Jim Cornette's Memories Of The Night Ole Anderson Turned On Dusty Rhodes In The Cage

From 6:05 Superpodcast episode 37, Jim Cornette tells the story of when Ole Anderson turned on Dusty Rhodes in a memorable cage match in the Omni in Atlanta, as he was there that day 36 years ago.
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[@erictoniaschwab1009]

Ole had become a good guy about a year prior when he teamed with Bob Armstrong. He became my favorite wrestler and that Saturday when he came out after double crossing Dusty ruined my weekend. I think I may have cried.

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

It was a perfect setup. Ole yelling "DUSTY ASKED ME!!!" when he was talking about biding his time to set up Dusty is so memorable.

[@MovieMan74]

Ole’s promo after his turn on Dusty in the Omni is, in my opinion, one of the top 5 promos in the history of professional wrestling.

[@jenisia3600]

Facts

[@sychophantt]

Facts

[@macarthurclutch4384]

Agreed

[@denniscatanese4846]

Top 3, in my book

[@charlesrunnells5844]

@@jenisia3600 h

[@kevinwilkins7524]

Wow Jim Cornette Dusty Rhodes impersonation is spot on lol🤣😄😅

[@blackatheistmillionaire1636]

The way Jim tells it was just as exciting as being there!

[@azapro911]

The storytelling done by Ole in that promo never gets old.

[@Bestline7]

This is one of the best heel turns in history

[@robertbishop5357]

That was an incredible heel move. This is when story telling in wrestling meant something.

[@kentcampbell122]

The best part was that he didn't just beat up Dusty, he totally outsmarted him.

[@robertbishop5357]

​@Kent nope the idea came from Dusty and Ole. What a swerve. It was the greatest of all the buildups and back stories and storyline. It was pure genius.

[@michaelvolgare4454]

Even thought I kinda knew Ole was gonna turn on Dusty I was still surprised in a way. Ole's promo on TBS after the turn was one of the greatest promos (maybe the greatest one ever). The Great thing about the turn was like Jim said they had 2 previous tag matches where everything was cool between Ole & Dusty!! Perfect angle and turn!!!!!

[@Deadpool_64]

Crazy how Jimmy was in his early 20s during a lot of these stories he tells.

[@greedyd5524]

We don’t wanna hear it...WELL YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO HEAR IT!!!

[@TheStevehuff]

These were the good old days of wrestling

[@catboyzee]

At around 3:48 Cornette does a spot-on impression of Dusty Rhodes...LMBO!!!

[@ronaldshank7589]

Excellent storytelling there, Jim! I wish I could have been there to witness that. Ole Anderson is no one to mess with!!!

[@FranBushardt]

Ole’s Book is a MUST READ. He talks about everything & Everyone with No Punches Pulled!!

[@christieharris5872]

I have to admit I love Corneys Dusty imitation

[@errolsessoms9683]

Christie Harris I like it to

[@mixednegro55]

Yah he is spot on with the dusty impersonation lol

[@00RockyAngel00]

LOVE the part about people being willing to go to jail, but not willing to miss the last match!

[@davethomas3791]

Getting goosebumps just listening to this! God I loved those days!

[@jamesteegardner2273]

Back when wrestling was presented in a serious manner.

[@glace5620]

One of the best heel promos ever, regardless of whether you like him or not.

[@ricstormwolf]

This is the greatest story Cornette has ever told. There are 3 great heel promos I can think of. Ole's after turning on Dusty, CM Punk's pipe bomb and my favorite, Shawn's "who's your daddy, Montreal" promo.

[@Jim-Tuner]

The fun thing was that even five and six years later the heat between Ole and Dusty was still there. The year the horsemen formed, you just kind of knew watching that Ole was always going to go after Dusty on sight. What was great back then was that you could have these feuds between guys that kept going - on and off - for years in a consistent way.

