2009 Mike Graham Talks WCW and More RIP

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  • First I would like to say thank you to Rob Feinstein and RF Video for allowing me to post this Video of Mike Graham yes Mr never drew a dime thank you so much appreciate it. This interview was done in 2009. Credit Goes to Rob Feinstein and RF Video please don't repost this video. All Credit goes to Rf Video
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  • @g7721
    @g7721 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    His tattoo artist never drew a dime. RIP to Mike

  • @kombuchisclay
    @kombuchisclay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    He reminds me of Ned Flanders."Never drew a dime diddly dime"

    • @robkearsy2995
      @robkearsy2995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Ned Flanders drew money. Homer drew money. When Bart Simpsons was on they watched him. When Ralph Wiggum was on they watched him. Nelson! Nelson Muntz drew money. When Millhouse, Martin & Smithers were on people were changing the channel to watch something else.

    • @CarterHayes77
      @CarterHayes77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Kombuchis Clay lmao diddly dime

    • @diggadirt393
      @diggadirt393 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@robkearsy2995 Martin was a decent mid-carder

    • @robkearsy2995
      @robkearsy2995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@diggadirt393 Yeah didn't he win a couple of intercontinental titles. He just was bad on interviews.

    • @andrewisjesus
      @andrewisjesus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fk. Thanks dude. Now all i can think of is Ned Flanders when i see this guy. Ned didnt blow his brains out tho

  • @WMW011387
    @WMW011387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Every baseball coach I had in the 90s looked like him.

  • @joeambrose3260
    @joeambrose3260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Mike Graham was a gentleman and genuine nice guy. He would lend my uncle his car to go to doctor appointments and was a true friend

    • @jodyturner9330
      @jodyturner9330 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's a lier and a looser

    • @judahsoremy9857
      @judahsoremy9857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Did your uncle draw a dime?

    • @joeambrose3260
      @joeambrose3260 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jodyturner9330 He was a looser and you're a wiener

    • @joeshipley666
      @joeshipley666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@judahsoremy9857 not as many as your mother drew 😂

    • @adamirishconundrum851
      @adamirishconundrum851 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@judahsoremy9857 Mike drew a bullet, but not a dime.

  • @swvastories3498
    @swvastories3498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Mike seemed like he was in a good place here but you never know what battles someone is facing on the inside. That was heart wrenching watching him talk about his dads last day.

    • @davestuddaman8127
      @davestuddaman8127 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      His son committed suicide too

    • @davidporter7051
      @davidporter7051 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He didn't look or sound good at all. This is a classic example of a narcissistic, paranoid, and delusional individual. Within 5 minutes he contradicts himself multiple times. It's sad.

    • @DLRX
      @DLRX หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidporter7051 Eric Bischoff recently described him as "an emotionally disturbed alcoholic."

  • @michaelrood2751
    @michaelrood2751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    The part where he talks about his dad and then to think he did it himself is really eerie and sad

    • @markwilliams984
      @markwilliams984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is tragic when uthink about it the man does chat some suit but is a characder

    • @Greenbeans0987
      @Greenbeans0987 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @iamsupernautthat’s what triggers it he killed himself just like his son did with his sons boots ok

  • @jimothysparkcus
    @jimothysparkcus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Just here for the "never drew a dime" comments

    • @jh6025
      @jh6025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Came to make one.

    • @joshhendryx5028
      @joshhendryx5028 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mike's bullet drew like 8 cents

    • @lk5388
      @lk5388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshhendryx5028 so just round up to a dime!

  • @nduclet351
    @nduclet351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Mike could’ve took a job as an artist at the federal reserve and he still would’ve “never drew a dime”

    • @jamie.777
      @jamie.777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      His Dad certainly drew plenty of dimes, midget son Mike - not so much 🙄

    • @rawbundy4676
      @rawbundy4676 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He could be a heap of shit and wouldn’t draw flies.

    • @adamirishconundrum851
      @adamirishconundrum851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ned Flanders drew more dimes than this fool.

    • @kienpaulspicer1173
      @kienpaulspicer1173 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about if he drew pennies

  • @marcusmiddltn_
    @marcusmiddltn_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    For some reason watching Mike talk about Chris and Nancy make me feel like the tragedy was deeper than we were told, my opinion

    • @chrisweber6090
      @chrisweber6090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That whole situation has many unanswered questions

    • @chrisweber6090
      @chrisweber6090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But honestly nobody will ever really know what happened. That’s probably how Chris wanted. Fuck him

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Billy Jack Haynes said she slept with a lot of wrestlers when she got her start. He said she was in a limo and gave head to Vince and Hulk trying to get a job in the WWF.
      It’s Billy Jack, so who knows if its true. But Im sure there were rumors out there that probably pissed off Benoit and led to a lot of arguments.

