paul london reveals how wwe didn't care about the cruiserweight title,himself and wrestlers in general. #paullondon #cruiserweight #wwe
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@elijahchesterthomas53342 жыл бұрын
Rene knows how to do an actual interview. He listens and doesn't interrupt constantly like so many other wrestling podcast hosts do. This channel has been an excellent find. 👏
@hennypowers83192 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear wrestlers themselves confirm what fans already knew. It was obvious Vince didn't care about Paul or the Cruiserweight belt and it's a damn shame.
@polsdofer2 жыл бұрын
Which sucks because Paul was one of my favorites when he was there.
@Piledriver20062 жыл бұрын
Hell, they don't even care about the championship belt
@ForeverExtreme2 жыл бұрын
Most people don't care about either.
@fernandoalmeida6205 Жыл бұрын
Also wwe never care about the US championship
@BreadFred3 Жыл бұрын
Vince neither cared about tag-team and women's division.
@Doctor-Stoppage2 жыл бұрын
WCW's cruiserweight division was amazing at it's peak. Stole the show. WWE never learned from that.
@BreadFred3 Жыл бұрын
That's my main reason of watching the first hour of WCW programs. Great entertaining opening matches while the main event was lukewarm. WWF was the opposite.
@diluted82 жыл бұрын
Earl Hebner said it, "once WWE went corporate, it stopped treating the boys right."
@BirdGang6 Жыл бұрын
I was in elementary school during his singles run and I remember he was a huge reason why I got into wrestling, loved his care free attitude, loved his move set and his attire was always so unique! Dude was a hidden gem of the Ruthless Aggression era!
@phillysfinest215 Жыл бұрын
Definitely
@christopherend10322 жыл бұрын
If only Paul had been born a couple of years later, he would have thrived as a main eventer in today's pro wrestling scene.
@christopherend10322 жыл бұрын
@Sevside kev Not as a main eventer though and Spanky, a friend of the young bucks, is banned
@xLatinAssazzin2 жыл бұрын
He probably didn't a good run after that innocent where Vince limousine was getting blown up and you can see Paul London laughing lol
@uncledrosselmeyer64802 жыл бұрын
Lmfao London would’ve thrived in any era. He failed because he’s clearly a conceited, deluded punk who no one could stand to be around. WWF would’ve given him a huge push if he had one functioning brain cell
@uncledrosselmeyer64802 жыл бұрын
@Sevside kev he’s old as dirt lol
@steezeaustin3162 жыл бұрын
@@uncledrosselmeyer6480 lol what? He’s 42. He just looks older cause he has grey hair. To put that into context AJ Styles is 44, Orton is 42, Miz is 41, hell Rey Mysterio is 47. All the guys named are still preforming at the top of their game. 42 really isn’t that old in wrestling.
@MilMaska2 жыл бұрын
"So I charge in Vinces office, lay out the whole idea about the Cruserweight and he goes. I hate it" - Paul London
@SimonJones2652 жыл бұрын
The cruiserweight division was fun back then. I'm not a fan of tiny guys beating giants so that division allowed the smaller guys to shine. The likes of Paul London, Gregory Helms & many others added a lot to the product at the time.
@raveoreynolds60492 жыл бұрын
While I agree, I think the cruiserweight division was TOO segregated from the others. Rey Mysterio and Tajiri were often used in multi-man matches with bigger guys, but almost no-one else was allowed to cross over.
@shaquilleburton16112 жыл бұрын
Just because you're big doesn't make you a bad ass or talented.
@SimonJones2652 жыл бұрын
@@shaquilleburton1611 I like a little realism in my wrestling. A 150lbs guy isn't going to beat a 300+lbs 7ft giant. They're all talented, i never said they weren't.
@shaquilleburton16112 жыл бұрын
@Simon Jones if you like realism then smaller guys getting over on big guys shouldn't be a issue because smaller guys can take down bigger guys. Jericho really big up Goldberg and I believe it was Joey Styles knocked out Jbl.
@beenrue56722 жыл бұрын
@@shaquilleburton1611 those are exceptions to the rule brotha, there's a reason there is weight classes in mma/boxing
@forgottenmma36942 жыл бұрын
Vince McMahon treated the cruiser weights the way he treats his current tv product… like it’s meaningless
@rondoughhowell64422 жыл бұрын
especially that he's getting a sh-tload of money from NBC Universal with the Peacock deal
@LordRaptor2 жыл бұрын
That London promo was one of the first videos I've seen on the actual WWE website, I became a fan of him instantly, it's a shame that they never truly did anything with London after his last tag run with Kendrick because he truly had a lot of potential and momentum, the crowd knew who he was and he was well liked, ever since his feud with Kidman actually.
