actually Abyss is one of the safest Hardcore Wrestlers ever... he takes the most damage himself honestly (1000 thumbtacks, glass, Table Spots, barbedwire tables spots, tables lit on fire, cheese grater spots, and his own weapon named Janice (2X4 with Spikes hammered into it))
@@VillaFanFTW How? You mean that he wasn't running into C4 anymore? He still did some amazing things during his time in the WWE. Even if it wasn't as crazy violent as his pre WWE career. His Undertaker cage match for example where he almost died.
The Mick Foley everyone knows now is nothing like the Mick Foley that everyone knew before he got to WWE...believe it or not, what we got in WWE was the watered down version. Yeah he still did some crazy shit during his WWE career, it was few and far between. Before WWE he was involved in crazy shit at every show.
@@amer1canbea5t89 I know about pre WWE Mick Foley. I'm fine with the Foley we got. The blowing himself up with C4 isn't something I really needed to see anyways. The Foley who would get thrown off of a steel cage and have his tooth end up in his nose was good enough for me.
damn cuz Abyss and James Storm are like the last two hold overs i wish would jump ship. I jumped off TNA when AJ Styles left cuz they wanted him to take a paycut even though he was THE guy. Started watching WWE when he came on. Then Samoa Joe jumped and Bobby Rude and i was like now if we can just get Abyss and James storm i could have all my fav TNA guys here XD. Beer Money would have to be rebranded but i mean they worked great together. James storm was on NXT for like 1 match and then left back to TNA. And i would love to see Abyss and Taker/Kane do an angle XD
WorldWearyAngel asking AJ to take a pay cut is the exact opposite of what WWE would have done. They tend to reward the guys who've been there forever as opposed to screwing them. The aj thing still blows my mind.
2 things: 1. I find it hard to detest someone more than New Jack. 2. One of the smartest things Vince Jr. ever did was to keep Abdullah the Butcher out of a WWE ring.
I could be wrong, but I believe they inducted him just before it came out about the Hep C stuff. Plus, he denied it up until they forced him to take a blood sample and prove he had it.
Rollins is a solid wrestler and excellent talker. He would exceed in almost any era except maybe the cartoon era which was dominated by huge monster characters. I think the only thing missing in the PG era are good solid story arcs. We lack any sort of true storylines that get people invested these days. The attitude era had them, even the cartoon era had them.
One other thing I'd like to add is that most people still think we are in the PG era, but that's not true. The PG era is over now, and we are slowly transitioning into a new era, which WWE are referring to as "Reality" era. We are slowly starting to see more shoot style matches, and even some blood being spilled "the hard way' in certain matches. Characters are leaning toward shoot style wrestling and more realistic gimmicks based on their overall look. The PG era ended, supposedly, with Taker losing to Brock to end the streak, so we will have to wait a few more years to see where this new era goes.
There was only one original "Sheik", but there was also the Iron Sheik who came later in the 80's and still around now. You can tell just by looking Sabu is related to the original Sheik. Also, Abdullah The Butcher was trained by the original Sheik.
Scott Steiner’s achievement: 1) father of the pipebomb (shat on WCW and Flair) live on TNT and got suspended for it 2) shoot fought DDP and won 3) managed to overcome being buried by Warner’s board, WCW management, Hogan and Flair 4) launched another Pipebomb on Flair the night he was reinstated 5) shat on Hogan, WCW, and Flair through out his entire second run 6) made Goldberg and Hogan take a leave of absence 7) threatened to assault hogan and Flair live on TV 8) went off script 95% of his promos 9) Roid rage 10) buried Triple h on WWE’s drug test 11) got banned from the WWE hall of fame ceremony in 2015
Him and Rick used to stick Sharpie pens up guys arses in WCW. Conrad Thompson made a "Steinerized" tshirt for his podcast with a picture of pens on it. Scott got angry and wanted compensation. Thompson's incidentally engaged to Ric Flairs daughter.
sdparker119 yes I heard but the word here is SUPPOSEDLY. I’m glad Brody never went to work for Vince. They would have turned him into a ridiculous cartoon character and most likely would have given a horrible gimmick like “ The Caveman “ or “ The Neanderthal “ or some stupid shit like that.
