I just rewatched that recently lmao. Wrestling aside. It was such a warm feeling to my heart. Watching the movie and being disgusted and unsettled. Due to the practical effects being so damn good. The cgi on the re remake just made everything so bad. And overall cgi has made me sensible to practical effects. They look even better to me now and refreshing. The re remake of the thing was a chi fest that i remember leaving the theater with my dad because we couldnt bare watching such a bad movie
Funny story: Don Phallus (could have also been Lance Storm, not sure) once mentioned that Kurrgan was only made to dance after Vince McMahon saw him do it at a WrestleMania afterparty. This lead to the quote: "Don‘t do anything in front of Vince McMahon, that you wouldn‘t do for a million people."
During the initial stages of the pandemic, my fitness shop was closed and we were only doing online/pick up orders. I got an email request for 12 x 45LB Olympic Plates from a Robert Maillet and bemused that it would be cool if it was Kurrgan. Fast forward to later that day when Kurrggan shows up in a mini van to pick up his 12 weight plates. He couldn't have been more accommodating, posed for photos and talked wrestling with me for a good twenty minutes in the parking lot. Anyone in NB who has ever bumped into him says the same thing- he is a salt of the earth good guy.
He was the main villain of The Strain tv show. Was in 300, Pacific Rim and plenty of other things. He has done more in acting than many people realise.
That seems to be a running gag that Vince gives to giants he doesn't like anymore. The last one he did it to was Shanky (he was the huge 7 footer who would hang out with Jinder Mahal). Shanky went from being an enforcer to becoming a comedy dancer (he started doing comedy dances and Jinder would get angry at him). Before that was Great Khali (he had a huge fall from grace. From World champ to funny dance gimmick). Brodus Clay (who is 6'7, he is deceptively tall) is the most famous one that got stuck with a dancing gimmick. There are most likely others who I'm not thinking of right now. The ONLY one with a dance gimmick of sorts in WWE that actually worked was Honky Tonk Man (granted, that gimmick had multiple things going for it. The dancing was more of a side thing, not the focus).
@johnpenguinthe3rd13 each and every gimmick related to dancing was pushed by Vince. They were given tv and ppv time. So everything you said is pretty much wrong.
I have to admit Kurrgan is in my boy stable. The biggest problem for him (apart from talent) was they were pushing him as an unstoppable monster but they already had one higher up the card, Kane. He never had a chance.
@@trentsteel6286 well, Kurrgan is my muscle boy. Lance Storm is my really-shouldn't-be-but-somehow-is boy. Biscuits and Gravy are my tag team boys and Rhaka Khan is my girl boy
The Oddities have always been a guilty pleasure of mine. Almost all of their matches sucked, but their entrances were very infectious to me for some reason, crowd always loved them too.
i love both The Truth Commission and Kurrgan i'm a big underground metal and electronic music fan. these are the type of acts that stick with you, they werent great, they werent pushed, they werent known, but somehow you found them and you love the hell outta em it works even better because The Headbangers worked with Kurrgan. love all the Morbid Angel and death metal shirts they would wear to the ring. same reason i love Erik Rowan and all the Viking dudes of recent times
The fact that Vince McMahon had one single moment out of his extremely busy day to actually witness Kurrgan dancing is the most surprising part of his whole run. A run that likely earned him more money and a longer run than he ever would have, had Vince not seen him dancing.
You phrased this as if Vince was busy at his desk and someone said "sir... You're gonna want to see this. It's Kurrgan, and he's... Well, he's dancing."
Kurgan is my friends uncle. I see him around town all the time. He's a very nice and humble man for how famous is (for around new Brunswick). Tall as hell.
I remember that Recon, aka Bull Buchanan, was actually quite fun to watch in the ring back then he was 300 pounds and 6'7, and he can move around the ring like a cruiserweight. Too bad they prioritize a guy whose only move is sidewalk slam over a guy who can actually wrestle competently
By all accounts Robert Maillet is actually quite a nice guy in real life, and has quite the list of acting credits (300, Deadpool 2, Percy Jackson). And I always loved The Jackyl. I tell anyone, he should’ve been The Higher Power. The Ministry of Darkness was a cult. He was literally a cult leader!
