The Tragedy of The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith (wrestling documentary)
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- No other British wrestler was as loved and respected as The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith throughout the 80's and 90's. In the WWF he was tag team champion alongside The Dynamite Kid Tom Billington. In this wrestling documentary we see how his life would be marred by tragedy. Today, The British Bulldog is remembered in the WWE Hall of Fame posthumously, as his life was cut incredibly short, even by wrestling standards.
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I met Davey Boy Smith a few times. I remember seeing him after Summer Slam 1995 in which he took the time to talk with me. I’d asked Davey how he responded when people claimed that wrestling was fake. He said, “I tell them, ‘Get in the ring and I’ll show you how fake it is!’” I didn’t know about what was happening “behind closed doors” but now thinking about his response to the question, there was a lot more to it than I realized. Rest in peace, Davey Boy Smith…thanks for the memories.
Spiking a drink with medication and shitting in a bag is absolutely vile
Randall Keith did It to several female wrestlers after he got refused
Yeah um…..the “pranks” back then could be pretty fucked up. I enjoy a good prank but that right there is going WAY too damn far.
Not to mention it’s a felony
That waste normal prank in the day. Or crapping in a hotel kettle
@@shogunpxp Or the hair dryer
Back when the Intercontinental Championship match was JUST AS BIG as the World Heavyweight Championship... aaahhh the good old days... RIP the golden era of Wrestling 1988-2002
Rest in peace Davey Boy Smith.
Yes. One of my all time favourites.
There will never ever be another Davey Boy Smith!
Rip Davey boy smith, Owen Heart & Jim neid heart 💕🖤💪😎
What, he's dead?
@@alanrobinson7891Davey Boy Smith passed away May 18, 2002 at the age of 39. He had a heart attack, most likely caused by his many years of using steroids and human growth hormones.
I was lucky enough to be at SummerSlam 1992.
This was the greatest era in wrestling.
Jammy get
Wish I was there 👍🏴
Me too!! I was only 2 years old but I remember my dad taking me lol
Great times - WWF, not WW(E)
I only came here to laugh about him dying. It could be any wrestler though. Nothing against Davey. I can be an awful person sometimes. I'm laughing my head off here about Davey's shit hair. He looked a right tit with that hair.
I saw Davey Boy Smith wrestle live once in Winnipeg in 2002. I believe it was his second last match before his passing. It was at a small community centre with no more than 150 fans. It was a thrill to see him in the ring, however, you could see that he was struggling physically. One of the greatest of all time. RIP 🇬🇧
My brother and I met the British Bulldog in 1998, when we happened to be staying at the same hotel they stayed at after the event in Chicago. He was a friendly guy. We took a picture that I unfortunately lost in a house flood. Good memory though and sad to hear he had such a tragic demise.
2:48 Can I just say that that was one of the safest slams I've ever seen on the outside? Bret practically laid that guy down while still making it look legit. Amazing.
No. You can't. Delete your comment.
@@Gameboy-Unboxings You unbox gameboys. Delete your channel.
That’s real strength, controlled a grown man down to the ground
@@edman1357😂 he’s not coming bsck
Early to mid 90s bulldog always looked like a real life superhero. I was just a kid born in 85.. his cape and gauntlets around his wrist and forearms the tassels around the biceps he was huge, but moved like a lightweight
Davey was a charismatic wrestler who chose to take a dark path. I met Brett Hart and he is one of the most honest and likeable wrestlers who puts the fans before himself.
I’ve met Bret many times and I’ve had the same impression. As for Davey, I met him about 3-4X. Once he took the time to talk with me for a while which I’ll always appreciate. But yes, there was something dark about him.
I don't think it's a choice. No one would choose that shit
I was there in '92 @ Wembley Stadium. I'll never forget it, one of my greatest memories! I remember me and this girl chanting as loud as we could at eachother for opposite wrestlers. We were screaming each other down " Bulldog - Hitman - Bulldog - Hitman - Bulldog - Hitman!!!" It was amazing!!
That was a great match 👌
@@barrymichaels2663 yeah the atmosphere was phenomenal!
@@danielcoombes3310 Sometimes I watch it again on here
@@barrymichaels2663 me too. I'm always looking for my seating area right at the back 🤣 that didnt matter though. I just find it mad that me as a young 14 year ish old lad is there somewhere
I watched the Scott Hall documentary and tbh it's crazy what wrestlers put themselves through and how many people in the locker room had a drug addiction like Davey Boy Smith and so many more who died so young, this is very messed up.
