I won’t lie I always thought DDP was a bit scuzzy in WCW and was never much a fan but he won me over with the Jake the Snake documentary, just a good example of why you can’t judge people by their appearance, a true class act.
And goldberg basically worked 3 dates a year, that wasn't consecutive years often. I wouldnt get in the ring with Goldberg no matter how much I was paid. And taker holds same sentiment now I am sure
The Taker/Goldberg match was about 15 years too late. Both were old and had lost quite a few steps. Book this for the early 2000s and it may have been something to see. They both botched so many spots
@@sheva10978 you know goldberg could never do any actual wrestling. even he says he was better at it when he was old. so that is all you have to know. undertaker would have never had a good match with him
@@DarknessFlameMedia That was the whole point of his streak when he first came into WCW.. He had the look, but he didn't know how to work a match, so get him in and out as fast as possible, give him a ton of push, and teach him how to wrestle behind the scenes.. Unfortunately, no one did the last bit, teaching...
By the time Giant Gonzalez even started wrestling, his knees were completely shot from basketball. Poor guy could barely move and only lasted until early 1995 in Japan. He did retire against Great Muta, and Muta did all he could to give GiGi a proper send off.
People wonder why Basketball Players walk crazy.. Once Those Knees are gone it's over.. You will not run or walk like you use to.. Then getting into Pro Wrestling made his knees even worse.. Look at Lex Luger.. Years of Playing Football and being involved in Pro Wrestling did a number to his neck and back..
@@kenrickeason Basketball isn't kind to knees or ankles. Kevin Nash is proof of that too. I'm honestly surprised that Luger is still alive given his steroid usage.
hogan's neck, along with the rest of his body was already fucked up before that match. i think his past neck injuries were aggravated & i say that as a person who has had a bad neck from a car accident when i was 3. plus hogan had laid no blame on 'taker & even says that in his book.
Probably just saying it cuz they don't like Goldberg cuz they're haters (of big sweaty men) like most smarks (who are still bitter about getting beat up by the jocks in high school).
@@BobbyJr_ while that may be true it’s called a professional opinion about someone which don’t always line up with how your personal opinion is about that person.
Goldberg ended Bret's career and he nearly added Undertaker to that list, also first time I seen Undertaker botch the Tombstone, i think he was half way to become a real dead man after Goldberg hit Undertaker with the Burning Hammer instead of the Jack Hammer, and Undertaker called an Audible since he botched the tombstone probably, there was no other credible finish for the match that another tombstone so he audibled a choke slam cause things were dangerous
You'll never convince me that Taker worked with Viscera because he wanted to work with him. I fully believe it's because he was making sure without any doubt that he wouldn't have to work against him again
Being on a team with someone almost assures that you are going to have to work them. Most teams work each other when the team falls apart. The Hardy's, E&C, the Radicals, Evolution, DX, ect.
"made peace." Yeah, I'm sure that helped the damage he tried to cause to their careers. Undertaker is one of the most unprofessional people out there, but gets a pass because of his longevity and the character.
Guys like Mabel and Giant Gonzales really make you appreciate guys like Big Show, Undertaker, and of course Kane. Everyone of course has the responsibility of working safely, but the big guys need to be especially careful. It's of course fun to watch them ragdoll the smaller guys, but only when you know that they aren't getting severely injured in the process.
Like when Big Show did a massive chokeslam to Rey Mysterio in a PPV match in April 2003 after he caught Rey while he was trying to do an aerial move on him, I enjoyed seeing the Big Show chokeslam him halfway to China as I tend to be fond of big wrestlers.
@@girlgarde Yup, there were several instances where Big Show rag-dolled Rey around, and it was so fun to watch knowing that Rey trusted Big Show with his body, and Big Show respected that trust while also being able to put on a good show. The same of course goes with Kane and Undertaker. Their ability to utilize their size and power without hurting their smaller opponents is so underrated.
How wwf destroyed DDP, who was the hottest wrestler in wcw and a fan favorite, really made me turn on the company in a big way. Plus I started to get out of wrestling around that time too. Making DDP a stalker? Get the f**k outa here
Honestly, like 90% 0f the best wcw talent got buried by vince "bad sport" mcmahon. He couldnt just take in the talent after winning, he had to ruin them first. Short sighted moron.
I think a lot of respect needs to be given to both Kane and The Undertaker. You can see the bulk of guys in this video are bigger guys. Typically bigger guys are kind of slower and don't move around that well. That was not the case with Kane and The Undertaker. Both of these men were so agile, so athletic, and moved around so well for men that were almost 7 feet tall and 300 plus pounds.
@@BREAKocean Absolutely, I was always amazed at how Kane would just go to the top rope and land his clotheslines to perfection or how The Undertaker would walk across the top rope with ease or land his flying clothesline. I think even one-time, if I remember, Kane performed and enzuigiri on the Big Show.
I love DDP now. Back then? I ONLY knew him from that stalker gimmick, and it caused me to really dislike him. Now, being able to stream everything, I got to see a lot of his WCW stuff, plus his DDPYoga is awesome.
@@Mechachu DDP was labeled the peoples champion organically before The Rock labeled himself that. DDP was one of the most over wrestlers of that time and it was because he was so beloved and respected by the wrestling fans. Mans unmasked on WWF tv and that entire arena lost its damn mind
Surprised Cowboy Bob Orton isn't on here for his part in the 2005 Feud between Undertaker & Randy Orton causing both he and Bob Jr. bleeding, with the latter not divulging his Hepatitis C diagnosis
@@C.I.A.Retired hep c is a bloodborne disease and they were bleeding in the match. Taker was upset because he wasn't told that Bob had hepatitis and Taker could have got it
For the undertaker vs Goldberg match I think the only one at fault is Vince the two men where way out of there prime as they where in their mid 50’s both where part timers and the match just came too late they really should have put them in a match when they where younger
Considering the rumor that the Saudis wanted Yokozuna the first time they went there, I wouldn't be surprised that this match was just a bone to throw at them so as not to lose the market oppurtunity...
@@vleaky3430 There was a few mistakes in grammar which I only noticed after you pointed it out. But personally I don't care, I completely understood what the original poster was trying to say.
@@mickm6309 it was not intended for you so don't get too excited. I'm just correcting him because when you say "in the mid 50s" it refers to the time period, as in the 1950s.
He was a megastar, at least one of the top draws of WCW. However dude was 45years old and therefore way beyond his prime when WWE signed him, he just wasnt physically capable of following a maineventer schedule any longer since he didnt exactly live the healthiest lifestyle, like most of the wcw guys of his generation. Thats by the way the main reason why his career got literally buried alive. WWE signing him was an act of mercy, to give him another run, a retirement on his own terms and the possibility to HoF him later on.
Lol Bruce recalling The Undertaker Vs Heidenreich Feud was absolutely hilarious and Hogan wanted his wife and kids on the Phone since Undertaker injured his neck even though his neck was nowhere near the chair and Hogan's Like: the doesn't work for me brother 🤣🤣🤣
hahah ha very funny fan boy .undertaker said in an interview (i pride myself for Not Hurting People ) and thats not true. Thats a lie from undertaker cuz he almost killed Koko B ware with the tombstone in the Survivor series1990 match even Bruce Prichard talked about it . Also what he did to Goldbreg with that tombstone and what he did to the great khali After he opened the head of Great Khali with the chair and khali was bleeding heavily and what he did to Austin at the Summerslam1998 undertaker Knocked him out !! and what he did to thaat poor Jobber Al Phillips he almost killed him with the tompstone ! Also what he did to HBK's Back at the Royal Rumle 1998 SO ITS A LIE FROM TAKER . As for the Hulk Hogan story after the survivor series 1991 match . If you all saw the TOMBSTONE in slow motion the moment the Undertaker descended on his knee, you will all notice that the head of Hulk Hogan did not descend straightly, in fact you can see that his neck was bent incorrectly, and this is what caused The injury . Lost a lot of respect for taker .wwe tuesday in texas PPV was the original plan to give hogan the belt back and then jack Tunney stripped Hogan of the WWF Championship and declared the title vacant due to the controversial circumstances that had surrounded the two Hogan-Undertaker matches.He then declared that the upcoming Royal Rumble match . which was scheduled for January 1992, would be contested for the vacant title and the winner of the match would become the new champion . if Hulk Hogan didnt want to put that crybaby undertaker over he can easily say NO iam not ganna lose to that Kid but he did and Hulk Hogan made Undertaker control most of the match 90% of the match . But haters won't even notice that And won't appreciate what Hogan did and you will all cry for another 30 years . you want to criticize something? criticize your Undertaker for what he did to Diamond Dallas Page and to chris kanyon and to rene dupree so screw the undertaker
The Undertaker during the 90s did had sloppy matches because the wrestlers he had faced back then Weren't as athletic like the ones he faced in the 2000s were.
