This is fantastic! It’s like listening to a podcast but was recorded in 2001. If only there was so much more we could hear from these two tragic icons.
Go to Papa Shangos Classic Wrestling Interviews UA-cam page and they have an interview from him on there from 2007, exactly three months before what he did to his family. It’s quite bizarre hearing him knowing what would happen.
How was your relationship with Chris? I am literally such a big fan of Chris, the wrestler part, I mean. It's horrible what happened to Nancy and Daniel, but I'll always remember Chris Benoit for who he was as a wrestler.
@@jonathancrosby2959 Tom and I had a great relationship with Chris , but of course that was many years before he was in WCW and WWE. He was always a polite and respectful young man as many of his colleagues from that era attest to. Last time I spoke to Chris and met Nancy was at Owen's funeral. There were no outward signs at that time of his CTE. That's the danger of brain injuries. It can manifest so slowly that families don't recognize it's happening. :(
Benoit was the only wrestler I saw in person. Saw him in the airport. In fact, I was in the same plane. But I didn’t talk to him. He didn’t look like he wanted to be bothered. That was back in 97.
We all know Dynamite was Benoit’s Idol when he was young and just getting into the business. The Diving head butt, snap suplex, both men were smaller guys in the business. Sadly both men also had their demons.
The Dynamite Kid And Chris Benoit are my idolized hero when I become a wrestler in MWF Philippines and my name is Ang Dinamitang Bata or in English The Dynamite Kid my wrestling style is being discriminated by the owners of the MWF because of Very Deadly moves including the snapsuplex diving head butt's and hardest chops and German Suplex the owner told me if you don't change your wrestling style I will fired you and I said you don't have to tell me that because I quit because of your stupid discrimination shit
@kingdaleclarke dynamite got the diving head butt from harley race, who subsequently said he regreted inventing/using the move, because of the complications an potential mental risks attached..
Do a youtube search of "Chris Benoit Dynamite Kid Stampede" and you'll find a good few actual videos of them together. There's even a video of Dynamite on Stampede doing a kind of impromptu promo where he "passes his boots down" (literally) to Chris Benoit, and then goes on to make a prediction that he'll become one of the top workers of the 90's.
Two of the greatest wrestlers of all time. I saw the Crippler live, and I saw Dynamite and Davey Boy live twice, at the Jaffa Shrine in Altoona, PA. Bar none; my two favorite ever.
Both of these men had some of the most incredible, innovative matches of all time. Supremely talented individuals who deserve respect for their work in the ring n paving the way for so many superstars of today. Both men had very serious demons they fought every single day, and both met tragic ends. I'm not condoning what they did OUTSIDE the ring whatsoever, nothing can excuse those things, BUT I give them tremendous credit for what they did in the ring and everything they gave to the business and the fans at the expense of their own safety and well being. Thank you for posting this and giving us this reminder of what they were outside of the demons they both faced. Excellent interview
I saw Dynamite Kid vs Bad News Allen in Vancouver BC at the Agridome in 1982. When Tom blasted into the ring ahead of his match wearing his patented gauze headband everyone in the stadium was in stunned awe. He was jacked and had such a presence. Then the main event happened later with him and Bad News... was absolutely Awsome. At one point Bad News exited the ring as things got too hot for him.As he circled the back fringe of the crowd on the floor a large biker stepped up into his face. There was a brief heated verbal exchange between them before the biker started slinging punches at Bad News, who promptly put on a display of head and foot movement while firing back ending the fight in about 8 seconds before continuing circling around through the outer perimeter of the standing floor crowd before entering back into the ring to continue battling Dynamite. The place was going absolutely nuts!! Best ever!! Both of them
This Two Wrestler are my idolized heroes in wrestling its sad because I quit wrestling due for my wrestling style is same as the styles Chris Benoit and The Dynamite Kid it's very sad about the discrimination about wrestling style
