GINO HERNANDEZ VS JOSE LOTHARIO (TEXAS DEATH CAGE MATCH)

From the Sam Houston Coliseum, January 19, 1979. Brutal war between two hated opponents. Gino broke the arm of "Supersoc", previously, and it looks like Gino has freshly shorn locks, so he must have just lost a hair match.
Awesome psychology & selling in this bout. Every move looks like it hurts, & blood not just for the sake of gratuitous violence.
Please comment if you like it & want to see more!

[@owensterry29]

Rest in peace Gino and Jose. Whenever I stayed at my cousin's house in Lufkin we always watched the wrestling from Houston and San Antonio.I remember very vividly the feud between Gino and Tully Blanchard. In June of 85 I had the opportunity to see Gino wrestle in person at a football field in Gilmer Texas. He had just came to the WCCW territory and he wrestled Chief Jules Strongbow.I would have loved to have gotten his autograph, but heels don't sign autographs. He had so much talent. Its really a damn shame that he died so young.

[@bentonmckinney5454]

I have relatives in Lufkin it is a good place

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Weather p ermitting we could get a grainy picture from channel 39 Houston here in Lafayette , La . I loved that you would see wrestling that was not heat seeking like the Dusty Finish or Bill Watts territory . It was straight wrestling . We knew there was bad blood but that was about ot . Not a lot of run ins etc etc...

[@goldenboy813]

I used to see Gino Hernandez on Southwest Championship Wrestling when he was the tag team partner of Tully Blanchard and were called The Dynamic Duo. Good times

[@earache_barker]

The original and BEST Dynamic Duo. Blanchard & Hernandez were amazing.

[@oscarl.ramirez3927]

As a boy I always looked forward to Saturday Night 1030 pm.

[@michaelinhouston9086]

Never missed it until I started working.

[@libra42ful]

Well, I've had a pro wrestling fetish since I was like 10ys old, I always ended up rubbin myself off through whatever I had on....my favorite matches were jobber squashes by a cocky arrogant heel, and Hernandez was one of my favorites to "enjoy" watching

[@Bigger-Than-Jesus]

KHTV channel 39

[@acetanahashi8045]

RIP Jose Lothario

[@shilohkieran6515]

i know it's quite off topic but do anybody know a good site to watch new movies online ?

[@ledgerrichard1516]

@Shiloh Kieran Try FlixZone. You can find it on google =)

[@stevenstrickland5159]

I saw a Texas Death Natch in August 1981 between Gino (R.I.P.) and Chavo Sr. (R.I.P.). Tully Blanchard was suspended in a cage from the roof so he could not interfere. A very bloody affair...

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Tully and Gino were a hot , white hot , tag team .

[@MrBAMAFANATIC]

I’d love to see that one

[@earache_barker]

Southwest Championship was one of the best territorial promotions for a spell. Their USA Network deal was huge.

[@mr.mr.4772]

I’ve been trying to find that match for years.

[@MrBAMAFANATIC]

I would like to see more 70’s wrestling in general from areas outside of Florida. Ty for this great match

[@WALTRIPFLAIR]

I remember Jose Lothario teaming with Joe Scarpa (before he became Chief Jay Strongbow) on Championship Wrestling from Florida.

[@darrylskylar8757]

Rest In Heavenly Peace🙏🤍🕊🙏💙

[@85futureshock]

Jose passed his selling onto Shawn Michaels very well.

[@robertrodriguez787]

@@welcometothemovies9157 not to him he wasn't from what I heard

[@robertrodriguez787]

@@welcometothemovies9157 Really I thought that would have been the one guy he respected . I guess I was wrong. I wonder why a guy like Jose would take that crap from Shawn

[@oscarl.ramirez7355]

I was just a kid when these matches happened. GH will always be my All time Favorite Wrestler. He died young but........

[@oscarl.ramirez7355]

MR. Lothario got a 2nd chance when he trained HBK. and even he had issues. with Lothario.

[@tonybronson2725]

What a great job both wrestlers do selling.

