Don't ask Dave Finlay if wrestling is fake!

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  • An unedited clip from the rushes for the documentary The Fit Finlays. Make sure to check out my channel for other videos including the full Fit Finlays documentary and much more besides. Loads of new videos coming soon so please make sure to subscribe.
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  • @mathewaconley7810
    @mathewaconley7810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    "I'm not proud of it", but I'll smile like a cheshire cat as I tell you about it.

    • @JG-ts2ud
      @JG-ts2ud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Gotta love that Irish wit ;)

    • @dontrll947
      @dontrll947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Weirdest thing I've never seen him smile before this

  • @rayanmehadjeri7604
    @rayanmehadjeri7604 8 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    My name is finlay ....AND I LOOOOOVE TO BRAKE PEOPLES THUMBS

    • @dynamite2023
      @dynamite2023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      XD

    • @AnkurNayak0106
      @AnkurNayak0106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Break*

    • @ianarmstrong1636
      @ianarmstrong1636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wonder if he tried it with pro boxers

    • @cristaker
      @cristaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ianarmstrong1636 well, they use gloves...

  • @jamestincher6149
    @jamestincher6149 8 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    One of the toughest men to set foot in the ring

    • @salsertk
      @salsertk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      R u kidding hes a joke lol

    • @FezCaliph
      @FezCaliph 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@salsertk are you kidding me you're a joke

    • @salsertk
      @salsertk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FezCaliph you are the biggest joke

    • @astroworld.mp3978
      @astroworld.mp3978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@salsertk shut up.

    • @salsertk
      @salsertk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@astroworld.mp3978 eat shitt

  • @tommyt4825
    @tommyt4825 10 ปีที่แล้ว +839

    scared to give it a thumbs up...

  • @ReinEngel
    @ReinEngel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +411

    From a person who has wrestled, it's like this. Are the punches, kicks, elbows and knees pulled? Yes, they are supposed to be. Some people feel the need to completely forget what wrestling is all about and not pull them. That's another story. Are the slams, throws and drops fake? No, they fucking hurt. Your opponent is protecting your neck and head, but landing on your back on a hard surface hurts very much. The only way to survive is to develop a tolerance to it. Some rings are softer and have more give, but for all intents and purposes, they are a solid surface and landing on them isn't fun. Try falling backwards onto your carpeted floor... it's about the same. I've had people tell me that the WWE rings are the worst and if you watch their shows you can basically tell that they are. They have no give, no bounce and barely move upon impact. Compare them to an ECW ring. It's crazy because a lot of guys feel that a soft, bouncy ring is more dramatic, which anyone who has seen RVD take a Piledriver can attest to.
    Personally, I hate chops. That shit is so pointless and nine out of ten times 100% real, especially open-handed ones. That's just a cupped hand crashing into your chest as hard as humanly possible. Some wrestlers know how to throw a decent chop that will basically brush right off while still making a sound, but they are few and far between.

    • @rajdhaliwal9488
      @rajdhaliwal9488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rein Engel ok thanks

    • @aaronulisesaranasanches2987
      @aaronulisesaranasanches2987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I get you in mexico the wrestlers love to give chops but that is just fucken painful

    • @corybraun2072
      @corybraun2072 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who was the best at chops?

    • @Sobreira4
      @Sobreira4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      None said otherwise about painful movements and physical fitness, but a lot is staged: wrestlers recuperating quick, overacting, rules broken, police involved

    • @b.a.6686
      @b.a.6686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who cares .

  • @filolovejoy
    @filolovejoy 13 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    If you watch this guy in his wide world of sport days in Britain, you can see he is one extremely talented wrestler, who could wrestle or fight, and was as tough as they come. Back in the day, alot of people would challenge these guys because wrestling was "fake", but in real life these were some of the toughest mofo's around. lots of stories of pro football players getting their asses handed to them on a platter after a "fake" comment .

  • @crusaderfreeman8625
    @crusaderfreeman8625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    “I broke so many people’s thumbs because you can’t see pain, you can only feel it”.
    - Dave Finlay

  • @Youaintseenmeright.......
    @Youaintseenmeright....... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Saw him as a kid in the late 70's - early 80's and he was a terrific heel. Very believable, he didn't spoil the illusion afterwards by being nice to the fans and smiling for pictures, he was just a straight up bastard! Him and Adrian Street are the best heels I've ever seen.

  • @JG-ts2ud
    @JG-ts2ud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    The absolute BEST description I've ever heard of what professional wrestling actually is.
    This is on another level.

