10 Moments WWE Wish They Could Take Back

[@rickwhyers6836]

I'll never blame wwe for having a Chris Benoit tribute show. Who in the world would have ever thought what happened actually happened.

[@GritimoTheOdd]

Agreed, I watched it the night it aired, and it was obvious he was a much respected and loved member of the WWE family. Nobody at the time gave any indication that they thought of him as the kind of guy who would have done what he did. Honestly, it must have been even worse for them after the truth was fully known, that their good friend and coworker that they thought they knew, suddenly becoming a monster.

[@filmbuff2777]

Not really, I would have found it suspicious that all three were dead, & would have waited until I had more information. McMahon just wanted blood money from a tribute show, just like Owen Hart.

[@punklover99]

@@filmbuff2777 all anyone knew was that he was dead

[@mikeroagreschen5350]

@@punklover99 I had suspicions that what had happened... was what actually happened.

[@lanceturley7745]

William Regal seems like he knew something was up. He chose his words very carefully during his segment on the show.

[@WolfEatZombies]

The Wrestlemania XX main event & ending is *THE* definitive moment in wrestling history for me personally

[@trees34ballin]

I couldn’t agree more. WWE will never erase what XX did for their fan base

[@davechaudhary]

I didn’t get why that was on the list. It’s not like you could’ve seen 3 years in the future and more what was going to happen.

[@ZootedBeaver]

WrestleMania 30 and Daniel Bryans story was and is better

[@MikeMaduxx]

I took a break during that year and the year before. Glad I did because of all the fallout.

[@Triplebrc]

@@ZootedBeaver A cheap rip off can never be better, especially not if the man involved lacks the talent and the long journey of the original. Bryans story was super artificial and forced, Benoits was natural, Bryans artificial obstacle was authority figures and a lackey Orton, Benoits main obstacle was the fight against two overwhelmingly strong opponents in the ring named Triple H and Shawn Michaels, Bryans match was ok, Benoits match was amazing. Not to mention Wrestlemania 20 was the peak for both Benoits and Guerreros careers, these two reaching it together, Wrestlemania 30 was just about one man who can't measure up to either in the ring.

[@Daniel-e1q1h]

JR deserved so much better that what he got. I'm glad he's somewhere else being treated with the respect he deserves.

[@pooldead7712]

With the company that is true, the fans how ever have only just recently accepted jr.

[@brophymusprime593]

@@pooldead7712 who? The aew fans? Because real wrestling fans have loved JR since the 80s...

[@davidhenke9441]

J r is made by wwe. His heart will be there forever cuz wwe made him and is just the better show. But j r has gotten old and is now ok for second league aew

[@zachf3788]

@@pooldead7712 I've never heard a fan of wrestling utter a bad word about JR so I have no clue where you're getting your info. Be it WWE or AEW whenever Boomer Sooner comes on the fans erupt for the man, usually in a standing ovation

[@zachf3788]

@@davidhenke9441 Let me correct you. JR was best known for his work in WWE, but that doesn't excuse how WWE treated him. He actually got recognized from his work in Mid-South, NWA, and WCW before coming to WWE. And if I were treated like shit for as long as he was, "second rate AEW" doesn't sound half bad since he's actually getting the respect he's deserving of.

[@josephmatthews7698]

I was at the show Owen died. Him bouncing from the ropes, lifting his head up and coughing up blood will be traumatically etched into my brain forever. Last wrestling show I ever went to, I'm only now getting back into pro wrestling.

[@jaredgarcia8638]

Hang in there man.

[@misterbeefy7006]

Damn, dude. That's messed up.

[@dylanthebiguy]

@@jaredgarcia8638 ................too soon jackass -_-

[@bigdogthehedgehog5906]

Fucked up right there.

[@campbelltsamuel]

It's a scene I probably would wish on my own worst enemy. He fell 80 feet. Imagine being Jerry lawyer. He's was the first one to see him after he fell. He said the view of his face is an image he could never get over

[@therelease7083]

When it comes to WWE we all gotta accept two things,Vince helped shape most of our childhoods as fans of the product and that even he knows he's going to Hell lol. The amount of shady, disgusting or immoral things he has done is a never ending list 💀

[@therelease7083]

@@randomuploaderguy Fuck ,man. It's crazy how time flies and surreal how we still have the early memories of getting into wrestling

[@franklingoodwin]

😴😴😴 virtue signalling for likes again. If you feel this strongly, may I suggest you stop watching WWE

[@boysinblue2570]

@@randomuploaderguy I am 18 so you telling me I’m dumb ? 😂😂

[@MrFinster53]

yea its quite often that ill be watching an old ppv or raw/smackdown and something happens that has me say to myself "theres no way Vince Mcmahon is seeing Heaven"

[@zachf3788]

@@MrFinster53 Dudes like Vince and Dan Schneider have their own special red velvet sections of hell waiting

[@rvawildcardwolf2843]

The Wrestlemania XIX Storyline with Triple H vs Booker T would have worked PERFECTLY if Booker T beat Triple H. If the heel just lost at the biggest moment of the year and Booker T became World Champion, it would probably be brushed aside as trying to hard or even vindicated as heat. Instead it was too much for NO realistic payoff.

