That Scott Hall part hurts really really bad. Who was so cruel to carry a man so obviously incapable of even standing on his own into a wrestling ring?
I understand but why does everyone defend Scott hall. Maybe he needed this to wake up. Honestly he’s extremely overrated and his demons made him a terrible person to be around. A bully even. The kliq ruined wrestling. Sorry
@@chrisvietro4360 I totally agree with you. Hall, Nash and Hogan successfully destroyed wrestling. All this garbage you see on tv now is just more of their backstage politics on parade. Part time world champions. Until these three clowns started their crap, a world champion actually defended throughout the world. Hogan refused to defend unless it was a PPV or major televised event. Nash refused to defend or lose against stars like Stone Cold or Goldberg. But then disgrace the title with the “finger poke of doom”! Then Hogan finished WCW off by refusing to lose to Jeff Jarrett at BATB 2000. Vince Russo didn’t help either.
Wrong. Scott Hall showed up drunk and threatened to kill the promoter and his family if he didn't let him wrestle so the promoter decided to expose him. Scott Hall screwed Scott Hall. Whoever made this video is just a Kliq fanboy.
@@randalladams2448 Whlie there is a lot of truth in what you said, Jeff Jerret is also a pos who books himself as the worlds most powerful super-hero. Only JJ thinks he is "the worlds best wrestler" material.
Not only did TNA give Flair a paying job to cover his massive past spending habits (something WWE could have given him in the form of a backstage producer or on screen managerial promotion) but IMPACT helped promote and fill out his Last Match PPV, alongside MLW, AEW, and WWE. Flair owes them a huge 'Thank You.'
@@JohnTorres1987 define broke? Is he personally financially secure? Probably not. But he has enough people who care about him that DO have money and resources that he’ll never go hungry or homeless.
Sad thing is after WWF he went back to WCW and was treated like a door mat. Ya Flair over spent big time but getting divorced 3, 4 times does not help should have learned after the first time but what did the women after ward expect the guy was on the road constantly most likely with other women. I wonder what goes through the mind of any person that gets together or marries a person in the entertainment world what do they think is gonna happen there around a different crowd women or men are throwing themselves at you they knew what they where getting into from the start. You can't bring them with you either than they see the reality of it all.
Terry Gordy was legitimately the nicest wrestler that I have ever met. Just a few years before he passed away he remembered me from something decades earlier at my uncle's house and sat having a few beers with me and my friend after an Indy show then wanted to reconnect with said uncle. Not just a great wrestler but a great man.
He was a good man indeed. He and Buddy were tough as nails but then Terry would turn into this Teddy bear outside of the ring. He'd be super proud of Miranda.
@@lancecleveland7874 right, will people stop making stories up now. First it's meeting Gordy and now we're making up place names, "Chattanooga"? Pull the other one mate. clearly that's a made up place like Atlantis, heaven, timbuktu and Ottawa.
It looked like he hadn't missed a beat in all those years. Of course, being away from the ring for so long helped preserve his body, but his apparent lack of steroid use and substance abuse over the years also helped.
@@glennwelsh9784 You hit the nail on the head, right there. Clean living, even by wrestling industry standards, really helps keep you around longer. A lot of the troubled wrestlers are putting their bodies through the wringer twice; the show and the party!
That was the night, Jericho beat three legends, then an actor who was a failed boxer beat Chris Jericho. What an utterly ridiculously stupid pitch of an idea.
At his age, Steamboat was in amazing shape, and worked really well with Jericho. Jericho and Steamboat made each other look like the megastars they are.
Yes, you definitely missed Hawk of the Legion of Doom. In Summerslam 1992, the Legion of Doom wrestled against Money Incorporated. Many years later during an interview on a Hawk documentary, Animal said that Hawk was so wasted on drugs or alcohol or both that Animal and Money Incorporated had to change the finiah from LODs regular finisher where Hawk from the top rope clotheslines a wrestler who Animal has on his shoulders to Animal having to execute a powerslam on Ted DiBiase I believe to get the pinfall victory. I'm very surprised that you missed Hawk on your list
Not sure about that one Hawk didn't look that out of it Animal told a lot of stories. They rode Harleys to the ring on that match and Animal says Hawk got off on the wrong side and the muffler burned the nylon on Hawks leg in the ring Hawk apparently was bugged by it animal asked him what was wrong and Hawk said something about his leg. I watched the match I have the road Warriors DVD I slowed it down didn't see any of that. Hawk apparently disappeared after that match and went and joined the English chapter of the Hells Angels BS Hawk could barely ride the bike and regardless of who he is they just don't let anybody in the club you have to start out as a sponsored prospect again Animal told a lot of stories.
