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That was IMHO the best swerve ever. In the modern era its so hard to be genuinely surprised anymore. That shit had me hook line and sinker. Fully agree Henry should have won the title in that feud
When Brian Pillman developed his “Loose Cannon” persona, it was really hard to tell if he was working or not. A lot of stuff he did under that gimmick was outrageous.
I will never forget the Mark Henry one I'm watching it with my Stepfather and brother and I said, there's no way he's retiring. They thought I was crazy and then when he went for the hug I said, wait for it. And BOOM, worlds strongest slam. And even still my jaw dropped. I thought maybe I was getting into my own head. That was insane.
The best part of that promo for me is the pink tie. Shawn, not usually one for suits and ties, is effectively wearing Bret's colors in Montreal. Just subtle enough to not notice at first, but once you catch it it's icing on the delicious, delicious heatcake. Mmmmm, heatcake...
I was there. about 15 rows from ringside. It was SOOOOO LOUD. (and the pop La Résistance got when they won the Tag belts later that night was even louder)
Honourable mention Kaufman and Lawler. Yes it was for a single territory and kayfabe as a whole was bigger back then but going on David Letterman made it a much bigger deal. They even made a movie about it.
It fooled most people which is weird because it didn't fool me. I found it rather obvious as to what was happening, so I'm surprised so many fell for it. Cena being out there for ZERO reason made it even more obvious than it already was.
I feel like I'm one of the only people that remembers Scott Steiner's false retirement speech on Nitro 12.27.99 He was speaking in normal human decibels without his sunglasses on, crying and everything. It was great.
Nope I remember and I was looking for this comment. I genuinely believed him. The way he acted it out and him crying tears is what really had me thinking it was real.
Shawn Michaels collapsing in the ring after taking an enzugiri from Owen Hart had me fooled for the longest. Shawn had recently come back after being legitimately jumped and beaten outside a club and the way Owen and the ref sold it, it had major “this should not be happening” vibes. I never knew it was a work until years later when it was mentioned in an article in PWI as well as Shawn’s book (if I remember right)
I haven't watched wrestling for more than giggles in 20 years. This brought a lot home for me. It entertains the adult about the fantasies of the child and makes the magic of those times something more than what they ever could have been on their own. As much of a personality and sarcastic whit the creator here is, he also does something else unlikely: tells a story that brings me so completely into its world that I forget the story teller is weaving that world. I've been worked!!! Best wrestling breakdown I've ever seen.
I saw CM Punk that summer when I was walking away from Comic Con w/ and arm full of breakfast burritos. He looked at me and I gave him a curt head nod (‘sup). He gave me the WEIRDEST look back and kept it moving. That’s all.
Jake Roberts having his snake bite Macho Man was the biggest work for me. I was a child and that literally terrified me. It was also when my parents decided for the second time to not allow me to watch Wrestling lol, which I kinda silently defied by watching on my little black and white TV. But that "ban" was kinda over soon after anyways.
The Young Bucks claiming that they stopped doing the “Too Sweet” because of a cease and desist was a pretty good one. I only found out it was a work in their book!
This is a great list and I’m old so was privilege enough to watch quite a few of them live but I would rank salmon suit Henry as number 1. Seeing that live and watching the livechat was incredible, he worked absolutely everyone. One of my favourite wrestling moments ever.
Mark Henry Retirement is and always will be #1 for me. The Hall of Pain gimmick was long overdue and he should have been given more runs as World Champ; he deserved it.
I felt so sorry for Orton after that Brock deal, and I didn’t think it was possible to feel sympathy for that man. Wouldn’t have minded a rematch on that one, honestly.
Same here... After hearing Bruce Prichard's take. They knew Bret was going to WCW and all sat down to play it out... Even if no one else on the roster knew. They got worked too lol
Cheers you guys! You got me good. The whole while I'm thinking, they can't possibly mention Montreal right? Then when u 1st said it, I yelled so loud I had to go back to hear the "just kidding part"...well played sirs.
