Demolition Smash (Barry Darsow) talks working as Repo Man!

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@ianward7376
@ianward7376 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved the Repo man, the body language, the pitch of his voice and his crazy laugh. There was nothing negative he was so awesome
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Agreed!! Thank you for watching
@johnperez93640
@johnperez93640 Жыл бұрын
I love how repo man was always hunched down, lookin around, being sneaky, looking at things of interest to repo, the pieces of tire treads for knee pads.
@RexMundi_UTC
@RexMundi_UTC Жыл бұрын
The cackle of Repo man, that started just as I started watching WWF, I'll forever love it.
@comments_from_me
@comments_from_me Жыл бұрын
“What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine too.” - Repo Man
@MonoGrinded
@MonoGrinded Жыл бұрын
The vignette where he breaks into the car is one of my all time favorite videos. The big boot to the window is just perfect haha.
@jonstefanik9400
@jonstefanik9400 Жыл бұрын
Barry's tattoo gave it away. I remember saying to my friends, That's Smash!! That's Smash!!
@butchvito
@butchvito Жыл бұрын
Repo Man's theme song is a banger.
@Hotlog69
@Hotlog69 Жыл бұрын
I see you're someone of culture.
@ModernDayRenaissanceMan
@ModernDayRenaissanceMan Жыл бұрын
PUT THEM IN THE HALL OF FAME
@MattWeedon
@MattWeedon Жыл бұрын
Repo Man gimmick was awesome! On paper it sounds cheesy, but the execution was great.
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching
@RunningWolf-qu5cr
@RunningWolf-qu5cr Жыл бұрын
Darso is a legend for a reason
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Yes he is! Thank you for watching
@RunningWolf-qu5cr
@RunningWolf-qu5cr Жыл бұрын
@@wrestlingthenandnow anytime my friend
@eriklind3150
@eriklind3150 Жыл бұрын
I agree on Barry changing his looks for Repo Man, he looked so shorts compared to Smash 🙂 I always felt like Barry should have been given the gimmick of Doink when Matt Borne left but i guess Barry was already gone by then. I think it would have been a good fit.
@TheEnzyme94
@TheEnzyme94 Жыл бұрын
Repo was memorable! At the time I hated him, but I was supposed to. Hearing this story? I love the memory of Repo man now. He took such great care to craft that villain! Great job!
@gashmcnash3537
@gashmcnash3537 Жыл бұрын
As a kid I loved it! He looked so sneaky!
@Peanutgames2013
@Peanutgames2013 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite wrestlers back as a kid especially as Demolition Smash. Got to meet him and Bill last year at a local signing, both were nice as can be. Legend
@ZBR_ProXP
@ZBR_ProXP Жыл бұрын
Demolition plus Hogan and Savage got me into wrestling
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching
@robdangripp9406
@robdangripp9406 Жыл бұрын
Demolition belongs in the Hall of Fame
@jelm8171
@jelm8171 Жыл бұрын
My first MSG show as a kid I saw Rowdy piper against Repo Man!!! Fun times
@yoholmes273
@yoholmes273 Жыл бұрын
That's dope
@vortega472
@vortega472 Жыл бұрын
What a great interview, thank you for this. I love me some Barry Darsow, loved him with the Russians and just a great talent. Also - man does not look in his 60's. Yep I'm subscribing now - you won me over.
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Please tell your friends
@lizpatino7836
@lizpatino7836 3 ай бұрын
I had no idea that Smash was also Repo man, i didnt find out until years later on the internet. He did a great job being someone else. 👏
@cliffbeavers6158
@cliffbeavers6158 Жыл бұрын
Repo was a big deal in my Hasbro fig fed as a kid. He and Skinner took alot of losses. Both great characters. Being a heel is the best.
@oldirish6163
@oldirish6163 Жыл бұрын
His “action move” was he jumped. It was called the “robber clobber”.
@mikeg2491
@mikeg2491 Жыл бұрын
Great figure, it had a lot of detail with the mask, the goatee even the painted tattoo
@oldirish6163
@oldirish6163 Жыл бұрын
Something about “that generation” of wrestling figures, I beat the heck out of them and they were fine. Now todays, they would not last 5 minutes in any of my 8 year old selfs royal rumbles lol.
@65if2007
@65if2007 Жыл бұрын
I was definitely a contra mark, almost always rooting for the heels.
@bWo911
@bWo911 Жыл бұрын
I met Ax & Smash a few years ago and both were really amazing. The old saying of “Don’t meet your heroes” obviously doesn’t apply to these two. I bought the shirt off of Barry’s back, a custom Demolition shirt. And no, it’s still not on eBay!!! Two things I wished I asked Barry were about how he felt stepping into Smash as someone else had started it and how much input he got to apply to the character, and the other is why did the new Repo Man outfit only get worn once?
