Old friends The Undertaker and The Godfather tell a story about getting stuck in the middle of nowhere with no money back in their early wrestling days.
I mer Godfather at a convention years ago and just wanted to say he was so gracious with his time. Talked to us for about a half hour. Shared stories. Made jokes. Didnt charge us a dime. Was just enjoying talking to some fans. That stuck with me.
im a trucker i have plenty of these stories myself. my first year was werner enterprises in 2013. i started at age 25, now i am 35. but i also had my fair share of local jobs and in to good jobs and back into worser jobs. teaming and local, etc. some companies don't pay for breakdowns like fedex ground contractors. one of my favorite breakdowns was in amarillo texas. ran over a piece of metal that tore open a metal air tank. but if that piece of metal was slightly to the side, it would of torn through the fuel tank and caused an explosion. there was sparks everywhere while running it over underneath the truck. that city has alot of mini hills within the city on the i40 and in the middle of the night the vision ahead is reduced and so an object in the road is more likely to get run over.
Not a trucker but was driving my Ford ranger down, crap can't rem the name of the highway but it was main interstate that ran all the way through VA from south to north, was traveling from Elizabeth City NC to Hampton Virginia to go to work, was flipping houses back then but, there was the truck and trailer in front of, not a semi just a regular truck, but they were pulling probably 500 cement bricks, the big grey ones like you use for foundations. Speed on this road was 70-75 but everyone ran 80-90 but this freaking truck cut from two lanes over all of a sudden and basically cut me off in the fast lane running probably 95 to get in front of me. He hit a dip in the road and I kid you not one of those big grey blocks bounced up 6 feet and was coming straight for me at windshield height. Slammed the brakes and swerved and just barely missed it crashing into my radiator. Braking had slowed me down enough it lost some altitude but my ranger was plastic front end. Would've totaled my shit. Regardless what's crazy is this Cadillac behind me wasn't so lucky! I watched it in my mirror, it was ground level then but dude tried to swerve around it only for it to bash his front fender right near his driver side front wheel. That whole gender folded up under the car but what's wild is I watched that caddys axle hit that brick and I swear to God both front tires of this Cadillac bounced a solid 3-4 feet off the ground, slammed down so hard it bounced both front wheels off the ground again before he spun out into the middle grass area. Thank God no barriers there but the truck driver who caused all this never even tapped his brakes. On that same highway different morning on my way to work too, a big dump truck carrying a load of gravel was hauling ass towards an off ramp but last second he swerved and cut me off, sending a rock the size of a golf ball into my windshield and it punched clean through it, smacked me in my collarbone and felt like it broke it but my windshield was obliterated. I drove up to the guy and tried to wave him down but dude was two hands on the wheel staring straight ahead even when I was blowing my horn at him. I got in front of him and started to slow to make him stop as I was calling the police. He acted like he was going to hit me so I sped back up and he tried to get over but I cut him off again and was pointing at the road. We finally do stop miles down the road after doing this back and forth and this driver was talking mad shit never getting out his truck wouldn't even listen to me tryna tell him what happened. I had already called the cops but he was being aggressive making threats and though I was calm about it he was pissing me off and I told him if he keeps threatening me shits going to get far worse for him, so he called police then talking about I had road rage and he was in fear of his life. Cop came though and I heard the driver tell the cop that I was tailgating him and following too closely, saying he has signs on his truck saying to keep back however many feet and basically it was all my fault. Thank God I had a dashcam though and that dudes face went pale when he heard me say that. Cop watched the footage and told the guy he should be ashamed of himself. His antics though made me so mad I went to the hospital, it actually did chip my collarbone and split my skin open, but I also called the truck company he worked for and reported his ass, even mailed them a copy of the dash footage. What's wild is he was like a 50 year old grey headed man. Heavy set and decent looking, like any avg dad really and he was acting like that. I just wanted to exchange insurance originally and didn't plan on going to the hospital but I wanted to after all that. Got a nice little check for it in the end. This is long already but I seen some wild shit commuting on this highway a few years. Watched a dude on a crotch rocket serving in and out of traffic and popping wheelies trying to show off and shit, cutting through the middle of two side by side cars. Well this dude was doing probably 80 and doing a wheelie as he passed me, I was watching in my mirrors at first cuz his shit was loud and it caught my attention but idk what he was thinking. No sooner than his front wheel touched down it was like he realized he needed this exit ramp barely a quarter mile ahead. A 15mph curve back ramp. Yea. He cut towards it and immediately his bike lay over, he was on the inside of it too sliding on his ass back first towards one of those sheet metal barriers with his bike sliding along with him. He hit the barrier back first and his bike smashed into him a split second after. He fold in half and went under the barrier. Which was all of maybe a 3 foot clearance off the ground but the thing I'll never forget is that where he folded in half at? It wasn't at his waist. He folded about at his floating rib level and basically head-butted his knees. I started to stop and help out but he was passing me when this all happened and I was already stunned and staring as I drove and I saw a bunch of people a bit back that witnessed all pull over, probably 3 or 4 of them so I just kept on going. I didn't need to see it to know he didn't make it but his wreck was so bad it was on the news that afternoon.
