I have another great booking idea for you Adam.....Please book a Rey Mysterio heel turn as in now and not back in the day...everybody is just waiting for Dominic to turn on Rey but what if it's the other way around....that would be a much better story to tell
I think a good list idea might be the best mid-match run-ins. Ones like Austin helping Foley win the world title, Michaels coming up through the Elimination Chamber to piss off Taker, and (if you ignore how the rest of his run went) Sting debuting at Survivor Series to save Ziggler and kill the Authority.
-Steve Austin cleaning house at Backlash 2000 in the middle of Rock v. HHH -Edge at ECW One Night Stand 2006 between Cena v. RVD -The Shield debut at Survivor Series 2012 between Cena v. Ryback v. Punk -Big Show on Oct 14 2013 episode of Raw between The Shield v. Cody Rhodes and Goldust -Spike Dudley, Rhyno and Lita: TLC II Mania X-Seven
I think Austin's run-in during the Foley match was incredible, except for pulling Mick onto the Rock. Looking back on it, I wish he'd just smashed Rocky to even the odds and Foley could've made the cover himself.
Tunney was the platonic ideal because he didn’t show up all the time, only when it really mattered, and his lack of appearances made his wooden delivery more reasonable.
Kinda surprised Shane McMahon wasn't on this list. He's had some terrible runs. The whole Shane's town hall stuff, his feud with Roman Reigns which randomly had the Undertaker in it for some reason, becoming the best wrestler in the world, I could go on.
I reckon the only reason that he isn't on this list is that even at his worst, he showed potential to be decent. His early face run in 2016 was fine and inoffensive... and when it first kicked off, I honestly didn't mind his feud with the Miz. That feeling of poorly placed goodwill didn't last long, but it was there.
The Anonymous Raw GM annoyed the hell out of me as a 10-year-old back then, especially with Michael Cole during his heel run. I fcking loved it when Edge destroyed the laptop
What didn't make sense with TNA trying to relaunch the Monday Night Wars in 2010 was that even though TNA was live on Mondays, they did a replay of the episode during their normal Thursday night time slot. So I continued to watch RAW on Mondays and Impact on Thursdays like normal.
I would add that they also initiated a war with a much larger company. In the history of wars, when does the little guy start the war and win that war?
This kinda drives me nuts. There was one war. The WWF and WCW were the one war. It’s the Monday Night War. What are the Wars? There’s not another one. It’s not a plural. There was one war
@@paulpowell1987 It does happen bit it's rare. In the early-mid 2000s THE search engine giant was Yahoo! then the small by comparison upstart Google, started their search engine war with Yahoo and do we "Yahoo it?" Nope! We say "Google it". That's the exception though.
Vince Russo is to wrestling what Yoko Ono is to The Beatles. It’s just a footnote in its history but as much as we would like to, we will never forget how bad that era really was.
I think Shane's run as SmackDown gm where he managed to book himself into fights against guys who would openly destroy him and then either win or go 20minutes was more annoying to watch than Steph's work
I saw Brooke Hogan do an in-person performance at Emerald Square Mall in Attleboro MA a number of years ago, in her attempt to emulate Tiffany's shopping mall concert tour of the 1980s. And she was as bad as you can imagine. Beautiful girl, just really talentless.
To Mike Adamle's credit, he DID invent a match concept that was used a grand total of 4 times: the Championship Scramble... Shame it was a bit of a clustershtup...
Adam Pearce is one of my favourite authority figures. Not really face or heel, just facilitates what’s needed on the show without him being the focal point. The power abusing heel authority figure trope has just been done to death.
I love Pearce highkey. His gimmick is literally just a normal guy, trying to do his job and keep the peace in the locker room as best he can and not get murdered by his psychotic, muscled up workforce. I’m not familiar with his indie work but I’ve heard he was well regarded as a bastard heel with a propensity for bloody soaked brawls, so good on him out-of-kayfabe as well for securing an easy payday after years in the business.
He is really the “True Neutral” of general managers. He doesn’t play favourites and he does what’s needed to keep the show going along smoothly. It’s really a breath of fresh air.
He’s one of the best “straight man” authority figures I’ve seen. He’s just a normal guy doing his job to the best of his abilities, making everything fair for everyone. That’s actually one of my favorite archetypes for the authority figures since they aren’t so biased towards one alignment or the other
@@austinemms9772 You mean “Lawful Neutral” for all the reasons you stated. “True Neutral” means that every interaction with others is self-serving. Voldemort, or Emperor Palpatine being good examples. Also, I am a nerd.
