Ox Baker on his feud with Dusty Rhodes 

In the 70s & early 80s, I grew up in Gordon Alabama...about 20 miles south of Dothan Alabama. Ron & Robert Fuller owned the territory around Dothan Alabama...it was called Southeastern Championship Wrestling. The matches were held at the Houston Co Farm Center in Dothan on Friday nights. I remember when Ox Baker came to Dothan...I was around 10 yrs old, & Ox Baker scared me to death. Me & my dad got to the Houston Co Farm Center early so I could see all the wrestlers come thru the doors. Ox Baker walked by me & I ran to my dad's side. Later on me & my dad saw Ox before his match. I had a small notebook & pen in my hand...Ox saw me & said "I guess you want an autograph." I nodded my head & Ox said "well come on over here...I'm not coming to you." When I walked over...HE ACTUALLY DROPPED TO ONE KNEE & ASKED ME MY NAME... TALKED TO ME & PUT HIS ARM AROUND ME...FEAR WAS GONE!!! After Ox signed my notebook, Ox said "glad to meet you Randy...now I need you to cheer loud for me tonight because I'm gonna need it...I'm fighting Ron Fuller tonight." That Friday night I became the biggest Ox Baker fan ever...I cheered so loud & was jumping around. I remember my dad had to keep telling me to sit down because he was afraid I was going to fall. Ox Baker still today is my favorite wrestler...I WAS SO SAD TO HEAR HE DIED A FEW YRS AGO. R.I.P. Ox, & thanks for taking time to talk to me when I was 10 yrs old...OX & HIS FAMILY WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH THAT FRIDAY NIGHT MEANT TO ME... I'm 50 YRS OLD NOW & I STILL HAVE THAT NOTEBOOK PUT UP SAFE!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama.

Big Dusty against Ox Baker now that's a classic. Rest In Peace Douglas A Baker and Virgil Runnels two of the best to ever wrestle

I never saw Ox work, but clearly he knew his craft. Ring psychology.

his eyebrows are legendary

This guy was one of the biggest drawing heels of all time

I can remember seeing ox baker at a steelworker picnic in Indiana . He was wrestling in the main event. He was walking around signing up for a raffle. My friend Jeff and I followed him around for an hour trying to get up nerve to ask for his autograph. We were 12 years old. He yelled at us but then gave us his autograph. What a great talent he was.

Born: April 19, 1934, Sedalia, MO Died: October 20, 2014, Hartford, CT Height: 6′ 5″ Billed weight: 340 lbs RIP Big Man, thanks for the memories!

The Fabulous Ox Baker!! One of my favorites. A real legend.

This guy knows what he’s talking about...good guy one of the greatest

RIP to a true wrestling legend.

Doug Was A Wrestling Genius. Sure Miss You Big Ox

in about 1977 I was walking to the pak-a-sac in PENSACOLA FLORIDA as just a goofy 9 year old kid who loved wrestling every sat morning...watched EVERY sat....Well this day I was walking to the store and I was looking down at the sidewalk.....As I walked along I started to glance up when I saw a car kind of approaching...Ias I looked up I saw in the drivers seat was Ox...as he got right in front of me, I said HEY YOU"RE....and he said "OX BAKER PROFESSIONAL WRASSLER", and floored the giant lincoln he was driving into the road and zoomed off down the street. i can take you to the exact spot still today! He was headed to i-10 to get on the interstate towards MOBILE I think.

Love Ox Baker- such exciting heel he was.😊

My first wrestling match was an ICW event in Cape Girardeau, MO that featured Randy Savage vs. Ox Baker in the headliner. The Convertible Blondes, Willie Monroe, Lanny Poffo, and so many more were on the card that evening. Great memories!

I totally agree. The referee has to be the authority in the ring

Uh...Ox Baker is more intelligent than most pro wrestlers !

Great interview, thanks for posting. I remember as a kid watching Ox wrestle in Bruiser's WWA... being from Chicago we got to watch both the WWA and Verne's AWA. Great stuff!

What a legend!

Saw "The Man" wrestle in the AWA during the 1960's & ,70''s. He was definitely "1 bad dude" inside the ring, but outside the ring, he knew how to"work the fans". RIP DOUG "OX" BAKER

Ox was a huge draw in Florida. I can remember sellouts or crowds of 6,000 plus. Ox was great with promos.

He appeared on The Price is Right in 1981. "Douglas Baker, come on down!" He was pretty funny, very cool. Made it to the big wheel, but only got .40 cents on his spin.

True Monster Heel What a Character ,Big OX RIP

Wow ! This guy's personality is great. Unfortunately, I have never seen any of his matches. Ox is definitely a pro wrestling legend, for sure.

A great heel! Had a great look and was the scourge of every territory. Butts in the seats, that was how you became a great wrestler. A great heel generated heat so the baby face could look great when they were victorious or gain sympathy with a beating or a loss, usually because the heel cheated. Fond memories of seeing Ox Baker wrestle. RIP Big Man.

as a kid I had my uncle take me to the matches in the st pete/tampa area. saw ox baker/dusty rhodes had some great matches!

Has good outlook ,,Did see him Alot on tv but even in ,,Escape from New York movie ,,1981

That was great from one of the wrestling" legends of the sport..R,I.P. Mr. Baker..I remember you from the late 70' to 90'.

True wrestlers are proud of their creativity!!

Ox was amazing. Wrestlers today need to learn from ox!

i still love the Ox Baker 1974 riot video in Cleveland..that looked crazy

Got to meet Ox when he did the Indianapolis circuit in the late 70's.. great guy outside the ring.. wouldnt want anything to do with em inside, however!

