for everyone who wants to know who is who when they are shootin their names are 00:00 Bryan Clark aka Adam Bomb 7:14, 31:18, and 49:35 Shane Douglas 11:01, 26:59, 55:29 Bam Bam Bigelow 15:59 Bret Hart 17:28 and 57:07 Jim Cornette 20:22 George "The Animal" Steele 22:54 Tatanka 24:00 Sid Vicious 25:15 Lex Luger 38:10 Roadwarriors 39:42 Vader 42:08 Ultimate Warrior your welcome for those who wanted to know who are the wrestlers that are talking
I always thought something was off about that pic only to find out the Nasty Boys shaved his eyebrows the day before that pic was taken. It was for his action figure card too I believe lol
@@sjdevils50 Be sure to tell Bret Hart that he is a jobber. I'm sure that will go over well. Same with Sid Vicious... don't think that one will go over well at all.
Bro I had to replay that a couple times to make sure that I heard correctly especially when he included Pat Patterson and we know he’s open about his sexuality…. lol 😂
Bret fart sucked and now he blames everyone for it he failed in w.c.w because he was weak with out Vince's editing on promos he thought he was to good to work with anyone which lead to dead matches
@@nesaiamon8727 yep, Bret Hart truly was The Man, not to mention he was a decent person respectful towards others and anyone who says otherwise DOES NOT realize he had fans ALL over the world because he sold out stadiums and events ALL over the world, a true "world" champion. Bret Hart Boring ? shit man he had technical skills that surpassed many of his peers and some of his matches were iconic, not on a one trick pony level, but that was the Hart Foundation is a sum. If anyone has ever seen Owen Hart and those high risk flips he did off the ropes and Brett's Technical wrestling moves one would say otherwise IF they weren't bias. They "earned" their respect without doing so as a cancer to the industry or at the expense of other people or their peers.
Well shawn got beat up a few times cause he was the ringleader and the biggest mouth. Nash was more of a backup guy. Vince also protected the kliq by enabling there actions and punishing anyone that complained. Keep in mind these were the dark days of WWE.
It's true tho he is not wrong. Than people find God and go to church to manipulate the weak. It goes hand in hand. People looking for salvation at there lowest are the easiest to direct in a way that you benefit from it.... Just remember you feed them the bullshit line that this is the way you must go.
@@frostamatus kliq 4l you limp dik 🤡. When I'm bedding down with your mom I rock out to all the kliqs.music.i.give her all the sweet dik 🎶 she can handle
What I meant was everybody bitches about Bret Hart having a huge ego while Michaels jobbed to his smile to get out of doing a "real job " to Hart at Wrestlemainia 13, BTW Man Mountain Rock was Maxx Payne in WCW.
kevindagame Yeah, I was going to include them too. I can't deny that the video of them hugging and kissing during Shawn Micheals' HOF ceremony wasn't homoerotic. Maybe there was something really there.
they knew not to try that shit with taker though and the entire kliq would never go up to a guy like ahmed Johnson and tell him face to face all alone what they really thought of him I don't care how tall kevin nash is or was he wouldn't do that shit either he woulda got his fucking quad pulled off
+913egok By whose accounts, HHH, Nash, and HBK? Lol, gtfo with that Kliq fanboy crap. Bret Hart was one of the greatest to step into the squared circle, and a bonafide superstar who carried the WWF. Legends like Stone Cold and Razor Ramon credit him for putting them on the map.
Some of what Steele had said to Helmsley about the Curtain Call incident where he allegedly approached Steele and apologised and asked him for advice, is almost verbatim to what Jim Cornette had said to Helmsley about the same incident. Found it to be coincidental.
well in wcw they just switched out shawn for hogan, the ironic thing is, that if hogan had stayed in wwf he would have buried shawn and had him jobbing
Sounds like nobody liked them.. I never cared for Shawn Michaels or the others but didnt know all this.. My distaste grew more after hearing the kind of shit they pulled..
The Kliq is still quite a polarizing figure in the wrestling business. My opinions on them are simply this, they did contribute to the business becoming better by them pushing the envelope whether it's was the NWO or DX on screen or backstage antics you can't deny that was big stuff back in the 90s. So whether you love or hate them they did help the business a lot during that time. Case closed!
This is the closest thing to a valid defense of the Kliq that there is, but the business record of the 5 guys is decidedy mixed. Nash, HBK, and HHH all had extensive runs as world champ that were terrible for business (look at the ratings after WCW went out of business and HHH was "the man" for years). Hall and Waltman were never really supposed to be big draws as performers. Now, the NWO and to a much lesser extent DX did elevate the business during the MNWars period, and they deserve credit for that but...their refusals to do jobs (especially Shawn and Kevin) during the same era meant that that business boom would be unsustainable. Just IMAGINE how good business could've been if Nash hadn't ducked Giant at Starrcade, or if HBK had've gone through with the Bret rematch. So again, yes, they did many good things for business, but overall it's hardly an open and shut case.
The problem is their egos didn't allow them to step aside and make way for the future. They did what was best for themselves, not for the business. You want proof? Look at WCW.
