Detroit Big Time Wrestling (1969) 

What a true statement

😂😂😂yup!

@Shamdy Crook I know I was.

My father used to watch this all the time as a child.

Not just the original Sheik. The only Sheik!

​@@jamesbowen8960 The greatest wrestling heel of all time.

@@BarekHalfhand You won't get any argument from me!

Duh

Also, the Hells Angels were not only not brothers, they were actually a couple! Since this is the only known match of the CHA available to watch online, here's a couple more facts that viewers may not be aware of: The boys moved from Michigan to Arizona to avoid the harsh winters, but soon had to change their name after the real Hells Angels objected to the use of their name... physically. They would later burn a flag on tv causing an entire promotion to be banned from television, and were so hated other wrestlers could turn face just by turning up to wrestle them. Sadly Ron would suffer a massive heart attack during a match in 1970, and another in 1975 that would kill him, while ring announcing in front of a horrified packed house in Tacoma Washington. Paul would change his name to Clint Colt (named after a gay porn publication) and become known for his insane bumping, his Peyote fuelled hallucinations (he was known to freak out that the ring was full of spiders) and his heat magnet antics that included brawling with audience members and fleeing the building pursued by fans. Unfortunately the AIDS epidemic would cause career ending issues for gay wrestlers in the 80s and 90s due to the requirement to bleed buckets all over opponents, and work dried up quickly. He would end up making gay porn for a while before dying from AIDS somewhere around 1990. Jim Cornette would later describe him as “the best wrestler you ever saw that no one remembers today".

​@@KittenRaptorTypical Cornette kool-aid drinker I see. What Jimmy failed to mention is that he made gay and kiddie porn along with Colt. That's why he married a PED-DUH-PHILE safe harborer.

Who would have thought, right? Interesting fact. *Mind blown* 🤯🤯

Thanks for the inside information. I believe this is why Don “Jack Dillinger” Fargo left The Chain Gang to get away from Jim Dillinger.

I was going to say some other part of her anatomy, but yes those are some saggy ropes.

@@user-so4gp2sf1o i loved that flimsy ring ! 100% showman ring and not for high fliers !

They used chains instead of turnbuckles 🤣 😂. The Sheik could of came up with a better ring 🤣 😂. This was his territory.

I was about to comment that myself. Instead I give you a 👍

Nature Boy The first match vs the California Hell’s Angels. The other tag team is Jim Dillon and Arnold Skaaland. In later years, Jim Dillon, or J.J. Dillon, becomes the manager for the Four Horsemen. His partner in this bout, Arnold Skaaland, becomes the manager for Bob Backlund.

I agree with you Jamie

My first time ever seeing Patterson and,umm, he really sucked. Did he end up actually learning any wrestling moves or was that all he did always?

@@dizzy1369 😭agreed

LOL....Plus, Bob and Bruno too to help out Arnold Skaaland...too bad that was a different time.

And he still got a few cheers though the boos.

I was born in 1972 and I would think things like Pro Wrestling did not had that kind of exposure like it did by 1984 after the Hulk-A-Mania phenomenon.

That's a perfect way to put it. Pro wrestling was just another local television genre before cable. Like news, dialing for dollars, cooking shows, etc.

No, that was the Chain Gang with Don Fargo

The Soul Patrol!

LOL I was trying to figure that out, THANKS you’re right. And Cox looks like Robert Duvall, sounds like him too

There were several opinions here about who he was, but I'd take your word over theirs because of your long connection to the business in that area.

Very nice comment. I'm a few years (actually, quite a few years) older than you and want to re-echo those sentiments. Am old school when it comes to pro grapplin and just cannot get into today's wrestling. It is too amateurish and too ballet like rather than real grapplin in the ring. Since I don't like today's wrestling, I go back to the good old days by watching these videos here on YT. They never get old.

altfactor That’s right he was such a sharp wit. He definitely could think on his feet.

@Jarne C AKA Ernie Roth

Robert Westerman That’s right, Ernie Roth. He would’ve made an excellent lawyer.

Bob Finnegan. Watched him many times as a kid in Detroit. I don't remember him being this smooth! Later he teamed with Terry Sullivan on the commentary. Last I heard, Sullivan was a classic rock DJ in Ohio.

The Shiek was the promoter.

The Sky is Blue 💙 LoL

I think they had a conversation about that name and it didn't go well .

@@esiassharkiii7702 that, from what ive heard and read from multiple sources, is correct,sir. I looked up the old Tribune report……i recommend THAT to ANYONE….phew. not good.

Skaaland was already working as Bruno's manager at this point.

@@kurtvanderbogarde8402 What was he doing in Detroit? I remember seeing him on WWWF TV frequently during this time period, in squash matches like this and accompanying Bruno. Was he also working regularly in Detroit or did he just do a few TV jobs while there on business (with The Sheik)?

@@MrHmg55 Who knows? People went all over the place in the territories era/

Gets even weirder. Sonetime about 1983 Jim J.J. Dillon himself managed a Heel team in Florida called The Alabama Chain Gang!😂B.W.

Don't forget bruno

From Provo, Utah? WTF?

Roddy Piper vs Hogan. Starcade.

Pretty sure that the Spoiler is the one and only JJ Dillon under a hood. Same physique, same dirty blond hair.

Awesome

No!

They were legitimately gay lovers. uproxx.com/prowrestling/dupree-brothers-gay-biker-wrestling-tag-team/

How the hell did they get away with wrestling in Angel's gear?

@@wagnergary7632 They were posers and took a risk by using their name

Carlos Danger anyone who actually cares if they were dating or not really needs to re-evaluate their own life.

To bad they didn't go to Altamont

@@adventurelogs Chris Colt died of AIDS. He was an incredible worker and waaay ahead of his time, using music in his entrances and wearing Alice Cooper makeup in the mid 70s.

yeah the hells angels were Ron Dupree and Chris Colt. They were gay lovers, and when Ron retired from the ring he sewed the outfits for Chris Colt. Chris Colt was described by Jim Cornette as the best wrestler no one has ever heard of. He use to show up in the ring dressed as Alice Cooper, and high on various drugs including, alcohol, weed, and Peyote. and was known for starting various riots. He was also a roadie for Joe Cocker.

WXON, in Walled Lake, Mi.

Who knew

Killer didn't use the Brainbuster, that was his finisher in Australia, Georgia and Florida. Jimmy Garvin teamed with Killer in Florida and learned the hold from him.

@@garyrasberryjr.552 thanks for the irrelevant comment. 👍🏻

@@jefferyorton1723 Sorry that you actually had to learn something.

@@CatsClaw44 that was just dumb.

Show rocky Johnson and Ben justice

Wow I have only heard about arnald scolen as a manager not a wrestler

@@heatherwaibel6361 a lot of the early managers started as wrestlers first, guys like Lou Albano, Bobby Heenan, James J. Dillon (who was actually Arnold Skaaland's tag partner in the first match!), Adnan Al-Kaissie, Freddie Blassie, Frenchy Martin, Paul Ellering, Paul Jones, etc. They were already "inside", so might as well figure them in if they can talk or are popular, right?

Derek Garcia I’m thinking these wrestlers were paid hourly lol, but this is gold.

@@anonymouslegion4928 More like $10-$20 a match lol

It's Abdullah Farook! AKA Ernie Roth!