I got bodyslammed by professional wrestlers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
- @UKPW invited me to cameo. It was painful. | AD: 💼 80,000 Hours wants to help you find a job and help the world: 80000hours.org/tom
A big thanks to Jack and everyone at UKPW. If you'd like to learn more about UKPW, you can find them at: www.ukpwwrestling.co.uk | / ukpw_wrestling
Tom trained with Mike at Catch 22 Pro Wrestling: / catch22pro
My other channel: / tomscottgo
I'm at www.tomscott.com
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CREDITS
Series Producer/Director: Kirsten Taylor
Director: Matt Bateman
DOP: Jamie MacLeod
Sound Operator: Tom Bartlett
Assistant Producer: Han Evans
Production Assistant: Adam Lawrence
Editor: Chris Leggat
Sound Design: Dan Pugsley | www.cassinisound.com/
Executive Producers: Cambria Bailey-Jones, Guy Larsen
A Pad 26/Penny4 Production www.penny4.co.uk
CHAPTERS
0:00 The training
16:10 The advert
17:11 The show - บันเทิง
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I ached for a few days afterwards; I'm not kidding about "don't try this"! | AD: 💼 80,000 Hours wants to you to find a job and help the world: 80000hours.org/tom
Ouch
I guess you should try some judo
Is this related to the "I know someone that knows someone that has a wrestling promotion..." statement years back on Two of These People Are Lying?
But when will we see you go up against the legendary Commander Sterling, Tom? 🤔
As someone who used to be in the industry I'm loving watching this...
"you have this amazing thing called common sense" he says to the man who agreed to do wrestling with a single day of training
well a single well rehearsed throw, but yes...this is very little preparation - but with the person throwing being very experienced and in control the risk of actual injury is fairly limited... but as you could see... one day of training doesnt let you develop the reflexes you need to do this reliably
the option being very likely Not doing pro wrestling in your life, I think it's common sense 😅🤣
😂😂😂
You left the second half out "Wrestlers somehow seem to lose that just before they take up wrestling".
Common sense is best when coupled with uncommon stupidity ;-)
Well that was fun, wasn’t it?!
It was an absolute joy working with the crew on this project. We’re also glad you didn’t get (too) hurt! Just remember to land palms down next time 😉
P.s If Tom’s painful cries and multiple landings on sensitive body parts didn’t make it obvious enough, please DON’T try this at home, school, or anywhere for that matter.
I like my mobility a bit too much to try this without someone who can correct my form _before_ it becomes a serious problem when I inevitably make mistakes.
Thanks UKPW! That was just as fun to watch as it is to learn about your promotion. Support indy wrestling!
Don't worry, I don't plan to do any of this even if I was wearing a full body soft foam suit inside a bouncy castle.
My buddy trained to wrestle in college, he took one chokeslam and retired stating “I don’t know how they do it.”
I watch AEW somewhat regular, and follow Cultaholic on TH-cam, I have to say it was amazing seeing my geek and sport hobbies collide. It looks like you have an awesome promotion going there! Thanks for taking care of Tom!
The silence and slight awkwardness right before Mike says “Alright lovely boy here you go” and grabs Tom and slams him down was so great.
"you guys silly? i'm still gonna send it."
I think he said "alright, love you, bye"
@@nordic2617 naw that was not it
14:30
@@nordic2617 definitely was lovely boy
You have to remember that Tom is almost 40 years old and still able to do this without completely breaking his back. That’s an achievement on its own.
And has no muscle to break his fall
Gypsy Joe is like 102
I just realised Tom Scott is only 1 year older than Jerma, and now they've both been in the ring.
Only 39? I'd have thought he was nearing his 50's or 60's.
If you take care of your body, 40 is nothing. Case in point, there is an F1 driver who is 42 and is still scarily competitive.
Imagine being told "your acting was great, you looked properly in pain" after someone smashed you on the ground and the medics escorted you backstage.
The “being carried backstage” bit was fortunately scripted too. The face of pain right as he landed was real, so all he had to do was keep it on until he was out of sight of the audience.
Because it was acting. He overplayed the pain from the start. Medics escorted him backstage for the crowd or he wouldn't have walked backstage. That is why as soon as he was through the door he suddenly stood up and started behaving normally
@@Nineninetails I know that the part with the medics was for show. Yet, he still had a headache and his back was probably hurting quite a lot. So I'd bet that his painful face and screaming was about 1% acting and 99% real pain. 🙂
But does someone know what was going on with his voice at 24:46?
@@xormenterxormenter1883 He literally had the wind knocked out of him.
@@xormenterxormenter1883 he's keeping his voice down to not distract from the action in the ring
08/06/2022 : "I got bodyslammed by professional wrestlers."