[@michaelallanrubin2376]

They really didn't like each other

[@WAndrews44]

@@michaelallanrubin2376 which made it even better

[@idol_stomper]

Ole's return to the Horsemen in the spring of 86 after getting his leg broke by Dusty is Anderson's best promo imo

[@tommystewart872]

I remember the angle like it was yesterday. As a hater of heels, I wanted to tag team with Dusty myself to get even with Ole and his whole coterie of fiends. Lol. Such good times. They don't do it like that anymore to be sure.

[@lawrencebritt270]

@Lord Belial there has never been a more accurate statement.

[@Jesusmy733]

Jim Cornette has got to be one of the greatest stories tellers and interviews of all time

[@palmerbaggins3374]

Ole Anderson...RIP

[@michaelconnors9906]

If you look at the surviving footage you will actually see Dusty Rhodes throw a punch at Gene Anderson who was one of two special guest referees inside the cage--so Ole defended his brother and more importantly, the referee from Dusty's dastardly attack. Everybody cut hot promos afterwards including Dusty, Ivan Koloff, and Assassin #1. The hottest line in Ole's promo was that Lars should be thrown out of wrestling.

[@texjlh]

Michael Connors I loved it when he called Lars a "do gooder" and "Mr Sir Galahad".

[@mm4s33]

Can I find it KZbin? Looked and couldn’t didn’t know if I was looking in the wrong place

[@michaelconnors9906]

At this you tube video, Georgia Wrestling - The Big Turn of 1980, kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHSsmH-HfNeorNU at about 2:25 through 2:32 Dusty Rhodes throws illegal fists and elbows at the both Assassins, Ivan Koloff, the other special guest referee and Gene Anderson. Clearly Ole Anderson had no choice.

[@steveladue]

What are you? Ole's attorney? "Your honor, my client had no choice!" :)

[@soulburst]

fromthegreatbeyond nice old school promo

[@davidscott7626]

I wish Vince & Ole could put aside their differences & Vince would realize how important Ole has been to the business. Ole belongs in the HOF if for no other reason than this promo. Still one of the best promos ever by one of the best ever.

[@mkl62]

After Vince bought out WCW in April 1984, Ole had a confrontation with him in the TBS parking lot. VKM remained calm and offered Ole a job with him. "Ole, I'll make you more money than you have ever seen." Deep down, Ole later regretted it.

[@gregclark3268]

I think a few people have said that Ole ran into Vince and Linda at an NWA convention or meeting and after blasting Vince he said Fuck You to Linda, which resulted in the bad blood

[@martindoll5884]

Ole was a true badass.

[@herzkine]

No , who cares about that lame VInce HOF , who gives a Rats as whos in a business run HOF that has Trump and carey in it?

[@steveladue]

To answer Jimmy's question about whether or not they had the title match between Harley Race & Tommy Rich w/ Lou Thesz as the ref, according to Mark James' excellent book on the Ga territory they did in fact have the match. After what had just happened I can't imagine the crowd was too into the match.

[@geneticfreak4394]

My older brother was there that night and was drinking with friends. They tried to attack Ole and Gene and Ivan Koloff. They went outside to where the wrestlers leave the Omni and started throwing rocks at Ole’s car.

[@BM-979]

I hope Jim does a 2 hour special on Ole Anderson and his importance to professional wrestling.

[@chrishollister80]

The best heel turn in wrestling history. Even better than Hogan's in 1996 because with Hogan, by 96, the fans had already turned against him. This turn was so well planned and executed. The greatest ever.

[@wolfgang3]

What is left out is the moment Dusty and Ole became allies. Dusty had sent out Mike Davis to tell the Assassins that he was in the studio. Assassin no 1 said something to the effect to take this back to Dusty Rhodes messenger boy and gave him a good open had slap and they started to beat the crap out of him. Dusty came running out and the Assassins whipped him too. They got him in the corner of the ring and busted the corner of his eye open. Assassin 1 repeatedly head butted him in the wound. Ole later came out and made a pact with Dusty.

[@impacking]

Best angle I’ve ever seen in my 55 years of watching wrestling.

[@edmondcamp2878]

Ole Anderson was one of the best workers and was one of the top five talkers in the business. By the way Ole forgot more about professional wrestling than Vince McMahon will ever know.

