10 WWE Superstars Who Had HUGE Backstage Heat

From The Miz and Enzo Amore to Matt Striker and Shawn Michaels, these are 10 WWE Superstars Who Had Huge Backstage Heat
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[@andrewshea2197]

Adam saying “JBL was being an asshole to a rookie” is like me saying “I’m going to breathe oxygen today”

[@iandude1]

Hardcore Holly was notorious for being an asshole, IIRC.

[@Parrotchuter]

JBL is a POS

[@burnthetrolls5971]

JBL was an asshole to everyone not just rookies

[@laylajones2095]

“Who once cornered Michaels and attempted to put the fear of God in him...the fear of God did find Michaels.” I fell out😂😂😂

[@jamieholmes4751]

I can remember The Miz absolutely killing Enzo Amore in a promo , mentioning Amore getting kicked off of the bus 😃😃😃

[@One_LuvZ]

What was the reason due to amore running his mouth?

[@martinfawkes595]

OneLuv_Z I think it was cause he took a phone call while on a tour bus, and was talking too loudly or something

[@assadi89]

Still one of my favorite Miz Promos, burrying Amore while putting over Pac, a lot of it seemed like Amore was given his script but not told what Miz is going to say, If Miz's lines were even scripted. It would make sense, since this was one week after dirt sheets reported that Amore told HHH himself that he doesn't need a script and even refused to follow it.

[@One_LuvZ]

@@assadi89 Amore was known for writing his own scripts and was good at it to a point where I believe they just let him do his thing and it works.

[@zeospark9715]

They should've never split Enzo and Cass up. They were huge as a tag team in NXT but as soon they got split up, they fell apart quickly on their own all because Vince wanted Cass as the solo star. Even Cass was against this which was one of the reasons he eventually left the WWE.

[@easybush7291]

Don't forget to shake my hand? In 2020 Adam? You're a madman

[@thochaos13]

He was only talking to Randy Orton.

[@stevegallo8483]

As I recall, the Undertaker also put the fear of God into Shawn Michaels by threatening to beat the hell out of him if Michaels didn't do the job for Austin.

[@cardfreak0560]

You just gotta love how it wasn't a direct threat, dude just waited with his gloves on lmao

[@cld244]

"It was his good fortune he was such a exemplary worker." I this his fortune is equally due to his membership of the Kliq.

[@mikemiken1963]

Is was probably more to to his "friendship" w McMahon.

[@Ken9284]

@@mikemiken1963 his gay friendship

[@heelgill]

We already know about The Miz and Chris Benoit situation. Mike dropped some chicken on Benoit’s bag. Then Chris kicked Mike out of the locker room. Later Chris died but Mike wasn’t even sure if he was welcomed back, so Undertaker heard about it then invited him back in.

[@liquidnitrogen5656]

Yep

[@heelgill]

liquid nitrogen Yep Yep Yep Sheffield

[@atticus5106]

@@Dave_ja_vu Accidentally dropping food on someone's stuff is a pretty stupid reason. Quite frankly, it sounds like an excuse to be an asshole to someone who can't do anything about it. You'd never see these guys do that to Taker or Brock. But I agree, people are too soft these days. If they see a diverse cast in a movie, they freak out and bitch and moan online. Or if someone says something bad about America, they're a terrorist sympathizer. And don't get me started on people complaining about not standing for the national anthem. You gotta walk on eggshells with those people or they get their feelings hurt!

[@taterthepenguin]

@@Dave_ja_vu Sounds like you're being too soft my dude

[@acecashman1237]

@@atticus5106 haha nice switchup on the "soft" argument

[@lexi3312]

Ah, the most toxic community not on the internet, backstage WWE.

[@sammysmartwizch3184]

Every bts work environment is usually toxic. Just here the people look like oiled up biology figurines who can actually beat you up.

[@horsekfobster7823]

@@sammysmartwizch3184 MMA guys are less toxic because they’re actually dangerous and don’t have roid rage

[@sammysmartwizch3184]

@@horsekfobster7823 what even. How is MMA and WWE even comparable. All the UFC guys dont share the same locker room or travel together throughout the year away from their families. Of course wrestlers are more bound to lose their cool in these situations.

