9 Promos That Killed Wrestlers' Careers
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- Sorry, Billy, but The Rock's gotta do what The Rock's gotta do.
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You really can't mention promos that killed careers and not even play a brief clip from ANY of the promos.
Uh, yeah, def disappointed....
Exactly
MrTical91 its shit like this why youtube is going down the toilet.... its becoming just as scandalous as tv with its adds and censorship....
Andrew Hawkins or at very least put it in the description.....
MrTical91 not if they leave a wwe network services mewwhere
BOB
but my name is Billy
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS
kingofsluts I literally cried it was so funny
He destroyed Billy gunn's career with one promo😂😂😂😂😂💔
And he wasn't even there lmao
As fear went through your body, tears went down your cheek, and PISS WENT DOWN YOUR LEG
Your house shook again, the heavens parted and what seemed like MMMMILLIONS(and millions) of voices all said in unison, jabroni
HIF YA SMMMEELLLLLLLLLLLL
WHAT. THE. ROCK!!!!
IS COOKIN
MuMu124 I can smeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllll LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
I think Rock's promo most likely crippled Billy Gun's career, but it was Edge's promo 2 years later after he won the King of the ring that finished it off.
Edge:"I promise I won't "Billy Gun" this King of the Ring title"
Well he did become a 7 time Champ, Money in the Bank winner and multi-time Tag Team champ so I'd say he did pretty well for himself.
My bad bro, went the wrong way with my response. All good. And you're right, he didn't go anywhere with the KotR win.
Jennifer Pyrce he won the ic title and went solo. He started main evening in 2002 then got injured.
I remember him winning the IC title and feuding with Christian and Angle. The problem is, he was not part of the invasion storyline, so he might as well have been invisible.
Thanks for the date. Forgot about the injury. Much appreciated.
After Lance Storm went off TV he became a trainer in OVW then he started his own wrestling academy. He trained Emma and Tyler Breeze.
He also trained Impact Wrestling's Laurel Van Ness, and recently trained Brian Pillman's son as well.
Lance storm in ring ability to teach is top notch mic work is damn horrible
And Sylvester LeFort
lance storm had exactly 1 good run and that was team canada in WCW. i love him, but let's not say he really had much of a career at that point.
@@joeydollars4441 Lance Storm was super technique in the ring but he was a terrible promo guy.. Damn he was awful..
Kalisto murdered his career with the whole “Lucha, Lucha thing” promo
Jamie Holmes yea that's at least on par with having gangrel speak
Funny that this promo was and still is his most memorable work in the WWE.
I was expecting that promo to be on this list. How can it not be on it?
...GOD DAMMIT WHOO!!!...
He is now part of the cruiserweight division so it explains why
David Heath (Gangrel) is actually one of the most influential guys, I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. He’s taught me quite a bit, and believe it or not, he’s the one who’s taught Rusev how to be a Heel.
I’m shocked Roman came back from “Sufferin’ Succotash” lol
it helps when you have a boss that pushes you no matter what you do.
As his status, yes he's still main event. But to fans he's still crap. Those promos were beyond cringy
He basically broke the fourth wall after saying that, knowing it was terrible.
for some reason that was one of his best promos....I don't know how but a lot of people think that
It's the fact that the people who write promos today are garbage.
just put in every promo segment that jason jordan has ever done and your list is set
John Freakin Cena 😂👌
John Freakin Cena 😂
"Madusa" wasn't new. She always have been Madusa. She was Madusa in the 80's in AWA and the early 90s WCW
I'll never forget that rock promo on billy gunn, total savage moment from a trash talking machine. Billy gunn was done and this was only about a month after winning the king of the ring
David Baillie but i thought getting buried was a bad thing when people say hhh does it
Parker Point he didn't bury him, he cut a brutal promo on the mic in the middle of the ring. Billy gunn was at the start of what should have been a main event push here and was feuding with the rock, he had plenty of opportunities to respond and up his game but he simply couldn't.
