@@bautistalover ECW was stupid and wildly unprofessional just taking some guy (some KID) from the crowd and not knowing who he was, checking his ID, making sure he was legit, and not ensuring the wrestlers arrived on time to begin with. However, there's absolutely NO excuse for New Jack's actions. He butchered that kid and knew what he was doing. He was always a violent, short fused, aggressive, arrogant, disgusting thug. How can you not feel sympathy for a KID getting his face slashed? Regardless of who was in the ring and where, nobody should have been subjected to that. New Jack should've been sued into the ground and locked up for that.
@@Loe_Jist I agree ECW should’ve done more then take another wrestler’s word that the kid was legit. Yes I can absolutely blame that idiot kid and his dumbass father for what happened to him. As you said at that time everyone knew that guy was dangerous and they still let that kid step in on one of new jacks matches. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. As far as new jack is concerned never liked the guy. Not saying what he did was right because it wasn’t however had it been a legit wrestler in the ring that psycho wouldn’t have been cutting the other guy. What happened was direct result of an untrained fan lying to fulfill a dream.
I was in Kemper Arena when Owen fell. We all thought it was fake at first but we could tell by how wrestlers were acting and especially Lawler. I still can’t believe they finished the show. Everyone there would of been perfectly fine with them canceling show
Yeah it’ll always be absurd that they went on with the show because if that happened today in any other sporting event there’s no chance they’d continue the event. Just look back at the Bills v Bengals game. After damar Hamlin came so close to death they cancelled the game and that game very easily may have played a significant role in the conference playoff picture and anybody who mentioned that concern got their ass torn up. If WWE did what they did with Owen in today’s world it would be a disaster for them and even so I don’t think they’d have continued the show if they had a redo. I think they honestly just didn’t know what to do and just made a choice and unfortunately it was the wrong one.
Cracks a hell of a drug. : ) Personally I have no problem with this one because it was clearly a work. No doubt there were plans for Virgil to return to get his revenge.... but for some reason it didn't happen.
Yeah.. I don't get offended by much but that one was too far.. I know Neidhart and Virgil didn't think this one through.. like the commenter above me said.. Cocaine is one hell of a drug..
@@Bruins-vq5eyYou have to be brainless. Seriously?? Owen Hart expressed he didn’t want to do it, Vince threatened to fire him, and then Owen fell to his death. The show 100% should have been stopped because it was a CRIME SCENE. Somebody DIED. What don’t you get about that? Go educate yourself.
As a lifelong fan and also having worked a few independent shows, I find this video to be, not just interesting, but very sad and disturbing. An entertaining art so filled with so much tragedy and deceit at times. Well done, but also so very well heartbreaking. A very good friend of mine was murdered in a dressing room shower in 1988. As painful as I find this, I am thankful that this is brought to light. I still love this business, but this shows a darkside story that just needed to be shared. Thank you.
@@louissuppa490 I liked him a lot. He used to hang out at DOUG'S GYM in downtown Dallas where I worked out. For some reason, we just hit it off and became friends. He was very intelligent and had a great sense of humor.
Good Lord ! A mark shows up at an ECW event, wants to be a part of the show and is asked to blade, but isn't comfortable about it and suggests that his opponent does it for him. That's crazy enough, but when you're dealing with a true loose cannon like New Jack, that's beyond crazy...that's totally insane. NJ was one of those guys that didn't always subscribe to the concept of "protecting your fellow worker" during a match. I never was comfortable with blading either, but I'd rather do it to myself than trust someone like New Jack to do it for me.
Those police photos of the Owen Hart catastrophe are so chilling. I can’t imagine how he must have felt when he was falling. He knew he was going to be badly injured at least if not worse. Yet he still shouted out to the referee to move so he didn’t hit him. RIP Owen.
He was so charismatic and talented with this devious side and seeing his lifeless arms both hurts and makes me angry. Childhood hero eighties Owen when he was with Koko.
So, a design HE approved became racist once on a black t-shirt? He didn't think to THINK, did he? Also, he DOES know "black" people aren't ACTUALLY black, yeah? If anything, it shouldn't be considered distasteful MAYBE until the shade of the shirt matches his... "Muh-racismz EVERYWHERE!" GTFOH.
Man, your documentaries are fantastic; it's clear you've put a lot of work into the research, scripting, and editing, and the effort is more than paid off by the quality of the final product, which have been consistently impressive, engaging, and interesting. I am, however, thoroughly disappointed that you didn't call him Jim "the Klanvil" Neidhart.
Poor Jordan Myles. He thought he could Colin Kaepernick his way into stardom early. WWE held black people back? Because Booker T, despite that one HHH angle, was highly successful, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Sasha Banks, Bianca Bellaire, Jacqueline, I can go on. There was nothing wrong with the damn shirt. He had no issues with the logo on a white shirt, but it was bad on a black shirt? Stop.
Idk if it was intentional or not but you got the "lore" behind mass transit wrong. New Jack and others have said the kid was disrespectful in the locker room and telling the others what they were going to do in the match, angering New Jack and others which is why he cut him like that when the kid said he didn't know how to do it.
I totally agree - he was way out of line (and obviously naïve) in suggesting he get some offense in on New Jack. He definitely didn’t know or understand his role, and he paid the consequences.
Also, a midget wrestler who knew Mass Transit was there and vouched for him. By all accounts the guy was a jerk, smoking without permission in the locker room and very loudly telling other wrestlers how things should be done. Some of the wrestlers have said that he was bragging about the match afterwards, talking about how it was going to be used in an ongoing storyline involving him and New Jack.
Neidhart knew better, and Virgil a Black Man from the United States knew even better to not go with this.. in my AVGN Voice's *"WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!!"*
Especially knowing it was due to Vince not wanting to pay a professional riggers price so he paid someone with no experience a quarter of that price and ended paying millions rightfully to Owens wife. Probably should have just not cheaped out on the rigger.
