It says a lot about Booker’s character that he considers Hunter a very close friend these days. I wouldn’t have been so forgiving after being put in a racist angle only to be buried at the end
To me it sounds like Booker T was originally going to win. However, Vince McMahon decided that WrestleMania 19 was Brock Lesnar's night and no other titles were to change hands. Outside of that, Triple H may have buried Booker T, but we don't know. All we know is what Vince decided and it ruined that storyline. It was a stupid decision on their part to do a race based storyline in the first place.
@@cubanp3te84 I dont disagree with that, but I think people still would have been upset if they would have done a dusty finish or a double count out or something like that, and there still would have been the same probably of race in the first place. If they would have had Booker win the title at WM and then have it go back to HHH the next night on RAW for some reason, it might have gone over better.
I actually really liked the storyline until that point. The racism was okay because obviously Booker T was going to win and prove Triple H wrong. The fact that they ended up having HHH win was absolutely deranged.
Agreed. I think had Booker won the title, the whole feud would've been looked at as controversial and edgy. If you go with an angle that despicable, the good guy HAS to win in the end.
This tho to be fair flair did this with jyd and won (there is one promo where flair and ole Anderson yells boy at JYD 50 times 😮) so I see where it came from
but but but That mean putting a former WCW guy at the top of the card! 'in a period where the upper card was kinda needing a top face' Vince's pride would never allow it
It was still a good idea, better then never mentioning his name again. Vince faking his death, his the reason why Benoit's and Sherri died. Karma from the cosmic universe.
personally yes it was the right thing to do but the wrong thing to do was disregard both his and nancys legacy especially nancys just because of the brutality of the crime. nancy deserves to be in the hall of fame one day.
WWE in the PG era basically was like SNL. The guest hosts era was basically a platform for big names who have something to promote can go to, and in turn WWE can leech a bit of their star power.
He has rule 34 but not that much😂 It's just him doing ahem things to A my little pony an a duck. Also him running into a Jessica Rabbit looking woman thinking what He'll do to her.😂
To me, all the racist segments (not the black face) were great and yeah, it was a different time. You see... To me, villanous people do bad things and they were all heel characters (racism is a bad thing). The reaction from Booker was always comic and great because he was great. In the Triple H match though all would have gained a lot of meaning if Booker would have won the match against the racist HHH. That was the mistake.
He's said on his podcast that in summer of 1999 he said to Vince that he couldn't remember where he lived anymore and would be circling the block trying to find his house and was having trouble remembering basic things. He's a lot better since then as he says doing his one man shows and recounting old stories has really helped improve his memory
Its not WWE's fault that their Tribute show to benoit aged badly. They were paying tribute to one of their greatest in ring preformers who was beloved by the fans. Which is a good thing. Its also not their fault that they were unaware of how Chris Benoit had died.
There was no way WWE could have known in 2004 what Benoit would do in 2007, and it’s a shame bc I thought the WM20 main event was booked perfectly and it was a great show and great match
I have no problem when heels (Vince, Triple H, Jinder, etc.) say racist stuff because they're heels. They're supposed to say and do bad things. The only problem with the Triple H/Booker feud was that Booker should've won.
sounds like you are an idiot, no offense but thats part of the problem in society, I am a bad guy in real life, a heel but if I say the N word I would get knocked out. These are people saying it, not fake cartoon characters. what is ok and isn't ok is so twisted in your head that you no longer know the difference between right and wrong....man if this is the mind frame of the USA, the USA will not be a country for long. I hate having the same "pull" as these idiots. This is why democracy needs to end, you need to be told whats what, because your interpretation of reality is off....let your masters tell you what to think from now on
That was the worst Gimmick match ever, neither of those two are big enough for the heavy weight gold...not saying they weren't good CRUISER WEIGHTS. The idea of giving someone whose 200 pounds the championship that belongs to 300 pounders is mentally retarded, definition of stupid.
@@ScubaX29 the fact that he killed his wife and son doesn't change the fact that he was one of the greatest wrestlers possibly ever. just because i praise him as a wrestler doesn't mean i praise him as a person
For some reason I doubt that he cares about having your forgiveness. People seem to forget that Benoit was a victim too. A person just doesn’t kill their family and then themselves unless they’re suffering from serious mental illness. They simply are not the actions of someone with a stable mind.
The Booker T/Triple H storyline would have worked had Triple H focused entirely on Booker T being a former WCW guy. Just focus entirely on WCW pedigree.
Which makes it extremely funny that Triple H swears that the insults WERE about WCW and Booker T, who has now become one of the biggest corporate yesmen for WWE, seems to agree.
You think thats ironic?! Jared used to do motivational speeches about his weight loss for kids at elementary schools. The events were sponsored by Subway. 😮😬
A shame because at the time the WMXX Main Event was an acknowledgement of hard workers from other companies being rewarded over those with connections to the boss and bookers. Even the ending was more real and emotional than anything Hogan, Rock, Austin, Cena, and Roman have done.
I wish WWE would circle back and publicly recognize Chris Benoit as the great sports entertainer that he was, but also mention that the actions that he has done to himself and his family are more than just frowned upon. Like make an official documentary about Benoit, about his tenure, about CTE, and about his relationships with the locker room during his time. Celebrate his work; shame his actions.
