10 New Generation Era WWE Superstars You Totally Don't Remember

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[@SuperMastodon]

Well in the end The Pug did make it to WrestleMania lol.

[@35antonio]

Do 10 things WWE wants you to forget about AJ Lee

[@FrankieboyJr]

35Antonio CM Punk

[@dave9020]

I have no idea who this CM Punk is...

[@timothyholland2927]

Mike Bushnell with his Tag Team partners Colt CaBunny and Ace Seal.

[@Zeppeli0]

1- Aj Lee

[@dhruvtrivedi1335]

35Antonio Aj Lee is a damn talented wrestler used as a s**t by wwe and she unofficially started the revolution by her rivalry with Paige .

[@FXArnotte]

How about "10 WWE Superstars who buried themselves" (favorites of mine: Jack Swagger: caught with weed days before WM, Abraham Washington: infamous Kobe Bryant joke) ? :D

[@XantroyX]

François-Xavier Arnotte You know that Abe got a bad wrap.. The joke was funny, but just like they did with Mohammed Hassan, the company caved to network pressure because they're pussies! A.W would have become a HUGE star! He reminded me of the Rock.

[@evrbody]

It wasn't funny and neither was Abraham Washington.

[@WillMarcC]

Actually Abraham Washington got in trouble when he encouraged people to vote for Linda McMahon for a political position, she got mad cause she was trying to distance herself from wwe.

[@alliefan8643]

François-Xavier Arnotte Who cares. WWE sucks dick now

[@XantroyX]

Alexa bliss/ Allie Fan Yet you still use the name and picture of a current WWE superstar as your profile. You're ridiculous.

[@andrewcomstock2828]

Is it bad that i know over half the people on this list :/

[@CooldBloodedGaming]

Burch Jr Nah

[@RuceProductions]

Burch Jr eyyy u watch sips too

[@thorskjeggestad8666]

Burch Jr I remember them all, and I can't believe they didn't mention that Man Mountain Rock was Maxx Payne in WCW.

[@awesomeianmarco]

Burch Jr is it bad that I know ALL of the people on this list. :\

[@magnusmidjord1644]

Burch Jr Is it bad that i know none of the people on this list :/

[@TheMDXtremeReal]

Top 10 Big Show Heel/Face turns

[@mystbunnygaming1449]

That WWF logo guitar was pretty fucking awesome.

[@wilhelmbeaston8003]

Wonder what happened to it.

[@mystbunnygaming1449]

George the animal Steele probably ate it.

[@TRG_real]

No seriously, when comparing New Generations gimmicks to PG era gimmicks, today WWE is strictly for adults only.

[@EmeraldZion]

***ORIGINAL*** TheRealGamer!™ what about Bayley, new day and James Ellsworth (trash)

[@TRG_real]

Ellsworth is a simpleton, Bayley is a painkiller addict and New Day are depressed individuals trying to light it up.

[@Skiddy622]

Coming from Dave Mustaine. We all know his drug history background. Thankfully he made it through all that. Megadeth \m/

[@samizayn7778]

Can everyone please stop saying first just enjoy the video

[@zhangxnoir6694]

Sami Zayn That shit is so fucking annoying

[@noahdkg]

Sami Zayn good idea

[@D0RYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]

Sami Zayn first

[@TheBloodytaste]

second first

[@zhangxnoir6694]

You know what you all just made the list. DRINK IT IN MAAAAAAN!!!

[@sleazecrew8333]

i remember when men on a mission came out and rapped so bad that they started cussing then said were sorry to the audience. that is why he's memorable to me.

[@Mistertbones]

I do remember Alex Porteau. He had some success in the USWA as one half of the Dirty White Boys, but had his most success in Dallas for the GWF as the Light-Heavyweight Champion.

[@Djarra]

Rad Radford was more memorable in WCW where he also did commentary and was teamed with Scott Hall. Although he died at age 27. Had he lived he might have made an impact behind the mic and he was certainly better than most of the commentators around at the moment, and had the respect of Bobby Heenan.

[@robwest5457]

New Generation forgotten stars? Jerry Lawler! WWE just said "forget him" last week.