"I didn't kill my wife." "I don't care" - The Fugitive. Sam Sheppard Resumed surgical practice after his release from prison, but due to alcohol and his skills deteriorating, 2 patients died from nicked arteries in 1968 before he resigned and took up pro wrestling in 1969 and wrestled 40 matches before he died due to alcohol related brain damage. Sheppard was cleared by DNA evidence in 1997, 27 years, After his death in 1970.after he was exhumed for DNA testing involving another case, he was then buried next to his murdered wife. His son worked to restore his reputation. In 1999, Alan Davis, a lifelong friend of Sheppard and administrator of his estate, sued the State of Ohio in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas for Sheppard's wrongful imprisonment. On February 22, 2002, the Eighth District Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the civil case should not have gone to the jury, on the grounds that the statute of limitations had expired, and that a claim for wrongful imprisonment died with Sam Sheppard. "I didn't kill my wife." - Dr. Sheppard "I don't care" - the legal system.
That 90s Fugitive movie was in fact based on a 60s TV series, also called the Fugitive THAT series was inspired by the events you describe, so by proxy you're kinda right, but I figured it's best to have all the facts in a, well, fact-based documentary
Good job! Nice to see something other than glamorous illusion that is the WWE. Having absolutely ZERO respect for Vince myself, Brett spitting directly in Vince's face will always be the most satisfying highlight!
I agree with Vince if it takes 3 days it's not rage. At least not the kind there talking about. He was in complete control and knew exactly what he was doing.
No one really talks about it now, but Perro Jr. would have been a HUGE star in more than just Mexico had he lived. His charisma went beyond languages. He could cut a promo in his native Spanish, and no matter if you couldn't understand a word he was saying, you understood what he meant with his words, inflection, and body language. He was just too good. I would dare say I'd put his charisma level right up there with The Rock. His death is one of the biggest losses this industry has ever had for the business going forward, IMHO.
You're so correct. He was an amazing natural man. His skills in and out of the ring were superb. He also supported charities and wanted desperately to help children in Mexico with his fame n fortune. Indeed, we lost a great man that day
The Neidharr match was just utterly confusing. Why do it? If you're going to, WHY have Virgil get thoroughly stomped? Why would either of those two agree to the match? Both guys undoubtedly knew better. Just a head shaker through and through
Agreed. Unfortunately when blokes like that have been big stars in the WWF and WCW, they still need the validation and buzz from the crowd, no matter how small. Money probably had a part to play as well.
Probably should’ve titled it “Darkest Days In WRESTLING History” nonetheless amazing job as usual. Lots of insight provided!! Shit, some incidents i had no idea about. Still feel terrible for Perrito, such a tragic incident.
I honestly thought the name rhymed with smiles so that's why they done it. Don't get me wrong if there is legitimate racism going on then it should serve no place whatsoever.
WWE gave up on the Muhammad Hassan character WAY TOO EARLY. The guy was extremely talented and had NUCLEAR heat. He was wwe champion material and the whole thing was am horribly missed opportunity
Really like this channel!!!! You are bringing some really good content. I appreciate and respect your grind. I realize the vast amount of work and research that you put into your videos. Keep up the good work!!! 💪 ✔ 👊
What's with the quote attributed to Vader warning Bret, when the reason why Vince screwed Bret was because of Alundra Blaze (or Medusa) years earlier going on WCW Nitro to throw the WWF Women's Championship Belt in the trash, especially when only Vince, Hebner and Michaels knew the ending? This was the first situation since the Medusa incident where a WWF champion didn't drop the belt prior to leaving for WCW. I've never, ever heard that before.
Wow, the sheer amount of footage...new subscriber instantly here ☺️ I hadn't even heard of the Virgil incident...just a guess, would that have been Davey Boy Smith the British Bulldog under the other hood? From what I understand, they were both close & stupid enough in their extracurricular habits to pull off something like this 😮 plus his physique is quite siimilar
Still till this very day, something doesn't sit right with me regarding Chris Benoit's case. I never could pin point it and I could be wrong but I definitely do feel that it was something much deeper than what the "media say's" that happened.
We will likely never know all the reasons. Only that it was terrible, tragic and quite possibly preventable. If you or a loved one are dealing with mental health or organic brain injury get help! May they all find peace!
I remember people on their feet and cheering during Over The Edge '99 and the camera going around the arena and hearing "Watch Out" or "Look Out" referees EMTs and Jerry Lawler at the side of Owen Hart and knew something serious happened
Hell Yeah! To bad America started to become too sensitive.. after 9/11 the sensitive sh_t starts to set in.. Dude was just too good that the fans wanted him deleted.. That's a mark of a good heel..
While ACH could have been a tad more diplomatic , I totally understand . Respect for being real , and what you believe is right . Cause the more you give the more they'll take it you let them . You can't hate on that .
@@gmaxion2001 AND he approved the shirt !! I still respect folks to stand up for what they believe . For the right reasons ! But as i read more about it .......yeah
First things first thank you for putting all the known controversy’s at the end of the video. But how the fuck have I not heard or seen the Virgil KKK match? I can’t believe Jim Neidhart would’ve thought it was a good move.
I think Virgil was friends with the Hart family. Maybe he needed money desperately and some of them agreed to go along with it. Still a terrible idea for a storyline.
I've got a question!! Now I mean ZERO disrespect to what happened to MASS TRANSIT...BUT if his PARENTS WERE RINGSIDE, WHY DID THEY ALLOW IT??? knowing he was underage, in horrific shape physically, etc... again, I just don't know what we're they thinking????
Unfortunately, not all parents are responsible enough to know that letting their underage kid participate in a well known violent wrestling is a bad idea. They probably thought, "it's all fake anyway and we got moneysss"
Yeah,that match with Virgil was out of line. Who would let something like this go on? How much was Virgil paid for this,to take this? The Anvil,looks like a...piece of crap.