no im pretty sure Brody would have remained Bruiser Brody as it would make him ALOT more credible for Hogan to beat. Brody would have put Hogan over, make no doubt it, if the money was right and it most certainly would have. Plus he was FAR to familiair and populair as Bruiser, so changing him to some gimmick would never have worked
John Nord? he just mimicked certain traits of Brody, dont think brody would have done that and he was too big of a draw to risk losing some serious money
Abyss was actually approached a few times by wwe. He was even offered a program with undertaker, which he turned down because he wanted to stay and continue help building tna.
Brody's problem with the WWWF was not that he was "too extreme" it was his backstage differences with Vince Sr. Brody was known as a "no nonsense" wrestler and did not like getting slighted and took it personal when he saw any kind of underhanded business dealings by the front office. This made him somewhat of an enemy to a lot of promotions finding haven only in World Class Championship Wrestling.
Minoru Suzuki would be WAY too unhinged for WWE. He’d probably beat up the commentators, ring announcer and referee on the way to the ring. #KazeNiNare
Yea, wwe is way to PG right now. This matches seem so Damn unrealistic. Your telling me that you get punched in the face 20 to 25 times and you don't have a single bruise or any blood?
Martin Payne but that's always how it's been. Even if wrestlers bleed less nowadays, even in the attitude era it took more than punches to cause bleeding.
Martin Payne Technically you are not getting punched since the commentary team plays up on that close hand strikes are illegal in WWE and Japan. So you're technically getting slapped / palm striked...but i get your point. Im just a bit picky, sorry 😂😂😂
It's one of the things that's wrong with modern style pro wrestling in general (and I mean that as opposed to historical style pro wrestling)... what they've made punches into. Realistically if you're punching someone in the head like that, one of two things is going to happen. Either the opponent's getting knocked silly because you caught them in the right spot, or your ungloved hand's getting broken since you didn't. I'm training to be a wrestler myself, and I don't like face punches at all. It's just stupid. I hope I'm not going to have to include them much... ideally not at all. Slaps and chops are much more fun - those you just do, nothing false about them. I can't say I've ever been able to point to any point in any match and say to myself "they really needed to do a punch there"... it's so redundant. Should just be cut out altogether. As for punch finishers... well maybe they wouldn't be so damn weak-looking if everyone didn't go around doing 100 punches on each other all the time! But as it is, they're pretty much the worst.
Abdullah The Butcher's forehead is horrific but is nothing compared to Carlos Colon forehead. It looks like the Grand Canyon. Carlos Colon is the father of Carlito and Primo Colon. In the 80's and 90's he had multiple feuds with Abdullah. In one storyline Abdullah threw a liquid (I think it was arsenic) and left Colon blind for weeks. Both of them had multiple matches with the ring surrounded by barb wire... Good times.
5:34 - S-H-E-I-K, WhatCulture. Just because Americans pronounce it differently doesn't alter the order of the vowels. The normal spelling even appears on a clip of his Hall of Fame introduction seen 8 seconds later. I swear they must be slipping misspelled captions into every video on purpose now...
I've meet Sandman at a show in 2016. I asked for an autograph, instead he had a twenty minute lecture about the existence of Giants. It was actually awesome.
I bet nobody remembers Pampero Firpo with lead fingertips and brutal battles with Bobo Sheik Johnny Powers and Bruno. The Detroit Cleveland territory was a killing ground between 70 to 78 or so. Go watch.
You mention the Bushwhacker hof membership like it's a joke but that induction mostly covers their career as the sheep herders one of the most decorated tag teams in wrestling history.
wow, not even 5 seconds in and we cut to an ad. Good one guys. The whole thing about Kevin Sullivan was a little simplified. First oof I don't think him running WCW had anything to do with him not going to WWE. Eric Bischoff was there for 3 years and he was the freaking president of WCW. From what I've heard is that Stephanie McMahon was going to give him an interview and she asked for a resume. His work should have spoke for itself. I think that she didn't know who he was more than anything.
