Ricky Steamboat vs Jimmy Snuka 1981 06 03

[@normanosborne7367]

*LOVE THE OLD SCHOOL WRESTLING....SUPERFLY & THE DRAGON PUT EACH OTHER TO THE TEST* *SECOND TIME VIEWING THIS CLASSIC*

[@andyapsay8220]

Wow…what a classic match up. Two of my favorite wrestlers of all time.

[@gras1hoppa420]

Two All Time Greats.. Man they both are JACKED here.. wow

[@peterodriguez328]

Both former bodybuilders

[@mailkhanifmohammad6106]

The Japanese was a much batter wrestler then Jimmy. He was foil.playing and biting

[@calvinbarkley6611]

I am surprised, thank you for posting this old school match between 2 of the greats to ever do it. Snuka was one of my favorite wrestlers of all time.

[@jasonbennerman4625]

FANTASTIC Wrestling from these two SUPERSTARS .. THANKS for uploading this HIDDEN GEM 💎

[@TheFlamingPike]

Two of the most innovative workers in their athletic prime! None of their matches were the same. Purely ring-wise these two are amongst the best wrestlers ever. Before wrestlers used the mic profusely and changed the game forever, these two represented the pinnacle of decades of pro wrestling.

[@1000pjcampbell]

2 of the best seller in wrestling back in the good old days !

[@samiam7342]

THANK YOU......I watched this match just to see Ricky's selling..........unreal!

[@1000pjcampbell]

@@samiam7342 Can you imagine if Steamboat was ever a villain how better of a wrestler he would be . He is one of the only guys who never turned

[@m-train2334]

A bit overdone, imo. Really pushing the limits of credulity when, for instance, Snuka is chopped, takes 5 steps and inexplicably leaps over the top rope lands on his feet, only to fall unconscious to the floor 23:07. Many spots like that throughout this match, although I’ll admit that I enjoyed it.

[@DeeEllEff]

@@1000pjcampbell Ricky has talked about suggesting a heel turn more than once. (I’ve never seen him chop a referee before) But some guys had become just so beloved, it would’ve been a pretty difficult thing to sell. Dusty and Hogan had both been heels early on, just like Snuka is here, so when the NWO happened (or when someone may have killed his girlfriend IRL, for example) we could buy it.

[@TPain79lawguy]

It's incredible to see variations of matches and wrestlers on this channel, compared to what I saw locally growing up in the territories era NWA (Toronto/Buffalo). Thanks for putting all these matches out there - I never thought I'd see all these great matches these superstars had in other territories. Awesome.

[@sopheapkhin4684]

ររយ៧តុក្កតានិងមានប្រយោជន៍អ្វី៩វចវ,ខខ។ #@/វានឹងមេសន្តតិកម្មត្របកផ្កាកឥលើថ

[@gottabsleeved]

Snuka was the man,never be another muscle bound guy move like he did.

[@crashdavis721]

clown was a wife murderer

[@МихаилАлексеев-ч1м]

Sting?

[@mizomokbel650]

He used to jump a very high meters. From the top of the cage all the way to the bottom.

[@silversurfer8935]

Man, what a match!! I never knew they met. They are both big af. Nobody sells like Steamboat and nobody comes close to his arm drag.

[@purplebondsaiyan2987]

I agree Steamer has THE Best Arm Drag in the Business!!!!

[@nirad1834]

Both, former Body Builders!

[@jasonpdsi]

Aside from a very minor slip running into the ropes from Steamboat (which he covered brilliantly) early on, this match has been exquisitely executed.

[@Jerzybred908]

Agreed, actual good wrestling

[@scottmoore1614]

Guys like this were so damn good. They knew every inch of the ring, and could cover little slip ups like that so that you’d hardly notice.

[@outerspaceman7534]

I legit thought it was part of the plan too. It felt believable.

