Ken Patera on McDonalds Arrest Incident

Ken Patera on McDonalds Arrest Incident
Former Olympian and Legendary professional wrestler Ken Patera explains the McDonalds after hours incident that unfortunately let to Patera serving jail time and being on parole for a period after that do to a series of unusual events and confusion with Patera and his Japanese hotel room mate.
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[@TheHannibalTV]

Ken Patera full shoot interview with Hannibal link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqu4naxrn96UfLc

[@carlo8437]

Why's meng in the thumbnail?

[@jakelemmer5425]

@@carlo8437 Thats masa Saito

[@jimmadonna1436]

It was awesome to see and hear Ken Pantera. He's right about how people remember the 1 time people screw up. This is the first MAN to lift over 500 lbs.

[@2000grover]

Plus, it's Patera, not pantera- an irrelevant washed up, metal wannabe band.

[@elguapo9702]

He’s the second to lift 500. Vasily Alekseyev was the first.

[@2000grover]

@@elguapo9702 I think he meant first American to press 500 pounds.

[@elguapo9702]

@@2000grover 🤙

[@grawakendream8980]

all credit for him lifting 500 lbs. he didn't have to launch it into a mcdonald's window tho

[@FreneticZetetic]

Patera definitely threw the boulder lmao

[@leysmed]

For sure he did. He only embarrasses himself by telling that stupid story.

[@waynediamond7736]

Patera should have gone to prison for 10 years.

[@thomasswafford250]

@@waynediamond7736 I agree.

[@HellhammerSS]

I picture ken picking up a rock like a beach ball size

[@thegoldentroll]

@Henry Grudziadz I've said that to his face many times.

[@Ditka-89]

If Vince was a real troll he would have given Patera a Ronald McDonald or Hamberler gimmick

[@UpChuckTheBoogie]

He knows he threw the rock

[@rustystove8410]

One cop ended up with a broken arm and another with a broken leg and they sued ken after for damages. Ken was in prison for 2 years as a deterrent to others to not get into fights with cops. The first time I read it the reporter stated the cops did not know it was Ken Patera or else they would have brought more cops with them. Kens story keep changing every time he tells it.

[@freddie3206]

Rusty Stove, As I was watching Patera in this video talking, /i got the impression he is kind of a bull-sh....

[@curthennig9448]

Ken has about 10 different versions of this quarter pounder caper! Have another beer Ken!

[@taekwondotime]

My thoughts exactly. How convenient that some random "former employee" would show up at that exact moment and throw a rock threw the window while Ken was there. I bet the kid couldn't have even lifted that rock.

[@peopleunite78]

@@curthennig9448 were u there ??? No

[@curthennig9448]

@@peopleunite78 Lived about 10 minutes from the place back in 1984 and knew two of the people that worked there. One of them even testified at the trial or submitted their version to the court. Sorry no disgruntled former employee showed up out of the blue. You have all the court documents on this case? I doubt it nor have you even read them. How many different Patera versions have you heard? What do you have a hard time believing in this case?

[@VoxRox1]

This could of been avoided if they just gave him some Quarter Pounders,or for you french people, "Royale with cheese".

[@TheHannibalTV]

Ha

[@bionicman71]

too bad there wasent cameras around like there is now...im suprised that thier wasent any kind of lawsuit over this

[@richiehunt5097]

Or for those of you in Springfield...Krusty Burgers.

[@willieholmes1483]

Or “Le Big Mac”.

[@willieholmes1483]

Roman Viking, someone’s got a lot of unresolved issues!

[@jamieoiler5690]

can't wait for kens comeback

[@peterodriguez328]

Donnybrook! Saito and I we stacked em up like kindling wood! Lol!!!!!

[@adamshaw8214]

He's in his late 70s he's not coming back.

[@KenOnStrength]

Ken Patera got treated like a red headed stepson

[@user-qc7hr4my7r]

Man this dude was a beast back in the day. Hate seeing these old guys age because I’m getting old, lol

[@evalsoftserver]

They should have called him Ken PaTerror, He was Really terrifying in the 70s and 80s not just his Size and Power

[@jamesalexander4992]

Larry Zbyszko’s account of this incident at McDonalds is much different than Ken’s lol. Larry did an interview about 3 years ago about it...