Surprised you didn't mention when Sabu ripped his arm open on barbed wire so the muscle was visible and then just wrapped it in duct tape to finish the match.
You guys missed Sami Callihan he was completely wasted in NXT although he has plenty of his hardcore stuff in Lucha Underground,CZW and Impact Wrestling
Have no sympathy for Mass Transit: he was 16 years old pretending to be 18, had no trading yet claimed to be so, and later won a lawsuit against ECW for something that had nothing to do with them nor wrestling at all.
Just weird that MicK Foley is on the list given his success in the WWE. I get its not the extreme wrestling character they show in the videos, but still, he was there and did some crazy stuff still.
With the exception of a couple on this list, I don't think it was really a case of being too unhinged for WWE, more probable was because they couldn't wrestle and only got over doing hardcore garbage matches.
Erik Hænes maybe Mick Foley and definetly Sabu sre excluded of the list, all the others without their violence woyld never been over. Sabu is more of a legend than what people give hin credit for.
Agreed Erik... Just because you can cut yourself or your opponent open, doesn't mean you can wrestle. Some of the best wrestlers ever (Angle, Michaels, Jericho, Steamboat, Savage, Perfect, Rollins, Flair, Hart, etc...)have never needed to show blood to show how good they were in the ring. Hardcore wrestling was bullshit. It covered over how shit a performer was... Even Foley had his best performances (as he said himself in his book) when psychology and in ring story telling took over.
Michael Vargas Yep, and I'd probably put Kevin Sullivan with them too, and Brody. And honestly I was a fan of each one of these guys at one time or another, but I'm just being truthful.
daveglander1 And to your point, whenever any of those wrestlers you mentioned were involved in some kind of more brutal contest, there was always a story to it. Just go back and watch Flair vs Funk in their I Quit match, or any Shawn Michaels ladder match, that's how proper violent wrestling is done.
Let an old fart give you the true story about the WWWF and the original Sheik: he worked often for Vince Sr. during the entire decade of the '60s, and was a member of the roster on at least two occasions. He feuded with Bruno, and they brought him into Boston Garden in 1973 for a couple of matches, one against Chief Jay Strongbow, and then on the very next card he got a title shot at Pedro Morales.
Made a joke about the Bushwhackers, but realistically the could have made this list. As the Sheepherders they had tons of barbed wire matches, then Vince made them a joke
Abyss has stated several times he was offered the chance to jump ship to be a Taker Mania opponent but that he wouldn't leave TNA high and dry.....clearly not to unhinged....
I'm so happy to see Abdullah the Butcher as number one, he freaked me out as a kid! That guy scared everyone and in interviews he seems like a really nice, sweet man, too funny!
Shit talking the bushwackers but these two guys deserved to be on this list. They were the sheephearders before bushwackers and they did very hardcore brawling type matches before coming to WWF
If Brody would have lived longer, he would have played a significant role in the Monday Night Wars and in the Attitude Era. He would have still been a name and would have still been able to go like Flair & Hogan did. He would have played both Turner & McMahon for money and would have been able to contribute and play roles in the Wars and would have been hired by both companies.
The thumbnail looks like a mick foley kevin nash hybrid
Is it just me that sees a bit of Bradshaw too?
Kenkind Manash
Bottle of Valdemar kiitos
Lol!
No SHIT!!!
actually Abyss is one of the safest Hardcore Wrestlers ever... he takes the most damage himself honestly (1000 thumbtacks, glass, Table Spots, barbedwire tables spots, tables lit on fire, cheese grater spots, and his own weapon named Janice (2X4 with Spikes hammered into it))
I am not sure why Mick Foley on this list. He is one of WWE most popular wrestlers of all time.
Massively watered down version of Foley.
@@VillaFanFTW How? You mean that he wasn't running into C4 anymore? He still did some amazing things during his time in the WWE. Even if it wasn't as crazy violent as his pre WWE career. His Undertaker cage match for example where he almost died.
The Mick Foley everyone knows now is nothing like the Mick Foley that everyone knew before he got to WWE...believe it or not, what we got in WWE was the watered down version. Yeah he still did some crazy shit during his WWE career, it was few and far between. Before WWE he was involved in crazy shit at every show.
