10 Forgotten Returns of WWE Attitude Era Stars

[@Kitsune-Chaos]

I'm a simple man. I see D'Lo Brown, I click Like.

[@purplemask4204]

I mean you’re probably in the minority but you do you mate

[@Kitsune-Chaos]

So very sorry to see that such a basic comment bothered you both so very much.

[@JBryc3]

Ok

[@TheMuldoonFella]

You said Dammit D-Lo in a Dublin accent didn't you?

[@Snaffdude]

With you all the way!

[@aayushrai8881]

I think most of these Attitude Era mid-carders did more for wrestling than almost all of the current active roster. Too Cool, Goldust, D'Lo, Al Snow, Gangrel and Val Venis are all hall of famers in my book

[@De_La_Soto]

As a kid during the attitude era, I was completely naive to the tone of Al Snow's theme song lol "WHAT DOES EVERYBODY WANT?!?"

[@funkstabrisbane]

Headdddddddddddddd

[@thegreatone3883]

Head! What everybody needs head

[@Joneth_Piptne]

WHAT DOES EVERYBODY LOVE???? HEAD!!!!!

[@yehudajacob270]

instablaster.

[@briansickboy]

Lol me too. My cousin had a styrofoam head like HEAD and she gave it to me and I was telling my dad she gave me head and both her and I had no clue what it was referencing. My dad was like "what?! Don't say that" and I had no idea why until a few years later

[@Lex-up6mg]

D Lo Brown is one of the most underrated dudes ever. He shoulda really been someone. Great finisher.

[@MrPAULONEAL]

A real neck breaker...

[@bigred22685]

I wouldn't call him underated. He held several belts and spent several more years on the payroll after paralyzing another talent. That shows a fair amount of respect on WWE's part and perseverance on his part. A horrible botch accident like that can weigh on a guy for sure.

[@DerwinDaDestroyer]

I liked the running powerbomb

[@Waish06]

Lex shush

[@TheNamesRJ]

Yea he held belts, many held belts but who tf talks about d-lo browns athletics in todays time?! That’s what he means underrated people, ffs 🤦‍♂️.

[@-EJ-]

When I was younger, I legitimately thought D’lo had no neck due to how much it bobbled during his entrence.

[@fuificare]

We called him rubber neck.

[@fireheartis1]

Haha

[@fuificare]

If wwe merchandise was smart they would have made Dlo Brown bobble heads

[@stevenbattieste9595]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marquiseparker1756]

Facts

[@konnorkinser9468]

I’ve met al snow many times. The guy is genuinely one of nicest people around. I actually sat next to him at the movies whe the longest yard came out

[@tomhutchison4909]

Konnor Kinser I met him at cedar point in line for a foster and he was so damn cool

[@josephlitsey1497]

Why mofos be lying Damn

[@konnorkinser9468]

Joseph Litsey what do you mean lying? The guy is literally from west Ohio, his parents live in Troy, Ohio he’s around quite often.

[@therapcommittee]

Joseph Litsey yeah dummy my cousin waited on al snow at Denny’s in OHIO ..know your history before talking little bitch

[@xAudioBeatzz]

That’s pretty cool. Someone sounds jelly about you meeting him ^

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

The headbangers always reminded me of an attitude bushwackers

[@JoseRamirez-vu9wx]

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[@JoseRamirez-vu9wx]

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[@JoseRamirez-vu9wx]

No I’m

[@JoseRamirez-vu9wx]

T

[@JoseRamirez-vu9wx]

Z so hi my

[@matthewbehling5031]

D’Lo was always entertaining. Would have been good if they had him as a constant IC contender or champ

[@cybercatgaming6052]

He literally owned the European championship tho

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

I’m a huge Gangrel fan he came he in a Edmonton Show and I managed to shake hands with him, that literally made my night to this day i still remember that day.

[@floridaborn8550]

D'lo brought me here.

[@06nemox]

One of the most underrated wrestlers in attitude era, easily.

[@aaronhurst4379]

I remember seeing D'Lo Brown vs Santino Marella on Heat and loving that D'Lo was back. Think they brought back Goldust and Val Venis around that time in a similar fashion too.

[@YesThatCraig]

If D'lo Brown turned up now I would pop louder than for anyone on the current roster!

