Jim Cornette on The Passing Of Ole Anderson

From Episode 332 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@vinceraven1501]

I ran into Ole at the mall of Georgia some years ago, as my aunt & uncle did too, & I just looked at him, smiled & said Ole Anderson. He cracked a smile, nodded slightly & reached out to shake my hand. He went into a store, got a piece of paper, pen & signed an autograph for me. Did the same for my aunt & uncle. He talked highly of his past in wrasslin, but, cussed up a storm when talking about the, then, current wrasslin product. Condolences to his family & friends. 😥

[@jamesburdette4113]

Ole lived here in Monroe, Georgia. Right down the street from me. He was always always nice and respectful to everyone. Monroe did a tribute to him this past Saturday night.

[@Copperstoned]

“I did it. You wish you could. Your opinion is different from what you put across as fact.” - Ole Anderson on dirt sheet marks. RIP legend! 🙏

[@matthewcollins8602]

He absolutely destroyed Meltzer in that interview 😂

[@kshinokevin]

@@matthewcollins8602- YES ! Ole "wrecked" Dave; Meltzer thought that he was so smart, as some young "pro wrestling (broadcast) yuppie journalist" from New York. (Minnesota Wrecking Crew). I wonder how a interview between Ole and Paul E. Dangerously (Paul Heyman) would turn out. Heyman is great on the mic/stick.

[@matthewcollins8602]

@@kshinokevin it would be incredible

[@glennrugar9248]

Dude was a legend when it came to not giving a single fuck. RIP

[@kshinokevin]

@@matthewcollins8602- it could be like this. Ole: Yeah, Vincent K. McMahon, Jr. loved Sterling Golden's (Thunderlips; Terry "The Hulk" Boulder; Hulk Hogan's) body type, but couldn't wrestle his way out of a paper bag. In the NWA/WCW, I didn't think that "Mean" Mark Callous; the "Skyscraper" who replaced Sid Vicious/Justice, would draw a dime. I told that to good ole/ol' J.R. (Jim Ross). Dangerously: You think that I'm Sid: a jackass, that has "have half the brain than you do." I had once managed "Mean" Mark before his contract expired for WCW and then, he left for New York (the WWF), as "Kane, the Undertaker," and got managed by Bruce Prichard (Brother Love) and "The Million Dollar Man," Ted Dibiase. When Dibiase was with the bodyguard/man servant, Virgil (R.I.P.), for a TV segment, back in 1987, there was a young RVD (Rob... Van... Dam : thumb point), who had to kiss Ted's feet, instead of bouncing a basketball for $500 bucks, 15 times and then being humiliated for it." Ole: Dangerously, You are a Gordon Gekko wanna be, with that Motorola brick phone in your hand. You don't know what the heck that you're talking about. Prove me wrong ! You were nothing but some young punk photographer, like a Jim Cornette (without his tennis racket) or Bill Apter, that snuck into Studio 54, with the help of "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin." Does "Cowboy" Bill Watts like you very much ? Dangerously: I don't think so. He hates my type, I guess (Lenny Bruce, Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Henny Youngman, Mel Brooks, Andy Kaufman (the "Taxi" guy who had a feud against Jerry "The King" Lawler); Woody Allen, Andrew "Dice" Clay, Richard Lewis, Gilda Radner, Scotty Flamingo (Raven) and/or Bill Goldberg.) (Goldberg was a man who ended Bret "The Hitman" Hart's WCW career with a single mule kick, to the skull.) Comedians turn their horrible lives into comedy gold; tragedies just like a Bill Shakespeare play. Ole: You are acting like a fool right now. Don't be like (Woody) Allen though. He could be on a Chris Hansen tv show on NBC, just like "The King" from Memphis, TN. Latka Gravas' opponent trying to lure kids, with a pizza in his house or playing with a see saw at a public park. I think that (Dave) Meltzer could be a court jester. He likes what he likes. There are people that I like and people that I don't like, around here in WCW, like a referee (Theodore R. Long), that hangs out with two masked men: Butch Reed and Ron Simmons - Doom, that tag-team. Dangerously: Why don't you like old Peanut Head ? Ole: I just don't care for him, just Thunderbolt Patterson. Dangerously: I see. You should meet two of my friends, their names are New Jack and Mustafa Saed (from SMW: Smoky Mountain Wrestling). Ole: Go back to south Philly, to that bingo hall, where you belong ! Dangerously: Sufferin' succotash, you sound just like Yosemite Sam. Maybe, Watts might just fire my @$$ outta this (Billionaire Ted (Turner)/"Gone with the Wind" redneck plantation) place or get a Fed Ex mail (with a pink slip in it (what Eric Bischoff did to Syxx/X-Pac and "Stunning" Steve Austin). Ole: I'm from Minnesota. The home of Verne Gagne's AWA. Dangerously: That's where Hulk Hogan came from, before he went to New York (the WWF/WWE). It was "Playboy" Gary Hart who called me up and informed me about Hogan. Dangerously: At least, Terry Boulder could draw, many dimes. Ole: I hated how Ric Flair and Arn (Anderson) worked in the ring. I hated when Vince McMahon (Jr.) had bought out Georgia Championship Wrestling and ruined the regional territory system. I didn't like the Briscos (Jack and Gerald/Gerry). Both "Dirty" Dutch (Mantel) and Kevin Sullivan had called me a no-good b#stard. I'm "difficult to work with." Maybe I'm not a "people person." Too f#ckin' bad, man. Back in May 24, 1976, a late 70's-early 80's year old man (Henry O. Ramsey); he was a Greenville Memorial Auditorium (South Carolina) regular, had shanked me, after I did a chairshot and crushed him with my feet. ("You can't keep an Anderson down for long. You think he's been selling eggs all his life, selling snow cones on the beach ?") Another time, the "Lariat" (Stan Hansen) had tried to pull a gun on me ! And that, my friend, is a Shoot. Dangerously: You are consumed with fire and fury ! Ole: These younger (KZbinrs, Tik Tokers) social media influencers do nothing but stare at their phones for hours, even in a cross-walk (when the light is turning red). These zombies should learn how to read a book, my book in particular, "Inside Out: How Corporate America Destroyed Professional Wrestling," with co- author Scott Teal (November 1, 2003). The teenyboppers should just go outside and play. Go touch grass ! Go down a metal slide, as the hot sun burns your butt/a$$ or a merry-go-round (roundabout). Get some mud in your fingers or in between the crack of your toes, through your open shoes. Stop being pu$$@$. They think that I am just a hard-headed and stubborn curmudgeon. A grouchy or grumpy old man. I'm just a S.O.B. that is stuck in his ways. Just deal with it !" Dangerously: Getting the boot. (These boots are made for walking; an old Nancy Sinatra song.) It will be similar to when you got kicked out of the 4 Horsemen. Maybe you aren't just cut out for this "wrasslin' " business, anymore. You can no longer be in the corporate place, where the Big Boys play. What if ATM Eric/Easy E, Eric Bischoff, had sent you packing from CNN Center, and got demoted to the Power Plant; you would have to deal with guys and gals like: Blackjack Mulligan, Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Medusa (Micelli) and Jody Hamilton ?! Blackjack Mulligan.... he's coming for you, Sucka ! (pause) Thank you, (Ole, for your insight); F#%k you and Goodbye !""

