Larry Zbyszko on Wrestling's Toughest BAD*SSES!

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@ericdravenX00X 4 ай бұрын

A name that comes to mind as far as "Badasses" is Danny Hodge..

@markwilson9840 4 ай бұрын

Golden Glove Boxer and Superior Wrestler.A whole lot to deal with.

@-The-Darkside 4 ай бұрын

Tough as hell but not he toughest.

@kevthegoat8774 4 ай бұрын

Danny Hodge is far ahead of everyone, professional boxer who won the Golden Gloves and fantastic Folkstyle/Freestyle wrestler with knowledge of submissions.

@Desstrik 4 ай бұрын

yep Hodge was tough. alotta these guys who are “Shooters” tho arent just tough.. but their style and ability. Oure TOUGHNESS is ppl like Brody. Guys that can simply take lots of abuse, and dish it out. Race, Rude, Ron Simmons, Haku, Orndorff, BJHaynes… just to name some. The List is long tho.. But Pro Wrestling has had, obviously, many tough guys over the years.

@Elmer.Mcscrotum. 4 ай бұрын

Steve Regal could shoot with the best of them.

@drewprice8468 4 ай бұрын

I remember the “choke sleeper taught to Larry by Judo Gene Lebell” being mentioned on Nitro. Thanks for mentioning the old timers.

@ChrisHopkinsBass 4 ай бұрын

Adrian Street was legit too. You couldn’t get into the British pro ranks in the 50s-70s unless you had an amateur background and could look after yourself in the ring. Hence why Adrian kicked seven bells out Mr Savile at the Nottingham Ice Rink.

@donaldkennedy9573 4 ай бұрын

And Adrian was a miner. You don't mess with people who worked in the mines.

@-The-Darkside 4 ай бұрын

My friend was a friend of Adrians in the early 70s, Adrian would go to his punk band gigs. I was on Facebook like 6 years ago and saw Adrian Street commenting on his posts and it blew my mind.

@bobmonk64 4 ай бұрын

@@ithinkaboutthings9052The full phrase is "kick seven bells of shit out of"😂

@donaldkennedy9573 4 ай бұрын

@@-The-Darkside I saw Adrian wrestle at the Olympic Auditorium in the early 1980's. He was very good.

@Halbared 4 ай бұрын

@@donaldkennedy9573 Mining and wrestling go back a long way.

@azure1259 4 ай бұрын

Karl Gotch and Billy Robinson also trained a lot of the Japanese early MMA fighters including Kazushi Sakuraba who beat many of the Gracies including Royce who won UFC1. Billy Robinson also trained recent MMA fighter Josh Barnett in catch wrestling. So the Wigan Snakepit had a huge influence on Pro Wrestling and MMA. Gotch was a Belgian but the German suplex is named after him when he played a German heel. Gotch most likely learned that suplex in Wigan, so it could just as easy be an English suplex. Kimura is just a double wrist lock taught to Kimura by Gotch and Robinson and is an old submission from Wigan.

@impulse_xs 4 ай бұрын

I believe they also trained Masakatsu Funaki who went on to become the founder of Pancrase and would help train Ken Shamrock and several other early mma legends.

@shooter86-uw8ce 4 ай бұрын

Gotch would've learned that suplex and many more long before he went to Riley's gym in Wigan England He was a multi time Belgian champion in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman Roman wrestling and represented Belgium in both styles at the 1948 Olympics He began amateur wrestling as a boy in the mid 1930s He didn't travel to Wigan until 1950 on the advice of Billy Robinson's uncle Alf who had originally met him at the 1948 London Olympics

@dominicrossitto5890 4 ай бұрын

MANY of the New Japan wrestlers were trained by Karl Gotch. They were all legit technically sounds grapplers and submission wrestlers. Osamu Kido, who was a GOOD , but not necessarily great worker in the ring, unless on the mat, was reportedly one of the few who could breeze through the "Gotch Workout", with a full deck of cards. Boris Malenko , along with his sones Joe and Dean, received training from both their father and Gotch.

