Nice to see Giant Silva mentioned. He lives in my old neighborhood in Newark, NJ and is considered a kind of hometown hero. He and the rest of The Oddities did wrestle Kaientai at Summerslam '98, which me and my friends appreciated, being able to see him in action. I also remember a few years after he left the WWE, Silva was ordering food at a counter in a café and I was standing next to him. This kid comes up to him and asks "Excuse sir, didn't you used to be a wrestler?" Silva said that he was and I added that "He was Giant Silva from The Oddities." to which he smiled.
I met Sid Haig at a fan convention in my hometown in 2015. He, of course, is best known as the star of Rob Zombie's THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, but I do not care for horror movies and had not seen it. I had, however, been a massive fan of Batman since the Tim Burton film was released in 1989, and over the decades I had tried to immerse myself in EVERYTHING Batman. So I recognized Haig as the second-in-command of King Tut's gang in the 1960s TV episode "The Spell of Tut." (Yes, Haig really was that old.) I mentioned that episode and Haig's reply was, basically, "Yes, that was me." I think he was surprised I remembered. Frankly, given his age, I was a little surprised HE remembered. My point is, I think these "B" celebrities really appreciate the knowledge that they've captured the imaginations of more than a few people out there. But they're still semi-obscure, so it's easy for them to "disappear." At that same fan convention I met the exotic-looking Italian-American/Puerto Rican actress Marilyn Ghigliotti, and my reaction was basically "Whoa, you're a babe, but where would I know you from?" She explained that she'd been in Kevin Smith's CLERKS. And I said, "Wait - were you the girl who sucked 37 dicks?" And she laughed and said yes.
I clicked on this thinking "I was there for the attitude era, ill surely know these." 8 minutes later, all I could muster was "i remember the oddities, and i know R Truth used to be K Kwik".
That’s crazy that’s exactly me too lol i only know the oddities and k kwik, idk where these other guys came from 😅😅 i coulda sworn i was going to know everybody lol
Essa Rios could have been Huge. He got more of a push compared to everyone on this list. But he always stands out in my head when I think of this area.
Me too. Who remembers Tiger Ali paying a woman to swallow a giant kielbasa dog whole, only to find out it was one of Godfather’s ladies 😂 Good stuff. Also very impressive 😊
Not only do i remember K-Kwik, i remember his tag team with road Dogg, but not only that i also remember their entrance theme and comming from a metalhead IT WAS A BANGER!!! "Oh you didn't know you better call somebody, The DOGG and K-Kwik get rowdy GET ROWDY"
Honestly, yes. The two best wrestlers who were in that WWE (WWF) lightheavyweight division during 1997 (which 99% of people forget were in it) that stand out the most to me was Tajiri and Super Crazy. Both of them went on to gain huge amounts of fame in ECW soon after, in matches between each other but during 1997 Tajiri and Super Crazy were in that WWF lightheavyweight division. Most people don't know or have just forgotten, but for a good reason. Tajiri looked younger (no facial hair and no long pants, he had on short blue trunks in the 1997 WWF lightheavyweight matches I saw him in). Super Crazy had on some weird elaborate looking Lucha Libre gear while in the 1997 lightheavyweight division and he was a bit on the green side (got nervous and botched a significant amount in one of his matches), definitely not as refined as he was a year or two later in ECW (same goes for Tajiri). They never won the WWF lightheavyweight championship during 1997, however the matches Tajiri and Super Crazy had with each other in ECW were AMAZING (some of them are some of the best I have ever. So it's a little weird to remember they were in the 1997 WWF lightheavyweight division. At least most people remember their later WWF / WWE runs from the 2000's).
The Light Heavyweight Division...man that was a waste. This was Vince's piss poor attempt to copy WCW's Cruiserweight Division. Only problem is Bischoff signed every lucha from Mexico to Japan which left little for him. Scott Putski was supposed to be the Light Heavyweight Champion..but he injured his knee in a match with Brian Christopher. The division just revolved around Brian Christopher and Taka Michonoku (who was supposed to be their Rey Mysterio) You can see the difference between WCW's cruiserweights and WWF's light heavyweights. WCW had an international flavor of cruisers from all around the world..while WWF just had Taka, Christopher and a bunch of journeyman nobodies from Lawler's USWA federation. The belt lost all meaning when they put it around Gillberg...a WCW parody.
