The Story of The Great Antonio

[@Tunda2]

More than anything, I’m impressed with you Mr. Vision. Everything about your channel has improved so much since I first came across it 3 years ago. I can’t begin to describe how happy and proud of you man. Good job

[@GrappleVision]

thank you. We'll try to keep it going in that direction.

[@CqThatdude]

@@GrappleVision I agree, the videos have gotten a lot better and this one was really good too. I always knew about him vs Antonio Anoki but i had no clue who the guy was before that match. More videos like this would be great too. Keep doing your thing,

[@jdbankshot]

@@GrappleVision hi. very well done. i used to see him almost daily, that bench was just a couple blocks from my place at the time. i really regret the fact that i never talked to him. major regret. thanks for the vid, keep it up.

[@Destxned]

This channel and PromoJoe are the greatest finds recently for me. Both putting out great content. Keep it up!

[@luismagana9784]

Joe is a g

[@theangryleftist]

that beating was so bad it almost straightened up my eye

[@awildslapnuts513]

As a lazy eye sufferer I find that amusing.

[@joshvandruff1790]

Such a sad yet humble end for a man that seemed so odd yet interesting. I’m sure he would have been someone awesome to meet on the streets. He seems like a guy a lot of people would either love or hate. Honestly I would have loved to meet him. Rest easy Antonio.

[@piguelmonce9937]

Grapplevision is bringing the heat with these uploads

[@johnbarton41]

A+++ work as always Grapplevision

[@GrappleVision]

thank you sir

[@johnbarton41]

@@GrappleVision My pleasure as always

[@TheStuport]

I saw this some years back and it STILL is a Classic to watch when people start talking SHOOTS in Pro Rasslin. The shocker for me was that this happened in Japan, where most times the crowd is pretty quiet. Some clapping here and there and some cheering but most times the atmosphere is akin to Fans sitting on their Hands during the matches. But the moment Inoki got pissed off, The Fans KNEW this had become Real! The flip side is there are many stories of Shoot Matches but no video to show as Technology was not as abundant back in the days! Appreciate this presentation! See Everyone At Ringside Soon! Cheers and Happy Easter To All This Sunday

[@gngrblls2thwall]

I think at that time the crowds generally didn’t know it wasn’t real. They probably got loud because it was the first time Inoki did something that had an effect.

[@Serioussmile51]

Thanks for taking the time to do this mate. (Your vidz have helped me through a divorce).

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

He always does great videos eh Also sorry to hear about the divorce man hope your doing better 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪🙌

[@IntrovertedOreo]

Divorces do suck ass, but I hope you recover and wish you the best!

[@gokaisilver2730]

Fantastic work. Very atmospheric with those effects. Helps humanize the subject

[@karma_coin]

damn bro I just came for some wrestling now you got me tearing up

[@idigchickflicks8730]

I’m loving the illustrated visuals and the commentary. Great work my friend

[@higler.]

This was a very respectfully done. R.I.P.

[@michaelmooney5246]

A really great video. I never really knew anything about the Great Antonio beyond the Inoki match. A respectful way of ensuring these wrestling side stories are recorded and not forgotten 👏

[@rgordian624]

Fucking hate you for making The Great Antonio video because it is really good. You humanize his story and almost got me teary eyed. Great video.

[@bowdenproductions]

I’m noticing I’m gravitating to a lot of these newer wrestling channels that aren’t afraid to break from the YT algorithm. A lot of other bigger wrestling KZbinrs wouldn’t waste time on The Great Antonio like this because it wouldn’t do “good views” I appreciate the unique, informative, really well produced content 😊

[@GnosticHermes]

Terrible Ted was a good worker. I can't believe I'm saying that a bear was a good worker, but it's true.

[@GrappleVision]

A good han...Paw?

[@GnosticHermes]

@@GrappleVision But his promos were unbearable.

[@GrappleVision]

His finisher was BarBEARic as well

[@GnosticHermes]

@@GrappleVision No one could escape his bear hug.

[@paulrothery6266]

how very sad.....actually made me well up

[@stephenbianchi7141]

4:08 As you said this, and I saw Andy, I wondered... Did they make it a point to bully/stretch/shoot on non-wrestling celebrities?