Thanks for those 12 weeks you spent in Florida I remember it well I was living in Tampa

Killer Ox Baker that was my friend I met him in Connecticut he was so friendly escape from NY wow wrestling.God bless him I miss him good family man class A too me.

Ox Baker the only man alive that needed to make a hair appointment to get his eyebrows cut.

Bring back memories at The Amory in Tampa.

Ox was a giant of a man crazy as hell............

Dusty Rhodes was not fat... he was strong, robust, and full of life

I fondly remember Ox & Dusty's exchange before ROH's At Our Best event. Ox screamed at Dusty telling people he was sick and tired of Dusty telling people he ran him out of Florida. Dusty was in the Main Event,Baker interfered and the Commentators speculated that someone slipped them drugs cuz they couldn't believe what they were seeing

Heart Punch!!!

One of my favorites.

I take this over Vince's BS. Any day.

Ox Baker, still scary as hell.

Ric Flair tells a great story in Puerto Rico nobody wanted to wrestle the last match because the fans would storm the ring, he said they would always tell Ox because he was the main event he had to wrestle last, he fell for it every time.

I love that Ox Baker acts like a total psycho while being entirely reasonable.

as OX used to say “I love to hurt people”!!

He kinda looks like an older Peter Steele here.

1 thing for sure...when ox was on the card you definitely got your$$$ worth

He looks like a fighting game character.

Love Ox Baker. Still my favorite contestant on the Price of Right. RU-vid it.

BIG OX! RIP💐 The first grappler that was feared For his 👊💓👊 via Escape from New York He was cast in after his Retirement....Which was A BIG HIT at the time. with 🎥actor harthrob Curt Russell🎥.

Ox Baker was the meanest looking wrestler of all time. He is on my short list of the four wrestlers I'd most like to see in the ring again. Fortunately, I got to see him in person a number of times at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. He did some tag teams with the Enforcer.

Rest In Peace Ox What a great man

He worked in Puerto Rico...I saw him loose the univ. Title to Carlos Colon. He was the real road dog to all his fellow wrestlers!!! RIP BIG OX

Ox played the part well. I remember, when he was in Florida, and the great Gordon Solie, was interviewing him. Ox said "Gordon Solie, I didn't come to Florida, to pet Babies, or make a reputation for myself. I came to Florida, because I like to HURT people!" OX, then walks away, And Gordon Solie, says............"Certainly some harsh words, from Mr Baker" LMAO

Big Ox. you're the greatest. RIP Brother from David Gold. Never got to wrestle you but I wish I had.

good show.

Wow! 6' 5" tall and 340 pounds! Had no idea he was the guy in the ring opposite Kurt Russel in Escape From New York!

Best Looking Man in all of Wrestling!

Great wrestler

Big brute but very knowledgeable about the wresting trade and was in my era in flroida i grew up in tampa eddie and mike graham the brisco brothers era

Did Ox say electric fence match? No way! LMAO

I always liked this guy as I was totally hating him. The best at being bad. Ox was the man.

He was a very memorable individual though rugged nononsense they don't come that way any more

Manhood personified.

I love Ox Baker ...that big Galoot could heat up an ice rink

DA OX MAN IS STILL DA MAN. GREAT JOB BIG MAN!!!!

I saw Ox Baker wrestle in Tampa in the 70's He used to dated a woman named Nancy. She used to sit next to me. When he was in the ring, he would look over at her and wink. He didn't stay long

OX BAKER .When they had real wrestlers.

Love Ox that wrestling

The next contestant on the price is right!

True professional

I just remember seeing him around Danielson CT trying to hawk his old memorabilia in the 00's

What a class act 👌🏼

Heat punch loved ox Baker

CHECK OUT ON YOU TUBE WHEN OX WAS A CONTESTANT ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT WITH BOB BARKER. OX DWARFS BOB BARKER WHO WAS TALL TO THATS HOW BIG OX WAS.

Loved it! Did Ox ever go through Georgia in the WCW promotion?

Wow I didn't know they feud Ed

He was a great wrestler

He is right

Not everyone can rock those eyebrows and stasche.

Never touched a ref? The Cleveland riot?

I saw Ox Baker spit in the face of a little kid who was asking for an autograph. It was at the Ocala jai-alai fronton. About half way between Gainesville and Ocala, Florida. Some time about 1986

⭐OX⭐

OX!

still living the gimmick

ok said in 40 yrs he never touched a ref in 40 yrs I just watched a match between him and Ernie the cat Ladd where ox knocked a ref out of the ring it was by accident of course it was a work yes the ref took a light bump but still lol great match

He talks like Jesse Ventura. Spitting image.

Yrs ago I didn't think he was human by the look of him

He’s got a couple of mustaches on his face.

Ole dusty , the original Bigger.

Randy savage vs ox baker

Why did Ox "job" to Angelo Mosca Jr in a minute in 1983? You read write...not Big Angelo...skinny Angelo Junior. In Florida. Guess I'm asking questions to the dead who can't answer me dead.

Those eye brows.

No Sell Dirty Rhodes always gets himself over

Florida Belongs To Ox Baker. I didn't come to Florida to sign autographs. I didn't come to the state of Florida to kiss babies.

Maybe the biggest eyebrows ever.

Dusty Rhodes won most of his matches against Ox Baker in Florida ('76/'77/'79). The only matches he did not win were double DQs.

I saw him at 10 and I would lose sleep over his meaner

i really hope those EYEBROWS ARE FAKE. and looks like he could be jessie Ventura's FATHER..LOL

How does one even grow eyebrows like that?????