@kakameng2612
@kakameng2612 Жыл бұрын
Mad respect to this awesome legend and down to earth guy at the end of the day our job is to put smile on peoples faces and have them come back next time w more people , I’m a worker on the indies and I get booked as a comedy wrestler , sometimes I get crap for “ jobbing “ to guys , to me it don’t matter but hey I have worked some big names from the WWF 80s and I’ve made decent $$ it’s an honor to rub elbows w these legends of the ring , this clip put a smile on my face kudos to you Mr. Darsow !
@TheLokiBiz
@TheLokiBiz Жыл бұрын
I'm not even exactly sure why, but I always loved the Repo Man back when I was a kid. I think I'd have been like 6 or 7 years old when he debuted with the gimmick. For whatever reason, Repo Man just cracked me up back then. His weaselly laugh, his creeping around, he was like a living cartoon character - I definitely had no idea he was the former Smash (in fact, for some reason I was convinced Repo Man and Doink were the same person when I was a kid. I have no idea why - Matt Borne and Barry Darsow look nothing alike lol). Then again, I liked a lot of heels as a kid - the more outrageous/campy, the better. Undertaker and Papa Shango were definite favorites... I even remember loving Hunter Hearst Helmsley during his original "blue blood" gimmick lol. It makes me very happy to see that Repo Man fandom has almost became a meme at this point (probably in no small part thanks to Simon Miller from Whatculture lol). The gimmick got way too much flack before.
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
He was awesome, Thank you for the comment. Please tell your friends about my channel :)
@jayb.6685
@jayb.6685 Жыл бұрын
Repo man's music is really good, especially the bassline.
@NLaBar
@NLaBar Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great content… please keep it coming!
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Thank you buddy. Please tell your friends
@jayizquierdo9534
@jayizquierdo9534 Жыл бұрын
best tag feud for me as kid was demolition vs strike force in the 80's
@eligarcia215
@eligarcia215 Жыл бұрын
Demolition never should’ve been disbanded. Best tag teams for me were demolition and the hart foundation.
@johnperez93640
@johnperez93640 Жыл бұрын
I remember driving by the arena in fresno one day and seen they wer shooting a promo in the parking lot and i was like, thats repo man.
@RedfishCarolina
@RedfishCarolina Жыл бұрын
I always thought Repo Man was a short little guy until you saw him against someone big and he was even bigger.
@lampini
@lampini Жыл бұрын
As a lower card comedy heel the repo man was perfect
@edwardhernandez9992
@edwardhernandez9992 Жыл бұрын
I liked him as the Blacktop Bully who I think Bully Ray got his gimmick from 😮
@joehenry709
@joehenry709 Жыл бұрын
I met them at a convention! Them along with Victoria was awesome
@johnperez93640
@johnperez93640 Жыл бұрын
Hey barry, if u ever read this, i just want u to know...every cell phone ive ever had, i still have them. And every single one of them u can power on and check what the set ringtone is and all of em are Demolition. I like at any given time throughout the day or night that demolition music will hit, and in my head i hear the biggest pop when my phone rings.
@jimmyfitz8907
@jimmyfitz8907 Жыл бұрын
Demolition still my favourite tag team of all time
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
They were awesome. Great guys also
@Sevenduece
@Sevenduece Жыл бұрын
Simon Miller's dream come true right here
@georgejackson4426
@georgejackson4426 9 ай бұрын
As a dumb kid growing up when kayfabe was still mandatory I had ZERO idea that Smash was Repo Man. That was the era where people on the undercard always had a side job. During the day they were repo men barbers and racecar drivers but at night they wrestled.
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow 9 ай бұрын
Lol true. Thank you for the comment
@TravelatorH8r
@TravelatorH8r Жыл бұрын
Oh my God I thought Repo Man was really short when I watched it as a kid as well. He really nailed a gimmick with the body language, pure thespian
@baboracus
@baboracus Жыл бұрын
Kinda funny you mention that.. some guys in local radio here in MN (KFAN) were talking about the Repo Man one day and one of the guys thought it was funny that some middle aged balding 5'6" guy was in wrestling.
@TravelatorH8r
@TravelatorH8r Жыл бұрын
@baboracus OK so I wasn't the only one
@tmac2798
@tmac2798 Жыл бұрын
as a kid i loved repo man lol
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Me too!
@Doomcustomfigs
@Doomcustomfigs Жыл бұрын
Smash was always my favorite member of Demolition and because of that I had an attachment to Repo.
@markemark1985
@markemark1985 Жыл бұрын
Growing up I loved the Repo Man it was different
@philliesbob9745
@philliesbob9745 Жыл бұрын
I was Repo Man for Halloween one year.