@@Bigunk-hc2ri agreed but the wrestlers definitely weren’t as athletic and fast as they are today. But 90s wrestling was just tough! Something to wanna watch every Monday nights!
@@cordarriuscurry7739 yea but in the 90s the cell had more meaning it was something to be feared. The first match in the cell with HBK (prior to Kane’s entrance) it showed the proper brutality and pace needed and set the tone for all cell matches.
I don’t think Taker ever hated working with Punk. In an interview with Joe Rogan back in January of 2021, Taker said while him and Punk aren’t close, they got along and even admitted he was the top guy of the company which is why he likely chose him at Mania 29. I don’t think I ever remember Punk ever publicly saying he hated working with Undertaker. So number 1 is completely false.
Personally as an old school WWF fan, I always loved The Undertaker's work with The Big Show. Whether allies or enemies, they worked absolutely well together and I'll never forget their match when The Big Show chokeslammed The Undertaker through the ring and ended the match immediately.
Giant Gonzalez has to be on the list. Even Calloway said, in his Steve Austin's Broken Skull episode, that he hated working with El Gigante at WrestleMania 9.
He was a developmental tallent at the the time. IIRC he was rented in some kind of talent exchange. His language skills where utter shite , which didn't help I'm sure. lol but ultimately you had this tall af guy who got told don't do flips (even thought that was one of his things)...so yeah...
I was utterly heartbroken when I saw the Taker-Goldberg match. They're two of my 5-10 all-time favorites, and it was terrifying and sad that an injury so early in the match both ruined their performance and put them both at risk for real damage. Also, hard to believe Taker would ever pull a power play on anyone, so I'm surprised to hear that he politicked to take the belt off Punk.
Also I’d be surprised if it was because of how he dressed, plenty of other wrestlers had similar looks. I’d bet it was more because Punk has a notoriously piss poor attitude backstage. It’s a shame, he’s a fantastic wrestler but a terrible dude to work with personally.
Brock Lesnar liked working with Golberg, Goldberg only agreed to come back into wrestling in 2016 if he got to face Lesnar and Lesnar agreed as they are good friends. Goldberg originally wanted it to be his final match
Heidenreich should've been brought in with Snitsky as a frightening heel tag team goons from the jump with a male or female manager/valet with a mouthpiece. The business move would've work instead of being individuals put on the fast track. Keep them together for about 2 or 3 years win the tag titles a couple of times and experiment with 1 on 1 matches between that time. If it shows they can hold their own apart great if not give them time. I would've love to see them as a tag team first I didn't care for T&A, but over time they grew on me. Those two would've been the ones to pick up where T&A left off I miss that tag team.
That thumbnail made me uber sad. Kanyon was such an underrated performer in WCW who had a good look and killer gimmick. To see him, a closeted gay, have to dance out there like Boy George and get murdered with a chair shot and sent down to Velocity was a travesty. Who Betta Than Kanyon? Nobody
@@RandomPerson-nd2ey Kanyon was good, but let's face it no one cares if he was a part of the rainbow. Think about it Goldust & Rico had extremely Feminine Gimmicks and it really didn't bother the fans, hell even Orlando Jordan came out around the same time while Kanyon was still wrestling. Kanyon's big problem was never thinking he was good enough which caused him to go into depression and drug abuse
First I've seen of Giant Gonzalez personally.....and all I can say is, Hajime Isayama must've been a big fan...cause he seriously looks crazy similar to both the beast and colossus titan from Attack on titan. Its uncanny! I got way too excited over this, just thought it was a cool thing to stumble onto. Do you guys see it?
Great Khali is Worlds better than Giant Gonzales. Khali drew tons of Money and actually had Succes in Wrestling other than Gonzales. Also he atleast had some decent Matches and had a good Physique other than Gonzales who had a fake Body Suit.
I'll admit, knowing that he pulled the chair from CM Punk's championship run, definitely made me lose a bit of the reverence for Undertaker. I respect him because he always put the business first over everything, but to completely ruin Punk's run when he was white hot after that feud with Jeff Hardy, over dress attire is so petty.
I heard it was more ego that taker had a issue with with punk. From what I’m seen and heard from a lot of wrestlers. Punk is a prick so who really knows.
It wasn't petty... Punk in that time is similar to cena in his jersey shirt days... They look like midcarders... Talent wise both were top guys but they look like midcards...
@@vaishalikasturiwale4655 but if fans like it... who's to say? His whole gimmick was rebellion. People loved Austin in his jeans and vest. They loved Sting with his Crow look. They even loved Dusty Rhodes in the polka dots Vince forced on him. WWE needs to get with the times and realize not all wrestlers need to be in trunks. Edit: hell, Taker himself as the Deadman is a huge departure!
6:12 ah yes. Hogan must’ve been so sore from getting his neck compressed into all of those layers of air. He didn’t even need the chair to be in so much pain I guess. We gotta really be watching out for air, it’ll inflict serious damage if you hit your head against it hard enough
I have mixed feelings about this. I really like taker and respect the hell out of what he’s done for the business. But some of these dislikes seem really petty especially the last 3. DDP should of been a huge star he was great in wcw to find out that taker killed that chance because of something really silly is aggravating as a fan. The Goldberg match simply should never happened. It was too late in both mens careers. The punk thing is also ridiculous. I get that taker is a vet but not everyone should have to do what he says just because he says it.
@@LordBarros yeah that ain't sit well wit me cause Kanyon was a great wrestler taker, hogan alot of those old tome wrestlers make it seem like they went thru he'll so its make it ok to be a asshole to the next up
@@DarknessFlameMedia ..true...Goldberg never belonged in a wrestling ring...the man never had one good match...I never got how Goldberg got over with fans...his in ring work was terrible and his mic work was just as bad....he made it just on his look alone I guess...
Hogan became such a hack in the 90s in WWF. WCW saved his career when he left WWF. When he returned in 2002, he was so brittle that Undertaker gave him the smallest choke slam as possible to not have Hogans back implode....
What I find debatable is, if you call WCW letting Hogan use his creative control to run wild all over the company and benefit himself and his friends, all at the expense of guys just trying to survive in an environment that favored the big names over rising stars (and even ruining the momentum of guys who had been in WCW for years by that point, like Ric Flair, Vader, even Sting) "saving his career", then, yes, they did just that.
lol Hogan didn't need WCW to save his career. He made WCW famous and competitive with WWF when he turned heel and made the nWo with Hall and Nash. He also had one of the most popular WM matches of all time against the Rock during his 2002 comeback.
I’ve got mixed feelings. CM Punk seemed very popular with fans but unpopular with other wrestlers. How much of that was their jealousy and how much of that was his not respecting locker room etiquette who knows. Both are possible.
@@chamuuemura5314 I can definitely see both. He’s headstrong but I think it’s his greatest strength and weakness. His identity was this edgy & rebellious guy that younger ppl like me admired. And he had the talent to go with it. If he assimilated, I don’t think he would’ve been as great of a superstar at his peak. But it’s the same reason why he’s falling off these days
4:58. Now that’s something I have to disagree with, for shows size he did a Goddamn elbow off the top rope to mark, he did a Russian legsweep which for a man his size in 1999 was impressive, despite the fact that he never won the royal rumble still blows my mind, they should have had rock win in 1999 and show in 2000, now taker definitely didn’t do what Brody by complaining through the match, but big show is underrated, I respect taker alot and when I mean alot I mean ALOT, but big show is an incredible athlete
my guess is Chris Kanyon pushed a button and Undertaker over reacted and the end results were clear... Undertaker is not perfect and you can not like everybody
Yes that sh*t was a rib I'm sure the Undertaker didn't know he was gay. I didn't know either until a couple of years after his passing. When I watched his Darkside of the Ring episode and it got to this incident with Taker. Jean Paul Levesque instantly came to mind given his track record of doing a**hole sh*t.
There r lot of backstage stories which r unclear.. There's not much clarity abt it so we must not directly jump into an opinion..Yeah the shot was nasty but u got to be tough in that era..
@@PeaceDweller It doesn't matter if Kanyon called him a POS to his face. You don't smack someone in the head (especially that hard) with a chair because of real life personal issues. It was 2003, not the 80s.
I thought "The Big Show" wrestled pretty good for a big man. In WCW he did front flips, assisted wrestlers when they would lift him i.e Goldberg/Nash/Sting/Hogan/Lex Luger and safe choke slams. I think DDP was given a horrible gimmick/angle McMahon did that with WCW superstars. Goldberg is weird because this is not the first time he gave himself a concussion via a turnbuckle spear. Goldberg stated he wants the match to be real as possible so he'd really hurt himself. He did the same thing with DDP but Goldberg did hurt people in the ring. It's just my opinion I really wouldn't know.