[@horsekfobster7823]

@@sammysmartwizch3184 Because there’s a brotherhood in each gym and they all meet backstage at events. The competitive nature is higher since they actually have to earn the win.

[@sammysmartwizch3184]

@@horsekfobster7823 That's not how that works. MMA guys rarely hangout in a group of 100 people and travel together year round. And burst up within small MMA camps are also very frequent. Wrestlers are more likely to have quarrels because of the sheer number of time together they are and all the stress of extensive travel, being away from the family for long stretches etc. MMA and WWE are not comparable.

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

But can't we just forgive Melina for her ring apron split entrance and call it a day? Good. Done.

[@vrixmorr]

Done.

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

Especially that last one she did where she bounced a bit more than usual

[@RandoChrisYT]

Shake Pacitti's hand or you'll end up on Sunday Night Heat.

[@TheVarietyVendor]

Sable should've been on the list. She was hated by everyone backstage.

[@gawdlike4075]

Lesnar

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@gawdlike4075 yeah nobody is touching this when her husband is brock bloody lesnar

[@magsxx9735]

Sunny too

[@Gloryosky]

Big Cass held his own when drawing backstage heat. Taking liberties with a) a bathroom door, b) adult beverages, and c) a Daniel-Bryan-cosplaying little person made sure WWE didn't cut-and-paste the "future endeavours" line when he was released.

[@crazyman7671]

Goldberg might have gotten heat from the Undertaker match, but the guy owned up to it and sought to leave a better impression with more matches to make up for it. Respect

[@aquamexicancarlo4853]

I always liked Matt Strikers comic references. I mean he went straight 90’s talking about the beyonder.

[@exunderscorejai]

ALternative title: 10 examples of WWE needing to get a decent HR department and stop all this 70s carnie macho bullshit backstage

[@Elkott]

Well said

[@namesurname7172]

Okay, soy king.

[@ComicSams48]

Pretty much all of these are a decade+ old so I wouldn't say these stories indicate a need for change.

[@atticus5106]

@@namesurname7172 How dare someone like soy. Maybe you should come up with your own insults instead of doing whatever Sean Hannity tells you to do.

[@downnice95]

@@atticus5106 hannity better than any CNN loser you like

[@cakgent]

Also with Hassan he was completely the victim of a toxic locker room lets not get it twisted

[@sabahatkhan8170]

“JBL, another notorious member of the rookie welcoming committee” 🤣🤣

[@XTesT15X]

Melina has heat with me for still being too hot for my TV at 40 years old.

[@V-for-Vendetta01]

Lmao

[@Joe-bo2fv]

This is the video your dad tells you to watch when he says I'll give you something to be mad about

[@darrylseamer2619]

It's not talked about enough but Benoit was a right knob head

[@Matrim42]

I dunno, I’d be pissed off if someone was dropping chicken on my stuff. Or did you mean the whole murdering his family thing?

[@darrylseamer2619]

@@Matrim42 lots of stories of him hazing younger dudes. And well murdering your family is just in the gray area shall we say

[@heelgill]

Darryl Seamer and that would make you a left knob head then, right?

[@darrylseamer2619]

@@heelgill sick burn brah

[@heelgill]

Darryl Seamer I’m joking bro I don’t really mean that in a bad way

[@marin3933]

I keep forgetting that backstage WWE was hugely toxic

[@entertainmentfan1463]

That's putting it mildly. Vince encouraged bullying and the place was where grown adults acted like childish assholes and a haven for bullies.

[@NorthPhillyGoon1]

“Vintage bullying Maggie “😂😂

[@EruditeMMA]

Im honestly surprised Puder never beat the shit out of Benoit, Guerrero and Holly backstage afterwards

[@painvillegaming4119]

MMA combat or not he will get wrecked by 3 buff angry man

[@cardfreak0560]

@@painvillegaming4119 not to mention that he had heat with Kurt too at the time and dude's a legitimate olympic wrestler. Besides, he was a rookie, if he even tried to raise his hands the entire locker room would've dropped him

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@cardfreak0560 not really it would only take the death man You don’t get to terrified a olympique gold medalist for nothing

[@Ken9284]

They would have ganged up on him. Most wrestlers are kind of cowards that way. Then their excuse would be “that’s the business”

[@TGPDrunknHick]

@@Ken9284 basically wrestlers back then were dicks. thew new generation seems better but, in the end I think the diva's title would've been more accurate for the men.

