2009 Mike Graham Talks WCW and More RIP

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  • First I would like to say thank you to Rob Feinstein and RF Video for allowing me to post this Video of Mike Graham yes Mr never drew a dime thank you so much appreciate it. This interview was done in 2009. Credit Goes to Rob Feinstein and RF Video please don't repost this video. All Credit goes to Rf Video
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  • @g7721
    @g7721 Год назад +14

    His tattoo artist never drew a dime. RIP to Mike

  • @kombuchisclay
    @kombuchisclay 6 лет назад +272

    He reminds me of Ned Flanders."Never drew a dime diddly dime"

    • @robkearsy2995
      @robkearsy2995 5 лет назад +62

      Ned Flanders drew money. Homer drew money. When Bart Simpsons was on they watched him. When Ralph Wiggum was on they watched him. Nelson! Nelson Muntz drew money. When Millhouse, Martin & Smithers were on people were changing the channel to watch something else.

    • @CarterHayes77
      @CarterHayes77 5 лет назад +9

      Kombuchis Clay lmao diddly dime

    • @diggadirt393
      @diggadirt393 5 лет назад +18

      @@robkearsy2995 Martin was a decent mid-carder

    • @robkearsy2995
      @robkearsy2995 5 лет назад +11

      @@diggadirt393 Yeah didn't he win a couple of intercontinental titles. He just was bad on interviews.

    • @andrewisjesus
      @andrewisjesus 4 года назад +7

      Fk. Thanks dude. Now all i can think of is Ned Flanders when i see this guy. Ned didnt blow his brains out tho

  • @WMW011387
    @WMW011387 3 года назад +122

    Every baseball coach I had in the 90s looked like him.

  • @joeambrose3260
    @joeambrose3260 4 года назад +48

    Mike Graham was a gentleman and genuine nice guy. He would lend my uncle his car to go to doctor appointments and was a true friend

    • @jodyturner9330
      @jodyturner9330 3 года назад

      He's a lier and a looser

    • @judahsoremy9857
      @judahsoremy9857 3 года назад +21

      Did your uncle draw a dime?

    • @joeambrose3260
      @joeambrose3260 3 года назад

      @@jodyturner9330 He was a looser and you're a wiener

    • @joeshipley666
      @joeshipley666 2 года назад

      @@judahsoremy9857 not as many as your mother drew 😂

    • @adamirishconundrum851
      @adamirishconundrum851 2 года назад

      @@judahsoremy9857 Mike drew a bullet, but not a dime.

  • @michaelrood2751
    @michaelrood2751 5 лет назад +59

    The part where he talks about his dad and then to think he did it himself is really eerie and sad

    • @markwilliams984
      @markwilliams984 3 года назад +3

      It is tragic when uthink about it the man does chat some suit but is a characder

    • @Greenbeans0987
      @Greenbeans0987 3 месяца назад +1

      @iamsupernautthat’s what triggers it he killed himself just like his son did with his sons boots ok

  • @LuchoCastle_11
    @LuchoCastle_11 7 лет назад +161

    He made 6000 shoots, never drew a dime.

    • @MattSingh1
      @MattSingh1 7 лет назад +20

      Bullshit- Graham wouldn't have been anything in the business if he weren't his father's son.

    • @LuchoCastle_11
      @LuchoCastle_11 7 лет назад +5

      thievesarmy I the thing about a joke is being funny, not realistic...

    • @jebvoorhees125
      @jebvoorhees125 7 лет назад +10

      Well he did draw blood.. from his last "shot".

    • @LuchoCastle_11
      @LuchoCastle_11 7 лет назад +2

      Jeb Voorhees Lol

    • @catfatherb
      @catfatherb 7 лет назад +1

      Jeb Voorhees that's why I say....HEY MAN NICE SHOT!!!

  • @swvastories3498
    @swvastories3498 2 года назад +45

    Mike seemed like he was in a good place here but you never know what battles someone is facing on the inside. That was heart wrenching watching him talk about his dads last day.

    • @davestuddaman8127
      @davestuddaman8127 Год назад +12

      His son committed suicide too

    • @davidporter7051
      @davidporter7051 11 месяцев назад +1

      He didn't look or sound good at all. This is a classic example of a narcissistic, paranoid, and delusional individual. Within 5 minutes he contradicts himself multiple times. It's sad.

    • @DLRX
      @DLRX 17 дней назад +1

      @@davidporter7051 Eric Bischoff recently described him as "an emotionally disturbed alcoholic."

  • @marcusmiddltn_
    @marcusmiddltn_ 3 года назад +46

    For some reason watching Mike talk about Chris and Nancy make me feel like the tragedy was deeper than we were told, my opinion

    • @chrisweber6090
      @chrisweber6090 3 года назад +15

      That whole situation has many unanswered questions

    • @chrisweber6090
      @chrisweber6090 3 года назад +1

      But honestly nobody will ever really know what happened. That’s probably how Chris wanted. Fuck him

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 3 года назад +12

      Billy Jack Haynes said she slept with a lot of wrestlers when she got her start. He said she was in a limo and gave head to Vince and Hulk trying to get a job in the WWF.
      It’s Billy Jack, so who knows if its true. But Im sure there were rumors out there that probably pissed off Benoit and led to a lot of arguments.

