DDP is one of the coolest most optimistic guys I've ever seen. Learning about how he helped so many other wrestlers is really no surprise seeing how infectiously positive he is. DDP = MVP
It’s not just wrestlers ddp yoga has been know to help people in wheelchairs recover yes it’s not a miracle but it can help and it’s had more of an impact than we will probably ever know
A match with Undertaker marked the beginning of Michaels first retirement, 12 years later, a match with Undertaker marked Michaels actual retirment. Funny how that works.
Wow a real list, with meaning... I love you, Simon. Also the Hardy's (especially Jeff) are my personal heroes for proving you're not defined by mistakes but rather how you rise from them to be a better person.
Sting was the shit with the blond flat top and color paint. He was 1 of my favorite wrestlers when I was a kid in those days, and I predominantly watched WWF, but Sting was always one of my favs.
Man I don't even know how anyone could dislike a video of wrestlers changing their lives for the better smh 😑🤦🏽♂️. I mean damn DDP is a miracle worker for helping Jake the Snake and Scott Hall get clean and seeing Shawn Michaels transformation from crazy Pill head to someone who had arguably had an overall successful second run compared to his first is unbelievable 🤷🏽♂️
Jeff Hardy vs Sting Victory Road 2011 was one of the darkest and disappointing match/segment in wrestling history . It showed the dark side of wrestling
It's broken. "Woken" is a poor effort to claim his broken brilliance as their own. For this crime they should be DELETED! Then fade away and classify themselves as obsolete.
CryoJnik what? You sound so dumb saying "Woken is a poor effort to claim his broken brilliance as their own" because WWE legally couldn't use the gimmick "Broken" TNA had the rights to the individual character, but Matt Hardy took TNA to court over the right to own the "Broken" character that he created. Not to sure how it ended up though.
As someone who has battle through addiction and took many years of my life away, I can't imagine what it's like going through that while constantly having to be on TV and have the world watch you fall apart. It is hard enough to get clean and turn your life around but doing it while the world watches is incredible
Most people agree he shouldn't have reinvented himself with the ABA gimmick. He could have stayed the Deadman and no one would have cared. I loved the ABA personally but also Deadman taker was god tier.
Actually Undertaker has reinvented himself somewhat. He spoke about reigning in his excess alcohol intake and looking after himself better in Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions.
It's just sad HBK's second run just had a world title run for almost a month. He deserved more world title reigns than Cena, Randy Orton, Batista and Triple H combined. Lol.
I think it would be only fair to mention that former spanish commentator Hugo Savinovich played a big role on HBK´s recovery. He was a spiritual guide and became close friends with Michaels. A truly respectable gentleman!
Biggest influence on him was his wife Rebecca. I definitely think she deserved a mention because Shawn found his faith through her re-focusing on hers.
I will always say Jeff got lucky he was in the ring with a professional that went through the same struggles he was. Other guys might not have gone as easy on him as Sting did.
Tsuyu Asui yeah and also he is always positive when he talks. And other people say it is gay when people talk shit about simon. I LOVE Simon and i am not afraid to say it. It is 2018 not 1918 people
Holy cow ddp. I never saw him wrestle, only saw a glips of him when he guest at raw and at the games before I stoped watching wwe but I always like him and now I respect the man
After almost 30 years of watching The Man Called Sting, I never knew he had a drug addiction .... Am I naive to still not believe this!? Christ really does save lives, good work Steve Borden! 💯
One thing I remember about William Regal during the early 2000's, it seemed like EVERY SINGLE MATCH he had he would be busted open bleeding, if he was wrestling then his face was covered in blood.
"According to multiple accounts, Brock slammed Henning so hard into an emergency exit that it nearly swung open" Which is a lot less scary when you realize the emergency doors on airplanes don't work that way.
I was astounded that during Jeff's second stent in TNA he left the title at the airport & in a few interviews with him he confirmed it & I felt bad for him to be struggling with an addiction, but it was pretty bad to leave company property at the airport due to the addiction
So glad to hear a more positive discussion of Sting's transformation. Many use the fact that he was a born again Christian as an excuse as to why his WWE run came too late and was so bad. Always my hero, Steve Borden.