So many tragedies in wrestling..it was the life style .mine was terry Gordy .he wa on top in Japan making 10g a week .he overdosed on plane to Japan went into coma.then over next 7 yes.went broke n died at 40
Well, at least you got 1/3 of the Mass Transit story. He lied about his training by Killer Kowalski. He was in the locker room telling New Jack what NJ was gunna do during the match, that’s why NJ was pissed off. He told Heyman he was comfortable bleeding, but had never juiced before and said NJ could do it for him. NJ sliced him, one side to the other, to the skull with a scalpel severing several arteries in his forehead. As MT was being wheeled to the back on a gurney, he was telling his dad, “it’s ok dad. I’m one of the boys now!” When MT went to court, he was in a wheelchair b/c he lost a leg. It was from his diabetes. He was trying to get sympathy. It didn’t work and he lost the case. He later lost his life.
If mass transit was a minor then shouldn't the parents be held accountable too for allowing him, a minor, to participate in a pro wrestling match with grown men????
The sad thing is the blood on ring had nothing to do with Owens fall. he bleed internally not externally . it was from another act. another reason the show should have stopped the show. so the evidence pics would be more correct.
rey shouldnt have been blamed for Perro. if anyone its konnan grabbing and shaking the man. Yea, perro was already Fucked,but the way Konnan was wrenching his neck and turning his head,etc
What ACTUALLY caused Perro (rip legend) death ? What move ? Something earlier that contributed to ? Rey clearly missed him . No disrespect to Pedro or rey , just confused . I'VE heard different takes over the years . Somebody fill me in ? Tragic nonetheless . I shed a tear then and now revisiting this . Rip PERRO !! BE at peace as man and lucha legend !!!
As I understand it, during the match he was thrown from the ring and hit the floor unusually hard. That caused serious damage to his spine that caused a back stroke that caused cardiac arrest that killed him instantly. He just happened to be on the ropes when it occurred. (At least that's what I remember reading, I might be wrong.) I remember when this happened. It was a terrible day for wrestling. God bless his family and friends. RIP Perro. 😔🙏✝️
From what I recall reading, he was dead when he hit the ropes. I thought it had something to do with a broken neck or something similar which caused his heart to stop. Rey’s kick was a little late (no pun intended) to have any impact.
It was the same issue that happened when Sasha Banks accidentally retired Paige. The force of the dropkick was enough to damage the neck and spine of Pero. The way he fell on the ropes didn't help and neither did Konan shaking his head.to wake him up.
I will say the video is well done and there has been some inappropriate storylines in wrestling, however it’s not a sport, it’s entertainment. Hollywood has done things a million times more despicable. Not saying 2 wrongs make a right, but it’s why as a parent it’s your responsibility to know what your kids are watching. It’s not for everyone, they never claimed to be saints.
@@rorschachwatchmen4742 yeah not really in the situations that he’s covering. A lot of these are older when it was more adult oriented. I didn’t seen any major scandal since WWE went PG except Benoit snapping. That’s not really their fault.
Bowling and Golf have both been Olympic sports. I assure you that professional wrestling is very athletic, just not actually competitive. Comparable to stunt doubles in the movies. Finding a safer way to do something that looks extremely dangerous.
The rumor is that the whole gimmick was because the original plan was for him to enter into an affair angle where he hooks up with Deborah who was linked with Jeff Jarrett but Owen shot it down hard, so they gave him the Blazer gimmick instead, some say as punishment.
I've always heard the Blue Blazer gimmick was given to Owen, as a punishment for turning down a storyline in which he would have an on screen affair with Debra.
He had wrestled as the Blazer at another time in WWF, as well as in Stampede Wrestling. They resurrected that character as a way to punish him for the Debra thing; you are right about that.
I don’t think it was 0. It was at therapeutic levels because he had been prescribed them for an injury. But not at any levels that would have effects that roids are known for.
There was wine bottles and beer cans in trash cans around the house and on the floor, but there was none in his system. Nancy had wine in her system. There was three different crime scene documents, all three had Nancy’s body in different locations. There’s too many unanswered questions that will never be answered.
I’ve heard several wrestlers state it was not roid rage either, all due to the same explanations given by Vince and the specialist. I once thought roid rage too
The WWE didn’t wonna take blame because they are a business. Chris also had CTE and we’ve all seen what that can do to you. Some people and companies are really pieces of 💩
I honestly don’t see what was racist about Jordan Miles t-shirt. It was on a black shirt with his name on it and with red behind said name. Can someone please tell me how that is racist?
@@johnblaze2665 was about to say how did that even resemble “minstrel show actors”. I personally just think he wanted out of his contract. I’ve seen worse and his shirt is fricking tame.
I remember watching wrestling out of Kansas City as a kid with my dad, and the Polish Prince began flogging a black wrestler. I remember my dad pounding his fist on his lazy boy and exclaiming "That's just too damned far!!!" I can't imagine how he would have reacted to the lynching. Racism just isn't funny in any context.
Lol there was a movie based on Shepherd, Lol there was a 5 Emmy nominated 4 season television show based on Shepherd, which the movie was closely based from .
Your Mass Transit story has so many lies and holes in it. Was it in a drive by shooting? 1. Eric Kulas showed up backstage before the show even happened and it was only Axl Rotten who didn't show up. 2. Jack didn't do what he did because Mass Transit asked to get color. It was because Mass Transit was telling Jack what he wanted to do to him when that's a major no no when talking to a veteran. Jack would have beaten his ass regardless, but Eric asked to get color, so Jack did just that.
Steroids do not cause that, period. If they did we’d see professional bodybuilders, who are on WAY MORE steroids than pro-wrestlers, snapping and murdering their families. No, that crap was CTE; that’s what caused Chris to do that. “Roid Rage” *does not* exist. Again, I can point you to thousands of bodybuilders, powerlifters, baseball players, football players, and other athletes who take heavy cycles of gear and never kill anything worse than a fly.
The Anvil KKK thing was just dumb. Virgil should of got some heat on them. Or at least clean house and send them begging off and running away. That was sick. Anvil and Virgil spoke of it later. Anvil was very ashamed of how it went down. And Virgil had no I'll feelings against him.
Daivari is still active in wrestling today, in a behind the scenes role. And his younger brother also has wrestled for WWE, in their 205 Live promotion. As for the movie "The Fugitive," it wasn't based on Dr. Sam Sheppard, but rather on the 1963-1968 ABC-TV series of the same name. It was the series that was loosely based on Dr. Sam Sheppard.