Dishonorable Mentions: Armando Alejandro Estrada's run on ECW... Katrina taking control of Lucha Underground in Season 2... Beyond Boring Mike Sanders as WCW commish... Terry Funk in the same role... And of course, 97.26% of the guest hosts during the guest host era on Raw(some were awesome, see Shaq and Bob Barker, but most phoned it in and you could tell... I'm looking at you, Al Sharpton...
The only good thing about Brooke Hogan in TNA was Bully Ray turning heel and being revealed as the president of the Aces And Eights @ TNA Lockdown 2013
@@BmanTheChamp it was very obvious because Bully Ray was Feuding with them for months and Once D-Von joined them I knew that Bully Ray would join them this gave me Vince Russo vibes.
Kinda thought they would mention Jim Herd since when he was in WCW he started making some dumb decisions that would cause Ric Flair to leave to the WWF with their world championship.
The lap top still needs to make its obligatory comedy cameo comeback. Wrapped in ridiculous bandages, to remind an enraged Edge at his lowest point: ‘Remember...me...Edge...it...was...me...all...along...Edge...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha’
I seem to recall that Swoggle was originally going to talk in a New Jersey accent but he couldn't pull it off so he ended up biting Santino on the @$$ and kicking Michael Cole when Swoggle was revealed to be the Anonymous RAW GM
I will say, the one thing I liked about Immortal in TNA was heel Jeff Hardy. I thought that was the coolest thing ever when I saw him turn heel. If only booking had been better and Hardy dealt with his demons (ig sometimes they just take over whether you like it or not), I feel like Hardy as a heel would’ve been an absolute draw for the company in my opinion
What sucks is that on paper the idea of an anonymous GM sounds kind of cool. A mystery man pulling the strings and running the show. The problem (like most things in WWE) was both the execution and the payoff. The whole computer thing and Michael Cole reading the email gave it Go Away Heat that just annoyed everyone and it ended before the reveal because (let's be honest) they never knew who it was going to be. I know Kevin Nash was thrown around as the answer but I don't even know if that was the plan from the start or if he was just one name of a few that was banded around.
I kept thinking they were misprounouncing your name on Ultra/Omegachats (can't imagine why with my overly-complicated one), but I JUST noticed, nope: you have a little R right there.
Honestly if you consider ECW as the third brand of WWE and not a continuation of what Paul Heyman created, Tiffany was pretty good actually. She was a likeable GM who did her job. I didn't think she was bad at all. Yea, she wasn't extreme, but neither was ECW at that point. Not much to do with her.
I pray with Triple H in charge of creative we get back to the Gorilla Monsoon/Jack Tunney types of authority where they're only really brought in to weigh in on a controversy or issue a ruling. I'm sick to death of heel authority figures.
I was sick of it when WWE had the whole "commissioner" thing in the Attitude Era. I mean seeing Michaels and Foley book matches was pretty fun for a little bit but it wore out its welcome really quickly. So I agree with you.
What's everyone's thoughts on Herb Abrams as general manager for his version of the UWF. On the one hand, he beat Vince to the punch as one of the very first authority figures in wrestling storylines and had that shocking moment of cutting a promo while coated in his own blood. On the other hand, have you seen Abrams' UWF?
I saw it on ESPN classic years ago and I also saw the dark side of the ring episode about him. Has probably my favorite line in anything, he died doing what he loved, coke and hookers
I thought Number 1 was gonna be the celebrity hosts from the dark era of Raw in the early 2010’s. Some of them had authority on-screen to make matches, including #1 Contender matches for the WWE Championship.
Nothing worst then Stephanie slapping grown men. Same guys beating the crap out of people who disrespect them. Stand there and look angry and do absolutely nothing. With the females it made sense. A woman hitting a man just makes your guys seem weak.
I am surprised that, "People Power", Johnny Ace, is not on this list. The man didn't even last one year, as Raw GM. His voice had the ability to put insomniacs to sleep.
Johnny ace deserves a dishonourable mention back in 2011-2012. The only thing bad about the cm pink pipe bomb promo was mentioning him and giving wwe an excuse to put him in tv despite having the charisma of a stone
You don't give yourself enough Credit Adam. The Plumpy Character was Hated by such a large segment of the Audience. Job completed at least people weren't Apathetic to you
The Anonymous Raw GM was the point I finally abandoned WWE forever and only came back once for WM 28. And only then for the HHH/Undertaker match (if I remember correctly). It's dead to me otherwise.
