Jim Duggan on Bill Watts & Backstage Fights!

[@durden2480]

What a tough guy Duggan was. Such a legend

[@nawfsidehtown2927]

Jim Duggan is a Fucking Legend PERIOD!!!!!!!! He had Legendary fights.

[@dtogo4286]

I've always heard he was tough but I never heard the stories

[@chriswillis1585]

The clip with Hacksaw wrestling and Tony and the Brain on the call. Brain laughed the whole match and lost it due to the thought of Duggan being a college graduate - GOLD.

[@jimbeekman4863]

I bought a 2000 Ford F-150 from Hacksaw at Boyer Ford in 2008. Hacksaw was missing his 3 front teeth and was wearing a wig... or some type of fake hair. I got an autographed photo of Jim "Hacksaw" Duggan.... Ain't that right.. TOUGH GUY!!

[@alfredobatistajr.3009]

Hacksaw was so underrated as a wrestler.

[@davejeffries6786]

He was aight

[@michaelmclaren1333]

He was properly rated. Hacksaw was a really big guy with a really big voice. He couldnt and wouldn't sell for anyone. As an upper mid card worker, he was given more chances then anyone else that didnt sell. He is a really nice guy. But cant sell.

[@theamazing10yearold65]

@@michaelmclaren1333 why can't he sell with his character tho?

[@michaelmclaren1333]

@@theamazing10yearold65if you are familiar with 80s and 90s wrestling. You obviously know hulk Hogans spot in the match where he's "hulking up" no persons punches or kicks had any effect on hulk. Now, take that same concept, people would hit duggan, with NO response and or "no selling". I don't think hacksaw had malicious intent. But he was very limited.

[@deadaccount7520]

lol. In a way mid South destroyed Duggan for me. My dad used the WWF popularity to get me into the local guys. Duggan being described as "our Hogan". So nobody else ever treated Duggan as good as a lot of us thought he should have been. His feud with skandar's team of OMG and kamala. Was probably the first wrestling feud I remember. Tough guy.

[@markherring3513]

His greatest was in midsouth when he wore the gorilla suit.

[@gabrielledormuth4634]

Duggan was always one of my favorites as a kid

[@magnificentone4686]

Mid-South was the King Of Territorial Wrestling! McMahon built the WWF product from 84 thru 87 by raiding Mid-South. Duggan, Reed, Dibiase, Nord, Roberts, JYD, Bundy, Nikolai, Iron Sheik, Hercules, Kamala and so on and so on. All appeared in Mid-South before going to WWF but couldn’t put Mid-South out of business until Bill sold it to Crockett

[@chrisbridges655]

The bolt incident was May 30, 1986 during the tournament for the UWF title.

[@cassiusdio1138]

i havent seen this vid yet.. but when i see Bolt it makes me think of this picture of abdullah the butcher smashing someone in the head with a big industrial bolt i saw in this magazine about that time..

[@seabrook1976]

Dude I remember the bolt incident. Wow that brings back some memories.

[@RayAtkins-wk9zv]

Put jim duggan in the hall of fame

[@ArkonBlade]

That intro music sounds so ominous

[@SherryIrvin-l8c]

Loved Jim Duggan. Heard he had Cancer. Is ge still with us? A true legend😊

[@rickt.3630]

Even haters are STILL intrigued by the Cowboy. Believe the internet or not , Watts is a legend

[@TheHannibalTV]

We hope to interview him one day.

[@r0ckstar666]

no doubt. bill watts is a legend. people are still talking about him in 2017 is the proof

[@jr9655]

He is a disgusting racist poc. His own kids don't want him anywhere near his grandchildren

[@QuartzMatrixed]

People Still talk about Hitler. Dahmer. Sandusky. I guess they are all legends too

[@watchman1178]

Ha ha.....I went to some of those TV tapings at the Fairgrounds in Shreveport. Good times.

[@rbky04]

Legend has it that Bill Watts and the Ultimate Warrior got in a fight backstage years ago and the Warrior got the best of Watts. Does anyone know if that's a true story?

[@ronalmaria9967]

rbky04 Ultimate Warrior used to work as a male escort, according to an old buddy of mine who worked in production. Watts didn't like that. He fired Warrior because of tgat, and because Warrior sucked in the ring.

[@yehudafinkelstein7504]

Warrior sucked ass. He had LOOK and that was it. Old school promoters like Watts, Ole Anderson, and Verne Gagne demanded that star wrestlers could actually work in the ring to sell tickets. Warrior couldn't do that, he was a flash in the pan who didn't last.

[@pinnacleproductions6275]

Ron Almaria Warrior was also in gay porn lol

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

Pinnacle Productions Ah no man!!

[@ronniemacdonald2768]

The story as Warrior told it was that Watts told him to get on all fours so Watts could teach him how to sell a move, i.e. a kick. but Warrior said they only way he'd go down is if Watts made him and Watts backed off. No fight but Warrior stood up to him.