1996 was when I began to search for more and more ECW videos. Couldn't stand HBK's babyface push to the stars..continually beating Vader was a joke..I hated it as an 11 year old kid and Sid coming out on top at Survivor Series in NYC was unbelievable. Crazy that was 20 years ago.
Shawn was basically the first guy who told Vince that the show had to change in order to appeal to the new generation of fans. People say Shawn had a lot of power in the mid 90s. That was him pitching fresh ideas to Vince who rightly went along. And DX was also one of the focal points of that era. So to me Shawn definitely helped kick-start the attitude era. Yes he probably would have fucked with the Rock's career, but Austin became what he did while Shawn was still there.
What happened to Janetty had to happen for those guys to become singles stars. Just tell me how Shawn Michaels was overrated. He was easily the most athletic wrestler at the time. He was stylish, he had great mic skills, he could dance, hell he could even strip ! " HBK Shawn Michaels" was probably one of the hardest characters to pull off in the history of the business. If you think being sexy was easy then just look at how miserably characters like Val, Godfather, Billy Gun, Dude Love, etc failed. HBK wasn't all show, that character had substance. That's why he was actually sexy, unlike the rest.
913egok what the fuck are you talking about? everybody acknowledges his in ring talent, and gives different stories with similar themes of dickishness. if you Jack off to hbk, that's your business but being a good hand/worker requires more than the in ring part. and the weird relationship between hbk and Vince or hbk and Patterson explains his pull with the office and need to abuse pain killers.
@@paulbotello1289 yeah but he said on screen I'm to lazy for all that other stuff Plus it's just common courtesy And if he wants to keep viewers on his channel
@@deedee6799 if you need all that, does he really need you? By the way, good job. You're so pathetic, you won't take 3 seconds if that, to see who's speaking.
hbk and vince literally moved across the street together. that's not normal for an employee and boss. it's a real teacher's pet situation. vince's golden boy moving across the street from vkm yep shawn was defo vince's boy toy.
It makes sad until this day that Vince McMahon didn't have the courage to fire the Kliq when he rightfully knew they were doing different kind of bullshit in the company. Oh well I guess the company will never learn.
Nash wanted to be part of the bsk with taker but because Nash was defending Hall and hbks behaviour at the time Nash wasn't accepted Nash had to always have hbks back because it was him who got him a job at wwf Nash just clung to people who he thought had power or influence in the industry he was the big man who tried to act the big man but never actually worked he got humbled massively and left wwf because bret wouldn't take nashs finisher Nash got annoyed n started to walk out the room taker stood up and said to bret "mf it isn't always about you" .... That Nash mentions alot on interviews...... The part Nash misses out is....... Nash started laughing thinking taker was taking nashs side and Nash thought yes am now in with taker oh how wrong he was taker then picked up the chair and threw it at the wall and all 4 legs of the chair stuck in the wall right next to where Nash was standing and said to nash " its not about you either mf it's about business" nashs face dropped walked out the room went for a shower then told Scott Hall "tell bishoff he's got a deal" Then nash went to wcw Nash even later on tried to get in on the kane and undertaker angle later on with the brothers of disturction and tried to be a 3rd brother that no one knew about vince went to taker and kane with the idea taker laughed and said no so it never happened.... Alot of people don't know that full story but for someone who knows people not mentioning any names that were very close to people high up in the wwf at the time that is the facts
When you think about it, these are a bunch of grown ass men performing make-believe stunts. It’s quite literally like a circus. It’s kinda funny that there was a group that did little hand signs and apparently ran the entire place.
The Kliq whether you like them or not-- they're the group that ushered in The Attitude era , The Wrestling Soap opera if you will , and no one has ever been able to top them.
@@screamrad218 Credit needs to go to ECW which did the whole Attitude thing all the way back in 94. Not to mention the various Mexican and Japanese promotions like FMW and AAA which were breaking gate records while WWF was struggling.
Old Thread, but all of the responses here are good points. I think the Attitude Era was a culmination of various factors, and the one's mentioned here all played a significant factor in it's development and evolution!
That was the life for those guys, they all let it go to their head in completley different ways and at the end of the day - no point in moaning about it. They were nowhere near as bad as the people in the music and movie industry - they were sterotypical guys. Stupid that they weren't more mature but you put 5 guys together, with fame, money and some form of power - they are all going to follow each other. Taker didn't - that's why I respect him the most. He was the wise Chap Stewart that everyone said he always was, sitting there quietly with his Jack, watching and surveying everything and that's why he's lasted the longest because he's the only wrestler out of all the top tier stars that didn't have any major problems. He was the Vince of the locker room and tbh I've kind of modelled myself after that type of personality because it gets you far.
+jpm4444 Of course it doesn't. There were juvenille, delinquent and abnoxious. But they became international stars and made a career, became icons of their time and legends of their generation. Whether they did what they should have done or not - they've always been good at their job and that's why we pay to see them.
+James Macgregor Ibthink you're giving them a little to much praise, they aren't icons or legends sure they had good careers but fuck legends? ummm no, Bret Hart, Dynamite kid, steve austin, andre the giant, those dudes were and are legends and icons same with rowdy roddy piper
+hitcan79 Shawn has always been regarded the best in the business, Hunter has always proved to be the most natural and the most hard-working in the business. The other three - I'm not fond of.. those two are legends and it's not to be disputed - it's fact. Being especially that they both rank incredibly high on Taker's list and Taker IS WWE.
