10 Most INTENSE Wrestlers Ever

[@connorsimon6482]

I broke my neck last week, and I can confirm that it would be hard to wrestle at the Olympics right now

[@bloodsimple94]

Ooof I hope you recover well!

[@connorsimon6482]

@@bloodsimple94 thanks, getting better everyday

[@Cultaholic]

Sorry to hear that. Get well soon, buddy!

[@connorsimon6482]

@@Cultaholic that means the world to me, y’all’s content has helped me get through this just about as much as the pain pills

[@ShinRyojin]

Get well soon, Connor!

[@diothedude]

That “my close personal friend p diddy” line isn’t aging well 😂

[@PoshBertie]

11:34 oh dear Mr Pacitti…

[@simbarocksone]

Kurt Angle literally had intensity in his titantron. He has to be in this list. Honourable mention goes to Pete Dunne. He does it pretty well as he is a man of few words and loves bending fingers.

[@calennon3]

The first I of Angle’s whole 3 I’s gimmick was intensity, then he went to the wrestling machine which was the embodiment of intensity

[@partsunknown1679]

Kurt angle was the best of few wrestlers who looked like they were actually fighting

[@carloscjr23]

Perc Angle was the meaning of intense.

[@cybercatgaming6052]

@@carloscjr23 Yeah how dare anyone have demons to fight

[@venomousnate7263]

Saying Scott Steiner is intense is like saying water is wet. Even in his early days he was very intense. It’s an understatement at this point.

[@darryldonnelly5363]

He's the greatest wrestler of all time

[@Zigzagalltheway]

@@darryldonnelly5363 you are kidding right?

[@norm32548]

Gotta see him in RingKaKing

[@danieldrayet2364]

@@darryldonnelly5363 greatest tag team Debatable Greatest wrestler of all time not even close

[@darryldonnelly5363]

@@Zigzagalltheway No he's my favourite wrestler

[@anointed6386]

New Jack was the most interesting person that I never wanted to meet in person.

[@matthewlane518]

I Agree I don't think I would like getting stabbed either lol

[@matthewlane518]

@@VelvetMetrolink lol

[@DoctorLazers]

We can all rest a little easier, now that that son of a bitch is dead. And if that sentence upsets, speaking ill of the dead and all that, know that Jack would be absolutely thrilled to hear people talk about him that way.

[@ArcherSuh4721]

@@VelvetMetrolink I could still see that happening even though New Jack is dead...

[@WolfgangAmadeusMozart1761]

I met new jack once and he didn't like Abdullah the butcher

[@yousufseedat7736]

Never knew that Adam went to diddy party's 😅

[@calvinfolan1736]

Benoit as just an honorable mention? Sweet Jesus, this should be an interesting one.

[@QAZ-OMEN]

U know why that is right. Otherwise he would probably be near the top of the list.

[@glennjoyce7682]

Nick "I am going to mug you" Gage only got honorable mention too...I'm impressed with the reasoning and their choices

[@HM4Hill]

@@glennjoyce7682 right like he fcking died, came back to life and continued his match. Thats top 3 at the least

[@trenboloneytony7609]

Benoit, Warrior, and Goldberg not on the list is fucking ridiculous.

[@UlvenDagoth]

My exact thoughts

[@citizensane4387]

Ultimate warrior as an honorable friggin mention?!. HIS WHOLE GIMMICK WAS INTENSITY!

[@acenewman8266]

Agreed...Warrior should have landed somewhere on the top 10 even if it was #10.

[@trenboloneytony7609]

Same with Goldberg… the fucking guy came out accompanied by police officers ffs.. he’s the king of intensity…

[@bottledwater134]

When I saw the title , I thought of Suzuki , Benoit and Lesnar

[@calebdavila2420]

Saw the thumbnail and immediately started doing Steiner math lol

[@kristopherruiz7644]

I thought of Triple H, Angle and Taz.

[@TheJordanUpshaw]

I thought of Haku. Only Haku

[@vb2806]

@@TheJordanUpshaw yea that was my thought too

[@ГеоргиКалинов-ь5и]

11:50 the p diddy coment didnt age well

[@hopediamond4654]

11:36 ...this didnt age well.

[@timbrechopper]

Throwing in my honorable mention to Dr D David Schultz. Between the promos, the slap, and the bounty hunting. He’s definitely intense.

[@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970]

Especially the bounty hunting

[@inyourfacestudios101]

Anyone here from Adam's insta story? 😂

[@yousufseedat7736]

Yes

[@reesebecker4838]

Kurt Angle used to legitimately scare me. I thought I was going to see him kill someone

[@kayskreed]

Himself included. Those moonsaults off the cage were insane!