[@deserieserrano2118]

I like when you have Shoots old school wrestling legends.....(70-80)...who do you have and when?

[@detangojet]

Met JD at an airport. Super cool guy. Let us take a pic. His hands were the size of my head.

[@daveandersen2484]

I played football with John nord. Nord the barbarian and later called the bzerker. He had a wrestling friend in high school, who lived to fight. They would go around to football games and such, at the opposing high schools. And fight the toughest guys on the football and wrestling and hockey teams etc. Anyone who wanted to throw down, one on one, in a fight was welcome. I don’t think anyone beat them. And I don’t think they had many takers after a dozen incidents. Nord was not the instigator, but he couldn’t say no to his buddy. And got drug into fighting. Hacksaw Jim duggan was one of my favorite guys. I would have loved to see him be a tag team champion with John nord. As hacksaw will tell you, Nord was really a down to earth, decent guy. If he wasn’t drinking. They would have had to create a strong silent type character for nord , to compliment hacksaw!

[@tritchie6272]

From what I've heard in interviews,if somebody was going to work for Watts very long,they learned how to work.Sometimes it seems as if we could use abit of Bill Watts today. If memory serves Nikita said when he went to Watts contesting fine Watts called in Grizzly Smith, and under question Grizzly said he didn't personalty see the match that Nikita got fined for supposedly being Lazy in. Watt's refunded the fine after that. Somebody also claimed that Watt's was a huge fan of Big Cat Ernie Ladd. While I don't think Watts was perfect or anything,sometimes I wonder if his bad qualities get exaggerated, embellished by people who didn't like his rules. Or were jealous of his success.

[@lusterthomas4189]

I think so I always say Bill wasn't Racist he was southern...

[@savagecatgt]

Bill Watts was a bigot. Just because bigotry is normalized in some places, doesn't mean he isn't also a bigot. He was proud of it and very very enthusiastic in his bigotry. He wasn't naive or ignorant, he was malicious. If you were black, hispanic, jewish, homosexual, or a woman, you were seen as someone he doesn't need to respect. He expected respect, but did not return it, even making purposely disrespectful and hurtful comments so you knew how he felt. You can read the transcript of his interview (and listen to audio if you subscribe) on PWtorch and hear his hateful perspective yourself. If that isn't good enough, just read the letter he sent Hank Aaron after he was fired where he doubles down on his bigotry. If you have no issues with what he says, then I dont know what to say except good riddance.

[@michaelelmorelittlejoe6422]

Jim I’ve always respected you. I don’t know if you remember that kid who was trying to get your attention and Bruce was like “here boy go get some candy”. Well, that kid was me Sir. Tough Guy Hooo… RESPECT to you Sir.

[@MB-oc1nw]

Bill Wats was a mans man...he didn't suffer fools or pussies. Similar sort of attitude as Ole Anderson

[@fuscinula]

Wait.. Nikolai Volkoff knocked out Manny Fernandez?

[@sanddune]

Yeah, he lit ole stolen valor up.

[@Halbared]

Who was knocking out Manny?

[@kevthegoat8774]

Nikolai Volkoff

[@PAL327]

Which wrestler shot up Bill watts home ?

[@kilroywashere1828]

Mid south when they did shows in Tulsa Oklahoma they used Tulsa convention center and fair grounds pavilion..I never heard of em being any where else I sold t shirts for mid south from 83 to 89

[@DoktorRotwang]

Not after 87 you didn't. UWF (Midsouth) shut down that year.

[@defblinders9585]

Why was Duggan not even given a run with the IC title? He was one of the most over babyfaces in WWF during his first run.

[@jivancich]

Cool

[@christopherbako]

Big Jim...He was much tougher before WWF.

[@billywilliams8753]

Mid-South waa so much better than Vince McNuggett

[@jcg2922]

I believe Nikolai Volkoff said that fight happened because Fernandez came into the match intoxicated and legit punched Nikolai a few times. After Manny ignored a warning Volkoff lit him up. There's an interview where Nikolai talks about it on here somewhere.

[@TheHannibalTV]

Yea I asked him about it in the one I did

[@craigharris9453]

Did I hear Hacksaw say Rick Rude knocked out The raging Bull?

[@kevthegoat8774]

Nikolai Volkoff not Rude, Volkoff was a very underrated tough guy

[@mrsinister8943]

Hacksaw was one of my least favorite wrestlers ever but he does seem like a really awesome dude and he was a straight up badass in his day.

[@vqman535]

Still looks the same !!!!!!

[@lusterthomas4189]

Vince McMahon stole everything from Bill Watts... damn shame

[@eugenefrederick5411]

How's Bam Bam Bigelow haven't seen him in a while

[@HAM-sb2ns]

Dead

[@eugenefrederick5411]

Hacksaw Jim duggan I grew up watching you so I know you know all the s*** that happens in the back glad to see you still moving I seen you take a pounding