David Baillie Ah ok and to be fair the "assman" gimmick could only go so far lol
Yes, that "assman" gimmick worked so well for Ed Leslie in mid 90's WCW they thought it would be a great idea to resurrect it... well it worked for midcard attitude era WWF but he couldn't go any higher.
I thought in my opinion that feud"Rock vs Gunn" was pretty damn good in an entertainment sense. I thought it was fine!
To further add insult to injury in regards to Billy Gunn, I think the nail in the coffin was when he teamed up with Chuck Palumbo and was publicly perceived as being gay.
Mistah J Billy Gunn was always perceived as gay
I thought he was gay before the whole Chuck Pulumbo thing. Always thought that was innuendo apart of his gimmick
Oh, hey. Billy Gunn isn't gay. You learn something new every day.
But in the end it was not to be as they didn’t get married at the wedding & it was all a PUBLICLY STUNT as Billy Gunn said lol they were going to be a regular team after that if Gunn didn’t get injured.
What about when Sid Viscous said he had half the brain of Kevin Nash??? That had me rolling.
It didn't kill his career, though. It just made him look like a fool.
U forgot they started to make crazy looney acting after that too..
Eva Marie killed her career more and more each time she got a microphone
Jamie Holmes Why did you comment on the video 3 times?...
Don’t get me started on her wrestling performance
Jamie Holmes i know i'm in the minority but i kind of miss eva. She had nuclear heat and could of been used to get lots of faces over. Plus she looked pretty good which is always a Big bonus for me.
Jamie Holmes what about Eva's in ring work
It’s ok I hear Brazzers are hiring
On the flipside, I think it would be great if we got the promos that made careers too
Negativity makes for better clickbait,sadly.
4:20 Why would WWE fire Brad Maddox? He's 9 feet tall! Vince would love that.
I thought the Stone Cold boring segment was hilarious at the time with Lance Storm. However looking back, like with Perry Saturn, Lance Storm should have treated so much better. An absolutely phenomenal in worker.
Only ring work is just not good enough in wwe. You need more.
Aye you need to be big oily and muscly so Vince can splooge nightly.
soddof i was thinking more have charisma, mic work. But Sure having the look is important too.
So true, he was such an exciting worker, just look at his ecw days, while he probably would never become a top star in WWE, he could've stayed a valuable worker.
And besides his wrestling style was everything but boring
I think any body can be made to be good if you book them properly. Storm was fantastic in the ring and I agree he wasn’t very charismatic on the mic so you book him with a manager to do the talking. He could have been a great US/ IC champion over the years. Similar to what the Miz is now.
Does anyone else remember when Edge & Gangrel were made a tag team in Wrestlemania 2000 for the Nintendo 64 (even though Christian was a playable character)?
yes. game was made in 99 and in early 99 edge and gangrel teams a lot with christian switching places with gangrel during the matches
Edge was put with gangrel to introduce him and push him. Christian was just a tag along
Michael Lyden At the time of the Brood , Edge & Gangrel had the most tag matches , Gangrel brung Christian in & wore the Same shirts & Edge & Christian were seen as Brothers.
Didn't realize Brad Maddox was *9 FEET TALL*
Brad "Brad Maddox" Maddox? lives in a cave.
more like lost in a cave and died there, only to resurface with Xavier and Paige but not in a good way.
😂
godfather is a throw back to the 70s not 60s, get your eras right
Kory Howse yeah. I was thinking that too
whatculture cant get anything right. this video claims "it doesnt matter what your name is" was debuted in summer 99. like, no. just no
Scott Steiner is the absolute best promo ever bar none!
'And starting this moment.. from now.. from this moment on.. this'll be the moment.. starting now.. of the genesis, of McGillicutty..'
I was there when Maddox's controversial promo happened at the dark match in my hometown Indianapolis.
And I was also there on Sunday Night Heat in Indianapolis in July 1999 when The Rock insulted Billy Gunn.
so was xpac
Don't take this the wrong way but you might be a curse on careers
i was there as well born and raised in indianapolis indiana
This should’ve been a top 10 because there’s one more Billy Gunn burial you neglected, and that’s when Edge shut him down on the mic during the awesome coronation ceremony the night after the 2001 King Of The Ring.
