PWJ (Petty Worthless Jackass) thinks people watch bowling for his WWE antics and overall crybaby attitude. I can only speak for myself, but I'll watch bowling for moments and reactions like this. Another example is Mark Roth getting the 7-10 split. I don't watch bowling to see some spoiled creep who thinks he is a heel wrestler who in reality couldn't beat up an egg. Wearing gaudy gold chains and sunglasses indoors, trying to look what he thinks is cool, is just pathetic. And that bitching about flash photography or people in the audience moving while he's performing what he thinks is his art, for God's Sake grow up! If I wanted to watch that kind of crap, then I would watch WWE. At least there it's meant to be entertaining.
I love the facial expressions here, Williams' opponent is totally dumbfounded and Williams himself can't even explain how lucky he got. The best he can do is shrug in amazement and thank whatever celestial forces let it happen.
I recall reading about Robert Smith in the juniors YABA or JAT in the late 80s or early 90s converting two big 4's in a single game during a youth tournament in So. California. Of course he went on to be a PBA titlist but I never forgot reading about that. It was cool to recognize him wandering around Vegas a couple years ago and say hello.
Legendary. I intentionally looked this one up because I haven't seen it in awhile. Walter looks really good physically here. Like he was in really good physical shape.
That's such a beautiful shot! Every time you leave it there's a chance. I've picked this up once. It was a great day. I picked up the 6,7,10 in the first game too.
I was in the crowd there, saw this happen in real time and I was young too… didn’t even know how big this would be in bowling that they caught it on TV at the time
On the big 4 split, you hope to bounce a pin out and hit the other two. I made that split myself about 5 years ago and in my case, I got the 6 pin to slide over and hit the 7 pin and then it bounced out, rolled forward and hit the 4 pin. Anyone who makes that split gets lucky because that's not an easy one to make.
Rodney Benbow there is this kid in my state who is a stroker and he throws his ball around the 22 mph range; he converted this thing by just whipping it at the 6-10. I usually convert the 6-7-10 but barely miss the 4 pin.
His was a bounce-out of the pit. I picked this up last year during unsanctioned league at Greenacres Bowl ion Lake Worth. I had a good game going and threw it through the nose. I was mad so I grabbed my spare ball (15 lb White Dot) and threw it about 20mph between the 6 and 10. The 6 slid across the pin deck and right into the 4 and 7. I've been bowling for 40 years and never seen it made, except on TV. Lucky Lucky Lucky
It was the first time in a PBA telecast. However, Tim Mack did it in 2000, before Walter Ray did. It was the World 10 pin Championship, if I remember correctly.
Every great feat deserves at least one conspiracy theorist to post... I say an employee behind the pinsetter re-directed the pin back out onto the deck. Just kidding. a great play, and right here in my hometown.
WRW Jr. is incredible for being able to adjust to how much the game changed over time. He went from Urethane to Reactive Resin and has started doing 2-handed, and, apparently, is very good at it. He asks people at pro-ams "2-handed or 1-handed?". I've met him a couple of times, you honestly wouldn't even notice him if he wasn't in your direct eyesight. Very unassuming and down to earth, just a nice guy.
I saw this split converted once in league play at the "Superbowl" Lanes in Windber, Pa.. The bowler's name was Harry Baldwin. He slid the 6 over and it somehow got tangled between the 4 and the 7. Boom! lol
I made the big four at the Lake County Indiana Classic TQR (Tour Qualifying Round)....it was my ONLY two seconds of fame!! I will probably never get any further than being a THB (Typical House Bowler).
The first and maybe only time I got that was when I chucked it down the lane and just turned around (I think I lost the game anyway) and everyone was shocked and cheered and I did not even get to see it :( Lol. WRW reacted perfectly to that...
I made this last night for the first time. We were down by 4pins in league and i left this spare. Angry as hell i grabbed my spare ball and threw it as hard as i could on the inside of the 4. It ricochetted the 4 and 7 off the left wall and back across knocking out the 10. Something popped up and barely nuged the 6 forward. Crazy way to steal a tie.
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I converted the 4 - 6 split once while bowling on my high school team. The 6 pin didn't come out of the pit and hit the 4 pin though. I threw the ball very close to the gutter and it touched the 6 pin just enough to cause it to tip over to the left, stand back up a bit and then fall one last time into the 4 pin. I don't think it would be possible to convert that spare by sliding the 6 pin over as I had done a few times when converting the 6 - 7. As much as I love golf, I really miss bowling.