I'm surprised Dixie Carter wasn't on this list cause I swear from 2012 to 2014, she was AWFUL Television Like a discount Stephanie McMahon with even less substance
I liked the last days of ECW programming actually, it wasn't ECW anymore but they put on some good stories with Ryder, Swagger, Regal and Christian quite often. Lot of good wrestling happened under the radar there.
I will never get tired of Adam using Digimon references. And honestly, if it were up to me, I’d like to see him do an honest-to-God review of Digimon, whether as a written article or a video. I’d eat that up gladly.
It may have taken me until “hailing from parts funknown” to actually put together the name. I don’t watch wrestling but want to get into it somehow and this is an easy way to enjoy it
I like that you acknowledged that Stephanie McMahon used to be good, but you forgot to mention how great she was as a heel authority figure in the Attitude Era. You know, back when she used to get comeuppance on a regular basis. Can we have THAT Stephanie back, please?
Semi-on screen figure. But Antonio Inoki. What a brilliant idea it is to book your pro-wrestlers with little experience in MMA in MMA bouts against MMA fighters. Or equally as brilliant, booking MMA fighters with little experience in Pro-wrestling against pro-wrestlers.
Pretty funny that you're talkin about the anonymous raw GM... When you say that one of the benefits of going to the show as you don't have to listen to Michael Cole, I remember thinking that exact same thing the last time I went to RAW. The show was way more enjoyable without having to listen to him. Seems like it's gotten better, and I haven't been to a RAW show in about 9 years, but at the time, boy...
In fairness to Stephanie McMahon, she would have been an ok heel authority figure at least had she gotten some comeuppance every now and then instead of never. Just like when Vicky got fired and tossed Steph into a pool of mud, or when they lost at Survivor Series.
Honestly, Steph (and Triple H) as the evil GM figures was bad enough, but barely letting them get their comeuppance pretty much killed the "Evil GM Wrestling Figure" dead because of how bad The Authority was.
The absolute worst part of Vince Russo's myriad runs in wrestling is that there are people that think he was good. Like, these people breed. And vote. And operate heavy machinery. They're probably doing at least one of these things RIGHT NOW.
In a way, I think we should all thank "The Authority" storyline. That angle was so bad that it pretty much killed the concept of the heel authority figure character in wrestling for good.
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God I Hated The Authority They ran on too long They should've died out back in 2014 or 2015.
My two Favorite Authority figures were Shawn Michaels and Mick Foley during the Attitude Era.
OH I Almost forgot Bischoff and Hogan in TNA back in 2010 remember that?
I have another great booking idea for you Adam.....Please book a Rey Mysterio heel turn as in now and not back in the day...everybody is just waiting for Dominic to turn on Rey but what if it's the other way around....that would be a much better story to tell
I wonder if there will be a list celebrating the goods ones because aside from William Regal who is going to be in that list...?
"as useful as a lock on a coffin" in fairness, that would have been extremely useful for several opponents of the Undertaker
It was sure useful against the Ultimate Warrior when Undertaker nearly killed him.
"Why lock the coffin when you can set it on fire?" -some random town mayor, probably.
@@MasterChiefSamus “hey you might have something here “- some weird ass dude with voice in his head
@@painvillegaming4119 “why didn’t I think of that” some dudes whose best friend is a snake
I think a good list idea might be the best mid-match run-ins. Ones like Austin helping Foley win the world title, Michaels coming up through the Elimination Chamber to piss off Taker, and (if you ignore how the rest of his run went) Sting debuting at Survivor Series to save Ziggler and kill the Authority.
-Steve Austin cleaning house at Backlash 2000 in the middle of Rock v. HHH
-Edge at ECW One Night Stand 2006 between Cena v. RVD
-The Shield debut at Survivor Series 2012 between Cena v. Ryback v. Punk
-Big Show on Oct 14 2013 episode of Raw between The Shield v. Cody Rhodes and Goldust
-Spike Dudley, Rhyno and Lita: TLC II Mania X-Seven
Does cashing in Money at the Bank count? Because if it does, Seth's cash in at WrestleMania has to be in that.
