Tito Santana on Why Ivan Putski Had HEAT in the WWWF Locker Room

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  • Tito Santana on Why Ivan Putski Had HEAT in the WWWF Locker Room
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Komentáře • 93

  • @elmerslick8700
    @elmerslick8700 Před 2 lety +18

    As Jesse "The Body" would say: Ivan Pa-dewski!

  • @paulrodney951
    @paulrodney951 Před 2 lety +27

    Putski was one of my favorites during my elementary & middle school years. Ivan was really over back then. He wasn't much of a worker, but he was over with the fans big-time. Jay Strongbow was pretty much the same way too.

    • @jamespero6803
      @jamespero6803 Před rokem +1

      Same here , him and Billy graham were my favorite face and heel of that era

    • @marklefkowitz4385
      @marklefkowitz4385 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Started watching in the Fall of 1978.
      Favorites were
      Crusher Blackwell
      Ivan Putski
      Yukon Lumberjacks
      Tony Garea/Larry Zybszko
      Technically, the first show I saw at 6 years old were all of them.
      Great memories.

  • @benng4376
    @benng4376 Před 2 lety +24

    Tito was my first IC champ with the green belt. Great memories.

    • @smeagolbeagle2316
      @smeagolbeagle2316 Před 2 lety +1

      Savage was mine, a couple years behind ya! Was the 2nd Tito title run in 1985 with the same belt Macho had?

    • @3luckydog
      @3luckydog Před 2 lety +2

      Muraco was mine. But yeah… great memories.

    • @rubenarriaga3029
      @rubenarriaga3029 Před 2 lety +2

      @@smeagolbeagle2316 yup Tito was the first to hold that title

    • @andys30us
      @andys30us Před rokem

      His name is Puduski.

    • @andys30us
      @andys30us Před rokem

      @UCC0W707UXzFM4iaVAJbnwlA Yeah, I never remembered him with a belt. I caught the tail end of his career.

  • @AscendedAngel
    @AscendedAngel Před 2 lety +5

    Facts. My favorite wrestlers were the independents (Mascaras, Andre, Stan Hanson, Abdullah the Butcher, Sheik, Brody, the Funk brothers). These guys would come in once a month, do their thing, and bounce. The reason it was cool to see these guys was exactly because they weren't liked by the regulars. You would hope that a real fight would break out in the ring because these guys didn't sell. It would get even more crazy when 2 indies were booked to wrestle each other. There wasn't a storyline so you didn't know what to expect.

  • @Ghoulies
    @Ghoulies Před 2 lety +12

    Can you ask Tito how he found working with The Bulldogs please.
    Also about his experiences wrestling in Spain (in 1993, I believe), where he not only beat the Undertaker, but gave "The Deadman" multiple piledrivers at the finish.
    He was so over with the crowd.! A real hero's welcome/reception.
    Cheers.
    Good work as always!

  • @caseo9324
    @caseo9324 Před 2 lety +2

    Best interviews of wrestling (maybe of all time)

  • @martyvanduzer9263
    @martyvanduzer9263 Před 3 měsíci +2

    For a guy who couldnt wrestle, he was treated very well.

  • @Zach-gq9cw
    @Zach-gq9cw Před 2 lety +13

    Putski is a fascinating guy. He was super over, and really only had one notable run challenging for the title

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 Před 2 lety +1

      I guess his height helped as he was only 5'6/5'7 despite being very muscular so he was always the underdog

    • @elc1960
      @elc1960 Před 2 lety +7

      He and Santana were WWF tag team champs in 1979, taking the belts from the Valiant brothers at MSG and losing them at the Spectrum in Philly to the Wild Samoans, Afa & Sika.

    • @granddaddyofthemall6320
      @granddaddyofthemall6320 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@petesmart1983 What you said made no sense. Short don't make you a underdog there's nothing inherently good about tall.

  • @KennethBActually
    @KennethBActually Před 2 lety +5

    God, I love Tito so much and always have. Can one bad thing be said about him? In the ring or as a person. I wish I knew him, so I could go hang out with Tito all the time.

  • @stelvis7413
    @stelvis7413 Před 2 lety +2

    Loved Ivan back in the early eighties. I used to stick my head out of the driver's door of my mom's 1972 orange Volkswagen Beetle as we drove through crowded parking lots & yell from the back seat "POLISH POWER!" She would get so pissed.

  • @jasonfite711
    @jasonfite711 Před 2 lety +3

    Jesse Ventura versus Ivan Putski those were some fun matches to watch.

  • @mackermaldrill2656
    @mackermaldrill2656 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I loved the Ivan Padooski and Jesse The Body Ventura matches.

  • @TheNaturalPatHarris
    @TheNaturalPatHarris Před 2 lety +8

    Arriba!