@wingedhussar1453 Жыл бұрын
Idk fans nor Vince cared for london.london was vanilla when he was cruiserweight champion.there were better cruiserweight Champs like Rey
@dantecarroll2435 Жыл бұрын
@@wingedhussar1453 but he was still a great athlete
@raveoreynolds6049 Жыл бұрын
@@wingedhussar1453 Rey was also treated like he was GOD of the cruiserweight division. So of course many other guys looked "vanilla", when they are booked to be nobodies in comparison.
@wingedhussar1453 Жыл бұрын
@@raveoreynolds6049 rey sold merchandise lik a God for cruiserweight
@Y2JLionHeart2 жыл бұрын
I remember thinking that they didn't do enough with the cruiser weights as far as story lines go. There were a few, like Matt Hardy vs Rey Mysterio (Matt Hardy losing weight so he could qualify for the cruiserweight title was hilarious), London vs Kidman, The Gregory Helms title run was cool. There was so much more they could have done, though.
@wingedhussar1453 Жыл бұрын
I'd say they had good cruiserweight Champs but the storyline were few
@shawnchandler87196 ай бұрын
I was pretty young, but the only story lines I remember was anything involving Jamie Noble. Especially, the stuff with Nidia. I didn't appreciate his wrestling until I was older, but the character work had me rolling me as a kid.
@angelhernandez76362 жыл бұрын
Ultimo dragon is another cruiserweight that got buried
@UFCWWE692 жыл бұрын
Dude was a botch machine by the time he got to wwe. He tripped twice during his only wrestlemania entrance lmao
@tw4752 жыл бұрын
I don't think he was buried. he wasn't jobbed out. but definitely underused in his run.
@joshx0222 жыл бұрын
He was injured pretty badly (shoulders I believe it was) and botched a bunch his first showings....it was just bad timing imo. I think he was working luchadore style and not working from the right side and it messed up the matches.
@Doctor-Stoppage2 жыл бұрын
@@joshx022 If I remember correctly (I could be wrong at this point in time) WWE'S rings are bigger than everybody else's. I remember hearing quite a few wrestlers saying the change in size really throws a lot of people off.
@angelhernandez76362 жыл бұрын
Ultimo dragon was a legend could still go but they jobbed him out sad
@ishmael8022 жыл бұрын
Vince McMahon had it out for Paul and the cruiserweights
@uncledrosselmeyer64802 жыл бұрын
How so...? He pushed hardy, Rey, etc etc etc
@ishmael8022 жыл бұрын
@@uncledrosselmeyer6480 but look at all the cruiser weights they buried
@Piledriver20062 жыл бұрын
@@uncledrosselmeyer6480 how so? 205 Live that's how so
@homedeezyfasheezy56622 жыл бұрын
@@Piledriver2006 even if they had good intentions 205 live was doomed for the start. Generally speaking WWE has never really known how to book cruiser/light/junior weight wrestlers. Yeah people will give examples of the Hardys, Rey, Bret, Shawn etc… but they’ve wasted alot of talent over the fact that they were “too small”. I get it that wrestling, especially in America, is based suspending your disbelief and the bigger a guy is the easier it is to do so but how many big men graced the ring were total trash? Think about it… name more than about 5 wrestlers that were over 6’9 that were actually worth anything in the ring? Undertaker, Kane, Andre (in his prime), and Big Show. I know I probably left off 1 or 2 but after that who was there?
@Piledriver20062 жыл бұрын
@@homedeezyfasheezy5662 and there in lies the problem. Vince never got over his man crush for big muscly men, despite that huge steroid scandal and in the end, the WWE only listens to one fan. You missed T-Bar, but with a name like that you probably know where his career is going
@TwinOpinion2 жыл бұрын
It's too bad WWE has rarely taken cruiser weights, and women's wrestling seriously. Even as a child in the 90's I could see it and resented it. Sure there are exceptions, but they passed over so many people who naturally got themselves over. I've never seen any other company actively try to stop someone from getting over like WWE has. (Oh no. They're getting over on their own. Better ban them from doing their best moves, and book them like losers who can't stand up for themselves.)
@Goofyville2 жыл бұрын
Kendrick & London was my favorite tag team on smack down
@TheJerseyOtaku2 жыл бұрын
I believe him man, from them giving the belt to Hornsswoggle (no knock on him he is a great guy) and dropping it again when 2.0 started
@SjC4202 жыл бұрын
I mean the Cruiserweight title wasn't setting the world on fire at the time. WCW in the late 90s was the only time the cruiserweight division ment something but they also had the talent to pull it off. Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, Chris Jericho, Ultimo Dragon, Psychosis, La Parka were better talent & were allowed to have their style matches..
