Mid-South Wrestling - Mr Wrestling II Bill Watts Tapes of Mr 2s Turn against Magnum TA and JYD

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[@captkirk9797]

This was real wrestling. Sad to say we will never see this brand again

[@TheSportsfan35]

@CJ Mack, & that's thanks to promoters like Ole, Bill Watts & Bob Geigel who took the business seriously & wanted the talent who worked for them to take it seriously.

[@ulyseeslorenzosutton1772]

No we never will again.

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥

[@gabrielgraves7369]

So very true

[@quinnkay4409]

I have never seen Wrestling 2 as a heel. He was my hero in 79-80! Best masked baby-face ever!

[@timothyburns2768]

I agree 2 was great.

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥

[@KevoRetro1]

Yeah man I remember when Wrestling 2 turned heel on JYD, and he paid for it, and had it coming.🤨

[@PilgrimPiper]

I was in the crowd for the Lafayette card when II walked out on TA. Thank you for posting this video. For years I have tried to find some footage from Lafayette LA. I always tell my son stories about those days and what it was like. Bringing back some good childhood memories. Peace be with you

[@michaelobrien9689]

Brother, I grew up in Lafayette and went to the Munincipal Auditorium many times. Mid South was the best ever.

[@creoleDJ]

Lafayette, Houma, Morgan City, Alexandria…I was a kid living on & off in the state & really enjoyed Mid South!

[@davegoldberg3282]

Bill Watts with those top notch bracket special effects LOL

[@headbrown5629]

Much better than the modern product they try to call wrestling

[@rockn1677]

Saturday morning memories from days gone by, never will be the same again.

[@roberdink]

NWA Powerrr is the only show that comes close to recreating that magic.

[@saldelucia1902]

My god so true by gone time..

[@damienthorne3012]

A man can't adjust his kneepad without being accused of cheating?

[@creoleDJ]

Reached down & scratched his nuts also…

[@KeithFroehlich07]

"I haven't lost anything, I've got the North American heavyweight title...Hahahaha" Mic drop!

[@ronaldshank7589]

A. K. A. a Pipe Bomb! It was absolutely savage!!!

[@eggomafia]

😄😄😄🎯✌

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

@@eggomafia you are so right, now we are talking wrestling with smoking action on all fronts

[@impalaman9707]

I always loved the "old school heels" and how they would lie about breaking the rules: "oh, no. I didn't do that. I was just adjusting my knee pad"!

[@Jimbo_Bluff]

Wasn't Mr. Wrestling II and Skandar Akbar one and the same?

[@longtimerasslinfan3500]

James Swanson, no sir. I don’t remember Skandor’s real name but Wrestling 2’s real name is Johnny “rubberman” Walker. He was a recently retired mid-card worker when offered the chance to be Mr. Wrestling 2 in Georgia

[@ronaldshank7589]

"The adjustment that won him the match"!

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥 sadistic heels rule

[@Narrate918]

One of the most perfectly executed heel turns of all time

[@charlesbukowski9836]

I know...the talent was so good you could be a grandpa like mr wrestling 2 and still pull it off...there is more talent in his pinky than all of wrestling today combined...

[@michaelconnors7668]

We also see Mr Wrestling 2's finest hour. When Magnum TA refuses to listen and take direction from Mr Wrestling 2, Mr Wrestling 2 picks up his marbles and goes home. Good for him. Magnum TA needed a lesson, and the Midnight Express gave it to him. Thank you Mr Wrestling 2, Jim Cornette, and the Midnight Express for your commitment to sportsmanship and fair play at the highest level.

[@GregoryWeagle]

Everyone adjusts their knee pads in wrestling all the time. Doesn't mean there's something in the pads, shut up Cowboy Bill!

[@bigfootaintreal5454]

Mr Wrestling II just passed away. He was awesome and he will be missed.

[@teastrainer3604]

He may have been the greatest worker ever.

[@peterp2153]

Great booking having Terry Taylor stepping in to take the extra lashes for Magnum. Great babyface shit.