@shooter86-uw8ce 4 ай бұрын

@dominicrossitto589 Kido, along with Fujiwara, Fujinami and of course Suzuki were the four Japanese wrestlers he trained that he considered good shooters Particularly Suzuki & Fujiwara

@dominicrossitto5890 4 ай бұрын

@shooter86-uw8ce Yes, and Fujiwara was a former Thai Boxer in Japan. I had read because of his background in Muay Thai and kickboxing, he had a legit "combat sports" mentality when going into his training, which is why he excelled in learning submissions. I have also seen a few interviews where U.S. talent that worked in Japan said "Inoki was a legit good shooter, but Fujiwara was the best."

@markwilson9840 4 ай бұрын

Larry was an above average amateur wrestler.He could take care of himself.Folks doing the bullying weren't looking to hard for him.

@Halbared 4 ай бұрын

The story he tells about Scott Steiner is amusing.

@Elmer.Mcscrotum. 4 ай бұрын

@@HalbaredSteiner makes Larry laugh.😂😂

@roysmith6880 4 ай бұрын

Larry is a great entertaining guy never see a bad interview his stories are classic much respect to the living legend

@Elmer.Mcscrotum. 4 ай бұрын

Dude had heat just walking into the arena.

@-The-Darkside 4 ай бұрын

I like Larry explaining wigan to the northern Englishman. Ive bet Billy Robinson at a camp in 09/10ish he was old but absolutely solid, like he was made from wood, all I could think was "I bet this is like meeting Stu Hart"

@NightcapLover 4 ай бұрын

Fit Finley was legit badass, and his mate Regal, two real hard cases!

@jimh.412 4 ай бұрын

Love Steven Regal. That was awesome when he made Goldberg look like a little girl in the ring.🤣

@williamwatson4625 4 ай бұрын

@@jimh.412 I saw Haku choking the life out of Steven Regal with his Tongan death grip. Lord Steven Regal was helpless.

@NightcapLover 4 ай бұрын

@@williamwatson4625 most were when that death grip was locked on?, everyone with half a brain knows Regal was the real deal within the industry, he was legit tough.

@Elmer.Mcscrotum. 4 ай бұрын

Regal was definitely a shoot specialist.

@misterslats 4 ай бұрын

I went to the Calgary matches for years. I saw Foley vs. Stu Hart with tag partners several times and Foley and Stu would always come heavy, stiff each other, and legitimately break each other's ribs, crack jaws, and my favorite was Stu giving Foley one of his patented lifters (uppercut) and Foley's dentures came tumbling out of his mouth in pieces. It was obvious they enjoyed shooting on each other. Foley stomped Stu for real wearing cowboy boots and broke Stu's ribs at like age 63 and Bret said Stu was on cloud nine after cuz he got to get back into ring action again. Foley and Dyno did great promos too when Dyno was fueding with Davey Boy.

@jamesbarrett2983 4 ай бұрын

We were told if Billy Robinson had a bad day, you were going to have a bad day too.

@YitroBenAvraham 4 ай бұрын

I’d like to see who is gonna throw Earthquake around…

@ibzanarroyo704 4 ай бұрын

No one

@studbourbon798 4 ай бұрын

The Hulkster did . Pressed him over his head for 5 reps.

@PassivePortfolios 4 ай бұрын

Tenta was the real deal.

@joemomma1091 4 ай бұрын

Tenta got slapped around by John nord in Japan

@PassivePortfolios 4 ай бұрын

@@joemomma1091 - fake news. Tenta had an amateur wrestling background and was a champion sumo wrestler. Nobody had a chance against him in a shoot fight.