I met him at a Jacques Rougeau show in Montreal where he main evented against Jacques. Kurrgan was the heel and when he came out he was acting like a heel towards the fans who were cheering him including my brother. After the show all the the wrestlers were signing autographs he went up to my brother to apologize for acting like that and that it was part of the gimmick. Super nice guy.
Kurrgan lives in my area, he frequents the casino in Moncton, NB whether to gamble or for the buffets I don't know. My wife went to a show at the casino this summer and the Kurrgan was parked next to her in the parking lot, she said he walks with a can now and clearly has a hard time getting around. I've never met him but apparently all the staff at the casino say he is one of the nicest guys you could meet.
Idk man I think Kurggan deserves a little more credit than this. The Oddities weren't DX but they were pretty fun at the time and part of that was him dancing. And watching even this video you can see him get better in the ring towards the end of the run and they barely let him wrestle. He didn't have a ton of moves but the ones he did got WAY smoother and more devastating looking. I don't think he could've been a huge star but I think he could've gotten over more than he did if he turned on the oddities and went on a monster run. I'm probably in the minority but I kind of like Kurggan
I'm in the minority with ya lol. Liked him, didn't love him, just felt like he coulda been a little more for sure. The whole truth commission thing felt like a strange way to introduce him. He's a GIANT, a monster right? You shouldn't need a faction in that case, it takes away from you being a one man army and a beast. I think the truth commission stunted him from the start. It just didn't make any sense.
Pacific Rim made me notice Kurrgan's unique neck anatomy makes him perfect for wearing body armor with huge shoulder pads. I kinda wish he goes for a role in the Warhammer 40k series as a Space Marine or in a future Fallout episode wearing Power Armor. 😅
The best part about Kurrgan that I can remember is in the PS1 video game WWF Attitude Kurrgan was extremely OP. If memory serves his attacks did the most damage out of everyone on the roster. Mind you, this is based off of my memory at 9 years old.
The then WWF truly dropped the ball, not on Kurrgan or however its spelled, but with The Natural Don Callis. He was supposed to debut with a returning Model Rick Martel as The Supermodels but Martel opted to go to WCW in '97 instead. But Callis's Canadian independent work with the likes of Edge, Christian Cage, Rhyno, Joe E Legend and Bad News Brown is highly underrated....Callis was a good worker!
Fun fact: That second theme he used was later used for the Acolytes when they first teamed with Jackyl managing them. This is why that song was in the WWF Attitude video game despite that run being short-lived when he got fired and they moved to working with Taker and the Ministry stuff.
Really wild that WWE had Silva in his physical prime, but didn't do anything with him. I was surprised to see how agile he could actually move when he was in NJPW.
He atleast went on to have a successful career in the movie industry, in extra work,stunt work, and acting being in movies like 300, Sherlock Holmes and Troy
Was about to say, cause I had the Summerslam VHS and did not remember that happening. Gawd I hate music labels, "oh the Network doesn't wanna pay royalties to ICP years alter" cheap bastards.
The fact that Golga is Earthquake makes me cry and then laugh....and then cry. This dude was a real world SUMO champion at 23 in Japan, he wrestled Hogan in the 80s for a World Title....Then This....WHAT THE FUCK!
Love getting some good old Hawk notifications. Also just thinking - how about a show from Control Your Narrative on the "how bad could it be?". Maybe eclipse WCW, maybe awesome. Let's find out.
Too bad The Oddities and their dancing gimmick wasn't around the same time as Too Cool began theirs. They could have made some kind of semi interesting angle with that.
i love the oddities just had such a fun time when they came in and a banger entrance song especially when icp showed up... all dogwater but it sure was fun
Saying a theme song makes a wrestler is an understatement. The Oddities were no doubt the worst faction of the attitude era but try explaining that to someone after you show theme the massive pop their entrances got. 😂
For the past 15 years, I always knew that monster from 300 looked familiar, yet I was too lazy to look it up. *It was Kurgan.* My mind is sorta blown. Good for him. Also, The Oddities had a ton of pretty subpar matches, but I think we all can agree that they were pretty over. The crowd really got into their entrance. That time in wrestling was wonderful. Even mid card performers had fans and got some pop. I was a fan of the J.O.B. Squad back then and have been searching for a shirt for 20 years now.