    • @bladestormviking
      @bladestormviking 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      billy jack haynes is a loony toon trying desperately to get attention. as for mike graham.... he jumped to the wrong conclusion and as a result....threatened to kill someone. and he's oh so proud of this, what a shithead.

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Joe What are you talking about?
      WWE forced Benoit and Nancy to come together? That happened in WCW and Kevin Sullivan booked it.
      Ur confusing me.

  • @LuchoCastle_11
    @LuchoCastle_11 7 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    He made 6000 shoots, never drew a dime.

    • @MattSingh1
      @MattSingh1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Bullshit- Graham wouldn't have been anything in the business if he weren't his father's son.

    • @LuchoCastle_11
      @LuchoCastle_11 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      thievesarmy I the thing about a joke is being funny, not realistic...

    • @jebvoorhees125
      @jebvoorhees125 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well he did draw blood.. from his last "shot".

    • @LuchoCastle_11
      @LuchoCastle_11 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jeb Voorhees Lol

    • @catfatherb
      @catfatherb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jeb Voorhees that's why I say....HEY MAN NICE SHOT!!!

  • @ajjjay9583
    @ajjjay9583 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Man this guy went through so much, God bless him.

    • @davidporter7051
      @davidporter7051 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The majority of it the last 3+ decades of his life he brought upon himself.

    • @Greeneggsz
      @Greeneggsz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Mike Graham is the man!!!!!

  • @MB-oc1nw
    @MB-oc1nw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Mike taught everyone everything they ever knew

    • @user-sb2tb9oe7d
      @user-sb2tb9oe7d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I'm sad he never lived long enough to tell the story of when he punked out Haku and beat up Billy Jack Haynes.

    • @joshhendryx5028
      @joshhendryx5028 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Just like Greg Gagne

    • @billysikes1374
      @billysikes1374 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everybody knew I was coming to the Super Bowl, like he was Elvis, geez, he sucked himself off for almost an hour and a half, Mike taught me how to take a shit, watch him in ring

    • @hw5091
      @hw5091 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      and they still couldn't draw a dime.

    • @billysikes1374
      @billysikes1374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hw5091 lol

  • @artofbeal8740
    @artofbeal8740 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Vince dropped the ball with not having Mike Graham Vs Andre @ Wrestlemania 3

    • @anthonyjones7848
      @anthonyjones7848 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @BigChooch8787
      @BigChooch8787 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lmao

    • @youtubeistryingtocensorme
      @youtubeistryingtocensorme 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s cuz Vince knew Mike Graham could never draw a dime

    • @russoswerve7856
      @russoswerve7856 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Andre weighed 600 pounds, never drew a dime

  • @SupaStah01
    @SupaStah01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    His body language says he's full of stress. An important lesson to be learned here; don't let shit get to you and eat at you- let things go.

    • @CarterHayes77
      @CarterHayes77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      SupaStah01 yes great point. Studying his mannerisms is interesting and visceral tone at the Benoit story

    • @myquest666420
      @myquest666420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I think losing his son to suicide sealed his fate. His dad killed himself, his uncle killed himself, and then most importantly, his son killed himself. Mike shortly followed.
      I have heard that he internalized all of that. The man wondered aloud to many friends that he must have been a terrible father and a terrible son for them to have both committed suicide. I
      Regardless of how any of us feel about Mike Graham, I can’t even imagine the pain inside of him. A truly tortured soul, and tortured entirely by the idea that it was his fault that his dad and son were driven to suicide.

    • @mikematthews3409
      @mikematthews3409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maybe he knew more to the benoit murders

    • @lemankurtz8950
      @lemankurtz8950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This guy might as well have had a bullseye on his forehead. He's wearing "Distressed" all over him. Older age is VERY HARD for some of us to get through.......all I can do is say STEAL YOURSELF and get through day to day.

    • @deadyrockspin
      @deadyrockspin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@myquest666420 totally agree, to this day wrestling media people still shit on Mike, and have a weird kind of sympathy to Benoit.

  • @speakingmoistly9912
    @speakingmoistly9912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Never. Drew. A. Dime… Not a dime!

    • @hw5091
      @hw5091 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      not a single penny!

  • @mcwhorter141mcwhorter8
    @mcwhorter141mcwhorter8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I've been misjudging Mike all of these years, the end of this interview broke my heart for him.

    • @markolsen7010
      @markolsen7010 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's because at heart you're a scumbag

  • @Jason-si8iu
    @Jason-si8iu ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Had mike graham stayed @ that super bowl, Dan Marino would've won a Superbowl

    • @judahsoremy9857
      @judahsoremy9857 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dan Marino never drew a dime.

    • @Jason-si8iu
      @Jason-si8iu ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@judahsoremy9857 tua never drew a dime

    • @judahsoremy9857
      @judahsoremy9857 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Jason-si8iu Your dime never drew a dime.

