Greg Gagne on his AWA Wrestling Career & Highlander Movie Role
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- Greg Gagne discusses his entire AWA Wrestling career and how he ended up in the first Highlander movie. Stream New Shoot Interviews 📺 TitleMatchNetwork.com
Former AWA star/promoter and WCW agent/WWE trainer Greg Gagne reflects on his years as a singles and tag team star in the American Wrestling Alliance.
The AWA ran from 1960-1991 out of Minneapolis after after champion wrestling Verne Gagne decided to open the promotion.
This interview is originally produced by RF Video Inc in 2015. Licensed for distribution on Title Match Network.
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You know, just listening to this guy reminds me a little bit about his career, and even though he was small and it was hard to believe because of his size that he was as good as they made him out to be, but he was a great baby face could sell as good as anyone and even at 210 pounds demonstrated a Very high degree of athleticism
Met Greg at a local wrestling hall of fame. Very cool guy , was awesome to talk to. Love the AWA stories.
He does a great Mad Dog Vachon impression 😂
Yes the mannerisms and voice, everything on point
Thesz had great respect for Vern. What surprised me was he said that Buddy Rogers was the greatest performer he'd ever seen. He hated Rogers as a person and said Rogers didn't know a Wrist Lock from a Wrist Watch. He greatly respected Gorgeous George and said Johnny Valentine was THE toughest man he'd ever seen in Wrestling and he admired you dad.
So good listening to Greg- interesting to hear the inside scoop- bought car from Greg at a dealership in Bloomington! He was genuine! Enjoyed him and Jim As a team!Loved the AWA! Don’t watch today - not the same!
I liked watching Greg wrestle. He was a very exciting wrestler to watch in AWA.
"Vince Sr wanted to bring me in to replace Bruno as champ, but I said let that kid Billy Graham have a run with it instead. I gave him his first tie dye shirt and taught him how to lift weights. And the rest is history." -Greg Gagne
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Look, I'm for one rolling my eyes at about 90% of what wrestlers say in these shoot interviews, but take it with a grain of salt because, c'mon, they're PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS...but the scenarios you brought up is ridiculous.... there's nothing in this interview that he commented on that weren't farfetched or untrue for that matter 🤪
What did he say in this interview that was
Man the AWA was the shiz back in the day. Started right here in Minnesota I believe. So many good story lines with all the top wrestlers. So fun to watch!
I saw the entire 6 man tag match from the Highlander movie. It is a really good match from start to finish.
Working out with Billy Robinson for two hours - the last hour of which was spent wrestling him on the mat, sounds like pure hell. The benefit is you’d come out a much better wrestler. That’s a funny story about Mad Dog Vachon. R.I.P. to Mad Dog, Luna and Paul Vachon.
Was sad to hear The Butcher passed
Its fun to make fun of Greg's tall tales, I do it myself. But his interviews are always entertaining. He was involved in the wrestling business for so long and worked for the top 3 major promotions of the 80s and 90s (AWA, WCW, and WWF).
AGREE
The Minnesota Twins had a shortstop in the 80’s named Greg Gagne but pronounced his last name differently.
GAG KNEE is that right? I sorta remember that
@@TheNotbadphonedaddy yeah, Gag ‘as in choke’ -Knee
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I wonder who was tougher to train with - Stu Hart or Billy Robinson. Sounds like they were both brutal.
Stu would serve the trainees a Cat Poop Omelette for breakfast. Spatula Stu scooping up the cat turds while making the omelettes.
Ok:
1) He was the third string quarterback for Wyoming in 1970.
2) Norm Van Brocklin was the former coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Verne Gagne knew him. The most that would have happened is that Greg would have got on the Falcons practice squad or been allowed to hang around at training camp until they cut him.
3) His first match against Mad Dog Vaschon was in 1976. Three years into wrestling.
4) From the start, he was physically too small. He didn't look credible and he never worked to develop his body (especially his arms). They eventually put him into tag team wrestling with Jim Brunzell carrying alot of the matches for him.
5) Greg's specialty in being a babyface was being in peril. It was always how dare whoever do that to Verne's son. It wasn't his skills that made him a great babyface. It was him looking like he was in over his head and being Verne's son that did it.
6) He is correct. Nobody else was going to pay Greg what Verne was paying him to wrestle.
7) The best work he ever did were the original weasel suit matches with Heenan.
8) The idea that Greg not winning the title hurt business in Milwaukee is delusional.
9) Gagne was in tag matches against the freebirds. But other people usually carried the match for him. Mostly Curt Hennig.
Greg Gange is one the smartest people ever in wrestling, I put him up there with Jim Cornette, Eddie Graham and Bruce Prichard. All of them were equally smart about the business.
By 200 in the camp and 6 left he meant there were 6 invited to the camp. It was by invitation only from other peoples shoots. Gagne's stories are incredible even for a wrestler
They originally wanted Greg to go over Slaughter at Wrestlemania VII, but he was too busy flying his F-16A in Iraq to attend the event.
Greg Gagne is my name. Nepotism is my game.
Nobody is a bigger fan of Greg, than Greg. He’s the Forrest Gump of wrestling, could’ve been an NFL player could’ve been an actor, genius promoter, could’ve had more careers than the village people.
Greg: I was thinking of signing with the 49ers, but decided to go into pro wrestling. So I told the 49ers they should go with that Joe Montana kid.
@@GameTime-yj6qv
Wrong. Greg was great and there are a lot of us who think he was awesome.
