I feel the same way. Stevie is too hard on himself. He is more than enough. He comes across as a very nice guy. Down to earth and caring to fans and people in general.
I promise you Stevie, your last ride wasn't bad from a fan perspective. Seeing your character get his comeuppance was all we saw, and it was satisfying. Undertaker landing on his butt added to the spot in my opinion. It looked more impactful.
@@michiganjack1337only just starting to notice this. I always thought wrestlers were just selling their exhaustion😂😂😂 selling that they're giving it their last bit of power. But no, they're really tired and they make an oopsie and fall sometimes😂😂 But as a fan, I've NEVER seen it as a messed up move. it was just an extra layer to the story. Wrestling truly is fascinating, I'm glad they talk about it more now.
As a fan it looked great. Especially with how tall Stevie is. Nunzio is tiny. Xpac is also very light and shorter than Stevie also Christian isn't very big either. Did Taker ever give KANE the last ride? Or Brock?
@@TheFailedmessiahhe may have done to Brock, but maybe one out of the corner when they are already at his shoulders from a mounted corner punch, as he tended to do in his later years. I guess the punishment his knees and hips had taken kind of put The Last Ride on the shelf a bit as he would’ve had trouble with the lifting from the head in the crotch position.
@@TheFailedmessiah I’ve seen him last ride Brock 4 times at no mercy 2002 on smackdown 2003 no mercy 2003 and summerslam 2015 all of them were pretty good ones especially the first 3
That Spear was brutal… or I should say, he made that Spear look brutal. It amazes me how much the smaller guys were willing to take, the likes of Nunzio and Spike (among others) basically gave their bodies to their opponent and made them look a million dollars!
Great to see Stevie having a lot of success post wrestling. Such a down to earth honest guy. Saw him wrestling in Birmingham in 2002 at a live show which was just before the plane ride from hell I believe. He was in the hardcore title match.
I was never a fan. I didn’t watch too much wrestling, but I was young and thought right to censor is what made wrestling less fun lol. No more thongs? Get outta here, Stevie. But yeah he’s been all over my RUclips algorithm for like a month and he’s cool to listen to. Seems like an alright dude
I thought this was going to be a straight up botch, looked fantastic especially the camera shot once Stevie got to his shoulders. I get being disappointed in not giving someone like Taker your best and causing him to take a mini bump but visually it looked sick
The move itself looks fine, but Taker looked kinda bad because of Stevie's mistake. When you fall on your ass after doing your move, you don't look that good.
Great technical breakdown on the physical movements that go into bumping and wrestling. A lot of young and aspiring wrestlers should watch these videos and take notes.
I love seeing breakdowns of X-Pac. I didn't like him back when but now in hindsight I can really appreciate how good he was at making his opponents look like a million bucks. 🤩
My favorite last ride, in terms of the bump was Matt Hardy at the 2002 Royal Rumble. I think that bump was used as the model for the Last Ride in the 'Here Comes The Pain' Smackdown game.
Wasn't there a WWE show like a month ago where every match had at least one botch? Keep glazing Triple H and trying to get Stevie and James to notice you.
@@FreeThinkAlwaysI mean it's understandable Taker is very old by that point of his career but his constant unsatisfied on his supposed last match (the one with Roman) kept him to comeback until 2020 with AJ Style
I think Matt Hardy took a pretty good last ride as well. I think he was the first one to sell it by slowly sitting up after bumping and then just slowly rolling over onto the mat after
Stevie, I completely agree with you on everything, but there is one Last Ride that has stuck with me for years I think you need to have a look at. Undertaker versus Kurt Angle at Fully Loaded 2000 featured the most violent bump from the Last Ride I have ever seen. Jim Ross makes the call that it sounds like a car crash. It's so loud that it almost does.
@LoveEatingBricks Royal Rumble 2000 Catus Jack vs HHH in a street fight... there is a spot where Jack piledrives H in the Announce Table and he pulls on them tights, right up his ass 🤣🤣
Honestly, Undertaker falling down a bit at the end looked like recoil from an impactful move being done on someone we hated being put away for good. It worked for the story and I feel most fans watched that and thought the same.
People forget that Sean Waltman was 6,1 and 220 pounds. He wasn’t the smallest person on the roster. He was just so good at being the underdog with his small frame.
