8 Biggest Talent Raids In Wrestling History

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[@cookiejar17ing]

When WCPW raided the free agent market to pick up Damien Sandow

[@thesnapshot3745]

W

[@thesnapshot3745]

hornswoggle too

[@AzeemKhan-qg7kk]

And the YETAY

[@gulermo]

TRIGGERED

[@xtfoxhypocrisy7189]

+Azeem Khan He doesn't know who hulk is but he mentioned that crazy Benoit guy???

[@savagemadness9705]

It didn't take 7 years for AJ to become world champ because the TNA world title was formed in 2008 and he won the NWA world title in 2003

[@JP9320]

The NWA title and the TNA title are different

[@savagemadness9705]

+Joe I know that Jovetic, but jobber made out as if it took 7 years for Styles to win a world title, when in actual fact it was 1 and the TNA world title came into existence in 2008 which only took AJ like a year and half to win

[@Bruineboon03]

Go poop your pants

[@savagemadness9705]

+Siebe Lenie Ha...Ha....Classic Siebe

[@gordyhowitzer]

It's a bit disingenuous to say that it took seven years for AJ to win the TNA title. The TNA title had only existed for about two years when he won it... and he was a 3-Time NWA Champion in TNA when they had the rights to that championship. AJ won his first World title in 2003. So, to add to your list... Ken Shamrock, Ron Killings (K-Kwik/R-Truth), Jeff Jarrett, Raven, Rhino, and Christian were also NWA-TNA champions who made their names in WWF.

[@PaulieAFantoneJays19]

Exactly!

[@EmperorNero]

Jack continues to prove that he is just a WWE mark and not a wrestling mark.

[@torterrionguy1054]

And it seems that you didn't watch Fast Counts

[@EmperorNero]

stinkiiraven Oh no he reads dirtsheets and summaries.

[@AMMB]

and a vanilla midget fanboy

[@manjittoor9208]

Jack will always be stuck in the What Culture Wrestling lower card.

[@mallorycarll6280]

Was thinking the same thing when he said he didn't like WCW. WCW was never perfect, but you have to give credit where its due... they had a few great years in the 90's.

[@SteamyLinguini]

It's always weird( and a bit cringy) when Jack tries to be heelish. It just doesn't work as much as when Adam does it.

[@sarthakyadav8664]

Except dropping a grape

[@d_ray_hey2945]

+Sarthak Yadav DROPPING A GRAPE!?!? REALLY!?!! DROPPING A GRAPS!?!?!

[@aylas8443]

+Sarthak Yadav a fucking grape

[@kaylynowens2981]

It is weird. I think acting heelish just comes naturally to Adam.

[@sonofchlar6144]

Jack as a heel is similar to the heel run of seth rollins last year, just a whiny bitch.

[@joeshadowman]

I'm just saying, I would love to see a movie based on how Vince McMahon changed wrestling and how he ultimately fell out of touch with the fanbase.

[@conorhalliday1089]

Was that thumbnail from when Roman got cheered for a short time?

[@aidanisaac3432]

Nice

[@Ben.Burgers]

lololol

[@christiantalley275]

Keep your ring

[@WillCFarmer]

LOL

[@conradvonhotzendorf5134]

Mikey Mcdonagh 2013 2014 late 2015

[@falagarius]

Taz suffered a career ending injury. But yeah "Fuck you Taz" ??

[@taproductions4377]

he's a dick head

[@taproductions4377]

he's a fat little cry baby

[@zaynrivers7433]

He wasn't doing jackshit before hand either

[@falagarius]

+Zayn Rivers I'm a huge Fan of the human suplex machine.

[@ryangreen493]

Guys a twat. Blocked me on Twitter as well

[@charlesleblanc1956]

In the Monday Night Wars, Guerrero, Benoit and Jericho wrestled every Monday on Nitro, they had great exposure and great matches. The mid-carders were wrestling each others and having great matches instead of jobbing to the older wrestler. In retrospect, WCW/Bishop strategy was brilliant, they kept their older guys that were drawing money at the and and gave us great matches for the spectators with strong tag teams, great cruiserweight and great mid-cards. I stopped watching them when Benoit left and when Russo came in.

[@FretzlemaniaPod]

7 years?! AJ was TNA champ in ONE YEAR! Yeah it was the NWA title. Still counts.