Of all the examples of a wrestler having no business in the ring, Jeff Hardy, Scott Hall and Jake Roberts are the unholy trinity, seeing them firmly in the clutches of their personal demons just breaks you heart when you watch them barely able to walk and basically struggle to even locate the ring, let alone compete inside of it
It's a tragedy that what happened to Scott Hall never led to real reform in the industry. There was no support structure to help him before his body was just destroyed. It's a miracle that Hall, Roberts, or Hardy didn't die in the ring. Why the hell isn't there a wrestler's union or trade organization?
Because a billion-dollar operation like WWE obviously can't afford to pay proper medcare for the people making their profits. Gotta please the shareholders, right?
Unions aren't the answer either. If things aren't right the union bosses will tell you to strike. This will take away your pay all the while they are making money from the dues you pay. Unions don't care about the people. They just care about what you make them from dues.
@@fridaecolter88 you miss understand what I'm saying, back then it was easy for addiction to be exploited. Now hopefully this is not the case. I'm a loyal wrestling fan 40 years plus.
The only issue about number 5 that I have, is that at the same time, everyone gets a boner for Cody toughing in out in hell in the cell. Now, I get it happened mid match, but it is the same damn injury.
I was thinking that, too. I'm not sure which one is right. Probably somewhere in the middle. The option to tough it out without any judgement for saying "nope".
You have Abdullah the Butcher in a shot. That guy was blading himself and other wrestlers while he had Hep C. Just out there with his fork at Heroes of Wrestling and then another 15 years with blood bourne diseases.
And other than being Matt's brother, AEW just had to hire Jeff Hardy when it appeared that he was only a shell of himself at 45 years old ! I hope he never comes back to wrestling so he can concentrate on being sober and staying alive until he's an old man!! 🙄
My dad (Donnie York Jr) was a wrestler for a very long time. I've seen in person what it's like when someone who truly loves working gets injured then immediately returns to the ring. It's damaging and worrying.
Even racing, my dad used to race Sprintcars and after his first crash, you get paranoid and visions of the worst case scenario at every turn and when he played Rugby after the fractured ankle, that forced him to retire from Rugby early on
When he returned to the ring he certainly had little business being there, and was doing some of the gimmick feds in Japan where he didn't have to take many bumps and so on. However not long before the Executioner run he appeared in ECW briefly, and had an absolutely great match with Raven where Scotty bumped around for him like he was at his 80s peak and people legit thought, hang on, Gordy's getting it back together... sadly it was a one-off, a mix of great selling by Raven and some classic Heyman smoke and mirrors hiding the limitations, and when they tried to replicate it it became clear that poor Terry had little left at all.
Big one you missed. Rick Steiner had no business being in the ring with his arm injury. Buff Bagwell wouldn't have broken his neck. Rick steiner would get the surgery he needed immediately after, so now 2 guys are on the shelf.
I'd probably add Paige aka Saraya in 2017. She admitted that she returned to wrestling too soon and as a result reinjured her neck which kept her out of action for five years.
Right now, actively, the biggest example is Vampiro in AAA. He looks utterly lost, but Konnan keeps booking him. His Parkinson's is plainly obvious, and he has no business being in the ring for the safety of the other luchadors.
I was really surprised he didn't make this list. He was very inebriated during a number of his matches during his final WWF run, according to several of his opponents.
The whole argument used against HHH in this video is a shadow of the atrocious decision to allow Cody to work Hell in a Cell with a torn pec. Did it make Cody look great? Sure. But it's 10x more toxic than anything HHH did in the precedent that it set, as the injury was known before the show even started.
Taker on the Goldberg match should be on the list. The whole last couple of years of his career are a crude reminder that wrestlers tend to not have their priorities straight. (Also added should be Misawa circa 2003 in NOAH)
Don't forget after the stupidity of WCW using Scott halls addiction problems as a storyline, WWE did it again a lot more recently with Jeff Hardy vs Seamus... WWE had also done it with Jake Roberts I believe before Scott hall in WCW.
How dare you speak of Gordy with condescending tones ! ( I Kid ) But yeah ....I know . That was sad . A legend not just with the Freebirds but a badass in Japan . Him and Dr. Death as the Miracle Violence Connection were hellfire in the ring ! Gordy died at 40 . Its a shame . But seeing he started at 14 he had a long career !
Yeah u missed one big one Nia Jax after she injured multiple wrestlers and Kari Sane decided to go back to Japan they should have suspended Nia Jax and release her because of her reckless wrestling style
Pretty sure he did. He went to DDP's rehabilitation program and got himself back on track. The issue is when the pandemic hits, the dude was feeling stress again and was going back to consuming the alcohols. Even if DDP was able to save him once, DDP can't save him for good if he couldn't let go of his habit and in the end it seem his habit got the better of him.
