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Mr Perfect was much underrated for his talent charisma and personality. He deserved a world title atleast once in his wwe or wcw career. He was on same level as HBK and bret
I totally agree Mr Perfect was on the same level as HBK and Bret Hart but he did not need the WWF Championship. The Intercontinental Championship looked better around his waist anyway.
When Ricky Steamboat left WWF and went (back) to WCW (which had been Jim Crockett Promotions), he went right back into the main event picture there and put on classic matches with Ric Flair over the World Heavyweight Championship. There was a definite glass ceiling in WWF when Hogan was champion, especially for a face.
Ironic that WCW would do the same thing with Hogan as champion and the glass ceiling a decade later. The midcard guys probably asked themselves where's my push or big break?
Macho, Hong Tonk, Warrior, Perfect, Hart, Rude... The IC title matches were so much better than the heavyweight title matches from the mid 80s to early 90s. The mid card matches were nearly always my favorites on pay per views growing up.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage - 414 Days "Honky Tonk Man" Wayne Ferris - 454 Days 2 of the longest reigning Intercontinental Heavyweight Champions in the World Wrestling Federation.
Jake was such a great promo, one of the greatest. In an era of the loud, bombastic promo, his hit different. His calm demeanor just drew you in, it was such a joy to listen to him talk, whether he was a face or a heel.
WWE was so good back then. The Golden Era will always be the greatest era. I was disappointed when Steamboat lost but seeing him in NWA/WCW made me a instant fan. The tag team scene was truly a amazing back then. Hogan was wrestling and nobody could've done what he did. I loved heel Piper and the managers were great especially my favorite The Brain! Jimmy Hart was great and Fuji always had some great talent. I still watch a ton of Golden Era content on RUclips. Also WCW from '89 - '93 was so great 👍
Rick Martel's career in thr WWF began before 1986. He was a WWF tag team champion in 1980 with Tony Garea. Jimmy Snuka WAS the top babyface. Nothing arguable about it. And Greg the Hammer Valentine needed to be on this list.
Tito Santana was one of my favorites growing up. I'm surprised Greg Valentine and Don Muraco weren't mentioned in this video but I'm glad Tito was because from 1985-1988 he was one of the best mid card guys in the company.
I didn’t watch this period, I wasn’t born yet, but with access to internet and the Network, I’ve grown to love the Jake The Snake Roberts character. Absolutely should have gotten a title run.
One of the biggest fallacies is that _this_ wrestler or _that_ wrestler should've been given a title run. As someone who grew up in the Hulkamania era, let me tell you, it was better when championships actually meant something. When titles started being vacated or bouncing around like Mexican jumping beans, it took some shine off the titles. Even though many will disagree, it was excellent when Hulk Hogan held the title for just over four years. People were _excited_ to see which wrestler would take the title, kids in schoolyards would discuss it, it was a big deal. Hogan being the champion for so long made the belt mean more. Now with so many belts and so many titles, you don't have that same excitement. "Wrestle A didn't win the belt from Wrestler B at WrestleMania? Eh, just wait, he'll win some other belt at SummerSlam." Too many titles, too many title changes, and fans lose interest. You can see that with today's wrestling.
As a 12 yr old kid.. Watching Bret v Mr Perfect just made my jaw drop and my life as a wrestling fan set.. If Bret was a title holder.. Then Perfect was more than good enough.
Same here! The two matches that burned in my memory was summerslam bret v perfect and royal rumble sean micheals vs razor ladder match. I recorded them on VHS and watched them multiple times
Mr. Perfect's swagger and confidence was off the charts. He sold it so well. It's a damn shame he didn't get the title reign as the top heel he would have been awesome. Whether it was against HBK or Bret Hart doesn't matter those matches would have been great.
Great video. These were the golden years where the mid carders were just as good, if not better, than the main event. Very true on the IC Title. It had more sway back then. Many careers were considered successful if you got a chance win the IC belt. Ahhh the good old days
Thinking back a stacked roster definitely made the old WWF WCW shows good. We really were spoiled, and todays wrestling suffers because they are compared to the literal best time in wrestling (80/90s).
For me 80-90% of the best entertainers of the Golden Era were the mid-carders. Hogan, Warrior and most others were a snooze fest to be honest. The exception being guys like Dibiase, Andre & Savage.
I’m glad you mentioned Texas tornado. Lot of people liked him from what I’ve heard and some of the promoters thought it was a terrible idea. So glad he got a mention.
1:57 I think Hulk's finger during the Finger Polk of Doom made more contact then that boot that sent Mr. Perfect flying cartoonishly over the ropes. Mr. Perfect was a Perfect Seller.
I was a wrestling loving pre-teen when Rude and Perfect were big mid card guys. I used to love to hate them, now I just love them. RIP you two legends.