I randomly ran into Jake The Snake Roberts at a gas station in Atlanta right after seeing the documentary. Oddly enough, I randomly ran into Abdullah The Butcher the same day at the hotel I was staying at.
Paul Heyman was good at reinventing wrestlers: The Sandman from a surfer to the beer drinking cigarette smoker, from preppy Johnny Polo to brooding Raven, and, admittedly, Chris Benoit to The Crippler.
It’s so sad to hear about these big name wrestlers who were so into drugs and alcohol it’s unreal they’re still alive. But it’s also a feel good story since as I said, they’re still alive.
I can relate. I hit rock bottom in October/ambulance ride/ rehab. I still relapse except this time there's no pills involved. The hardest thing in life for me right now is giving up alcohol ☹️
The easiest way to give up an addiction is to replace it with something else. It's not the alcohol, it's just the compulsive action your brain is used to. So every time you feel like drinking alcohol just drink something else that doesn't do any harm to you. It's what my grampa did to give up alcohol years ago and it's the same method I used to give up caffeine. I hope this helps
Damzel'N'Distress Compared to the guys from Cultoholic (many of whom started and became publicly known from working at WhatCulture) he wasn’t as good as them. But he improved over time, and now is the star that he is today for this channel
I'm happy for the men and women who beat their addictions and problems but Diamond dallas page is one hell on a decent guy and his work in helping Jake Roberts and Scott hall is amazing 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
You have to wonder how many times this story has played out: Employee smokes marijuana, Employer takes dim view of *Drugs,* Employee drinks/uses prescription meds heavily to compensate. Obviously, your best bet is to moderate your intake orAbstain outright, but the Point still stands.
I just took a pain pill cuz my mouth is FUCKED UP. I can't stop itching and I want another one because I'm almost high. I can see how easy it is to become addicted to anything.
he drug problem and early death of wrestlers really needs to be addressed, there needs to be come sort of system in place to stop wrestlers from drug dependency, it feels like every other week a wrestler who is barely into their 50's dies, its probably about the worst thing in the industry.
Diamond Dallas Page is a walking angel
DDP is one of the coolest most optimistic guys I've ever seen. Learning about how he helped so many other wrestlers is really no surprise seeing how infectiously positive he is. DDP = MVP
MrHolyfuckingshit True. True.
It’s not just wrestlers ddp yoga has been know to help people in wheelchairs recover yes it’s not a miracle but it can help and it’s had more of an impact than we will probably ever know
We don't deserve DDP.
I think we can all agree that DDP is just the greatest kind of person
Absolutely that's all I can think about watching this video....
Makes it more upsetting that HHH and Vince buried him so badly.
Crazy part is HHH and DDP have been friends their entire careers.
WillJM81280
How did Trips bury him? Trips was injured during the whole Invasion storyline.
ProXY One Music yep. He’s the perfect coach and he never gave up.
DDP is an absolute saint
Wrestling Is fake
@@pefler1011 What DDP does has absolutely nothing to do with Wrestling.
simon miller has tried his damndest to keep this channel up and running
96mrjones he should Join us...
96mrjones Simon Miller is killing. The old adam should be here
even after all the stuff that happened
people have came back from worse. he needs to do a lot of good though
Andrew Doherty yeah I can’t believe he’s asked for nudes I mean nobody has done that before
DDP is a legend who saved 2 legends!
A match with Undertaker marked the beginning of Michaels first retirement, 12 years later, a match with Undertaker marked Michaels actual retirment. Funny how that works.
Kinda coincidence
Then came out of retirement to have a match with undertaker 😂
Those two matches of hbk vs taker at wrestlemania 25 & 26 were the best matches of both their careers
@@prashantmisra9583 you are forgetting undertaker vs mankind
That's what you call a book end.
I'm glad to get such an uplifting list. It's nice to see something about people going up instead of down, ya know?
SpectralTime I like going up and down 😏 sorry that was tasteless.
The resurrection of jake the snake is so moving and brilliant if anyone hasn't seen i couldn't recommend enough
Agreed. Superb.
DDP is a legit angel
Wow a real list, with meaning... I love you, Simon.
Also the Hardy's (especially Jeff) are my personal heroes for proving you're not defined by mistakes but rather how you rise from them to be a better person.