I ran into the big 4 a few times, and one time I tried something different. I hit the right side of the 4, it bounced off the wall and hit the 7, then the 7 was hit into the 10. Didn't get the 6. I've always been curious to see if that would be a valid way to do it, because I only tried it one time and it seemed pretty close to success.
I remember that moment watching this live. I jumped up from my seat going "OOOOOH!!!!!!" Honestly I think this was the first time I ever saw Ryan Shafer emote on tv btw.
I made it once too but a bit different. I hit the 6-10 hard into the corner and one came flying out and hit both 4-7 at the same time. This bowling center didn't even have a tendency to bounce pins but when 2 pins and the ball hits the same spot apparently you can get lucky
HHH I believe that is the proper way to shoot it. I've gotten 3 of 4 once by sliding the 6 across but I think your way hard and straight hitting the 6 thin on the left and then hoping for some bounce and sliding a pin across is the way to go. I feel the big four is more difficult than the 7-10 which I've converted twice.
It's one of 3 splits I've left and never picked up atleast once. 7-10 was the hardest I've got. I've attempted this and got the 4,6,10 while leaving the 7 behind a few times. 6 went right in front of the 7. But never picked up the 4,6,10 split or the 4,6,7 either.
I’m not sure he was even trying for that! It seemed as though he had resigned himself to just getting two of them, but the 6-pin had other ideas. I once got a 4-6-7 split by going for the two pins, and I almost missed the 4, but nicked it just hard enough to make it fall sideways and slide into the 6.
It’s not, despite only being picked up once on TV, while the 7-10 has been picked up 3 times on TV. The last time, though, was in 1993. Also, the 2-8-10 has been picked up at least twice on TV
@@fwant2729 it was the 2-10. I've picked it up before it was just the particular way I did it that time. Just picked up the 4-10 about three weeks ago.
WRW JR never threw it that hard like throw out your shoulder hard but it is just those fortunate bounces/ricochet to make conversions like that. When I bowled, I had the 3-9 double wood which I am a lefty for that pin set up, I threw the ball like I said not throw out your shoulder hard but I converted that spare but my ball double bounced off the 3 pin so hard that it shot out like a cannon before the sweeper came down & that 3 pin was in the right gutter coming right to me like YOU GOT TO BE KIDING ME & that is my first & only time that I ever touched a real bowling pin ever.
I’ve gotten one before. The ball was just about in the gutter then the 4 pin flew across and hit the 6 and 10 pin. Out of everybody in the bowling alley only my dad and I saw.
I just hit this shot this morning in leagues 2nd game 5th frame, no lie I was so surprised not a good shot but the pins just did it's thing I guess 🤷🏿♂️
I made it one time in a totally different way. I bowled a straight ball down the right side and some how managed to kick the 6 pin over to knock out the 4 and 7 pins. First time I ever broke 200.
Even in a heated competition; you have to be excited that your opponent picked up such a tough split. Shafer is a class act
The toughest split next o the 7-10.
can you imagine what Pete Weber's reaction would be? holy shit his head would explode
PWJ (Petty Worthless Jackass) thinks people watch bowling for his WWE antics and overall crybaby attitude.
I can only speak for myself, but I'll watch bowling for moments and reactions like this. Another example is Mark Roth getting the 7-10 split.
I don't watch bowling to see some spoiled creep who thinks he is a heel wrestler who in reality couldn't beat up an egg. Wearing gaudy gold chains and sunglasses indoors, trying to look what he thinks is cool, is just pathetic. And that bitching about flash photography or people in the audience moving while he's performing what he thinks is his art, for God's Sake grow up!
If I wanted to watch that kind of crap, then I would watch WWE. At least there it's meant to be entertaining.
@@Inglewolf It did increase rating, and that's all they care about.
Inglewolf weber is great. Love watching him. Hes hilarious. Hes also one of the best bowlers to ever live. Heels make it fun.
@@Inglewolf u obviously know nothing about bowling
You are CLEARLY a WRW2 fan, and thus your comment is null and void.
Pete Weber is the Dale Earnhardt of bowling.
The double take he does is absolutely legendary.. what a gangster. The crowd and opponent reaction is so awesome
Both bowlers have great reactions. Shafer's is best though "You've gotta be kidding me...nice shot."
Yep, total respect for Schaffer
He said Oh My God.
