So glad Pillman is getting more attention. His work as a face and heel are absolutely incredible. Being able to go from plucky flyer to maniacal lunatic, he deserves more flowers
@@fluffybunnyz285it wasn’t the addiction it was the wreck that pushed the addiction. He almost lost his foot due to crashing his Hummer and his ankle being shattered. He almost lost the foot but WWE had just signed him and he was desperate to get on tv. That’s why they started him with Austin and the interview stuff. They pushed him to get ring ready and he was in misery. I got to meet him once in 98. It was at a Waffle House after a Raw taping. He was in agony you could see it in his face.
He’s getting more attention now than he truly deserves. He really wasn’t that big of a deal during the whole loose cannon thing. It was fun, but it was mid card at best.
As a teen, I worked at a fast food joint named Grandy's. The Missing Link came, apparently after a WCCW match. He ordered by only pointing at the overhead menu and I had to confirm what he wanted from guessing from where he was pointing. I knew the real deal but was very impressed by the act as I was a huge WCCW fan.
One of the things people forget is that in the early years of the internet and podcasts, Brian Pillman was very up on all that stuff. He would go into chat rooms to see what the mood of his potential audience was. He was getting reactions while staying in character. If the bad heart and painkillers hadn’t taken him down, even if he wasn’t going to be a regular in ring competitor, he could have been a great, controversial character. He didn’t need to have regular matches. People were paying to see The Loose Cannon, not Flyin Brian have a match.
Which is why no one buys it when Lexus King says "I'm not my dad" in the first promo he did for NXT. He looks like him, dresses like him, acts like him, other people keep mentioning it in promos...all that's missing is his dad's raspy voice. And you can't really replicate polyps on your voice box.
A running theme in the WWE was everyone attempting to force The Undertaker to break character . Mission impossible yes but still a nice piece of trivia .
Wouldn't Dr. D staying in character and slapping John Stossel be considered refusing to break kayfabe? I was surprised that wasn't ranked in this, even though it was nearly forty years ago.
Keeping Kayfabe stories like these are my faves and I really miss this kind of dedication to the craft. Toby Keith turning down the White House: "Sorry, Mr. President Sir. I am unable to attend as I've been booked on a show where a midget will jerk off in a trashcan. Maybe next time tho'..." 😂😂😂
An American Bad Ass indeed! He barely did anything in public out of character until he retired. Even then when he makes comeback appearances he'll quickly go back into character.
@@zaphod100They all lie, Hogan is the only one who doesn't do harmful lies. Harmful lies are done by people who don't seem like they're lying at all, little subtle things. There is no way Hogan isn't lying in an industry full of extremely skilled liars. Acting like he's a legendary liar is you taking the bait, which is what these wrestling media sites want you to do, so you click on their Hogan videos and articles which they're so grateful to be able to do, because they do big numbers. Thousands of people getting in line to say the same crappy joke we've heard 8 million times. Hilarious how you all acted shocked when he said the fans forgave Chris Benoit. Denied it categorically. He knew what he was doing. Hulk actually has stroke in life, he's smarter than you in every way. You are invincible on the internet. Congratulations.
My uncle wrestle for a bit in Mexico, it was during el Santo and Blue Demon's era, my family tells stories of parties at the house where wrestlers attended without their masks so my dad saw el Santo unmasked when he was a child
I wish wrestlers today would still refuse to break kayfabe. Kayfabe was the true art of pro wrestling. Anybody with athletic ability can learn how to do moves, but it takes a special kind of talent to put a story together both in and out of the ring that makes people believe in what they're seeing so much that they will breakout into riots. Kayfabe is what put pro wrestlers a cut above every other type of performer. There was nobody to say "cut". If people could see you, you were performing. The loss of kayfabe made wrestling and wrestlers lose a lot of mystique.
Attorney: “Mr. Rotunda, do you have any prior personal experiences which may make it difficult to judge such a case impartially?” Bray: “They’ve been lying to you, man…” Attorney: “… What?” Bray: “I have no followers; only brothers and sisters in the name of cause…” Attorney: “Excuse me, Mr. Rotunda?” Bray: “EVERYTHING IS NOT ALRIGHT!!!”
@@MikeRubin-l8b Yep and it's especially embarrassing when he's at a convention. How mad do you have to be with some female cosplayer who dressed up as him?!