“Ya know, some Norman Bates type shit” Never in a million years would I have thought the Undertaker talked like this… The last video I watched of these two he said “How you gonna bring up hoes to the Undertaker” 😂 This man is top 5 of all time people in history.
Man listening to the vets tell their wrestling stories and how they were getting paid little to nothing makes you really appreciate that they hung in there and kept us all entertained as well as finding a love for the business.
Undertaker was probably the most important wrestler of all time but I think his podcasts will end up being more significant. Dude tells the best damn stories!
Sometimes i think some of these old wrasslers be ribbing us with how much they really made per show. Even if $35 is like 40-50 nowadays. Wonder what they did for a side hustle or if they had "regular" jobs? But, Godfather and Taker looks like they could find me something to blaze & party favors in ANY city! 😆
Nah. Back then they were paid chump change compared to what the 90s - 00s eventually brought in for them. Most of the 80s era and prior, they were only getting paid per show. Usually $35 - $250 a show. Plus they had to pay their own expenses: fuel, hotels/motels/apartments, vehicle repair, food, and clothes. If they had families, send money back to their families.
U don't know about the "Hoooooooo Train!!" 😂 Man, none of that stuff would be on TV nowadays! Shoot, maybe moving to Netflix will make it more edgy....
@@eugenedantzler4485 Who doesn't oh yeah, a vuhdoo priest would make the woke croud have a tantrum...Was Yokozuna still active when Pap Shango was on? I feel like the iron shiek, was.because he had a fued with Sarget Slober.
You can tell Undertaker and Godfather are best friends with this story. Looking back they can laugh at it now, but at the time I bet they weren't laughing.
I'm surprised that with 900+ lbs of beef, the three guys couldn't get it back on the road with the gal behind the wheel. Either way, great friggin story!
He said hard times breed friendships. That's true. But it's also true that hard times break friendships. I'm not saying I'd immediately cut Godfather off for the ditch incident but if he did another stubborn stupid thing like that again... I'd consider it
It cracks me up how southerners panic when they get snow..here in Michigan we drive through multiple feet of snow like it's no big deal and nothing gets shit down just because we got a little bit of snow like they do in the south..I wish they would have cancelled school and shut businesses down when it snowed here but we didn't get that lucky..but I swear some southerners act like it's the end of the world if they have a snow storm and it's pretty funny..here we get excited because that means we can get the snowmobiles out and have some real fun.
The biggest point I take from this, other than their galvanized friendship and brotherly bond, is that you really had to love the business back then, especially with the anorexic paychecks.
You couldn't make that story up. Taker was absolutely right. It was like a scene from a movie. Lol, that's a great story. But, that's life for you. Lol
Hey but in 1980 $35 was not bad for the few hours and gas was around 0.65 a gallon and that Taurus probably got from Memphis to Nashville on about $12 in gas.. Id have wrestled for $35 a show lol
Be sure to Follow us on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/3uarmgfHog5nqSqKc8r82Y?si=HjVJJ3TOQAyIeziHUPhHlg
Godfather adding the deer in the story cracked me the fuck up!🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Oh, you didn’t see the deer?” 🦌 💀
Doe a deer, a fictional deer...
@morningstar577🤣😂🤣😂🤣
God Father knew he was BSin with that deer story and Taker knew it also...LMAO
@@sidious187😂
35 years later and they still argue about it 😂😂 this is amazing
35 years later.
@@ryandavies5014 Right!
So you know the truth is probably somewhere in the middle of both stories.