  • @johnolmos8670
    @johnolmos8670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    One of the most under appreciated technical masters in wrestling

    • @UncleBuddy1994
      @UncleBuddy1994 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Up there (my personal opinion) with Benoit, Henning/Perfect, Malenko and Bryan

    • @johnolmos8670
      @johnolmos8670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@UncleBuddy1994 I would also add William Regal

  • @kingbeef5076
    @kingbeef5076 8 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    I'd love to meet these people who were dull enough to give him their thumb. If someone is trying to convince you that pain hurts, don't give them an easily breakable part of your body...or any part of your body for that matter.

    • @joys8634
      @joys8634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      fake story lmao

    • @teddyevans2869
      @teddyevans2869 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@joys8634 what makes you say thay

    • @oliviagarnham3307
      @oliviagarnham3307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Law suits???

    • @Brimst0ne_XB
      @Brimst0ne_XB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah I'm a fan of Finlay but I gotta call bullshit. The guys probably a multi millionaire. And he says he broke hundreds of people's thumbs? No way in hell that happened. Not buying it.

    • @juansanchez209
      @juansanchez209 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Brimst0ne_XB Do I believe he’s done it once, or maybe even a handful of times? Sure, there’s a lot of dumb wannabe tough guys out there in bars, and Finlay wrestled for a very long time. Do I believe he’s done it anywhere close to “hundreds of times? Nope. Forget lawsuits, if he was really going around doing this as often as he says, somebody would have eventually stabbed or shot him

  • @youngatnaruto
    @youngatnaruto 10 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    239 people gave finly their thumb

  • @BigMoJR83
    @BigMoJR83 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Wrestling is not fake, it’s scripted, it’s business, it’s entertainment & it’s a lot more than all of that. To this day I cringe my teeth at a open hand chest slap & sometimes they do them back, to back….. to back. Wrestling is very real & those athletes who put their bodies through that kind of training & torture deserve every penny they can get if not more.

    • @BigMoJR83
      @BigMoJR83 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@nicotoscani1707 the that to Owen Harts wife you mark

  • @spannerintheworks1190
    @spannerintheworks1190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Would love John Stossel to try his hand again this time on Fin.

  • @TheBraunMachine2011
    @TheBraunMachine2011 6 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I always find it kinda funny when people say wrestling is fake. the matches are scripted but the bumps are very real. Look at Mick Foley's I Quit match with The Rock, Rock lit him up with several savage and hard chair shots, he got thrown off of the top of the hell in a cell and was chokeslammed through the roof! which is about maybe 15 feet. Or the TLC matches etc. Sure it's for entertainment but there's a reason why people like Edge, Austin, Tazz, Bret Hart, Paige etc had to retire, the end result of moves they took in the ring.

    • @TheEmperor2004
      @TheEmperor2004 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TheBraunMachine2011 Finaly found one who said the truth

    • @randycrawford1132
      @randycrawford1132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheBraunMachine2011 Preach

    • @necessaryevil7777
      @necessaryevil7777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuck austin he's a wife beater anyways

    • @rainski5721
      @rainski5721 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Cyrus Dabar ben Yisrael ...most of the time I hear people say the actual wresting is fake...not the outcome.

    • @rohitchaoji
      @rohitchaoji 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The "combat" is certainly not real, but the damage you take from the bumps and falls is. I always look at pro wrestling as if it were a live-action comic book with stunts, and it can be as risky as doing high-flying motocross stunts over burning cars.

  • @therealfrisco3859
    @therealfrisco3859 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Don't break my 👍 Finlay! I need it to SAMOAN SPIKE people!

  • @ImTheBigRed
    @ImTheBigRed 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Finlay can kick your ass for real, and that's why I've loved him for my whole wrestling fandom

  • @unusedsub3003
    @unusedsub3003 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a fine man, he protected the business and paved the way for others.

    • @babalarassrah
      @babalarassrah ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bron he was the boring wrestler of all times him and his buddy reagal

    • @unusedsub3003
      @unusedsub3003 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@babalarassrah Perhaps Cerque du Soleil would be more your cup of tea then.

  • @fcweddington
    @fcweddington 9 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    I can't even imagine the ego in the locker room.

    • @Devin0835
      @Devin0835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He’s earned it though

    • @incognito9423
      @incognito9423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Not really he’s actually loved by his co workers he even trained some newer talents

  • @VickStarkiller
    @VickStarkiller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I only saw Finlay in his final days as a wrestler on Smackdown but he had great matches with Benoit and so many others.

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try and watch his bouts in the UK in the early/mid eighties., particularly the ones V Marty Jones. They were epic. Two brilliant, hard as nails men who really knew their craft.

  • @ChrisJProductionz
    @ChrisJProductionz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    William Regal and Fit Finlay are the two most underrated wrestlers of all time

  • @tristarea08
    @tristarea08 10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I like this guy Dave Finlay! He's a straight shooter!