I would have paid good money to see the Charles Manson/Cape Fear version of Bray Wyatt go into a courtroom and answer questions during jury selection 😂😂😂
Nikita was my favorite back in the day, even when he was a heel. Later on I learned that he used those clubbing forearms and the sickle because he never learned how to throw a believable worked punch.
Let's go old, old school! Mid south wrestling - JYD blinded by the Freebirds😮 the promo of JYD not being able to see his new baby girl was legendary! Freebirds needed police escort when they came to New Orleans 😂😂
I could imagine if Bray had been called to jury duty while he was doing The Fiend gimmick. Imagine him walking into a courthouse in that attire and staying in character the whole time lol
I feel like Vader being told by producers to "gently assault" the host of that show in Kuwait and the host not being in on it really does prove: the carny mentality knows no borders.
Sabu potentially learned too much from his Uncle then. After being taken to the hospital after sustaining a broken neck in that infamous match against Benoit,he refused to say a word. If I remember correctly didn't he make gestures that Paul Heyman had to try and interpret? I know Heyman did the talking either way
“I gotta give credit to wrestlers who are cutting promos in front of a live crowd. There is no way I would I do it with my social awkwardness and dorkiness” - Erza Scarlet
Yep for sure. But every once and a while he will show how much respect he has for the business and some of his peers. Dom would have been great back in the day as well
Nikolai Volkoff was actually from the ussr. He was Croatian, not Russian, but he apparently liked playing the role because he could make fun of the ussr
It’s possible I am remembering the story incorrectly, but I think it involved Killer Kowalski and Yukon Eric, so I will use their names here. Kowalski accidentally injured (some say tore off) Eric’s ear. That much is definitely true. The way I remember the story is that Kowalski felt terrible and wanted to visit him in the hospital, but did so in the middle of the night so as not to expose the business.
Iron Sheik kept kayfabe until the day he died. Even though I knew wrestling wasn't actual fighting growing up I was shocked when I found out Nikita Koloff is actually from Minnesota.
Terry Bollea running a MAGA Hulk Hogan. Real American throwback, but grumpy and paranoid rather than proud and fearless. He’s been putting in a lot of live appearances. I think the campaign work is payback of Peter Theil for backing from the Gawker suit. JD Vance’s mentor and supporter is Theil.
Nope. It was to get out of paying money to the New Jersey State Athletic Commission. If it was entertainment and not sport, then they would have no oversight.
Why is Chyna not on this list? She didn’t break character the whole time she was managing triple h when he was world champion during the “I am the fucking game” era
??? How did you come to that conclusion? There's probably more unregistered guns than there are registered ones. Some states don't require you to register a gun
So glad Pillman is getting more attention. His work as a face and heel are absolutely incredible. Being able to go from plucky flyer to maniacal lunatic, he deserves more flowers
If he didn’t get caught up with his addictions he could have been a mega star
Bigger than Shawn if he stayed clean
@@fluffybunnyz285it wasn’t the addiction it was the wreck that pushed the addiction. He almost lost his foot due to crashing his Hummer and his ankle being shattered. He almost lost the foot but WWE had just signed him and he was desperate to get on tv. That’s why they started him with Austin and the interview stuff. They pushed him to get ring ready and he was in misery. I got to meet him once in 98. It was at a Waffle House after a Raw taping. He was in agony you could see it in his face.
He’s getting more attention now than he truly deserves. He really wasn’t that big of a deal during the whole loose cannon thing. It was fun, but it was mid card at best.
@@fluffybunnyz285not a chance lol
@@tobysgamingworld1550 Wrong, he was already a massive drug addict and steroid user long before the car crash
As a teen, I worked at a fast food joint named Grandy's. The Missing Link came, apparently after a WCCW match. He ordered by only pointing at the overhead menu and I had to confirm what he wanted from guessing from where he was pointing. I knew the real deal but was very impressed by the act as I was a huge WCCW fan.
They still have them I'm the OKC area@@SwampCritter-df4od
One of the things people forget is that in the early years of the internet and podcasts, Brian Pillman was very up on all that stuff. He would go into chat rooms to see what the mood of his potential audience was. He was getting reactions while staying in character. If the bad heart and painkillers hadn’t taken him down, even if he wasn’t going to be a regular in ring competitor, he could have been a great, controversial character. He didn’t need to have regular matches. People were paying to see The Loose Cannon, not Flyin Brian have a match.