You're always so damn harsh on yourself. It was a great spot. And at the end of the day, you guys performed it safely. Which is a damn way better than how some spots go.
i think stevie is underselling himself. his drop was great and yea the fact that undertaker dropped himself just meant he put all of himself in the move.
To use weightlifting terminology - as somebody who has never lifted a 20kg barbell in their life - I'd liken this manoeuvre to a power assisted "clean and jerk", far more difficult for taller athletes to carry out upon the "receiver" and requiring" great upper and lower body strength from both, along with balance during those critical seconds before the "press and drop". As others have commented, from a viewer's vantage point it looked spectacular and the only negative aspect to its flawed execution was the increased risk of injury that it posed to you both, which I find very hard to wholly blame you for. The heaviest wrestler that I ever saw taker "send" on their the Last ride was a near 300lb Test, and that appeared considerably more dangerous...albeit every bit as spellbinding to the captivated fans! There's a clip off RUclips to which I tried to post a link but my post was instantly deleted. So try running a Google search.
Are you kidding? This last ride looked devastating! The fact that undertaker fell almost felt like he slammed the human feces out of you. I thought this was the best last ride ever performed because of how devastating it looked!
I can't imagine taking the bumps and bruises in a match. Then jumping into a car traveling to the next city. A guys body would cramp and get stiff. Football players get iced down, massages and whirlpools to recover from a game
if you look up Last Ride compilations on RUclips, you will see that any Last Ride Stevie took wasn't even near being the worst compared to some of the others out there.
I’m a little new to Stevie’s analysis of moves, and I don’t think I’ve seen one archived, but I have always wondered how Rob Van Dam bounced and took the additional back bump off of Tommy Dreamer’s piledriver. That would be an interesting analysis methinks. 👍
@@kinginthenorth1437 so what you’re saying is when Dreamer dropped down, RVD pushed “downward” with his arms, and Dreamer let go just in time so that downward push would essentially be like a jump, which would then give RVD enough height to flatten out and take the back bump? Did I interpret your response correctly? If that’s the case, my goodness RVD is strong.
Honestly, when I saw this live, I just thought that Taker gave him and extra thump on the slam part because Stevie was a heel and that's why Taker went back. I didn't see or think of this as a botch. It looked good because Right To Censor was so annoying when they were on TV.
When he started using it, he was strong as hell and he pulled it off every time even in cases where others would’ve dropped their opponents on their heads. Taker had insane core strength back then.
Stevie as a fan I'll say this for a true wrestling fan a perfect match is never full of perfectly perfected moves wrestling should be rough and rugged looking with what people call botches the current crop of wrestlers just need to reduce tha and that there is a way to make the sloppy safe .... the din it for 100 years before all these matches now that are flip here flip their 20 million false finishes with devastating moves to end in a roll up ... coming from a fan from the attitude era I find myself watching old wrestling tapes from well before I was born and enjoying it more than most of the modern product and no I'm not just a wwe fan either I'm a wrestling fan if aew actually produces something interesting I'd pay attention to it same with tna .... I. Actually enjoying the tna nxt crossovers and that's the stuff I feel wrestling needs as a whole I feel as a fan and it would be nice to see all wrestling companies working together (would never happen but would be nice ) it would be interesting to see say all the major world promotions do an interpromotinal tournament just to see how it would be booked but again tha would never happen and I think the thna x cup was the closest we ever got to that
You are your own worst critic Stevie. There was nothing wrong with that last ride you took from a fan's perspective. If anything Taker falling over made it look like he put extra oomph
Not intending on being weird or sus. I exercise a bit myself. Maybe it's the angle of the photo at the start but you genuinely look in better shape in 2024 then 2001 Slimmer but healthy Heard you had some health problems recently awesome to see you're kicking a** Thank you for your part in my childhood watching wrestling
How on Earth do you not take a mega-wedgie getting lifted by your trunks like that ? That was always my question . It seems like your trunks would turn into a thong with the waist being halfway up your back LOL !!!!