  • @addiktion2419
    @addiktion2419 8 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Finlay is such a lad, he's so savage 😂😂

  • @alandalton7652
    @alandalton7652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What a wrestler back in the day 🇮🇪

  • @LRayWilliams
    @LRayWilliams 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The first time I met Ric Flair it was because he and Wahoo McDaniel had been arrested the previous night for beating up some guys in a Charlotte bar because guys approached them with the same claims.We interviewed him prior to an NWA wrestling event.

  • @BrianTKessler
    @BrianTKessler 13 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I don't believe Finlay literally broke hundreds of thumbs like he claims, but... he scared me enough to never want to test that theory!

  • @jermainemartinez-perez1574
    @jermainemartinez-perez1574 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I wouldve loved him as a tough enough trainer

  • @MisterObjectivity
    @MisterObjectivity 10 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Fit Finlay: absolutely tremendous wrestler, but alas, not a brain surgeon.
    Finlay claims to be a Christian, but still (smugly) waxes nostalgic about all those thumbs he (allegedly) snapped. He's either proud of a lie, or proud of some lowdown shit he actually did. Either way, it's not a "Christian" thing to do.
    He's also the fellow who says that people shouldn't criticise the WWE "divas" (whom he has trained) unless those people are prepared to get in the ring and wrestle. So by Finlay's logic, a person shouldn't complain about bad restaurant food unless he/she is a gourmet chef. A person shouldn't whine about a lousy film unless he/she is a movie director or somehow involved in the motion picture business. He must think you can't tell a bad singer from a good singer unless you're a singer. Clearly, Finlay doesn't think these things through properly.

    • @jojomellon
      @jojomellon 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes, because we know Christians never contradict themselves(even though you know, the book itself does so).

    • @kingOsWiN
      @kingOsWiN 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You say these things from a keyboard you tuff noble being,,
      Judge not lest ye be judged!

    • @frankcabanski9409
      @frankcabanski9409 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Christians aren't angels. Christians do bad things. Being a Christian is about believing in grace through Christ. It's not about being perfect.

    • @AbrasionUK
      @AbrasionUK 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Frank Cabanski I'm not even a christian but this is a good comment

    • @AbrasionUK
      @AbrasionUK 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "He's also the fellow who says that people shouldn't criticise the WWE "divas" (whom he has trained) unless those people are prepared to get in the ring and wrestle. So by Finlay's logic, a person shouldn't complain about bad restaurant food unless he/she is a gourmet chef." exactly

  • @Badicalz
    @Badicalz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Finlay is the type of guy you want having your back in a fight.

  • @KISShazzard15
    @KISShazzard15 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Finlay should get the best speech of the decade. I respect you Finlay! Mad props!

  • @Minsooky
    @Minsooky 12 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I've been put in wrestling moves before (thought about becoming a wrestler), some things are definitely faked but some of the moves do hurt. And not just kinda hurt, I mean really hurt, and I have a high tolerance for pain.

    • @juniorhernandez3347
      @juniorhernandez3347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Sweetie wrestling moves in the bedroom dont count…

    • @praveshmaharaj4387
      @praveshmaharaj4387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@juniorhernandez3347 LMAO

    • @SteveAustin00
      @SteveAustin00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      High anal pounding tolerance?

    • @mikejohn29mj
      @mikejohn29mj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's why they ALWAYS tell you not to try any of this at home. These guys are trained professionals.

    • @gabrielmunoz987
      @gabrielmunoz987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@juniorhernandez3347 Wow lmao

  • @Obi-WanKannabis
    @Obi-WanKannabis 10 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    haha I thumbed up this video
    UMAD FINLAY

    • @TheBernas24
      @TheBernas24 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and i thumbed up your comment
      2x U MAD FINLAY

    • @woumaar
      @woumaar 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      absolute MAD LAD

  • @Robocop80s
    @Robocop80s 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This dude is old school through and through . If you tell me wrestling is fake I'll tell where to go and disavow you completely as an acquaintance or friend . This man will break one of your bones .

  • @Madhu-we5zq
    @Madhu-we5zq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    He sounds like kevin owens

    • @Zeeshanbeats
      @Zeeshanbeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kevin owens sounds like him

    • @jumpman6917
      @jumpman6917 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Zeeshanbeats no he kind of sounds like Kevin Owens

    • @vinnydurham8964
      @vinnydurham8964 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No!!

