The British Wrestler (Full Length)
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- VICE looks at the UK's underground wrestling scene, from the community centres of Plymouth to the streets of Glasgow. A far cry from the now faded memories of terrestrial TV's World Of Sport and even further from the glitz and glamour of the stateside WWE, Brits across the country have been escaping the banality of their everyday lives by moonlighting as pro-wrestlers in the largely unheard scene of today.
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"Wolfgang: i would never go to wwe"
He is in NXT right now. Like...what?
$$$$$
Everyone has a price, everyone sells out.
Money talks.
@@streetrat48 Who would reject an offer by the biggest wrestling promotion in the world. Come jack, wake up, your salty Jack, and why Jack? Snap out.
@@Mecanotechmost of tna did until wwe wanted them. Most of wcw did even though they either left or were already about to be bought out and stay. Pretty sure aew stars say it even tho we know what’ll happen with the stars they make and won’t keep happy. Wwe is the popular girl that’s too hot for everyone but randomly finds dumb guys
@@xCYMORIx XD
I was clickbaited by grado
Same
I thought it was freestyle wrestling
Same
Same
@@brycenaustin517 You're right, no one cares
Grado has come so far since this film. He just appeared at ALL IN wembley stadium in front of 80,000 plus people!
I love this guy, he's so funny and he's following his dream, no matter what anyone thinks so well done.
This is the type of pro wrestling I love, you need this ballsy type of performances.
Anybody else catch that “slip a pill in her drink” at 27:40?
R.I.P. Lionheart 🙌🏾💯
Wolfgang saying he doesn't wanna join the WWE and now he is a part of the WWE. Incredible.
People need to realise that wrestling is big in Britain, you don't need to like it but respect the people actually harming themselves for the people that do. Its not all do it for the kids with promotions like ICW, its trying to give something other than the shite on the tv today. Which is much better than it was before but ICW still offers something more than the big boys and to come from nothing in a country with 300 million less people than the USA then you have to praise it.
ICW is big because it is a night out on sunday night in Glasgow and people just do not want to go to that same old pub
trust me, the garage is the same old pub when you are in glasgow
The USA only has like 331 million people in it btw, people think because our country is so big that the population is huge but it really isn't.
It's real to me damn it
You know what, I always thought wrestling was stupid, but now when I look at this documentary its almost endearing. A group of people getting together, willfully suspending disbelief so that they can enjoy a "show", a type of "show" that can only happen if everyone sits there sub-conciously and goes "you know what, i know this is fake, but I want to join in the story that everyone else here is telling. I want to also tell the story so I can enjoy the story". It's like a play but with more interaction
That's the mindset you have to have when watching it. Trust me as a guy who has wrestled it is hard. Plus there's is no off season. Their doing it for loads of days. Many reasons why some people get injured. I love wrestling for the atmosphere and storytelling. I always respect wrestlers. They are putting their bodies at risk, JUST FOR ENTERTAINMENT
As a guy who has passion for wrestling. It insults me that people think it's fake. It's just a story. People like me have worked with making our characters and working really hard to make it.
Jacob LOL Well Fucking Put Lads.
You’re right. And I wouldn’t say fake. Those bumps and falls still hurt to an extent and the injuries are very real. It’s more scripted. But it’s entertainment. Movies are scripted too but we don’t call it fake. We call it entertaining.
Before you idiots say wrestling is fake, don't watch wwe, watch some indy shows. It's predetermined, but the shit fucking hurts and the wrestlers don't hold back
the thing is that it's still FAKE. it's a work. It's a slap in the face of true "amateur" wrestlers
ArthurKnoqOut yet professional wrestlers put their body on the line more. Pro wrestlers endure just as much pain (if not more) as amateur wrestlers
Vital Witness they abuse their bodies from their over use of drugs and alcool, notfrom actually practicing a harder sport...
david maltais I'm glad you at least have the intelligence to use grammar correctly, oh wait..... Last time I checked amateur wrestles don't take thumbtacks to the back and flaming barbed wire bats to the face. Just stfu before you embarrass yourself further with your lack of knowledge of the world of professional wrestling
david maltais oh wow, I like your knowledgable insight on pro wrestling. grow the fuck up, the tights and makeup shtick is so old, it's pathetic that you trolls aren't even original anymore lol
watching in 2017. Wolfgang said he didn't wanna go to WWE but that's exactly what he did lol.
Yeah, ICW got bigger and Wolfgang got bigger with it. Now, people are rallying for him to be on NXT
UK dominator trained Adam Parmesan
Jaiden Docwra Justice for Kirby!
Benn
Jaiden Docwra
Since when did Patton Oswalt start wrestling under the persona "Grado"?
Crazy how far Rockstar Spud has come, he went from small indie shows to WWE 205 live general manager.
cannot believe where grado is now, fair play to him!
its yourself
green warlock It's yersel!!
stuart roger wood fair enough, I cant type phonetic Scottish ;p
Idk if anybody got that bit where Grado was saying "I remember in the locker room looking at the old guys like they were old dogs" "Like hey Spot". It's from the wrestling documentary beyond the mat.