"We were so broke we couldn't pay attention" im definitely taking that
These Guys paid their Dues for real 😂
“At least 10 yards, maybe 7” 😂
the deer ran the other direction 🤣😂
Like they say two sides to a story 😂
First heard Taker tell this story on The Broken Skull Sessions with Stone Cold.
Cool story bro
i heard it on there too, funny as hell.
@@dallasparty316this was information that I needed to know lol
I can only imagine seeing Taker pull up in a Ford Escort.
What about a flat bed ford?
Driving from the trunk
@@brokenfunnibones😂😂😂😂
I could listen to stories like this all day
Already I’m surprised how calm taker was with mideon and godfathers antics back then 🤣
Love seeing takers true character. Godfather is one of my favs too. Good to see two old friends telling their old road stories.
Sorry Godfather...I'm with Taker and I believe there was no deer. You totally made that deer up 😂
Sumthin' about these territories stories is better than wrestling itself today.....
I don't want to hear it.
I can't stop laughing. 😂
I've heard this story several times on different podcasts... "There was a deer"... 😂😂😂😂😂
I 40 in Nashville hasn’t changed a bit. It’s still a hot mess. This was my route to work for 5 years.
😂the deer waived the state trooper down
Props to Taker for pronouncing Louisville correctly.
Cmon Taker ain't got no Texas accent
Lmao swear
From this point on I will think of godfather as “ bear.”😅
I mer Godfather at a convention years ago and just wanted to say he was so gracious with his time. Talked to us for about a half hour. Shared stories. Made jokes. Didnt charge us a dime. Was just enjoying talking to some fans. That stuck with me.
This story just keeps getting better.
Lol taker should have godfather on more often those 2 have had a hell of friendship
im a trucker i have plenty of these stories myself. my first year was werner enterprises in 2013. i started at age 25, now i am 35. but i also had my fair share of local jobs and in to good jobs and back into worser jobs. teaming and local, etc. some companies don't pay for breakdowns like fedex ground contractors.
one of my favorite breakdowns was in amarillo texas. ran over a piece of metal that tore open a metal air tank. but if that piece of metal was slightly to the side, it would of torn through the fuel tank and caused an explosion. there was sparks everywhere while running it over underneath the truck. that city has alot of mini hills within the city on the i40 and in the middle of the night the vision ahead is reduced and so an object in the road is more likely to get run over.
Not a trucker but was driving my Ford ranger down, crap can't rem the name of the highway but it was main interstate that ran all the way through VA from south to north, was traveling from Elizabeth City NC to Hampton Virginia to go to work, was flipping houses back then but, there was the truck and trailer in front of, not a semi just a regular truck, but they were pulling probably 500 cement bricks, the big grey ones like you use for foundations. Speed on this road was 70-75 but everyone ran 80-90 but this freaking truck cut from two lanes over all of a sudden and basically cut me off in the fast lane running probably 95 to get in front of me. He hit a dip in the road and I kid you not one of those big grey blocks bounced up 6 feet and was coming straight for me at windshield height. Slammed the brakes and swerved and just barely missed it crashing into my radiator. Braking had slowed me down enough it lost some altitude but my ranger was plastic front end. Would've totaled my shit. Regardless what's crazy is this Cadillac behind me wasn't so lucky! I watched it in my mirror, it was ground level then but dude tried to swerve around it only for it to bash his front fender right near his driver side front wheel. That whole gender folded up under the car but what's wild is I watched that caddys axle hit that brick and I swear to God both front tires of this Cadillac bounced a solid 3-4 feet off the ground, slammed down so hard it bounced both front wheels off the ground again before he spun out into the middle grass area. Thank God no barriers there but the truck driver who caused all this never even tapped his brakes.