[@Jim-Tuner]

The main differences in Larry's version are: 1) Ken was drunk (which isn't hard to believe) and Ken was often a rather surley drunk. 2) Ken threw the rock

[@davidporter7051]

He acknowledged he messed up then proceeded to walk it back

[@olegariomartinez6807]

He is full of crap on what happened. I could respect him if he told the truth but to flagrantly lie, no way.

[@capri8225]

Okay, you're telling me even in 1984 there wasn't any surveillance cameras at that McDonald's????

[@StevieDamnit]

7:13 - No, Ken. Hannibal is Canadian, but a Hoosier like myself...hell yeah I know that name.

[@PigeonChingChongChun]

Wow.....this guy....

[@toddkurzbard]

Maybe the kid, after fleeing the scene, called the police and claimed Patera did it to get the heat off him.

[@BloodBoughtMinistries1]

That's the thing with most cops if you tell them the truth they don't believe you if you tell them a lie they believe it

[@mobrules29]

Unfortunately for Ken, the fact that the boulder thrown was actually 500 lbs and needed to be cleaned and jerked before being hurled, led investigators right to his doorstep.

[@djpuplex]

A kid threw a huge boulder ⛰️ through the window right.

[@jsdoggg96]

I'm grateful to have viewed this video. I was stationed at Ft. Bening in '89. I'm from Wisconsin. I've ALWAYS been a huge rasslin' fan. I befriended a young Christian man who worked at that McDonalds on that night. And yes he told me that KP DID pick up that rock and throw it thru the drive-up window. I don't remember his name. He had no reason to lie to me though. I miss him. He was one of those "Born Again" Christians who renounced secular music. He was a huge rock fan and he knew I lived for R n R. He was forbidden to listen to it anymore, yet he still would ask me about updates on the then-current rock stars. I miss him. He had the biggest smile and I can't think of a single negative comment towards him.

[@olegv.khlevniuk2391]

Ken had to learn the hard way. You NEVER......EVER.......invite the police into your hideout

[@danieljackson1272]

Right? Wtf does The interior of their hotel room have to do with whether or not he threw the boulder? They wanted to go on a fishing expedition, as it's called - plain and simple.

[@nickr4837]

I don't think anyone in this comment section could throw one of those McDonalds boulders lmao. theyre made to not be thrown by normal human beings, not would it occur to anyone to even attempt it other than someone extremely strong

[@LEFTBEHINDTIMES]

The rock incident….Hard to believe but who knows

[@EmeraldAgeInfotainment]

You should have asked if a kid that was fired threw the rock. Was he arrested and charged to?

[@curthennig9448]

He took to the witness stand while eating a Happy Meal and just laughed at Patera for taking the wrap!

[@agueybana5115]

Damn he will take the truth to the grave ,,Ganstaaaa

[@snakehips3131]

For some reason Ken’s nose is getting bigger throughout this video

[@danieldeblasio9368]

Lol, for some reason I do not believe Ken here. It should be written on his gravestone, "Roar, give me the bleepin burgers or else."- Ken Patera I miss guys like Ken. Wrestlers today are a new breed of metrosexuals.

[@kenworthNH]

I don't either.

[@danieldeblasio9368]

@@kenworthNH It's okay, he is still one of the best.

[@VAHOSS]

@rvd356 "all cops are pigs"..... aren't you an intelligent one? 😄 The guy went to jail for two years, so who really got fucked up? If you get mad and break a window over a fu**ing hamburger, you deserve to have the cops at your door

[@trollbane66]

The disgruntled employee throwing the rock part sounds so absurd, I almost believe it...Almost

[@capacola262743]

he just happened to be there at 1 in the morning??

[@waynediamond7736]

The McDonald’s worker at the window saw Patera throw the “boulder” through the window. No disgruntled former employee of Mickey’s was anywhere to be found. Patera and Vader are the biggest liars in wrestling.

[@capacola262743]

@@waynediamond7736 wrestlers are like carnival workers or gypsies. they consider everyone in the world to be "marks" or suckers so their natural inclination is to lie to us. their whole profession is a lie, even more so in patera's time. personally, my pick for biggest liar is zbysco.

[@taekwondotime]

Not to mention the kid probably couldn't lift it. World's strongest man versus some random scrawny armed teenager? Yeah. I haven't seen too many teenagers throw 40 pound rocks through windows before.

