I remember i met Dean Malenko at a hotel i was working at, i was the front of the hotel and i see walking in and i go “holy shit ... the iceman” and just stone faces goes “hello, how are you.”
Dean Malenko is the best technician ever. Nobody can tell me otherwise. He's never messed up a spot, his matches were perfect, he could make anyone look great, his moves were intense and had such impact. Dean Malenko is the best "pro wrestler" ever. He is a wrestling GOD.
I wished dean. Had a proper retirement tour he was truely inspiring him and chris benoit were my biggest inspirations in becoming a wrestler, hope to meet him soon
A wrestler of his caliber doesn't need personality to get over, he just needs to be BOOKED PROPERLY, the British bulldogs were fantastic wrestlers, they had the personality of day-old oatmeal but they got over because they were booked properly, Dean malenko was never booked properly in WCW, in WWE, he had already been wrestling for 23 years and injuries were abundant which is why he retired so abruptly not long after he got there with the radicals, before coming to the United States to wrestle full time in early 1994, Dean malenko had seen huge success for years in Japan and in Europe winning over 25 titles but wasn't really as well-known as he should have been as a result of his Coming to America to wrestle so late in his career
@@theepworthepiscopalspike8260 - How was he "not booked properly in WCW"? He was 5' 7" and about 190lbs, he had no charisma and couldn't cut a promo, and he just so happened to be in a company that had Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Sting, Ric Flair, DDP & Goldberg at the top, all of whom were 10000000000 times the star that he was. He would look like shit being in the ring with any normal sized man, but to be in there with guys all well over 6 feet tall and all at the very least 60lbs heavier than him would be ridiculous. He was a tremendous midcard workhorse who did very solid work and could be a great foil for someone with charisma like Jericho. A guy like him should have been thanking his lucky stars every day that he was able to not be working bingo halls in front of 300 people admiring "5 star workrate" and that thanks to Hogan, Sting, etc that he was in arenas with THOUSANDS of people and on TV being watched by MILLIONS of people. His paychecks for being midcard in WCW were 100 times what he made anywhere else. His profile was raised massively by just being on WCW's roster. A WCW or WWF midcarder of the late 1990s made more money and got more exposure than every indy "main eventer" combined in the last 20 years. Businessmen count the paycheck, marks would rather have a "5 star match" and make $50 for it. Brilliant mechanical midcarder, but I lost all respect for hom for that Radicalz shit and demanding Hogan money and main event matches. It would be like some QB from the Missouri amateur league demanding Tom Brady's slot because he "threw 50 TDs against the Kansas City over 60s team, and even got 1 column in the Hicksville Tribune. Ain't that awesome!!!"
@@handsolo1209 Only in the U.S. where big idiots that lifted weights took steroids and wouldn't "know a wrist lock from a writ watch", but could strut and run their mouth well are the big stars. If you like them, fine, he had his fans, thousands of fans. He exposed us to what pro wrestling COULD be in the 90s, he and other "midgets". It's a shame that all you seem to think about is that he didn't main event PPVs, you know, I bought PPVs back then for his first match on the card in them. I doubt strongly I was the only one. If most U.S. fans were not that way, oh well, it's why he said in ECW when leaving it that his style suited other countries more. I'm glad they did go to the U.S. I'd not have seen their matches back then at all, there was no internet in the way there is now those years. Those hating him, and his friends in 1996 and so on didn't deserve them IMHO. You deserved vanilla giants doing 3-4 moves every single time, every single match, almost in the same minutes of the match. As long as they could run their mouths off properly before and after...
@@dodesskiy1 Nobody says having an opinion is wrong, and if you liked him, knock yourself out, however, when idiots put people like that on a pedestal and then ignore facts to diminish the people who did draw money and create a fake notion that people like Malenko were held back, then sorry, they will be set straight.
Yes, with such fine questions: " What are your memories ox X?" "I raped his dog." "What are your memories of Y?" "I threw motor oil on his kids." "What are your memories of Z?"-no follow up, same cookie cutter questions, same poor delivery, same boring staging, sticks to script no matter what is said. No background research. Hannibal is a boring questioner; but, he gets better responses from the boys. KC does professional work, with great interviewing.