    • @bladestormviking
      @bladestormviking 2 года назад

      billy jack haynes is a loony toon trying desperately to get attention. as for mike graham.... he jumped to the wrong conclusion and as a result....threatened to kill someone. and he's oh so proud of this, what a shithead.

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 2 года назад

      @Joe What are you talking about?
      WWE forced Benoit and Nancy to come together? That happened in WCW and Kevin Sullivan booked it.
      Ur confusing me.

  • @speakingmoistly9912
    @speakingmoistly9912 2 года назад +18

    Never. Drew. A. Dime… Not a dime!

    • @hw5091
      @hw5091 8 месяцев назад +1

      not a single penny!

  • @nduclet351
    @nduclet351 3 года назад +41

    Mike could’ve took a job as an artist at the federal reserve and he still would’ve “never drew a dime”

    • @jamie.777
      @jamie.777 3 года назад +4

      His Dad certainly drew plenty of dimes, midget son Mike - not so much 🙄

    • @rawbundy4676
      @rawbundy4676 2 года назад

      He could be a heap of shit and wouldn’t draw flies.

    • @adamirishconundrum851
      @adamirishconundrum851 2 года назад +3

      Ned Flanders drew more dimes than this fool.

    • @kienpaulspicer1173
      @kienpaulspicer1173 Год назад

      What about if he drew pennies

  • @jimothysparkcus
    @jimothysparkcus 4 года назад +30

    Just here for the "never drew a dime" comments

    • @jh6025
      @jh6025 3 года назад +3

      Came to make one.

    • @joshhendryx5028
      @joshhendryx5028 3 года назад

      Mike's bullet drew like 8 cents

    • @lk5388
      @lk5388 3 года назад

      @@joshhendryx5028 so just round up to a dime!

  • @MB-oc1nw
    @MB-oc1nw 4 года назад +103

    Mike taught everyone everything they ever knew

    • @user-sb2tb9oe7d
      @user-sb2tb9oe7d 3 года назад +30

      I'm sad he never lived long enough to tell the story of when he punked out Haku and beat up Billy Jack Haynes.

    • @joshhendryx5028
      @joshhendryx5028 2 года назад +20

      Just like Greg Gagne

    • @billysikes1374
      @billysikes1374 2 года назад

      Everybody knew I was coming to the Super Bowl, like he was Elvis, geez, he sucked himself off for almost an hour and a half, Mike taught me how to take a shit, watch him in ring

    • @hw5091
      @hw5091 2 года назад +14

      and they still couldn't draw a dime.

    • @billysikes1374
      @billysikes1374 2 года назад +2

      @@hw5091 lol

  • @ajjjay9583
    @ajjjay9583 Год назад +21

    Man this guy went through so much, God bless him.

    • @davidporter7051
      @davidporter7051 9 месяцев назад +3

      The majority of it the last 3+ decades of his life he brought upon himself.

    • @Greeneggsz
      @Greeneggsz 8 месяцев назад +5

      Mike Graham is the man!!!!!

  • @artofbeal8740
    @artofbeal8740 Год назад +28

    Vince dropped the ball with not having Mike Graham Vs Andre @ Wrestlemania 3

  • @williamarchibald1378
    @williamarchibald1378 3 года назад +35

    When the Boogie Man goes to bed at night, he checks under his bed for Mike Graham

  • @SupaStah01
    @SupaStah01 6 лет назад +93

    His body language says he's full of stress. An important lesson to be learned here; don't let shit get to you and eat at you- let things go.

    • @CarterHayes77
      @CarterHayes77 5 лет назад +15

      SupaStah01 yes great point. Studying his mannerisms is interesting and visceral tone at the Benoit story

    • @myquest666420
      @myquest666420 4 года назад +38

      I think losing his son to suicide sealed his fate. His dad killed himself, his uncle killed himself, and then most importantly, his son killed himself. Mike shortly followed.
      I have heard that he internalized all of that. The man wondered aloud to many friends that he must have been a terrible father and a terrible son for them to have both committed suicide. I
      Regardless of how any of us feel about Mike Graham, I can’t even imagine the pain inside of him. A truly tortured soul, and tortured entirely by the idea that it was his fault that his dad and son were driven to suicide.

    • @mikematthews3409
      @mikematthews3409 4 года назад +5

      Maybe he knew more to the benoit murders

    • @lemankurtz8950
      @lemankurtz8950 4 года назад +6

      This guy might as well have had a bullseye on his forehead. He's wearing "Distressed" all over him. Older age is VERY HARD for some of us to get through.......all I can do is say STEAL YOURSELF and get through day to day.

    • @deadyrockspin
      @deadyrockspin 3 года назад +4

      @@myquest666420 totally agree, to this day wrestling media people still shit on Mike, and have a weird kind of sympathy to Benoit.

  • @petegallows5494
    @petegallows5494 2 года назад +11

    “…and than Thomas Alva Edison walks in and asks me - Mike, what should I do and I took a pity on him and told him - Thomas Alva Edison, here’s what I would do if I were you - And I told him about the whole light bulb idea and gave him some drawings. Because Thomas could not draw. The rest is history”.

