A clip from episode 526 of My Brother, My Brother, and Me. This audio comes from the podcast My Brother, My Brother, and Me and belongs to the McElroy brothers.
Okay, okay, okay, but like they're actually onto something with the whole "why would they get in the ring? What if they need it for their magic?" Like, the ring is the spell circle guys, they need to be in the ring to fuel their magic incantations!
Y'know, as an aside, I think the brothers have a pretty damn good idea here with this idea of an indie wrestling league where everyone has powers, and they're done with like... both practical and, if possible, digital special effects? Like a combination? People with fire powers, ice powers, etc.
Oh, as soon as they started talking about it, I started thinking about it. I would love to see something like WWE, but it's more like Dragon Ball Z and they use special and practical effects to like, shoot magic spells or balls of energy, maybe fly around the stage, hit each other with chairs, whatever. Maybe just like a wide, oddball cast of wrestlers, each of them with a theme and signature special ability that is insanely over the top. Let's get something like "Mutant League Wrestling" going.
Why not all wizards? Pros: no need to change the name. WWE World Wizarding Entertainment, balanced fights since everyone is a wizard, more cool magic spells, lots of different types of wizards. Cons: None.
From everything I've heard about Vince "Human Garbage" McMahon, if you can convince him there's literally 3 dollar's worth of profit in there being Wizard wrestlers, he would Hogwarts half the roster.
Oh my GOD, I've known of this man since I was a literal child and I JUST NOW realized -- from reading a years-old UA-cam comment!! -- that his name is a pun.
Yeah, totally been done. Wrestling is pretty much like rule 34. Kevin Nash played Oz, PLUS he had Kevin Sullivan with him as a bonus wizard sidekick. Sullivan also had a monkey sidekick of his own. If you aren't familiar with this brief era, it really is amazing. Plus there was a dude named Phantasmo or something who was definitely a magician, which is kinda like wizard. And yes, like many other commenters mentioned, Undertaker and his bro Kane for sure had some necromantic moments. There were also a few vampires for a little while I think, and at least one Giant, Giant Gonzalez, and Yetayyy, which is at least supernatural.
wasn't there a guy who had like voodoo powers named Papa Shango too? definitely on the wizardly spectrum. I remember he'd come out rattling a bunch of bones and freaking people out. also, necromantic moments is an amazing phrase lmao
@@waterdaughter good one, Papa Shango put a curse on the ultimate warrior that made him cough up black goo. Wrestling has jumped the shark so many times, it's commonplace
@@Blattella Forgot that. Even so, knowing two spells does not make you a wizard. He could be an eldritch knight fighter, or maybe he can just use spell scrolls (idk if non wizards can use scrolls).
Okay, okay, okay, but like they're actually onto something with the whole "why would they get in the ring? What if they need it for their magic?" Like, the ring is the spell circle guys, they need to be in the ring to fuel their magic incantations!
Undertaker is definitely a Necromancer.
But Muscle Wizard is a thing on the internet.
he can shoot lightning, has a silly hat and a beard. thats a wizard baby.
Y'know, as an aside, I think the brothers have a pretty damn good idea here with this idea of an indie wrestling league where everyone has powers, and they're done with like... both practical and, if possible, digital special effects? Like a combination? People with fire powers, ice powers, etc.
You're making Mortal Kombat again, and I'm here for it.
Oh, as soon as they started talking about it, I started thinking about it. I would love to see something like WWE, but it's more like Dragon Ball Z and they use special and practical effects to like, shoot magic spells or balls of energy, maybe fly around the stage, hit each other with chairs, whatever. Maybe just like a wide, oddball cast of wrestlers, each of them with a theme and signature special ability that is insanely over the top.
Let's get something like "Mutant League Wrestling" going.
Power Rangers
@@elliswebster7041 there are like live tokosatsu, super sentai etc events in japan right?? im not just imagining it?
Y'all have reverse-engineered WMAC Masters
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMAC_Masters
I like how they blatantly went full circle on this one.
somebody who understands wrestling better than me needs to make a wizard wrestling ttrpg
Or at least a dnd setting based on this concept
WWF: World Wrestling Fantasy
Undertaker was a Necromancer, Kane was a Warlock that murdered his patron, Gangrel was a GODDAMN VAMPIRE SPELLCASTER
Why not all wizards? Pros: no need to change the name. WWE World Wizarding Entertainment, balanced fights since everyone is a wizard, more cool magic spells, lots of different types of wizards. Cons: None.
"Oops! All Wizards!"
You've heard of fantasy football, get ready for fantasy wrestling.