I would honestly hate working with someone that is that hard to please. If someone is giving you their best it's actually disrespectful to say their best isn't good enough.
Those hard to please people are what we call perfectionists. They think they are perfect so everything and everyone around them should be perfect too. They live in their fantasy or delusional worlds. No one and nothing will ever be perfect. The ones who are satisfied after you prove yourself or prove them wrong, those people are acceptable.
And yet Undertaker has had probably the most legendary career in the entire profession… he’s transcended the business. He didn’t do that by working sloppily or working with sloppy workers for 30+ years. It’s also a dangerous profession and if you don’t feel safe working with someone, you’re not going to keep working with them. If their “best” is sub-par and unsafe, and you want to be the best and have a long career, it’s not disrespectful to demand they match you, if anything if someone like Taker says you need to do better, that should motivate you to do better.
@@Thedudeman8282 Yes easily. Not only more entertaining but just flat out better on the mic and in ring. Shawn micheals name is literally mr wrestlemania as most people would argue he was ye best in ring performer. John cena, this dude literally puts on classic after classic and was even able to force a decent match out of the great khali and cena has the ability to make the audience wait for his next words. Not to mention his rap gimmick is def way better than rock and austins mic skills. CM punk is probably the most underrated wrestler. This dude is peerfect in almost every area and out perfroms rock and austin at. Hes way better on the mic hence why he destroyed rock on the mic in their bouts. Better theme song then both. Better attire. Better promos. Way more classic moments. Way more memorable matches. Heck rock and austin never even got a 5 rating on any matches. Punk did in 2 different companies and shawn also got 2. SO what does rock or austin do better than any of these 3 I mentioned MrEdgelord. Like your opinion is the most vanilla bs out there lol.
The CM Punk thing didn't taker said in a interview that him" Burying " punk wasn't true that he didn't have no issues with him from the start that he was easy to work with & they use to talk & bring up ideas about their matches
Also Sting. Sting wanted a match with the Deadman but Undertaker refused thus the match never happened. Undertaker said had Sting and him were still close to their prime the match would had work but in the 2010s, it's just not possible. It would probably end up being a bigger botch than the Goldberg match at Crown Jewel.
I thought it was s Sting that refused? Because there was a tease back in 2011 but they changed Taker's opponent to Triple H because Sting didn't sign with WWE. Or did I get that mixed up?
@@CantRead1 I think you are correct but according to what I heard, Jim Cornette mention that the whole reason Sting went to WWE was to make that dream match happen and some time between his debut at Survivor Series 2014 til his match with Seth Rollins at Night of Champions he must had discuss the plan match with Taker or Vince McMahon. Not sure which guy he talk to but according to Cornette it seem that Taker didn't want to do the match as he felt it wouldn't had work.
Those are both guys that typically have to be carried by better wrestlers. Putting them against each other would be a train wreck, just like Undertaker Goldberg.
I saw an interview with Hogan where he talked about that tombstone. He said when he went down down he just felt something tweak in his neck and didn’t know why. He said Taker absolutely did the move perfectly safe but “it was just one of those things.” I mean he may have been backtracking but it actually sounded pretty credible.
May have? He definitely was. But doesn't change the reason behind him blaming taker for it originally, He's got a fuckin H U G E ego and it was damaged because he was envious of Taker's success
@@aoclive6710 how would Becky and Charlotte be the 90s version of Taker and Hogan 😂 I get what you mean though. Becky would be Taker, consummate professional, and Flair would be Hogan, throwing her toys out the pram if she doesn’t get what she wants. Although I would say Flair is worse because she’s living off her dad’s name, Hogan built (and pretty much tore down) his own legacy.
I heard so many rumors about Taker back stage. HE became the "man" you wanted to be on good terms with! HE was the one (of one of them) that younger wrestlers "looked up to" and went to "if they had a problem." More of what I heard was "Undertaker was not only one of the safest wrestlers to work with but also patient with the next generation." And to get on HIS bad side was detrimental to your career! He was, is and will ALWAYS be a legend that paved the way for soooo MANY new talents!
The stories about how he was when out of character are so consistent that a person would really have to go to great effort to think of Undertaker as anything but a standup guy.
@@Snyper1405 I don't remember where I heard it, but it was the theory that person had based on the dangerousity of Mabel in the ring, not something that is provable by source.
The fact WWF/WWE not only kept Mabel around, but, resigned him despite the string of people he injured is complete bullshit. If I was Vince, I would've fired Mabel on the spot after he injured Taker
Well vince didn’t want to lose Kevin Nash aka diesel as he said you fire him you fire me and this was during there war with wcw so they wanted to keep Nash for a little longer plus diesel was the WWF’s biggest star at the time
Such a shame that DPP never got the push that he deserved in the WWE. He's a God-sent helping people and fellow former wrestlers get their lives back on track and deserved better.
@@joshyjosh1990 i liked his JBL Limo Run on SMACKDOWN As Champ.....Those matches with Eddie.....I didnt mind JBL....Just not the HBK Working for him they did for a bit lol
I definitely think Taker took a liking to Jeff. Probably took him under his wing multiple times. I remember in Jeff's build up to winning the WWE title. Undertaker willingly took a clean loss to Jeff on Smackdown. Jeff Hardy doesn't reach mega stardom without The Undertaker in my opinion.
Edit: (Please read all before flagging me) Back then nobody liked fags. I liked Kanyon but hated it so much that he was gay. I finally accepted it by telling myself it was a work. But later in life I would become friends with my best friend's (RIP) uncle a couple years after my best friend died. He reminded me a lot of him but he was gay. At first I would feel super weird around him but found out gays don't wanna screw every guy they see. That was a normal man's thought back in the day. But as long as I hand my personal space respected he was cool. He never violated it or hit on me. He was very giving and generous with many people and totally changed my view on gay people to where I accepted them as just another person. This was back around 2013-2016(17) not sure as he died. And that was still before gays were really accepted and I would get trolled wit gay jokes all the time for sticking up for him and his guy friend at times. One nice thing was they had lots of lady friends, which I enjoyed as a perk of being around a gathering of a gay guy's 😂😂... But.... Hey yo.... Who's better than Kanyon??? Nobody!!!! That's one more for the good guys... RIP 2 of my favorite wrestlers.. (sorry but I had to share this, when I was typing the next word that was suggested after favorite was faggot 😂😂😂.. sorry if u guys are offended but I say it to my gay friends fucking around with them. They call me a Gook and Chink, it's all for fun, u can't be uptight in life, my gay friend taught me that
I blame Vince way more then I blame DDP for the bad angle DDP and Taker had. DDP should never have been matched up against Taker in the first place. I think The Rock would have been a far superior feud for DDP that had more potential then Taker; I wish Vince would have agreed with DDP on that one.
Not sure. It seems like that one people are making huge assumptions out of nothing. Cause like you said it wasn’t explained why. So I think people are making something out of nothing and getting angry over made up reasons
@@bennu547 Either Kanyon did something we don't know about that warranted this in their eyes, it was all just a series of coincidences that look incredibly bad with hindsight, or people are right and it was because he was gay. None of us are likely to ever know the answer, and I doubt Taker himself will enlighten us, although as far as I'm aware no-one has ever asked him about this.
Undertaker truly is the most professional, humble wrestler in this business. He was willing to make any program work and although there were some failures and heated arguments, the fact that Taker was willing to work with anyone goes to show he knows everyone that steps into wrestling has lots of potential. Much respect.❤️✊
@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu Undertaker did what he did to HBK because there were fears HBK was refusing to do the job to Austin. So do the job or die basically. HBK chose life. Smart move.
@@CammyTheSportsEntertainer Undertaker doesn't have the right to make that call. It wasn't that big a deal to threaten anyone's well being. If there ever is a good reason for it that sure wasn't one of them
@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu Shawn Michaels was a massive POS back then. HBK would tell you himself. So there was concerns HBK would suddenly refuse to job despite clearly leaving due to his back injury. So Taker made sure he did the job. Otherwise HBK was deservedly getting his receipt. Taker's the locker room leader. What he says goes. It's his job to keep the boys in check.
@@CammyTheSportsEntertainer I agree 100%. Not to mention, Taker cared about helping building up new stars, in this case Austin at Mania XIV. So yeah, I’m with you.👍
@@andrewperiard8213 You don't know. You weren't there. Even DDP himself said he was arrogant in WCW. Sorry, I'll believe Mark and DDP's own words in interviews over an unknown on RUclips, thank you.
Imagine if Big Show's drive was to be the number 1 guy in the company. Imagine what he could do. When you look back,it incredible how agile he was at that size. I completly understand why Taker was hard on him. If he wanted to he could've been so much more.