Maybe once the mid card become 2× belt holders, they should have a high card non Belt match. The mid card can win or lose and get the "reaction," and based on popularity they can go to the mid with the belt on the line a few times or so and the high card side a couple 2-3 times without the mid card belt on the line. Baded on the fights, based on face popularity, or how they are taken as a heel, then the wrestler can lose the midcard belt and then eventually make a switch to the higher main roster and they should get fair opportunities to try an become main card belt holders. If they fail with the fans, wrestlers dont do well with then, they can transition back to doing both mid card and higher main roster matches, or going back down to the mid card. But some wrestlers should be at a point to try an work both sides, including some jobbers..
Almost did die a couple of times. I remember Skandar Akbar hanging up after a phone call and telling me that the person on the other end said that Jake had a very serious episode and that he just might not make it. It was a private conversation and I felt that it would not be proper to share it. Fortunately, Jake survived and it seems that he has finally made great strides to turn his life around.
Savage cheating to beat Tito for the belt tore me up inside as a kid lol ! Its crazy . Its so much more fun when you believe or at least can suspend disbelief . Very rarely can i LOSE MYSELF in a match anymore . We all know the deal , but when two guys can make you forget , its magic ! Im not talking about shoots either . But when guys are so good , leaving no glaring loopholes in logic , it can STILL be really entertaining . If that makes sense to anyone .
Man just imagine how many different world champions we'd get if Hulk Hogan actually decided to drop the belt multiple times instead of holding it for so long and was scared that his popularity was going away
Rick Rude had the entire package! Great on the mic, perfect physique and phenomenal in ring skill set. Should’ve held the strap! Rude was amazing! With that said, I just grabbed a 1983 WWF Classic Mr. Perfect rookie
The best mid carder video on this channel! Warrior was truly The Warrior from '87-89. His best physique & darker-edged warpaint. The injustices Vince perpetrated against Hennig, Rude, & Steamboat speaks for itself. "Mid carder" has no business being said when addressing these legends. All should have been multiple time world heavyweight champions in the wwf. Steamboat vs Savage was unreal & light yrs ahead of its time. Watch closely at how fast & crisp they were throughout their enter WM3 masterpiece. Both were immediately back on their feet after each move with lightning precision. The 80's was the best era of pro wrestling.
Totally agree. I feel lucky. I grew up in the golden era but was turning 15-16 when the attitude era and, well, to be blunt, Sunny was on my tv screen every Monday. I timed my birth kinda perfectly where WWF wrestling is concerned. Lol
Most of these guys are great. Jake the Snake definitely might've been in the WWE for 10 years if not longer had he not joined the WCW (which didn't go well). He'd have had at least the Intercontinental Title if not the Championship, maybe even a tag team with Razor Ramon. I could also imagine him and Razor having a rivalry, then become allies seeing their gimmicks had some similarities
Jack Roberts is simply one of the most underrated, he could be at least a two-time intercontinental champion or a WWF champion for a short time to lose to some face at least
He''d have been good for the WWE up to the Attitude Era had he not went for WCW. I could imagine him and Razor Ramon being rivals, then allies. Maybe even winning a tag team championship.
@@jokerswank6082 yes, but they both had to fight their own demons with the help of ddp, i think if it wasn't for these problems and jack's childhood traumas i think he would be world champion in wcw
@@bernardosantosribeiro6665 There was some bullshit in WCW so I heard. That's basically why it was a mistake for him. That's what he said in the interview at least
@@jokerswank6082 wcw was false advertising, claimed to be something it wasn't, it was just a place full of narcissists and great fighters lost in a great rooter that never got the recognition they deserved
I think Jake Roberts was the best of that era in terms of acting. While many wrestlers have tried to crossover into movies and usually failed, I think Jake really could have pulled it off.
Jake the Snake gave the best interviews I have ever seen. Mr. Perfect was the perfect villain such a shame both of these guys didn't get matches with the champion on big PPV events they both deserved it and would have had great matches.
Tito Santana was King of The Ring before it went to pay per view , one half of the Tag Team champions with Rick Martel , one half of the match that saw Mr Perfect win the Intercontinental title and one of the first to pin Undertaker as the Golden Era came to a close , was the man Randy Savage beat for the Intercontinental title . So why not at least give him a mention ? Othr than the Tag Team title reign with Rick Martel .
@@ferox965 I watched the video and yes he was mentioned but only briefly and that was in the Rick Martel segment when their Tag team title reign was mentioned .
@@ferox965 Third time of watching was the charm . The first two times I watched it the video stopped at Jim Duggan . Must be something wrong with my RUclips connection .
Know I meet the Dragon when and indy company hosted a wrestling event at the fire house. Had him autograph the ticket. "Hacksaw" Jim's Royal Rumble win was what got me into wrestling.
Perfect was being lined to replace Hogan as the top guy in the WWF, they scripted him to win the royal rumble in 1990, but on the day Hogan said he himself wanted to win it so McMahon made Hogan the winner, Hogan also chose warrior to pass the torch to at wrestlemania instead of Perfect, which was a big mistake because Warrior`s in-ring skills were far inferior to Perfects and his run as WWF champ was a PPV dissapointment.
I thought when honky tonk man and the hart foundation beat savage with honky tonks guitar it was real and no one was coming to save him.then the hulkster came running down, the whole place lit up.