Where is Andy Kaufman vs Lawler? This is without question the greatest work in history! So much so that it single handedly changed the face for wrestling forever and made wrestling what it is today! People also thought it was completely real for many years, well after Andy’s death to Jerry said that it had all been Andy’s idea. The fact that this wasn’t even mentioned makes me question your knowledge of wrestling in general!
Hell I don't even think it was 10 years ago that I learned that whole thing was a work. My friend thought it was real all the way up to last year. He didn't even believe me that it was a work and even still insisted that it it started off as a work and then became a shoot later in the feud.
Was the Yes movement a work? Was it always the plan to have Bryan in the main event and they were just teasing their audience and build the hype or did the WWE belatedly cave in just because they feared that their premier event was going to get booed out of the building?
As great as the fake retirement segment for Mark Henry was there was already plans for Cena/Danielson a month later at Summerslam 2013 so Cena/Henry was a throwaway feud even though it was a great throwaway feud
Not that it was a work, but I have a vivid wrestling memory that stuck with my childhood for a while….. 2006 maybe?? That era, Dx had just gotten back together and they were massively over… Randy Orton and Edge had just teamed up created Rated-RKO. One night on raw, shit got extra physical and ended massively bloody with DX getting the conchairto/concerto(ehh nice wordplay for a move). I was so bought in, I was 6 years old and that was some shit a 6 year old shouldn’t have been viewing 🤣 thats one of my earliest times of buying in to the product mentally/emotionally.
Thank you! This is without question the greatest work in history! So much so that it completely changed wrestling forever! The fact that this kid doesn’t even mention it proves to me he doesn’t know shit about wrestling!
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Came here looking for answers haha thanks Adam have a great weekend PS thanks to you and all the lads for what you do!
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Nah Mark Henry should have won the title after his swerve and literally nothing can change my mind. There was literally no reason for Cena to win.
I'll give you one reason why..... VKM haha
It was during Super Cena era that's why 🥺😭
Mark freaking nailed that. I was in tears saying thank you mark.....nope....he faked everyone out
Mark Henry's swerve was mindblowing. I completely bought into his retirement speech and loved that WWE got me hook, line and sinker on it.
That was IMHO the best swerve ever. In the modern era its so hard to be genuinely surprised anymore. That shit had me hook line and sinker. Fully agree Henry should have won the title in that feud
When Brian Pillman developed his “Loose Cannon” persona, it was really hard to tell if he was working or not. A lot of stuff he did under that gimmick was outrageous.
He kind of worked himself into a shoot with that persona with the switch to WWF, it was brilliant stuff
Looking back at it now he was years ahead of his time
Even the guys in the back weren't fully sure if he was working, it's a shame he passed when he did. His ankle was messed up but he could still work.
That ONE TIME when Pillman grabbed Brains neck and Bobby FREAKED THE FUCK OUT HAHAHAHAHA
If you haven't watched it watch the dark side of the ring on him it's brilliant
When the Cultaholic lads suddenly show up back on Whatculture it'll be the greatest work ever
The only thing that'd save whatculture
God no
All Hail King Ross
Or when the one or two good people on what culture move to cultaholic
@@willooooooo Which two are "the good people?"
Honorable mention: ric flair's retirment... such a great work it had to happen in two companies
Nothing lasts long until it's Ric Flair.
How about Terry Funk's retirement?? That happened around 42 times.
I will never forget the Mark Henry one
I'm watching it with my Stepfather and brother and I said, there's no way he's retiring. They thought I was crazy and then when he went for the hug I said, wait for it. And BOOM, worlds strongest slam. And even still my jaw dropped. I thought maybe I was getting into my own head. That was insane.
I thought it was a work at first but somehow he has me doubting myself. Just goes to show how great a work it was and how good an actor Mark Henry is
One of my favorites segments of all time
@@stopthestigma1517 That was great
Personally, Cena hanging around for the whole promo had me pretty convinced it was a work while watching it.