Whatculture is the Shockmaster of TH-cam list channels.
And yet you watch it.
They are still better than Watch Mojo.
Ouch
Anyone's better than WatchMojo. At least WhatCulture hasn't been caught PLAGIARIZING other people's work
Fucking brilliant! Shockmaster should have been wcw champion! Couldn’t have been worse than any other one they had.
3:08, there will never be "the next Rock" when it comes to the microphone.
That stock-footage lady is used WAAAY to much on youtube.
NostalgiNorden especially on this channel
NostalgiNorden I agree but I are also retardation for Christmas
TOO much, not To much
The Genesis of McGillicuty?
MrKing8050 LOL, I forgot about that promo! 😂😂😂
'And starting this moment.. from now.. from this moment on.. this'll be the moment.. starting now.. of the genesis, of McGillicutty..' One of the most hilariously bad promos ever.
"...what's your name? Kaval? That means flute!! Yeah, flute!"
This is the moment. The genesis of the moment. The moment of the genesis.
What is a mustache?
Storm Wrestling Academy: Lance isn't just "working the indies". He's quite successful.
Shenanigans yeah I think he’s trained Tyler Breeze and a few others. I always liked Lance.
He trained Breeze, Tenille Dashwood (Emma), and Impact's Laurel Van Ness to name a few
Madusa was a huge star before she went to WWF. When she went back to WCW she just readopted her previous name.
Does anyone have any links to these promos, was expecting whatculture would at least put links in the description
The Blackman i
I met Fred Ottman at a wrestling convention a few years ago and we talked a bit about it. He told me he has no regrets about it and enjoys that people are still talking about it. This tells me he is a class guy with a sense of humor.
Remember when whatculture was awesome? Ohh the days of the good Adams are long gone
Mr. Mojo Risin amen
#NotMyAdam
They've gained nearly 200k in subs since the fab 5 left, wtf are you on about?
Miss those days too
Mr. Mojo Risin Pepperidge farms remembers
Finally rock is being called out on burying poor billy
Lakers fan nah he didn't bury Rikishi the angle was just dumb
The Rock's character has to tear down the wrestlers he's feuding with on the mic. There was no way The Rock could go easy on the mic with his enemies because the fans expected The Rock's promos to entertain them by tearing down his opponents. All the wrestlers who feuded with The Rock knew they needed to up their game or be buried for sure. No matter what, every wrestler The Rock tore down with his promos needed to at least respond to The Rock in the ring, which is where The Rock would put them over by making it seem like they could beat him (and some of them did get the win, like The Hurricane with help from Stone Cold Steve Austin). The problem with Billy Gunn was that his skill level was not at the point where he could be a legitimate main event wrestler, even though The Rock did find ways to put Mr. Ass over. For example, during the buildup to their Summerslam Kiss My Ass match, Billy Gunn got the upper hand over The Rock during a fight and forced The Rock to literally kiss his ass.
He's not that good at burying as HHH. Burying and burying.. 2 different ways. The Rock always insulted, he sticked the words up all of our asses. And I think, we do not have to talk about what HHH did in his whole career. HHH buried Billy Gunn's and Road Dogg's career with DX. He used them soooo hard and what NAO gained? Nothing. Just love from us. And now, we love everything in Attitude Era, even heel son of bitches, like Vince McMahon. Sad.
tsaicho same as enzo amore
Lakers fan idk if I agree yes n.a.o got a mega push with Dx but they were already at top storyline wise of tag division not only 4 their gimmick but were also champs b4 joining Dx. Also they joined Dx & were an established team years b4 dudleys,e & c, & hardy boyz got big they joined Dx in 97 hardy boys didn't even join main roster till 99. It's kinda how hardys were somewhat big b4 lita with either hates or Terri as their manager or part of the brood but didn't hit their peak until forming team extreme.then u say they would be been like dlo which ik Dilo wasn't WWE champ but he had a decent run winning multiple title. In fact he had a better singles career then either of them
When it comes to Alundra Blayze, she created one of the most iconic moments in the Monday Night Wars... maybe in all of Wrestling that night. She had already had a celebrated career up to that point, and quite frankly, she needed a moment like that to cement her name forever.