Stevie can you talk about crash holly ? The details about his death has always been mysterious. Read he took pills and alcohol for sucide at your house. Some reports say he choked on his vommit
Stevie, could you do a video of how the voice projection in the ring could effect you negatively and changes you could make linguistically? Vince sounds awful
Man can see why neither guy was happy with that bumpy ride. Stevie taking it badly is one thing but the fact Taker ended up falling down makes it worse, the last thing you want to do is make it look like your own finisher takes yourself out along with your opponent.
Hi Stevie! This is just a minor suggestion. I know you love having this come across as a show. I was wondering if you’ve ever thought about using a wireless mic? Or are the headphones strictly so you can hear James? Maybe you could get an ear bud. It’s the not the biggest deal. I just thought it might help with how well your production has been looking.
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A few minor cuts due to content ID in 2 places, so if you see random jumps that's why.
Tbh Undertaker falling backwards onto his bum. Made it look like he put more power into it than usual.
I remember watching it live as a kid and thinking that
Same thought. Happy accident, I guess.
Stevie is so hard on himself. I don’t know him but it feels like watching a friend beat up on themselves when you know they’re good at what they do.
Did you watch the last bit of the video?
@@ryanboscoe9670I did but I still worry he has a low opinion of himself.
also he said he didnt know he was suppose to do 1 or 2 things while taking it.
@@timbow1356 indeed you’re right. You can be big or you can be lean but ya can’t be big and lean without chemical assistance.
I feel the same way. Stevie is too hard on himself. He is more than enough. He comes across as a very nice guy. Down to earth and caring to fans and people in general.
I promise you Stevie, your last ride wasn't bad from a fan perspective. Seeing your character get his comeuppance was all we saw, and it was satisfying. Undertaker landing on his butt added to the spot in my opinion. It looked more impactful.
From a fan perspective it looked great. Also Stevie is TALL. PERHAPS one of the tallest to take the last ride
@@TheFailedmessiah Probably yea, bar Test
And with Taker falling like he did just made it seem like he put more oomph into it.
@@TheFailedmessiah he's 6'2, there's plenty of taller guys he's done it to, The Rock, HHH, Batista etc
@@michiganjack1337only just starting to notice this.
I always thought wrestlers were just selling their exhaustion😂😂😂 selling that they're giving it their last bit of power.
But no, they're really tired and they make an oopsie and fall sometimes😂😂
But as a fan, I've NEVER seen it as a messed up move. it was just an extra layer to the story.
Wrestling truly is fascinating, I'm glad they talk about it more now.
This last ride gave the impression the Undertaker was drilling him so hard that he fell over. I always thought it looked realy good!
As a fan it looked great. Especially with how tall Stevie is. Nunzio is tiny. Xpac is also very light and shorter than Stevie also Christian isn't very big either. Did Taker ever give KANE the last ride? Or Brock?
@@TheFailedmessiah Hmm...Kane don't think so but he may well have done to Brock.
@@TheFailedmessiahhe may have done to Brock, but maybe one out of the corner when they are already at his shoulders from a mounted corner punch, as he tended to do in his later years. I guess the punishment his knees and hips had taken kind of put The Last Ride on the shelf a bit as he would’ve had trouble with the lifting from the head in the crotch position.
@@TheFailedmessiah I’ve seen him last ride Brock 4 times at no mercy 2002 on smackdown 2003 no mercy 2003 and summerslam 2015 all of them were pretty good ones especially the first 3
Yours looked great, and Undertaker falling back at the end made it look super impactful
Nunzio's last ride was amazing. I still remember that last ride plus the SPEAR from Goldberg.
That Spear was brutal… or I should say, he made that Spear look brutal. It amazes me how much the smaller guys were willing to take, the likes of Nunzio and Spike (among others) basically gave their bodies to their opponent and made them look a million dollars!
I remember Lil Guido taking that Last Ride. One of the funniest bumps ever. He was such a great character and in ring performer.
Great to see Stevie having a lot of success post wrestling. Such a down to earth honest guy. Saw him wrestling in Birmingham in 2002 at a live show which was just before the plane ride from hell I believe. He was in the hardcore title match.
I think he’s finding his niche. Outside of his early work with Raven his character was pretty generic and didn’t fit
I was never a fan. I didn’t watch too much wrestling, but I was young and thought right to censor is what made wrestling less fun lol. No more thongs? Get outta here, Stevie.