11/24/2022 : "I attempted knife throwing. It almost ended up well."
02/13/2023 : "We broke into the White House w/ LockPickingLawyer, Colin Furze, Michael Reeves and NileRed."
06/20/2023 : "I escaped the most dangerous prison in North Korea. I got caught, so I did it again but properly this time."
Now I actually want to see him learning to lockpick with LPL.
@@SJohann Honestly wouldn't be surprised if he knows some basic lockpicking. He has a background in programming and education in computer security, and it's not uncommon for computer security classes to start with a segment on lockpicking.
@@piogre It's also incredibly easy to get started with. No harder than unlocking your front door drunk in the dark with a key
"I escaped the most dangerous prison in North Korea. Now, on LPL's advice and against my common sense, I'll go back again to show it was not a fluke..."
Forgot styropyro. The laser/chemystry wizard
15:04 "you landed completely correctly" translation: "yes, it is supposed to hurt that badly"
Which made Tom's reaction about how much it sucked all the more impactful.
At this point everyone knows wrestling is scripted. There is no undoing that. This is great to show the actuality of wrestling and what wrestlers go through each and every day.
Edit: 3.5K likes! 😮 Thanks guys. Keep loving wrestling.
Indeed. These are just the basic fundamentals, and you see how much goes into everything. If anything, this makes me respect the business more, and what the athletes go through.
It's entertainment but the pain is real. Everyone knows that since 2000.
1980s wrestlers: "Did you just ask if it was SCRIPTED?? How about I kick your ASS, would that be scripted? GRAAAARGHWARRRARHGH"
2020s wrestlers: "So are we all comfortable with the script? Awesome, let's have a great show, gang! Hi, TH-cam!"
Well it's kind of like a magic show...you know it's not "real" but a lot of the wow factor is gone now that they've revealed how the stunts are done. Kayfabe is completely shattered now and I think that has a lot to do with pro wrestling's declining popularity.
I watched wrestling growing up and I still enjoy it on occasion. The same way I would go GODDAMN seeing a kill in a movie, I would do the same when I see someone get thrown out of a ring irl. Scripted, yes, but that sht hurts.
Also, when someone gets body slammed and then that turns into a backflip is beyond hilarious and entertaining to me.
somewhere along the way I'll understand this channel is just Tom's diary of realizing his secret lifelong dream of becoming a professional Hollywood stuntman
Tom just wants to be like Cliff Booth from "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood"
The funniest part is how insanely fit Tom is actually getting compared to how fit he thinks he is.
I feel like he's secretly preparing for the apocalypse.
@@ppppppqqqppp I feel like he's just becoming the healthiest and most confident version of himself
Especially with the zamboni
It has to be incredibly odd getting very calm, professional instructions from someone who you have in a headlock.
Imagine you are getting robbed at gun point, and the person robbing you is giving you a step by step guide on how to disarm there gun.
I imagine it's like when Iroh was giving advice to that thief in Avatar: The Last Airbender
I've been training mma for a while now and it's just like that xD
It can be the weirdest position ever, the coach will just calmly explain everything you just did wrong to end up in that position. All while you're folded in half and feel your blood slowly coagulating in whatever bodypart is currently locked in some grip
I feel like I need Mike coaching me through my life. Something about his calm, serious sounding tone. Half the time he spoke I wasn't sure he was giving out wrestling training instructions or just life advice that happens to apply to wrestling.
@@simaorodrigues6285
Both?
imagine going to your local wrestling event and out of nowhere Tom Scott runs on to the ring
Should of advertised it. All that work for 20 fans
@@SilvioDanteBadaBing *Should have
Tom in 2022: I have no pain tolerance.
Tom in 2009: spent nearly two weeks trying to remove his fingerprints with pineapple gunk and a scrubber.
Exactly what i was thinking
Tom's team is amazing at putting him in increasingly uncomfortable situations. And he is taking it like a champ.
I think Tom has reason to be prideful about finding the best worst people for the job he imagined for them.
Seek Discomfort - Britain
"I went sky diving from outer space with astronauts" coming sooner than you think 🤣
It helps that he had a really good teacher for this. They know how to get all the right people.
@@jwalster9412 I wouldn't be surprised
I really like watching non wrestling people take wrestling training.
You quickly realize there is a very big difference between "fake" and "pre-determined"
The same is true for anything else that’s both physically demanding and choreographed, from dancing to aerial acrobatics.
I prefer "scripted"
@@NorroTaku I prefer “staged”.