I don’t know, I think it would be easier and much more accurate to describe some of these people like Jake “the Snake” as low to mid main event wrestlers, since they were definitely at or near the top of the card.
i never realized growing up that most of these guys were considered mid card. Kerry Von Erich and Rick Rude are my all time favorite two wrestlers, Kerry was my favorite as a kid and Rude who i hated as a kid has become my favorite as an adult.
The Shawn Michaels Vs Rick Martel match at SummerSlam 92 was my mum’s favourite match of the night (my parents took my brother and I up to Wembley Stadium from Plymouth to see it live) and is the only match she can remember on her own. When talking about SummerSlam 92 because I was in Cardiff for Clash At The Castle (only just under a 2hr drive from Plymouth compared to the 4 & 1/2hr drive to the new Wembley Stadium) my mum said “I really enjoyed the pretty boys match” so I asked her do you remember any other matches and she said “I know you were looking forward to seeing the Undertaker but that’s it” so I replied “what about the British Bulldog match at the end?” Which then prompted her memory “oh yeah that’s right he beat Bret Hart for the championship and weren’t they brothers in law?” So when jogging her memory she remembered but throughout the years she always went on about the Shawn Michaels vs Rick Martel match aka the pretty boy match to her and the part Sensational Sherri (Sherri Martel) in the match having the men fight over her, pretending to faint so Shawn Michaels ended up carrying her up the aisle (which was a long walk to carry someone in your arms) and Rick Martel comes out from the back and dumps a bucket of water over Sherri Martel and Shawn Michaels drops her leaving her wet, screaming and embarrassed so she runs off to the back screaming and my mum loved it and she hates wrestling
There were so many teams. I used to love the usual bunch. Harts, Bulldogs, Demolition. But also loved watching Power and Glory, they had my favorite tag team finisher.
Also IRS for that last 18 months of the Golden Age in 1991-1992. Even before Money Inc. he was a finalist in the 1991 King of the Ring, and was routinely challenging for the IC Title. Money Inc. then of course often found itself in top-card feuds with singles like Hogan, Savage, Warrior and Razor Ramon.
This is good. The IC belt elevates a wrestler from mid-card to upper card. An example during the Santana-Valentine feud, Hogan wasn't sharing that card. Vince used that match as top-card to expand and allow Hogan to work in other arenas. Honky Tonk wasn't a great example of this though to me. He lowered the prestige of that belt from Steamboat, Savage, Santana etc.
The best thing about all of these wrestlers was none of them needed a title to get them over. I actually preferred to see these wrestlers over Hogan, Warrior, Macho Man, etc.
Jake had feuds with Randy Savage, The Undertaker and Andre the Giant and was Austin's opponent when 3:16 was coined. He was actually supposed to have feuds with Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior too but both got cancelled when fans cheered Jake over Hogan and when Warrior got fired. Definitely upper mid card if we're saying he's mid card. The guy worked with top names in an era where getting main event matches was pretty rare.
The 80s.thats when I first got into AMERICAN WRESTLING, that's what we called it bk then. I started watching the WWF in around 88 when I was 12..Mr Perfect, Randy Savage, Warrior and the Rockers was always my favourites... Question Andy.. Was Damian actually Jakes snake, was it Jakes idea or Vinces..alwsys wondered about that. Thanks.
I remember hearing that Santana and Martel were also considered to have been the face of the New Generation, before it went to Hart. I also remember reading (many years ago) that Von Erich may have also been chosen for that role, if it wasn’t for his personal problems.
I'd take that with a grain of salt. Tito Santana was seen as old school (relatively speaking). Plus, Santana was doing the El Crapador gimmick. Rick Martel had been there for many years and had been a singles wrestler since early 1989. I know that Bret Hart had been around for a long time, yet he only broke out as a singles star in 1991, so from that perspective, he was still fresh. No way was it going to be Santana and Martel overtaking Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels when it came to being pushed.
This is not to knock your video as everyone you put on deserves to be on the list. More that there were SO many good mid carders in the 80's. You missed a ton. Bam Bam Bigelow, the One Man Gang, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, George "The Animal" Steele, Junkyard Dog, King Kong Bundy. The WWF in the 80's was stacked.
Rick Martel was in the WWF 79 he was a 2 time WWF tag team champion before going to the AWA he returned in 86 with Zenk. HTM never beat Macho Man or Beefcake. Beefcake said he was suppose to win the IC title at summer slam until Ultimate Warrior had a hissy fit
No mention of Million Dollar Man? Yeah he had some main events but so did Perfect and others. He never won any legit singles title and spent most of his career in the mid-card.
Jake the Snake was definitely more of an upper mid carder. He wasnt a main eventer but his matches were usually more towards the top of the card feuding with Rick Rude, Andre the Giant, etc
11:40 The Honky Tonk Man had a 454-day reign as the Intercontinental Champion not a 554 day reign as you said I wish you would get your facts straight before you post videos.