@@johnpenguinthe3rd13 Tajiri would keep the clean shaven, blue and white trunks look for a significant portion of his ECW run too, it was only late '99 that he got the look updated into what we know him best for now. In '97 Super Crazy had only just been unmasked in Mexico and wasn't used to wrestling unmasked that well yet, which might explain some of the nerves and mistakes as well. The elaborate gear was because he was still wearing the stuff he'd worn as Histeria in Mexico, just without the mask. He had the same gear at the time as El Mosco de la Merced, who would later show up in ECW. There was an old bootleg video in the tape trading days of ECW's equivalent of the cruiserweight division at the time across '98-'99, when they had Crazy, Tajiri, Little Guido, El Mosco, Antifaz del Norte and Pablo Márquez on the books, as well as getting TAKA Michinoku and Papi Chulo (Essa Rios) loaned over from WWF.
I love K-Kwick. I remember him xD That's like some of my earliest wrestling memories and I remember watching his ENTIRE TNA run. Ron "The Truth" Killings babyyyyyyyy
I stopped watching WWF for a long time around the Invasion and never watched TNA. When I came back and saw Truth I went “K Kwick is still there?” My friends were like “who?”
I remember K-Kwik from WWF Smackdown before they repackaged him in August 2008 and started calling him R-Truth I even remember the promos when Smackdown was still on the CW.
I certainly do remember K-Kwik with Road Dogg very well, Pantera (vagually), The Godwins from in the attitude era. The others, I've never heard of or come across.
Good list but Sniper was actually French Canadian grappler, Luc Poirier so not native to Germany. As mentioned in the video though he did have the most success in the CWA retiring as their last Champion when the promotion closed.
i do remember giant silva, brakkus, the godwinns, k-kwik, BB, and the truth commission, i don't remember just joe, pantera, southern justice, sniper, key, or babu
I used to work with Paolo(Giant Silva) at a bar from 2009 to 2013. Really nice guy. Every time we shook hands, my hand would completely disappear in his hand tho🤣🤣🤣. And me being 6’5 with big hands, I wasn’t used to that.
They could have absolutely kept Southern Justice with Jarrett; it made sense for Jeff to have two huge guys to protect Debra for him, so no other guys could..."have her," which was how the dueling Vinces booked women at the time...
I always remember the wrestler Essa Rios he was Litas first partner in wwf. He was a high flyer like Jeff Hardy and should have had way more matches than he had. Same as Marc Mero, both just disappeared one day
I was expecting to have heard of most of these - well done for really dredging the bottom of the barrel here with some of these blink-and-you-missed-them ‘stars’
I remember all of these except Panthera, Sniper (I do remember the Truth Commission), Key, and Babu. I remember Brakkus but not a part of the Attitude Era. Anybody remember Meat. If R-Truth as K-Kwik is forgotten surely Shawn "Planet Stasiak" is forgotten as Meat. 😂
WWE should set up a K-Kwik entrance and have R-Truth think it’s 2000 and call The Miz Road Dogg or another attitude era performer
K-Kwik?! Who doesn't remember K-Kwik?!
GET ROWDY!😂
"I heard Just Joe was a sorry son of a bitch"
Unforgiven. That was the first PPV I ever recorded, still have it to this day.
@moc9893 was a good one. Liked the four-way main event and loved Austin and Shane segment.
Triple H and Angle was great.
Memories 🙂
Right. I still say Get Rowdy when R Truth comes out.😊
Right. I remember when he debuted and teamed with Road Dogg. Real ones remember K-Kwik.
@@johnalbent Shane sold those stunners man 😂👌
I don't think it's a secret anymore that K-Kwik was in the WWF. Gettin' Rowdy!
This is your first "X you don't remember" list where I actually don't remember and or never knew about some of these people. Great job.
Nice to see Giant Silva mentioned. He lives in my old neighborhood in Newark, NJ and is considered a kind of hometown hero. He and the rest of The Oddities did wrestle Kaientai at Summerslam '98, which me and my friends appreciated, being able to see him in action. I also remember a few years after he left the WWE, Silva was ordering food at a counter in a café and I was standing next to him. This kid comes up to him and asks "Excuse sir, didn't you used to be a wrestler?" Silva said that he was and I added that "He was Giant Silva from The Oddities." to which he smiled.
I met Sid Haig at a fan convention in my hometown in 2015. He, of course, is best known as the star of Rob Zombie's THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, but I do not care for horror movies and had not seen it. I had, however, been a massive fan of Batman since the Tim Burton film was released in 1989, and over the decades I had tried to immerse myself in EVERYTHING Batman. So I recognized Haig as the second-in-command of King Tut's gang in the 1960s TV episode "The Spell of Tut." (Yes, Haig really was that old.) I mentioned that episode and Haig's reply was, basically, "Yes, that was me." I think he was surprised I remembered. Frankly, given his age, I was a little surprised HE remembered.