@@jeffnettleton3858 The thing I hate about Hannibal is he baits people (like everyone else) ..but he sounds like someone is holding his nose while he's talking.
@@kenterminateddq5311 Just watched an.interview with Stone Cold saying Dean is a really sarcastically funny guy and that he wishes they would have let him be himself on the mic during his tenure.
@@kenterminateddq5311 Believe it. Dean was like Brad Armstrong, incredibly funny behind the scenes and always making others laugh, but both couldn't (or wouldn't) show that side of their personality once the camera was on. Either they simply didn't know how to be themselves on TV, or they were bland on purpose since both their fathers told them that wrestling is supposed to be taken seriously and they didn't wanted to "tarnish" their family names by acting like clowns. No idea, but that lack of personality most probably kept these guys down in the late 90's.
This dude is underrated as fuck. This mother fucker always put on a good match. Dam it sucks that he was a smaller dude. He kicked ass every time I have ever seen him. Pioneer/blueprint.
He might not be the nicest guy to deal with backstage, according to other wrestlers, but definitely one of the best technical wrestlers to ever lace a pair of boots, even better then Bryan Danielson in my opinion.
Yeah, I bet he is recalling all the half sold out rec centers they main evented and split that sweet $50 check that they got between them. I'm tearing up too!
I can't imagine how he's been feeling when thinking about all three of his friends in the Radicalz. All 3 of them did not come out of WWE unscathed and meanwhile, he's got Parkinson's disease going on which is terrible. I wish Dean well both physically and mentally.
Was Malenko asked about Benoit's death??? If he didn't, then I am guessin' that Benoit's death was too traumatic to Dean and didn't wanna talk about it. Kinda like how Bischoff didn't wanna talk about his run in TNA for his RF interview.
As someone w/a movement disorder called Essential Tremor, I wonder if his arm shakes are that or, quite sadly, the beginnings of Parkinson's Disease. For his sake, I pray that it is Essential Tremor.
Man Dean is boring to listen to lol. Im honestly more interested to here Dean talk about working as a producer in the WWE the last 10-15 years then hear him talk about his wrestling career. I like hearing the horror stories producers have to put up with involving Vince Mcmahon
Nobody is interested in hearing about WWE, it's not even pro wrestling. Dean has led a unique life, growing up as the son of the biggest heel in the business, the family being blackballed by the business, the GWA, his career in NJPW, ECW, his big break in WCW where he was legitimately ranked as the #1 wrestler in the world, etc. What is there to say about being a producer in WWE that plenty of other guys haven't said already?
Dean is a really cool guy. I went to wrestling school at The Great Molinkos school of wrestling. I went with Tommy Rogers and Steve Kern and The Road Warriors. Good times and got my ass kicked!
@@gravad5250 I don't care if think I'm legit or not because of a spelling error! I know the bumps I took. I know who was there and wasn't. About 70% of the boys would come to the club I was a bouncer at in Clearwater Florida. You have yourself a good day!!😉🤙
Whatever happened to Joe? I remember that The Malenko Brothers appeared on a few very late Eighties JCP undercards. And then Joe just sort of bowed out awhile.🤔🎤🤼♂️B.W.
Yeah he definitely wasn't a good fit in the late 90's, both in WCW and WWF, not when having a personality was far more important than knowing how to do a headlock or a fancy headscissor. In 2000 the WWF roster was so packed with main-eventers, there is no way a 40 years old Malenko would have been pushed to the moon. Can't blame him for going to WWF and getting paid very well, and he most certainly saw a future as an agent or producer, if he would have wanted another run as a top wrestler then no doubt he would have went to Japan or even ECW to fight RVD. I think he just wanted to make good money and hoped for a backstage job, which was smart of him.
@@dewayneperry8395 - yeah, he was the next Hulk Hogan, if only every booker and promoter ever could have just seen it! It can't be that the guy was a solid midcarder and nothing more than that. Nah, it's everyone else who couldn't see it..............
Dean's matches against Eddie in ECW were incredible. Changed indie wrestling forever.