I think Austin's run-in during the Foley match was incredible, except for pulling Mick onto the Rock. Looking back on it, I wish he'd just smashed Rocky to even the odds and Foley could've made the cover himself.
@@Alucard-A-La-Carte Yeh, definitely
Honorable mention to the ref slide by Jack Doan (I think) at Wrestlemania X8 with Stone Cold vs Scott Hall.
“Ask him to make a board game, and that’s how 5 people die” I’m dead!!!! 😂😂😂😂
Correction, that's how six people die.
You’re one of the 5
@@brandon_complains I’m actually frightened but at the same time I been trying my luck too much in life so I figured my time was coming
"He looks like a magician who's only trick is making alimony checks dissappear" how do you do it, Adam?
That killed me.
British
"Because, of course, Kofi was from the Jamaican part of GHANA"
Tunney was the platonic ideal because he didn’t show up all the time, only when it really mattered, and his lack of appearances made his wooden delivery more reasonable.
Kinda surprised Shane McMahon wasn't on this list. He's had some terrible runs. The whole Shane's town hall stuff, his feud with Roman Reigns which randomly had the Undertaker in it for some reason, becoming the best wrestler in the world, I could go on.
Mad that that match was the last time the undertaker competed in front of a live crowd
I reckon the only reason that he isn't on this list is that even at his worst, he showed potential to be decent. His early face run in 2016 was fine and inoffensive... and when it first kicked off, I honestly didn't mind his feud with the Miz. That feeling of poorly placed goodwill didn't last long, but it was there.
Probably because of his genius tenure as the master of mayhem, the Duke of Despair, the Judge of… people beating other people up… RAW Underground!
Is that you,Ross twedell?
@@IsaacAllison Can't be... He didn't call him Col. McSweaty Bollocks
The Anonymous Raw GM annoyed the hell out of me as a 10-year-old back then, especially with Michael Cole during his heel run. I fcking loved it when Edge destroyed the laptop
Stone Cold as well by running it over.
What didn't make sense with TNA trying to relaunch the Monday Night Wars in 2010 was that even though TNA was live on Mondays, they did a replay of the episode during their normal Thursday night time slot. So I continued to watch RAW on Mondays and Impact on Thursdays like normal.
Really shows the confidence TNA had going into that fight, huh?
I would add that they also initiated a war with a much larger company. In the history of wars, when does the little guy start the war and win that war?
This kinda drives me nuts. There was one war. The WWF and WCW were the one war. It’s the Monday Night War. What are the Wars? There’s not another one. It’s not a plural. There was one war
@@paulpowell1987 It does happen bit it's rare. In the early-mid 2000s THE search engine giant was Yahoo! then the small by comparison upstart Google, started their search engine war with Yahoo and do we "Yahoo it?" Nope! We say "Google it". That's the exception though.
@@Seriously_Unserious there's a few other instances of the little guy winning the war, but i like your comparison more
Vince Russo is to wrestling what Yoko Ono is to The Beatles. It’s just a footnote in its history but as much as we would like to, we will never forget how bad that era really was.
This is possibly the best wrestling analogy I've heard in years.
Perfect description
I spat my coffee out laughing at the truth of the statement
👀👀👀👀👀👀 pppfffft
Sure Corny will rejoice when he watch this video 🤣🤣🤣
The sad thing about the Anonymous RAW GM was the fact we never got to see Hornswaggle as "Big Nick from Jersey."
I just appreciate how good Adam's comedic timing is.
Funny bastard.
I think Shane's run as SmackDown gm where he managed to book himself into fights against guys who would openly destroy him and then either win or go 20minutes was more annoying to watch than Steph's work
That man said Brooke Hogan's album sounded like "fighting in my ears"...lmao! Plumpy, I love you brother...
I saw Brooke Hogan do an in-person performance at Emerald Square Mall in Attleboro MA a number of years ago, in her attempt to emulate Tiffany's shopping mall concert tour of the 1980s. And she was as bad as you can imagine. Beautiful girl, just really talentless.
Had to drop a like for the "Raid Shadow legends" joke
To Mike Adamle's credit, he DID invent a match concept that was used a grand total of 4 times: the Championship Scramble... Shame it was a bit of a clustershtup...
Can you really say 4 times if 3 of those times were on the same show?
Ah yes, the reason for the "Brian Kendrick: WWE Champion" meme
@@BBoy4040 yes... 4 championship Scramble matches have been held... Yes, 3 were on the same show, but they were each their own match
Never heard that one before..."clustershtup"...nice one Mr. Paulsen!