[@matthewhostetter8974]

Ole Anderson, did it all in the business and was one of the few men to ever tell Vince "Fuck you." RIP Legend.

[@Crusader7077]

The cage match with Ole and Arn Anderson against the Rock & Roll Express in Greensboro, NC at Starrcade '86 was one of the best tag team matches I've ever seen. An intense crowd with such a well-worked match.

[@SSJ2Phenom]

I hope that when Ole Anderson sees Dusty Rhodes in heaven, Dusty says, "I told ya Ole Anderson, it would neva be ova!" Then they have a Loser Goes to Hell match.

[@ricosalvaje5802]

Omg lol.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

If only that were possible

[@fattypneumonia]

Git 'em, Rock!

[@rickyusa1000]

Then the finish is contested so next week is a rematch.

[@DMS-pq8]

🤣🤣🤣

[@brenthenshaw3585]

I watched an interview with Ole where he talked about Hulk Hogan. He said Eddie Graham called him and said he wanted Ole to look at Terry Bolder, and Ole asked him "Can he work?" And Eddie told him "Well, he's big, and he looks good." So Ole brought him up, named him Sterling Golden, and after 2 weeks saw his work was the shits, and called Vince Sr., and said "I got a guy for you to look at", and when Vince Sr. asked if he could work, Ole said "Well, he's big and he looks good."

[@kenchidester7702]

i saw that interview had me laughing

[@franciscoj.figueroarivera8337]

....and that's when Hogan started making money . 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CulEdz]

Hogan could work tho. Was he Flair or Steamboat? Hell no but he didn’t have to be. He was a powerhouse. He doesn’t need 30 minutes to win a match because someone his size should be able to beat anyone quickly.