[@denniscatanese4846]

Ole's promo here, in my opinion, is 3rd all time greatest promo; behind Austin's "3:16" promo at King of the Ring and Dusty's "Hard Times" promo.

[@aaronstockton7373]

Dusty Rhodes is so underrated. He was limited as far as his moves and in ring skill goes. But he could still win you over with what he did do. Some of his matches back in the day are still some of my all time favorite matches. And on the mic... He had a speech impediment and yet still one of the greats of all time.

[@madamefeast4824]

Underrated? He is considered constantly in top ten greatest of all time lists. He is the literal opposite of underrated. How can someone who is on every wrestling list of Greatest of All Time be underated? Haha. Who else? Ric Flair? Bruno Samartino? Shawn Michaels? Harley Race?

[@med1965]

Dusty sucked as a booker! What.can you say about a guy who tried destroy the Rock N’ Roll Express, the Road Warriors, The Four Horsemen, ect. He would have sabotaged Magnum TA too had he not been in the car wreck. Dusty booked for Dusty and only Dusty.

[@endrsgm]

i remember this happening and im not sure which was greater ... seeing it on tv OR hearing jim recount it now. i love corny's stories.

[@charlesmoore3654]

"Ole Anderson,It'll neva be ova"!!!

[@m.jarvis4638]

"Dusty Rhodes ask me, will you be my tag partner? I said sure. Stan Hanson asked will you tag with me, I said sure Stan I'm on your side! Tommy Rich wanted me to ride with him, I did. ....hated every minute of it!" One of those times that made me a fan!! I don't care about what people feel about Ole right now, but to me, he was one of the best damn wrestlers ever!

[@stevewarren4813]

Ole was nuclear when he turned on Dusty.

[@cretinousjester3475]

Steve Warren: Nothing gets heat like betrayal. Ole and Dusty, Zbysko and Bruno, Windham and Luger. Hell, Hogan's heel turn on Macho. All of them great heel turns. The best part them- not a single fan suspected. That's the key. Too many heel turns are telegraphed these days.

[@nirey]

I think you mean atom 💣 type heat

[@ratesforless]

Don't forget Orndorff's turn on Hogan, either. That drew plenty of heat as well...

[@ActorjeffjohnsonNYC]

Don't forget Shawn Michaels turning on Marty Janetty.

[@ddave7026]

@@cretinousjester3475 when Sgt Slaughter joined the Iron Shiek..house need cops around for like a year

[@packrat2473655]

Jody Hamilton was the assassin here in Tulsa during McGuirk days. Great heel.

[@davidiihouston6883]

I watched this angle play out and it's beautiful. Even more beautiful that ole and Dusty did it again 5 years later. I'll add the andersons best Dusty and Andre.

[@CarDietrich]

It'll never be over

[@donnyfaison9349]

Greatest promo EVER!!!!!

[@rexsexson5349]

Best Ole promo is one word: Stid!

[@dewaynewhite2928]

I remember that match!!!

[@tomsawyer5736]

My fav episode of 6:05 of all time

[@dougdyer9726]

Damn, Jim sure can do a Dusty impression

[@Kevin-cy4qn]

How did the crowd react u ask Brian? I can sum it up "DA CROWD WENT BANANA"

[@mattp6793]

those days are over..we don't have a society capable of handling real heat like the omni had in 80..wrestling sux because the fans have changed too..everybody wants it spoon fed.back then there were layers in a storyline that people with actual attention spans were watching and reacting too..it's over n that's sad

[@natureboy1313]

matt p .....your comment nailed it, and it is sad. Thankfully we have KZbin

[@bertmustin]

The heels had to be escorted out of the building by security because the fans were that angry about a fake wrestling angle.

[@michaelallanrubin2376]

It wasn't fake dude

[@FranBushardt]

Ole Also made the Point of saying He had to do his best to put up with Being a Friend of Gordon Solie and After the turn, he no longer had to and If Gordon said the Wrong thing Ole would do a Number on Solie too! GREAT ANGLE!!

[@A_real_Ha_So]

Bobby Heenan caused him to turn face. The video is still on KZbin somewhere.

