Jimmy Snuka vs Ken Patera 1979 01 30

Another Dream Match Patera vs Snuka Houston Wrestling

[@salvitoripopadillo4539]

Snuka was an Alien! Look at how long those fingers were!!! Being born in 77, Jimmy "SUPER FLY" 🤟🏻Snuka was my Favorite!!!

[@squidjames7735]

coconut power!!!

[@ice_man81]

Long ass feet too. Lol

[@russellloomis4376]

😂😂😂​@@squidjames7735

[@sydneysheppard4979]

I'm 60..wheni was a teenager I saw Ken on world's strongest man running up a track carrying an engine block!!! He was world's strongest man!!🇺🇸🇬🇧💪

[@f.mazz.459]

Damn, Patera and Snuka were ripped in their prime

[@michaelstallings5824]

wish there was a w w e channel where todays wrestling stars could watch and comment on classic old matches like this

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

Ken is massively jacked here as well as Jimmy.

[@leeinvegas]

Jimmy was a bodybuilder in his early days and it still shows here

[@chriskumar4201]

My uncle was a cliff diver till he hurt himself.

[@chewy98ta28]

Patera has the same hairstyle my grandmother had back in the 80's.

[@obynoomere1280]

😂😂😂

[@madtownangler]

I noticed a lot of big guys had perms back in the 80's They were going bald and the perm kinda covered their bald spot. I remember when my gym teacher who was pretty jacked got his. He was not on steroids school teachers couldn't afford them like these guys did. Steroids weren't considered bad back then

[@wingmannj]

the ole george washington barbara bush hairstyle. all the rage for over 200 years...

[@owlperchedsilo3745]

lol!!

[@danl.2220]

perfect description

[@usman_empire3004]

It's very rare now a days to such a Huge Muscles in Action...

[@gnrvintagediecastracing7978]

The large muscles started to come in during the Billy Graham era. Not many, a guy here and there. In the 60s and early 70s, you don't see it, by the 80s and to the early 90s it was from superstart to jobber with large mass. Then slowly worked its way back out of the system in the ensuing decades. Most of the guys in the 80s died in the 40s to 50s with steriod related causes.. the list is long. Where as prior to that plenty of non heavy set wrestlers lived into their 80s. Its a good thing the wrestles don't need to be juiced in order to watch them.

[@speed6725]

Snuka had one of the best bodies in the business.

[@Midascrown5]

Entertainers at their best! giving it all. Damn...Miss you guys

[@alihassanbahtti6102]

⁹9 too

[@alihassanbahtti6102]

5590p656⁵ huh 8:31

[@roxydog2004]

Two of the best for what they did.

[@martyhelfrich8239]

Snuka was really jacked here. Always had a great physique. RIP Superfly.

[@198634]

Yup - I think he was at his peak here Absolutely chiseled

[@k.c.r.5974]

Yeah he killed a 23 year old woman and beat the crap out of her before that. Never forget superfly

[@similaritiesendhere]

@@198634RIP his girlfriend who had her head caved in by him.

[@Azomorat]

He was a murderer.

[@dannolives]

Steroids normally make yajacked

[@stevemendiola3696]

Back when they never forgot leg days at the gym

[@misterhyde1971]

😂😂😂 That’s what’s real👍🏽

[@rpkelly3825]

Despite Snuka and Patera's size... they were amazingly athletic.

[@rod4148]

Ken's brother was an athlete too & head coach of Seahawks back then💪🏾

[@jasperscott5426]

Both battlers knew how to work the audience,and kept them on the edge of their seats.It was not a snorefest.

[@jasonsmith8792]

Watch videos from just a couple years ago. Patera's physique is crazy. Transitioned from power lifter to a bodybuilder. Obviously him and Snuka et al were all on the juice.

[@chamuuemura5314]

You gotta be a little saucy to be that chunky and shredded. It was a sad day when I learned that Arnold et al were all on steroids. Even still, the dedication to get that big and not blow out a heart or liver is really impressive.

[@RAPEDBYBLACKS]

@@chamuuemura5314SO WHAT. WE WANT THEM HUGE AND THICK. THATS WHAT WE NEED.

[@philbuell6657]

I remember going and watching Snuka wrestle in Portland, Oregon.

