Interesting Fact : Howard Finkel is the one behind WrestleMania name concept . Without him , this legendary ppv would've never been existed even today . RIP
@@garyhickman1088 Nah, Shane was right. There's multiple people who have confirmed Vince was set on "The Colossal Tussle" (including George Scott who was the booker at the time) and Finkel had said something along the lines of "When the Beatles came over here they called it "Beatlemania" so why not WrestleMania?" and it stuck.
Another Wrestlemania 25 one- Taker and HBK were only given 15 minutes initially and were going out 3rd. Naturally both were livid and Taker went straight to Vince and had this swiftly changed. Pretty good call in hindsight I reckon! 😂
Imagine if Braun picked Minoru Suzuki, they won the titles, and then vacated them on Raw because Suzuki has murder grandpa business in Japan that he needs to get back to.
Literally no other option would have made me happier. Love that damn murder grandpa. ....honestly, Braun would have been HIS Nicolas, in that match. And by that I mean useless by comparison.
27:38 The Amway Center was the location of that years Hall of Fame ceremony. The ceremony wouldn't take place in the Smoothie King Arena until the following year in New Orleans.
I was there and it was hilarious. I think I remember seeing footage of him,Stephanie and Linda sitting together in front,along with Stephanie laughing at the chants and Linda quickly shushing him once she realized what was happening lol
Absolutely luv'd this lads. Though some of the list are more known than others, feel like you could had done a whole series of vids on these. Great work Ross. "Oh how the turn tables!"
9:31 Looking at Lex Luger’s face as he helped lift Bret Hart up in the air when Bret Hart won the title at WrestleMania X says it all, I don’t think he was happy Bret got to win the WWF title when Lex failed twice to become champion especially after the massive baby face push with Lex Express campaign. And you can see Lex looking at Bret and thinking “that should be me up their on my peers’s shoulders with the other top baby faces celebrating my title win in the ring”
I loved the dx band makind everybody boo them, thought it was genius, intentional or not. Perfect for a WrestleMania that was supposed to buck tradition.
ok so what I'm hearing is that Becky noticed the problem with retaining her title, tried to get management on the same page and was then blown off. VKM may be the most successful pro wrestling promoter in history but a lot of that seems to have been despite his own best efforts.
There's no denying he's a stellar promotor. He's just a shit booker. And he hasn't always been the actual booker of his own promotion. The man has a problem with delegation, being a control freak and all. Instead of just doing what he's good at, he does as much as he possibly can. I mean... Owner Promoter Booker Announcer On-Air Talent Backstage Interviewer And that's just off the top of my head, and that the public is actually privy to. No doubt the real list is at least double that size, as well as all the little things that have no official title or whatever jobs he feels like taking over for as long as it strikes his fancy. And let's be real here. He good at maybe 2½ of the things on that list. But try telling him that.
Which 2½? Owner (even then... Debatable) Promoter The non-wrestling part of being Talent (hence why I didn't just say "wrestler"). Honestly, his character work is probably his best work of anything he's ever done in the business. And that's just because he IS his character, more than he'll ever be able to admit/accept.
I still call Allstate Arena "the Rosemont Horizon". It just sounds better. Also, WWF Judgement Day on October 18, 1998 happened at the Rosemont Horizon, dammit!
I loved the DX Band’s rendition of America The Shithole 💩💩💩 (sorry beautiful 🤣🤣🤣) as it was funny to see the audience didn’t like it which just made it so much sweeter. When America the 💩 is sung at the beginning of WrestleMania I just hit the mute button till it’s finished
So Vince Jr made Bobby Heenan ,who was in the hospital for badly need neck surgery , put off the surgery, leave the hospital , to work Wrestlemania 2. What a shitty thing to do .
Rock vs Roman... part timer vs even more part timer bloodline vs Bloodline please been three slept through it when it was a full timer vs a full timer and was glad to no see another anoa'i vs Anoa'i match. especially when you know it would be DJ whom would be counting the lights.
Ring shape and looking jacked are not the same thing. Hell Rock was gassed to the gills when he faced Cena the second time and he tore his abdominals to shit.