I always wondered if WWE Is in the state it is today because half or all those guys are working behind the scenes there today and don't wanna see another kliq form and take there jobs. Think about it 🤔
For them to toy with people the way they did is pathetic. Have there ever been any stories of them getting their ass kicked or done the same way they did others?
This thread should be re-titled various wrestlers shoot on the infamous Sean Michaels, as he's the one who's behind 99% of the sh-- talked about in this montage.
You see this allways and everywhere, certain kinds of social behaviour will group itself. Seen often that people who dont know each other will get friends with similar people, drugs addicts with drug addicts etc etc. So this doesnt surprise me. You see that all have their problems, just look at their appearances. The core problem is that vince allowed this to happen
It appears as if Shawn Michaels was a wise ass and talked a lot of shit, but wasn’t really serious in most cases. Some guys laughed but others may have been a serious and had issues with it. Kevin Nash is the iconic leader of the group, and the close relations they all have with each has created a bonded that has certainly lasted the test of time. Always a big fan of the guys in this group because they seemed to always have the sense of what the fans really liked,and it worked very well. Make no mistake, Hall and Nash is the reason why WCW bested WWF while Vince was rebuilding, and Shawn Michaels with Hunter forming D-X was the only faction that could rival the Outsiders/ NWO during that time period.
@@Jblizzybaby I do not really know, but maybe those two, Scott Hall and Sean Walkman was very close. Shawn probably needed the Kliq more for his own protection than anyone else, but he was also the biggest asset to Vince McMahon, so he may have needed it for those reasons and because his mouth potentially could get him into real trouble.
@@Jblizzybaby Hall was the leader... Hbk was the talent... Nash was the biggest guy and hunter was the tag along waiting for his opportunity to take the top spot everyone in the industry knows hunter was a snake and he's only still there because of him being with steph hunter is protected that's why hardly any story's are out there about him because anyone says anything about hunter will never work with wwe again or be in the hof
triple h vs hbk in a 3 hour iron man ladder match at wrestlemania next year, have the entire roster (including the rock, lesnar, undertaker, stone cold and cena) stand on the stage chanting "holy shit" "this is awesome" and "lets go hunter, michaels sucks!" and whoever wins is carried off from the ring to a humvee limo outside and declared starting quarterback of the dallas cowboys
The funniest thing about the Kliq to me all these years later, is that a lot of mid cars guys say that they were all a bunch of crybabies but yet it’s 25 years later, and all these guys do is cry about the Kliq.
Always wondered about why they never ended up 'going there' with it as an on air stable, once they eventually had them all together again anyway and when they saw that wwe's version of nWo wasn't working? Hell by the time HBK himself was strangely part of nWo he even suspiciously kicked out any remaining members who hadn't been in the Clique. After all They've been willing to turn 'controversy into cash' on numerous occasions for years and years. Hmm
THAT IS ........so sadd, that VINCE MC MAHON......let them get avay with this........but i guess he was so in love with shawn michaels that he let him do what he wanted 2 do.......AND i heard this......'THE CURTAIN CALL'......was vince mc mahon's idea !!!.
I know Good ol Jr said if it wasn't for the horseman, there would be no DX or NWO. But the Kliq were the one's that held the glue together to make those historical factions. Please don't hate me for saying that.
When the Kliq was at it's peak of backstage powers, it was when WWE was at it's worse. Only HBK and Scott Hall can do good matches (HHH didn't get good until attitude era / Xpac was forgettable until DX). But it was all Vince's fault for letting them get away with everything.
Idc what anyone says HBK has some of the best matches...especially against Bret and Undertaker. I love him and Scott Hall especially in the ladder match. Now Triple H is a douche that doesn't deserve the fame he has...he's talentless and the way he treated Chyna cannot be excused...I've heard so many wrestlers hate on each other, the brotherhood is pretty much high school. 98% of the wrestler in the 90's were addicts so the stories aren't surprising. People hated the Bulldogs because they were pranksters and jerks. But people do deserve the right to change. Well everyone except Triple H with his "3ft nose" per The Rock. 😆 I love Undertaker he's such a great guy.❤
Triple h was good. He played his role in the company to make it what it is today. He earned everything he got. As far as hbk, he was a whiny bitch when he didn't want to do certain angles I say hbk had it way easier. But he did have classic matches...
for everyone who wants to know who is who when they are shootin their names are 00:00 Bryan Clark aka Adam Bomb
7:14, 31:18, and 49:35 Shane Douglas
11:01, 26:59, 55:29 Bam Bam Bigelow
15:59 Bret Hart
17:28 and 57:07 Jim Cornette
20:22 George "The Animal" Steele
22:54 Tatanka
24:00 Sid Vicious
25:15 Lex Luger
38:10 Roadwarriors
39:42 Vader
42:08 Ultimate Warrior
your welcome for those who wanted to know who are the wrestlers that are talking
...why does this comment have so few upvotes?
Thanks man, you're the real MVP. This comment should get way more likes and support.