[@franciscoj.figueroarivera8337]

@@CulEdz check Hogan's matches from Japan from the early '80's and '90's. He's always said that he loved going there because they allowed him to wrestle. Plus , check his match against Flair at Beach Blast '94 at the O Arena in Orlando, Florida with Shaquille O'Neal at ringside.

[@brenthenshaw3585]

@@CulEdz This was Hogan first started. He couldn't work for shit. And that was really noticeable in a territory where they ran 5 cities a week.

[@dmar28]

I absolutely loved Ole!! I met him once and I had a WWF T-Shirt on and he made the comment, "Must have been laundry day huh kid". I looked down and looked at my shirt and and laughed and said Yeah must have been.

[@gothard5]

This was absolutely fascinating. This is the kinda stuff that I could listen to all day. RIP Ole Anderson.

[@bobshattuck6151]

Google Ole VS Dave Meltzer. Ole had nothing but contempt for Meltzer and tore him up

[@matthewcollins8602]

Listening to him blistering Meltzer never gets old.

[@dreampopwavestudiob7282]

@@matthewcollins8602 He put Dave in his place smh A professional wrestler getting a writer put in his place. It was brutal. Sometimes you need to just sit and listen rather than assume you know everything.

[@manuelper]

@@dreampopwavestudiob7282 DM still doesn't know shit.

[@ssheldon1616]

I remember his t-shirt when was a kid, “win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat”.

[@kshinokevin]

"It ain't/not cheatin', unless you get caught." - Jesse "The Body" Ventura. "Hulk Hogan is a Joke." - Ole Anderson; on a shoot interview, he said that yeah, Hogan as the "Sterling Golden (Georgia Championship Wrestling)" character had the body, but had no wrestling ability. For some reasons, Ventura couldn't stand Hogan; both of them were in the AWA (working for Verne Gagne). When Hogan left the AWA for the WWF, one of his first feuds was against Ted Dibiase (before the "Million Dollar Man" character) at MSG (Madison Square Garden). It was Dibiase's second rodeo with the WWF, now with a bodyguard named Virgil ("Soul Train Jones"), in which Hogan feuded against Dibiase. Whenever Jesse was in the commentary booth, with Vince McMahon Jr. (on "Saturday Night's Main Event" or "Superstars" on the weekends), "The Body" always put the Hulkster down, as a color commentator.

[@davestaircrazedlocalactor7949]

Ole did come to Knoxville and was Southeastern Heavyweight Champ for a little whiie. Which was kinda of weird.

[@lotsathedetox]

Ventura hated Hogan because apparently he had done a bunch of work to unionize the WWF. Hulk caught on to what Jesse was up to and promptly ratted him out to Vince like a stooge, instead of helping the boys. That was the turning point in Ventura and McMahon's relationship and I am pretty sure Jesse was gone from WWF not too long after. Might have been a year or so, but that is probably the biggest reason he put Hogan down, but he was supposed to be the funny, heel commentator so who knows.@@kshinokevin

[@TRivera13]

I remember the shirts he wore saying "DAMN I'M GOOD"

[@Sweeptheleg83]

​​@@kshinokevin I saw an old old interview with Heenan where he said it was because Ventura was always jealous of Hogan because Ventura wanted to be Superstar Graham and Hogan was more fitting the part and more over. That was Bobby's opinion. I don't know if he knew about the Union thing, he probably did but he said Jessie was always kind of jealous of Hogan.

[@C0wboyzfan4life]

I always enjoy jim telling stories about wrestlers that he's familiar with after their passing. Respect to JC

[@BlackMoore82]

Paul the Butcher Vachon, Ole Anderson, and Virgil in the span of three days. Rest well gentlemen, you will be sorely missed 🌺

[@darrylskylar8757]

Rest In Heavenly Peace 🙏🤍🕊🙏♥️

[@tomjones5650]

Da Butcher died? You can't beat his prices. But you can beat his meat.

[@rickshelton1955]

Jim will be doing more and more of these

[@benjaminperez7328]

They always come in threes……….

[@sirjer73]

​@@tomjones5650hey

[@denniscook512]

First saw Ole in GCW, like him or not he was the real deal. Thank you for the memories and thank you for making me believe...R.I.P. ROCK

[@bilklein]

Loved Ole, a real old-school heel. No face paint, no boas, no cowboy hat, just a mean nasty blue-collar guy who wanted to beat people up. And he cut great promos, always enjoyed hearing what he had to say. RIP as you ascend to the Great Battle Royal in the sky.