[@locky7347]

"I haven't lost anything, I've got the mid south heavyweight title"

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥 He was truly talented

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Hahaha

[@dinobrya2]

That Bill Watts commentary.😂

[@thedarkchild86]

Bill Watts calls Jim Cornette a sissy ....gold man ....gold

[@freddyvidz]

R.I.P Mr. Wrestling II

[@madbrowniac7871]

Cowboy Bill Watts goes on record as the only individual ever to work the term "body lice" into a promo in any sport or walk of life." This angle was ingeniously devised and executed by everyone involved. And I cannot recall another one quite the same.B.W.

[@MCN168]

Watts could've a great heel or an awesome face based on his territory. My Dad said he couldn't believe he survived the crowds in NYC at Madison Square Garden in 1965 during his battles with Bruno Sammartino.

[@lusterthomas4189]

I heard Watts was a tough sob

[@MCN168]

@Luster Thomas Same here. Kevin Nash and Jake Roberts said he was a bully. Hacksaw Duggan loved him though.

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥 U got to watch your back

[@michaelvolgare9441]

During this time in Mid South Watts came up with one great angle after another. Watts was taught by some of the best minds ever in the business (Eddie Graham, Roy Shire, Vince McMahon Sr. Joe Blanchard, Leroy McGuirk). His territory was stiff and hard hitting, the way WRESTLING (not sports entertainment) is supposed to be.

[@gladfan1989]

Emphasis on WRESTLING

[@ronaldshank7589]

I heard from someone as to why Vince calls his Organization "Sports Entertainment", but I forgot why. Could someone please refresh my memory?

[@ronaldshank7589]

@@GlitchesintheMatrix1954 I understand that. Which do you prefer-"Sports Entertainment", or "Rasslin"? I, of cot, won't knock ya either way, but I prefer "Rasslin"!

[@thommytsunami]

To be faaaaiiiiiiiir Bill Dundee was the booker at this time. Watts was a promoter and set the tone for the territory but it was guys like Dundee, Ernie Ladd, and Eddie Gilbert that actually came up with the angles.

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

@@ronaldshank7589 The truth is a power play. W WE does not have to be governed by any kind of Athletic Commission in any state or area.

[@babysam614]

The kneelift that killed New Orleans

[@GregoryWeagle]

You know it's old school when Cowboy Bill needs a poster paper and a sharpie to show the entire tournament progress so far. High school level stuff.

[@keithgriffin1174]

Did Bill Watts say JYD goes Ghetto?????

[@prentisspowell8148]

Love it....mostly for the film clip of the old Lafayette Sport Center......a building like something you might see in an old boxing movie from the thirties....smoke filled arena, drunk fans, but excellent wrestling matches....I was a regular from 1977 through 1979....lots of good memories....

[@PilgrimPiper]

I'll never forget this card. I was there for this. Wonderful memory from childhood, little bit emotional right now. I always tell my son how wrestling was presented in those days and how cool to find this clip.

[@martinking1839]

I dug Mr. Wrestling II. Best kneelift ever! He was great as a heel like Bob Armstrong, if you will. His promos, like Bob Armstrong, still kept you pulled in....not lulled out....like today.

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

Bob Armstrong was 🔥

[@justinharasyn1574]

This is all I watch on WWE Network. Great wrestling.

[@elc1960]

Nice to see you're still out there Ed, supplying us with more old school wrestling footage. You were one of the first channels I subscribed to back in 2009. Keep on keepin' on man!

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥

[@jonathanlee6098]

These old wrestling programs are 10 times better than anything going on today

[@AtlChris]

I loved Wrestling II as a grouchy old heel.

[@TheStuport]

LOL....Johnny The Rubber Man Walker was grouchy with or without his mask... heel or baby face....that was just his personality

[@lesliemiros6743]

You outta hear Ole Anderson

[@adriangreen9785]

Him and bullet bob Armstrong put on some great feud bouts

[@TheSportsfan35]

@@lesliemiros6743 Ole has a right to be bitter & grouchy, Vince killed the business & in the process hurt guys like Watts, Verne & Ole who put all their $ into their respective territories.