@@HectorPryorYT Problem is WWE would have acknowledge their part in the CTE and they don't want to do that. Hell anyone should go back and look at Benoit's matches and look at the crazy bumps he took to his head. Including taking a suicide dive into a chair shot to the head from Edge at full velocity. The diving headbutt being another contender for also causing CTE especially since he did it off a damned Steel Cage. People demonize Benoit but don't want think that the Brain damage could have easily caused him to do what he did to his wife and kids, then when he came out of the fog he then ended his own life. Doctors looked at his brain and his brain was that of an 70 plus year old with either dementia or alzheimer's from the repeated shots he took to the head. Last I checked anyone that has had a serious brain injury has gone through similar things just not as extreme. Antonio Brown for example has gone through some insanely crazy antics after take the infamous hit that literally made him go completely limp from a cheap shot to the head from Vontaze Burfict. This is why I would like the wrestling business to retire the diving headbutt as well as the chair shots to the head before another situation like Benoit can occur. The thing is we may never know for sure how Benoit actually was behind closed doors but the repeated shots to the head most definitely doesn't help it. Demonize the actions of the murder-suicide while also understanding that he most likely was not in the right frame of mind based on Doctor's own analysis of his brain after his death.
@@CammyTheSportsEntertainer I know. WWE should hold them somewhat accountable for Benoit though and this is the only way to properly honor his wrestling legacy while addressing the big elephant in the room and putting it to rest once and for all. WM20 was a great event including the Main Event.
Man the Booker v HHH payoff would have been huge if they put the title on him that night........ wouldn't have really made up for some of those segments but maybe to some degree make it a little less heinous
Did you know that at one point, WWE was so distant on the whole Chris Benoit incident that any relatives of the family were banned from WWE outright, any references on TV made by the stars resulted in massive fines. And in a few reddit posts from 2015 to 2020 some WWE fans noted they had their Network accounts permanently banned because they searched up Benoit. Also when Daniel Bryan was using the diving headbutt as a signature move. WWE told him hes not allowed to use the move ever again. He wasnt given a reason why but fans speculated they didnt want another Benoit incident to happen
Bryan also got suspended after Nexus invaded RAW, because he choked out the ring announcer, and people said it was similar to how Chris allegedly killed Nancy and Daniel.
@@spacequack5470no the many other blows to the head that he took every night made up atleast half of that damage and his brain was on par with a 80 year old even with half the damage he would've still had cte without the headbutt
i'm white and mexican, and probably the only one who found this gimmick to be entertaining. Chavo was playing a character, as all pro-wrestlers do. I don't know why people are so sensitive these days..
@@strikingmachine2975 Well, I like it too. I think Chavo himself enjoyed the character's grotesqueness. You may remember Zeb Colter, who hated the anti-migration movement but played the maniacal border guard.
@@strikingmachine2975why does race matter here .. so sensitive now a days ??? People were more sensitive in the past are u serious right now .. long hair on men was offensive in the 50s .. being any way different was offensive .. Rock music was offensive ..
meh, thats like saying good job kid on taking all those face shots in a pillow fight...or saying wow, how did HHH not hurt that guy with his gimmick rubber.....sledge hamemer good job kid on taking those bubbles to the face, what a champ. no one else could take so many bubbles, thats insane! sorry..just doesn't seem the fans understand anything now days.
Mick Foley is a legend this man suffered damage beyond belief he literally put his body on the line for the business its amazing he is not in a wheelchair and damn surprised that he doesn't suffer with CTE he dserves a lot of praise for giving us some of best matches we ever seen
If you think about it, when Kofi was working on getting the WWE Championshi in '18, there were many statements about him not deserving it cause "people like him aren't championship worthy." The storyline had shades pf Booker T's >
For as much as the Rock has cultivated the lovely, ‘nicest guy in Hollywood’ persona, he will always be the guy who took liberties with someone else’s health in that 1999 match. You didn’t need to be a CTE or brain damage specialist even back then to know that smashing somebody on the head with a chair multiple times was batshit. The fact Foley agreed to 3 and The Rock decided to nearly quadruple that will always show just what kind of person he can be. I’ve always held a little bit of contempt in my heart for him after that match.
Apparently it was a timing issue where they weren't where they needed to be for the planned finish, so they had to extend that moment much longer than it should have been, but Rock could have done literally anything else instead of wailing on his head.
@@spacequack5470 WWE didn't know much more about CTE than the wrestlers did. So how can anyone get sued over it. Unless WWE knew about it, and kept it from wrestlers, I would argue that it is just as much the responsibility of the wrestlers to educate themselves about it as for the medics and the company. Also, there was always more chance of getting head trauma as a wrestler, than say, as an office worker. They chose that profession, because it is their dream. They should be protected, but also need to take personal responsibility for their job choice. Ask any wrestler, if they had their time over, would they choose to be a wrestler again, or have a safer, albeit boring profession, a normal 9 to 5 job with little chance of CTE. Most would still want to wrestle, as they are doing their dream job. Society is too quick to sue and blame everyone else for their own choices and not take personal responsibility for their decisions, Also, wrestlers make enough to be able to cover their own medical expenses. Or they can get insurance. That is the test. Will insurance companies cover CTE and to what extent? That should tell the client how dangerous their sport is perceived. The only people who win in lawsuits are lawyers. CTE is serious, but wrestlers need to protect themselves as well. What's next? Suing for arm injuries, neck injuries. Wrestlers should get insurance (which WWE might contribute something to) and then they are covered and it can be kept out of the courtroom.