    • @stansmith5610
      @stansmith5610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Except keving owens sounds like he's reading a script or acting like someone he's not which is totally the case

  • @KRiZZxTV
    @KRiZZxTV 10 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I'll just say this as an un-biased wrestling fan. Pro wrestlers obviously don't take as much damage as MMA fighters or Boxers. They come out and perform every week. They're not put in tight chokeholds and submissions, they barely make contact on punches and kicks, and they're trained not to land on their heads and how to take as less much of impact as possible during slams. After a while, yea they're probably worn out, but they honestly don't take much damage in their standard 5-15 minute wrestling match. Most of the time wrestler's injuries are caused by their own mistakes as they are legitimately trained athletes, they are trained to avoid getting hurt.

    • @austinfrombustop
      @austinfrombustop 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Tell that to Mick Foley, or The Undertaker, or John Cena , or Lita, or Edge. All these wrestlers have had career threatening injuries yet they would still wrestle 320 days per year where boxers and mma fighters BARELY fight. They do take a lot more damage.

    • @KRiZZxTV
      @KRiZZxTV 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      austinfrombustop You just said MMA and Boxers barely fight..come on now. Mick Foley has cut himself a lot, and injured himself a lot. Wrestlers are trained specifically NOT to get injured. MMA fighters get punched and busted open nearly every fight, broken noses and legs are eminent. Boxers and MMA fighters are actually FIGHTING, they're hurting each other on purpose. They get KNOCKED OUT. They regularly suffer concussions. When a wrestler is injured, it's because a mistake either he or his opponent has made. They're less injuries in wrestling than the UFC, NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB or any other sport.

    • @ZFMusicTheEmperor
      @ZFMusicTheEmperor 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      THAT DOESNT MEAN THEY DONT GET HURT

    • @austinfrombustop
      @austinfrombustop 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      KRiZZxTV
      No there isnt, every time wrestlers STEP in the ring some injury occurs because unlike all other sports, WWE Wrestler fight every day. Wrestlers get concussions all the time, check out Roman Reigns Twitter page, he got his eye split open because of a simple clothesline, Melina Perez tore her ACL, TWICE, Lita broke her neck, Cena broke his collar bone. These type injuries dont occur in other sports as often as they do in the WWE.

    • @KRiZZxTV
      @KRiZZxTV 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      austinfrombustop Those were accidents. Wrestlers and their opponents hurt THEMSELVES on ACCIDENT. If a wrestler is hurt, it's because SOMEONE MESSED UP. MMA Fighters and Boxers hurt each other on PURPOSE and get hurt EVERY fight.

  • @kartikgounder1228
    @kartikgounder1228 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    WWE is entertainment, the thing with wrestling in the WWE is that the matches are scripted, the wrestlers know who is going to win /lose etc before the match, but the actual match between the wrestlers with all the moves they do isn't fake, they're trained professionals to do moves that obviously could kill cunts in a safe way and that's what makes WWE entertaining, the wrestlers communicate with each other on what they're gonna do etc they're are some videos on TH-cam showing wrestlers in the ring actually talking to each other but yeah essentially that's what it is

    • @ankushdixit4876
      @ankushdixit4876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If it wasn't the age of internet/youtube whole gimmick of wrestling being real would have been legit for lot more of people than now. I still agree the stunts they do are very dangerous and prone to injury but them taking pride on being fighter is wrong they can't even take on washed up mma guys. It's like they have more pain tolerance than most of people but that doesn't make them fighter.

  • @TrillBill
    @TrillBill 10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    IT'S REAL TO FINLAY DAMMIT!!!

  • @alessandrozuffi5068
    @alessandrozuffi5068 10 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    Are they athletes? Yes.
    Is wrestling fake? Yes.
    End of the story, and stay away from my thumbs.

    • @DropkickNation
      @DropkickNation 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Wrong

    • @callofdutygym7166
      @callofdutygym7166 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      they are not athletes they are actors who are in good shape

    • @callofdutygym7166
      @callofdutygym7166 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      how they are not real athletes a bunch of guys who throw fake punches

    • @DropkickNation
      @DropkickNation 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ifthi wahed Ohhhh gosh. Whyy? Why do shitheads like you need to feel like commenting on PW videos in the first place then? Not knowing shit is one thing. Talking shit then is another.

    • @alessandrozuffi5068
      @alessandrozuffi5068 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No, they are athletes, like Brock Lesnar, he's a real ex UFC fighter, they are stuntman, look at the definition of the word 'wrestling'; Chris, it's just entertainment with athletic moves, if you have ever seen an MMA fight, you can clearly see the difference between a real fight and a fake one, and trust me, I do MMA myself, I know what I'm talking about.

  • @simoncastleton6420
    @simoncastleton6420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Giving this a thumbs up has a whole extra dimension to it.

  • @JimmyNemo
    @JimmyNemo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    WWE is Fake. Its just that Finlay didn't want to give away WWE's secret.

