Jim Cornette on Sabu's Retirement
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- From Episode 216 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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His greatest accomplishment is that he survived his own career
I'd say it was his FMW and ECW runs because they were amazing.
😂Yes
I dont think anything more awesome than that could ever be said...
Actually, it's that he survived his own life. Period. Ha.
Very well put, and absolutely true.
Sabu is one of the only “hardcore” guys I’ve ever heard Jim put over. That shows you the level of respect Corny has for him
a lot of it was from the respect he has for Sabu's uncle.
Level of fear he has.
@@honestreviewer7788 this fear is a very logical fear to have
@@evolvedcopper2205 absolutely. Some guys are just scary. I'm still a fraud of the sheik and he'd been dead for 20 years. I'm still worried he'd kick my ass
He spoke well of New Jack after they worked though their beef.
Sabu: *exists*
Tables: *sweat nervously*
LMMFAOOF! 🤣😂
Given how he treated his body, I'm actually surprised he's still walking. Better to retire whilst he still can.
I’m surprised he’s still alive
I think he's already had hip replacement, so that's why. Otherwise, he'd be wheelchair bound.
I feel like the ECW guys are going to be prime examples of long term CTE effects. Read an interview with Mikey Whipwreck where he said he’s had like 30 something concussions and he feels like he’s becomming paranoid and losing his mind and having a really hard time.
After seeing his last in-ring run in Impact, "walking" is being generous unfortunately.
I'm just happy Sabu survived long enough to actually retire under his own power. He was always my favourite from ECW. Teenage me loved his rivalry with Abyss in TNA!
Agreed. I love Sabu and wish him the best.
Agreed
We had never seen anything like Sabu jumping through tables off balconies while riding a chair in America at that time. Coolest shit when you’re a kid
@@jamied4486 Sabu is the only guy who could do it and make it cool. Anyone else would look stupid but Sabu had such love for the business and put his body through so much, that it's hard not to like him. Sabu is a legend.
@@SpiralPoliFemboy first time i ever saw the arabian face buster i was like 14. The shit he could do mixing the hardcore with highflying. Its funny RVD and Jerry Lynn had better chemistry in their matches than RVD and Sabu
Melissa's death has hit Sabu pretty hard I think. He seems to have lost his passion.
He had a hip replaced and needs back surgery. The dude is busted up.
@@kellerblair2952 he was they divorced a good while back.
The Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal, Death-Defying Maniac ... and possibly the biggest enemy of tables ever. Respect for him and it's about time to have a rest for his body.
His ring action was at times certainly suicidal. Some of the things he did were stupid beyond belief, especially as kayfabe had been long gone by his ECW days.
Yeah they never despised the dudley boyz quite like sabu
Why did they call him "genocidal"??
@@sheepdavis probably cuz it was rhymes lmao but I guess you can say he’s committed genocide on tables
@@Spud730 LMMFAOOF! 🤣😂
You don't need to be a ECW fan to say that Sabu was really special. I rarely say this but Sabu is criminally under appreciated.
Yes he is
I saw Sabu in real ECW several times and he never disappointed!
Never Ever! He lived up to his name!
Not even at November to Remember '97?
Don't act like he wasn't the man in WWE's ECW too 😂😂😂
"Why is Sabu mad at the table ?" - Jim Cornette
😂😂
"I AM THE TABLE"
" I don't like tables"
@@theantone7476 IKEA calls him History's Greatest Monster.
@@Minouu80 To which Sabu Responded "i am Sabu" and dove a it again and again till it broke.
RVD and Raven were the best for me, but Sabu did crazy stuff, and you always had to respect his ability/passion.
Sandman was good to love most of the ecw originals
Chino Delchicano sandman was asscheeks
@@chinodelchicano8332 Nothing will top those days that’s for sure
Sabu's been wrestling since 1987. Considering that his career almost always involved hardcore wrestling, he deserved to retire.
Agreed. He earned it and I'll always love the guy.
He actually started in '85
My unmatched fury WWE figurine/statue says on the box he started in 85.
