Hillbilly Jim on watching Dan Spivey Fight!

[@jarnec9428]

There is nothing more lethal than a smokehouse punch from Mississippi!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

an outhouse punch?

[@pandavelli8176]

@@bostonrailfan2427. A whorehouse hook

[@duster71]

I was Vince's driver 88-90 and drove Hillbilly Jim many times ,he was a good Ole boy, just a joy to be with

[@christopherwood2290]

Met every wrestler in the WWF from 1979 to the late 80's. They all worked out at a gym in Hamden, CT close to WWF headquarters in Stamford, CT. I will name the guys who were jerks. Adrian Adonis, Jimmy Snuka, Don Muraco, The Iron Sheik. Most guys were great. Two really cool guys were Ventura and Atlas. I actually saw Hillbilly Jim once. He had gotten over his leg injury. I estimated him at 6'4 or 6'5" and had shoulders like a barn door.

[@alexvigil29]

I will name the guys who were jerks lmao 😂 in high school working out at golds gym in pacific beach lex lugar and the Steiner brothers went to train there once , those guys were kinda cool

[@charleskuckel3173]

As far as behind the scenes WWE fights are concerned, this one has the MOST consistent story. From wrestler to wrestler, it ALL sounds the SAME. The moral of the story is you NEVER screw with Dan Spivey!

[@igottheneed2]

I noticed that too, Not word for word but still the most consistent story.

[@BlackCountryKingdom]

I saw Dan Spivey in a relatively recent shoot interview, he seems even more intimidating now than he did in his prime! Loved skyscrapers tag team

[@boagrius7765]

Just seen the Undertaker talk about Dan on the Mike Tyson podcast. Guess thats what brought me to this video from 3yrs ago. Taker had nothing but good stuff to say.

[@bigal8986]

Or his brother Tim...lol I'm friends with the family

[@6evil6dead64]

Big dollar Dan the left hand man . Great name.

[@tomjones2348]

Hannibal has the very best shoot interviews, because he does his homework, asks the right questions....then shuts up and allows the interviewee to speak.

[@MnMs002]

Sounds like Spivey only defended himself..The guy wouldn't stop taking liberties,and stiff shotting him,what did Adrian expect? I don't blame spivey from what i been hearing..He K'O him walked off, and didn't boot him while he was down..But every time adrian came back he got some more until he had enough...Sounded very fair too me...

[@TDL-xg5nn]

Bullshit. You don't do that in the ring. If he had an issue he should have taken it up with him after the match. Sounded like to me Adrian was schooling him in the ring and he didn't like it.

[@hawkermustang]

Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop 'Til You Get Enough

[@dightonazpeitia4350]

@@TDL-xg5nn BULLSHIT on your bullshit boy. He tried to legit apply a choke hold. Adrian forfeited any professional understanding right then and there. Spivey had every right to defend himself.

[@DaveMiller2]

@@TDL-xg5nn Adonis had a rep for bullying people. Especially new guys. He would make them look bad. Take advantage of them. Hurt them. He tried that sh!t with Spivey. Adonis had it coming. He was doing it to Spivey in the ring.

[@seruresto1386]

​@@TDL-xg5nn Apparently Adrian overestimated his knowledge then lol. Sounds like Adrian was good at bullying and putting moves on people who were giving him their trust. Not so good when he actually had to use them on someone resisting.

[@y2flu]

Spivey by all accounts is one of the toughest of them all. He normally doesn't get included with some of the more popular names like Haku and Race, but he should.

[@johnm3907]

Probably because the haku stuff is mostly lies.

[@stedarkside1529]

​@@johnm3907 Haku is his mid sixties and he would STILL annihilate you!

[@johnm3907]

@Ste Dark Side so you believe every haku story? Are you that gullible

[@NJTransit1985]

@@johnm3907a lot of wrestlers have told the same stories about him. Maybe they’re exaggerated depending on who’s telling it but if they’re making shit up then why is all about him? Why not spread the lies about themselves or others too? They’ve made the guy legendary and if it’s not true then what’s the purpose of telling the stories. What do they have to gain by it?

[@johnm3907]

@NJTransit1985 if you listen to the same story's they are all different. No doubt haku was tough but all the story's seem half true.

