Bobby Heenan says he "was jobbed" by Tunney in 1987

[@RickinBaltimore]

This is a great example of selling an event. He was "mocking" the location but he made sure to emphasize the location, time etc. Basically selling the show in the promo and done in a way to make you want to see it.

[@TheOriginalFreak]

This also serves the purpose of hyping up the grandeur of the event and the extraordinary talents of the wrestlers, a so of "You folks don't realize what a bargain you are getting if you buy tickets to come see this as rich people in far off cities have to pay a lot more to see this show." I'm certain there is an industry term for it, at least back in the Mad Men days of marketing or in the vaudeville or traveling circus eras. This is in the ballpark of "Negging" as implemented by the character Barney Stinson on HIMYM, where in Barney would "Compliment" a woman in a non-sarcastic tone by making a statement involving a perceived negative quality of the woman in a positive way. For example "Wow, I've never met a woman who can pull of oily hair, but you do!" or "Hey, you look great! How much weight have you lost in the last year now, 50, 60 lbs?". Psychologically, the belief is that instead of getting upset at the person delivering the statement, the woman would lower her own self esteem, thus making the person who uttered the statement viewed more positively, or at least having more value relatively speaking, especially since that person made the comment in a tone and fashion that sounded complimentary in nature.

[@thelionsshare6668]

Yeah, this was textbook. Generating heat, and talking fans into the arena, and putting his guys over. All at the same time.

[@randypoffo5634]

I am from Kitchener and was at this show as a 12 year old. It was awesome.

[@TheRSTD1]

Kitchener Memorial Auditorium must’ve outbid both the LA and NYC markets for that match! The real action goes down in Kitchener!!

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

Heenan was such a genius promo. Drawing heat from the arena, the wrestlers, and himself.

[@Feedyoursouldaily]

Billy Red Lions! "Don't you dare miss it!"

[@rsb512]

Phenomenal promo by The Brain!

[@DevoJetBoy]

Pure AWESOME! This is what the WWE lacks today.

[@MadDogOfist]

I'm going to Kitchner on Wednesday.

[@gregsaddie]

Tomorrow is Wed July 22nd! Lol

[@rphillip1086]

Yeah, Bobby really got some color back in his face. Will be worth it to see that alone.

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

Bobby Heenan heeling on other heels, I LOVE IT!!!!!

[@larrykuntz823]

"There's over a ton of human being in that ring!" There will never be another Brain

[@lallu316]

Don't you dare miss it!

[@jakejp74]

This promo just made me go looking for the event somewhere online

[@MrWrestlingman85]

Now it would've been awesome if video footage of both of these matches were here. These sound like great matches.

[@HoustonIsImmortal]

Awesome how Heenan essentially used reverse psychology to promote both events!

[@massimoricciardi6202]

The Paul Heyman of his day.

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

@@massimoricciardi6202 lmfao no. Hernan, cornette hart; these guys are in leagues of their own. Heyman is great, but hes not on their level for comparison.

[@frankbrazil7918]

back in uganda chuckin spears.. lol. love the brain

[@johnwilburn]

Today, the left wing social police would deem it racist and herds of people would decide it offended them. Heenan's creativity would be so stifled today, I don't know if he could even get over.

[@ArkOmen1]

@@johnwilburn Ha ha yes the pc propaganda cancel culture mob would be all over this! Out in Uganda chuckin spears working at a fast food restaurant....hilarious!

[@wateo1782]

@@johnwilburn Jim Cornette got removed from NWA for a similar joke.

[@johnwilburn]

@@wateo1782 I know. NWA’s leadership is a failure. Praying to the PC gods will never deliver prosperity.

[@michaelsuder486]

@@wateo1782 when

[@bpcraig]

Yep. He was "Dingo" in World Class.

[@metaforcesaber]

Wow I did not expect there to be a mention of the dingo warrior in the WWF. I thought they changed his gimmick before he joined.

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

He wrestled briefly still as Dingo. Vince changed him to Ultimate, and the rest is history.

[@1AstralKing]

That moment you realize they were promoting the Ultimate Warrior vs The Brooklyn Brawler and it wasn’t a squash match.

[@tommya1366]

I‘be always wanted to see the King Kong Bundy vs Kamala match! They always showed a second of it in the introduction on Saturday morning wrestling.