I'd actually trade an above average career for a mediocre career with one moment that would have me remembered forever... in a heartbeat I will make that trade.
Even a 5 sec clip of anything your talking about would make this more watchable. I don’t want to close your channel to go TH-cam somthing you just said. I’m genuinely interested in a lot of topics you cover
Brad Maddox greatest moment was teaming up with Xavier Woods to double team Page...
That was a great match
She knows about his cocky prick.
Too bad Xavier was tearing her up better than Brad could do he grabbed the camera 😂😂😂
The brood one is just entirely without fact. A complete daydream.
ive watched this channel for a long time now and for the first time i'm left thinking 'are they just making stuff up?
maybe they couldn't find a better example. even though that promo didn't kill a single career out of the Brood.
it just didn't help them.
I think it was meant as the brood as a unit and on the individuals, even though sadly that was the highest point of gangrel's tenure there.
Somebody A better example? Alexander Washington promo about Kobe Bryant being unstoppable in that hotel.
I remember when Kaval said "Total Nonstop Action" in an NXT promo one time.
If Roman Reigns is given the freedom to say anything he wants in the mic. I think he'll be better and the fans will like him more
Sports Newz if others get a chance they will still bury roman
if they gave him free reign over the mic he'd be perfect for a heel.
@@dorkfish1275 your wish come true
And yet, Lance Storm's Killing The Town podcast with Don Callis is one of the best wrestling podcasts out there. Plus, he trains people that are regularly recruited by WWE. So hey-- I'd say he did pretty well for himself.
Billy Gunn was pushed towards the main event in 1999 upon winning King of The Ring but unfortunately for Billy The Rock completely murdered him on the mic during their promos. Billy was also supposed to feud with Stone Cold but it was cancelled due to Austin not wanting to work with Billy. When one of the top stars completely blows you out of the water and the other one doesn't wanna work with you, it's pretty much over for you.
And then went to TNA to reform a team with Road Dogg to challenge Michaels and HHH to a match. Then after all that was deamed trash, he got hired back as a trainer for Tough Enough. Now he makes DX apperances. He will go into the WWE Hall of Fame with Dogg one day, though.
I've heard that Stone Cold didn't like Or want to work with Billy Gunn, is there a specific reason for that?
EpicGrapefruit Like I said, when one of the top stars (The Rock) blows you out of the water and the other one (Stone Cold) doesn't wanna work with you, you're pretty much screwed.
Stone Cold hated putting anyone over that's the true reason he retired.
@@johnathonkelly5117 Says no one else ever.
the best about Shockmaster is Sid's prediction of what would occur... and it did... it was very funny !!
Gil Sousa Don't you mean Stid?
"So you want to work for What Culture do ya? Can give me a list of your details including previous experience, qualifications etc."
"Well first of all my name's Adam and..."
"You're Hired!"
The Shockmaster is to wrestling what The Room is to movies. It was so bad it was great.
It's just incredibly perfectly bad and the commentaries are so funny that it's awesome
"He fell flat on his ass ! He fell flat on his fucking ass !"
But how is it a promo?
It was a promo to introduce shockmaster for the pay per view.
Glacier, Shockmaster and wait for it ...XFL.
Tony Recluse what's the guys name? I wanna look it up on here
When WhatCulture hires people is the only requirement to be named Adam? It really seems like that's the main prerequisite.
The Rock was extremely hilarious.... Stone Cold lived up to his name. That was cold as hell callin that match lol
Just watched the promos you mention and it was far better actually seeing them!!
Rock didn't bury Billy. If anything HHH did. Look at how Billy Gunn talks bout HHH in shoot interviews. He even says it was HHH because he didn't want anyone in the crew getting over him.
Grim Reaper How is no one bringing up Edge saying that he won't "Billy Gunn" this King of the Ring title?
Billy Gunn thought that he COULD get over Hunter?!?
@@thecoolmike55 I think he might have.