[@lesliemiros6743]

@@TheSportsfan35 I knew that about him off course and he also does a funny impression of Stu Hart.

[@hiddensetting5238]

Not having access to mid south television , and only seeing wrestling 2 on the superstation as a babyface. And seeing this as a grown man I don't think I've ever been as disappointed as a fan in seeing wrestling 2 as a heel.

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right

[@josephtelegen8754]

A. Eugene was awesome in Mid-South. B. There it is! The famous "whistling stranger in paradise" Bill Watts line later applied by Cornette to the Archbishop of Talent Bury!

[@jameslott4606]

i loved 2s evil laugh as he walked away from bill watts

[@kasandrapurplekitten]

goes ghetto style good lord Watts

[@diablo666541]

Mr wrestling told it like it was . He trained many people

[@DMS-pq8]

Watts saying JYD goes "Ghetto Style" Imagine saying that today

[@RickJW-OSM]

I think that term was first used by JYD himself.

[@DMS-pq8]

@@RickJW-OSM Wouldn't matter. Its like rappers can say the N word all day long but let a White person say it and its a crime against humanity

[@diablo666541]

Keep racism crap where belongs n NFL n NBA .

[@diablo666541]

@@RickJW-OSM same with ice man Parsons. Yet he wants claim racism against Fritz von Erich

[@kingcook-we7vw]

I looked for this comment soon as I heard it..lol.. I dont mind. Just funny.. plus. I like to sometimes referred as ghetto myself. When I'm down and dirty.

[@richardbain8746]

Boy this brings back memories todays wrestling is pure garbage!

[@ronaldshank7589]

And now, here in 2020, some 5 years after you said what you did about Today's Wrestling being pure garbage (which I have to basically agree with you on that statement, Sir!), now, due to this Coronavirus trekking its way across the Globe, Vince McMahon can't even have a crowd show up anytime soon, due to this sickness. The Miz showed up at work with this junk recently, and he caught the proverbial tidal wave of backstage heat for it, and rightfully so! Now, it looks like WrestleMania 36 is going to be deeply affected by this Virus, and you can bet your bottom dollar that all of this is cutting into Vince's fortunes! He's losing every which way he goes! After the way that he did other Wrestling Organizations, by buying out their top stars, and forcing those Wrestling Organizations to go bankrupt, one saying comes to mind, concerning Vince McMahon:"My, oh my, how the tables have turned"! Now, it's Vince's turn to be on the bitter side of things! Karma, justice, what goes around comes around... whatever you want to call it, truly has come back to bite Ol' Vince right in the Wallet!

[@diablo666541]

Today b.s. is racially sensitive .

[@TPowell31]

Listening to Bill Watts comments about Jim Corvette was funny 😆

[@mindlessdroid3630]

The booking here is awesome you have the TA, 2 heel turn involving the Midnight and JYD "leaving" for 90 days setting up the TA, 2 feud and then the Midnights celebration complete with cake that sets up the infamous Bill Watts slap of James E and subsequent Watts beat down leading to the Midnight, Watts, Stagger Lee, JYD's close personal friend feud.

[@nicoleknight9412]

I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut that Cornett's tennis racquet was loaded.

[@timshelton2896]

II setting up for the "Knee that killed New Orleans"

[@lusterthomas4189]

Put Boyd pierce in the Hall of Fame now.....

[@manifestgtr]

LOL “whistling stranger in paradise” 40 years later, Jim Cornette uses that same exact line on Vince Russo.

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

Welcome back ☺️. I'm a Flyers fan as well but wrestling is my 1st passion

[@kevincaldwell4707]

Love that girl in the audience just getting mad as hell at 04:27. You don't see reactions like that in wrestling anymore.

[@Edward-ib9ub]

She was ready to throw down. Two better be glad he kept stepping 😊

[@keithwayne4572]

Bill watts was obnoxious on the microphone...wow

[@lusterthomas4189]

You think so, I thought he was really good.

[@Edward-ib9ub]

The John Wayne of Wrestling Lol

[@rahlohmcdonogh280]

Watts commentary is actually great!