God video. But I do think during the Moolah part, those little voiceovers you (or whoever it was) did, are quite unfourtunate. It covers some very serious things and then there are these ‘silly’ voiceovers which just seems completely out of place and almost makes light of a horrible thing. I know that wasnt the intention but it could have been done without the use of silly voiceovers imo.
Sad thing about modern pro wrestling is the "masters" of it either dont understand it's upside in modern culture, or they do and dont want it realized...It's live action stunt, performance art plays, satirizing violent competition/violent conflict...as an excuse to exhibit athletic bodies....and it is still violent but because it has a satirical component...it has untapped ceiling as progressive artform....but...the masters of it...want to define the audience as violence loving slobs passing time until mma ultra violence hour...And that would all be tolerable if it were a free market...but what it seems to be is FOX corp and NBCuniversal riding the radicalized right to market monopolies...socially engineering the crowds into pretty basic mentalities...with the wrestlers as indentured meat in unknowing anti violence morality plays of victim shaming...with stultified psychology development from the 50's or some now untraceable decade....because it's all more malleable to profits over the cliff this way...and the other sport attraction spectacles are doing the same thing, just more subtly anyway. The left might have missed the value of pro wrestling though, which only matters because the right is absolutely telegraphing their politics/sensibilities through it destructively still, but possibly even more dangerously now.
The lynching was beyond wrong. For all the people. "I wasn't offended, so it's ok." Doesn't change the fact that it was offensive. Wresting has a habit of exploiting situations. Then act shocked when it's a turn off.
Bro. The connection you made between the mass transit incident and the title of "Barely Legal" was genius.
What about Owen falling to his death at Over The Edge
Certainly was tragic,that kid didn't know what he was getting into.
They aren’t coincidences they’re rituals
Mass Transit lost 3 pints of blood. The inside of that ring was a blood bath. New Jack was a savage.
Orrrr New Jack was just a POS sadist who enjoyed hurting people?
True, but Mass Transit is a dumbass : play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
@@SociopatheAssumethis part I have no sympathy for Mass Transit, he had no business being there.
@@bautistalover ECW was stupid and wildly unprofessional just taking some guy (some KID) from the crowd and not knowing who he was, checking his ID, making sure he was legit, and not ensuring the wrestlers arrived on time to begin with.
However, there's absolutely NO excuse for New Jack's actions. He butchered that kid and knew what he was doing. He was always a violent, short fused, aggressive, arrogant, disgusting thug. How can you not feel sympathy for a KID getting his face slashed? Regardless of who was in the ring and where, nobody should have been subjected to that. New Jack should've been sued into the ground and locked up for that.
@@Loe_Jist I agree ECW should’ve done more then take another wrestler’s word that the kid was legit. Yes I can absolutely blame that idiot kid and his dumbass father for what happened to him. As you said at that time everyone knew that guy was dangerous and they still let that kid step in on one of new jacks matches. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. As far as new jack is concerned never liked the guy. Not saying what he did was right because it wasn’t however had it been a legit wrestler in the ring that psycho wouldn’t have been cutting the other guy. What happened was direct result of an untrained fan lying to fulfill a dream.
I was in Kemper Arena when Owen fell. We all thought it was fake at first but we could tell by how wrestlers were acting and especially Lawler. I still can’t believe they finished the show. Everyone there would of been perfectly fine with them canceling show
In entertainment everyone knows the show goes on! People die at events all the time and they can't just stop!
@@MrThedonhead lol happens all the time? Name some other times please 🤣
Any other athletic competition would have stopped the show. At times they've even halted production of a film when someone has died.@@MrThedonhead
Yeah it’ll always be absurd that they went on with the show because if that happened today in any other sporting event there’s no chance they’d continue the event. Just look back at the Bills v Bengals game. After damar Hamlin came so close to death they cancelled the game and that game very easily may have played a significant role in the conference playoff picture and anybody who mentioned that concern got their ass torn up. If WWE did what they did with Owen in today’s world it would be a disaster for them and even so I don’t think they’d have continued the show if they had a redo. I think they honestly just didn’t know what to do and just made a choice and unfortunately it was the wrong one.
I was watching the PPV , screen went black but you could still hear , and knew something went horribly wrong RIP Owen Hart
Wow. That Virgil/Neidhart match was an embarrassment. Neidhart should never have participated in that match; he should have known better.
Cracks a hell of a drug. : )
Personally I have no problem with this one because it was clearly a work. No doubt there were plans for Virgil to return to get his revenge.... but for some reason it didn't happen.
Yeah.. I don't get offended by much but that one was too far.. I know Neidhart and Virgil didn't think this one through.. like the commenter above me said.. Cocaine is one hell of a drug..
The weenie snowflakes will cry a river!
Most repugnant shit ever!But did Virgil k ow of this angle and if he did why did he even agree to it?
What's worse? The white guy playing KKK member or the black guy who knew this was happening and let it happen?
My man has done it again...it's always a great time to enter the pod and watch a documentary
Glad to have you here mate!
@@WrestlePod you forgot me already lmao u getting big
Wrestle pod is the goat, love when this guy posts
Thanks mate
I can’t believe the police didn’t stop the show after Owen Hart fell. Wasn’t the ring a crime scene?
great point
But it was a ppv.....
They thought it was part of the show 😢
You are so right I'm trynna make an excuse like ohh maybe they want the show to end but that would destroy the scene
@@Bruins-vq5eyYou have to be brainless. Seriously?? Owen Hart expressed he didn’t want to do it, Vince threatened to fire him, and then Owen fell to his death. The show 100% should have been stopped because it was a CRIME SCENE. Somebody DIED. What don’t you get about that? Go educate yourself.
As a lifelong fan and also having worked a few independent shows, I find this video to be, not just interesting, but very sad and disturbing. An entertaining art so filled with so much tragedy and deceit at times. Well done, but also so very well heartbreaking. A very good friend of mine was murdered in a dressing room shower in 1988. As painful as I find this, I am thankful that this is brought to light. I still love this business, but this shows a darkside story that just needed to be shared. Thank you.
now were u a wrestler or part of the business in some other way and were you talking about Brody?