I enjoyed Kurrgan as a monster and loved The Jackyl, it was by far my favorite incarnation of Don Callis. He was so believable portraying a New Age cult leader. Logically, he was the best choice for the Higher Power and word on the street is they were planning on him being revealed as such, backstage tensions prevented that. Ironically, Bradshaw owes his job to Jackyl as he was on the way out if not for the Acolytes gimmick, yet he was the reason for Jackyl being let go.
So you're saying that we have Don Callis to blame for the fact that JBL has been lingering around the WWF/E like a case of herpes for the last 30 years?
I'm so happy Don can show what he can do in AEW. I heard he was not liked at all in WWE. Apparently, The Hardyz went to wrestlers court and their punishment was to trash Don's rental car. I don't want to believe that but if that's true, that's messed up.
Kurrgan had a great unique look and definitely expressed fierce charisma in his appearances. I always found it interesting how guys like The Big Show, who only had 3 moves in his entire move-set and zero charisma, could be pushed to the moon for so many years, and guys like Kurrgan, who definitely had more agility, mobility, and aggression, got such a lame half-assed push.
Kurrgan looks like In-Shape, Out-of-Shape Man from Family Guy. And yeah, SOMEONE has to dethrone Benoit. No way a literal murderer can have the top spot.
It's crazy to me that the best part of Kurrigan's career was the Truth Commission. The Oddities was career suicide. One can see Russo's horrible influence on the creative from 1997 to 1998.
I think the instances where they are missing an entrance or they quickly blank out and move to the next segment is because the live ICP performances aren't cleared for the Network. IIRC there's a whole Golga/Mero match cut from the Network because of something ICP-related
Kurgan looks like the thing where the head becomes detached from the body and crawls away
And then they threw a t shirt on him to hide his massive neck which was what made him stand out in the first place, aside from his size in general
_PRETORIUS_
or freddy krueger when his head pops out on top of a television th-cam.com/video/x8OUdf3Yf3U/w-d-xo.html
I just rewatched that recently lmao.
Wrestling aside. It was such a warm feeling to my heart. Watching the movie and being disgusted and unsettled. Due to the practical effects being so damn good.
The cgi on the re remake just made everything so bad. And overall cgi has made me sensible to practical effects. They look even better to me now and refreshing.
The re remake of the thing was a chi fest that i remember leaving the theater with my dad because we couldnt bare watching such a bad movie
What thing?
Funny story:
Don Phallus (could have also been Lance Storm, not sure) once mentioned that Kurrgan was only made to dance after Vince McMahon saw him do it at a WrestleMania afterparty.
This lead to the quote:
"Don‘t do anything in front of Vince McMahon, that you wouldn‘t do for a million people."
Hello fellow cult member!
We always called Lance Storm gay, so potentially mixing up him and "Don Phallus" is unintentionally hilarious to me.
During the initial stages of the pandemic, my fitness shop was closed and we were only doing online/pick up orders. I got an email request for 12 x 45LB Olympic Plates from a Robert Maillet and bemused that it would be cool if it was Kurrgan. Fast forward to later that day when Kurrggan shows up in a mini van to pick up his 12 weight plates. He couldn't have been more accommodating, posed for photos and talked wrestling with me for a good twenty minutes in the parking lot. Anyone in NB who has ever bumped into him says the same thing- he is a salt of the earth good guy.
I do love to hear that about people
His biggest moment in life is when he punched Robert Downey Jr in Sherlock Homes. He actually knocked out RDJ in a fighting scene
so even though he jobbed to him he worked stiff?
@@lewisb85I guess so 😂
He was the main villain of The Strain tv show. Was in 300, Pacific Rim and plenty of other things. He has done more in acting than many people realise.
Nothing says "your career in WWF is over" like being given a dancing gimmick.
Only one it ever worked for was Honky Tonk Man
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That seems to be a running gag that Vince gives to giants he doesn't like anymore. The last one he did it to was Shanky (he was the huge 7 footer who would hang out with Jinder Mahal). Shanky went from being an enforcer to becoming a comedy dancer (he started doing comedy dances and Jinder would get angry at him). Before that was Great Khali (he had a huge fall from grace. From World champ to funny dance gimmick). Brodus Clay (who is 6'7, he is deceptively tall) is the most famous one that got stuck with a dancing gimmick. There are most likely others who I'm not thinking of right now. The ONLY one with a dance gimmick of sorts in WWE that actually worked was Honky Tonk Man (granted, that gimmick had multiple things going for it. The dancing was more of a side thing, not the focus).