[@SupraViperhead]

That was probably the original plan, but then Goldberg signed with WWE shortly before WrestleMania and WWE decided it would be best for Goldberg to beat Triple H for the title instead of Booker T; whether that was because they didn't Goldberg to take the belt off of another Babyface or they didn't want two WCW guys fighting for the Big Gold Belt...or maybe a bit of both. Hindsight is 2020 and looking at what went down after WrestleMania XIX, it's hard to imagine what the title match stories would've been had Booker T won. It would've been a great ending to the story that was being told, but there have to be stories that follow and it was better for Goldberg to end the long title reign of a heel than the short title reign of a face.

[@101Youfail]

Man, Goldberg’s been ruining storylines longer than we thought

[@KruelAidMan]

@@SupraViperhead Goldberg didn't win the belt until September. You're telling me there wasn't enough time for a Booker reign and heel win over the course of March through SEPTEMBER?

[@lanceturley7745]

Probably the worst part is that Triple H takes one of the slowest crawls in history to go for the pin, seemingly giving Booker plenty of time to kick out. If they had gone for a screwjob finish or a fast count, Booker still might have come out looking strong.

[@stevegallo8483]

Yeah, it was Triple H's ego not letting him lose at that time so Booker T got buried to feed Triple H's huge ego.

[@logankerr8090]

still didn't think that WWE should've fired Hassan after that. it wasn't the performers fault. they could've re-packaged him

[@rickylee1615]

Agree

[@raidernation7427]

Agree. It was a knee-jerk reaction.

[@stevegallo8483]

Marc Copani, who played Hassan, wasn't even Arab American. He was Italian American. He could have been repackaged into another character. What happened was a knee jerk reaction to an actual terror attack in London.

[@TheFishingNomad]

How do you repackage someone like that? You can't.

[@TheSBleeder]

​@@TheFishingNomadGet rid of the beard and the Arab gimmick. The guy has ITALIAN heritage. Repackage him as something non-controversial like a Mafia hitman.

[@timeknowsfilmsproductions978]

Brian Pillman Jr. has come out openly bashing his mom for that segment and stated she was apart of the idea, he even got away from her and lived with his grandmother, if you watch AEW you would have seen MJF call her Methady instead of Melody, she was a party to that angle and was paid allot for doing it, Pillman Jr. never holds back about his mom.

[@gustavoclarindo101]

Is it not Mellanie?

[@lexiejames3514]

In her defence even if it her idea her husband literally just died. She was in no frame of mind to make that decision, Vince took advantage of her when she was at her most vulnerable

[@breazy832]

That’s a L

[@timeknowsfilmsproductions978]

@@gustavoclarindo101 Oh, here comes the proper spelling clown.

[@gustavoclarindo101]

@@timeknowsfilmsproductions978 not about spelling, you just wrote a different name altogether lol

[@bryanday7570]

Owen hart was easily the biggest mistake they ever made. That entry wasnt necessary neither was that stupid character. He could of walked down that isle and had his match his family would have their father, husband and brother... But no WWE needed a moment a moment that if successful wouldnt of had any impact but due to how it went down it impacted a lot of people in horrible ways.

[@tapan97]

The real "crime" is WWE continuing the show after that happened

[@filmbuff2777]

@@tapan97 Well, the only thing that would have accomplished if they stopped the show was that they would look more "respectful.". They should have their feet held to the fire with regards to WHY they made Owen use a cheap $68 sail boat clip with a quick release trigger mechanism knowing full well it was NOT designed for that purpose. Honestly, this decision to use that clip was worse than continuing the show to keep the blood money.

[@justinwalker2928]

@@filmbuff2777 WWE were victims here too. Let’s not forget that they were lied to by both the rigger and the harnessing company. There the ones to blame for Owen’s death.

[@sassytroy8282]

@@justinwalker2928 or WWE just never let the stupid thing happen to begin with....was no need for Owen to come down that way other than to mock Sting...so stupid!

[@WarlockX4]

Blame Russo. It was his stupid idea to begin with.

[@devintingle5892]

I would've been okay with Triple H's comments, if Booker T were to win the title

[@kenrickkahn]

I have been saying that for a few decades now , Booker going over would have made a lot of sense.. Especially when Triple H was saying all that racist crap which I didn't mind if Booker went over.. Triple H buried Booker, and I'm pretty sure Booker made a lot of money, but even Booker admits that moment would have changed his life in a bigger way if Hunter didn't pull the rug from under him.. After that brutal burial at Wrestlemania, where it took Triple H a few minutes to pin Booker, that pissed me off so bad I literally stopped watching pro wresting for years.. Booker wasn't the same after that was made into a joke..

[@mud213]

@@kenrickkahn With how shows are booked, I'm curious how much of HHH being set to win was his own doing. I wasn't watching during that whole thing, so I can't saw much, but I wonder how long they knew (or HHH knew) that he was set to win. Its one thing to have a racist heel angle and its another to have that heel also win. I'm not here to defend HHH, I'm genuinely curious how much of that storyline was established before the ending was figured out.

[@coppertopv365]

WCW wrestlers were mostly buried by WWE an treated unfair

[@toptenguy1]

Not only did Booker lose... I think he's the ONLY GUY that I can recall getting pinned after the "delayed cover". 99% of time, if someone hits their finisher, but takes a while to go for the cover, there is a kickout.

[@jazzabighits4473]

@@kenrickkahn LOL

[@ajtheva6694]

This top ten has barley scratched the surface.