[@NLaBar]

And they didn’t even have to switch camera angles every 3 seconds to cover up for the poor execution and/or overall weakness of almost every move 😆. 2024 wrestling this was NOT (thank god)

[@HOODIZM3]

Ricky had the Absolute Best Arm Drag in da business, Great Video

[@Jedi_MasterGX]

Between him and Bruno Sammartino

[@HOODIZM3]

@@Jedi_MasterGX Bruno was on another level, tough as nails

[@jameschilders7423]

I have said that for 40 years.

[@jameschilders7423]

I wrestled for 20 years could never trust the guy I was working try one that deep

[@destronia123]

Arm drags don't work unless the opponents help you out.

[@ramon5976]

I saw steamboat wrestle live in Raleigh, NC. Memorable

[@jerseyshore2915]

Two great athletes.

[@o.d.flores1219]

Two the greatest physiques in the history of professional wrestling.

[@destronia123]

The would be Ultimate Warrior, not those 2 jobbers...

[@KinnereyB]

😂 No. not even top 10. And definitely not all natty.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Steamboat's physique was better a couple of years after this.

[@destronia123]

@synthonaplinth5980 But that didn't help him against Honky Tonk Man.

[@chrisruth7057]

​@@destronia123Ravishing Rick Rude had the most chiseled physic ever

[@craigblackman4937]

Excellent match between legends

[@nirad1834]

Always loved Jimmy, I grew up watching him in his early years on Portland Wrestling in the early 70's. His Tag team partner was Dutch Savage, Both True Legends.. RIP Guys!

[@jasonpdsi]

Ever see the title of a video and think, "OH, this has got to be a BANGER!"

[@JuliusC1973]

No, but having seen their work in other Professional Wrestling Promotions around TH eUnited States, i figured this would be a good match up. All Japan Pro Wrestling was one of the best Professional Wrestling Promotions in The World at that time and they did not put together bad match-ups.

[@josephsmith4273]

The Superfly was really put togrther. His body was incredible. Steamboat wont no joke either.

[@jamesbranyon8541]

Classic from back in the day 👌 thanks 👍

[@thomasmessina1977]

They were once called the South Pacific connection as a tag team

[@RobertEllis-e7p]

They were actually good friends, and earlier in their careers met many times in bodybuilding competitions, which Steamboat usually won.

[@pulsarlights2825]

Steamboat born 1953, Snuka born 1943, are they even in the same generation?

[@TheFilamind]

Lies

[@willshad]

@@pulsarlights2825 LOL yeah that's the same generation. Sort of like how Seth Rollins and AJ Styles are the same generation.

[@BOSSLADYSLOTS]

Love the channel.. thank you for bringing good old classic wrestling

[@Mma-basement-215]

Wow Steamboat vs Snuka.. what a awesome matchup.. I think they could have made tons of money working with and or against each other.. they also could have been a great tag team..

[@clintsaines9274]

Yeah. Two of the best high flyers of their time. I didn't even know they had a match

[@miked1187]

Both were jacked and in their prime. Two great showmen and technical wrestlers

[@larry6056]

Golden age of wrestling .

[@Joseph-lz5er]

really? I thought the golden age of wrestling started in 1985 with Wrestlemania 1.

[@Bert_de_Wit]

@kmjoyce-gb9wc Disagree. The golden age was Hogan, Macho Man, Andre the Giant, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Ultimate Warrior etc etc...

[@squidjames7735]

@@Bert_de_Wit ... lol, ok kiddo.

[@nassermj7671]

Steamboat this sweetheart of a man never took the heel easy way.

[@davidj.steiger3178]

Man where those guys ever put together in those days, very impressive physiques…

[@Bert_de_Wit]

Agree fully.

[@steviep76]

I saw snuka wrestle live in 1990 in London. He had the match of the night, vs Barb. Although past his prime by then, it was clear he was an all time great. That look, that face. Great to now go back to his prime and see him battle with a young steamer.