@@louissuppa490 I just worked a few independent shows but, yes, I was referring to Bruiser Brody.
@@jarvisyoung8350 did u like him? Seems to be a decent guy, want to look into his career, barely remember him growing up
@@louissuppa490 I liked him a lot. He used to hang out at DOUG'S GYM in downtown Dallas where I worked out. For some reason, we just hit it off and became friends. He was very intelligent and had a great sense of humor.
@@jarvisyoung8350 good that u experienced them memories I'm sure you'll never forget god rest his soul such ashame
Good Lord ! A mark shows up at an ECW event, wants to be a part of the show and is asked to blade, but isn't comfortable about it and suggests that his opponent does it for him. That's crazy enough, but when you're dealing with a true loose cannon like New Jack, that's beyond crazy...that's totally insane. NJ was one of those guys that didn't always subscribe to the concept of "protecting your fellow worker" during a match. I never was comfortable with blading either, but I'd rather do it to myself than trust someone like New Jack to do it for me.
Those police photos of the Owen Hart catastrophe are so chilling. I can’t imagine how he must have felt when he was falling. He knew he was going to be badly injured at least if not worse. Yet he still shouted out to the referee to move so he didn’t hit him. RIP Owen.
@jim NFL 316 I’m not sure about that. It would have gone either way. He would have lived or killed the both of them.
@jim NFL 316 nope. His upper half hit the turnbuckle at free fall speed. They'd have both been killed.
@@mrkipling2201 the point is even in that horrific moment he was thinking of the well being of someone else in the ring.
He was so charismatic and talented with this devious side and seeing his lifeless arms both hurts and makes me angry. Childhood hero eighties Owen when he was with Koko.
@@jerichobeach2967 hiiiiiiiiiiiigh energy....that was my first taste of owen. Even as the rocket he was great and everyone knew it.
While I hate WWE myself, I think "ACH" is a damn nutjob.
Coming out of the crowd and wresting New Jack was the dumbest thing a man can do that kid just wasn’t smart
36:29;$18,000,000 is a LOT of money but is universes away from bringing a healthy Owen back to his family,friends and fans.
So, a design HE approved became racist once on a black t-shirt? He didn't think to THINK, did he? Also, he DOES know "black" people aren't ACTUALLY black, yeah? If anything, it shouldn't be considered distasteful MAYBE until the shade of the shirt matches his... "Muh-racismz EVERYWHERE!" GTFOH.
Man, your documentaries are fantastic; it's clear you've put a lot of work into the research, scripting, and editing, and the effort is more than paid off by the quality of the final product, which have been consistently impressive, engaging, and interesting.
I am, however, thoroughly disappointed that you didn't call him Jim "the Klanvil" Neidhart.
Steve! Great to see you here, my man!
I don’t know what your standards for editing are, but you might want to upgrade them to adult-level. He can’t even get the dubbing consistent.
Poor Jordan Myles. He thought he could Colin Kaepernick his way into stardom early. WWE held black people back? Because Booker T, despite that one HHH angle, was highly successful, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Sasha Banks, Bianca Bellaire, Jacqueline, I can go on. There was nothing wrong with the damn shirt. He had no issues with the logo on a white shirt, but it was bad on a black shirt? Stop.
Good work but missed jimmy snuka and the bruiser brody incident.
Idk if it was intentional or not but you got the "lore" behind mass transit wrong. New Jack and others have said the kid was disrespectful in the locker room and telling the others what they were going to do in the match, angering New Jack and others which is why he cut him like that when the kid said he didn't know how to do it.
I totally agree - he was way out of line (and obviously naïve) in suggesting he get some offense in on New Jack. He definitely didn’t know or understand his role, and he paid the consequences.
@@T-NUGGZ they should've kicked him out instead of just cutting him open which to some extent he did pay for.
He said he was 21 years old when he was actually only 17 and he said he’d been trained by Killer Kowalski which wasn’t true either.
Also, a midget wrestler who knew Mass Transit was there and vouched for him. By all accounts the guy was a jerk, smoking without permission in the locker room and very loudly telling other wrestlers how things should be done. Some of the wrestlers have said that he was bragging about the match afterwards, talking about how it was going to be used in an ongoing storyline involving him and New Jack.
@@ryanjacobson2508 that’s right. Tiny the terrible I think he was called. The little black bloke who had been on the Jerry Springer show as well.
Neidhart knew better, and Virgil a Black Man from the United States knew even better to not go with this.. in my AVGN Voice's *"WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!!"*
Maybe they were going for the New Jack, Smokey Mountain type heat
"Violence fight.. that's fuckin why.!" 💩🥒
@@graemenicol6377 sperg much?
What company was that in
$$$ man, dam shame
The Owen Hart situation was the saddest day in the WWE promotion……
He wasn't comfortable with that stunt, his Spirit was telling him don't do it ‼️‼️ this is why you cannot allow money to rule you...
No it'll be when roman losers his titles 😢 nexts to taker streak
Especially knowing it was due to Vince not wanting to pay a professional riggers price so he paid someone with no experience a quarter of that price and ended paying millions rightfully to Owens wife. Probably should have just not cheaped out on the rigger.
@@jakejonas7366 oh wild
Remember that documentary called shut and sing? People are always thin skinned and love to be offended. It's what the media taught them to think.
"I didn't kill my wife."
"I don't care" - The Fugitive.
Sam Sheppard Resumed surgical practice after his release from prison, but due to alcohol and his skills deteriorating, 2 patients died from nicked arteries in 1968 before he resigned and took up pro wrestling in 1969 and wrestled 40 matches before he died due to alcohol related brain damage. Sheppard was cleared by DNA evidence in 1997, 27 years, After his death in 1970.after he was exhumed for DNA testing involving another case, he was then buried next to his murdered wife. His son worked to restore his reputation. In 1999, Alan Davis, a lifelong friend of Sheppard and administrator of his estate, sued the State of Ohio in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas for Sheppard's wrongful imprisonment. On February 22, 2002, the Eighth District Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the civil case should not have gone to the jury, on the grounds that the statute of limitations had expired, and that a claim for wrongful imprisonment died with Sam Sheppard.