@johnpenguinthe3rd13 each and every gimmick related to dancing was pushed by Vince. They were given tv and ppv time. So everything you said is pretty much wrong.
I agree Kurgan probably had the strangest physique of any WWF superstar. But he was clearly a monster.
He's built like a glass coke bottle
I have to admit Kurrgan is in my boy stable. The biggest problem for him (apart from talent) was they were pushing him as an unstoppable monster but they already had one higher up the card, Kane. He never had a chance.
Have to ask. Who else you got in there?
@@trentsteel6286 well, Kurrgan is my muscle boy. Lance Storm is my really-shouldn't-be-but-somehow-is boy. Biscuits and Gravy are my tag team boys and Rhaka Khan is my girl boy
@@ClarenceOdbodyAS2 Solid stable. Can of coke to you!
They could have had a decent storyline in a monster vs monster type thing.
@@punkem733Brothers of Destruction vs Kurrgan and Giant Silva (as monster heels)..
The Oddities have always been a guilty pleasure of mine. Almost all of their matches sucked, but their entrances were very infectious to me for some reason, crowd always loved them too.
Whoop whoop!
That Summer Slam match should've gotten a B. It's a lot of fun.
i love both The Truth Commission and Kurrgan
i'm a big underground metal and electronic music fan. these are the type of acts that stick with you, they werent great, they werent pushed, they werent known, but somehow you found them and you love the hell outta em
it works even better because The Headbangers worked with Kurrgan. love all the Morbid Angel and death metal shirts they would wear to the ring. same reason i love Erik Rowan and all the Viking dudes of recent times
The fact that Vince McMahon had one single moment out of his extremely busy day to actually witness Kurrgan dancing is the most surprising part of his whole run. A run that likely earned him more money and a longer run than he ever would have, had Vince not seen him dancing.
You phrased this as if Vince was busy at his desk and someone said "sir... You're gonna want to see this. It's Kurrgan, and he's... Well, he's dancing."
Cutting his monster push short to place him in a comic relief stable. Now that's moving up the card and making the big boy money.
Lmao @LazurBeemz best comment. Underrated, you win the Internet
@@LazurBeemzif you phrase it as vince sitting at his desk playing with toys, then it sounds alot more accurate.
Kane was the WWF's unstoppable monster at the time. They didn't need another one.
It took 10 matches to take him from monster heel to goofball face... That has to be quicker than anyone
The Truth Commission had a ton of matches on Shotgun Saturday night that weren't covered in this video.
Kurgan is my friends uncle. I see him around town all the time. He's a very nice and humble man for how famous is (for around new Brunswick). Tall as hell.
I remember that Recon, aka Bull Buchanan, was actually quite fun to watch in the ring back then he was 300 pounds and 6'7, and he can move around the ring like a cruiserweight. Too bad they prioritize a guy whose only move is sidewalk slam over a guy who can actually wrestle competently
No, he wasn't. The whole truth commission was bad.
Nah Bull was good. He just didn’t have a huge personality.
Bull was no more than 6’4
@Markyd123 having no personality is a BAD THING in the entertainment industry. Don't get hit with a brick
@@Markyd123 and he did 3 moves
Classic Hawk, unlocking wrestling memories for the masses. That oddities theme was a banger
By all accounts Robert Maillet is actually quite a nice guy in real life, and has quite the list of acting credits (300, Deadpool 2, Percy Jackson). And I always loved The Jackyl. I tell anyone, he should’ve been The Higher Power. The Ministry of Darkness was a cult. He was literally a cult leader!
True, even though his gimmick was somewhat a ripoff of Raven
@@lordevyl8317 Huh? His gimmick was inspired by David Koresh.
I met him at a Jacques Rougeau show in Montreal where he main evented against Jacques. Kurrgan was the heel and when he came out he was acting like a heel towards the fans who were cheering him including my brother. After the show all the the wrestlers were signing autographs he went up to my brother to apologize for acting like that and that it was part of the gimmick. Super nice guy.