Wrestler promos during the wcw Russo era:
"This is all a work, but our fight matters."
I didn't dislike the Laptop of Doom, but it wore out its welcome pretty quick. Wasn't the worst idea from the jump tho.
I like thinking about Adam eating cereal in front of a camera for 5 minutes trying to make it entertaining for the sponsor
"Bret Hart: The Original Grumpy Cat"
Genius
I don't think I've ever experienced ptsd till I saw this list. Horrible memories thanks for making me relive them.
Adam Pearce is one of my favourite authority figures. Not really face or heel, just facilitates what’s needed on the show without him being the focal point. The power abusing heel authority figure trope has just been done to death.
I love Pearce highkey. His gimmick is literally just a normal guy, trying to do his job and keep the peace in the locker room as best he can and not get murdered by his psychotic, muscled up workforce.
I’m not familiar with his indie work but I’ve heard he was well regarded as a bastard heel with a propensity for bloody soaked brawls, so good on him out-of-kayfabe as well for securing an easy payday after years in the business.
He is really the “True Neutral” of general managers. He doesn’t play favourites and he does what’s needed to keep the show going along smoothly. It’s really a breath of fresh air.
He’s one of the best “straight man” authority figures I’ve seen. He’s just a normal guy doing his job to the best of his abilities, making everything fair for everyone. That’s actually one of my favorite archetypes for the authority figures since they aren’t so biased towards one alignment or the other
@@KingKhanate1997 fun fact, he's a former 5 time NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion
@@austinemms9772 You mean “Lawful Neutral” for all the reasons you stated. “True Neutral” means that every interaction with others is self-serving. Voldemort, or Emperor Palpatine being good examples. Also, I am a nerd.
Dishonorable Mentions: Armando Alejandro Estrada's run on ECW... Katrina taking control of Lucha Underground in Season 2... Beyond Boring Mike Sanders as WCW commish... Terry Funk in the same role... And of course, 97.26% of the guest hosts during the guest host era on Raw(some were awesome, see Shaq and Bob Barker, but most phoned it in and you could tell... I'm looking at you, Al Sharpton...
"Beyond Boring" I got that reference
@@o.g.francis9361 😭🧱👋
The only good thing about Brooke Hogan in TNA was Bully Ray turning heel and being revealed as the president of the Aces And Eights @ TNA Lockdown 2013
Side note: One of the most obvious heel turns in wrestling history.
@@BmanTheChamp it was very obvious because Bully Ray was Feuding with them for months and Once D-Von joined them I knew that Bully Ray would join them this gave me Vince Russo vibes.
8:14 Adam did not have to go this hard on Corbin 😂😂😂
Well he also went hard on Mike Adamle too and it’s been revealed his problems were due to his health. So I’m not surprised.
He's gotta put that energy somewhere other than just Sid or HBK's eye.
Adam I'm still dealing with the fact you booked a watchable version of Katie Vick.
Adams videos are a delight, always the best part of my day.
Poor Jack Tunney, this list won’t go well for him
He must be rolling in his grave
My Sunday can never be complete without hearing the silly voice of Adam 🤣
Kinda thought they would mention Jim Herd since when he was in WCW he started making some dumb decisions that would cause Ric Flair to leave to the WWF with their world championship.
I think it was supposed to be on screen authority characters
Herd was never on screen
Thank goodness, a list with Adam
The lap top still needs to make its obligatory comedy cameo comeback. Wrapped in ridiculous bandages, to remind an enraged Edge at his lowest point:
‘Remember...me...Edge...it...was...me...all...along...Edge...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha’
cat with the submarine joke aged crazy
I seem to recall that Swoggle was originally going to talk in a New Jersey accent but he couldn't pull it off so he ended up biting Santino on the @$$ and kicking Michael Cole when Swoggle was revealed to be the Anonymous RAW GM
I've never been this early! Good morning Adam. Love your content.