    • @stuartmorris6299
      @stuartmorris6299 Год назад +1

      Edison didn't invent the lightbulb so your right, that story would be ridiculous.

  • @josephmiller9424
    @josephmiller9424 5 месяцев назад +5

    No matter how old you see adults turn back to small children when they talk of the day they lost their Dad & mom and then his children now know his pain very sad

  • @sprintkick9793
    @sprintkick9793 4 года назад +30

    Grew up watching CWF and Mike Graham. He was an underrated wrestler and one of my favorite interviews. He knew the business. RIP Mike

  • @mcwhorter141mcwhorter8
    @mcwhorter141mcwhorter8 2 года назад +33

    I've been misjudging Mike all of these years, the end of this interview broke my heart for him.

    • @markolsen7010
      @markolsen7010 10 месяцев назад

      That's because at heart you're a scumbag

  • @mikelong2756
    @mikelong2756 3 года назад +14

    I invented getting over. I threw a guy over a fence... He got over! The rest is history- Greg Gagne/Mike Graham

    • @billysikes1374
      @billysikes1374 2 года назад

      Lol Greg Gagne, should have been working at the Snack Bar, only had a job because his dad was Verne

  • @Jason-si8iu
    @Jason-si8iu Год назад +8

    Had mike graham stayed @ that super bowl, Dan Marino would've won a Superbowl

    • @judahsoremy9857
      @judahsoremy9857 Год назад +4

      Dan Marino never drew a dime.

    • @Jason-si8iu
      @Jason-si8iu Год назад +3

      @@judahsoremy9857 tua never drew a dime

    • @judahsoremy9857
      @judahsoremy9857 Год назад +3

      @@Jason-si8iu Your dime never drew a dime.

  • @kckc6588
    @kckc6588 3 года назад +15

    “I don’t care about my job but I’ll kill you if you mess with my job”
    Dude is so FOS

    • @user-sb2tb9oe7d
      @user-sb2tb9oe7d 3 года назад +5

      He lived in a fantasy land.

    • @trizzo5147
      @trizzo5147 3 года назад +1

      Talk shit on the dead your a real bad ass right?

  • @bassclay100
    @bassclay100 7 лет назад +55

    hes smarter then everyone tougher then everyone yet NEVER DREW A DIME!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @MrDivalover1
      @MrDivalover1 5 лет назад +2

      @bassclay100 he mike graham never made it in big leagues pro wrestling then wwf wcw nwa. rent ton old wwf wcw, nwa ppv tapes never saw him wrestling. he no different that internet tough guy. since mike graham couldn't make it like lex luger, sid, sting all big names in pro wrestling in wwf/E wcw. ask 100 people on street in big city in America who is mike graham no one would know. ask same 100 people who is hulk Hogan, lex luger, chris beniot, sting is 100 people would name lex luger, stingm hulk Hogan chris beniot is.

    • @richardmiller6422
      @richardmiller6422 5 лет назад +2

      @@MrDivalover1 really?
      Who wouldn't notice a guy standing over 6foot5 and 275lbs !!!!
      Just because this guy doesn't fall into that category doesn't mean he wasn't someone who gave something to the business or did since he committed suicide if you didn't already know that!

    • @williamarchibald1378
      @williamarchibald1378 5 лет назад +5

      @@richardmiller6422 I think you kinda missed what MrDiva is saying. Mike Graham was never anyone in the wrestling.

    • @myquest666420
      @myquest666420 4 года назад +4

      As small as he is, his weightlifting record that stood for 17 years in Florida proves that he absolutely was strong.
      He does seem to lie a lot, but he will always get a free pass for me. Losing his uncle, father and son to suicide must have been extremely traumatizing. His friends say that he blames himself for his dad and sons suicide. To the point where he has said he must have been a shitty son and father.
      It should come as no surprise
      that someone who had these thoughts would eventually end
      their own life. Truly sad.

    • @sleazyfellow
      @sleazyfellow 4 года назад +2

      The Graham name in Florida was pretty big. He was not the main guy but his family was well known

  • @user-sb2tb9oe7d
    @user-sb2tb9oe7d 3 года назад +11

    LET'S ROLL TOUGH GUY!!!!

  • @desmondcastro3679
    @desmondcastro3679 6 лет назад +11

    I wish I could've been fortunate enough to see the Graham family in person, wrestle. They had a "sound" product with all the crazy shanagins performances outside the ring. It drew ticket sales. Smart business. Great story lines and Kevin Sullivan, Dusty Rhodes, Mike's in ring fight with Dory Funk Jr, priceless ! R.I.P father & son. God bless you both.

  • @jamesmckeon9139
    @jamesmckeon9139 2 года назад +10

    “What’s the thing you fill out when you try to get a job”

  • @chambers712
    @chambers712 Год назад +24

    Mike and Greg Gagne have almost same identical story when describing Hogan to WCW and giving Bischoff "the keys to success"

    •  7 месяцев назад +1

      You know I can see it with both. With Greg working with Hogan and Bischoff. Mike obviously from Florida. Greg and Mike were both working with WCW at the time. I'm sure there's a $hit ton of embellishment, bit I bet there's a small piece of truth with each.