Makes me love DDP even more amazing human being
Sting was the shit with the blond flat top and color paint. He was 1 of my favorite wrestlers when I was a kid in those days, and I predominantly watched WWF, but Sting was always one of my favs.
Same here bro
I never knew Sting had a drug problem, he always looked healthy and in shape.
Man I don't even know how anyone could dislike a video of wrestlers changing their lives for the better smh 😑🤦🏽♂️. I mean damn DDP is a miracle worker for helping Jake the Snake and Scott Hall get clean and seeing Shawn Michaels transformation from crazy Pill head to someone who had arguably had an overall successful second run compared to his first is unbelievable 🤷🏽♂️
Moral of the story: Stay away from drugs.
If ur on drugs go to ddp
What about alcohol?
@@SomHal alcohol is a drug.
stay away from drugs and stay close to DDP
Beerus On Drugs, I’m not sure that I trust that message coming from you.
God bless Diamond Dallas Page.
Jeff Hardy vs Sting Victory Road 2011 was one of the darkest and disappointing match/segment in wrestling history .
It showed the dark side of wrestling
Shaurya Jain smh right
Broken Matt Hardy was REALLY mind blowing . In fact, you could say the character was WONDERFUL and EXHILARATING!!!!!
Jamie Holmes It’s the best thing to happen to wrestling since Y2J 👍🏽
Jamie Holmes its woken you moron
It's broken. "Woken" is a poor effort to claim his broken brilliance as their own. For this crime they should be DELETED! Then fade away and classify themselves as obsolete.
CryoJnik what? You sound so dumb saying "Woken is a poor effort to claim his broken brilliance as their own" because WWE legally couldn't use the gimmick "Broken" TNA had the rights to the individual character, but Matt Hardy took TNA to court over the right to own the "Broken" character that he created. Not to sure how it ended up though.
Obviously. My comment was wordplay first of all. Second can you seriously say that the level of crazy is the same as it was in TNA?
HBK = G.O.A.T.
Devon Clarke Definitely.
No question
One of the goats
ssj zd I'll go with that.
Devon Clarke
🐐
Thank the Lord these men got there life back on track
Pretty sure you meant "Their."
Right.
As someone who has battle through addiction and took many years of my life away, I can't imagine what it's like going through that while constantly having to be on TV and have the world watch you fall apart. It is hard enough to get clean and turn your life around but doing it while the world watches is incredible
Simon is the only reason I still come to this channel
#PushSimon
Saaaaaaaaaammmmmme
#PushSimon
Yes
Me too
RegularPeople Me three.
Damn DDP is the best
Reinventions?
*GREAT BALLS OF FIRE*
RuDX 0H7 I don’t get it
This should be called comeback from substances or something not reinventions.
TheFishFace97 These guys reinvented their whole lives. I think the title is perfect :)
TH-cam will demonetize anything with substance in the title or description, so here's that too.
"Everyone needs to reinvent themselves"
Unless you're the Undertaker.
Justin LeClair he was the American Badass and Big Evil. So he did reinvent himself.
Most people agree he shouldn't have reinvented himself with the ABA gimmick. He could have stayed the Deadman and no one would have cared. I loved the ABA personally but also Deadman taker was god tier.
Undertaker reinvented himself in the way Coke released "New" Coke
It made everyone realize how much they missed the original
Actually Undertaker has reinvented himself somewhat. He spoke about reigning in his excess alcohol intake and looking after himself better in Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions.
Undertaker had reinvented himself over and over again. All his dark themed characters had variations.
It's just sad HBK's second run just had a world title run for almost a month. He deserved more world title reigns than Cena, Randy Orton, Batista and Triple H combined. Lol.
No Batista is good
I don't agree, but I do think he should have gotten more title reigns.
You said Kurt Angle got a DUI in 2017 and then said he celebrated several years clean with a 2017 Hall of Fame induction?
I think it would be only fair to mention that former spanish commentator Hugo Savinovich played a big role on HBK´s recovery. He was a spiritual guide and became close friends with Michaels. A truly respectable gentleman!
Biggest influence on him was his wife Rebecca. I definitely think she deserved a mention because Shawn found his faith through her re-focusing on hers.
