Jim Cornette on Buddy Landel 

As Buddy said it many times, he was his own worst enemy.

Buddy passed away while living in Chilhowie Va, everyone knew and loved him.

Loved Flair's promos on Atlanta tv about Buddy. The one about more money on spilled liquor is classic

Buddy was so good, he had me cheering for Flair around the time those vignettes aired. It's shitty how life turned out for him. So much potential.

This Artwork is Absolutely Hilarious props to Travis Heckel awesome Job Travis your the best.

I remember nature boy Buddy Landed in wwc Puerto Rico, back in 79 to 80 then 82 ,83, he tag with King Tonga,( Haku, Meng) he was in incredible shape and his work in the ring was amazing, Tonga n Landel were managed by Hugo Savinobich, Tonga turned face and they had a run against each other, then with El Gran Apollo, also a bodybuilder wrestler with skills, they went at it for a while, then at the Coliseum Pachin Vicence in my town Ponce, the last match, Nature Boy Buddy Landel vs El Gran Apollo looser leaves Puerto Rico, of course Landels contract was over so he lost he left, but the match was incredible these guys went at it like they really hated each other, they wresteld they brawled , they hit each other with the kitchen sink, the audience were on they're feet and even loosing as a heal Buddy Landel got a standing ovation. Then in 87 I moved to L.A. were I still live , I see Buddy Landel and I thought it was someone impersonating him, his arms were small and girly, his belly was huge, still he was good on the mic, but he was a sad shadow of the Buddy Landel I saw a few years before in Puerto Rico. Thank you señor Cornette for the good memories. Your a living wrestling encyclopedia.

They had hinted about a nature boy v nature boy program in the apter mags. I remember reading about it thinking ...hmmm that would be kinda cool. I think Buddy at the time in the apter mags was even referring to himself as the real nature boy.

"If it dosent snow we can't go" - Buddy Landel

I think it would have been more interesting if Buddy had been the one to take the title off Flair in 1987 instead of Ronnie Garvin.

Arn should have fired the Glock in the air outside as warning shot...that would have woke him up.

The Master of The Corkscrew Elbow, Buddy Landel!

"THAT'S RIGHT I SAID IT" was his tagline at the end of his promo's he was solid the corkscrew elbow drop looked hot in slow motion replay..

Landell had talent. Great spinning elbow and standing drop kick.

I love this segment! Great information and inside the business info included. That story of Bill Watts kicking that Haliburton travel case is totally hilarious!!!😂😂😂 The way Jimmy Cornette tells stories (especially humorous stories) is great! I'm laughing out loud, imagining the Buddy /Bill Watts Halliburton story. Thanks for the laughs.

Been watching him on Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Landel was great as the Nature Boy wooooooo

in 1976 I was trading in coke bottles to get a general admission tickets to the Midsouth Coliseum, love the stories

Prime Buddy is insanely underrated.

Just a great talent all around. RIP Buddy💚

Born and raised in Memphis. Loved Buddy!❤️🤘🏻

I just Googled Halliburton suitcases, some of them are a few grand....

I just watched the match between Buddy and HBK in Smokey Mountain, I am curious to hear Jim's account of working with HBK in that era outside of the WWF? I am also curious about the IC title being 'on the line' for this match. Why would the WWF allow their title to be defended in that situation? Should todays WWE do this now? Would allowing this kind of excursion with their talent benefit today's WWE? Thank you Jim and Brian.

talented dude who just couldn't get out of his own way

As someone who lived in the middle of the Mid-South territory and watched every show and attended 40-50 house shows a year, very few people ever saw him as more than a "professional loser". He really needed to leave and come back to ever be taken seriously by the fans. When he was put with Butch Reed as a tag team partner we thought it was a joke. Also, the Smooth Operator video was used in Mid-South before it was used on TBS..

Pro Wrestling Legends vs. Currrent Star Dream Match: (Prime) Buddy Landel vs. Dolph Ziggler. My second one would be (Prime) "Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin vs. Bryan Danielson.

Wasn't there a planned feud with Ric Flair "Nature Boy vs Nature Boy" idea? What if he did those feuds with Ric? Personally I liked him more than Ric.

Nature boy “ buddy landel “ …. I grew up on him ,, magnum ta , flair ,,, r& r express,, midnight express,,, dusty ,, Tully ,, double a ,,,, Sam Houston,, baby doll ,, jj ,, you all get the picture,,, but I was a kid in 80s, then fast forward to 1992 in smw,,, he had really changed…. Substance abuse is a awful thing .. rip mr. Landel ….