[@brotheldan2009]

if its too loud your too old makes perfect sense actually

[@Dorelaxen]

I actually really liked Man Mountain Rock in WCW when he was Maxx Payne. The whole "big guy that can actually mat wrestle" thing was pretty well done, and he had some great moments with Foley.

[@SlugLineMediaProd]

Idea for a list: Matches that made careers. It'd be awesome to look at the matches that got guys like Bret Hart and The Rock over into main event status. For example, I know Triple H has said his street fight with Mick Foley was the match that inspired both management and the fans alike to accept him as a major player. I'd love to hear about more matches like that.

[@foxbear60]

Well done, Simon! A list finally got me!

[@ReviewerRandom]

Small correction: "Castillo" is not pronounced "casteelo", is "casteeyoh".

[@TheNotbadphonedaddy]

Man Mountain Rock aka Maxx Payne, grew up in Michigan and made a name for himself in a variety of different ways before getting into professional wrestling. His real name is Darryl Peterson. In high school he played football for a spell and wrestled, where he was good enough to get a scholarship. He was also discovered and starred in the 1979 film TAKEDOWN with Lorenzo Lamas and Edward Herrmann. Not sure how, because it wasn't a scholarship, but he ended up at Iowa State University where he wrestled on the Cyclone varsity wrestling team at HWT. He took fifth place at the 1985 NCAA Division I Championships, in which every match he wrestled in ended in a fall. Either he pinned his opponent or his opponent pinned him. He was awarded the Gorriaran award for the most amount of falls in the least amount of time. After college he made a go of trying to get back into the movies, and ended up doing security and bodyguard positions out in the Los Angeles area. He had very, very moderate success getting small gigs like being an extra in television series and movies. It was then he was discovered and trained as a pro wrestler. A short run with the WWE and then a short run with WCW, his professional wrestling days were short and not well remembered. Over the past 20 years, I know he lived in Iowa for a while as well as Michigan and California.

[@jedlevinson5185]

I'm an INSANELY huge wrestling fan and I didn't even remember most of the guys on this list. That's how you know they did a great job with the video

[@PlayingWithMahWii]

Any video that references Mantaur puts a smile on my face.

[@jsebbs]

Being from Montréal, I totally remember Jean-Pierre Lafitte. PCO baby!

[@Oliviacaptain]

I LOVE PCO!!! The Canadian Frankenstein!!!

[@Jarppakarppa]

I remember most of these thanks to NEW GENERATION PROJECT PODCAST

[@XantroyX]

I remember all of these... Once again you've failed to stump me Whatculture.

[@Jimboola]

I think one of rh best was a cheezy type called 'Adam Bomb'. I'm pretty sure his backstory was being irradiated at 3-mile Island.

[@tamereopire2759]

Mr. Wrath Brian Clark

[@Bess2k2]

I forgot about all of those guys. Great vid.

[@marklrc]

I really liked Alex The Pug Pourteau when I was a kid. The thing is that I didn't get to watch Raw at all back in 1995, and he used to win all of his matches on Superstars!

[@elzorelzor5859]

WhatCultureWrestling's doing gr8. I've been here since 100K, who else remembers it being WhatCultureWWE???

[@camerongreenlees7208]

Ive been here only since 700k because i only got back into wrestling around royal rumble time

[@Cobralalalala]

The interesting thing about the Jean-Pierre LaFitte gimmick is that the eye patch came first. While he didn't wear it in the ring before that, he had received an eye injury when he was a kid and had to wear it sometimes. This was apparently noticed and BAM! pirate. :P

[@nickcervenka8756]

The stable vs stable fighting week after week was one of the reasons I jumped ship to WCW.

[@GraveysBrewery]

"10 New Generation Era WWE Superstars You Totally Don't Remember" I remembered all 10 of them. I enjoyed quite a few of these guys too. Someone that should've been on this list is Phantasio, another 1 match wonder.

[@FeatheredCrow]

What about TheLegend27

[@valentinelovesyou_.38]

FeatheredCrow who is thelegend27 ?