[@hoodtohollywood]

Ken it's been 35 plus years and your still lying. Everyone else admitted to some type of roid rage it's time you do the same. Knock it Off!!!

[@earlofrednecks9533]

It wasn't me your honor it was the Rock.

[@jacksongilmont4759]

This comment deserves more likes

[@LoganSewell83]

Will warrants be issued against Dwayne Johnson, Don Muraco, and Ole Anderson?

[@andrewmachado6988]

I’m surprised he didn’t get mad when you asked him about it. I remember watching a shoot where either Rob Feinstein or Dave Sapolski asked him about it and he threatened to choke them out.

[@NightWarriorAlive]

Could be a work. How do we know he isn't rewriting history?

[@bionicman71]

yeah thats for sure...i suppose ken figured why get upset about anymore..life is too short...but id still wouldent ask him ?? I think i would reassure him that ive heard the store before and some things are best left in the past..even though im from chippewa falls,wi

[@jamesmerrihew5887]

Im surprised 2. What a coincidence the disgruntled x employee thro the boulder. I know how he feels.

[@_Captain_Benji_]

I heard him getting mad at Sapolski and Feinstein was a work.

[@grawakendream8980]

he came up with a story between that interview and now. plus hannibal has a more relatable personality i'd guess, being a legit athlete like patera

[@johnwilburn]

1984 - Patera allegedly throws a rock through a window: 1.5 years in jail. 2020 - Antifa rioter throws a rock through a window on camera: prosecutors keep the police off his back so he can do more.

[@johnwilburn]

@David J Heathen Very good point.

[@jimmyjam5453]

and trump supporters run people over in cars and get slaps on the risk.

[@DerWutendeMetzger]

@@jimmyjam5453 Dont stand in the road and try to pull people out of their vehicles

[@ronniemacdonald2768]

@@jimmyjam5453 should get a medal and some more gas money

[@jimmyjam5453]

@@DerWutendeMetzger spoken like a true white supremacist.

[@captainh3831]

"What happened at McDonald's?......nuthin' happened at McDonalds."

[@danielescanaba596]

This story is hard to believe but I still like Ken Patera. In the 70's and early 80's he was one of the best.

[@DCMcNeilJr]

The GREAT Ken Patera. I get chills listening to the Fink announce his name at MSG when he was wrestling Backlund.

[@kh-sg3rd]

Fuck it just come out the closet

[@deweigle]

I loved Patera back in the day but his McDonald's story is different everytime he tells it. Maybe that is why he keeps getting asked about it.

[@curthennig9448]

He can never keep his story straight. But the 33 pound boulder went straight thru the window!

[@texastoymaker653]

Patera is a liar. Never takes responsibility for what he did. He threw the rock and when being arrested punched a woman cop . Real set of balls there.

[@Ianstube12]

Don’t forget he gave her a concussion broken teeth and I heard an appendix injury aswell

[@donrowlett2886]

@@Ianstube12 Sounds like Ken Patera believes in equal rights and lefts for women. LoL. She had it coming because she is the one who instigated the fight by spraying mace in Ken Patera's eyes. Any reasonable person would unleash hell in response to such an assault. The assholes are fortunate that Ken Patera held back as much as he did.

[@aurorahill8942]

Mr Patera threw a rock thru the window then seriously injured two cops. He was 300lbs of solid muscle. The cops threatened to shoot him so he gave up. Upon his release from jail the WWE jobbed him out! Mr Patera went toe-to-toe with Bruno Samnartino,he is NOT a jobber! Ken Patera is a legend and deserved to be WWE champion!✨✨✨

[@weldlord2746]

yeah well if the hambugular didn't wanna do jobs he shouldn't have tried to get away with all those cheese burgers

[@chrissiano82]

Love the guy but he probably should have not done all that

[@chrissiano82]

I got these cheeseburgers man!

[@spottss]

The assholes at m cDonald knowing he’s a top pro wrestler could’ve smuggled a couple of burgers from the stack and rearranged the stack to cover up the loss. No harm and a life long story to tell.

[@Johnnyrocks34]

@@spottss he s not special. If they need them for a commercial then thats it. Prob was an entitled prick

[@Gains_Monsoon]

Hard to believe he didn’t throw the rock.

