The Trade is one of the greatest pro wrestling documentaries I've ever had the privilege to watch, for those of you who are a fan of pro wrestling documentaries, a fan of Nick Mondo, I highly recommend it
Bro wrestling is my life. I'd Fucking love it. That's why I love Mondo and CZW. These guys are warriors and risk their lives everytime they are out there to please us the fans. Wwe lol they don't give a flying fuck about the fans. That's why wrestling is in the state it's in now. Nothing beats indy wrestling
I think Mathew is onto something with the mindset of some death match wrestlers. I'm quite interested in learning more about what he thinks of that mindset.
Looks to have fought the pain killers in this interview. You can see it in his face. Hes nit om them here, but definitely was on for a year or so previous.
you guys at RF are amazing thanks to you I got introduced to Japanese hardcore wrestling back in like 96-97 on good old VHS tapes the first one I ever bought was either king of the deathmatch when Cactus Jack won over Terry Funk or a best of Onita vs Pogo I can't remember but they both were amazing
Would love to have seen Nick Mondo in the WWE, Think that was a missed opportunity as so many great matches could have happened. I felt he had just quit wrestling at the time he had gotten super over.
It's a sad situation when you're banged up, can't wrestle anymore, and when you look back on your career, the biggest thing that you can say that you did in career was wrestle for CZW.
+DaringDarkwingDuck that's not bad making it to czw,i trained from age 11 until 18 and was only given 3 matches here in the UK with only about 30 people in the crowd,jobbing for people who had trainned for only a few months,never paid any money infact it cost me money to be on a show and travle to the place,i have just got back into it i am 27 now and had a rumble match last week i was body slammed from inside the ring to outside onto the concrete floor my side is now killing me and there was 20 people in the crowd,even i have to question if any of it is worth it but at least i have some interesting storys and stuff for being involved in wrestling for so long but i need to get another hobbie,hope i didn't bore you by telling you this if i did then sorry about that.
Nope, you didn't bore me at all. Personally if I were a wrestler I would rather wrestle in the UK than CZW. I'm sure that the big promotions over there pay more than CZW. Although, I don't know if you're wrestling for one of the big ones.
I watched this shoot... and honestly seems like Mondo regrets getting into death matches... and it's sad because I first discovered CZW when Nick gave homeless Jimmy the assault driver off of the Ryder Truck....
there's no clear way to tell how much but I'm pretty sure he was a journeyman type performer so he was probably paid per appearance which is a price negotiable and unanimously agreed upon by both parties my educated guess would be $500-$1000 per match plus all expenses including plane tickets, hotel and food and being a journeyman fighting for different promotions he probably made about $3000-$5000 per month depending on his bookings which could either lower or increase his income.
Chris Anonymous there is a zero percent chance that a early 2000s death match wrestler was pulling in 5000 a month. He was probably getting paid 100 bucks a pop.
"This isn't a pro wrestler" LOL You keep thinking that A lot of these guys can wrestler ( like Drake Younger) but there are certain guys that can't wrestle for shit. Just because they do deathmatches doesn't mean that they all can't wrestle a regular match.
***** He may have been paid well in Japan but I highly doubt he was earning big bucks in CZW. Look how small the CZW crowds are, the gates can't be enough to pay high salaries and I'd be very surprised if CZW covered the wrestlers medical bills - Mondo in the video said they didn't even have contracts.
You are wrong. Come to Tokyo, meet him and ask him any question. This dude is a pro wrestler through and through. his method might differ from your favs, but this man is for sure 100% pro wrestler.
The Trade is one of the greatest pro wrestling documentaries I've ever had the privilege to watch, for those of you who are a fan of pro wrestling documentaries, a fan of Nick Mondo, I highly recommend it
I still play mondo in backyard wrestling 2. That's how much of a fan I am.