First tape I ever bought from ecw
Yes! Classic!
First ECW matches I had seen.
I remember i met Dean Malenko at a hotel i was working at, i was the front of the hotel and i see walking in and i go “holy shit ... the iceman” and just stone faces goes “hello, how are you.”
Marcus Sewell lmao did he get mad
Everyone knows that Glacier was the real Iceman
Ice to see you.
Marcus Sewell that’s cool. He’s was my favorite wrestler. Man with 1,000 moves.
@@quentinkaasa47
McBAIN
The man of 1000 holds is a man of few words.
His dad was a great talker though.
His feud with Chris Jericho in WCW was FIRE...
dirbrody THAT’S NOT CYCLOPE!!!!!!! Lol
Hold one ARMBAR!
@@laurenced2916 #2 armDRAG
Man of 1001 holds lol
Dean showed off in that feud.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Dean Malenko is the best technician ever. Nobody can tell me otherwise. He's never messed up a spot, his matches were perfect, he could make anyone look great, his moves were intense and had such impact. Dean Malenko is the best "pro wrestler" ever. He is a wrestling GOD.
Malenko doesn't really get the respect he deserves. One of the greatest technical wrestlers of all time as far as I'm concerned.
Because he is vanilla as fuck. Listening to him on the mic is like watching paint dry.
I disagree. More people acknowledge that about him than not.
One of the greatest technical wrestlers of all time? Better than Verne Gagne? Kurt Angle? Danny Hodge? OK.....................................
@@handsolo1209 Fuck your ellipses.
One of my absolute favorites of all time.
Class act! Always been a fan of Dean
I wished dean. Had a proper retirement tour he was truely inspiring him and chris benoit were my biggest inspirations in becoming a wrestler, hope to meet him soon
So sad that he is suffering from Parkinsons :(....
He just revealed it on Starrcast.
You can see his left side shaking, in this video.
Great wrestler. No personality. His matches were incredible back in WCW.
He would have gotten over in todays wrestling. Lol
@@therealfrisco3859 agreed!
A wrestler of his caliber doesn't need personality to get over, he just needs to be BOOKED PROPERLY, the British bulldogs were fantastic wrestlers, they had the personality of day-old oatmeal but they got over because they were booked properly, Dean malenko was never booked properly in WCW, in WWE, he had already been wrestling for 23 years and injuries were abundant which is why he retired so abruptly not long after he got there with the radicals, before coming to the United States to wrestle full time in early 1994, Dean malenko had seen huge success for years in Japan and in Europe winning over 25 titles but wasn't really as well-known as he should have been as a result of his Coming to America to wrestle so late in his career
@@theepworthepiscopalspike8260 Yea I agree with that. They didn't know how to book him.
@@theepworthepiscopalspike8260 - How was he "not booked properly in WCW"? He was 5' 7" and about 190lbs, he had no charisma and couldn't cut a promo, and he just so happened to be in a company that had Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Sting, Ric Flair, DDP & Goldberg at the top, all of whom were 10000000000 times the star that he was. He would look like shit being in the ring with any normal sized man, but to be in there with guys all well over 6 feet tall and all at the very least 60lbs heavier than him would be ridiculous. He was a tremendous midcard workhorse who did very solid work and could be a great foil for someone with charisma like Jericho. A guy like him should have been thanking his lucky stars every day that he was able to not be working bingo halls in front of 300 people admiring "5 star workrate" and that thanks to Hogan, Sting, etc that he was in arenas with THOUSANDS of people and on TV being watched by MILLIONS of people. His paychecks for being midcard in WCW were 100 times what he made anywhere else. His profile was raised massively by just being on WCW's roster. A WCW or WWF midcarder of the late 1990s made more money and got more exposure than every indy "main eventer" combined in the last 20 years. Businessmen count the paycheck, marks would rather have a "5 star match" and make $50 for it. Brilliant mechanical midcarder, but I lost all respect for hom for that Radicalz shit and demanding Hogan money and main event matches. It would be like some QB from the Missouri amateur league demanding Tom Brady's slot because he "threw 50 TDs against the Kansas City over 60s team, and even got 1 column in the Hicksville Tribune. Ain't that awesome!!!"