Thing is, andd something most wrestling fans know, is that most of the 80s roster actually *were* Main Event level talent. Vince purposefully lured them to NY with big contracts, and an eye to lower their value compared to his guys. Look at what he did with the WCW invasin and top guys there. Combine that with Hulk being a famous politician, and being unwilling to work with guys that he assumed lowered his value or made him look bad, and you can see why most of these guys never got the shots they arguably deserved.
The only thing I disliked about this era is how it's almost entirely dominated by hulk hogan as wwf world champion despite there being dozens of other great and good wrestlers.
One of the worst IC title moment was Texas Tornado's title win on long champion Mr.Perfect just after 2-3 months of his departure. Then lost it after another month in a dark match.
Can we all agree Vince dropped the ball on all these guys. And made WCW bigger than it was supposed to be. If he didn't keep the belt around hulk hogan other stars would been champion. And look how history is repeating with Roman Reigns.
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Rick Rude left because of the Montreal screw job.
@@jeanlongsden1696 that and the back stage cliquey children throwing tantrums when they didn't get their own way.
I really want to see you cover the story about Chris Benoit 🐺
Asuka
How about greatest tag teams by era?
Mr Perfect was much underrated for his talent charisma and personality. He deserved a world title atleast once in his wwe or wcw career. He was on same level as HBK and bret
he was just to perfect
No doubt about it
imo below Heart and above HBK
altough i fully admit i'm a big heart stan :)
He may have had some drug issues, that held him back
I totally agree Mr Perfect was on the same level as HBK and Bret Hart but he did not need the WWF Championship. The Intercontinental Championship looked better around his waist anyway.
When Ricky Steamboat left WWF and went (back) to WCW (which had been Jim Crockett Promotions), he went right back into the main event picture there and put on classic matches with Ric Flair over the World Heavyweight Championship. There was a definite glass ceiling in WWF when Hogan was champion, especially for a face.
Ironic that WCW would do the same thing with Hogan as champion and the glass ceiling a decade later. The midcard guys probably asked themselves where's my push or big break?
He already was a main event guy, working with both Savage and HTM.
@@Rjensen2 The IC championship was a midcard belt. Steamboat was a main event level guy stuck in midcard purgatory while working for Vince McMahon.
@@stevegallo8483 Like hell it was. The IC title was the main event on the second tour. They were doing 2 or 3 shows a day then.
By the way, those matches with Flair didn't draw a thing.
Macho, Hong Tonk, Warrior, Perfect, Hart, Rude... The IC title matches were so much better than the heavyweight title matches from the mid 80s to early 90s.
The mid card matches were nearly always my favorites on pay per views growing up.
Honky Tonk Man was an amazing Gimmick his IC Title Reign was awesome Jake Roberts was awesome in WWE glad to see him in AEW
I hated the donky tonk man as a kid. Proved he did a good job
"Macho Man" Randy Savage - 414 Days
"Honky Tonk Man" Wayne Ferris - 454 Days
2 of the longest reigning Intercontinental Heavyweight Champions in the World Wrestling Federation.
Pedro Morales 193 + 424 = 617 days, but he's not in this video
Jake was such a great promo, one of the greatest. In an era of the loud, bombastic promo, his hit different. His calm demeanor just drew you in, it was such a joy to listen to him talk, whether he was a face or a heel.
WWE was so good back then. The Golden Era will always be the greatest era. I was disappointed when Steamboat lost but seeing him in NWA/WCW made me a instant fan. The tag team scene was truly a amazing back then. Hogan was wrestling and nobody could've done what he did. I loved heel Piper and the managers were great especially my favorite The Brain! Jimmy Hart was great and Fuji always had some great talent. I still watch a ton of Golden Era content on RUclips. Also WCW from '89 - '93 was so great 👍
Rick Martel's career in thr WWF began before 1986. He was a WWF tag team champion in 1980 with Tony Garea. Jimmy Snuka WAS the top babyface. Nothing arguable about it. And Greg the Hammer Valentine needed to be on this list.
As a kid who exclusively watched WWF, when Flair joined in the 90s, I was ticked that he was using Greg Valentines figure four leglock. Lol
Tito Santana was one of my favorites growing up. I'm surprised Greg Valentine and Don Muraco weren't mentioned in this video but I'm glad Tito was because from 1985-1988 he was one of the best mid card guys in the company.
I didn’t watch this period, I wasn’t born yet, but with access to internet and the Network, I’ve grown to love the Jake The Snake Roberts character. Absolutely should have gotten a title run.
WWF was miles miles
Miles better it’s the golden era bro
I agree. Jake the Snake Roberts should have been a World Champion at some point. He deserved it.
One of the biggest fallacies is that _this_ wrestler or _that_ wrestler should've been given a title run. As someone who grew up in the Hulkamania era, let me tell you, it was better when championships actually meant something. When titles started being vacated or bouncing around like Mexican jumping beans, it took some shine off the titles.