But yeah he’s been all over my RUclips algorithm for like a month and he’s cool to listen to. Seems like an alright dude
It looked ok. The little bit of a struggle makes it look more real.
Still, Taker fell on his ass after the move, not the best look for him, especially since it wasn't his fault.
Not to dump on the analysis, but of course the guys who weigh under 210 are going to take the best power bombs. 😏
Love the smack down Twix replay Picture in Picture
I thought this was going to be a straight up botch, looked fantastic especially the camera shot once Stevie got to his shoulders. I get being disappointed in not giving someone like Taker your best and causing him to take a mini bump but visually it looked sick
Excellent talk thru Stevie!! Keep up the good work brother!
When he fell back I thought it made it look vicious.
Dude, it looks absolutely splendid to me. It's cool you wanna improve it, but do'n't beat yourself up about this. You're unequivocally the man Stevie!
No, he’s absolutely right that it looks pretty terrible.
I didn't think it was any worse than any others really.
The move itself looks fine, but Taker looked kinda bad because of Stevie's mistake. When you fall on your ass after doing your move, you don't look that good.
@@jonpotter9510 Nah calm down
Id love to see Stevie on takers podcast so they could talk about this as id imagine taker does not even consider this the worst or even close to it
This is why wrestling is hard. Ppl talk too much bout what nobody understands. Stevie is a real pro n a great nice guy!
Im beyond ecstatic to be alive in 2024 with the Stevie Richards show happening. Had a recent TBI tho could be a work lmao jkjk (except about the TBI)
One of the best last rides. The fall over impact looked devastating.
I don't know what he's on about it looked great.
Great technical breakdown on the physical movements that go into bumping and wrestling. A lot of young and aspiring wrestlers should watch these videos and take notes.
I love seeing breakdowns of X-Pac.
I didn't like him back when but now in hindsight I can really appreciate how good he was at making his opponents look like a million bucks. 🤩
Ironically, I'm rewatching older WWF stuff and I just watched this episode last night, I saw it and went...Oh Stevie LOL
My favorite last ride, in terms of the bump was Matt Hardy at the 2002 Royal Rumble. I think that bump was used as the model for the Last Ride in the 'Here Comes The Pain' Smackdown game.
Stevie considers this to be terrible, yet it’s nothing compared to the embarrassing botches seen on a regular basis at AEW
Clearly Stevie didn't watch the undertakers terrible performances in his last bunch of matches in the ring
Wasn't there a WWE show like a month ago where every match had at least one botch? Keep glazing Triple H and trying to get Stevie and James to notice you.
@@FreeThinkAlwaysI mean it's understandable Taker is very old by that point of his career but his constant unsatisfied on his supposed last match (the one with Roman) kept him to comeback until 2020 with AJ Style
I dont think it was that bad
I like how Stevie watches his TV like Brett Hart did in the 90's, I know there's not many ways he can do it but that's what it reminds me of
The way Stevie says "James" is so endearing
That was one heck of a wedgey Nunzio took there man.
I have to say every time I see him doing the last ride, I’m hearing it’s the circle of life 🤣
Christian is criminally underrated. WWE never used him properly he always shines anywhere else.
I think Matt Hardy took a pretty good last ride as well. I think he was the first one to sell it by slowly sitting up after bumping and then just slowly rolling over onto the mat after
Snitsky would've never admitted it was his fault, good for you Stevie!
Steve is a good guy
You are a big guy, man. Understandable.
The Christian Last Ride was so good it was the animation they used for years in the games as Taker's finisher, if I'm remembering right.
Stevie, I completely agree with you on everything, but there is one Last Ride that has stuck with me for years I think you need to have a look at. Undertaker versus Kurt Angle at Fully Loaded 2000 featured the most violent bump from the Last Ride I have ever seen. Jim Ross makes the call that it sounds like a car crash. It's so loud that it almost does.
I think that made it seem more devastating that he fell down. Like he put so much behind it he fell
8:20 Nunzio is lucky he didn't get the thong thing happen like Catus Jack did to H 😂😂
Yeah, they don't all wear cups
What do you mean "the thong thing"? Cause I'm curious lol
@LoveEatingBricks Royal Rumble 2000 Catus Jack vs HHH in a street fight... there is a spot where Jack piledrives H in the Announce Table and he pulls on them tights, right up his ass 🤣🤣
Honestly, Undertaker falling down a bit at the end looked like recoil from an impactful move being done on someone we hated being put away for good. It worked for the story and I feel most fans watched that and thought the same.
