Jim Cornette on King Kong Bundy 

The creators of Married With Children were wrestling fans and so named the Bundy clan after Kong and the Rhodes after Dusty.

When you learn that heels were cool guys, and faces were pricks.

I used King Kong Bundy many times while I was promoting in PA, and he had no problems working the Indy circuit and had a wonderful chemistry in the locker room, and was always a happy camper when he worked for me. Good guy!

The Ernie Ladd impression/Bundy story always makes me laugh.

KING OF THE FIVE COUNT!........R.I.P Champ.

I met Bundy at one of the Eddie Gilbert Memorial shows in Philly. He was really cool. He walked out with my friends and I and hung around the parking lot talking to us

Grizzly Smith probably thought Bundy’s attacker was a 10 year old girl

I’ll first and always remember Bundy from the Georgia days when he was battling the Road Warriors.

He was a spokesmodel for Vendex computers in 1989! That’s a warm, nostalgic memory for me

I think he was in Stir Crazy and he was in Popeye. I was so afraid of him as a kid. Watching Mid South in the early 80s Bundy and Kamala terrified me.

Best Bundy moment when he dropped the elbow on the midget.

King Kong Bundy should be in the WWE Hall of Fame.

King Kong Bundy for HOF!

Loved him on Married with children

I remember seeing Bundy, The Manco Man and Leaping Lanny on Union City Tn in 84 or so. Those 3 left the event in mid 70s blue Ford Maverick with Bundy behind the wheel.

R.I.P. Bundy

KKB seemed like a pretty down to earth guy. Someone you could have lunch with, kick back and just talk about whatever. He will definitely be missed. RIP King Kong Bundy! The good Bundy!

He was at a comic con I booked in 2016 before he died got a fun story about him then the next year we had demolition and Nikolai volkoff before he passed as well those dudes were a blast.

Bundy was my favorite 80s "monster heel". Vader was my favorite 90s "monster heel".

LOVED the movie "Moving"! Not sure if I could use the term "cult classic", BUT, there was some pretty funny shit that happened in it. I also thought he was funny in "Married with Children"....BUT he wasn't a 'Bundy', he was actually a (LOVE this name/word/term, whatever) 'Wanker' , which was Peggy's side of the family. "Peggy Wanker, No need to thank her!" 😂 OK, I'm done being stupid....for now😜👍

He was just such a simple no frills heel..but it worked. Legend

I remember renting Moving and going hey that's King Kong Bundy

I seen Bundy twice in Southbridge around 1997 and then 1999 and in 1997 I got his autographed photo which was Bundy/Hogan. Also in 1997 he was vs. Tito Santana in a 6 person tag with a woman named Jackie P. who became known as Chyna just a few weeks later when she joined the WWE

rest in paradise king kong bundy. thank you for your contribution to the wrestling industry.

Big Daddy Bundy when he had hair.

Right after Bundy turned heel in World Class back in 1982 at the Freeman Colosseum in San Antonio, Tx he was leaveing the ring after a promo with Gary Hart & a woman from the crowed just started kicking is ass the police pulled her off him & cuffed her but that was one of the funny things ive ever seen & the look on Bundys face was priceless. Lol

RIP,big guy!

married with children was the best thing kong bundy did imo. lol i still watch that show like it was new

Always enjoyed King Kong bundy doing the avalanche on Hillbilly Jim

I had the honor to work with Bundy several times, tough SOB! is a hall of famer!!! real nice brother who could rib with the best! love him! PAPW tv and CenterRing316, thank you!

Bundy is a really cool guy . He is loud but its for fun

I love Bundy. I had his action figure as a kid, my friend and I called him "Big Fart" lol.

King Kong Bundy was a good human being it sucks when we lose people that make the world a better place

I would have liked to have seen him against THE YETAY!!!

RIP, "Uncle Irwin" :-)

A good choice for the cover of "Screaming Fat Guy Magazine" to borrow a phrase.

Bundy was not in the Legion of Doom.He was hired by Paul Ellering to soften up Ronnie Garvin for the match against Jake Roberts for the Georgia T.V. title after Garvin paid Ellering $34,000.00.

I really like his cage match with hogan at wm 2. Thats pretty much all ive seen.

“458 lbs?! Gimme a break he’s over that 500 pound mark!” Gorilla loved too escalate the big guys weight

I remember him vanishing during the late 80's

Hulkamania is dead.... BUNDYmania lives on forever !!!!

Bundy is awesome.

I've heard he's great as a stand up comedian..................I wanna check him out.

Bundyyyy

WHEN IS HE FINALLY GOING INTO THE WWE HALL OF FAME?!!!!!

Loved the commercials.

Bundy was also in bustin loose

Thanks Jeckyl. I do admit his rants are hilarious. But that's Corney altogether.

Bundy was fun to watch

5! 5! 5!

Jim I love it when you tell these great stories about these icons that you were and still are a part of. You yourself are an icon. Please stay off the politics and stick to this. This is what everyone listens for.

He was in the Richard Pryor movie MOVING. That was a great underrated movie

RIP Bundy

King Kong bundy was a legend he was so big ... big guy rip to him

Jim Cornette's Ernie Ladd impression is spot on.

Al Bundy is named after King Kong

RIP KKB

RIP King Kong Bundy

Bundy shat on savage

Mid south I watched wrestling at age 7 then I grew up

I watched Bundy win the heviweight wrestling college Championship on tv way before he became a wrestler professionally.

Bundy was not managed in MidSouth .

RIP big man

Moving was halarios

BUNDY WANTS THE 5 COUNT!!!!!!!!

5!!!!!