[@TimeBomb014X]

Remember when a gust of wind teamed up with Nash & Hall to throw out Sting from the ring and then deliver a leg drop on Macho Man? Man wrestling back then was crazy

[@kylecavanagh5305]

#BeatUpJackTheJobber

[@lisabale115]

I don't know what that means?

[@smkfet]

AJ Styles was TNA's third champion, less than a year after he debuted.

[@PaulieAFantoneJays19]

Right...the WHT title was the NWA title but that still shouldn't have matter...I mean wtf is he talking about 7 years?!? lol

[@smkfet]

He must have done his research based on the list of TNA champions which starts with Kurt Angle. The NWA title was defended on both TNA and Wildside at the time and it doesn't share a history. But the NWA title was the top title in TNA at the time and I don't think anyone would argue that the TNA title is more prestigious than the NWA title.

[@PaulieAFantoneJays19]

smkfet True & Agreed

[@theprofessionalwhiteboy3843]

#Jackthegobbler

[@theprofessionalwhiteboy3843]

get it trending!

[@frenzex]

Jack the gobbledy gooker

[@Joe90h]

#Jack_thebedwetter

[@ROY57ON]

That explains why he loves the yeti so much.

[@theprofessionalwhiteboy3843]

+57Royston Hahaa

[@PAKMANmixtapes]

Top 8? Taking notes from Wrestling With Wregret I see

[@harrydavies1971]

raided from wrestling with wregrets lists

[@honorauhs50]

+Harry Davies I see what you did there

[@kedemshpatz9485]

maybe brian is tryng to invade whatculture AGAIN.

[@Immorta124]

did wrestling with wregret invent the number 8?

[@super_genius]

+Seth Alpha Rollins yeah he has an award and everything

[@B4k4_Senpai]

It actually took AJ Styles 3 not 9 years because the tna title got introduced in 2007 he won it in 2009 he's also was their first grand slam champion #facts

[@dedoid_5630]

Jack doesn't do the research

[@B4k4_Senpai]

I'm pretty sure he doesn't

[@Papa-uv9fp]

Nope shawn Michaels was the first grand slam champion

[@B4k4_Senpai]

Verenice Quintero I mean AJ was the first for tna everyone knows the first in wrestling history was Michaels

[@Davis84396]

+Baka-Senpai actually Sting and Lex Luger both had grand slams in NWA/WCW before HBK but nobody ever acknowledges that do they? Those are just two that came to mind I bet there is more..

[@advocatefish3562]

CHRISTIAN WAS TNA CHAMPION AS WELL. The belt represented both companies. TNA is the organization and NWA is the governing body. Just like the big gold belt Dusty and Flair fought for back in the 80's was the WCW/NWA title. Christian was TNA CHAMPION.

[@gonzothebeast4027]

Christian was the NWA Champion

[@kingcoheed1208]

that was the NWA title

[@TheLonelySoulja]

When is Adam getting back to do these types of videos

[@ThatFlyPigeon]

Probably too busy with WCPW which is good however WhatCulture will suffer. The only good thing here is the WTF moments. King Ross must keep doing it. When Jack did it, it was terrible. Not to hate on Jack too much he's up's and downs are ok however not really necessary. He should do the What Just Happened and really sell it might get people on he's side. Wait this is only a KZbin channel why are we analysing it lol.

[@super_genius]

+ThatFlyPigeon because it's wrestling and the Internet

[@MinorSexualAssault]

AJ didn't hold the TNA world title until 2009 but that's because it didn't exist until 2007, he held the NWA (TNA) world title 3 times between 2002 and then

[@averykevin47]

WCW was actually the main reason why The Attitude Era was created. WWF was on the verge of getting put out of business due to WCW Nitro blowing WWF Raw out with their ratings. Vince Mcmahon himself knew that if he didn't go to a TV-14 rating and create the Attitude Era he himself along with his company as well as every single WWE superstar on an active WWE roster today would be working for Eric Bischoff & Ted Turner in WCW.

[@skinsman82000]

Exactly. Someone with sense. TNT couldnt do car crash tv like on USA. Jerry Springer/ECW saved WWF. Rebellious teens love cussing and boobies😂

[@paulheyman3486]

#makeblampiedgreatagain

[@david5577]

Again?

[@taproductions4377]

+David Azmy he's the only one in wcpw who knows what he's doing yet he decides to make it extremely confusing switching between face and heel

[@zayonsmith9544]

+Alex Cucumber What?