*Yes! The Return we've all been waiting for!* _Websters Wrestling Dictonary_
I will say, the one thing I liked about Immortal in TNA was heel Jeff Hardy. I thought that was the coolest thing ever when I saw him turn heel. If only booking had been better and Hardy dealt with his demons (ig sometimes they just take over whether you like it or not), I feel like Hardy as a heel would’ve been an absolute draw for the company in my opinion
Yessss, another glorious PFK video
What sucks is that on paper the idea of an anonymous GM sounds kind of cool. A mystery man pulling the strings and running the show. The problem (like most things in WWE) was both the execution and the payoff. The whole computer thing and Michael Cole reading the email gave it Go Away Heat that just annoyed everyone and it ended before the reveal because (let's be honest) they never knew who it was going to be. I know Kevin Nash was thrown around as the answer but I don't even know if that was the plan from the start or if he was just one name of a few that was banded around.
I kept thinking they were misprounouncing your name on Ultra/Omegachats (can't imagine why with my overly-complicated one), but I JUST noticed, nope: you have a little R right there.
@@Alucard-A-La-Carte They used to. I changed my username to add the R because I thought it actually sounded better.
@@Homerstar Delightful! And here's how old I am: I just realized not only can I change the name, but I can put spaces in.
Honestly if you consider ECW as the third brand of WWE and not a continuation of what Paul Heyman created, Tiffany was pretty good actually.
She was a likeable GM who did her job. I didn't think she was bad at all. Yea, she wasn't extreme, but neither was ECW at that point. Not much to do with her.
Another great list, would you guys consider doing a Top 15 best grudge matches in wrestling history.
I pray with Triple H in charge of creative we get back to the Gorilla Monsoon/Jack Tunney types of authority where they're only really brought in to weigh in on a controversy or issue a ruling. I'm sick to death of heel authority figures.
I was sick of it when WWE had the whole "commissioner" thing in the Attitude Era. I mean seeing Michaels and Foley book matches was pretty fun for a little bit but it wore out its welcome really quickly. So I agree with you.
The fact Adam is making quality wrestling list and still enjoying doing it makes my day
That’s actually insane. Corbin was blamed for the Company’s terrible writing staff? Are these people that out of touch with reality 💀
That ROAST intro on Barron Corbin nearly was the death of me Adam!!! OMG!! hahaha
Ok looking back, this run was underrated but works and why I am coming around to appreciate this run ❤
To quote jim cornette,, the worst day of a kids life isnt when he learns santa claus isnt real its when he learns vince russo is
If johnny ace isnt #1 then im shook
What's everyone's thoughts on Herb Abrams as general manager for his version of the UWF. On the one hand, he beat Vince to the punch as one of the very first authority figures in wrestling storylines and had that shocking moment of cutting a promo while coated in his own blood. On the other hand, have you seen Abrams' UWF?
I saw it on ESPN classic years ago and I also saw the dark side of the ring episode about him. Has probably my favorite line in anything, he died doing what he loved, coke and hookers
Herbie Abrams was the Charlie Sheen of pro wrestling. Except that I truly believe that Charlie could probably cut a bangin' promo...
As a patron on the both WT and NRB Patreon, I'd argue that people DO actually pay you for your funny videos. ;-)
I thought Number 1 was gonna be the celebrity hosts from the dark era of Raw in the early 2010’s. Some of them had authority on-screen to make matches, including #1 Contender matches for the WWE Championship.
Nothing worst then Stephanie slapping grown men. Same guys beating the crap out of people who disrespect them. Stand there and look angry and do absolutely nothing.
With the females it made sense. A woman hitting a man just makes your guys seem weak.
Because they is weak
Crimge and Geigh
Genuinely surprised the Guest Hosts of Raw didn't get even a honorable (Or dishonorable) mention.
I haven’t started this video yet, but if I see Teddy Long on here, IM COMING FOR YOU ADAM.
You need to advertise these 10 lists better adam, there is a lot of people who have been waiting for these to return for years 🖤
hearing your ad for magic spoon made me laugh... PFK in french is the acronym for KFC restaurant chain ;)
I am surprised that, "People Power", Johnny Ace, is not on this list. The man didn't even last one year, as Raw GM. His voice had the ability to put insomniacs to sleep.
gonna start watching. Russo better be in the Top 3, & Shane in the Top 5 (solely for that run where he won that trophy in UAE)
Adam being Eric Bischoffs son will never stop being funny.
5:17 - I love being featured in your videos Adam
The Computer GM is hilarious lmao! It's like something straight out of a sitcom!
Johnny ace deserves a dishonourable mention back in 2011-2012. The only thing bad about the cm pink pipe bomb promo was mentioning him and giving wwe an excuse to put him in tv despite having the charisma of a stone
hot take: i actually liked the computer gm. might have been better if it wasn't cole reading it all the time, but still. i got chuckles out of it
You don't give yourself enough Credit Adam.