[@kayskreed]

Steiner's Math Promo will go down in history mark my words! :D Tbh, all of his promos were rather insane and helluva entertainment. I could listen to that guy speak for hours, he's simply hilarious. I never understood why someone didn't hire him to do commentary work.

[@billhicks6449]

It's the weirdest thing, when Scott just sits down and takes a deep breath he's perfectly fine on camera... Actually quite good. He could easily do commentary, but you wouldn't be getting psycho Scott.

[@lordtrigon1733]

It already has, a decade later and people still won’t let it go.

[@Macephtopheles]

Because he's Scott Steiner. I mean, love the guy and his promos but it's like Pacitti is highlighting in the video- he'd randomly turn things into a shoot at any point seemingly. If he was hired to do commentary and went off on one do you think he'd listen to a co-commentator trying to calm him down or change the subject? He'd just crank it up. For fans, sure, it'd be great but the risk of him landing the company and/or network in trouble would be too much.

[@kayskreed]

@@Macephtopheles Like Flair when he's drunk, I'd agree. Nobody would be able to control him. It would be great for us, not so much for the company and network. They have to censor a lot of it, unless it's a show were adult content is permitted (definitely not the WWE). Whenever I do see make an appearance, I always say to myself, in his words: "Give him the f*cking mic!" :'D

[@brithesportsguy9518]

I talked to him Rick and mark henry about those promos

[@jackwhiteford6842]

Perc Angle has to be the most intense man in history

[@kungfukitten6735]

Yessir

[@arielljasonmalanog4201]

Perc angle??? 🤯🤯🤯

[@sabuhellwert5420]

Angle was originally supposed to make a start in ECW a few months after he won the gold medal. He showed up to a few matches got scared and went to the WWE....

[@nikobellic8627]

@@sabuhellwert5420 he was offended not scared bro. No matter what your beliefs are respect other's. Angle was offended by ravens crucifixion of sandman

[@sabuhellwert5420]

@@nikobellic8627 yeah I know that, a few months later the undertaker put stone cold Steve Austin up on the cross and he didn’t care about that did he?

[@polarbear138]

This really needed to be a top 20.

[@johnobrien1759]

I’d have to say Benoit was the most intense.

[@scottp9835]

👀

[@obinnauchime1343]

Oh wow. I see what you did there.

[@acceptable1609]

💀

[@Bino9898]

11:35 did not age well 😂

[@jkarnold100]

11:35 👀🫣

[@DoctorLazers]

A lot of overlap with the 10 stiffest wrestlers.

[@screamrad218]

Chris Benoit. That man was intense as hell!

[@bruinking2k3]

Shamrock and Sabu were crazy intense

[@PainfullHunt]

😐

[@jeromelancashire3278]

And now he's burning in hell.

[@MrBlack252]

That's putting it very lightly

[@dwraptorgeezus097]

@@bruinking2k3 Those dudes weren't just intense They were dangerous and scary lmao New Jack too!

[@tyrone5969]

Next list: "Ten Most Intense Wreslters from The 80's who WEREN'T on Cocaine 24/7/365"

[@brodielee4217]

"my close personal friend P. Diddy" doesn't hold up

[@DukesAPG]

WARNING: when he says "intense", what he means to say is "batshit insane".

[@kayskreed]

Benoit is definitely top of the list. All he was missing were those damn claws and he'd literally would have been Wolverine from the X-Men series. It's no wonder he called himself the 'Rabid Wolverine', an understatement I'd say.

[@felixlara2945]

It isn't unheard of for wolverine to have random violent streaks and murder his family

[@deuscast]

Vader and Mick Foley, particularly Cactus Jack, are the first two that came to mind. Especially when they clashed.

[@robsenzig5720]

Scott Casey, Carlos Colon, Savio Vega, John Nord, Abdullah the Butcher, Buzz Sawyer, Mad Dog Vachon, the Crusher, Scott Norton

[@KHFMcAwesome]

Honestly surprised Haku/Meng didn’t make the list, though these were still great choices! Edit: As pointed out to me: Though he’s a tough guy most people say he’s a lovely guy most of the time.

[@JordinoProbably]

Honestly, I think it’s because he was well known as a sweetheart backstage, as long as you didn’t piss him off.

[@KHFMcAwesome]

@@JordinoProbably Or get him too drunk 😜😜😜😜😜

[@gabrielledormuth4634]

Yea outside the ring he was really nice I had a nice conversation with him in a parking lot back in the 90s

[@mvpeter]

i really that he would be nummer one

[@TadRaunch]

Haku is notorious for being remarkably tough, not intense.

