10 Wrestling Matches That Turned Into SHOOTS

From Brock Lesnar legitimately punching Braun Strowman in the head at WWE TLC 2018 to Diesel getting into it with Pierre Carl Ouellet, these are 10 Wrestling Matches That Turned Into SHOOTS.
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[@anarchyripper2251]

That Yoshiko match should've be 1.. never heard about that. insane!

[@MorbidFayde]

It's referred to as "the ghastly match" in Japan

[@handleunavailable]

Fucking shouldve been locked up over that its ridiculous.

[@JaitsuStudios]

It infuriates me that Yoshiko was ever allowed to step into a ring again.

[@CatsOverBrats]

You can hear Braun apologizing to Brock shortly after when they're outside the ring by the commentator table. He took a knee and apologized afterwards.

[@asmrmy9664]

Professionals

[@painvillegaming4119]

I mean it lesnar you don’t want him to hate you in a middle of a match

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@TuberoseKisser Braun is strong and tough But brock lesnar has been said to be physically stronger then both show and the undertaker and only one man have been stat it to be physically stronger then him (if don’t count Henry of course )and that young Kane Also it F lesnar

[@herbertholland924]

@@painvillegaming4119 The only man on the roster that was ever able to humble Lesnar was Angle. I wish there was video of the shoot match they had backstage. Lesnar apparently said that he could beat Angle in a real match, that pissed Angle off, and Angle proved him wrong.

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@herbertholland924 I was talking physically stronger And it was more of a friendly match more then anything and the boy start it actually

[@walterreed7639]

Those Steiner guys look familiar. Something about a breakers and what nots.

[@gbrooks2]

Breakkkkkkkker*

[@KeShaunB3]

Bruh this needs to be too comment

[@patrickk8951]

We have a Walter P. Reed who lives in my area.

[@johnvanlindingham9490]

Yoused to be one of the best tag teams

[@IntentChief]

I was at the 2018 rumble in the 200s level, everyone knew Brock’s punch was real it stood out even from high up

[@HellNation]

The best thing about the last case is Brock Lesnar throw the punches to send the message, just hard enough to be noticed and not to completely KO Braun Strowman and ruin the match. Lesnar is just too good

[@Tormund_Giantsbrain]

He was curled up in a fetal position with his intestines hanging out when Overeem was go8ng to town on him.

[@hgb0005]

and what people remember is the shot to the head...........but before that Brock gave him a good one to the midsection and Braun just totally collapsed........Lesnar is a scary man

[@TheBrooklynBeastLeo]

@@Tormund_Giantsbrain Diverticulitis will do that to you.

[@Tormund_Giantsbrain]

@@TheBrooklynBeastLeo meh technique wise he was trash for most of his ufc career. But he was genetically so gifted be that he made up for technique with sheer power. The Mir fights were tue perfect example of this.

[@felixlara2945]

@@Tormund_Giantsbrain not just power he's also insanely fucking fast bro moves like he's only 200lbs

[@Look_Dad_Old_Tunes]

1:57 Sumo nerd here: John Tenta had a perfect record in sumo's lower divisions, before quitting either because he refused to have his tattoos lasered off to satisfy the Sumo Association that he wasn't Yakusa-affiliated, or because the training was ridiculously hard. Koji Kitao, on the other hand, made it all the way to the top divisions, before internal politics meant he was promoted to the rank of Yokozuna before he was ready. After resigning from the rank, and it's pretty clear he was pushed, he ended up in pro wrestling with a serious chip on his shoulder. And that's how we got to the SWS/WWF issue.

[@MrBonzeMedal]

Whoa I’m genuinely curious about the Yoshihiko and Yasukawa incident. Was there anything deeper that happened that led to this? Destroying someone’s face due to jealousy seems very…unbalanced.

[@fuckyoutube4]

It's the japanese way. Trying to killing others OR yourself is what makes them feel alive. Paradoxically.

[@coltkillergaming5685]

People have been killed cuz of jealousy so breaking someone’s face doesn’t seem too far fetched

[@hib6076]

Yoshiko didn't like that Act was becoming more over. I'm pretty sure Act botched a move in a tag match they had so Yoshiko didn't want her to be a top star. But Act was so popular they tried to push her and it lead to that match for both belts. And well... you seen what happened. What is even more upsetting is that Act loved wrestling but she was too injury prone for it. So she took pills so she could compete even tho they made her infertile. She gave her life for wrestling and Yoshiko ruined that just because she was jealous of Act's success

[@thatguyfromak5190]

Well, there was also a real culture war in Joshi at the time. Act was seen as newer, more idol like blood, while Yoshiko was in the old school camp that stiffed each other and beat rookies into bloody pulps to toughen them up. Wouldn't be surprised if someone told Yoshiko to go that far, although the result would lead to Stardom and many other Joshi promotions adopting that newer focus with a lot of veterans leaving in protest.