That's such a good way to put it actually
@@ragnkja Except dancers and aerial acrobats don't take bumps or have much rough physical contact. Can't help but feel you're derailing to minimise or make deliberately unfavourable comparisons
"That's because you have this amazing thing called common sense, wrestlers somehow seem to lose that just before they take up wrestling." ... as a former professional wrestler, this resonates well with me! This was an immensely entertaining watch. Subscribed.
They should have gone for 6
months training and turned Tom into a beast. Training 3 times a day, 5 days a week eating his weight in chicken breast, broccoli and raw eggs. Watch the lad gradually get more and more buff and then introducing him as Tom “The Tank Engine” Scott. Choo choo.
We’re playing checkers while youve been mastering chess
Lmao that ending line is perfect. He should do more athletic training it'd be cool
@@willwunsche6940 Next Creator Clash maybe?
@@MartinFinnerup
I don't think that tom wants to actualy hurt anyone.
Or get hurt for that matter
Choo choo mfers
One thing I enjoy about Tom is that he doesn’t half-ass it. He makes the most of his opportunities and gives it full effort.
So far he has only backed out of one thing, the cave experience. But he eventually returned to that with better preparation and he nailed it.
He fully embodies the "commit to the bit" and "take your characters seriously" sentiments and he has my utmost respect for that
Exactly.
Tom puts his full ass into everything he does
I saw “I got body slammed” and just thought about how insane it would be to see Tom Scott walking out to the WWE ring through a smokescreen in full spandex.
He’d come in on the jet pack
@@jameson1239 Nah, that'd be Colin Furze.
If that ever happens it'd be so funny if he was just in the normal red t-shirt
@@jameson1239 Cue jetpack joyride music
I cannot un-see that...
Tom looks so funny, but i can't help but appreciate what he's doing. As a wrestling fan i appreciate the respect he's showing to what is objectively an absurd art form
But an art form nonetheless.
@@SamSphinx, I don’t think that was in question.
I love how serious you took it. This is a really tough sport and people still tend to mock it.
Who mocks wrestling?
@@GregLemons Wrestling is not popular in other countries as in EEUU.
@@ESTAMOSJUGANDOSP Yea.. I know.. but it's not mocked from my knowledge
@@GregLemons loads of people
honestly not really my type of sport, but i got to admit, it sometimes looks wierd, it sometimes looks over acted. but daim well beleive that it is a hard sport to get in to and a hard sport to be in to.
you dont do this type of falling on a weekly basis without being in a very good shape and 1 mistake could lead to some real trouble.
so as a former Shoalin kempo sportsman i got my head of for every one in wresling
Just hearing the kids scream "Noooo!" during the handshake scene made this entire video worth it.
KInda love it just because it reminds me so much of the pantomime back in school when I was a kid
@@zynstein8059 Oh no it doesn't
@@jackeea_
Oh yes it does!
@@ragnkja OOOOHHHHHH no, it DOESN'T!!!
@@zynstein8059 What's the pantomime again?
Something about the calm conversation at 14:10, followed by “Alright lovely boy, here we go” into a body slam is immensely funny to me
it's like something out of an english comedy
Absolute blackadder/monty python energy
Seeing the most put-together TH-camr yelling in pain after a bodyslam is a unique experience.
Jack explained why 'pulling back the curtain' on wrestling isn't a big deal anymore, almost perfectly I'd say. And without the time to see how long it took, Tom did fairly well for getting into it, bumping correctly and everything
Correct me if I am wrong, but the entire match is NOT scripted. Just the beginning ang the ending. The middle sort of flows based on how the wrestlers move. Right???
@@Golfnut_2099 depends on the wrestlers some plan out more some more free flow but usually the beginning the end and depending on how long the match is a few spots in the middle
@@Golfnut_2099If there's someone notably more inexperienced, they'll plan out the whole match from start to finish. But if it's between a pair of seasoned veterans who know what they're doing, they'll allow them to call things on the fly and "improv" if you will.
"What's going through your head right now?"
Tom: "The ring"
Even after a gnarly fall mans still has jokes
“Nearly the ring!”
Legends say he came from the mist, broken and in pain, but with a war cry on his lips: "THIS IS NOT YOUR CHAIR!"
Seriously that bit was hilarious 😂
Tom awkwardly going under the bottom rope is a peak Tom Scott moment!
Was a good watch, nice to see Pro-Wrestling being given proper credit all over the media these days.
19:22 - I really respect that you asked this question. Most people in the business don't even bother asking that question anymore, and it's a shame. The reality is there have always been people that knew wrestling was a work, but the real beauty of the sport is when people get lost in it to the point where they can't tell what is planned or unplanned. Now a days the trick isn't so much to keep everything a secret, but to do it in such a natural way that people forget that it is pre-planned.