[@ds5955]

At least someone would. I remember when he returned in 2008, the crowd was completely dead.

[@xAudioBeatzz]

ds5955 yea because everyone nowadays is on there phone and distracted. Stone cold is the goat and he doesn’t even get huge pops on his returns anymore like he once did. The audience nowadays sucks and nobody mentions it. You can’t pay attention when your phone is glued to your face. Smh at this generation, y’all couldn’t live without social media or texting

[@ds5955]

@@xAudioBeatzz I mean I agree with you about today but I wasnt talking about today. I said they were dead when he returned in 08. 2008 was well before people were glued to their phones and had social media. Just saying I popped for D'lo when he returned back then, even though the rest of the audience on tv didn't seem to care. I guess the audience had already changed even by then.

[@xAudioBeatzz]

ds5955 I agree. Granted the talent has slowly gone from over the top great to absolutely terrible but so has the audience’s attention

[@xAudioBeatzz]

ds5955 and yea d’lo was amazing back in the day. I’ve always liked dlo. But I wasn’t able to see his return in 08. as wwe was declining, so was my interest. The roster of the attitude era was STACKED. After the attitude era it slipped off because Vince bought wcw and they had no competition to compete with anymore

[@superrobz]

D’lo Brown deserved so much more looking back, yeah ok he wasn’t exactly a jobber and cemented himself firmly in the mid card but the dude could have been so much more. Such a talented and charismatic individual Also Gangrel never held a single championship? He could have been IC or Tag Team at least

[@superrobz]

DejaVoodooDoll and yet Lesnar has no promo skills and we constantly have to endure his bullshit

[@dennett316]

@@cjflan32 Not a ring technician, admittedly, but he was a solid wrestler and one that always came across as quite dynamic in his movement.

[@superrobz]

Craig Flanagan and people like you need to pipe down.. The Attitude Era was the height of pro wrestling in the 90s, and while it had some questionable moments it was still better than the crap we have on the main brand today

[@FEARSWTOR]

He also fucking paralyzed someone. That's pretty much a guaranteed way to get any and all support from the office revoked, especially when the guy you Christopher Reeve is a bigger draw than you.

[@mariomm9080]

@@superrobz attitude era was all about Top 5 guys and rest were pure jobbers

[@rodneybeck603]

Attitude era is the best , `wwe' will never get close to it

[@nAmE7056]

Luckily we have AEW now

[@elz1250]

They could be but the times don’t want that

[@gerardgiancana]

Test deserved a push. He had the physique and the height plus extraordinary skill. I don’t know why he was left hanging on the lower mid card his entire career.

[@davidparkes7741]

The fallout from the faked wedding to Steph probably. Once Trips got in to the fam & got his spot bts he could do what he wanted, so why not use your new shovel powers on your ex "romantic rival." That & lbr.... Test was not that size naturally, the juicing caught up with him.

[@tr7287]

He don’t have the personality.

[@BDCogar]

Totally gave myself the Brood entrance.

[@aztecakidgames3672]

That was great music i use it to workout lol

[@davidparkes7741]

RIP Brian Lawler, Andrew Martin (Test) & anyone else who might've died from this list.

[@AndrewMartinez1776Redux]

So many wrestlers are dying way to early because of drug addiction (painkillers) and alcohol. At least the great ones we loved from the attitude era and ruthless aggression era's. I haven't watched 1 full episode of wrestling since 2005. It just got boring & predictable. Plus social media ruined surprise returns.

[@gbrooks2]

“The Identifier of Those who Slap Nuts” 😭

[@solaireofastora7178]

@@HelenGPitts shut up you bellend

[@RoboShinKen]

Helen G. Pitts your the pits. *drumroll*

[@noregreen5852]

D-low very underrated one of my fav middle card wrestlers... and I damn sure did have gangrale entrance on video games one of the best theme songs as and entrance as well

[@bookmzz9845]

D'lo was that guy

[@scotty_doom]

they should bring Steve Blackman back

[@oceanshrugs9235]

BeardedVeteran that's his name and in no way offensive.

[@mortarkill90gaming83]

That would actually be awesome if he returned

[@mortarkill90gaming83]

Imagine the reimagined feud between him and Shane o Mac when Shane McMahon returns

[@user-nq4sc4tg2r]

@BeardedVeteran yet you are the triggered one. Cry Cry cry liberals wunt muh gunsss. Conservative garbage are bigger pussys than libs.