[@david5577]

+TAProductions OH YEAH, WELL HE DIDNT SMASH AS MANY HOES AS ME, I SMASH 42069 TRILLION HOES EVERY SECOND.

[@yearslater1320]

+Alex Cucumber No offense, ok but is that your last name?

[@1GoTJ]

Next : 10 things WWE want you to forget about Chris Jericho!

[@EDSupay]

the Yeti references get me every single time

[@benmjt]

Excellent delivery on the video, Jack. Top work.

[@kurtisbased183]

wasnt christian a tna champ too

[@cricketsam64]

He was champion in TNA when TNA used the NWA WHC as their world title. Strictly speaking he is right to say Christian never won the TNA WHC , which was created 2007 and succeeded the NWA belt in TNA. But we all know Christian is the best wrestler in the world and we think he is awesome , so I am awarding him the TNA WHC now.

[@kurtisbased183]

+cricketsam64 AGREED

[@ThePeteyGunn]

I will forever remember the ppv intro I am like sliced bread. NO I am better than sliced bread.

[@RKOConorRKO]

I think so yeah

[@DarranKern]

+cricketsam64 bullshit it was literally called the "TNA/NWA Heavyweight Championship." It was literally and functionally synonymous.

[@llynellyn]

"AJ Styles took seven years to become their world champion" - NOPE, sorry Jack but if you check he became their world champion 13 months after his debut, the mistake you are making is that during his first three reigns as champion TNA were using the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The TNA World Heavyweight Championship wasn't even created until five years after his debut.

[@chaotikmagik9219]

Jack doesn't do the research, the WhatCulture team does. All the WhatCulture personalities we see just read a script

[@dedoid_5630]

The TNA WHC isn't the same as the NWA WHC tho is it

[@Courageous91]

+The Unstable Architect - So...a belt that didn't exist for the first 5 years of TNA takes their biggest star 7 years to win...seems legit.

[@DarranKern]

+The Unstable Architect yes it is. It was even called the "TNA/NWA World Championship."

[@NoobLetsPlay98]

Am I the only one who honestly appreciates Jack?

[@luisplayz1066]

Yes

[@samizayn7778]

I do too

[@failedrockstar]

He's great. It's not a confidence problem. His just Northern like me,. He's very funny, but it's super subtle. We like 'taking the piss' in the north, and saying odd things just to see how people react, such as 'fuck you taz'

[@SecurityShark]

Yup

[@doesmynamematter4080]

Simon Baumann I do too

[@elvesrus]

No love for Shamrock or R-Truth in the comments for when the NWA title was the TNA title. I'm also completely bias and Piper will always be a Portland Wrestling legend.

[@elvesrus]

He was the first NWA champion under the TNA banner

[@bobbeckey6941]

my god brother is there a contest for cheapest pops on youtube. Ken shamrock was tna champion before they were even on t.v. and piper being a portland legend? I love piper,he was my favorite wrestler for a long time and he was over in Portland but who gives a fuck about portland wrestling. he was there for a coupe of years ago 40 years ago. even don owen wouldn't remember that.

[@joemamaluke]

Signing guys that weren't under contract at the time IS NOT A RAID.

[@nemo5335]

Neither is paying wrestlers under contract more money to wrestle for you. That's called capitalism. You hire the top talent you can afford if you want to succeed. If the other companies don't like it, they could try paying their talent more. I'll never fault wrestlers for taking more money, given how brutal and scummy the business is.

[@skinsman82000]

+hulk hogan i can fault the scummy company though

[@nemo5335]

skinsman82000 You really think every other fed wouldn't do the same if they could? The only difference is WWE actually has the money to raid talent and no one else does.

[@penstroke2536]

Plus he forgot to mention the fact that Vince partially bankrolled ECW for taking those stars. Not exactly what you call a raid either.

[@kmantheemperor4414]

There's even an insect killer called "Raid" in my country

[@ehmiguel7602]

the only insect killer that matters

[@NeroPiroman]

in mine as well

[@snowinowen4]

It's in a lot of countries like the UK, Australia, Canada and the US.

[@oz_jones]

Owenzz: in Finland too. There is also a series of crime novels by the same name (the punchline being that the main character kills criminals like his namesake kills insects).