Stevie go splat 😂😂😂😂
People forget that Sean Waltman was 6,1 and 220 pounds. He wasn’t the smallest person on the roster. He was just so good at being the underdog with his small frame.
To be fair, lifting RTC Steven Richards is the equivalent to the Big Show.
It really wasn't that bad...yeah taker had to do more work ..but no one was in danger and it looked super impactful ..
I figured Spike Dudley would be number 1. I think he is the one who would windmill his arms.
You're always so damn harsh on yourself. It was a great spot. And at the end of the day, you guys performed it safely. Which is a damn way better than how some spots go.
Would love you to do a video that is about Christian somehow. Such an underrated wrestler.
Thanks for the tips. I’ll use this next time I Last Ride my wife through the living room coffee table.
Christian is my favourite smaller wrestler and one of my all time favourites
i think stevie is underselling himself. his drop was great and yea the fact that undertaker dropped himself just meant he put all of himself in the move.
Unreal how good Waltman is at taking moves….
Christian too
To use weightlifting terminology - as somebody who has never lifted a 20kg barbell in their life - I'd liken this manoeuvre to a power assisted "clean and jerk", far more difficult for taller athletes to carry out upon the "receiver" and requiring" great upper and lower body strength from both, along with balance during those critical seconds before the "press and drop". As others have commented, from a viewer's vantage point it looked spectacular and the only negative aspect to its flawed execution was the increased risk of injury that it posed to you both, which I find very hard to wholly blame you for. The heaviest wrestler that I ever saw taker "send" on their the Last ride was a near 300lb Test, and that appeared considerably more dangerous...albeit every bit as spellbinding to the captivated fans! There's a clip off RUclips to which I tried to post a link but my post was instantly deleted. So try running a Google search.
this also shows how crazy strong undertaker was
Are you kidding? This last ride looked devastating! The fact that undertaker fell almost felt like he slammed the human feces out of you. I thought this was the best last ride ever performed because of how devastating it looked!
The weirdest weather report I have seen.
I can't imagine taking the bumps and bruises in a match. Then jumping into a car traveling to the next city. A guys body would cramp and get stiff. Football players get iced down, massages and whirlpools to recover from a game
if you look up Last Ride compilations on RUclips, you will see that any Last Ride Stevie took wasn't even near being the worst compared to some of the others out there.
I’m a little new to Stevie’s analysis of moves, and I don’t think I’ve seen one archived, but I have always wondered how Rob Van Dam bounced and took the additional back bump off of Tommy Dreamer’s piledriver. That would be an interesting analysis methinks. 👍
He does an inverted military press of his body weight.
@@kinginthenorth1437 so what you’re saying is when Dreamer dropped down, RVD pushed “downward” with his arms, and Dreamer let go just in time so that downward push would essentially be like a jump, which would then give RVD enough height to flatten out and take the back bump? Did I interpret your response correctly?
If that’s the case, my goodness RVD is strong.
Technically it may have been a little off but still think it works and looked great, Impactful with taker going down
These vids are amazing ......move analysis ......Next level ❤
Honestly, when I saw this live, I just thought that Taker gave him and extra thump on the slam part because Stevie was a heel and that's why Taker went back. I didn't see or think of this as a botch. It looked good because Right To Censor was so annoying when they were on TV.
Do a vid with Victoria … y’all looked great together
Sometimes when its ugly, its better
I often wonder why Taker picked a finisher he was barely strong enough to pull off, especially in the later years.
When he started using it, he was strong as hell and he pulled it off every time even in cases where others would’ve dropped their opponents on their heads.
Taker had insane core strength back then.
So Keith Lee's finisher is indeed a version of Undertaker's
Just to echo what other people have said.
It looked like Taker put more into it because he fell back. Botching it mightve made it better tbh
I'm sure Steve found out it was his fault afterwards Mark would of give him shit about his mess up.
i thought this last ride looked really good, he had you up so high.