When I'm feeling insane I picture myself as this guy and want to tear shit up. Even myself. Thank you Mondo
get into yarding
+CyrusCageSCWS I used to Yard when it was huge 1998 to 2001. Fucking loved it. I just do weight training and MMA now
sounds like you'd really enjoy pro training with a good indy fed
Bro wrestling is my life. I'd Fucking love it. That's why I love Mondo and CZW. These guys are warriors and risk their lives everytime they are out there to please us the fans. Wwe lol they don't give a flying fuck about the fans. That's why wrestling is in the state it's in now. Nothing beats indy wrestling
Mondo seems like a cool guy
Dyslexic SpeedReader all Deathmatches guys are cools
I met him last summer, he’s a very cool guy!
when i clicked on this video i thought this was a video of Dennis Reynolds from It's Always Sunny lol
Lol
4:53 nailed it.
I think Mathew is onto something with the mindset of some death match wrestlers.
I'm quite interested in learning more about what he thinks of that mindset.
I had no idea Punk and Mondo teamed at some point. This will be an interesting buy
I don't know that they actually DID. What he said was the company WANTED to team him & Punk.
Legend ✨
Looks to have fought the pain killers in this interview. You can see it in his face. Hes nit om them here, but definitely was on for a year or so previous.
you guys at RF are amazing thanks to you I got introduced to Japanese hardcore wrestling back in like 96-97 on good old VHS tapes the first one I ever bought was either king of the deathmatch when Cactus Jack won over Terry Funk or a best of Onita vs Pogo I can't remember but they both were amazing
Well, Rob is far from amazing, but yeah the company is ok.
You could sell so many more of these videos if you lowered the price to like $5. The quantity would more than make up for the lower price.
This is the first Shoot Preview that I will be buying. 100%
I gotta admit I love New Jack's shoots... like all 400 of them.
@@BradleyVolk3I can smell the smark of you. Being Anti-WWE is so edgy.
@@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927 you are replying to a comment from 8 years ago you bozo
He kind of looks like Kevin Bacon.
Mixed with Seth Green
As a die hard czw fan all i can say, "Just take my money!"
Just bought this, can't wait!
The bit at 12 minutes sounds like it's about Little Mondo/Rory Mondo. I'm very intrigued.
+CRW it is. he actually came back for a bit as a means of talking rory down and getting him to knock off the ultraviolent shit
He is very talented, too bad no WWE contract. Imagine Jim Ross calling his match back in the day, " M.BISON M. BISON M. BISON!"
world of wrestling magazine, one of the few dirtsheets we got in Australia
Am i the only one who thinks he looks kind of like seth green
+OG Figures He does 100%.
he do look like him lol
I was a huge fan of XPW back then.
I’ll say that XPW didn’t have an issue with CZW.......it was CZW that caused issues
Would love to have seen Nick Mondo in the WWE, Think that was a missed opportunity as so many great matches could have happened. I felt he had just quit wrestling at the time he had gotten super over.
Is that Sick Nick Mondo, or Matthew Lillard?
his comment about messiah was cool i think messiah should do a shoot video
It's a sad situation when you're banged up, can't wrestle anymore, and when you look back on your career, the biggest thing that you can say that you did in career was wrestle for CZW.
+DaringDarkwingDuck that's not bad making it to czw,i trained from age 11 until 18 and was only given 3 matches here in the UK with only about 30 people in the crowd,jobbing for people who had trainned for only a few months,never paid any money infact it cost me money to be on a show and travle to the place,i have just got back into it i am 27 now and had a rumble match last week i was body slammed from inside the ring to outside onto the concrete floor my side is now killing me and there was 20 people in the crowd,even i have to question if any of it is worth it but at least i have some interesting storys and stuff for being involved in wrestling for so long but i need to get another hobbie,hope i didn't bore you by telling you this if i did then sorry about that.