Undertaker didn't like the way Punk dressed? That's it? Why would that be a problem? You gon stand in the way of someone's push for something like that? Since when is Undertaker preoccupied with how anyone dresses or looks? There was probably some other reason he didn't like Punk. Something Punk said or did or Undertaker just didn't like him just because. I don't know if I see dress being a problem for Undertaker.
I bet if Khali and Gonzalez were in WWF/WWE at the same time , Vince would've put them together as a team then have them separate and have one of the worst matches ever .
For your information Mable was pretty reckless in the ring. He legitimately crushed his eye socket and mangled him, no wonder he didn't like working with him. I don't think anybody buys that Hogan thing as it's straight out a lie. The Undertaker's name is greater than to be tarnished by Hogan's lies and false accusations. I'd respect the Phenom for his 30+ years of going through pain and entertaining us.
Literally less than 10 seconds into the section about Mabel he mentioned how he was reckless and injured a lot of people, he even mentioned how he crushed the undertaker's eye socket. So I don't understand why you are acting as if he didn't.
DDP went on to probably the most important thing of his career, helping his friends. I have so much respect for him for that.
No doubt
I won’t lie I always thought DDP was a bit scuzzy in WCW and was never much a fan but he won me over with the Jake the Snake documentary, just a good example of why you can’t judge people by their appearance, a true class act.
If it wasn’t for him Scott hall wouldn’t have had those extra 10 years
Honestly it’s hard to find anyone who genuinely hates the dude for good reason, DDP seems like a really great guy
@@arkaea lp
No surprise that The Undertaker didn’t want to work with Mabel. Looks like he was pretty reckless in the ring.
And Goldberg was a known issue, even in WCW.
Yeah Mabel was reckless in the ring he even injured Nash badly
And goldberg basically worked 3 dates a year, that wasn't consecutive years often. I wouldnt get in the ring with Goldberg no matter how much I was paid. And taker holds same sentiment now I am sure
Nobody wanted to work with him or Goldberg.
@@Mechachu Yep, just ask Bret
The Taker/Goldberg match was about 15 years too late. Both were old and had lost quite a few steps. Book this for the early 2000s and it may have been something to see. They both botched so many spots
It looked like it. Outright dangerous they were doing multiple tombstone moves on each other in the late 2010s too.
@@sheva10978 you know goldberg could never do any actual wrestling. even he says he was better at it when he was old. so that is all you have to know. undertaker would have never had a good match with him
@@DarknessFlameMedia That was the whole point of his streak when he first came into WCW.. He had the look, but he didn't know how to work a match, so get him in and out as fast as possible, give him a ton of push, and teach him how to wrestle behind the scenes.. Unfortunately, no one did the last bit, teaching...
Goldberg was never good to begin with, he would have still dropped him on his head 15 years ago 😂
Guy had a concussion. Give the man props for not just quitting. Although maybe he should have
By the time Giant Gonzalez even started wrestling, his knees were completely shot from basketball. Poor guy could barely move and only lasted until early 1995 in Japan. He did retire against Great Muta, and Muta did all he could to give GiGi a proper send off.
R.I.P. GiGi,there is a YT vid where it shows he died a poor man.
People wonder why Basketball Players walk crazy.. Once Those Knees are gone it's over.. You will not run or walk like you use to.. Then getting into Pro Wrestling made his knees even worse..
Look at Lex Luger.. Years of Playing Football and being involved in Pro Wrestling did a number to his neck and back..
@@kenrickeason Basketball isn't kind to knees or ankles. Kevin Nash is proof of that too. I'm honestly surprised that Luger is still alive given his steroid usage.
@@Tsunderebolt Omas as same skills as him so what change
@@kenrickeason same with Khali once he joined the wwe in 06 he couldn't even wrestle like he did in his younger years
I wouldn’t really claim Goldberg and Taker as a dislike, just lot of things went wrong during the match. And Hogan’s ego got hurt, not his neck.
hogan's neck, along with the rest of his body was already fucked up before that match. i think his past neck injuries were aggravated & i say that as a person who has had a bad neck from a car accident when i was 3. plus hogan had laid no blame on 'taker & even says that in his book.
What do you mean you wouldn’t claim? It’s people the undertaker doesn’t like.. you can have a great match and still not like someone. Lol
@@fortunax22 Taker and Goldberg are friends irl.
Probably just saying it cuz they don't like Goldberg cuz they're haters (of big sweaty men) like most smarks (who are still bitter about getting beat up by the jocks in high school).
@@BobbyJr_ while that may be true it’s called a professional opinion about someone which don’t always line up with how your personal opinion is about that person.
Vince McMahon: Your opponent is Goldberg.
Undertaker: Hehe, I'm in danger. No seriously. I am in serious danger.
Goldberg ended Bret's career and he nearly added Undertaker to that list, also first time I seen Undertaker botch the Tombstone, i think he was half way to become a real dead man after Goldberg hit Undertaker with the Burning Hammer instead of the Jack Hammer, and Undertaker called an Audible since he botched the tombstone probably, there was no other credible finish for the match that another tombstone so he audibled a choke slam cause things were dangerous
You'll never convince me that Taker worked with Viscera because he wanted to work with him. I fully believe it's because he was making sure without any doubt that he wouldn't have to work against him again
Good point.
Being on a team with someone almost assures that you are going to have to work them. Most teams work each other when the team falls apart. The Hardy's, E&C, the Radicals, Evolution, DX, ect.
Keep you friends close and your enemies closer.
Taker has literally said this himself.
I'm glad he made peace with most of these guys in the end.
Sometimes that hardly happens.
Screw him
he didn't make peace with Tracy smothers or chris kanyon
@@niaedmonds3342 well Kanyon has been dead for over a decade now soooo...
"made peace." Yeah, I'm sure that helped the damage he tried to cause to their careers. Undertaker is one of the most unprofessional people out there, but gets a pass because of his longevity and the character.
Said nobody with functioning brain cells. Educate yourself @@DerekScottBland
Taker is totally someone I would not disrespect in any shape or form. Gotta respect him for his 30+ years in the wrestling world
that doest mean hes perfect and hasnt ruined other careers ,like someone but dont be naive
His time on The Joe Rogen Experience was one of my favorite episodes.
@@khesipresents1885 Who? Name them slanderer. Or is this another of your lifetime of lies & deceit?
Intimidating
Did you hear his voice in the space Hogan movie? I could totally disrespect him. Heh heh.
Guys like Mabel and Giant Gonzales really make you appreciate guys like Big Show, Undertaker, and of course Kane. Everyone of course has the responsibility of working safely, but the big guys need to be especially careful. It's of course fun to watch them ragdoll the smaller guys, but only when you know that they aren't getting severely injured in the process.
Like when Big Show did a massive chokeslam to Rey Mysterio in a PPV match in April 2003 after he caught Rey while he was trying to do an aerial move on him, I enjoyed seeing the Big Show chokeslam him halfway to China as I tend to be fond of big wrestlers.
@@girlgarde Yup, there were several instances where Big Show rag-dolled Rey around, and it was so fun to watch knowing that Rey trusted Big Show with his body, and Big Show respected that trust while also being able to put on a good show. The same of course goes with Kane and Undertaker. Their ability to utilize their size and power without hurting their smaller opponents is so underrated.
Yo that Chair shot on Kanyon was vicious as hell
Chris Kanyon doesn't deserve that Vicious chairshot.
@@hrishikeshtalukdar6843 faxs
Just goes to show what a slub Taker really is
No it wasn’t it lol
Unnecessary af too
How wwf destroyed DDP, who was the hottest wrestler in wcw and a fan favorite, really made me turn on the company in a big way. Plus I started to get out of wrestling around that time too. Making DDP a stalker? Get the f**k outa here
Stalker DDP was awesome! Me and my brother never laughed so much in our lives!
Ngl maybe because I was a kid but the DDP taker beef was definitely entertaining. But they definitely botched DDP WWE career
@@WallyWorld21485 you spelled awful wrong
Same it was so dumb
Honestly, like 90% 0f the best wcw talent got buried by vince "bad sport" mcmahon. He couldnt just take in the talent after winning, he had to ruin them first. Short sighted moron.
I think a lot of respect needs to be given to both Kane and The Undertaker. You can see the bulk of guys in this video are bigger guys. Typically bigger guys are kind of slower and don't move around that well.
That was not the case with Kane and The Undertaker. Both of these men were so agile, so athletic, and moved around so well for men that were almost 7 feet tall and 300 plus pounds.
I love how Kane would go top rope all the time. As a kid it just seemed so unreal
@@BREAKocean
Absolutely, I was always amazed at how Kane would just go to the top rope and land his clotheslines to perfection or how The Undertaker would walk across the top rope with ease or land his flying clothesline.
I think even one-time, if I remember, Kane performed and enzuigiri on the
Big Show.