  • @williamarchibald1378
    @williamarchibald1378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    When the Boogie Man goes to bed at night, he checks under his bed for Mike Graham

  • @petegallows5494
    @petegallows5494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “…and than Thomas Alva Edison walks in and asks me - Mike, what should I do and I took a pity on him and told him - Thomas Alva Edison, here’s what I would do if I were you - And I told him about the whole light bulb idea and gave him some drawings. Because Thomas could not draw. The rest is history”.

    • @stuartmorris6299
      @stuartmorris6299 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Edison didn't invent the lightbulb so your right, that story would be ridiculous.

  • @josephmiller9424
    @josephmiller9424 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    No matter how old you see adults turn back to small children when they talk of the day they lost their Dad & mom and then his children now know his pain very sad

  • @sprintkick9793
    @sprintkick9793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Grew up watching CWF and Mike Graham. He was an underrated wrestler and one of my favorite interviews. He knew the business. RIP Mike

  • @user-sb2tb9oe7d
    @user-sb2tb9oe7d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    LET'S ROLL TOUGH GUY!!!!

  • @jamesmckeon9139
    @jamesmckeon9139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “What’s the thing you fill out when you try to get a job”

  • @bassclay100
    @bassclay100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    hes smarter then everyone tougher then everyone yet NEVER DREW A DIME!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @MrDivalover1
      @MrDivalover1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @bassclay100 he mike graham never made it in big leagues pro wrestling then wwf wcw nwa. rent ton old wwf wcw, nwa ppv tapes never saw him wrestling. he no different that internet tough guy. since mike graham couldn't make it like lex luger, sid, sting all big names in pro wrestling in wwf/E wcw. ask 100 people on street in big city in America who is mike graham no one would know. ask same 100 people who is hulk Hogan, lex luger, chris beniot, sting is 100 people would name lex luger, stingm hulk Hogan chris beniot is.

    • @richardmiller6422
      @richardmiller6422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrDivalover1 really?
      Who wouldn't notice a guy standing over 6foot5 and 275lbs !!!!
      Just because this guy doesn't fall into that category doesn't mean he wasn't someone who gave something to the business or did since he committed suicide if you didn't already know that!

    • @williamarchibald1378
      @williamarchibald1378 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@richardmiller6422 I think you kinda missed what MrDiva is saying. Mike Graham was never anyone in the wrestling.

    • @myquest666420
      @myquest666420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      As small as he is, his weightlifting record that stood for 17 years in Florida proves that he absolutely was strong.
      He does seem to lie a lot, but he will always get a free pass for me. Losing his uncle, father and son to suicide must have been extremely traumatizing. His friends say that he blames himself for his dad and sons suicide. To the point where he has said he must have been a shitty son and father.
      It should come as no surprise
      that someone who had these thoughts would eventually end
      their own life. Truly sad.

    • @sleazyfellow
      @sleazyfellow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Graham name in Florida was pretty big. He was not the main guy but his family was well known

  • @desmondcastro3679
    @desmondcastro3679 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I wish I could've been fortunate enough to see the Graham family in person, wrestle. They had a "sound" product with all the crazy shanagins performances outside the ring. It drew ticket sales. Smart business. Great story lines and Kevin Sullivan, Dusty Rhodes, Mike's in ring fight with Dory Funk Jr, priceless ! R.I.P father & son. God bless you both.

  • @waffleironcheesecake
    @waffleironcheesecake ปีที่แล้ว +14

    “He never drew a dime! Not even one, penny!”
    LMAO

    • @Dale-jr7oj
      @Dale-jr7oj 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Classic line lol

  • @mikelong2756
    @mikelong2756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I invented getting over. I threw a guy over a fence... He got over! The rest is history- Greg Gagne/Mike Graham

    • @billysikes1374
      @billysikes1374 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol Greg Gagne, should have been working at the Snack Bar, only had a job because his dad was Verne

  • @ricksanchez2425
    @ricksanchez2425 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Never drew a dime

  • @polopopolo2197
    @polopopolo2197 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    His rants are so addicting because he is so delusional it’s almost I can’t stop watching

    • @thejmc4074
      @thejmc4074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He’s right about the radicalz tho

  • @chambers712
    @chambers712 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Mike and Greg Gagne have almost same identical story when describing Hogan to WCW and giving Bischoff "the keys to success"

    •  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You know I can see it with both. With Greg working with Hogan and Bischoff. Mike obviously from Florida. Greg and Mike were both working with WCW at the time. I'm sure there's a $hit ton of embellishment, bit I bet there's a small piece of truth with each.

    • @davidcosdesign6785
      @davidcosdesign6785 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great minds think alike. Would not be surprised if Easy E talked to both and took the best ideas of both. Although Mike has more credibility to me.

    • @whatever_it_takes6691
      @whatever_it_takes6691 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "I said 'You gotta bring in Hulk Hogan'"

  • @elijahchesterthomas5334
    @elijahchesterthomas5334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Knowing what happened to Mike after this, the end of the video is super sad.