I just left a comment about that before I saw yours, I can't believe they dramatized that.
VICE is the best.
Its crazy seeing this, 2014, Wolfgang says he never wants to make it to the WWE. Flash forward to 2017 and there he is, WWE UK Championship Tournament, nearly going the distance and winding up signed to NXT
Pro wrestling is real, and it is the hardest business in the world. I am bound to get hate for this, but I am right, you are wrong.
TheGEGgaming even eating is harder than fake wrestling
dodgy Dogz Its fake in the same way cirque du soleil is fake. Pro Wrestling isnt a sport, but you cant say these guys aren't athletes. Wrestlers are thrown around like rag dolls multiple times a week for people entertainment. You dont have to like wrestling, but you should be able to respect the athletic feats these performers are able to accomplish.
And if you really think wrestling is that easy, go do it. It looks like great money for a part time gig.
ivosnivo Comparing ProWrestling and Combat sports is apples and oranges. The argument that pro-wrestling is tougher is because of how often pro-wrestlers are expected to work.
Compare Floyd Maywether and John Cena. In 2014 Maywether had 2 matches, while Cena preformed some where around 200 times.
Of course wrestling is easier on the body then fighting, but the schedule has got to be demanding on the body in a way I cant even imagine. Getting thrown off the top rope on to your back on monday and having to get up tuesday and do it again seems just insane. And thats a kind of insanity you just gotta stand back and respect.
Your mom has no kids
+ivosnivo travelling and putting your body on the line 250+ days a year, rather than 2-3 real fights a year. The Numbers are there.
Whean Skotteash peepuuhl neeahd sobtahytuuhls
aye ano ae its pure fuken shite
lol
I like Grado he's overcome all those hurdles yes it's been an up hill battle but he's well known in the UK he's got something that the fans like 👍
Glad to know not only the US is weird.
china first then the usa.
Japan first.
SyCannon North Korea first actually.
US is still backwards
"You have entered the danger zone"
Cue the tumbleweed 😂😂
This is why I love UK wrestling over American stuff. Character and tallent mean more than how muscular you are.
Clearly some people genuinely take all this at face value and think all these guys are idiots, look into their history, dig a little and you'll find all these people are trying to do is entertain and earn money in a job they enjoy, watch the BBC documentary about them.
"I don't wanna go to WWE" -Wolfgang.
*What a great wrestling story!!* :D
_Thanks for making this, Vice!_
Pierce The Gauche asterisk and underscores before and after
Pierce The Gauche :D
thumbs up if you're still watching this in 2015
+Drew Heyer I'm watching this as I'm being trained by Pretty Boy Danny Walsh. Loving the journey at this point. Seen Dominator live a load too, phenomenal worker when it comes to getting a reaction.
+Drew Heyer 2016 now :D
+Drew Heyer Leave
+Drew Heyer ill stick a thumb upyer nose fannybaws
Drew Heyer 2017
The guy in the beginning in so true.... The world is so plastic
But as Aqua says, life in plastic, it's fantastic.
Then starts a wrestling company haha
AMAZING ME tht is mark dalls the owner of icw
That’s the guy that runs insane wrestling in Scotland and it was to show his anger at calling wrestling fake when it actually has pepole beating the shit out of one another
Not british scottish you americans needs to realise that britain isnt just england
england owns scotland, same as wales and Northern Island.
hainto thez i wouldn't say "owns" but thats the way they treat us
Man UK is a fuked up place..
hainto thez haha 'northern island'. what an intelligent young man you are
Whys fatarse wearing a union flag if he so scottish then?
"Fuck, I'm cunted." Grado is the fucking GOAT.
What is the old school rave song when they were talking about the Bucky boys called? I’m after that specific version it starts at 36:43 and it plays at the beginning of the documentary 1:54
Grado just grows on you man, hahaha
I don't know about you but I store all of my spare car doors under a wrestling ring.
Grado should be in NXT
Dan Nation ikr
Wow, Rockstar Spud and Grado both in TNA
Remember the blossom twins where in TNA boot camp uk
"Jobsy stop smoking them doobies" BEST. LINE. EVER.
#PushKirby
holy shit yaass :D
That’s him fae “two doors down” on bbc 😂
Seeing Wolfgang go from its a hobby to now with WWE. Good on ya fella!
"Fuck I'm cunted" best line ever
this is really entertaining in a cringey uncomfrotable way, whoever edited this documentary did a really good job of adding to that feel aswell. really enjoyed it
Wolfgang states he doesn't wanna go to WWE and then he competes in the UK tournament, Wolfgang deserved it and he is a hell of a wrestler
wolfgang: "i dont wanna be part of the WWE" three years later: in the WWE
I love the fact that they are speaking English and there is still subtitles for the people who actually speak English
Lol, I think that's that's for the Scottish accents.
Grado in WWE with the Madonna theme, please!! Fans are hype and will put him over. I love wrestling.
isnt this an old documentary?
lol
It was split up into parts, now it's all together... i think?
I've only just watched it so it's new to me.
Yes it's very old documentary...indeed very old
Wolfgang saying he doesn't want to go to WWE is strange now.
For a place that the English language came from I can't understand half the shit that's said....