@@PENS68 bro you got me going to down the rabbithole now LOL
Kane in better shape than Matt Hardy.
i recall somewhere that only kane and undertaker is allow to use the tombstone since its so dangerous and how they have gain so uch trust
The DDP BURIAL really left a bad taste in my mouth… DDP was OVER!! They could’ve made money man!!
I love DDP now. Back then? I ONLY knew him from that stalker gimmick, and it caused me to really dislike him. Now, being able to stream everything, I got to see a lot of his WCW stuff, plus his DDPYoga is awesome.
I loved ddp in wcw ... man it could have been sooo much better
@@Mechachu DDP was labeled the peoples champion organically before The Rock labeled himself that. DDP was one of the most over wrestlers of that time and it was because he was so beloved and respected by the wrestling fans. Mans unmasked on WWF tv and that entire arena lost its damn mind
The money they could have made off that one shirt alone... I'm just glad I was watching WCW during the time DDP was doing his thing. Good times.
Surprised Cowboy Bob Orton isn't on here for his part in the 2005 Feud between Undertaker & Randy Orton causing both he and Bob Jr. bleeding, with the latter not divulging his Hepatitis C diagnosis
Cowboy bebop
I thought he'd be on the list to, they all knew he had hep and nobody told taker so I woulda hated them to
What does that have to do with anything? How old are you 5?
Orton could still work having hep c is irrelevant.
@@C.I.A.Retired hep c is a bloodborne disease and they were bleeding in the match. Taker was upset because he wasn't told that Bob had hepatitis and Taker could have got it
For the undertaker vs Goldberg match I think the only one at fault is Vince the two men where way out of there prime as they where in their mid 50’s both where part timers and the match just came too late they really should have put them in a match when they where younger
Considering the rumor that the Saudis wanted Yokozuna the first time they went there, I wouldn't be surprised that this match was just a bone to throw at them so as not to lose the market oppurtunity...
They were both at the stage of their careers where they should have only been wrestling smaller, younger guys who could carry most of the match.
their* mid 50s not THE mid 50s lol
@@vleaky3430 There was a few mistakes in grammar which I only noticed after you pointed it out. But personally I don't care, I completely understood what the original poster was trying to say.
@@mickm6309 it was not intended for you so don't get too excited. I'm just correcting him because when you say "in the mid 50s" it refers to the time period, as in the 1950s.
For an outstanding era that had it all, the waste of DDP still rubs me the wrong way. Diamond Dallas had megastar potential.
He was a megastar, at least one of the top draws of WCW. However dude was 45years old and therefore way beyond his prime when WWE signed him, he just wasnt physically capable of following a maineventer schedule any longer since he didnt exactly live the healthiest lifestyle, like most of the wcw guys of his generation. Thats by the way the main reason why his career got literally buried alive. WWE signing him was an act of mercy, to give him another run, a retirement on his own terms and the possibility to HoF him later on.
Lol Bruce recalling The Undertaker Vs Heidenreich Feud was absolutely hilarious and Hogan wanted his wife and kids on the Phone since Undertaker injured his neck even though his neck was nowhere near the chair and Hogan's Like: the doesn't work for me brother 🤣🤣🤣
hahah ha very funny fan boy .undertaker said in an interview (i pride myself for Not Hurting People ) and thats not true. Thats a lie from undertaker cuz he almost killed Koko B ware with the tombstone in the Survivor series1990 match even Bruce Prichard talked about it . Also what he did to Goldbreg with that tombstone and what he did to the great khali After he opened the head of Great Khali with the chair and khali was bleeding heavily and what he did to Austin at the Summerslam1998 undertaker Knocked him out !! and what he did to thaat poor Jobber Al Phillips he almost killed him with the tompstone ! Also what he did to HBK's Back at the Royal Rumle 1998 SO ITS A LIE FROM TAKER . As for the Hulk Hogan story after the survivor series 1991 match . If you all saw the TOMBSTONE in slow motion the moment the Undertaker descended on his knee, you will all notice that the head of Hulk Hogan did not descend straightly, in fact you can see that his neck was bent incorrectly, and this is what caused The injury . Lost a lot of respect for taker .wwe tuesday in texas PPV was the original plan to give hogan the belt back and then jack Tunney stripped Hogan of the WWF Championship and declared the title vacant due to the controversial circumstances that had surrounded the two Hogan-Undertaker matches.He then declared that the upcoming Royal Rumble match . which was scheduled for January 1992, would be contested for the vacant title and the winner of the match would become the new champion . if Hulk Hogan didnt want to put that crybaby undertaker over he can easily say NO iam not ganna lose to that Kid but he did and Hulk Hogan made Undertaker control most of the match 90% of the match . But haters won't even notice that And won't appreciate what Hogan did and you will all cry for another 30 years . you want to criticize something? criticize your Undertaker for what he did to Diamond Dallas Page and to chris kanyon and to rene dupree so screw the undertaker
@@Aizenborgman chill dude
@@ChrisHopkinsBass keep it to yourself . If your OK with Lies iam Not
@@Aizenborgman it’s not that deep
@@Aizenborgman cry more
Fun fact taker lost his final world title ever to Jericho another fun fact the final person taker beat for a world title was cm punk
What part of any of that is a fun fact
The Undertaker during the 90s did had sloppy matches because the wrestlers he had faced back then Weren't as athletic like the ones he faced in the 2000s were.
Hell nah those mfs were just on drugs 💀
Arguably one of his best matches was at 1997s in your house badd blood the first HIAC
@@Bigunk-hc2ri agreed but the wrestlers definitely weren’t as athletic and fast as they are today. But 90s wrestling was just tough! Something to wanna watch every Monday nights!
@@cordarriuscurry7739 yea but in the 90s the cell had more meaning it was something to be feared. The first match in the cell with HBK (prior to Kane’s entrance) it showed the proper brutality and pace needed and set the tone for all cell matches.
LMAO! No, stop simping. Taker was never good
I don’t think Taker ever hated working with Punk. In an interview with Joe Rogan back in January of 2021, Taker said while him and Punk aren’t close, they got along and even admitted he was the top guy of the company which is why he likely chose him at Mania 29. I don’t think I ever remember Punk ever publicly saying he hated working with Undertaker. So number 1 is completely false.
No dude cm punk did piss off the Undertaker one time pretty good and it didn’t seem to get fixed
@@poopsyko Proof?
@@shaheenmall3923it’s mentioned in the video dude lol
@@poopsyko Doesn’t mean it’s true, can’t always believe what the dirt sheets say
Most of this video can be proven false with just a tiny bit of effort
Personally as an old school WWF fan, I always loved The Undertaker's work with The Big Show. Whether allies or enemies, they worked absolutely well together and I'll never forget their match when The Big Show chokeslammed The Undertaker through the ring and ended the match immediately.
I was wondering why Taker and Jericho never had a real feud. I think Jericho would have made a great Streak era opponent, similar to Punk at 29.
Giant Gonzalez has to be on the list.
Even Calloway said, in his Steve Austin's Broken Skull episode, that he hated working with El Gigante at WrestleMania 9.
And in WCW, the fact that Vince brought him to WWF to work with Taker means he's at a tough position at the time.
I mean RIP to Giant Gonzalez, but he was just terrible in the ring. He was basically the Great Khali of the early to mid 90s.
@@mrlaidback83 The guy was too big and clumsy.
Giant Gonzales was said by everyone that met him to be a very nice guy it's he was terrible wrestler.
He was a developmental tallent at the the time. IIRC he was rented in some kind of talent exchange. His language skills where utter shite , which didn't help I'm sure. lol but ultimately you had this tall af guy who got told don't do flips (even thought that was one of his things)...so yeah...
I was utterly heartbroken when I saw the Taker-Goldberg match.
They're two of my 5-10 all-time favorites, and it was terrifying and sad that an injury so early in the match both ruined their performance and put them both at risk for real damage.
Also, hard to believe Taker would ever pull a power play on anyone, so I'm surprised to hear that he politicked to take the belt off Punk.
Punk was never a great top guy. Taker wanted what was best for the Brand.
Also I’d be surprised if it was because of how he dressed, plenty of other wrestlers had similar looks. I’d bet it was more because Punk has a notoriously piss poor attitude backstage. It’s a shame, he’s a fantastic wrestler but a terrible dude to work with personally.
5-10 😂
I don’t think anyone has ever enjoyed working with Giant Gonzalez, Mabel, or Goldberg.🤣
Scott Steiner actually liked working w Goldberg. They were both stiff in the ring...
@@mistermann3225 boy oh boy, if Scott faced Goldberg today, he’d change his mind in a heartbeat.🤣
@@masonsucksatwriting1914 lmao...can't say I disagree...