Owen Hart had no business being up in the rafters that fateful night. And for that matter, it's amazing that Sting ever survived, as many times as WCW had him do it.
WCW spent more money so they could hire a company that knew what they were doing. WWF wanted to save a few bucks and used a lesser company. Sting refused to ever do it again after Owen died.
At least Davey boy was still in peak physical condition and being paired with someone who could call tha match on the fly, put Davey over and keep him safe! That is different to some of those other examples!
One of the craziest things I ever saw was when we went to get autographs at an ECW event and I saw a wrestler take a solo cup, fill it TO THE TOP with pain killers and float it with beer and guzzle it down! I quietly said under my breath "...oh Jesus!"
Dynamite Kid in January 1987 jobbing the WWF World tag team title with Davey to the Harts. Only the people in the arena actually saw it but Dynamite - busted spine, wheelchair bound and all - had to hobble down to ringside on Davey Boy's shoulder in a doomed attempt to maintain kayfabe that he was fit and ready to defend his World Tag Team Championship, until Jimmy Hart mercifully bashed him with the megaphone so he could lie down on the floor for five mins while Bret, Jim and Davey did the title change and then be carted out on a stretcher. Tellingly the TV version of the match only cuts in with Jimmy's megaphone ambush - Dynamite's faux raring-to-go might have borderline fooled the fans in the arena but it wouldn't have stood up toTV scrutiny.
Have to agree with #5. At first I didn't, but you make a good point. Setting a precedent to work while injured (not just sore or a little banged up) is a bad thing.
Why the hell is Vince on this list? Lmaoo Vince vs Pat at WM wasn't even a much. It just for fun and banter and clearly set up for Stone Cold to give him a stunner. The crowd also popped for it unlike a lot other things on this list.
If you blame HHH for continuing that match, you should also call out Cody for working an entire match with a torn peck. The same reasoning you brought up for HHH to take himself out of the match would apply even more in Cody's case. Plus HHH's decision was made on the spot with little time for the decision to be made while in Cody's case they had time and doctors evaluating him and somehow they still allowed him in the ring.
What about when Raquel Rodriguez had a work injury and she was still being booked in matches on smackdown with her arm in a f****** sling it was so stupid
I'm not a wrestling fan, however I have respect that these people are athletes. It upsets me that people disregard others health a wellbeing for the sake of money.
Flair was so bad in his alleged last match. He had 3 months to get in respectable shape for it and he failed to do so. His cardio was shot and his attire was embarrassing. I get that his physique was so bad, but he could have at least worn a tank top or legit wrestling gear like a singlet.
The graphic designer who thinks its amusing to photoshop in substances next to the folks who abused them is really undercutting any moral standing this might have.
I remember the sting, Jeff Hardy match and still don't know why Jeff was even allowed to go to the ring for a match in that condition. I just hope he was able to beat his demons.
@@Paulthompson9942 Jeff Hardy needs help obviously counseling and rehab haven't helped . Maybe he should talk to DDP look what DDP did for Jake Roberts .
He wasn't really allowed in this state he was in it was like watching four-year-old in the grocery store take your eyes off of the second and they will wander off what happened according to Dutch mantell who was I believe in the gorilla position at the time
I had to explain to a friend once how much training and timing goes into every match to keep wrestlers from being paralyzed or worse. Not for the unprepared on untrained
These situations suck so bad for many people and yet.....after watching this, it felt so dark and gritty (some of the situations, I was unaware of) I feel dirty and need a shower.
Real shame about Snuka. Back in the '80's, his flying from the top rope was as great as The Undertaker walking on it with opponent in hand. You forgot Dino Bravo who gained so much weight that he could barely enter the ring....
The only information that ,when I originally found out, was shocking was Regal. It explained alot of how bad he looked in the last few years of the 90s. How many times did they bring Mae West and the Fabulous Moolah in the 2000s?
Vince was never undone. He never left. Even though he claimed to be out of power, being the majority stake holder means he can say and do what he wants, as we have seen lately
Funny how you say Vince was "undone" yet at the posting of this video he was back in charge and took over creative once again. The demand when he sells is he is left in charge or no deal.
Most wrestling top 10s are just repeats of the same ones done for years now (I still watch every new one lol). This is one though for as sad in a way as it was, was way more original than the norm. Great job on this video
It’s a tough watch for any wrestling fan but a much needed watch for all wrestling fans to see what professional wrestlers put themselves through to entertain us
remember seeing the tape of that show with scott hall and my heart broke. one for his appearance and two for the level of exploitation the promoter employed.