@@caidendaniel4537no one asked, cult member.
Its heartbreaking... one of my all time faavourites and a hero of mine as a kid. RIP Davey 😢❤
Davey Boy Smith was my favorite wrestler. He was my hero growing up. I still have his action figure from so long ago. So many good many good memories watching The Bulldog wrestle as a kid. R.I.P Davey Boy Smith you will always be childhood hero. 🇬🇧
Can't believe the impact most of these wrestlers had on me with such short careers. R.I.P. all those taken.
Vince having Davey do a storyline recreating the situation that led to him being sued literally just months before has got to be the most Vince thing I've heard in quite a while.
YOU FORGOT his handicapped sister was at first row in crowd the night he lost to Shawn Michaels in Uk . She didn’t live long after that
His sister had terminal cancer, so Davey dedicated the match to her on British television because he had been told beforehand that he would be winning. Vince changed his mind on the outcome a mere hours before the match took place, thanks to Shawn Michaels' politicking. That particular incident played a big part in Davey's eventual "downfall," and I'm very surprised it wasn't mentioned.
@@Michiganfan105 Would ripped Shawn Michaels throat out infront of a live audience if my terminally ill sister was there rooting for me too win! I was leaving school age when Davey boy left us and all my pals was telling me too hit steroids as big lad anyway! I passed on it as always just wanted too blend in! Was fighting with blokes in there 30's sometimes 40's from being 14 years old and being almost 6ft tall and 15st at 14 years of age! Did not help knocking about with older lads that was left school! Having too fight a lot learned me bulk was not answer was being fast fit and being able too recover fast if you are hurt!! Steroids don't help cardio or speed at all!! You are not supposed too raise your heart rate on roids as will enlarge your heart and possibly put fluid in the muscle tissue of your heart! Anyway all older lads who was trying too get me on roids with them have some sort of problem from the steroids!! I beat them all when they started playing funny buggers with roid rages in full effect ha ha! Regardless of there size they all gassed when I literally took it easy on them!! Mind I used to go too the body like no one's business back in the day! Piss week now due too life changing injures but still good enough too sort out the pretenders! I'm so surprised any of the wrestlers of my childhood are still going as steroids abuse was insane they was all at it! The high intensity of the wrestling whilst full of steroids must have killed off and caused so many heart problems and heart failure it's almost unthinkable how they got away with it! So many people abuse them still too this day knowing fine well that they are playing Russian roulette! Cardio is always key your body will only go as big as its supposed too and don't train for bulk train for fitness strengh and conditioning stuff size as chasing bulk is what will kill you!
@@Michiganfan105 Yeah...this was a pretty fucked situation. Davey Boy was to go over and dedicate his victory to his sister Tracy who was dying of cancer. But of course this was the 90s and Shawn being Shawn was not gonna job. He and HHH managed to sweet talk Vince into changing his mind. Bret hated this going down as he thought it was stupid the Hart Foundation wasn't there to save Davey. He thought Shawn did this on purpose to fuck with him and his family. He was already set to win the World Title..he didn't need the European Title. Bulldog goes down in his home country while HBK celebrates with his new trophy as he's pelted with trash. They weren't just booing HBK for going over in Bulldog's native country...but booing HBK for once again using his political stroke to get out of jobbing.
Nothing but hatred for Sean michaels.fucker
Was at summerslam 92' a truly incredible day I'll never forget . R.I.P Davey ,legend.
I remember when Davey first came to Calgary. He was so skinny. Dynamite and he had a introduction rivalry. Lots of acrobatics. Those two were like nothing I had seen before. R.I.P.
I nearly met the British Bulldog at my local gym, which my older brother use to go to. My brother caught wind that he would pop into the gym one day in Birmingham. So my brother took me down to go and see him. I was there ages but never saw him and we went home. Years later, I asked my brother if he made it up. My brother said no but he did turn up. The British Bulldog took one look at the gym and called it a sh*thole and buggered off.
Cool story bro !
😂😂😂 what was the gym like 😅
Has the Screwjob not happened, both Davey and Owen would likely still be with us today. It's extraordinary, and sad, that one event had such a catastrophic impact on one family.
Had Shawn not backstage politiced at One Night Only, Dave Boy Smith would still be alive now.