[@TheUPChannel]

I wonder who has the most backstage heat in Cultaholic...

[@saintlotus93]

I just watched 3 wrestling lists from 3 different channels all voiced by an Adam.

[@turtlehead2]

Sable? Mark Henry? Flair? You should make a list of who didn’t have backstage heat. There’s a level of heat named after a non mentioned wrestler (XPAC)

[@justsomeguywithkaminasshad7145]

Odds are there's gonna be a part 2 of this.

[@XTesT15X]

Yeah but Xpac heat had to do with the fans and not the locker room.

[@chayden153]

Or Sunny, holy shit she was a heat magnet

[@turtlehead2]

XTesT15X that guy was shitting in people’s food. You think it was about the fans? He was fired from WCW. Fans? No.

[@XTesT15X]

@@turtlehead2 X-PAc heat is not a locker room thing. X-Pac heat is the kind of heat where fans just wanted him to go away rather than see him as a credible heel and actually hate him...

[@veryananduren8513]

"... and generally irritating Jerry Lawler when the two were doing comentary together" And suddenly, mr Striker become very much more sympathetic

[@JaitsuStudios]

Eh, his bad habit of trying to get himself over instead of the product (especially in Lucha Underground) still rubs me the wrong way.

[@mattj4112]

Josh Spicer Striker did definitely have a habit of going on long tangents

[@markus_k]

I did like striker. From what I remember, he wasn't too shabby in the ring, had a proper body and could work on the mic.

[@rogregg29445]

BurncideGRPW yeah that kinda if stuff was dumb lol

[@nothulkhogan7666]

Hassan was one of the greatest underrated heal of all time

[@cjwiessner6413]

I absolutely love your enzo song and as a fellow song writer, your work is appreciated. Do this more

[@3ngag3]

You'd think someone with as much heat as Melina wouldn't be welcomed back in a WWE ring as a full time competitor. Oh wait...

[@Nintendogamer1020]

The Smackdown locker room was just a mega toxic environment.

[@andrewberenson5717]

Triple H had tremendous heat after the encore in the 90s

[@mikemiken1963]

First time I have ever heard it called The Encore.

[@juancho1002]

My boy Alex Riley got heat with Cena

[@DecadentDeviant13]

When Hulk Hogan is complaining about someones backstage political antics...

[@broodbynature]

The first entry is a strong reminder of just how recent the career renaissance of Don Callis has been.

[@Gaming-2005]

Keep up the good work making KZbin videos there Cultaholic team.

[@Imclipingboi]

I hate the whole "your out of the locker room" bs like really your not there boss.

[@pantangela]

Its a shame Hassan had that sort of heat. That gimmick was 💰

[@glassraven91]

The more I see and hear about "Wrestler's Court" the more cringe it gets.

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

Yeah how insecure can you be? Oh no somone didn't shake your hand because they dont know who you are

[@mattj4112]

Imagine finding out that your only source of income is also a glorified frat.

[@trevorrovert3103]

the only kotal fan in existance Shaking hands is a way of greeting someone. Being an asshole will get you in trouble wherever you work. Call them cringe or insecure all you want.

[@adderous]

@@trevorrovert3103 There's a pretty big gap between "didn't know the exact expected etiquette of the locker room, or was tricked into doing something wrong" and being an asshole.

[@egpmh2891]

I’m surprised you left put JBL threatening to kick Matt Striker’s ass in Wrestler’s Court, Striker took of his jacket and said “ok let’s go outside then”; JBL backed down and Undertaker (the judge, jury, and executioner of the Court) smirked and Striker put his jacket back on.

[@musa4574]

Benoit, Holly and JBL, the meathead trio.

[@joeyl7656]

That’s Amore! 😂😂😂

[@PadmeTheMermaid]

LOVE the Dean Martin reference

[@stuartday2980]

Chyna, who wanted to wrestle the men and thought she was on the same level as Stone Cold and The Rock, felt Jericho was too physical. Amazing.