[@thek-d-froma-d2263]

the brain would take a ton of hits as manager....flying over the top ropes...and getting layed out....best ever...

[@MrSsfsfsf]

"There's over a ton of human being in that ring"

[@wigsy99]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@markmullins5822]

RIP Bobby and Billy Red

[@LifeOnWelfareIsGreat]

Great to see Maple Leaf Wrestling footage. I remember watching it on CHCH channel 11 way back in the 80's. Sucked when it was replaced with Shotgun in the 90's.

[@steeltownbrown52]

That's the attitude era for ya?.

[@LifeOnWelfareIsGreat]

vb

[@martyzimmerman9418]

I watched maple leaf wrestling NWA and WWF on CHCH in Buffalo

[@ferox965]

Loved Maple Leaf Wrestling.

[@mattnelson8833]

i remember those were the days, now wwe isnt great as it is

[@realazduffman]

Interesting how these Canadian cards got just slightly different play and promotion than they would in the USA.

[@ferox965]

I'm Canadian. We definitely got huge promo up here for the Canuck cards. Loved Maple Leaf Wrestling...you got different matches than on Superstars at the time. The 80s was a great time to grow up watching wrestling...I had WWF, AWA, Stampede, Lutte Internationale, and since my grandfather had a satellite dish, we would watch NWA together.

[@djdarq6311]

What can I say… even back then we required a bit more intellect with our entertainment

[@DaringDarkwingDuck]

July 23rd? Awesome, I'll be there.

[@jaroncreed]

it was 30 years ago dumbshit

[@DaringDarkwingDuck]

Someone didn't get the joke. And you call *me* dumbshit.

[@DaringDarkwingDuck]

okay dumbshit.

[@jaroncreed]

DaringDarkwingDuck exactly as I thought, back down sit down and shut your fucking mouth shitboy

[@almostlivechannelkjlw-42pr4]

Rest in peace Kamala and King Kong Bundy

[@chazzanschutz6096]

Who was the heel in that match?

[@RonaldDregan]

Bobby Heenan was hilarious

[@PunkSlapper123]

It was always cool back in the 80s when the WWF would put on heel vs. heel matches. It seemed like they did this a lot up in Canada and not usually matches that would be on TV in the U.S.

[@chuckcookus]

Speaking of jobbing I can't think of another manager that sold personal humiliation of himself better than Bobby. 95% of the time he's an arrogant heel and the other five he spends humiliating himself (maybe something as simple as having a jacket stuck over his head) thereby earning a tremendous pop from the fans. He had *no* ego when it came to his persona.

[@Off-The-Top-Of-My-Head]

The Brady Boone vs Barry Horowitz wasn’t given much play. I was THERE! It was the MAIN EVENT and what a match it was. Ahhh, I remember it like it was yesterday

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Dingo Warrior was early version Ultimate Warrior

[@ninjacrumbs]

I`m from Kitchener!!!!! How the FUCK did I miss this when I was a kid?!?

[@lordofbathurst]

This stuff is a little before my time but its so interesting to see Canada was getting love with shows I had no idea, I thought kids from southern Ontario like myself would have to drive down to the States to see shows

[@ScottSimpson]

Southern Ontario has a long, rich wrestling history. Up until the 90s, Jack Tunney ran maple leaf wrestling based in Toronto, with regular stops in Brantford, Kitchener, Hamilton, Oshawa and London, probably more. Occasionally they'd run smaller places like Newmarket.

[@905JimRaynor]

THE DINGO WARRIOR ! ! !

[@philcitta4277]

the look lyons has at 2:3o is priceless after that comment

[@gqloc5987]

I loved this stuff as a kid during this time. I even learned how to do a lot of their moves i would say expertly and i made a lot of others cry too because they couldn't take the bumps. 😆 I even won a gym locker room fight and finished off the kid who was way bigger and meatier than I with the 🐪 clutch shades of Sheiky Baby himself - The Iron Sheik!

[@SylvainBernier-t5l]

Bobby Heenan was a pure genius.

[@jonathannichols2043]

I saw Bundy vs Kamala in Oakland. I thought it would be cool. 2 minutes 2 neutral tackles double count out.

[@kronos911]

I was at the Peterborough show, I remember that Hart/Bulldog match.

[@quadraticresidue]

Good to see Billy Red Lyons there. Heenan, as always was great. I’m sure Jim Powers and Paul Roma did well in their match.