"I didn't kill my wife." - Dr. Sheppard
"I don't care" - the legal system.
That 90s Fugitive movie was in fact based on a 60s TV series, also called the Fugitive
THAT series was inspired by the events you describe, so by proxy you're kinda right, but I figured it's best to have all the facts in a, well, fact-based documentary
What were they thinking with Neidhart and Virgil?
BRUTAL!!
Disgusting
Good job! Nice to see something other than glamorous illusion that is the WWE. Having absolutely ZERO respect for Vince myself, Brett spitting directly in Vince's face will always be the most satisfying highlight!
Mass Transit BEGGED to "get color"...
I agree with Vince if it takes 3 days it's not rage. At least not the kind there talking about. He was in complete control and knew exactly what he was doing.
His brain was mush at that point. His capacity for making rational decisions was greatly impaired.
They're*
Just found this channel and went off on your videos thanks champ
I never realized that American wrestling was so popular in the UK.
No one really talks about it now, but Perro Jr. would have been a HUGE star in more than just Mexico had he lived. His charisma went beyond languages. He could cut a promo in his native Spanish, and no matter if you couldn't understand a word he was saying, you understood what he meant with his words, inflection, and body language. He was just too good. I would dare say I'd put his charisma level right up there with The Rock.
His death is one of the biggest losses this industry has ever had for the business going forward, IMHO.
You're so correct. He was an amazing natural man. His skills in and out of the ring were superb. He also supported charities and wanted desperately to help children in Mexico with his fame n fortune. Indeed, we lost a great man that day
Charisma of the Rock and the ability of Eddie Guerrero.
Please, he would have been just as known as you
I can't believe rey mysterio killed him, man
The Neidharr match was just utterly confusing. Why do it? If you're going to, WHY have Virgil get thoroughly stomped? Why would either of those two agree to the match? Both guys undoubtedly knew better. Just a head shaker through and through
Agreed. Unfortunately when blokes like that have been big stars in the WWF and WCW, they still need the validation and buzz from the crowd, no matter how small. Money probably had a part to play as well.
Great wrestling documentaries!!
"They just fooked him. They fooked bret".
Bret screw Bret. The sad thing is Vince really believed that. You screwed Bret Vince.
Probably should’ve titled it “Darkest Days In WRESTLING History” nonetheless amazing job as usual. Lots of insight provided!! Shit, some incidents i had no idea about. Still feel terrible for Perrito, such a tragic incident.
I thought the same but video was pretty good...I enjoyed it...
Not even close to the most offensive angle to feature Virgil
Dude where did you get your facts for the mass transit incident? Cause those aren't the details I've heard.
I met Hassan after a house show in January 05. Super nice guy placed in a bad situation
As a black man, I have 2 questions:
#1- how was that t-shirt, racist?? 🤔
#2- who the hell is this Jordan Myles dude? 🤷
I honestly thought the name rhymed with smiles so that's why they done it. Don't get me wrong if there is legitimate racism going on then it should serve no place whatsoever.
@@Robotsausagemusic he mistook it for blackface which to most is offensive.
thanks, I thought I was the only one too stupid not to pick up racism...just don't get what made him so pissed off
It was a sucka move on wwe part it was racist
@@4ArchieLee most likely cause it was resembling blackface.
WWE gave up on the Muhammad Hassan character WAY TOO EARLY.
The guy was extremely talented and had NUCLEAR heat.
He was wwe champion material and the whole thing was am horribly missed opportunity
Really like this channel!!!! You are bringing some really good content. I appreciate and respect your grind. I realize the vast amount of work and research that you put into your videos. Keep up the good work!!! 💪 ✔ 👊
Thanks so much it means a lot
I love these types of videos, thanks for the great work.
What's with the quote attributed to Vader warning Bret, when the reason why Vince screwed Bret was because of Alundra Blaze (or Medusa) years earlier going on WCW Nitro to throw the WWF Women's Championship Belt in the trash, especially when only Vince, Hebner and Michaels knew the ending? This was the first situation since the Medusa incident where a WWF champion didn't drop the belt prior to leaving for WCW.
I've never, ever heard that before.
They knew Bret wouldn't do that it was so Bischoff couldn't announce he signed wwe champ
Keep up the great work!
Wow, the sheer amount of footage...new subscriber instantly here ☺️ I hadn't even heard of the Virgil incident...just a guess, would that have been Davey Boy Smith the British Bulldog under the other hood? From what I understand, they were both close & stupid enough in their extracurricular habits to pull off something like this 😮 plus his physique is quite siimilar
…..you do realize Davey’s not the only big man in wrestling right?
Also Davey was in the freaking WWF still at that point.
Still till this very day, something doesn't sit right with me regarding Chris Benoit's case. I never could pin point it and I could be wrong but I definitely do feel that it was something much deeper than what the "media say's" that happened.
You’re just a Benoit groupie that can’t reconcile with the fact that your hero was literally one of the worst humans in the world
We will likely never know all the reasons. Only that it was terrible, tragic and quite possibly preventable.
If you or a loved one are dealing with mental health or organic brain injury get help!
May they all find peace!
I remember people on their feet and cheering during Over The Edge '99 and the camera going around the arena and hearing "Watch Out" or "Look Out" referees EMTs and Jerry Lawler at the side of Owen Hart and knew something serious happened
Benoit was premeditated 100%
You Should Prob Do Research before you Make these Videos...You Got A LOT of Facts Wrong!
Muhammad Hassan was a great heel
Hell Yeah! To bad America started to become too sensitive.. after 9/11 the sensitive sh_t starts to set in..
Dude was just too good that the fans wanted him deleted.. That's a mark of a good heel..
While ACH could have been a tad more diplomatic , I totally understand . Respect for being real , and what you believe is right . Cause the more you give the more they'll take it you let them . You can't hate on that .