Ohh bs man
"I still got a lot left in the tank!"
One of my favorite quotes
I'm surprised HBK duping the Montreal Crowd on Raw in '05 into thinking Bret Hart was coming out to kick his ass wasn't on the list.
Literally the best work ever
WHO'S YOUR DADDY MONTREAL?!
The best part of that promo for me is the pink tie. Shawn, not usually one for suits and ties, is effectively wearing Bret's colors in Montreal. Just subtle enough to not notice at first, but once you catch it it's icing on the delicious, delicious heatcake. Mmmmm, heatcake...
I was there. about 15 rows from ringside. It was SOOOOO LOUD. (and the pop La Résistance got when they won the Tag belts later that night was even louder)
@Stephen Greenhorn Rick Rude believed it too, and jumped to WCW (appearing on a live Nitro and pre-taped Raw on the same night).
I keep getting worked by Cultaholic into thinking Adam Pacitti gives a damn about NordVPN
Lol
He does. He has A LOT of stock purchased in Nord.
Honourable mention Kaufman and Lawler. Yes it was for a single territory and kayfabe as a whole was bigger back then but going on David Letterman made it a much bigger deal. They even made a movie about it.
People still think that was real, and they legitimately hated each other. That's how great of a work it was.
This list 100% needs Jerry Lawler slapping Andy Kauffman.
Exactly! This list is a complete joke that this isn’t even mentioned!
What about that time Randy Orton suffered that career ending injury, only to RKO AJ Styles outta nowhere? That was a helluva Work.
The retirement of Mark Henry fooled me big time. Should've won the WWE Championship.
He did win the World Championship but it was 2 years prior to this moment.
@@SkellyDrAgOn I know. I meant the WWE Championship.
It fooled most people which is weird because it didn't fool me. I found it rather obvious as to what was happening, so I'm surprised so many fell for it. Cena being out there for ZERO reason made it even more obvious than it already was.
I feel like I'm one of the only people that remembers Scott Steiner's false retirement speech on Nitro 12.27.99 He was speaking in normal human decibels without his sunglasses on, crying and everything. It was great.
Nope I remember and I was looking for this comment.
I genuinely believed him. The way he acted it out and him crying tears is what really had me thinking it was real.
Shawn Michaels collapsing in the ring after taking an enzugiri from Owen Hart had me fooled for the longest. Shawn had recently come back after being legitimately jumped and beaten outside a club and the way Owen and the ref sold it, it had major “this should not be happening” vibes. I never knew it was a work until years later when it was mentioned in an article in PWI as well as Shawn’s book (if I remember right)
I haven't watched wrestling for more than giggles in 20 years. This brought a lot home for me. It entertains the adult about the fantasies of the child and makes the magic of those times something more than what they ever could have been on their own. As much of a personality and sarcastic whit the creator here is, he also does something else unlikely: tells a story that brings me so completely into its world that I forget the story teller is weaving that world.
I've been worked!!! Best wrestling breakdown I've ever seen.
I saw CM Punk that summer when I was walking away from Comic Con w/ and arm full of breakfast burritos. He looked at me and I gave him a curt head nod (‘sup). He gave me the WEIRDEST look back and kept it moving. That’s all.
sounds like something he'd do 🤣
Hogan-Andre in Pipers Pit was so real to me. It probably was a little real too. The concern Piper had for Hulk was surreal.
That Henry one was beyond amazing! He was so underrated in WWE
"You think it's that easy??? I got a lot left in the tank!!!!"
Mark Henry...Swerve of the Century....
Got to love Nash's grin while sat there holding his ticket for the WCW event.
Jake Roberts having his snake bite Macho Man was the biggest work for me. I was a child and that literally terrified me. It was also when my parents decided for the second time to not allow me to watch Wrestling lol, which I kinda silently defied by watching on my little black and white TV. But that "ban" was kinda over soon after anyways.