  • @bobbeezel2593
    @bobbeezel2593 Před rokem +1

    Mil Mascaras was my favorite as a kid. Kind of obscure now to some folks but I will always remember Mil

  • @BabaDka
    @BabaDka Před rokem +2

    My father was born in Nazi occupied Poland just like Putski. My father adorded that guy.

  • @briancenti5423
    @briancenti5423 Před rokem +1

    he was one of my favorites, but at a meet and greet, he was an ego maniac, never thought he would be like that to his fans. two coolest wrestlers i ever met were Bob Backlund and Stan Stasiak... Putski will always be one of my favorites, but that shocked the hell out of me.

  • @gregorylevi1826
    @gregorylevi1826 Před 2 lety +3

    Vince has always favored bodybuilding wrestlers so I'm not surprised Ivan's wrestling deal was way better than anybody else's with the exception of Bruno Sammartino, Andre The Giant, & Hulk Hogan

  • @acefromspace2727
    @acefromspace2727 Před rokem +1

    Putski only had about 3 moves but he liked to flex and the crowd loved it. Every match was easy work for Putski. No big bumps and get the win after about 7 minutes.

  • @keithreilly386
    @keithreilly386 Před rokem +1

    Ivan brought me into the locker room and I met all the wrestlers he had given me his number and told me to go to Dallas to learn yes he drank a millers beer and was smoking a Winston he took me in because I had a varsity wrestling jacket on joe was one helllof a nice guy

  • @pl5624
    @pl5624 Před 2 lety +3

    Loved putski...as rugged as he was he should have gone further.

  • @user-vj9qz3br6l
    @user-vj9qz3br6l Před 2 lety +4

    Can you interview Abyss from TNA and ask him why he never went to WWE at the prime of his career?

    • @ECWinVasion
      @ECWinVasion Před 2 lety

      Working for WWE backstage, no chance he'll get clearance to do an interview

    • @mkl62
      @mkl62 Před rokem

      Probably because he was thought of as a Mankind (Mick Foley) clone.

  • @michig911
    @michig911 Před rokem +2

    He was built like a tank

  • @elpipiripau7647
    @elpipiripau7647 Před 2 lety +1

    Putski sounds like the Brock Lesnar of his day...

  • @wingedhussar1453
    @wingedhussar1453 Před 2 lety +1

    it was jealousy.but wrestlers like tht are needed in pro wrestling to get that special attraction feel. the wrestlers back then couldnt understand tht it actually helps their bussinesss pushing guys like tht

  • @ecrooter
    @ecrooter Před 2 lety +3

    Ivan is an elder everyone needs to respect that

  • @bechet12
    @bechet12 Před 2 měsíci

    Did Putski ever wrestle Koloff while they were both in the WwwF? I thought they had a match or two. Can't find any footage.

  • @classicwrestlingvault
    @classicwrestlingvault Před rokem +2

    Ivan earned it. He was one of if not THE top spectacle in wrestling. So explosive, the way he would take bump bump bump then just explode with the hammer, everyone would lose their minds. With that draw power you get to work what you want, getting jealous and mad at that is natural, but very few worked the way he did. Not even tony atlas can compare for me, just so different

    • @classicwrestlingvault
      @classicwrestlingvault Před rokem +2

      and the way Ivan had control of the camera, so much confidence, he was just in his own world out there

  • @jensmith1063
    @jensmith1063 Před 2 lety +1

    Much love

  • @charlessavoie2367
    @charlessavoie2367 Před 6 měsíci

    He was shorter than the other wrestlers that's why they disliked him. His 605 pound bench press was an equalizer.

  • @johnmp3828
    @johnmp3828 Před 2 lety +2

    It’s bc he had a song to sing and he was gonna sing it

  • @MyNameIsUnavailable
    @MyNameIsUnavailable Před 2 lety +1

    Heenan said Ivan would constantly leave hard boiled eggshells and garlic peels on the locker room floor and guys HATED that

  • @marianoaguilar8372
    @marianoaguilar8372 Před rokem

    Ivan and wahoo were very popular in SWCW in the early 80s

    • @danielfarmer9533
      @danielfarmer9533 Před 3 měsíci

      Wahoo was talented and respected. Putski was neither

  • @mikejejenich7116
    @mikejejenich7116 Před 2 lety +3

    Polish power !

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501
    @raygordonteacheschess5501 Před 5 měsíci

    Putski's fan base was too small (Polish). Should have been champion. Total workhorse. Saw him live at MSG several times in 1979.

  • @jonsmith1462
    @jonsmith1462 Před 10 měsíci

    Let me tell you something Ivan Padooski, before you step in the ring with me, take a bath.