[@mindinthepsandqs]

Close personal friend P. Diddy has not aged well mate lol

[@opethmike]

Really, Shibata not even mentioned?

[@AkamoriRivals]

Good shout. Shibata's career was ended because of his intensity, I think that says something.

[@opethmike]

@@AkamoriRivals I just recently re-watched Okada/Shibata. What a classic.

[@AkamoriRivals]

@@opethmike i am of the camp that Okada is one of the greatest wrestlers that has ever lived. And Shibata is one of the most underrated/overlooked. You cant go wrong with them in the ring together.

[@trailerparkchief]

Prior to viewing, Ill say Lesnar, Angle, Benoit, New Jack, Haku, and Brody will all get mentioned.

[@aitsu6640]

Surprised no Haku but I don't know who I'd replace on the list for him great job guys

[@LegendViper96]

How could you forget Orange Cassidy ?

[@martinandersen7735]

And his super duper kicks

[@liishilin]

Orange Cassidy is legit and probably the best wrestler in aew

[@martinandersen7735]

@@liishilin and you should never underastimate the pocket man

[@TheElmatador32]

The fact Goldberg didn't make your top 10...yikes.

[@RobertJW]

The man concussed himself by headbutting the door on the way to the ring.

[@matthewbreeden7748]

When I saw Austin and the warrior in the honorable mentions I was like oh god who can be in the actually list

[@eyzzquare7811]

Kurt when straps are on - 100% intense Kurt when he bring down the straps - it's over 9000% 💪💪💪

[@moopert86]

Kurt angle won a gold medal with a broken neck? Never knew that. You'd think he'd mention it every now and then.

[@trenboloneytony7609]

RIC flair shouldn’t even be an honorable mention… and Goldberg didn’t make the list? Wtf lol he’s like the king intensity

[@DukesMusic84]

Your description of Scott Steiner was priceless. But in all fairness I think the late 90s turned a lot of these dudes into lunatics.

[@maxhopejr3131]

#1 is spot on.I remember watching him on tv as a kid and being legit terrified when he came out! What a legend RIP Frank Goodish...

[@still-standingrunner810]

I'm sorry, but, NO ONE will ever be more intense than Chris Benoit IMO

[@venod3134]

That background graphic during the Piper feature was🔥🔥🔥 pure nostalgic glory🙏🏾

[@JaimeD.]

Minoru Suzuki can scare anyone even while not even speaking. He just gives the eyes of promised pain and misery that is a MIRACLE people escaped after post-match promos.

[@arrownoir]

No one was more intense than Benoit.

[@redsofaanimation]

I love how WhatCuluture said Nick Gage. It's about damn time 😊😅

[@ShowdeQuetzal]

Scott Steiner scares me, he always looks like he's about to explode

[@BadNewsRuss]

04-08 Kurt Angle is my fav of all time i love intense Kurt he was beast..

[@prisonmike3856]

Dude. 80's Hulk Hogan. Those promos were intense as fuck

[@tyrone5969]

Well, cocaine IS a hell of a drug, so that tracks.

[@Nosti98]

I agree mostly with this list good job!

[@brithesportsguy9518]

I met the steiners at river city wrestle con today and they were so awesome to me I took a picture with them and they signed my nwo flag

[@EvolvedHC7]

Taz, Brock Lesnar, Meng, Harley Race, Karl Gotch, Vader, Aja Kong, KENTA, Yoshiaki Fujiwara , Kazunari Murakami, Yuji Nagata, Tatsuo Nakano, Kawada, Andre the Giant, Fit Finlay, William Regal, Bryan Danielson, Takayama, Terry Funk, Mike Awesome, Kevin Sullivan , JBL & Ron Simmons are also all great honorable mentions and really goes to how many people have been able to master this trait in pro wrestling

[@CollegeBallYouknow]

Crazy to see Sid and Warrior being relegated to mere honourable mentions

[@LoneWolf-cf5tp]

Yeah warrior is #1. Sid #2

[@cadillacmayn]

How on earth can you have this list without Meng/Haku. He could have been #1 tbh. Smh

[@QAZ-OMEN]

Gotta give it up to ric flair the intensity he has in his promos is unrivaled

[@aaronstein-h2o]

You should do a list of soft spoken wrestlers next.

[@Rocket1377]

William Regal would be number 1 on that list. Can barely hear what he is saying half the time.

[@thewarren456show9]

how is Lesnar not in this list

[@DJDoubleCee]

Bruiser Brody sure was one intense individual. May he rest in peace.

[@liishilin]

Rest In Peace black panther why bless a racist white guy?