Yeah. . .except the shirt wasn't racist at all. ACH was trying to be wrestling's Colin Kaepernick.
@@gmaxion2001 i can see that too ! And where did that get either of them ? lol !
Was he REALLY standing up ??? Or just being an advocate for counter culture bs to try and make a name ?
@@gmaxion2001 AND he approved the shirt !! I still respect folks to stand up for what they believe . For the right reasons ! But as i read more about it .......yeah
Just discovered this video. Absolutely awesome work fam.
Glad you found me! And happy you liked it mate
I don’t think people has any remorse for mass transit, me too
Wrestle Pod time!
This man knows the deal
Amazing documentaries. Glad i subbed
Glad to have you!
First things first thank you for putting all the known controversy’s at the end of the video.
But how the fuck have I not heard or seen the Virgil KKK match? I can’t believe Jim Neidhart would’ve thought it was a good move.
I think Virgil was friends with the Hart family. Maybe he needed money desperately and some of them agreed to go along with it. Still a terrible idea for a storyline.
90% of these are “People do not understand that this isn’t real.”
Lawyers we're all over these incidents!
Virgil is still being talked about.. THAT'S why...
I've got a question!! Now I mean ZERO disrespect to what happened to MASS TRANSIT...BUT if his PARENTS WERE RINGSIDE, WHY DID THEY ALLOW IT??? knowing he was underage, in horrific shape physically, etc... again, I just don't know what we're they thinking????
Unfortunately, not all parents are responsible enough to know that letting their underage kid participate in a well known violent wrestling is a bad idea. They probably thought, "it's all fake anyway and we got moneysss"
@@virusINJUSTICE yep I didn't think.of it that way. I used to be a teacher and you are so right about parenting!!!
Wow! Great video!!
Yeah,that match with Virgil was out of line. Who would let something like this go on? How much was Virgil paid for this,to take this? The Anvil,looks like a...piece of crap.
I'm not a wwe fan but you should change the title to "fucked up situations in pro wrestling"
They weren't f'd up! If you can't separate fiction from reality, well than you are the one with the problems.
The Benoit Murders is probably one of the reasons why I stopped watching WWE in 2007.
So many tragedies in wrestling..it was the life style .mine was terry Gordy .he wa on top in Japan making 10g a week .he overdosed on plane to Japan went into coma.then over next 7 yes.went broke n died at 40
Why no "Plane Ride From Hell"?
Well, at least you got 1/3 of the Mass Transit story. He lied about his training by Killer Kowalski. He was in the locker room telling New Jack what NJ was gunna do during the match, that’s why NJ was pissed off. He told Heyman he was comfortable bleeding, but had never juiced before and said NJ could do it for him. NJ sliced him, one side to the other, to the skull with a scalpel severing several arteries in his forehead. As MT was being wheeled to the back on a gurney, he was telling his dad, “it’s ok dad. I’m one of the boys now!” When MT went to court, he was in a wheelchair b/c he lost a leg. It was from his diabetes. He was trying to get sympathy. It didn’t work and he lost the case. He later lost his life.
If mass transit was a minor then shouldn't the parents be held accountable too for allowing him, a minor, to participate in a pro wrestling match with grown men????
Love your voice so much better than the wrestling bios accent
The sad thing is the blood on ring had nothing to do with Owens fall. he bleed internally not externally . it was from another act. another reason the show should have stopped the show. so the evidence pics would be more correct.
You failed to mention the kid that killed his 7 year old sister by compying a wrestling movie.
rey shouldnt have been blamed for Perro. if anyone its konnan grabbing and shaking the man. Yea, perro was already Fucked,but the way Konnan was wrenching his neck and turning his head,etc
What ACTUALLY caused Perro (rip legend) death ? What move ? Something earlier that contributed to ? Rey clearly missed him . No disrespect to Pedro or rey , just confused . I'VE heard different takes over the years . Somebody fill me in ? Tragic nonetheless . I shed a tear then and now revisiting this . Rip PERRO !! BE at peace as man and lucha legend !!!
As I understand it, during the match he was thrown from the ring and hit the floor unusually hard. That caused serious damage to his spine that caused a back stroke that caused cardiac arrest that killed him instantly. He just happened to be on the ropes when it occurred. (At least that's what I remember reading, I might be wrong.)
I remember when this happened. It was a terrible day for wrestling. God bless his family and friends. RIP Perro. 😔🙏✝️
It was Rey's dropkick that did it
Looking at the horrible footage, it looks like a case of really bad luck.
From what I recall reading, he was dead when he hit the ropes. I thought it had something to do with a broken neck or something similar which caused his heart to stop. Rey’s kick was a little late (no pun intended) to have any impact.
It was the same issue that happened when Sasha Banks accidentally retired Paige. The force of the dropkick was enough to damage the neck and spine of Pero. The way he fell on the ropes didn't help and neither did Konan shaking his head.to wake him up.
I will say the video is well done and there has been some inappropriate storylines in wrestling, however it’s not a sport, it’s entertainment. Hollywood has done things a million times more despicable. Not saying 2 wrongs make a right, but it’s why as a parent it’s your responsibility to know what your kids are watching. It’s not for everyone, they never claimed to be saints.
Wrestling was marketed to kids though
@@rorschachwatchmen4742 yeah not really in the situations that he’s covering. A lot of these are older when it was more adult oriented. I didn’t seen any major scandal since WWE went PG except Benoit snapping. That’s not really their fault.
Bowling and Golf have both been Olympic sports.
I assure you that professional wrestling is very athletic, just not actually competitive.
Comparable to stunt doubles in the movies.
Finding a safer way to do something that looks extremely dangerous.
I wouldn't doubt it if Jim Neidehart is a racist he fit that role perfectly. He's also an embarrassment to his wife and all the Hart Family 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
I don't think Owen wanted to do the blue blazer gimmick. Pretty sure this was due to him.turning down a bad taste story line.