@cb3648 Жыл бұрын
Really by the late 90's and Russo in WCW they killed it too, at one point they were actually going to put it on the skinnier guy in ICP. Kevin Sullivan was the only one that could book that well.
@DjCp3o4202 жыл бұрын
Paul twas an entertaining wrestler during his time in WWE.
@Darule5142 жыл бұрын
Did you guys asked about when the time he smiled at Vince backstage before The Limo explosion Vince death angle?
@forgottenmma36942 жыл бұрын
Its most likely in Part 2 next Monday. James does his homework
@wastelandwarriorz665fanacc82 жыл бұрын
I love the crowd cheer impersonation
@rondoughhowell64422 жыл бұрын
Well they've killed the cruiserweight division so many times like the women's division
@uncledrosselmeyer64802 жыл бұрын
Cruiserweigjts don’t draw money
@MrDp1152 жыл бұрын
@@uncledrosselmeyer6480 How much $ did WCW's cruiserweights draw?
@MrDp1152 жыл бұрын
@@nadirsanchez1675 Good point
@uncledrosselmeyer64802 жыл бұрын
@@MrDp115 not a freaking dime, ever. Duh
@tw4752 жыл бұрын
@@uncledrosselmeyer6480 how are they suppose to draw when this was a regular thing at the time. they would have some multi-man match going on. oh here is Great Khali, Mark Henry, Kane, whoever some big guy and by himself beat up three, four, five or six cruiserweights.
@grungyasscinema2 жыл бұрын
Paul got nowhere near enough mic time during his run in WWE. You’d think he was mute or something, then you come on the internet and see the charisma and can’t help but scratch your head at it.
@jorgehernandez40982 жыл бұрын
Damn Paul aged nicely.
@Captain_AAhab2 жыл бұрын
James really needs to stop talking so much during these interviews
@cafederene2 жыл бұрын
Much sarcasm I sense in you
@thebandit76232 жыл бұрын
Every he said was true. Because I don't recall London been cruiserweight champion. And I was watching Smackdown religiously at the time.
@sanjoojnas84832 жыл бұрын
Love his Crowd chant's
@killuminati30342 жыл бұрын
His crowd cheer impersonation is iconic
@victorspell1 Жыл бұрын
During the Cruiserweight era, Paul is on my top 5 of the best Cruiserweight wrestlers
@FernandoMartinez-pv1id6 ай бұрын
I'll never understand why anyone says Wrestlers should be loyal to WWE. WWE will never be loyal to anyone.
@sanjoojnas84832 жыл бұрын
Love the clips sometimes at night I loop playlist
@user-em4el6rf5v2 жыл бұрын
The small things you guys think didnt matter we fans noticed, the only cruiser-weights that made it fun was london, kidman, hardy, rey . Rene we noticed you too la resistance pretty impactful in that small area. I mean the world sees what you see we hated jbl, orton, vince, triple h for their character and now for real
@MytrekFleetwood6 ай бұрын
The problem with a cruiserweight belt now is everyone does that style now.
@stevieavail57732 жыл бұрын
Rene needs to invest in some light bulbs.
@Jnwboss Жыл бұрын
Now about Paul London how in the world did they not do something with this guy? Especially since we all saw how great he is with his tag work with Brian Kendrick?
@FLORIDA_DAN2 жыл бұрын
Feel like he buried Teddy here while simultaneously explaining why it wasn't Teddy's fault.
@fizzyfuzz58782 жыл бұрын
At the last mania I don't think the US or intercontinental championship was defended. Then sasha and naomi won the tag titles from a zelina and carmella team that lost almost every match, including the go home show.
@wingedhussar14537 ай бұрын
paul london wass insignificant ,he was just there to fill in the time slot in between the heavyweights etc ,,, becasue nobody wants to watch the same type of match each match.so in a way he was a fill in
@FernandoMartinez-pv1id6 ай бұрын
Zero likes kid
@Jnwboss Жыл бұрын
I knew they didn’t care about the championship when Gregory Helms was the longest reigning champion and his reign ended in an open challenge at No Way Out to like close to NO fanfare.
@sobo5476 Жыл бұрын
I used to hate Vince Russo and was a Cornette guy, but I started listening to Russo and other wrestlers speak about him and changed my mind. Something a lot of Wrestlers speak about and is relevant here as Paul is saying that nobody in WWE cared about him or the Belt, Vince Russo made the wrestlers feel as if they meant something and what they were doing meant something. IMHO the year 2000 WWE seemed to only really care about the top guys with a few others, everyone else was just a contract waiting to not get renewed.
@FernandoMartinez-pv1id6 ай бұрын
Russo didnt do much for cruiserweights either.