He obviously had connections with a famous athlete dad..cuz his dad was way more then a pro wrestler..he seems mostly truthful ..very grateful for his opportunities n like it or not greg lived a pretty good one so he should be proud.. I haven't heard anyone ever say anything bad about him some didnt think he should have been in the business but even those guys dont say hes a bad guy or a liar..so I'd lean hes telling a lot more truth then most of these guys in these shoot videos
@@konnanelbarbaro
Just you and Greg.
I never could believe that little guys like Greg could beat anyone.
That's on you. Loads of us had seen fights where little guys beat the bigger guy, or even taken the tale of David Vs. Goliath to heart.'
Gagne was a master of that tale, selling his ass off until the last bit and ripping a victory from the jaws of defeat.
@@PulverizerA that's the exception not the rule 9 out of 10 times a good big man will pulverize a good little guy.
If a guy is a smaller wrestler they need something to make you believe, such as great high flying moves, great submission moves, resiliency etc
@GameTime-yj6qv if you guys like little guys that's your thing. Me myself just can't believe they could win a fight. Not putting you down just saying for me a sean Michaels or his type doesn't do it for me. I like the little dudes in The ufc but they are fight other little dudes.
@@BrianMoro-gz8de that's why some wrestling promotions have light weight or cruiserweight divisions. Worked great for WCW in the 90s. In general I agree that believability matters but I think Shawn Michaels was not a good example to use. 90s Shawn Michaels battled the likes of Diesal, Undertaker, Vader, Psycho Sid, etc. But Shawn looked believable in those matches because of his wrestling arsenal and because he was always booked as being resilient. So he could take a pounding and still come back. Shawn also had a larger than life personality so that helps as well.
Come on, haters. Lets hear what the legion of Gagnemaniacs have to say about their most beloved heel.
We already know what you have to say as his ultimate mark. You spam it in every comment section featuring your beloved Greg. Your fan boying is cringey. You’re like 40 year old and 50 year old “men” who squeal at George Lucas as he walks by tHaNk YoU fOr mY cHiLdHoOd. We get it, he’s your man crush.
Legion? Gagnemaniacs?? 😂😂😂
@@davidgraham8299 Greg wore Red and Yellow too?
Vern paid his people
I just dont understand all the Greg Gagne hate
Greg should have been AWA champion.
Hello
Goodbye 😂
I think the girl telling him, by telling Greg, it was no longer hearsay
Verne sounds like Vito Corleone. "I man who doesn't spend time with his family is not a man."
I liked Greg in the AWA but this football talk is ridiculous he was a third string quarterback on a 1-9 Wyoming team completing 21 passes on 10 games .
I think the Atlanta Falcons looked past these awful statistics.(LOL) Fortunately Murray Warmath gave him his release at Minnesota so he could become the main bench guy for Wyoming and watch them win one game in 1970. Don't look at his rushing stats as a freshman at Minn.
I watched all the Highlander movies & don't remember him in any of them so if true says a lot.......😒
It's the opening scene. How can you miss it?
Yep. It's the Madison Square Garden scene.
It's the very first scene in the movie.
It's been ages but don't they cut to Christoph Lambert sitting in an arena watching wrestling. Right in the beginning of the present day (at least it oresent day in '86). I think it was just before the wild scene in the underground garage... I think.
You're one of the keyboard warriors who know nothing, but want to criticize Greg who knows wrestling and did a lot in wrestling, including training many well known people.
The George Gulas of AWA.
Wow🤣🤣🤣
Greg was a very good talent. George Gulas in a match with Harley Race " Daddy says Sell ".
I still can't used to Brunzell being the Dr. Feelgood of the group - doling out the pills. Though to be honest, if you met me 50 yrs ago you'd never think this Catholic school altar boy would become a huge pothead. The old ...'book by its cover' analogy.
Lots of people do foolish things.
@@fjccommish ya don't say? I'm going to have to give that some thought.
🤔🤔🤔 Well, I gave it some thought and 😮💨😔😪 He's RIGHT! Lots of people do foolish things.😵💫😵💫😵💫
Dr. Brunzell was always known to carry a goodie bag. He did get busted in an article up in Winnipeg about receiving enhancements from a doctor when he was in the AWA.
If Greg wasn't the son of Verne i dont know how he would have made it in the sport, he wasnt even exciting to watch!!!!!
Greg gagne
Vern saying that Greg was the best babyface in the history of the business is either Greg lying about it happening or Verne lying when he said it. Either way, zero truth to it.
Greg is lying, in Verne's mind the best babyface ever is Verne Gagné.
The Falcons wanted Greg Gagne? BS!
Hey Greg, first advice if you want to be a wrestler. You have to go to the gym😢
Greg went to the barn and tore it up with Billy Robinson.
"I think it's passed me by."
Sobering words.
I tried numerous times to get an Autograph from you at the Showboat in Las Vegas, you were Rude to me every time I asked.
At that time I was in the Air Force stationed at Nellis and a Big fan of Sgt Slaughter. After that I lost ALL respect for you Greg.
You NEVER Treat Your Wrestling Fans The Way You Treated Me And My Family. I would have understood if you were a Heal But
you weren't, you were A Good Guy who was with Sgt Slaughter at that time.
Sadly Greg never did learn to wrestle as is evident if you have seen any of his matches
Guess you haven't seen any matches.
As Sonny Rogers i wrestled Greg several times both in singles & tags and Greg was a very good talent. Not the GOAT but had a great career and his comebacks were white hot.
@@danburnette7674 Anybody that denies Greg's work as a member of the High Flyers is out of their mind.