Jim Ross shoots on releasing Umaga because he didn't want to goto rehab
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2020
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Umaga was so scary to me as a kid, i would only "let" certain figures wrestle with his figure because i rationalized only a few people could do it with out getting hurt lol
Lol I totally forgot about this. I used to make the wrestling figures I didn’t like go against umaga and that man would take the show
@@weenerb2959😂😂😂😂
lol too cute
Terrifying
Nerds
Umaga was a great character change. I miss that guy. Fantastic heel.
I was a huge fan of 3 minute warning as a kid, they got some good heat
@@michaelwilson9184
Umaga was better a gimmick for him.
I was a big fan of his.
It's a shame super cena went over him in that absurd match where he choked him out with the ring ropes.
I truly feel that if Umaga had gone over he'd still be a top heel today.
If EVER there was a time for Cena to lose, and a person for him to lose _to_ it was that night, and Umaga.
He could've been the next great, big man. Instead we have the tragedy that we do. He was practically jobbed out afterwards, and went from a monster like vader to a clown like Kamal.
Also, RIP everyone I've talked about besides Cena. Crazy how that works....
@@igorivanov299 yes I agree, umaga was terrofyong for a long time until they pjshed him so hard that he was beating people 3 on 1
Ueah but he has a bad signature move, the samoan spike.
One of the last great heels of professional wrestling. Umaga was legitimately scary and so believable great character.
Sad that guys think rehab makes them weak when it actually represents an incredible strength of character to admit you are in need of help.
That is a racist statement
@@StarlightEater triggered much?
@@Charsi_Escobar yes you are
@ShadowAngel with a name like Pillman did he have a choice?
@@StarlightEater lol shut up
I remember him autographing my 8x10 WWE glossy pic at the base’s dining facility , Jeff Hardy was there also Umaga was so nice and thankful to meet us as we where to meet him! Great man! Rest easy brother...✌🏻
I couldn’t even imagine him out of character!
He was the nicest. My brother in law had a big heart. I miss that guy
@@LosTinos_ he was pure gold ! 👍🏻🥇
I hope the next generation of his this family dynasty learns from the past. Yoko said no to help with his overeating and passed away. Umaga said no to rehab and Rest In Peace.
I think the new generation clearly understand it they are eating healthy and understand they want to be around for their families.
RIP Umaga. I thought he was a really cool wrestler.
Everyone listen.... to me hahaha
@@nightruler666 thats armando estrada. Not umaga. Lol!
I remember him before he was umaga in 2003 as apart of 3 minute warning
The brutality of that team coupled with Eric Bischof ordering the destruction of my favorite wrestlers actually scared me
He was in wrestling for a while. I was watching an old Wresltemania from the early 90’s and he was in it. He went by a different name
@@koopaa13 yea I know what ya mean
Rosey and Jamal. Both dead now.
@@theungreatkahli Oh man, I missed the fact that Matt passed away. RIP.
Rest In Peace Eddie Fatu. He was one of my favorites to watch at the time. I remember getting the news that he died, and it just soured my mood for the rest of the night.
Possibly the strongest samoan and by far the best samoan drop. I remember seeing him overhead press Kane and catching him in the samoan drop. Just an absolute beast.
Dude was seriously talented
Wait till you see Jacob Fatu
umaga was that monster heel that you could literally throw into ANY era in wrestling, id liked to have seen him in this current era working w/ seth rollins, finn balor, daniel bryan, dean ambrose, & even his cousin roman reigns all those couldve easily been 5 star matches imo.
Umaga was one of my favorites growing up !!! RIP
I love J.R.. He cares about the talent and tells you the truth.
Goto Rehab is the name of a Sumo wrestler that had made his debut a year earlier
Eddie/ Umaga, alongside Armando Estrada, was huge for WWE it's beyond sad how his life turned out. Rest in peace.