[@setadriftonfishandchips]

Tuco Benedicto Ramirez gotta look that up. 😀

[@Rolltidewhiskey]

And guess what..no flips required. No leaking of the angle. Kayfabe can still work. We need to hit the reset button

[@RobertoTheOriginalManFromTheA]

This is truly how you do a heel turn..But I know some felt the build took too long.

[@McMahonHater]

It part of the reason why nobody coming to his aid when he was kicked of (and targeted) by the Four Horsemen was smart booking.

[@jimmythefool]

Is the synth at the beginning a Korg MS20?

[@JohnDoe-wy2py]

People talk about how the Bloodline storyline is the best of all time. For us that was around in 1980 when wrestling was more "real" I humbly submit this as one of the best of all time.

[@karozhun_0895]

Corny could tell a dr suess book story and it would shine, if a book company hired him to do audio books or readings etc they would make a killing

[@fifiwoof1969]

HEAT!!!!! SIZZLING!!!!!

[@chriswillis1585]

Bill Watts vs Ole Anderson - Dog Collar March - Lafayette, Louisiana ---- Crap got real.

[@dr.roberts4508]

It's been used ever year since.

[@donovanshannon1234]

RIP OLE ANDERSON

[@benjamin29471]

Godspeed, Ole.

[@ratesforless]

I remember that. My uncle, cousin, and dad were thiiiis close to getting arrested that night for being some of the many trying to storm the cage...

[@michaelconnors7668]

Rhodes got what he had coming. He got the beating he so richly deserved. Thank you Assassins, Ivan Koloff, Gene Anderson, and Ole Anderson for your inspiring commitment to fair play and sportsmanship. May we all follow your sterling example.

[@isaacshaver6218]

@@Casey28027 Lol

[@FranBushardt]

LOL ALSO!!

[@sugartbube]

That's when shit was REAL!!!!

[@seanbonella]

RIP Ole

[@oveidasinclair982]

That sounded like a great match, is there a KZbin video of it?

[@A_real_Ha_So]

No. Just the highlight you can see by searching, "Big turn of 1980".

there's a longer video with more of the promos. "ole turns on dusty"

[@contour157]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKq1lYedhdWShMU

[@douglasarnold5310]

Just watched this lol

[@anthonythompson9763]

How did the Dusty Rhodes/Ole Anderson feud start?

[@SuperMutant2099]

Ole is great in it. By the way video of angle up next on KZbin. Funny thing I never got context to the angle for years. Part of it showed on clash of champions that celebrated 20 years of wrestling on tbs. no KZbin or internet at the but to me it was weird ole and dusty working together. I know ole from 4 horseman at time and was like wtf. They didn’t say when angle took place on clash. Wasn’t till I finally I saw the angle and promos on KZbin years later that I get full story

[@matthewgabbard6415]

Imagine growing up in that Anderson house, they just threw raw meat n the floor and let them fight for it ;)

[@ppguy2196]

Cornette sounds so clear and crisp here on Brian’s podcast maybe old faithful needs taken out old yeller style after all lmao

[@ppguy2196]

Unless he’s using it here and it’s just because of the mix

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

Sunday 7/20/80 GCW Atlanta Georgia Omni coliseum the (Return Match): Cage Match -Special refereesv Gene Anderson & Ivan Koloff Assassin's vs Dusty Rhodes & Ole Anderson (Ole Anderson turned on Dusty Rhodes( Aired on Saturday July 26,1980 on WTBS Cable TV, First match was Sunday 7/6/80(The first time Ole & Dusty Team Up) 8/1/80 Omni coliseum Dusty Rhodes & Andre The Giant vs Ole & Gene Anderson also 8/22/80 Omni coliseum Rematch ...

[@anthonythompson9763]

How did Dusty & Andre lose to the Andersons?

[@spanky9676]

It wheel nevah be ovahhh!!!

[@anthonythompson9763]

Wasn't that quote from dusty after a bunkhouse match with Anderson or Koloff?

