Ernie Ladd Slaps Dusty Rhodes (September 20th, 1978) (Championship Wrestling From Florida) 

He slapped Dirty Rhodes' face in the general public. LOL

Ernie Ladd was the funniest heel. A flag of truce...lol.

Three legends. A great heel. A super over baby face. And, the icing on the cake...Gordon Solie.

The psychology dripping in that 3 minutes is amazing !! All 3 were masters of it. I am so fortunate and blessed I got to live through this era. It's the same as living through Mays, Maris, Mantle, Seaver, & Aaron. Golden !!!!

This is wrestling gold right here Ernie Ladd deserves more credit than he's gotten

I just want to be Dirty Rhodes, I mean Dusty Rhodes friend. Lol Ernie Ladd was the GOAT.

They defined an era of Wrestling we will never see again in our lifetime!

“Dirty Rhodes..I, I, I mean Dusty Rhodes!” 🤣🤣

Rest in peace Dusty Rhodes and Ernie Ladd they had the crowd in the palm of their hands

Ernie Ladd running away after the chop....hilarious

I saw Dusty Rhodes vs Ernie Ladd at a live event around 1979. Ernie sure knew how to work the crowd.

Two of favorites of all time! When wrestling was REAL!!!

"I just wanna come out and be Dirty Rhode... I mean Dusty Rhodes friend". 🤣🤣

Dirty Rhoades..I I mean Dusty Rhoades!!!

God, The Big Cat was such a superb heel.

As a Wrestling fan I know that there are and have been a lot of greats however in my opinion Ernie Ladd was the Greatest Heel ever in professional wrestling.

"I just want to be Dirty Rhodes..I mean dusty Rhodes friend"😂

Ladd was the best heel!

Love how those feuds used to get started.

This is what a REAL wrestling promo is supposed to look like

Classic Ernie Ladd. The man was an absolute snake, LOL. He was the one heel that, if he approached with a white flag of “truce,” there was a gank move hiding behind it…

A yik yik yik...a yuk yuk yuk...Ernie Ladd, one of the greatest heels of all time! Where's that drunken Indian, I know he's full of whiskey!

I love the big cat Ernie Ladd and Ric Flair favorite wrestlers 🤼‍♀️ of all time.

Well put Erik K. This really brings back memories. Dirty Rhodes... Awesome!!!

Ladd was six-foot nine, and well over three hundred pounds.

When Ernie Ladd rapped Dusty upside his head and ran I hollered!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

When Wrestling Was Great

Love the big cat!!!

THAT IS HEAT BUBBA. SOON AS ERNIE WALKED OUT

Just magic to me! Thanks!!!

See, they let the WRESTLERS do the promoting of the BIG matches and all the commentators had to DO was HOLD THE MIC and just do a little INSTIGATING , Shoot , thats the GOOD OL DAYS Of WRESTLING , THEY WILL NEVER COME BACK AGAIN.

He smacked him and ran Lol!

Ernie Ladd didn't want the crowd putting doubt in Dusty's mind.... "SHUT UP BE QUIET FOR A MINUTE!"

Gosh that promo from Dusty was intense.

All cat's are sneaky!

Ernie was a hoot, my man big Ern was one funny individual 😅

Dusty Rhodes sounds just like Superstar Billy Graham in this clip.

You know your doing a great job when your The most hated wrestler of your time

LOL @ that flag

Dirty roads didn't properly respect the flag...

It intimidates me to be lied upon!

Past wrestling had so much story telling build-up... It seemed real... Today's wrestling is just comical

Dusty could move back in the day.

Ain't nothing but jive