  • @matthewthomas9194
    @matthewthomas9194 Před 3 měsíci

    Why we talking about a sawd off pollock!!!!

  • @tjnaples
    @tjnaples Před rokem +1

    That’s a lot of W’s

  • @user-yg4wi6zr8x
    @user-yg4wi6zr8x Před 9 měsíci +1

    POLISH POWER !!!!!

  • @zombiefulci3301
    @zombiefulci3301 Před 2 lety +3

    That 1987 MSG match, Putski didn't want to sell or lose to Ted Dibiase but Ted power slammed him outta nowhere and Putski was jobbered

    • @Daves_Faves
      @Daves_Faves Před 2 lety +1

      Where can I watch that match? I don't see it here on CZcams.

    • @zombiefulci3301
      @zombiefulci3301 Před 2 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/kNLVoZstoN8/video.html
      The last match

  • @mikeblank5139
    @mikeblank5139 Před 8 měsíci

    One small side note....
    Ivan's body might not have the natural movements to sell the opponents skills ?

  • @markbruschi6391
    @markbruschi6391 Před 4 měsíci

    People should have been jealous of ivan. I mean he was a professional wrestler and a seventh dwarf. He had it all!!!!

  • @SuperN1ntendoChalmers
    @SuperN1ntendoChalmers Před 2 lety +3

    I heard another reason why Putski was so disliked was because he smelled like garlic, like REALLY bad. Most of the big names back then rarely sold and hardly ever lost. Hogan, Piper, Flair, The Road Warriors are only a few I can name. There had to be more than that.

    • @leftystevenson2436
      @leftystevenson2436 Před 2 lety +5

      Flair didn't sell?? You better watch some of his matches.

    • @SuperN1ntendoChalmers
      @SuperN1ntendoChalmers Před 2 lety +3

      @@leftystevenson2436 I should have omitted Flair, you are right. I just plain don't like the guy, and that skewed my statement.

    • @rubenarriaga3029
      @rubenarriaga3029 Před 2 lety +3

      @@SuperN1ntendoChalmers Hogan sold well too despite no selling as well

    • @SuperN1ntendoChalmers
      @SuperN1ntendoChalmers Před 2 lety +4

      @@rubenarriaga3029 Yeah, okay there. His whole gimmick was "hulking up" from finishers, but yeah, he "sold well, too", huh? You Hulk fans are just such fanboys.

    • @rubenarriaga3029
      @rubenarriaga3029 Před 2 lety +2

      @@SuperN1ntendoChalmers yes he did Hulk up and was a major part of his arsenal but a few more well known examples of Hulks good selling was the following and not limited to: 1) When Paul Orndorff turned on Hulk in 86 and piledroved him 2) when King Kong Bundy attacked Hulk on a SNME a month or 2 before WrestleMania II 3) When Earthquake attacked Hulk on the Brother Love Show in 1990 4) When the Undertaker defeated Hulk in Survivor Series 1991 for the WWF title and Hulk had to be carried out the ring

  • @protochris
    @protochris Před 5 měsíci

    Ivan had very little wrestling skills, pretty stiff in the ring, just the Polish hammer finisher.

  • @anthonylove821
    @anthonylove821 Před měsícem

    Ivan didn’t do drugs? He definitely did roids.

  • @anthonylove821
    @anthonylove821 Před měsícem

    I can’t stand Jessie. He whines like a liberal and looks like one. Even back then. 😂

  • @nagibkanaan2464
    @nagibkanaan2464 Před rokem

    Tito how u leave ur daughter

    • @hemlo7494
      @hemlo7494 Před 5 měsíci

      What?? He did what???

  • @rphillip1086
    @rphillip1086 Před 2 lety +1

    Are you going to dump Tito and change the channel names after he's done telling you all his stories? xo

  • @scoh840
    @scoh840 Před 10 měsíci

    Padooski is a cheater

  • @danielfarmer9533
    @danielfarmer9533 Před 3 měsíci

    Couldn’t stand him

  • @HemiVic
    @HemiVic Před 10 měsíci

    Ivan PADOOSKI couldn’t work! He was stiff! Very boring wrestler!

  • @madnessinc.2698
    @madnessinc.2698 Před rokem

    Putski sold a bunch Tito be hating. Putski became a high profile jobber at the end of his career

  • @mickeyshea8013
    @mickeyshea8013 Před 2 lety +2

    Hey Tito, talk to your daughter Jennifer instead of being afraid of your second wife

    • @hemlo7494
      @hemlo7494 Před 5 měsíci

      What`s going on with him and Jennifer? We want to know.

  • @johnnygavin3654
    @johnnygavin3654 Před 2 lety

    Both Mil and Ivan were not very exciting.