    • @cockaroach1458
      @cockaroach1458 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree. Feel so sorry and bad for him. RIP

  • @kckc6588
    @kckc6588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    “I don’t care about my job but I’ll kill you if you mess with my job”
    Dude is so FOS

    • @user-sb2tb9oe7d
      @user-sb2tb9oe7d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He lived in a fantasy land.

    • @trizzo5147
      @trizzo5147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Talk shit on the dead your a real bad ass right?

  • @abooooff
    @abooooff 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I really enjoyed this video thank you. Took place a year before he lost his son and the beginning of what destroyed him. What a good guy, would have liked to have met him.

  • @girls69h20
    @girls69h20 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Came to this shoot after dark side of the ring. Never heard that perspective about Nancy Beniot…. Didn’t know mike had it so hard!!!! I love that “didn’t draw a dime” soundbite. Rip

  • @jonathanturbide2232
    @jonathanturbide2232 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Big thanks for sharing the full interview

  • @ROIDEDCAPS7868
    @ROIDEDCAPS7868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    MAY EDDIE, MIKE, AND MIKES SON ALL REST BEAUTIFULLY IN THE BIG SQUARED CIRCLE IN THE SKY.

    • @richardcclark3696
      @richardcclark3696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes........ one of the great wrestling family's 😇😇😇😇😇 R.I.P.

    • @subzero9113
      @subzero9113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@richardcclark3696 That never drew a dime!

  • @ricktaylor6579
    @ricktaylor6579 7 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    RIP Mike Graham. I'll owe you for the rest of my bloody life for the "never drew a dime line" I use it often, I use it when it doesn't even apply and more when it does.

    • @myquest666420
      @myquest666420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      rick taylor I feel for him. His dad killing himself left a void. But losing his own son to suicide was the last straw.
      Friends of his have mentioned that he often wondered aloud how he must have been a terrible son and father. He internalized his trauma. He blamed himself.
      Even if he is the liar that everyone agrees he is, I can’t even imagine the mental state leading to his suicide.
      It’s just fucking heartbreaking.

    • @yakuzaohtani3631
      @yakuzaohtani3631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      rick taylor His Death never drew a dime! Not a dime!

    • @yakuzaohtani3631
      @yakuzaohtani3631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      mike west He wondered aloud, if his daddy and son was watching over him, somewhere far abound, He had to reverse his life, he couldn’t live in the past. Then he had to kill himself to set his soul free, belong to him at last.
      -Never Drew a Dime

    • @myquest666420
      @myquest666420 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yakuza Ohtani are you singing Pantera to me? Lol

    • @myquest666420
      @myquest666420 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yakuza Ohtani I feel like you’re singing cemetery gates but changing the lyrics to fit mike graham lol

  • @JohnnyFriction
    @JohnnyFriction 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Muscle shirts on old dudes never drew a dime.

  • @x-lm4kr
    @x-lm4kr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He definitely knows wrestling!

  • @Funeral_Tango
    @Funeral_Tango 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    On October 19, 2012, Graham was found dead by his wife of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at their residence in Daytona Beach, Florida. His father & son had committed suicide in similar manners on January 21, 1985 and December 14, 2010, respectively. His grandfather & uncle also committed suicide. His uncle was sick with cancer at the time.
    Now that is so sad.

    • @donniedoesdishes
      @donniedoesdishes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      kind of like the von erichs

    • @bigdaddyroy5382
      @bigdaddyroy5382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wonder if his son had any kids especially sons. They may want to get him checked out. There seems to be alot of mental health issues running on that side of the family

    • @billblaski9523
      @billblaski9523 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poor guy, I forgot who but one of the wrestlers said Mike once said something like 'I must be such a piece of shit person that my father killed himself AND my son killed himself. What does that say about me, I feel like if I don't kill myself, then I won't ever get respect' something to that effect, not exactly words

    • @anthonymartin9923
      @anthonymartin9923 ปีที่แล้ว

      No but I think Mike has a daughter and believe or not that could be even more traumatic on her cuz the first man a woman trust and leans on is her father.. May God continue to bless the rest of the Graham/Gossett family. 🙏🙏💔💔

  • @MWeezy04
    @MWeezy04 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    RIP to Mike Graham an amazing mind who understood the business and was a great storyteller. It's unfortunate that he took his life because of the ghosts he lived with. When he died, a world of knowledge left this earth.

    • @patrickgray5633
      @patrickgray5633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amazing talent for the business in the ring & behind the scenes tragic end. A very smart performer knew the business & had total dummies like Bischoff in charge.

    • @adamirishconundrum851
      @adamirishconundrum851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Never drew a dime

  • @mkdisciple
    @mkdisciple 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Man that story about his dad was sad.

  • @rickyrick9328
    @rickyrick9328 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Probably the best interview ever. One year after this interview, Mike's son blew his brains out. Three years after this interview, Mike blew his own brains out.