    • @davidcosdesign6785
      @davidcosdesign6785 5 месяцев назад

      Great minds think alike. Would not be surprised if Easy E talked to both and took the best ideas of both. Although Mike has more credibility to me.

    • @whatever_it_takes6691
      @whatever_it_takes6691 3 месяца назад +1

      "I said 'You gotta bring in Hulk Hogan'"

  • @ROIDEDCAPS7868
    @ROIDEDCAPS7868 5 лет назад +28

    MAY EDDIE, MIKE, AND MIKES SON ALL REST BEAUTIFULLY IN THE BIG SQUARED CIRCLE IN THE SKY.

    • @richardcclark3696
      @richardcclark3696 4 года назад +1

      Yes........ one of the great wrestling family's 😇😇😇😇😇 R.I.P.

    • @subzero9113
      @subzero9113 3 года назад +2

      @@richardcclark3696 That never drew a dime!

  • @ricksanchez2425
    @ricksanchez2425 Год назад +5

    Never drew a dime

  • @waffleironcheesecake
    @waffleironcheesecake 11 месяцев назад +12

    “He never drew a dime! Not even one, penny!”
    LMAO

    • @Dale-jr7oj
      @Dale-jr7oj 6 месяцев назад

      Classic line lol

  • @polopopolo2197
    @polopopolo2197 6 лет назад +15

    His rants are so addicting because he is so delusional it’s almost I can’t stop watching

    • @thejmc4074
      @thejmc4074 3 года назад +2

      He’s right about the radicalz tho

  • @ricktaylor6579
    @ricktaylor6579 7 лет назад +69

    RIP Mike Graham. I'll owe you for the rest of my bloody life for the "never drew a dime line" I use it often, I use it when it doesn't even apply and more when it does.

    • @myquest666420
      @myquest666420 4 года назад +4

      rick taylor I feel for him. His dad killing himself left a void. But losing his own son to suicide was the last straw.
      Friends of his have mentioned that he often wondered aloud how he must have been a terrible son and father. He internalized his trauma. He blamed himself.
      Even if he is the liar that everyone agrees he is, I can’t even imagine the mental state leading to his suicide.
      It’s just fucking heartbreaking.

    • @yakuzaohtani3631
      @yakuzaohtani3631 4 года назад +5

      rick taylor His Death never drew a dime! Not a dime!

    • @yakuzaohtani3631
      @yakuzaohtani3631 4 года назад +4

      mike west He wondered aloud, if his daddy and son was watching over him, somewhere far abound, He had to reverse his life, he couldn’t live in the past. Then he had to kill himself to set his soul free, belong to him at last.
      -Never Drew a Dime

    • @myquest666420
      @myquest666420 4 года назад

      Yakuza Ohtani are you singing Pantera to me? Lol

    • @myquest666420
      @myquest666420 4 года назад

      Yakuza Ohtani I feel like you’re singing cemetery gates but changing the lyrics to fit mike graham lol

  • @elijahchesterthomas5334
    @elijahchesterthomas5334 3 года назад +20

    Knowing what happened to Mike after this, the end of the video is super sad.

    • @cockaroach1458
      @cockaroach1458 9 месяцев назад +1

      I agree. Feel so sorry and bad for him. RIP

  • @joe77750
    @joe77750 7 лет назад +131

    them fire tattoos never drew a dime

  • @kmach844
    @kmach844 6 лет назад +20

    “I loaned him a gun, and I thought we were friends”. Lol

    • @patrickgray5633
      @patrickgray5633 3 года назад +4

      Eric Bitchoff killed the company. Ric Flair, Jim Cornett, Kevin Sullivan, Mike Graham knew talent & Bishoff & the stooges destroyed it Vince Russo is about as smart as a 5th grader.

    • @jasonvoorhees6416
      @jasonvoorhees6416 3 года назад +2

      @@patrickgray5633 not true. Aol merger destroyed it

  • @MWeezy04
    @MWeezy04 3 года назад +39

    RIP to Mike Graham an amazing mind who understood the business and was a great storyteller. It's unfortunate that he took his life because of the ghosts he lived with. When he died, a world of knowledge left this earth.

    • @patrickgray5633
      @patrickgray5633 2 года назад +1

      Amazing talent for the business in the ring & behind the scenes tragic end. A very smart performer knew the business & had total dummies like Bischoff in charge.

    • @adamirishconundrum851
      @adamirishconundrum851 2 года назад +3

      Never drew a dime

  • @abooooff
    @abooooff 7 лет назад +16

    I really enjoyed this video thank you. Took place a year before he lost his son and the beginning of what destroyed him. What a good guy, would have liked to have met him.

  • @mkdisciple
    @mkdisciple 5 лет назад +16

    Man that story about his dad was sad.

  • @girls69h20
    @girls69h20 Год назад +4

    Came to this shoot after dark side of the ring. Never heard that perspective about Nancy Beniot…. Didn’t know mike had it so hard!!!! I love that “didn’t draw a dime” soundbite. Rip

  • @stephenwethington662
    @stephenwethington662 5 лет назад +19

    Mike Graham was a good, consistent interview. Very, very interesting. A very underrated scientific wrestler, in my opinion. Dont know if he ever had a series with "Superstar" Bill Dundee or "Nightmare" Dan Davis; but those are dream matches that if i was a booker i would have had them battle for 4 to 6 months for lightweight and Southern heavyweight gold. So sad to hear of the family tragedies. Legends in wrestling.