This guy doesn’t sound extremely angry or bitter to me. He sounds like a guy that knew the cards he was dealt and that to stand toe to toe with the giants in the jungle of his first love which at the time was 80’s pro wrestling and more specifically WWF wrestling with his stature he had to take ZERO shit and prove/produce 5x as much entertainment as the average size guys to be considered an equal and he used whatever gave him that necessary advantage mentally, physically or even spiritually to do so or to get that job done. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Anyone with a bit of decency, who had heard about the disgusting things he did might have a bit of a "grudge" regardless of who forgives him. As for Benoit.....@Rjensen2
I idolized Chris. Smaller guy than most but no quit 💯!!! I try to pattern my life after that. And than the horror he caused to his own family. All I can say is God's mercy will show you the light ✨️
Here in The Philippines The Wrestling show here called MWF when I try out to become a Wrestler in my 2 fights the owner told me to change my fighting style and gimmicks I said why is there something wrong about my fighting style they told me that my wrestling style is like the mix wrestling style of the Dynamite Kid and Chris Benoit your doing flying head butts and Snap Suplex and German Suplex and your not scared about what are you doing that moves if you don't change your style we will banned you i said I quit its bullshit because of my fighting style you will fired me and banned me from wrestling
I know this might be too much to ask for Nik here and if he even had access to them all but would love to see in Chronological order all the times the Bulldogs worked with the Hart Foundation. It’s got to be many, many hundreds of matches those 4 had with each other. Not even including the singles matches they had with each other. Maybe the greatest tag team chemistry any 4 guys ever had with one another, great feud too in 1986/87 as the Hart’s and Bulldogs always put on classic bouts.
I would love to and have been looking for his matches around 84 when they first got into the WWF as underneath guys or any matches where dynamite had the more European style that included the cartwheels, front flip and headstand tumbling routines!! Dynamite did that the best/most believable to where it didn’t seem silly at all and actually was quite stunning to watch. Considering the time frame I was left in awe. There’s one such match on the network under there WWF Old School tab which are mostly MSG shows. Although the one I’m referencing was in Toronto in 84 vs the moon dogs I believe or at least a tag team that look liked them and it was on a card where Andre the giant vs Kamala in a steel cage was the Main Event. Even with the main event being good for it’s time the bulldogs and specifically Tommy stole the show it was like they were aliens from the future that were dropped into maple leaf gardens arena in 1984.
We heard Jeff Marek talk about Justin Liger. Justin Liger broke into the Wrestling business in Stampede Wrestling under his real name of Keiichi Yamada in 1987. Unfortunately he never won the British Commonwealth Mid Heavyweight Belt because it was moving between Great Gama, Chris Benoit, Johnny Smith and Owen Hart. I was a huge fan of young Mr.Yamada.
Keiichi Yamada DID NOT "break into the wrestling business in Stampede Wrestling". The man had already had nearly 400 matches in the MUCH bigger NJPW promotion working with some of the best wrestlers on the face of the planet over 3.5 years in front of waaaay more people than he ever worked in front of in Calgary. Do you really think a man who already worked with Muta, Chono, Goto, Hashimoto, Funaki, and Kimura in the Tokyo Dome and Korakuen Hall wasn't "broken in" until he wrestled BJ Annis or Ben f'n Bassarab in Brocket Alberta in front of 250 people??? Keiichi Yamada learned the North American style of wrestling in Calgary. Nothing more, nothing less.
its unfortunate beniot and davey boy could of form the new brittish bulldogs w/ dynomite as their manager till he healed his injuries. nothing better then a manager who can take a few bumps and wrestle when needs too. staying in japan was a shit idea, and japan wrestling sucks, your gonna end up with a broken neck. they all should went to WWF.
As a life long pro wrestling fan, who is disappointed in what the business has become, this interview brings tears to my eyes.
lol.