    • @dolam
      @dolam 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know his dad blew his brains out. His son also? What’s up with that?

    • @MB-oc1nw
      @MB-oc1nw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a family tradition

    • @joeysbestfriend2614
      @joeysbestfriend2614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Metropcs Metropcs his grandsons are next in a few years to blow their brains out just wait

    • @misterkrogan8837
      @misterkrogan8837 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🧠🤯🤯🔫🤡🤡🤡

  • @kmach844
    @kmach844 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    “I loaned him a gun, and I thought we were friends”. Lol

    • @patrickgray5633
      @patrickgray5633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eric Bitchoff killed the company. Ric Flair, Jim Cornett, Kevin Sullivan, Mike Graham knew talent & Bishoff & the stooges destroyed it Vince Russo is about as smart as a 5th grader.

    • @jasonvoorhees6416
      @jasonvoorhees6416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@patrickgray5633 not true. Aol merger destroyed it

  • @stephenwethington662
    @stephenwethington662 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Mike Graham was a good, consistent interview. Very, very interesting. A very underrated scientific wrestler, in my opinion. Dont know if he ever had a series with "Superstar" Bill Dundee or "Nightmare" Dan Davis; but those are dream matches that if i was a booker i would have had them battle for 4 to 6 months for lightweight and Southern heavyweight gold. So sad to hear of the family tragedies. Legends in wrestling.

  • @ogdenville
    @ogdenville 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Not a dime!!"

  • @jermainemartinez8282
    @jermainemartinez8282 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    They were still doing clash of the champions even after Hogan signed.

  • @josemontano7767
    @josemontano7767 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great interview. I don’t know why it wasn’t seen more.

  • @whatever_it_takes6691
    @whatever_it_takes6691 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Good guy. Misunderstood.

  • @jmc7504
    @jmc7504 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mike never drew a dime

    • @nigel1823
      @nigel1823 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not a dime

  • @andrewisjesus
    @andrewisjesus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Life is a game. Its can be good if you find a way to enjoy yourself while youre hear. Nothing matters that is behind you and the future is always open.
    No need to kill yourself. This guy was hated because he is a natural heel. But with all the hate in wrestling, there is always love. Which is why cornette has a successful podcast today.

  • @joe77750
    @joe77750 7 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    them fire tattoos never drew a dime

    • @MaskedMarvel20XX
      @MaskedMarvel20XX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Not a dime

    • @TheDimeDrawer
      @TheDimeDrawer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      joe stowell not one single penny 😂😂😂

    • @Jrocc811
      @Jrocc811 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Those tats were pure comedy to be on such a pussy like Mike.

    • @blacksabbath1022
      @blacksabbath1022 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      not one dime.

    • @sebzammit7755
      @sebzammit7755 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      not a penny.

  • @MelekGamin
    @MelekGamin ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Scary to watch because 4 years after this interview he too was gone the same way like his father. So sad.

    • @JefferyAshmore
      @JefferyAshmore 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or. Did Vince crew get to him after Benoit murders , cleaning up loose ends.

  • @andrewdunn5568
    @andrewdunn5568 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Mike suggested they sign Hogan
    Greg Gagne suggested they sign Hogan
    Ric Flair suggested they sign Hogan
    Larry the janitor suggested they sign Hogan
    My childhood cat Bob god rest his soul suggested they sign Hogan

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Too be fair, probably everyone would suggest that.

    • @markv1274
      @markv1274 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stop being stupid, okay? We all know that it was Tom Zenk who brought Hogan into WCW.

    • @westernsellers9148
      @westernsellers9148 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mike suggested Hogan be bass player for AC/DC

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's possible that they all suggested it and all took action to make it happen.

    • @ElmoKnowsWhereYouLive5150
      @ElmoKnowsWhereYouLive5150 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Billie Jean said Hogan was her lover, but she's just a girl that claimed that he was the one. But the kid was not his son, brother.

  • @COLLYD420
    @COLLYD420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It's funny that Greg gagne has the same story about wcw

  • @thebigbosfetti1585
    @thebigbosfetti1585 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank You Rob Feinstein for this memory of my friend!

  • @mr.nobody5080
    @mr.nobody5080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He worked the hell out of this.

    • @michaelrubin9547
      @michaelrubin9547 ปีที่แล้ว

      No that's all a shoot what part is a lie? Substantiate it

  • @Lev-qj5kc
    @Lev-qj5kc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Mike seemed to be the most clear about what happened with the rise and fall of WCW. He also explained the fallout with Dusty and his dad Eddie.

    • @traviskarnes6825
      @traviskarnes6825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Best detailed in-depth prospective analysis of the corruption and the internal struggles within WCW during it's rise and fall I've heard yet in any shoot interview.