Even though many will disagree, it was excellent when Hulk Hogan held the title for just over four years. People were _excited_ to see which wrestler would take the title, kids in schoolyards would discuss it, it was a big deal. Hogan being the champion for so long made the belt mean more.
Now with so many belts and so many titles, you don't have that same excitement.
"Wrestle A didn't win the belt from Wrestler B at WrestleMania? Eh, just wait, he'll win some other belt at SummerSlam."
Too many titles, too many title changes, and fans lose interest. You can see that with today's wrestling.
As a 12 yr old kid.. Watching Bret v Mr Perfect just made my jaw drop and my life as a wrestling fan set..
If Bret was a title holder.. Then Perfect was more than good enough.
Yes! Perfect vs Hart was also the first match I saw as a kid that really made me in awe of the wrestling.
Everything they did was so smooth and realistic has wrestling goes.
Same here! The two matches that burned in my memory was summerslam bret v perfect and royal rumble sean micheals vs razor ladder match. I recorded them on VHS and watched them multiple times
@@LucidVision1 I still have some old recordings on VHS too. I want a VHS player so I can rewatch them again. Great times.
Man I gotta say...Mr Perfect was awesome...I feel in the ring he was as good a HBK and Bret Hart👌🏻🔥...as always love the content man👌🏻
yes he was
He was just as good of a worker as HBK and could actually talk. Crazy that he wasn't higher on the card
Mr. Perfect's swagger and confidence was off the charts. He sold it so well. It's a damn shame he didn't get the title reign as the top heel he would have been awesome. Whether it was against HBK or Bret Hart doesn't matter those matches would have been great.
Great video. These were the golden years where the mid carders were just as good, if not better, than the main event. Very true on the IC Title. It had more sway back then. Many careers were considered successful if you got a chance win the IC belt. Ahhh the good old days
I grew up on the Golden Era of WWF. I love the Attitude Era, but watching guys like you mentioned here was my favorite time in wrestling.
Thinking back a stacked roster definitely made the old WWF WCW shows good. We really were spoiled, and todays wrestling suffers because they are compared to the literal best time in wrestling (80/90s).
This had me grinning from ear to ear from start to finish, what a fantastic Video - loved the mid-carders!
Appreciate the support, glad your enjoyed the vid 🤘🏻💪🏻🤟🏻👊🏻
For me 80-90% of the best entertainers of the Golden Era were the mid-carders. Hogan, Warrior and most others were a snooze fest to be honest. The exception being guys like Dibiase, Andre & Savage.
I’m glad you mentioned Texas tornado. Lot of people liked him from what I’ve heard and some of the promoters thought it was a terrible idea. So glad he got a mention.
Worked main events with Perfect.
Mr Perfect is my all-time favorite. He deserves more than a midcard placement
I like to say he was upper mid
That's why they had him in main events for most of his run in the WWF.
1:57 I think Hulk's finger during the Finger Polk of Doom made more contact then that boot that sent Mr. Perfect flying cartoonishly over the ropes. Mr. Perfect was a Perfect Seller.
I was a wrestling loving pre-teen when Rude and Perfect were big mid card guys. I used to love to hate them, now I just love them. RIP you two legends.
They were main event guys. Both were for a significant part of their WWF runs
Mid Carders are very underrated and they deserve a run on the top on the WWE. Thanks for the new video, Andy 💕 🔥
Are you actually saying that every single mid-carder in history is underrated?😂
@@GangmakerZaken Not really. I'm saying that they usually don't get brought up a lot by the fans
Most did while there.
Maybe once the mid card become 2× belt holders, they should have a high card non Belt match. The mid card can win or lose and get the "reaction," and based on popularity they can go to the mid with the belt on the line a few times or so and the high card side a couple 2-3 times without the mid card belt on the line. Baded on the fights, based on face popularity, or how they are taken as a heel, then the wrestler can lose the midcard belt and then eventually make a switch to the higher main roster and they should get fair opportunities to try an become main card belt holders. If they fail with the fans, wrestlers dont do well with then, they can transition back to doing both mid card and higher main roster matches, or going back down to the mid card. But some wrestlers should be at a point to try an work both sides, including some jobbers..
Jake the Snake always was my fav wrestler, such a sad case but was so glad to hear he turned himself around(heck had thought he had died at one point)
Almost did die a couple of times. I remember Skandar Akbar hanging up after a phone call and telling me that the person on the other end said that Jake had a very serious episode and that he just might not make it. It was a private conversation and I felt that it would not be proper to share it. Fortunately, Jake survived and it seems that he has finally made great strides to turn his life around.
Savage cheating to beat Tito for the belt tore me up inside as a kid lol ! Its crazy . Its so much more fun when you believe or at least can suspend disbelief . Very rarely can i LOSE MYSELF in a match anymore . We all know the deal , but when two guys can make you forget , its magic ! Im not talking about shoots either . But when guys are so good , leaving no glaring loopholes in logic , it can STILL be really entertaining . If that makes sense to anyone .
I'm gonna say you could give the nod to almost everyone who isn't named hulk hogan on that one
This brings back a lot of good memories, wrestling was good in the 70's 80's and 90's.