[@jaygo8917]

Racist af also

[@vycanismajoris6871]

I always thought he was Mike Hegstrands dad (Hawk). It wouldnt surprise me if he was

[@Jakob_The_Stoic_Norseman]

​@@jaygo8917 Proof or?

[@tonyslicer7399]

​@@jaygo8917you need tissue

[@DabsDad]

​@@jaygo8917so is Trump. Nobody cares. His biggest moneymaker he booked was Thunderbolt.

[@richcaterson3598]

When I heard of Ole's passing, the first thing I thought was that I couldn't wait to hear Cornette's reaction. Jim never disappoints

[@jpmagnus6909]

Ole Anderson rolled up at the pearly gates of heaven, declared that the queue was the absolute shits and stated that he could draw a bigger crowd.

[@mustaffa1611]

I doubt that. He's on his knees declaring Jesus Christ is Lord as everyone is going to do. at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

[@dennisrowan9700]

And Saint Peter turned Mike Graham away at the gates 'cause he couldn't draw an earthly dime.

[@acemak14721]

@@mustaffa1611yo, let the freaking joke breath. Nobody cares about your self righteous piety.

[@mustaffa1611]

@@acemak14721somebody got triggered

[@dennisrowan9700]

@@mustaffa1611 Got triggered like Alec Baldwin.

[@sc30002001]

The story of Ole smiling at the kid at Dairy Queen was such a sweet moment. R.I.P Ole Anderson Diamonds are forever and so are The Four Horsemen

[@claytonjones8358]

He called me a little bastard on the way to the ring in Corpus Christi, my dad was laughing his ass off right next to me. Hahahahaha

[@raymondtipton7243]

Why did he call you that?

[@FrankAndrews]

Heels gonna heel​@@raymondtipton7243

[@paulknight5300]

That is awesome!

[@yehudafinkelstein7504]

Ole was a heel.

[@theatagamer90]

​@@raymondtipton7243 Because he was a little bastard obviously. And because Ole was a heel and that could get him heat

[@artmeddaugh6669]

I love heels, and I loved Ole Anderson. I just wanted to thank him for having any influence in Georgia Championship Wrestling coming to and start running live shows in Michigan in 1982. The loop was Saginaw, Lansing, and Grand Rapids. That is when I first saw GCW on cable TV on TBS while living in Grand Rapids, and after watching it I was hooked. I made my dad take me to the Stadium Arena and the first card I attended the main event was Harley Race vs. Tommy Rich in early March. I saw almost every live show there including the one right before "Black Saturday" on July 10th, 1984. Two and a half full years of going and watching all the talent. Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, The Armstrongs, Ronnie Garvin, Paul Orndorff, Buzz Sawyer, Michael Hayes, Mr. Wrestling I & II, The Masked Superstar, The Wild Samoans, The Legion of Doom (The Road Warriors, Jake Roberts, The Spoiler, King Kong Bundy with Precious Paul Ellering, which were my favorites), a young Arn Aderson with Matt Borne, and of course, Ole Anderson. That "Evil, Mean, and Nasty" Son of a Bitch Ole Anderson was a tough, rough, no-nonsense Brute, who just wore plain old tights and plain old boots who would punch, kick, stomp, and pulverize his opponents into submission. Take that body part and render it useless. R.I.P. Ole Anderson. The wrestling profession just lost a LEGEND.

[@RickJW-OSM]

I believe now, in the wake of Ole's passing, we can officially bestow upon Jim Cornette the title of 'Grumpy Old Man of Wrestling.' Long may he live. 🎉🎉

[@showtime810]

Thanks Jim for sharing this, Ole was the best.

[@ELECTRIKDOOM77]

I remember my Grampa (R.I.P) and I tuning in to TBS SUPERSTATION for the NWA/WCW show and Ole was cutting a promo on the ROAD WARRIORS and my grampa saying to me, Doug you see that guy he is one tough S.O.A.B!!!! R.I.P Ole!!!!🙏

[@j.c.ca.o.l7035]

I'm currently reading his book and it really is a great read one of the better books for anyone that's interested rest in peace Ole Anderson the rock you were great

[@MauricioSandoval-xc9ih]

“Don’t do this anymore, all of it” - Ole Anderson

[@CaptainColdyron222]

I’ll always remember Ole laughing as he did the Shockmaster voice after Fred Ottman tripped busting through the wall. For some reason that’s always stuck with me out of his whole long career.

[@drunkensailor112]

That's the best thing ever in this world

[@nolongerblocked6210]

😂😂 Now I've gotta look it up & watch it again

[@btipton6899]

"he fell on his F'n arse!"