[@jrrt9059]

Kaimz some say he's the first game of war player lol

[@sethrollins3982]

FeatheredCrow he keeps beating my ass

[@valentinelovesyou_.38]

Seth Rollins some say he can hurl a boulder farther than a catapult

[@sethrollins3982]

Kaimz LMAO that's the new meme

[@SmrtKid1]

Am I the only one who sees these ''you don't remember'' videos as a challenge?

[@JoeLaFon3]

➡ Top 10 High Fliers ⬅ please @Blampied

[@99percenthotgas]

this video could have been summarized as 'all of them'

[@RNC200711]

I remember all of them, also Sione appeared at 2 PPV's, he was in Royal Rumble 1995 as well

[@jonnritland1940]

Very good list, Sione did make an appearance in the 1995 Royal Rumble match. But that's easy to forget given how it wasn't very memorable.

[@JoeLaFon3]

nice list guys 👍

[@originalchristianvogt]

0:52 Fun Fact: the Guy on the right with the Polo Racket and the Tie is Johnny Polo who later became Raven in ECW.

[@Mushtaco]

I actually remember Tracy Smothers though, when he was in FBI with Lil Guido in ECW he was fucking hilarious!

[@payableondeath7]

I had heard most of these names thanks to time spent on Wrestlecrap forums a decade ago, but since I grew up with WCW I didn't have much context for them, so it was interesting to put names to faces and hear a little about them.

[@iamdb1990]

wow, a "totally don't remember" video with a few I actually don't know/remember...nice one WC... AND Simon with the V/O... a win/win all round

[@michaelbreen7865]

I remember first seeing Alex Porteau in GWF.

[@thorskjeggestad8666]

The only people who DON'T remember these guys were either under 10 years of age at the time, or not even born yet. I remember every single one of them.

[@kagemaru259]

I remember when Tracy Smothers went to ECW, the crowd kept yelling "FREDDY JOE!" at him. ECW fans were the best.

[@Dave24078]

Man Mountain Rock was great when he worked for WCW as Big Max Pain I think he even teamed with Cactus Jack for a while

[@TheHellJack]

Aw man, I remember Freddy Joe Floyd. He had this finisher, this "from the top rope kick to the back of the head", that was called 'The Jaw Jacker'.

[@Saddison01]

Fun Fact: Freddie Joe Floyd was a rib on the Brisco Brothers. Jack's real name is Freddie Joe and Gerald's real name is Floyd.

[@thorskjeggestad8666]

SMACK! I knew that was a rib, and I couldn't remember on who. Thanks!

[@Skiddy622]

Nice, I did not know that. Always enjoy new knowledge.

[@tomvlasak8776]

A simon video without him slappimg his head isn't quite the same

[@flipt0s]

I would love to see a video of the best wrestlers to never get over in WWE.

[@GeovaneSanciniSR]

I only remember Man Mountain Rock because Chris Jericho mention him in one of his books (Lion's Tale)

[@RegretfulDeadMan]

10 things WWE wants you to forget about Daniel Bryan

[@charliesquire6773]

Luke . his vegan rants in 2012 and losing to sheamus in 27 seconds at WM for the WHC

[@RegretfulDeadMan]

+CSQ the "vegan" storyline with the bellas

[@RegretfulDeadMan]

+CSQ his similarities to Chris Benoit the fact that he doesn't want to be there spitting in john cenas face the fans hijacking the royal rumble for him he was never meant to succeed

[@vinnieofnj]

I love remembering short lived gimmicks. I like the quick flash of Friar Fergusson (aka Bastian Booger, "you gotta pick Booger to win") at the beginning. Hard to say what your counting, because some the guys like Oscar and Jean-Pierre had a decent run with PPV appearances, to Tank...oh Tank. When the internet was young and new, I remember desperately trying to find information on this generic name that appeared in the faction. I may be crossing eras but here's 15 more: Tekno Team 2000, Rockabilly, The Grimm Twins (Skull & 8-ball before DOA, but after Jacob & Eli Blu)), Angus & Wildo Jynx (aka Hardy Boyz), The Stalker, The Sultan, Babu (Tiger Ali Singh's manager), Shinji (Hakushi's manager), Tennessee Lee, Southern Justice, Charlie Minn, Stephanie Wyand, Who, Avatar and all the luchadors (like Max Mini, Heavy Metal, Discovery, LIzmark etc., but I guess they were more guests)