My point is, I think these "B" celebrities really appreciate the knowledge that they've captured the imaginations of more than a few people out there. But they're still semi-obscure, so it's easy for them to "disappear." At that same fan convention I met the exotic-looking Italian-American/Puerto Rican actress Marilyn Ghigliotti, and my reaction was basically "Whoa, you're a babe, but where would I know you from?" She explained that she'd been in Kevin Smith's CLERKS. And I said, "Wait - were you the girl who sucked 37 dicks?" And she laughed and said yes.
Ron Killings is a legend. Very underappreciated
Umm no he is not. He is loved and appreciated by all.
I clicked on this thinking "I was there for the attitude era, ill surely know these."
8 minutes later, all I could muster was "i remember the oddities, and i know R Truth used to be K Kwik".
That’s crazy that’s exactly me too lol i only know the oddities and k kwik, idk where these other guys came from 😅😅 i coulda sworn i was going to know everybody lol
10 Attitude Era Stars You Totally Don't Remember...thumbnail of a guy EVERYONE remembers.
Well played WhatCulture
Watching Wrestling Bio’s “Reliving The War” I remember them all
That definitely does help find up the video just ended and the next one is reviving the war.
Essa Rios could have been Huge. He got more of a push compared to everyone on this list. But he always stands out in my head when I think of this area.
I remember all of them!
Me too. Who remembers Tiger Ali paying a woman to swallow a giant kielbasa dog whole, only to find out it was one of Godfather’s ladies 😂
Good stuff. Also very impressive 😊
Half expected this to start with “Mason Ryan, Stevie Ray, Earthquake, Alundra Blaze..”
Wrong channel
Attitude Era guy.
Different channel
@@Kobe24brady12that’s the joke
Randall Randal Keith, Randall Keith, nanananana nana naaaaa
Leave Pantera alone. He made RVDs theme song
How about Eric Angle? Kurt’s brother who showed up a few times to help him out.
As someone who's watched religiously for 36 years, I remember everyone in this video.
You have my respect...I can manage two year stints of religious watching drop off and just watch ppvs then come back 👊
@@johnalbent Thank you, sir! I fell in love with wrestling at age 4. Even when it was bad, I still watched. All companies.
Not only do i remember K-Kwik, i remember his tag team with road Dogg, but not only that i also remember their entrance theme and comming from a metalhead IT WAS A BANGER!!!
"Oh you didn't know you better call somebody, The DOGG and K-Kwik get rowdy
GET ROWDY"
The entire lightheavyweight division belongs here.
Honestly, yes. The two best wrestlers who were in that WWE (WWF) lightheavyweight division during 1997 (which 99% of people forget were in it) that stand out the most to me was Tajiri and Super Crazy. Both of them went on to gain huge amounts of fame in ECW soon after, in matches between each other but during 1997 Tajiri and Super Crazy were in that WWF lightheavyweight division. Most people don't know or have just forgotten, but for a good reason. Tajiri looked younger (no facial hair and no long pants, he had on short blue trunks in the 1997 WWF lightheavyweight matches I saw him in). Super Crazy had on some weird elaborate looking Lucha Libre gear while in the 1997 lightheavyweight division and he was a bit on the green side (got nervous and botched a significant amount in one of his matches), definitely not as refined as he was a year or two later in ECW (same goes for Tajiri). They never won the WWF lightheavyweight championship during 1997, however the matches Tajiri and Super Crazy had with each other in ECW were AMAZING (some of them are some of the best I have ever. So it's a little weird to remember they were in the 1997 WWF lightheavyweight division. At least most people remember their later WWF / WWE runs from the 2000's).
The Light Heavyweight Division...man that was a waste. This was Vince's piss poor attempt to copy WCW's Cruiserweight Division. Only problem is Bischoff signed every lucha from Mexico to Japan which left little for him. Scott Putski was supposed to be the Light Heavyweight Champion..but he injured his knee in a match with Brian Christopher. The division just revolved around Brian Christopher and Taka Michonoku (who was supposed to be their Rey Mysterio) You can see the difference between WCW's cruiserweights and WWF's light heavyweights. WCW had an international flavor of cruisers from all around the world..while WWF just had Taka, Christopher and a bunch of journeyman nobodies from Lawler's USWA federation. The belt lost all meaning when they put it around Gillberg...a WCW parody.