  • @jmc7504
    @jmc7504 Год назад +5

    Mike never drew a dime

  • @jonathanturbide2232
    @jonathanturbide2232 7 лет назад +22

    Big thanks for sharing the full interview

  • @andrewdunn5568
    @andrewdunn5568 Год назад +8

    Mike suggested they sign Hogan
    Greg Gagne suggested they sign Hogan
    Ric Flair suggested they sign Hogan
    Larry the janitor suggested they sign Hogan
    My childhood cat Bob god rest his soul suggested they sign Hogan

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 Год назад +1

      Too be fair, probably everyone would suggest that.

    • @markv1274
      @markv1274 11 месяцев назад +1

      Stop being stupid, okay? We all know that it was Tom Zenk who brought Hogan into WCW.

    • @westernsellers9148
      @westernsellers9148 7 месяцев назад

      Mike suggested Hogan be bass player for AC/DC

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish 6 месяцев назад

      It's possible that they all suggested it and all took action to make it happen.

    • @_dark_170
      @_dark_170 Месяц назад

      Billie Jean said Hogan was her lover, but she's just a girl that claimed that he was the one. But the kid was not his son, brother.

  • @ogdenville
    @ogdenville 4 года назад +12

    "Not a dime!!"

  • @JohnnyFriction
    @JohnnyFriction 3 года назад +15

    Muscle shirts on old dudes never drew a dime.

  • @mr.nobody5080
    @mr.nobody5080 2 года назад +8

    He worked the hell out of this.

    • @michaelrubin9547
      @michaelrubin9547 Год назад

      No that's all a shoot what part is a lie? Substantiate it

  • @jermainemartinez8282
    @jermainemartinez8282 8 месяцев назад +4

    They were still doing clash of the champions even after Hogan signed.

  • @Funeral_Tango
    @Funeral_Tango 5 лет назад +25

    On October 19, 2012, Graham was found dead by his wife of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at their residence in Daytona Beach, Florida. His father & son had committed suicide in similar manners on January 21, 1985 and December 14, 2010, respectively. His grandfather & uncle also committed suicide. His uncle was sick with cancer at the time.
    Now that is so sad.

    • @donniedoesdishes
      @donniedoesdishes 3 года назад +2

      kind of like the von erichs

    • @bigdaddyroy5382
      @bigdaddyroy5382 3 года назад +3

      I wonder if his son had any kids especially sons. They may want to get him checked out. There seems to be alot of mental health issues running on that side of the family

    • @billblaski9523
      @billblaski9523 2 года назад

      Poor guy, I forgot who but one of the wrestlers said Mike once said something like 'I must be such a piece of shit person that my father killed himself AND my son killed himself. What does that say about me, I feel like if I don't kill myself, then I won't ever get respect' something to that effect, not exactly words

    • @anthonymartin9923
      @anthonymartin9923 Год назад

      No but I think Mike has a daughter and believe or not that could be even more traumatic on her cuz the first man a woman trust and leans on is her father.. May God continue to bless the rest of the Graham/Gossett family. 🙏🙏💔💔

  • @thebigbosfetti1585
    @thebigbosfetti1585 Год назад +3

    Thank You Rob Feinstein for this memory of my friend!

  • @TrueDaemonLord
    @TrueDaemonLord Год назад +8

    So apparently, Greg Gagne, Mike Graham and Eric Bishoff all had the idea and were the reason Hogan came into WCW 🤣

  • @Reyzor357ThaSaint
    @Reyzor357ThaSaint 6 лет назад +17

    Rest In Peace can't believe suicide has taken him and his male family member...

    • @ladyjay9482
      @ladyjay9482 3 года назад +4

      His son did it to .i was steve gf .

    • @Charsi_Escobar
      @Charsi_Escobar 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@ladyjay9482I’m so sorry that this happened to you. Was there ever a reason given for why he did it?

  • @tracybrown1977
    @tracybrown1977 7 лет назад +21

    R.I.P Dusty, but he was all about himself..

  • @COLLYD420
    @COLLYD420 5 лет назад +13

    It's funny that Greg gagne has the same story about wcw

  • @andrewisjesus
    @andrewisjesus 4 года назад +9

    Life is a game. Its can be good if you find a way to enjoy yourself while youre hear. Nothing matters that is behind you and the future is always open.
    No need to kill yourself. This guy was hated because he is a natural heel. But with all the hate in wrestling, there is always love. Which is why cornette has a successful podcast today.

  • @rickyrick9328
    @rickyrick9328 6 лет назад +7

    Probably the best interview ever. One year after this interview, Mike's son blew his brains out. Three years after this interview, Mike blew his own brains out.

    • @dolam
      @dolam 5 лет назад

      I know his dad blew his brains out. His son also? What’s up with that?

