Detroit Big Time Wrestling (Feb 1976)

[@heyitsmister]

Al Thomas is my great uncle. Awesome to see him reffing these matches -- thanks for the uploads!

[@thewayoft7330]

What a fantastic promotion. This is gold to me. Thank you very much for posting this.

[@paigesutherland9983]

My late father Kurt Von Hess in the end Battle Royal

[@jamesbowen8960]

I remember him well along with his tag-team partner Karl Von Shotz!!

[@thewayoft7330]

Your Dad was Kurt Von Hess? He was super cool.

[@Tazzman225]

Paige Sutherland---I remember as a kid going to see him wrestle with his tag team partner Karl Von Shotz. I think there was a bout when he had Bobo Brazil as his partner.

[@rogertemple7193]

"Real Name:William Terry; AKA:("Big"Bill Terry & Kurt Von Hess); Hamilton,Ontario,Canada)."-🌐🌏🌎🌍🌐..

[@tonymazz9912]

That profession is not an easy life for anyone, especially for the families.Not to mention the Travel, injuries and being separated from each other. Your Dad belonged to a special group of people ,that few could have.God bless your Dad and your family.

[@radiobrewster]

The Sheik was my favorite heel of all time. Saw him 2/14/75 in Indianapolis in a cage match against Dick The Bruiser. It seemed like it went on for 90 minutes. Both men were at the top of the cage. The Sheik was trying to get leverage, and just as he threw "The Fire," Bruiser shoved The Sheik's hands back into his face. Bruiser jumped out and won. I thought Market Square Arena was going to explode.

[@jamie.777]

Detriot wrestling was f*cking insane!!! Love it

[@Babyfaceref]

The finish with Bobo & The Giant was great. The little kids must have been upset when they started fighting. Great stuff!

[@donnyjohnson9179]

WOW you got a young Andre the Giant standing next Uncle Elmer who later on tagged with Hill billy Jim.

[@nickpez192]

I really enjoyed see Bobo Brazil who although wasn't exactly in his prime, was still a lot better than when I saw him previously in Indianapolis Wrestling in the mid 80's

[@Daniel-hn7nd]

Epic head-butt battle between The Brute and Hank James!

[@Mark-qr2vx]

The Brute looks like George The Animal Steele

[@jamie.777]

31:21 lewin is so good! Crowd believes!!! There is a young lady crying ans hysterical, aint fake to her...

[@dantheman11121]

It’s fake 🙄😂

[@cameronharding2169]

Remember when Hank James turned heel? Ruined my Saturday when I was a kid. Lol

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Putting that light and that camera by the turnbuckle was brilliant

[@crisprtalk6963]

listen to that crowd during lewin sheik match!

[@jamie.777]

Crowd is on fire

[@mikemotta9754]

that 2 ring battle royal had so much potential to be really great. Instead it ended up being terrible, there were never any battles in the 2nd ring, just the Brute throwing everyone out of the ring. You could see the finish a mile away, horrible.

[@zibberebbiz]

mean mark working the crowd with his head opened up had some people running for their lives ❤❤❤

[@MrChristopherHaas]

The Brute vs The Animal Steele would be a sight to behold. Then they should have tagged together

[@Lumpy63]

Always thought Hank “The Money Man” James was a cool name!

[@Tazzman225]

What a cool battle royal that was!

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

Michael Angelo was from the same place as Bruno Sammartino

[@justinmoreau4070]

I remember watching this on ESPN Classic back in 1998. The Battle Royal at the end was lame.

[@phillipstankey8881]

33:49 Sheik takes his blade from is mouth and gigs himself on the forehead

[@acespace7255]

Dream match: Million Dollar 💵 Man Ted DiBiase vs Big 💰 Money Hank James, the Black Eagle from Harlem

[@PeteSanctions]

These fans were at a FEVER pitch! My favorite card from the Detroit territory! Was the follow up bout between The Brute and Brazil ever recorded?

[@jasperscott7956]

There must have been two Al Madrils.........

[@ぼぼくまもと]

ブラジル、シーク、ロッキージョンソン、ベンジャスティスがいた頃が懐かしいのです！小鹿や坂口も一時、遠征してました！

[@Picasso_305]

The syeri I d era had not began in mass like the,198os

[@AldershotDave]

Mark Lewin was a powerfully-built guy 😳

[@madbrowniac7871]

Throughout his Legendary career and still!😉🎤💪🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@rogertemple7193]

Big Time Wrestling 14 Man 2 Ring Battle Royal: the Entries: the Brute, Michael Angelo, Christopher Colt, Gary Fulton, the Wolfman, the Canadian Wildman, El Bracero, Kurt Von Hess, Fritz Von Bruner, Chris Markoff, Chris Taylor, Dominic DeNucci, Bobo Brazil, And: Andre the Giant,

[@LonnieOconnor]

Terrible battle royal

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@Doug41160]

Bobo Brazil = the greatest black wrestler of all time!!