[@liishilin]

@@graemenicol6377 he was racist behind the scenes idk why blacks watch this stuff

[@liishilin]

@@graemenicol6377 Tony atlas is basically white

[@blueroseknight]

I can't believe that you brought up Vader getting his eye knocked out by Stan Hansen, but didn't put Vader on this list. He literally popped his eye back in and finished that match.

[@tyrone5969]

Which is about the only possible thing crazier than punching someone's eye out of the socket in the first place. If I did something like that to someone in a fight, and they literally popped it back in before coming back for more, I ... AM. . . OUT!!!!

[@theupliftchannel]

Sad that so many of these guys are gone. RIP

[@jeffunknown9927]

I met Sabu at an Indy show in Toronto years ago. He was intense for sure. He signed my ECW CD and didn’t say anything. He also posed for a picture with me. Cool guy honestly.

[@bloodsimple94]

Lesnar, Wild Samoans, Samoa Joe, Haku, and Foley sprang to mind for me.

[@0121zachary]

The problem is other than Lesnar, they’re all the nicest guys outside of the ring, and Lesnar is nice too he just doesn’t like people due to anxiety issues

[@bloodsimple94]

@@0121zachary You're not wrong, but Angle is also a good guy in real life aside from his past issues that caused erratic behaviour and he's on the list.

[@ole-mariusbergesen7818]

Rick flair said in an interview that the daugher of the guy that killed brody had drowned a few days before and when brody didnt want to put him over he snaped

[@kitbradley2689]

Another title for this could be "10 Best Cautionary Tales in Wrestling." Intensity has a price, brother.

[@Green_Ranger05]

SCOTT STEINER IS THE DEFINITION OF INTENSE

[@liishilin]

I disagree

[@evrbody]

How could you leave off Vance Archer? He's INTENSE!

[@waluigistan7278]

Adam, my man, how did you not mention Steiner's legendary math promo? That shit's beautiful

[@mattj4112]

The numbers don’t lie

[@Kleetus_Van_Damm]

The “Bank Addicted Drug Robber” Nick Gage lol

[@KingKhanate1997]

Intensity was pretty much the only thing Sid had going for him besides that Powerbomb hahaha

[@sidneal3620]

So glad bruiser brody' made the actual list watching that dark side of the ring made that man look an amazing man but a total mad man. His wife even said she seen the transformation once he left the vehicle

[@matthewwilliamscott]

🎵NA-NA, NA-NA, NA-NA, NA-NA NA NA NA! RANDLE RANDLE KEITH! CANDLE WREATH! CANDLE RANDLE KEITH!🎵

[@wrestlezone7746]

How tf you put Chris Benoit in the honorable mentions?????

[@ReaverPrime]

Posting before watching: New Jack, Macho Man, Stan Hansen. After watching: Good form, lads.

[@abnuridd24]

The guys that go in the honorable mention let you know just how crazy this business is. This could of almost been a tier list as well.

[@MorbidFayde]

for my 10 I'd say angle, benoit, brody, new jack, dragunov, lesnar, suzuki, shamrock, hansen and pillman

[@ChrisKewl]

Haku/Meng should've been #1 IMHO.

[@gtaylor2455]

Just here to check that Bruiser Brody was #1 or I was going to report misinformation to KZbin.

[@acenewman8266]

l😄l

[@antonylaws6554]

Glad you got Stan Hansen in.

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

imo Your #1 is perfect. Glad to see Hansen on the list. Dick The Bruiser and Wild Bull Curry should be on this list. Hogan was about as intense as white rice. imo

[@bruhnt5063]

Alternate title: 35 Most Intense Wrestlers Ever

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@blacknapalm2131]

I went camping once. *It was In Tents*

[@moby24k]

It breaks my heart that the last 72 hours of Benoit’s life tainted his amazing professional wrestling career.

[@miguelheat]

It breaks my heart that people think that. I in no way condone what happened that weekend, but benoit's wrestling career is intact in my view. People are gonna reply talking shit to me for saying this but fuck them. Benoit's wrestling career is still the same. It would be a different story if he had done it mid match or whatever... Benoit the person, however, indeed get tainted... which is a shame because he had a great career and is still one of the best to ever do it

[@IcyTorments]

@@miguelheat i hate how wwe basically erased him from history but keeps snuka in there history which i think is just as bad as snuka not only hid it but died before he got what he deserved

[@miguelheat]

@@IcyTorments didnt know snuka was dead. But yea, i agree... and isnt snuka a hall of famer too?