@CamVanDamme2 жыл бұрын
Once saw Paul accidentally eliminate himself from a Cruiserweight battle royal in Cardiff. He was scheduled to win and Chavo and Kidman had to eliminate themselves in order for the match to be 'restarted' with the final 3 competitors. Was so fun to see such a massive fuck up live.
@Matt-cr4vv Жыл бұрын
It always sucks how they treated various belts, especially those that have previous lineage of being held by tons of eventual legends of the business. The cruserweight title was held by the likes of Guerrero, Jericho, and Mysterio for example. So when they made it a push aside belt they didn’t care about that sucked to see. It also was actually the storyline that first made me a fan of wrestling. The story where Matt Hardy frantically had to make weight to wrestle for it, won it, and then would cheat to keep it even though he was way bigger than the others was fucking awesome. And I wanted rey to win it so badly and then he finally did in his home town. Without that storyline happening I may never have been a fan in the first place.
@fbinvesting711 Жыл бұрын
Could not agree more with what Paul said. They just don’t care. Personally I never “made it” but I have had a couple of tryouts in UK as well as in Japan. The moment I realised, that even if I did get signed one day, they would have never gave a fu*k about me anyway, I just stopped chasing the dream. They took al the passion away from me, that until that point, I had sacrificed everything just in order to get there…I can say this, although I was never a “big name” in the indies or so
@wrestle.collectibles Жыл бұрын
THE MATCH: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5fIgpyLjr54rpI
@Partyboy222 жыл бұрын
Vince McMahon has proven time and time again that he only cares about the top guys. He couldn't care less about the underneath guys, whether it's the cruiserweights, women or tag teams.
@richevans6099 ай бұрын
Paul bled so bad in that Match!!! Pretty gruesome stuff!
@ssilva8722 жыл бұрын
That's sad. I always liked the CW division. It's so dumb how WWE never cared about it (or the Women's division/Tag Team divisions)... WWE should want to have the best divisions in all of wrestling. They very well could but they just don't care (especially historically).
@jagofjokester11272 жыл бұрын
Paul haymen was good. Ted long was just about tag team main events.
@TheBigChad2 жыл бұрын
It should be him saying “it should have been me!” Blaming the ref for trying to “fuck on me”
@killuminati30342 жыл бұрын
Playa playa playa, hola hola hola
@shaquilleburton16112 жыл бұрын
I remember that match it was a good one.
@jonathancrosby29599 ай бұрын
If you didn't care about the belt, what's the point in having it?
@SpaceAce19932 жыл бұрын
Rene is a great listener
@killuminati30342 жыл бұрын
To me the facts that lucha and cruiserweight championship are synonymous , and WWE is racist so they consider it a Mexican wresting belt
@ayyachris2 жыл бұрын
I can’t find that match. Was it a smackdown episode?
@spacem572 жыл бұрын
Damn he hit that right on the nail get into the wrestling buisness to highlight your only fans 😂😂😂😂😂
@theonebegotten Жыл бұрын
Rene is not hungry anymore and wonders why he got heat
@GabrielGarcia-zg2cq Жыл бұрын
I think cruiserweight wrestlers (jobbers) will not make it in the wwe (not including Rey mysterio) unless they go to an independent company.
@newgame8972 жыл бұрын
Why does this guy have such a hard time looking at the camera?
@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide2 жыл бұрын
I never saw you wrestle and that’s ok, neve rwill
@kevin084life Жыл бұрын
4:33
@bigsexy76622 жыл бұрын
Literally lol'd at 5:10. bahahaha. LIke the video to help the channel grow!
@DjCp3o4202 жыл бұрын
Double w e
@dudeistmonkmatthew9550 Жыл бұрын
WWE has never respected cruserweights
@FernandoMartinez-pv1id6 ай бұрын
Thats what killed WCW.
@namelessentity5851 Жыл бұрын
Paul has an only fans page??
@PraiseThaDon2 жыл бұрын
5:10 Nikkita Lyons and Mandy Rose.
@Walboro2 жыл бұрын
You know, it could just be that WWE doesn’t appreciate athletes who couldn’t get over with a 10ft ladder.
@doctorfeelfunny5842 жыл бұрын
It's true that WWE and most fans didn't care much for London and the Mini's championship, but that's not his fault. He was mediocre talent at time when there were a lot of next-level wrestlers in the fed.
@FernandoMartinez-pv1id6 ай бұрын
Why would fans care about something that the guys up top aren't putting any effort into?
@jonallen82762 жыл бұрын
Tissues are on aisle 12...get over it
@michaelhauser64402 жыл бұрын
It's an interview about his time at WWE. Fuck else is he gonna talk about?
@jonallen82762 жыл бұрын
@@michaelhauser6440 he's just crying the blues...just jealous