This is fantastic! It’s like listening to a podcast but was recorded in 2001. If only there was so much more we could hear from these two tragic icons.
Go to Papa Shangos Classic Wrestling Interviews UA-cam page and they have an interview from him on there from 2007, exactly three months before what he did to his family. It’s quite bizarre hearing him knowing what would happen.
I wanna know what happened to the boots.
"How is Daniel doing Chris?"
Chris: "Very good, very good" :(
Eerie
Thank you for posting!
I loved the interview you did with Dave Meltzer :)
Hope all's well with you and the family, Michelle.
Dynamite was a phenomenal wrestler/performer.
God bless.
How was your relationship with Chris? I am literally such a big fan of Chris, the wrestler part, I mean. It's horrible what happened to Nancy and Daniel, but I'll always remember Chris Benoit for who he was as a wrestler.
You and your daughter's are stunning!
@@jonathancrosby2959 Tom and I had a great relationship with Chris , but of course that was many years before he was in WCW and WWE. He was always a polite and respectful young man as many of his colleagues from that era attest to. Last time I spoke to Chris and met Nancy was at Owen's funeral. There were no outward signs at that time of his CTE. That's the danger of brain injuries. It can manifest so slowly that families don't recognize it's happening. :(
Appreciate you uploading this!
Benoit was the only wrestler I saw in person. Saw him in the airport. In fact, I was in the same plane. But I didn’t talk to him. He didn’t look like he wanted to be bothered. That was back in 97.
its 2022 and i still havnt seen a better wrestler than dynamite kid
We all know Dynamite was Benoit’s Idol when he was young and just getting into the business. The Diving head butt, snap suplex, both men were smaller guys in the business. Sadly both men also had their demons.
Similar physique too
@Dionysus just because Tom didn't commit suicide, doesn't mean he handled it better...and by the way, I just farted.
The Dynamite Kid And Chris Benoit are my idolized hero when I become a wrestler in MWF Philippines and my name is Ang Dinamitang Bata or in English The Dynamite Kid my wrestling style is being discriminated by the owners of the MWF because of Very Deadly moves including the snapsuplex diving head butt's and hardest chops and German Suplex the owner told me if you don't change your wrestling style I will fired you and I said you don't have to tell me that because I quit because of your stupid discrimination shit
@kingdaleclarke dynamite got the diving head butt from harley race, who subsequently said he regreted inventing/using the move, because of the complications an potential mental risks attached..
That snap-suplex by Dynamite was from another planet
How in the hell did I miss this. Benoit and Dynamite together!!! This is gonna be good.
Do a youtube search of "Chris Benoit Dynamite Kid Stampede" and you'll find a good few actual videos of them together. There's even a video of Dynamite on Stampede doing a kind of impromptu promo where he "passes his boots down" (literally) to Chris Benoit, and then goes on to make a prediction that he'll become one of the top workers of the 90's.
Two of the greatest wrestlers of all time. I saw the Crippler live, and I saw Dynamite and Davey Boy live twice, at the Jaffa Shrine in Altoona, PA. Bar none; my two favorite ever.
Wow this is gem! Awesome post. RIP Tom Billington. Thinking about looking for a copy of Pure Dynamite.
The best book about Dynamite is Bret's autobiography
I heard it's pure something else.
Great interview two of the greatest wrestlers that ever lived.
not to mention most abusive
@@AlternateSnake that old chestnut I am talking about them in the ring not outside it.
Both of these men had some of the most incredible, innovative matches of all time. Supremely talented individuals who deserve respect for their work in the ring n paving the way for so many superstars of today. Both men had very serious demons they fought every single day, and both met tragic ends. I'm not condoning what they did OUTSIDE the ring whatsoever, nothing can excuse those things, BUT I give them tremendous credit for what they did in the ring and everything they gave to the business and the fans at the expense of their own safety and well being. Thank you for posting this and giving us this reminder of what they were outside of the demons they both faced. Excellent interview
Nik Bali, Thank you for posting this. I used to listen to these shows on The LAW:Live Audio Wrestling here in Canada.