[@BlackCountryKingdom]

Jim seems like a really nice dude

[@creoleDJ]

Dan Spivey was a legit badass in real life. Everyone talks about Steve Williams & others but Spivey was no joke

[@waynehand4600]

Took on both Road Warriors 😂

[@gregcrane4953]

​@waynehand4600 lol, no he didn't. He backed off in a hurry.

[@whatever1661]

didn't sound like this from what the Undertaker told but i guess you know better@@gregcrane4953

[@chuckcookus]

I love the hay background. Never break character.

[@jrbr549]

"Adrian owed him money over something..." Yeah, cocaine.

[@ericjames8816]

Love the line, "Brutha, he come back with a Smoke House punch from Mississippi".

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

Pretty much how Spivey himself told the story.

[@MrPernell27]

Brian Blair’s and Bob Orton too.

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

@@MrPernell27 yep!

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

​@@MrPernell27 yes!!

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

​@@MrPernell27also Jim Brunzell.

[@richle905]

Ran into Jim 10 years ago in a non-wrestling event, super pleasant guy.

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

I mentioned this is how Spivey himself told the story. Its also how B Brian Blair told it, right down to the shot sounding like a melon exploding.

[@RickyIcecubes]

Jim seriously looks great compared to the other living wrestlers from his era.

[@evanabbott2737]

“Oh no, let em’ fight..!!”😂

[@octoman_games]

They don't call him Dangerous Dan for nothing! Shit, even Taker said he was no joke!

[@rodzor]

LIVES are gonna be...in Waylon Mercy's hands. Ya know what I mean?

[@paystyles5429]

😆

[@paystyles5429]

When you realize Waylon mercy was not all a work 😳

[@rzl07375]

It was at the IMA Sports Arena, now called the Dort Financial Center.

[@jjfromthebigland781]

Geez he looks like DDP and undertakers love child...

[@FnRenner]

Looks like Gene Snitski's dad

[@wilburythesage2734]

The personality checks out too- laid back like taker while upbeat and positive like Dally

[@Ellie-i7q-t5w]

Omg, true

[@KaneRobot]

Lot of backstage fights taking place Michigan back then apparently

[@synthonaplinth5980]

They were doing a lot of gigs in Flint after Wrestlemania III.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

@goomba1982 I see what you did there

[@jamesbowen8960]

The famous Flint IMA Center.

[@gammasmash1924]

Jim still looks pretty good. Dude's almost 70.

[@naj5338]

Wait is that Hillbilly Jim?

[@xUnrealWarriorx]

Love hearing stories from the days when wrestling was actually meaningful.

[@captainhuckleberry7428]

Does anyone have the video of Dan knocking out Adrian?

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

Man.. there was this old boy (my cousin is actually married to his son now lol) that worked for my grandpa painting when I was a kid that looked just like Hillbilly Jim. I mean spitting image. Big tall guy, wore the overalls with no shirt under and the hat and everything lol. He just passed away about a year or two back. Carol Don Baker was his name. He actually knew Jake the snake Robert's growing up. Both are from the Gainesville, Texas area. Surprised he didn't get into wrestling. He was a helluva painter, though.

[@yaboyj2191]

Ur cousin married their son?

[@robintaylor680]

0:29 Listen to that deep breath that’s 35 years of waiting to tell people his stories

[@davejohnson7583]

From what I remember teddy long said Danny fought the road warriors at the same time he was not to be messed with

[@nunyabizness607]

Bullshit.

[@DarkwingDann]

I believe its on video somewhere. He legit shot on them and did damage.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

@@DarkwingDann Yup, they were taking liberties with Mark Calaway. Spivey had enough and started tagging them with a chair.

[@DPPLOWD]

@@synthonaplinth5980 huh

[@toddrunyon]

@@nunyabizness607 The Undertaker has told the story also so sounds like there is SOME truth to it.

[@markbowman6655]

I could listen to HBJ 24/7.

[@markdombrowski9619]

I wish there was a tape of that match.

[@TheRealDannAlexander]

There was a clip of a match between them from Toronto the day before this incident. It’s gone from YT but hopefully it gets uploaded. You could tell from it that tension was building.

[@rustykuntz94]

Spivey was about as legit a real tough guy as anyone. Up there with Harley Race, Haku, Bad News Allen/Brown

[@kazman_6899]

Rude, Regal

[@Azwel]

No video of it on KZbin?

[@gregeddy5800]

It was the IMA It’s now Dort Federal Arena. I remember that night!!