[@ECWwinger452]

AJ Styles was a late raid for WWE from WCW in early 00's. Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels were also Indie raids at the time. So, AJ, Daniels and Joe Were NXT/WWE Developmental before it was cool

[@DuckAvenger]

Disclaimer wrote this comment before the video was finished haha .Ecw got raided by both wwe and wcw names that worked for ECW at one point : Stone Cold Steve Austin, Cactus Jack, Chris Jericho, Tazz, Dudley boys, Eddie Gurrerro, Dean Malenko, RVD, Raven Beniot Mysterio and more. All these guys won some championship in WWF not to mention what they did in WCW.

[@Fleeman6109]

Actually hardcore wrestling was started in Japan in FMW that is where ECW got the idea but wouldn't expect anybody from What Culture to know that

[@SirJoelsuf1]

Nearly every wrestling organization ripped everything off of Japan's organizations before the 1990s.

[@ChaosDave2]

Hardcore wrestling has been around for a lot longer than that. The first documented cage match was in 1932. Memphis, Texas, and Florida specifically had a lot of wild, bloody brawls. And even as far as a promotion built around violence, IWA Japan preceded FMW. The only reason most people have heard of FMW was their talent trade with ECW. They weren't groundbreaking in any way.

[@Rando1975]

ChaosDave2 IWA Japan started in 1994, FMW started in 1989.

[@bobbeckey6941]

what culture has a very wwe take on history. wcw pushed all of the ecw guys they hired. in fact most ecw guys did way better in wcw than in wwe. just a fact.

[@skinsman82000]

they are beyond wwe marks....their lists read like wwe dvd revisionist history hahaha😂

[@ChaosDave2]

Agreed. I'll take a featured, 20 minute long, exciting, memorable Malenko-Jericho match over a three minute match with RVD and Meat.

[@bobbeckey6941]

skinsman82000 It's funny because people think WCW treated Chris Benoit like shit or didn't recognize him. but in around 4 years he was a member of the 4 horsemen, won every title they had (8 in total), and most impressively fucked the booker's wife and didn't get fired. but marks completely ignore those facts. what more could they have done with him.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

They even gave him the title, although they had to take it back on a technicality when he jumped ship.

[@PirateJohnson]

RoadDogg, Booker T, Dusin Rhodes, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Josh Matthews, Maria, Mickey James, Gail Kim, Christy Hemmy (HTFE spelled), Tyrus/British Clay, Rhino, Christian, and ALOT of others have been in TNA after leaving WWE... Add to this list if you can think of others.

[@gokubrown7517]

Some of these weren't 'raids' but (surprisingly) good video, Jobber! .

[@daniellewis828]

Roman needs to turn heel at Battleground without winning the title. Dean needs to keep it for now

[@david5577]

he has to, to keep Smackdown strong. Hopefully he could get into a mini feud with Bray Wyatt to elevate Bray to the main event status he so very deserves.

[@hamptonrj25]

I disagree. I believe the title should be on the best and most complete worker in the business and that is Seth Rollins.

[@julialeon1666]

Let's just hope they don't turn Dean Ambrose into Roman Reigns

[@mikepeterson764]

Problem is if Dean loses the title after a month, it makes him look really weak.

[@OneLifeGaming901]

+Rj Hampton They fan split the belt, and Rollins gets the RAW one.

[@jonasholt2307]

NXT is raiding TNA's top guys now

[@axelreign3371]

And Tna push other wrestlers to fill them which i like dont take them 10 years.

[@dilungmoveityafool777]

How is NXT raiding TNA top guys when they left willingly?

[@skinsman82000]

+Di Lung Move it Ya Fool! learn how big companies like wwe, basically monopolies, keep other companies from competing. throw more money at guys so they cant shine somewhere else.

[@dilungmoveityafool777]

skinsman82000 They left on their on and went to NXT, everyone knows TNA wasn't able to pay their top stars a dime.

[@falagarius]

Aj Styles was NWA World Heavyweight Champion in 2003. That's not 7 years of waiting.

[@CraigBrogden]

The Radicalz shortly followed. Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko and The Yeti. Sorry hem Perry Saturn.....I Love that funny shit gets me every time.

[@mallorycarll6280]

So Jack doesn't like WCW either? WCW had some great years in the mid 1990's. Admit it, WCW (briefly) held its own weight. The stranglehold that nWo had is comparable to 80's Hogan and the Kliq. And Austin, The Rock, and the McMahons. Dude, we're seeing it right with the members of the Shield (slightly). Your WWE markiness is showing again, Jack.