The 6 pin told the 4 and 7 hell no, you're coming along for the trip :)
The 6 pin told the 4 and the 7 if I’m going down so are the two of you
What about the ten pin. Y'all leaving him out alone and he is upset man
The 10 didn't want anything to do with that back-stabber
6 pins with a circle around it…SPARE.
I love the facial expressions here, Williams' opponent is totally dumbfounded and Williams himself can't even explain how lucky he got. The best he can do is shrug in amazement and thank whatever celestial forces let it happen.
All you have to call Ryan Shafer is "his opponent" the disrespect
This guy is a living legend.
G.O.A.T.
Imagine the scorekeepers reaction when they actually had to mark a spare in the frame!
I had to laugh at the replay of his reaction! The look on his face! Lol nice shot Walter!
Walter’s look was priceless as he was walking away - just before the 4-7 tumbled. 😮😎
I recall reading about Robert Smith in the juniors YABA or JAT in the late 80s or early 90s converting two big 4's in a single game during a youth tournament in So. California. Of course he went on to be a PBA titlist but I never forgot reading about that. It was cool to recognize him wandering around Vegas a couple years ago and say hello.
Legendary. I intentionally looked this one up because I haven't seen it in awhile. Walter looks really good physically here. Like he was in really good physical shape.
He looks better here than he did a few years before is what I noticed.
i was watching it live when he did it and his expression was priceless
That was perfect. They certainly don't call him deadeye for nothing...
Walter Ray Williams is one of the best bowlers to Grace this Earth always calm and smooth as silk no wonder he leads lots of PBA categories
That's such a beautiful shot!
Every time you leave it there's a chance. I've picked this up once. It was a great day. I picked up the 6,7,10 in the first game too.
I was in the crowd there, saw this happen in real time and I was young too… didn’t even know how big this would be in bowling that they caught it on TV at the time
I like how Ryan Shafer got up to give him a high five lol
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It was an honor to watch it live in that crowd!!!!!!
On the big 4 split, you hope to bounce a pin out and hit the other two. I made that split myself about 5 years ago and in my case, I got the 6 pin to slide over and hit the 7 pin and then it bounced out, rolled forward and hit the 4 pin. Anyone who makes that split gets lucky because that's not an easy one to make.
My friend picked up the big four by hitting on the right side of the 6 pin hitting it over into the four pin and the four pin hitting the 7 pin.
Rodney Benbow there is this kid in my state who is a stroker and he throws his ball around the 22 mph range; he converted this thing by just whipping it at the 6-10. I usually convert the 6-7-10 but barely miss the 4 pin.
Awesome! I never converted that, but I once converted the 7-9. Just barely shaved the 9 into the 7.
RufusLeakin I’ve also made the 7-9 split. Same way you did by barley shaving the 9 and sliding it into the 7.
Rufus Leakin Damn, you had to hit that 9 pin super thin then.
What a shock! The Yankees-Red Sox game is going to be featured on ESPN that night. That's got to be unprecedented.
00:33 When Belmo bowled back-to-back televised 300
0:38 voice crack
Walter is the only one to pick the big 4 up in history and both are good bowlers.
His was a bounce-out of the pit. I picked this up last year during unsanctioned league at Greenacres Bowl ion Lake Worth. I had a good game going and threw it through the nose. I was mad so I grabbed my spare ball (15 lb White Dot) and threw it about 20mph between the 6 and 10. The 6 slid across the pin deck and right into the 4 and 7. I've been bowling for 40 years and never seen it made, except on TV. Lucky Lucky Lucky
this is just a promotional vid for Brunswick max pins having the greatest pin action to solve splits like that, lol
Great shot, but the commentators and the crowd pushed this one to epic.
The first, and so far only time the Big 4 has been made on television.
It was the first time in a PBA telecast.
However, Tim Mack did it in 2000, before Walter Ray did.
It was the World 10 pin Championship, if I remember correctly.
Every great feat deserves at least one conspiracy theorist to post...
I say an employee behind the pinsetter re-directed the pin back out onto the deck.
Just kidding. a great play, and right here in my hometown.
drunkard
To those "People" who were mean enough to give this video clip a thumbs down-Let's see you do any better!!!!!
Lol Schaffer's reaction. Hahhahahha
Good job on the split ♥️.
i love how he starts to look away at around 1:05 and then stops dead in his tracks as the 2 other pins are taken out. Boom!
He and Earl, the best ten pin bowlers of all time
Throw Duke and PB3rd and that is the Elite 4.