Wait, let me guess... You're American..
Holy shit a Brit with ugly ass teeth! Fuckin Brits think there better than anyone else, I hate those arrogant dushbags... News flash England fuck you!
nick j Wow... You don't know the English at all... They most certainly do not think they are better than everyone else.. They lament and laugh about the fact they are not on a regular basis... But yes, Brits do, quite rightly, consider themselves less degenerate and not as dumb-as-fuck as the yanks. But so does everyone else.. It's cos yanks are thick as fuck.
IngSoc Smith Couldn't have summed it up better; at least there are actual intelligent beings here
nick j not all us brits have bad teeth, i haven't
Why the fuck does he have subtitles? He's clearly speaking English.
I think it is for non-british people and his accent
because some people might struggle to hear/understand him properly due to his accent
Im from Peru and I understand better with the subtitles. If only every single video-documentary in RUclips would be English subtitled, I could understand everything.
Google wanted me to change my username so I changed it to a description of why I changed my username it's for the non brits who aren't used to British accents
Welllllllll...
Its kinda crazy to look at Wolfgang then to now. Now he has a WWE Contract and has been Heavyweight champion in ICW
One of my all time favorite VICE joints! Grado is such an inspiren guy.
This is why I'm proud to be Scottish!
You shouldn't be though!!
Wow great to see Rockstar Spud who now has a full TNA contract!!!
666jamie666 and now hes signing with wwe
Also grado was in tna
6:17 lmao that was perfect
HAHA i couldn't have said it better myself!
British wrestling with gabber. I was not expecting that 😂
Great documentary, I'm sure some people who aren't familiar with the accent found it hard to understand even with subtitles.
To people that don't know, this is exactly what a British person is like
"but i'm a security guard" - BOOK HIM!
Gr8 doc and Grado is hilarious! Big Grado fan from Torana Canada!
Wolfgang - “ I don’t want to go to Wwe or anything like that” so much for that
I came here because I was complaining about Grado being booked in TNA. One man told me I will respect him after this. I will find out now.
Fuck. I love vice videos for shit like this.
Deep stuff man!
grado has the best ring walk in wrestling history. Or at least he did in the ICW days
Amazing documentary. Well done and thank you.
- A Scotsman
How do you turn the subtitles off ????
Sleeping Rockstar Spud is the most adorable thing ever.
Might be wrong, but the blink-and-you'll-miss-him talking head at at 18:34 is (I think) Dann Read.
Best documentary ever ask urself
Haha the im not booked skit grado does is a piss take of the terry funk talking to his friend whilst his friend is complaining hoe hes not booked from the beyond the mat documentry
Yes! Glad I wasn't the only one to spot that. Grado channeling his inner Dennis Stamp. Just not jumping on a trampoline in his boxer shorts xD
Hey Vice, you really don't need subtitles on the people without heavy accents.
Funny seeing Wolfgang say he doesn’t plan on going to WWE which he does and even wins a title
22:02 the subtitles are completely wrong haha
I fucking love pro wrestling.
Grado belongs in the WWE. He's quite the personality.
Ring announcer at 16:20 is Andy Quildan, owner and operator of Revolution Pro Wrestling.
Props to Grado for the Dennis Stamp tribute :D
2 years later and all I can say is, MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool seeing where Drake Maverick is now
It's amazing to know that that half of this is based in saltcoats
Oh my god at 5:52 did they dramatize that part of Beyond The Mat where Terry Funk is asking the guy to come to his last show?
it's okay if something is fake. it's okay if something is gay. but being fake and gay at the same time is just too much.
TS66 XD you try and do what they do
MMA is more gay than pro wrestling
Wolfgang didn't want to go to WWE and look at where he is now....
can someone tell me what the song at 36:42 is called?
Finn Balor (prince devitt), Adrian Neville (Pac), Magnus, Doug Williams, Nigel McGuinness, bad news barrett, William Regal, paige, becky lynch, and the icw guys are awesome
21:12 He looks more physically fit here than he does in the ring...
Also... shame that Grado didn't actually win the match the end.
What is the song called that is being played in the background on 11:13
It's nuts to me that people need subtitles to this
I'd always known Grado was in this but I had no idea Spud was in this.
I could tell he was British just from the thumbnail picture
'I don't want to go to WWE or anything like that'
Well that worked out for you didn't it, Wolfgang...
What is the song at the end of the doc?
"i wanna be in books people read in 2000 years that i was a pro wrestler" said without ironie. Are you already braindamaged?
19:33 Rockstar Spud
Was the "IM NOT INVOLVED" spot a parody of the bloke from Beyond the Mat
if grado loses, we RIOT ...
This is so bizzare.. I feel like all of these people didn't find Punk or Hardcore music... the only reason i'm watching this is because of Billy Corgan, he described it as one of the last 'rock n roll' artforms. It's theatre guys, theatre.
I can't watch all of this....
Mailer Daemon It's weird that Billy now owns a wrestling promotion.
I never thought there was an English accent that I wouldn't be able to understand but my god that Scottish accent is soooo thick it's like they're speaking another language
Where can I find Grado RUclips account?