[@damianstarr1696]

Remember he is only 5 so has only seen PG era...

[@mallorycarll6280]

Very true. Forgot all about that. ;)

[@skinsman82000]

hes nothing but a wwe mark, how sad

[@mallorycarll6280]

I mean, if you want to solely like WWE... then that's fine. But don't claim you're an expert (when your most basic facts are dead wrong) and also say you're a fan of pro wrestling when you have a significant bias against other promotions. It's like, quit lying to me and yourself.

[@OzzyDiazB]

I don't understand the hate of Whatculture toward TNA. "TNA providing a retirement home to ex WWE". Angle, Jeff, Matt, Lashley, Galloway, Anderson, Van Dam, Bully Ray. Except Foley all them where there in very good shape (age wise). But for What Culture they were old. But WWE didn't provide a retirement home for Sting. Oh Wrestling.

[@skinsman82000]

spot on mate

[@zumizm1]

or now a year later goldberg hardys angle have been back

[@freedom2084]

Wrestling was in the public eye before wwf's rise. It was popular in many many states. It was even more popular than today

[@MiketheCabbie]

Eric Bischoff said it best: One company's raid is another company's acquisition.

[@TwoKidsManyCats]

#FireJack

[@bdr113080]

I get that WCW shouldn't have kept Hogan as the end all be all for years after his prime but Hall and Nash were in the prime of their careers. I understand you are younger and your generation of wrestling fans favorite past time is bury wrestlers and companies that you didn't even watch but it's not like Hall and Nash were top guys in WWF for over a decade like Hogan and Savage, their run is headliners in WWF were 4 years. Hate to break it to your hypocritical arse but Nash was younger when he signed with WCW in 96 then AJ styles was when signed with WWE earlier this year. See in the 80's and 90's top stars traded back and forth all the time. The mid to late 90's was the era of guys like Austin, Nash, Bret Hart, Mick Foley, Hall, Big Show, Undertaker etc. and you know what all those guys have in common? They all worked in both companies. So I guess WWE is doing something bad by pushing that old man AJ styles huh? I mean screw the fact that he is in the prime of his career but he's 38 and was a legend in other companies already. You know why our generation is better than yours? Even though my generation weren't old enough to watch Harley Race or Dusty Rhodes or Magnum TA, we didn't sit around and talk shit about them. We weren't there to watch them for ourselves and a real man doesn't judge someone of rumors of someone else told them. We respected them. We respected the legends who did the work so our generation had wrestling to watch. Your generation doesn't respect shit. You just bitch non stop about shit that you weren't even around for. If a wrestling company didn't put on a good product we just didn't watch and we made them get better. Your generation hates your generation of wrestling but like dumb asses you are ya just keep throwing money at them and bitch like lil girls. I hope Adam fires you until your balls drop.

[@curtist919]

AJ Styles won the world title in TNA several times while they were still under the NWA banner

[@NateNizzle]

You didn't mention the Mid-South raids. This brought Junkyard Dog, Jake Roberts, Jim Duggan, and Ted DiBiase up to the WWF.

[@sammylane21]

Vince Mcmahon is wrestling's version of Walter Disney.For better.For Worse.He is.

[@glennb6020]

Did Christian not win the TNA title?

[@glennb6020]

+Some Trash so why didn't jack mention him in the TNA bit?

[@FranBattery95]

Yes but when it was the NWA tittle

[@ripstarboyxx8493]

He won the nwa championship

[@BuckingBadger]

He has the NWA title twice but never held the TNA world title

[@joshuabarnes7845]

It was the NWA Championship

[@wozthescott2804]

Am I the only one who loves the WhatCulture background music?..........

[@TheTsunaru]

Okay, okay. Small problem with the video. It mentioned WWE poaching Sami Zayn from Ring of Honor, but never once actually shows a picture of Sami. Instead we're treated to pictures of El Generico, and expected to just believe that they're one and the same. This is factually incorrect. Generico never went to the WWE, and instead has retired to Tijuana, where he has opened up an orphanage and trains the children to be used as weapons in the Japanese based promotion DDT.