[@libra42ful]

Watching them selling the punishment just makes you itchy between the legs, you know?....rough, cocky, and manly punishment.....ever "play" pro wrestling with a buddy as a kid?.....imagine growing up and getting paid to "play" wrestle in a pair of briefs.....and getting to play a heel like Hernandez....pretty damn satisfying feeling for a wrestler I bet

[@walterbrown2997]

Gino Hernandez was a legend in Southwest wrestling he and Tully Blanchard the original Dynamic duo Until TULLY stabbed him in his back and could have been another Horseman another wrestling Legend died too early

[@bertspivey3214]

Boy could Gino sell.

[@javierortegon4425]

TEACHER VS. STUDENT ! MENTOR VS. PROTEGE !

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Jose Lothario got over in Louisiana too ...he wasn't just popular with Hispanic People in Texas . We Cajuns cheered him on too cuz we like to fight and so did Jose .

[@marciadesouza3314]

So...glad for you a winner 🏆 lots of blood shed, it doesn't matter 😉 💙 😀 You won 👍💛🌟💐🙌👍

[@louissmith9743]

GENO LOST HIS HAIR, WORE A WHITE MASK with a black wig attached on top... awesome

[@actionsub]

I'd seen that once on TV, but I've never been able to find any footage!

[@louissmith9743]

A bitter bitter rivalry

[@richardgarcia788]

Rip Gino and Jose, Texas Legends

[@conradojavier7547]

This Guy Trained Shawn Micheals, who later Trained the Bearded YES Man himself.

[@iKnowNothing_13]

Jim Cornette Experience brought me here...

[@dannyarena5357]

Love it.

[@HeavyJ713]

Love me some Gino

[@s.k.sandles7005]

Lothario got the nickname "Supersoc", from his brutal matches with Superstar Billy Graham in the early 70's....he reported hit Graham so hard, he took two of his teeth out in one match...a super sock....he had the hardest right hand in the business...before Ronnie Garcia.

[@SuprJoinT]

Shelton sandles actually if you look up when he was a boxer in the 50's-60's he had the name then. Because of his power i assume.

[@robertrodriguez787]

From what I heard Jose used to be a boxer

[@williebowen2965]

Ronnie Garvin

[@walterbrown2997]

Finally they use the CAGE as a WEAPON !

[@humbertomontanezayala5326]

Saludos mi gente tremendo clasico el maestro contra el alumno jose lothario un grande entre los grandes no entiendo porque no esta en el salon de fama y gino gernandez un rudazo que pudo haber sido grande de no ser por sus problemas que todos conocemos hasta donde pudo haber llegado no lo sabemos pero no hay duda alguna que gino pudo haber sido un grande entre los grandes siendo joven se enfrento a lo mejor de lo mejor en su momento.

[@richardgarcia788]

Smokeybear 51, actually, for a short run, he was a Babyface after he and Tully fell through, they even had Ernie Shavers referee the match

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Super Sock , El Sapo Guapo ....( Handsome Frog ) lol

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

This feud bled over into Midsouth in 1978 .... Gino cheated in their hair match so Lothario was wearing a mask with the shape of Texas as the face and Gino had long ( dry) Bleach blonde hair . By the time of this match you can see that Lothario got revenge and both wrestlers hair is grown out . Gino was getting a lot of heat at this time . He owed a lot to Lothario who helped get him over .Later another punk kid started teaming with Hernandez , Tully Blanchard and they lit things up .

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

The dye job was Gino's shtick in saying he wasn't Spanish. Would love to see (if it was filmed) the match where Jose finally shaved Gino's head. Gino wore a mask with a blonde wig attached for a few weeks (same thing Buddy Rose did after losing his hair match to Roddy Piper in Portland).

[@Jason-si8iu]

Ring looks huge

[@boysrback5690]

Guy working on the fence is 7' 400lbs

[@robertbishop5357]

If Gino was 220+, Jose was definitely north of 250.

[@Bigger-Than-Jesus]

KHTV Channel 39!

[@theevn7]

Legend

[@ericphilbeck7858]

Gino was definitely world heavyweight champion material in World Class & mid card champ for JCP/NWA/WCW. If that would of happen. RIP Gino Hernandez

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Liked the powder too much and while he did not wrestle like Ric Flair he so stole his killer yuppie gimmick to a T . Early in his career , just before this match , he wore pink robes and had long beleached hair . He was an obvious Ric Flair ripoff . Ric Flair was a lot more reliable than Gino . So Flair becqme champ and Gino never was considered .