[@gerardkowalski7683]

Luvd when Slick would call him Billy Dead Head Lyons .

[@TommyVinMI]

they would do hundreds of these local spots a week, love seeing these.. Never knew Harley had the "Handsome" moniker in the F

[@ScottSimpson]

This was some months before he won King Of The Ring. At this point in his run, he seemed decidedly out of place: Just a tough SOB with boots and tights who called himself "Handsome" but looked older than most.

[@michaelsuder486]

He shouldn't have. Just look at him - it makes absolutely no sense. Him using Handsome to describe himself is definitely very heelish

[@shaolin1derpalm]

Billy red lions looked more bad ass for an old man than I remember.

[@yardlet6]

Brad Rheingans on the card!

[@pbrickley6247]

Gene Okerlund was not allowed to participate in telecasts from Canada for reasons never fully explained.

[@RedyPiper]

Is that right? I never knew that.

[@shaolin1derpalm]

Not entirely accurate. Billy Red Lions was a Canadian star and Canada has kind of strict rules about having a specified amount of Canaduan talent representing on a show for that speciific market. Also it may have been k the Tinnwy Contract. London over to the east was Tunney territory back in the day.

[@lancecampbell4323]

Shaolin, to quote the Iron Sheik, “You are absolutely right!” By using Billy Red, the show was considered Canadian by the government as stations has to show so many hours of Canadian content per day. Mean Gene would have made the exact same promo American. Welcome to Socialism. Fun fact: The same regulations led to the creation of the McKenzie brothers on SCTV, which made Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas stars.

[@battlestarmarc]

Heenan was so funny.

[@Koexistence13]

Dingo Warrior

[@ozzymorrison8628]

Brooklyn brawler jobbing to the warrior as always

[@wwmoggy]

I saw the peterborough show it was good

[@pbrick6301]

whoa!!! did bobby heenan say something about kamala chucking something? only in 1987.

[@hexkwondo]

Well to be fair, his gimmick was a primitive warrior from a Ugandan tribe.

[@michaelsuder486]

He was from an African tribe. They "chuck" spears when hunting. People like you finding racism where it isn't

[@arthurjlofton]

He pretty much said this word often on TV after WMlll! Especially on Prime Time Wrestling!

[@johns3491]

"Mr Kamala, you're gonna be back in Uganda chucking spears" - Ooh boy, I'm sure absolutely no wrestling fan will ever take that out of context in 2022 😅

[@michaelsuder486]

I agree with you but there isn't anything offensive about what he said. A native chucking spears? That's how they hunt.

[@johns3491]

@@michaelsuder486 Yes, I know, but there is the term "spear chucker", which is just as offensive as the N-word. But yes, at face value, I know exactly what Bobby meant.

[@teller1290]

The Tunney thing was great. Everybody knew he was a nobody but him schmucking around as WWWF "President" was hilarious, esp playing off him (like Heenan).

[@fergusdonaghy3124]

The interviewer looks like Peter sellers

[@barrybear2011]

Never knew Brad Rheingans was in the WWF.

[@ScottSimpson]

Wasn't for long, and never got exposure beyond doing some jobs on TV. But in 1987, who were you going to go work for?

[@markmullins5822]

Scott Simpson Crockett

[@steeltownbrown52]

Was Macho Man still a heel then?

[@markmullins5822]

Kind of Tweening but almost a Face. His Face Turn was solitified on Saturday Night's Main Event when he shook hands with Hulk Hogan to form The Mega Powers in October 1987

[@Parlimant_Strifey]

You tell em Bobby. That Macho Man doesn't want people to know he is a Poffo, what a no-good man. Savage is a Poffo!!!

[@canarsienyc]

Dire straits!!! lol

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Interesting...Brad Rheingans in the WWF?

[@TigrMchine]

was Kamal v Bundy a Heel vs. heel match???

[@harps1974]

37 Steve Lombardi Vs Dingo"Ultimate" Warrior

[@kevinproctor7090]

WCW WAS KING AT BINGO HALL ARENA EG BUILDINGS BIG ENOUGH TO SWING A CAT!3RD RATE TOWNS EG MANCHESTER!

[@harlequin75]

Barry Horowitz was the greatest piece of talent

[@TheRSTD1]

😂 only if he was sharing the ring with Iron Mike Sharpe or Salvatore Palomo.