I saw Dynamite Kid vs Bad News Allen in Vancouver BC at the Agridome in 1982. When Tom blasted into the ring ahead of his match wearing his patented gauze headband everyone in the stadium was in stunned awe. He was jacked and had such a presence. Then the main event happened later with him and Bad News... was absolutely Awsome. At one point Bad News exited the ring as things got too hot for him.As he circled the back fringe of the crowd on the floor a large biker stepped up into his face. There was a brief heated verbal exchange between them before the biker started slinging punches at Bad News, who promptly put on a display of head and foot movement while firing back ending the fight in about 8 seconds before continuing circling around through the outer perimeter of the standing floor crowd before entering back into the ring to continue battling Dynamite. The place was going absolutely nuts!! Best ever!! Both of them
Very lucky to have seen the era everyone agrees was peak Dynamite! I was barely out of diapers unfortunately.
Thank you for posting this! Great Find!
I didnt even think this existed.. Thank you for the upload.
Great find, thanks for posting it!
Absolute great find, Dynamito Ichiban!
How the heck
Well done mate well done
Nice upload, Nik!
You have some great, rare stuff.
God bless.
3:10 seconds in they mentioned the boots. I saw them like everyone else in the crime scene photos. i really wonder what happened to them now.
His son David has them, he posted s picture of them on instagram
This is the perfect duo. It’s like Superman, an his sidekick.
Superman and Batman
More like Batman and Nightwing.
Mixed feelings hearing this podcast. RIP.
This Two Wrestler are my idolized heroes in wrestling its sad because I quit wrestling due for my wrestling style is same as the styles Chris Benoit and The Dynamite Kid it's very sad about the discrimination about wrestling style
The flying headbut fcuked both these men up
Can you explain why? I imagine they aim for the soft of the shoulder. Did they actually have head to head contact?
Eerie how similar their eyes are.
Great interview. Interesting listening to these two interact.
This was phenomenal!! I never thought something like this would exist.
Two legends that played in so well, what a hidden treat ❤
Awesome interview, thank you.
thank you great post and great photo !
Crazy this interview existing
This guy doesn’t sound extremely angry or bitter to me. He sounds like a guy that knew the cards he was dealt and that to stand toe to toe with the giants in the jungle of his first love which at the time was 80’s pro wrestling and more specifically WWF wrestling with his stature he had to take ZERO shit and prove/produce 5x as much entertainment as the average size guys to be considered an equal and he used whatever gave him that necessary advantage mentally, physically or even spiritually to do so or to get that job done. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Correct yourself. Try actually reading about how much of a shitbag he was. He deserved to suffer and die in that chair.
@@Ivantheterrible81280 lmao...so his ex-wife and kids forgive him, but some loser on UA-cam carries a grudge? 😅
@@Ivantheterrible81280which promoter did
You work for??
@@Ivantheterrible81280huge L lmaooo
Anyone with a bit of decency, who had heard about the disgusting things he did might have a bit of a "grudge" regardless of who forgives him. As for Benoit.....@Rjensen2
I idolized Chris. Smaller guy than most but no quit 💯!!! I try to pattern my life after that. And than the horror he caused to his own family. All I can say is God's mercy will show you the light ✨️
Nik, great channel. Huge fan of both and had never heard this interview. Thanks.
Thanks for this yo!
I still cant believe this is real
Weird seeing benoit without his beard in this pic (not counting his older pics and all)
Listen to how gentle and respectful chris is. Im not buying that he did a double M+ S.