[@MrGrxxx123]

Reached back into last week!

[@tomwalker389]

Apparently Pat Patterson was screaming like a girl.

[@mrknowitalllt1]

yeah, he was screaming because he prolly had a date with adonis

[@paystyles5429]

Righteous knowhadamean

[@alexvigil29]

mrknowitalllt1 adonis was a gimmick being gay , he was married with kids and not gay in real life

[@Robocoppat]

What else is new...

[@dibber43]

Is it me...or does Hillbilly resemble The Undertaker, both in looking like him and sounding like him??? Uncanny resemblance...WOW!!!😆😅😂

[@christhabadguy3809]

Hillbilly Jim is what Undertakers and DDPs child would look like. Book it

[@selfiekroos1777]

HELLYBELLYJEEM!!!!!!!!! -Iron Sheik

[@frankybroughtoniv8465]

Thank u man u really entertained and inspired me

[@brianmullins5957]

Hillbilly jim looks like the Undertaker here!

[@bigchris757]

Wow sounds like things got really heated, must have been something in the water.

[@bowhunterelite7317]

Haha, I think that might have gone over a bunch of people's heads.

[@tbeaul1]

I see what you did there lol

[@maxmeeks9910]

Lead.

[@actioncamera1284]

Good to see Jim is still alive and well. Its that country boy lifestyle! Also I don't think he used steroids back in the day. They don't make them like him anymore. Simple and believable down to earth gimik that everybody could like.

[@davidapple8047]

Hillbilly Jim was like the one farm boy everybody who was from the country knew.

[@jasonfernandes8557]

Hillbilly Jim is person everyone can relate to he is a great guy!👍

[@bravojohnson5050]

They all used steroids

[@burnedwhitebread9867]

Technically wrestling was kinda real back in the day. Imagine being a jobber and gettin fucked up and squashed

[@sportsamania]

Yo I’m amazed at How legendary badass dan Spivey was lmao i can’t keep watching about him

[@nrood3821]

its called the flint ima sports arena. im 30 miles north of flint. i got to watch alot of wrestling shows in that arena. im not lucky to have been at this show when this match happened tho

[@ff7fanboi]

Dangerous Dan the left hand man

[@LTDANMAN44]

STAY AWAY FROM DAN THE MAN!!!!!

[@paystyles5429]

Spivey should have put him in the waylon mercy sleeper finish😆 KO with less color lol

[@Rifle1611]

Why didn't anyone stop the fight?

[@fashizzle78]

Seeing Spivey as one of the Skyscrapers and the Waylon Mercy Character I knew Adonis got his ass beat severely ..they all said he was a bully and was hard on the new talent backstage and in the ring

[@davidapple8047]

I could listen to him all day!

[@chrismemphis8062]

HBJ looks like Taker.

[@danlc95]

Dan The Man! My pops was a Dan The Man too. People call me that, but Im no tough guy like my pops was! 😂

[@matthewdunham1689]

Dan sounds like the nice quiet guy until someone goes too far.

[@FlexLuger87]

hillbilly jim looks like diamond Dallas taker lolololol, but great video though 🔥💯💯💯💯

[@RemoWilliams1227]

For real lol, the Underpager.

[@briancarvo124]

IMG…close! It was the IMA sports arena

[@toddmartin7549]

The arena was called IMA sports arena . Still there but called a new name now. I was there many times and still have tons of classic pics

[@danielescanaba596]

Very interesting. I love the details.

[@TheHarlemShow01]

Good Job Spivey

[@kerpal321]

lol whats a smokehouse punch from mississippi

[@pauljoyner4338]

That means it came from way back and cleaned Adrian's clock. It is comparable to a 1989 Mike Tyson punch.

[@timfrederick9305]

One of them southern sayings only we understand

[@icemike874]

Big ass soup bone, HamBone

[@brooklynbull-e3565]

Hillbilly is so knowledgeable

[@kingmiller1982]

Spivey is the damn man

[@robintaylor680]

Why does hillbilly Jim look 20 years younger than he did 35 years

[@jimmccullough4041]

I was actually there flint i.m.a arena

[@ParagonRex]

Is there video of this match?

[@TheHannibalTV]

No it was a house show

[@ParagonRex]

@@TheHannibalTV Ah, got it, love the content Hannibal, you put those other guys to shame.