I searched what had happened with Jared Fogle and I was absolutely shocked. This man is a disgrace to the human race, and that's a fact of life. Good call by WWE to do their best to erase this man's name from their history
I don’t remember the whole Sabu thing. Yikes. I mean the whole list is yikes, but I was aware of all the other moments. The Sabu one I wasn’t expecting, although I should have.
It would be nice if you did an “Wrestling Moments That Have Aged Like Fine Wine In WWE” video, or a “Wrestling Moments That Have Aged Horribly In AEW” video.
You forgot when Jerry the king Lawler called Goldust a "flaming fag" I'm surprised how thats been forgotten by the twitter mob. It's pretty bad then and now. Different time I guess but still a brutal promo
THIS. SO much virtue signalling. People found the Cena, Vince segment funny. If anything the people who found it funny actually hate it when people try and be offended on their behalf.
You are correct, sir. I am a 90's kid and I have come to appreciate my childhood so much more in the past 7 years or so and videos like this warm me up with so much awesome nostalgia of the great MAINSTREAM entertainment of the 90's. There was no Cancel Culture even just 15 years ago, so Wrasslin' in the 90's was Cool and Counter Coulter. I remember in the 8th grade, DX t shirts were BANNED from school because of their iconic catch phrase Suck It! (But of course banning us from wearing DX stuff only made us rebel and wear them more.) Let me finish my point by asking this: If there was a Degeneration Z faction, what would their catchphrase be? "Suck It...or Lick It...I don't know. I haven't decided yet. It's complicated."
@@dcpunisher4781People have rose tinted glasses when they say there was no cancel culture in the 90s. Janet Jackson was blackballed from the industry for years for what happened at the superbowl, there was the whole Satanic Panic movement, Julian Clary was nearly banned from TV for making a joke about a politician in 1993. It’s just not true
I don't think Wrestlemania 20 has aged horribly. I still consider it one of the best Wrestlemania's of all time. Yes, even the main event. I can still watch it today and enjoy it for what it was, a wrestling match.
And all because a harmless tweet that is all the more amusing since it was just him wishing Linda success in her campaign for Governor Which WWE did since they didn’t want her alignment to WWE to cause issue with her campaign …and ultimately proved worthless since she lost TWICE even though her budget was somewhere around 2 to 3 times larger then her opponents AND one of his ads against Linda was using the time she kicked Mick Foley in the groin So then firing him for his POSITIVE tweet was ultimately just proving her opponent right that she’s unfit for office in the state voters eyes since she lost PRETTY BADLY
What's really creepy is that if you go back and watch the WWE's tribute show to Chris Benoit, you can kinda pick up on the fact that many of the wrestlers who appeared on said show were at least somewhat aware of the gruesome details of what Benoit did, before the show even ended. For example, towards the end of the broadcast, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler started talking less about Christ himself and more about his wife and son. JR then ended the show by saying "Chris was a damn fine wrestler, and that's all I'll say.", as if everyone knew what Chris had done by that point.
There are a few I noticed that surprised me a little. Hulk Hogan calling Yokozuna a J** in a promo at WrestleMania IX was pretty shocking. Roddy Piper in the lead up to WrestleMania XII calling Goldust a fruitcake and saying he would make a man out of him is pretty shocking as well. Even if he didn't come out and use the F-word as a slur, it was heavily implied that's what he was getting at.
Everyone remembers the half-black-face/body at WM VI and the lead up to it, but people seem to forget the "only man I know that wears more chains than his ancestors, man" about Mr T in the build to the first Mania. Also, WM 2 when he said after the Boxing match, "never will I cut my hair like an Indian, and paint myself black!". And half of that wasn't even true...
Another one that includes Benoit is when Benoit cut a backstage promo on Edge saying that his wife and kids won't be watching Raw the following week because he's going to "do the unthinkable."
Agreed. We are more upset over a man being told he has nappy hair but say nothing about people being assaulted outside of a match etc. Selective outrage for sure.
As a black person, who is seriously against this type of thing, But I died laughing seeing Xpac as a kid come out like that and seeing HHH dress up as Rocky bruh this was pure comedy to me and STILL IS I WATCH THIS SKIT FAITHFULLY 👏🏾🤣😩
You def need to make longer lists. You missed 2 gimmicks that have aged terribly. Maybe make a follow up list with 10 more. One thing to add is Zach Gowen being senslessly beaten by Brock Lesnar & abused by Vince McMahon. It was a story angle that dealt with Zach being an amputee. Being bullied because of a disability is terrible and would not work in today's wrestling. Secondly would be Eugene. His character being "mentally challenged" would be horendous now. But it was extremely distasteful back when he wrestled too.
If I said it once, I'll say it again. WWE, mainly Vince McMahon, has been in the business of insulting people's intelligence, and every last one of these situations are living proof of that.
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Triple H buried Booker T at WM 19 was one of the worst booking decision
It says a lot about Booker’s character that he considers Hunter a very close friend these days. I wouldn’t have been so forgiving after being put in a racist angle only to be buried at the end
To me it sounds like Booker T was originally going to win. However, Vince McMahon decided that WrestleMania 19 was Brock Lesnar's night and no other titles were to change hands. Outside of that, Triple H may have buried Booker T, but we don't know. All we know is what Vince decided and it ruined that storyline. It was a stupid decision on their part to do a race based storyline in the first place.