[@cynnguyen13]

Well narrated, great music choice and such a cohesive flow! Thank you for this video!

[@Kairu_Kilofski]

*bows*

[@cptsponko32]

Awesome job, now find out why koko b ware went absolutely apeshit on that jobber.

[@mattclark8746]

Definitely not the same old Inoki/Great Antonio video. Brilliant job. Very in-depth.

[@GrappleVision]

Thank you sir, i'm glad it didn't disappoint.

[@nicismagic]

This was nice,touching and respectful man your videos are awesome. This one touched something(I'm from the montreal area)

[@blueplasma]

Comments for ALGORITHM

[@GrappleVision]

Bless you sir

[@pelicanphuucker4life]

I've not been able to find any confirmation on this BUUUUUT it wouldn't surprise me at all if...."Giant" Shohei Baba and his AJPW and Antonio Inoki actually had a bit of a bidding war for the services of The Great Antonio....as Rikidozan's top two pupils, Baba and Inoki were much like Leno and Letterman in the shadow of Johnny Carson...who would be Rikidozan's successor? Technically the JWA folded with Rikidozan's death but from that sprung both All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling....so to wrestle and defeat an opponent of their mentor would have meant quite a bit especially at that time and in Japan. It's funny though how far ahead NJPW has overtaken AJPW....as a kid pre-internet the best way to learn is Japanese Wrestling was through the Apter mags and at that time, Late 80s/Early 90s, the two were neck and neck BUT thanks to Baba's NWA membership AJPW always seemed to slightly have the upper hand....though Inoki was without doubt the better worker and ultimately thanks in part to a longer life became the bigger star and yet NJPW has had its greatest success after Inoki sold the promotion and stepped away completely.

[@aViableNinja]

Awesome video, interesting life story inside & outside of the ring. He loved his bench.

[@Eckalicious]

Sad ending for the man, outstanding video from GrappleVision. Looking forward to more like this.

[@TheRustedShackleford]

So excited you're going back in time for future content. Some crazy wrestling stories from back in the day that deserve to be covered by someone as talented and thorough of yourself.

[@GrappleVision]

Thank you, i hope you guys enjoy it.

[@onedicherb]

Nice work, love the look back into my favourite time in wrestling. Great narrator

[@GrappleVision]

Much appreciated sir!

[@Kairu_Kilofski]

I know that narrator from somewhere, no idea where though.

[@awildslapnuts513]

Wow I never been second comment before

[@jayceegenocide4402]

Good Job Once Again To All Involved.

[@DoNotPassGO]

The visuals and music brought back so many memories of playing old DS point & clicks like Hotel Dusk and Trace Memory.

[@browns1ism]

Always wondered what his name was and what his story great job of putting out his story it was very well done.

[@Yettyen]

It's so well put together, very captivating, superbly narrated and overall a pleasant watch. Thank you for telling this story, may he rest in peace. ✨👏✨

[@Arathor82]

Good video, this makes The Great Antonio out to be a man just wanting to make people smile and not some jerk looking to embarrass a pro-wrestler.

[@GrappleVision]

few of us are one dimensional

[@Kairu_Kilofski]

In awe at the size of this lad, Absolute Unit.

[@higler.]

2:53 yo those cables are attached to his head. What a madman!

[@GrappleVision]

Truly a character worth more people seeing more of than a brief video of a fight.

[@martinleroux1595]

Montréal used to have a whole slew of interesting weirdos back when I was a kid, and "le Grand Antonio" was one of them. A fascinating, misunderstood man.

[@luciangothicblood]

Another great video can't wait for the next one

[@ryanh4775]

I love this kind of content you produce keep up the good work.... I always love a good in-depth story about Dino bravo

[@onedicherb]

This guy is on to something good here

[@youngtate3891]

I always kinda felt bad for him cuz Inoki fucked him up & I get why he did but damn. Hearing about his life afterwards makes me sad.

[@matthewkrueger304]

What's the bass groove from in the beginning?

[@KIRA-EL]

Oh man now I can't laugh at that clip RESPECT.

[@GrappleVision]

I'm glad it was able to change your mind.

[@samplejuice2828]

KZbin gets real! The Great Grapplevision with another awesome video.

