Deadliest Warrior: Real History For Real Men

[@PointlessHub]

Hey everyone. Thanks for checking out the first video. Future content will be less history based. But I felt this was a good easing in for everyone. To find out more, here's a trailer for the new channel. Thrilling stuff I know. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2e9nKGcfMuogs0

[@thattimestampguy]

Thanks

[@ghyuty17]

Thanks

[@nlap9]

Loved the spyro soundtrack choice for background lol

[@Roguedotexe]

For a first video, this was pretty good. Give yourself a pat on the back because you got yourself a sub.

[@davidfernandes7109]

Great video Cody! Deadliest Warrior remains one of my favorite shows to this day. BTW have you seen GATE and if so, what do you think of it?

[@MrTJPAS]

No other show gives us the possibility of seeing Pol Pot get shot point blank in the back of the head by Saddam. Thus, Deadliest Warrior is an unforgettable monument to 21st Century culture.

[@ayden201]

The imagery of the IRA vs. the Taliban combined with the Looney Tunes-level of bazooka hijinks killed me.

[@Ttegegg]

Best content

[@Why_does_this_exist_YouTube]

@@ayden201 There are a few videos of it and it is actually a damn Lonney Tunes cartoon

[@SeruraRenge11]

@@ayden201 The best part was that this was the episode that added the "dudes killed" graphic, acknowledging we had gone fully into cartoon territory.

[@princeapoopoo5787]

cant wait for the both of them to show up in fate/grand order as a pair of ten year old girls.

[@kvant13]

I remember the Aftermath discussion for the Saddam vs. Pol Pot episode had an interesting moment where the Cambodian expert just casually dropped an anecdote about how he narrowly avoided being executed by a Khmer Rouge soldier during the genocide, and then years later after he escaped to the west someone he knew in the local organized crime called him up and was like "Yo, you know that guy who almost killed you? Yeah we can go grab him for you and you can torture him to death if you pay us." And he considered it but decided not to. There was a good five seconds of dead silence from the rest of the panel before the host awkwardly tried to move on. It was great.

[@ruhroh8658]

This show sounds like a gold mine

[@soop8750]

Man that story is crazy

[@markhirsch6301]

That is such an interesting story for a few reasons reasons 1. He escaped a genocide 2. He knows someone in organized crime who would gladly get the guy if payed 3. Despite that he refused to do it even though that's sorta a fantasy many have.

[@GoldenGod69]

@@ruhroh8658 I watched every episode (3 seasons I think?) as a kid. Awesome show and taught me about history. Sucks you can’t find it anywhere really

[@ruhroh8658]

@@GoldenGod69 I was honestly (painfully) unaware of Spike TV not existing, Im sure a quick Google search would tell me what happened or who currently owns the rights to all their IP, but I'm lazy today

[@Wendigoon]

This show was so great I miss it sm

[@whosasking8839]

Holy Hell, it's you!

[@gramaximusproductions]

Ever play the game? Good shit

[@lenonel3286]

Damn you watch a lot of youtube

[@XdeadsoulXful]

Papa??

[@wankbrosgaming7389]

Hey,I know this guy from somewhere🤔

[@specimenlarry6068]

I remember me and my dad watched every episode of the show together. And he correctly guessed the winner of every episode. 100% success rate. Absolute legend.

[@rileyrose5166]

Honestly a lot of them are really easy to guess based off the matchups, especially when factoring in types of metal. Like they matched steel wielding Genghis Khan against bronze wielding Hannibal, it wasn’t too hard to predict who would win

[@aircraftcarrierwo-class]

@@rileyrose5166 It's also easy to figure out who's going to win based on how the hosts talk about them. These kinds of shows often are pretty predictable. Death Battle here on KZbin does the same thing.

[@forsakenparadise6828]

They would do rounds and whoever won more rounds 99% of the time would win

[@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg]

@@rileyrose5166 I remember one episode had african warriors with wood/wicker shields vs spartans or some other warrior that was clad in steel. It was a dumb match up and they got absolutely wrecked lol

[@CollinMcLean]

@@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace?

[@falsealias2046]

Deadliest warrior, Metal gear solid and National treasure are the historical trinity of the mediums that peaked my interest as a boy. Time well spent

[@Jane-oz7pp]

I'm really not trying to be "that person", but the spelling for "peak" in that context is actually "pique".