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

The problem with WCCW was that NO ONE BEAT A VON ERICH CLEAN . So the heels never got over .

[@robertrodriguez787]

Didn't Jose train Gino to be a wrestler

[@diablo666541]

Yup he also trained Shawn Michaels and few other wccw era guys

[@diablo666541]

Small cage unlike today . my old chain link fence was higher than this .

[@MrBoswel1]

R.i.p to.both

[@thundercatsito]

What at the rules of a Texas deadth match?

[@charleslegoff1586]

What was the premise of this gino turned on his mentor....and he was heel from then on....video of his turn??

[@darrinh.2322]

Bronco never went down past one knee as far as i remember

[@beggersbanquet-xt3xk]

look how young he is...he was my favorite !!!!!

[@libra42ful]

I always got a boy-boner watching him beat up the jobbers for fun...cocky and rough...he was great to watch!

[@peterisnardi1197]

I take it back...THAT'S the shortest cage I ever saw...

[@pc8679]

You've never watched UFC?

[@bobnewfart]

RIP 2 legends

[@javierortegon4425]

GINO HERNANDEZ LOOKS LIKE RAPPER EMINEM ! 😸😸

[@sambennett8387]

What does supersoc mean?

[@nw7133]

Jose had them hands and could real sock you with those first!

[@coachcanova]

Considering stopping a Texas Death Cage Match because of a cut? What is this WWE?

[@MatthewWilson-xo4zw]

Terry Canova southwest championship wrestling

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Terry Canova The WWE is nothing compared to a Texas death match. The Funk family in Amarillo... they innovated the match especially the old man rip.

[@nicholas-luna-laika]

Great match but the end is crap

[@TheImparter]

That was such a weak finish. Gino literally did nothing to Jose. All that happened was that he slumped off the turnbuckle onto the mat and that was somehow enough to keep him down for over 2 minutes.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

He gassed out

[@slickrick429]

A Fence match

[@charleslegoff1586]

How did Gino turn heal.....did he turn on lothario?????oh Gino would have been awesome in wwe

[@peterisnardi1197]

He could have gone either way, WWF or NWA...could've been a Horseman, could've been The Million Dollar Man...he was bound for one of those but alas his life was cut short...

[@MrDoneboy]

Yes, he turned heel on Jose, and they had many great matches at the Coliseum!

[@ddave7026]

The match is impossible to find, im gonna keep looking but it stemmed from being in Joses shadow kzbin.info/www/bejne/foCppmSqh5uka5Y

[@robertrodriguez787]

@@peterisnardi1197 I don't think he would have been the million dollar man . I mean I could see him being a 4 horsemen him and Telly being a tag team . Arn Anderson going after the Us title or the TV belt . But I don't see Telly being in that circus Vince called wrestling In the 80s

[@williebowen2965]

WWE is horse manure. NWA is the best.

[@chrischar9428]

Texas Death Cage. Who booked that ? dusty

[@angelmontes8602]

The cage doesn't have a door

[@firebird6522]

If you had listened to the commentary, Paul Boesch explains the cage (or fence) is there to keep the wrestlers in the ring (and to keep fans out, wink, wink). To put it bluntly, the cage is simply for show. The object of the match is not to climb out of the cage but to incapacitate your opponent to the point that he can not answer the bell after a fall.

[@tomberry5517]

21:17 Ok, let me get this straight. Winner of the match is the one who wins the most falls. Hernandez is ahead 3 falls to 2. Why on earth would he want to get up if he wins by staying down?

[@mattjack70]

It’s Texas death rules. Only way match ends is when you can’t finish after a fall and are unable to continue after the 1 minute west period and then the 10 count. You could lose 10 falls but continue and only win one dash but if your opponent can’t continue you win. Hope I cleared that up

[@tonyavendano5713]

POS COMO LE GANO, SI NOMAS LO LEVANTO HACIA LAS CUERDAS Y EL LOTHARIO YA NO SE PUDO LEVANTAR, JAJA PURO PEDO..ESA LUCHA...

[@jasonnaugle1600]

Bodyslam or crotch lift... That is the question!

[@MrDoneboy]

Crotch hold, lift, and then the slam, is how it goes!