Kevin Najera wish I could like this comment 100 times
The timestamps are in the description, don't need your attention wanting comment
YOU'RE
SCSA, THE ROCK, & UNDERTAKER are wrestlers I am so glad that were so big by themselves without the need of a group help.
Precisely why they couldn't and can't be touched ever.
Taker and Austin were in groups. They’re just not nearly as famous
@@mikemck4796 Austin was a loner
The nation..... of domination?
@@Atricks861 Nah. Undertaker was Bone Street Krew
Sooo basically,
70s and 80s wrestlers= PSYCOPATHS
90s and 00s= scumbags
2010s= nerds
Hahaha!!!!
Pretty much yeah
some good ppl in between
2020s snowflakes...
@@CarbiesChronicles The moment a person uses the term "snowflake" you know they are some whiny crybaby white conservative male.
“Even Frankenstein had to kick a few villagers asses to get over” is my new favorite saying ever
4:26 'A little skinny crusierweight with a bad face'
haha
I always thought something was off about that pic only to find out the Nasty Boys shaved his eyebrows the day before that pic was taken. It was for his action figure card too I believe lol
Who could forget the mega draw Adam Bomb
@@theeverchosen1504 right? lol. these are jobbers who are mad as shit the kliq got so over
@@sjdevils50 Be sure to tell Bret Hart that he is a jobber. I'm sure that will go over well. Same with Sid Vicious... don't think that one will go over well at all.
Bryan Clark basically called Shawn a pillow biter at the end LMAO
Vince as well lol
Bro I had to replay that a couple times to make sure that I heard correctly especially when he included Pat Patterson and we know he’s open about his sexuality…. lol 😂
@@aconater 🤣🤣🤣
@@polymathing we all knew he was f****** Shawn Michaels
123 Kid with no eyebrows is the funniest thing I've seen in awhile.
I like how Ultimate Warrior hates everyone in The Kliq except for Shawn Michaels 😂😂😂
They apparently were good friends for a while.
They are both huge divas so makes sense
yep two born again pricks brown nosing each other adds up to me.
Brett Hart was the man,the Hitman,he is the icon of icons!
Bret fart sucked and now he blames everyone for it he failed in w.c.w because he was weak with out Vince's editing on promos he thought he was to good to work with anyone which lead to dead matches
Bret = mid carder.
Bret was boring
Bret was the shit - his matches still hold up as top notch!
@@nesaiamon8727 yep, Bret Hart truly was The Man, not to mention he was a decent person respectful towards others and anyone who says otherwise DOES NOT realize he had fans ALL over the world because he sold out stadiums and events ALL over the world, a true "world" champion. Bret Hart Boring ? shit man he had technical skills that surpassed many of his peers and some of his matches were iconic, not on a one trick pony level, but that was the Hart Foundation is a sum. If anyone has ever seen Owen Hart and those high risk flips he did off the ropes and Brett's Technical wrestling moves one would say otherwise IF they weren't bias. They "earned" their respect without doing so as a cancer to the industry or at the expense of other people or their peers.
Pro Wrestling is an extremely cutthroat and Machiavellian business.
What happens behind that curtain is real as it gets..
I am surprised no one killed or seriously beat up HBK and Hall they sound like they were biggest knobs of all time !
Well HBK might have been subject to an ass beating but Hall would have caved someones head in
@@heyyo8360 facts hall wasnt no pussy
Well shawn got beat up a few times cause he was the ringleader and the biggest mouth. Nash was more of a backup guy. Vince also protected the kliq by enabling there actions and punishing anyone that complained. Keep in mind these were the dark days of WWE.
Bam Bam could have done it.
@@heyyo8360 that's a fact. People dont know that Hall had already killed someone before he ever stepped in a wrestling ring.
JC nails it, “people find god after everyone else won’t talk to them anymore “!
'no mortal being ...' - good turn of phrase, our Jimbo.
It's true tho he is not wrong. Than people find God and go to church to manipulate the weak. It goes hand in hand. People looking for salvation at there lowest are the easiest to direct in a way that you benefit from it.... Just remember you feed them the bullshit line that this is the way you must go.
Ah yes, you act like a complete dick for most your life and then you apologise for everything you’ve done when you have nothing
Yep
Bitter resentful unwise people trying to cope with and justify hating God for not getting their way.
💯
The 123 kid was nothing but a pocket holder and the boy they sent to get beer
Damn you! Now i'm gonna get 3 hours of sleep before work XD
+Bertisevil666 lmfao been there done that
Why not just take some speed? That's what the Klik would've done...
And blow
@@frostamatus kliq 4l you limp dik 🤡. When I'm bedding down with your mom I rock out to all the kliqs.music.i.give her all the sweet dik 🎶 she can handle
19:58 That has to be the best Vince impression i've ever heard in my life
Scary wasn’t it. First time I heard Cornys impression I couldn’t believe how spot on it was!
FOR REAL. And I thought BRUCE PRICHARD did a great Vince impression. LOL
Anthony Cumia does the best Vince.
What I meant was everybody bitches about Bret Hart having a huge ego while Michaels jobbed to his smile to get out of doing a "real job " to Hart at Wrestlemainia 13, BTW Man Mountain Rock was Maxx Payne in WCW.
Exactly
I'm too use to the warrior talking incoherently. He actually made sense in this interview.