[@stndrds79]

Duh he’s lying u idiot u can’t believe everything u hear

[@j-mo2453]

Idiot? That’s harsh. Who are we expected to believe? You and the judge or the Olympic shot putter that was a boulder lifting strong man and hard partying, hot headed, pro wrestling heel? LoL

[@rainman11985]

Could go either way to be honest. I remember Bobby Heenan saying Patera was a jock bully who'd been catered to his entire life, said he'd been in the car when Patera had told cops to go f themselves when he'd been pulled over for speeding and he was lucky to have only done 18 months in jail

[@lozenmczapor4771]

Probably didn't . If any of you got that much time in Prison stemming from throwing a rock and did your time you would probably say Mcdonalds deserved it.

[@fredrubble4305]

@Greg Bailey Yes , I do.

[@gordonirvine726]

Ken managed to see the exact size of the boulder and hear exactly why the employee was disgruntled.... hmmm...

[@nunyabiznes5792]

the rock was approx 40#. It was part of the landscaping along the building. I worked at this store from 1982-1985 and was cleaning in the back that night when ken threw the rock and almost hit our shift manager.

[@frizzyred1292]

@@nunyabiznes5792 Are you serious? Please tell more!

[@nunyabiznes5792]

@@frizzyred1292 how much more do you need? I was working at that McDonalds, that night, closing. I was in the back cleaning dishes. I heard the yelling and then the crash as the rock went through the window smashing the cash register, bending the stainless steel table it was on and then hitting the floor breaking several tiles.

[@frizzyred1292]

@@nunyabiznes5792 He must have been strong as a bull to throw that boulder through the window. Is it true he beat up the cops when they came to arrest him at the hotel?

[@nunyabiznes5792]

@@frizzyred1292 you should know that Patera was a Olympic gold medalist in weight lifting. #40 rock is nothing for him to toss. he and Mr. Sieto beat the shit out several cops. 2 became permanently disabled.

[@michaelpilgrim8131]

This is the calmest Ken Patera interview I've ever seen.

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

Because it's the oldest Ken Patera we've ever seen. Ken is underplaying a lot about this incident. I believe he didn't throw the rock, but he fucked up a bunch of cops that night. And he was a dick whenever someone asked him about it for decades later.

[@jrupp8853]

Looks like he just got out of bed.

[@cys-fi6230]

Hes sober. When hes sober hes much more relaxed.

[@jrupp8853]

@Johnny Johnstone Thanks, dude!

[@justinmartin1831]

@@Will-h7h yeah and he was drinking during that interview and totally hammered.

[@mfrost228]

The sad part is there was a Burger King directly across the street that was open, but Saito likes the fries at McDonalds

[@E_l_l_i_e]

What the heck is wrong with Mr. Saito's tastebuds??

[@srinarayana]

...Shit.....lol

[@CP-kb1du]

Lol

[@Charlie_The_Giant_Gourami]

as well he should have. McD's fries are the BEST!

[@Jay-vr9ir]

@@Charlie_The_Giant_Gourami Best salted cardboard .

[@jeffexx5515]

i loved it when he said, we LET them take us to jail...lol that's bad ass.

[@capacola262743]

this is the first time i ever heard this version of the story. sounds like patera might be stretching the truth a mite.

[@thenatureboy1837]

The disgruntled employee threw the boulder from the grassy knoll.

[@curthennig9448]

There was also a school book depository located next to the Waukesha McDonalds. Several Big Macs were thrown from the sixth floor, yet Patera was unable to retrieve any of them.

[@SupaStah01]

Patera is STILL sticking to this lie?

[@mr.c4p]

Patera is fucking awesome, it's crazy with all these podcasts out there nobody ever has him on. Such a character and legend. Hannibal, you just introduced this guy to the modern audience. He only ever did 2 shoots forever ago from what I remember..RF & ROH Straight Shootin that I still watch every now and then. Love how he goes "You fuck up one time and that's all they remember!" then proceeds to put all the blame on some fired jabroni throwing the rock lmao. In the ROH shoot he actually refused to even talk about, in the RF one he told the same exact story he did here.