[@thatguyfromak5190]

@@fuckyoutube4 Also you're a racist.

[@wi4101]

The dreaded Yellow Circle has made it's debut at Cultaholic Wrestling.

[@grimreaper1542]

The fact that Braun didn’t die from Lesnar is amazing

[@jaycerrito3142]

If he was a smaller non wrestler, then yes he would've died

[@nullandvoid7524]

No kidding, Brock hit him harder than he hit Mark Hunt lmao

[@painvillegaming4119]

I am surprised he wasn’t koed

[@xNobodyOfConsequenceX]

Nia "The Tater" Jax being unsafe in the ring? That's unheard of🙄🙄🙄

[@bryanb97]

Actually no Act Yasukawa is not now a manager she's actually training people how to wrestle, has her own promotion ActRing which is a combination of pro wrestling and stage acting, and is back performing in the ring.

[@deadbydefiance9341]

Good to know... that was honestly the worst entry on this list. I remember watch something on WC about that incident when it happened and was blown away

[@the0riginalsobs]

For those who have never heard about Act Yasukawa, i HIGHLY recommend to read The Act Yasukawa story on Pro Wrestling is Art (After watching the match). You cannot imagine how gruesome is that match and how is probably the worst shoot ever (I mean, without trying to kill the other, looking at you new jack).

[@glenncross4987]

Yasukawa seemed destined to be one of the next great women's wrestlers until that match

[@christopherballero866]

Surprised New Jack isn't on this list

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Especially in his match against Vic Grimes. New Jack even admitted he was trying to kill him.

[@Kwert]

Hahahah that’d be enough for its own list…

[@TinkSalsa]

As far as I'm concerned that wasn't a wrestling match that turned into a shoot, as it can't be described as wrestling matches in the first place.

[@mrg1566]

Holy shit that Act Yazukawa/Yoshiko match was crazy. Never heard of that before

[@DJDoubleCee]

At least Perry Saturn’s Moppy storyline was funny as hell. I have to admit that.

[@corywilson2007]

So good best stuff from perry saturn I can remember

[@trevors.5998]

Some of you might not know who Seven Hunnid on KZbin is but believe me, you will have no choice but to know who he is in due time🙏

[@thetruecish]

Who will ever forget Moppy's botched demise? Such a classic moment.

[@Hutchyboy67]

What? Bob Holly being a bully, you say? Well colour me shocked!

[@zomaz]

I'm confused as to why the Brawn/Brock incident is #1. While memorable, it was just one accidental stiff shot, followed by a stiff warning shot and then it returned to being a match. That just barely meets the minimum requirements of being called a shoot. Meanwhile, you have people getting beaten bloody and/or getting retired rank lower on the list.

[@Thecallmemisterajp]

Yeah. I dunno how well known it was, the Stardom deal was one of the most horrible things I’ve seen in the ring.

[@stickfigurewithahat8860]

Nia Jax: “MY HOLE!!”

[@kapner2104]

Do “10 Times wrestlers beat up fans who jumped the barricade”

[@Chigen_Atomic]

I'd say the Yasukawa/Yoshiko match should be 1. To this day, I'm astonished Yoshiko is still wrestling. I would have thought she'd have been kicked out or blackballed from damn near every org.

[@jeremywilliams5141]

APA vs Public Enemy Sexy Star vs Rosemary Daniel Puder vs Kurt Angle

[@PrizeJ]

New Jack vs well almost anybody he didn't like.

[@getpumped87]

3:13 Mike Bell's brother (Mark) owes me $15

[@seanmansfield4853]

I think the most impressive thing about this list is that it confirms there is a singular, entertaining Nia Jax match.

[@PrizeJ]

Well Asuka, and Bayley, had matches with Nia that made her look really good in NXT. It's just when she went to the main roster, all of that went right out the window.

[@jaredthehawk3870]

What most don't tell you about Kitao and Tenta is that Tenta was a former sumo himself, however Kitao was a former yokozuna. It's speculated that Kitao was offended that he was booked to lose to someone lower ranked than him in a real sport.