[@thegunslinger8806]

That big smelly giant was apparently drunk as shit when he got in the ring with Inoki and no sold him, Anoki got pissed and started shooting on him which wouldn't be the last time he kicked and punched above his weight, Andre was so shit faced in 1990 that he laughed off his kicks in a six man tag match that ended in DQ. God damn what a sad ending to poor Antonio.

[@brianreck5971]

These are so good! Narrator is sus tho…

[@4SkippyRoo]

🤨

[@Kairu_Kilofski]

Sussy Baka?

[@brianreck5971]

@@Kairu_Kilofski NANI?!

[@pandavelli8176]

@@brianreck5971 omae wa mou shindeiru.

[@brianreck5971]

@@pandavelli8176 yamate kodesai

[@vlada]

A lot of the legend is made up, especially his youth. His name was Antonije, he was Yugoslavian of Montenegrin descent. I think his last name was Barisevich. In the 70's, he used to eat at the Steakorama restaurant on Bleury north of Sainte Catherine street owned by a Yugoslavian. I saw him and on other occassions Le Géant Ferré (André the Giant) there and remembered my dad saying "Don't stare." I cant remember how much food theyd eat but i remember the whole table being full and needing to put some food and beer in the booth next to his table. At that time, you had stubby beer bottles as well as larger glass bottles (750ml-1litre) and thered often be a dozen empty big beer bottles on the "2nd" table. (Both drank a huge amount) My high school was 2-3 blocks from the Dunkin Donuts on Beaubien & St. Michel where hed often be and where people would sent him mail.

[@xbigwormx]

We been waiting for this one. Thank You Grapplevision.👍💯

[@jimstang2328]

Great shows bud

[@jimstang2328]

wtf man why aint you making netflix specials

[@GrappleVision]

I won't retweet bixenspan

[@josephroszell]

I'm a Canadian I wear a cape on the tenth of this month I finished carrying a pallet 50 miles to raise awareness for suicide prevention I still get trucker yelling at me to get a job....people often see me as the crazy bearded homeless guy I walked most of the 50 miles last year with no shoes because of practice walking on gravel my feet were undamaged..feel free to spread the word as it's all about raising awareness for suicide prevention

[@Gogeremy101]

Damn, this is such a good video. The artwork, the narration, excellent editing, thanks for the quality here! It's absolutely on display and I hope we get more content similar to this!

[@PINKKYLIELOUISE]

Reminds me bit of Giant Haystacks

[@craigknapper202]

He was the great antonio in the late 50’s, he didn’t change his name because of lex luger in 93’ just FYI.

[@blackphillip2264]

Great video man

[@GrappleVision]

Glad you enjoyed

[@gngrblls2thwall]

I’d like to hear GA’s side of the Inoki incident. It seems like with the language difference it’d be really easy for him to go into it thinking he was supposed to do everything he did.

[@johnbumperdavidshirley-pip4596]

i knew and smoked weed with this guy and never once heard him claim he was an alien!!!!

[@GrappleVision]

What all did he share with you?

[@johnbumperdavidshirley-pip4596]

@@GrappleVision plenty of stories about the people he met in his travels and always showed off his pics with famous people really nice guy

[@horumgrombo6519]

Wrestling's Rasputin. Wrasputin.

[@NuclearBronsonRex]

This is better than the 21 views you have. Have you ever considered having more subscribers?

[@Jenult]

Very good video, guys!

[@riskybitness]

Would I be wrong to say that in the match with Inoki, Antonio didn't intentionally do anything wrong? Was it a question of simply not knowing any better?

[@GrappleVision]

I'm not confident enough to say. There are too many rumors around it. Could be anything from a set up to a screw up.

[@doing4much]

This channel is the plug on this one !!! Learned some new information on that one match we all remember from very beginning to the bloody end !! 10/10 perfection!!

[@GrappleVision]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@yo_its_rabbid]

i get chills hearing the intro to a grapplevision video, yet another great one!!

[@GrappleVision]

Glad you liked it!

[@JJJ-mh8tg]

@@GrappleVision Could you give the names of the intro song and the very first song that plays?