[@seachers6124]

Mr. Patera. A real gentleman and friend. I remember the day I met him . I asked him to arm wrestle. He asked if I was serious and I said sure . He asked me why and I said "I don't expect to win even though I'll try . I just want to be able to say that I got to arm wrestle my hero. The world strongest man ". He said ok . I sat down. We did it. I lost. And he took it all in stride. I leaa great deal from Ken . Good guy !!

[@vatoloco6738]

I remember seeing this guy on ESPN with them old strong man competition events.. He’s was massive!.. I thought he would beat Bruce Wilhem and who ever?.but yeah I do remember him in WWF at the time too great promos..💪👍.

[@Jim-Tuner]

The version of the story I heard back in the day was: 1) Ken was drunk. They were shooting a TV commerical at the mcdonalds at the time and that is why they wouldn't serve him. The burgers they wouldn't serve him were not end-of-shift burgers. They were prop burgers for the shoot. 2) Ken threw something really big through the window. It disrupted the commercial shoot and the got the owner of the McDonalds seriously angry. Angry enough to make a call into the police. And he got the response a local business owner in a small town like that can get from the police. 3) The officer who took the call was a horrible woman who was the daughter of someone very, very important in law enforcement in the area. She had a bad personality. 4) When they got to the hotel room, both sides started escalating. Rather than calm the situation down, the first two police officers kept escalating until there was an all-out fight. 5) The female police officer paniced and called in an emergency for everything short of the national guard to come in. 6) A whole army of different law enforcement then showed up to "save" the first two cops. Alot of people who showed up thought it was funny and dumb. 7) But she and her father were burning angry about the whole thing after. It was about protecting the daughter, saving face and the father defending his family. In some of those towns you can usually get away with a whole lot. But if you mess with the wrong person or the wrong thing, it can get really bad. 8) So the father basically used all his pull locally in the media, the DAs office and the court to the drop the hammer on both guys. Normally a fight with drunks was not that big a deal in those days. Especially with guys like wrestlers. They would have gone to jail for the night or maybe got 30 days & a fine. But because of that one cop and her father was involved, they got two years each. 9) Verne Gagne supposedly pulled every political string he had in Wisconsin up to the level of US Senator. But everybody locally in the town lined up together and no amount of outside political pressure could change the situation.

[@richardlawson6787]

Wow..thanks for clarifying the incident...even if patera threw the rock the sentence was extreme...just shows innocent people can get caught up in a bad situation...if the kid threw the rock as patera says then this is really bad..these days most businesses have cameras everywhere.

[@nunyabiznes5792]

I was working at that McD's that night and no your story isn't true there was NOTHING related to commercial. he was pissed that we were closed and wouldn't serve him food Waukesha isn't a "small town" over 50k people in 1984 and a close sub burb to Milwaukee

[@richardlawson6787]

@@nunyabiznes5792 but patera said he saw burgers ready to sell

[@nunyabiznes5792]

@@richardlawson6787 it was 15min after we closed and we hadn't got around to clearing out the bin yet. everything was expired anyway, registers were counted down and we were NOT open, grills where shut off and I was in the process of scrubbing them down and cleaning up the cooking areas. he pounded on the drive thru window and our shift manager explained that to him, but he didn't want to hear it then became enraged and tossed a rock that weighed about 40# it was better than a foot in diameter. The rock crashed through the west side drive thru window, flew across the drive thru area, smashed the cash register, bent the stainless steel table and busted several floor tiles.

[@Jim-Tuner]

@@nunyabiznes5792 Yeah. I think you are just talking big and repeating details you took from other stories. Its a suburb now. But most people would not have thought of it as a suburb back in the early 1980s. For everything that ever happened, there are a hundred guys who all claim to have been eyewitnesses.

[@christopherguzzi1316]

What are the odds that the night Ken Patera tells a McDonalds employee to "Fuck Off" and as he's walking away a disgruntled former employee throws a rock through the window. Even if he is telling the truth I'm not impressed with his behavior on that particular night at McDonalds nor with the police.

[@notta3d]

Right as soon as he said the kid came up at the exact time he was leaving and threw the rock. I was like WTF? Then I ask myself why in the hell would he lie at this point?

[@lukez2992]

Liar. He admitted that he threw the rock at the McDonald's now years later he's changing his story that just so happens and ex-employee did it.