[@kennywright1021]

This is a good video series.

[@jamesbeachem2003]

Jbl is a bully bum. I wish Daniel had used his mma skills on some of those bullies.

[@trevorrovert3103]

There were guys backstage that came from martial arts backgrounds as well (Benoit, Kurt, Brock, etc) plus they had the obvious numbers advantage backstage since no one liked him. He’d likely get his ass kicked.

[@SmokeEater_]

The ECW Cultaholic is the best t-shirt design... There I said it

[@chayden153]

I like it too, the colors are nice and sharp

[@no1wasgeorgiebest]

While you've adequately made Hassan look like a twat with the Guerrero story, why should he sell for Slaughter?!?!?

[@FuuuckOffff]

It's his job

[@heelgill]

2:24 Enzo Amore song lol

[@C0L0SSUS]

Thanks Pacitti, you almost made me spit my coffee when the singing started! 🤣

[@radioqueenbee7008]

Hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂

[@PeteSanctions]

"When you rub the wrong way in the end you will pay" made me laugh like a 12 year old

[@the_obsolete_mule5054]

Can u tell me what’s the name of the original song?

[@heelgill]

@@the_obsolete_mule5054 No, they made this song up. There’s no original song unless you’re referring to the instrumental?

[@turtlesploodgegaming3123]

I wasnt expecting Jericho on this list

[@mehgend3914]

Good stuff lads

[@honoratagold]

i'd heard a lot of these stories before but hearing them all together in a row is just like. what a collection of absolute babies wrestlers are.

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 👍

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@christodd5925]

I loved The Jackle!!

[@Panwere36]

You should do a list of 10 WWE Once Loved WWE Superstars Whose Careers Ended Because of Heat They Brought On Themselves. We all know who would be on the top of that list....

[@LeemWills]

Miz was able to take that and reform himself

[@_TravellLynch]

The Goldberg vs Taker match honestly shouldn’t be spoken of ANYMORE! They should’ve called up Sting for that match

[@TeddoLin]

Hey Adam. Can we get lists for AEW or NJPW.

[@DavidR-hx2it]

The real #1 is Nia Botch/injury machine Jax. That's her full legal name too.

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

The Pez Miz Dispenser. Lol

[@mike1975a]

Chris Jericho is the man of 1005 holds. The Judas Effect...I would like to retract my previous comment.

[@vipersneke7625]

The more I hear about Wrestler's Court an the atmosphere backstage in wrestling circles, the more those guys come off as insecure & mean spirited twats.

[@bionicrattlesnake2137]

Now we are sure that was The Miz Benoit made doing a 1500 squats

[@seantheman1886]

Imagine getting heat for eating.

[@trevorrovert3103]

You didn’t pay attention to the full story.

[@acecashman1237]

@@trevorrovert3103 accidents happen, take the apology then suck it up buttercup

[@chrisklark4879]

You know it really must have hurt Shawn Michaels feelings when the hurricane spoke badly against him 😆

[@Mr_Leo_DS]

I would have died without knowing Don Callis and the Jackal are the same person

[@cameronnez1552]

10 great feuds with forgettable/underwhelming endings

[@Ken9284]

Damn… Melina was even hated by the three stooges. Moe: Melina you apple head!

[@marcusmontgomery7499]

I'm a teacher... So thanks for that I guess.

[@Jooders]

Honestly does not surprise me that Miz has backstage heat hahahhahah

[@gheee317]

2:24 should be the whole entry

[@998576999]

Hi Adam

[@jackwhiteford6842]

Every time I hear Cyrus, my mind immediately goes 'fuck off I got work to do'

[@jaytonks5451]

When I see these lists always think of The Miz Eating chicken over Chris Benoits bag and getting kicked out the locker room

[@idioticpanther8068]

Where is Hogan?

[@abohsukampret]

He's too old for people to give a shit about anymore.