[@thecodester6669]

I remember reading about hardcore. And i seen the brock lesnar one. Got that show on dvd

[@calebdavila2420]

Any person who could hold their own in a shoot against one of the Steiners is a person I would not want to mess with.

[@jvstice56]

That Lesnar/Stroman one is proof that Brock CAN hold back to send out warning shots. The rest of this list led to some serious repercussions, usually for the non-star in the fights. What Yoshiko did was inexcusable. While she continues to wrestle, Act Yasukawa no longer can as those injuries proved to be career ending. Honorable mention to Sexy Star who did a shoot armbar twice to cause a serious dislocation, resulting in her being outright banned by both WWE and AEW. You know you've done messed up if you end up being banned by the two biggest United States based wrestling promotions. Whether or not she cares is a different story, but she's definitely not going to be seen on USA, TNT, nor TBS in the near future, if ever.

[@RubyRoks]

For Nia and Flair, i just watched the match, and it seemed like maybe the two were already at odds in gorilla and just trying to get through it. Charlotte's been having some temper issues lately

[@Rusty2FTW]

*Error Alert* Brock punches Braun at Royal Rumble 2018, not TLC 2018 in the bio.

[@gandalf_thegrey]

"Minus the storage cabinet" I'm dead. Video isn't even 30 seconds old and I'm dead

[@riou1927]

U can literally put a top 10 list on who Nia Jax has injured throughout her career

[@Blocparty01]

God i haven't watched that Japanese womens match but out sounds like the ref should have stepped in sooner. Sounds like that was a worse shoot than a lot of men's incidents

[@sergelevesque2718]

Note that the pronunciation for "Ouellet" is : well-let

[@rondellschuyler7074]

Rip Earthquake. You entertained us all

[@crackedspyglass]

2:16 incidentally, John Tenta is also a former sumo but left before going to the top divisions because they'd have required him to remove his tattoo.

[@joeyjoejoe1394]

Kitao didn’t want to lose to him the first time but grinned and bore it, he didn’t like speculation about what would have happened if the undefeated Tenta was promoted and they met in a sumo bout

[@jabunzama]

Wait whoa lol did Adam imply he gave Jack a good ol JBL-ing 🤔🤣🤣🤣

[@MasonOcker]

0:30 "Adam Pa-cheesy"

[@Dangerousflower918]

The yasukawa vs yoshiko match will always be the reason why I'll never change my stance on yoshiko. FUCK YOSHIKO!!!!!! And I haven't kept up with act yasukawa a lot since leaving stardom but I don't think she has worked as a manager since leaving stardom. But their is some good news to this story she recently returned to the ring last year in some capacity.

[@DamanKingBear]

Yoshiko should have gotten blackballed

[@sarathi19]

What about Lex Luger Vs Bruiser Brody ?

[@sharquandajackson3704]

Do matches that were shoots that turned into works next, brotha!

[@invadazim4320]

Suprised new jack wasn't on here

[@chrisyanover1777]

I'm surprised Lex Luger vs Brucer Brodie didn't make this list

[@DashCat9]

Great Antonio vs. Anoki in the middle of the list. Holy shit, where does it go from there?

[@martinrubio9412]

That john tenta match real shoot thats crazy

[@Mercenarymn]

Number 1 is that Japanese women's fight. It was a complete shoot. Moreso than any of the others.

[@Kwert]

Inoki vs Ali would be pretty fitting on here too.

[@lilpoetat]

thanks!

[@AkiraSanBeer]

Dammit, had a hunch the Yoshiko thing would be in here ....did not need to see those pictures again....

[@jean-philippeasselin1859]

Phonetically, Ouellet is pronounce "Well-let"

[@martinrubio9412]

Perry saturn got punished with the moppy gimmick

[@staticlegend354]

Brock don’t play around.

[@adamturner749]

A lot of this aren’t actual shoots more things got a bit physical for a moment. That’s nothing new though wrestling often gets physical at times when someone gets carried away and are quickly put back in there place.

[@PrizeJ]

Hence it being a shoot. It's called shooting on each other, for a reason.

[@PhilLeotardosGhost]

Nitro 1997. The Nasty Boys vs The Outsiders. Saggs knocked out Hall after Hall had been potatoing him too much. No list ever mentions this one.

[@Nbflowers1989]

Fun list!

[@turtlehead2]

I’m at number 9. Is this a new way to tell us about JBL and Blue Meanie?

[@jb888888888]

In the intro there's a shot of a bloody Blue Meanie yet they never talk about it. Wish somebody would explain that. Doesn't get discussed enough.