That’s a nice story, @. 🙂
Kurrgan lives in my area, he frequents the casino in Moncton, NB whether to gamble or for the buffets I don't know. My wife went to a show at the casino this summer and the Kurrgan was parked next to her in the parking lot, she said he walks with a can now and clearly has a hard time getting around. I've never met him but apparently all the staff at the casino say he is one of the nicest guys you could meet.
Big men like Kurrgan and Nathan Jones always seem to fare better as actors than as wrestlers.
Tiny Lister too, too stiff to be proper wrestlers but good character actors
Tyler Maine (Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's Halloween) started out as a wrestler over in Japan. He was dreadful.
@@Bubba__Sawyer He was also in Troy i think too, such a huge dude.
Idk man I think Kurggan deserves a little more credit than this. The Oddities weren't DX but they were pretty fun at the time and part of that was him dancing. And watching even this video you can see him get better in the ring towards the end of the run and they barely let him wrestle. He didn't have a ton of moves but the ones he did got WAY smoother and more devastating looking. I don't think he could've been a huge star but I think he could've gotten over more than he did if he turned on the oddities and went on a monster run. I'm probably in the minority but I kind of like Kurggan
Watch it back on the Network without the ICP music it will change everything
I'm in the minority with ya lol. Liked him, didn't love him, just felt like he coulda been a little more for sure. The whole truth commission thing felt like a strange way to introduce him. He's a GIANT, a monster right? You shouldn't need a faction in that case, it takes away from you being a one man army and a beast. I think the truth commission stunted him from the start. It just didn't make any sense.
Pacific Rim made me notice Kurrgan's unique neck anatomy makes him perfect for wearing body armor with huge shoulder pads. I kinda wish he goes for a role in the Warhammer 40k series as a Space Marine or in a future Fallout episode wearing Power Armor. 😅
It kinda looks like his head was sewn on
Ogryn maybe 🤔 wouldn't need a lot of prosthetics
Kurrgan looks like the monster the immortals kept in chains lol
Don Callis with hair will never not be weird to me
Do you mean Cyrus, the TNN network representative?
I'll only ever see him with long hair.
@@ricardonb6375The Network! Says that this a great comment.
The Jackal.
Conversely, Don Callis with no hair will never not be weird to me.
Kurrgan's theme scares me to this day and I never watched him growing up because I was born after he left the company.
Rhyno in NXT
Good one
The best part about Kurrgan that I can remember is in the PS1 video game WWF Attitude Kurrgan was extremely OP. If memory serves his attacks did the most damage out of everyone on the roster. Mind you, this is based off of my memory at 9 years old.
Him and Ahmed Johnson were way op in that game.
kurrgan looks like a giant EC3
He's his father.
So we finally found where EC1 was after all. Moxley/Ambrose must be happy. All we need is to find where EC2 is. @@LarsOfTheMohicans
EC3²
Kurgan looks awkward 😂😂
Crazy how Kurrgan managed to have an even better acting career than Aron Rex. He’s had bit parts in a surprising number of movies and TV shows.
At the very least he carved out a good career on the film side with Pacific Rim, Sherlock Holmes, Becky and 300.
This was painful but Kurgan as part of the Oddity’s was fun.
He's actually a very nice guy in real life too.
@@JonnyAugz Why wouldn't he be?
@extremeking425 A lot of wrestlers aren't. Especially in those days.
Thank Russo
I think we found EC1 or EC2 today.
Haha
I was just looking to see if anyone but me saw the EC3 similarity... thank god I'm not just imagining it
He looks like he shit out ec3
@@2119D Jesus... tbf with the veins he does look like he's straining for a shit
I find it hilarious and ironic that I always said the Uber Immortal looked like Kurrgan. Only to get the confirmation that it actually was him lol
The hawks making regular Monday videos. Getting used to the 3 videos a week
Kurggan like Nathan Jones made a decent career for himself playing the muscle in movies like Sherlock Holmes and Becky.
Fun fact: Kurrgan was the giant in the movie 300.