Estrada was never a big star
Man Umaga was so fucking good
He was ok at best
As soon as his music would hit was like oh shit someone gonna get wrecked. RIP :(
Wish this show would have face video of jr listening to something with a picture isn’t the best experience
I'll admit going to rehab is rough but it's worth it all when you recover I've been though it when I broke my arm
yeahh not the same kinda rehab theyre talkin about drugs
@@JungleCrook lol
you're an idiot
@@JungleCrookbruh lol he was prolly put on pain pills from his arm injury lol
The weight issue sounds like the same issue big show had
And yokozuna
I say this rarely but Umaga was world champ material. He had everything going for him. Such a shame and all the even more that other than his family, WWE does not mention him now.
1) He's not mentioned because WWE dislikes discussing guys who die of drug abuse. It puts them in a bad light.
2) Umaga would NEVER, EVER hold the WWE Championship. EVER. No chance AT ALL of that happening.
@@DIESEL0759 LoL. WWE doesn't care about being in a bad light. Are you joking? You do realize this is the same company that sponsored bra and panty matches for quite a while right? Degeneration X ring a bell? WWE wants to put out a product that people are willing to watch. They don't care all that much about what you're talking about. I mean we can pretend like this is something it's not, that's fine.
@@RstGamingReviews
They totally don't care about their public image to much that they changed to a largely "G" rated product and fired Daniel Bryan for choking a referee since it made people think of C**** B****** (damn, why can't I type his name!! I said, C**** B**** DAMN!!!), and attempted to change the perception of the womens division and hype John Cena as the most perfect person on the planet, who, like Hulk Hogan, has never, ever taken any sort of illicit growth hormone that makes him rebound from injuries much faster than a normal human could, and boast about Make-A-Wish and "The Troops"(TM) and hesitated to make an "R" rated movie, since it went against their philosophy of only filming fun, family-friendly comedies showing everyone that pro wrestlers are just professional actors and actually love each other very much and only play a role on TV while in reality, all the actors hold hands and sing Kumbaya backstage in between prayer meetings.
Yep. Clear to see how WWF doesn't care in the slightest about their public image. Rebels.
1999 will be the best year EVER in WWF!!!!!!!!!! and if you're not down with that SUCK IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mr McMahon and Stone Cold in 1999!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ministry will serve Satan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeaaahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK Dubya See Dubya and NITRO!!!!!!!
Oh, wait...it's NOT 1999...it's 2020....time to get into this year, kiddo. You're stuck in the past like every other kid who pines for "WWF Attitude". It's not 1999 any more.
@@DIESEL0759 Their care about public image is a farce. You know it. I know it. Time to grow up child.
@@RstGamingReviews
Not withstanding your several meetings with Vince McMahon to discuss this, little kid, but...
They totally don't care about their public image to much that they changed to a largely "G" rated product and fired Daniel Bryan for choking a referee since it made people think of C** B**** (damn, why can't I type his name!! I said, C** B** DAMN!!!), and attempted to change the perception of the womens division and hype John Cena as the most perfect person on the planet, who, like Hulk Hogan, has never, ever taken any sort of illicit growth hormone that makes him rebound from injuries much faster than a normal human could, and boast about Make-A-Wish and "The Troops"(TM) and hesitated to make an "R" rated movie, since it went against their philosophy of only filming fun, family-friendly comedies showing everyone that pro wrestlers are just professional actors and actually love each other very much and only play a role on TV while in reality, all the actors hold hands and sing Kumbaya backstage in between prayer meetings.
Yep. Clear to see how WWF doesn't care in the slightest about their public image. Rebels.
1999 will be the best year EVER in WWF!!!!!!!!!! and if you're not down with that SUCK IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mr McMahon and Stone Cold in 1999!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ministry will serve Satan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeaaahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK Dubya See Dubya and NITRO!!!!!!!
Oh, wait...it's NOT 1999...it's 2020....time to get into this year, kiddo. You're stuck in the past like every other kid who pines for "WWF Attitude". It's not 1999 any more.
I'm sure you know this from your many backstage meetings in WWE. Prove voter fraud while you're at it, kid.