Brock Lesnar liked working with Golberg, Goldberg only agreed to come back into wrestling in 2016 if he got to face Lesnar and Lesnar agreed as they are good friends. Goldberg originally wanted it to be his final match
Or Hogan. He has been on so many lists.
Sounds like he was trying to make the Big Show better. I'd be curious to find out what he would say about the time.
Seeing Mabel just drop down on someone’s back like that just looks insane 😭
Turns me on
Every time I see it I cringe, Dude's career should've ended right there that was unacceptably dangerous
Still to this day I’m mad at how messed up that DDP debut went
Huh. The DDP- and Kanyon-stuff proves that Calloway was really going through some stuff at the start of the 00s.
DDP was placed in a character role by Vince McMahon. He was never used to his potential because he came from WCW.
Heidenreich should've been brought in with Snitsky as a frightening heel tag team goons from the jump with a male or female manager/valet with a mouthpiece. The business move would've work instead of being individuals put on the fast track. Keep them together for about 2 or 3 years win the tag titles a couple of times and experiment with 1 on 1 matches between that time. If it shows they can hold their own apart great if not give them time. I would've love to see them as a tag team first I didn't care for T&A, but over time they grew on me. Those two would've been the ones to pick up where T&A left off I miss that tag team.
Taker has gone on record and said he's never had a problem with Punk.
Alot of these marks jump on the band waggon and hate on taker just because he's the most respected over their favourite lol
I’m very happy to see CM Punk & Undertaker Work things out later on because their match at wrestlemania 29 2013 was a classic and I was actually there
That thumbnail made me uber sad. Kanyon was such an underrated performer in WCW who had a good look and killer gimmick. To see him, a closeted gay, have to dance out there like Boy George and get murdered with a chair shot and sent down to Velocity was a travesty.
Who Betta Than Kanyon? Nobody
Positively Kanyon
Everybody.
Are you sure that you are actually cheering him for being good or because he's closeted gay?
Kanyon’s talent was overlooked but it seems that he sabotaged himself at every opportunity. He was destructive and couldn’t get or didn’t want help.
@@JM1993951 Ohhh, he got into drugs or alcohol?
@@RandomPerson-nd2ey Kanyon was good, but let's face it no one cares if he was a part of the rainbow. Think about it Goldust & Rico had extremely Feminine Gimmicks and it really didn't bother the fans, hell even Orlando Jordan came out around the same time while Kanyon was still wrestling. Kanyon's big problem was never thinking he was good enough which caused him to go into depression and drug abuse
First I've seen of Giant Gonzalez personally.....and all I can say is, Hajime Isayama must've been a big fan...cause he seriously looks crazy similar to both the beast and colossus titan from Attack on titan. Its uncanny! I got way too excited over this, just thought it was a cool thing to stumble onto. Do you guys see it?
lmaooo. I died with this one, best comment all week.
There is no other wrestler I respect more than The Undertaker
"Giant gonzalez is without a doubt the worst talent to ever step foot in the ring"
*_Great khali singing happy birthday in background_*
Great Khali is Worlds better than Giant Gonzales. Khali drew tons of Money and actually had Succes in Wrestling other than Gonzales. Also he atleast had some decent Matches and had a good Physique other than Gonzales who had a fake Body Suit.
I'll admit, knowing that he pulled the chair from CM Punk's championship run, definitely made me lose a bit of the reverence for Undertaker.
I respect him because he always put the business first over everything, but to completely ruin Punk's run when he was white hot after that feud with Jeff Hardy, over dress attire is so petty.
I personally don't believe this because it sounds odd
I heard it was more ego that taker had a issue with with punk. From what I’m seen and heard from a lot of wrestlers. Punk is a prick so who really knows.
It wasn't petty... Punk in that time is similar to cena in his jersey shirt days... They look like midcarders... Talent wise both were top guys but they look like midcards...
@@lancethefilmguy9392 bruh dressing matters..
Instead of looking like a badass he was looking like a drug addict..
@@vaishalikasturiwale4655 but if fans like it... who's to say? His whole gimmick was rebellion. People loved Austin in his jeans and vest. They loved Sting with his Crow look. They even loved Dusty Rhodes in the polka dots Vince forced on him. WWE needs to get with the times and realize not all wrestlers need to be in trunks.
Edit: hell, Taker himself as the Deadman is a huge departure!
6:12 ah yes. Hogan must’ve been so sore from getting his neck compressed into all of those layers of air. He didn’t even need the chair to be in so much pain I guess. We gotta really be watching out for air, it’ll inflict serious damage if you hit your head against it hard enough
I've never seen a more devastating air column spike! Hogan was just selling, a rare full 3 count allowed by hogan
Damnit, that's peak roasting skill.
wwe just did Kanyon dirty all around an its a damn shame
That shot to kanyon still bothers me to this day and I still turn away. Kanyon deserved a lot better in the wwe. RIP to the true innovator of offense.
WHO BETTA DEN KANYON?
@Mr T That still doesn't mean it was okay.
@Mr T then why bring it up?
@Mr T correct. But we were talking about Kanyons shot from Undertaker and you had to pull a whatabout on it
For sure. Loved Kanyon, dude was super talented and creative. Such a sad story.
I have mixed feelings about this.
I really like taker and respect the hell out of what he’s done for the business.
But some of these dislikes seem really petty especially the last 3.
DDP should of been a huge star he was great in wcw to find out that taker killed that chance because of something really silly is aggravating as a fan.
The Goldberg match simply should never happened. It was too late in both mens careers. The punk thing is also ridiculous.
I get that taker is a vet but not everyone should have to do what he says just because he says it.
Exactly
Not to mention the literal gay bashing of Kanyon with an unsafe chair shot.
@@LordBarros yeah that ain't sit well wit me cause Kanyon was a great wrestler taker, hogan alot of those old tome wrestlers make it seem like they went thru he'll so its make it ok to be a asshole to the next up
there was never a good time to have a goldberg match. at no point of goldbergs career was he ever good
@@DarknessFlameMedia ..true...Goldberg never belonged in a wrestling ring...the man never had one good match...I never got how Goldberg got over with fans...his in ring work was terrible and his mic work was just as bad....he made it just on his look alone I guess...
Hogan became such a hack in the 90s in WWF. WCW saved his career when he left WWF. When he returned in 2002, he was so brittle that Undertaker gave him the smallest choke slam as possible to not have Hogans back implode....
What I find debatable is, if you call WCW letting Hogan use his creative control to run wild all over the company and benefit himself and his friends, all at the expense of guys just trying to survive in an environment that favored the big names over rising stars (and even ruining the momentum of guys who had been in WCW for years by that point, like Ric Flair, Vader, even Sting) "saving his career", then, yes, they did just that.
lol Hogan didn't need WCW to save his career. He made WCW famous and competitive with WWF when he turned heel and made the nWo with Hall and Nash. He also had one of the most popular WM matches of all time against the Rock during his 2002 comeback.
@@TSMPimpDaddyPain Sure, when the nWo had steam. Once it died, Hogan was left looking like a prima donna.
@@tysargent9647 WCW buried itself with bad booking and storylines. Hogan has always been a bit of a prima donna, all the greats are.
@@TSMPimpDaddyPain My point, exactly.
I’m glad CM Punk stood strong on not looking more “professional” cause that would’ve ruin the point of what made Punk who he was.
I’ve got mixed feelings. CM Punk seemed very popular with fans but unpopular with other wrestlers. How much of that was their jealousy and how much of that was his not respecting locker room etiquette who knows. Both are possible.
@@chamuuemura5314 I can definitely see both. He’s headstrong but I think it’s his greatest strength and weakness. His identity was this edgy & rebellious guy that younger ppl like me admired. And he had the talent to go with it. If he assimilated, I don’t think he would’ve been as great of a superstar at his peak. But it’s the same reason why he’s falling off these days
@@AllSeeingThai i liked him all the way up until about 2 years before he lefft the wwd
Not to mention as much of a locker room leader as he was. That was a highly hypocritical statement coming from Taker
4:58. Now that’s something I have to disagree with, for shows size he did a Goddamn elbow off the top rope to mark, he did a Russian legsweep which for a man his size in 1999 was impressive, despite the fact that he never won the royal rumble still blows my mind, they should have had rock win in 1999 and show in 2000, now taker definitely didn’t do what Brody by complaining through the match, but big show is underrated, I respect taker alot and when I mean alot I mean ALOT, but big show is an incredible athlete
He was scary agile in WCW to
@@gorkskoal9315 bro I forgot about that, him doing a misse drop kick was insane
Show did technically win the 2000 Rumble.