[@donfrancisco2988]

#IlikeJack

[@edwardsettle2393]

Just to be clear, places like ROH and ECW essentially are/were developmental companies. You work a few dates a month, you (hopefully) get paid a little bit, you work in front of 200-1200 people, and you hope to get the big break down the line.

[@aceldamia9114]

Should have talked about Fonzies role in the WCW poaching of ECW, along with the subsequent bloodbath it caused him to go through.

[@NateNizzle]

Roddy Piper was in the Carolinas/Jim Crockett Promotions and the Iron Sheik was in the AWA when Vince picked them up. You left out the acquisitions of the Junkyard Dog, Paul Orndorff, and Greg Valentine to kick off Wrestlemania.

[@pikapal94]

I never get sick at the amount of effort they put into mentioning the yeti

[@jdionio]

It took only a year for A.J. Styles to become the TNA World Heavyweight Champion, considering TNA was using the NWA World Heavyweight Title for the first 5 years or so, as well as being known as NWA-TNA. Thanks for fact checking your stuff yet again.....

[@DarranKern]

Yes, major fuckup there.

[@jdionio]

I swear, they need to hire guys to check their scripts. It's cringe worthy that some great content creators can't proof read their stuff.

[@RC-yd3hx]

"Tired has-beens" "retirement home" "scooping up ex-WWE superstars" that's not a talent raid, just TNA picking up the scraps.

[@GiFTheGreat]

It's such a mistake when ppl bash TNA for not putting the TNA title on someone like AJ Styles for 7 years. In reality, the main belt for TNA during it's early years was the NWA World Heavyweight Title and that belt was held by AJ numerous times before the TNA title's existence. Please get the facts straight.

[@elquednau]

Quick, informative, funny.. thumbs up

[@905stopdis]

AJ took 7 years to get the tna title because he was a former 2 x NWA World Heavyweight Champion when TNA began and that was the brand's major title because of a partnership with NWA.

[@NateNizzle]

Or the AWA mid/late 80s raid that brought the Rockers, Sherri Martel, Rick Martel, Baron Von Raschke, and Curt Henning to the WWF. Damn, don't forget the Stampede raid in 84 that brought the Hart Foundation and the British Bulldogs to the WWF.

[@16moviefan]

Don't know why people hate on Jack so much. He's actually become my favorite reader of these lists.

[@lanenordgren7641]

Florida championship wrestling is my favorite. Being lucky enough to have spent much of my youth living in Daytona Beach I partied with the guys in the 80s like Kevin Sullivan and maniac Mark Lewin. Those two could bench more than the monsters at Gold's gym.

[@radschord89ish]

What about Styles being a multi NWA World Champion?

[@undertakernumberone1]

05:30 happened earlier already... 3 names: Kevin "Vinnie Vegas/Oz" Nash who went to the WWF and became the Main eventer Diesel, Scott "Diamond Studd" Hall who went to the WWF and became the Main Eventer Razor Ramon... AND last but not least... (i wont include Steve austin here btw because he went to the WWF from ECW and not WCW... dito Mick) THE UNDERTAKER... Paul HEyman wanted to keep him at WCW and give him the gimmick of a killer... WCW though tthat that Red haired punk wouldnt earn them a dime

[@thedrzoidberg4559]

As out of touch as McMahon may be today, there's no question that when it comes to wrestling promoters, he may very well be the GOAT.

[@edgar22452]

Not anymore. He's way out of touch.

[@kieranholland4994]

To be fair kurt angle, Jeff hardy and Matt hardy where quite big in tna

[@GStefanes_]

God, the Yeti jokes will never end will they? lol

[@roostergriffin]

I wouldn't call WWF's acquisition of Hogan a raid, as Hogan was let go to make room for Verne Gagne's aging friends.

[@nickmvp8211]

How does this channel not have at least 1Million subscribers?

[@alexo1234ss1]

I think Jarrett was 'ever present' because..you know..wrestling was still his passion and he helped build the damn business he was ever present in

[@stealthbombsmith7770]

Ironically enough, much of the 1980's talent raid was talent that had previously worked for that company.

[@l2jnichol1986]

And now include Adam Cole (Bay-Bay!), Roderick Strong, Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly among Triple H's acquisitions. And the best among women's wrestlers as well.

[@marcus813]

The then-WWF turned the AWA into its personal pro wrestler shopping center by the late '80s. After Hogan and Ventura jumped ship, people such as Yokozuna, Curt Hennig, the Rockers (returned to the AWA before the WWF gave them a 2nd chance) and many more followed suit. It was pretty much a mass exodus!