They had Christian taking the last ride on Takers titantron.
😅 it'll be interesting to see if anyone else knocked undertaker on his ass like you. Stevie love the videos❤
STEVIE MY DUDE YOU ARE WAYBTO HARD ON YOURSELF. Part of that was Takers fault
Go look at Tests last ride, that one was scary.
His ass de orbiting undertaker hahahaha
Stevie as a fan I'll say this for a true wrestling fan a perfect match is never full of perfectly perfected moves wrestling should be rough and rugged looking with what people call botches the current crop of wrestlers just need to reduce tha and that there is a way to make the sloppy safe .... the din it for 100 years before all these matches now that are flip here flip their 20 million false finishes with devastating moves to end in a roll up ... coming from a fan from the attitude era I find myself watching old wrestling tapes from well before I was born and enjoying it more than most of the modern product and no I'm not just a wwe fan either I'm a wrestling fan if aew actually produces something interesting I'd pay attention to it same with tna .... I. Actually enjoying the tna nxt crossovers and that's the stuff I feel wrestling needs as a whole I feel as a fan and it would be nice to see all wrestling companies working together (would never happen but would be nice ) it would be interesting to see say all the major world promotions do an interpromotinal tournament just to see how it would be booked but again tha would never happen and I think the thna x cup was the closest we ever got to that
X-pac was like 95 lbs. How could Taker ever fuck that up?
Actually looked like he bombed you so hard that even he fell because of how powerful it was 🤷🏼♂️
Seeing as the used this on Taker's tron it really didn't go that badly.
My sympathies to Taker.
Steve Regal took it the worst.
You are your own worst critic Stevie. There was nothing wrong with that last ride you took from a fan's perspective. If anything Taker falling over made it look like he put extra oomph
If you take a bad bump, do you apologize to a vet like taker afterwards?
HBK took the best last ride imo
i know you only posted Stevie but I'm gonna nag you till you start doing gaming videos :) day 2 of annoying Stevie till he makes a gaming channel
Taka took the best last ride in my opinion
Not intending on being weird or sus. I exercise a bit myself. Maybe it's the angle of the photo at the start but you genuinely look in better shape in 2024 then 2001
Slimmer but healthy
Heard you had some health problems recently awesome to see you're kicking a**
Thank you for your part in my childhood watching wrestling
He's previously spoke about being in a bad mental state and letting his weight get out of control during that time period.
I had no idea actually
Did you guys ever practice it?
How on Earth do you not take a mega-wedgie getting lifted by your trunks like that ? That was always my question . It seems like your trunks would turn into a thong with the waist being halfway up your back LOL !!!!
Lol the white socks crack me up 😂
There were more than 3 guys in the Right to Censor group? I only recall Stevie, Godfather, Bull Buchanen, and Ivory. Who else was in there?
Val Venis
Val venis
Val venis was and at the end was blackmon. From what I remember anyways. Take t with a grain of salt.
Do you ever talk about working with Victoria?
Raw is War was such a terrible name. Warzone worked though
Nah they both worked together
Stevie can you talk about crash holly ? The details about his death has always been mysterious. Read he took pills and alcohol for sucide at your house. Some reports say he choked on his vommit
9:45 Chris Benoit
Stevie, could you do a video of how the voice projection in the ring could effect you negatively and changes you could make linguistically? Vince sounds awful
Vince is 79 years old and averaged 3 hours of sleep per night for 40 years. What do you expect?
@@jasonbink5276 ruthless bedwettinggggggg
I always called it the "Last Wedgie"
What has happened to your voice Stevie?
I guess age hasn’t been kind to it
Man can see why neither guy was happy with that bumpy ride. Stevie taking it badly is one thing but the fact Taker ended up falling down makes it worse, the last thing you want to do is make it look like your own finisher takes yourself out along with your opponent.
I think it was Chris Jericho that did that thing with the arms James was talking about if I’m not mistaken.
Hi Stevie! This is just a minor suggestion. I know you love having this come across as a show. I was wondering if you’ve ever thought about using a wireless mic?
Or are the headphones strictly so you can hear James? Maybe you could get an ear bud. It’s the not the biggest deal. I just thought it might help with how well your production has been looking.