[@voodoo49]

Glad I scrolled down... that was the 1 question that I had.

[@Silo-Ren]

Gentlemen Hill Billy Jim.

[@stuartmills3005]

Whoever tells the tale, the story is the same. Spivey punched his lights out!

[@bigal8986]

I'm friends with the Spivey family here in Florida. Never try to get cute with a Spivey... even today

[@jameskelly5672]

Hillbilly Jim is 1 of the best.

[@YimmyYames513]

Adonis got the picnic treatment know what I mean

[@jpdesertrunner]

Is it just me or could Jim and Taker be related. They look sorta similar. Just noticed that. Not much just a little bit tho.

[@1madinjun]

So JYD was owed money and wanted Adrian's ass beat but New Jack punched JYD for oweing him money. Oh, the irony

[@xUnrealWarriorx]

At the end of the day you may be the bigger man but there is always New Jack 💉💉🔪

[@johnlewisbrooks]

Mentally Adonis wasn't the same after that fight. He was just kind of off...

[@DerWutendeMetzger]

If the undertaker and ddp had a kid, this would be him.

[@MrImadummy]

His mouth @1:50 lmao

[@igorivanov299]

2:19 smoker's weeze

[@NathanLJustice]

Dan Spivey went to UGA. No one fucked with Dan. He used to bounce at Allen's

[@ctt4lfecw]

Moral of the story is, don’t get cute with Danny Spivey

[@Sagdrag]

He looks so much like DDP here.

[@RAINBOW24S]

Should be a Mortal Kombat move

[@momosupremacy8349]

What if hillbilly jim had the bray wyatt gimmick back in the 80s? With his sweetheart personality t would have been gold to see him one day just turn on hogan like that and get crazed

[@craig581]

That would never have happened for the time. If he was to turn heel, he would have aligned himself with either Bobby Heenan or Ted Dibiase.

[@jbjjones767]

Hillbilly is looking lik DDP'S brother

[@samswiegers6266]

Jim doesn't really age, does he?

[@roymartin500]

Jim's a nice guy.Oddly for a guy with teeth, he doesn't look like he has any.....until he smiles big, lol.

[@georgemonde8237]

If Spivey wasn't so violent he would've had a better career

[@SovereignStatesman]

He looks the same now as he did then LOL

[@scousehead]

Hillbilly J looks straight up AB

[@carter358]

Spivey should've had a bigger career. The man was a great talent.

[@dobsr1184]

Dan Vs Rick Rude

[@paulg444]

Pat Patterson was a curse on wrestling. What kind of a sick demented fool would have asked Adrian Adonis to wear makeup and then put him in the ring with an SEC D1 defensive end tough guy. And do it after you had countless warnings that things were going sour. Pat, you were the worst booker ever and everyone around you paid the price.

[@Desstrik]

HJim is awesome.

[@jeffreyb6165]

Ever blow up a balloon and then with the the thumb and forefinger on each hand pinch the sides of the....oh nevermind, just go to 2:19 for complete details. 🎈😄🎈

[@r0ckstar666]

Good thing the junkyard dog did not break up the fight.

[@tomwalker389]

Imagine if Bradshaw tried to be funny with Spivey.

[@joemofo5689]

Is it me or does jimmy look like the undertaker.

[@Odrox]

Undertaker and Diamond Dallas Page.

[@r0ckstar666]

Don't fuck with dangerous danny spivey

[@roobear78]

adrian is about the only person spivey could beat up,adrian was a wrestler wasnt no fighter.I never liked spivey but on this occasion he was right to do what he did

[@PlayboyofWrestling]

corturia bullcrap.

[@roobear78]

@@PlayboyofWrestling bullcrap nothing adrian was so outta shape it wasnt even a contest and spivey talks so much shit, he once claimed he beat up the road warriors with a chair after a match! yeah right

[@grawakendream8980]

i think i remember reading years ago adrian boxed.

[@richardstephens5570]

Spivey was a legit tough guy, and a good athlete. He worked as a bouncer and he would have played pro football if not for a knee injury(he was drafted by the Jets). He wasn't the greatest wrestler, but most guys in the locker room knew not to fuck with him.

[@mikejeffers2173]

Hillbilly Jim wow...

[@thetruefistofthenort]

🍺

[@MrPAULONEAL]

Jim should have been part of Bray Wyatt's group...

[@romeovega7229]

Gene Snitsky