    • @MB-oc1nw
      @MB-oc1nw 4 года назад +4

      It's a family tradition

    • @joeysbestfriend2614
      @joeysbestfriend2614 4 года назад +1

      Metropcs Metropcs his grandsons are next in a few years to blow their brains out just wait

    • @misterkrogan8837
      @misterkrogan8837 4 года назад +1

      🧠🤯🤯🔫🤡🤡🤡

  • @tommytaylor4139
    @tommytaylor4139 2 года назад +10

    So sad listening to Mike talking about his Father,real sad.And what's happened since with family matters,just so sad

  • @mr.c4p
    @mr.c4p 8 месяцев назад +6

    I believe him to a degree as bischoff over the years has proven himself 50xs over to be an absolute moron. a great on air character definitely but a great wrestling mind? clearly doesn't get it and never did. oblivious and very apparent if you ever listen to him talk wrestling. He's almost another Jim Herd. He clearly had to have gotten those great ideas back then from someone, there's no possible way he came up with them on his own. zero chance.

  • @MelekGamin
    @MelekGamin Год назад +4

    Scary to watch because 4 years after this interview he too was gone the same way like his father. So sad.

    • @JefferyAshmore
      @JefferyAshmore 3 месяца назад

      Or. Did Vince crew get to him after Benoit murders , cleaning up loose ends.

  • @Lev-qj5kc
    @Lev-qj5kc 7 лет назад +22

    Mike seemed to be the most clear about what happened with the rise and fall of WCW. He also explained the fallout with Dusty and his dad Eddie.

    • @traviskarnes6825
      @traviskarnes6825 4 года назад +6

      Best detailed in-depth prospective analysis of the corruption and the internal struggles within WCW during it's rise and fall I've heard yet in any shoot interview.

    • @SmilingSynic
      @SmilingSynic 2 года назад +3

      He explained it well. Unfortunately, it was all wrong. Dusty didn't take anyone away from Florida. Eddie Graham chased them away due to his crappy payouts. He was infamous for his greed. Jack Brisco himself called him the worst of all, even worse than Nick Gulas.

  • @83reggieT
    @83reggieT 2 года назад +6

    Greg Gagne and Mike Graham both gave Bischoff the recipe for success it must be something with sons of legendary promoters who didn't reach their fathers heights.

  • @josemontano7767
    @josemontano7767 2 года назад +5

    Great interview. I don’t know why it wasn’t seen more.

  • @tobysgamingworld1550
    @tobysgamingworld1550 Год назад +2

    “Hey Mike, what would you do if you could run this company tomorrow? And I told him I’d get Hogan I’d go to Disney I’d start the NWO I’d buy stock in Time Warner, I’d bring in a guy name Goldberg and give him a winning streak” LMBO we get it Mike. You invented everything.

  • @mkl62
    @mkl62 4 года назад +5

    On everyone leaving Florida for the Mid-Atlantic, at Starrcade '84, Mike Graham did a pop-in taking on Mr. Ito.

  • @kylecarson5723
    @kylecarson5723 4 года назад +4

    i was gonna watch this but I am out of dimes..... 2 years late

  • @lisetteeliseparis7070
    @lisetteeliseparis7070 3 года назад +9

    He never drew a dime! Not a dime! Love you Mr. Graham.

  • @asoncalledvoonch2210
    @asoncalledvoonch2210 2 года назад +4

    I used to call Mike Graham names like Ned Flanders in real life but I wish he was still around.
    It was all in a joking manner, never meant to be serious or mean.

  • @SmilingSynic
    @SmilingSynic 2 года назад +5

    Blaming Dusty for Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo, Ron Bass, and others for leaving FL for Crockett is complete horseshit. The reason they left, according to Black Bart, who also left with them, is because Eddie Graham screwed them on their pay for the Lords of the Ring show at the Orange Bowl. Dusty didn't "steal' them away. The one guilty of theft was Eddie Graham himself.

  • @phillynm1414
    @phillynm1414 5 лет назад +44

    His grandfather, uncle, dad, son, and himself all committed sucide. Very sad watching these knowing what happened.

    • @MC-rf8sx
      @MC-rf8sx 4 года назад +6

      Really holy shit really I didn't know all wow so sad that breaks my Damn heart RIP

    • @442minty
      @442minty 4 года назад +2

      They say its hereditary, suicide .

    • @wookiepie2285
      @wookiepie2285 4 года назад +2

      I think the "heredity" angle comes from how the remaining family members justify it to themselves. "Dad did himself in because he was old and broke down. Couldn't work anymore and felt useless ". They explain it to the kids in the terms they have used to cope themselves.
      One of my best friends did it, and his grandfather did to. When you justify to your kid someone doing that, someone that they would look up to, it will seem like a reasonable choice to them in their darkest hour.

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish 4 года назад +1

      He killed himself. Even as a hit man, he didn't draw a dime.

    • @mr.x9566
      @mr.x9566 4 года назад

      @@wookiepie2285 Introjection defence mechanism.