The Golden Era of the World Wrestling Federation is my era and the era I'm most familiar with.
Great video! I approved. Loved all these mid carders. I wish it was still like this. Perfect was my favorite.
Man just imagine how many different world champions we'd get if Hulk Hogan actually decided to drop the belt multiple times instead of holding it for so long and was scared that his popularity was going away
Rick Rude had the entire package! Great on the mic, perfect physique and phenomenal in ring skill set.
Should’ve held the strap! Rude was amazing!
With that said, I just grabbed a 1983 WWF Classic Mr. Perfect rookie
The best mid carder video on this channel! Warrior was truly The Warrior from '87-89. His best physique & darker-edged warpaint. The injustices Vince perpetrated against Hennig, Rude, & Steamboat speaks for itself. "Mid carder" has no business being said when addressing these legends. All should have been multiple time world heavyweight champions in the wwf. Steamboat vs Savage was unreal & light yrs ahead of its time. Watch closely at how fast & crisp they were throughout their enter WM3 masterpiece. Both were immediately back on their feet after each move with lightning precision. The 80's was the best era of pro wrestling.
Bull.
A lot of these guys were main event wrestlers.
Lol@@Rjensen2
By the way, Steamboat and Savage matches didn't draw shit when they were the main event on cards. Even their steel cage matches didn't draw very well.
I noticed warrior beat the undertaker in his prime lot of times.more then any other big name. What I've seen.
Not really. They were Upper Mid Carders. Steamboat,Rude,Mr.Perfect,Jake The Snake; they fluctuated up & down the cards@@Rjensen2
Grew up watching all of these legends. Love the golden era!
That was & will always be the best era that was my childhood memories 😢the best wwf roster
Totally agree. I feel lucky. I grew up in the golden era but was turning 15-16 when the attitude era and, well, to be blunt, Sunny was on my tv screen every Monday. I timed my birth kinda perfectly where WWF wrestling is concerned. Lol
I’ve been watching nothing but Kamala videos as of later, so this video is RIGHT ON TIME ⭐️🌙⭐️👍🏿
Rick Martel turned heel at WrestleMania V in '89 not '87.
Yup, I instantly shouted "WRONG" when watching.
Most of these guys are great. Jake the Snake definitely might've been in the WWE for 10 years if not longer had he not joined the WCW (which didn't go well). He'd have had at least the Intercontinental Title if not the Championship, maybe even a tag team with Razor Ramon. I could also imagine him and Razor having a rivalry, then become allies seeing their gimmicks had some similarities
How ?
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Jack Roberts is simply one of the most underrated, he could be at least a two-time intercontinental champion or a WWF champion for a short time to lose to some face at least
He''d have been good for the WWE up to the Attitude Era had he not went for WCW. I could imagine him and Razor Ramon being rivals, then allies. Maybe even winning a tag team championship.
@@jokerswank6082 yes, but they both had to fight their own demons with the help of ddp, i think if it wasn't for these problems and jack's childhood traumas i think he would be world champion in wcw
@@bernardosantosribeiro6665 There was some bullshit in WCW so I heard. That's basically why it was a mistake for him. That's what he said in the interview at least
@@jokerswank6082 wcw was false advertising, claimed to be something it wasn't, it was just a place full of narcissists and great fighters lost in a great rooter that never got the recognition they deserved
@@bernardosantosribeiro6665 it got worse later on of course. with or without nwo it was a bit of a far cry from JCP
I think Jake Roberts was the best of that era in terms of acting. While many wrestlers have tried to crossover into movies and usually failed, I think Jake really could have pulled it off.
Bret Hart was pretty good at acting. Piper was too. But Jake probably could have been on another level.
Bret was known for having ZERO mic skills.@@ssssssstssssssss
@WRESTLEWITHANDY I miss the WWF Attitude Era and Ruthless Aggression Era and Golden Era!🗽🥂🗽
Jake the Snake gave the best interviews I have ever seen. Mr. Perfect was the perfect villain such a shame both of these guys didn't get matches with the champion on big PPV events they both deserved it and would have had great matches.
I'd like to see a video about the best tag teams that never were.
Jim Duggan was a groundbreaking character that paved the way for Eugene
Hoooooooooooooo!!!
Another banger from Wrestle With Andy...this channel consistently uploads interesting videos. Well Dunn, my friend! 👍
Tito Santana was King of The Ring before it went to pay per view , one half of the Tag Team champions with Rick Martel , one half of the match that saw Mr Perfect win the Intercontinental title and one of the first to pin Undertaker as the Golden Era came to a close , was the man Randy Savage beat for the Intercontinental title . So why not at least give him a mention ? Othr than the Tag Team title reign with Rick Martel .
Tito did get mentioned. You gotta watch the actual video.
@@ferox965 I watched the video and yes he was mentioned but only briefly and that was in the Rick Martel segment when their Tag team title reign was mentioned .
@@ferox965 Third time of watching was the charm . The first two times I watched it the video stopped at Jim Duggan . Must be something wrong with my RUclips connection .