Can you explain further? I don’t see the link? I know the Montreal Screwjob impacted Bret Hart but how did it impact Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith? Other than being torn between family loyalty to Bret and their job with WWE?
The Harts understood the business behind wrestling (ie copyrights and ownership over their moves and career decisions). This is why it was hard for the wrestling administration to get over on them. The only way to get over on the Harts were to screw them over. Look what happened to Bret, Owen and Davey.
In addition, notice how the documentary defamed Davey's character as being a "steriod junkie" and "drunk." Owen, Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero all had "similar" documentaries defaming their characters as being drunks or steroid abusers.
Sorry Lex Luger, but Davey Boy Smith was the real "total package". The man was built like a Gorilla, could move like a feather-weight, and his mat skills were solid. Arguably the most perfectly balanced pro-wrestler who ever lived.
I agree but I wouldn't go that far.... I don't think Davey boy matt skills were up to Pare like Dynamite kids & Brets Davey boy was mostly a power house....
Silly chirper
Lex was a world class athlete. His strength was legendary
About his only weakness was his mic skills.
Great comment
Luger looked more the part. Davey Boy too short and blocky.
Such a tragic end to such a talented individual like Davey boy Smith rest in peace ♥️
I saw him wrestling live in the UK when I was a kid along side guys like Tony Sinclair, Fit Finlay ,Big Daddy and of course Kendo Nagasaki , year later when he was on TV wrestling in America we could hardly believe it was the same guy because of how big he had become.
This
Had the pleasure of meeting Davey on our home town market which is very near to the Bulldogs home town. He was awesome and had all the time to talk with me RIP legend
I've heard that stu and vince had an agreement that the bulldog and the anvil would always be given an opportunity to come back as many times.
Rest in peace Davey Boy Smith he was a great wrestler 🙏🏽
I remember on my birthday around 1987 my dad took me to the toy store and said to pick out a toy. I got the two british bulldogs which costed maybe 20 bucks. My dad said thats all you want? I said yeay and he said well lets get you the ring too so you can wrestle them. Best birthday ever.
the bulldog should been world champ at least once he was a great powerhouse its sad he didnt get his shot at more titles there wont ever be another like him rip davey love you bro miss watching you lots
It may have been his peak career moment in terms of popularity but his UK RAMPAGE match against the Berserker was one of his best and a truly good match. He even sustained a broken nose from going head on on all fours with the Berserker.
The UK crowd was really behind Davey boy. It was great.
I've still got it on vhs.
You need to get it digitalised immediately and upload it here!
Yes pls upload
Also please upload if possible would be great too watch!
Hi guys. How would I go about digitalising the video cassette?
I really need to get my videos on here for all you fans to see. I'm gonna have to get a converter.
As a Brit and a wrestling fan it was great to have such a high profile British wrestler in a top federation like the WWF. I think he should have been pushed as the world champion, but sadly this didn’t happen. His struggle and eventual demise because of his drug addiction is not unique, and a trap that many great wrestlers have fallen into, some survived but not unfortunately Davey. R.I.P The British Bulldog, gone but not forgotten. 🫶🏻👌🏻🏆
Gone at 39 years old.
I saw him at Blackpool Tower in about 1994/5 and he pulled a crowd of about 200. He seemed to hate it, and the night was weirder because Big Daddy was wandering around selling postcards so it must have been a Crabtree promotion. I was also at One Night Only in 97 and the crowd was seriously hot - seems like he was married to the WWE for life.
Was at one night only, just remember loads of bottles being launched in the ring at the end.
The British Bulldog was one of my favourite wrestlers when I first started watching WWF when I was a kid! It was a shame what happened to him!
I saw Dave Boy signing books in HMV Grafton street in Dublin in about 1992. I was taken aback the size of the muscles on him.His biceps were as big my thigh muscles!
His Son DH Smith should also have been a Bigger Star in the WWE
He was back, but they let him go again.
@@hectorlopez1069Wonder way
He talked shit about Sarge in a shoot interview, so fuck him.
He did much better without them
Rest easy Davey Boy Smith. SummerSlam 92 was awesome. RIP
Jesus, I didn't realize he was only 39 years old. I don't even know what to say about that, other than he sure lived that 39 years to it's fullest-for better or worse.
The Mounty knocking his teeth out was glorious.