I will never understand how it is so darn difficult for people to take something as simple as a Stunner... You literally just have to bend over at the very least😂
Cuz it's kind of a lame ass bump, unless you over-sell it like the Rock or Theory (who somehow wins best stunner bump). Precisely because you're just bending over. Hard to work with if you aren't actually GOOD at it, like the non-wrestler Vince. Cuz realism dictates bending over then crumpling, which doesn't look good enough. But to do more convincingly takes creativity and athleticism. IMHO most stunner bumps are either stupid and unrealistic, or SO unrealistic it no longer matters cuz they're fucking hilarious. And most people can't reach the latter category. It just doesn't matter cuz it ain't about them. It's all about Stone Cold. And Stone Cold looks good every time no matter what. Even the last Vince one. And that's just barely touching on the subject. There's so much that goes into even something seemingly this simple. So... As much as I hate to admit it, I can't really blame the old man on this one.
When did [REDACTED] Ross become the biggest Chav in northeast England 😂 he’s probably got some adidas Superstars on just needs the rest of his tracksuit
I got 3 more Wrestlemania facts for you, Cultaholic fans: Wrestlemania 23 - Edge was originally planned to win the MITB match but 3 days before the event, Vince and company decided that Mr. Kennedy would be winning the briefcase. Wrestlemania 24 - Jeff Hardy was set to win MITB (which was pretty obvious at the time) but unfortunately, he got suspended for 60 days for violating the WP. Wrestlemania 36 - Jeff Hardy was originally chosen to face Goldberg and beat him for the Universal Title but management though Brawn Strowman would be a better match for Bill.
Good stuff. Pro wrestlers are notorious liars. No man can drink 16 bottles of wine without dying, it's just science. even a man a foot taller than normal people isn't going to have a tolerance much different than normal men who drink a lot. He didn't drink 160 16oz beers..he would be dead from that as well. I think we can all agree Andre was awesome to watch, but he was just a big man..myths are myths.
Interesting Fact : Howard Finkel is the one behind WrestleMania name concept . Without him , this legendary ppv would've never been existed even today . RIP
The legendary Fink.
It was gonna be “The Colossal Tussle” or some shit before Fink saved us
@@shaneg75 originally gunna be called Hulkamania. Vince wanted something more generic
@@garyhickman1088 Nah, Shane was right. There's multiple people who have confirmed Vince was set on "The Colossal Tussle" (including George Scott who was the booker at the time) and Finkel had said something along the lines of "When the Beatles came over here they called it "Beatlemania" so why not WrestleMania?" and it stuck.
Interesting stuff 😊
Ross with the glasses, you know this video is about to be a BANGER
Another Wrestlemania 25 one- Taker and HBK were only given 15 minutes initially and were going out 3rd. Naturally both were livid and Taker went straight to Vince and had this swiftly changed. Pretty good call in hindsight I reckon! 😂
Not believing this at all!
@@knightfall209 I can’t tell if this is sarcasm or not but The Undertaker said this story at his Hall of Fame speech last year.
@@miguel96o not sarcasm I never heard about this I don’t see why Vince would do them like that Vince loves both of them
Kinda how John Cena had to go "to the bathroom" for six minutes so the guy behind him can get some air time.
I thought it was Hayes they spoke to. Or was Hayes just the one delivering the message?
Imagine if Braun picked Minoru Suzuki, they won the titles, and then vacated them on Raw because Suzuki has murder grandpa business in Japan that he needs to get back to.
That would've been awesome.
Literally no other option would have made me happier.
Love that damn murder grandpa.
....honestly, Braun would have been HIS Nicolas, in that match. And by that I mean useless by comparison.
Fun fact #40-the first Wrestlemania didn't have a number associated with it!
Neither did WrestleMania 31
27:38 The Amway Center was the location of that years Hall of Fame ceremony. The ceremony wouldn't take place in the Smoothie King Arena until the following year in New Orleans.
17:20 didn't one of Shanes sons chant "fck PG" during the takeover match between Samoa Joe and Finn Balor? 😄
I was there and it was hilarious. I think I remember seeing footage of him,Stephanie and Linda sitting together in front,along with Stephanie laughing at the chants and Linda quickly shushing him once she realized what was happening lol
@@PeteSanctions that was so funny to notice. 😄
"He ran his massive snake across her chest" 😂😮😂 oh, really??
Interesting Fact: I was born on the same day as Wrestlemania 1
Happy 39th Birthday!
@@andrewsd.r.7180 38th - I was 0 years old on the 1st wrestlemania. But thank you!
