Haystacks Calhoun
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Search complete. 13 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Haystacks Calhoun".
Oct 9, 2026
Austin IdolGUEST
I have an idea." Gary's so smart.
Austin IdolGUEST
He said, "There's a guy over there, Bulldog Brower, he's going all around the territory in Australia bodyslamming Haystacks Calhoun," w- who was a legit over 600 pounds.
Austin IdolGUEST
So now he's being dubbed as the strongest man in the world.
Austin IdolGUEST
He said, "You two guys colliding, that's money." I said, "Gosh, I'm..." You know, he said, "What if I could get you 1,000 a week?" I said, "1,000 bucks a week?" He says, "Yeah, and they'll pay all your expenses, all your taxes.
John StillHOST
I didn't know that.
Mitch MelnickHOST
There was a guy named Haystacks Calhoun who later became a referee.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Oh.
Mitch MelnickHOST
He was imm- Haystacks ...
Mitch MelnickHOST
I mean the sideways.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Yeah, he is, he, uh, he is, uh, hefty.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Haystacks Calhoun.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Mm-hmm.
Larry ZbyszkoGUEST
I think it was to Japan.
Larry ZbyszkoGUEST
I was on the plane with some other guys, Mr. Fuji and Haystacks Calhoun, who was 600 pounds tall.
Larry ZbyszkoGUEST
And his ass was six feet wide.
Larry ZbyszkoGUEST
Yeah, I mean, he was...
Mason MitchellHOST
You don't want him in your airplane.
Larry ZbyszkoGUEST
Well, what happened was Mr. Fuji poured a bunch of X-lax in Haystacks' food or drink or, you know, something, right? So halfway to Japan, Haystacks Calhoun is dying.
Larry ZbyszkoGUEST
He has to go take a hell of a crap.
Larry ZbyszkoGUEST
Now, so, and the boys saw Fuji do it, but now Fuji's trying to make his way back with a couple little Japanese stewardesses, but the bathroom doors were so small on the planes, Calhoun couldn't fit in the bathroom.
Terry SullivanGUEST
He hadn't been in that many times, so I think it was...
Terry SullivanGUEST
You know, use Haystack Calhoun as an example.
Terry SullivanGUEST
He was an attraction.
Terry SullivanGUEST
And once every now and then, oh, wow, yeah, people got really excited about it.
John Cena Sr.GUEST
But I'll tell you what, when Walter Kowalski was on the card, you watched.
John Cena Sr.GUEST
Yukon Eric, Peppa Gomez, you know, you had Haystacks Calhoun, as I say.
John Cena Sr.GUEST
Those are the people that were in the era that I started out in.
John Cena Sr.GUEST
And then, of course, things just grew from there.
Shaz BeefHOST
But the reason why I kind of wanted to focus on the Vince Jr. stuff, and obviously everything, like, go back to...
Shaz BeefHOST
Tootsmont and like Haystacks Calhoun you can go all the way back to Gene Hackensmith and that's important because that helped establish this and that helped establish this the reason because I think when Vince Jr. took over it was such a an aggressive push and basically has designed the model that WWE are now.
Shaz BeefHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Shaz BeefHOST
Like the monopoly kind of of it all.
Babyface BrianHOST
The fourth match, we go even further back in time.
Babyface BrianHOST
This is from July 23rd, 1973, and it's tag team champions Haystacks Calhoun and Tony Garea, and they are facing off against the team they won the titles from, Mr. Fuji and Professor Toru Tanaka.
Babyface BrianHOST
They would also end up losing those titles, so to that same team.
Babyface BrianHOST
So they won the belts May 30th, 1973, and lost them September 11th, 1973.
Babyface BrianHOST
But the team of Haystacks Calhoun and Tony Garea, they end up losing the first fall but coming back to win the second fall by DQ and the final fall after a splash from Haystacks Calhoun against, uh, Toru Tanaka.
Babyface BrianHOST
Against Tanaka, they get the, uh, third fall and win the match.
Babyface BrianHOST
So interesting just seeing a match that is now well over 50 years old with, uh, Calhoun and Garea.
Sean MooneyHOST
And honest to God, I'd be like, you should be happy you're getting paid, sir.
Sean MooneyHOST
And I know the history of Giants not liking each other, Haystack, Calhoun, or going down the line, is Giants don't like each other because each Giant thinks they're trying to steal their spot because...
Sean MooneyHOST
in reality, there's only room for one giant guy who can't be body slammed or can't be pushed over.
Sean MooneyHOST
And it's onto the, it's onto the giants forever going to be him.
Ray RussellHOST
The Eiffel Tower and the Twin Towers, the largest tag team in wrestling history.
Ray RussellHOST
Well, unless the Maguire Twins team with Haystacks Calhoun, they ain't lying.
Ray RussellHOST
As we continue on, more action in the ring.
Ray RussellHOST
It's Tito Santana battling Russian Boris Zhukov.
LionelHOST
You look like, like, uh, what's the matter with you? You look like, like Hoss Cartwright.
LionelHOST
You look like, um, Haystacks Calhoun, Man Mountain Mike.
LionelHOST
Dear God, you're disgusting.
LionelHOST
If you ever dare to have relations with somebody, you'd kill them under your weight.