[@czw321]

Alex The Pug Porteau was a total class act. I met him at an Indy show in Orlando. Really cool guy, still good last I saw him was around 2010 I think. I think he was a trainer last I heard. And he's a fellow Christian

[@joshculver4381]

I remember Man Mountain Rock playing the National Anthem on that guitar to open a pay per view. it was Survivor Series or Royal Rumble

[@elliotshaw3064]

10 best promo packages in WWE history please 😁😁😁😁

[@heretic600]

I remember all these guys. I believe the Headshrinkers name was pronounced see-own-ee and they defended the belts under Freebirds Rule. I was about 8 years old, so I could be a little off.

[@robertclark2253]

Well Simon some fans have long memories and/or loads of VHS tapes . Only one these eluded me and that was Brakus .

[@jreese2474]

I remember The Pug and Freddy Joe Floyd. Liked them both and was disappointed when they just vanished.

[@kevincamacho-rosado7498]

José Castillo became a huge name in his home Country Puerto Rico. He was part of IWA WWC.

[@magnusp1536]

Please do the 10 best technicians of all time

[@GerbilManUniverse]

Well... here in Puerto Rico: Jesús Castillo, better known as Huracán (Hurricane) Castillo is (or at least was) one of the biggest wrestling stars of the island.

[@y0lefted]

This was a buzz feed type title. Cmon WhatCulture

[@midlifecrisi]

There is one New Generation Era superstar who is so forgettable you can literally read his name, and completely forget what it was literally straight after reading it, and his name is , which I'm sure you can all agree you've already forgotten.

[@rossokeefe9655]

I actually remembered a couple of those people...which made me feel all warm and fuzzy

[@silverroddo1468]

I regularly recall 3 out of 10 of these wrestlers on occasion. Bret tried super hard to get the pirate over.

[@jordylont1879]

Top 10 John Cena's during that entrance you talked about.

[@jordylont1879]

With the actual John Cena coming in at #10

[@quentinkaasa47]

+Adam Phillip - And yet, he lifted Edge and the Big Show together on his shoulders that very night.

[@billdz420]

Barbarian made more than one PPV appearance while part of the Headshrinkers! He was also in the Royal Rumble!!

[@ottagol1985]

I remember most of them except for Mantaur's time as Tank. (Haven't watched much Shotgun Saturday Night at the time). I hardly even remember The Grimm Twins (Jason & Jared), who only wrestled twice if memory served (from what I've watched), and they were The Bruise Brothers. Which is strange, because I don't remember the former Blu Twins being skinny.

[@vikingdemonpr]

Jesus "Huracan" Castillo Jr. was and still is very popular in PR. He's a second generation wrestler and also his son is competing nowadays.

[@rhunter42dragon]

I totally DO remember Jean Pierre Lafitte, Oscar, Sione, Rad Radford, Freddie Joe Floyd (though barely), and Man Mountain Rock.

[@kashmere7980]

Seone (the third headshrinker) was in the 1995 royal rumble as well as survivor series 1994

[@keithcordrey]

How did you manage to make a video featuring man mountain rock and not use the image of him shrugging from wrestlecrap?

[@djpee25]

The barbarian was also in the 1995 royal rumble match as Seone,so that makes 2 ppv appearances under the headshrinker gimmick.

[@djpee25]

And who remembers the Swat team that were in the 96 royal rumble? (They where known as the Headhunters 1 and 2 in ecw and japan)

[@jairusthevirusuk99]

I remember Jesus Castillo but from the WWF SuperAstros show back in the day

[@chris214a]

I remembered 8 of these guys, what a time to be a true WWF fan! 😂

[@coloneldookie7222]

As a child, I understood the occupation gimmicks as simply a way to put a character together the way people would expect them to be. I was a fan of Duke "The Dumpster" Droese (sp?), Man Mountain Rock, and TJ Hopper. Also, when I saw Rad Radford on the list, it triggered thoughts of Man Mountain Rock. I fondly remember being a subscriber to the WWF magazine and the pretty decent articles they had on each superstar. How about this for a trip: Remember the Karate Fighters tournament? The toy was shit, but when WWF promoted it, I absolutely had to have them. I also remember WWF did a fighter comparison between Kama and TJ Combo (from Killer Instinct). That alone got me interested in something else other than playing Super Mario World, Street Fighter II, and WWF Royal Rumble on the SNES.