[@venomizedcarnage6532]

scotty only if Al Snow comes back with him and reforms their Head Cheese/Snow Balls tag team.

[@onionsavoya1506]

I remember D-lo Brown was a huge part of WWE in 98-99.

[@MadManMaloney]

I was there when D’Lo returned that night. I, personally, was excited, but a lot of people looked like they didn’t care that night.

[@SofaK1ingN1c3]

Dammit D-Lo getting me clicking thumbnails

[@jackspence6061]

Gangrel is on at my local theatre in February. Tempted to try to get him to sign my copy of the WWF cookbook.

[@_cloudiiskxy_158]

Jack Spence do it

[@denjowim2359]

This Image of Adam's Face in 8:58 will haunt me in my Nightmares...

[@tonybeattie3980]

Funny. Was actually watching D’lo’s return earlier today, then this video gets uploaded. That’s awesome!

[@014daddy]

Where did he return to?

[@tonybeattie3980]

WWE

[@imnobody1906]

Al snow's feud with mick Foley is my favourite time of his, it was awesome and he seemed really serious

[@xItsClobberinTime]

I see you're ignoring Too Cool's match at NXT Arrival.

[@ds5955]

A lot of people remember that match and it was a one off. They were only mentioning forgotten runs. That's why they mentioned Grand Master Sexay's month back in 2004.

[@billcipher7772]

His return during the feud of Lawler and Cole is the most forgetable one.

[@mjfoxx37]

D’L0 has the best entrance music every!!

[@Radeo]

D'Lo cou'dn't get more over because The Rock existed, embodying the traits he had and being better at all of them.

[@Jeffish412]

Never really had this thought but you’re probably exactly right honestly.. insane poor D’Lo

[@xAudioBeatzz]

The rock only became big because of stone colds surgery. Once Austin had to leave , the rock pretty much took over Austin’s story line. Stealing a lot of what Austin had already showed us. The rock is obviously an all time great but I noticed his transformation from rocky maivia to the rock was strictly stealing what Austin had already done

[@jeromebreezedale4592]

Wrong it had nothing to do with rock and everything with management

[@uilliamdante2036]

I miss D-Lo Brown! 😭

[@Hoesphhoestarr]

Great now I want to see a Glacier vs Kane match

[@jamisonlamkin5576]

Why not mention the fact of Test’s death?

[@KingSumter]

I was wondering that too, he ended it like a cliffhanger.

[@toosweettv93]

Or Grand master as well

[@truepatriot3768]

Test used to look so fit, one of my favourite wrestler. Rip

[@TheRizkaSann]

I Guess To Pay Respects To Them?

[@OGTrollTroll8]

Yes I did. Gangrels theme was my theme😂😂

[@omarluciano8687]

D-Lo Brown’s push went down when he accidentally paralyzed Darren Drozdov with a botched powerbomb at a SmackDown taping. The match itself was never shown, but footage of Droz being removed on a stretcher was part of the Don’t Try This At Home disclaimer.

[@Dickes78]

Droz forgave him, wrestling never did

[@omarluciano8687]

John Ickes Wasn’t D-Lo’s fault. It could have happened to anybody, but unfortunately he never got that momentum back.

[@oddishhonor]

I did use the Gangrel entrance actually.

[@Hotpur]

7:57 was that the AVGN? Damn you could say he was from the internet's attitude era.

[@DKCG0113]

What's the internet attitude era

[@macethegr8]

DKCG 0113 when the internet was entertaining and tutorial videos were legit

[@LTheGameDesigner]

2006-2010 was the internets "attitude era".

[@DKCG0113]

@@LTheGameDesigner what makes then any different?

[@itsKWhile]

As a Jarrett superfan, when Jeff returned with his 1994-1998 wrestling gear, I was like REALLY....

[@samtheguru]

I had Gangrels entrance and was thinking exactly that before you mentioned it.

[@zachzach5398]

Did you know that JBL beat up the blue meanie for real at one night stand?

[@hoIIywoods]

smells like zach I’m so thankful, that he got knocked out by Joey Styles

[@jeremylevie2263]

@@hoIIywoods JBL didnt get "beat up"..... he got smooth knocked out with 1 punch, according to numerous eye witnesses..... "beat up" is what happened to HBK in Syracuse...