Warrior makes a lot of sense.. when he's not in character
@@henhowell2433 Because he's a conservative. We all make sense in this mad weirdo world
@@chance2413 lol true
Im surprised nobody mentioned how the undertaker use to punk the kliq out with his locker room leadership
Did he really tho? All this talk about him being a leader but seems like he let jbl get away with a lot of shit
@@jojotwice8918 it’s because he was friends with jbl. He was a best man at his wedding lol
Because it never happened. He was too busy being a drunk at strip clubs and having the same boring, plodding match for 30 years.
Bryan Clark adding to the rumors that Sean was Vince McMahon's and Pat Patterson's boy toy.
Bryan Clark You mean
Godislove victory Yes. Thanks, I'll fix it.
+Ramon Suarez Bret Hart and LOD said it too
kevindagame Yeah, I was going to include them too. I can't deny that the video of them hugging and kissing during Shawn Micheals' HOF ceremony wasn't homoerotic. Maybe there was something really there.
+Ramon Suarez did you see the video of them sucking each other's dicks? That one made me think they were gay for sure
The truth is Vince wanted to be one of the boys soooooooooooo bad!!!!!!!! A frustrated wrestler.
definitely, the teacher wanting to be one of the “cool” kids
He wanted to be like hbk
Wanted to be inside the boys
It's funny because there is people like this at almost every job i worked at just a normal warehouse job.
Every Job you work at there will those type of people running around.. You question how do they still work here?
The Kliq was a group of friends watching out for themselves. Everyone was the same way. These guys teamed together to protect themselves.
they knew not to try that shit with taker though and the entire kliq would never go up to a guy like ahmed Johnson and tell him face to face all alone what they really thought of him I don't care how tall kevin nash is or was he wouldn't do that shit either he woulda got his fucking quad pulled off
lol
Lmao
Leave it to Bret Hart to turn a question about the Kliq into an answer about how great he was
chet michael overrated but so is HBK
Bret was, by all accounts, way too full of himself. Ya he was great, but probably not as great as he thought he was.
+913egok By whose accounts, HHH, Nash, and HBK? Lol, gtfo with that Kliq fanboy crap. Bret Hart was one of the greatest to step into the squared circle, and a bonafide superstar who carried the WWF. Legends like Stone Cold and Razor Ramon credit him for putting them on the map.
+Nell Bowie Lmfao, Bret Hart overrated? Lay off the crack please.
Egok Hart has a very bizzare personality quirk, in that, he's a really self-absorbed but otherwise alright guy.
Some of what Steele had said to Helmsley about the Curtain Call incident where he allegedly approached Steele and apologised and asked him for advice, is almost verbatim to what Jim Cornette had said to Helmsley about the same incident. Found it to be coincidental.
Bam Bam was cool as shit - total down-to-earth pro
well in wcw they just switched out shawn for hogan, the ironic thing is, that if hogan had stayed in wwf he would have buried shawn and had him jobbing
Basically what he did in 05 when shawn was floppin like a fish 🤣🤣🤣 if shawn was a scumbag Hogan was the granddaddy of scumbags lol
Man i miss bam bam real g
Me too bro. Bam bam was cool af!
If I could name my five least favourite wrestlers it would feature these guys
Man Bam Bam didnt pull any punches. That dude seems so authentic. I bet hed be a great guy to have a beer with
Sounds like nobody liked them.. I never cared for Shawn Michaels or the others but didnt know all this.. My distaste grew more after hearing the kind of shit they pulled..
The Kliq is still quite a polarizing figure in the wrestling business. My opinions on them are simply this, they did contribute to the business becoming better by them pushing the envelope whether it's was the NWO or DX on screen or backstage antics you can't deny that was big stuff back in the 90s. So whether you love or hate them they did help the business a lot during that time. Case closed!
This is the closest thing to a valid defense of the Kliq that there is, but the business record of the 5 guys is decidedy mixed. Nash, HBK, and HHH all had extensive runs as world champ that were terrible for business (look at the ratings after WCW went out of business and HHH was "the man" for years). Hall and Waltman were never really supposed to be big draws as performers. Now, the NWO and to a much lesser extent DX did elevate the business during the MNWars period, and they deserve credit for that but...their refusals to do jobs (especially Shawn and Kevin) during the same era meant that that business boom would be unsustainable. Just IMAGINE how good business could've been if Nash hadn't ducked Giant at Starrcade, or if HBK had've gone through with the Bret rematch.
So again, yes, they did many good things for business, but overall it's hardly an open and shut case.
The problem is their egos didn't allow them to step aside and make way for the future. They did what was best for themselves, not for the business. You want proof? Look at WCW.
Aimt no case closed tf outta here
get that dick out your mouth boy !
4:55 LMFAO - That Face
1996 was when I began to search for more and more ECW videos. Couldn't stand HBK's babyface push to the stars..continually beating Vader was a joke..I hated it as an 11 year old kid and Sid coming out on top at Survivor Series in NYC was unbelievable. Crazy that was 20 years ago.
I always said to myself if Shawn didn't get injured, The Attitude Era a.k.a. Stone Cold, The Rock & the rest of the crew wouldn't had happened.