No Gully Bully? "Ya goin' swimmin'?" At least OSW acknowledged how bad that one was :P
Alex Wright & Disco Inferno had potential to be a solid tag team
Berlyn was also hurt by one of his early matches against Jim Duggan, who pretty much sandbagged him at Fall Brawl 99. It didn't help that his gimmick was supposed to debut in April, but got put back by the Columbine shooting.
4:08 I was there (right before raw went live) when I heard Maddox yelled names at the audience lol
Whatculture is the WCW of TH-cam ...it's in its final throes
Asuka's and Shinsuke's mic work is godlike.
How about "Buda-like"? Shinsake looks like he is taking a painful shit when he is talking.
Madusa actually had that name in WCW in the early 90's, and thus she was returning to her old name when she returned to WCW. Plus, it was the horrible booking that killed her career more than dropping the WWF women's title in the trash can--although the latter pretty much guaranteed that she wouldn't be able to return to the WWE when WCW folded. However, by then Madusa had been retired for almost four years--aside from an embarrassing stint that involved the cruiserweight title and the JR ripoff Oklahoma--Don't ask.
So you're just describing the promos, not actually showing them. Great content, guys. Keep it coming.
Not even a mention for Ultimate Warrior's debut confrontation with Hogan in WCW? :/
Goji73 maybe because it didn't kill his career? At that point his career was damn near over as it was but that had more to do with his diminished skill set than his crap promo
Zackery Baum
"Crap promo"? That's outrageous! How dare you.
Warrior's promos were some of the most entertaining I've ever seen, even if they were nonsensical.
The man oozed charisma, and had a presence about him that few could match.
snort.. assume the controls .. whispers Hulk Hogan.. the pilots already made the sacrifice.. shouts Shove that plane into a nosedive! hulk hogan!! WM6 rant is all time classic
Goji73 and why?! :D
WOW. I would've never expected to see you here.
where the damn clips? come on dude🤦🏻♂️
how do you make this video and not include a single clip from any of the promos
what's that musicin the background?
I thought the Brood were more based on Lost Boys not Blade.
soddof that and Vampire: The Masquerade. That is where the name gangrel came from.
4:45 Seriously this guy 😂😂 perfect image
The gangrel things is pretty funny because I actually remember that promo. It happened on the very first smackdown, and back then (when I thought wrestling was real) I was still like "that guy sucks"
Video needed examples of these promos, what did they say how did they deliver it etc
Man the Attitude Age was the golden age, I remember the Brood and Brotherhood of Ministry fondly and that huge brawl that happened on RAW one night
The Rock: What’s Your Name ?
Me: It’s S......
The Rock: IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS !!!!!!!
Me:☠️☠️☠️
Edit:My Bad
If you can't be boring, then why is Stefanie and Shane McMahon allowed to talk?
Black Adam: "Know your role you Jabroni"
Shazam: "But my name is Billy"
Black Adam: "It doesn't matter what your name is!"
no one gets your nerd jokes, nerd.
Cottonwood's mustache promo and McGillicutty's genesis promo were the best things they said on the mic for NXT season 2.
A video on Virgil?
The name "Madusa" wasn't new. She was Madusa before joining WWF as Alundra Blayze in the 90s and went back to Madusa after leaving WWF.
Matt Hardy coming back to feud with Edge. The poor promo first night back killed his push and meant that he was always going to be in the shadow of Jeff during his WWE career and be midcard for life.
What about Abraham Washington's Kobe Bryant promo?
TARRPF guess he was stoppable
TARRPF Jesus that was bad.
The best thing about the Berlin was his body guard The Wall
Alex never really tried to comeback, he just made his choice to go back home, can't blame him
Alex trained a lot of quality wrestlers in Europe though. So at least there is that.
wwe's lack of appreciation for athleticism killed Lance Storm's career. look at his wwe matches vs. his ecw matches and the difference is night and day. like many who came from ecw when wwe bought out all the competition Lance was an under utilized talent that wwe failed to do anything with. that was something ecw was good at, bringing the best performance out of their athletes.
When Rock dropped that promo, Road Dogg should have run out from backstage to yell: "Oh, you didn't know?! Your @55 better CALLLLLL somebody!!!"