The Plumpy Character was Hated by such a large segment of the Audience. Job completed at least people weren't Apathetic to you
Let’s face it, not only does Hogan NOT know how wrestling works these days, he doesn’t understand how the world works these days
Somehow I don’t think Swoggle was meant to be the anonymous raw GM, as he was an easy person to pin it on
You guys definitely gotta do a top 10 best matches of the first year NXT 2.0 since it’s one year anniversary is already NEXT MONTH… woof time flies
I love that Adam referenced Eric bischoff as his Kayfabe dad, WCPW was so cool! 😎
The Anonymous Raw GM was the point I finally abandoned WWE forever and only came back once for WM 28. And only then for the HHH/Undertaker match (if I remember correctly). It's dead to me otherwise.
I remember Brad Maddox.... For entirely different reasons 🌚
I'm surprised Dixie Carter wasn't on this list cause I swear from 2012 to 2014, she was AWFUL Television Like a discount Stephanie McMahon with even less substance
I liked the last days of ECW programming actually, it wasn't ECW anymore but they put on some good stories with Ryder, Swagger, Regal and Christian quite often. Lot of good wrestling happened under the radar there.
At first, I was like, "Why is the Anonymous Raw GM just number two?", and then I saw number one, and all was made clear.
I will never get tired of Adam using Digimon references. And honestly, if it were up to me, I’d like to see him do an honest-to-God review of Digimon, whether as a written article or a video. I’d eat that up gladly.
Knowing that Shitstain ranks worse than a computer that actually emailed during the main event of a horrible Mania card makes me smile.
good video
It may have taken me until “hailing from parts funknown” to actually put together the name. I don’t watch wrestling but want to get into it somehow and this is an easy way to enjoy it
Im so glad Adam came bk to UA-cam
Ok that opening bit, gold
You should do a top 10 Quizzlemania episodes list!
I like that you acknowledged that Stephanie McMahon used to be good, but you forgot to mention how great she was as a heel authority figure in the Attitude Era. You know, back when she used to get comeuppance on a regular basis. Can we have THAT Stephanie back, please?
Semi-on screen figure. But Antonio Inoki. What a brilliant idea it is to book your pro-wrestlers with little experience in MMA in MMA bouts against MMA fighters. Or equally as brilliant, booking MMA fighters with little experience in Pro-wrestling against pro-wrestlers.
What’s the piano tune you use in the back. It’s so soothing.
Pretty funny that you're talkin about the anonymous raw GM... When you say that one of the benefits of going to the show as you don't have to listen to Michael Cole, I remember thinking that exact same thing the last time I went to RAW. The show was way more enjoyable without having to listen to him. Seems like it's gotten better, and I haven't been to a RAW show in about 9 years, but at the time, boy...
The great Wrebster’s Dictionary returns!!
It goes to show bad these gm’s were when John Laurinitis and Vickie Guerrero weren’t mentioned
Adam saying digivolving. I love this man. He must be protected at all cost.
“AND during the early months of The Authority before it massively outstayed its welcome.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The worst Kayfabe version of Kane 😂
Bit surprised you didn't mention John Laurenites (not sure how to spell his name) or Dixie Carter, both were terrible.
I would have loved if the anonymous GM spoke through the Titantron, like the computer did in the film "Wargames"
In fairness to Stephanie McMahon, she would have been an ok heel authority figure at least had she gotten some comeuppance every now and then instead of never.
Just like when Vicky got fired and tossed Steph into a pool of mud, or when they lost at Survivor Series.
Honestly, Steph (and Triple H) as the evil GM figures was bad enough, but barely letting them get their comeuppance pretty much killed the "Evil GM Wrestling Figure" dead because of how bad The Authority was.
I always liked J.J. as WCW commissioner!!
Best quote “the main event of Wrestlemania was interrupted by an email”
The absolute worst part of Vince Russo's myriad runs in wrestling is that there are people that think he was good.
Like, these people breed. And vote. And operate heavy machinery.
They're probably doing at least one of these things RIGHT NOW.
Stephanie 2002 was chef kiss perfect 🔥
Lmao “Jeff Harvey.”
As a Submariner sometimes the cat would be an improvement
In a way, I think we should all thank "The Authority" storyline. That angle was so bad that it pretty much killed the concept of the heel authority figure character in wrestling for good.