I will always say Jeff got lucky he was in the ring with a professional that went through the same struggles he was. Other guys might not have gone as easy on him as Sting did.
SIMON knows his wrestling. He don't look at google or Wikipedia. He know everything
Ribit, He also doesn't make dumb mistakes like claiming Steve Austin invented the Stunner, like another person on this channel did.
Tsuyu Asui yeah and also he is always positive when he talks. And other people say it is gay when people talk shit about simon. I LOVE Simon and i am not afraid to say it. It is 2018 not 1918 people
There are writers for these videos. He's reading a script. Not saying Simon doesn't know wrestling, but we can share the blame with the writers.
The Heat 219 ok we can agree on that
He missed out on Jeff Harry’s recent DWI charge from a couple months ago.
DDP is truly the best
My god... DDP... he is an example of a great human being! Why is he not talked about more!?
It’s always nice hearing stories going through Hell with personal problems and coming over then and being better than they were.
Beautiful redemption story and all the wrestlers and DDP is a saint for all he's done to help wrestlers get back on track.
As awesome as this was, do a part 2.
“Stunning” Steve Austin to “Superstar” Steve Austin to Ringmaster to Steve Austin
I love DDP, HBK, Y2J, The Rock & Jeff Hardy.
TNA is the place where the strung out wwe stars go.
Damn DDP has a hell of a heart
The amount of respect I have gained for William regal over the years is insane
Holy cow ddp. I never saw him wrestle, only saw a glips of him when he guest at raw and at the games before I stoped watching wwe but I always like him and now I respect the man
After almost 30 years of watching The Man Called Sting, I never knew he had a drug addiction .... Am I naive to still not believe this!?
Christ really does save lives, good work Steve Borden! 💯
I'm glad that all my favs are not only alive, but doing well
DDP is a freaking hero!!!
personally I felt Hall and Roberts should be 1 and 2 considering how close they were to death. but thank God for DDP he's truly a HOF person
Great list, you could easily have done a 20 list of this topic adding additional wrestlers including Eddie Guerrero.
One thing I remember about William Regal during the early 2000's, it seemed like EVERY SINGLE MATCH he had he would be busted open bleeding, if he was wrestling then his face was covered in blood.
Yeah, there's quite a few times he was bleeding without getting bladed, he got some real hits...
Anyone else get a sigh of relief when Simon starts speaking
Wow, didn’t think that Brock Lesnar had problems with drugs.
Yes duh steroids
DJDoubleCee , Know*
They said he took Vicodin, not steroids!
DJDoubleCee ok chill he is still jacked
His drug problems (present tense) are the only reason Lesnar hasn't gone back to MMA.
" Jake tackled his problems " ?? Don't you mean " Jake DDTed his problem " ?? Haha!!
"According to multiple accounts, Brock slammed Henning so hard into an emergency exit that it nearly swung open"
Which is a lot less scary when you realize the emergency doors on airplanes don't work that way.
I was astounded that during Jeff's second stent in TNA he left the title at the airport & in a few interviews with him he confirmed it & I felt bad for him to be struggling with an addiction, but it was pretty bad to leave company property at the airport due to the addiction
Brilliant video whatculture. Really puts the superstars in a true inspirational light
So glad to hear a more positive discussion of Sting's transformation. Many use the fact that he was a born again Christian as an excuse as to why his WWE run came too late and was so bad. Always my hero, Steve Borden.
WhatCulture: Wanna hear about 10 reinventions?
Me: Sure.
WhatCulture: Here's 10 stories about drug addiction!
Yo honestly…this was the video I needed to see. If these guys can battle and overcome their addictions then so can I.
Damn, Jeff Hardy recently got arrested AGAIN & it’s 4 years later
I gotta ask: what would be the criteria to nominate DDP for sainthood? Cause certainly, he has to qualify.
I randomly ran into Jake The Snake Roberts at a gas station in Atlanta right after seeing the documentary. Oddly enough, I randomly ran into Abdullah The Butcher the same day at the hotel I was staying at.
This is not how I expected this list to go, but damn I liked it
HBK realized way before anybody else that acting flamboyant and borderline fruity gets the girls crazy and draws mega heat !