Also of note about Tito - he held gold in each of 5 consecutive golden era years from 84-89.
In a lot ways the intercontinental championship was more a prize back in the day then the world title .
My favorite mention from this video was Rick Rude; he had a great feud with Jerry Lawler
Know I meet the Dragon when and indy company hosted a wrestling event at the fire house. Had him autograph the ticket.
"Hacksaw" Jim's Royal Rumble win was what got me into wrestling.
Perfect was being lined to replace Hogan as the top guy in the WWF, they scripted him to win the royal rumble in 1990, but on the day Hogan said he himself wanted to win it so McMahon made Hogan the winner, Hogan also chose warrior to pass the torch to at wrestlemania instead of Perfect, which was a big mistake because Warrior`s in-ring skills were far inferior to Perfects and his run as WWF champ was a PPV dissapointment.
So why he's been booked to win it anyway ?
Perfect was heavily slept on….He definitely had the technical skills and charisma to be a main guy!!!
They used him in main events often.
Brutus Beefcake was scheduled to challenge for the Intercontinental title at Summerslam twice, but never made the show.
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I thought when honky tonk man and the hart foundation beat savage with honky tonks guitar it was real and no one was coming to save him.then the hulkster came running down, the whole place lit up.
I don’t know, I think it would be easier and much more accurate to describe some of these people like Jake “the Snake” as low to mid main event wrestlers, since they were definitely at or near the top of the card.
I loved all of these fellas. hacksaw was one of my all time favs tho.
Good list. I’d add
Roddy Piper, Paul Orndorff, Greg Valentine, Don Muraco, Ted DiBiase, Junkyard Dog, Adrian Adonis,
DiBiase was a main eventer
Except for his feud with Hogan, not really. Never held the WWE or IC titles. Was a midcarder after his feud with Hogan from then on
i never realized growing up that most of these guys were considered mid card. Kerry Von Erich and Rick Rude are my all time favorite two wrestlers, Kerry was my favorite as a kid and Rude who i hated as a kid has become my favorite as an adult.
The Shawn Michaels Vs Rick Martel match at SummerSlam 92 was my mum’s favourite match of the night (my parents took my brother and I up to Wembley Stadium from Plymouth to see it live) and is the only match she can remember on her own. When talking about SummerSlam 92 because I was in Cardiff for Clash At The Castle (only just under a 2hr drive from Plymouth compared to the 4 & 1/2hr drive to the new Wembley Stadium) my mum said “I really enjoyed the pretty boys match” so I asked her do you remember any other matches and she said “I know you were looking forward to seeing the Undertaker but that’s it” so I replied “what about the British Bulldog match at the end?” Which then prompted her memory “oh yeah that’s right he beat Bret Hart for the championship and weren’t they brothers in law?” So when jogging her memory she remembered but throughout the years she always went on about the Shawn Michaels vs Rick Martel match aka the pretty boy match to her and the part Sensational Sherri (Sherri Martel) in the match having the men fight over her, pretending to faint so Shawn Michaels ended up carrying her up the aisle (which was a long walk to carry someone in your arms) and Rick Martel comes out from the back and dumps a bucket of water over Sherri Martel and Shawn Michaels drops her leaving her wet, screaming and embarrassed so she runs off to the back screaming and my mum loved it and she hates wrestling
I just watched the 1992 Royal rumble and it was absolutely stacked.
I got into Wrestling in 1989 and well...I love them all. They are all absolutely legends to me.
Did we already cover the Tag Teams of the golden era?
Same here.
There were so many teams. I used to love the usual bunch. Harts, Bulldogs, Demolition. But also loved watching Power and Glory, they had my favorite tag team finisher.
Also IRS for that last 18 months of the Golden Age in 1991-1992. Even before Money Inc. he was a finalist in the 1991 King of the Ring, and was routinely challenging for the IC Title. Money Inc. then of course often found itself in top-card feuds with singles like Hogan, Savage, Warrior and Razor Ramon.
This is good. The IC belt elevates a wrestler from mid-card to upper card. An example during the Santana-Valentine feud, Hogan wasn't sharing that card. Vince used that match as top-card to expand and allow Hogan to work in other arenas. Honky Tonk wasn't a great example of this though to me. He lowered the prestige of that belt from Steamboat, Savage, Santana etc.
Steamboat's best match was with Flair. But, the match vs Macho Man is close. Eff honky tonk man.
The title is very fitting! Another home run of a video
The best thing about all of these wrestlers was none of them needed a title to get them over. I actually preferred to see these wrestlers over Hogan, Warrior, Macho Man, etc.
Jake had feuds with Randy Savage, The Undertaker and Andre the Giant and was Austin's opponent when 3:16 was coined. He was actually supposed to have feuds with Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior too but both got cancelled when fans cheered Jake over Hogan and when Warrior got fired. Definitely upper mid card if we're saying he's mid card. The guy worked with top names in an era where getting main event matches was pretty rare.