JR had to get in a college football reference.
You might want to consider the fact that he didn't want help because he wanted the result that happened . I had a friend of mine do that .
I was in grade 5 in 05/06 and kids at school were doing thr you can't see me and the umaga spike stuff. He was massively over
"Jeff Hardy is sober"
Charlotte PD beg to differ.
And how long ago was that
@ً thats what i thought this dude a asshole
I remember in July 2019 I was in Myrtle Beach South Carolina staying on North Ocean Blvd and while looking at my phone and alert popped up. "Jeff Hardy arrested for public intoxication in Myrtle Beach." He was arrested on North Ocean Blvd the same street I was staying probably a couple hotels down. I said to my friend "do you know how intoxicated someone would have to be to get arrested for that here? I see plenty of intoxicated people." We had a good laugh.
He was part of one of the best gimmicks ever: 3 minute warning and kudos to Eric Bischoff & JR for selling it. Hilarious
Vince loves Samoans
@ً Not really. Not after 3-minute warning
@ً That’s a lot different than being a “jobber”. True jobbers are people like Funaki, Spike Dudley, and Nunzio.
@ً
"Glorified jobber" Couldn't be further from the truth. Umaga was a monster heel. Great gimmick.
I'm a fan of Samoan wrestlers.
@ً that’s ultimately what a good heel should be used for though.
I loved the feud with Hardy. Sad how he went out
He was such a monster heel that we got used to. When Rusev came in he filled the void left by Umaga
Umaga was a legit heel until he got the Cena treatment
Watched their wwe championship match a few months ago
RIP U-manga
Who the fuck is, U-Manga? You dumb shit.
@@MicroNuggets it's really not that serious 🥴
@@MicroNuggets It's how Regal pronounced his name
I was worried about Carlito refusing rehab also
Another bittersweet behind-the-scenes story.
I never knew umaga was on drugs 😭
Everyone parties and does drugs, unless you're lame
@@ImChris4 *abused drugs
Gimmicks like this are pretty restricting though I remember him being much more animated and was able to talk as Jamal in 3 Minute Warning (same with Taker as the American Badass) personally I preferred that but I'm sure I'm in a minority.
Good point tbh
What happens to Armando Estrada
Man he was such a great wrestler
Don't really like how JR used Jeff Hardy as an example as someone who refused help, got help, then got back to work.....but skipped over what happened with him at TNA Victory Road vs Sting.....
The Joe borrow comment aged well
Rusev/Miro cites Umaga as a major influence.
Rehab does not work unless the person going there has reached rock bottom, and is 100% committed to change.
Eddie outside the ring was a great guy, met him in TNA as Ekmo, and as Umaga years later. I think is was less a weakness thing, so much as a, I like taking these meds, and don't want to stop. I know this from first hand experience. Umaga was on Opoids as well as muscle relaxers. Besides the physical pain a big man feels from the way he moved, you also mask psychological pains with those meds. It is a cycle that takes all the intestinal fortitude you have and then some to quit. It is not easy for some, as the mental detox is far worse to walk away from than the physical. Hope any of you with substance abuse issues know you are for sure not alone. Fight on bruddas[and sisters].
I miss umaga man
Can´t blame him goto rehab sounds extreme
Umaga versus Rikishi
Surgery way advance from where it was ACL used to be a year maybe 1/12-2
UMANGA!!!
Love the William Regal reference😂
i notice every samoan's were mostly heels n now roman regins his cousin is the biggest heel in the WWE RIP umaga he couldve been big as the rock n roman regins
The Rock is on another level when it comes to just stardom in general, I don't think any wrestler is gonna eclipse that
Undertaker was scary when he first came out kamala
Even as an adult. When I watched him on TV. I really saw him as a crazy individual, who could not be tamed. Seemed very realistic. Great performer. Great heel. Strong character.