Which is why no one buys it when Lexus King says "I'm not my dad" in the first promo he did for NXT. He looks like him, dresses like him, acts like him, other people keep mentioning it in promos...all that's missing is his dad's raspy voice. And you can't really replicate polyps on your voice box.
@@outstretchedwings Not to mention he was doing a Hollywood Blondeseque tag team in AEW with "Who the F is" Griff Garrison.
I'm from that Era. Honestly...nobody really cares much about Pillman until after his death.
I can only imagine what it would have been like if Bray was portraying The Fiend when he got that summons.
Or if he was actually selected and made foreman of the jury. As either version. I'd love to be a fly on the wall for those deliberations 😂
Actually that's a two-sided gimmick so he'd probably have gone as the happy-go-lucky Firefly Fun House host.
I would've paid money to see that!! Straight mark out!!
@@SolidSonicTH
I'll go with "not guilty" on that one, judgey wudgey.
Yeowie wowie!
Oh Bray, you were taken from us far too soon! RIP man!
Honorable Mention: Dominik Mysterio on Chris Van Vilet
"How does your father feel about this?" - CVV
"Which one?" - Dom
@@alternative7586"30 years? It took him long enough!"
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"The deadbeat"
"F*ck Michael Cole."
But he was kind enough to ask Chris if he could censor it 😆
Bray Wyatt at jury duty sounds so funny
I wonder if the judge or lawyers remember it
😂 The Undertaker just sitting there while Vader intimidated that host in that still made me laugh quite hard.
A running theme in the WWE was everyone attempting to force The Undertaker to break character . Mission impossible yes but still a nice piece of trivia .
Wouldn't Dr. D staying in character and slapping John Stossel be considered refusing to break kayfabe? I was surprised that wasn't ranked in this, even though it was nearly forty years ago.
Ric Flair broke his back in that plane crash, not his neck.
Funny thing about Nikita Is that now he’s a pastor and speaks perfect English 😂
And We Also Found Out That He ALMOST Played Ivan Drago In Rocky 4. 11:27
Keeping Kayfabe stories like these are my faves and I really miss this kind of dedication to the craft.
Toby Keith turning down the White House: "Sorry, Mr. President Sir. I am unable to attend as I've been booked on a show where a midget will jerk off in a trashcan. Maybe next time tho'..." 😂😂😂
Love how Taker just sat there as Vader lost his mind.
An American Bad Ass indeed! He barely did anything in public out of character until he retired. Even then when he makes comeback appearances he'll quickly go back into character.
Hogan has stayed in character of being a lying ass for close to 50 years
And you as someone that don't matter.
That's him as a person.
@@EpiphanyCardCollector ooohh…sick burn. I’ll never recover from such a thrashing
@@zaphod100They all lie, Hogan is the only one who doesn't do harmful lies. Harmful lies are done by people who don't seem like they're lying at all, little subtle things. There is no way Hogan isn't lying in an industry full of extremely skilled liars. Acting like he's a legendary liar is you taking the bait, which is what these wrestling media sites want you to do, so you click on their Hogan videos and articles which they're so grateful to be able to do, because they do big numbers. Thousands of people getting in line to say the same crappy joke we've heard 8 million times.
Hilarious how you all acted shocked when he said the fans forgave Chris Benoit. Denied it categorically. He knew what he was doing. Hulk actually has stroke in life, he's smarter than you in every way. You are invincible on the internet. Congratulations.
@@EpiphanyCardCollectorupset about the blatant gimmick infringement?
"Has the jury come to a decision?" Bray Wyatt "I got the whole verdict in my hands"
My uncle wrestle for a bit in Mexico, it was during el Santo and Blue Demon's era, my family tells stories of parties at the house where wrestlers attended without their masks so my dad saw el Santo unmasked when he was a child
I wish wrestlers today would still refuse to break kayfabe. Kayfabe was the true art of pro wrestling. Anybody with athletic ability can learn how to do moves, but it takes a special kind of talent to put a story together both in and out of the ring that makes people believe in what they're seeing so much that they will breakout into riots. Kayfabe is what put pro wrestlers a cut above every other type of performer. There was nobody to say "cut". If people could see you, you were performing. The loss of kayfabe made wrestling and wrestlers lose a lot of mystique.
Attorney: “Mr. Rotunda, do you have any prior personal experiences which may make it difficult to judge such a case impartially?”
Bray: “They’ve been lying to you, man…”
Attorney: “… What?”