Love your work markyd, keep it up. 👏🏼 💯
Watching all the way here from the Maldives 🌴🇲🇻
Wanna put me up for a week I need a break it’s been two years 😂
@Markyd123 you are more than welcome to visit! 😁 🦅
He did job to robert downey jr.
The then WWF truly dropped the ball, not on Kurrgan or however its spelled, but with The Natural Don Callis. He was supposed to debut with a returning Model Rick Martel as The Supermodels but Martel opted to go to WCW in '97 instead. But Callis's Canadian independent work with the likes of Edge, Christian Cage, Rhyno, Joe E Legend and Bad News Brown is highly underrated....Callis was a good worker!
Fun Fact: He had a match in Korea and won the championship belt
I remember Kurrgan being in WWF Attitude which is his only video game appearance
Can you do Jershow?
Fun fact: That second theme he used was later used for the Acolytes when they first teamed with Jackyl managing them.
This is why that song was in the WWF Attitude video game despite that run being short-lived when he got fired and they moved to working with Taker and the Ministry stuff.
It's good to see an attitude era guy healthy and still working (in tv) nowadays. Rob Maillett is Kurrgans real name btw
Take a shot everytime he does a sidewalk slam 🥃
Vinnie Mac really loved his “foreign wrestlers hate America” gimmick
To be fair, so did Verne Gagne
That wasn't just a Vince thing. That's a wrestling thing
At least he had singles matches, unlike Giant Silva, who only had *TWO* on Super Astros!
A man of culture, I presume? I quite enjoyed Super Astros. Ataca matraca!
Really wild that WWE had Silva in his physical prime, but didn't do anything with him. I was surprised to see how agile he could actually move when he was in NJPW.
"Kurrgan" is now better known for his acting career under his real name Robert Maillet (Canada) with roles as The Master in vampire series The Strain
A video about Brian Lee's Ecw run would be a good watch!
The incredible amount of different characters and talent in the attitude era is crazy everyone had a spot on the show not just big talent unlike today
He atleast went on to have a successful career in the movie industry, in extra work,stunt work, and acting being in movies like 300, Sherlock Holmes and Troy
Kurrgan with Jackyl was the prototype for what the Acolytes eventually became. He had potential with that gimmick.
The reason for the quick camera cuts at the beginning and end of Oddities matches are due to ICP playing their theme song.
the reason it cut to black was because of the icp performance
Was about to say, cause I had the Summerslam VHS and did not remember that happening. Gawd I hate music labels, "oh the Network doesn't wanna pay royalties to ICP years alter" cheap bastards.
The fact that Golga is Earthquake makes me cry and then laugh....and then cry. This dude was a real world SUMO champion at 23 in Japan, he wrestled Hogan in the 80s for a World Title....Then This....WHAT THE FUCK!
I forgot about al snow and head damn he took a ridiculous idea and ran with it and wasn't head replaced by a mop
I remember when I was a kid. I had a mini figure of everyone from the truth commission. I had no idea who they were, lol.
Oh god his head looks like is about to be ripped off
You must be joking. His head looks like no amount of torque or blunt force trauma could ever rip it off and like it could survive any car accident.
It does sort of look sewn on. I think that’s all the muscle and extra skin. He has a unique look for aure
Love getting some good old Hawk notifications.
Also just thinking - how about a show from Control Your Narrative on the "how bad could it be?". Maybe eclipse WCW, maybe awesome. Let's find out.
Well, now we need Giant Silva as well
Imagine your push gets killed because you danced 🤦🏾♂️ but I was a fan of his when they did the Oddities thing
You knew it was over however when the entire Ministry shows up to destroy all of them..sadly ICP dodged that bullet LOL
I love your videos 😊
One look at that neck and i thought "Wow, he looks like the Monster from 300"
A google search later cand he IS in fact the monster dude from 300.
This is my favorite wrestling channel other than my own
Thanks Hater
Bubba Ray Dudley 2002 Raw Singles run
LOL kurrgan face was like, dude holy shit that was close 5:58
Too bad The Oddities and their dancing gimmick wasn't around the same time as Too Cool began theirs. They could have made some kind of semi interesting angle with that.