There are more nuances to the whole thing once you get to higher levels of presentation, where you can to start layering secondary scenarios within the main storyline where things happen that seem "real" or "off-script" and it adds and entire extra levels of drama to the presentation. But generally speaking its about having interactions come across as genuine more than "realistic" if that makes sense.
Seriously impressed by Tom's acting in that last scene. I was expecting a something brief and forgettable but he really put a lot of heart into it. That line required more emotion than Tom's usual scripted work, but he could have had me convinced he's a pro at this.
well he did land wrong on the arm so the little pain he got was easy to amplify it into a big pain expression. I bought it anyway.
Well, he has been in front of a camera consistently for the past 13 years, I'd imagine he has learned some acting skills during that.
In fact, he acted like he was in pain at the end of the "You Cannot Remove Your Fingerprints With Pineapple" - video, that he posted in 2009. And he was also actually in pain during that video.
...I have a feeling Tom Scott might actually be secretly a masochist.
@@Andytlp He’s talking about the not your chair part
So true! I thought it was gonna be a run up and YOINK and then run away. The whole "This is not your match!" bit was amazing!!
@@Andytlp idk how your reply has so many likes when it misses what the commenter was saying
As a professional wrestler, I'm very happy to see Tom upset with not getting his hands right on the slam. It's a little thing that the crowd didn't even notice (and never would) but it shows he's got respect for the art form! Cheers!
Probably that and requiring all those fragile bones in his fingers for script writing. But the video gave me more respect for the art form, so that's certainly a win for wrestling.
When you know that correct form is considered correct because it minimises the risk of injury, you care about correct form if you care about your own body at all.
Shows he took it seriously. When you are doing things like the break falls. Weather for martial arts or for performance. Its one of the things that you want the details to be correct. Because they are there to keep us safe. Tom understands that.
As a professional wrestling mark, I definitely notice things like how different wrestlers take bumps differently, and botched landings. We're not all casual WWE cookie cutter wrestling fans.
@@Deadl0ck homie having your hands backwards on a bump isn't a botch. Marks knowing insider terms is the worst.
Having been a wrestler, everything you were taught is 100% accurate. Ash ore is one of the safest workers out there too.
Has been a good few years since I stepped in a ring and watching this video, seeing faces I haven’t seen in a while either has brought back so many good memories
Keep up the good work, Tom.
Imagine you are just at your casual Wrestling thing and suddenly Tom Scott, a person whos work you watch and love for years, gets slammed on the floor.
Tom always says he's bad at acting. I think it would be cool to see him do an acting class
I would actually love to see a video of him attending an acting class now
Better yet, improv theater. Live performance, with an audience.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 go even further and get him in improv musical theatre.
@@MattieSheldonTheTH-camr Jumping straight past hard mode and into nightmare mode, huh?
Maybe a small part in a play, with a day's prep?
This felt very genuine and vulnerable from Tom. Less of a screen persona than usual, but I guess repeatedly slamming into the floor will do that. Loved this, and that’s coming from someone who never had any interest in wrestling
It has a little more give than concrete but it’s still organ jolting. You only get so many bumps in a career. Bumps meaning body to body contact typically resulting in body to mat contact. And during a match, your brain will get jolted around possibly a few times. It’s just a lot of momentum and a lot more movement than a human would ever naturally have.
Hot Ones but with getting thrown around like a ragdoll.
@@TooFewSecrets Whatchu gonna do when the Chilimania is running wild on you, brother?
I really respect the clear admission that wrestling is scripted, and this man's reverence for it not only as a sport, but an art form, bringing up the different styles of matches in different cultures. It's a very different viewpoint than what I typically see, which is wrestling's scriptedness being an open, yet somehow shameful secret.
Huge respect to these people that are throwing themselves around to entertain 50-100 people. That's dedication.
No kidding. This type of wrestling isn't my thing, but I really like the people involved. Real nice people from my experience, very passionate.
Everybody’s gotta start somewhere. Even the best of the best go through this. Total kudos
_Go hard or go home._
Mike strikes me as the kind of trainer who would tell you in the same honest, non-judgemental tone if it WAS the worst he'd ever seen, and then tell you how to improve it. Whatever you're learning - this is the kind of teacher you want.
I don't agree. He should have explained the techniques Tom was about to do in more detail. For example, he didn't tell him to bring his head closer to his chest before the slam. That's the most important thing. Also, to roll properly you are going diagonally across your back, not rolling sideways an your head leans on the opposite shoulder in order to not hurt yourself.
@@aleksakocijasevic6613 To be fair it is edited, there could easily have been hours of additional explanation before each technique that was cut because it would be tedious to watch.
Teacher should never tell the student if he was the worst he's ever seen tbh.