[@psychotheunsane7285]

Indeed. What about the Mass Transit incident? Or what went down in San Juan (costing a famous wrestler his life)? Or basically ANYTHING to do with New Jack or Abdullah the Butcher?

[@MrAce-lm8es]

WrestleMania XX, one of the finest moments and most controversial moments in WWE History.

[@kingbookaworld3534]

It's crazy that everytime something bad happened on or before a ppv Undertaker was on the cover of the event.

[@Joe90h]

A coincidence I found a bit unfortunate was how Eddie was in a storyline with Undertaker in Smackdown VS Raw 2006 in which he stole the urn and it eventually ended in a casket match. And in the following year's game, Undertaker and Chris Benoit were in a storyline together (Which fortunately wasn't so morbid)

[@DBoy38]

@@Joe90h And SvR '06 was released just two days after Eddie's passing. And i still remember Undertaker's line to Benoit on SvR '07: "If you insist in making this mistake, your grieving family will have no one to blame but you when the inevitable occurs".

[@simonphoenix451]

Naw no coincidence at All.they have to explain in some form of way about what is really going on or about to happen that's how the Masses keep us blind

[@ajgraham1523]

@@simonphoenix451 💯💯💯

[@kenrickkahn]

The Undertaker was headlining the "Over The Edge 1999" PPV.. He was on the poster and advertisements.. Hey, this is getting very creepy..

[@Cloud121D]

The Wrestlemania XX ending is a MAJOR stretch as no one could have predicted that happening in 2007.

[@richardtherichard26]

That doesn’t make it a stretch… you regret things in hindsight not as they’re happening. What happened in 2007 is what MAKES them want to forget it…. It’s pretty simple….

[@wingerding]

Thats the point

[@keeferbigmick7943]

Whenever anyone talks about trishs mistreatment they always forget about the "win a hummer from trish" contest.

[@Silvere1]

Based on the Brian Pillman Jr interview that I just watched, he blames his mother for the interview, not WWE. He said that Vince and the WWE took care of them for a while and raised money for them. He claims that his mother did the interview with a bit of relief that her husband was dead so that she could go be with the guy who became her next husband.

[@plusultraalieniv1834]

Which interview was that?

[@jaionnasharp8365]

@@plusultraalieniv1834 the interview after Brian Pillman Sr. death on Monday Night Raw

[@BigLee1901]

I remember hearing a similar story from Pillman's oldest daughter

[@moopert86]

Man that Benoit tribute episode aged so badly so quickly.

[@rvawildcardwolf2843]

It was only a mistake in hindsight. If his family died tragically in a way that wasn't murder suicide, it would still be touching. Releasing a full tribute show when things were THAT sketchy was a mistake, but their hearts were in the right place and he was loved by his coworkers.

[@chayden153]

Right?! It's even worse when you realize that WWE knew it was a murder-suicide while the tribute was airing

[@dennett316]

William Regal knew something was wrong. He made it clear that Benoit the WRESTLER was great in the ring, and said "That's all I've got to say for now". His segment really stood out among the others.

[@franklingoodwin]

@@rvawildcardwolf2843 To be fair to WWE how we're they to know it was a murder suicide at the time? The police didn't release the details until weeks after

[@nickbrooks2408]

@@franklingoodwin The text messages he sent to Chavo Guerrero the night it happened. He pretty much said what happened and Chavo showed others.

[@grimmwicked313]

All these years later and I still have no idea how WWE booked a racist storyline in which the racist actually wins. Not only does the racist actually win for some reason nobody in the world could explain but he does so after 30 seconds from putting Booker down with a pedigree that is a spot usually called for a kick out to make the finisher look really strong and to make both men look strong. But nope 30 seconds of nothing and then one two three.

[@phantom8926]

While I agree Booker T should've won, he wasn't being fucking racist. Do you not remember how he was the blue blood Hunter Hearst Helmsey character? Get the fuck over your obsession with racism, mark.

[@manporo5865]

I'd believe it for WWF, but this was post re-brand, too, which makes it more baffling

[@donovanch462]

Personally I wish they can take back NXT 2.0

[@AzureRoxe]

@TheDreamSmasher Pretty funny.

[@moopert86]

Vince thinks it's good shit pal. Or he would if he ever bothered to watch it.

[@donovanch462]

@@John_Souls NXT was around 9 years before AEW

[@nikobellic8627]

I remember growing up playing wwe no mercy on N64. My brother and I would always do fatal 4 way hell in cell matches. We would always have Benoit as cpu . He was like the terminator you couldn’t keep him down. Such an amazing talent. Eddie as well. That wrestle mania ending is so conflicting. Much deserved achievement for both but the atrocities committed by Benoit tragic death of Eddie cast a really dark shadow over such an amazing moment in wrestling history

[@RyoUrawa777]

think you mean Cage Matches since Hell In A Cell didn't get added to the games until the first Smackdown game on PS1

[@RyoUrawa777]

@@benironside1264 could swear it was the first one but I've been wrong before lol

[@richardtherichard26]

Chris Benoit wouldn’t have even been in no mercy

[@RyoUrawa777]

@@richardtherichard26 actually he was

[@nikobellic8627]

Could it have been wrestlemania 2000?