[@radvlad1431]

I'm 52 years old and I wear my Jimmy Superfly snuka t-shirt proudly

[@utubeskreename9516]

Wow did they have much more impressive physiques than much later in their careers when I remembered them from.

[@willshad]

They both started off as bodybuilders.

[@trence5]

Wow, these two met in Japan? Had no idea these two were ever matched.

[@paulsmith9192]

@trence5 me neither.Especially 2 babyfaces

[@bcushing]

They wrestled many times all over the world.

[@jasonbink5276]

@@paulsmith9192 Snuka was usually a heel until 1982 when he fired Captain Lou Albano as his manager.

[@Chevyboiz]

@@paulsmith9192 Snuka was a heel around this time

[@Chevyboiz]

@@jasonbink5276 True. It's only two wrestlers that I can think of off top that never was heel and that's Tito Santana and Ricky Steamboat

[@johnv5407]

The main memory of Steamboat wrestling is when Macho Man hit him with the bell and crushed his throat. I was traumatized as a kid.

[@FrankArce-of7zu]

You know it was a rehearsed act don't you ?...

[@Brent-qu3yk]

Steamboat was always a real good-looking man i can remember back over 40 years ago we would all watch the wrestling and all the girls would always comment about how much of a fox he was🦊 it would be such a gift to go thru life looking like that imagine all the pretty girls you could mount ❤

[@Rahim-o8v]

Ricki steam boat. My favourite wrestler very good wrestler some time he was very popular

[@MarkShine-sb5iq]

They faced each other in the Mid-Atlantic area in the 80s as well

[@donnieinman8049]

What an amazing match between 2 great wrestlers. If you haven't already turn on the auto-translate, I'm not sure if it's accurate or not, but it's awesome. Also odd seeing Snuka wearing boots.

[@nathj4818]

Lmao mate WTF is with those subtitles and who is Boo boo Par 😂😂

[@mikewitt8491]

Steamboat being very heel ish. Unusual.

[@nirad1834]

Very Rare to see Jimmy wearing boots!

[@amrsalama2566]

I was in 14 when I watched this match. It was the golden era of wrestling. Principles and honest and real matches, not acting like nowadays. Thanks alot for uploading this awesome match

[@clementolumba6888]

😮🎉 😢🎉❤😮🎉❤😮❤🎉😢❤😢😮🎉

[@なおえもん-v6y]

今と違ってこの頃のプロレスって外国人同士の戦いってワクワクするものが多かったなぁ

[@BMWZ3MPOWER]

全日はね。　新日は逆に契約のもんだいで日本人が主役で外国人はしょぼい。

[@eduardopena5893]

I had never seen these guys earlier in their careers. I didn't come into wrestling until the late 80's. Snuka wasn't wrestling by then, but Steamboat still was. I had no idea he used to be this jacked. Snuka was always pretty muscular when I saw him, but even here he looks more massive. Probably safe to say these guys were both on the gas.

[@pulsarlights2825]

Snuka had a good 10 years on Steamboat

[@davidpigozzo5918]

This is biggest I have seen Steamboat. He was always in good shape even in his later yrs, but hear he looked bigger

[@eduardoparman7544]

Ricky steamboat is the best wrestler in the world.

[@destronia123]

Tell that to Honky Tonk Man.

[@Ryenobal]

Great Muta was

[@KingSav-OG]

this is what entertainment looks like... RIP Jimmy Snuka...loved them both as a kid...these are the physiques that got me into lifting young lol

[@user-mmnn0219]

死んだ父親に小学校の時連れて行ってもらった。死んだ父と当時の私が一瞬映っている、泣けた

[@teddyrox3790]

..wow....rip🌻

[@jusele-ox9rc]

Its a good memory to have. You've got lucky from an unlikely situation.

[@send0817]

@@jusele-ox9rcわらヮラら、、ラー、、はらい

[@LittleBigKid707b]

What a great memory with you and your father together watching wrestling. I remember watching wrestling as a kid with my mom and dad. They are both gone too.