@@amer1canbea5t89 I know about pre WWE Mick Foley. I'm fine with the Foley we got. The blowing himself up with C4 isn't something I really needed to see anyways. The Foley who would get thrown off of a steel cage and have his tooth end up in his nose was good enough for me.
Laughing Man if you know about pre-wwe foley, then why say you don't know why foley is on this list...pre-wwe foley was to unhinged for wwe
ACTUALLY Abyss got an offer from WWE and said no.
the offer was apparently to come in and work with taker at mania and was supposed to be for a good amount of money
damn cuz Abyss and James Storm are like the last two hold overs i wish would jump ship. I jumped off TNA when AJ Styles left cuz they wanted him to take a paycut even though he was THE guy. Started watching WWE when he came on. Then Samoa Joe jumped and Bobby Rude and i was like now if we can just get Abyss and James storm i could have all my fav TNA guys here XD. Beer Money would have to be rebranded but i mean they worked great together. James storm was on NXT for like 1 match and then left back to TNA. And i would love to see Abyss and Taker/Kane do an angle XD
WorldWearyAngel asking AJ to take a pay cut is the exact opposite of what WWE would have done. They tend to reward the guys who've been there forever as opposed to screwing them. The aj thing still blows my mind.
Gravity's Ghetto Mods. Tell Kevin Hart that lol
Kevin Hart?
Abyss is not akin to Abdullah the Butcher. Abyss can actually wrestle and doesn't give people Hepatitis
Two things Pamela Anderson can’t claim.
byss is like the son of Mick Foley
He's actually turned down two contract offers from WWE out of loyalty. They wanted him to feud with the undertaker way back when
Abdullah got the electric chair and lived! Nuff said!
2 things:
1. I find it hard to detest someone more than New Jack.
2. One of the smartest things Vince Jr. ever did was to keep Abdullah the Butcher out of a WWE ring.
Yet, Abby somehow made into the Hall of Fame, despite his never wrestling for the 'E and giving Hepatitis C to other wrestlers in their bloody bouts.
I could be wrong, but I believe they inducted him just before it came out about the Hep C stuff. Plus, he denied it up until they forced him to take a blood sample and prove he had it.
Jashmeer Rampearie what's wrong with Rollins? Lol I think there's a lot of other guys that represent the pg era better. He's kind of badass
Rollins is a solid wrestler and excellent talker. He would exceed in almost any era except maybe the cartoon era which was dominated by huge monster characters. I think the only thing missing in the PG era are good solid story arcs. We lack any sort of true storylines that get people invested these days. The attitude era had them, even the cartoon era had them.
One other thing I'd like to add is that most people still think we are in the PG era, but that's not true. The PG era is over now, and we are slowly transitioning into a new era, which WWE are referring to as "Reality" era. We are slowly starting to see more shoot style matches, and even some blood being spilled "the hard way' in certain matches. Characters are leaning toward shoot style wrestling and more realistic gimmicks based on their overall look. The PG era ended, supposedly, with Taker losing to Brock to end the streak, so we will have to wait a few more years to see where this new era goes.
Not going to mention that The Sheik was Sabu's uncle? I mean that's probably where he got it from
AlexGreat321 is he really ??
AlexGreat321 how many sheik were there
The original Sheik is his uncle. Not the Iron Sheik.
There was only one original "Sheik", but there was also the Iron Sheik who came later in the 80's and still around now. You can tell just by looking Sabu is related to the original Sheik. Also, Abdullah The Butcher was trained by the original Sheik.
But Iron Sheik is his mother.
New York etiquette?? Don't u mean Stanford Connectiquette??
god that was good
Nailed it!
This may be the best TH-cam comment that I have ever seen. Bravo.
He Conned us!
Nice one matey blokie I like it 😂😂😂
No SCOTT STEINER. The man who founded the pipe bomb promo, and scared WCW’s management and Warner’s board of directors?
Bullet Club That’s what I thought! Steiner was absolutely mental! And of course they forgot Chris Benoit...