[@dennissmith5807]

R.I.P. Mr Wrestling 2.

[@evdallas3847]

he was my favorite when i was a kid

[@VolumedMusicMan]

My favorite W2 interview next to this one he had with the assasain and Gordon Solie in Atlanta.

[@longtimerasslinfan3500]

VolumedMusicMan, the one with the Assassin was even better than this one in my opinion. Wrestling 2 always gave great promos.

[@quadraticresidue]

I’m with II on this. He coached Magnum up from being a preliminary wrestler to being a champion. Magnum was very ungrateful and deserved the whipping from the Midnight Express. Did you notice Cornette taunting Magnum while he was being whipped? Classic.

[@larrykiser8187]

It's was wrong u don't walk out on ur parnter

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

Welcome to T V wrestling 🔥. You are so right now we are talking wrestling 🔥

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

@@larrykiser8187 welcome to TV wrestling heels rule. Y you are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥

[@davidscott7626]

Wrestling 2 would have shocked fans had he turned heel earlier in his career. Johnny Walker was & is very beloved as the ultimate fan favorite. At this point he was ready to retire. This had the potential to be the biggest heel turn up till that time. Tommy Rich beat them to it.

[@rahlohmcdonogh280]

Nothing like this after an afternoon of college football!

[@misterjosephfloyd]

Watts sure did like his whippings

[@lusterthomas4189]

Damn Bill Watts deserves an Oscar.

[@Edward-ib9ub]

Watts definitely has the gift of gab

[@slightlybetterthanaveragej6777]

This was actually a devastating thing. It really was obviously a fake, JYD did a comical "tiiiimbeeerrrr" kind of fall. It knocked him down some in my eyes....

[@martindoll6656]

Cornette has always been one of my favorites.

[@diablo666541]

Guy is wrestling historian imagine a museum of wrestling corny would be host of the tour.

[@ltdee1970]

I Hello I miss this kind of wrestling great power mode and heels lying about what they did

[@yardlet6]

Don't forget Ole. Watts was assistant booker in Georgia.

[@jeromehebert3184]

I loved Mid South .. me, my dad, and my sister watched for years... this is when wrestling was good.. today, it's garbage

[@kylewaller6695]

Cornette just referenced this match vs. JYD

[@macarthurclutch4436]

Yep just heard it

[@macarthurclutch4436]

RIP Wrestling II

[@mesa4592]

That whipping looks painful but DAM he looks good in jeans

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right

[@dmenace4life]

II had a sinister laugh.

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right, the sadistic heel. Now we are talking wrestling 🔥

[@mikeharvey1597]

Great heel turn.

[@greedyd5524]

It's funny they didn't show Dog get knee'd cause he sold it so awful

[@kingcook-we7vw]

As a kid.. my brothers were confused.. I watched wwf.. they thought it was msw. They always told me it changed.. But I realized it was a totally different product.

[@impalaman9707]

Bill Watts never gave me a babyface I felt worthy of cheering for. I thought they were all wimps. Mid South was the league where the only wrestlers I liked were heels because I thought they were tougher and cool---the faces were nerds

[@Edward-ib9ub]

The faces were squeaky clean like Terry Taylor and Magnum TA

[@impalaman9707]

@@Edward-ib9ub I know--I didn't like them. Especially hated the Rock and Roll Exporess

[@Edward-ib9ub]

@@impalaman9707 Me too. I always cheered for the heels. The road warriors with Precious Paul Ellering and the four horsemen were my favorites from the NWA. Mid South had the freebirds and Midnight Express. Jim Cornette was a great heel manager. Those were the days 😊

[@HoustonIsImmortal]

Somehow I think the Cowboy doesn't believe Jim Cornette is all that manly...LOL

[@darthroden]

Some people still don't think he is.

[@kevinpayton2664]

Bill Watts expressed how many people feel about Jim Cornette then and now.

[@kelsonlopez1583]

"body lice....a scavenger!!" LOL!!