@Mma-basement-215 4 ай бұрын

Larry zbyszko was the man this is great thank you

@drewprice8468 4 ай бұрын

They invited fans into the ring in memphis in the 50’s and 60’s. Doug Peterson, Al Galento, and Billy Wicks would take the challenges. A young man distinguished himself and became known as “Dick West”…he later became Jerry Lee Lewis’s bodyguard. Rip Billy Wicks and Uncle Dick West.

@BrianCenti-j4d 4 ай бұрын

Peter miavia, wahoo McDaniel, verne gagne, rick steiner , haku, brock, stu hart, iron sheik, just to name a few.😊 also, lets not forget dick slater and harley race.😮and ron simmons.

@donaldkennedy9573 4 ай бұрын

Scott Steiner has said that his brother Rick is much stronger than him.

@tritchie6272 4 ай бұрын

I saw a video of a real old match between a young Vern and a young Dick the Bruiser. They done such a good job that I had to watch pretty close to tell they were working and not actually Wrestling.

@ultramagnus638 4 ай бұрын

Stan Hansen

@BrianCenti-j4d 4 ай бұрын

@ultramagnus638 yes. One I missed. And Brody as well.

@donaldkennedy9573 4 ай бұрын

@@BrianCenti-j4d Brody was indeed tough.

@shotgun111180 4 ай бұрын

always heard Gotch and Robinson were bad dudes, catch wrestling is gnarly! Check out Josh Barnett or Erik Paulson

@joeblo5804 4 ай бұрын

A great boxer, A great amateur wrestler, a great shooter, and a great street-fighter ................. IMO if possess 3 out of 4 of these attributes you are a legit bad ass. But I'm an accountant so WTF do i know.

@philiptamer8995 4 ай бұрын

I met Mr Zbyszko once and he was a GREAT GUY ! We talked about his golf game too !

@oveidasinclair982 4 ай бұрын

I always heard Rick Rude was the baddest of the bad, but Larry was talking about pre Rick Rude by almost 20 years, if not more.

@Elmer.Mcscrotum. 4 ай бұрын

Love Zbyszko's honesty.

@catyear75 4 ай бұрын

Believe it or not , Adrian Street was double dangerous on the mat …!

@donaldkennedy9573 4 ай бұрын

Adrian was a miner too.

@-The-Darkside 4 ай бұрын

Robinson and Roop etc were big too though, like made of oak. I've no hate for Adrian but he was tough for a small guy kinda way, Robinson was a man among men.

@JefferyAshmore 4 ай бұрын

@@-The-DarksideRoop got anilated by dick slater.

@WrathOfRandman688 4 ай бұрын

I heard he beat up a male hooker for his outfit in which he would later use as his ring attire. True story.

@Elmer.Mcscrotum. 4 ай бұрын

@@-The-DarksideSargent Slaughter was hired by Verne Gange because Robinson tried to get stiff on Slaughter and Slaughter kicked his butt.

@michaelmarkowski204 4 ай бұрын

According to Superstar Billy Graham, Billy Robinson had a reputation of shooting against opponents who were not skilled wrestlers as he resented them being in the business, so he would hurt them. Graham was booked to face Robinson and Graham said that before the match, he taped a razor blade to his finger, went over to Robinson, and told him if he felt even one overly firm grip on him, he'd cut Robinson up badly. Graham said Robinson didn't cross the line in that match.

@shooter86-uw8ce 4 ай бұрын

Billy Graham is repeating the same story numerous other wrestlers told about intimidating someone more skilled then them It's all bullshit Think about the mechanics of having a pro wrestling match while razor blades are taped to your fingers If you make a fist to throw a punch you'll cut your own palms How are you picking someone up for a body slam without risking slicing the other wrestler open? You think the other wrestler is letting you clothesline him near his neck area while having taped razor blades? Absolutely ridiculous

@michaelmarkowski204 4 ай бұрын

@@shooter86-uw8ce Wrong. It was very common back in the day for wrestlers who were going to blade themselves / get color to firmly tape a corner of a blade to their finger with just the very tip of the point slightly exposed beyond the tape. The only way you could cut yourself was to intentionally jab your forehead with that tiny tip and create a very small cut into it, and the sweat combined with the blood pumping through your body could turn your whole face red. If their opponent also needed to get color, they almost always bladed themselves in the same manner (any sane wrestler would always want to do it themselves). Thus, Graham could easily control if and when he wanted to slice a cut through Robinson's skin, or not doi it if Robinson behaved himself.