    • @Nakajima-oh7kw
      @Nakajima-oh7kw 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's not a secret, despite the fact that you non-fans seem to think it is

    • @bludluva
      @bludluva 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Like so many others, you miss the point of professional wrestling. It's predetermined, yes, but to be a wrestler requires an extraordinary tolerance for pain, and if you don't think they're athletes, you're just plain ignorant. We watch it for the same reason we watch movies: it's more entertaining than the "real thing." go to an mma event, than a wrestling show, and you tell me which crowd made more noise, and had more energy.

    • @Njoekiezoekie
      @Njoekiezoekie 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr. Owen wtf: So Hogan experiencing a roid rage at the end of each match ("hulkamaniaaaaaaaa") and the Undertaker being a zombie is fake?

  • @nickg2117
    @nickg2117 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    So basically he assaulted members of the public for asking him a question? Seems reasonable 🙄

  • @chrisrose790
    @chrisrose790 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Im willing to bet everything i got that he hasn't broken 1 thumb.

  • @thatpart
    @thatpart 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If you take a split-second and let that one synapse of insight fire off in your head before labeling this guy a bully - his regret is obvious. He isn't proud of it. If anything, it makes him more of a man to tell the story in the manner he did. Nuttin' for nuttin' (Don Tony voice)

  • @richardweiler3966
    @richardweiler3966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You think that folks wouldn't even bother asking anymore whether wrestling is fake. The industry is quite open about it these days and no longer pretends that it's real.

  • @kiragrandad
    @kiragrandad 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These men are wrestling night after night, most enjoy what they do but if they werent in tip top physical condition they wouldnt last 5 minutes in the ring ..True they are actors playing a part and Dave Fit Finlay was one of my favourites in his day. I saw him live a couple of times and he always put on a fantastic show..I miss the truly greats of UK wrestling

  • @SouthTexasHouseCat
    @SouthTexasHouseCat 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I sued Fit Finlay in 1996 for breaking my thumb at the local Mall.

  • @Chris-eo9lv
    @Chris-eo9lv 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    idk how many times I have to tell people, wrestling is SCRIPTED not fake. All these people saying it's choreographed! News flash, it isn't. Sure the match is pre determined and some wrestler rehearse big spots in the match, but most of the time theyre in the ring calling out what to do to each other next on the fly

  • @shawnhutchison7959
    @shawnhutchison7959 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There's a big difference between scripted and fake

  • @Cabarkin
    @Cabarkin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I only know Fit Finlay from past his prime in the WWE and you could tell from the way he wrestled that he was as legit as they came. Everything he did just screamed "don't get on this guy's bad side, ever".

  • @WillowFae954
    @WillowFae954 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is why I respect finlay so much. He was one of the first people I saw wrestle live and he became one of my main influences for getting into wrestling. Thanks finlay for proving time and time again that your name's finlay and you love to fight!

  • @riley2225
    @riley2225 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    thank you finlay

  • @rippedreaper7279
    @rippedreaper7279 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I stopped watching wrestling just like everyone else, thinking it was "fake" until a buddy of mine invited me to come train with him in a pro wrestling gym. Bruh, it was the toughest shit I have ever done in my life, coming from a guy who was a 3 time high school football champion, 10 years of MMA and bodybuilding/powerlifting experience.

    • @luisvilla799
      @luisvilla799 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruh everyone knows bodybuilding is the ultimate fighting form

  • @spinemelter2000
    @spinemelter2000 13 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I can't justify breaking someone's thumb just because they made fun of you or your profession. But at the same time, Finlay's story really made me smile. Admit it. You've wanted to do that at some point. Think of all the trolls on TH-cam who go to videos for no other reason than to say something is "fake and gay." We need Finlay to break their thumbs, so those trolls wouldn't be able to type or masturbate anymore (the only two things they're probably good at, LOL!)

  • @ianmpena
    @ianmpena 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of the best and underrated WWE wrestlers ever

  • @rufuz6190
    @rufuz6190 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wrestling is SCRIPTED not FAKE.

  • @spencerpalmer7118
    @spencerpalmer7118 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not impressed, if what Finlay says is true. If it is, not impressed, or intimidated. Breaking people's thumbs, over wrestling, doesn't prove you are a badass. It proves you are a bully. I don't believe it is true, as nobody ever presses charges against Finlay. Yeah, right!

  • @real_ocean_man2954
    @real_ocean_man2954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Never ask David Schultz either

  • @Rocknrollchick5
    @Rocknrollchick5 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I don't think it's fake at all. But hey think whatever you guys want. I've been watching this sport for 14 years and I still hear the same question. But everyone has a right to their own opinion. What I don't understand is, can't everyone just watch wrestling and just enjoy it without nit picking every little thing that is wrong with it all the time? If you're unhappy with the wrestlers or the matches, change the channel, it's that simple!