[@Deathpool_04]

@@miguelheat I have similar thoughts about it. I understand if people say awful things about him as a person and how WWE treats his legacy but if we are talking about as a wrestler/performer, he was one of the best and maybe even the best. Same goes for how intense he was. If he hadn’t turned out the way he did, he would’ve probably been seen as the best but what he did keeps people from recognizing those good things he did. A lot of the things he did looked so believable. He gave some of the best suplexes in the industry. He did the rolling German suplexes before angle, lesnar, or at least out of the ones I could think of. The look he had that looks like he could kick your ass along with the toothless grin. The hard chops he’d do which were among the best too. Him being technically sound that belongs with the likes of Bret and Angle(those three are at the top technical wrestlers for me). The body language in the ring like those small screams, grunts, and yells when he attacks or is getting attacked. He had what might’ve been the most exciting submission move which was the crossface. It was like the RKO of submission moves where he could get in on from almost anywhere. Then the one thing that completes him as that intense wrestler, is his badass “whatever” theme song.

[@miguelheat]

@@Deathpool_04 you know, i actually dont understand people saying bad stuff about him as a person. Every wrestler who knew benoit that ive heard talking about it, said the last two or three days of benoit's life wasnt the benoit they knew. His brain was fucked up due to badly prescribed drugs, which he may or may not have abused (i dont know), but the thing is, its so hard for me to accept that under those circumstances, people are so quick to point their fingers (while knowing absolutely nothing of what was going through his head) at a guy's worst moments in life and so easily crap on the other 38 years (or whatever, i think he was 38) he was alive for something they dont understand but everybody else says the same. Yes it was horrible that he killed his wife and son. Yes he was in awful mental shape. Does it justify crapping on him as a person? Not in my book. Does it justify erasing his career? I understand wwe's handling of the situation from a corporate standpoint, but also no in a bigger picture. And the worst part is youre totally right on your second paragraph (although im not sure he was the first to do those suplexes, but that aside). As far as im concerned, if there is such a thing as perfection in a wrestling ring, it would be kurt angle, bret hart and chris benoit. He not only was everything you just said, he brought the word "legitimate" to the company, any company. He was the guy that whenever he had a match, you knew it wasnt gonna suck. It is a shame that for people to appreciate his skills nowadays, they'll have to find him on their own because wwe aint gonna mention him. And benoit never was my favourite wrestler, nor on top 5, but damn... even 12 year old me knew he was that damn good. It is awful what he did, but im not a believer in pointing a finger at someone for something they did at their worse, especially if cerebral issues are included in the discussion... And yea! His theme song was badass. I still listen to it sometimes. That riff pumps me up

[@zachjohns6975]

Stan Hansen legit terrified me as a kid!

[@stevegallo8483]

When I saw the title of this video, my first thought was Randy "Macho Man" Savage. He was as intense as they came with a hair trigger temper.

[@duandaleqingle00]

Before the second PG era began John Cena was an intense wrestler. One example is his Last Man Standing match with Umaga. Say what you want about Cenas booking but he always turnt it up (especially for PPVs) for the fans.

[@PadmeTheMermaid]

Definitely shocked Lesnar didn’t make the top 3 or at the very least get an honorable mention

[@RobertJW]

"If you don't get pumped when Minoru Suzuki's theme hits are you even alive?" There is only one answer for this: KAZE NI NARE!!!!

[@chikkenbonz]

Showing love for Stan "Th Man" Hanson...prolly my favorite wrestler ever. Other intense wrestlers: - "Booge-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant - Ox Baker - Kane - Matanza Cueto (Lucha Underground. Definition of intensity. Matanza Cueto vs. Mil Muertes - great match. Mil Muertes wasn't far behind Matanza in intensity in his own right.

[@Longdogz]

Buzz Sawyer and Stan Hansen made me nervous just watching them on TV.

[@dylanpennington6105]

Randy Savage once took a test, and they found a slight trace of blood, in his cocaine system.

[@dragowXX]

Ultimate warrior is number one ( promos , entrance , in ring )

[@zachwhitlow4]

Nice list but a couple of ppl that should've been in the top 10 are Benoit, Lesnar, Goldberg, and Shibata

[@andrewberenson5717]

Bob Holly deserved an honorable mention

[@Altered-Beast]

Benoit and Lesnar not making the 10 is insane 😂

[@garyhen1707]

That posedown with triple h was intense

[@FlexLuger87]

The three I's i live by... INSANITY INVINCIBILITY AND INVISIBILITY

[@OWXMUSIC]

There were others after New Jack? Nothing was more scary and intense than New Jack, he was literally murderous.

[@Venylynn]

I feel like Bob Holly deserves a shout here