    • @SmilingSynic
      @SmilingSynic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He explained it well. Unfortunately, it was all wrong. Dusty didn't take anyone away from Florida. Eddie Graham chased them away due to his crappy payouts. He was infamous for his greed. Jack Brisco himself called him the worst of all, even worse than Nick Gulas.

  • @Reyzor357ThaSaint
    @Reyzor357ThaSaint 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Rest In Peace can't believe suicide has taken him and his male family member...

    • @ladyjay9482
      @ladyjay9482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His son did it to .i was steve gf .

    • @Charsi_Escobar
      @Charsi_Escobar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ladyjay9482I’m so sorry that this happened to you. Was there ever a reason given for why he did it?

  • @TrueDaemonLord
    @TrueDaemonLord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So apparently, Greg Gagne, Mike Graham and Eric Bishoff all had the idea and were the reason Hogan came into WCW 🤣

  • @78bcat
    @78bcat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Man, most wrestlers are full of shit...but Mike is on a special level: He gave Bischoff every idea, he got Hogan to WCW, he was the one Sid pulled a squeegee on, not Pillman

    • @chrisz31974
      @chrisz31974 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      78bcat not that I'm defending this guy but Piper said in his book that Graham was the guy Sid pulled the squeegee on

    • @wpgjets4life
      @wpgjets4life 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It was Brian Pillman that Sid pulled the squeegee on, not Graham.

    • @chuckcanyock8684
      @chuckcanyock8684 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      chris zaucha 8

    • @warriorjwr
      @warriorjwr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah Greg Gagne. did too lol. If there so great why didn’t Vince bring them in lol.

    • @bdr113080
      @bdr113080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      78bcat yeah I mean I’m not saying Eric Bischoff was perfect or Eric Bischoff had all the answers but this is one of those shoot interviews that came out in the mid 2000’s. Back then everyone and their brother was just trying to point their fingers and say they had the inside scoop on what happened to WCW. I think everyone with the brain who has been paying attention can clearly today in 2019 look back and say “ yes WCW sucked the last year it was in business but that’s not why it went away.” I’m sorry I just don’t buy this bogeyman theory and WCW when WCW was number two behind the WWF from 1989 till mid 1996 and they never went out of business but now I’m supposed to believe that just because they got behind in the ratings Turner closed up shop on them. Ted Turner lost control of his company and AOL didn’t want professional wrestling so they sold it. WCW Monday nitro when it was still on the air in 2000 and 2001 was still the highest rated show on TNT. It wasn’t because they weren’t beating WWF in the ratings. Anyone that believes that might as will carry around a certificate saying I believe anything a WWF documentary tells me.

  • @kylecarson5723
    @kylecarson5723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i was gonna watch this but I am out of dimes..... 2 years late

  • @SmilingSynic
    @SmilingSynic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Blaming Dusty for Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo, Ron Bass, and others for leaving FL for Crockett is complete horseshit. The reason they left, according to Black Bart, who also left with them, is because Eddie Graham screwed them on their pay for the Lords of the Ring show at the Orange Bowl. Dusty didn't "steal' them away. The one guilty of theft was Eddie Graham himself.

  • @mkl62
    @mkl62 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    On everyone leaving Florida for the Mid-Atlantic, at Starrcade '84, Mike Graham did a pop-in taking on Mr. Ito.

  • @phillynm1414
    @phillynm1414 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    His grandfather, uncle, dad, son, and himself all committed sucide. Very sad watching these knowing what happened.

    • @MC-rf8sx
      @MC-rf8sx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Really holy shit really I didn't know all wow so sad that breaks my Damn heart RIP

    • @442minty
      @442minty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They say its hereditary, suicide .

    • @wookiepie2285
      @wookiepie2285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think the "heredity" angle comes from how the remaining family members justify it to themselves. "Dad did himself in because he was old and broke down. Couldn't work anymore and felt useless ". They explain it to the kids in the terms they have used to cope themselves.
      One of my best friends did it, and his grandfather did to. When you justify to your kid someone doing that, someone that they would look up to, it will seem like a reasonable choice to them in their darkest hour.

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He killed himself. Even as a hit man, he didn't draw a dime.

    • @mr.x9566
      @mr.x9566 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wookiepie2285 Introjection defence mechanism.

  • @thegodfatheroftoys3349
    @thegodfatheroftoys3349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Nothing against Mike, but if him and Greg Gagne were flush with the ideas to turn WCW into a giant, why didn’t they do shit with their own territory?

  • @wookiepie2285
    @wookiepie2285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Some of these questions, like "how did your mom take it?" are kind of unnecessary,

  • @83reggieT
    @83reggieT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Greg Gagne and Mike Graham both gave Bischoff the recipe for success it must be something with sons of legendary promoters who didn't reach their fathers heights.