Sabu was special ,the first time I saw him in ring doing All the crazy stuff I was amazed .
Sabu is a hardcore legend, he did some amazing high flying moves in the ring. Great matches with Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Rob Van Dam & others. I wish him the best in retirement. His body was totally wrecked.
Sabu is a good friend of mine to me and my wife. I noticed him thru the Magazines also when he faced Sean Waltman at the American Indian Center in Minneapolis. I remember the infamous fire match him & his uncle had against onita & goto, his battles with Terry Funk, Cactus Jack, Abdullah The Butcher and so on. heck in the early days of FMW Tarzan Goto dropped Sabu Throat First on a strand of Barbed Wire. I remember at the Minneapolis Convention Center for another Friend of Mine: Jerry Lynn's Retirement Show My wife received a hug from Sabu. Happy Retirement My Friend.
A well deserved retirement indeed
Sabus a good friend to me and my husband too. He was the best man at my wedding and he paid for our whole honeymoon to Egypt
I wrestled sabu a few times back in the late 80's early 90's he was a very very talented man and could have gotten away with being less extreme. But that wasn't sabu he wanted to be the crazy table breaking barb wire snapping ladder jumping maniac. And it earned him a good life to make the money he did on the independent circuit takes alot of hard work and brains. Great guy true legend and he deserves a break.
Sabu is a true legend. Those matches with RVD will still stand up in 1000 years time.
SABU vs RVD is one my favorite ECW matches, the one that ended with the crowd chanting 5 more minutes.
People will think "I can do this stuff for a long time. Look at Sabu!"
Just like Marko Stunt is not Rey Mysterio, most table guys are not Sabu. In fact most of them will never get to the point where they are rationalizing that they can do it in their 50's because they never make it out of their 30's or maybe, in a lot of cases, never make it INTO their 30's.
@KaneMagus Rey is fucking flair in the ring compared to stunts little ass
Most will last a little longer than Nick Mondo. I don't expect any professional wrestler to last longer than ten years anymore. If they do, good for them.
An example is Ricochet; his high flying moves are cool and video game like, but as Ricochet gets older, getting out of bed will be a match itself.
"Bob Saget on Tool Time or whatever" lol, he was on Full House, Tim Allen was on Tool Time.
Tool Time is a fake show within the show Home Improvement.
@@yourgrammarisnotverygood1827 Just like Danny Tanner was a fake character on Full House played by Bob Saget. I used to watch Home Improvement, Im aware of who was who on the show.
@@A2YU09 I watched it too. Goddamn my standards for entertainment were lower back then, because that show was fuckin' rotten, to use one of Corny's favorite expressions.
I was at an indie show where after a match, Sabu went into the crowd and took a picture with a special needs individual and I’ve always had a ton of respect for Sabu ever since that day because he made that kids night. Not that I didn’t have respect for such a legend before that👊
Sabu is a legend and stunningly he lived longer than those that speculated he would die young. It's a shame this man never receive the attention that he truly deserved. He should've made more money than he did when he was younger, but he did alright for himself.
True. He let his loyalty to Paul Heyman(which was a mistake) cost him thousands to millions of dollars in the contracts offered to him by WWE & WCW by staying loyal to Paul.
He announced it on a podcast called WSI, great interviews on their.
there*
@@sleepalaska Thanks.
Agreed. James does a great job on WSI
@@mitchellpilkington7433 He really does, well spoken, lets the talent talk, etc..
Tough SOB! Thanks for all the memories Sabu!!!
If it wasn't for Sabu I never would of gotten my foot in the door. Thank you Sabu!
He’s lucky to still be walking after the shit he used to do
Sabu was my favourite as a teenager. The fact that he did all the things that he did in his career, and lived to see a retirement in his 50's, is what makes him a legend in my eyes. No one will ever do it quite like him
I had 2nd row seats to Heatwave 98. Gotta see him Rvd just inches away at times. Sabu is the best of his Era and style
That is a classic match.