@@mixuaquela123 I disagree. A teacher should be honest, and if he ever tells someone they are the worst, it should be true and in a non-judgemental tone, with suggestions for improvement
@@BazilRat Even if that was honest and said in a non-judgmental way saying that can be really hurtful to the student (especially children) kinda depending on the student. It can have a strong negative impact to the self-confidence and motivation. Generally it should be avoided. The methods for the improvement and the critiques could be mentioned without saying the "truth" directly.
I love the moment when Mike says “Alright then, lovely boy.” before he throws Tom on the floor.
Super underrated moment IMO
It had me in tears 😂
And then the angry screaming afterward. what's up with Tom and autistically screeching every time he gets hurt lmao
I think it takes more courage to work a crowd this size than an arena. I’m always in awe how much these wrestlers give and their passion.
I didn’t know flexo watched tom scott
No kidding. Indies are dedicated bunch.
14:35 "Alright lovely boy here we go" *bodyslam*
Honestly, that’s a great teacher right there
Absolutely loved seeing Tom's character be so different from his usual behaviour. I'm sold on the wrestling persona he played.
well he has acting experience. Don't forget he is the one and only Mad captain Tom.
@@sirBrouwer i understood that reference
The birth of HURCON! Luchador wrestler of the United Kingdom!
I like how it started out with Tom introducing himself as if he's just his ordinary self making a special appearance, but then he went through a plot arc defeating the villain.
We need youtuber vs youtuber...
Tom Scott vs Chris Danger, book it!
Shout-out to the coach, he had a funny, relevant quip for everything Tom said this video 🤣
"It doesn't get any worse than that... There isn't much that's better than it either though..."
That pose he did when Tom said 'So we can go slow' was hilarious, even with only half of him in frame.
It's actually really relieving to hear Tom talk his way through his mistakes as he's practicing. I do that when I'm nervous or mess something up!
I like that Tom treats his crew as actual people, by showing their names when they come on and actually letting them speak. Compare this to other TH-camrs.
“This is not your chair” might be one of the funniest lines I’ve ever heard in professional wrestling
I lost it when Ashmore said "Now pardon the interruption." It felt like the classic polite British villain trope. Great character, and the speech was very disarming. If you weren't familiar with the character, as I think you were as a character, you'd see no reason not to take him at face value
Trope?
All the bankrobbers I ever met were extremely charming and polite.
And the big contrast between Ashmore the guy and Ashmore the heel wrestling persona. Such a sweet guy outside the ring, and I totally bought the intimidating tough guy persona in the ring. Great actor, great athlete
As someone who studied a bit of body language psycology, you can see how even among people where theres no hard feelings, anger always starts and fades in the face. Be it anger at yourself or others, Tom here is actually getting ragdolled about and showing how hard it is to supress pain caused anger. The section at 15 minutes you see the anger, the scrunching of the face, then as the pain receeds a smile to say "It's fine, I'm fine, we're fine". Massive props to you Tom, as someone who has also done bits of MMA, it is literally a school of hard knocks, and that is what makes you learn quick.
Oh damn around 13:20 after that body slam you could actually feel the self restraint wavering and Tom barely holding back from swearing! Fair play mate that did look like it hurt!
I always wondered what a professional TH-camr’s midlife crisis would look like, but this second channel is a good approximation. Much love, Tom Scott. Really, I mean that. 😅
Rudeeeee
Tom has finished the tutorial and is now just flexing his ability to improve all of his stats in life.
he's that one bitlife character that got extremely lucky and could just do whatever they want lmfao
@@bearlytamedmodels we wait 18 years before we're allowed to start our adventure, so I'd say that it was a really short tutorial.
@@ultimatefandom3127 Does that mean that this channel will continue for many decades? (If the tutorial time is scaled...) :P
So I used to think, like many people, oh it’s not real, it’s acting and staged, to which it sort of is in a way. But after watching this, I have the upmost respect for wrestlers, although choreographed to an extent, there’s clearly a physicality to it and they’re obviously hurting themselves, although taking action to minimize the damage done. Big props to Tom for going through it and even bigger props for an amazing performance! The guy who taught him was also amazing and ran through everything in great detail and took the effort to try and perfect how Tom was doing, great video!
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to give wrestling a chance :) if more people followed suit instead of just acting like they're somehow "above" wrestling, I feel like more people would realize that they might like it
Wrestling is a soap opera in which the actors are also stuntpeople. you minimise risk where you can but, there's a reason films use stuntpeople instead of having the main actors do everything.