I laughed hard when I read the title and saw the picture. Knew what was coming but still loved it. Corny is the best.

"It was before he made enough money to do coke." To know this is Cornette pulling his punches.

Really enjoyed this segment, thank you.

That story about Buddy saying Use my head this time Bill had me in tears lol

In the late 80sto early 90s Landell looked like he was trying to be Buddy Rose lol.

I used to love how Flair would mock Landel in the Atlanta studio. That one when he said he would give him one of his robes but he would get lost in the sleeves🤣. He also made fun of J.J.'s suits at the time, calling him Porter Wagoner, a country singer who was associated with Dolly Parton. With Landel gone, and now Tully Blanchard's associate and later part of the Four Horsemen, Dillon ditched the Col. Parker suits and dressed more executive, which made him perfect for the Horsemen.

willing to trade sprite in aluminum cans for new episode. we have a stupid syrup tax but still willing ;)

Koko B Ware and Norvell Austin...the Ly brothers...Home and Ug....Always made me laugh

Rest in paradise Nature boy Buddy Landel

1984 Buddy Landell is 1990-2000s Ric Flair.

Landle was smooth as f. Great pro wrestler.

Interesting comment that had Buddy gone to Dallas, he may not have survived. Does that mean there were too many temptations there such as those taken by the Von Erichs ?

I would of loved it if he became Intercontinental champion ...

I pissed Buddy Landell off once. I was like 13. Kingsport TN for an SSW show. My dad knew Scotty Ace and we were chatting with him, my friend walks up to Buddy Landell and called him Stan Lee. There was a wrestler named Pretty Boy Stan Lee. Buddy said hey there pork chop. My friend walked over and said "you guys said that was Stan Lee". So I go ask for his autograph and he said "maybe later pork chop". I said "wait, isn't he pork chop?" Pointing to my friend. He went to say something and did the forget this gesture while everyone around laughed. He did get a big pop during the brief SSW HOF ceremony they did that night. 2001 I think.

That corkscrew elbow was cool

I met Buddy in around 1995 ? It was at a Hooters in Knoxville , Tennessee. He had a nice knee brace contraptions on. I mean it had like the metal bars and hinges 😂. Im not small , but he's actually a big dude. I kinda felt small. We talked a minute around the bathroom. I was about 25 at the time. A younger boy kinda interrupted and said " I remember watching you when a was a kid years ago. " Buddy said "Thanks a lot kid , you make me feel real fuc*ing good. " 😂😅 He wasn't laughing or smiling when he said it. 😂 I started laughing just to ease a bit of tension. Omg , he was a character.

Most bizarre art. Jim, peeping on Buddy sleeping? Lol

Waiting on Jim Cornette to Address yet another Round of WWE Releases which seems like a Monthly Occurrence at this point in time … 💀

Distracted driver even before cell phones - what was he doing??

Love ya Corny but How do you know if someone didn’t walk up to Buddy and say he was getting the belt …The nwa wasn’t the entity it once was so Didn’t jcp decide at that point You don’t know what the plans for Buddy as even if it was just a week with the title but I tend to believe Buddy … GOD BLESS YOU BUDDY !!!

Landell did wrestle in Dallas.

I remember watching buddy when he had black hair wrestling for the poffos in icw in Kentucky when he won the rookie of the Year

Buddy should have stayed in The UWF because he needed Watts' discipline to keep him in check. He wasn't going to get that from Crockett or Dusty in The NWA.

I have been waiting to hear Jim talk about Chad Gable and his match with Big E on Raw and Charlotte taking over the woman's division

The briefcase story has too be among Cornette's best/funniest

Buddy Landel and Gino Hernandez as a tag team!!! Holy crap....

Unpopular opinion, but Buddys my favorite Nature Boy. RIP

Great Bill Watts story. 😂

I pray he got reborn!

Could never understand why Buddy copied Flair. The platinum blonde hair, the Nature Boy name, the initials on the trunks and boots, the figure four leg lock finishing move, the robe which was very cheap compared to Flair's robe. The guy was nothing but a poorly made carbon copy of Flair and was wrestling in the SAME TERRITORY much of the time. He eliminated his chances of ever being a main eventer in the NWA because of his lack of imagination to his gimmick.

I heard flair was wantn to take some time off because his wife at the time had a miscarriage. That's when the idea was pitched to have buddy take the belt for a small run.