[@knighthunter1791]

@@Jane-oz7pp really *peeked* my interest as a boy

[@crediblesalamander8056]

We're all spiritual siblings here!

[@MALICEM12]

For me it was the old WWII COD and Medal of Honor games and then Deadliest Warrior playing into it after.

[@blackie126]

As someone who is now a historian...all three of those have a special place in my heart and holy shit, I did not expect to relate so strongly to a random comment about an old show I used to watch. Man. Kudos to you, I'm smiling like a fool realizing the goofy things that helped get me into history.

[@keezo74]

Hi guys. Kieron Elliott here, William Wallace expert from Season One and host of The Aftermath and The Armory. Thanks for putting this video together, I really enjoyed it. Great to see all of the experts, Hosts, reenactment actors and even myself again. This was a really fun show to make and it’s so great to see it living on and still being appreciated. Thanks again.

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

Waa there any resulting matchup in particular that you most enjoyed?

[@mightylad2197]

I love and still love deadliest warrior. Also, Alba gu bràth🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@XSilver_WaterX]

Can you think there could be a legacy for the show, probably put more flexibility and less notable warriors from history?

[@pasta-and-heroin]

do any scenes or episodes seem to have slightly over the top characterisations to you in hindsight?

[@hiruharii]

Thank you so much! This was one of my favorite shows when I was young

[@omarg2079]

The IRA vs The Taliban is the funniest thing I've heard in hours.

[@danjudex2475]

The only time 1 person was left standing, and then wiped the entire team.

[@anthonylong9067]

I remember KGB vs CIA and US Marine vs Israeli Commando. Both of those had to have bias towards americans. It was so blatant.

[@frederickoftheartic2209]

@@anthonylong9067 Of fuckin course! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

[@theorycow]

@@anthonylong9067 Pretty sure they had the Spetznaz beat the Green Beret in an episode. But yeah Spike in general was catering to the American machismo so there was definitely a lot of bias going on - otherwise their audience would probably have stopped watching, or ratings would have dipped.

[@pabloteixido2155]

Yeah a good one

[@innocuousalias6632]

I always found the Napoleon vs Washington episode interesting just because it discussed how different the two wars were. The french empire had massive land battles while the american rebels actively tried to avoid massive land battles.

[@MasterIceyy]

a lot of them were just pro american nonsense

[@braedenmartin8596]

Anyone else notice how in the Jesse James vs al Capone episode. Jesse and his guys start out in a museum and they have to steal three weapons. Meanwhile Capone just shows and starts shooting, which implies that Jesse James and his guys time traveled to the 40s

[@PrestonGarvey-]

It's also the only episode, at least that I can remember, where the winning faction had more than one member left standing.

[@superdude899]

That episode is still BS in my eyes.

[@Christopher_TG]

@@superdude899 I actually think it's fine. That battle was the duel of the awesome but impractical weapons of Capone vs the boring but useful weapons of James.

[@superdude899]

@@Christopher_TG Okay, to test the accuracy and power of Jesse James' weapons were two nationwide, competition winning marksmen and to test Capone's weapon were two old Italian men who just happened to be associated to the Mafia.

[@Dr.-Dank]

@@superdude899 Dude, aside from the Tommygun, the Capone Gang's weapons were crap for the matchup. Cowboys with six-shooters and big 'ole bowie knives verses grenades, switch-blades, and brass knuckles? Like, Capone was all flash and no substance.

[@GraphicVandalism731]

"if a ninja ever saw a Spartan he wouldn't fight him, he'd sneak up & kill him in his sleep" I'll never forget how salty dude was when he said that line it's honestly one of the only things I remember about the show

[@Knightwolf1994]

Not trying to sound like a weeb but ninjas were spies and assassins, they wouldn't engage in open combat.