Aren't we so lucky as a society to have Whatculture benevolently gift us with their constant morality sermons. The self righteousness exuded in nearly every video is a blessing to us all. Black Lives Matter.
That Scott Hall part hurts really really bad. Who was so cruel to carry a man so obviously incapable of even standing on his own into a wrestling ring?
It's all about the payday. Why else would anyone ruin their own body in front of screaming people? Money.
I understand but why does everyone defend Scott hall. Maybe he needed this to wake up. Honestly he’s extremely overrated and his demons made him a terrible person to be around. A bully even. The kliq ruined wrestling. Sorry
@@chrisvietro4360 I totally agree with you. Hall, Nash and Hogan successfully destroyed wrestling. All this garbage you see on tv now is just more of their backstage politics on parade. Part time world champions. Until these three clowns started their crap, a world champion actually defended throughout the world. Hogan refused to defend unless it was a PPV or major televised event. Nash refused to defend or lose against stars like Stone Cold or Goldberg. But then disgrace the title with the “finger poke of doom”! Then Hogan finished WCW off by refusing to lose to Jeff Jarrett at BATB 2000. Vince Russo didn’t help either.
Wrong. Scott Hall showed up drunk and threatened to kill the promoter and his family if he didn't let him wrestle so the promoter decided to expose him. Scott Hall screwed Scott Hall. Whoever made this video is just a Kliq fanboy.
@@randalladams2448 Whlie there is a lot of truth in what you said, Jeff Jerret is also a pos who books himself as the worlds most powerful super-hero. Only JJ thinks he is "the worlds best wrestler" material.
Not only did TNA give Flair a paying job to cover his massive past spending habits (something WWE could have given him in the form of a backstage producer or on screen managerial promotion) but IMPACT helped promote and fill out his Last Match PPV, alongside MLW, AEW, and WWE. Flair owes them a huge 'Thank You.'
Is he STILL broke?
@@JohnTorres1987 define broke? Is he personally financially secure? Probably not. But he has enough people who care about him that DO have money and resources that he’ll never go hungry or homeless.
Sad thing is after WWF he went back to WCW and was treated like a door mat. Ya Flair over spent big time but getting divorced 3, 4 times does not help should have learned after the first time but what did the women after ward expect the guy was on the road constantly most likely with other women. I wonder what goes through the mind of any person that gets together or marries a person in the entertainment world what do they think is gonna happen there around a different crowd women or men are throwing themselves at you they knew what they where getting into from the start. You can't bring them with you either than they see the reality of it all.
Flair had to pay his back taxes hence why he worked in TNA
@@daviddoyle8956 you think he should've stayed in WWF?
Terry Gordy was legitimately the nicest wrestler that I have ever met. Just a few years before he passed away he remembered me from something decades earlier at my uncle's house and sat having a few beers with me and my friend after an Indy show then wanted to reconnect with said uncle. Not just a great wrestler but a great man.
Cool story bro. I like making shit up too. We should write a movie
@@Crashoverride774 lol, was thinking the same thing
He was a good man indeed. He and Buddy were tough as nails but then Terry would turn into this Teddy bear outside of the ring. He'd be super proud of Miranda.
I mean, I met Terry Gordy as well, I'm from Chattanooga, Tennessee... so was he. He did indy shows all around the area. He was indeed a nice guy.
@@lancecleveland7874 right, will people stop making stories up now. First it's meeting Gordy and now we're making up place names, "Chattanooga"? Pull the other one mate. clearly that's a made up place like Atlantis, heaven, timbuktu and Ottawa.
Ricky Steamboat’s performance at WrestleMania 25 was impressive, he should have beat Chris Jericho that night.
It looked like he hadn't missed a beat in all those years. Of course, being away from the ring for so long helped preserve his body, but his apparent lack of steroid use and substance abuse over the years also helped.
@@glennwelsh9784 You hit the nail on the head, right there. Clean living, even by wrestling industry standards, really helps keep you around longer. A lot of the troubled wrestlers are putting their bodies through the wringer twice; the show and the party!
Knowing Chris Jericho….he was ok with that. That guy lives for wrestling. He likely wasn't allowed to.
That was the night, Jericho beat three legends, then an actor who was a failed boxer beat Chris Jericho. What an utterly ridiculously stupid pitch of an idea.
At his age, Steamboat was in amazing shape, and worked really well with Jericho. Jericho and Steamboat made each other look like the megastars they are.