  • @josephmiller9424
    @josephmiller9424 2 года назад +3

    Mike Graham sounds like Ole Anderson everybody can't draw a dime Eddie, Benoit, basically everybody who became stars in the WWF was told by this guy they will never become a star wrong everytime

    • @Dale-jr7oj
      @Dale-jr7oj 11 дней назад

      They never drew a dime moron

  • @michaelrood2751
    @michaelrood2751 2 года назад +9

    1:05:20 man that’s rough. RIP
    Mike

  • @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630
    @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630 5 лет назад +8

    As a kid we used to love watching Barry windom and Dustin Rhodes , they were massively unsung and underrated in the great history of wrestling, they could have been a massive draw as the tag team they were or even as singles without silly gimmicks in the wwf/wwe like goldust (which did get over but not for dustin)

  • @prophetvsprofit
    @prophetvsprofit 5 лет назад +7

    Mike had all the answers and drew so much money. Should of given him the book and WCW would still be in business, rolling in cash with Brian Blair VS Kevin Sullivan on top and Bob Roop abusing people in the Powerplant.

  • @jefferyorton1723
    @jefferyorton1723 Год назад +6

    Why does every word out of this little man's mouth seem like a complete work?

  • @daveboone7432
    @daveboone7432 2 года назад +4

    I can't listen to the end knowing he did thw same thing to him self

  • @fjccommish
    @fjccommish 4 года назад +5

    Bischoff writing fake resume = genius.

    • @louiscsanko3673
      @louiscsanko3673 3 года назад +1

      AND BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION, AND CORPORATE THIEVES// AND OUR COUNTRY HAS BECOME A DEN OF THIEVES, AN OLD LADY WHO WORKED HARD ALL HER LIFE MAY DIE BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOOTED AMERICA// FROM THE HIGHEST PEOPLE TO THE COMMON STREET THIEF!!! KEEP CALLING LIAR, AND THIEVES GENIUS. BECAUSE SOON THE DOLLAR WILL COLLAPSE AND WE CAN THANK THE DISHONEST GENIUSES!!!!

  • @Addicted2Dopamine
    @Addicted2Dopamine 2 года назад +4

    “WORK THE ARM”

  • @johnbrown1691
    @johnbrown1691 Год назад +7

    Benoit would have ripped Mike apart. He was delusional.

  • @The495marauder
    @The495marauder 2 года назад +4

    Mike was the forest Gump of the Monday night wars apparently. Between him and Greg gange. I don’t know who to believe.

  • @wookiepie2285
    @wookiepie2285 4 года назад +10

    Some of these questions, like "how did your mom take it?" are kind of unnecessary,

  • @TheCreativesSpacePodcast
    @TheCreativesSpacePodcast 9 месяцев назад +5

    So we know Mike Graham was a liar.
    Hogan joined WCW in 1994. He claims that WCW stopped doing COTC right after that.
    The final COTC was in 1997.
    Hate to speak ill of the dead, but Graham really was a bitter old man. And for the record - I paid to watch Perry Saturn in ECW when he was part of the Eliminators, and I liked him in WCW. I wouldn’t have dropped a dime to see Mike Graham.

  • @joeyp4196
    @joeyp4196 3 года назад +4

    He really doesn't look like someone who would take his own life. RIP Mike Graham. u were one heck of a wrestler.

    • @Millwall77
      @Millwall77 2 года назад +4

      How does people who take their own lives look like then?

  • @cathaldowdall7467
    @cathaldowdall7467 5 лет назад +7

    god help this man what he was put through , father , son suicide with gun then himself , so sad

  • @seymourcakesy7793
    @seymourcakesy7793 4 года назад +6

    Never drew a goddamn dime!

  • @brocklucas4551
    @brocklucas4551 2 года назад +4

    Who came first : the chicken or Mike Graham? Actually scratch that, who came first: the Greg Gagne or Mike Graham?

    • @raulo19999
      @raulo19999 2 года назад +1

      Everybody wants credit for the success and everybody contributed to the great ideas. For all his faults, Bischoff will admit to some mistakes. I don't think greg or mike were in positions to cause any serious failures or they probably would have. These interviews have the benefit of hindsight so anybody could sound like a genius.

  • @superlyger
    @superlyger 7 лет назад +17

    Early on I never enjoyed Mikes arrogant rants on WWE on demand, but since listening to him in various shoots and reading about him. I appreciate his knowledge and his toughness, not just in physical terms, but attitude. So I was especially saddened by his death at his own hands. I truly fiery man who extinguished his own flame is heart wrenching.

    • @frehleyisgod
      @frehleyisgod 7 лет назад

      Yeah...because you're an idiot...
      You can't even spell...

    • @samsmith8725
      @samsmith8725 5 лет назад

      come on man that's your come BACK is that he can't spell🤔

  • @SteveHill0528
    @SteveHill0528 6 лет назад +9

    RIP Mike

  • @joeygana8864
    @joeygana8864 5 лет назад +5

    His mom was Happy. WHAT THE HELL KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT, RIP EDDIE, AND MIKE,

  • @mkl62
    @mkl62 6 лет назад +28

    In 1979, a new pro wrestling publication hit newsstands and magazine racks across the nation. It was Pro Wrestling Illustrated. When the first issue went to press, Mike Graham was ranked at #9 in the National Wrestling Alliance, #7 in the Most Popular Wrestlers category, and at #6 in the Tag Team Division with Steve Keirn.