[@GraphicVandalism731]

@@Knightwolf1994 I'm not saying the salty ninja fanboy was wrong, I was just saying it was funny how pissy & salty he was when he said the line, that is all

[@sporepda]

@@Knightwolf1994 Well, its "that if scenario", and ninjas were trained in art of combat. Sure, much bigger part of their training is actually social one, art of deceiving and manipulating and they prefered ranged weapons to steel ones, using guns even, but in the close fight against a slave... im honestly not sure who i would bet on

[@raventamer99]

@@Knightwolf1994 They were also poor farmers and locals typically. Having ninjas use throwing stars, etc is not very accurate itself because the iron used to make the stars would've been too expensive for commoners to own. Nobility like samurai carried throwing stars, shurikans, actual swords instead of cane knives, etc. A guy who's an expert in ancient weapons in another video I watched talked about it. The powered glass/pepper or spice/dirt, etc. inside the egg is largely authentic, along with poisoning methods and some tools of the trade are real, like those cat's paws meant for climbing. Fiction in general still wanks ninjas: a samurai would walk on these mfs casually. I saw a black&white pic from the turn of the century of a samurai in full armor coming out of the treeline with a guy's head and it said "the only remedy for violent men is good men more skilled in violence" Lmao

[@RankaZer0]

Bro it's like part of my brain unlocked when you said that

[@johnecoapollo7]

The ERB Roosevelt reference combined with the actor's mad face and Lawrence's pained expression is comedy gold

[@rubenroque2753]

SERIOUSLY IM GLAD I WASNT THE ONLY ONE WHO GOT IT

[@teddyobrien4801]

That fight is an easy W for Roosevelt.

[@koilio3210]

NOW WHERE WOULD I MOHNT YHE STUFFED HEAD OF A WINSTON

[@wessmoore7894]

Imagine getting stabbed by a mustachioed gentleman in riding clothes as they scream “Bully! A challenge! I *LOVE* competition!” right into your face.

[@sleazymeezy]

I didn't pick up on the reference directly but I defo had that puzzled I-know-I-just-heard-something-familiar face on.

[@Diego-zz1df]

"Matchups are split between warriors with a similar technological level, so you'll never see a warrior who's never used a gun go up against a modern soldier" One episode was Sun Tzu vs. Vlad the Impaler and Vlad had access to hand cannons. EDIT: I forgot to mention that, rather than giving Sun Tzu an actually useful array of weapons used by chinese armies of his age, they gave him the goofiest, stupidest, most questionable things they could find, like an iron claw instead of, say, a fucking spear. Meanwhile, Vlad is using the aforementioned hand cannons, halberds and crossbows.

[@jmckenzie962]

That sounds like the premise of a Black Midi song lmao. Sun Tzu vs real life Dracula

[@grahamhill676]

Plus knights Yeah they had really crazy matchups.

[@garfinator1]

Don't forget about Pirate vs. Knight, that one was kind of a head scratcher to me as a kid

[@Diego-zz1df]

@@garfinator1 I can't believe they didn't even do proper meme research. It's pirates vs. **NINJAS** you fools. And a more serious question: Do they really think piracy was invented in the Caribbean during the XVI century? There *were* pirates in medieval Europe like, for example, *THE FRICKING BARBARY PIRATES* and one of their main enemies was *THE ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER, WHO COMBATTED MUSLIM PIRACY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FROM THEIR BASES ON RHODES AND MALTA* and, get this, *EVENTUALLY RESORTED TO ENGAGING IN PIRACY THEMSELVES AGAINST OTTOMAN SHIPPING* so they were literal *PIRATE KNIGHTS* raiding ottoman trade routes. So if they wanted to do a proper "Knights vs. Pirates" video, they could've just focused on the real clashes between the Knights Hospitaller and barbary pirates.

[@Sanguivore]

@@Diego-zz1df Piracy’s existed for as long as humans have travelled on boats. The first recorded instance being The Sea Peoples of the Bronze Age, but it’s virtually guaranteed the practice precedes even them.

[@TheMonkeygoneape]

"could saddam choke hold Pol Pot? probably" a sentence I didn't think I'd hear today

[@MK_ULTRA420]

The only way I could see that happening is they were both eyeing the same woman. 😆

[@cyanideinmycereal1077]

I mean Sadam Hussein was a pretty big guy and Pol Pot like wasn’t so yeah

[@hyperion3145]

@@cyanideinmycereal1077 I mean, you don't need to be bigger than someone to put them in a chokehold. That said; Pol Pot hanging off of Saddam would be pretty entertaining

[@WarElephantTactical]

@@hyperion3145 POL POTS GOT SADDAM IN A REAR NAKED CHOKE

[@Christopher_TG]

Deadliest Warrior was by far the most testosterone-driven historical show I'd ever seen, like tailor-made for teenage boys that had a modicum of interest in history. As an almost 30-year-old educated adult, it's ludicrous. But I'd be lying if I said I didn't love the shit out of this show when I was young.