@@TGPDrunknHickunless you are Jackie Chan or Tom Cruise
@@oz_jonesJackie Chan is phenomenal but people like him are an anomaly
As a wrestling fan, “THIS IS NOT YOUR CHAIR!!” Might be the best thing i have ever heard in any match ever
I used to watch wrestling as a kid and back then I never understood the whole "wrestling is fake" line of thinking. You can't fake gravity. I'd watch wrestlers get slammed or jump off of things, look for wires, see none, and go "No, that was real." Of course I didn't realize it was the STORY that was written and scripted, not the actual moves. But there's no doubt that that stuff hurts.
Just because it’s choreographed doesn’t mean they’re not incredibly skilled.
@@ragnkja IMO the fact it's coreographed shows they're even more skilled than you think. They manage to get the timing and placement on that knife edge where a fraction of a second or half an inch either way, someone's getting seriously injured.
Speaking as someone who has done both martial arts and prowrestling training; there is a difference. Prowrestlers can take a lot of moves that look painful with actually no pain (or by taking bumps that don't really register as pain if given+taken correctly, like getting slapped in the chest), which is how they can perform multiple nights per week for up to half an hour at a time. A lot of what Tom shows here are bumps that a practiced wrestler wouldn't even feel - but to someone un-used to hitting the floor (OR DOING IT AT HOME), it rattles your whole body and brain.
Taking Tom's fall as an example; he wasn't able to keep his head off the mat. He bounced like a pogo stick. Much of what he was feeling in the back would have been primarily that.
It's a stageplay, just more violent
@@Michael_Raymond as you've trained in both (only martial arts for me), why aren't they tucking chin the chest on the back fall, and looking sideways dropping to the front? Sure it looks more genuine now, but at the cost of Tom actually hitting his head...
The whole show looks cool and well produced, seems weird seeing "the crowd" Is only like 50 people.
Indie wrestling shows are amazing. My local, Futureshock is a little bigger than this, but not much. It is an absolutely brilliant night out, incredible wrestling, storyline and character arcs that develop over years, and the most friendly, inclusive crowd you will come across.
It was a special promo show only for their patreons and biggest supporters. I don't think a bigger crowd would've been conductive to that
Most indie wrestling shows have crowds of a few dozen to a few hundred anyway. Only network television promotions can fill out arenas. My local indie puts out weekly shows for like 80 people. Really a thing of passion.
@TriVos Ahren With most people I'd agree with you, but Tom already has experience giving talks to large crowds
That's indie wrestling in a nutshell. These days if you see someone on TV doing crazy things, odds are they were doing the same things (if not crazier!) in front of crowds of less than 100 for years
Tom always puts himself down but honestly, the dude has insane perseverance
If there's ever a Part Two, Tom HAS to go through a table!
Love Tom's Midlife Crisis channel, you learn so many things and honestly, all things I never would have expected Tom to do.. or that Tom would never have expected to do.
But the thing is, it's always the people in the video contacting him to show him how it's done, and he goes along with it. He's such a good learner, he listens and follows instructions properly, and the people showing him are always so patient, too, that helps a lot.
And more importantly, the more he does those things, the more visibility it gets, the more people contact him, and the closer Tom gets to be a real Jack of All Trades.. or a Tom of All Trades
They should have used Tom's "No you don't!" at 21:24 in the actual match. That was hilarious. Like he was terrified of the guy, but still wanted to get one over on him.
I think the main reason they changed it was to give Roth more time to get up.
@@ragnkja They could've done that by playing up the confusion. Tom acted like an actual gremlin, and would make anyone double-take, so just double the double-take.
@@anonymousapproximation8549
A double-take wouldn’t keep everyone’s attention on him and Ashmore as firmly while Roth got up. I’m sure they would have kept the original version if they felt they could have, because it was way too funny to change for no good reason.
@@ragnkja The audience's attention is secondary to Ashmore's attention. In fact, it may have even been better for the audience to see Roth get up, to build tension as to whether or not Ashmore notices on time.
They could've had Ashmore stumble a bit when Tom takes the chair to add a little more time, even.
I'm genuinely surprised the term "heel" didn't come up in relation to Ashmore, but I guess that might have been too much explanation beside the actual topic of the video. It was really interesting to watch Tom get ready for that show within less than 24h. There's a reason this stuff takes a lot of training and for Tom to attempt it on such short notice was really amazing.
All of this technique is focused on Not Dying, but there is no technique that will make any of this not hurt. Mad respect to anyone who steps into the ring.
Bumps hurt, but not landing correctly hurts worse
I have nothing but respect for anybody willing to light themselves on fire and attempt pro-wrestling for the sake of entertainment. Godspeed, Tom.
🙏
Watching Tom learn how to wrestle is like watching a mouse fall into a bucket of milk and churn it into butter; Almost impossible and an amazing achievement.