Scott Steiner’s achievement:
1) father of the pipebomb (shat on WCW and Flair) live on TNT and got suspended for it
2) shoot fought DDP and won
3) managed to overcome being buried by Warner’s board, WCW management, Hogan and Flair
4) launched another Pipebomb on Flair the night he was reinstated
5) shat on Hogan, WCW, and Flair through out his entire second run
6) made Goldberg and Hogan take a leave of absence
7) threatened to assault hogan and Flair live on TV
8) went off script 95% of his promos
9) Roid rage
10) buried Triple h on WWE’s drug test
11) got banned from the WWE hall of fame ceremony in 2015
Him and Rick used to stick Sharpie pens up guys arses in WCW. Conrad Thompson made a "Steinerized" tshirt for his podcast with a picture of pens on it. Scott got angry and wanted compensation. Thompson's incidentally engaged to Ric Flairs daughter.
Bullet Club Can you link a video to one of his pipe bomb promo?
Ashley Wilkinson Chris Benoit made an excellent name for himself in WWE. He had more success there then WCW.
Top ten worst wrestling foreheads. Do it.
Worst harlines #1 KANE
Goggle carlitos colon sr
Most likely Brody never worked for Vince Jr. because of his bad rep for “no selling” & screwing over every promoter he worked for.
Watch the shoot interview with Jim Cornette and Savior Vega. Brody was supposedly in negotiations with Vince Jr. When he died.
sdparker119 yes I heard but the word here is SUPPOSEDLY. I’m glad Brody never went to work for Vince. They would have turned him into a ridiculous cartoon character and most likely would have given a horrible gimmick like “ The Caveman “ or “ The Neanderthal “ or some stupid shit like that.
no im pretty sure Brody would have remained Bruiser Brody as it would make him ALOT more credible for Hogan to beat. Brody would have put Hogan over, make no doubt it, if the money was right and it most certainly would have. Plus he was FAR to familiair and populair as Bruiser, so changing him to some gimmick would never have worked
actually, they would've made him the berzerker as it eventually went to another guy who took some brody's mannerisms into the character.
John Nord? he just mimicked certain traits of Brody, dont think brody would have done that and he was too big of a draw to risk losing some serious money
Abyss was actually approached a few times by wwe. He was even offered a program with undertaker, which he turned down because he wanted to stay and continue help building tna.
Brody's problem with the WWWF was not that he was "too extreme" it was his backstage differences with Vince Sr. Brody was known as a "no nonsense" wrestler and did not like getting slighted and took it personal when he saw any kind of underhanded business dealings by the front office. This made him somewhat of an enemy to a lot of promotions finding haven only in World Class Championship Wrestling.
Minoru Suzuki would be WAY too unhinged for WWE. He’d probably beat up the commentators, ring announcer and referee on the way to the ring.
#KazeNiNare
Jamie Holmes Yes
Jamie Holmes ikr
Jamie Holmes I agree
If I were Vince and co., I'd hire Suzuki to fuck up Brock Lesnar.
Scotty Steiner
2 years later. Joseph Parks makes his On screen debut for WWE lol
After 2 years since this video was posted on TH-cam.. I'm still having nightmare with the Mick Foley thumbnail
I want Sabu to be wwe hall of fame
The Boondocks 80% of his video package would be black and white because all the blood lmao
Jason Roque yes
Jason Roque true
He deserves recognition. the guy put himself on the line every single fuckin time he was out there.
He doesn't want to be in the WWE Hall of Fame. He actually said "I will never accept an induction unless I am broke."
Abyss may seem dangerous because of all those weaponry based matches, but as far as ive heard he's one of the more safe workers
Unfortunately sandman lasted in wwe about as long as one of his beers, anyone remember when he caned the sh*t out of Eugene
Stevieland 420 oh hell yeah!!! Good times
It's not called the Wacky Line anymore. Cole called it that for like 2 weeks and hasn't done so for probably 3-4 years.
It's the lunatic Lariat
Whatculture never forgets...
The King HHH And sometimes it's try hard, smarky bullshit. This is one of those times.
tspawn35 it’s actually the lunatic lariat which is pretty much as stupid as the wacky line so point still valid
Michael Mulcahy It's nowhere near as bad, the hell?