It was messed up, what they did with Chris Kanyon.
my guess is Chris Kanyon pushed a button and Undertaker over reacted and the end results were clear... Undertaker is not perfect and you can not like everybody
@@aoisora1445 In my opinion it was Vince's fault and Taker definitely had nothing to do with it
@@aoisora1445 I think it had more to do with the creative team
Yes that sh*t was a rib I'm sure the Undertaker didn't know he was gay. I didn't know either until a couple of years after his passing. When I watched his Darkside of the Ring episode and it got to this incident with Taker. Jean Paul Levesque instantly came to mind given his track record of doing a**hole sh*t.
@@aoisora1445 Stop defending Taker. You have no proof of that. We all saw it, and 100% full force unprotected chair shot to the head. End of story.
I love Taker, but he was 1000% wrong for what he did to Kanyon.
We don't know the full story, Kanyon may have said or did something backstage that really rubbed Taker the wrong way
There r lot of backstage stories which r unclear.. There's not much clarity abt it so we must not directly jump into an opinion..Yeah the shot was nasty but u got to be tough in that era..
@@PeaceDweller It doesn't matter if Kanyon called him a POS to his face. You don't smack someone in the head (especially that hard) with a chair because of real life personal issues. It was 2003, not the 80s.
@@PeaceDweller The full story doesn't matter, Taker nearly killed him LIVE.
@@PeaceDweller So?
That's reason to be unprofessional and almost decapitate someone?
I'm pretty sure The Undertaker didn't like working with Oldberg
@John Cena you're right goldberg almost killed undertaker
Undertaker was actually looking forward to work with Goldberg. It was heat of Saudi Arabia and error that cause that match to flop
@@ikilledthemoon Goldberg is killed in universal soldier
@@Cadolots yeah that and it was just to late of a match up and they just weren't quite prept for it
@@keyrieldelarosa1190 he really went 90's AJPW on Taker's neck
I thought "The Big Show" wrestled pretty good for a big man. In WCW he did front flips, assisted wrestlers when they would lift him i.e Goldberg/Nash/Sting/Hogan/Lex Luger and safe choke slams. I think DDP was given a horrible gimmick/angle McMahon did that with WCW superstars. Goldberg is weird because this is not the first time he gave himself a concussion via a turnbuckle spear. Goldberg stated he wants the match to be real as possible so he'd really hurt himself. He did the same thing with DDP but Goldberg did hurt people in the ring. It's just my opinion I really wouldn't know.
Taker's kind of a mini-Hogan
The kanyon and DDP stuff is tough to watch back. What were the wwe thinking? Or not thinking in that instant.
I didn't know about Jericho but it's awesome that 2 legit legends worked it out!!
I would honestly hate working with someone that is that hard to please. If someone is giving you their best it's actually disrespectful to say their best isn't good enough.
Those hard to please people are what we call perfectionists. They think they are perfect so everything and everyone around them should be perfect too.
They live in their fantasy or delusional worlds.
No one and nothing will ever be perfect.
The ones who are satisfied after you prove yourself or prove them wrong, those people are acceptable.
Its hard to not expect someone to act nearly perfect, when they have your life at their hands.
And yet Undertaker has had probably the most legendary career in the entire profession… he’s transcended the business. He didn’t do that by working sloppily or working with sloppy workers for 30+ years. It’s also a dangerous profession and if you don’t feel safe working with someone, you’re not going to keep working with them. If their “best” is sub-par and unsafe, and you want to be the best and have a long career, it’s not disrespectful to demand they match you, if anything if someone like Taker says you need to do better, that should motivate you to do better.
One thing I notice when Taker and someone have beef it usually ends with them still being friends later on. Consummate professional.
Best line by Taker was "You're the Giant that never was"
Undertaker is the greatest OF ALL TIME ⚱️
@John Cena No no yes and yes. Also cm punk.
@@jareejones did you just say that John Cena, Shawn Michael's, and cm punk are better than stone cold and the rock?
You high on bath salts?
@@Thedudeman8282 cena is the best
@@LIONSFAN4227 not even close
@@Thedudeman8282 Yes easily. Not only more entertaining but just flat out better on the mic and in ring. Shawn micheals name is literally mr wrestlemania as most people would argue he was ye best in ring performer. John cena, this dude literally puts on classic after classic and was even able to force a decent match out of the great khali and cena has the ability to make the audience wait for his next words. Not to mention his rap gimmick is def way better than rock and austins mic skills. CM punk is probably the most underrated wrestler. This dude is peerfect in almost every area and out perfroms rock and austin at. Hes way better on the mic hence why he destroyed rock on the mic in their bouts. Better theme song then both. Better attire. Better promos. Way more classic moments. Way more memorable matches. Heck rock and austin never even got a 5 rating on any matches. Punk did in 2 different companies and shawn also got 2. SO what does rock or austin do better than any of these 3 I mentioned MrEdgelord. Like your opinion is the most vanilla bs out there lol.
The CM Punk thing didn't taker said in a interview that him" Burying " punk wasn't true that he didn't have no issues with him from the start that he was easy to work with & they use to talk & bring up ideas about their matches
Also Sting. Sting wanted a match with the Deadman but Undertaker refused thus the match never happened. Undertaker said had Sting and him were still close to their prime the match would had work but in the 2010s, it's just not possible. It would probably end up being a bigger botch than the Goldberg match at Crown Jewel.
I thought it was s
Sting that refused? Because there was a tease back in 2011 but they changed Taker's opponent to Triple H because Sting didn't sign with WWE. Or did I get that mixed up?
both were against it; I'm guessing neither wanted its gimmick to look weak to the other.
@@CantRead1 I think you are correct but according to what I heard, Jim Cornette mention that the whole reason Sting went to WWE was to make that dream match happen and some time between his debut at Survivor Series 2014 til his match with Seth Rollins at Night of Champions he must had discuss the plan match with Taker or Vince McMahon. Not sure which guy he talk to but according to Cornette it seem that Taker didn't want to do the match as he felt it wouldn't had work.
@@VOAN I think it was Vince McMahon who shot it down. Taker was for it but Vince thought it was too late.
Those are both guys that typically have to be carried by better wrestlers. Putting them against each other would be a train wreck, just like Undertaker Goldberg.
Two of the greatest performers turned into a nightmare, I love Goldberg and I love the Undertaker but damn dude...
I saw an interview with Hogan where he talked about that tombstone. He said when he went down down he just felt something tweak in his neck and didn’t know why. He said Taker absolutely did the move perfectly safe but “it was just one of those things.”
I mean he may have been backtracking but it actually sounded pretty credible.
May have? He definitely was. But doesn't change the reason behind him blaming taker for it originally, He's got a fuckin H U G E ego and it was damaged because he was envious of Taker's success
He hurt his neck before and never said anything and then blamed Taker. There is a Taker vid on here where he tells about it.
surprised shawn michaels wasn’t in there they couldn’t stand each other back in the day before there two mania classics😂
That was in like 1993-1994... That was even before their Hell in a Cell match 😂... They've been very close since 1997
Thank you so much the details!
The undertaker and hulk hogan were definitely the 1990s version of becky lynch and charlotte flair
Say that the other way around and you got yourself a proper statement
@@aoclive6710 how would Becky and Charlotte be the 90s version of Taker and Hogan 😂
I get what you mean though. Becky would be Taker, consummate professional, and Flair would be Hogan, throwing her toys out the pram if she doesn’t get what she wants. Although I would say Flair is worse because she’s living off her dad’s name, Hogan built (and pretty much tore down) his own legacy.
Congratulations on 1 billion views
I heard so many rumors about Taker back stage. HE became the "man" you wanted to be on good terms with! HE was the one (of one of them) that younger wrestlers "looked up to" and went to "if they had a problem." More of what I heard was "Undertaker was not only one of the safest wrestlers to work with but also patient with the next generation." And to get on HIS bad side was detrimental to your career! He was, is and will ALWAYS be a legend that paved the way for soooo MANY new talents!
Just look how he reacted to the Montreal job if he had your back you were good
The stories about how he was when out of character are so consistent that a person would really have to go to great effort to think of Undertaker as anything but a standup guy.
Undertaker said he added Mabel to the Ministry to avoid working with him fighting against him in the ring.
Do 10 People Randy Orton Hated Working With.
What I have heard is that Taker took Mabel into the Ministry so he would not have to wrestle him, not that he patched things up...
Source???
@@Snyper1405 I don't remember where I heard it, but it was the theory that person had based on the dangerousity of Mabel in the ring, not something that is provable by source.
The fact that you left Lex Luger out of this list was shocking to me
Love your channel
The fact WWF/WWE not only kept Mabel around, but, resigned him despite the string of people he injured is complete bullshit. If I was Vince, I would've fired Mabel on the spot after he injured Taker
Well vince didn’t want to lose Kevin Nash aka diesel as he said you fire him you fire me and this was during there war with wcw so they wanted to keep Nash for a little longer plus diesel was the WWF’s biggest star at the time
Should they have fired Owen Hart for breaking Austin's neck? Should they have fired Undertaker for giving Kayon a concussion.