[@henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704]

Likewise

[@anthonylong9067]

It was my guilty pleasure. And even at 29, i still debate over it with friends

[@QuintusAntonious]

My friends and I were the stereotypical nerd kids that had these kinds of debates and this show came out when we were in college. Every week we'd gather in the dorm to watch the show and you'd think it was the Super Bowl from the cheers, screams, and armchair quarterbacking over the results. I'll always have great memories of this show if only because of those experiences.

[@AlexKS1992]

In my opinion we need more testosterone in shows.

[@Christopher_TG]

@@AlexKS1992 I would rather watch television shows developed for adults not for rabid teenagers

[@Destinychanged]

I did learn anatomy through this show. Not kidding. The doc did a good job showcasing where you bleed quickest. It helped me with EMS training.

[@iverjosjq8540]

That's cool to hear.

[@cryamistellimek9184]

“Think we can get him to the hospital in time?” “Of course, this is no spear wound to the neck, then we would be in real trouble. I should know, I saw it myself.”

[@busbear6899]

That is badass lol

[@Destinychanged]

@@cryamistellimek9184 Thankfully no Spartans around at this time period.

[@cheesytacos6498]

@@Destinychanged what about crack heads with spears

[@Tehstampede]

Deadliest Warrior was goofy as hell but super fun to watch, especially when the experts were really into whatever faction they were representing. I miss television like this

[@grodcoyote6635]

"You're on the other side of the world Tiberius, how did it come to this?" God I love that line so much

[@samtemdo8]

That must have been a REALLY bad boat trip from Capua to Rome

[@archlich4489]

It's time the ninja and the vikings got along!

[@disposable_income_andy]

that line over the panning of his dead body with a weird face truly paints one of the best pictures possible

[@BobLobster-fo9zw]

Simple: He stumbled into the forbidden city and pledged himself to the ancients.

[@orangenostril]

We need more shows with early 2000's energy, and late 2010's' over-researching everything I'd watch the heck out of a show like this if they just called up a dozen historians, trainers, and fight experts to come to a conclusion

[@Spillow-C]

agreed, but right now would be impossible because politically correctness, Sjws and "activists" has literally invaded the entertainment industry, and for them this would be too much "toxic masculinity" or bullshit like that, and most important, history is sExiSt !1! they cant even stand facts, history and biological differences between man and women some morons today Right now they make WW2 games with women soldiers and without the real "German flag" and other censored stuff, just sayin

[@orangenostril]

@@Spillow-C Wow what a totally relevant and not at all weird thing to be triggered about

[@Spillow-C]

@@orangenostril sadly its totally relevant, now we live in a world when this is becoming somehow so important that they are pushing it everywere especially in entertainment. Just try to ask yourself why today they dont make stuff like that anymore, manly and historical stuff or similar things because now show this stuff is getting "offensive" and "problematic" and masculinity is "toxic" for those people

[@orangenostril]

@@Spillow-C 😬

[@edwardliebert4478]

@@orangenostril ikr

[@craftybaboon]

I remember being grounded as a kid and convincing my mom to let me watch Deadliest Warrior because it was an "educational" show... Thanks Spike TV!

[@MrHotSalsa]

Sometimes I wonder if parents nowadays are that ignorant lmal

[@geraldlachaise3797]

Dude you didn't convince anyone . She just loves you .

[@whyjnot420]

@@MrHotSalsa Name a time since the invention of television when parents (generally speaking) were not. If anything parents today are more ignorant than ever. For one simple reason. There is simply so much stuff out there. Even if they try, they are fighting an uphill battle. (Remember not all ignorance is bad. Everyone is ignorant to the things outside of their purview. That is just how it works.)

