Mr. Fuji calls Bob Backlund a Honkey

[@chrisradio7644]

Fuji is hilarious.

[@kevinrichmond6513]

ChrisRadio hell yeah he was

[@owiz9212]

He really was. The bits that he used to do with Don Muraco Miami Vice Style were just priceless.

[@40colby]

McMahon deserves an Emmy for keeping a straight face through all those interviews!

[@lionelraoul]

This is why Abbott made more than Costello.

[@damiendemento9852]

R.I.P. Mr. Fuji.

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Mr. Fuji Kamikaze clothesline! He always came up with a different finisher when he would change partners.

[@crassyfrake]

mr fuji getting in touch with his inner george jefferson lol

[@bacardilvr]

God, I loved Mister Fuji! That evil smile!

[@hoopsheavenpa]

Pro wrestling today is inferior to what it used to be. One of the many reasons is that today's wrestling lacks the great and entertaining manager. I could listen to guys like Blassie, Heenan, and Hart do interviews all day. Those guys were amazing! Freddie Blassie was born to talk into a mic. Thanks so much for posting!

[@Tarantulisimo]

RIP Mr. Fuji, RIP Classy Freddie Blassie......

[@mackermaldrill2656]

There was no one like Fuj! He was a great wrestler and later a manager. Itchy Bum!

[@fredblassie]

It needs to be said.... Vince McMahon, pre-expansion, was a great announcer. Articulate, terrific straight man, good voice.... he was our Cosell. I'm on my third cognac btw. Six pancakes seemed like a good idea half hour ago, but now I feel like I'm about to give birth through my rectum. Holy shit, no typos!

[@mfbinc]

back in the day, nobody thought twice when race was brought into wrestling...we just accepted it..the good ole' days!

[@PhilMante]

Back when we didn't cater to the pussywillows.

[@americasmaker]

My nigga Mr. Fuji, "Get em, daddeh" Dusty Rhodes voice.

[@mayormc]

This is hilarious!!! Thanks for the posting. People today have no idea how non PC the old promos were, which was actually the fun of it all. I remember the Grand Wizard calling Tony Atlas a "witless burrhead," and Waldo Von Erich referring to Denucci as "that spaghetti bender." The crap they sell today is boring beyond belief.

[@thevoid99]

domo arigato fuji-san. we will miss you.

[@cirokamai1603]

Mr. Fuji local boy from Hawaii

[@jonstefanik9400]

Mr. Fuji's awesome!

[@Piledriver86]

Man, I miss Mr Fuji...

[@Coremor]

Mr. Fuji...We're coming for you n!@$@!!!

[@pajmf]

I am looking at Vince McMahon's jacket and thinking, "I know he isn't in the professional football hall of fame, but I didn't think he worked for Century 21 either!" :)

[@finch45lear]

Ton of action + a ton of comedy. That was the WWWF in the day !

[@JENDALL714]

I miss the days when WWF would travel city to city, even small cities. I use to watch on Saturday mornings to see when they were coming to town.

[@Deadbuck73]

JENDALL714 they used to come to America’s home town Plymouth and we’d love it!

[@HoustonIsImmortal]

The most DEVIOUS individual in the annals of WWE history!!

[@thekurisu]

Mr. Fuji ICHIBAN!!! Blassie and Fuji are legends

[@nathanielholloway8267]

😤 I know them tickets were cheap-then.

[@XxowendanxX]

LMAO lock Mr. Fuji up for a hate crime.

[@josephD32]

If I recall correctly, they would occasionally hold NWA World title matches at MSG that didn't also involve the WWWF Champion.

[@wickedmountain]

RIP :( MR FUJI

[@youarerightboss]

The real Karate Kid.

[@LSUFan7210]

😂😂😂😂 Man u can tell Fuji was really a trip

[@offdacorner]

Pure greatness.

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

Watching this interview for the 1st time was when I realized something may have been up in pro wrestling. I started watching wrestling in Hawaii with Ed Francis' promotion. Fuji spoke pidgin which is what we speak in Hawaii. Then he's got this "japanese" accent on WWWF TV.

[@RayNDeere]

@BottomlessJackDaniel The WWWF and NWA had a working agreement from 1971 to 1983 when Vince Jr. made the push to take the WWF national. There were a number of matches pitting the WW(W)F champ against the NWA champ in the late 1970s, usually ending in double-countouts or double-DQs so neither champ had to put over the other.

[@guyboost7311]

This is before Bob Backland Became WWWF Champion When defeated WWWF Champion Super Star Billy Graham Feb 201978 This is from November 1977 !

[@organicallypoweredlife1417]

@1:57 Blassie briefly contemplates turning the lights out on McMoron lol

[@EldestSauce]

it took me 15 seconds to realize that is vince mcmahon

[@antoniusjohnson3824]

RIP Mr. Fuji

[@jblive1985]

he musta toook lessons from g jefferson

[@franciscodeanda7890]

Those were the days!

[@Joseph-lz5er]

All these years Fuji played an evil heel from Japan who spoke English with a funny Asian accent even though he is American from Hawaii ... They just stereotype everyone for a gimmick in wrestling 😆 lol.

[@PunkSlapper123]

Yep, that's how it was.

[@Inediblehulk]

Fuji still gives me nightmares. And I'm almost thirty.