[@portillo64ify]

I re watched that and barely noticed it you know it was a monumental mess up if ole anderson breaks character

[@cb3648]

@@portillo64ify That's what makes it so funny, everyone expect Sid breaks up, but he is still trying to be full on rage promo mode which just adds to the hilarity.

[@JT-fz2xy]

You know vince is finished when the passing of ole is annnouced on wwe tv

[@Dawumpni]

Facts. Vince would have NEVER put him over, even in death.

[@Reese13]

It sure was. Facts😂

[@reubenelite]

​@Dawumpni any specific reason?? Or just he doesn't want ppl frm other promotions old thing he had

[@ck_idgaf1680]

😀and he still doesn't care and making money

[@jasonjimerson7046]

Didn't Ole Anderson tell Vince and Linda McMahon to go f yourself?

[@paulknight5300]

81-83 in Georgia was the very best wrestling I've ever experienced!

[@garryfrater7536]

I've listened to Jims Ole stories on this program a few times but was looking forward to what Jim had to say about Ole's passing since the news broke down here in Australia and of all the tributes Jim's was the best. R.I.P OLE ANDERSON.

[@MrWolf12000]

An all time promo and an all time heel. My friend and I quote Ole almost daily. RIP Rock

[@Shrug02]

This was so fascinating. Sad circumstances but I could listen to Jim talk about old wrestling all day. RIP Ole.

[@bookmark7859]

Evil, Mean, and Nasty. RIP Ole.

[@1979augistine]

One at a time my childhood heroes are slowly disappearing and all i can say is thank you for so many memories and wonderful times . May all who have passed may you rest in Peace and God bless to you and your families.

[@YogsenForfoth]

True, it is sad to say goodbye to these legends. I’m just grateful for being able to experience so many great moments throughout the entirety of the 80’s and 90’s. ❤

[@nolongerblocked6210]

I wasn't born until the early 70s so early 80s wrestling was when I started reading the magazines my mom would buy for me at the grocery store & watching on TV.. but I really would've liked to have seen Ole & Gene in their primes PS: #RIPLegend 🙏

[@michael50351]

The funniest part of the Big Turn video is when a fan actually makes it to the top of the cage and none of the heels notice. (Top right side of screen) But takes a quick look around and decides he doesn't want to get in THAT bad so he turns and goes back to the floor.

[@madbrowniac7871]

So technically it was actually a "Turn and A Half?!"😂😏🎤🐴💎👔👞👞🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@Jim-Tuner]

The real glory days of Ole Anderson were in the 1970s with Gene Anderson. Brutal and authentic heels. The best of the best.

[@YogsenForfoth]

“Boy, that was the shits…” -Ole Anderson RIP to a legendary member of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew. We’ll miss ya, Ole.

[@televiper11]

Ole is vastly underrated by modern audiences. Great Booker, great Heel, amazing promo, and a tag team specialist. And he was right about Vince before just about everyone else. As for Taker, he also wasn’t wrong. In the NWA, as “Mean” Mark, he would’ve never drawn a dime. Ole was blunt, honest, sarcastic, and didn’t suffer fools.

[@adanmizura]

RIP Ole Anderson and Virgil 🙏

[@vincesmith2499]

And now Butcher Vachon.

[@powerboon2k]

What does this actually mean?

[@Gulag00]

@@vincesmith2499why do wrestlers die in 3s?

[@Sky_Blaze]

Illuminati ​@@Gulag00

[@manuelbouman5432]

​@@Sky_Blazehow are those assh*lls involved?

[@brainspin7518]

Ole was a part of two big Dusty angles in the 80s. Both were in the Omni & in the cage too! True LEGEND in the sport.

[@bryanalexander2376]

I didn't realize that Jim was at the Omni as a fan for that match...what a amazing scene to see in person.

[@jimlamenia7812]

His promo after the Dusty turn might be my favorite heel promo ever. He bursts in on the football player, antagonizes the crowd, and breaks down everything that went into his thought process and plan in less than 5 minutes . You're gonna get it Ole...Not from you..Genius

[@ricosalvaje5802]

That promo was amazing. Ole was an amazing talker.

[@jimlamenia7812]

@ricosalvaje5802 "we don't want to hear it" "WELL YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HEAR IT!!!!"

[@ricosalvaje5802]

@jimlamenia7812 such a great line. Ole would own the crowd.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Who was that football player? I know Otis Sistrunk from the Raiders wrestled during that period but he was bald.