Nope, you didn't bore me at all. Personally if I were a wrestler I would rather wrestle in the UK than CZW. I'm sure that the big promotions over there pay more than CZW. Although, I don't know if you're wrestling for one of the big ones.
he is a wrestlers wrestler. doing what most cant or wont for the love of the game
***** *Was* a wrestler's wrestler, thanks to making CZW the sole focus of his career.
DaringDarkwingDuck is that bad
he reminds me of the guy from American psycho
Patrick Bateman
He looks like if Kevin Bacon and Dennis Reynolds had a baby.
Fr
I wonder how he feels about Kenny Omega stealing his moves
He is friends with Omega. They are travel buddies.
Is this the singer of Sum 41?
Idiot.
Idiot
Has anyone watched this yet?
Now he works for AEW on the creative team
Seriously?
@@JL-yw1cp yes he helps with promo packages also.
@@thepunk1019 I'm glad he's doing ok👌👌👌 thanks for the info
@@JL-yw1cp if they make a CZW sick Nick Mondo figure ima lose my fucking mind
Dude, vod please? Who even owns a DVD player anymore
EmperorBubba or he could be on his phone or tablet which neither as a dvd player lol
I still have a vhs dvd combo
djandtown then it's his own faul
***** most people are on phones tablets and netbooks nowdays bro. catch up with the times... dont be like vince lol
I have a DVD player.
This dude is insane. I just saw that weed Wacker spot. Holy shit.
I watched this shoot... and honestly seems like Mondo regrets getting into death matches... and it's sad because I first discovered CZW when Nick gave homeless Jimmy the assault driver off of the Ryder Truck....
Who?
Wild
Who is he talking about involving the "Chairshot from Hell"?
Maybe Balls Mahoney
Ian rotten
where's this full interview
You buy it.
he made $17 lifetime in the business
nope he made $17
I'm wrong? so he made how much then?
there's no clear way to tell how much but I'm pretty sure he was a journeyman type performer so he was probably paid per appearance which is a price negotiable and unanimously agreed upon by both parties my educated guess would be $500-$1000 per match plus all expenses including plane tickets, hotel and food and being a journeyman fighting for different promotions he probably made about $3000-$5000 per month depending on his bookings which could either lower or increase his income.
he didn't even make that he was probably paid in pain pills and pennies oh and hep c for all his trouble too of course.
Chris Anonymous there is a zero percent chance that a early 2000s death match wrestler was pulling in 5000 a month. He was probably getting paid 100 bucks a pop.
Convinced mondo is an ✌👽
WEED WACK MY GUT TO PIECES
IM THROWN OFF A BIG BUILDING!
ULTRA VIOLENCE!!!!!!!!!!
Foley is god. < Mondo is God.
BradleyVolk3 both are absolutely amazing
Yeah but Mondo is like Mick Foleys wild side on Mesculin.
BradleyVolk3 Yes, but what does Nick have to show for it?
His freaking dignity for saying "I think II'll move on" before he turned 46 and did stupid spots for a payday.
I did get this DVD and its pretty damn interesting. There is a lot of stuff that I assumed was about Zandig but was surprised to hear it was not.
XPW sucked, it was awful
This isn't a pro wrestler. He is a performer for sure, but what he did is little more than glorified backyard wrestling for a few bucks. No thanks.
"This isn't a pro wrestler" LOL You keep thinking that A lot of these guys can wrestler ( like Drake Younger) but there are certain guys that can't wrestle for shit. Just because they do deathmatches doesn't mean that they all can't wrestle a regular match.
***** He may have been paid well in Japan but I highly doubt he was earning big bucks in CZW. Look how small the CZW crowds are, the gates can't be enough to pay high salaries and I'd be very surprised if CZW covered the wrestlers medical bills - Mondo in the video said they didn't even have contracts.
You are wrong. Come to Tokyo, meet him and ask him any question. This dude is a pro wrestler through and through. his method might differ from your favs, but this man is for sure 100% pro wrestler.
well backyard wrestling seems a little more legitimate than WWE
@@OscarRodriguez-jx6fl hi I'd like to pay my bills with "pro wrestling legitimacy"