On that same highway different morning on my way to work too, a big dump truck carrying a load of gravel was hauling ass towards an off ramp but last second he swerved and cut me off, sending a rock the size of a golf ball into my windshield and it punched clean through it, smacked me in my collarbone and felt like it broke it but my windshield was obliterated. I drove up to the guy and tried to wave him down but dude was two hands on the wheel staring straight ahead even when I was blowing my horn at him. I got in front of him and started to slow to make him stop as I was calling the police. He acted like he was going to hit me so I sped back up and he tried to get over but I cut him off again and was pointing at the road. We finally do stop miles down the road after doing this back and forth and this driver was talking mad shit never getting out his truck wouldn't even listen to me tryna tell him what happened. I had already called the cops but he was being aggressive making threats and though I was calm about it he was pissing me off and I told him if he keeps threatening me shits going to get far worse for him, so he called police then talking about I had road rage and he was in fear of his life. Cop came though and I heard the driver tell the cop that I was tailgating him and following too closely, saying he has signs on his truck saying to keep back however many feet and basically it was all my fault. Thank God I had a dashcam though and that dudes face went pale when he heard me say that. Cop watched the footage and told the guy he should be ashamed of himself. His antics though made me so mad I went to the hospital, it actually did chip my collarbone and split my skin open, but I also called the truck company he worked for and reported his ass, even mailed them a copy of the dash footage. What's wild is he was like a 50 year old grey headed man. Heavy set and decent looking, like any avg dad really and he was acting like that. I just wanted to exchange insurance originally and didn't plan on going to the hospital but I wanted to after all that. Got a nice little check for it in the end.
This is long already but I seen some wild shit commuting on this highway a few years. Watched a dude on a crotch rocket serving in and out of traffic and popping wheelies trying to show off and shit, cutting through the middle of two side by side cars. Well this dude was doing probably 80 and doing a wheelie as he passed me, I was watching in my mirrors at first cuz his shit was loud and it caught my attention but idk what he was thinking. No sooner than his front wheel touched down it was like he realized he needed this exit ramp barely a quarter mile ahead. A 15mph curve back ramp. Yea. He cut towards it and immediately his bike lay over, he was on the inside of it too sliding on his ass back first towards one of those sheet metal barriers with his bike sliding along with him. He hit the barrier back first and his bike smashed into him a split second after. He fold in half and went under the barrier. Which was all of maybe a 3 foot clearance off the ground but the thing I'll never forget is that where he folded in half at? It wasn't at his waist. He folded about at his floating rib level and basically head-butted his knees. I started to stop and help out but he was passing me when this all happened and I was already stunned and staring as I drove and I saw a bunch of people a bit back that witnessed all pull over, probably 3 or 4 of them so I just kept on going. I didn't need to see it to know he didn't make it but his wreck was so bad it was on the news that afternoon.
“Ya know, some Norman Bates type shit” Never in a million years would I have thought the Undertaker talked like this… The last video I watched of these two he said “How you gonna bring up hoes to the Undertaker” 😂 This man is top 5 of all time people in history.
Man listening to the vets tell their wrestling stories and how they were getting paid little to nothing makes you really appreciate that they hung in there and kept us all entertained as well as finding a love for the business.
Picturing Taker in a little bitty Ford Escort is hilarious 😂
LMFAO!! You didn't see that deer!!?? 🤣😭
Taker is clearly ride or die. He knows when to be business and when to be one of the boys
This has been the best interview on 6 feet IMO. These 2 such great mates just makes the banter and stories even funnier! Love it!
Man I'm grateful Undertaker shows up every week lol love this show
Undertaker was probably the most important wrestler of all time but I think his podcasts will end up being more significant. Dude tells the best damn stories!
that deer story was funny af 😂😂😂
Sometimes i think some of these old wrasslers be ribbing us with how much they really made per show. Even if $35 is like 40-50 nowadays. Wonder what they did for a side hustle or if they had "regular" jobs? But, Godfather and Taker looks like they could find me something to blaze & party favors in ANY city! 😆
Nah. Back then they were paid chump change compared to what the 90s - 00s eventually brought in for them.
Most of the 80s era and prior, they were only getting paid per show. Usually $35 - $250 a show. Plus they had to pay their own expenses: fuel, hotels/motels/apartments, vehicle repair, food, and clothes. If they had families, send money back to their families.
Bad News Brown said his worst payday was $5
When are we going to get a Netflix movie about two old, retired wrestlers sharing stories? Like grumpy old men
As a long time wrestling fan, these stories are awesome.
Tough times definitely form strong bonds!
I don't even remember the godfather.. But I enjoyed hearing his stories so much.. I smiled staring at my phone this ENTIRE video
U don't know about the "Hoooooooo Train!!" 😂 Man, none of that stuff would be on TV nowadays! Shoot, maybe moving to Netflix will make it more edgy....
@@aceloco817That's an idea. Maybe Netflix will change things.
@@aceloco817 It would be R rated today.
You remember Papa Shango?