I thought the whole thing was to mock what WCW was doing with Sting, that's why they were using the same entrance
The rumor is that the whole gimmick was because the original plan was for him to enter into an affair angle where he hooks up with Deborah who was linked with Jeff Jarrett but Owen shot it down hard, so they gave him the Blazer gimmick instead, some say as punishment.
I still remember when Sgt. Slaughter betrayed the USA for Iraq. A dark day. A dark day indeed.
I've always heard the Blue Blazer gimmick was given to Owen, as a punishment for turning down a storyline in which he would have an on screen affair with Debra.
He had wrestled as the Blazer at another time in WWF, as well as in Stampede Wrestling. They resurrected that character as a way to punish him for the Debra thing; you are right about that.
In other words Vince McMahon has Owen's blood stained on his hands for life
Never knew the anvil was apart of that.. wow
Terrible isn’t it
Toxicology reports said Benoit had no steroids in his system.
I don’t think it was 0. It was at therapeutic levels because he had been prescribed them for an injury. But not at any levels that would have effects that roids are known for.
There was wine bottles and beer cans in trash cans around the house and on the floor, but there was none in his system. Nancy had wine in her system. There was three different crime scene documents, all three had Nancy’s body in different locations. There’s too many unanswered questions that will never be answered.
Man, never seen that Neidhart, Virgil match before. Lost alot of respect for Neidhart!! Totally disgusting!!👎
A total disgrace for sure
I’ve heard several wrestlers state it was not roid rage either, all due to the same explanations given by Vince and the specialist.
I once thought roid rage too
The WWE didn’t wonna take blame because they are a business. Chris also had CTE and we’ve all seen what that can do to you. Some people and companies are really pieces of 💩
I honestly don’t see what was racist about Jordan Miles t-shirt. It was on a black shirt with his name on it and with red behind said name. Can someone please tell me how that is racist?
Cause it strongly resembles a racist caricature of black people, when white actors would do blackface for minstrel theater.
@@mngirl8865 strongly? That’s a stretch.
@@johnblaze2665 was about to say how did that even resemble “minstrel show actors”. I personally just think he wanted out of his contract. I’ve seen worse and his shirt is fricking tame.
I remember watching wrestling out of Kansas City as a kid with my dad, and the Polish Prince began flogging a black wrestler. I remember my dad pounding his fist on his lazy boy and exclaiming "That's just too damned far!!!" I can't imagine how he would have reacted to the lynching. Racism just isn't funny in any context.
Lol there was a movie based on Shepherd,
Lol there was a 5 Emmy nominated 4 season television show based on Shepherd, which the movie was closely based from .
Im sure he was still under contract. But ive always wondered why Owen didn't follow Bret to WCW. RIP owen
Your Mass Transit story has so many lies and holes in it. Was it in a drive by shooting?
1. Eric Kulas showed up backstage before the show even happened and it was only Axl Rotten who didn't show up.
2. Jack didn't do what he did because Mass Transit asked to get color. It was because Mass Transit was telling Jack what he wanted to do to him when that's a major no no when talking to a veteran. Jack would have beaten his ass regardless, but Eric asked to get color, so Jack did just that.
Steroids do not cause that, period. If they did we’d see professional bodybuilders, who are on WAY MORE steroids than pro-wrestlers, snapping and murdering their families. No, that crap was CTE; that’s what caused Chris to do that. “Roid Rage” *does not* exist. Again, I can point you to thousands of bodybuilders, powerlifters, baseball players, football players, and other athletes who take heavy cycles of gear and never kill anything worse than a fly.
The Anvil KKK thing was just dumb. Virgil should of got some heat on them. Or at least clean house and send them begging off and running away. That was sick. Anvil and Virgil spoke of it later. Anvil was very ashamed of how it went down. And Virgil had no I'll feelings against him.
Daivari is still active in wrestling today, in a behind the scenes role. And his younger brother also has wrestled for WWE, in their 205 Live promotion. As for the movie "The Fugitive," it wasn't based on Dr. Sam Sheppard, but rather on the 1963-1968 ABC-TV series of the same name. It was the series that was loosely based on Dr. Sam Sheppard.
Where mick Foley got his move from
God video. But I do think during the Moolah part, those little voiceovers you (or whoever it was) did, are quite unfourtunate. It covers some very serious things and then there are these ‘silly’ voiceovers which just seems completely out of place and almost makes light of a horrible thing. I know that wasnt the intention but it could have been done without the use of silly voiceovers imo.
Moolah was a real piece of shit huh? Great video. Well done.
Add the murder of my friend Bruiser Brody.
Did anyone else have to speed up this video midway because it was like slow motion?
Sad thing about modern pro wrestling is the "masters" of it either dont understand it's upside in modern culture, or they do and dont want it realized...It's live action stunt, performance art plays, satirizing violent competition/violent conflict...as an excuse to exhibit athletic bodies....and it is still violent but because it has a satirical component...it has untapped ceiling as progressive artform....but...the masters of it...want to define the audience as violence loving slobs passing time until mma ultra violence hour...And that would all be tolerable if it were a free market...but what it seems to be is FOX corp and NBCuniversal riding the radicalized right to market monopolies...socially engineering the crowds into pretty basic mentalities...with the wrestlers as indentured meat in unknowing anti violence morality plays of victim shaming...with stultified psychology development from the 50's or some now untraceable decade....because it's all more malleable to profits over the cliff this way...and the other sport attraction spectacles are doing the same thing, just more subtly anyway. The left might have missed the value of pro wrestling though, which only matters because the right is absolutely telegraphing their politics/sensibilities through it destructively still, but possibly even more dangerously now.
30:14;Bless you Owen James,true King of hearts!☮️💛🖖
I think watching Brett correcting Shawn so he put it on right is probably the most infuriating part
The lynching was beyond wrong. For all the people. "I wasn't offended, so it's ok." Doesn't change the fact that it was offensive. Wresting has a habit of exploiting situations. Then act shocked when it's a turn off.
Bring offended is a choice
Seeing the rock at the funeral a +
The movie the fugitive was based of the TV show...which was based on Shepard.
Just discovered your channel. Great job on this video. Can't wait to watch some others.