[@vinnysamways63]

Awful to think that Sir Dudley Clements would be dead two months after this show.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Cause of death?

[@vinnysamways63]

@@MrChristopherHaas Car crash.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@vinnysamways63 damn. Thanks

[@larry45044]

wow what a treat!!!!!!!!!!!

[@elliyahugenesove9777]

Does anyone know what brand (and grade) pencils The Sheik used?

[@tomjones5650]

I believe it was a #2. After the match he used it to take his SAT tests...

[@robertsr.249]

Ticonderoga #2 ( held a point longer )

[@BrutishYetDelightful]

At least some of the time it was a corn dog stick. I have an old Wrestling Scene with a great closeup. Abdullah would use a shrimp fork.

[@heatherwaibel6361]

Agree to terms of the last match but if shek losses creachman goes too

[@heatherwaibel6361]

What do you guys think of that

[@barrybrown2526]

Lewin was a beast

[@Picasso_305]

The Brute became George the Animal Steel

[@Xontar02]

Not true.

[@jeffreywright2294]

I remember this

[@cheyenneasiafoxe292]

Great card and the Wolfman!..the wolf 🐺man! Owooooooooo!

[@AldershotDave]

How’s does the fire paper work? How do the wrestlers light it?

[@ぼぼくまもと]

ハンクジェイムズ対バーナード(紹介はザブルートだった)って凄いドリームカードだよ！

[@mag-nm7tw]

I remember watching this many years ago. Before cable even. Lol. I just don’t remember The Sheik being that out of shape. We all know what the real outcome would be.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

as a general rule if a cameraman is taking a close up of a head of a man tied up in the ropes or whatever (Brute) and opponent is winding up for a big bop to the head make sure that we the viewer actually see at least part of his fist in the shot that is being reported as being hit 🧐…😂

[@donnyjohnson9179]

What happened to the sound?

[@zibberebbiz]

sheiky blatantly cutting himself at 33:48 😂😂 whatever

[@jamie.777]

The sheik was the definition of an athlete! Look at that physique 🤢🤮

[@MrChristopherHaas]

It really stinks that Shiek and Brute are both too politically incorrect to duplicate in modern wrestling. Talk about HEAT

[@chrisruth7057]

Nice

[@aliasunknown6972]

Gary "Pretty Boy" Fulton aka Charlie Fulton in WWF.

[@jamesbowen8960]

Yes!! He was from Marion,Ohio & graduated from Pleasant High School. My cousins went there & I know it well!

[@robmiller931]

he also wrestled in georgia championship wrestling,billed as coming from either cleveland or columbus ohio

[@cgcafasso]

Was alive then but didn't realize how low the bar for "Pretty" was in 1976.

[@ottodetroit]

was this at Cobo in Detroit?

[@MarkJackson-wc2xh]

Was that Richard Belzer or Howard Stern?

[@AldershotDave]

Why wasn’t The Shiek simply disqualified?! 🙄

[@ぼぼくまもと]

1976年のボボブラジルはもうキャリアの終盤かなぁ？

[@heatherwaibel6361]

Huge bell

[@ronsharer2986]

What in the fuck were they paying that referee for?

[@gulfy09]

Eddy the brain. Wow

[@andyman0231]

How can you lose belt on a count out?

[@gamesmaker]

I agree belt should not change on a countout

[@Jack21Spades]

See THAT'S why I didn't finish my journey into wrestling. That was a garbage title change, a garbage title win, and a garbage wrestler who won. If someone like The Sheik pulled his "foreign object/fireball" bullshit on ME...smmfh... Federal laws on THREE PLANETS suggest that I don't divulge what I would DO to him.

[@Jack21Spades]

...and it's the UNITED STATES championship?! Lawd ha' mercy...

[@robmiller931]

Thats probably the biggest reason this territory failed since Shiek always had to put himself over instead of what was best for business

[@LonnieOconnor]

Al Thomas counts way too slow

[@altilley2694]

☺😆😀

[@vincec.9906]

Lame battle royal.

[@LonnieOconnor]

Horrible. Battle royal