That Mark Henry work still gets me.😂🤣
😂😂
What about Lawler and Andy Kaufman?
"When is a work not a work?"
Me - "when it's a shoot brother" - I need to get a life. LoL
The Young Bucks claiming that they stopped doing the “Too Sweet” because of a cease and desist was a pretty good one. I only found out it was a work in their book!
Miss the days of universal kayfabe honestly . When we bought it and wrestlers lived it
you just got older, thats all.
Antonio Inoki might be the only man with more chin than Bruce Campbell.
The Great Khali, perhaps?
You should try googling Nathan Cleary
You ever seen the chins on Jimmy Hill and Bruce Forsyth? They be massive.
Yes! I guessed right about Pillman being in the top 3! 😄
The Mark Henry swerve is a personal fav. I jumped out of my seat and marked out hard for it at the time.
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This is a great list and I’m old so was privilege enough to watch quite a few of them live but I would rank salmon suit Henry as number 1. Seeing that live and watching the livechat was incredible, he worked absolutely everyone. One of my favourite wrestling moments ever.
Mark Henry Retirement is and always will be #1 for me. The Hall of Pain gimmick was long overdue and he should have been given more runs as World Champ; he deserved it.
As an Iowan, the "Terrified Middle America" bit rings so true. Hahahaha!!!
“Miserable Phil”… a more suitable wrestler name you won’t find for him.
Sometimes I'll be at Judo practice, I'm tired af and need to tell myself "I'm not done yet, I got a lot left in the tank" Thanks Mark Henry
11:59 My heel character might break that one day, just be prepared 😉😂
Google Ox Baker starts a riot in Cleaveland. Very worthy of this list, if not in the top 3.
"The natives are getting restless..." - "Just a little more heat..." 😂
i love how Enoki was undefeated until Vader gave him the second loss of his career
I felt so sorry for Orton after that Brock deal, and I didn’t think it was possible to feel sympathy for that man. Wouldn’t have minded a rematch on that one, honestly.
2:54 video starts. Thank you.
You mean your welcome?
The Montreal Screw Job, just kidding....had me in tears. 😂🤣😂🤣
12:58 DON’T SCARE ME LIKE THAT ADAM😭
Is it really still considered a work if Lesnar caved Randy's skull in a little and gave him a concussion?
Yeah and wasn't Jericho just asking people if it was a planned spot and Brock got up in his face?
Adam continued to be the funniest person on the internet, let alone wrestling youtubers
Them “I don’t understand the wrestling is popular”
Me. “This one time an old lady stood up and we cheered so loud we almost destroyed the Astrodome.”
Randy orton trusting brock to do that do him is is insane. Could have done serious damage
I was at that Raw with Henry’s fake retirement shit was gold and the crowd was white hot.
I love that you guys worked us in the list.
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thank you
Mark Henry shouldn't be on this list, how could anyone not see him turning on Cena ?
Funny fact about Mark Henry’s jacket, he said that his friends call it his “Lying ass jacket”
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What about the Jeff Hardy pyro incident on Smackdown 2008? That left everyone traumatized.
I don't give a damn what Cornette says, the Screwjob was definitely a work and I will die on this hill
Same here... After hearing Bruce Prichard's take. They knew Bret was going to WCW and all sat down to play it out... Even if no one else on the roster knew. They got worked too lol
It's really difficult to figure out, evidences leading both ways. Personally I still think Bret didn't know.
@@hrishik_1503 thing is though, if he did know, he'll take it to his grave. No one is more old school than Bret, he'll never tell
Where's Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler? People didn't really know it was a work for 20 years
Cheers you guys! You got me good. The whole while I'm thinking, they can't possibly mention Montreal right? Then when u 1st said it, I yelled so loud I had to go back to hear the "just kidding part"...well played sirs.
