Junkyard Dog: The People's Wrestler

[@MandaMalice]

Unless you were a kid during the height of his fame you probably cannot even begin to grasp how beloved he was. I’ve read that many believe McMahon wasted the opportunity to capitalize on JYD’s star power and as one of those kids that loved him, I’d have to agree. He wasn’t the Hulk Hogan of the south, he was bigger and badder. Always was and always will be ❤️

[@thechosen481]

Damn skippy, JYD was not promoted very well in the WWF/WWE. JYD was greater than Hogan.

[@NickWixx]

He was a hard core Crystal meth addict. By that stage of his career he was a shell of his former self. And you don’t bring in another promotions champ and make him your champ. It says the other promotion is better than yours. It’s better to bury them.

[@NickWixx]

Did you miss the part when Jake said he had a jar with over 1,000 hits of speed in it?

[@ChocoThunDuh]

What a time to be alive fr 🫡

[@TNLable]

And he has some of the best wrestling entrance theme ever

[@PattMcCrotch]

JYD once lived across the street from my cousin in Natchitoches Louisiana. On occasion we would see him outside mowing his grass or doing yard work. We got his autograph of course and he was the nicest guy. This was the early 80s.

[@ONEFATE9]

I saw JYD at the Ramada in New York City. Had no idea he was coked up to his gills. He was nice to me. R.I.P. Sylvester "Junkyard Dog" Ritter.

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

That is one of the things that JYD was know for was being nice to fans even when he was drugged up. One unlucky fan saw JYD in a gang house during and getting drugs to sell. It had effect on this young man that lead him down to the path of joining that particular gang. The hurt in this man eyes, when he told the story was heart breaking.

[@rayray7906]

I didnt know that his addiction was that bad😢

[@tommyg2660]

Same

[@actionsammy1]

Vince McMahon had believed back then that fans weren't ready for a black wrestler to hold a major title but it's still a major injustice that JYD was never the WWF World Champion or, at the very least, the Intercontinental Champion.

[@undertakerfanz628]

Jyd should have won the Intercontinental title at the first WrestleMania

[@joshuagibson2520]

Didn't Paul Orndorff get it?

[@joshuagibson2520]

Oh now I remember. Greg Valentine's cheatin ass with his feet on the ropes for the pin.

[@undertakerfanz628]

@@joshuagibson2520 never

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

More than likely he would of gotten if he was not on the drugs to the point that it affected his in ring work, being able to make dates, and being in the necessary condition to have a good match.

[@undertakerfanz628]

@@EyeOfTheWatcher Vince was not going to have a black champion regardless Comment editor

[@philaman1972]

The first time I saw JYD on TV was when he joined the WWF and back then, they were playing "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen for his theme music; as soon as that music played, the fans went nuts and JYD quickly got over due to his incredible charisma. In fact, he was basically #2 in popularity -- right behind Hogan himself... he was something else! RIP, JYD!

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

I remember they had him team with Hogan.

[@jlobiafra]

I remember going to mid south wrestling in houston at the Houston Coliseum. It seemed like every main event was always Junkyard dog vs Kamala. Some good times. I got to see andre, dusty, chavo Guerrero, hacksaw jim duggan, tony atlas, mil mascaras, tully blanchard, ted dibiasi, etc

[@gypo_gault]

Saw him wrestle Jake the Snake in Tulsa when I was a kid

[@DC4Life77]

Hacksaw Jim Dugan is the reason I found out wrestling was fake when I was a kid. He got busted with the Iron Sheik for coke and weed. I might still have the Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine it was published in

[@steveprezzie6526]

I remember that

[@FullyAutomaticAddict410]

What did his charge have to do with you finding out about wrestling??

[@nahhfam7678]

@@FullyAutomaticAddict410because in Kayfabe they’d never associate after what Sheik “said and did” to hacksaw and America. Them getting busted showed something wasn’t quite right.

[@dante666jt]

​@@FullyAutomaticAddict410exactly 😂

[@Ak-de5yv]

Probably because a heel and a face weren't supposed to be chilling together ​@@FullyAutomaticAddict410

[@Aitch-qq6td]

I was a fan of one his most bitter rivals Hacksaw Butch Reed. I loved JYD he was a demigod down south.

[@Jeff_Fury]

Now that's a legend, he didn't have to pay for sex, they paid him 😂

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

Tony Atlas delivery was great, but I believe Tony was doing more than just playing with their feet.