Vince should have ended it in a double dq or double count out
@@cubanp3te84 I dont disagree with that, but I think people still would have been upset if they would have done a dusty finish or a double count out or something like that, and there still would have been the same probably of race in the first place. If they would have had Booker win the title at WM and then have it go back to HHH the next night on RAW for some reason, it might have gone over better.
I actually really liked the storyline until that point. The racism was okay because obviously Booker T was going to win and prove Triple H wrong. The fact that they ended up having HHH win was absolutely deranged.
The biggest problem is that Booker lost at WM19. You dont create that type of story and then have the bad guy WIN.
You do if the bad guy is the real life son-in-law of the guy who owns the company.
You mean Triple K is the son in law of Vincent KKK McMahon.@@ernestcruz6316
Agreed. I think had Booker won the title, the whole feud would've been looked at as controversial and edgy. If you go with an angle that despicable, the good guy HAS to win in the end.
This tho to be fair flair did this with jyd and won (there is one promo where flair and ole Anderson yells boy at JYD 50 times 😮) so I see where it came from
but but but That mean putting a former WCW guy at the top of the card! 'in a period where the upper card was kinda needing a top face' Vince's pride would never allow it
You can’t blame WWE for the Benoit tribute show. Nobody knew what happened yet, and it was the right thing to do at the time.
Vince rushed to conclusions so great fault
It was still a good idea, better then never mentioning his name again.
Vince faking his death, his the reason why Benoit's and Sherri died. Karma from the cosmic universe.
personally yes it was the right thing to do but the wrong thing to do was disregard both his and nancys legacy especially nancys just because of the brutality of the crime. nancy deserves to be in the hall of fame one day.
You wouldn't think Chris was would have killed people.
No it was not. They rushed without knowing the facts.
Even before his crimes were revealed, I’m still not sure why Jared even appeared in the WWE. The Muppets fit in better than Jared Fogle did.
He was a fast food pitch man who could get them outside exposure.
He got himself exposed 😂
WWE in the PG era basically was like SNL. The guest hosts era was basically a platform for big names who have something to promote can go to, and in turn WWE can leech a bit of their star power.
He has rule 34 but not that much😂
It's just him doing ahem things to
A my little pony an a duck.
Also him running into a Jessica
Rabbit looking woman thinking what
He'll do to her.😂
Someone made a rule 34 picture of him eating a sub an grabbing this
Girl.😂
It surprises me that Mick Foley didn’t get brain damage from all those chair shots from The Rock 😬
He did
I'd bet you 💲💯k that he actually did
He did bro
To me, all the racist segments (not the black face) were great and yeah, it was a different time. You see... To me, villanous people do bad things and they were all heel characters (racism is a bad thing). The reaction from Booker was always comic and great because he was great. In the Triple H match though all would have gained a lot of meaning if Booker would have won the match against the racist HHH. That was the mistake.
He's said on his podcast that in summer of 1999 he said to Vince that he couldn't remember where he lived anymore and would be circling the block trying to find his house and was having trouble remembering basic things. He's a lot better since then as he says doing his one man shows and recounting old stories has really helped improve his memory
Its not WWE's fault that their Tribute show to benoit aged badly.
They were paying tribute to one of their greatest in ring preformers who was beloved by the fans. Which is a good thing.
Its also not their fault that they were unaware of how Chris Benoit had died.
This!
It's their fault
@@ko-rp7ge no its not.
@@ko-rp7geSaid nobody with functioning brain cells
Seeing how bad Benoit’s brain had gotten, I’m surprised he didn’t snap way sooner
Vince is no stranger to controversy
FACTS
Dude has the most tasteless sense of humor
A man who willingly plays a major part in the Global Jewish mind control conspiracy
We are no strangers to love
@@slyjester3315 sounds like you have no sense of humor
There was no way WWE could have known in 2004 what Benoit would do in 2007, and it’s a shame bc I thought the WM20 main event was booked perfectly and it was a great show and great match
Benoit was a bully backstage. The red flags were there.
I have no problem when heels (Vince, Triple H, Jinder, etc.) say racist stuff because they're heels. They're supposed to say and do bad things. The only problem with the Triple H/Booker feud was that Booker should've won.
Yeah not to mention that shitty ending literally more than 10 seconds between the pedigree and the pinfall
Exactly you are supposed to hate them!! Booker should have won at WM 19
sounds like you are an idiot, no offense but thats part of the problem in society, I am a bad guy in real life, a heel but if I say the N word I would get knocked out. These are people saying it, not fake cartoon characters.
what is ok and isn't ok is so twisted in your head that you no longer know the difference between right and wrong....man if this is the mind frame of the USA, the USA will not be a country for long. I hate having the same "pull" as these idiots. This is why democracy needs to end, you need to be told whats what, because your interpretation of reality is off....let your masters tell you what to think from now on
They didn't have to go there. It was unnecessary. It would be different if you walked in Booker T.'s shoes. Or Shinsuke Nakamura's.
@@danecranberry6025 for them it's all business
That was Benoit's best match. Him and Eddie hugging was great.
That was the worst Gimmick match ever, neither of those two are big enough for the heavy weight gold...not saying they weren't good CRUISER WEIGHTS. The idea of giving someone whose 200 pounds the championship that belongs to 300 pounders is mentally retarded, definition of stupid.
Nobody cares about that monster
@@Tapedat_stkWe care about the moment tho...