Excellent catch me if you can reference:D
@@InterrobangActivate just make butter, outta cream
As a trained former pro wrestler myself I’m most impressed that Tom automatically fed with his left even when he was just naturally getting up, I bet he would pick it up really quickly
We love Tom. But seeing him in pain and actually overcoming it is a delight. The determination to understand what was wrong and what can make it better is astonishing!
Any situation Tom finds himself in, I always find myself saying “did not expect that but you know what, that makes sense”
Okay, I’ll be honest Tom is in much better shape than me, or my expectations for how in shape he would be.
he's been spending weeks doing just .. weird active stuff.
@@oxybrightdark8765 like riding a Zamboni!
I knew he was athletic-ish and had stamina mostly in terms of running and whatnot, but I wasn't expecting the whole package like this either.
He has the mindset of never giving up and trying new things. That's already a huge step in building shape and stamina
I don't watch wrestling (or sports, for that matter) at ALL, but seeing the scenarios wrestlers are put in, I can't help but realize that it looks INCREDIBLY romantic.
Life-long martial artist here! Loved the video.
Out of all the things I learned in martial arts, even living in some fairly rough neighborhoods, the skill I've used the most is protecting my own stupid self from the floor when I slip or somehow trip over nothing.
If I could offer once piece of advice after watching this video, it would be to exhale before landing. Trying to hold your breath while the air is forced out of you is what creates that "winded" feeling, or in some cases causes your diaphragm to cramp, rendering you temporarily unable to breath.
Love your videos and admire the courage it took to make this one. Thanks for all you do.
Tom. The whole point of owning a jetpack is that it can keep you out of the reach of professional wrestlers. It's not going to work if you waltz right in sans jetpack.
The jetpack must be defective, or the wrestlers must have somehow broken the anti-wrestler feature that's advertised on every jetpack.
"THIS IS NOT YOUR CHAIR" absolutely killed me... Great performance Tom, by the way!
He sounded like he was telling off a small child for cheating at musical chairs! 😂
Was partly expecting him to then unfold the chair and sit in it as though it’s actually HIS chair
As a person who have tried wrestling, it is MUCH more difficult than it looks. Well done Tom.
i just want to point out that, as someone who is well into wrestling, seeing exactly how the training for it looks is incredibly fascinating to me
This channel constantly answers the "I can NEVER imagine Tom Scott doing this" thoughts. It's kinda scary
I like that they putt Tom through cardio drills & didn't just go straight into basic holds and bumping. I remember having to do 200+ squats, 100 push ups, 50 sit ups & 20 burpees as the warm up prior to starting the lesson when I was training.
burpees?
@@Poldovico IIRC, a burpee is a jumping jack into a squat into a pushup into the next jumping jack, ideally as a continuous motion.
@@Poldovico Both Bearly Tamed & Dante are technically correct, as they are describing slightly different variations of a Burpee. The basic version is a squat into a lowered press up position, then press up & jump into standing, followed by a vertical jump. Trainers would often add variations, such as a jumping jack or holding in the lower press position, which was always fun...
Jesus 😅
@@Poldovico Burpees=torture
I love Tom scott plus so much! It's almost always Tom doing something he's never done before, getting instructed by these absolutely wonderful people, and there's always a bit of a struggle, a bit of chaos, a bit of entertainment going on but in the end it's always a wholesome experience ending on an overall positive note. It's like a bitesized 30 Minute hero's journey every time, with a charming protagonist who overcomes some struggles helped by ppl along the way to get to the goal of a good ending!
Imagine being in that crowd as a fan of the channel and seeing him come out into the ring
Sadly, there was no "crowd"
I love this channel (+ the recent technical difficulties episodes) for the amount you can see expertise in very patient and encouraging teachers. People who care this much about their crafts often have a very specific way of making them seem simultaneously magical and effortless, it's very easy to enjoy watching them teach.
To quote Gary: Time spent with an expert is never wasted.
Mad MAD respect for Tom. I don't think quitting even crossed his mind.
Wrestlers are the athletes I respect the most. The wrestlers I watch live on tv, WWE and AEW, travel, wrestle, and train EVERY week. Its definitely a lifestyle for them and despite many dying from injuries and bumps they've taken throughout the years while others left paralyzed, they still continue to do so for both our enjoyment and their passion.
On the subject of "pulling back the curtain" on wrestling, I think it's a good thing. I think that it's become (and kinda always was) a very physical play in a way. The people who coordinate and participate in these events can tell a story rather than 2 goons just beating on each other.
Another aspect is kid's safety. Knowing it's acting like in movies makes it less likely they'll try to emulate it. That was a bit of an issue in the 80's as quite a few kids got hurt that way.