[@TheJoerutland]

This is from the legendary Houston Wrestling promotion. Promoter Paul Boesch is on the mic. Irish Danny McShane is the referee, and yeah, he was pretty old here. But Boesch kept him around even in his later years. It was considered NWA territory but Paul wouls bring in wrestlers from other promotions all the time. What memories...

[@dr.options]

Thanks! I was wondering where this was.

[@richarddeaton5337]

I got to see Jimmy Snuka wrestle several times and that dude was huge. Of course, to a 8 year old, they were all huge lol

[@Iberian247]

Ken Patera: if George Washington was a pro wrestler.

[@jasperscott5426]

Is that Dr Tom Pritchard in the lower left corner of the ring seated outside.Pritchard began the early part of his career in Houston..

[@jpozenel]

The aspect ratio of this video makes both wrestlers look "larger" than they actually are.

[@be-shallahrah4588]

80 was the best era the great’s

[@sugumar8900]

Chandran. K ஜிம்மி ஸ்னுகா மற்றும் ஹென் படேரா இவர்களின் ஆட்டத்தை முதன்முதலாக பார்ப்பது மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருக்கிறது.

[@mikehealey2180]

I failed wellness test just watching this.

[@umazo1971]

懐かしい映像！ 良い悪いは別にして 台本ありきの見せるプロレス……… 肉弾バトルショーって感じで 面白い！！！ 👍💨💨👍💨💨👍💨💨

[@thebrotherhoodofsleep9857]

Remember seeing Patera on Wide World of Sports back then.

[@salvitoripopadillo4539]

Don't forget Tito Santana and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat! Maybe they were a couple years after. I grew up with the nephews of Greg Gagne! Son of Verne.

[@johntruesdale387]

The days of Cheif Jay Strongbow, Rocky Maivia, Rocky Johnson, A younger Andre the Giant, Superstar Billie Graham, Ivan Putskl, Gorilla Monsoon, Domenic Denuci. Those were just some that I remember. Saturday afternoon from 1975/ 76 to 80 on our local station. The next era that got my attention was Stone Cold, the Rock and Cena.

[@JuliusC1973]

So you grew up watching The WWWF/WWF it sounds like? This was Houston Wrestling and their Shows had Wrestlers from The WWWFF + AWA + NWA Promotions. You might see Regional Championships Defended and World Championships Defended. This was one of the better Professional Wrestling Promotions.

[@johntruesdale387]

@@JuliusC1973 Ya, my brothers and I got a kick out of the " little wrestlers as well. They were hilarious. I live in Northwestern PA. So seeing Mr Fuji in action on our local station was something. Not to mention the managers. The Wizard, Classy Freddie Blassy, I think the other one I remember besides Lou Albano was Oliver Humperdink?

[@lesterescoto3662]

The Rock 'n Wrestling connection was a good era too.. still had these guys.. then it drifted to about nothing until like you said the attitude era..yes indeed. Great times.. I was there at MSG when Mae Young (RIP) GAVE birth to "✋🏼" lol

[@DukeRhodes]

I was in Verne Gagne territory. I really believed we had the greatest promotion growing up. Nick Bockwinkle era

[@johnossendorf9979]

I loved this, from about 79 to 83. Then I went to see, Bob Backlund, Sweed Hanson, Marvolus Muraco, Chief Jay Strongbow, Charlie Fulton and several others. My dad had warned me that I might not look at Wrestling the same way after seeing it live. I told him he was wrong. He wasn't wrong 😢.

[@user-yp5ws3ko2b]

Каких сил, выносливости нужно и артистизма🎉браво, отцы рестлинга

[@user-hx7qj3mf3h]

ケンパテラ、ジミースヌーカ、身体が凄すぎですね🎵

[@peterl2017]

I think both were at their peak here, really jacked.

[@dsa4931]

Real wrestling ❤❤❤

[@RichardM1366]

Irish Danny McShane was a true legend in the business. He was a legit tough guy

[@davidmccurtain6443]

Aw yeah I remember Danny he was a good lad.

[@JeffTullock-fs4de]

Patera. He beat ass in St. Louis. Scary guy.