This interview almost makes a guy wanna cry
“Hell grow outta that “ 😮 Chris talking about Daniel keeping them up at night
wow awesome find
Very cool to hear this
Here in The Philippines The Wrestling show here called MWF when I try out to become a Wrestler in my 2 fights the owner told me to change my fighting style and gimmicks I said why is there something wrong about my fighting style they told me that my wrestling style is like the mix wrestling style of the Dynamite Kid and Chris Benoit your doing flying head butts and Snap Suplex and German Suplex and your not scared about what are you doing that moves if you don't change your style we will banned you i said I quit its bullshit because of my fighting style you will fired me and banned me from wrestling
Why is that style unpopular in the Philippines?
How tall is he 178cm or 180cm?
How much is your weight 104kg or 106kg?
How does it differ by year?
Can you post more of these?
25:31 this is very dark now
Harley Race and BoBo Brazil had the skulls for the flying headbutts, Benoit and Dynamite didn't
that photo was taken at rebellion, not insurrection. I guess they never met up that May?
👍👍👍
Two morally bankrupt guys that were great at their profession.
Awesome
Post more bulldogs matches
There was a match against the demolitions u deleted
@@jimmyblanco7525 ua-cam.com/video/kUl1TC_xbPs/v-deo.html
I know this might be too much to ask for Nik here and if he even had access to them all but would love to see in Chronological order all the times the Bulldogs worked with the Hart Foundation. It’s got to be many, many hundreds of matches those 4 had with each other. Not even including the singles matches they had with each other. Maybe the greatest tag team chemistry any 4 guys ever had with one another, great feud too in 1986/87 as the Hart’s and Bulldogs always put on classic bouts.
@@jimmyblanco7525 Demolition and Bulldogs matches were always some of my favorites as a kid. Two of my favorite tag teams, them and the Steiners
I would love to and have been looking for his matches around 84 when they first got into the WWF as underneath guys or any matches where dynamite had the more European style that included the cartwheels, front flip and headstand tumbling routines!! Dynamite did that the best/most believable to where it didn’t seem silly at all and actually was quite stunning to watch. Considering the time frame I was left in awe. There’s one such match on the network under there WWF Old School tab which are mostly MSG shows. Although the one I’m referencing was in Toronto in 84 vs the moon dogs I believe or at least a tag team that look liked them and it was on a card where Andre the giant vs Kamala in a steel cage was the Main Event. Even with the main event being good for it’s time the bulldogs and specifically Tommy stole the show it was like they were aliens from the future that were dropped into maple leaf gardens arena in 1984.
the nice guys
Great video
cursed media
In hindsight(20/20 vision let's not forget!)this now is quite cringeworthy,especially Dynamite😕
They both sound so cold and detached..
2 great men
Poignant, but a great interview.
We heard Jeff Marek talk about Justin Liger. Justin Liger broke into the Wrestling business in Stampede Wrestling under his real name of Keiichi Yamada in 1987. Unfortunately he never won the British Commonwealth Mid Heavyweight Belt because it was moving between Great Gama, Chris Benoit, Johnny Smith and Owen Hart. I was a huge fan of young Mr.Yamada.
Keiichi Yamada DID NOT "break into the wrestling business in Stampede Wrestling". The man had already had nearly 400 matches in the MUCH bigger NJPW promotion working with some of the best wrestlers on the face of the planet over 3.5 years in front of waaaay more people than he ever worked in front of in Calgary. Do you really think a man who already worked with Muta, Chono, Goto, Hashimoto, Funaki, and Kimura in the Tokyo Dome and Korakuen Hall wasn't "broken in" until he wrestled BJ Annis or Ben f'n Bassarab in Brocket Alberta in front of 250 people??? Keiichi Yamada learned the North American style of wrestling in Calgary. Nothing more, nothing less.
its unfortunate beniot and davey boy could of form the new brittish bulldogs w/ dynomite as their manager till he healed his injuries. nothing better then a manager who can take a few bumps and wrestle when needs too. staying in japan was a shit idea, and japan wrestling sucks, your gonna end up with a broken neck. they all should went to WWF.
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Is this Jeff Marek???
Yep