Bray: “I have no followers; only brothers and sisters in the name of cause…”
Attorney: “Excuse me, Mr. Rotunda?”
Bray: “EVERYTHING IS NOT ALRIGHT!!!”
I even read it in his voice
When wrestling means more to you than meeting the president, I have major respect for you.
They clowned Vader on RAW so bad lol had him on a graphic behind bars talking about “VADER HELD HOSTAGE: DAY 9” 😂
Figures Hogan got to walk amd the Samoans got arrested for the handgun... that was Hogan's!
Dave Schultz is the GOAT of not breaking kayfabe. 😂😂😂
he was real that wasn't a character
The slap heard around the world...😊
Vader not breaking kayfabe is still hilarious 🤣
The Grappler's successor Len Denton is my favorite masked heel wrestler of all time!
He's also the one who helped Jake Roberts create the DDT.
that Mr Wrestling plane crash one is nuts
Honorable mention goes to MJF who stays in character to this day
AKA 4chan if it was a pro wrestler.
it's not a gimmick people that work with him say
@@MikeRubin-l8b Yep and it's especially embarrassing when he's at a convention. How mad do you have to be with some female cosplayer who dressed up as him?!
@@TheRacingGenius88well Jim Cornette praises him and y’all worship what he says like it’s the Bible 🤷
@@zacharysolano6375 It's one of those make it make sense kinda deals.
I would have paid good money to see the Charles Manson/Cape Fear version of Bray Wyatt go into a courtroom and answer questions during jury selection 😂😂😂
I love how Undertaker just sits there as Vader attacks the reporter
It takes dedication for restless to stay in character and I love wrestles who do that
I have Jury duty on Wednesday. Definitely going to take one out of Bray Wyatt's playbook.
Surprised Kendo Nagasaki didn't make the list. He didn't speak a single word for 58 years.
Imagine if Pillman actually streaked at the Superbowl.
That Sandman angle was golden. I remember that when i was a kid. I legit thought he was blinded. I miss the realistic element wrestling used to have
Nikita Kolof was an underrated legend. I'll always remember the "Russian Sickle'. Most devastating...clothesline in wrestling. 🤣🍺
Nikita was my favorite back in the day, even when he was a heel. Later on I learned that he used those clubbing forearms and the sickle because he never learned how to throw a believable worked punch.
I was about to say that Bray Wyatt story would be a good way to get out of jury duty
Let's go old, old school! Mid south wrestling - JYD blinded by the Freebirds😮 the promo of JYD not being able to see his new baby girl was legendary! Freebirds needed police escort when they came to New Orleans 😂😂
Heel Jericho when he punched that girl in the face 😂 👊
'Needless to say, he didn't end up being selected for jury duty' LOL that's great
I could imagine if Bray had been called to jury duty while he was doing The Fiend gimmick. Imagine him walking into a courthouse in that attire and staying in character the whole time lol
Blind JYD. "I can't see my baby boy"
well thats black guys in general
I feel like Vader being told by producers to "gently assault" the host of that show in Kuwait and the host not being in on it really does prove: the carny mentality knows no borders.
And I heard him speaking English at Charlotte airport... Nikita Koloof
Honorable mention: Dusty kayfabing his Horsemen created injuries at home, even walking around with crutches.
Sabu potentially learned too much from his Uncle then. After being taken to the hospital after sustaining a broken neck in that infamous match against Benoit,he refused to say a word. If I remember correctly didn't he make gestures that Paul Heyman had to try and interpret? I know Heyman did the talking either way
Nikita koloff actually spoke no russian. He spoke something he thought sounded russian but it was just gibberish lol
Honorable Mention, the Undertaker refusing to do the Spinaroonie
“I gotta give credit to wrestlers who are cutting promos in front of a live crowd. There is no way I would I do it with my social awkwardness and dorkiness” - Erza Scarlet
Did she really say that in the show? Honest curious here.
No not really. This channel was made for the fun of it. Don’t take my comments seriously.
Nakita went as far as to put ussr on his daughter's birth certificate just to keep up the illusion he was from Russia
The blind JYD not jumping the fan with the gun.
Both Ric Flair & Arn Anderson tell stories about how they and Nikita would sneak into the hospital to see Magnum TA after his career ending crash.
Long Live Wrestling 😎👍
Imagine getting an official tag team just called Misters Wrestling
Undertaker should've been on the list
Dom is doing this today with Eddie being his real dad.