Liked buddy didn't know who he was when I saw him in mid atlantic with black hair

I know corny loves landel but.. he was just alright to me. What I remember most is him taking shots at flair then flair coming out the very next segment and completely ignoring him lol.

Great talent but the man had no control like a lot of guys in the business, a real shame because he was over, good worker, could've had an amazing career otherwise, sad really.

I worked at Pizza Plus in Glade Spring VA from 2003-2006, and Buddy was a frequent customer. He was always really cool to us in the drivethru. Seeing Buddy and Ricky Morton were common occurrences in Southwest VA.

Buddy's difficulties were not because he was a bad person. His addictions and destructive behavior were the natural result of serious health problems that went undiagnosed and untreated until he made some attempts to do so toward the end of his life. His problems disabled him from ever having been able to live a normal 9 to 5 existence. His personality and physical talents made him somewhat able to make up for that and wrestling was probably the only place he ever could have thrived in. But all the problems that came were inevitable and the liquor and dope were his way of self medicating and dealing with the stress and pressure of his life. He was never able to comprehend his sucess and felt like a country boy who didn't belong up there. He projected the opposite image of how he really felt about himself. What people are missing is the better he did the more pressure he was under, which worsened his condition, which cycled into more substance abuse. Add to that all the injuries, chronic pain and head trauma, which made his mental health and addictions worse All the talk about how Buddy was nothing but a big fuck up are leaving out the most important part of the picture. Believe it or Buddyhad a genius i.q., if he hadnt had the issues he had, he could have been anything he wanted to be. It was amazing that he made it as far as he did, considering the hand he was dealt. So he was not really as big of a screw up as it may appear.

Thought the same thing. Buddy in WCCW in 1985? He would’ve died.

4:40... Buddy Shoulda Scored a "BigTimeSpot" from That Slip&Fall in TheHotel Entrance! 😜

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He could be 1994 nwa champ

It was before he made enough money to buy coke lol

If flair and buddy were to wrestle 3 times with flair coming out ahead two to one, wouldn't that of buried landel anyway? Don't see two nature boys existing in the nwa after that

Another Heckel masterpiece lmao

I always enjoyed Buddy Landel...wish he could have kept his habits in check

Wow buddy landel was in shape wtf I never knew that until now lol seriously I never seen him in good shape

I don't get the buddy Landell thing seems to me he was just copying ric flair I don't even know how he was even taken seriously

Hanging with jyd after the show wasn't good for nobody even dog.

*_Woooooo!!_*

I got chance to meet Buddy Landell 2 times he was nicest guy i met

Cm punk is clearly a corny fan. Tonight on rampage he said SOLO AGOGO COMOROTO. Lmao!!

Cornette Ric flair turn heel in jcp sept.29,1985 attacking dusty after dusty help flair from attack by Nikita and Ivan koloff.landell got fired by jcp Dec.15,1985 dec15 tv taping interview talking about match with flair for nwa world hw title meaning heel vs heel match would have taken place.dillon become four horsemen manage in early Jan.1986

First Time I herd of buddy landed was on a cut scene were Hollywood Hogan , Kevin Nash were listening to Flair on a previous week we're flair is cutting a promo on Hogan , Kevin Nash says that Flair has been swade in by 40,000 Carolinas that it's better to be the nature boy than it is to be a father 😜 than Flair says I know they got Scott Haaaoll , Nash says how did flair become that southern ? Hogan than says I want y'all ta like me cuz I need you to like me😂😂😂 than later they mentioned buddy landel I forgot why . Hogan has done so many things I can't forget.

Buddy was awesome in the ring he was his own worst enemy alot like Scott Hall

Buddy was amazing but he didn’t deserve a Flair program.

Buuh-door-o

Cornette has zero style and dime store taste. Landel better than Gino Hernandez on the mic? Yeah ok 👌🏻

Buddy was never in great shape. He was always plump around the middle.

Buddy was not better than Chris Adams or Gino Hernandez sorry corny.

There was more dope in chill . wow us to hang steel and we picked up men in chill . the had no drivers license, and big habit. Hope thing have got better there.

JYD died with a long white growth growing from his face.

I cannot WAIT to hear JIm after finding out what Kenny "BY GOD" Omega has been going through since basically All In. Vertigo to the point the whole ring was spinning... I wonder how many guys Jim knows who fought through that.

Buddy Landel is the dollar store ric flair

Gotta disagree Gino Hernandez was better than Buddy

All the people saying "Buddy was his own worst enemy" need to read my other comnent here. Theres way, way more to it than than that, and nobody has ever talked about it so I will.

Why is he dead?