[@jimlamenia7812]

@MrSpeed-lt8gr I'm not sure. It was someone named Ernie but it wasn't Sistrunk or Ladd. Perhaps it was a player that was a fan but never wrestled but they interviewed him because he was there?

[@vinceraven1501]

Nothing would ever beat that, if Ole Anderson would've been in the AEW locker room for just 5 minutes... 🤣🤣🤣

[@ShaneNoles]

To anyone under the age of 45, I’d say it’s hard to truly grasp just how believable and authentic Ole Anderson came across in promos and in the ring. A hard ass to the very end, I could and did listen to him for hours in the lobby of the Hilton during the Mid-Atlantic/NWA fanfests in Charlotte. And the roast of Ole Anderson in 2016 was pure gold as Tony Schiovane, Tommy Rich, Ricky Morton and others roasted Ole and thanked him.

[@TheChwann]

I waited for this. I never even saw this dude wrestle back when. But Corny talk made this man a household name and made me a fan. Blows my mind this hurt me even as old as he was. A true legend.

[@patricksnavely5850]

I watched Ole and Arn, just like you I waited for this episode as well. Ole came off like a cranky old fart, but he knew the business. Good times growing up watching Jim Crockett Promotions.

[@DabsDad]

​@@patricksnavely5850he was better before Arn. When he turned on Dusty in GCW it was epic.

[@ricosalvaje5802]

Ole was an excellent promo. Him and Piper have some promos on KZbin from the early 80s that are so good. Piper was so razor sharp and witty.

[@brucevalari5612]

A lot of the old territory stuff is on KZbin

[@patricksnavely5850]

@@DabsDad wasn't quite old enough to remember those times when he was in GCW. I'll certainly check it out.

[@andresuker5106]

OLE Thank you for your Blood, Sweat and Tears . REST IN PEACE OLE ANDERSON you are a LEGEND

[@hi-vv3jo]

And semen

[@wewin03]

People who weren’t there can never fully grasp just how good Ole Anderson was.

[@richard-rt8bw]

Founding member of 4 Horsemen

[@thornmountain8129]

Been waiting for this discussion. RIP OLE~~~!!!!

[@chrispaige3939]

Keeping it real! Thank you

[@drskull9]

Ole calling people and their matches the shits is one of my favorite things.

[@RavenMessiah]

RIP Ole. You'll be sorely missed.

[@Goawaykidyoubotherme]

We don't wanna hear it WELL YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HEAR IT

[@____K_____989]

Ol’ Anderson actually got me. 😂 Thanks Brian.

[@luisg.407]

Thanks for the great recap on Ole. Ole had that voice, man.if Arn Anderson was no nonsense, Ole was even more dead serious in his promos and his voice was great. As a kid, I seriously thought he'd break someone's arm doing that badass knee off the turnbuckle. R.I.P. Ole!

[@Jay-yy5rp]

Ole’s shoot interviews on KZbin are hilarious

[@davey3884]

I just watched a shoot Ole did with Ricky Morton on KZbin, and it was great, he seemed to genuinely like talking to Ricky.

[@misterelom]

Ole had one of the greatest heel turns of all time when he turned on Dusty in that cage match. The clip of him and Gordon Solie reviewing the clip and Ole's like "I had to be careful because I didn't want everybody else jumping me" 🤣🤣🤣 And in the promos where he'd be talking about Lars like "That do-gooder Lars!". Even the face turn when he got into the brawl with Tully at the Turner studios after Tully called him an outsider and talked about his son. And then there's the legendary match from Starrcade 86 with the Rock N Roll Express (I remember Steve Austin saying he watches that match all the time and it's a favorite of his). Even the promo/angle where he kicked Sting out of the Horsemen was great. So many classic moments from Ole and love him or hate him, he was one of the best ever. Rest in peace Ole.

[@intelligiblenoise6802]

Arn and Ole were probably the most believable guys in wrestling history. Their work looked brutal and their promos were chilling.

[@KitKat-ss4or]

If you like that, Gene and Ole would have blown your mind!!!

[@maskedmotorsdiy3575]

Ole Anderson, Gene Anderson, Black Jack Mulligan. You kids today can't understand how scary the late 1970's could be. Killer bees, quicksand, Minnesota Wrecking Crew, The Claw...your chances of surviving were slim.