Paul Heyman was good at reinventing wrestlers: The Sandman from a surfer to the beer drinking cigarette smoker, from preppy Johnny Polo to brooding Raven, and, admittedly, Chris Benoit to The Crippler.
Bless DDP. The man is a miracle worker.
DDP is a Angel sent from above man
could we get a video on virgil?
In a nutshell thank god for DDP
Thank you for what you said about Sean and giving the Podcast a rub.
DDP is a few more wrestlers away from his own "Top 10 Wrestlers saved by Diamond Dallas Paige". Top tier guy man.
I'm genuinely surprised some of these guys are still alive, particularly Jake The Snake and Scott Hall. God bless DDP
It’s so sad to hear about these big name wrestlers who were so into drugs and alcohol it’s unreal they’re still alive. But it’s also a feel good story since as I said, they’re still alive.
These ppl deserve all the respect. It’s so hard to win over this kinda shit. All the kudos for them.
If you think what you’re facing is unbeatable, look at these guys. You can accomplish anything
#1 Hulk Hogan is no longer a racist!
Seriously though, great list and 10 great stories
How about Kamaitachi to Hiromu Takahashi?
That was mind-blowing
Wrong type of reinvention
That's not the right top ten to put that into
You like the words "mind blowing" don't you?
he just changed his ring name
I can relate. I hit rock bottom in October/ambulance ride/ rehab. I still relapse except this time there's no pills involved. The hardest thing in life for me right now is giving up alcohol ☹️
You can do it. Think of the ones you love that you may be hurting and use that for strength. God Bless you and good luck
Ernest Ross Wyatt
Thank u, it means a lot
The easiest way to give up an addiction is to replace it with something else. It's not the alcohol, it's just the compulsive action your brain is used to. So every time you feel like drinking alcohol just drink something else that doesn't do any harm to you. It's what my grampa did to give up alcohol years ago and it's the same method I used to give up caffeine. I hope this helps
Should have just been called 10 addicts that got clean
I'd have never got tired of arrogant Shawn Michaels
Gabriel Fletcher When you're the best, you're the best
@El Comedy Rogue Shut up, man, racjst comments are the last things I need to see, unless I'm being the negative one, in which case I apologize.
Remember when Simon was the most hated wrestling commentator on this channel? Now I’d kill myself if him and Jules left this channel
Bleed Green jules sucks too lol
He was why?😕
Damzel'N'Distress Compared to the guys from Cultoholic (many of whom started and became publicly known from working at WhatCulture) he wasn’t as good as them. But he improved over time, and now is the star that he is today for this channel
Thank You DDP
I'm happy for the men and women who beat their addictions and problems but Diamond dallas page is one hell on a decent guy and his work in helping Jake Roberts and Scott hall is amazing 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'm glad all these wrestlers got helped, because they we're awesome, and I'm happy they are all doing well.
You have to wonder how many times this story has played out:
Employee smokes marijuana, Employer takes dim view of *Drugs,* Employee drinks/uses prescription meds heavily to compensate.
Obviously, your best bet is to moderate your intake orAbstain outright, but the Point still stands.
What happened to Matt Hardy's hair? LMFAO
Frank Rappa he dyed it for the broken character
Brian Stone Oh ok. I haven't watched wrestling in years
When Davey Boy Smith obviously wasn't going to be WWF/WWE champion, William Regal should've been the first ever British/English WWF/WWE champ.
Thanks to DDP
DDP is love.
Really wanna see Jeff get that main event wrestlemania win
Thank you DDP 👏👏
DDP is the man!
Nice video bro
Angle looks like a Sontaran these days
I just took a pain pill cuz my mouth is FUCKED UP. I can't stop itching and I want another one because I'm almost high. I can see how easy it is to become addicted to anything.
William Regal is a goddamn legend 😍😍
Visibly excited Dean Ambrose 😂😂😂
What about Jeff Hardy recently caught AGAIN driving while under influence?
Great video!
Love this channel!
STING and William Regal were the only ones on this list that I didn't know about!
jayson ware Regal had probably the worst of anyone mentioned.
he drug problem and early death of wrestlers really needs to be addressed, there needs to be come sort of system in place to stop wrestlers from drug dependency, it feels like every other week a wrestler who is barely into their 50's dies, its probably about the worst thing in the industry.