@@markschlingloff5155 gotta see taz vs bam. Mike awesome, Shane douglas and Candido. Its the most fun i ever had at a ppv. Probably 30 others all wcw /wwe. That night was special... New Jack.. the list goes on
rips his arm open and just duct tapes it.
"Fonzie get me some tape"
One of the best wrestlers I've seen, next to Bret hart and Hayabusa. That triple jump moonsault to the outside at guilty as charged 99 was so awesome to see.
As others have said, it's amazing that he is almost 60 and can still leave the business on his own power (somewhat)...
He's a legend. Not just a hardcore legend but a legend overall. Not on the level of RVD but definitely a staple of the ECW originals
LMAO @ (somewhat)
Sabu wanting to Wrestle Brock Lesnar was the Highlight of his Retirement Narrative and I wish we would have gotten that at some point with Paul Heyman having Ties to both Fellas … 👀
Sabu hits ring to take on Brock. Sabu grabs a chair, tries to hit the chair, flying hip spot in corner. Lesnar catches him. F5. Pin. 47 second retirement match. I love Sabu. I seen him a few times i live with RVD at the Rostraver ice gardens in the late 90’s with ECW. He was the absolute epitome of that promotion. More so than sandman, Dudley’s, RVD, or anyone else. ECW was Sabu. But a Lesnar retirement match is crazy.
Heyman: Brock, if you want to get to Roman, you have to survive the suicidal, homicidal, genocidal...
That would actually be kind of an epic send off for him.
@@hrbie84 💯
@@maxxdahl6062 Agreed
Sabu deserves a WWE HOF induction for sure
Sabu was amazing!
His matches in ECW were insane, and I loved playing with him in Smackdown vs Raw 2008.
Jim respects sabu, i hope he gets a lil more respect during retirement
Travis is a genius. Such great artwork. Cult of Cornette checking in.
Remember using him in Smackdown vs Raw 2008 a ton.
I am truly amazed Sabu wrestled as long as he did considering his style.
He was still having solid sabu style matches in tna like 3 years ago. With rvd, n dreamer.
I don't pretend to know Sabu but he seems like the type of guy that if he couldn't do his tables or his barbed wire flying/crashing anymore then he wouldn't do it at all.
What a great performer Terry Michael Brunk / Sabu if not for ECW very few fans would've been able to see his greatness in the ring.
I was a HUGE fan of Sabu, but I wished he would've limited the frequency of those dangerous spots he did. He would have taken less damage and made greater impact.
His career ending speech: Sabu Sabu Sabu Sabu Sabu Sabu Sabu Sabu!
Sabu will always be remembered for his intensity, insanity, countless great matches, and his three decade plus feud against the existence of tables. Respect for the legend.
Absolute legend. And surprisingly underappreciated. Has anyone ever gotten so over without ever being on the mic?
Sabu botching or landing moves perfectly are both equally entertaining. He's definitely in my top 10.
To be honest, I'm glad he's not dead. I know how that may sound, but look at his colleagues. Even his Genie. Thank you Sabu. A fucking legend
Will never forget the bloodbath from Born to Be Wired with Sabu/Funk.
Retirement well earned.
He was still around in 2018 at the least. Saw him at a show in Watertown, New York.
Sabu is a fucking legend. ECW Hardcore icon!
I remember hearing his famous pipe bomb promo like it was yesterday, “ SABU SABU SABU SABU.”
KaneMagus get medicine.
That's why Sting can still do Sting stuff. He's never been the moonsault or Suicide Dive guy. So him, essentially doing what he did 30 years ago isn't a weird shift.
Or maybe the fact that he never abused drugs or alcohol like 90% of his peers
@@whatwelearned Sting had known, documented substance abuse problems. It was why he didn't beat NWO Hogan their first go round.
@@whatwelearned he did have substance abuse issues....
@@Gamblestein Well then I stand corrected. I never knew that.
Sting's always been boring as hell!
Tim Allen and Bob Saget in trading places lol
John Stamos and Richard Stamos in Big Brother.