Vince returned to power after few months despite allegations will be in this list
@@ASoberBearbold words coming from someone how literally has a known pedophile in his name
@@ASoberBeartf you mean 🤨
And those women took the paychecks he gave them
Then when he came out afterwards the marks are chanting no chance in hell and applauding him as if he was some victim🤦♂️
Vince should have been fired, to never come back. He is the cancer of WWE. I won't watch with him at the helm
Chris Benoit
Unforgettable as a wrestler
Unforgivable as a person
his son who he murdered was also mentally handicapped. :(
I'm sorry but him being unforgivable as a person makes him forgettable as anything else. That monster doesn't deserve any praise or sympathy.
@@ScubaX29 the fact that he killed his wife and son doesn't change the fact that he was one of the greatest wrestlers possibly ever. just because i praise him as a wrestler doesn't mean i praise him as a person
@@ThePhysicalReactionNancy’s sister, Sandra, said that that isn’t the case. I read that his school teachers backed her too.
For some reason I doubt that he cares about having your forgiveness.
People seem to forget that Benoit was a victim too. A person just doesn’t kill their family and then themselves unless they’re suffering from serious mental illness. They simply are not the actions of someone with a stable mind.
Even before we knew about CTE, the 99 rumble match was too much.
Yeah I had The Rocks VHS Know Your Role and watching it made me cringe lf
Royal Rumble 1999 having most chairshots were brutal
Remember when the rock kept
Slamming angles head on the steel steps like a drum?
The Booker T/Triple H storyline would have worked had Triple H focused entirely on Booker T being a former WCW guy. Just focus entirely on WCW pedigree.
Especially since Triple H has beat a lot of former WCW talent during his reign of terror like Kevin Nash, Goldberg, Scott Steiner and Booker T
@jaycerrito3142 exactly. He had just finished with Steiner so he could have used that for his reasoning.
Which makes it extremely funny that Triple H swears that the insults WERE about WCW and Booker T, who has now become one of the biggest corporate yesmen for WWE, seems to agree.
Yeah storyline was Terrible and could been so much better than what it could been...
Maybe that was the meaning of the "people like you" comment.
Also that infamous match between Brock and Goldberg with Steve Austin reffing was also another match that is mentioned too
Ken Shamrock calling D-Lo Brown "monkey" on a 1998 episode of Raw.
The Headbangers saying they were going to sit Mark Henry in the corner and throw bananas to him before a tag match with Mark and D-Lo...
X pac in blackface parodying mark Henry.
Plus, the fact that nearly a decade later, WWE would formally give Mark the nickname "The Silverback"...
Jared Fogle and a sign in the back saying birthday boys is just awkward lol
You think thats ironic?! Jared used to do motivational speeches about his weight loss for kids at elementary schools. The events were sponsored by Subway. 😮😬
A shame because at the time the WMXX Main Event was an acknowledgement of hard workers from other companies being rewarded over those with connections to the boss and bookers. Even the ending was more real and emotional than anything Hogan, Rock, Austin, Cena, and Roman have done.
I wish WWE would circle back and publicly recognize Chris Benoit as the great sports entertainer that he was, but also mention that the actions that he has done to himself and his family are more than just frowned upon.
Like make an official documentary about Benoit, about his tenure, about CTE, and about his relationships with the locker room during his time.
Celebrate his work; shame his actions.
I agree. Cte studies have gone a lot further since then, and it affects athletes in mma, boxing, and even football
@@HectorPryorYT Problem is WWE would have acknowledge their part in the CTE and they don't want to do that. Hell anyone should go back and look at Benoit's matches and look at the crazy bumps he took to his head. Including taking a suicide dive into a chair shot to the head from Edge at full velocity. The diving headbutt being another contender for also causing CTE especially since he did it off a damned Steel Cage.
People demonize Benoit but don't want think that the Brain damage could have easily caused him to do what he did to his wife and kids, then when he came out of the fog he then ended his own life.
Doctors looked at his brain and his brain was that of an 70 plus year old with either dementia or alzheimer's from the repeated shots he took to the head.
Last I checked anyone that has had a serious brain injury has gone through similar things just not as extreme. Antonio Brown for example has gone through some insanely crazy antics after take the infamous hit that literally made him go completely limp from a cheap shot to the head from Vontaze Burfict.
This is why I would like the wrestling business to retire the diving headbutt as well as the chair shots to the head before another situation like Benoit can occur.
The thing is we may never know for sure how Benoit actually was behind closed doors but the repeated shots to the head most definitely doesn't help it.
Demonize the actions of the murder-suicide while also understanding that he most likely was not in the right frame of mind based on Doctor's own analysis of his brain after his death.
Nah. He murdered his wife and kids. He's rightfully blacklisted, CTE or not.
The Dark Side Of The Ring already did a documentary about CB.
Exactly, CTE or not Benoit made a choice that day.
@@CammyTheSportsEntertainer I know. WWE should hold them somewhat accountable for Benoit though and this is the only way to properly honor his wrestling legacy while addressing the big elephant in the room and putting it to rest once and for all.
WM20 was a great event including the Main Event.
Man the Booker v HHH payoff would have been huge if they put the title on him that night........ wouldn't have really made up for some of those segments but maybe to some degree make it a little less heinous
Benoit and Guerrero is how the original show ended, the family stuff was off air. Nothing was edited or cut out.
That's what I remember. I watched it from a movie theater live. The show ended with him and Eddie.