[@grawakendream8980]

someone will track down the employees of that time, the manager, etc, and bring the story to light

[@Ditka-89]

@@grawakendream8980 someone who worked there that night was in the comment section of another shoot video he did on the event. The employee was confirmed-had all the details, his story checked out. He said Patera threw the rock and it was 100% him. None of this extraneous info about a disgruntled employee was true.

[@grawakendream8980]

@@Ditka-89 he's an innocent man!

[@Ditka-89]

@@grawakendream8980 oh I’m sure 🤣

[@grawakendream8980]

@@Ditka-89 like nailz, he is an innocent man. we made him the monster he became, it wasn't him

[@JohnDoe-ym5ly]

If Ken Patera wants McDonalds, Im opening up the fucking restaurant no matter whats going on inside and how long its been closed, even if I dont work there

[@grawakendream8980]

I don’t see why they wouldn’t open up for someone who identifies as John Doe. Sounds legit

[@JohnDoe-ym5ly]

@@grawakendream8980 Dude we like a sport where a guys name can be Papa Shango or The Rock lol its cool

[@grawakendream8980]

@@JohnDoe-ym5ly i think i'm just a fan of the old days

[@JohnDoe-ym5ly]

@@grawakendream8980 I hear ya brother :)

[@TheSanityMachine33]

Ken Patera needs his own podcast.... Millions should listen to his stories.

[@MyMg23]

Different story-I've heard Ken say Saeto answered the door and he came up and without saying a word he got maced and the fighting began.This version he's having a whole conversation with the cop/s. Very stark difference.

[@dennisneo1608]

I don't believe a word Ken says.

[@breal1183]

What l have learned in life is unless you were there and saw with your own eyes, no one knows what really happened. Its not wise to invest so much thought and opinion on things you did not witness!

[@weldlord2746]

Ken "The Hambugular" Patera is lying, like a hambugular would. look up larry z's shoot interview with hannibal, he tells the entire story.

[@breal1183]

@@weldlord2746 Larry Z wasn't there. Hes getting the story second hand. Like i said. No one knows what really happened but Patera, and Saito. Larry Z in that same interview also said Tyson told Douglas to knock him out and it was fixed. Like Tyson would want his perfect undefeated record ruined and to be disgraced. Don't think so buddy. Nice source lol.

[@peopleunite78]

@@weldlord2746 where u there???

[@gordonmacdonald299]

Saito picked the wrong roommate,I don't believe Petera.

[@curthennig9448]

Did Patera mention that he and Saito were playing strip poker and that's why Saito was in his underwear.

[@PROFESSOR-I.C.]

Ken Patera's version of this incident is a little different from the actual facts. Ken Patera walked across Moreland Road to McDonald's in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a small city connected to Milwaukee. McDonald's was closed and Patera was angry he was not going to be served at the drive-thru window. Standing there, he had a meltdown yelling and cursing at an employee, picked up a large rock and threw it at the window which broke. There was no one else around. He then walked back across the street to his hotel room with Mr Saito. Waukesha county police we're called and entered the hotel and the wrestlers room. Patera and Saito went ballistic and a total of 11 cops were there. 2 cops, 1 which was a woman we're thrown through a wall before they were subdued. His story is greatly embellished. These are the facts. Watertown is a small town Southwest of Milwaukee and did not host an AWA nor WWF event. Cocaine's a helluva drug.

[@flatliner3802]

I’m guessing you were there 🙄

[@PROFESSOR-I.C.]

@@flatliner3802 What gave it away?🧐🤔

[@freddie3206]

@@flatliner3802 Sounds to me like he was telling the truth.

[@PROFESSOR-I.C.]

@@freddie3206 You're gullible Freddie. If you believe his entire story, you'll buy s*** on a stick if it's nicely wrapped. I know directly all the facts of the incident. I was involved in professional wrestling at the time and lived there. He's been known to embellish/change the facts often, as he has about his other stories. Other pro wrestlers that knew him have said the same thing.

[@freddie3206]

@@PROFESSOR-I.C. I don't know why I posted the comment sounds like he is telling the truth. When he started to tell the story about as he was walking away some kid who got fired from McDonalds happen to show up and throw the rock threw the window, I knew then Ken was lying. I worked with Ken Patera at a TV match and this innocent happened after I was out of the business. Once again I don't know why I posted that comment. Yes, he was definitely lying.