He did deserve his teeth get punched out him have a shit in a another wrestlers bag just shows how immature he was also it was kids own fault for his back and being in a wheelchair
Great documentary, thanks! I'm from the UK and only got into wrestling in '98 when my family got satellite. I heard a lot about the bulldog but never really got so see much of him. Thanks for filling me in!
This video gave me chills, remember the british bulldog growing up... but I never knew all this had happened to him
Thank you for this detailed documentary!!❤ I’ve just subscribed to your channel ❤
Seeing Davey Boy Smith Wrestle live at WWF house shows was awesome.
The British Bulldogs were my favorite Tag Team growing up, even during the time with the Road Warriors (LOD) the Bulldogs had a style all their own & were amazing to watch. The Bulldogs & the Road Warriors were the BEST tag teams of all time!
The Steiner Bros would have punished them...
I've heard some terrible things about him, including how he used to harass and traumatize the dog he owned for his gimmick. Feel nothing for him.
Some people say it was him, others say it wasn’t him but everyone says it was the Dynamite Kid.
Dynamite Kid was a real scumbag but one of the best wrestlers ever.
Ive seen a clip of him from just before he died. He actually looked much more healthy than he had during his last WWE run
He wasn't doing the drugs anymore, but he was still on the steroids big time. He died of a steroid-induced heart attack.
Sad but so many of them it’s like they get clear, do good and then they go. I’m a spiritual person, been clean off drugs 8 years, and my theory has always been that God calls them home when they’re at their best because he knows they’re not gonna stay that way. Some can. Some just can’t. Hawk, Eddie Guerrero, Buddy Landell, a lot more I can’t think of….they clean up and that’s when God calls them home.
@@tobysgamingworld1550that’s a Muslim Sufi theory btw, it states that God calls people home once they reach their peak spiritual capacity
@@tobysgamingworld1550 Eddie had been clean of drugs or alcohol for four years before his passing. His heart failed him because of steroids, etc.
@@simplyhuman2213By letting little kids die from cancer for long periods of time in absolute agony.
One of the best matches I've seen. Davey boy Smith vs Steve Regal.
Even today, I still feel that the British style is the most realistic and interesting to watch.
ALL. WÀYS. THE 😅
Great doc/video... Thank you.
Stampede Wrestling was where I first became familiar with several of the future WWE wrestlers. Among the ones I remember were Davey Boy Smith, the Dynamite Kid, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Jake 'the Snake' Robert's, and the Honky Tonk Man.
I grew up watching the weekly televised show, fortunately living only several hours south of where it was filmed.
I spent many Friday nights at the Victoria Pavillion
@@brucemaguire3238 saturday nights were in Edmonton at the Agricom. I tried to get Mahkan Sing's autograph during the show one time and he told 10 year old me to get lost. It was a great night
Bret, Bret, I'm fooked.... Rip Davey.. SBW, you do make bloody good videos Sir
This was excellent, Thank you...
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wrestlers are like meteors they shine so bright but burn up while we watch we’re all so amazed never knowing what pain they were fighting through these guys were real heroes
Ah yes, because of their obviously heroic actions.
I was there for that match, fantastic match and a fantastic atmosphere, RIP the bull dog
Quality work that pal. Really good watch 🤙🏻
gr8 video - brought back so many memories RIP BB
Loved him and them. What an absolute legend. Sad story man.
I remember him doing a show on Irish tv with Zig and Zag he was brilliant and had a great sense of humour absolute legend.
i remember watching WWF when davey boy was around when i was younger but lost interest when sgt slaughter turned heel. I'm now 50 looking back wondering who was still around. I'm shocked to learn that many of my favourites have died due to the effects of drugs and Davey being one of them. i always looked forward to seeing the British bulldog, and didn't realise until now how much loved the guy.
the clip of him being slammed onto the trapped door in wcw is brutal...and the beginning of the end
👏👏👏👏👏 great video and very accurate information. So young 😢
Fantastic video really took me back to the early 90s when I watched this stuff was a big fan he was my favourite without a doubt
It’s so sad. He was a pioneer for the British wrestlers of today. Everyone says good things about DBS. Thankfully the wellness policy has put an end to at least current WWE superstars taking PEDs and ending themselves.
Hopefully it’s a good one that stops people from going out the way Davey Boy did. He should still be here watching his son do his thing.