[@gmoney8585]

snuka great heel

[@Daring2Win]

Wait, Jimmy Snuka in boots & plain trunks & Ricky Steamboat in trunks! WWF really missed an opportunity by not making this a rivalry. But, at least this match happened. Thank you Japan!

[@frankwalker2120]

The good old days.....

[@МихаилАлексеев-ч1м]

What a selling! Just amazing!

[@francoisdubois80]

Reminds me of an interview where one of the old-timers (in this generation) talked about how WWE brings their gear (ring, etc.) with them but back in the day, each facility had their own ring. This looks like a worst case scenario. A tablecloth spread over 3/4" plywood over a steel frame. It was brutal.

[@teonscott2406]

Wow never saw Jimmy Snuka with shoes on!!

[@alfordjohnson7020]

I WERE FRESH IN BASIC TRAINING USA ARMY AT THAT TIME. IT'S WERE HARD TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH WRESTLING NEWS FOR 3 LONG YEARS.

[@risboturbide9396]

They could have been the greatest tag-team of all-time.

[@johngomes4278]

Clash of the island titans !

[@MarkHermann-u5p]

😊Great. Post. Thanks. I. Had. No. Idea. They. Wrestted.

[@PatI-zg9gm]

Excellent chemistry as opponents and as tag team partners.

[@sonnyf1213]

awesome do you have snuka vs backlund apr 1982 msg when backlund is carried out on a stretcher ? looking 44 yrs for this match

[@DJABEATZ]

Wow! Never seen this before. These guys had some amazing cardio!

[@rickjones2912]

Ricky was really special and Snuka was quite a sight and performer himself. Some over the top bumps leaving the ring otherwise some good chemistry.

[@やま501]

ジミー・スヌーカの身体は素晴らしいですね。二人とも躍動感のある動きのいい試合。

[@user-lj5ri3gp5o]

My question is.... How did both of these guys kept their hair being on the "probable" Dbol protocol? As jacked as they both are (think Snuka was even bigger during his run with Muraco), they must've been on a ton of gear.

[@rogermoore2853]

They were two of the best wrestlers during their time.

[@k14michael]

It’s crazy how Snuka was able to fall down “backward” all the way from the top of the ropes without seriously hurting himself!

[@huflungdung8252]

It was always strange seeing Snuka wearing boots in Japan but wrestle barefoot in North America.

[@rathraven1313]

He wore boots during the end of his run in WWF in the 90's. Watch his match with Undertaker. He wore boots in that match.

[@darrenantola4297]

Superfly Jimmy Snuka is great in the #350Days Documentary on Amazon Prime Video

[@eduardoparman7544]

You see many times he bite ricky steamboat, jimmy snuka is a true vampire.

[@user-hani.]

هل يرجع ذلك الزمن الجميل ؟

[@kvinche8120]

I often compared these two guys, Steamboat never wrestled as a heel so I give the edge to Snuka

[@gmoney8585]

masterpiece arm drags

[@nicomeklrowing5935]

Is it just me or is Steamboat unusually jacked here?

[@LittleBigKid707b]

Actually, he was just as jacked in WWF 1985. Watch the match with him and Greg Valetine, I believe in '85. He is ripped to shreds. It's on KZbin.

[@nicomeklrowing5935]

@@LittleBigKid707b Just watching it now. He is pretty shredded there. I always think of him as being pretty "smooth". Not really ripped or muscled but in good shape. maybe my memory of him from childhood is just wrong, because I don't think of him as being as ripped as he is. Have to say Valentine is looking pretty burly there as well actually.

[@alanstrong55]

Jimmy Snuka started out as a heel. Even teamed up with Ray Stevens. That cost him an injury. Jimmy came back and nailed Crippler Ray. He eventually became a face.