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@chrishollister80]

It's so funny how these wrestling "tough guys" are legends among a trope of fake fighters but the moment they try their shit with real fighters they end up getting put in their place.

[@2rare2die100]

A fair few professional wrestlers have also fought in MMA matches, so I don’t think that what you’re saying is strictly true……

[@Matrim42]

You’ve got to go out of your way to piss off John Tenta, he was one of the nicest guys in wrestling.

[@nostalgiaknight3649]

This doesn’t really mean anything, but I’m from the same place as Vordell Walker

[@StrikingAlexa]

I wonder if anyone shot with Haku

[@robswystun2766]

Suicide by Samoan.

[@TehGamesaver]

I got two words for ya! Sexy Star! No like seriously. Where's Sexy Star?

[@kevinalford]

Hey who would have known about Rick Steiner... mmm

[@chrishigh4113]

Nobody is eating 25 whole full grown chickens. Nobody. I don't care if you're the Great Antonio or even Andre(the Giant is the only person I'd wager might come close). If they were actually Cornish Game Hens, then maybe but still I dunno.

[@timothywest7698]

Brock punching Braun stiffly isn't a shoot, because after the punch there was full cooperation between both parties.

[@AnthonyMackONE]

I’m sorry, but there’s no way that Charlotte vs Nia Jax should have rated as high as it did. I mean, I even hesitate to call that a shoot; it looked like a few moments of miscommunication before deciding to go to a finish. And it was rated over the very real beatdown that was Inoki vs Great Antonio and the legitimate broken bones and bloodshed that was suffered by Act Yasukawa?

[@getpumped87]

This isn't a ranking video, literally just 10 matches that turned to shoot fights

[@AnthonyMackONE]

@@getpumped87 thanks for pointing that out! I really felt some kind of way about that!

[@duckmeister5385]

Brock's noogies can lead to ruptured spleens.

[@meekrob]

I love the first one. Rick Steiner was an unprofessional asshole far too often and I would've loved to see Walker give him a taste of his own medicine.

[@maffer3164]

I just make the 1k like 👍🏻😆

[@mringram]

Damn

[@circa-iv4st]

missing that intro

[@buckingham412]

why do you keep calling Pierre-Carl Ouellet 'Whoolay'??? Its pronounced 'Wellett', english people can pronounce it no sweat

[@FuglyStick]

Dudes, I know you need content, but you've made this video a dozen times.

[@i.korezom]

A potato and a receipt doesn't make a match a shoot

[@thetruecish]

Charlotte and Nia are two of the clumsiest wrestlers in pro wrestling today so it's no surprise that they had some issues wrestling each other.

[@ADHDVLOGS]

It never ceases to amaze me that these guys left Whatculture because they were fed up of making the same lists about the same content, just to start another channel that pretty much does exactly the same thing, I'm pretty sure I've seen these things about a million times.

[@JitteryJackanape]

I think it was more of a money thing because what culture as a whole is kinda shitty to their workers.

[@josetheragood3213]

Mike Bell was not enhancement talent and dropped Saturn on his head multiple times in that match because he couldn't "wrestle" for shit.

[@SheriffOutlaw]

Omg I called it!!!! Cruella vs Ursula made the list!!!!! I was right on the money!!!! 🤑💰

[@Jasonvoorhees57469]

Huh?

[@SheriffOutlaw]

@@Jasonvoorhees57469 Charlotte Flair vs Nia Jax is the joke I was making saying that this would be the equivalent of Cruella fighting Ursula

[@Your_TribalChief]

Mostly girls fought in wwe *real fight*

[@thedoomdruid296]

Nia Jax rrrrreally needs to retire already.

[@wheelzwheelzington]

Noti gang

[@blainem2779]

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[@fetusmccarlane9627]

I've shot in my ex wifes ring before once or twice ... but I think that's a different story for a different time ⏲ 🤔 😏

[@tvmanin]

So many wrestlers think they are "hard" and can fight.. in real life 99% of them get destroyed by trained mma men 150lb less than them easily

[@thehumanspider98]

How many times are you going to make this exact same video just with a different title?!, its getting a bit ridiculous now

[@isaacmckillop9872]

First

[@nwo2616]

Aew is dead!!!

[@vaishnav9387]

Nope

[@punkzx2608]

And?

[@triggerken1422]

Coming from John Marston this is pretty ironic lol. In all seriousness, gr8 b8 m8