[@hoIIywoods]

Jeremy Levie whoops my mistake, thank you though.

[@noncitizenzero3038]

@@hoIIywoods what? Joey is a midget! whats the story there?

[@noncitizenzero3038]

No surprise there, JBL is a real life asshole

[@matthewearlywine5535]

Kind of played down Tests career a bit.

[@pelicanphuucker4life]

and his heavy backne....gross. roidy magoo

[@matthewearlywine5535]

Adam Fairfax wasn’t really heavy on the juice until his short ECW run. Someone juiced up was 2002 HHH. That guy ate the old HHH. So roided

[@PixelCreep]

Damn it D’lo

[@lemon0189]

Haha. I laughed so hard about Gangrel's entrance. You're right, I also used his theme for my created wrestler back then. 😂

[@SteadyEddyyy]

Really would've enjoyed a Gangrel/Kevin Thorn faction. Like another Brood or something.

[@Kaiser499TV]

"You're the one who sucks punk, not me!" - D'Lo Brown

[@jayyarbrough4497]

D lo brown was the man!

[@MCYodaYodaMC]

I was today years old when I learned about tout. Damn it, D'Lo

[@gator9339]

RIP Tout 2014-2014

[@spearpig1034]

Does anyone else miss the Highlanders? I thought they were good

[@jlyo1991]

That promo with Roddy where they were slapping each other was gold.

[@jakal911]

D-Lo was one of the best talents during that Attitude Era.

[@redsnow579]

Tell me how anyone can forget that MASSIVE chair shot JBL deserved?

[@itsKWhile]

They forgot when Brian Christopher came back in 2011 and cut a worked shoot on his dad The King

[@galnovak7500]

Love the editing!

[@DCXCoorexDakarCoore]

I met d lo Brown at a rebel gas station in Vegas

[@ds5955]

I remember all these returns except the ones that were strictly only in developmental like Gangrel and Henry Godwin. But I do remember hearing rumors about Kevin Thorn being paired with Gangrel back in the day.

[@ALIAN18]

You guys should mention JBL punching The Blue Meanie at ECW One Night Stand

[@jasonyoung3070]

I loved the head bangers

[@baracksays9401]

If you're gonna mention Goldust for the 05 Coachman angle, I think you'd be better off mentioning that Vader was involved in that storyline as well. Goldust came and went several times, Vader was waaaaay more sporadic.

[@wsmc14]

Vince totally misused Gangrel and the Brood. They should have had a feud with The Ministry, not join it.

[@THEDonnyB]

I think that the droz incident is the reason dlo doesn't wrestle much anymore. Sad part is that it wasn't dlos fault.

[@brianthogan995]

I Really Miss The Attitude Era They Should Bring Back The Attitude For 2020

[@marktomlin5818]

i remember d'lo browns return he fought Santino Marella

[@kieranedwards1172]

Mark Tomlin they don’t fight 😂

[@planetschlock]

I don't remember D'Lo's 2008 return AT ALL.

[@jannvincentregalado1138]

Planet Schlock me too

[@bigbibby1208]

Me too

[@rooneye]

Gangrel and that whole Brood thing was so fucking awesome at the time man. Lights and then the bloodbath shit. Fucking amazing.

[@dylanbarnes9191]

D'lo doing good on dark side of the ring seen him on two episodes so far

[@ali2633]

Btw WWE's Goldust > AEW'S Dustin Rhodes

[@noncitizenzero3038]

Agree but also the Golddust gimmick only worked because it was the 90s. It wouldnt work with todays audience

[@kiwa8530]

there are dozen of us dlo brown's fan dozen!!! dozen !! i tell you !!!

[@MiaRocky]

Test was awesome! R.I.P.

[@jccarjar9338]

Gangel is one of my favorites 👍👍👍👍

[@VERDICTInsanity]

D’lo Brown was sooooo underrated, maybe he wasn’t great on the mic but turning him heel would’ve sorted that I feel, he was so smooth in the ring except for the freak Droz accident. I was also heart broken to hear about Grand Master Sexay’s fall, he was a personal favourite of mine

[@ryanreed4478]

D,Los neck must be in a constant state of whiplash from shaking his head that much

[@Danielson1818]

I gave myself the old Rey Mysterio entrance. The one were he pops up and jumps from under the stage. The Brood entrance is awesome though.