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Hahaha that's awesome. Send me a pic I'm seeing Barry next week I'll show him. Hit me up on Wrestling Then and Now on IG
@PaulDavies4
@PaulDavies4 Жыл бұрын
I loved demolition and was gutted when they split. It was so obvious smash was repo. His arm tattoo, his trash talk, and his mouth gave it away. It's a shame Vince couldn't of put Repo and Crush bag together somehow. Maybe a 6 man where the heels lost and Repo got battered by the other heels and Crush makes the save, and Repo takes his mask off and Crush realises he's Smash. It's not actually as crazy as it seems because this was the time frame Crush had issues with the Two Doinks. So even that could of set something up. Maybe Repo could of made the save at Summerslam.
@greenonions7492
@greenonions7492 Жыл бұрын
Didn't he repo Randy Savage's lime green cowboy hat?? And who buys a cowboy hat in payments??😅
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Was it that or his cowboy hat? Lol
@juansantiago2710
@juansantiago2710 Жыл бұрын
I knew who it was right from the beginning bc of the tattoo lol ..but he def was a totally different person
@thewrestlingtimemachine
@thewrestlingtimemachine Жыл бұрын
Really good interview!
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Please tell your friends
@CannedHam2479
@CannedHam2479 Жыл бұрын
Repo Man wouldve been HUGE as a babyface. Lost opportunity
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching. Please tell your friends
@KAZ3EM
@KAZ3EM Жыл бұрын
The top guys are nothing without the top guy who puts them over,and if you good at it, to lose and let the guy look like 50 bucks and let the crowd pop, you are granted good money! good Performance,happy Vince, happy customers with a experience of a lifetime,and you made it and one of the guys! Savage, Horowitz, Mr.Perfect, hitman and the rocket hart brother! These were topseller guys. I think wrestling from the 80's until 2000 was diffrent and the real golden Era. The goldrn era in wrestling is normaly something else but that is for me the golden era of technical wrestling! with the hitman who made his king of the ring acomplishment seem like a real one and ws deserved for a scripted determination event! He showed the real sportivity of this artform and sport!
@1950Grendel
@1950Grendel Жыл бұрын
It was hard for me to believe Demo Smash was Repo Man at first because of the body change. I liked him better as Smash, Krusher, and Bully, but Repo was definitely a good change.
@yoholmes273
@yoholmes273 Жыл бұрын
You are forgetting the Golf-Pro Darsow & The Black Top Bully
@craigdavies1747
@craigdavies1747 Жыл бұрын
Both demolition seem class acts out of the ring like Greg valentine and the warlord. Gents.
@johnaiello1460
@johnaiello1460 Жыл бұрын
They could’ve had a transformation angle like they did with Akeem/ one man gang
@cliffbeavers6158
@cliffbeavers6158 Жыл бұрын
Repo was awesome. Simon Miller knows
@dhice69
@dhice69 Жыл бұрын
Barry dropped a lot of weight, when he was still working as Smash also.
@MaximusJohal
@MaximusJohal Жыл бұрын
Wow I never knew repo man was Smash!
@bobbylincoln7869
@bobbylincoln7869 Жыл бұрын
wow this is great thank you
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching
@mikejejenich-pb5zx
@mikejejenich-pb5zx Жыл бұрын
Repo man. Demolition. Krusher krucheff 🇷🇺. How many gimmicks did he have ? Any more ? I forgot
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Blacktop Bully
@butchvito
@butchvito Жыл бұрын
"Mr. Hole-In-One" Barry Darsow.
@ithinkaboutthings9052
@ithinkaboutthings9052 Жыл бұрын
I was never a fan of the occupation gimmicks Vince went to. But the Repo Man tickled me, sneaking around. The mask was a funny sight.
@BrianHomeboy07
@BrianHomeboy07 Жыл бұрын
They could have had the Repo Man join Money inc for awhile then they could have had Repo Man turn face and feud with Money Inc. Ted Debiase could have put Repo Man over at Summer Slam 93. Then Repo Man could feud with IRS for awhile. Possibly give Repo Man an IC title run.
@mufozomby7637
@mufozomby7637 Жыл бұрын
THIS GUY WAS AND STILL IS A ICON you rock thank you barry!!@@#$$4
@shanetutt518
@shanetutt518 Жыл бұрын
Wow never realized smash was the also the repoman...he looked like a big dude in demolition but repoman looked skinny...wow what was his height&weight.when he was smash????...must've been near 300???
@MyNameIsUnavailable
@MyNameIsUnavailable Жыл бұрын
My boss was just talking about he didnt know Smash was Repo until last year! 😂😂😂😂
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Lol awesome. Tell him to watch 😃
@crushthecrusher7134
@crushthecrusher7134 Жыл бұрын
I November smash as repoman in wrestling
@JokerThaToker
@JokerThaToker Жыл бұрын
I heard his son wrestles and is coming up in WWE.