Davey was a friend of my brothers. Was a genuine bloke. Rip big man
Met him and his wife at an independent wrestling event at Gateshead Leisure Centre many years ago, still have the Polaroid!
Gone too soon, he was a great talent!
Gateshead lad here too well Durham now same era born in 80's schooled in 90's Davey boy passed just as left school! Was main reasoning for not wanting too go steroids and body building route and Stoped on cardio strength and conditioning training! Wish I stuck at it as was out lifting bigger steroid filled pals on bench press still!! Wouldn't matter now life changing injury got me weak and in constant pain still do as much as I can every day and try too smile as much as possible!
Davey boy was a real Gangster 💯...his home town roots of leeds & family in Birmingham such a wonderful fella .....we miss you Davey boy ..i was there Lisa from liverpool just 16 years old ....rest in peace British bulldog 🇬🇧
He's from Wigan
He was always my favourite, very sad what happened RIP
It's crazy to think he wasn't even that old. He had great genetics too, so if he had trimmed down and got on a TRT dose he would of still had looked better than 90% of the locker room.
He was utterly gross as a human being. That's the tragedy.
Yeah man *loved the Bulldogs*
From *NZL* 💪🏾🇳🇿
I am from his home town Golborne Wigan, grew up with his nephews. Great family well loved met bulldog a few times :)
I'm pissed they didn't put Davey and Bret on the Wembley anniversary poster. 😡
I really liked his run in WCW in 1993 he felt like a huge star! A run with the world title would have helped the cause.
I subscribed great video
AWESOME VIDEO, always wondered what to her!!❤
I remember those British bulldog tag team days in wwf. The only comparable tag team were the Road Warriors. All of them are rip. Thanks for the memories guys.
Great video, thanks
Also: you look at Davey's last match on Heat vs. Eddie Guerrero (it's on TH-cam) and it's so good.
Davey is clearly clean. He's moving quickly, he's agile, he's focused and he does some solid athletic spots. It's how he should have been at the very start of that run.
It's such a shame that he didn't keep going because he could've shot straight back up the card again.
His drug use was still out of control. He was a shell of what he once was when he got back to WWF. JR spoke about how before this he was pretty out of it on a house show in Calgary before this match took place. He said he was slurring his words and staggering a lot. Plus his marriage to Diana was crumbling at home which led to a domestic incident. The decision was made to let him go..the door was open for him to return if he got clean...but that wasn't to be.
That family is a walking tragedy :(
I was born in Bolton, not far from where Davy was. I loved him so much as I grew up
Born in my hometown of Wigan... He's certainly still remembered that's for sure.
Can't blame Jack for whacking Tom with the coins. That's justice.
I always felt that after the screw job, Davey Boy Smith should have been the number one face in WWE with Shawn Michaels being the number one heel. Would have been nice to see Davey Boy become a WWE champion instead of Diesel. I guarantee you Davey Boy Smith would have been a bigger draw than Diesel who was the lowest drawing champion.
I still wish Owen and Davey’s places were switched.
Would’ve saved Owen and Davey from bullshit.
Great vid new subscriber 💪
I bumped into him in the 90's on my way over to visit my mother in Ireland. I was 14 years old this was in Heathrow (Now 46 as of yesterday lol..)
great video thanks
This was good. British Bulldog was one of my favorites as a kid.
Loved wrestling between 88-95 some real characters. This was an intresting watch the Hart family went through alot of pain.
The British Bulldogs were an awesome team. It's too bad how things turned out.
AWE LOVE YOU BRITISH BULLDOG, MISS YOU. YOU WERE PART OF MY CHILDHOOD. LOVE YOU MAN, REST IN PEACE, BROTHER.
Went to summer slam at Wembley 1992 , thanks dave boy bulldog.
I remember him, he was one of my favorites
Really good video.
I was at summer slam 92. I was 7 the atmosphere was amazing
I saw him in the U.K.
At Wembley ! Amazing
Very good documentary.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That Summerslam match was the first time I’d ever seen a suplex from the ropes.
Davey Boy Smith should have been the WWF (E) Champion on quite a few occasions.
Nah it was Bret's time
My favorite tag team the british bulldogs RIP to both of them
As a kid back from Wales we all loved Davey boy Smith. He was a brilliant wrestler. Can remember him in other organizations before he was in the wwf. Rip bulldog.
A professional wrestler as cool as the Ultimate Warrior.