@@johnpenguinthe3rd13 Tajiri would keep the clean shaven, blue and white trunks look for a significant portion of his ECW run too, it was only late '99 that he got the look updated into what we know him best for now. In '97 Super Crazy had only just been unmasked in Mexico and wasn't used to wrestling unmasked that well yet, which might explain some of the nerves and mistakes as well. The elaborate gear was because he was still wearing the stuff he'd worn as Histeria in Mexico, just without the mask. He had the same gear at the time as El Mosco de la Merced, who would later show up in ECW. There was an old bootleg video in the tape trading days of ECW's equivalent of the cruiserweight division at the time across '98-'99, when they had Crazy, Tajiri, Little Guido, El Mosco, Antifaz del Norte and Pablo Márquez on the books, as well as getting TAKA Michinoku and Papi Chulo (Essa Rios) loaned over from WWF.
Mideon is a chef now
Long as he's not naked, cook it up Phineas. 😉
@zanethindLol
NSS! I never said you were wrong. I was simply said *"Lol"* Like you did.
Giant Silva walked so that Satnam Singh could walk slightly faster.
Just Joe was criminally underrated.
For those unfamiliar with Tiger Ali Sighn, he was like the Million Dollar Man, except nobody cared.
K-Kwik is R-Truth, Simon. You get a down.
That's a lie! K-Kwik is just a fake trying to steal Truth's style! Freaking frauds!
"Baldie Grimes"! I never knew Paul E. actually named him that officially; he should be your tag partner, Simon!
I remember watching as a kid & see Brakus and was in awe of how big he was. Started lifting 💪❤
Southern Justice was the APA before the APA existed...muscle for hire. Shame Canterbury got injured before they could really take off.
botched doomsday device from LoD ended his career
@@itstheyok Oh yeah definitely, his career was toast after his neck got broke. He came back too early and reinjured it.
K kwik was one of the first wrestlers i ever watched on tv, him and road dogg and i was hooked
Great video
Kurgan of The Oddities went on to become a big time actor and K-Kwik has became R-Truth and he's iconic in WWE.
Everybody remembers K-Kwik 😂
He didn’t go to to TNA as r-truth he went as Ron Killings, who wrote this script?
Tom and Nick Mysterio must have written it
@@zlinedavid I’m gonna apply for a job, since they let nobodies write scripts who don’t know wrestling apparently 🤷♂️
I was looking to see if anyone else picked up on that. He was Ron ‘The Truth’ Killings in TNA and then R-Truth on his WWE return.
@@lewisgreen5081 I like my r-truth with an edge
Every time I see R Truth, I think of K Kwik gettin rowdy!
I love K-Kwick. I remember him xD That's like some of my earliest wrestling memories and I remember watching his ENTIRE TNA run. Ron "The Truth" Killings babyyyyyyyy
K-Kwik is later known as R-Truth.
K-Kwik is a former hardcore champion.
I remember all but sniper. I do remember the truth commission though. They disappears and Kurgen became part of the oddities.
Motley Crue performed on Raw and Heat in '98; why not Pantera? 🤣🤣
I remember K- Kwik
R Truth
I too remember K-Kwik "We gettin rowdy!"
@@DrakoNotDraco SAME PERSON SHIT FOR BRAINS
I stopped watching WWF for a long time around the Invasion and never watched TNA. When I came back and saw Truth I went “K Kwick is still there?” My friends were like “who?”
I remember K-Kwik from WWF Smackdown before they repackaged him in August 2008 and started calling him R-Truth I even remember the promos when Smackdown was still on the CW.
K-kwik and Road Dogg gettin rowdy!!! 😎 was quality
Justice for K-Kwik
I remember most of them.
Totally forgot about the short southern justice gimmick. Dude... that one would have been money.
I didn’t know a few of these, a couple I vaguely remember.
I totally remember K-Kwik! Get rowdy!
I also remember Just Joe. Wait, was it Joe, or Just Joe?
Just Joe.
Oh, you didn't know, you better call somebody, Road D O double G and K-Kwik gettin' rowdy!!
Yes people remember them. Not all wrestling fans have short term memory loss.
@@chrisb3976 Say that! Def not this one!
I certainly do remember K-Kwik with Road Dogg very well, Pantera (vagually), The Godwins from in the attitude era. The others, I've never heard of or come across.
The Attitufde Era was the place to be and I am very happy that I saw it all!! Wrestling was way hardcore vack then.
