The Best Of Ken Patera: The Olympic Powerhouse
Once upon a time before entering the ranks of professional wrestling, Ken Patera established himself as one of the most powerful men on the planet by winning five gold medals in The Pan-Am Games and a bronze medal in the 1972 Olympics. This video is the proof as you can witness it as he takes the various feats of strength and accomplishes them with ease. You would think that since this man who is such an accomplished athlete that he would be cheered. He spent the majority of his career as a rulebreaker while being managed by The Grand Wizard, J.J. Dillon & Bobby Heenan.
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Part 1
Ken Patera in a "Battle Royal" with Chris Taylor, Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Valiant, Baron Von Raschke, Red Bastein, Mad Dog Vachon, Mitsuharu Arakawa, Luis Martinez & Billy Robinson.
Ken Patera vs. Jose Lothario in a "Best Of Three Falls Match."
Ken Patera & Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat & Tony Atlas.
Ken Patera & Ric Flair vs. Andre The Giant & Blackjack Mulligan.
Ken Patera vs. Bruno Sammartino.
Ken Patera vs. Pat Patterson.
Ken Patera vs. Antonio Inoki.
Ken Patera vs. Tony Atlas.
Ken Patera vs. Bob Backlund in a "Texas Death Match." (This match was a top candidate for the best match of 1980!)
Ken Patera vs. Pedro Morales.
Ken Patera vs. Kerry Von Erich.
Ken Patera vs. Joe Kirkland.
Ken Patera vs. Kerry Brown.
Ken Patera vs. Tommy Yates.
Ken Patera interview.
Ken Patera vs. Dewey Robertson.
Part 2
Ken Patera vs. Tommy Sharp.
Ken Patera vs. Ron Sexton.
Ken Patera vs. Dick The Bruiser. (Short clip from the Sam Muschnick retirement show)
The Heenan Family interview.
Ken Patera, Bobby Heenan, Nick Bockwinkle & Bobby Duncum vs. Hulk Hogan & Andre The Giant in a "Handicap Match."
Ken Patera, Jesse Ventura & Blackjack Lanza vs. The High Flyers & Rick Martel.
Ken Patera vs. Andre The Giant.
Ken Patera, Bobby Heenan & Big John Studd play barbers on a poor victim.
Ken Patera vs. Rick McGraw.
Ken Patera performs various feats of strength. (Ken Patera drives a spike through a board and bends nails with his hands, pops a hot water bottle, and holds a 5,200 lb. van back with the strength in his legs!)
Ken Patera & Big John Studd vs. Andre The Giant & S.D. Jones. (This is the match where The Heenan Family cuts off Andre The Giant's hair)
Ken Patera vs. Andre The Giant.
Ken Patera & Bobby Heenan interview.
Ken Patera vs. Ronnie P.
Ken Patera's amateur athletics biography.
Ken Patera & Bobby Heenan interview. (This is the infamous 'debate' between these former associates after his prison sentence, thus cementing his babyface turn)
Ken Patera vs. Hercules Hernandez.
Ken Patera vs. Jimmy Jack Funk.
Ken Patera vs. Frankie Lane. (The Heenan Family members Harley Race, King Kong Bundy, Paul Orndorff & Hercules Hernandez ambushes Ken Patera)
Jake Roberts' "Snake Pit" with Bobby Heenan & The Heenan Family.
Ken Patera vs. The Honkytonk Man.
Ken Patera & Hulk Hogan vs. Harley Race & Hercules Hernandez.
Ken Patera vs. Dino Bravo.
Ken Patera vs. The One Man Gang.