[@TBDV1]

Budro was a great worker.....wish he could have tamed his demons.

[@darthroden]

Loved the part where Terry Taylor came out to take the last five lashes for Magnum TA. Long before he was killed by that dumbass Red Rooster gimmick.

[@dr.roberts4508]

Didn't show the rest of it cause. JYD could not sell it

[@zebra3stripes]

We go to the video evidence. #2 was full of #2.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

0:40 - no expense spared for that graphic!

[@chrishollister80]

is this around the time JYD jumped ship and went over to the WWF?

[@stevew7571]

What a swell handwritten sign for the tv title tourney.....art class project???

[@stevew7571]

First of all Bill: get off my back

[@nolanwalls9894]

I rember this almost cried!!

[@VolumedMusicMan]

W2 an excellent heel here!👏

[@nolanwalls9894]

O god this awsome!!

[@craighenderson5582]

Great stuff

[@TraderJack641]

Great clip!

[@KingGhidorah5464]

RIP II

[@rudistorm3348]

Did is miss Mr. Wrestling I?

[@litehouse6]

Was Boyd flying a 747 while he was doing the opening commentary?

[@yardlet6]

Just be glad he not wearing a suit that fries your corneas.

[@ccie12933]

Just don't call him Shirley.

[@yardlet6]

I want to see the suit they buried him in.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Halloween came early around MidSouth that year. And Boyd Pierce went as a plumb bob. R.I.P. Mr. Pierce you did a terrific job as an Announcer.B.W.

[@veteranpatriot4474]

He goes Ghetto Style.... Couldn't get away with that today HA HA HA

[@saveus228]

Jason Wayne if a black said it, it’d be no problem, double standard

[@veteranpatriot4474]

@@saveus228 Ohhhhhhhhhh too True my friend, The world of double standards we do live in .

[@johnhawk1969]

Bill Watts would have made a great heel manager

[@longtimerasslinfan3500]

John Hawkins III, Watts was actually a top heel in Georgia for quite some time and fueled with Wrestling 1 & 2

[@mkl62]

In 1979, a new pro wrestling publication hit newsstands and magazine racks across the nation. It was Pro Wrestling Illustrated. When the first issue went to press, Mr. Wrestling #2 (Johnny Walker) was ranked at #5 in the Most Popular Wrestlers category.

[@32rodrick]

From BALLROOM WRESTLING

[@mikegilkey4173]

I wish Watts would have been more open about his feelings about Cornette. He really suppressed how he felt.

[@creoleDJ]

Funny how Wrestling II’s heel turn isn’t mentioned in the “Biggest heel turns ever” conversation…

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

You are so right, now we are talking wrestling 🔥

[@creoleDJ]

@@JackJones-ke8mo heel turn against Magnum TA and JYD, 2 of the biggest fan favorites of that era..

[@JackJones-ke8mo]

@@creoleDJ thanks for the response 🔥

[@robertbishop5357]

Although a heel I think Wrestling 2 was a much better face.

[@dr.roberts4508]

Is was not shown cause it was poorly sold

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Jim Cornette living rent free in Bill Watts head. 😎🎾

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Watts and WII has good a good promo here. My favorite WWII promo was the one from Atlanta with the Assassin. The build up is a classic!m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/f36ceX6abMx7jtk

[@misterhyde1971]

Watched it on your recommendation…🔥🔥🔥!!! The Assassin’s mike skills were Great!!! That whole promo was 🏆!!!

[@edward7241]

Lafayette Loseyanna at 3:53 lol

[@dr.roberts4508]

Didn't show the knee lift. Cause JYD did not sell it

[@jamie.777]

Fantastic storytelling

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Bill Watts defining radical liberalism at 6:50!👏

[@Filmation77]

3:42 Wrestling II's N.A. belt looks way better than Willie Mack's Strap

[@jaydelosreyes595]

here after cornettes podcast

[@Matt-7819]

"Ghetto style"😐

[@frederickmarch4503]

This wrestling made sense not like today's stale format, should be 90% wrestling 10% talking. As for the moves and finishers just ridiculous