[@joshculver4381]

I've always thought, if Montreal hadn't happened, Owen would be alive. Bret probably would have stepped in and said Hell No, This stunt isn't happening.

[@num1Jaysta]

Definitely. I think he said so himself.

[@abigailandchristopherschof5379]

Owen wasnt a child.

[@cijmo]

Hindsight is 20/20 and that may be the case but Owen wasn't a minor. Everyone regrets that it happened but Bret needn't think he could have stopped it.

[@cantgetright742]

Not like it wasn’t common. Hbk zip line. Sting coming down from the rafters. It was only a bad idea because it failed.

[@psychotheunsane7285]

@@cantgetright742 Well, Sting and HBK were both rather lucky that they didn't suffer a similar fate (and I'm grateful they didn't, and still wish to this day that Owen's luck hadn't run out in 1999).

[@sirekumasutra7022]

Still the most grim thing I ever heard was the JR podcast episode about OTE 99 and went into detail what happened that night and how Owen nearly hit a ref when he fell, Korderas IIRC. Also Jarrett on his podcast talking about going to the hospital in his wrestling gear made me tear up driving home from work.

[@Dr.Spatula]

You skipped the part where several wrestlers just watched their very close friend die in the ring that Vince was now making them continue the show in

[@mxx720]

I don't see why they'd regret WMXX's ending because of what happened years later. The rest of these are things that were in poor taste when they happened. It's not like continuing the show after Owen's death. It was a great moment at its time - and Benoit wasn't a murderer yet - so it shouldn't be on a list like this.

[@Chigen_Atomic]

Part of me wonders where his hatred for JR came from, but in the end it's likely something that'd only make sense to Vince.

[@Unregistered.HyperCam.2]

He probably sneezed twice in a one minute span in his sleep and Vince heard it.

[@lanceturley7745]

Probably because JR loves good, old fashioned southern wrestling. And if there are two things Vince hates, it's wrestling and southerners.

[@Expensive_read96]

Sometimes you just don't like somebody. Understandable. Life is weird 😌

[@ShinRyojin]

I just chalk it up to typical bully behavior. Most bullies harass people for no reason whatsoever.

[@SteRDLK]

His voice and his look, and also probably his disability. Why he ever hired him, god knows. Why Jim Ross continually returned, god knows.

[@themedianman9712]

Taking something back is generally something you can control. By the logic of the wm20 entry, all main events are subject to regret based upon what someone might do in the future.

[@wingerding]

Well ya...

[@iandude1]

For the JR entry, it goes over into WCW of course, as Ed Ferrara portrayed the tasteless ripoff Oklahoma.

[@nighthawk4251]

No one in wwe looks back on Bradshaw’s comments around 9/11 as something they wish they could take back. That’s still brought up in interviews and podcasts from those in the business as being a standout that night. Stephanie’s on the other hand….yeah that was cringe.

[@phantom8926]

I don't think Stephanie was trying to compare the two, so much as she was saying she was afraid she'd never see her dad again. Still cringe but that's how I see it.

[@AspireAndInspire]

Worth noting here in 2024, having just watched some of it: Jared has NOT been scrubbed from Raw episodes on Peacock. Just watched CM Punk try to save him from the sin of drugs and alcohol, and found myself screaming at the screen "THAT'S NOT THE SIN HE NEEDED SAVING FROM"

[@GavinWoods]

It was heinous how WWE treated Owen towards the end. Because he refused to do a love triangle (as explained in the video he was a family man) the WWE rewarded him by lumbering him with The Blue Blazer gimmick again which led to the tragic events at Over the Edge.

[@agentorange1156]

Benoit is a cautionary tale. I don't think he was evil. He's just a bittersweet distant memory now. I wish he got the help he needed

[@rtmachine2019]

Same men need to show their feelings

[@Dr.Spatula]

@@rtmachine2019 Brain damage isn't a feeling unfortunately

[@edwardlomeli5657]

I mean WWE is still trying to deny people her brain damage from wrestling (with them).

[@namikstudios]

​@@Dr.Spatula while it is certainly true that Benoit's brain was damaged, that is absolutely no excuse for what he did. Countless footballers and boxers suffer the same kinds of repeated head traumas but they don't all end up binding, gagging, then murdering their wives, then murdering their kids in their sleep. There is no excuse for what Chris did. None. Eddie's name doesn't deserve to be dragged through the mud by being wrongly associated with this horrific act, either. Countless people have lost very dear friends but they don't murder their family because of it. These absurd excuses are nothing more than a way for some to justify marking out over a character they were fans of.

[@Dr.Spatula]

@NamiK Studios lol. You are both confused and wrong. Finding reasons things happen is not the same as condoning them. Don't be a child. Football players and boxers are actually funny comparisons because they have a notoriously high percentage of domestic violence

[@tehf00n]

If you want to know how much Owen Hart was respected, it's in that photo of Steve Austin raising a brewski to his picture. Considering Steve wouldn't work with Owen after his broken neck from a piledriver, it shows real respect anyhow.

[@Dr.Spatula]

He didn't hate him, he'd just never work with him again

[@philiptucker7590]

Would you work with someone who was unsafe, broke your neck, and almost paralyzed/killed you in the process….? He still always respected him….

[@tdestroyer4780]

@@philiptucker7590 I think it was because Owen never apologized or showed any remorse. He did have a reputation for being a douche based on wrestling interviews.