Yes, you definitely missed Hawk of the Legion of Doom. In Summerslam 1992, the Legion of Doom wrestled against Money Incorporated. Many years later during an interview on a Hawk documentary, Animal said that Hawk was so wasted on drugs or alcohol or both that Animal and Money Incorporated had to change the finiah from LODs regular finisher where Hawk from the top rope clotheslines a wrestler who Animal has on his shoulders to Animal having to execute a powerslam on Ted DiBiase I believe to get the pinfall victory. I'm very surprised that you missed Hawk on your list
and where they were trying a new partner for Animal in the likes of Puke a.k.a. Droz
I agree
Not sure about that one Hawk didn't look that out of it Animal told a lot of stories. They rode Harleys to the ring on that match and Animal says Hawk got off on the wrong side and the muffler burned the nylon on Hawks leg in the ring Hawk apparently was bugged by it animal asked him what was wrong and Hawk said something about his leg. I watched the match I have the road Warriors DVD I slowed it down didn't see any of that. Hawk apparently disappeared after that match and went and joined the English chapter of the Hells Angels BS Hawk could barely ride the bike and regardless of who he is they just don't let anybody in the club you have to start out as a sponsored prospect again Animal told a lot of stories.
@@daviddoyle8956 Oh it's true, It's true, it's damn true. 😁
@@daviddoyle8956 what about the moment when they were replacing him with another guy that they originally called, Puke?
Of all the examples of a wrestler having no business in the ring, Jeff Hardy, Scott Hall and Jake Roberts are the unholy trinity, seeing them firmly in the clutches of their personal demons just breaks you heart when you watch them barely able to walk and basically struggle to even locate the ring, let alone compete inside of it
It says more about the promoters who still put them in the ring.
@@stingrey1571 boy, doesn't it.
At least Hall and Roberts were saved by DDP
I'm just glad ddp was able to help and save Scott hall and Jake the snake
Thank god for DDP, without him I doubt Jake is still with us, and I doubt Hall lives as long as he did.
It's a tragedy that what happened to Scott Hall never led to real reform in the industry. There was no support structure to help him before his body was just destroyed. It's a miracle that Hall, Roberts, or Hardy didn't die in the ring. Why the hell isn't there a wrestler's union or trade organization?
Look no further then Vince McMahon.
@@multiyapples Oh, I know. That old bastard fought every attempt to improve conditions for the workers.
Because a billion-dollar operation like WWE obviously can't afford to pay proper medcare for the people making their profits. Gotta please the shareholders, right?
Unions aren't the answer either. If things aren't right the union bosses will tell you to strike. This will take away your pay all the while they are making money from the dues you pay. Unions don't care about the people. They just care about what you make them from dues.
@@multiyapples Hulk Hogan also shares some of the blame.
So sad seeing both Scott hall and Jake Roberts like that 😔I'm glad things are changing for the better hopefully.
don't think u folw wrestling that mch.. Jake's cleaned up.. Scott's gone..
@@fridaecolter88 you miss understand what I'm saying, back then it was easy for addiction to be exploited. Now hopefully this is not the case. I'm a loyal wrestling fan 40 years plus.
The Scott Hall situation was absolutely disgusting and the promoter should honestly be blackballed from the industry for that shit.
@@jamiewilshaw3595 my bad mate!
@@jamiewilshaw3595 how is it being exploited? You can’t use real life for a storyline?
The only issue about number 5 that I have, is that at the same time, everyone gets a boner for Cody toughing in out in hell in the cell. Now, I get it happened mid match, but it is the same damn injury.
I was thinking that, too. I'm not sure which one is right. Probably somewhere in the middle. The option to tough it out without any judgement for saying "nope".
You have Abdullah the Butcher in a shot. That guy was blading himself and other wrestlers while he had Hep C. Just out there with his fork at Heroes of Wrestling and then another 15 years with blood bourne diseases.
The Executioner is something you'd see in Bruce Prichard's NXT 2.0
I mean we already have SCRYPTS which I don't even know what that is.
The Executioner was one of Vince McMahon's failed gimmick characters.
This video should be seen by every wrestling fan who cares about wrestling.
And other than being Matt's brother, AEW just had to hire Jeff Hardy when it appeared that he was only a shell of himself at 45 years old ! I hope he never comes back to wrestling so he can concentrate on being sober and staying alive until he's an old man!! 🙄
Paul orndorff-anytime after his stinger. Just look at his last match in wcw. It was scary.
Jerry lawler vs dolph ziggler-he nearly died on raw.
My dad (Donnie York Jr) was a wrestler for a very long time. I've seen in person what it's like when someone who truly loves working gets injured then immediately returns to the ring. It's damaging and worrying.