@@eugenedantzler4485 Who doesn't oh yeah, a vuhdoo priest would make the woke croud have a tantrum...Was Yokozuna still active when Pap Shango was on? I feel like the iron shiek, was.because he had a fued with Sarget Slober.
The undertaker got some great stories
Lmaoo “ you didn’t see that dear ??! no?”
What had happened was...Nuh uh, ya huh, nuh uh, ya huh , nuh uh, ya huh
Lmao I’ve been waiting for this ever since Taker was on Stonce Cold’s show !
*Can’t wait to hear this*
Taker the GOAT
this is absolute gold
Mate Taker is hilarious
Wrestlers have the best road stories. This was too funny 😂😂😂
Was this the same Ford that according to Doug Gilbert had bald tires? If so, then that makes the yards arguement more believable.
Oh deer, black ice LoL
Black guys?
The winter of 89 was cold 🥶 and windy and the summer what 🥵🔥
A 4x4 Suburban is what they needed. They wouldn’t have gotten stuck and would have been comfortable.
I still say Godfather should have been Wwf/ Wwe Champion
BSK all Legends real friends love THIS ❤❤
You didn't see the deer? 😂
Thank God I save that dear life 😂.
.38 checks for "You're dead Ramsay" 😂
"You shouldn't have let me drive"
You can tell Undertaker and Godfather are best friends with this story. Looking back they can laugh at it now, but at the time I bet they weren't laughing.
I'm surprised that with 900+ lbs of beef, the three guys couldn't get it back on the road with the gal behind the wheel. Either way, great friggin story!
This really shows how insanely shitty vince and other promoters used to treat lower card talent.
I always believed Takes' version. He spit it fluently, never paused or changed his story
The greatest
this is just a great bro story.
The Godfather was the only one who saw the deer, he must have smoked some good stuff
"we so broke we can't pay attention" lol
Did yall do any house shows in bowling green ky back in the day? It is only like 50-60 miles from Nashville.
10 MILES AN HOUR FOR 200 MILES???? DAMN!!!!
Idea: Taker and Godfather movie reaction to the original Italian Job. XD
lol 😂 godfather lieing like a mf 😂
I had a few of these traveling in blizzard experiences while being in my old band lol you're definitely paying your dues in those moment lol
I like how u guys got happy dads on set
He said hard times breed friendships. That's true. But it's also true that hard times break friendships. I'm not saying I'd immediately cut Godfather off for the ditch incident but if he did another stubborn stupid thing like that again... I'd consider it
It cracks me up how southerners panic when they get snow..here in Michigan we drive through multiple feet of snow like it's no big deal and nothing gets shit down just because we got a little bit of snow like they do in the south..I wish they would have cancelled school and shut businesses down when it snowed here but we didn't get that lucky..but I swear some southerners act like it's the end of the world if they have a snow storm and it's pretty funny..here we get excited because that means we can get the snowmobiles out and have some real fun.
Im in tears 🤣
Must have been harry potter using that deer spell or something.
I live in Wisconsin so i know ALL too well about snow and ice
That kinda weather is a regular winter day in Vermont 😂
Tell em Big Man
I love these podcasts ❤
Get bam margera on as a guest
The biggest point I take from this, other than their galvanized friendship and brotherly bond, is that you really had to love the business back then, especially with the anorexic paychecks.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 “we’re going, we’re going”
GODFATHER AIN'T SEE NO DEER!!!!
McMinnville Right Here!
Once a month at the Civic Center!
Love the stories!!!
You couldn't make that story up. Taker was absolutely right. It was like a scene from a movie. Lol, that's a great story. But, that's life for you. Lol
Hahaha man imagine how much miles Taker has done on the road 🛣️
A fictional deer 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Man this was a funny story
no deer😂😂😂
damn i enjoyed this
Taking saying “type shit” is hilarious
It prolly was Roy rogers that’s had the buffet
You will rest in peace ❤
Man that's funny 😂😂😂
Now we have to get the girl side of the story
Maybe the deer should of been driving 😅😅
Hey but in 1980 $35 was not bad for the few hours and gas was around 0.65 a gallon and that Taurus probably got from Memphis to Nashville on about $12 in gas.. Id have wrestled for $35 a show lol
Said "I had to swerve to hit a deer or something"
You know hes full of shit if he was swerving to HIT shit instead of missing a damn deer 🤣😆
“We would share Trans” mark calloway
BSK2024!!!!!!!🍞😋🍞