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@Dr.Spatula Which is kind of hypocritical. Austin broke Chono's neck, the exact same way.

[@brianloveless2717]

Totally disagree with number 8. That was the perfect move at the time. They did not know what was going to happen in the future. Nothing to be ashamed of.

[@koopatroops838]

Agreed. However of course we have to say what Chris Benoit did was bad

[@SilverFang2789]

@@koopatroops838 Indeed, though I will never believe he did it of his own volition. His brain was so fucked up that I couldn't even find something to compare it to. He should have retired many years before. Also Eddies passing was a massive blow to his mental health. He should have been "persuaded" to retire. And by persuaded I mean forced.

[@Lilpresh42069]

The title of the video makes it sound more like “hey we’d probably walk that back if we had the opportunity”

[@mikebottomlesspitdunham2954]

@@SilverFang2789 according to his son David, he was considering retirement at the time.

[@nl1638]

@@SilverFang2789 doctors said after the autopsy that he had so much brain damage he was roughly equivalent to an 88 year old dementia patient

[@AFMountaineer2000]

Ill never forget the night Owen died. I wasnt watching but I remember thinking how the PPV was going so I tried to look up some results and ill I found was quotes from Debra and Jeff Jarrett praying for Owen and I was wondering what the hell was going on. The next day at school I asked a friend who was watching it at a bar what happened and he told me

[@DyspotikOriginal]

Back then I put the ppv station on. The visual was scrambled but the audio wasn't. It was scary and unreal hearing it happen

[@godisgood1359]

Yeah, i found out that night by CNN or some other news station and i was in complete shock. I will never forget the next night on Raw. Just unbelievable

[@futureisyours3016]

One of my good friends had to go home early. I was so sad and low at that point i almost destroyed everything around me. Eddie was a rock for Benoit. Forgiveness and understanding is all we need.

[@namikstudios]

Eddie's name doesn't deserve to be dragged through the mud by being wrongly associated with this horrific act. Countless people have lost very dear friends but they don't murder their family because of it. These absurd excuses are nothing more than a way for some to justify marking out over a character they were fans of.

[@christopherwiessner555]

4:01 watching this in 2024…. Bark like a dog hits way worse than it used to, and it never was easy

[@stewartmcrae8007]

it wasn't really that big of a deal to be honest

[@theconductor20]

It’s better when you know that Trish was in on the angle and wasn’t just thrown out there and forced to do anything like what was widely reported. She said her character had become such a “hatable bi*ch” that they needed to go the extra mile to gain sympathy for her to become baby face

[@scottchristie4701]

Wiliiam Regals video on the benoit tribute show. Where he said I will not comment on the person at this time but his wrestling ability. There were apparently mumours going around during the show

[@SteRDLK]

Not really. JBL said something to him as he was walking in to do his tribute.

[@koopatroops838]

It really sucks Eddie died when he did. I think 2004-2005 was the peak of his career and it all went away so quickly

[@mikechase5822]

Wrestlemania 20 is one of the best manias ever despite that ending

[@tapan97]

The whole ppv isn't actually as good, but yes the two historic title matches are one of the most feel good-- and now surreal-- moments in professional wrestling.

[@BitoyV3]

The JBL promo had a very "Remember Pearl Harbor" vibe to it, in all the wrong ways.

[@BlackFlash7]

Ending of WrestleMania XX was the greatest ending of any show I've watched in 24 years of watching. It's a real shame it has to be forgotten, but that's life.

[@pizzahighfive2612]

Forgotten, what, why?

[@BlackFlash7]

@@pizzahighfive2612 lol what? 😂

[@Darthloozer]

The ending of Wrestlemania XX should have been Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels celebrating in the ring…..

[@bandywallop]

While it’s black face, DX making fun of TNOD was and is funny

[@pjbaby8783]

The fact this video comes out the day WWE write a letter concerning their disdain of AEW female talent blading is just *chefs kiss*

[@alkiline9199]

It's just them pandering to aew to gain more access. If wwe operated like aew constantly attacking journalists for any perceived negative coverage, I guarantee you they would not have posted this, however they know wwe doesn't give a fuck about them thus they feel free to lose their journalistic credibility

[@HkFinn83]

I don’t know much about Vince or his psychology but I’ve known a couple of very wealthy guys, and JR is the type of guy they all absolutely hate, and I mean venomously hate. You know that Vince loved to see JR humiliated.

[@kelman727]

Simply put, Vince is a vindictive prick.

[@leifnielson6849]

That DX impression of the Nation was hilarious wtf

[@rahamanroberson4333]

HHH is one of my favorite wrestlers but even I can admit even if he wasn't gonna drop the title he should have lost by dq or won by cheating not totally burying Booker

[@stirfry5560]

Ok but the Nation of Domination skit was hilarious

[@FirearmofMutiny]

It was, but how much of that being funny had to do with Jason Sensation's perfect imitation of Owen Hart. Almost all of it if we're being honest

[@stirfry5560]

@@FirearmofMutiny i thought x pac was so damn funny as henry. HHH as rock, no it was all funny. Fucking road dogg bobbing his head as d low lmaoo.