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

Referee Danny McShane- 2 out of 3 Falls Match: Jimmy Snuka ( 1/2 of NWA World Tag Team Champions of NWA Mid- Atlantic Championship Wrestling- at this Tag Teaming with Paul Orndorff ) vs Ken Patera ( 1/2 of NWA Mid -Atlantic Tag Team Champions -of Mid -Atlantic Championship Wrestling - at time Tag Teaming with John Studd )

[@mcdonnell89]

I dont know why people talk about fight, fight, fight all the time watching WWF/WWE. I am surprised to know even today people think these are fights, rather its an all act, nothing else

[@tubewrestler59]

People tend to appreciate the athleticism involved in performing these stunts because it’s still dangerous, regardless of the predetermined and worked outcomes. Most professional wrestlers have suffered real injuries and are broken down after retirement, from years of taking bumps. It’s an exhibition yes, but most people can’t survive the rigorous schedule of absorbing slams, so I think fans respect their ability to perform.

[@OoLOSTWORLDoO]

I love seventies wrestlers. They look like macho men.

[@richiecintheplacetobe]

they're wrestling better than the dudes out now

[@michaeljones436]

The dude in the 2nd row after the pinfall on JS was literally and legitimately upset by KP legs on the rope! Talk about a true believer!

[@denniswatson5066]

Jimmy didn’t get built like that curling coconuts. 😂. Miss these guys.

[@user-ec1lw4hm8g]

Mexican milkshakes

[@mrpink99]

I love kayfabe wrestler weights from back in the day...Patera announced at 300 lbs, Snuka 220, yet they are both pretty much the same size. Snuka may have even been slightly bigger

[@westyraviz]

That’s not how muscles and weight works. An individual’s muscles could weight different. I’m sure Arnold was more jacked than either but wouldn’t have weighed as much as either one of them.

[@michaell874]

These guys were jacked!

[@misterhyde1971]

Holy 💩 !! At 21:50 Jimmy does a rollover with a bridge pin on his head! I didn’t know he could do that! 👍🏽

[@Buisness1]

Back when we had more wrestling than promos. Wrestling is ten ours of promos these days and trn minutes of actual wrestling

[@Helmuesi911]

wrestling is real

[@jjMcCartan9686]

​@@Helmuesi911Yea so is the tooth fairy.

[@SaverioP]

It's getting to be as bad as the NFL.🤭

[@jeffbell3715]

​@@SaverioPAmen!!

[@marttyd]

What year was this? I wish whoever posts these things would post original year. Or is it somewhere I don’t know?

[@marttyd]

I apologize! It’s in the title ( for once) 1979.🤣🤣🤪🤪

[@richbaker4544]

'jimmy got his strength from climbing coconut tree" lol.

[@nicholaswoodall9820]

jimmy snuka should of been wwf champion and i.c champion

[@TheRealCreepinogie]

Back when wrestling was wresting. Not the fake drama crap now days.

[@ThouSwell-zx3fd]

Exactly

[@davidtorres1696]

Classic J Snuka this guy is crazy cut looks like he just got out the Pen,😂😂😂 this is the reason I started watching wrestling "SUPER FLY"

[@lanceblinent7909]

TV wrestling was a lot better when it was a simulated wrestling match like this than today's stunt shows. I have to laugh at the audience; especially at @15:15 at the Snuka look alike. Snuka even throws him a peace sign. The guy standing up waving his arms protesting the pin LOL.

[@storagewars]

J'aime bien la façon dont jimmy snuka replie sa tenue au début. Je suis sur quil fait le repassage a la maison.

[@user-we9qb4qd1b]

素晴らしい本物のプロレス、ケン-パテラは、プロレスperformanceが上手い

[@castlejrichardson6308]

This is prime Jimmy Snuka 💪💪

[@mattlewis6833]

Jesus Snuka was f-ing huge here

[@alexjimenez73]

É o ovelha que está lutando?

[@bigstick3403]

Damn was that Joe Biden making the 3 count?

[@jeff2all]

Back in the day when they knew how to sell it & how to own it for the crowd.

[@rxnupe]

That is one of the slowest refs ever

[@rfjohns4452]

Some great moves.

[@ioannis7744]

this looks like "wrestling" , it has moves a real wrestler can recognise.

[@THEBARASSOCIATIONBRC-fe5vb]

First time seeing super fly in this era.

[@stevemassarone1470]

Goddamn Snuka was a total unit here could’ve been on a pro bodybuilding stage

[@mijf1171]

Was Jimmy Snuka a freak of nature?