    • @aaron01999
      @aaron01999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stacy Byers I believe it's real, but scripted. They don't hit each other with real punches, except for Lesner sometimes lol. But the slams and throws, those are real and they get hurt all the time. Many people don't get that shit, I don't know how.

    • @mickymcg5575
      @mickymcg5575 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's always been fake/scripted, the bumps are real and help with the illusion, more of a tv sitcom with athletics

  • @JR-he6fn
    @JR-he6fn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s weird but when I was young, I wasn’t fan of guys like Finlay and William Regal but for some reason I saw them and took them serious and accepted that they deserved to be on the show

  • @TheDeasy95
    @TheDeasy95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ‘I’m not proud of it now’ proceeds to explain violent deeds with glee 😂😂😂

  • @KraftsterBoOgie
    @KraftsterBoOgie 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    EXACTLY Thank you! Just because its scripted doesn't mean it doesn't hurt

  • @akeminakajima449
    @akeminakajima449 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Top kek if you have the stupidity to ask a wrestler if what they do is fake then you've kind of got it coming

  • @thoomoo
    @thoomoo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Its hardly surprising that people don't take wrestling seriously as a sport when the wrestlers are just thugs

    • @TRG_real
      @TRG_real 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A lot of them aren't thugs in wrestling too

    • @Rebazar
      @Rebazar 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Good thing we have wholesome, dignified alternatives like football and boxing. Otherwise, we might be overrun with the sort of human detritus that clearly only exists in the wrestling industry!

    • @baube1487
      @baube1487 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Rebazar
      Yeah sure in football and boxing the athletes are all perfect people. That why a couple of years ago a NFL player was arrested for being involved in dog fight and a boxer i won't name beat his wife, yeah sure only in wrestling

    • @Rebazar
      @Rebazar 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Baube
      You might want to look up "sarcasm" in the dictionary some time.

    • @ftsproductions1376
      @ftsproductions1376 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A lot of wrestlers are people with troubled histories but that doesn't mean that they're bad people. It takes an immense level of determination and perseverance to succeed in the wrestling business, and those qualities are rarely found in bad people.

  • @leonelcom
    @leonelcom ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I'm not a fool, i'm not a bufoon, i'm not a clown!" Thank you for everything Finlay!!

  • @dirtmcgirt01
    @dirtmcgirt01 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He probably did that one time and never actually snapped the guys thumb. He would either end up in jail or dead if he actually did that hundreds of times.

  • @paululver8878
    @paululver8878 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    LEGIT tough guy...

  • @jessetorres3828
    @jessetorres3828 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fitlay a true badass

  • @luissilva6625
    @luissilva6625 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    People will never understand until they take endless chops, bumps, have a match. I've been in a lot of fights & let me tell you wrestling is far more painful & it is an art form. It easier to beat someone up in reality than it is to work a match where you're actually taking care of each other.

    • @mattbahi5821
      @mattbahi5821 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stuntmen also are injured frequently. Nobody’s saying it’s not dangerous, or that you don’t have to be tough but they are not fighters. You can’t say they’re fighters if they don’t fight and it’s not some unknown fact that they don’t fight. People say wrestling is fake because it’s as real as a movie is.

    • @BigBadJerryRogers
      @BigBadJerryRogers 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      And nobody is saying that wrestlers are "fighters," dumbass.

  • @salamathesusatbiyernesulit2161
    @salamathesusatbiyernesulit2161 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If someone can put the fear of getting hurt to William Regal, then he must be a real badass man. Fit Finlay according to William Regal is one man that he is kinda scared getting in the ring and wrestle.

  • @gilavalos2400
    @gilavalos2400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fit finlay: give me your thumb!
    Me: no, i don't have thumbs.

  • @Floridaburg-
    @Floridaburg- 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    He has the look of a guy who you could never beat in a fight no matter how big you are or how much martial arts you know

    • @phillipconner1213
      @phillipconner1213 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Eric Lewis Brock is a joke but Haku definitely

    • @Danlows1
      @Danlows1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brock would try and fail. Fit Finlay has too much respect for Haku to ever piss him off enough to come to blows. I’d still say Haku would win though, you couldn’t stop the man.

    • @Floridaburg-
      @Floridaburg- 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Felmo Gilbaliga I think he would rip chunks out of him and they would both succumb to their wounds

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Danlows1 Try and fail? Lol, Brock would obliterate Finlay.