[@AVNGD]

Is that screen shot at 1:31 where droz got paralyzed?

[@Jffeeney3rd]

That’s road Dogg

[@zachmccabe7510]

Never heard of Henry Godwin in my life lol

[@jjdbzfan18]

Dlo brown needs to be inducted into the hall of fame. He was such an underrated talent. Dude was such a extreme technical entertaining and explosive wrestler. Dlo brown greatest wrong strut of all time. You dealing with the real deal nowwwww.

[@DarkwyndPT]

7:59 - AVGN is now part of Cultaholic?!

[@maskedathiest]

it aged just fine. it is the people who turned in cry babies. it is no different than people crying about all the killing in ANY movie. when it is a story played by actors it is not real. people need to stop crying about actors portraying characters that are not real.

[@nickmontoya3001]

How is Goldust a "forgotten" return? 1 run that wasnt remembered out of 4, more like a 3 out of 4. Remember when Golga aka Earthquake returned? No? That's because it was for 1 dark match at a Smackdown taping

[@mre7152]

Marty Jannety also returned during HBKs feud with Kurt Angle . He nearly got resigned but then he failed a drug test.

[@aztecakidgames3672]

I legit don’t remember dlo brown wrestling in 2008 lol

[@singaporesammy]

We're using "star" pretty loosely on some of these.

[@Dawnbreakerr]

Aren't all signed WWE wrestlers listed as "WWE Superstars" by the company?

[@scaparapadoobedoooo3170]

Fuck off, Doug

[@singaporesammy]

@@Dawnbreakerr Superstars, sure. That's just branding. Stars, on its own, has a different connotation.

[@pierregarza493]

whatever D'lo Brown should of stayed bros and i got excited when he came out aarrgghh

[@Addy7799]

I absolutely love dlos walk 2 the ring

[@andyt2k]

My CAW entrance was Kane's Music with Gangrel's motions

[@studentbrown]

No One ever forgot D'lo Brown!!!!

[@moopert86]

Calling the Headbangers and Henry O Godwin stars is a bit of a st4retch.

[@thebipolarbear1]

The indentifyer of those who slap nutz! That's perfect, that's double j

[@Mysticblue1212]

I'd really liked Test. He had a great storyline, and it's wrestling was really good too. I don't know what they decide to do, I knew it was all over when they started to call his fans testicles. It was juvenile oh, and it just wasn't working. I saw the end of the road when that happened

[@JohnSmith-ks5sv]

What’s the back ground music funeral music ?

[@YMSanad]

I dosn't matter if you are first , watch the damn video !

[@KingBrondon]

lol I was at the smackdown when the headbangers came out and fought heath slater and ryhno i was confused as to where they came from

[@ashbysaddler9065]

D-Lo Brown would never B forgotten

[@74349234]

Also forgot to mention Gold Dust is on A.E.W now as a coach & a wrestler

[@joestoker4147]

always love being treated with videos the day of a pay per view

[@sockhopper]

Fun fact: During the big skirmish at the end of One Night Stand 2005, JBL actually punched Blue Meanie and busted his nose!

[@luisvelez8096]

It was always dope to see D'Lo pop up every now and then. I'm sure the reason he stepped away for a bit with because of Droz. Horrible accident.

[@Ratt2004]

D'Lo returned like 2 or 3 times in the 2000s it seems, but every single run was short lived

[@brandonford5993]

I'm Adam from cultaholics here's ten wrestling returns you forgot Me: Yay Mason Ryan, Stevie Ray, Earthqu...awww Edit: I'm fortunate maybe I'm old enough or just have a good enough memory to remember all of these

[@solaireofastora7178]

of course Earthquake how could they not mention him in a video about WWE Attitude Era Stars

[@elm4380]

Gangrel still to this day has the best entrance of all time 🔥

[@Mannyswack]

Personally I don’t think Goldust belongs on this list, maybe under-utilized but not forgotten, his outfit and personality alone are memorable, if anything the booking they gave him is what’s forgettable, I’m just glad aew is putting him to good use.

[@halinar1]

I was down with the brown!