[@Tariq_H.]

لفت نظري الحكم… لم نعد نرى من في عمره في حلبات المصارعة هذه الأيام .. أعتقد عمره 80 سنة أو أكثر.

[@dhoronimuchahary2285]

Thank. You. WWE♥♥♥

[@CFH1962]

You've got big hands Mr Fly...

[@roshanartsmusic4045]

Physic is better than today generation

[@roberto0561]

This is the oldest referee I have ever seen in my life

[@misterhyde1971]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏽

[@dare2win215]

So Jimmy Snuka built muscles "with simple things like rowing an outrigger, climbing coconut trees, & games of skill in his village... reverting to the tribal instincts..." I've never hit mute faster.

[@jesseslack2089]

This has to be the biggest ring I have ever sing..at least 40x40!

[@MikeUIibarri]

Excellent.

[@ChrisCaster-tl1pf]

Yeah look at the hands look at the mitts on the superfly

[@bugvswindshield]

Big Time Wrestling! Who else saw the title and immediately thought "Jimmy SUPER FLY Snuka!"?

[@spirituchacarero3809]

RECUERDS INOLVIDABRES CUANDO ERA LUCHADOR LUCHE 4 VESES CON EL SANTO 😊😊😊JAJAJAJA

[@OoLOSTWORLDoO]

The crowds are rowdier too.

[@uttermanbo]

Wait a minute here. Patera was 80 pounds heavier than Snuka here?

[@dhofahkmurofiq]

in my place..the style of snuka is called silat martial arts😊

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

JJ Dillon was wrestling in Amarillo ( MMP ) territory at this time, i think Dillon manager ken Patera one time for this match.

[@sampleoffers1978]

I just wanted to check it's really thirty minutes and have to turn it off for now at "resorting to the tribal instincts" because it's too funny.

[@spirituchacarero3809]

@ VANINA GAITANA dedonde eres porfa ❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

[@arimandias6130]

ONDE ocê achô? E O RINGUE Ñ QUEBRÔ.

[@Melchezidek]

The steroids were real!

[@davidmccurtain6443]

Did Patera just come from an Elvis convention lol.

[@californiacavemandastardly6538]

Wow it's like two Big Papa Pumps

[@richierich8292]

Worse referee ever, lol. Great match, love Ken and Jimmy!

[@Blue_splash89793]

He was probably near by mechanic hired for a match or two 😂

[@lowtideatnite]

Irish Danny McShane was a legend in his day. Paul used him and Bronco Lubich exclusively in the 70's. The wrestlers in interviews done said Houston was the best place to work because of the pay out from Paul and the referees helping them call the match and make it believable.

[@dalaov5258]

the real villain was Snuka

[@crashmanly6281]

4:46 Pretty cool way for a strong guy to take/sell a chop.

[@Mark-sz6mq]

Jimmy Superfly Snuka was the man.

[@spirituchacarero3809]

ESUNA LASTIMA QUE SEALLA ACAVADO LA LUCHA LIBRE 😢😢😢😢😢

[@mr.salvatorejpluchino8467]

😳😳😳😳 I WAS 9 YEARS OLD BACK THEN. I WOULD WATCH THEM ON TV 📺 ON SATURDAY, THIS IS WHAT WRESTLING 🤼‍♂️ IS ALL ABOUT NOT THE WRESTLING 🤼‍♀️ NOW , THE LEGENDARY JIMMY SNUKA , POLISH POWER 💪 IVAN PUTSKI , KEN PATERA , REMEMBER THIS WRESTLING 🤼‍♂️ WOULD NOT BE LIKE THIS IF IT WERENT FOR THESE LEGENDS RIP 🪦 JIMMY MAY GOD BLESS YOU

[@TheMikeman1971]

i miss Andre and piper !

[@NanKaiMan]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@FrankStank-zc1mz]

The commentator starts to talk without knowing what he's going to say...very odd to hear

[@Possum260571]

on the juice both of these rasslers

[@fredericklockard3854]

Did he say Snuka weighed 220? He must be very short.

[@scottzearing6845]

Jimmy was a Portland wrestler first !

[@user-jj1jr4pg5h]

Super fly

[@briannord950]

Super fly ruled!!

[@ALEXTALISMAN78]

El mejor fisico era el de Jimmy Snuka 💪