I don't think fantasy football is what u think it is but _god_ do I wish it were
John Cena has a sort of magic charisma about him does that count
No that’s Sorcerer... or Bard... could be both
JC’s a 4th level Warlock, he pledged his soul to satan like 2 decades ago KEEP UP BRO
@@ASquared544 youre right bard john cena is valid
He also has an invisibility spell
@@briankenney9528 damn I was just about to reply something like that but you beat me to it
I love that this just sounds like a game of pretend being played by 10 years olds. It has such a nostalgic feeling :)
You know The Adventure Zone?
So many of the best MBMBaM bits feel like that and I adore them for that reason.
pretty sure there’s a mountain goats album about this wizard wrestler
Swamp magic and the boneyard match hahaha this is fantastic. And I’m tempted to get in on the thunderdome and making a why not a wizard sign haha
I like how since this came out, Chris Jericho's whole thing has become that he is, in fact, a wizard.
I came here to say this
Rage fueled magic you say?? *fitzroy intensifies*
Kevin Nash played Oz for like a week, he was kinda wizardly.
I wish so badly I could’ve been a part of this convo to say this same thing
I was about to write this when I saw your comment
That part when griffin says to give Roman Reigns telekinesis killed me
Y'all, listen to the D&D show Droam & Defiance Wrestling. There's a buff wizard wrestler in it, as well as a druid wrestler
That one has some of the Dark and Dicey people in it right?
@@fyrefrost1898 Yes. The same DM.
Face or Heel?
@@Silverwind87 Heel IIRC
There have been several wizard wrestlers, and the Undertaker is totally one of them.
Arby "The Meathead" MacDonald
4:30 i wonder if travis knows he basically just described jojo
This bit is actually very informative on the art of wrestling.
From everything I've heard about Vince "Human Garbage" McMahon, if you can convince him there's literally 3 dollar's worth of profit in there being Wizard wrestlers, he would Hogwarts half the roster.
This popped up on my suggestions and seeing how old this clip is they somehow predicted Chris Jericho's wizard act
There have absolutely been Japanese pro wrestlers who could use telekinesis.
They're basically describing Lucha Underground
there was an adventure time episode about this
The part about the non-wrestling companion to the Undertaker is pretty accurate, in the form of Paul Bearer
Oh my GOD, I've known of this man since I was a literal child and I JUST NOW realized -- from reading a years-old UA-cam comment!! -- that his name is a pun.
For anyone else who wants wrestling but also just a show like they are describing might enjoy tiger mask.
i love that by the end of the bit they basically reverse engineered the dark tournament arc of yu yu hakusho
“Wouldn’t introducing magic break immersion?”
Vince McMahon once had a match against God. The Biblical God.
Yeah, totally been done. Wrestling is pretty much like rule 34. Kevin Nash played Oz, PLUS he had Kevin Sullivan with him as a bonus wizard sidekick. Sullivan also had a monkey sidekick of his own. If you aren't familiar with this brief era, it really is amazing.
Plus there was a dude named Phantasmo or something who was definitely a magician, which is kinda like wizard. And yes, like many other commenters mentioned, Undertaker and his bro Kane for sure had some necromantic moments. There were also a few vampires for a little while I think, and at least one Giant, Giant Gonzalez, and Yetayyy, which is at least supernatural.
wasn't there a guy who had like voodoo powers named Papa Shango too? definitely on the wizardly spectrum. I remember he'd come out rattling a bunch of bones and freaking people out. also, necromantic moments is an amazing phrase lmao
@@waterdaughter good one, Papa Shango put a curse on the ultimate warrior that made him cough up black goo. Wrestling has jumped the shark so many times, it's commonplace
weren't the edge and christian vampires for a short period??
@@candyh4284 most definitely, along with Gangrel. I think they were in a little coven together for a spell.
@@SquawkMonk this is the most amazing conversation ive ever witnessed, its better than the actual podcast
Kevin Nash was Oz in WCW dressed as a Green Wizard
Broken Matt Hardy can teleport and talk to animals.
Missed there chance on the pun “Gandalf the Tight”
Oh boy wait till they hear about lucha
Also the man who’s in a wrestling match but doesn’t want to wrestle is just Jackie Chan
I choose to believe there is no correct pronunciation of kayfabe.
Danhausen curses people so that's pretty close
I wonder when the first adventure zone reference happens in the comments
jeff angel real
@@Blattella Jeff Angel isn't a wizard.
Sylph he knows two spells and they're invisibility and call dad
@@Blattella Forgot that. Even so, knowing two spells does not make you a wizard. He could be an eldritch knight fighter, or maybe he can just use spell scrolls (idk if non wizards can use scrolls).
its not funny,but you have referenced the adventure zone
I want the equivalent of the WWE, but it's Dungeons and Dragons and the referee is the DM.
larping then?
i know he isnt a wizard but there was a Time God Was a Professional Wrestler in the wwe
God???
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, no you can't move past undertaker. He is literally a wizard. He summons lightning and fire and fog and controls light.
4:13
For your replaying enjoyment
Pretty much Lucha Underground.