    • @Danlows1
      @Danlows1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@H.K.5 now? Certainly.
      Back when Finlay was full time in WCW with Regal and Taylor? I think Finlay would get taken down, but would soon start removing things from Brock that brock doesn’t want to lose. Haku would destroy all of them though

  • @VladTepesVvvvvV
    @VladTepesVvvvvV 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I met him at my local mall years ago when he was in his prime. He and his wife were in the food. Kevin Nash was there also. Super cool down to earth people, as long as you don't call them a fake I guess. lol

  • @ZachPayne
    @ZachPayne 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Good question, let me answer it with violence on an innocent."
    What a cool, cool guy.

  • @That_Random_Bloke
    @That_Random_Bloke 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Great video, thumbs up....oh shit!!!”
    *snaps thumb*
    _”Arrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!!”_

  • @kidbrown2010
    @kidbrown2010 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To say wrestling is "Fake" is extremely insulting to the wrestlers who go out there and risk their bodies every single night.
    Wrestling is scripted and staged.. which are two completely different things from "Fake". To say it's fake would be implying that everything is an illusion and that these guys don't suffer consequences from wrestling, which could not be farther from the truth.

  • @pearsooo6972
    @pearsooo6972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I follow wrestling since the late 1970s I still follow it to this day and let me tell you wrestling is real people do get hurt

  • @plugzly-x613
    @plugzly-x613 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's funny how it's usually MMA fans that knock wrestling. These were probably the same people who were following the advice of hulk hogan when they were much younger and were backyard wrestling in their teen years. Don't think that MMA is innocent when it comes to being scripted or "faked." it's super simple to say to your opponent before hand "hey let's dance around for half the round, then do some mat wrestling for the rest, and in the second round i give you a few good shots and finish with a kimmura. is that good with you?" and have the other person reply with either a positive answer or "no let's do this instead." Every sport on the planet can be or has been in the past fixed, rigged, or scripted

    • @LordOfTheNorth
      @LordOfTheNorth 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plugzly-X dont think they would just accept to lose

    • @slickhandz7199
      @slickhandz7199 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plugzly-X there are laws in place for boxing and mma that day it can’t be rigged. Not for professional wrestling

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      MMA is actually real fighting though, while there hasn't been a single real fight in the WWE ring.

  • @KelpyGesus
    @KelpyGesus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    It's real but scripted. The end

    • @TheEmperor2004
      @TheEmperor2004 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daddy correct

    • @littlebill4877
      @littlebill4877 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      True

    • @littlebill4877
      @littlebill4877 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And fuck you I'm not calling you Daddy

    • @danmccabe2800
      @danmccabe2800 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      why watch this when you can watch a real fight boxing or ufc i dont understand a real fight or a scripted one. why would you not watch a real fight.

    • @SES6924
      @SES6924 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danmccabe2800 imagine you spend a bunch of money on a UFC pay per view and it ends in a 30 second TKO. In pro wrestling, you're not gonna get that. Yes MMA is real and they are legitimately fighting to beat the other and wrestlers are more so working together as to entertain you, the bodily risks are still the same. Pro Wrestlers will wrestle more often out of the year than a MMA fighter will fight. Go watch a wrestling injuries compilation video and see if it's "fake" or not.

  • @user-mn6gc8gf9d
    @user-mn6gc8gf9d 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was a kid and loved the colour green. My brother, who is 2 years older than me, introduced me to WWE. I think you know where I'm going with this. Finlay was my favourite wrestler when I was young but I never fully admired his work ethic. Now that I am grown up, I see him not as a professional wrestler, but a fighter. I wouldn't want to be in the same room as him if I pissed him off.

  • @michaelohare3157
    @michaelohare3157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahh the ole thumb breaker.. 🤣 never seen that as a finisher! Hahaha

  • @TheSlugJones
    @TheSlugJones 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    There is always someone tougher. Also, for someone to trust you enough to give you their hand, and then you try to damage them due to a verbal disagreement, thats crap. I'm sure he had misconceptions about things he was ignorant of as well, if everyone of those people busted his skull trying to prove a point, he wouldnt have a head.

    • @TheSlugJones
      @TheSlugJones 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Slug Jones And I liked the man as a wrestler. He was good. But fuck his character. (not the Fit finaly character, but the person he portrays himself as in day to day life)

    • @Tordenelgen
      @Tordenelgen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Should have sued him tbh

    • @flockofwolves
      @flockofwolves 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s sad too because they will all likely have been scared and talking out their asses anyway. He’s simply making himself worse than they perceive him..

  • @Girl.does.edits23
    @Girl.does.edits23 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So basically you assaulted people to make you feel good

  • @TheGaara802
    @TheGaara802 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Look at the keyboard warriors in the comment section, if they meet a wrestler in real life they just run away, they probably never will because they are too scared to talk lol

  • @ZzLimeLickeRzZ
    @ZzLimeLickeRzZ 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finlay, the best wrestler to ever step into the ring.. he had a few names like Fit Finlay, The Belfast bruiser and other things. He is a legend

  • @kaloyanthegreater
    @kaloyanthegreater 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He deserves a World Title

  • @highonbuck2678
    @highonbuck2678 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Years later he was seen running around with a leprechaun!!!