[@RickMercer4PM]

Hey bud do you have anything from 1990-1993? Thanks in advance, bud. p.s. please check out my Canadian WWF TV videos!

[@johngallagher72]

The Dingo Warrior ...translation ....Ultimate Warrior ...dark match.

[@randysavage4801]

I miss these days maple leaf wrestling

[@grawakendream8980]

He wasn’t using the word as an in-term.

[@battlestarmarc]

lol 1:54. Heenan was awesome.

[@ryanvollmer9159]

Who is the guy holding the mic?

[@alanmartino8727]

Billy "Red" Lyons

[@lawrencesaundersjr6354]

Back when I was growing up it was good,now I wouldn't even watch it.

[@michaelsuder486]

That was an odd promo. Between the matchups (heel v heels) and a rare instance of Bobby sounding kind of confused. However, he sold the event like a pro. Used a form of reverse psychology to promote the venue

[@jasonwilkins4864]

Who is this.guy????

[@holidayeveryday550]

Tunney always jobbed poor Bobby

[@cmwuscfan]

Money for nothing ...chicks for free

[@MadDogOfist]

Plus, I bet they didn't pay Dire Straits for their use of "Money for Nothing"

[@JeffreyJetsKohut]

What ever happened to this Dingo Warrior?

[@markmullins5822]

No one really knows but you wear his symbol upon your brow

[@alanmartino8727]

Doing gay Australian porn

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

"Money For Nothing"!

[@BaronTurco]

Unfortunately, yes he did.

[@michaelrubin4832]

I heard Heenan didn't like Tunney in real life

[@easytherepilgrim2339]

These are only 'horrible cards' for those who have short attention spans. When every match has to be 'exciting' with 20 high-flying near-pins, all that crap, it gets boring after a while. I miss the days of mismatches where guys just got demolished.

[@frankcabanski9409]

Today's wrestling - modern day spot fests and no personality script readers - is boring.

[@josephaufrecht5508]

@Lewis 970 Dude your on drugs the shit today is garbage and just plain bullshit.

[@josephaufrecht5508]

@Lewis 970 I too liked and watched the Nwa

[@gregp103]

Jobbers fighting jobbers has nothing to do with short attention spans and flips. When Brady Boone goes over you have a weak card.

[@blindterrytucci2752]

Those are two of the worst cards I've ever heard.

[@ScottSimpson]

Definitely a 'C' show, but in those days, TV jobber vs. TV jobber was still a good match, because both guys were seasoned workers who knew their role and got the crowd going.

[@steeltownbrown52]

Even superstar vs. jobber would get more time (rather than being just another squash match you'd see on Superstars or Challenge). I remember seeing one on WWF Wrestling on CHCH with Pistol Pez Whatley vs. Tugboat from Madison Square Garden. But, I think those cards seem pretty interesting, heel vs. heel in King Kong Bundy and Kamala. One half of the Killer Bees and one half of the Young Stallions teaming together.

[@ajax420336]

Horrible card, besides the main event.

[@michaelsuder486]

It's not a bad card at all. There are a few bad matches The best match would probably be Hart Foundation v Bulldogs.

[@ah0731]

horrible cards. wow

[@mrparkinson]

Billy Red Lyons was the worst!

[@markmullins5822]

Still better than Michael Cole

[@gregsaddie]

Don't ya dare miss him!

[@gregsaddie]

The hardest to listen to was Jack Renolds

[@hymansahak181]

No he wasn’t. He was a good spokesperson and promoter of the Canadian SW Ontario territory.

[@gregsaddie]

@@hymansahak181 He was a great guy. But when he and Jessie did the Wwf for Canada broadcast, it was sort of awkward. Jessie was an improvement over Angelo Mosca,vwho I guess was worse than Jack. :). Maybe looking back I'll revist if any of those shows existed. But I remembered wishing at the time that Vince McMahon would do the Brantford shows

[@acgarner9464]

Paul Roma no show in Kitchener as Johnny K9 took his place as fans booed.Muraco replaced Billy Jack vs Hercules

[@ravenlit]

I'd no-show Kitchener too. I don't blame Roma one bit.

[@RustyShackleford237]

Promoter Jack Tunney lol

[@ravenlit]

That's what Tunney was in real life. He promoted the Canadian shows in Ontario (and possibly Manitoba?). Tunney only played a President on TV.

[@randysavage4801]

I miss these days maple leaf wrestling