JR wasn't wrong about Joe Burrow
I didn't find out he died until 2012
Same I didn’t found out about most of these wrestlers death until around the same time as you remember me & big cousin used to look up decreased wrestlers this was back in 2011-2012
I lived with 4 Hawaiian people. They are very prideful people accepting their faults is not an option for them. They feel like they can tackle problems with going cold turkey. The culture is based from legand Eddie icow
Takes strength only a few possess to get off drugs & alcohol addiction, trust me I know.
The problem in America is a society that thinks being drunk is somehow wrong even though some of the greatest artists philosophers and some sports people in history where drunk as an Irishman in Glasgow. I can understand why wrestling would want teetotalers but it's not a bad thing by itself to be Mary and gay lol , you know you'll be like homophobic as well that's a middle easterners kind of thing when white people are homophobic that just cultural appropriation lol. Western culture is founded on women being drunk and bum sex as soon as America except those three values and get some lesbian drunk president it'll be the greatest nation on the planet.
@@ridanann yeeeah, no.
To continue after that JR comment, Jameis Winston is coming back stronger. He was playing great without a air raid offense to increase his INT ratio.
He’s better then most QBs in the league, if he stops turning the ball over.
Is rikishi omaga s uncle the fatus are big Samoan fam
Abdullah the butcher bladed his rectom he got great color
Rumor and Goddamn in U Window!
Innuendo*
Stay away from my windows.
Sucks but he wasn't ready to stop, Nothing anyone can do until a person is ready, All anyone can do is offer help, Who knows, Vince might have told him he will help pay for the treatment anytime,
If u had listen that’s exactly what they offered lol.
He obviously just enjoyed getting high and didnt want to stop its as simple as that.
@@serawesomebillofdawsonvill8070 Anytime meaning was even months down the road after you leave us
Wwe always pay for rehab he just didn’t want to except the fact he needed help
Umaga had the funniest segment I think I ever saw when he destroyed Steve-o and Party Boy
I personally never cared for Umaga. He was a good athlete for his size but nothing about him wowed me. And his whole gimmick just reeked of New Generation Era stereotypes. I'm sorry that he's gone but I just couldn't get into him as a performer.
Uuuuumaga
What a surprise Umaga had to lose to Triple fuckin H.
after kamala the uganda giant , umaga the samoan bulldozer was the best gimmick in profesional wrestling rest in peace to both both are legends
I never bought into the gimmick. For me he was never a main eventer . He had some good matches but there is a reason he fell out of the fans minds so fast when Austin, Rock and HHH still have huge pops after all this time.
I thought the thumb poke was a weird finishing move, if u tried it in real life, you'd break your thumb
Uh it's wrapped in tape...😆
@@thomashall3314 you jab it in someone's throat
That's one of the most realistic ways to disable someone WWE has ever used. Go find a tough Samoan and ask him to jab you in the windpipe with his thumb, and see how difficult it is to breath for the next 30 seconds. Its similar to having the wind knocked out of you where you can't take a breath. It's awful.
@@jamesb1988 He might do it but he will dislocate his thumb even if its taped
@@thomashall3314 would still break or at least dislocate
Drew Brees doesn't have 11 broken ribs. He has 3 broken ribs with 11 fractures in those 3 ribs.
I think the JR was in professional Wrestling mode when he said that 11 broken ribs all at the same time basically sounds like a death sentence. that's just too many all that little internal bleeding surely amounts to enough to kill you what's a mention the mobility issues. medical sciences these days can work wonders but it still sounds like one of the most painful thing I can imagine never broken a rib in my body broken a few in other people's it looks really painful.
Umanga.
I'd rather listen to conrad's podcasts in small segments like this. Something to wrestle back in 2016 was awesome, it got ruined over the years with garbage topics and over 45m of advertising, thompson got a huge ego also and thinks he's in with all the boys 😂. Also jr's references to football players all the time 😂 nobody has a clue who the players are, bobby mcgee, willy mcshae, lenny bowling,😂 american football is absolutely the worst most boring game ever invented. I'd rather watch curling.