[@rayray7906]

Ordered a shirt to wear in his honor. I grew up on jyd!!!!

[@r0ckstar666]

I watched JYD in midsouth, and WWF. He was a fan favorite and the kids loved him including me in the 1980's

[@karif.3784]

OMG!! Such an awesome flashback to my childhood❣️❣️❣️

[@Nathan-tn5ql]

Literally my favorite wrestler as a kid. Right here. Junk yard was the best

[@LeeHunt-mu9nb]

R.I.P and Salute, he deserves more recognition.

[@usernickname6710]

4:40 message 💯

[@Brazil144hopeful]

I still have his toy from when i was a kid

[@Ramble79]

JYD was one of the greats

[@cincitytv9747]

JYD was my favorite of all time

[@lionzion17]

6:20-6:26 Those drinks look good as hell! lol

[@afarmer3751]

There's only one guy meaner than JYD, a man named Leroy Brown.

[@thunderking8925]

Heard he was bad news.

[@spaea2062]

Summerslam 88, my first introduction to JYD.

[@GoDawgs-j4p]

Great episode! When are you all going to do episode about BUZZ SAWYER????

[@drkaufman]

My first wrestling memory, and my first favorite wrestler. And I was watching WWF!

[@ttenkrut]

Great upload!!

[@2KGrind09]

this was my guy growing up .... JYD! JYD! JYD!

[@VentureHolly]

RIP legend

[@madtownangler]

If you were smart you wouldn't get married and have kids until you retire. There was an NFL player for the Broncos that did that. He bought a big house and moved his mom into it and hired a cooking and cleaning lady, a maid, so his mom could take it easy.

[@abellabarbie]

Or ever. Men and women benefit more from not getting married.

[@madtownangler]

@@abellabarbie plenty of kids out there that need to be adopted. Me and my two brothers were adopted and my youngest brother is in the process of getting a foster kid that they wile end up adopting if they can. He was in six foster homes before we adopted him at age twelve like me

[@abellabarbie]

@@madtownangler I agree. I advocate for adoption and fostering. I am so happy that you are continuing the cycle of providing love to children who need it the most, and I hope you know you are amazing and worthy of love. 💜

[@pandavelli8176]

@@abellabarbie. Nah. Get married, have children, stay together. Much more happy, purposeful, fulfilling, loving life, even in the bad times.

[@thunderking8925]

Marriage is a scam. The hidden hand knows people are d**b and rebellious. They will get fked up kids and have bills to pay. It's a trap.

[@Positivepworkouts]

JYD was my uncles favorite wrestler 🙏🏾

[@VegetaMamba]

One of my aunts had a daughter for him here in Louisiana. My aunt was married at the time and her husband knew. He said he didn’t want any trouble with JYD. She had him all over the hood like she was single.

[@willwilliams8241]

The first wrestling figure I owned was JYD as a kid

[@drkaufman]

Me too. I had the stretchy one.

[@jasonjamesbisson]

I did not have a Hulk T as a kid i wore JYD 🤙

[@justindavis163]

This just killed my childhood

[@americanoutdoorsman_1133]

I saw this but they never mentioned when he was in the Mid-Atlantic area Jim Crockett Promotions in the 1980’s

[@MasjuhairiMaskun]

Koko B Ware. My hero.

[@zurimoore2545]

respect to them all

[@KB-qk1ic]

I remember friends and family were big fans of his, i personally never got into him.

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

My uncle looked like JYD, they sure did dress similiar, and every time he came to visit during my younger years me and my brother will call him that. My mom and him had a good laugh over it every time.

[@Yeroc_da_King]

My grandmother's wrestler

[@blackice3395]

Fayetteville state university...HBCU!🙌🏿

[@simonmarshall19]

This was a shocker for me . JYD & Adrian Adonis we’re crazy and loved to Party .

[@FTMStudios]

Was and always will be my favourite wrestler!!

[@dennisgreene2544]

I grew up, watching; you 💪

[@j03k0oldyer]

I genuinely Loved JYD. 😊

[@kincamell2]

Peace to JYD

[@selftalkwithsal4229]

JY DOG💪🏿🕊♾️

[@amsf1]

One of my all time favorite wrestlers

[@FowlerMegan]

957 Stanton Isle

[@jimg3466]

JYD 4 LIFE!

[@DouglasSalguero-qh2sd]

Ok but that not a crack pipe lol😂

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

You known it is bad with Jake Roberts said you had gone too far.