Yep for sure. But every once and a while he will show how much respect he has for the business and some of his peers. Dom would have been great back in the day as well
Simmons was the first bro to transition into a different race, goddamn
Dusty's advice for Bray would probably work for anyone. Pretend to be your favorite wrestler next time you're called for jury duty.
Nikolai Volkoff was actually from the ussr. He was Croatian, not Russian, but he apparently liked playing the role because he could make fun of the ussr
Apparently Dom Myaterios refuses to break character now . See his latest interview with Chris Valet
He really doesn’t tho.. because he breaks character every time he does a paid meet & greet with fans or takes a pic with them after a show
What's kayfabe? It's still real to me dammit
It’s possible I am remembering the story incorrectly, but I think it involved Killer Kowalski and Yukon Eric, so I will use their names here.
Kowalski accidentally injured (some say tore off) Eric’s ear. That much is definitely true. The way I remember the story is that Kowalski felt terrible and wanted to visit him in the hospital, but did so in the middle of the night so as not to expose the business.
8:58 and apparently kai cenat also declined kamala harris (mentioning it because he was in a stream with john cena not that long after)
1:55 "John Robinson"?
The Jupiter-2 FINALLY found its' way back to Earth?
Wrestling matters way more than politics
9:00 rip Toby Keith what a great reason to turn down a president 😂
Even Hogan refused to break it once.😂
lol yes I think when he had a manager and couldn’t speak 😂
Imagine being a wwe fan and find out Bray Waytt sent you to jail
I refuse to break character
Iron Sheik kept kayfabe until the day he died.
Even though I knew wrestling wasn't actual fighting growing up I was shocked when I found out Nikita Koloff is actually from Minnesota.
some times it was real fightung
Actually registering a gun in New Jersey is voluntary. He got clipped for not transporting a firearm legally.
Terry Bollea running a MAGA Hulk Hogan. Real American throwback, but grumpy and paranoid rather than proud and fearless. He’s been putting in a lot of live appearances. I think the campaign work is payback of Peter Theil for backing from the Gawker suit. JD Vance’s mentor and supporter is Theil.
Mr. Wrestling II was never world champion. Plus, the NWA at the time never allowed masked wrestlers to win the NWA World title
Stupid fkn law
Probably meant Georgia HW Champion. That is documented.
Just a couple of corrections Wrestling 2 was never a World champion other than being tag champs with wrestling 1 and flair broke his back not his neck
04:20: Eh, heh, heh, heh! I like this story! This is a funny story!
Honorable Mentions: MJF and Dom Dom
Oh sick that's all I have to do to get out of jury duty?
Refused to break character?
Tell me you love what you do, without telling me you love what you do.
Flair broke his back, not his neck in that plane crash
Really like the context but the swush sound when changing picture does my brain in and I have to turn it off might just be me
these guys should bet everyone's respect
I’m guessing you mean get, not bet
@@zaphod100 yeah, didn't notice unit now
i meant until
This is a reupload?
RIP Windham Rotunda.
The macho man should be number 1 on this list
Wrestlers never broke kayfabe until Vince crapped on the industry due to steroids trial.
Nope. It was to get out of paying money to the New Jersey State Athletic Commission. If it was entertainment and not sport, then they would have no oversight.
Undertaker continued his gimmick of being brain dead by endorsing Trump
Undertaker not doing theTakerroonie
The sandman was awesome!!!!!!!!!
Toby Keith is now my favorite country singer just gor blowing off bush to wrestle awesome
ITS STILL REAL TO ME DAMNIT!
Just ask Bobby Heenan? Afraid we can't there champ.
MJF is one of these guys and why didn't you put Taker on here?
More like 10 Wrestlers who loved and were dedicated to the buissness
Why is Chyna not on this list? She didn’t break character the whole time she was managing triple h when he was world champion during the “I am the fucking game” era
Reign of terror era I believe it was lol
KEYWAIT! LOL
RIP bray wyatt u are missed
Toby Keith ❤️
Kaufman/Lawler
How can you not like pro wrestling?
So...ever heard of The Undertaker?
Hey, what about Joe Biden? He's kept Kayfabe as President for his entire term.
CTE is real..😊
No such thing as an 'unregistered gun'.
??? How did you come to that conclusion? There's probably more unregistered guns than there are registered ones. Some states don't require you to register a gun
Pillman wasn’t faking anything he was on many different drugs