I'm sure Dean Ambrose's Wacky Line was once upon a time called the "Lunatic Lariat" which of course is a lot less embarrassing.
We need a WWE Network exclusive 205-live-style hardcore wrestling show
listen you Adam clone, don't bad mouth coco beware or bush wackers those guys are treasures i tell ya treasures of wrestling
9lives lie-cat-lie He didn’t watch wrestling back then so he can’t relate ;)
9lives lie-cat-lie Koko BeWare
Mr Olitor yhea him to
Mr Olitor
* Koko B. "Ware"
Had Brody not been murdered . . . I think he would have done some ECW appearances. Brody/Sabu would have been a wild brawl
he would have been in his mid 50's then.. not 100% about those matches then lol
Daffney would been good on this list too
Not only Daffney, but Rosemary as well.
Vince was reportedly actually rather high on Sandman in the mid 2000s
Abrupt cut-off ending ftw! LOL!
Yea, wwe is way to PG right now. This matches seem so Damn unrealistic. Your telling me that you get punched in the face 20 to 25 times and you don't have a single bruise or any blood?
Martin Payne but that's always how it's been. Even if wrestlers bleed less nowadays, even in the attitude era it took more than punches to cause bleeding.
Martin Payne Technically you are not getting punched since the commentary team plays up on that close hand strikes are illegal in WWE and Japan. So you're technically getting slapped / palm striked...but i get your point. Im just a bit picky, sorry 😂😂😂
It's one of the things that's wrong with modern style pro wrestling in general (and I mean that as opposed to historical style pro wrestling)... what they've made punches into. Realistically if you're punching someone in the head like that, one of two things is going to happen. Either the opponent's getting knocked silly because you caught them in the right spot, or your ungloved hand's getting broken since you didn't. I'm training to be a wrestler myself, and I don't like face punches at all. It's just stupid. I hope I'm not going to have to include them much... ideally not at all. Slaps and chops are much more fun - those you just do, nothing false about them. I can't say I've ever been able to point to any point in any match and say to myself "they really needed to do a punch there"... it's so redundant. Should just be cut out altogether. As for punch finishers... well maybe they wouldn't be so damn weak-looking if everyone didn't go around doing 100 punches on each other all the time! But as it is, they're pretty much the worst.
I don't think you get the jist of pro wrestling, it's not really meant to be or look real
Martin Payne . Your watching the wrong entertainment. You should go watch MMA.
Starts at 1:02
Fuck off. No one cares.
Abdullah The Butcher's forehead is horrific but is nothing compared to Carlos Colon forehead. It looks like the Grand Canyon. Carlos Colon is the father of Carlito and Primo Colon. In the 80's and 90's he had multiple feuds with Abdullah. In one storyline Abdullah threw a liquid (I think it was arsenic) and left Colon blind for weeks. Both of them had multiple matches with the ring surrounded by barb wire... Good times.
fuck carlos colon, that dude made sure a murderer is still a free man to this day
Sabu and Abyss were both offered contracts but turned them down. Mick Foley actually worked in WWE in case you didn’t know.
No terry funk???
Terry Funk had a short run in WWE as Chainsaw Charlie. Had some fun hardcore matches with Cactus.
Chainsaw Charlie?
Here you go:th-cam.com/video/tp2Vut7SGFE/w-d-xo.html
Timothy Barr Terry Funk aka Chainsaw Charlie
The Boondocks all of them were in wwe what are u on about
Necro Butcher, Nick Mondo, Wifebeater, Zandig, Vic Grimes, Sami Callihan, Tommy Dreamer, Ryuji Ito, basically anyone from CZW or Japanese deathmatches
Deans clothesline is called the lunatic lariat and has been for a while now
Every wrestler of BJW hardcore division.
JustRicky bjw has other divisions??
A strong division for pure wrestling.
5:34 - S-H-E-I-K, WhatCulture. Just because Americans pronounce it differently doesn't alter the order of the vowels. The normal spelling even appears on a clip of his Hall of Fame introduction seen 8 seconds later. I swear they must be slipping misspelled captions into every video on purpose now...