[@Triplebrc]

Chris Benoit, the character, deserved that tribute show for his lifetime achievements in the ring and only a fool would ever claim otherwise

[@arashabdullahdawudcharlton5548]

The guy butchered his wife and children! Does Charles Manson deserve a grammy? Does Bill Cosby deserve a lifetime achievement award? He deserves to fade into non existence

[@Triplebrc]

@@arashabdullahdawudcharlton5548 Did Charles Manson ever deliver a grammy worthy performance? If yes then he should have one. Bill Cosby doing messed up stuff in his free time diminishes his acting accomplishments how exactly? Mentally healthy adults can distinguish between the private person and the performer.

[@arashabdullahdawudcharlton5548]

@@Triplebrc im with new jack! He should rot in the bottom of hell! Mentally healthy people dont idolize child killers !!

[@SteRDLK]

What character?

[@brandonjones8849]

It’s like Paul Heyman said: “As a performer, one of the 5 greatest I’ve ever seen (that’s saying something coming from him). As a person, fuck him.”

[@auglicious]

I really don't agree with the knock on Wrestlemania XX ending. That was still a beautiful moment and in no way should be scrubbed. As a WCW fan I still love that image!

[@bbg5055]

Jared from subway still getting footlongs just not the ones he wants

[@thebeast142007]

yeah the footlongs from big bob lol. And i'm not talking about his coworkers. lol

[@truesoulghost2777]

@@thebeast142007yup. That was the joke. Good job understanding it

[@speedwaynutt]

Even comes with extra Mayo

[@xtheeliminator7942]

As an African-American, let's not act like DX as The Nation wasn't funny.

[@sameeknowsitall]

Yeah same

[@1992SMOFF]

Thank you

[@YukiPyro]

If you're born in the US, You're just an American. If you immigrated from an Africa Country than that title would apply.

[@OneEyedGatekeeper]

​@@YukiPyro ok

[@Tyler.Bohannon]

It was hilarious

[@joebaumgart1146]

Vince McMahon still pays Melanie, Brian's paycheck. He did feel bad about that.

[@northernking4787]

Really?

[@joebaumgart1146]

@@northernking4787 according to his son, yes.

[@MrAce-lm8es]

Jim Ross got fired at least 4 times by WWE. He didn't deserve half of the BS he got.

[@zachf3788]

At least he's in a company that respects him and his work now.

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@zachf3788 I wouldn't say that.

[@godisgood1359]

Hell, the man didn't deserve ANY of it

[@ahimsamovies4484]

I wish Edge and Christian had gotten a WM ending as double champs like Eddie and Benoit did. They worked just as hard and managed to stay alive and healthy, and were even best friends since childhood, so it would have been perfect. It was even one of the storylines in the video game WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011. Alas, in real life Vince hated Christian too much so it was never going to happen.

[@TheBuddha337]

Nah don't think they'd take back the WM XX moment. Might as well just say #1 every Chris Benoit moment or any time he was mentioned.

[@wadeintonature2975]

What do the king and Jared have in common? They both like them young. Hahahahahaha

[@bradcarver8127]

I think Doug Gilbert can help with that Jerry Lawler/Jared Fogle joke

[@UNoWhoitis23]

Nation of Domination didnt think it was humorless

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

Don't lie, you laughed at DX impersonating the nation when it happened.

[@TheGaara802]

I did I'm black as will it was funny as hell how are people this soft it was obviously a joke.

[@jasondyrkacz8270]

The Nation were supposedly laughing their asses off.

[@phantom8926]

@@TheGaara802 Because everyone takes themselves too seriously and nobody can take a fucking joke anymore.

[@samirabdel-aziz478]

I think D'Lo Brown said it best. If they'd mocked them without blackface, it'd likely have aged better. But it was funny

[@buzzsawgr81]

I'm still surprised that footage of owen hart's death has never really leaked. I mean there's readily available footage of people being executed, shot by cops, even the JFK assassination, but footage of a wrestler falling, not even dying (he didn't die til he reached the hospital), is held tightly under wraps.

[@madeinthebronx_83]

I know there's this website that shows a lot of crazy gory shit but for some reason Owen's death is unavailable

[@McMahonHater]

00:07:57 Would have been fine if Booker T had won the title and held it for several months. Btw DX's parody of the Nation wasn't humorless... it was in bad taste but Road Dogg was hysterical.

[@DreDaDon16]

South Park almost figured out Jared was a PDF file in that Jared has AIDS episode

[@GeorgeFloydTheHero]

They knew he was but they couldn't say it outright. Jared slept with 3 wrestlers when he made that appearance

[@DreDaDon16]

@@GeorgeFloydTheHero they knew something it kinda reminds me off that episode of In Living Color where they made fun of Milli Vanilli its like they kinda knew the whole thing was bullshit

[@jazzabighits4473]

@@GeorgeFloydTheHero he slept with the divas? absolutely based

[@JoshHatfield]

As much as I appreciate that we've all grown as people, DX impersonating The Nation was still funny.

[@dennett316]

It'd have been just as funny without them blacking up...that was the fucked up part.

[@brandname6]

Wrestlers doing that i can forgive. Virtue signaling politcal leaders like Justin Trudeau i can not

[@XTesT15X]

@@brandname6 This is actually a good point.