Shawn was basically the first guy who told Vince that the show had to change in order to appeal to the new generation of fans. People say Shawn had a lot of power in the mid 90s. That was him pitching fresh ideas to Vince who rightly went along. And DX was also one of the focal points of that era. So to me Shawn definitely helped kick-start the attitude era. Yes he probably would have fucked with the Rock's career, but Austin became what he did while Shawn was still there.
What happened to Janetty had to happen for those guys to become singles stars. Just tell me how Shawn Michaels was overrated. He was easily the most athletic wrestler at the time. He was stylish, he had great mic skills, he could dance, hell he could even strip ! " HBK Shawn Michaels" was probably one of the hardest characters to pull off in the history of the business. If you think being sexy was easy then just look at how miserably characters like Val, Godfather, Billy Gun, Dude Love, etc failed. HBK wasn't all show, that character had substance. That's why he was actually sexy, unlike the rest.
913egok what the fuck are you talking about? everybody acknowledges his in ring talent, and gives different stories with similar themes of dickishness. if you Jack off to hbk, that's your business but being a good hand/worker requires more than the in ring part. and the weird relationship between hbk and Vince or hbk and Patterson explains his pull with the office and need to abuse pain killers.
PFlaw317
Need to put peoples names up in screen as they speak so we know who is commenting
Its in the info section
Times, as well as names
@@paulbotello1289 yeah but he said on screen I'm to lazy for all that other stuff
Plus it's just common courtesy
And if he wants to keep viewers on his channel
@@deedee6799 if you need all that, does he really need you? By the way, good job. You're so pathetic, you won't take 3 seconds if that, to see who's speaking.
I love HBK but too many ppl saying stuff about pillow biting and now we know what we know about Vince them 2 definitely got it on
hbk and vince literally moved across the street together. that's not normal for an employee and boss. it's a real teacher's pet situation. vince's golden boy moving across the street from vkm yep shawn was defo vince's boy toy.
First guy was definitely mad lol
38:14 : road warriors but sound just about exactly like a mixture of Shawn & Hunter even Jericho chiming in at once answering the question 😅🎉❤
Bam Bam telling the truth.
boy Bam Bam, Jim Cornette and Shane Douglas has the biggest gripe against THE KLIQ if they're featured them a lot!
It makes sad until this day that Vince McMahon didn't have the courage to fire the Kliq when he rightfully knew they were doing different kind of bullshit in the company.
Oh well I guess the company will never learn.
Tatanka was so over during that time. I wonder if it was partly due to the success of ‘Dances with Wolves’
The Kliq was smart, they used/helped each other to get to the top, stay there and make a LOT of $ while they were on top.
Scott hall is more honest and nicer then triple h and hulk hogan
@@superlex611 Hall honest and nice 😂 ask the women he drugged raped n beat up
@@superlex611HHH is very nice and honest. Hilarious too. Have you heard any of his shoot interviews?
I would say that HBK and Hall were the two bad seeds that corrupted the other guys.
it was Nash and hbk
@@Thompson200Z In Nashs interview he constantly says "Scott told me, Shawn told me". Kev is cool, but hes a follower
Nash wanted to be part of the bsk with taker but because Nash was defending Hall and hbks behaviour at the time Nash wasn't accepted Nash had to always have hbks back because it was him who got him a job at wwf Nash just clung to people who he thought had power or influence in the industry he was the big man who tried to act the big man but never actually worked he got humbled massively and left wwf because bret wouldn't take nashs finisher Nash got annoyed n started to walk out the room taker stood up and said to bret "mf it isn't always about you" .... That Nash mentions alot on interviews...... The part Nash misses out is....... Nash started laughing thinking taker was taking nashs side and Nash thought yes am now in with taker oh how wrong he was taker then picked up the chair and threw it at the wall and all 4 legs of the chair stuck in the wall right next to where Nash was standing and said to nash " its not about you either mf it's about business" nashs face dropped walked out the room went for a shower then told Scott Hall "tell bishoff he's got a deal"
Then nash went to wcw Nash even later on tried to get in on the kane and undertaker angle later on with the brothers of disturction and tried to be a 3rd brother that no one knew about vince went to taker and kane with the idea taker laughed and said no so it never happened.... Alot of people don't know that full story but for someone who knows people not mentioning any names that were very close to people high up in the wwf at the time that is the facts
So "Adam Bomb" & Lex both are taking credit for giving them the name
"The Kliq" 🤣👌
When you think about it, these are a bunch of grown ass men performing make-believe stunts. It’s quite literally like a circus. It’s kinda funny that there was a group that did little hand signs and apparently ran the entire place.
not to many people know this but back in 1994 when I was 2 I came up with the name the kliq true story
lex luger says Davie boy Smith walked past them and started saying click click click, so lex luger called them the kliq,so there ye go
Wrestling is a business based on self promotion. If you don't look out for yourself, no one else sure as shit will.
19:58 damn that was a good Vince impression
Sounds like several people came up with the name the Kliq
The Kliq whether you like them or not-- they're the group that ushered in The Attitude era , The Wrestling Soap opera if you will , and no one has ever been able to top them.
SCSA is Attitude Era and took the title from HBK whether he liked it or not.