The 80s.thats when I first got into AMERICAN WRESTLING, that's what we called it bk then. I started watching the WWF in around 88 when I was 12..Mr Perfect, Randy Savage, Warrior and the Rockers was always my favourites... Question Andy.. Was Damian actually Jakes snake, was it Jakes idea or Vinces..alwsys wondered about that. Thanks.
It was Vince idea. They used a lot of different snakes to play the role. Jake actually hated carrying it around
Tito Santana was my gym teacher from 2nd-5th grade and it was awesome.
Did he end each gym class by pumping his fist in the air and yelling "Arriba"?
This is so crazy cause my dad seen jake the snake yesterday in Baltimore
At 8:07. Rick Martel turned on Tito Santana in 1989 at Wrestlemania V, not 1987.
I remember hearing that Santana and Martel were also considered to have been the face of the New Generation, before it went to Hart. I also remember reading (many years ago) that Von Erich may have also been chosen for that role, if it wasn’t for his personal problems.
I'd take that with a grain of salt. Tito Santana was seen as old school (relatively speaking). Plus, Santana was doing the El Crapador gimmick. Rick Martel had been there for many years and had been a singles wrestler since early 1989. I know that Bret Hart had been around for a long time, yet he only broke out as a singles star in 1991, so from that perspective, he was still fresh. No way was it going to be Santana and Martel overtaking Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels when it came to being pushed.
Well think about it, you literally had the handpicked best workers of every one of the territories in one promotion.
This makes sense.
Martel and Santana broke up in 1989 after WrestleMania 5 and feuded into most of 1990. Strike Force debuted in 1987.
So much talent in the Golden Era that some of the greatest of alltime never won the big one.
I caught the end of this era and it was one of the best
Enjoyed watching the barbershop sections
This is not to knock your video as everyone you put on deserves to be on the list. More that there were SO many good mid carders in the 80's. You missed a ton. Bam Bam Bigelow, the One Man Gang, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, George "The Animal" Steele, Junkyard Dog, King Kong Bundy. The WWF in the 80's was stacked.
Martel didn't turn on Santana until 1989, not 1987 as stated.
Man there was a lot of talent in that mid card area. That’s why PPVs were so good then I’m comparison to now
Rick Martel was in the WWF 79 he was a 2 time WWF tag team champion before going to the AWA he returned in 86 with Zenk. HTM never beat Macho Man or Beefcake. Beefcake said he was suppose to win the IC title at summer slam until Ultimate Warrior had a hissy fit
Mental note Rick Martel been wrestling since '70s he was one half of the wwwf tag champions with Tony Garea way before strike Force
No mention of Million Dollar Man? Yeah he had some main events but so did Perfect and others. He never won any legit singles title and spent most of his career in the mid-card.
He is a mid card, but a video is up coming
Jake the Snake was definitely more of an upper mid carder. He wasnt a main eventer but his matches were usually more towards the top of the card feuding with Rick Rude, Andre the Giant, etc
Hacksaw was probably my favorite growing up. Super fun character.
Tito Santana was awesome
11:40 The Honky Tonk Man had a 454-day reign as the Intercontinental Champion not a 554 day reign as you said I wish you would get your facts straight before you post videos.
Thing is, andd something most wrestling fans know, is that most of the 80s roster actually *were* Main Event level talent. Vince purposefully lured them to NY with big contracts, and an eye to lower their value compared to his guys. Look at what he did with the WCW invasin and top guys there. Combine that with Hulk being a famous politician, and being unwilling to work with guys that he assumed lowered his value or made him look bad, and you can see why most of these guys never got the shots they arguably deserved.
Ravishing Rick Rude should have had at least ONE title run.
Grateful to remember this list nice vid bro well done
The only thing I disliked about this era is how it's almost entirely dominated by hulk hogan as wwf world champion despite there being dozens of other great and good wrestlers.
These guys are why the intercontinental title was the best title back in the day.
Jake should be 1 on this lift. Best promos by far. Great psychology.
Why number 1 ?
@@lexkanyima2195Because he's better than all the others
@@J.D.1. better then Piper, Beefcake, Perfect, Dibiase ?
Just to correct, Rick Martel was in the WWF in the early 80's as he and Tony Garea were 2 time tag champs.
One of the worst IC title moment was Texas Tornado's title win on long champion Mr.Perfect just after 2-3 months of his departure. Then lost it after another month in a dark match.
Rick Martel is the most underrated Wrestler on this list.
You had to hate him, his character demands it but he was skilled in his craft.
Strike Force had one of the 3 best themes ever, could have been a billboard hit back then.
I like Mr perfect is great wrestler in wrestling and ax and smash demolition is my favourite tag team in wrestling
Can we all agree Vince dropped the ball on all these guys. And made WCW bigger than it was supposed to be.
If he didn't keep the belt around hulk hogan other stars would been champion.
And look how history is repeating with Roman Reigns.
Great memories
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0:13 Elizabeth in the middle of all that man meat lol
Lol Rick Martel won the tag team title with Tony garea in the wwf in the early 80s