[@infospot4119]

I like Ken Patera, one of strongest men to get in the ring. I never forget the hair-cut match he & John Studd had with SD Jones & Andre the Giant.

[@mattysquizzato7094]

Saito stretched a couple of cops...........that is fuckin amazing.

[@jeffrielley920]

Ken Patera picking up a boulder and chunking it through a window because he didn't get a hamburger is believable. A scrawny teenager who just got fired from McDonalds doesn't seem like the boulder throwing type.

[@freddie3206]

Jeff Rielley, Of course Patera threw the rock through the window.

[@davidcoleman9317]

Love you Kenny you were one of the best. I played Kimchee one night when you wrestled Kamala and we all had a gas of a night. You told us that same story ,so I believe you and know it's true. Nice to see you again.Take care my brother. Peace

[@ryanperontochamp]

So I was born and raised in Waupun Wisconsin we got 4 prisons but Trust me beautiful community....Anyways Ken served his time here at DCI. We also have 2 real POS here Steven Avery and Chris Watts! Steve is at the Castle and chris is at DCI.

[@LittleBigKid707b]

We'll never really know, but I don't buy his story. Not the crime of the century, but someone else throwing the rock? Come on!! You already did the time for it. Cant be tried for it twice. Give us the real deal.

[@freddie3206]

Vic707b, Exactly.

[@circlecreeper]

you know what would have happened today lol no need to go there tho

[@steveebner8892]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 we know lol lol

[@jimmyjam5453]

dead

[@OriginalWrestlingDocumentaries]

I couldnt get into the Michael Landon look.

[@TheHannibalTV]

Ha!

[@stumarston6812]

Ken isn't the brightest guy in the world. He is REALLY not very good at bullshitting. Strong like bull and smart like streetcar.

[@nycinstyle]

If he did it and just said "Hey, I lost my cool. I am sorry." Cops would have charged him with vandalism, etc, type crime. He probably would have maybe in a cell for a night and agree to a plea deal. Court would have made him py a big fine. If he has no priors, I think that would have happened. If he really did not do it, just go down to station, sit in jail for a night and hire a good lawyer. Either way if he did it or not if he did not fight with cops this would have been a minor infraction. Borderline misdemeanor. No big deal at all. Nobody got hurt when the rock got thrown and there was no intent made on physically hurting anyone. Just get cuffed and go to station. This would have blown over. No big deal. Unless you are defending yourself against real harm from police abuse, dont physically fight with cops.

[@lozenmczapor4771]

He would probably burn down a Popeyes if he were to be denied a delicious chicken sandwich.

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

Whether he did it or not. Is lying or not, I’m still a fan. And it’s real cute when everyone in the comment section are actual saints.

[@borat8351]

Bro it was like 40 years ago lol. You threw the boulder.... we all did stupid shit lol.

[@CP-kb1du]

Thing is MacDonald's still has Patera's Face on the BANNED list .... 2 years for Burgers Fetish

[@nilanniruthan]

He whipped that McDonalds like a red-headed st...red-headed stepson!

[@TheRmm1976]

Ken threw the rock out of anger. Just too coincidental that some "kid who was fired" came up at that exact same time and did it... If he hadn't told them who he was and where he way staying, he would have gotten away with it. In his defense, the sentence was insane. He's right that today a person would most likely avoid hard time altogether for that type of incident.

[@jimmyjam5453]

in todays time police would fear for their life and kill him.

[@hattorihanzo2275]

His sentence was regarding assault on the police officer(s). The female officer had broken teeth, concussion and ruptured appendix. The male officer suffered only a concussion according to reports.

[@jimmyjam5453]

@james paul I don't think so. If a wave of police can't take down two unarmed men with out killing them they all need to be fired.

[@curthennig9448]

@@hattorihanzo2275 That officer also had bad headaches for quite awhile. The lady officer also suffered other injuries too. I wonder if Saito got his underwear back?

[@Ianstube12]

Yeah breaking a window even then would have been a slap on the wrist you forgot or weren’t informed him and saito started a brawl back at the hotel and injured severely 2 officers I think I read it was like almost 20 officers to arrest them today they would just be shot

[@zoomba31]

i spent a lot of time with ken working for him and co-promoting shows, he pretty much stuck to this story here everytime. i do know that when he has several in him he’s quite mouthy and has a short fuse. Smoked like a chimney and never lost his wind, an amazing athlete even later in age!