@gregorykrug8034 4 ай бұрын

People often mention Harley Race, Haku, Barbarian, Andre and The Steiners, but some of those guys from 60+ years ago would have been tough to beat. Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar would be two guys I would not want to mess with.

@Yette 4 ай бұрын

Lesnar, hilarious. He got destroyed repeatedly when it was real in UFC

@tritchie6272 4 ай бұрын

Another real old time name would be Lou Thez.

@tritchie6272 4 ай бұрын

@@Yette He was also UFC heavy weight champion for awhile. Just because someone got beat a couple times in the UFC Ranks don't mean they are a joke or anything.

@gregorykrug8034 4 ай бұрын

@@Yette The guy had to cut 30+ pounds just to qualify for a heavyweight fight. THEN he won the belt.

@TheTruth-on5zx 4 ай бұрын

@@Yette he was the UFC heavyweight champ, so your understanding of the word destroyed is that of a re re

@chaoticdays 3 ай бұрын

Peter Maivia legit beat Billy Robinson in a fight witnessed by many.

@scoh840 3 ай бұрын

Billy was a mean spirited drunk. He spent his life in bars and It is true that he lost his fair share of bar fights. But you would not want to cross him in the ring or when he was sober.

@Totesnumber1fan 20 күн бұрын

Peter maivia lied about billy robinson fight Larry szybzko who saw the fight said billy took him down then peter bit him in his chest that was the end of the fight peter story was a lie

@Totesnumber1fan 20 күн бұрын

Also what window would be able to let 280 pound man through it He also said that he poked his eye and that's why his eye is crooked which is also a lie he had an injury when he was small we also have picture evidence of

@lrm215 4 ай бұрын

If I recall Karl Gotch shot on Buddy. Rogers injuring him which caused him to look to Japan he actually won the WWWF Tag Team Championship in the early 70’s

@shooter86-uw8ce 4 ай бұрын

Karl Gotch slapped the shit out of Rodgers in the locker at a venue in Ohio while Bill Miller blocked the doorway According to Gotch he was crying and had snot running out of his nose It was his friend Bill Miller who first got him into Japan after that

@heyyoohall 4 ай бұрын

Larry is awesome

@williamwatson4625 4 ай бұрын

Another legit badass was the legendary Lou Thesz. He'd have no problem turning a "work" match into a "shoot" match, and he did exactly that several times when his opponent tried to genuinely hurt or double-cross him. But I understand that Thesz was already at the very tail end of his career as an active wrestler when Larry made his wrestling debut in the early 70's.

@Halbared 4 ай бұрын

The Wigan saying is amusing.

@hiptrip99 4 ай бұрын

Larry, I remember you fought with Mr. Saito in Tokyo Dome. That was an exciting match.

@davesullivan8073 4 ай бұрын

Really appreciate how Sadisco is upfront about stuff and knows the business in and out

@reynaldoreyes9927 4 ай бұрын

John Foley was Dutch Mantell Tag Team partner.

@PassivePortfolios 4 ай бұрын

CWF sometimes would have a fan grapple with a jobber as an exhibition match. Usually the jobbers, such as Denny Brown or Scott McGhee, had some amateur wrestling experience from high school and college so it was no contest. Brown or McGhee put some big guys down on their backs in the first 10 seconds of the match. Real or not, who knows but it looked legit.