The real #1 is Vince McMahon’s fake retirement
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fake death*
Did you know that at one point, WWE was so distant on the whole Chris Benoit incident that any relatives of the family were banned from WWE outright, any references on TV made by the stars resulted in massive fines. And in a few reddit posts from 2015 to 2020 some WWE fans noted they had their Network accounts permanently banned because they searched up Benoit. Also when Daniel Bryan was using the diving headbutt as a signature move. WWE told him hes not allowed to use the move ever again. He wasnt given a reason why but fans speculated they didnt want another Benoit incident to happen
Bryan also got suspended after Nexus invaded RAW, because he choked out the ring announcer, and people said it was similar to how Chris allegedly killed Nancy and Daniel.
@dhenderson1810, how did they know how Chris choked his son and wife
Yeah it's clear they knew the diving headbutt was what gave Benoit CTE, thus causing what happened
@@spacequack5470no the many other blows to the head that he took every night made up atleast half of that damage and his brain was on par with a 80 year old even with half the damage he would've still had cte without the headbutt
@@lilwoodiewood3457 You really need to work on your reading comprehension
I love how often you guys post, it makes me happy
I find it funny that Chavo was noticeably bald even then, but they still dyed his hair blonde to make his gimmick even more absurdly laughable.
Hair transplant didn't work either
i'm white and mexican, and probably the only one who found this gimmick to be entertaining. Chavo was playing a character, as all pro-wrestlers do. I don't know why people are so sensitive these days..
@@strikingmachine2975 Well, I like it too. I think Chavo himself enjoyed the character's grotesqueness. You may remember Zeb Colter, who hated the anti-migration movement but played the maniacal border guard.
@@strikingmachine2975 at first I didn't even know that kerwin white was chavo guerrero
@@strikingmachine2975why does race matter here .. so sensitive now a days ??? People were more sensitive in the past are u serious right now .. long hair on men was offensive in the 50s .. being any way different was offensive .. Rock music was offensive ..
Respect for Mankind for taking those chair shots
It's not anything to respect, really. It was stupid, and I like Mankind.
meh, thats like saying good job kid on taking all those face shots in a pillow fight...or saying wow, how did HHH not hurt that guy with his gimmick rubber.....sledge hamemer
good job kid on taking those bubbles to the face, what a champ. no one else could take so many bubbles, thats insane! sorry..just doesn't seem the fans understand anything now days.
Even back in 1999, the Rock vs. Foley match was disturbing to watch.
No, u
Mick Foley is a legend this man suffered damage beyond belief he literally put his body on the line for the business its amazing he is not in a wheelchair and damn surprised that he doesn't suffer with CTE he dserves a lot of praise for giving us some of best matches we ever seen
Who Are u to say he dosent have cte
Huge fan love you favorite channel
How can we forget when Pillman pulled a gun on Austin?
because we did
@@ravinraven6913no nobody did your a little kid clearly
@@lilwoodiewood3457Quite clearly they are.
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Ironic a sign saying "Birthday Boys" appears next to Jared.
The birth of Vince Mcmahon jr. should be #1!
You're only here because of Vince, show some respect.
Wouldn't expect less from a raiders fan
@@deepblue8143you’re only here cause ya momma met me & u were conceived
@@deepblue8143🤬 you & Vince
@@gingerfitdad5091aww Opey poor baby nothing is expected of you and you’ve exceeded expectations
The tribute show is the only one I dont blame them for doing. And Jared i guess too. Hindsight is always 2020
Jared holding subway remind me of his special attack in South Park game
If you think about it, when Kofi was working on getting the WWE Championshi in '18, there were many statements about him not deserving it cause "people like him aren't championship worthy." The storyline had shades pf Booker T's >
Did you ever think it was because he was small has a sunken chest and only good for comedy?
Acting like a cartoon. character with his goofball mates in New Day didn't help his credibility either.
Mick Foley really is a legend for not having any serious issues after all those chair shots.
To anyone curious about Jared Fogle, he basically pulled an EDP.
As well as paying money for CP
HHH’s controversial promo was to attract more attention cuz the feud was overshadowed by Rock/Austin … that’s what I’ve read from pipe an IG page 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Should have included Vince's lie detector test with America/Hogan. That test ended up becoming so true, i cant even compare it
jared ended his career the same way he started it trying to get into smaller pants
They also paid tribute to Benoit the next night on ECW.
Chris Benoit tribute show was rarely mentioned on RUclips videos only lol
JM: “you ROOK funny!”
Fans: that’s too far! That’s too far!
The triple threat match at WrestleMania 20 was my favorite match and ending that night. I understand why WWE done what they did
WCW from 99-01!
For as much as the Rock has cultivated the lovely, ‘nicest guy in Hollywood’ persona, he will always be the guy who took liberties with someone else’s health in that 1999 match. You didn’t need to be a CTE or brain damage specialist even back then to know that smashing somebody on the head with a chair multiple times was batshit. The fact Foley agreed to 3 and The Rock decided to nearly quadruple that will always show just what kind of person he can be. I’ve always held a little bit of contempt in my heart for him after that match.
Apparently it was a timing issue where they weren't where they needed to be for the planned finish, so they had to extend that moment much longer than it should have been, but Rock could have done literally anything else instead of wailing on his head.
On CTE,
wrestlers and athletes know what they sign up to.
According to Big Show and Macho Man. The Rock was also an awesome guy backstage in WWE long before his Hollywood days
@@dhenderson1810Said nobody with functioning brain cells. CTE wasn't a known thing then. Educate yourself before babbling
@@spacequack5470 WWE didn't know much more about CTE than the wrestlers did. So how can anyone get sued over it.