  • @stevendavis3486
    @stevendavis3486 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My son is called finlay

  • @onetruecaesar99
    @onetruecaesar99 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The Piledriver, the Headbutt, the Back Drop... So many moves that can break someone in half... Anyone who says that "wrestling is fake and those guys are stupid and anyone who likes wrestling is an idiot" is an absolute ignorant. "Oh but those moves don't hurt!" Wrong! Go watch Extreme Rules, Hardcore, Barbed Wire, I Quit matches and tell me if they don't hurt. "Oh but they know how to do it without hurting themselves!" Oh give me a damn break!!

  • @stankypantz
    @stankypantz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Being the toughest guy in WWE is like being the Toughest guy in drama class 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not really considering WWE is full of monsters.

    • @tan8067
      @tan8067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd like to see you say that to Brock Lesnar's face🙂

  • @KingSargaroth
    @KingSargaroth 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It depends on what you mean by saying it's fake. Are they fighting for real, like UFC style? No. (even though sometimes, hits connect). Are they hurt with all those bumps, throws, slaps, put through tables, hits with chairs and stuff (most of the time)? Yes. It's scripted, not fake. There's a difference. In the end, they want to entertain us, that's what E stands for in WWE.

  • @WJFanNation
    @WJFanNation 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    WTF has professional wrestling to do with thumbs..
    What's the f**king point in dislocating someone's thumb just to proof the pain in pro wrestling?
    I didn't know this about him, I thought we was more professional than this..

    • @TheDJJamster92
      @TheDJJamster92 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** Wrestlers kick and scream in pain because it's known as 'The Sell' which makes the fan's believe that submission moves etc look painful. Even Finlay should know this tbh. I agree with your comment and just backing it up with what I know.

    • @michaelreed2507
      @michaelreed2507 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      he just saying if you get any wrestler who apply to much pressure on hold. It can do some damage or cause extreme amount pain. let's not forget they are athletes and they do workout at gyms in every city. so don't agree when people say there not athletes.

  • @genesis1177
    @genesis1177 11 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I've been in a lot of fights growing up. I know what it feels like to get struck in the nose, jaw, etc. And I know what it feels like to hit someone in the face too. Trust me-there's a lot of blood in a REAL fight. The punches they throw at each other are NOT straight to the nose or the face because how would they wrestle every night with a broken nose or jaw or a concussion? UFC-that's totally REAL! Those are REAL bare knuckle fights that don't last 10 or 15 minutes with a bell. yes IS a tough

  • @SafcBoii
    @SafcBoii 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Am I the only one who finds this hilarious? I'd be honored if Finlay broke my thumb

    • @ThunderFist1978
      @ThunderFist1978 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nerman Not at all. I find myself laughing as he tells this, too.

  • @justinflannery8671
    @justinflannery8671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Don’t believe he did that to hundreds of people.

  • @Millzieeeee
    @Millzieeeee 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dont say wrestling is fake, because this guy will break your thumb as that is the best logic here...

  • @MartinHarte
    @MartinHarte 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    End of the day doesn't matter how hard you are...wrestling is a pre empted scripted show. Finlay looks like a crazy man doing that...same time got to admire him lol

    • @infectedjinjer
      @infectedjinjer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And like tv and movies arent?? stfu ass clown

    • @MartinHarte
      @MartinHarte 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ass clown lol

    • @XfifaxDt
      @XfifaxDt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Martin Harte wrestlers still get hurt and are on the road most of their life's

    • @travisw3131
      @travisw3131 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      while I don't agree with him hurting people, his analogy is correct 100% you can't see pain you can only feel it, say if you see a chop in wrestling does it hurt? you don't know you can't feel it sitting in the crowd you only know his hand touched his chest.

    • @MartinHarte
      @MartinHarte 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      XfifaXDT I know that...try 30 minutes of getting slammed on the mat and not being able to put your socks on the next day. These guys do that daily.

  • @maxcohen13
    @maxcohen13 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And that, dear friends, is why guns were invented.
    **POP - POP**
    R.I.P.

  • @princeflurry
    @princeflurry 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You wanna know what REAL wrestling is? Go watch the Olympics.

  • @tiramisu1p4pgoat6
    @tiramisu1p4pgoat6 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why the fuck would you give any grown man your thumb when he's a wrestler trying to prove he's tough?

  • @gordonirvine726
    @gordonirvine726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why is it significant that every one of them tried to put their hand in their pocket after he broke their thumb?