[@productreviewproductions439]

I really love him for his shoot interviews but the footage I have seen of him was pretty interesting , great heel

[@matthewcollins8602]

Ole was great and I respect him immensely for his contributions. I first met him with Thunderbolt Patterson and they were so funny together and I knew they had remained great friends through the years. Ole really liked Jim Cornette also along with The Road Warriors, Stan Hansen, Rock n Roll Express, Arn, Gene, & Lars Anderson, The Harts, Gagne's, Bill Watts, Funks, Ernie Ladd, Harley Race, Tony Atlas, Sting, and so many others. I've heard the accusations Teddy Long made in regards to Ole and can honestly say I never heard anything like that from Ole. I also however don't value Teddy Long's take on anything considering he gave absolutely nothing to the business and was a referee until he started threatening to sue anyone for racism unless he was used as a manager or significant on air talent. Rest in peace Rock 🙏

[@darryllmcgee]

Teddy Long is not the only person that has ever talked about Ole being a racist.

[@matthewcollins8602]

@darryllmcgee no but they don't have any credibility either. It's basically a group of compulsive liars and crackheads.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Honestly, is it really that hard to believe someone in that time & in the south was racist?? Nobody's perfect & even if he was racist that doesn't lesson his accomplishments or the cool things he did in wrestling. This modern fascination with pretending everyone's perfect, never said or did anything wrong in their life & if they did acting like they should be cancelled or thrown out of society, lose their job & be ignored forever is absolutely ridiculous. Humans are supposed to learn from their mistakes, nobodies born perfect we all struggle but hopefully we learn from our mistakes. A few mistakes doesn't make someone a horrible person in perpetuity

[@WarGhoulKharas]

I don't think Ole was racist. He was an asshole to everyone equally.

[@darryllmcgee]

@@WarGhoulKharas Whether you want to believe it or not, Ole was a racist.

[@englishjoe70]

Remember first watching Ole and Gene ( Minnesota wrecking crew ) in the early 70’s, they would work on an arm or leg through out the match.

[@chrispaige3939]

Thank you Jimmy. I appreciate your love of my dad. Christian.

[@jerryf.coffey2671]

My favorite memory of him is when him,Arn,and Ric kicked Sting out of The Four Horsemen at Clash Of The Champions in Corpus Christi,Texas.

[@rb.339]

The story at the end about bischoff pulling in when they were doing the interview is one of the best things I’ve ever heard 😂

[@tysontomko]

"On behalf of the f&g manager i thank you" was the best line ever

[@Goawaykidyoubotherme]

Ole then Virgil then Paul Vachon

[@robertmuhammad7086]

Rest easy to the “Rock” - one of a kind. Got to meet him in the early 2000’s got a copy of his book (signed) and got to talk to him a couple of times. I thanked him for the memories (Ole and Gene /Ole and Arn, etc.) Peace

[@florida_guy03]

Ole’s promo after the turn on dusty is one of my favorite promos of all time. It was perfect.

[@roobear78]

most amazing thing is how ole stayed at wcw for all those years right up until bischoff got rid of him!

[@Jim-Tuner]

Every time Ole tried to walk away, they gave him more money to stay.

[@matthewcollins8602]

​@@Jim-Tunertrue

[@jakubwidlarz]

I just did some research and at the start of August 1980 there were FOUR supercards in nine days: August 1: Dusty/Andre vs Ole/Gene, Omni August 2: JYD vs Michael Hayes(Dog Collar), Superdome August 3: Harley vs Dusty for the NWA title, Tampa August 9: Bruno vs Larry Zbyszko(Steel Cage), Shea Stadium

[@chrischar9428]

I woulda just copied this from last time it was posted

[@shamfortune2761]

Really enjoyed this, didnt know too much about Ole but Jim's knowledge is really helpful and insightful as usual

[@ANDREW.24]

May he rest in peace a good soul

[@wilcee238]

Nope

[@HyperActive7]

Nobody of this generation will get just how influential Ole was in getting real competition in the territories and his run as one of the Four Horseman is grossly underrated because he was one of the original founding members of that stable and not to mention the one who helped Flair really take off as the leader of the stable whose run in WCW is right up there with the greatest of all time.

[@PatI-zg9gm]

Ole is a legend. Flair was the flamboyance of the Horsemen, but Ole was the menace. That is what made that foursome terrific. They each brought something different.

[@HyperActive7]

@@PatI-zg9gm And they were able to do kayfabe, which you could never do these days!

[@sambrownbridge7917]

Jim Cornette: "The Cotton Gin was invented Eli Whitney" Ole Anderson: "YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!!"

[@benespinosa6725]

Ole anderson was awesome in the four horsemen I got to do research on his career because he was way before i was born.

[@j.c.ca.o.l7035]

One thing that I liked about Ole in recent years was I love seeing him do commentary with Gordon Solie on Georgia championship wrestling and I was very surprised when he actually admitted he really didn't like doing commentary. I thought that he and Gordon were actually a great team and they did really really well.