@justme-ti1rh
@justme-ti1rh Жыл бұрын
Great wrestler In every area and all gimmicks.
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching
@benitofranklyn4237
@benitofranklyn4237 Жыл бұрын
McMahon is so f'n st%pid. Could you imagine a Repo Man face turn? Where McMahon tells him to tow some nice old Lady's car outside the arena, because she parked in McMahons favorite spot, but when he goes to tow the car he sees the Lady come stumbling on a walker and she tells him how he's her favorite wrestler, because he always stood up for law and order and what's right, and she only came to the show because of him and it's probably the last time she's going to make it, but that was all worth it because she finally is going to see him wrestle live, oh and what are you doing to my car Mr Repo Man, I'am not parked wrong am I? And finally Repo Man stand up to the man and trashes McMahon's car. And from there on he keeps steeling Heel's car and giving them to people in need.
@brettmajors69karaoke
@brettmajors69karaoke Жыл бұрын
Was 5 years old and liked repo man and berserker best- at that age I figured they had a shot at the www belt
@coltoncampbell3919
@coltoncampbell3919 Жыл бұрын
Simon Miller liked this video
@cliffbeavers6158
@cliffbeavers6158 Жыл бұрын
Demolition was sick.
@filthiestfish
@filthiestfish Жыл бұрын
It became sick when Crush joined
@studbourbon798
@studbourbon798 Жыл бұрын
I see he still has that thick Russian accent .
@1950Grendel
@1950Grendel Жыл бұрын
I would LOVE to see the Minnesota crew - Darsow, Rude, Norton, Laurinitas, Hegstrand, Zenk , Simpson (Koloff)- circle up and challenge any group of today's men - nobody would dare come to the ring -even if half of them are dead.
@wrestlingthenandnow
@wrestlingthenandnow Жыл бұрын
Heck yeah!
@mysticx0
@mysticx0 Жыл бұрын
how the heck does someone train you but not smarten you up? its like saying i flew to chicago but never left the ground. what?!
@pauldavis5665
@pauldavis5665 7 ай бұрын
Repo Man was kind of lame in my opinion. He should have just kept the Smash gimmick. I think it would have still worked as a singles wrestler.
@benitofranklyn4237
@benitofranklyn4237 Жыл бұрын
Repo Man was much less embarrassing than Demolition.
@FAITHandLOGIC
@FAITHandLOGIC Жыл бұрын
Repo Man was so stupid
@JaxTheGat
@JaxTheGat Жыл бұрын
Shoulda done a singles run as Smash. Bill may have been the reveared worker.. But Axe looked old and not as menacing with his slicked back hair. Where Smash (to me as a child) was scary a lot louder n realistic and looked more like a biker with make up.. Axe looked like he was playing a scary horror movie baddie. Bill/Ax was great no disrespect.. But Smash coulda been a good mid card foil for a white bread babyface… and then coulda turned face.. following the same path & trajectory as the tag team. When Bill started to experience health issues they brought in crush… But after that they were tried to turn Adams into the Hawaiian good guy. I think that fued with Repo n Crush shoulda been a Rockers/Strikeforce style break-up angle. I think both characters woulda got over way more than what they went with.. Then when Crush turned heal on Savage… Crush coulda teamed with Barry again but as Crush (not Demolition crush, there is a difference) Barry tweeks his look just a little like crush did, but keeps the demolition Smash persona. Then Adams turns on Smash giving us fans the Smash singles run we ALWAYS WANTED!! ITS SUCH A SHAME VKM STOPPED SEEING ANY VALUE IN HIS CREATION ONCE HE SIGNED LOD !, I also think once Bret Hart started his singles push… Smash n Neidhart coulda been re packaged as team consisting of 2 famous brawlers and woulda made a great tag team. I can imagine mean gene… “what happens when you take the muscle from the heart foundation n combine him with the muscle from Demolition… You get the “Anvil Smashers” , or the “foundation demolishers” “DemoDation” or the “Heart smashers” (wow some of those are just terrible😂) But Smash keeps the leather but drops the make-up.. And Jim swaps the pink singlet n longboys for a matching black out fit. imagine the promos. They would be the most rugged tag team around. Woulda got over more than the repoman or the New foundation with Jim & Owen. Lastly I never Marked out more than when bill n Barry drew one and two in the RR back when wrestling was so “Hoganised” n predictable. My suspension of disbelief was never greater. I’d never seen anything like that before. It was amazing to me! This is them 👇Working against each other kzbin.info/www/bejne/pavOZKSefZ2gg8ksi=NCaoViJ9MoN9uX8m
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