[@timbeatty8411]

Wow this was depressing

[@Shinobi33]

I think I caught the tail end of his career in the WWF in the late 80s.

[@rog1046]

So was JYD bigger than Dusty Rhodes in the South?

[@morro4398]

RIP JYD

[@BlazinCaucasian420]

JYD 4 life Mid South...

[@CHEEKSWHITE]

The way he beat the ish out of white dudes 😢😮😮

[@artinfluence]

The "THOMP" not thump, thomp!

[@illpoet13]

he was my absolute favorite during the golden era of WWF. I really want to see some of his stuff from the territories bc I feel like wwf kind of buried him after just a few years.

[@grindin63081]

One of my favorites next to coco beware😢

[@kingzeemer]

JYD was the GOAT!!! #RIPJYD

[@CarbinKid]

JYD was my favorite wrestler in the 80's

[@mr.lamont1420]

JYD dated my cousin Zena Hearst. He was wild the times I saw him.

[@ChadHall-b2h]

What do you mean Wild? Please explain more if you can

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

why you put your cousin out there like that., at least don't use her full name.

[@anthonypriest8258]

He’s in Wilmington Delaware going to church now last I saw in 2018

[@incredible0ne]

he died in 1998

[@jlobiafra]

Wow you saw a ghost!😂

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

I think you mean Tony Atlas, maybe.

[@BeaMode1990]

Love JYD down but to know he was a damn PIMP on top of the drug use?? I wasn't ready. 😭😭😭

[@jerryblair4106]

Junkyard Dog what an athlete you are missed RIP

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

Former football player at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.

[@jakeknight5118]

GRAB DEM CAKES!!!

[@abellabarbie]

❤

[@Brazil144hopeful]

Tell'em brother!!!!! Thats whats wrong with a lot of us thinking we can get away with things cacusians people do. America is there kingdom everyone has had a time to rule its there's

[@ChocoThunDuh]

Fly high DAWG!!!

[@MrBmick79]

"Grab them cakes. I don't care what it takes!"

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

I always wondering the meaning of the song and now I know it was taking about grabbing the booty.

[@stevewarren4813]

Could Watts have "saved JYD from himself?" Obviously Vince didn't.

[@oneidawolf776]

Tony atlas on his puter

[@jonrobbin170]

I seriously miss Dan and Tony Boston wrestling show. I think most people in the world will never know what they missed with that especially considering the video of Tony trashing his stepdaughter initially was taken down and I'm sure Dan was the only one with a copy

[@oneidawolf776]

@@jonrobbin170 yeah a lot of those videos were taken down. it was entertaining as hell though. That and the new jack / tony atlas beef always crack me up.

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

@@oneidawolf776 The ironic thing is that both New Jack and Tony Atlas both dislike the New Day. Tony is from Virginia and New Jack is from North Carolina.

[@srami004]

😢

[@benmorgan8120]

How’s JYD die?

[@MandaMalice]

Fell asleep driving back from his daughter’s graduation.

[@thunderking8925]

This needs a better title... Thought this was a Doc on jyd and wrestling. This is about drugs.

[@brogers48]

Calling a black man junkyard dog don’t sit right with me

[@stillirise7813]

He called himself that

[@brogers48]

@ dum ahh no he didn’t 🤨🤨

[@thunderking8925]

Agree. Dogs symbolize filthy, worthlessness and lazy.

[@ХавасхонШарипова-м4р]

Busy beast 46

[@zackwhite639]

2:51 Tony is so full of crap you never know if it's the truth or not

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

True, but the way he tells stories it sure is funny.

[@sameeknowsitall]

W

[@SevinchShafqatullayeva]

Calm snake 78

[@chrisventura1881]

What a shame.

[@sugdiyonamannobova1740]

Cruel bear 78

[@blackdynamite3018]

🐕🐶

[@freebie808]

😂

[@liukang85]

Did I really just listen to a sob story about a guy who was oh so nice but slept with someone else's wife?

[@whenneeded4652]

You only save outrage for certain people.

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

But the wife stayed after JYD beat up her husband in front of her. It would not surprise me if that was a turn on for her. JYD was grabbing those cakes.

[@conkyvsricki4710]

it is funny that is meth pipe not a crack pipe

[@rickjames21]

Crack cocaine sucks.

[@carymarshallfelton9188]

I thought this was the African cook that survived being submerged for days. They look just a like in that pic.