Dance battles and them serving each other 😂
I was genuinely upset with that last match. I really was rooting for the streak
All of that to just finally lose at the end is hilarious 😂
Red Shirt Security for Ring of the Hawk.
i love the oddities just had such a fun time when they came in and a banger entrance song especially when icp showed up... all dogwater but it sure was fun
Saying a theme song makes a wrestler is an understatement. The Oddities were no doubt the worst faction of the attitude era but try explaining that to someone after you show theme the massive pop their entrances got. 😂
Any weird August 98 onwards cuts are due to WWE not owning the rights to the ICP theme song used.
For the past 15 years, I always knew that monster from 300 looked familiar, yet I was too lazy to look it up.
*It was Kurgan.* My mind is sorta blown. Good for him.
Also, The Oddities had a ton of pretty subpar matches, but I think we all can agree that they were pretty over. The crowd really got into their entrance.
That time in wrestling was wonderful. Even mid card performers had fans and got some pop.
I was a fan of the J.O.B. Squad back then and have been searching for a shirt for 20 years now.
Oh my god. This is like the 5th bad run Marky had to do in a row. Can we get Marky to do a great run?😂
the sad thing is that golga was the former “earthquake” jon tenta he only took the job to support his family,it was a insult to a once great heel
Marky you’re legit the best TH-camr ever
The FACT this isn't known as the Faction Era is a crime!
Gang Warfare, BRO!!!
Golga in the mask was John Tenta (EARTHQUAKE).
I would give the Summerslam match a C. It's fun! 😊
Fun fact: Lance Diamond the jobber wearing the singlet in the handicap match, is Simon Diamond.
I have to say, his side slam was a thing of beauty.
A very limited wrestler, but a very decent actor. Great in Vicious Fun.
I enjoyed Kurrgan as a monster and loved The Jackyl, it was by far my favorite incarnation of Don Callis. He was so believable portraying a New Age cult leader. Logically, he was the best choice for the Higher Power and word on the street is they were planning on him being revealed as such, backstage tensions prevented that. Ironically, Bradshaw owes his job to Jackyl as he was on the way out if not for the Acolytes gimmick, yet he was the reason for Jackyl being let go.
So you're saying that we have Don Callis to blame for the fact that JBL has been lingering around the WWF/E like a case of herpes for the last 30 years?
I didn't mind Kurgan for some reason. Not my fav by any means but he was alright
I still remember seeing the movie 300 for the first time and noticing that Kurgan was that berserker thing they let loose.
I'm so happy Don can show what he can do in AEW. I heard he was not liked at all in WWE. Apparently, The Hardyz went to wrestlers court and their punishment was to trash Don's rental car. I don't want to believe that but if that's true, that's messed up.
He went from Monster Kurrgan to Goofball Kurrgan way faster than I rememeber
He was a big dude that didn't move half bad. Decent booking could have helped him a great deal.
Had no clue that Buchanan was around for such a long time.
With The Oddities, Kurrgan was more “over” than some of the stars of today.
Kurrgan had a great unique look and definitely expressed fierce charisma in his appearances. I always found it interesting how guys like The Big Show, who only had 3 moves in his entire move-set and zero charisma, could be pushed to the moon for so many years, and guys like Kurrgan, who definitely had more agility, mobility, and aggression, got such a lame half-assed push.
Kurgan lost his only match as his last match. Going out on his back like a true professional lol
nothing kills a match faster than not even trying to sell ANYTHING
Kurrgan looks like In-Shape, Out-of-Shape Man from Family Guy.
And yeah, SOMEONE has to dethrone Benoit. No way a literal murderer can have the top spot.
Sullivan did it.
I always wanted to hear more about him and his team. I didn't watch wrestling until 1999
Is this now a thing Marky D Mondays, I could get used to this!
But what was Jack Perry doing there???
Think Shawn Michaels dx run from 1997 does qualify for ROH
Man I remembered all these matches lol damn I’m old
It's crazy to me that the best part of Kurrigan's career was the Truth Commission. The Oddities was career suicide. One can see Russo's horrible influence on the creative from 1997 to 1998.
I think the instances where they are missing an entrance or they quickly blank out and move to the next segment is because the live ICP performances aren't cleared for the Network. IIRC there's a whole Golga/Mero match cut from the Network because of something ICP-related
Golga..... very over for what it was, but what a waste of Earthquake.
Mr J.L Jerry Lynn in WCW
I like it