[@mikeclark3223]

Wow! I honestly remember everyone here except The Pug.

[@SouthernBoyCovers]

10 wrestlers forgotten in the ruthless aggression era

[@codeblack9407]

Grayson Inman he already did it

[@alexisafox]

I was actually in line to meet Mick Foley last month and I met a guy who works for man Mountain rock. Apparently he owns part of a landscaping company.

[@JeffreyJFerguson]

The New Generation was my childhood. I was smugly declaring "I remember this guy!" for each entry until you got to Freddie Joe Floyd and the Pug. Who the fuck --- ? Even I don't remember those guys! Well done Simon.

[@rocksrock4292]

top 10 current WWE superstars creative forgot and put in number one *the man that creative forgot Neville*

[@TeddXplosion]

Any list that brings up Mantaur again makes me happy. lol

[@OptimalMayo]

Just about every time i watch wrestling my dad needs to point out that his friend wrestled as the pug I always thought it was a really dumb joke but I just googled him today.The pug is my new favorite wrestler 😂

[@psychoticbuzzsaw]

I had forgotten all about that guitar lol

[@ricstormwolf]

I remember all but three of those wrestlers. Two if you use Tracy Smothers' name instead of the one I already forgot. lol

[@robsenzig5720]

Not too many people remember that Steve Keirn was in the wwf or WWE when he went under the gimmick of the Skinner who hailed from the Florida outback that had supposedly wrestled gators.

[@nathanrivers3707]

If you have the WWE Encyclopedia then you know almost all of these guys

[@codeblack9407]

Nathan Rivers the new edition one

[@darthnowlan]

I remember John Pierre, Oscar, Sione, Brakus, Jesus, Rad, Freddie Joe, Man Mountain Man, Tank, Mantaur and The Pug.

[@Gabriel_Cook]

Me scrolling through KZbin feed: Hey its Alex "The Pug" Porteau!

[@andrewwilson8305]

So what you're saying is James Ellsworth is the 2016 version of Freddie joe floyd

[@skeeza168]

How WWE SHOULD book Royal Rumble 2017

[@GNVS300]

Holy crap I don't know ANY of these except Tank and The Pug Alex Porteau. I knew most of them on the other era lists but not this one...

[@poodlehorn2438]

basically asking "hey remember any wrestlers you don't remember?" is kinda redundant

[@oliverl.5834]

Damn, I remember all of 'em but Tank! :O

[@samizayn7778]

Castillo 🤔😂 It's pernounced Cas-Ti-Yo

[@Viper0412]

Sami Zayn it's spelled pronounced

[@samizayn7778]

I'm stupid I know

[@Codeninja676]

And they forgot his Huracan "middle" name XD

[@lordevyl8317]

It's pronounced JOBBER

[@Codeninja676]

That's MISTER Hugh Mungus To You Because WWE likes to waste good talent as Jobbers instead of giving them a chance.

[@jliller]

Didn't Lafitte keep wearing the eyepatch even after he went back to being "random French Canadian tag team wrestler" instead of a pirate?

[@adamkratos9323]

He did, and that patch actually cost him in the Brawl For All

[@charonspass]

jliller

[@heretic600]

Yes, but he got his eye shot out as a kid playing with a pellet gun and wore an eye patch in real life, just never wrestled with it until that point.

[@ViperDynamo20XX]

Most of them I actually remember, if only by name. Their careers lasted about as long as this video.

[@anw568]

10 things wwe wants you to forget about wade barett

[@cameronpugh6035]

I knew eight people on this list except Freddy joe Floyd and the pug

[@miguelroman7668]

Jesus Castillo is known in Puerto Rico as Huracan Castillo. He had a long career there. (in WWC)