One of the greatest angles of all time and a little racism from Ernie Ladd (nappy hair). Ric Flair called Rufus that all the time. He even called him Kunta Kinte (Roots). I wonder how that would go over today. Sad that all three in this are gone. They answered that final bell. Ernie, Gary, & Rufus, thanks for the memories.
OMG this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! Ernie Ladd flipping backwards so that his feet catch the top ropes! LOL. He always put his arm over his head when he was getting beat up.
Wow...the 1st 40 seconds of this video is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! First the look on Rufus face when the announcer points out who's coming and then when the challenge is thrown down they both walk in opposite directions....I still got tears in my eyes from laughing so hard...
lmao at gary hart leaving with his money rufus r jones was also father of the manager "slick" in the wwe and managed the iron sheik, volkoff, the big boss man, and even kamala.
I gotta admit i REMEMBER this one, I LAUGHED all night at this, but that was the GREAT days of wrestling and they are GONE FOREVER ,NEVER COMING BACK and i dont WATCH wrestling anymore, it,s NOTHING but crap now.
Rufus did say "wrestle" at the 0:12 - 0:13 second mark. However, I do think that was a mistake on Rufus' part when it comes to making this angle work. Still, this is a hilarious angle.
@RSXemperor- you're so right- one of the flaws with the current product is the lack of mouthpieces to get good wrestlers over that don't have to gift of gab- Benjamin, Haas, Swagger, and others...
Hmmmm. I never knew that Ladd worked in Mid Atlantic. I do know he was in Mid South for part of 1984 because he had beaten Magnum for the North American title there.
@@FranFJB yup. He even worked in the WWWF against Bruno. I also remember when he worked here in Los Angeles for the Lebelle's and when he was part of the first company that attempted to go national; Ed Einhorn's IWA.
Warchief01 Rufus was an embarrassment to me as a black kid growing up. True enough, he took care of business in the ring, but all the other clowning was sickening. Like when Ric Flair and the Andersons beat him up and slapped a chauffeur cap on him or when Blackjack Mulligan beat him and tore his suit off, leaving him in the ring corner half naked and unconscious.