I got into wrestling once they pulled back the curtain! Knowing it’s a stunt show / very physical stage play lets me really get emotionally into the drama and showmanship. It’s a lot more fun knowing I’m *supposed* to suspend my disbelief!
I use to watch WWE during the Attitude Era and a little after. I've always thought of it as a soap opera for muscle men. its was always exciting what they come up with for plots every week
Good for safety. Bad for business.
I always described it as a high impact play with soap opera elements
"Tom Scott Has a Rocky Montage" is not a video I expected to see today, but here we are.
The montage is nothing unusual, it's the fact that the montage was to prepare for an actual wrestling match that's surprising.
Amateur wrestling shows are the absolute best. I recommend it, to anybody curious, to find a local show. One of the guys in my town, who works at the liquor store, jumped off the turnbuckle on to a pile of legos.
This is awesome. Tom’s acting, the rawness of the video, and the great camerawork. Another quality piece of work from Tom.
How long until we see the tweet "Tom Scott Is All Elite"? :D
A vErIfIeD pErSoN 1!1!!!1!1 😱
@@alexus6237 and its the prime procrastinator no less, and going pro immediately might be a bit of a leap for tom... but who knows anything is possible these days😂
Perhaps a TH-camr pro wrestling promotion with Tom as Vince McMahn?
He can't be All Elite - he was selling for a slam, and they barely sell for finishing moves until they've decided the match has gone long enough...
I'd love to see Dan try this
How often do you actually see someone pound the ground in frustration. That’s raw emotion from Tom. What an experience all this is.
Seriously I love seeing Tom go out of his comfort zone. He approaches it genuinely as himself without question. I want his confidence!
14:41 this is the funniest thing ive seen in my life
This is like something I would come up with in a dream
"I had this totally crazy dream last night where I was watching WWE and Tom Scott was part of it"
Ok this is really strange. I haven't watched professional wrestling in half a decade, but just recently, one single video from a channel that I had forgotten I subscribed to was uploaded after years of silcence and plunged me into a rabbit hole of wrestling. And now Tom gets slammed by a Wrestler.
All I'll say is it's a good time to be a wrestling fan. WWE is on the brink of becoming good again now with Triple H in charge and his changes are already showing, AEW is a phenomenal alternative and should be given a chance for sure, and try to take in a bit of everything else. There's so much out there that's enjoyable to watch and I hope you're able to indulge yourself more
Which silent channel are you talking about ?
What channel?
Same here, just the other week booted up the old WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2006 on ps2 and now this shows up
All Hail The Algorithm! Hail Algorithm!
"What's going through my head? Nearly the Ring!"
22:03 Tom you didn't need to throw it back for a real one like that 🥵
😮💨😮💨😮💨
I enjoy how in the US, pro wrestling is 10,000 people in a huge stadium, whereas in the UK its 30 people in a village hall
To be fair we are talking about WWE (World Wrestling Exhibition) which is very much not an indie promotion, versus UKPW which very much is an indie promotion. I'm sure if you went to an indie promotion in the US the crowd would be just as small
@@richardmillhousenixon Yup. Some of the best wrestling I've ever seen took place in US bingo halls in front of like, ten people.
While WWE and AEW have thousands of people every week, your local indy (including the US) might have a couple of dozen or so people specially if it's some more outlaw show.
It certainly does vary; it will depend on the region as some places have more history and workers to draw upon than others. Seattle for instance has a wrestling promotion that draws upon a local wrestling school founded by a wrestling family; the promotion also draws upon wrestlers from nearby Vancouver (which has it's own promotion). As a result, you get crowds in the hundreds due to the density of wrestlers and people who are interested. Which in turn builds up recognition of wrestlers which gets people interested even more, etc.
@@alfieridleywallace I don't know the full acronym, I just know it's "World Wrestling (something)" and it's not important enough for me to Google, because regardless of if I get the acronym correct people will understand what I'm talking about
I misread it as "I got bodyshamed"
The idea of that being a 28 minute video is hilarious to me.
that will happen one day
Imagine wrestlers taking turns doing a promo lambasting Tom Scott on his physique
Maybe he is into that.
I love this!! This and the old WWF ‘Tough Enough’ series is a remarkable insight into the training and pain involved in what these wrestlers put themselves through almost if not daily - I could watch this for hours…..
I love the "and off you go" as he drops tom onto the mat at 13:08
I love small pro wrestling promotions so much, they have so much more heart and are so much more fun to me than large corporate promos.
As a Professonal Wrestling nerd, this is the greatest crossover of my interests ever. Well done Tom!
If anyone hasnt gone to see a local regional wrestling event, you need to give it a chance. The energy is incredible, and the commitment of the wrestlers matches the pros.
"Tomorrow, there'll be a crowd watching." Tom, there's a crowd watching today.