@@andrewsd.r.7180 this guy lives by that "25th anniversary of WrestleMania" logic
Also... WrestleBaby-a.
@@WhoreForTheLore yeah, I didn't think it through
Woof! Ross is wearing those glasses!!!!
I can never forget what WrestleMania is coming up because I turned 1 a few months after WrestleMania 1 lol
Wm 39 gonna be sick
Wrestlemania 21: Mordecai was also pitched to face Taker, until he was in a bar fight
Absolutely luv'd this lads. Though some of the list are more known than others, feel like you could had done a whole series of vids on these. Great work Ross. "Oh how the turn tables!"
9:31 Looking at Lex Luger’s face as he helped lift Bret Hart up in the air when Bret Hart won the title at WrestleMania X says it all, I don’t think he was happy Bret got to win the WWF title when Lex failed twice to become champion especially after the massive baby face push with Lex Express campaign. And you can see Lex looking at Bret and thinking “that should be me up their on my peers’s shoulders with the other top baby faces celebrating my title win in the ring”
I didn't need these facts. But that's why I'm subscribed.
Ross in these glasses is doing something to me 😮
The beard is a bonus.
Remember that John Cena was in the audience for 34. Perfect parter from Braun
Absolutely love this video! Can’t believe how many of them I hadn’t heard.
Love these one-offs!
Ross has become such a fantastic presenter.
He's always been an awesome presenter
Real quick, Ross is killing this beard and glasses combo. Okay, let me watch the video.
Jake dragged his snake across her chest …. 😂😂😂
I loved the dx band makind everybody boo them, thought it was genius, intentional or not. Perfect for a WrestleMania that was supposed to buck tradition.
I am with Vince... I prefer the Citrus Bowl name as well.
ok so what I'm hearing is that Becky noticed the problem with retaining her title, tried to get management on the same page and was then blown off. VKM may be the most successful pro wrestling promoter in history but a lot of that seems to have been despite his own best efforts.
There's no denying he's a stellar promotor.
He's just a shit booker. And he hasn't always been the actual booker of his own promotion.
The man has a problem with delegation, being a control freak and all. Instead of just doing what he's good at, he does as much as he possibly can. I mean...
Owner
Promoter
Booker
Announcer
On-Air Talent
Backstage Interviewer
And that's just off the top of my head, and that the public is actually privy to. No doubt the real list is at least double that size, as well as all the little things that have no official title or whatever jobs he feels like taking over for as long as it strikes his fancy.
And let's be real here. He good at maybe 2½ of the things on that list. But try telling him that.
Which 2½?
Owner (even then... Debatable)
Promoter
The non-wrestling part of being Talent (hence why I didn't just say "wrestler"). Honestly, his character work is probably his best work of anything he's ever done in the business. And that's just because he IS his character, more than he'll ever be able to admit/accept.
I still call Allstate Arena "the Rosemont Horizon". It just sounds better.
Also, WWF Judgement Day on October 18, 1998 happened at the Rosemont Horizon, dammit!
Wow, the WWE really has something against Rey Mysterio and his kids.
Also, nice but random shoutout to Jeremy Clarkson
Awesome job on the video Ross
The beard looks great on you, Ross!
Ross lookin dapper as hell
I can't wait for WrestleMania LXIX.
Interesting video with interesting facts!💪🏻
The trim, the beard, the glasses. My man looking suave
That Foley is Good book is fantastic.
34 minute video with Ross? Yes, please!!
good video
I loved the DX Band’s rendition of America The Shithole 💩💩💩 (sorry beautiful 🤣🤣🤣) as it was funny to see the audience didn’t like it which just made it so much sweeter. When America the 💩 is sung at the beginning of WrestleMania I just hit the mute button till it’s finished
Ross rocking’ the beard and glasses. Looking sharp.
Great Vid
Always love me some Ross content
Glad we got saved from that potential awful WM 21 match. Both Kane and the Undertaker ended up in better (and the right) matches.
Same thing could be said about that potential HHH/Mike Tyson match at WM17. If Mania 2 is anything to go by, that match wouldve been horrendous.
So Vince Jr made Bobby Heenan ,who was in the hospital for badly need neck surgery , put off the surgery, leave the hospital , to work Wrestlemania 2. What a shitty thing to do .