[@Unregistered.HyperCam.2]

@@dennett316 I really don't understand that. If you're applying makeup to change the color of your skin to make fun of a race as a whole, that's one thing, but if you're imitating or making fun of a SPECIFIC person, it's okay to dress like them, wear fake hair that looks like theirs, talk like them, act like them in an exaggerated way, but if your skin is a significantly different color than theirs, THAT is the line? Like, I can dress up as, imitate, and make fun of a specific person as much as I want, trying to look as much like them in a satirical way as possible, but if they're significantly lighter or darker than me, why is using paint to make my skin lighter or darker the absolute no-go zone? What makes that worse than any other part of it? Please, think on that for a moment, and think to yourself which part of parodying someone is more insulting: looking more like them, or talking shit about them, while wearing their clothes, speaking like them, using their mannerisms.

[@ElvishPrinceling]

It would have been funnier without the blackface, that's the whole issue with the skit. Had they not done blackface, it actually WOULD just be a funny imitation of the Nation.

[@Danielle1988-g]

After watching a doco on Jared and finding out what he did i couldn't go past a subway or eat subway for like 3 years without being reminded of that creep. I can eat subway now but i gotta block Jared out and pretend he does not exist.

[@thedragonchaser]

The DX parody of the NOD is one of the funniest segments of the Attitude Era

[@TheFookaduck]

"DX's humourless parody of the Nation of Domination" You smoking crack that shit was funny 😂

[@stephanienoblet8503]

Poor JR he was one of my favorites along with Lawer

[@marckz06]

Personally. I didn’t have a huge problem with the DX The Nation Parody. HHH mocking The Rock will always be beyond hilarious

[@adamcahn82]

Having Art Donavan doing commentary at the 1994 KOTR is a moment that WWE should definitely take back. It’s cringe worthy beyond description. Honorable mention to the Gobbledegooker.

[@billyd530111]

Those are nothing like this. The Art Donovan commentary is HILARIOUS imo, and they bring back the Gooker for gimmick spots to this day.

[@billyd530111]

If the Owen incident had happened at WrestleMania it would even more disaster for them because they really wouldn't be able to ignore it like they do.

[@CarimboHanky]

8:55 humorless?! over 20 years after it aired, that segment still one of my favorite ever, funny as fuck

[@phantom8926]

These are effeminate soyboys with no sense of humor and an increased sense of self entitlement. Tired of hearing them be just like WhatCulture.

[@MetalJew13]

I feel like you can’t say they want Wrestlemania XX ending back. The other moments are of their own doing.

[@SteRDLK]

Pretty sure Benoit murdering his wife and kid wasn't WWE's own doing

[@synister281]

“Humorless parody of the Nation of Domination?” Come on man, that was gold.

[@michaelelohiminnocentmadia8128]

I respect Bradshaw for what he said. He even got a standing ovation from the crowd, and they mention it in the recent doc of the 9/11 show

[@1992SMOFF]

Agreed. Most of the time I can't stand him but I love what he said here.

[@tobiaswilliamson00]

The issue with Bradshaw, looking back at it 20 years later, is that we were so sad and mad about what happened in Lower Manhattan and at the Pentagon that we relied on our emotions first without understanding the truth. I don't want to get into a deep discussion, however, we ended up in not 1 but 2 wars. But were BS for similar yet different reasons. One of those wars (Iraq) was BS because they had nothing to do with what happened in Lower Manhattan & at the Pentagon and showed that this nation did not have its priorities in check. The other war (Afghanistan) was BS, now looking at it in today's lens, because it lasted 20 years, with the last 10 years (2011-2021) occurring AFTER we finally go the guy who messed with us as well as during the first 10 years (2001-2011) we were more worried about the other war (2003-2011), the funds that went to the the 20 year war were not being used as intended, and what was going on in Afghanistan was ALREADY going on before September 11th. Look up the John Oliver segment in which he talks about the entire history of the War in Afghanistan because he is spot on. But, long story short, while I totally understand where everyone's mind set was at when 9/11 happened, the United States' response to the attacks is a cautionary tale of doing things based only on your emotions: it never ends well. You have to have the facts.

[@michaelelohiminnocentmadia8128]

@@tobiaswilliamson00 "We" your saying we like we all made simultaneous decisions together or something. I respect what Bradshaw said that day.

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚωνσταντίνου-θ1ψ]

I also respect what he said even that the situation went wrong by far and the world paying the price...especially Europe...

[@alex4863]

Uncle Sam looking at Vince and Company like “👀 hey Vince you been close to Jared now Diddy? What’s going on here???”

[@ChineseSpyBal00n]

And Vince was close to Trump.....

[@SpeckyBecky27]

The bark like a dog part was kept in the show in the UK. I remember seeing it and thinking what in the name of all things is this?

[@bobbybr38k3r8]

2:00 She could have said no to the interview, before the camera started rolling 😂

[@ericanderson969]

Do you really think Bradshaw and Stephanie regret anything they said that night? Or that any of the higher ups in WWe regret it? Their political contributions say they do not.

[@paulfavazza8119]

Do you not remember 9/11 and the attitude of the entire country. What he said was simply what others were saying. Hell GW comment that "they will hear you" was an obvious threat. So no I see nothing wrong saying that the country responsible for the attacks would be turned into a parking lot. It's called an emotional response to seeing your fellow citizens murdered in an attack from a foreign enemy. You people are too soft for the real world if you feel his comments were racist or over the top.