Bet your a soccer fan lmao
Jeff didn’t age well 🤣
Anytime anyplace anywhere JR you just let me know you want that interview that'll have Vince boiling in his seat and you just give me a call send me a message let me know you know what's up you know who this is
Bwahahaha, sure.
@@Cyginjv6vu hahaha you laugh but Vince McMahon is scared to face me & that's the bottom line
@@Cyginjv6vu besides.. JR is holding onto his dreams of future appearances... speaking to me would end those chances entirely
@@Cyginjv6vu ruclips.net/video/MbF5FAKVup4/видео.html
How these guys sleep after so many deaths amazes me.. Not much empathy as usual blame the wrestler not the product maybe one day they ll get thr due respect as being a victim of WWEs greed
He took out the HLA one of the best moments in raw god wwe used to be awesome now its woke womens entertainment
IDK why, but I didn't care for HLA back then. Probably because the girls weren't that attractive.
Oh yeah, what a shame, we don't have cringy PG porn on WWE TV anymore and actually treat women like people, what misfortune that these regrettable days be ours...
@@knightshousegames The PG porn was cringy, but these are regrettable days for wrestling fans
@@spring-heeledjack3340 Theres still good wrestling on TV, WWE just doesn't make it.
I wouldn't say it's woke. Yeah women's wrestling is treated more legitimately now, but so was it in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Yeah the attitude era was the shits for women's wrestling, but I don't think it sets the standard for women's wrestling. Everyone knows their entire women's roster back then was taken from underwear models. Nowadays and the afforementioned decades women are legit athletes and train as such.
I feel so sorry for Conrad Thompson. It's clear he makes NO money AT ALL outside of whatever he's paid to basically make it so these wrestling personalities don't appear to be talking to themselves. It's pretty clear he's desperate for cash.
He's married to Ric Flairs daughter. Pretty sure he's doing alright.
@@billhicks6449
Well, being married to Ric Flair's daughter totally changes things!!! Obviously, he's a real man's man, living off his girlfriend!! That's so cute!!!! Because Ric totally has no debt and saved all his money and so he can just give it to his kid so she can give it all to her boyfriend, who is a failure in life the likes of which have not been seen since Donald J Trump!
I wonder what it would be like, having my girlfriend pay my way in life while I pretend to have a business and be the guy whose only job in life is making sure a wrestler doesn't appear to be talking to themselves. Of course, I won't know, because I pay my own way in life and don't need to pay wrestlers to be friends with me.
@@DIESEL0759
Seek help.
I think you might be mistaken.
From all the footage that I have seen, the man seems to be doing VERY well!
@@alexandertroy9621
What footage? The footage of him on every wrestling podcast so the talent doesn't appear to talk to themselves? That footage? If he was such a massive success, he wouldn't have to pay to get wrestlers to talk to him. He's the fat, hillbilly version of HHH.
Samoa Joe rip off
Mr Ross you really shouldn't use God's name in vain.Shame shame
You think taking a guys job away is gonna improve his life?
He was being wreckless in the ring and was becoming unsafe to work with because of his self medicating and then going out and working a match! That's when they knew he had a problem, they offered to get him help by sending him to AND WWE paying for, rehab for him. Then, if he straightened up and got sober, they would bring him back! Umaga REFUSED help. So, therefore,they HAD to let him go because of his issues he refused to take care of. WWE was not at fault in any way. Sometimes, some people just don't want to be helped. Or their brain is so out of control that they believe they don't have a problem or that they don't need help because they can quit on their own, when they really can't. Sadly, that's what happened here. He refused multiple attempts for help offered to him. End of story. Sad to say, but these are just straight facts.
@@seanpurdom6380 I´m always wary putting the final judgment on a situation without having heard both sides of it. Umaga never spoke about this giving his side and knowing the WWE it´s a bit difficult for me to believe their version of events portraying themselves as the good guys.
Wwe is at the bottom of sports entertainment watch it out of habit only
Stop taking God's name in vain
I loved umaga dude man was a legend