[@edwincooke879]

Snuka was a face with Paul Orndorff in the late 70s when they were NWA World Tag Team Champions. Then about three months after dropping the belts, Orndorff left the NWA and Snuka became a heel turning on Steamboat, Flair, and others.

[@user619tlsdca5]

These guys were best friends during the whole gig, it is the matches when wrestlers didnt like each other for going off script. This was the MAIN REASON WE LOVE WRESTLING , back then. Those matches were funny knowing the guys going at it under a script, along with guys doing steroids which really made them entertaining as must see TV. Randy Savage was true to this fact, him and Steamboat was classic. I believe McMahon took drama off the ring and played it along in the ring.

[@tomwalker389]

Snuka looked like a damn Capcom character here. Crazy.

[@ameagarino2ji]

Jimmy Snuka の受けが派手で上手いなと感じました。Ricky Stimboat は当時はただカッコイイなと思いながら試合をTVで観ていましたが、今見てみると顔は某・田中さんに似てるなと思ってニヤニヤしてしまいました。

[@JerryGs-Cards]

I'm pretty sure one of the yellow shirts near the end was a young Mr Saito.

[@相模光源氏]

リッキーがライディーンの曲で入ってくるところから見たかった。 ジミー・スヌーカの曲は記憶がありません。

[@larrystiles5511]

When Snuka paired up with Captain Lou Albano they were the best.

[@HalseyHFW]

I didn't realize how jacked these two were before KZbin.

[@veeseee128]

Jimmy Snuka with boots on???? Am I seeing things? Wow!!!!

[@大澤雅章-u6u]

自分から行く樋口!さすが名俳優!

[@KaterKarli]

A great fight. The Chinese man is on fire and Rules.

[@willshad]

Snuka seemed much more energetic here than in his later WWF days, where it seemed he just kinda spent 90% of the match slowly lumbering around the ring.

[@cartergarrett5905]

Wow, amazing athletes

[@Real-talk10167]

Rick the dragon steamboat was one of my favorite wrestlers. I always wondered what happened to him. I found out someone injured him like Goldberg injured Brett Hart. Idiots hurting legends.

[@michaelzoran]

Wow. Both of these guys had clearly been spending some time in the gym here - and obviously using steroids. The scary thing is both of them are far smaller than Vince McMahon was in his 50s as a result of Vince using so many steroids.

[@cyberbehikesanakori]

The table shot before table shots

[@davidrivera5829]

Steamboat lost it because Snuka kept biting him and the referee did nothing to stop it!!!

[@billycraighead9814]

This is what wrestling should be.

[@howy3333]

what a match!!

[@stevew7571]

Steamboat wearing the crimson mask!!

[@Daniel-qx6bg]

Loved these guys. Snuka was bigger and stronger but Rickey had the sexier body.

[@squierjason8726]

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka were two of the greatest ever.I had both of there wrestling figures.

[@jfkisgr8]

The spot where they trade trying to manipulate the other over the top rope around 7:05 is fun.

[@billyfields7722]

It's weird seeing Snuka wearing wrestling boots on his feet.

[@sydneysheppard4979]

Great match here ✌️

[@johnnynoirman]

Good Piledriver by Steamboat! 20:12

[@LittleBigKid707b]

The match was very good. These guys were ahead of their time with the spots they did. I'll just say though, Ricky Steamboat over did it towards the end attacking Snuka. Then the fight outside. Felt like a Terry Funk match. Didn't make much sense with the technical match they had inside the ring.

[@Play-action11104]

Wow, first time I’ve seen Snuka wearing boots and with facial hair.

[@melvinrios6080]

I never knew they wrestled before

[@マサカズシミズ]

ringside white maskman is the destroyer(genuine)

[@calvinwoolfolk324]

Ricky steamboat looks like a build wrestling version of bruce lee n jimmy snuka looks like a 80s version of the rock n roman reigns 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@trueyankee4767]

Steamboat getting color! Rare occurrence for sure.