[@dennett316]

@@paulfavazza8119 The attitude of the entire country echoing that sentiment isn't the slam-dunk defence that you think it is. Yes, there is something DEEPLY wrong with saying that an entire country full of people, the majority of whom are innocent, should be killed in retaliation for the actions of a minority of it's citizens. People aren't soft for finding people salivating at the chance to kill in retaliation a bit distasteful, the people expressing that sentiment are blood-thirsty and inhuman. It's the exact same sick attitudes that those terrorists held. Emotional responses are often over the top and apologised for in the aftermath...again, that's not the slam-dunk defence you think it is.

[@brandname6]

The wwe never stopped business with Saudis for a sec .

[@Jubei66666]

@@dennett316 we are going to murder so many innocent people is not something anyone should happily say.

[@ElvishPrinceling]

@@paulfavazza8119 Yeah, I remember people saying the US should turn the entire Middle East to glass. It was wrong then, and it's wrong now. Given JBL's views, it's pretty clear why he said what he said.

[@jballday3668]

Honestly yes it’s heartbreaking about the events that took place in 2007 but no for those who remember watching wrestlemania 20 those people will always remember that moment at the end of the show ….bc honestly it’s hard to erase moments that already happened prior to

[@ek1046]

Booker losing to Triple H Mania is more insane and makes even less sense than the Undertaker losing to Brock at Mania. Really seems like they don't know what it means to put someone over anymore

[@jazzabighits4473]

Triple H was always better than Booker T

[@wowhead1]

8:08 You can't put pictures of steph that look like that and expect any of us to pay attention to the rest of the video... man she was fiiiiire

[@Thomas-he4wk]

Whitewashing Benoit is stupid. He was great in the ring and terrible outside. It's history. Teach it and learn from it.

[@kingjohn3497]

Eddie and Chris holding the tittles at wrestlemania is in my opinion the best moment in wrestling history

[@pewpewbbqs]

"humorless parody of the nation of domination" are you dead??? That shit still cracks me up to this very day. It's the funniest thing WWF ever produced... you humorless weasel...

[@pewpewbbqs]

I made this comment two years ago and I still stand by it... In fact, I was about to like it when I realized it was my own comment haha

[@johnjohnson7036]

Jared is still getting his Subway, it's just his Sandwich Artists name is Bubba now

[@cf6699]

wwe is like the book 1984. just rewrite their history completely. that's what made wwe so great...these weird moments.

[@KOTF3005]

Being a black man, vince saying the N word always sorta just made me chuckle to be honest.

[@JoeCool90]

What is the N word? Nincompoop?

[@KOTF3005]

@@JoeCool90 if you don't know what N word I'm on about, you're not sposed to be watching this video. Tryna get my channel reported or something 💀

[@JoeCool90]

@@KOTF3005 when you say the N word, everyone hears the word in their head. So why not write the word? Do we have to be scared of a word?

[@aadityasharma6855]

Because twitter was not in existence at that time

[@Flamingcloud083]

Yeah.. It was just funny.. Trying to claim it was not just part of a comedy skit is ridiculous

[@JG603YouTube]

What a hellacious thumbnail 😂

[@Hugh_Jannis]

This list should be renamed 10 Times Vince McMahon was a Major Asshole

[@MisterBeauJanGels]

Jared gets to experience a fresh footlong every single day. Lucky him.

[@redwolf5047]

In 2001 JBL's comments didn't cause any real controversy. People were pissed and Bush had a 92% approval rating when he chose to invade Afghanistan. Most Americans had a similar view as JBL that week. The other comment about steroids however... just wtf

[@luistheking7844]

Vince wasn't playing a character. He was just as evil off screen as he was on screen

[@thomaswillingham4084]

Parking lot would be too nice

[@aaronlarson2330]

Not so much a moment, but their usage of Lostprophets song "Rooftops" as the promo song for Orton-Jeff Hardy in 2007 (?). If you don't know about their lead singer, you don't want to know.

[@thoroughbredunderdog]

Looked it up. Holy fuck.

[@skywalkerclub9639]

I hate the fact we live in a world where Triple Hs Booker T promo is worse than Katie Vick. They’re both bad but one’s obviously worse.

[@joaomendes147]

There's no need to hate it because there's nothing we can do to change it. It is what it is.

[@jazzabighits4473]

idk that promo was pretty funny imo

[@ericgoldberg8358]

Not only did JBL get that parking lot comment wrong, but he endorsed the person who signed turning Afghanistan back over to them in 2020 and 2024...

[@grimmwicked313]

Yeah it's pretty cringy I couldn't imagine making a joke either when it comes to Jerry Lawler and Jared. The only difference is I think came out that the girl who said Jerry Lawler molested or lied while Jared had adult child videos on his laptop. So many people believed in this guy just for him to come out and be one of the worst guys.

[@ToxicGamer-ui7fs]

The guy who played Chris Beniot on TV lost his mind. The Chris Beniot character was his mind

[@fuse8052]

And yet again... People with no sense of humor or understanding of how TV works. A joke is a joke. A comment on a "tv show" also isn't meant to be held at face value... Nobody understands that a TV show is also just a TV show...

[@williamklister3627]

Another One That I Would Put On This List Is: Brock Lesnar Beating Taker Ending The Streak. That Should've NEVER Happened! Totally Agree With Benoit #2 And Owen Hart#1 In This List.

[@jrad410]

I was at that 9/11 show and woo those comments did not play well lol