Unless WWE knew about it, and kept it from wrestlers, I would argue that it is just as much the responsibility of the wrestlers to educate themselves about it as for the medics and the company.
Also, there was always more chance of getting head trauma as a wrestler, than say, as an office worker. They chose that profession, because it is their dream. They should be protected, but also need to take personal responsibility for their job choice.
Ask any wrestler, if they had their time over, would they choose to be a wrestler again, or have a safer, albeit boring profession, a normal 9 to 5 job with little chance of CTE. Most would still want to wrestle, as they are doing their dream job.
Society is too quick to sue and blame everyone else for their own choices and not take personal responsibility for their decisions,
Also, wrestlers make enough to be able to cover their own medical expenses. Or they can get insurance. That is the test. Will insurance companies cover CTE and to what extent? That should tell the client how dangerous their sport is perceived.
The only people who win in lawsuits are lawyers.
CTE is serious, but wrestlers need to protect themselves as well.
What's next? Suing for arm injuries, neck injuries.
Wrestlers should get insurance (which WWE might contribute something to) and then they are covered and it can be kept out of the courtroom.
Chris Benoit was a ticking time bomb after eddie died
I searched what had happened with Jared Fogle and I was absolutely shocked. This man is a disgrace to the human race, and that's a fact of life. Good call by WWE to do their best to erase this man's name from their history
It isn't hard to not mention the fact that Jared from subway was on the show one time .. for like 10 minutes ..
@@lilwoodiewood3457 I know, but still a good call to erase that fucker
I don’t remember the whole Sabu thing. Yikes. I mean the whole list is yikes, but I was aware of all the other moments. The Sabu one I wasn’t expecting, although I should have.
It would be nice if you did an “Wrestling Moments That Have Aged Like Fine Wine In WWE” video, or a “Wrestling Moments That Have Aged Horribly In AEW” video.
Aew. I think we need a few more years. To see what's truly aged horribly.
You forgot when Jerry the king Lawler called Goldust a "flaming fag" I'm surprised how thats been forgotten by the twitter mob. It's pretty bad then and now. Different time I guess but still a brutal promo
Nah, it's apt
People weren’t sensitive back in the prime wwe days
Glad to have watched it back then , then now
THIS.
SO much virtue signalling. People found the Cena, Vince segment funny. If anything the people who found it funny actually hate it when people try and be offended on their behalf.
It's easy to say such things when you don't walk in someone else's shoes. If you had to for a year, it might give you cause for reflection.
You are correct, sir. I am a 90's kid and I have come to appreciate my childhood so much more in the past 7 years or so and videos like this warm me up with so much awesome nostalgia of the great MAINSTREAM entertainment of the 90's. There was no Cancel Culture even just 15 years ago, so Wrasslin' in the 90's was Cool and Counter Coulter. I remember in the 8th grade, DX t shirts were BANNED from school because of their iconic catch phrase Suck It! (But of course banning us from wearing DX stuff only made us rebel and wear them more.)
Let me finish my point by asking this: If there was a Degeneration Z faction, what would their catchphrase be? "Suck It...or Lick It...I don't know. I haven't decided yet. It's complicated."
@@dcpunisher4781People have rose tinted glasses when they say there was no cancel culture in the 90s. Janet Jackson was blackballed from the industry for years for what happened at the superbowl, there was the whole Satanic Panic movement, Julian Clary was nearly banned from TV for making a joke about a politician in 1993. It’s just not true
People need to stop being offended by everything
Like give it a rest already
I don't think Wrestlemania 20 has aged horribly. I still consider it one of the best Wrestlemania's of all time. Yes, even the main event. I can still watch it today and enjoy it for what it was, a wrestling match.
No
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Let's not forget the Kerwin White's slogan "If it ain't white, it ain't right" 😂
I remember watching the tribute show to Benoit. It was bad when we all found out what actually happened two or three days later. Rough
Or what the police say happened.
@@dhenderson1810 ...
bro chairshots where the reason i loved wwe the tlc match was lit
How about a flip side: 10 WWE Moments that Aged Very Well?
They won't do that they only bash WWE
Thank For The Top 10 Video 🙊🤯😃😍👍🥰💗😁💐🌟🥇🏆
You forgot about Abraham Washington. His stint in the WWE was short but not quite sweet.
And all because a harmless tweet that is all the more amusing since it was just him wishing Linda success in her campaign for Governor
Which WWE did since they didn’t want her alignment to WWE to cause issue with her campaign
…and ultimately proved worthless since she lost TWICE even though her budget was somewhere around 2 to 3 times larger then her opponents AND one of his ads against Linda was using the time she kicked Mick Foley in the groin
So then firing him for his POSITIVE tweet was ultimately just proving her opponent right that she’s unfit for office in the state voters eyes since she lost PRETTY BADLY
@@arashitendou5941I agree with you, except for one thing: Linda ran for the US Senate, not for Governor.
I bet Jared really liked those "birthday boys."
Vince racist towards Sabu? That one flew under my radar. Never knew it happened.
Same, but I can't exactly say I'm surprised.
@@jimbo_1312Same
At this point it’s a game of name race he hasn’t made fun of.
Nobody was SJW back then as they are now
What's really creepy is that if you go back and watch the WWE's tribute show to Chris Benoit, you can kinda pick up on the fact that many of the wrestlers who appeared on said show were at least somewhat aware of the gruesome details of what Benoit did, before the show even ended.