[@Hawkee316]

I did know Blassie was his manager

[@CVTom]

@rb62470 back in the territory days, it wasn't uncommon for promoters to work together on "supercard". Most of the time, it was the WWWF and the NWA doing this, with title vs title matches. I even remember from the Dusty Rhodes DVD they showed a match at MSG between Rhodes and Harley Race for the NWA title.

[@Kongman4547]

1:33 😂

[@tomg5150]

Classic Mr.Fuji

[@youarerightboss]

Mr. Fuji👍

[@TheLeroyMoon]

As a kid, I never once imagined that the clean cut guy in the yellow jacket was such a freak. Odd, but Backlund's manner and speech in interviews over the last 20 years seems like they could have been modelled on Blassie's delivery here.

[@2012Steelerfan]

@HemmHon - Yeah. He did his best to sound like him as well.

[@The_Natural_Man]

how about the iron sheik vs mr fuji in a debate!

[@vanillacoker1]

The five people that dislike this are Itchy Bums!

[@WrestlingStuff4u]

@rb62470 Dusty had a very famous feud with Superstar Graham in the WWWF back then, and would be brought in from time to time otherwise by Vince Sr., Dusty made visits to the WWWF off and on in the late 70's... Vince Jr. drooled over his character back then.

[@thejazzenigma]

It has also has to be during a period he was a tag champ too. cause he has on a tag team title belt.

[@skulkon]

Mr Fuji westside gunn

[@fhb3]

#RIP Master Fuji

[@detonator82]

Christ, Vince McMahon looks very young here!

[@TuMalditaMadre]

He was only 32 years old here.

[@r2ndp]

Christ knows.

[@ccie12933]

@josephD32 Race beat Tony Garea via pin and Dusty Rhodes via ref's stoppage at MSG.

[@dorrellk7471]

classy freddu blassy looks like rick flair now

[@NEONOIRERA]

I only knew fuji as a manger

[@PunkSlapper123]

Fuji was a wrestler for over 20 years. He was one half of the WWF tag team champions 5 times. With Mr. Saito and Toru Tanaka. Mr. Fuji was a great heel. He also held various regional tag team titles throughout the 60s and 70s. He was known as the "Devious One" for his mastery of ring psychology.

[@richarddanielpero6963]

Fugi is awsome

[@angelinaramon]

That was funny.

[@therealdocwhip]

@box 5; LOL and how true. He also appears to mimic the demeanor of Frank Gifford of MNF fame as well. And the yellow jacket-- give Vince props for copying the pro's.

[@capri8225]

1:34

[@paulbrennan5646]

Can anyone tell me what championship belt mr Fuji is wearing.

[@lancasterII]

Tag Team Championship.

[@paulbrennan5646]

@@lancasterII Thanks!

[@temurhakim2356]

RIP FUNNY LOLL

[@jobber25v]

lol vince hair and coat

[@viltheegr8334]

Griselda

[@Srd1126]

it is the good old days--this country is too hung up on race these days. Get over it people.

[@ZingsVideos]

Political correctness sucks.

[@eugenewilliams8138]

Yo is that Vince?

[@chrismemphis8062]

Today, if a resident of N Korea makes fun of Kim's haircut, they lose their job, get cancelled and go to jail. In US, if you make a comment deemed inappropriate or miss-gender some one, expect the same fate here....

[@angiesimpson3572]

Oh hell no

[@JeffTheFutureJaros]

LMAO

[@4EyedAnimation]

@fredblassie 1 of the best comments I've ever read on you tube

[@Harry_Howler]

Mr. Fuji's hachimaki doesn't really say, "Kamikaze" on it. What it actually says is, "Americans All Stupid and Ugly." From what I've heard about the real-life deviousness of The Fuj, I could easily see that as being true.

[@danstewart3727]

What title did Fuji have ?

[@lancasterII]

Tag Team Championship I believe.

[@vincentrobinson9645]

🤣😂🤣

[@slimmsayton]

@fredblassie Sure he was all the things you said he was. But have you ever heard him call a match? He didn't know the names of any moves. He was too much of a face mark. And who can forget, "One, two, three. He got him! No, only a two count." Just because he had a nice voice doesn't make him any good at this particular broadcasting job. And I haven't had nearly as much to drink as you. Except now I want pancakes.

[@กวินวัดเฉย]

เก่ามากๆๆๆ

[@thrustiswaspinator]

@roylee13 lol

[@MrKARLHUNGUS1962]

Backlund,while probably the best technical wrestlers of his time,was a stiff.He had no charisma or interview skills,he wouldn't be pushed today.I'm surprised he carried the belt for as long as he did.

[@mrmoose6619]

Karl Hungus Hulk Hogan was the complete opposite. Tons of Charisma... but 3 moves. Explains a lot...

[@dickweed4ever812]

pre steroid vince

[@kevinrichmond6513]

dickweed4ever Vince was swole back then

[@三好りょう安持なるみ大石あき]

hh

[@TheCONTAX139]

MR FUJI IS NOT JAPANESE

[@Arayig1982]

+ARIA CONTAX Must be Nigerian then!

[@dorrellk7471]

+Arayig1982 Hawaiian

[@jimmymcconnie4954]

ARIA CONTAX I guess Bruce Lee isn't Chinese cuz he was born in the USA

[@fhb3]

It's STILL a racial slur in my book. Prejudice SUCKS.

[@beewalk34]

That's racist

[@princesstamika]

You intelligent person/ You man who understand world. We should talk.

[@LSUFan7210]

😂😂😂😂 Man u can tell Fuji was really a trip