Even racing, my dad used to race Sprintcars and after his first crash, you get paranoid and visions of the worst case scenario at every turn and when he played Rugby after the fractured ankle, that forced him to retire from Rugby early on
It's heartbreaking reading about Terry Gordy
When he returned to the ring he certainly had little business being there, and was doing some of the gimmick feds in Japan where he didn't have to take many bumps and so on. However not long before the Executioner run he appeared in ECW briefly, and had an absolutely great match with Raven where Scotty bumped around for him like he was at his 80s peak and people legit thought, hang on, Gordy's getting it back together... sadly it was a one-off, a mix of great selling by Raven and some classic Heyman smoke and mirrors hiding the limitations, and when they tried to replicate it it became clear that poor Terry had little left at all.
@@ofs82 Reading Mick Foley's first autobiography about his death matches with Terry Gordy brings tears to the eyes, honestly.
I’d say Dustin Rhodes time as Black Reign in TNA should be on a follow up list
Big one you missed. Rick Steiner had no business being in the ring with his arm injury. Buff Bagwell wouldn't have broken his neck. Rick steiner would get the surgery he needed immediately after, so now 2 guys are on the shelf.
I'd probably add Paige aka Saraya in 2017. She admitted that she returned to wrestling too soon and as a result reinjured her neck which kept her out of action for five years.
Nah that’s on Sasha Banks being wreckless
@@brianmcabee4487 No, it wasn't.
Yea it was she was very stiff with that kick to her in that match
@@brianmcabee4487 It was an accident, not being reckless. Accidents happen even from the best wrestlers in the business
@@rr2637 Sasha is wreckless in the ring and botches a lot so it was no accident
Right now, actively, the biggest example is Vampiro in AAA. He looks utterly lost, but Konnan keeps booking him. His Parkinson's is plainly obvious, and he has no business being in the ring for the safety of the other luchadors.
For some strange reason Loch Ness in WCW automatically popped up in my head
Kurt Angle early 2000s after multiple neck injuries and pain killer addictions.
Kurt was still able to perform.
@@12MRJERSEY Does that necessarily make it okay, though? 🤔
British Bulldog after the trapdoor incident he was basically finished .
I was really surprised he didn't make this list. He was very inebriated during a number of his matches during his final WWF run, according to several of his opponents.
The whole argument used against HHH in this video is a shadow of the atrocious decision to allow Cody to work Hell in a Cell with a torn pec.
Did it make Cody look great? Sure. But it's 10x more toxic than anything HHH did in the precedent that it set, as the injury was known before the show even started.
The scot hall part is heartbreaking
Taker on the Goldberg match should be on the list. The whole last couple of years of his career are a crude reminder that wrestlers tend to not have their priorities straight.
(Also added should be Misawa circa 2003 in NOAH)
Don't forget after the stupidity of WCW using Scott halls addiction problems as a storyline, WWE did it again a lot more recently with Jeff Hardy vs Seamus... WWE had also done it with Jake Roberts I believe before Scott hall in WCW.
How dare you speak of Gordy with condescending tones ! ( I Kid ) But yeah ....I know . That was sad . A legend not just with the Freebirds but a badass in Japan . Him and Dr. Death as the Miracle Violence Connection were hellfire in the ring ! Gordy died at 40 . Its a shame . But seeing he started at 14 he had a long career !
Yeah u missed one big one Nia Jax after she injured multiple wrestlers and Kari Sane decided to go back to Japan they should have suspended Nia Jax and release her because of her reckless wrestling style
Scott Hall was suffering ptsd, never got the help he needed. Still my favorite of all time. RIP Scott Hall.
Pretty sure he did. He went to DDP's rehabilitation program and got himself back on track. The issue is when the pandemic hits, the dude was feeling stress again and was going back to consuming the alcohols. Even if DDP was able to save him once, DDP can't save him for good if he couldn't let go of his habit and in the end it seem his habit got the better of him.
Supposedly Sylvien Grenier wrestled for almost a month with a broken neck and had to sneak around MSG to find a doctor to take a look at it.
Jimmy Snuka at Wrestlemania 25 looks like he should be saying "Oh hi, Mark!" on a rooftop somewhere.
"If a lot of people love each other, the world would be a better place to live!"
“Lisa loves you too. As a person, as a human bean
Brian Pillman any match after the Jeep crash! He could barely walk and was deep into pills to get through a house show.
Owen Hart had no business being up in the rafters that fateful night. And for that matter, it's amazing that Sting ever survived, as many times as WCW had him do it.
WCW spent more money so they could hire a company that knew what they were doing. WWF wanted to save a few bucks and used a lesser company. Sting refused to ever do it again after Owen died.