    • @macpeterson9279
      @macpeterson9279 3 года назад

      I’m

    • @kienpaulspicer1173
      @kienpaulspicer1173 Год назад

      ​@Mac Peterson and still didn't draw a dime

    • @mkl62
      @mkl62 Год назад +1

      @@kienpaulspicer1173 Got the push because he was Eddie's kid. Ditto when Bill Watts tried to make his little cub, Erik, the face of WCW. You were gonna make Papa Bear's beloved little cub look good or you were gone.

    • @kienpaulspicer1173
      @kienpaulspicer1173 Год назад

      @mkl62 try and Eric watts sucked he couldn't draw a dime either.for every Bret, yoko, and Curt Henning , there's mike Graham, Eric Watts and David Flair

    • @mkl62
      @mkl62 Год назад +1

      @@kienpaulspicer1173 And don't forget the second generations of Andersons. There was Gene's son, Brad, and there was Ole's son, Bryant. Plus there was also Mike & Chris Von Erich. And we know how that ended.

  • @quintaeco
    @quintaeco 4 года назад +6

    RIP Ol' Friend!

  • @TheKevinNewsom
    @TheKevinNewsom Год назад +6

    The comments section never drew a dime. RIP Mike!

  • @humblei
    @humblei 2 года назад +6

    Greatest shoot of all time

  • @tonyclifton2230
    @tonyclifton2230 2 года назад +10

    Mike sure was very instrumental in the making of wcw. He doesn't get the credit he deserves. Very eye opening.

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 Год назад +1

      😂😂😂 Don't tell me you actually believe that.

  • @Rayla840
    @Rayla840 7 лет назад +12

    Good God, Mike is funny as fuck with his bullshit.

  • @78bcat
    @78bcat 7 лет назад +55

    Man, most wrestlers are full of shit...but Mike is on a special level: He gave Bischoff every idea, he got Hogan to WCW, he was the one Sid pulled a squeegee on, not Pillman

    • @chrisz31974
      @chrisz31974 7 лет назад +5

      78bcat not that I'm defending this guy but Piper said in his book that Graham was the guy Sid pulled the squeegee on

    • @wpgjets4life
      @wpgjets4life 7 лет назад +8

      It was Brian Pillman that Sid pulled the squeegee on, not Graham.

    • @chuckcanyock8684
      @chuckcanyock8684 7 лет назад

      chris zaucha 8

    • @warriorjwr
      @warriorjwr 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah Greg Gagne. did too lol. If there so great why didn’t Vince bring them in lol.

    • @bdr113080
      @bdr113080 4 года назад +3

      78bcat yeah I mean I’m not saying Eric Bischoff was perfect or Eric Bischoff had all the answers but this is one of those shoot interviews that came out in the mid 2000’s. Back then everyone and their brother was just trying to point their fingers and say they had the inside scoop on what happened to WCW. I think everyone with the brain who has been paying attention can clearly today in 2019 look back and say “ yes WCW sucked the last year it was in business but that’s not why it went away.” I’m sorry I just don’t buy this bogeyman theory and WCW when WCW was number two behind the WWF from 1989 till mid 1996 and they never went out of business but now I’m supposed to believe that just because they got behind in the ratings Turner closed up shop on them. Ted Turner lost control of his company and AOL didn’t want professional wrestling so they sold it. WCW Monday nitro when it was still on the air in 2000 and 2001 was still the highest rated show on TNT. It wasn’t because they weren’t beating WWF in the ratings. Anyone that believes that might as will carry around a certificate saying I believe anything a WWF documentary tells me.

  • @ii9714
    @ii9714 4 года назад +7

    Rest in peace Mr Graham

  • @TheHannibalTV
    @TheHannibalTV 5 лет назад +43

    LOL at Bill Watts stories!

    • @jaroncreed
      @jaroncreed 5 лет назад +11

      Are you the piece of garbage that busted a glass frame over Terry Funk's head? If so then you are a complete FUCKING IDIOT

    • @pantangela
      @pantangela 5 лет назад +1

      He worked em into his retirement plan, lol.

    • @dirty.dan.69
      @dirty.dan.69 5 лет назад

      Leonardo DiCaprio is cool.

    • @dennismarie6599
      @dennismarie6599 5 лет назад +5

      get off Hannibals nuts he the man keep coming with them shoots

    • @MCLogikILL
      @MCLogikILL 4 года назад +1

      FUCK YOU!

  • @thegodfatheroftoys3349
    @thegodfatheroftoys3349 3 года назад +7

    Nothing against Mike, but if him and Greg Gagne were flush with the ideas to turn WCW into a giant, why didn’t they do shit with their own territory?

  • @TravisLoneWolfWalsh
    @TravisLoneWolfWalsh 6 лет назад +45

    say what you want about Mike but he forgot more about the business than most people will ever learn

  • @corm1000
    @corm1000 6 лет назад +16

    I heard this guy held the Florida State bench press record for 195 lb that lasted for 17 years.

    • @joeysbestfriend2614
      @joeysbestfriend2614 4 года назад +2

      If he filmed his suicide he wouldn’t even draw a dime!

    • @KJ-dy6cz
      @KJ-dy6cz 4 года назад +3

      And he beat Ricky the Dragon Steamboat for a state title

    • @Bazzeboy
      @Bazzeboy 11 месяцев назад

      @@joeysbestfriend2614So bold…