[@grawakendream8980]

ted bundy stuck to his innocence too i think

[@curthennig9448]

@@grawakendream8980 So did OJ and Trump!

[@elguapo9702]

@@curthennig9448 😂

[@elguapo9702]

@@grawakendream8980 😹

[@markhayes392]

Curt Henning never two putted his whole life

[@michaelmclaren1333]

WATERTOWN??? I live in Watertown. I think he made a mistake cuz this city is only about 20k people. Idk where they would even hold anything like that. There are no buildings or halls or arenas etc. It couldn't have been Watertown.

[@jaw-knee-5]

I think he has his Watertowns mixed up. Ken is probably thinking Watertown, NY which WWF/E has done plenty of shows in.

[@lozenmczapor4771]

He was treated like a red headed stepson by the court.

[@donalhealy4414]

Thank you Hannibal love all you interviews you should have a TV talk show😉👍

[@MisterMagicMike]

I heard another shoot with Ken and he admitted to throwing the rock. What is the actual truth?

[@Goremachine]

The story about the disgruntled employee showing up at the same time and throwing the rock seems far fetched. However, why would he lie about that specific detail so many years later, while fully admitting to beating up the cops? I have to believe it.

[@josephvitielo1693]

nothing happened at Mcdonalds it was in the hotel that caused the problem

[@morbidsasquatch9640]

Hannibal Thanks for doing these stories brother . Love the show

[@mrhamburger6936]

What I remember is patera through the woman cop through a wall and supposedly the woman cop was the daughter of some Milwaukee Police Chief at the time

[@jamiemoll4128]

L a rry Zebezko tells a fun story

[@maxpuppy96]

He hates to talk about this and I can't blame him.

[@jimkenpig]

it turned out that the mystery boulder boy, turned out to be the rock. btw ken you are my fav wrestler of all time. the swinging neck breaker is a classic move. i still use it on all my dates, cause they refuse to go dutch :P

[@MultiKnick]

I was the kid who threw the rock, sorry!

[@roddydabronx1573]

Great video!! I watched Ken when I was just a little guy.. VERY young.. he used to scare the b-Jesus outta me..I recall a match with him and bo bo Brazil.... of course I believed it was real .. and got news for ya .. it was more real back then rather than today.. cowboy bob ellis... bo bo Brazil.. Bruno and ken has an hellouis fight. To sit and watch him today? What a solid dude ! I totally remember watching him hold back a friggin truck with his back on a wall and his legs Holding a truck back as it was on full throttle.. AGAIN!! Really enjoyed watching this interesting interview

[@nassermj7671]

Shoulda have them crank their outdoor cameras - done!

[@TheHannibalTV]

This was probably in the days before there were cameras everywhere.

[@prun8893]

He's lying of course.

[@rainkloud]

The thing that makes me doubt him so much is how he was calling the McDonalds employee a prick. Like dude, the person is working at Mcdonalds, they're obviously filming a commercial, they're CLOSED and if they give you a burger and you get sick they could get fired. What would possess you to unjustly punch down on someone who was likely earning minimum wage and just trying to get by and was just doing their job? And then decades later you're STILL going to call this dude out instead of saying "Hey I was hungry and tired and took it out on this poor soul who was just doing their job." His version of events is neither compelling nor flattering to himself.

[@jackkitchen737]

I first discovered Ken Patera, I think, in 1979 or maybe early 1980. I was 13 years old watching WTBS. I think it was Georgia Championship Wrestling, although it might have been NWA or even WWF on USA. Anyway, I liked watching him right away. I was a fan of his for his entire career.

[@TroublesBig]

he's such a liar. wow.

[@thespaceram2879]

Fred Flinstone Ken Patera looks different here. He doesn't look like his regular Fred Flinstone demeanor here. Maybe Ronny Garvin Barney Rubble is missing here.

[@billylittleton3395]

Ernie t Bass

[@gregt1592]

havent heard the last of earnest t bass hehehe

[@josephmiller9424]

They never talk about his records for lifting which I think still stands 500 pound over his head

[@capacola262743]

the first few times i heard the story, the rock weighed 200 pounds. i love patera, but i don't believe this story.