@@clinteasthood81 Sting didn't refuse to do it, WCW put an end to it. Bischoff has talked about this on 83 weeks.
@@AdoreYouInAshXI didn't know that, but either way was a good decision.
Rhoda Rousey and Logan Paul should get honorable mentions they don't belong in the ring ether.
Vince McMahon now looks like Mr. Furley 😂😂😂
I'm born and raised in Fall River MA and this was so sad to see, I'll never forget it. Scott hall was the man, just a terrible spot in his life.
I used to wrestle for that promoter. He is a piece of shit
Most of the women from the Divas Era
Yeah...Mickie James did some...questionable things when she was fighting other divas.
I think lod hawk and Davey boy at summerslam 92 should be on there too
At least Davey boy was still in peak physical condition and being paired with someone who could call tha match on the fly, put Davey over and keep him safe!
That is different to some of those other examples!
@@exilhamburger4802 Very true, he was lucky to have Bret to keep him safe... Imagine if he was facing the ultimate warrior that night
@@exilhamburger4802 y’all act like DiBiase was chopped liver in the ring. Haha.
@@Thor-Orion ?
Where was Ted DiBiase mentioned in this thread!?
@@exilhamburger4802 he was one of the opponents for Road Warriors at Summerslam 92…
Am I the only one who’s not surprised but disappointed that Vince McMahon is back
It's sad to see the demise and the lengths some promoters will go to get that dollar.
One of the craziest things I ever saw was when we went to get autographs at an ECW event and I saw a wrestler take a solo cup, fill it TO THE TOP with pain killers and float it with beer and guzzle it down!
I quietly said under my breath "...oh Jesus!"
I take that the wrestler in question was The Sandman?
@@RapidPhantom293 I think it was Balz Mahoney.
Dynamite Kid in January 1987 jobbing the WWF World tag team title with Davey to the Harts. Only the people in the arena actually saw it but Dynamite - busted spine, wheelchair bound and all - had to hobble down to ringside on Davey Boy's shoulder in a doomed attempt to maintain kayfabe that he was fit and ready to defend his World Tag Team Championship, until Jimmy Hart mercifully bashed him with the megaphone so he could lie down on the floor for five mins while Bret, Jim and Davey did the title change and then be carted out on a stretcher. Tellingly the TV version of the match only cuts in with Jimmy's megaphone ambush - Dynamite's faux raring-to-go might have borderline fooled the fans in the arena but it wouldn't have stood up toTV scrutiny.
Ya forgot Enzo, Goldberg and Ryback. Oh and Nia Jax, all out of safety reasons.
Have to agree with #5. At first I didn't, but you make a good point. Setting a precedent to work while injured (not just sore or a little banged up) is a bad thing.
Alcoholism is no joke. I can speak from experience. Thankfully I never killed anyone or myself.
Why the hell is Vince on this list? Lmaoo
Vince vs Pat at WM wasn't even a much. It just for fun and banter and clearly set up for Stone Cold to give him a stunner. The crowd also popped for it unlike a lot other things on this list.
This list has Jeff Hardy written all over it😂
You have serial flasher written all over you
@@Crashoverride774when you’re moms cooks me breakfast in the morning, we’re going to have a talk about your online language
@@Hains22 jesus, are you threatening my mum to make you breakfast again? I thought the police had spoken to you about this
Terry Gordy was not bad as you’re saying then bud. Vince McMahon looks great for his age in there. I hate that word toxic
If you blame HHH for continuing that match, you should also call out Cody for working an entire match with a torn peck. The same reasoning you brought up for HHH to take himself out of the match would apply even more in Cody's case. Plus HHH's decision was made on the spot with little time for the decision to be made while in Cody's case they had time and doctors evaluating him and somehow they still allowed him in the ring.
What about when Raquel Rodriguez had a work injury and she was still being booked in matches on smackdown with her arm in a f****** sling it was so stupid
I believe that was just a Storyline
It's sad to hear that one injury can change your whole career poor Terry Gordy rip
Anyone that had anything to do with the car wreck known as Heroes of Wrestling .
What about Yokozuna?? He was a big boy!!
I'm not a wrestling fan, however I have respect that these people are athletes. It upsets me that people disregard others health a wellbeing for the sake of money.
Flair was so bad in his alleged last match. He had 3 months to get in respectable shape for it and he failed to do so. His cardio was shot and his attire was embarrassing. I get that his physique was so bad, but he could have at least worn a tank top or legit wrestling gear like a singlet.
He got really drunk before even going out to wrestle that "last match."
The graphic designer who thinks its amusing to photoshop in substances next to the folks who abused them is really undercutting any moral standing this might have.