Bret Hart, and Stone Cold Steve Austin ushered in the Attitude Era.
@@screamrad218 Credit needs to go to ECW which did the whole Attitude thing all the way back in 94. Not to mention the various Mexican and Japanese promotions like FMW and AAA which were breaking gate records while WWF was struggling.
Old Thread, but all of the responses here are good points. I think the Attitude Era was a culmination of various factors, and the one's mentioned here all played a significant factor in it's development and evolution!
Rope* Opera
The moment he claimed creating the name I was like "fuck off!". It was Lex
That was the life for those guys, they all let it go to their head in completley different ways and at the end of the day - no point in moaning about it. They were nowhere near as bad as the people in the music and movie industry - they were sterotypical guys. Stupid that they weren't more mature but you put 5 guys together, with fame, money and some form of power - they are all going to follow each other. Taker didn't - that's why I respect him the most. He was the wise Chap Stewart that everyone said he always was, sitting there quietly with his Jack, watching and surveying everything and that's why he's lasted the longest because he's the only wrestler out of all the top tier stars that didn't have any major problems. He was the Vince of the locker room and tbh I've kind of modelled myself after that type of personality because it gets you far.
+James Macgregor doesn't give them a pass; many people got over at young ages and they didnt' act like they did. sick of excuses in society
+jpm4444 Of course it doesn't. There were juvenille, delinquent and abnoxious. But they became international stars and made a career, became icons of their time and legends of their generation. Whether they did what they should have done or not - they've always been good at their job and that's why we pay to see them.
+James Macgregor Ibthink you're giving them a little to much praise, they aren't icons or legends sure they had good careers but fuck legends? ummm no, Bret Hart, Dynamite kid, steve austin, andre the giant, those dudes were and are legends and icons same with rowdy roddy piper
+hitcan79 Shawn has always been regarded the best in the business, Hunter has always proved to be the most natural and the most hard-working in the business. The other three - I'm not fond of.. those two are legends and it's not to be disputed - it's fact. Being especially that they both rank incredibly high on Taker's list and Taker IS WWE.
@@jamesmacgregor3911Undertaker had his BSK crew. BSK members and the Kliq loved each other.
Might make sense to have the name of person your interviewing somewhere
Kevin Nash a great wrestler? Lol what?
+SuperSkinsman lol we are better than kevin nash
SuperSkinsman Kevin Nash couldn't work his way out of a wet paper bag with a Chainsaw filled with Gasoline. lmao
He was good for a big man
Great look but not great wrestler. Good at best
@@brobsty1856 nash was an okay big man. far from being good or great
People need to get on Sean Waltman for wearing a bandana with a tuxedo like they get on Hogan.
12:30 WWE classic moment. The night Duke The Dumpster Drosey formed The Kliq. An often over looked fact...
Lex Luger Gave them the name the Kliq. Shawn Michaels Kevin Nash and Triple H said it was Luger Not Clark who Called them the Kliq
Bob Holly is as real as it gets. Love that guy.
Hes a nob and a bully fuck him
The Kliq were bullies.
I wish Bob Holly would stop saying "YOU KNOW". No, we don't! That's why we're listening!
I always wondered if WWE Is in the state it is today because half or all those guys are working behind the scenes there today and don't wanna see another kliq form and take there jobs.
Think about it 🤔
Ah the old 2015 audio that sounds like a video game.
For them to toy with people the way they did is pathetic. Have there ever been any stories of them getting their ass kicked or done the same way they did others?
The Kliq ruined my life.
I wonder if The Kliq ever tried to mess with Undertaker.
TakerKaneanite619 undertaker was over too much for them to have any influence on his career same with hogan
Undertaker loves them.
i actually came up with the name the kliq.
No you didn't, I did!
@@Robocoppat NO, I DID!! And X-Pac was there to see it!!!
@@katkenobi6765 x-smack was in rehab at the time..next?
@@Robocoppat You obviously didn’t get the joke 🙄🙄🙄. So annoying having to explain what should be glaringly OBVIOUS to a wrestling fan….
This thread should be re-titled various wrestlers shoot on the infamous Sean Michaels, as he's the one who's behind 99% of the sh-- talked about in this montage.
Are you a little bitter there Bryan Clark? 😄
Is that really Bam Bam Bigelows voice? Can't picture that voice on him. Weird.
Which people are actually talking about the group???? I think one of them might be Bryan Clarke.
They're all in the description.
Is it me or scott hall looks like a drunk , tall Eric bishoff with longer hair in the thumbnail pic.
So who is lying.....Lex Luger or Bryan Clark? They both couldn't have given the Kliq their nickname.
I thought it was Hennig that got Waltman? Looking up bags is definitely a Hennig move lmao
Listening to Shane Douglas cry salty tears is always a highlight of these interviews
mc mahons's must have really been through Shawn micheals.
The 1000th Like for this video!
You see this allways and everywhere, certain kinds of social behaviour will group itself. Seen often that people who dont know each other will get friends with similar people, drugs addicts with drug addicts etc etc. So this doesnt surprise me. You see that all have their problems, just look at their appearances. The core problem is that vince allowed this to happen
Luger was the one that named them. Triple H confirmed it as well
And Luger credited Davey Boy.