For example, towards the end of the broadcast, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler started talking less about Christ himself and more about his wife and son. JR then ended the show by saying "Chris was a damn fine wrestler, and that's all I'll say.", as if everyone knew what Chris had done by that point.
I've heard that details about the murder were revealed halfway through broadcast.
Literally one of the best triple threat matches ever such a shame goddamn Chris Benoit
Vince probably knew the subway guy from .. lol
Booker t should’ve won
I've got the WM XX DVD box and have never seen Benoit celebrating with his family
There are a few I noticed that surprised me a little. Hulk Hogan calling Yokozuna a J** in a promo at WrestleMania IX was pretty shocking. Roddy Piper in the lead up to WrestleMania XII calling Goldust a fruitcake and saying he would make a man out of him is pretty shocking as well. Even if he didn't come out and use the F-word as a slur, it was heavily implied that's what he was getting at.
Yeah but the Roddy Piper one was hilarious when it happened back then lol.
@@Idontwantahandle6669 I love Roddy and it was. I'm just saying it shocking to look back and hear that.
Everyone remembers the half-black-face/body at WM VI and the lead up to it, but people seem to forget the "only man I know that wears more chains than his ancestors, man" about Mr T in the build to the first Mania. Also, WM 2 when he said after the Boxing match, "never will I cut my hair like an Indian, and paint myself black!". And half of that wasn't even true...
@@tomseville2345 yes, and I'm shocked that wasnt brought up in this video. I didn't bring it up b/c I assumed WL would do it for me.
Mick Foley's Family were their that night. His wife, son, and daughter were devastated, but they're feel a lot better after the match.
Yet his daughter tried to get into wrestling.
Jinder Mahal promo on Shinsuke was a complete bad taste
This is more like a "list of horribly aged moments, that you'll have to search yourself, because i won't explain it here".
Another one that includes Benoit is when Benoit cut a backstage promo on Edge saying that his wife and kids won't be watching Raw the following week because he's going to "do the unthinkable."
The sad part about the Carwin white gimmick is that is based off of real people. 🥴🥴🥴Hey south Florida
The fact that this video exists is more evidence of how ridiculously pansified society is today.
Agreed. We are more upset over a man being told he has nappy hair but say nothing about people being assaulted outside of a match etc. Selective outrage for sure.
Virtue signalling. It should be a war crime.
Some of these I always wondered what were the writers and bookers thinking.
Im surprised Mick is still standing. After all the damage he's gotten over the years.
Probably actually treats his injuries unlike people who just ignore them
Gonna have to update this list 😂
As a black person, who is seriously against this type of thing, But I died laughing seeing Xpac as a kid come out like that and seeing HHH dress up as Rocky bruh this was pure comedy to me and STILL IS I WATCH THIS SKIT FAITHFULLY 👏🏾🤣😩
Beyond The Mat was my introduction to wrestling
Wrestlelamia once again openly displaying his love for identity politics. The dude is a CLOWN.
Lmao how could you watch this and be triggered, makes you the clown
You def need to make longer lists. You missed 2 gimmicks that have aged terribly. Maybe make a follow up list with 10 more.
One thing to add is Zach Gowen being senslessly beaten by Brock Lesnar & abused by Vince McMahon. It was a story angle that dealt with Zach being an amputee. Being bullied because of a disability is terrible and would not work in today's wrestling.
Secondly would be Eugene. His character being "mentally challenged" would be horendous now. But it was extremely distasteful back when he wrestled too.
2005 was def a diff time and place...literally 2016 til now the world is entirely different lol
So was 1950 .. men with long hair was the biggest issue in the world back then
@@lilwoodiewood3457 yeah they're pretty bad people tbh
You gone woke lad!? 😂
He has always been woke
You forgot about Hawk being drunk on top of the titantron.
Translation: There was a time when WWE could be entertaining and fun. Now they have to neuter themselves.
Wrestlelamia I love your vids man notifications all on I watch every video you post
I'm surprised Over the Edge 1999 was not on this list.
I remember DX mocking Randy for being the top downloaded superstar on gay sites. I think that would be offensive on today's society.
Nobody cares
"Number 9: Vince McMahons racist comment to Sabu"
"Hi. I'm replika AI..."
Me not noticing the ad at first: what?
WrestleMania 19 is so legendary. Booker t loosing yo Triple H still hurts after 20 years.
I almost forgot about the subway dude 😂
I really miss entertainment like this 🤣😂
how y'all didn't put the JBL at the border incident in there
Vince saying N word to John Cena was hilarious 😂
It was still racist.
What is wrong with you 😂
@@K-dawg26 No. It was in good fun. By your backwards woke logic, Kerwin White was also racist toward white people.
Forgal and Vince best mates
Wheres the Katie Vick stuff?
@@Ben-908LibraVA to be honest that stuff wasn't okay even at the time haha.
I forgot all about hhh at the funeral home!
You know this used to be my favorite wrestling channel but that has gone down hill in the last year or so...
Aww, go cry about it.
@@jimbo_1312 aww did they say something you don't agree with? so you decided to go out of your way to attack them for it? awwwww
Then why are you still giving them views and comments
If I said it once, I'll say it again. WWE, mainly Vince McMahon, has been in the business of insulting people's intelligence, and every last one of these situations are living proof of that.