@philjones3824 Ай бұрын

I remember JR Foley when he was a heel manager in Stampede in the mid 1980's. He wore a steel army helmet a Hitler mustache. A few years later, Dynamite Kid was on Stampede and he pointed to the rafters and made a reference to "the good lord JR Foley." Dynamite and his cousin were both products of Riley's Snake-pit in Wigan.

@wethriveIn425 4 ай бұрын

Exotic Adrian Street.

@しゃぶしゃぶノーパン喫茶 4 ай бұрын

He is talking about pre-Haku era.

@WrathOfRandman688 4 ай бұрын

Oh go finish shaving Haku's nut hair you mark.

@jaybarnes8034 4 ай бұрын

Virgil and Frank Williams could have been the best.

@davidmitchell6873 4 ай бұрын

Frankie Williams ain't a scared of nobody.

@Doom_DeLuise 4 ай бұрын

What about the convicted child sex offender Larry lives with? how tough is he?

@terryduffield5860 4 ай бұрын

Who is that

@billxmas889 4 ай бұрын

Dynamite Kid use to Terrorize J.R. Foley with crazy Ribs , and I believe he is the guy that Got Dynamite to help him beef up a Insurance injury policy payout , that's a horrible story .

@alhirschen6099 4 ай бұрын

John JR Foley managed the dynamite kid in Calgary. The story goes John Foley asked dynamite to break his daughter’s leg so he could collect the insurance payment. Her leg WAS injured legitimately. And JR got his money.

@electronicearnings 4 ай бұрын

It is such a pleasure to see a wrestling interviewer who actually knows what he is talking about! I really enjoy these videos and I'm surprised you're only on 168k subs! Keep doing what you're doing!

@s4squatch1 4 ай бұрын

When people mention legit badass wrestlers.....one name immediately pops into my head..... Hornswoggle

@michaelvazquez7851 4 ай бұрын

Nice interview

@Nostalgia9478 4 ай бұрын

Owen Hart was BY FAR the toughest badarse!!!

@Yette 4 ай бұрын

Not a joke, just not a legit tough guy, which was the subject of the video. Lesnar was beaten badly many times in UFC plus failed drug tests repeatedly

@kevthegoat8774 4 ай бұрын

Canadian wrestler Ed Sailor White also known as Moondog King beat up Billy Robinson pretty badly and allegedly urinated on him!

@shooter86-uw8ce 4 ай бұрын

Sailor White was buying drinks for Robinson in the hotel bar to get him drunk and acting friendly to Robinson He then asked Robinson to step outside into the hotel lobby as he wanted to talk to him about something in private As they were walking out White held the door for Robinson and as Robinson walked through the door White sucker punched Robinson from behind and and then kicked and stomped on his head as he was down Another wrestler staying at the hotel came into the lobby and started yelling at White who immediately ran off A shrewd ambush to be sure but hardly evidence of White being tough or beating Robinson on the level Naturally he no showed the wrestling card that night as he correctly surmised a bruised and sore Robinson would be waiting for him to give him a receipt Which he was according to promoter Gino Brito

@kevthegoat8774 4 ай бұрын

@@shooter86-uw8ce Yeah I've heard he either punched him in the back of the head or kicked him in the balls, they had heat with each other from their matches. Robinson didn't mention the incident in his book but talked about the Maivia fight in his book claiming he knocked him out while others have different versions, Jake Shannon claimed he knows witnesses who stated Robinson beat Maivia but didn't say who. Apparently all the Canadian wrestlers were happy that White did that to Robinson, White was indeed known for being a legitimate tough guy and a very shady character. Very similar to Billy Jack Haynes as was involved in all sorts such as enforcing, pimping, drug trafficking, bouncing etc I believe Sailor White was similar to guys like Harley Race and Blackjack Mulligan in a sense that they might not be "Shooters" But if you mess with them they will find a way to hurt you, very dangerous types of people.

@Halbared 4 ай бұрын

@@shooter86-uw8ce I've heard that version; Sailor got in his Pearl Harbours' and then scarpered while he could..