Loved K Kwick when he started
To say nowadays WWE is better or just as good as the Attitude Era is a joke while the Attitude Era wasn't all good it blew nowadays WWE away
Good list but Sniper was actually French Canadian grappler, Luc Poirier so not native to Germany. As mentioned in the video though he did have the most success in the CWA retiring as their last Champion when the promotion closed.
i do remember giant silva, brakkus, the godwinns, k-kwik, BB, and the truth commission, i don't remember just joe, pantera, southern justice, sniper, key, or babu
K-Kwik & The Miz lol
I used to work with Paolo(Giant Silva) at a bar from 2009 to 2013. Really nice guy. Every time we shook hands, my hand would completely disappear in his hand tho🤣🤣🤣. And me being 6’5 with big hands, I wasn’t used to that.
Marianna (Chaz's Girlfriend) And Muffy They Were There For a Spell.
Maybe I’m older than most viewers, but I remember everyone on this list
*WWE needs to bring the K-Kwik gimmick back real quick for R-Truth* 😭
*Not the chapter selection about K-Kwik being named ‘Kofi Kingston’…We don’t all look alike.* 😂 😭
They could have absolutely kept Southern Justice with Jarrett; it made sense for Jeff to have two huge guys to protect Debra for him, so no other guys could..."have her," which was how the dueling Vinces booked women at the time...
I always remember the wrestler Essa Rios he was Litas first partner in wwf.
He was a high flyer like Jeff Hardy and should have had way more matches than he had.
Same as Marc Mero, both just disappeared one day
You mean Papi Chulo?
B.B., Pantera and Key? Never heard of them. But most of these people I do remember. We all know that K Kwik later became R Truth.
I totally remembered the wrestlers featured in this so....
I 100% remember K-Kwik in the tail end of the attitude era. I believe he went by K-Krush during a dark match I saw before he was on tv.
Vic Grymes was a great high flyer.
How....how did I remember K-Kwik but not remember he was R-Truth.
BECAUSE YO MOMMA SNIFFS USED DIAPERS
Since rapping was part of his gimmick, K-Kwik became known in some circles as K-Rap. Unfortunate in hindsight.
also occasionally used “K-Krush”
Singh stuck around for ages after Babu was gone; over two years...
Imagine Southern Justice vs APA for the tag titles 😮
No one forget about K-Kwik, it was hard getting use to him as r truth just like not calling the WWE, WWF
Yeah I remember every single person on this list. Have I been watching THAT long?
I remember them all! 🫡
You seriously underestimate my recollection of the attitude era.
We got Icp's oddities intro song though 😅
It took me a looong time to realize that Bull Buchanan was one of the truth commission guys
I was expecting to have heard of most of these - well done for really dredging the bottom of the barrel here with some of these blink-and-you-missed-them ‘stars’
Pantera I completely don't remember 😮
As someone who started watching in 2000, I actually remember just Joe , BB and k-kwik … 30% not bad right ?😂
None of these are recognizable to me and I watched faithfully during the Attitude Era
No you didn’t then.
If you can’t remember Babu eating sardines on Heat, you can’t call yourself an OG Attitude Era fan.
Giant Silva fought MMA after he was in the WWF
Only one I don't remember was Southern Justice
Getting rowdy
I remember everyone except Key. And I guess because his time was very brief
You totally don't remember...
Except when you do. Completely and in great detail.
Cut the arrogance!
Hip hop hippo!
I remember all of these except Panthera, Sniper (I do remember the Truth Commission), Key, and Babu. I remember Brakkus but not a part of the Attitude Era. Anybody remember Meat. If R-Truth as K-Kwik is forgotten surely Shawn "Planet Stasiak" is forgotten as Meat. 😂
Road
K Kwik
WE GETTIN ROWDY!!!
Of course don’t remember these wrestlers as I wasn’t watching during the attitude era.
Totally don't remember? I knew some of them.
I don't remember the last two or Brakkus but remember the rest
Simon I'm whats your favorite wrestling theme song? Mines Kiana james 1st theme
Er, it says Kofi Kingston when you scroll the video 😂😂
I still believe the Attitude Era only lasted from 97-99……. 00-02 was the watered down era lol
Folk could easily forget Brakus because he didn't do anything of note .
I’ll tell you one you DO remember: Matt Damon
#1 should have been Red Tyler.
Vince loved a vascular man
Who remembers Meat?
I remember all of these except Pantera.
Pantera had a match against Taka Michinoku for the Light Heavyweight title at No Way Out 1998 . Honestly that's all I remember about Pantera .
None of you remember K-Kwik from the attitude era.