Such a shame that DPP never got the push that he deserved in the WWE. He's a God-sent helping people and fellow former wrestlers get their lives back on track and deserved better.
That Kanyon chairshot...wow...Easy top 3 hardest in WWE of all time...Harder then Rock hitting Foley I think
No not even close
Don’t forget the Stevie Richards JBL chair shot.
@@joshyjosh1990 ABSOLUTELY 👊Respects my man...Hey..I just seen JBL on Raw this past Monday on WWE RAW LOL he was with Baron Corbin
@@MikeyMike-uu3fe same. I never liked JBL. Once he ditched the Bradshaw APA-Acolyte gimmick, it all went downhill.
@@joshyjosh1990 i liked his JBL Limo Run on SMACKDOWN As Champ.....Those matches with Eddie.....I didnt mind JBL....Just not the HBK Working for him they did for a bit lol
9:37 “CM Punk was always business with me.” Undertaker who also squashed the rumor about “killing Punk’s push.”
The only dude undertaker ever showed love too in the ring was Jeff hardy. Respect
HHH and Shawn Michaels??
I definitely think Taker took a liking to Jeff. Probably took him under his wing multiple times. I remember in Jeff's build up to winning the WWE title. Undertaker willingly took a clean loss to Jeff on Smackdown. Jeff Hardy doesn't reach mega stardom without The Undertaker in my opinion.
Jeff was already a star, Because of the ladder matches
@@bikezthenightstalker.3134 yes he became popular in 2000-2001 in the ladder matches
hhh,micheals,lesnar,austin,kane,orton ???
Hulk Hogan? Did anyone watch "Suburban Commando" Undertaker first movie roll alongside Brutus The Barber beefcake, and the Nasty Boy's.
I don’t know why Taker didn’t want to work with Kanyon. I mean he came out of a box so he’s instantly over. That’s what Jim Cornette says.
Edit: (Please read all before flagging me)
Back then nobody liked fags. I liked Kanyon but hated it so much that he was gay. I finally accepted it by telling myself it was a work. But later in life I would become friends with my best friend's (RIP) uncle a couple years after my best friend died. He reminded me a lot of him but he was gay. At first I would feel super weird around him but found out gays don't wanna screw every guy they see. That was a normal man's thought back in the day. But as long as I hand my personal space respected he was cool. He never violated it or hit on me. He was very giving and generous with many people and totally changed my view on gay people to where I accepted them as just another person. This was back around 2013-2016(17) not sure as he died. And that was still before gays were really accepted and I would get trolled wit gay jokes all the time for sticking up for him and his guy friend at times. One nice thing was they had lots of lady friends, which I enjoyed as a perk of being around a gathering of a gay guy's 😂😂... But....
Hey yo....
Who's better than Kanyon???
Nobody!!!!
That's one more for the good guys... RIP 2 of my favorite wrestlers.. (sorry but I had to share this, when I was typing the next word that was suggested after favorite was faggot 😂😂😂.. sorry if u guys are offended but I say it to my gay friends fucking around with them. They call me a Gook and Chink, it's all for fun, u can't be uptight in life, my gay friend taught me that
Undertaker doesn't like poor coming out of the closet. He likes them there.
Taker with Batista was amazing steady progress and good matching
I love the undertaker! I used to match him and won twice!
I had high hopes for DDP in the WWE and was very disappointed in how it turned out.
I blame Vince way more then I blame DDP for the bad angle DDP and Taker had. DDP should never have been matched up against Taker in the first place. I think The Rock would have been a far superior feud for DDP that had more potential then Taker; I wish Vince would have agreed with DDP on that one.
That canyon spot was so weird to me at the time, now knowing what I know, it was straight up disgusting
8:10 This is a lie Wreslelamia . Undertaker hit Goldberg with a tombspone before Goldberg hit Undertaker with the Jack Hammer move.
Yup
He put Mabel on the Ministry roster to ensure his survival. 😅
Why exactly did Taker hate Kanyon again?
Not sure. It seems like that one people are making huge assumptions out of nothing. Cause like you said it wasn’t explained why. So I think people are making something out of nothing and getting angry over made up reasons
In my opinion all on Vince & Writers
@@Sonicfanwerehog Vince and the writers weren't the ones holding the chair and swinging it.
@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu everyone took nasty charshots at the time.
@@bennu547 Either Kanyon did something we don't know about that warranted this in their eyes, it was all just a series of coincidences that look incredibly bad with hindsight, or people are right and it was because he was gay. None of us are likely to ever know the answer, and I doubt Taker himself will enlighten us, although as far as I'm aware no-one has ever asked him about this.
This is the voice that needs to keep doing these videos don't let that American voice ruin a good thing
I was always worried that hiding Reich was going to fucking hurt the Undertaker
Undertaker truly is the most professional, humble wrestler in this business. He was willing to make any program work and although there were some failures and heated arguments, the fact that Taker was willing to work with anyone goes to show he knows everyone that steps into wrestling has lots of potential. Much respect.❤️✊
He didn't seem humble or professional with Kanyon or with HBK before his match with Austin
@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu Undertaker did what he did to HBK because there were fears HBK was refusing to do the job to Austin. So do the job or die basically. HBK chose life. Smart move.
@@CammyTheSportsEntertainer Undertaker doesn't have the right to make that call. It wasn't that big a deal to threaten anyone's well being. If there ever is a good reason for it that sure wasn't one of them
@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu Shawn Michaels was a massive POS back then. HBK would tell you himself. So there was concerns HBK would suddenly refuse to job despite clearly leaving due to his back injury. So Taker made sure he did the job. Otherwise HBK was deservedly getting his receipt. Taker's the locker room leader. What he says goes. It's his job to keep the boys in check.
@@CammyTheSportsEntertainer
I agree 100%. Not to mention, Taker cared about helping building up new stars, in this case Austin at Mania XIV. So yeah, I’m with you.👍
The whole CM Punk thing was taken out of context The Undertaker said in a interview that he never had beef with Punk
If Undertaker (Mark) can't work with you, You're either too arrogant or unsafe.
How was Kaynon unsafe? DDP?
@@andrewperiard8213 thank you
@@andrewperiard8213 'arrogant or unsafe'.
There is 2 words there.
@@timomajere neither were arrogant either. If anyone was sounded like taker was.
@@andrewperiard8213 You don't know. You weren't there.
Even DDP himself said he was arrogant in WCW.
Sorry, I'll believe Mark and DDP's own words in interviews over an unknown on RUclips, thank you.
Imagine if Big Show's drive was to be the number 1 guy in the company. Imagine what he could do. When you look back,it incredible how agile he was at that size. I completly understand why Taker was hard on him. If he wanted to he could've been so much more.
Who would be your champ and face of WWE : Giant Gonzales, Mabel or The Great Khali?
I would say the champ would be the Great Khali. Because Giant Gonzalez and Mabel are dead but Khali is not. So that's kind of a trick question.
The Great Khali
Love ur vids
Undertaker didn't like the way Punk dressed? That's it?
Why would that be a problem? You gon stand in the way of someone's push for something like that?
Since when is Undertaker preoccupied with how anyone dresses or looks?
There was probably some other reason he didn't like Punk.
Something Punk said or did or Undertaker just didn't like him just because.
I don't know if I see dress being a problem for Undertaker.
Seems to me to be an old-man thing. Like "We didn't dress like that it my day" kinda thing. Also seems a very petty thing to do.
Sometimes this channel stretches the truth, or Flat out puts out false information
@@grumpyoldmanjoe9735 I could see other back in my day folks complaining about dress but Undertaker? The biker with the bandanas?
I kinda suspect it's more on Taker not liking how Punk responded to his "advice"...
@@HarmonyEdge That sounds more likely. Some people can't take advice and likely Punk could of come off the wrong way. We will never know.
I bet if Khali and Gonzalez were in WWF/WWE at the same time , Vince would've put them together as a team then have them separate and have one of the worst matches ever .
I like all these guys. They are human, and they all have egos. Especially the ones at the top.
9:07 Undertaker takes issue with how CM Punk dressed, also Taker: gets tattoos that upsets his mother and Vince yet still got his own push.
For your information Mable was pretty reckless in the ring. He legitimately crushed his eye socket and mangled him, no wonder he didn't like working with him. I don't think anybody buys that Hogan thing as it's straight out a lie. The Undertaker's name is greater than to be tarnished by Hogan's lies and false accusations. I'd respect the Phenom for his 30+ years of going through pain and entertaining us.
Literally less than 10 seconds into the section about Mabel he mentioned how he was reckless and injured a lot of people, he even mentioned how he crushed the undertaker's eye socket. So I don't understand why you are acting as if he didn't.
Big Show is underrated giant . Should've never turned face & heel all the time lol
Lol