Look up Deans dad the Great Milenko for a great example of a classic heel.
What a gentleman Mr. D Malenko my respects.
not every wrestler is destined for the world title, but i never cared about that when watching dean. he was one of the best in his day.
His hair hasn’t changed one bit
Man of the thousand holds Dean Malenko
He'd need to hold a thousand people hostage to draw a crowd.
@@handsolo1209 Only in the U.S. where big idiots that lifted weights took steroids and wouldn't "know a wrist lock from a writ watch", but could strut and run their mouth well are the big stars. If you like them, fine, he had his fans, thousands of fans. He exposed us to what pro wrestling COULD be in the 90s, he and other "midgets". It's a shame that all you seem to think about is that he didn't main event PPVs, you know, I bought PPVs back then for his first match on the card in them. I doubt strongly I was the only one. If most U.S. fans were not that way, oh well, it's why he said in ECW when leaving it that his style suited other countries more. I'm glad they did go to the U.S. I'd not have seen their matches back then at all, there was no internet in the way there is now those years. Those hating him, and his friends in 1996 and so on didn't deserve them IMHO. You deserved vanilla giants doing 3-4 moves every single time, every single match, almost in the same minutes of the match. As long as they could run their mouths off properly before and after...
@@dodesskiy1 Nobody says having an opinion is wrong, and if you liked him, knock yourself out, however, when idiots put people like that on a pedestal and then ignore facts to diminish the people who did draw money and create a fake notion that people like Malenko were held back, then sorry, they will be set straight.
Glad you guys finally convinced Cyclope to do a shoot interview!
Lol
Finally! A shoot interview! I was thinking Hannibal had put you and KC out of business.
Yes, with such fine questions: " What are your memories ox X?" "I raped his dog." "What are your memories of Y?" "I threw motor oil on his kids." "What are your memories of Z?"-no follow up, same cookie cutter questions, same poor delivery, same boring staging, sticks to script no matter what is said. No background research. Hannibal is a boring questioner; but, he gets better responses from the boys. KC does professional work, with great interviewing.
@@jeffnettleton3858 The thing I hate about Hannibal is he baits people (like everyone else) ..but he sounds like someone is holding his nose while he's talking.
Hannibal & Feinstein are boys
One of my favorite wrestlers!!!
Dean thankyou man . Amazing work . Frequencymonster approved.
One of the best and a true gentleman.
imo
Good stuff.
imo
One of my top-10 all-time favorites.
I can’t wait watch whole interview
Loved Dean's feud with Jericho in WCW. In Jericho's book he calls Dean funnier than Will Ferrell.
Malenko funnier than Will Ferrell? I don't see it but I LOVE Malenko as a performer.
That had to be a rib on Will Ferrell lol
@@myquest666420 it had to be.
That's like saying the dude from No Country For Old Man is funny as Capt. Lou Albano.
@@kenterminateddq5311 Just watched an.interview with Stone Cold saying Dean is a really sarcastically funny guy and that he wishes they would have let him be himself on the mic during his tenure.
@@kenterminateddq5311 Believe it. Dean was like Brad Armstrong, incredibly funny behind the scenes and always making others laugh, but both couldn't (or wouldn't) show that side of their personality once the camera was on. Either they simply didn't know how to be themselves on TV, or they were bland on purpose since both their fathers told them that wrestling is supposed to be taken seriously and they didn't wanted to "tarnish" their family names by acting like clowns. No idea, but that lack of personality most probably kept these guys down in the late 90's.
He's legit got some tremors going on with his left side
Didn't notice until I saw your comment. Sucks.
He just revealed he has Parkinsons :(
Marz997 damn. Hate to hear that.
Diamond Dean!
Kidman vs JuviJuice / Eddie vs Jericho
Sounds like a great start to NITRO already, I'm in 100 percent
; Thank you, Dean.
Hopefully we'll get to see the full interview not just pieces of it
You can, if you buy it.
Hall of famer today the least Sean blew me away with his in ring style very very very underrated wrestler
Looks good. Can't wait until someone uploads it, lol.