[@Sixfoot8m]

Was Cornett present at Lou thezs first championship? Just asking

[@kenrickeason]

#1 Hogan Hogan heel turn promo is the greatest heel turn promo I have ever heard when he turned on WCW to join the outsiders #2 Ole Anderson heel turn Promo after he turned on Dusty #3 CM Punk heel turn promo #4 The Rock first heel turn promo when he join the nation of domination and #5 Bret Hart second heel turn promo when he turned on the U.S. and Vince McMahon..

[@FranBushardt]

Hogan’s heel turn was somewhat predicted but not the way it happened. The talk was that Hogan as a Face was getting stale and the change was needed.

[@mrsquishyboots]

Down down !! No good galahad

[@johnhawk1969]

Wasn't Bill Watts involved also?

[@anthonythompson9763]

Watts came after dusty became Uvalde Slim

[@kennymcbair7323]

Brian The Great ‘ An the Mighty , Mega ‘ mr.Cornette (A.K.A )Clubber Lang

[@santoprince3857]

The Omni I will be there in the Omni that was the big big should be that place should have been preserved the Omni was Legends were made Legends performed and legends bled and legends the Omni I'll see you Sunday night in the Omni Dusty Rhodes my favorite wrestler of all time when I was a kid watching that when the only Anderson and assassins brutally attacked him when they were teaming up in the cage with Ivan call off it right then and there I love Dusty Rhodes I love them before that but man I loved him from that on that is the biggest turn the biggest event in wrestling as a kid that had an effect on me that's why Dusty Rhodes the American dream will always be my favorite wrestler of all time that incident right there watching it as a kid at Gordon slowly saying run the tape and what happened in the Omni every Saturday you hear all the matches in the Omni and you never see them you'd see some the bits of the big things that happen but the Omni that place should have been shrined and been preserved sad that it's gone but the Omni lives in our memories and our hearts the Omni I'm coming for you oh I understand in the Omni only Anderson on Sunday night in the Omni it's on you will bleed only Anderson LOL

[@jasonv2323]

He explains this like he had a better business plan however the mcmans proved their business plan was far superior. What they did with hogan worked. Vince is a billionaire. What does Ole got?

[@Wadzillia]

Ole retired a millionaire before he was 50. Gave his kids his lumber companies and never had to do business with Vince. Ole did exactly what he wanted to do in the Wrestling business. But how would this angle pertain to Vince or Ole's business plans?

[@geboganes1065]

*Match

[@hellgato777]

Jim "FreeBird!" Cornette

[@santosjerez1586]

Dirty Rhodes ....the one and only ....

[@thehighjedi5109]

What Jim?? You still have the notebook from that night and know the cage match was advertised as the semifinal but then you go on to state "you didn't bring high speed film because you didn't know there was going to be a cage match" ???? What?? A match between those two advertised in a cage and you didn't know or follow it?? I have a hard time believing that knowing how much you liked Dusty especially.

[@cornfilledscreamer614]

Pro Wrestling peaked right then & there. Been downhill ever since.

[@joemamaluke]

Great promos, but one of the stupidest storylines ever. If you wanted to get an enemy, why not just get them? It's stupid, convoluted and irrational. It's like when Calvin came up with an overly complicated plan to bombard Susie with water balloons. Hobbes suggests just sneaking up on her and directly ambushing her right then and there...Calvin tells him his plan leaves a lot to be desired and a defeated Hobbes states the obvious...his plan at least makes sense. This is one of those stupid storylines a wrestling fan would hate to defend against haters because you cant even defend this against rational and logical thinking. Cornette sells this just like a wrestling fan should, tho. Comes as close as fair as anyone

[@78bcat]

You honestly think there aren't other genres in entertainment that can't be similarly hyper-analyzed. Take Breaking Bad: How is it possible that Walter didn't conjure a fool-proof cover story for his wife from the start? Instead he struggles at every turn to explain his behavior. And the pre-op relaxation drug is not a truth serum, where you suddenly lose your faculties and reveal secrets. But we suspend disbelief because we're not kill joys...

[@wescollins2981]

Hands down one great comment

[@shanehester5317]

jim loves trump

[@shanefelkel9966]

Does Jim name his podcast after the start time of GCW on TBS?