Ah cool, I'll look out for those then.
Shri harsha Nayak irrelevant as in it doesn’t fucking matter.
The Bushwhackers outside the WWF were more chaotic and brutal. Think about that for a moment.
So not going to mention that one time Sabu went “unhinged” on Cena on Raw?
Brody did work in the WWWF, but got fired after a backstage altercation with Gorilla Monsoon
You mean Abyss had Janice (2 x 4 with nails in it.) Foley used the the barbie bat. Abyss used barbed wire boards, like Cactus did.
I've meet Sandman at a show in 2016. I asked for an autograph, instead he had a twenty minute lecture about the existence of Giants. It was actually awesome.
I bet nobody remembers Pampero Firpo with lead fingertips and brutal battles with Bobo Sheik Johnny Powers and Bruno. The Detroit Cleveland territory was a killing ground between 70 to 78 or so. Go watch.
Scott Summers. He's an independent wrestler. Look him up. That man is too violent for WWE.
Oddly enough, the non watered down version of the Bushwackers fit this list to a tee.
You mention the Bushwhacker hof membership like it's a joke but that induction mostly covers their career as the sheep herders one of the most decorated tag teams in wrestling history.
i think kevin sullivan's weird ass body is the reason vince was turned off from him LOL
Ya left out that Brody had nuclear heat with gorilla monsoon, who had an ownership stake in the company and black balled him from NY
That's a great still of Sandman. He would be the guy to try and take Austin's beer from him.
Abyss nearly signed with WWE in 2005/6. They wanted him, but he was the one to pussy out.
it never fails to surprise me how fuckin deep the butchers scars are lol
the original sheik is sabu's uncle.
i mean it makes sense when you consider how crazy both of them are/were
BROTHER GARY and also killed a territory
wow, not even 5 seconds in and we cut to an ad. Good one guys. The whole thing about Kevin Sullivan was a little simplified. First oof I don't think him running WCW had anything to do with him not going to WWE. Eric Bischoff was there for 3 years and he was the freaking president of WCW. From what I've heard is that Stephanie McMahon was going to give him an interview and she asked for a resume. His work should have spoke for itself. I think that she didn't know who he was more than anything.
The Bushwhackers were the Sheepherders at one point and known for violent and bloody matches.
Hournarable mentions: Jimmy Havoc and Mickey Whiplash
I wish wwe would let ambrose go moxley style just once. do an insane mankind match and forever be a legend
Necro Butcher
Surprised you didn't mention when Sabu ripped his arm open on barbed wire so the muscle was visible and then just wrapped it in duct tape to finish the match.
I thought he was going to say that Mick Foley is as beloved as Santa Claus
You can neuter anyone with a pay check lol
rip outro
This video makes me wanna take a bump on a mixture of thumb tacks, broken glass, barbed wire, and a microwave.
We're all a little unhinged....
that little kid in the abdullah/sting picture is the funniest thing i have seen today.
Dean's clothesline is now called the lunatic lariat
I don't think that New Jack's racism is a work. He's the kind of guy I'd get a gun license for.
Orange Cassidy is forsure way too nuts. hes rolling around the ring literally, while smiling then hits you with a whapaahh you get pitted so pitted.
You guys missed Sami Callihan he was completely wasted in NXT although he has plenty of his hardcore stuff in Lucha Underground,CZW and Impact Wrestling
Cyclone of Blood *still remembers Callihan DESTROYING Eddie Edwards' face*
joeleffler That feud is still going on and it's lit af😈😈
Have no sympathy for Mass Transit: he was 16 years old pretending to be 18, had no trading yet claimed to be so, and later won a lawsuit against ECW for something that had nothing to do with them nor wrestling at all.
Just weird that MicK Foley is on the list given his success in the WWE. I get its not the extreme wrestling character they show in the videos, but still, he was there and did some crazy stuff still.
With the exception of a couple on this list, I don't think it was really a case of being too unhinged for WWE, more probable was because they couldn't wrestle and only got over doing hardcore garbage matches.
Agreed.
Erik Hænes maybe Mick Foley and definetly Sabu sre excluded of the list, all the others without their violence woyld never been over. Sabu is more of a legend than what people give hin credit for.