[@FrankC71]

The Rock name came to Ole when Ole did a taped promo and the background music was "Like a Rock" by Bob Seeger

[@maceomaceo11]

What ? He was Rock Ragowski when he broke in as a rookie in the AWA in 1964, over 20 years before that song was written and when Segar was in high school. Where do you people get these ridiculous ideas from?

[@FrankC71]

@@maceomaceo11 He was not calld Rock for many many years before he did the promo, and I saw it live and is in my tapes, I have hundreds of tapes I am Digitizing, so grow up and quit being a triggered Mark

[@maceomaceo11]

@@FrankC71 Don't get triggered for being wrong, he was called Rock in Horseman promos by Arn very often. Again, he broke into the business as Rock Ragowski. Bob Segar doesn't have anything to do with any of this, nit wit.

[@FrankC71]

@@maceomaceo11 No one is arguing that, sad thing is, I knew that without Wikipedia, I have AWA footage of Ole as Rock Ragowski, but never called that in the Carolinas much less the NWA

[@Smootman1]

I first saw Ole in the mid-60's. Great performer. I love Ole stories...RIP 😎😎

[@indieauthorjasonblayne7511]

The 86 house show in Huntington. I remember late aunt going on about thay show even years later. She met the midnight that night.

[@moopert86]

A legendary grumpy old bastard. As always, Jim does a fantastic job looking back at the history of these wrestling legends.

[@akamiguelsanchez9985]

Ole just reminds me of my dad. Same look, same polo shirt, same brilliantly grumpy/sarcastic humour

[@samiam7342]

every cornette tribute episode is equivalent to a masterclass......

[@mikes.4136]

RIP Ole Anderson

[@dgb7984]

It was only for a brief time, but I most remember him for when he teamed with Piper. Georgia territory '81-'82.

[@exidy-yt]

OMG! Don Muraco was The Rock for a while there!! I had completely forgotten that!! I could literally feel the old synapse sizzle in my brain as that old mental connection re-established itself! Thanks Brian and Jim! I have little good opinion of Ole Anderson, original Horseman or not. I became a fan of JCP during the Flair, Arn, Tully & Luger era and my opinions of Ole are coloured by Mick Foley's interactions so he struck me as not the nicest or smartest guy around, as well as a possible fruit. Still, death sucks. RIP Ole the Rock.

[@markhayden3462]

One of my all time favorites.

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

Ole Anderson A true master of the art, in a world of scribblers and finger painters _Resquiet In Pace_

[@davidfrederick1971]

According to David Crockett he keeps saying that the house show films were thrown out once Turner purchased JCP. Apparently he does NOT KNOW you saved them from dumpster

[@maceomaceo11]

You never heard that from David Crockett. You just made that up, conflating Vince buying Georgia with Turner buying WCW. Ole didn't own shit in WCW, he was an owner in GCW and nobody knows what happened to the tapes. Somebody had them though because there's a whole lot of Ole's booking in Georgia all over youtube. Also, it seems WWE owns so much of that Georgia footage they don't have time to go through it. Some WWE video staff employee found "The Last Battle Of Atlanta", so if that has always been there (the Holy Grail of 80's Southern territory matches) then likely all of it is in WWE's vaults.

[@nathangillispie51]

I loved watching Ole. Very sad morning for me.

[@brucemeyers4826]

I'm 60, grew up watching the 4 horsemen and the Minnesota wrecking crew.. good times to watch rasslin..

[@davestaircrazedlocalactor7949]

You could imagine Ole as a normal person out in the world when he clocked out for the day.

[@michaeldavanzo5561]

II was watching another video here on KZbin that had a rather slow speaking narrator so I put the play at 1.25. This video was next and I didn't realize I left the play on fast until Brian Last started speaking. LOL Love that Corny!

[@MaggieKeizai]

This video made me realize that one of my best friends is exactly like Ole Anderson in terms of personality.

[@maddogmarc]

Ole made wrestling believable. Something that doesn't exist with today's sports entertainment. He was great on the mic and in the ring.

[@RS3isRealscape]

we respect you booker man!

[@JameyMarlowe]

He was at two slamboree

[@jodyvanliew2514]

Ole was one of a kind . RIP

[@DaWrestlingKnowledge]

R.I.P Ole Anderson

[@BudFriesel]

Great stories about Ole. Love them. and all i can say about his time as Booker in WCW is that if i had to deal with the kind of higher ups like he did, i would be a bit of a grouch too. lol.