I always thought it was funny that his real name is Terry Brunk. And he’s probably best known to casual fans as the guy who fought Terry Funk in a barbed wire match. Terry Brunk vs Terry Funk. Ha.
it's hard to imagine sabu being 57 now since i was hearing about him starting around '96 when he was pretty hot. but i'm sure all those injuries are catching up bad now. that's the thing when you're young: you think you're invulnerable. eventually, there's a moment where you wake up one day, you can't eat the way you did as a kid, you're far more careful getting around, you prefer low risk and all those things you did to yourself when you were younger really start to take a toll. i've had an injury on my lower back since high school and it never healed. but as i get older, the injury pops up periodically and sometimes takes me out for a day or two. i can't imagine what some of these guys must be going through at later stages in their life.
Sabu had some of the dopest moves. He's like a fake wrestling videogame character come to life.
No lie
We need a Sabu episode for season 4 (hopefully if there is one) of Dark Side of the Ring.
Got to see Sabu vs Perry Saturn and Krowbar at a WWA show in Glasgow about 20 years ago. We spent the entirety of the match chanting Sabu Sabu Sabu. It didn’t matter that he botched most his spots; we were just grateful to see him live!
One of my favorites
Hes one of the few that yes he was a showman he could do hardcore but he could also legitimately wrestles so he was successful on the levels
Ya'll are shocked he lasted this long?
Gypsy Joe was still no selling in his 70s, and while he wasn't as insane as Sabu, the man was still a hardcore nut.
In hardcore and deathmatch stuff, you either retire in your late 20s or early 30s, or you do it until you physically have to stop.
Not to mentioned he worked a hardcore match against freaking New Jack (RIP).
This whole segment: You can't do high risk high flying moves at 57 years old
Terry Funk: Hold my exploding ring.
LMMFAOOF! 🤣😂
He is a great wrestler and it is good to see him retire. He was doing moonsaults through tables and taking crazy bumps. I'm happy he can walk around and is retiring like this. Congratulations to Sabu.
Sabu is a legend. That’s all.
Do I have a favorite Sabu match? Yes. Which one? All of them.
Sabu’s last match was recently - against the Blood Hunter.
I doubt he's made enough money to pay off a camper but he definitely is a known name in the business.
Tnx sabu
So somewhere in some language Sabu is methamphetamine. The more you know 💫
I mean, his uncle was pushing it too…..Guess it runs in the family. Lol. But definitely understandable to retire while he still has a good image in people’s eyes. Wish other wrestlers realize that too, so we won’t get half ass “dream” matches
Sabu started travelling as Sabu the Elephant Boy and wrestled in the CWA. He has the distinction of being the only guy to hit his head on the ceiling of the studio while coming off the the top rope. He and his protege, Rob Van Dam, started as barefoot wrestlers too. His worst table break incident was in WCW and that table looked like solid oak or cedar. He bounced off of it at least twice AFTER his first match there. He also tore his bicep in that barbwire match against Funk. He wrapped it up with tape DURING the match. Fortunately, we were able to watch the program in Indianapolis on independent television.
Thank you sabu, best wishes for you
I was lucky to see him live last year before this retirement. All I could think is like please retire.... A true legend!!!
By the way he's been treatin' his body since the 80's, I'm amazed he's been able to remain active 'til now.
Sabu is what brought me to ECW. I wanted to see this guy I had heard so many crazy things about. The biggest thing was that Sabu was a high flying brawler. Those guys didn't exist back then and the concept was fascinating. Even the modern wrestlers who took Sabu's stuff...they don't come across as brawlers like Sabu did. They come off more as gymnasts who do garbage spots that are carefully orchestrated.
However, I started to see more from ECW than Sabu. And quite frankly, his matches got kinda boring right around '96. Lots of leg drops and leg whips and just spot after spot. In fact, Pillman used to call him a 'fast forward worker' because when you watched him on video tape, you ended up just fast forwarding to the next spot.