This dude is underrated as fuck. This mother fucker always put on a good match. Dam it sucks that he was a smaller dude. He kicked ass every time I have ever seen him. Pioneer/blueprint.
He might not be the nicest guy to deal with backstage, according to other wrestlers, but definitely one of the best technical wrestlers to ever lace a pair of boots, even better then Bryan Danielson in my opinion.
Dean looks too much like the late Gene Anderson--including the tremors. Kind of creeps me out. Hope he is doing well physically these days.
Its his throat thats concerning me
The ice man was my favorite next to ddp in the wcw days. He was flat out incredible. So sad to hear of the Parkinson’s. Praying for his recovery
I still remember bash at the beach him and rey I think it was Rey wcw debut great match
You must be talking about the Great American bash 1996 that was when Rey Mysterio made his debut in WCW
@@acewillingham yea that was it just forgot what yr thanks
One of the best "Vanilla midgets" WCW ever had!
Awwww snap son! This will be good
the man of 1000 holds
Talks more here than the entirety of his wcw run
The way he talks and his focus on technical wrestling - you'd think he was a member of the Hart family.
its so sad to see him tear up talkin about chris benoit
Yeah, I bet he is recalling all the half sold out rec centers they main evented and split that sweet $50 check that they got between them. I'm tearing up too!
I can't imagine how he's been feeling when thinking about all three of his friends in the Radicalz.
All 3 of them did not come out of WWE unscathed and meanwhile, he's got Parkinson's disease going on which is terrible.
I wish Dean well both physically and mentally.
shane douglas felt betrayed by dean because dean lied to him about where he was.
I like Dean, but the first "Man of a 1000 holds" was Tony Charles.That guy was good.
Al Costello
Malenkos so cold... it's like the Parkinson's isn't even phasing him. Legend.
Was Malenko asked about Benoit's death???
If he didn't, then I am guessin' that Benoit's death was too traumatic to Dean and didn't wanna talk about it. Kinda like how Bischoff didn't wanna talk about his run in TNA for his RF interview.
Don't do it
Did you not bother to watch the video?
@@Salesman I did, did u?
Finally!
As someone w/a movement disorder called Essential Tremor, I wonder if his arm shakes are that or, quite sadly, the beginnings of Parkinson's Disease. For his sake, I pray that it is Essential Tremor.
I loved Dean's style of wrestling when he was in WCW, even though he hardly ever spoke and had no personality.
Eddie graham and deans dad had major heat
Looks like the son's did too.
Man Dean is boring to listen to lol. Im honestly more interested to here Dean talk about working as a producer in the WWE the last 10-15 years then hear him talk about his wrestling career. I like hearing the horror stories producers have to put up with involving Vince Mcmahon
He doesn't seem like the type to burn bridges like that.
Nobody is interested in hearing about WWE, it's not even pro wrestling. Dean has led a unique life, growing up as the son of the biggest heel in the business, the family being blackballed by the business, the GWA, his career in NJPW, ECW, his big break in WCW where he was legitimately ranked as the #1 wrestler in the world, etc. What is there to say about being a producer in WWE that plenty of other guys haven't said already?
He was so controlled by them :(
This sounds good
Who was he speaking of when he said, "he probably shouldn't have been in the business."?
I would guess David Flair.
joey ryan
Kenny Omega probably
Dean is a really cool guy. I went to wrestling school at The Great Molinkos school of wrestling. I went with Tommy Rogers and Steve Kern and The Road Warriors. Good times and got my ass kicked!
Seems legit with the spelling of Malenko lol
@@gravad5250 I don't care if think I'm legit or not because of a spelling error! I know the bumps I took. I know who was there and wasn't. About 70% of the boys would come to the club I was a bouncer at in Clearwater Florida.
You have yourself a good day!!😉🤙
@@gravad5250 1 other thing , thanks for pointing that out, I didn't even notice, I do stupid shit like that all the time!!
Hasn't he had problems with his voice for his entire career? I swear I read that somewhere
Fan of Dean. Man of a 1000 holds. Member of the Horsemen. Matches in ECW were legendary. Bret Hart is not a fan of Dean, said he never drew a dime.