Nothing beats that salmon blazer 😄 Legendary
Can’t wait until Dean Ambrose leaving WWE is revealed to be a work like you all said! Still waiting!
Thanks 🙏
The Gino blinding Chris Adams angle got to be top for me.
God damn Mark Henry was 2013?! I feel old asf.
Why would you want God to do that to Mark Henry?
Where is Andy Kaufman vs Lawler? This is without question the greatest work in history! So much so that it single handedly changed the face for wrestling forever and made wrestling what it is today! People also thought it was completely real for many years, well after Andy’s death to Jerry said that it had all been Andy’s idea. The fact that this wasn’t even mentioned makes me question your knowledge of wrestling in general!
Hell I don't even think it was 10 years ago that I learned that whole thing was a work. My friend thought it was real all the way up to last year. He didn't even believe me that it was a work and even still insisted that it it started off as a work and then became a shoot later in the feud.
Y2J squaring up to brick is just a silly image 🤣🤣
Was the Yes movement a work? Was it always the plan to have Bryan in the main event and they were just teasing their audience and build the hype or did the WWE belatedly cave in just because they feared that their premier event was going to get booed out of the building?
Bit of both
#1 is eddie guerero the father of dominic! Thats the most epic
Funniest work ever was when you fell for Enzo and Cass invading ROH and started crying on Twitter about it
Kyle O'reilly last year when he looked like he was in serious pain, but he actually was a good seller
As great as the fake retirement segment for Mark Henry was there was already plans for Cena/Danielson a month later at Summerslam 2013 so Cena/Henry was a throwaway feud even though it was a great throwaway feud
Nobody seems to get that
Honorable mention: Randy Orton fooling AJ Styles.
I love professional wrestling because it’s so preposterously fun.
Need to do this again because what MJF did yesterday was great
Excellent swerve at #1. 😂
Bruce Prichard: Montreal Scr…
Everyone else who was there: Shut the fuck up, Bruce!
Man I love your videos! Lol
Mark Henry should have won the title and a Oscar
A great list!
The Mark Henry one was obvious when he ask Cena to stay in the ring imo.
Thank you. It annoys me when people comment they didn't see it coming, how could you not ?
Not that it was a work, but I have a vivid wrestling memory that stuck with my childhood for a while….. 2006 maybe?? That era, Dx had just gotten back together and they were massively over… Randy Orton and Edge had just teamed up created Rated-RKO. One night on raw, shit got extra physical and ended massively bloody with DX getting the conchairto/concerto(ehh nice wordplay for a move). I was so bought in, I was 6 years old and that was some shit a 6 year old shouldn’t have been viewing 🤣 thats one of my earliest times of buying in to the product mentally/emotionally.
Doesn't vpn's disconnects you from yt? If you are watching it on tv via wifi
I saw the Henry swerve coming when cena came out
Everyone’s always talking about the Stone Cold Pop but I’m just like what about that Linda just fuckin standing up from a chair pop?
Are we just gonna skip over the whole aces and eights thing from tna/impact? That got so much heat when bully ray showed himself as the leader
Props to randy letting Brock do that. That takes cajones
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@0:30 if you see.. you see 😬😬
How Pillman isn’t in the HOF is beyond me
Zombie Linda her best role ever
Great video hahahaha
No offense, but Jerry Lawler vs Andy Kaufman is still the greatest work ever.
Thank you! This is without question the greatest work in history! So much so that it completely changed wrestling forever! The fact that this kid doesn’t even mention it proves to me he doesn’t know shit about wrestling!
Bro Chris Jericho is the MAN
I am probably going to get that VPN just to get access to old WCW pay per views.
Mark Henry awesome moment ❤
Montreal Screw job is a work. I’ll stand by that forever
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ECW Invasion when Sandman spit on Savio.
Let's go phat mark
Seriously? Linda stood up? Show of hands of how many people truly believed Linda was actually catatonic . . .
That was a very long advertisement
Couple of weeks? It was 8 days 😪 🤦♂️