Agreed Erik... Just because you can cut yourself or your opponent open, doesn't mean you can wrestle. Some of the best wrestlers ever (Angle, Michaels, Jericho, Steamboat, Savage, Perfect, Rollins, Flair, Hart, etc...)have never needed to show blood to show how good they were in the ring. Hardcore wrestling was bullshit. It covered over how shit a performer was... Even Foley had his best performances (as he said himself in his book) when psychology and in ring story telling took over.
Michael Vargas
Yep, and I'd probably put Kevin Sullivan with them too, and Brody. And honestly I was a fan of each one of these guys at one time or another, but I'm just being truthful.
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And to your point, whenever any of those wrestlers you mentioned were involved in some kind of more brutal contest, there was always a story to it. Just go back and watch Flair vs Funk in their I Quit match, or any Shawn Michaels ladder match, that's how proper violent wrestling is done.
Terry Funk was mentioned, but not put on the list. Certainly he could have been 3rd or 4th next to Foley.
James Mitchell is so underrated.
Really surprised Masada isnt on the list, given that he actually had a Sunday Night Heat match against Maven.
Thank you jules for slapping him.
after hell in the cell in 98 its amazing mick foley can still walk.
Mmm yes
There is no wrestler who took more punishment then Nick Foley lucky he still can walk.
Let an old fart give you the true story about the WWWF and the original Sheik: he worked often for Vince Sr. during the entire decade of the '60s, and was a member of the roster on at least two occasions. He feuded with Bruno, and they brought him into Boston Garden in 1973 for a couple of matches, one against Chief Jay Strongbow, and then on the very next card he got a title shot at Pedro Morales.
Abyss could of went to WWE but declined his chance staying loyal to ECW at the time
Sabu at No 10?!?!? This list is already counterfeit!!!! Have you never watched ECW back in the beginning?!?!?
Made a joke about the Bushwhackers, but realistically the could have made this list. As the Sheepherders they had tons of barbed wire matches, then Vince made them a joke
Sullivan and undertaker would have been unstoppable in WWE along with kane
Didn't Abyss turn down a contract? That's what I remember reading online.
Abyss reminds me a lot of Kane in terms of in ring style. While not super athletic by any means, Park can move.
Don’t ever disrespect Brody like that by putting him BEFORE abyss.
I just want to point out that Abyss has said that he chose loyalty to Impact over a contract WWE offered.
ON ABYSS - he specifically turned offers from the WWE down cause he didn't want to leave TNA/Impact Wrestling
bruh why he look like system of a down singer lmao
Saba cuts arm open on barbed wire so you can see muscle, duct tapes it up and continued wrestling the match...
Sabu vs Dean Ambrose. *BOOK IT VINCE*
Abyss has stated several times he was offered the chance to jump ship to be a Taker Mania opponent but that he wouldn't leave TNA high and dry.....clearly not to unhinged....
Do not forget the Butchers known ending move, giving people Hep C, lol
I'm so happy to see Abdullah the Butcher as number one, he freaked me out as a kid! That guy scared everyone and in interviews he seems like a really nice, sweet man, too funny!
abyss was offered a wwe contract and was set to wrestle the undertaker at wrestlemania but turned it down.
And somehow, Abdullah was able to open two restaurants. Because he's definitely the kind of guy you'd want to have handling food!
Lmao new jacks quote in this dude's voice I'm dead af.
Shit talking the bushwackers but these two guys deserved to be on this list. They were the sheephearders before bushwackers and they did very hardcore brawling type matches before coming to WWF
If Brody would have lived longer, he would have played a significant role in the Monday Night Wars and in the Attitude Era. He would have still been a name and would have still been able to go like Flair & Hogan did. He would have played both Turner & McMahon for money and would have been able to contribute and play roles in the Wars and would have been hired by both companies.
They could of mentioned Dean Ambrose and the bushwhackers
Ever see the film "I Like to Hurt People?" It really highlights the greatness of the Sheik.
whatculture should be renamed to Adam culture
The universe is made up of atoms
Whatculture is made up of Adams