Dean did alot for Rey Mysterio Jr helping him get over when Rey was facing obstacles in WCW.
Bret and Dean would be killer
Tell me someone Bret didn't whine about
@@OneUponADime Booker T maybe?
Really
Does he have Parkinson? He can’t stop shaking.
He does, he revealed it at Starrcast III in August 2019.
6:12 who is he talking about.. " probably should of never been in the business??
duke the dumpster droese
Thx you
100%, real shooter.
William Sullivan -his brother is. He’s tough, but not a the shooter. Dean wouldn’t be anything special in the NJPW dojo back then. Joe would be.
Whatever happened to Joe? I remember that The Malenko Brothers appeared on a few very late Eighties JCP undercards. And then Joe just sort of bowed out awhile.🤔🎤🤼♂️B.W.
Is he nervous?
probably never had his name on the marquee and seen more than 3 people before.
He announced he has Parkinson’s
@@nicolastodd When????
Shaking a lot...has he got Parkinsons??..hope he's ok
Or he's just nervous speaking.
@@carlosinda3553 not with shakes like that
I know he’s had heart problems the last few years
@@carlosinda3553 To Rob Feinstein? Not likely.
He might be really nervous to actually be the main event and have actual people there.
Put him in a move make him tap ice
Damn he has Parkinson's. His left arm is shaking.
Why is he shaking
dave berg Parkinson’s Disease
Great wrestler. But god the guy is a charisma vacuum. No surprise he never made it at WWE.
Yeah he definitely wasn't a good fit in the late 90's, both in WCW and WWF, not when having a personality was far more important than knowing how to do a headlock or a fancy headscissor. In 2000 the WWF roster was so packed with main-eventers, there is no way a 40 years old Malenko would have been pushed to the moon. Can't blame him for going to WWF and getting paid very well, and he most certainly saw a future as an agent or producer, if he would have wanted another run as a top wrestler then no doubt he would have went to Japan or even ECW to fight RVD. I think he just wanted to make good money and hoped for a backstage job, which was smart of him.
Not because of Dean. But because of the stupid double O07. Gimmick that Vince McMahon gave him.
@@dewayneperry8395 - yeah, he was the next Hulk Hogan, if only every booker and promoter ever could have just seen it! It can't be that the guy was a solid midcarder and nothing more than that. Nah, it's everyone else who couldn't see it..............
He was always a favorite of mine to watch but why's he looking like Bret Hart with short hair lol
He sounds worse than Sandman.
@@quentinkaasa47 sounds worse then Bret Hart if you've ever heard him talk recently
His hair looks the same as it always did for me
Is that just a nervous twitch, or does he have Parkinson's?
It gets less a little, but I'm also not sure. Can't imagine the Iceman being nervous really.
I do the nervous twitch and that gets my friends and family worry.
It's confirmed to be the latter.
He announced in a recent interview that he does have that disease and it's terrible.
He shakes way too much. Hope he's healthy.
Wrestling Klinik He just announced he is battling Parkinson’s Disease
'Dat voice.
Www hof 2020
I noticed Malenko's left arm shaking...Does he have Parkinson's?
Triple H ripped off Dean's voice.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That323Guy and shane douglas
That323Guy 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Does he have Parkinson’s? What’s with the shaking
Rob always has the AC set to 65°
@@innesx_ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes, I do have Parkinson’s and know it’s not that cold in the wrong. DM
I thought he always had it set to -18.- below. Lol get it?
@@Bbender690 you horses ass!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dean malenko has Alzheimer's his left arm keeps shaking that's the sign of Alzheimer's
Dean Malenko couldn't draw a dime.
He sounds like vince mcmahon
He and Bruce Willis could be twins.
dean malenko sure has aged
First
Boring wrestler boring interview.
Yet, the marks will cum in their pants about this, but boy would they shit on a Hogan shoot.
I don’t think I would trust Chris with my kid 😂😂😂😂
Dean probably got scared when his kid was aged 7 and was a foot taller than the vanilla midget.
Times were different back then. We don’t know what made Chris do what he did.
DOPE 👍