  • @tommytaylor4139
    @tommytaylor4139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So sad listening to Mike talking about his Father,real sad.And what's happened since with family matters,just so sad

  • @tobysgamingworld1550
    @tobysgamingworld1550 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “Hey Mike, what would you do if you could run this company tomorrow? And I told him I’d get Hogan I’d go to Disney I’d start the NWO I’d buy stock in Time Warner, I’d bring in a guy name Goldberg and give him a winning streak” LMBO we get it Mike. You invented everything.

  • @tracybrown1977
    @tracybrown1977 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    R.I.P Dusty, but he was all about himself..

  • @jefferyorton1723
    @jefferyorton1723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why does every word out of this little man's mouth seem like a complete work?

  • @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630
    @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a kid we used to love watching Barry windom and Dustin Rhodes , they were massively unsung and underrated in the great history of wrestling, they could have been a massive draw as the tag team they were or even as singles without silly gimmicks in the wwf/wwe like goldust (which did get over but not for dustin)

  • @Lou_Mavs
    @Lou_Mavs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    So we know Mike Graham was a liar.
    Hogan joined WCW in 1994. He claims that WCW stopped doing COTC right after that.
    The final COTC was in 1997.
    Hate to speak ill of the dead, but Graham really was a bitter old man. And for the record - I paid to watch Perry Saturn in ECW when he was part of the Eliminators, and I liked him in WCW. I wouldn’t have dropped a dime to see Mike Graham.

  • @joeyp4196
    @joeyp4196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He really doesn't look like someone who would take his own life. RIP Mike Graham. u were one heck of a wrestler.

    • @Millwall77
      @Millwall77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How does people who take their own lives look like then?

  • @mr.c4p
    @mr.c4p 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I believe him to a degree as bischoff over the years has proven himself 50xs over to be an absolute moron. a great on air character definitely but a great wrestling mind? clearly doesn't get it and never did. oblivious and very apparent if you ever listen to him talk wrestling. He's almost another Jim Herd. He clearly had to have gotten those great ideas back then from someone, there's no possible way he came up with them on his own. zero chance.

  • @fjccommish
    @fjccommish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bischoff writing fake resume = genius.

    • @louiscsanko3673
      @louiscsanko3673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AND BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION, AND CORPORATE THIEVES// AND OUR COUNTRY HAS BECOME A DEN OF THIEVES, AN OLD LADY WHO WORKED HARD ALL HER LIFE MAY DIE BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOOTED AMERICA// FROM THE HIGHEST PEOPLE TO THE COMMON STREET THIEF!!! KEEP CALLING LIAR, AND THIEVES GENIUS. BECAUSE SOON THE DOLLAR WILL COLLAPSE AND WE CAN THANK THE DISHONEST GENIUSES!!!!

  • @The495marauder
    @The495marauder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mike was the forest Gump of the Monday night wars apparently. Between him and Greg gange. I don’t know who to believe.

  • @mkl62
    @mkl62 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    In 1979, a new pro wrestling publication hit newsstands and magazine racks across the nation. It was Pro Wrestling Illustrated. When the first issue went to press, Mike Graham was ranked at #9 in the National Wrestling Alliance, #7 in the Most Popular Wrestlers category, and at #6 in the Tag Team Division with Steve Keirn.

    • @macpeterson9279
      @macpeterson9279 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m

    • @kienpaulspicer1173
      @kienpaulspicer1173 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Mac Peterson and still didn't draw a dime

    • @mkl62
      @mkl62 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kienpaulspicer1173 Got the push because he was Eddie's kid. Ditto when Bill Watts tried to make his little cub, Erik, the face of WCW. You were gonna make Papa Bear's beloved little cub look good or you were gone.

    • @kienpaulspicer1173
      @kienpaulspicer1173 ปีที่แล้ว

      @mkl62 try and Eric watts sucked he couldn't draw a dime either.for every Bret, yoko, and Curt Henning , there's mike Graham, Eric Watts and David Flair

    • @mkl62
      @mkl62 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kienpaulspicer1173 And don't forget the second generations of Andersons. There was Gene's son, Brad, and there was Ole's son, Bryant. Plus there was also Mike & Chris Von Erich. And we know how that ended.

  • @michaelrood2751
    @michaelrood2751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1:05:20 man that’s rough. RIP
    Mike

  • @cathaldowdall7467
    @cathaldowdall7467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    god help this man what he was put through , father , son suicide with gun then himself , so sad

  • @asoncalledvoonch2210
    @asoncalledvoonch2210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I used to call Mike Graham names like Ned Flanders in real life but I wish he was still around.
    It was all in a joking manner, never meant to be serious or mean.

  • @Rayla840
    @Rayla840 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Good God, Mike is funny as fuck with his bullshit.

  • @prophetvsprofit
    @prophetvsprofit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Mike had all the answers and drew so much money. Should of given him the book and WCW would still be in business, rolling in cash with Brian Blair VS Kevin Sullivan on top and Bob Roop abusing people in the Powerplant.