I remember the sting, Jeff Hardy match and still don't know why Jeff was even allowed to go to the ring for a match in that condition. I just hope he was able to beat his demons.
He hasn't
@@Paulthompson9942 Jeff Hardy needs help obviously counseling and rehab haven't helped . Maybe he should talk to DDP look what DDP did for Jake Roberts .
He wasn't really allowed in this state he was in it was like watching four-year-old in the grocery store take your eyes off of the second and they will wander off what happened according to Dutch mantell who was I believe in the gorilla position at the time
I had to explain to a friend once how much training and timing goes into every match to keep wrestlers from being paralyzed or worse. Not for the unprepared on untrained
Think about this. Them rasslers that were in Heroes of Rasslin were only in there late 30s
You could've told me they were twice that age and I'd have believed you
@Justin Martinez Yoko was 29. JAKE THE SNAKE just turned 40.
@@uc95nu51 yikes
@@uc95nu51 Huh? Heroes of wrestling was in Oct of 1999, Jake was 44 at that show! You’re off by about 4 years 😂
These situations suck so bad for many people and yet.....after watching this, it felt so dark and gritty (some of the situations, I was unaware of) I feel dirty and need a shower.
Road. Warrior. Hawk.
Fergal, Nakamura, Bryan, Ciampa, Gargarno, Osprey, Punk, Cole, Cody Rhodes, Ziggler - there fixed it
In the same horrific Heroes Of Wrestling main event with Jake Roberts was Yokozuna, who definitely had no business being in the ring
Terry Taylor was one of the greatest wrestlers in the world. The Red Rooster had no business being in the ring.
Just seeing Terry Gordy (who was a phenomenal wrestler) and the title of this .........
Real shame about Snuka. Back in the '80's, his flying from the top rope was as great as The Undertaker walking on it with opponent in hand. You forgot Dino Bravo who gained so much weight that he could barely enter the ring....
Any wrestler over 50
The only information that ,when I originally found out, was shocking was Regal. It explained alot of how bad he looked in the last few years of the 90s. How many times did they bring Mae West and the Fabulous Moolah in the 2000s?
Enjoy the Simon Miller plug lol. On a side note I'd love to wrestle Simon seems like he'd have a good technical match.
David Flair
It was not a good way for The Nature Boy to go out!
You mean "The Pervert Boy"?
Vince was never undone. He never left. Even though he claimed to be out of power, being the majority stake holder means he can say and do what he wants, as we have seen lately
Funny how you say Vince was "undone" yet at the posting of this video he was back in charge and took over creative once again. The demand when he sells is he is left in charge or no deal.
Wow that scott hall segment is heartbreaking
6:20 the best wrestler in the world.
Nuff said.
Most wrestling top 10s are just repeats of the same ones done for years now (I still watch every new one lol). This is one though for as sad in a way as it was, was way more original than the norm. Great job on this video
That promotion that exploited Hall and the one that exploited Jake for that matter……..should be sued…..really pathetic and sad.
Mentions standards in sport shows clip of UFC the sport with no standards at all
It’s a tough watch for any wrestling fan but a much needed watch for all wrestling fans to see what professional wrestlers put themselves through to entertain us
remember seeing the tape of that show with scott hall and my heart broke. one for his appearance and two for the level of exploitation the promoter employed.
The Great Khali would be #11 on this list.
"Even more crappy environs than the Bingo Hall"
Well screw you
Terry even at the fraction of his old self was still better than most today.
Aren't we so lucky as a society to have Whatculture benevolently gift us with their constant morality sermons. The self righteousness exuded in nearly every video is a blessing to us all. Black Lives Matter.
If HHH made the list then Cody should be on here as well for wrestling against Seth with a torn pec.
They Great Khali should be on this list
At this point Tony is just enabling Jeff Hardy by keeping him on the roster. Fire him.
Narrator: And no Wankculture is wrong - Vince was not done. He’s back!!!
I remember when snitsky tried to ruin a casket match between heidenreich and the undertaker at the royal rumble.
the late part of Andre the giant carrer was aweful.
You can add Tony Atlas to that list.
So...old people, addicts, & injured wrestlers shouldn't be in the ring? Agreed... but money talks & that's the issue.
No mention of Hawk?
Mass Transit was a perfect name.
Is Goldberg on the list? Because he should be #1.
Speaking of injuries being not talked about. Roman Reigns has like an underlying knee injury for a long time now
I never knew Gordy was in the WWF
"Outed for disgusting behavior" only to be brought back like nothing happened.
Number 1 is between that chicken and that stormtrooper
Chris Benoit is one.