[@DravenEffect991]

So morale of the story: WWE locker room is too easy hurt by the smallest of things

[@jacobwilliams1223]

In defense of Daniel Puder the Kurt Angle situation was entirely Kurt's fault. He's the one who decided to pick on the kid for no other reason than to be a dick in that episode of Smackdown and challenged him to a shoot fight where instincts took over for the guy with an MMA background.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

Kind of, it was part of a challenge for the Tough Enough rookies where WWE itself was dumb enough to do a shoot wrestling matches where the rookies would try to beat Angle. Part of the act was Kurt to belittle the rookies beforehand. Puder was the only one that got the better of Angle in a contest he was told beforehand to actually try to win and then got in trouble for that because WWE is ass backwards. It wasn’t really on Kurt aside from him maybe taking the competition lightly. The incident isn’t really explained well here.

[@entertainmentfan1463]

@@MrRyan-wu4jx Didn't Kurt legitimately injured one of the rookies too before it was Puder's turn? Can't blame the guy for fighting back with that in mind AND being told by WWE to actually fight back. Of course WWE and the assholes were probably angry because the rookies didn't take their bullying and legit beating with a smile like usual.

[@TGPDrunknHick]

@@entertainmentfan1463 he did almost break Kurts arm. like he's dumb enough to force the issue there. if he'd just locked in enough to prove a point and let go it might have been a different story. then again the men were the real Diva's division so maybe not.

[@entertainmentfan1463]

@@TGPDrunknHick Letting go of Kurt Angle at that time probably would've just given Kurt the chance to beat up on Daniel. The men indeed are the real divas and I remember someone covering the 'Tough Enough' seasons over the years in a video, and as the years went by, the men's locker room just saw the contestants on that show as the perfect way to get away with being a asshole and injuring the kids for real. Honestly Daniel was in a lose lose situation regardless how he played it.

[@chayden153]

I thought Sunny or Sable would be on here

[@krisbierlein3225]

That’s amore!🎼😂

[@Captain_Pudding]

Did the Lex Express break down on its way to this list?

[@aleksanderb.5254]

So the Smackdown locker room in the mid-2000s was full with envious wrestlers who had complexes from people who were just successeding in their job? And JBL was sure despised by many but just being friend with the Undertaker and liked by the boss gived him a carte blance to be an absolute asshole with almost everyone. I am glad Joe Styles put a shame on him because the 'big scary strong cowboy' was put somehow on his ass by little commentator. Gosh, people like this are disgrace to be called a human.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Melina was a heat machine. Pity because she was talented.

[@vincerusso8993]

The Divas back then were less catty than the men

[@leemartin8189]

Wrestlers are like petty little children, jesus christ

[@jesuscenteno5487]

What about Jaxson Ryker after the Donald Trump tweets. Is almost fresh.

[@HellSpartanZ]

get it right he's one of the bosses of impact

[@InsShogunGage]

Vince said the green as grass and not worth the paper thing to Kevin Owens after their Mania Match

[@Eclipse-si1tp]

Wow you are one funny guy.😂😂😂😂😂

[@egpmh2891]

On Enzo being kicked off a bus, Roman Reigns and Enzo have both said it never happened and that this is a made up story.

[@CJCrump]

The Miz stays on the list.

[@ryancampey6239]

As soon as striker said something about Steve Irwin I was gonna fly to his house and bash him

[@ajboyd9389]

Why.... Did it "sting" a little?

[@kevinmoore7694]

Jericho proved that just like trippie boy if you are humorous you can be a celeb because of fan perceptions

[@antonchigurh7227]

People scared shitless to talk about how Sable was hated because they don't want to run into Brock one day..

[@SheriffOutlaw]

Honestly, I always wondered about who was a true nuclear magnet in terms on in and out of the ring I guess Hogan and HBK are the closest.....sort of

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

Definitely HBK since he admitted he was just a bad person who deliberately caused troubles. Hogan just lied lie to your face if he didn’t like you, and would leave you alone

[@Cynchronicity7]

Anything about Wade Barrett?

[@KJShinra]

The audacity of Hulk Hogan to call someone out else for backstage shit

[@therealwizardinthesky1576]

hbk wrestlemania matches best worst to best for my birthday 18 september. 2020

[@mrleo6004]

I LOVE Y2J

[@tonygunk9896]

Mr. Kennedy is one of the biggest let downs in wrestling history. He had the potential to be an all-time great.