You want respect???? Nick Bockwinkel never wrestled ONE match in WWE and he is in their hall of fame. THAT's MAD RESPECT!!!
@CP-kb1du3 жыл бұрын
That is Mad Payoff since he single handed Bankrupt the AWA for refusing to put Hogan over ....wake up ... Vince made Hogan the star he was ....
@Airsoftcleaner3 жыл бұрын
@@CP-kb1du I think that was Verne Gagne's bad decision making that Bankrupted the AWA, Nick had nothing to do with that
@bobbyhulll87373 жыл бұрын
@@CP-kb1du actually if you watch those AWA Matches Hogan was over like crazy....he was extremely popular and kicked Bockwinkels ass, just to have it reversed on a technicality he needed a foil they didn't have a stable of other wrestlers to go after every week that could reasonably have a chance with Hogan...that wasn't Hogan's first run at WWF either
@kevindouglas53333 жыл бұрын
Brickhouse Brown and Pez Watley is too. Let's not make WWE hall of fame mean Jack Squat
@bobbyhulll87373 жыл бұрын
@@kevindouglas5333 it may be fake but it’s all there is
@prairiehawker7 жыл бұрын
Nick did a great impression there...lol. I met Nick years ago in an airport and got to talk to him for awhile. He was the most gracious and nice guy you could imagine. It was a dream come true for me as I loved him as a heel when I was a kid.
@tuckerthecat23633 жыл бұрын
That's cool. I saw him wrestle Andre for AWA title when I was 6 or 7 with my dad. Double count out finish by the way.
@Ijustinsultedyou3 жыл бұрын
No you didn’t
@uainjansun2 жыл бұрын
@@Ijustinsultedyou what do you even know
@Ijustinsultedyou2 жыл бұрын
@@uainjansun I know you was a mistake.
@greatesttoysevermade36933 жыл бұрын
Nick Bockwinkel and Bobby Heenan in the 1970’s AWA, pure gold baby!
@thomasswafford2503 жыл бұрын
He was pure class. Always looked like a million dollars. Smart man as well. He set the standard.
@bobbyhulll87373 жыл бұрын
they wanted him at WWF to be the million dollar man ..
@pooddescrewch87183 жыл бұрын
Nick Bockwinkel was a ring general . I rate him with Harley Race and Terry Funk as being a guy who never wrestled the same match twice and could adapt to any opponent , IF I was the owner of a new territory I would want Nick Bockwinkel to have role in developing it .
@terryscott20073 жыл бұрын
Got to meet Nick Bockwinkle, very nice and I learned a lot from him 😊
@tuckerthecat23633 жыл бұрын
Bockwinkel was great. RIP champ
@PilatesGuy13 жыл бұрын
Had the pleasure of attending a non-wrestling presentation he gave about 1972 or so at the new Student Union at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Standing room only. Classy, intelligent man. RIP.
@InvisibleHotdog2 жыл бұрын
What was he presenting?
@PilatesGuy12 жыл бұрын
@@InvisibleHotdog Good question. Honestly, it was so long ago I simply don't remember. I do remember the place was packed and nobody left early. He was very good!
@brianlogan42432 жыл бұрын
There is a lot of Nick Bockwinkle in Ric Flair. I met him once at a convention, a very nice man and respectful of the business and of us fans. He was the same on camera as off, making him believable.
@stevedrums16752 жыл бұрын
Saw him wrestle a few times in NJ at the Meadowlands for the Pro Wrestling USA cards. It was a privilege. he was just so smooth, cocky and the perfect 'asshole'. So good at what he did.
@Desstrik3 жыл бұрын
Love Bockwinkel.. One of the best ever imho..
@towmater70815 жыл бұрын
Nick Was the champion back when i was a young boy . Loved wrestling back then and now . Guess i never grew up
@kingsports11133 жыл бұрын
I'm with you
@stephens94623 жыл бұрын
Same here. Grew up in the 70s and early eighties in Minnesota.
@ecwwwrasslin76632 жыл бұрын
Slick Nick!
@troymoody32583 жыл бұрын
Big fan of nick bockwinkle watched him wrestle 45 minutes unreal wrestling start a riot every yime
@screamingbaboon6643 жыл бұрын
He started a riot every time? Cool. What did you do when they started rioting? Where'd you see him?
@godsnobody29153 жыл бұрын
Ive heard stories too about Mad Dog kicking people's butts for bothering him while eating. He'd get up from the table, go outside and batter the fool for picking on him or a friend, then come back inside and finish his food. A legitimate tough guy, as many of them were back in the day.
@chasjacks93782 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing he loved to drink. Andre was the same. I think the Frenchmen just consume a lot of alcohol.
@ASwagPecan3 жыл бұрын
when wrestlers looked like adults
@ricolewis29493 жыл бұрын
IKR?
@CP-kb1du3 жыл бұрын
When Wrestlers look like used cars salesmen .....
@bigvanpapi3 жыл бұрын
@@CP-kb1du I want a crappy & rusty El Camino from Bockwinkel
@natebaxter95512 жыл бұрын
@@CP-kb1du better than JV baseball players.
@Nostalgicguy22423 жыл бұрын
Former WCW commisioner during the best years
@jlobiafra3 жыл бұрын
I saw nick bockwinkle vs mil Mascaras in houston around 1981
@Ijustinsultedyou3 жыл бұрын
No you didn’t
@ssheldon16162 жыл бұрын
Saw him v Bret Hart at a Stampede Wrestling show probably 1980 ish. 60 minute match.
@danieljackson17424 жыл бұрын
PRICELESS!
@6548ww3 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when it was the big 3 NWA , AWA and WWF things were so much better with separate territories made the sport stronger and more fun to watch I no longer watch the Vince McMahon version of Pro Wrestling which has ruined the sport entirely his dad did a much better job running the Company then Vince became the Wrestling Zar and bought up everything and ruined it for everyone including the fans and Wrestlers
@michaelmccarthy28402 жыл бұрын
A TOTAL BUISNESSMAN
@gl69963 жыл бұрын
Nick Bockwinkel, the Original King Slender.
@monte68x6 ай бұрын
Heard the Mad Dog/plane story about a million times. I want to hear something new.
@KLeo-ss1kn3 жыл бұрын
Class act
@tomjones23482 жыл бұрын
I wish we could here Adrian tell his side of what is was like to see Mad Dog pop the door open and almost crash the plane.
@alanstrong32953 жыл бұрын
Nick got rooked by Kurt Hennig. Nick was the true AWA champion of that day. Kurt stung himself by drug abuse.
@30907bng Жыл бұрын
I'm still shocked about Curt's drug use & passing I never would've thought Curt had drug issues it just didn't fit him.
@cartermcafee5683 жыл бұрын
It's BOCKwinkel
@joemunoz12513 жыл бұрын
Nick one of the most intelligent wrestling ever . Mad dog Vashon maybe not as bright 😅
@pooddescrewch87183 жыл бұрын
Vachon was the Kurt Angel of his time . A guy who medaled in the Olympics that adapted quickly to pro wrestling and became a multiple time World Champion. He could out fight AND out shoot nearly any wrestler in the biz and was only 5'8" .
@pooddescrewch87183 жыл бұрын
MY BAD ....He won gold in The British Commonwealth Games in 1950 . He did not medal in the 1948 Olympics .