Rock vs Roman... part timer vs even more part timer bloodline vs Bloodline please been three slept through it when it was a full timer vs a full timer and was glad to no see another anoa'i vs Anoa'i match. especially when you know it would be DJ whom would be counting the lights.
Cheers Ross.
Ross is looking fantastic. Just saying
Any predictions for WrestleMania 39.
Rossy Drip Drip looking handsome and nice here
The Heenan one is disgusting. Unfortunately, it's a pretty fair indication of how little worker's rights there are in the US.
Dude I love ur Scottish accent
So if I'm taking this right
Bobby heenan would bump with a garbage neck for hogan but get pissed at pillman for touching him
Ring shape and looking jacked are not the same thing. Hell Rock was gassed to the gills when he faced Cena the second time and he tore his abdominals to shit.
21:46 I mean it happened only after 13 years
Christ you're fit, Ross 😈
35 minutes of ross hell yeah
I think Brie was stopped going out there to celebrate because it would have drawn comparisons to... You know... Something else.
Hate to be that guy but it was the 34 hall of fame that was at the smoothie king center
Love that this dude is doing this exact countdown bc of his accent when he hits the W in Wrestlemania
King Ross Is That You
4:12 pause
4:30 Janetty was never the straight edge superstar... Maybe the 'straight shot superstar'... And these days, the 'strait jacket superstar'🤣👍
Can we find the Jake Roberts incident footage somewhere
Booked** not bucked Ross lad
CONTENT!
When we actually get to wrestlemania 2000 wonder what they'll call it cos they've already done one called that 😂
That one will be WrestleMania 16
Wow, hbk wrestled at wm5
vader was signed before marc mero…..
So what did Shane do to Brets wife? Goosed her?
Do they not have energy pills in England?
That CM Punk-Rey Mysterio storyline would’ve been epic
Hello,
Hello sir
I will never understand how it is so darn difficult for people to take something as simple as a Stunner... You literally just have to bend over at the very least😂
Cuz it's kind of a lame ass bump, unless you over-sell it like the Rock or Theory (who somehow wins best stunner bump). Precisely because you're just bending over. Hard to work with if you aren't actually GOOD at it, like the non-wrestler Vince. Cuz realism dictates bending over then crumpling, which doesn't look good enough. But to do more convincingly takes creativity and athleticism. IMHO most stunner bumps are either stupid and unrealistic, or SO unrealistic it no longer matters cuz they're fucking hilarious. And most people can't reach the latter category. It just doesn't matter cuz it ain't about them. It's all about Stone Cold. And Stone Cold looks good every time no matter what. Even the last Vince one.
And that's just barely touching on the subject. There's so much that goes into even something seemingly this simple. So... As much as I hate to admit it, I can't really blame the old man on this one.
So I’m confused. I’m not mathematician buuut 2023 to 1985 is 38 years. Did we skip a year? I’m confused
You gotta count the first year.
When did [REDACTED] Ross become the biggest Chav in northeast England 😂 he’s probably got some adidas Superstars on just needs the rest of his tracksuit
If you really believe the Andre drinking figures o don’t even know what to say to you
Drip Drip indeed Ross
Mad that they had no mobiles back in 1986. So did bobby have that phone call over a pay phone in a lobby? Or was there a phone by his bed side?
I got 3 more Wrestlemania facts for you, Cultaholic fans:
Wrestlemania 23 - Edge was originally planned to win the MITB match but 3 days before the event, Vince and company decided that Mr. Kennedy would be winning the briefcase.
Wrestlemania 24 - Jeff Hardy was set to win MITB (which was pretty obvious at the time) but unfortunately, he got suspended for 60 days for violating the WP.
Wrestlemania 36 - Jeff Hardy was originally chosen to face Goldberg and beat him for the Universal Title but management though Brawn Strowman would be a better match for Bill.
Complaining about face paint in professional wrestling should get you mocked deeply.
I watched the whole video , but I couldn't understand a lot of what he said ...think he needs to talk a little slower
Good stuff. Pro wrestlers are notorious liars. No man can drink 16 bottles of wine without dying, it's just science. even a man a foot taller than normal people isn't going to have a tolerance much different than normal men who drink a lot. He didn't drink 160 16oz beers..he would be dead from that as well. I think we can all agree Andre was awesome to watch, but he was just a big man..myths are myths.
Ross is looking fiiit