It appears as if Shawn Michaels was a wise ass and talked a lot of shit, but wasn’t really serious in most cases. Some guys laughed but others may have been a serious and had issues with it. Kevin Nash is the iconic leader of the group, and the close relations they all have with each has created a bonded that has certainly lasted the test of time. Always a big fan of the guys in this group because they seemed to always have the sense of what the fans really liked,and it worked very well. Make no mistake, Hall and Nash is the reason why WCW bested WWF while Vince was rebuilding, and Shawn Michaels with Hunter forming D-X was the only faction that could rival the Outsiders/ NWO during that time period.
HBK was the leader of the Kliq; Nash was just the biggest guy
@@Jblizzybaby I do not really know, but maybe those two, Scott Hall and Sean Walkman was very close. Shawn probably needed the Kliq more for his own protection than anyone else, but he was also the biggest asset to Vince McMahon, so he may have needed it for those reasons and because his mouth potentially could get him into real trouble.
@@Jblizzybaby Hall was the leader... Hbk was the talent... Nash was the biggest guy and hunter was the tag along waiting for his opportunity to take the top spot everyone in the industry knows hunter was a snake and he's only still there because of him being with steph hunter is protected that's why hardly any story's are out there about him because anyone says anything about hunter will never work with wwe again or be in the hof
triple h vs hbk in a 3 hour iron man ladder match at wrestlemania next year, have the entire roster (including the rock, lesnar, undertaker, stone cold and cena) stand on the stage chanting "holy shit" "this is awesome" and "lets go hunter, michaels sucks!" and whoever wins is carried off from the ring to a humvee limo outside and declared starting quarterback of the dallas cowboys
Too boring and bland. Not gimmicky enough.
Wish I knew who was talking
In description
Am I crazy, or was there another person speaking between Holly and Snow?
I meant Douglas and Snow.
Bigelow always sounds like he just left a smoking session with RVD. Joe Cools both.
The funniest thing about the Kliq to me all these years later, is that a lot of mid cars guys say that they were all a bunch of crybabies but yet it’s 25 years later, and all these guys do is cry about the Kliq.
Who was talking at first?
Always wondered about why they never ended up 'going there' with it as an on air stable, once they eventually had them all together again anyway and when they saw that wwe's version of nWo wasn't working? Hell by the time HBK himself was strangely part of nWo he even suspiciously kicked out any remaining members who hadn't been in the Clique. After all They've been willing to turn 'controversy into cash' on numerous occasions for years and years. Hmm
Adam bomb did not name the Kliq, lex Lugar did
3:50 LMFAOOO I FUCKING HOLLERED
THAT IS ........so sadd, that VINCE MC MAHON......let them get avay with this........but i guess he was so in love with shawn michaels that he let him do what he wanted 2 do.......AND i heard this......'THE CURTAIN CALL'......was vince mc mahon's idea !!!.
I know Good ol Jr said if it wasn't for the horseman, there would be no DX or NWO. But the Kliq were the one's that held the glue together to make those historical factions. Please don't hate me for saying that.
I don't know other than hearsay what these guys were like backstage but all of them were fun to watch in the ring over the years.
George Steele was there how's it hearsay??
Michael Allan Rubin was he there? Really? Or is it a work?
@@milotherussianblue3691 it's not all a work you're an idiot
Michael Allan Rubin okay believe what you want. The anger is strong in this one.
The first guy is so funny. Tell us how you really feel 🤣
Damn, so much hate for the Kliq.
They were all douches and what not, but to shit on Waltman? That dude could go.
I thought Luger named them the kliq
When the Kliq was at it's peak of backstage powers, it was when WWE was at it's worse. Only HBK and Scott Hall can do good matches (HHH didn't get good until attitude era / Xpac was forgettable until DX).
But it was all Vince's fault for letting them get away with everything.
14:04 That's on Tammy, not Shawn.
Mr George Steele sounds an awful lot like what col Kurtz would have sounded like in his "sane" days
Who us the first guy speaking in this video. I thought it was Lex
Adam bomb
Thanks a lot, appreciate it.
triple h buried NO ONE. you either sink or you swim you either adapt or you perish you're either best for business or you're not. triple h LEGEND
+SuperSkinsman Yeah, keep thinking that. *wank motion*
haitch 4life kliq 444444life 4life
+SuperSkinsman You've already said that.
you're kidding me!
+SuperSkinsman Are you that shocked?
Idc what anyone says HBK has some of the best matches...especially against Bret and Undertaker. I love him and Scott Hall especially in the ladder match. Now Triple H is a douche that doesn't deserve the fame he has...he's talentless and the way he treated Chyna cannot be excused...I've heard so many wrestlers hate on each other, the brotherhood is pretty much high school. 98% of the wrestler in the 90's were addicts so the stories aren't surprising. People hated the Bulldogs because they were pranksters and jerks. But people do deserve the right to change. Well everyone except Triple H with his "3ft nose" per The Rock. 😆 I love Undertaker he's such a great guy.❤
Triple h was good. He played his role in the company to make it what it is today. He earned everything he got. As far as hbk, he was a whiny bitch when he didn't want to do certain angles I say hbk had it way easier. But he did have classic matches...