@@TopKirby8305 No argument there.
WRW Jr. is incredible for being able to adjust to how much the game changed over time. He went from Urethane to Reactive Resin and has started doing 2-handed, and, apparently, is very good at it. He asks people at pro-ams "2-handed or 1-handed?". I've met him a couple of times, you honestly wouldn't even notice him if he wasn't in your direct eyesight. Very unassuming and down to earth, just a nice guy.
I saw this split converted once in league play at the "Superbowl" Lanes in Windber, Pa.. The bowler's name was Harry Baldwin. He slid the 6 over and it somehow got tangled between the 4 and the 7. Boom! lol
I would have loved to see Dick Vitale commentate this conversion - "I can't believe it, can't believe it. ARE YOU SERIOUS ARE YOU SERIOUS!!??"
At one time Walter Ray was #1 bowler in the world at bowling and Horseshoe.
He graduated with a degree in physics. That gives him an edge with complicated problems like the 4,6,7,10.
I made the big four at the Lake County Indiana Classic TQR (Tour Qualifying Round)....it was my ONLY two seconds of fame!! I will probably never get any further than being a THB (Typical House Bowler).
The first and maybe only time I got that was when I chucked it down the lane and just turned around (I think I lost the game anyway) and everyone was shocked and cheered and I did not even get to see it :(
Lol.
WRW reacted perfectly to that...
That split cost my wife and I $2,000. Lost the league because that came up in the 10th.
The 4,6,7,10 is also called the Double Pinochle.
Divergingroute73 Really?
dbkparm he meant the double pinnacle.
Divergingroute1973 Big four is another term
Double Pinochle is correct as another term for the 4-6-7-10. Pinochle is an old card game.
Jack Montgomery oh thanks
That is huge! Only a 1% chance of getting that 4,6,7,10 statistically! Just incredible!
I made this last night for the first time. We were down by 4pins in league and i left this spare. Angry as hell i grabbed my spare ball and threw it as hard as i could on the inside of the 4. It ricochetted the 4 and 7 off the left wall and back across knocking out the 10. Something popped up and barely nuged the 6 forward. Crazy way to steal a tie.
OMG! I JUST LOOOVE How Walter [Williams, [Jr.]] ROLLS His Ball and SWINGS His Arm --- 'specially That FAMOUS "Back-Chop" at The [Very] End of His "Arm-Swing"!!💯💯💯💯💯🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳
I just realised this video is uploaded on my birthday just saying 😁
I converted the 4 - 6 split once while bowling on my high school team. The 6 pin didn't come out of the pit and hit the 4 pin though. I threw the ball very close to the gutter and it touched the 6 pin just enough to cause it to tip over to the left, stand back up a bit and then fall one last time into the 4 pin. I don't think it would be possible to convert that spare by sliding the 6 pin over as I had done a few times when converting the 6 - 7. As much as I love golf, I really miss bowling.
Still the only time ever on TV...
The only televised "Big 4" conversion too.
I ran into the big 4 a few times, and one time I tried something different. I hit the right side of the 4, it bounced off the wall and hit the 7, then the 7 was hit into the 10. Didn't get the 6.
I've always been curious to see if that would be a valid way to do it, because I only tried it one time and it seemed pretty close to success.
At 1:05 Walter Ray was like, "WTF...?!" X,'~D
I bet he still gets asked about the Big Four conversion to this day!
Best double-take I've ever seen!
THE SHOT OF THE CENTURY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this still the only time this ever happened on TV?
I guess.
I’ve made a 6-7-10 by accident 🤣. I was going for the 6-10 only and it went wide
Billy Welu converted the 4-6-10 on Championship Bowling, getting the same pin action as Williams did converting the 4-6-7-10.
I made this by skinning the 6 pin and sliding it over to make the 4-7. So I basically shot a 10 pin and made it
Ryan Quealey I made that split one myself. The 6 pin slid over and knocked out the 7 pin and then bounced out to hit the 4 pin.
Thats a hard shot to convert
There's really no strategy on that one. Just throw it hard your and hope that God is on your side for the moment
well isn't that a strategy?
If God was on your side, you wouldn't leave it to begin with.
I remember that moment watching this live. I jumped up from my seat going "OOOOOH!!!!!!" Honestly I think this was the first time I ever saw Ryan Shafer emote on tv btw.
Just picked it up today!