2:56
unless you are handpicked as "THE MAN" by Mr McMahon
*cough* Roman Reigns *cough*
Small correction, if I may. She was Madusa in WCW long before she was Alundra Blayze, so it wasn't a new name.
Stone Cold with the blanket was classic
Wish I could find Gangrel's promo on YT, unless I'm not looking hard enough :-/
I still love The Brood’s theme though....
Definitely top 5 all time themes
👍
*STOP* making references to Blade movies whenever you mention Brood.
They were based on Lost Boys, you should start watching some of the interviews / documentaries featuring Edge.
or just watch blade and the lost boys. i dont think this lists writer has ever see a movie or tv show. he thought the rock didnt say "it doesnt matter" until after kotr 1999? morons
Vince fired Maddox for calling the fans cocky pricks, and he let Shawn Michaels and Triple H say just about anything they wanted back when they were in DX, man how things have changed.
To my astonishment, there are a lot of people who defend Nash's referring to "play" as an adjective and I had an argument online with a guy insisting that as used in "Where the big boys play" play is an adjective and not a verb. Imo, these guys don't know what verbs abd adjectives _are_ , while Nash simply misspoke.
Berlyn not Burlyn is the Wright spelling.
birdmantd seems they've hit a Wall here
thank you
Bärlin
Roman buries himself with his promos
why didn't you include clips of the mentioned promo's?
Lance Storm was a trainer in Ohio Valley, before opening up his own school.
who else misses the real adam from whatculture like when i heard that music i was like adam is back adam is back but then he was like adam wilboard
Douglas Jewell nice grammar
Ho kogan we comin for u naggah!
I don't really think that promo killed Booker's career
How the fuck did that ruin anyone's career. I don't think Booker or Hogan suffered because of that promo.
I Identify As A Commodore 64 Since I'm An Old Fart it was just a honorable mention from me mate 😄 suckaaaa
I already forgot Shockmaster's entrance and now I couldn't stop laughing after watching this.
Alex Wright wasnt a quality midcarder. He never did a thing and was boring AF. Seriously. Name the big Alex Wright storyline or feud. There wasnt one.
I don't know what the hell you're talking about. Brad Maddox is one half of the greatest tag team of all time with Xavier Woods. Future Hall Of Famer for sure.
WrestleMania 34 Card Prediction
Pre Show:
Roderick Strong vs Drew Gulak for the Cruiserweight Championship
The Bar vs The Revival for the RAW Tag Team Championships
Bobby Roode vs Randy Orton vs Jinder Mahal for the United States Championship
The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale
Main Show:
Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn
The Miz vs Finn Bálor vs Seth Rollins vs Braun Strowman for the Intercontinental Championship
Sasha Banks vs Bayley
Bray Wyatt vs Matt Hardy
The Usos vs Rusev & Aiden English for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships
Charlotte vs Ruby Riott for the SmackDown Women’s Championship
Kurt Angle & Ronda Rousey vs Triple H & Stephanie McMahon
Alexa Bliss vs Asuka for the RAW Women’s Championship
John Cena vs Rey Mysterio
AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Championship
Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship
Note: this is my opinion of what WWE would book and not a true representation of my own beliefs
David Jesus Pretty damn solid.
Lance Storm wasn't released and isn't working the indie circuit. He retired and became a trainer and runs one of the best wrestling schools in the world that is on great terms with the WWE.
90s Rock gave the best promos hands down
Roman reigns killed his own career with bad promos but McMahon keeps giving him 2nd chances
wweecwwcwtnanba1928 reigns writes his own promos now
He didn't kill his career,McMahon was writing his promos for him before and they were absolutely AWFUL!!
So when someone like Bayley does a bad segment it's the writers fault, and when Roman does a bad one it's his fault? Ah smark logic
Wwe murdered us by giving the mic to roman
Edge and Christian fixed the Shockmaster’s promo on their show
Billy Gunn's carreer was worth the sacrifice. That was the bext Rock promo ever... "But God, my name is Billy... It does not matter what your name is!"