I think I am the youngest old school wrestling fan (I'm only 15).

King Kong Bundy and that still cage match with Hulk Hogan was great the WrestleMania 2 but I like it Al Bundy had that bad dream and was Peggy's brother just a bust his head open through the front door and say we're here

No hall of fame for Bundy but hey let’s put dx and Tori Wilson in it

Rest in peace a true legend

Bundy seemed to have the ability, but with big, odd looking guys like him there is only so much you can do with the storylines.

This is before Bundy passed away

RIP.

Bundy vs Vader .....Jim?

Gotta ❤ King Kong Bundy.

He was also in the movie Rumble Fish.

He reminds me of Humpty Dumpty

I saw Fritz Von Erich put the claw on him. Good times. Maybe the best times.

Bundy was awesome

1:22

how many movies was he in?

Bundy was great

DREAM MATCH: King Kong Bundy vs. Mark Henry, vs. The Big Show vs. Brohm Strowman

no 1,2,3.................5 count, bitches!

Bundy was great.

Where is that creature neck he looks like a mutant character creation

Bundy is a good guy he speaks favorably of most guys except the ones that have long been known to be a moron. Bundy was a great heel so unique and of course the name was cool. I'm waiting for a wrestler to go by the name No Neck. The Glory Days of Wrestling when the talent looked like a wrestler instead of the kid next door. Quoting Burgis Meridith in Rocky 3 "I've seen wrestlers as big as dinosaurs". True todays talent can fly higher & move faster. But the psychological game the mystique around two monsters going at it. Who will win the immovable object or the irresistible force as the late great Gorilla Monsoon often quoted. Once you take away the believability all you have left is the mystique that's what is missing today they are phenomenal athletes but the most important ingredient is missing. Sorry just nothing exciting about two 180lb guys flying all over the ring where no move has meaning. A wrestlers finishing move is lets say DDT, every Wrestler he hits with that finisher is done 3 count. Todays product in a match a Wrestler hits his opponent with a DDT nothing no effect. Opponent jumps up like nothing happened a minute later wrestler hits him with same move now he cannot move. Repetativeness so many wrestlers doing same moves in a match. In past wrestler had a signature finishing move no one else performed that move it was protected as a lights out move. Due to such loss of psychology in todays matches. Wrestlers in the Hope's of adding excitement aka crowd pop to their match. They over rely nowadays on hitting opponent with finisher then as referee counts to 3 and a kick out. Todays there hoping to get pop by the fans believing since he hit his finisher it's over then comes the kick out at 2/ 3/4. Only issue is it's been over played in every match go and watch wrestlemania 34 main event. Now watch on RU-vid match without fan cheers and wow's added in for effect. You can he a pin drop with 80,000 people ask yourself does that seem normal. Of course not again another consequence from matches being rushed story lines with no history over saturation of same match over and over with different colored outfits performing the moves. The fast paced matches these days are great to a degree but it's also become part of the problem. it's gone to far. Psychology reminiscent of a time when a matches excitement was due to psychology/build up. Back in 70's 80's 90's we knew it was a work but there was always two or three angles/story lines when the wrestlers feuding were so convincing as heels. We had that 1 % belief this match was going to be serious the 2 combatants hate one another. I'm not knocking on current talent they are doing what there told. It's more management. As business continues to slide downward & It Will they will need to change the show. No doubt it will return to the days of increased believability not a full return of course. Just enough where the matches do not insult one's ability to suspend reality. As Vince likes to say regarding Sports Entertainment. Even with WWE going global fact there are less eyes watching and attending wrestling matches than ever. In 60's 70's and 80's WWWF worked MSG 2 even 3 times a month Sold Out, now they go 2 or 3 times a year and often have trouble selling out. And this is with millions of more buts to put in seats. Now understand I watch todays product no doubt guys and gals are 100x better athletes. The visual appearance of todays product is more astectically appealing to eye. Since most of todays talent are chosen for there looks as opposed to their in ring talent. Especially ladies some are great talents but come on Bella twins with the outfits that look like a soft porn outfit. Let's be honest is anyone watching their matches because there technician's in ring aka great worker. So in the end Wrestling is still great, just would be nice if it returned somewhat to a more believable performance. Look at UFC all there doing is Wrestling of 1970's, notice how they are moving towards emphasis on the character aspect of the fighter. Increased attention to pre fight promos almost every main event has a background history of bad blood between the two combatants etc. Bottom line if your a Old Schooler or a Millennial fan the Sport is a great form of entertainment. Ya sure we will always have personal preference influencing which type of wrestling we prefer. Never allow negatives to get in your head to the degree you become so judgemental the essence of the product is lost. Entertainment Enjoyment a brief moment in life to forget everything. A chance to jump up scream yell root for your favorite Bad Guy. Fun Never allow that innocence to be lost. Guard that child like quality protect it if you keep that in mind every match will be Epic..... Cruzer

F grizzly smith.

Huge star?

🤓🎾

Old school heel

I didn't know he was on Married With Children

Was he named after the serial killer?

Didn't KING KONG BUNDY Pass Away??

RIP BUNDY

When did Bundy feud with JYD?

That was a very poor excuse for an episode on King Kong Bundy very disappointed Jim

Peeeenissss!!!

Bundy was shit. Terrible worker. Nobody ever walked away from a Bundy match thinking "Now that's Hall Of Fame stuff right there"

I remember watching Bundy for the first on WCCW he interrupted an interview being conducted by Marc Lawrence he said he wasn't leaving until he was allowed to wrestle then Kerry and Fritz came out trying to calm him down but he wasn't budging so he was told by Fritz that he would give him a tryout took him to the back and the rest is history