I made it once too but a bit different. I hit the 6-10 hard into the corner and one came flying out and hit both 4-7 at the same time. This bowling center didn't even have a tendency to bounce pins but when 2 pins and the ball hits the same spot apparently you can get lucky
I did it the other way around. 4-7 hard and took the 6-10. Both times
HHH I believe that is the proper way to shoot it. I've gotten 3 of 4 once by sliding the 6 across but I think your way hard and straight hitting the 6 thin on the left and then hoping for some bounce and sliding a pin across is the way to go. I feel the big four is more difficult than the 7-10 which I've converted twice.
I got those split once when I used to bowl on the league it was impossible to do that but I did it
It's one of 3 splits I've left and never picked up atleast once. 7-10 was the hardest I've got. I've attempted this and got the 4,6,10 while leaving the 7 behind a few times. 6 went right in front of the 7. But never picked up the 4,6,10 split or the 4,6,7 either.
The shock was worthless! Epic
That's one you don't see made too often.
i love this and im not even a bowling fan.
I laughed a lot harder then I should have xD
who won this match?
I got the Big 4 once during open play, but not during leagues or tournaments.
I’m not sure he was even trying for that! It seemed as though he had resigned himself to just getting two of them, but the 6-pin had other ideas. I once got a 4-6-7 split by going for the two pins, and I almost missed the 4, but nicked it just hard enough to make it fall sideways and slide into the 6.
Do you know who won that game?
Ryan Shafer won the game...I was at this tournament 2006 PBA Atlanta ..believe Norm Duke beat Ryan for title
Yes, this was also on Super Bowl Sunday between Pittsburgh and Seattle.
Now we know how Ray felt when he landed that big contract. *opens soda*
Is this a money shot? It should be considering how difficult it is to make this.
It’s not, despite only being picked up once on TV, while the 7-10 has been picked up 3 times on TV. The last time, though, was in 1993. Also, the 2-8-10 has been picked up at least twice on TV
I have picked that up 6 times in my lifetime but never the 7-10. crazy
I've made the 2,7,10, the 3-10 both ways, the 5-10 and 5-7, and came very close to making the 4-7-10.
STRAIGHT UP LUCK right there.
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@@NoahRonaldo22 Because.
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I was bowling against Ron Mohr in a friendly head to head match one night, and the bugger picked up the 7-10. I lost by a few pins.
the goat
0:32 0:35 LOOK OUT! The Big 4 has fallen.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Question. He made the shot but did he win the match?
No he did not.
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Luck was on his side that day. Like when I picked up the 2-10 a couple of years ago. 2 pin went into the back and leaned forward into the 10.
@@fwant2729 it was the 2-10. I've picked it up before it was just the particular way I did it that time. Just picked up the 4-10 about three weeks ago.
I also converted it but I didn't get anything :'(
Straight outta MacGyver!
The GOAT, plain and simple
The fact that even pros have a difficult time converting splits, tells you an awful lot about the intensity of professional bowling.
I made the big four once but I left the 4-6-7-9-10 and I didnt get the 9 pin I got so mad that I didn't get the spare
Had the Greek Church and ended up converting a completely different split... LAWL! By complete accident!
WRW JR never threw it that hard like throw out your shoulder hard but it is just those fortunate bounces/ricochet to make conversions like that. When I bowled, I had the 3-9 double wood which I am a lefty for that pin set up, I threw the ball like I said not throw out your shoulder hard but I converted that spare but my ball double bounced off the 3 pin so hard that it shot out like a cannon before the sweeper came down & that 3 pin was in the right gutter coming right to me like YOU GOT TO BE KIDING ME & that is my first & only time that I ever touched a real bowling pin ever.
I’ve gotten one before. The ball was just about in the gutter then the 4 pin flew across and hit the 6 and 10 pin. Out of everybody in the bowling alley only my dad and I saw.
I just hit this shot this morning in leagues 2nd game 5th frame, no lie I was so surprised not a good shot but the pins just did it's thing I guess 🤷🏿♂️
I made it one time in a totally different way. I bowled a straight ball down the right side and some how managed to kick the 6 pin over to knock out the 4 and 7 pins. First time I ever broke 200.
You mean, Walter Ray Williams Jr. converts "The Big 4"
I once left the 4,7,8,10...That had never happened to me before, but I converted the spare...Not once have I ever converted a 4,7,10 though.
Which spare spilt is more difficult then the big four?
I play bowling on Wii Sports a lot, and I hate getting this split
thats the advantage of brunswick machines.
Man I miss ESPN classic