[@nicktaylor2657]

Antonio didn't die He just went back to his planet 😏

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

I love your videos Vision always really informative and make sense You, MarkyD(Ring of the Hawk) and WrestlingBios are the 3 top wrestling channels on KZbin imho I can just imagine if you 3 all did a collab someday that would be fkin epic

[@GrappleVision]

We appreciate that.

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

@@GrappleVision You are very welcome 🙂 Thank you for taking the time to do proper research and delivering great videos 💪

[@Gotchism4Life]

Awesome channel, can't see to more videos about old school wrestling. I love wrestling before 1980.

[@GrappleVision]

Give me two days and a sub, and I'll hopefully not disappoint.

[@Gotchism4Life]

@@GrappleVision You had the sub when you uploaded the GAEA training doc. 👍😉

[@flintironstag2381]

It sounds like the great Antonio genuinely loved to entertain people.

[@jipsumies3435]

Damn

[@higler.]

Loving all the content you've been posting recently! Great stuff!

[@GrappleVision]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@SNOwyte]

Theres old friends and new friends and even a bear

[@robg4238]

Didn't anyone ever ask him on video why he did that to Inoki?

[@michealjmabry4574]

R.I.P. Inoki-Sama

[@CyrusCageSCWS]

Did Antonio claim to be a physical alien from another planet? Or that his soul had come here from another planet to incarnate? Given his uniqueness, spirit and shady childhood and origin.. both could be possible really.

[@GnosticHermes]

Would explain the super chin.

[@hdtripp6218]

That might be some of the most realistic wrestling ever....what showmen.... Antonio really started selling towards the end...

[@stephenbianchi7141]

The Great Antonio vs Antonio Inoki is one of the greatest wrestling clips ever. It has so many layers. It provokes 1,000s of questions. If this was the first and only wrestling clip you ever saw, and you researched elements of the clip, you would know basically everything there is to know about wrestling. I just wish there was enough footage and paperwork to make an hour video about The Great Antonio. Since I first saw this clip on your channel, I've wanted to know more. He is fascinating. I often wonder how this encounter would have gone 10 years earlier.

[@fishbone08070]

This story really helps me understand the bizarre match with Anoki.

[@IntrovertedOreo]

I love your style of wrestling content, been a fan since the channel began! 👍🏾 excellent work!

[@nashvilleslim]

Wow I had no idea. He had a beautiful voice, Rip big man

[@Jenny-ek5sn]

p̲r̲o̲m̲o̲s̲m̲ ⭐

[@elchronico]

What a great piece man. Bravo my friend so glad u are back .

[@zsmarine0831]

Great job on this, can’t wait to see what y’all produce next!

[@cerealkiller7734]

There is so much sadness in his singing voice.

[@GrappleVision]

I really enjoyed listening to his old songs. Thank you for looking at some of the other stories.

[@MideonProductions]

That was so interesting. Thanks.

[@kungfuu225]

good work on this vid ..............RIP

[@harryholbrook3751]

Great video and thanks for the info never knew most of that

[@skidart9063]

ty so much for this video

[@davidhuntington82887]

The man was born to entertain

[@Chimpandolfo87]

Thanks for another great video. Im one of those who only knew him from the shoot match story. Sad story behind it all. May he rest in peace.

[@Jeff-zx6rt]

Test the tiger

[@billlesnar7967]

not sure you know what HD is but anywho

[@MayfWasHere]

What is this HD you speak of

[@mitchbuff]

Is this guy Alan Moores dad? Holy crap they look very similar

[@ronniemi5163]

Could you have picked weirder footage to show in the Bret Hart segment?

[@GrappleVision]

Yes, and almost did.

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

Great Antonio is famous for this one thing.

[@blacknapalm2131]

*I get great pleasure watching Inoki lay the slipper into his head on the mat haha*

[@DreFromMaine8472]

This was a good video, but it still never answered my question. Which is why did the guy think it was a good idea to no-sell Antonio Inoki? All because he thought he was a big tough guy and selling for an opponent was beneath him? Who the Hell did he think he was, anyway? Well, he was wrong about that! He paid the price for his arrogance, as Inoki beat his ass for real! Nothing he didn't deserve!

[@michaelmooney5246]

Chill dude.

[@DreFromMaine8472]

@@michaelmooney5246 No.

[@Dicktaa]

So glad you followed up with this video, to see the real Great Antonio