Shane was a worker that I had liked when he was in WWF and WCW but got lost in the shuffle and had the terrible Dynamic Dude gimmick. he was a respectable in-ring talent with good pscyhology. But his interviews prior to Barely Legal were way more than just swearing. In fact, he did very little swearing in those interviews. He had an uncanny knack to know when to swear to get your interest. His promos were sophisticated and edgy due to the context, not the swear words. I'd love to see somebody make a compilation video of Douglas' heel run agains the Pitbulls. All of the matches, promos and angles. It was a masterclass of getting heat
Forget Shane it's all about SABU.
Look for a SABU vs Shane Douglas match.
Sabu had one hell of a career! A real hardcore legend!
He did a show for my local wrestling fed last year so he was still working
One of the influential wrestlers of all time
Sabu is the most legend hardcore wrestler left alive after New Jack passed.
Cactus Jack said waitaminute
@@gregorylevi1826 true they would be neck and neck though.
I heard he had a habit of supergluing his wounds shut mid-match.
Sabu put his body through Hell for decades, especially in ECW. I'm surprised it took him this long to retire.
In the words of Sabu: “SABU! SABU! SABU! SABU!”
I might put myself through a table this Xmas season.
December to Dismember except it will be a good PPV
amazing video thank you
Just another comment wishing the best to a true icon of wrestling. Like his uncle, Saba had an aura that even non wrestling fans would notice, He looked crazy and dangerous… even before his matches started. It’s something no one in the business can pull off anymore. All the best Legend.
Sabu could work as a crazed brawler if he didn't want to retire. With so many technical marvels and high flyers, having a pure brawler would be different.
Although I mostly loved their matches, one of my pet peeves with Sabu, RVD, et al., was the way they sold self-inflicted injuries. You know, so the announcer could exclaim things like, “He’s so crazy he probably hurt himself as much as his opponent with that maneuver!”
His legacy is too great for cinematic matches too. Happy retirement Sabu!
I agree with Brian, I wanted to see Sabu and Terry Funk and then hearing those Shane Douglas promos was like doing wrestling Acid. ECW was such a shock to wrestling system when it started...
The fact that Sabu survived his career is an accomplishment on its own. The guy is a hardcore legend and was a good technical wrestler as well. There will never be another Sabu in wrestling ever. I am guessing the tables are sighing a breath of relief.
Everytime I hear Huka Blues, I immediately point to the sky and look for a table in my house.
Arabian Nights from Aladdin? His theme was Huka Blues by the Slashtones
@@InvisibleHotdog I stand corrected. Someone told me that's what it was called
I figured he retired a few years ago. TNA missed the boat by not creating a character named Genocide, putting him together with Homicide and Suicide, and having Sabu manage them or lead the faction.
Him and RVD had a fantastic match with Hyabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki at one of the 1998 ECW PPVs. I know that sounds like a total shitshow on paper but they mostly play it straight and it ends up being really good.
Anyone else find it fascinating that Jim thinks Tim Allen and Bob saget are the same person
Just did a show w sabu this past weekend in LA he’s the man A legend..!!!
Jeff Hardy is an example of someone who toned down their high flying style a little as he got older and he's about almost 20 years younger than Sabu
Jeff is in his 40s right?
Jeff Hardy is 44. He is 12 years younger than Sabu
Okay well 12 years is still a large gap. Appreciate the correction though
Sabu is still my favorite wrestler ever
Earlier in the year, Sabu was wrestling in a small promotion in Texas. I saw footage of him wrestling there on UA-cam. He was bald. He lost the matches I watched. He was putting other younger wrestlers over in the promotion.
He said that he had did a match not to long ago and he has back problems he hurt is back a while back and that he can't do it like that no more i love sabu he was crazy as fuck and i loved it lot of memories back in old skool ecw days man thank you sabu
What a legend sabu is.. way underrated in my opinion he should have made it to atleast a mid card level in WCW or WWE . Instead he wanted to help the indie promotions and he made money doing it. True legend!!!!
Sabu is like Ken to Hayabusas Ryu , love em both .
Last time I saw Sabu was in Impact backing up RVD and you could tell instantly that his career had taken its toll on his body. The guy was obviously having difficulty moving about. So yeah, retirement doesn't surprise me at all.
Mad respect to sabu
He's a legend much respect sabu