[@skinsman82000]

wwe marks dont wanna talk about it😂

[@JustinEvitable80]

Benoit, Malenko, Jericho & Guerrero had quite a run in WCW at first. Late 1998 and 1999 was when they were not being used correctly, except Benoit.

[@brianbenoit6883]

They had a run with the fans but not so much with the company. WCW themselves were still treating them like mid-carders. It's basically what the problem has been with the WWE for the past few years...they perceive a wrestler's popularity based on merchandise sales(and some by personal judgements) instead of by fan reaction and place them on the card accordingly..

[@skinsman82000]

+Brian Benoit benoit won the top belt...

[@Venom3254]

+skinsman82000 Who

[@wwesuperstartoys]

Raid? I Fucking Love That Map

[@MackThrill]

lol the Tazz part got me.

[@Steelflex33]

that kick to the balls on Tomb Raider lmao

[@rajde]

7 years? AJ Styles got the title within the 2 years of the company's existence.

[@harrykearns3448]

YES I LOVE JACK

[@Filmation77]

Heres a little tiny raid thats forgotten to history:Bill Watts Raid of Talent from World Class Championship Wrestling to his UWF(Chris Adams,The Fantastics,John Tatum,Jack Victory,King Parsons,Missy Hyatt,among others)Which turnabout being fair play,Jim Crockett's NWA territory snapped up a lot of that talent when the UWF went under to help create what was known to be the Ist version of what we knew as WCW(cause remember,World Championship Wrestling was only one of the names of the 6:05 tv show)

[@actionsub]

That raid started with Bill Watts hiring booker Ken Mantell away from Fritz's employ. Mantell brought those people with him.

[@09readyw]

I think it's good that the club have been split, Gallows and Anderson can show everyone what they're really about

[@bradykellogg11]

AJ won the NWA title, which was TNA Major Title up until 2007. AJ won the NWATNA title in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The TNA title was not a thing until 2007, AJ won the title in 2009 therefore 2 years until AJ won the TNA Heavyweight title but was a multiple time TNA champion before then.

[@ShadyRedSniper]

Alternate title for number 7 could be; "TNA Reenacts the Rise and Fall of WCW".

[@zoid_on_youtube]

8:05 awakened me to Hulk Hogans hilarious chin.

[@pippin8131]

Yay! Jack doing a list!

[@AnimeListKing]

Actually AJ Styles was TNA's 4th Heavyweight Champion, a year after TNA's first world champion, Ken Shamrock. TNA was using the NWA World Heavyweight Title at the time. They didn't have a TNA World Heavyweight Championship until 2007. Saying AJ waited 7 years to get a world title instead of giving him credit as TNA's first Triple Crown Champion is a little annoying.

[@markh2960]

How is it a raid to sign a wrestler that is not under contract to anyone?

[@skinsman82000]

it's not.

[@Myridian7652]

"It took Styles 7 years to become their champion" That 100% false, he won it in 2004.

[@diamondcutter4056]

RAVEN! has the most Hardcore championships in wwe history. Vince turned the midcarders into SuperStars

[@StormSnake0618]

I'm a simple man; I hear Jack The Bed-wetter, I click dislike, leave a comment, and close the video.

[@Deanyomac]

tazz was supposed to be a top star before the tazz as the ecw champion at time lost to triple h (wwe champion) at I believe smackdown after that it ruined tazz momentum which vince and triple h said was a bad decision. after that tazz drifted into hardcore division then get injury ridden and retired. but the original plan was for tazz to be the badass and one day become champion

[@GenericWhiteYouTuber]

I do hate how he does say talent was stolen. These guys received a job offer and decided to accept. None of these companies kidnapped wrestlers and forced them to work for them.

[@CocoWilliamsAJ]

So basically, WWE reigned supreme.

[@jcxiiiarchives8722]

Lmao you and this damn Yetti

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

Paul Bosch was getting ready to retire in the late 80's. At least, he did the right thing and SOLD OFF his wrestlers to the WWF. Bosch passed away in 1986.

[@DarkCraig409]

I spit out my drink laughing at "Don't know what to say reallyfuckyoutaz that was great

[@weslockman5049]

Saturn got himself in trouble. WWE was punishing him.