    • @russelllawrence169
      @russelllawrence169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Heh 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @b-bopeddie1290
      @b-bopeddie1290 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually it's probably true he would.......

  • @Addicted2Dopamine
    @Addicted2Dopamine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “WORK THE ARM”

  • @TravisLoneWolfWalsh
    @TravisLoneWolfWalsh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    say what you want about Mike but he forgot more about the business than most people will ever learn

  • @JamesMMcCann
    @JamesMMcCann ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Does Mike tell the story about slapping the Steiner Brothers around for their lunch money, and how Shamrock signed with WWF and not WCW because Ken was scared to be in the same locker room as Mike?
    This guy and Greg Gagne have as firm a grip on reality as Steven Seagal and Fran Dux.

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True, but to be fair to Segal, he was one of the greatest Aikido practitioners around.
      Now, Aikido is total b.s., and doesn't actually work against anybody that knows what they are doing but Segal's skills in that area were 100% legit.
      And actually, Mike himself was a really great amateur wrestler.

    • @JamesMMcCann
      @JamesMMcCann ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Rjensen2 both points are true. However, I've only ever heard 'Mike is a tough guy' stories from Mike himself.

  • @corm1000
    @corm1000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I heard this guy held the Florida State bench press record for 195 lb that lasted for 17 years.

    • @joeysbestfriend2614
      @joeysbestfriend2614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If he filmed his suicide he wouldn’t even draw a dime!

    • @KJ-dy6cz
      @KJ-dy6cz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And he beat Ricky the Dragon Steamboat for a state title

    • @Bazzeboy
      @Bazzeboy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joeysbestfriend2614So bold…

  • @josephmiller9424
    @josephmiller9424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mike Graham sounds like Ole Anderson everybody can't draw a dime Eddie, Benoit, basically everybody who became stars in the WWF was told by this guy they will never become a star wrong everytime

    • @Dale-jr7oj
      @Dale-jr7oj หลายเดือนก่อน

      They never drew a dime moron

  • @superlyger
    @superlyger 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Early on I never enjoyed Mikes arrogant rants on WWE on demand, but since listening to him in various shoots and reading about him. I appreciate his knowledge and his toughness, not just in physical terms, but attitude. So I was especially saddened by his death at his own hands. I truly fiery man who extinguished his own flame is heart wrenching.

    • @frehleyisgod
      @frehleyisgod 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah...because you're an idiot...
      You can't even spell...

    • @samsmith8725
      @samsmith8725 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      come on man that's your come BACK is that he can't spell🤔

  • @brocklucas4551
    @brocklucas4551 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Who came first : the chicken or Mike Graham? Actually scratch that, who came first: the Greg Gagne or Mike Graham?

    • @raulo19999
      @raulo19999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everybody wants credit for the success and everybody contributed to the great ideas. For all his faults, Bischoff will admit to some mistakes. I don't think greg or mike were in positions to cause any serious failures or they probably would have. These interviews have the benefit of hindsight so anybody could sound like a genius.

  • @rict5878
    @rict5878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Horseshit or not, Mike was entertaining to listen to.

    • @michaelrubin9547
      @michaelrubin9547 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a true story he really threatened Benoit

  • @lisetteeliseparis7070
    @lisetteeliseparis7070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    He never drew a dime! Not a dime! Love you Mr. Graham.

  • @joeygana8864
    @joeygana8864 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    His mom was Happy. WHAT THE HELL KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT, RIP EDDIE, AND MIKE,

  • @BossChronicles
    @BossChronicles 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    crazy how they asked him about his dad committing suicide then eventually would do that same thing

  • @TheHannibalTV
    @TheHannibalTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    LOL at Bill Watts stories!

    • @jaroncreed
      @jaroncreed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Are you the piece of garbage that busted a glass frame over Terry Funk's head? If so then you are a complete FUCKING IDIOT

    • @pantangela
      @pantangela 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He worked em into his retirement plan, lol.

    • @dirty.dan.69
      @dirty.dan.69 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Leonardo DiCaprio is cool.

    • @dennismarie6599
      @dennismarie6599 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      get off Hannibals nuts he the man keep coming with them shoots

    • @MCLogikILL
      @MCLogikILL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FUCK YOU!

  • @TheKevinNewsom
    @TheKevinNewsom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The comments section never drew a dime. RIP Mike!

  • @quintaeco
    @quintaeco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    RIP Ol' Friend!

  • @tonyclifton2230
    @tonyclifton2230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Mike sure was very instrumental in the making of wcw. He doesn't get the credit he deserves. Very eye opening.

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂 Don't tell me you actually believe that.

  • @c.l.freeman7654
    @c.l.freeman7654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So first Gregg Gagne said he brought Hulk in or told Eric to bring him in, Mike says he did. Hogan said Flair asked him

    • @nigel1823
      @nigel1823 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To be fair each one of them couldn’t tell the truth