[@Yung-plague]

@@MrHotSalsamate it’s way worse now a days. Things had to be approved to go on cable, now that that’s gone kids just watch whatever some random degenerates have uploaded on youtube

[@ExtraThiccc]

​@@Yung-plague skibidi toilet or creeper

[@hastalavistabunny969]

As a woman, a thousand ways to die and deadliest warriors were some of my favorite shows as a kid. I still have a bunch of episodes memorized to use when a conversation gets stale. 10/10 I need to revisit those shows. I'm running out of stories.

[@andrerodriguez5833]

Yo that rabbit looks sick af

[@courier665]

Ah yes the classic "I've run out of stuff to say so I guess I'll start quoting a thousand ways to die" I've used this tactic myself quite a few times to save myself from the dreaded awkward silence.

[@yuzusauce]

I'll never forget in 1000 ways to die they reported a dude who died suffocating from fucking a fat chick and brought in a professional chubby chaser in for his expert opinion on the situation

[@Satellite_Of_Love]

MXC was my go to from Spike. "Right you are, Ken!"

[@yarp1246]

Same!!

[@pjdelta4056]

I met Geoff in real life. He was training with us for a full year. He told me the most impressive thing from the show was the spetsnaz guy. Said he 100% punched him as hard as he could and the guy just absorbed it.

[@gustavoalmanza2673]

Built different

[@YTStopCensoringFreedomOfspeech]

His name is Sonny Puzikas. He has content on KZbin

[@jillvalentinefan77]

@@YTStopCensoringFreedomOfspeech Sonny is one badass soldier. I'd feel safe as hell if he was guarding me.

[@sirholycow]

What a legend.

[@wantonmee23]

That's the basics for any systema training.

[@thegadflygang5381]

Napoleon. The man whom required the literal unification of Europe to BARELY defeat him vs a guy who had a win ratio of about .200% in battles he was directly in command of (kudos on Trenton. Small scale but one ballsy move) This seems to check out

[@fds7476]

*Napoleon vs a guy who was such a mediocre tactician that he once started a world war _by accident._

[@ZionStrickland]

Rewatch and you’ll notice the Americans win the matches they’re in

[@fds7476]

@@ZionStrickland Except, uniquely, the Navy SEALs vs Speznaz one time. But as you might imagine, that was one of the _earlier_ episodes.

[@publiusthefederalist6843]

@@fds7476 Which was dumb because Russia couldn't take the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan but US Special Forces operators could. Russian special forces I imagine would be good at terrorizing poverty stricken people in Chechnya but not much else. Now if they did Navy SEALs vs Royal Marines or SAS, that would be interesting, Britain vs UK is a good rivalry and I think the British could possibly be better. It would require historical analysis of their engagements to see which one wins.

[@wtfbros5110]

Soviets did the Afghan genociding better so they won in my book

[@ImKibitz]

LOVED this show, even more excited for the channel!

[@lihkkux]

I just finished watching your latest age of darkness video also why are you here

[@DauntlessX23]

Key kibbz! It's cool to see another one of my favorite creators in the comments.

[@NineTalesProduction]

@@lihkkux o

[@darthsader7089]

This was that one show my mother told me not to watch when I was a kid

[@gl3nnium]

I loved this show. I even had both xbox video games. The first show I saw was a match up between two Russian Spetanaz and two American Special forces. The Spetznaz won pretty comfortably. Total respect to US special forces, but you just knew that the two Spetznaz guys had clearly killed a lot of people IRL. Those guys were evil Motherfu*@ers. They talked about killing like it was almost boring to them.

[@mathewmichaluk7329]

We used to run betting pools back in high school for each episode, and it was honestly one of the highlights of my high school experience. Won $40 and a chocolate bar off of Jesse James vs. Al Capone. Those were the days.

[@TheMonkeygoneape]

we used to do the exact same thing with our history teacher/rugby coach, it was a ton of fun

[@yannickleu2854]

⁠@@TheMonkeygoneape I read your comment and for a quick second I thought the two teachers would regularly beat each other up and the kids were betting on who would win before I realized what you actually meant lol

[@kylereece5511]

That sounds fun as hell.

[@PostArmageddonNeoBarbarian]

This show was on TV while I was in the middle of my college years studying for my BA in history. I thought it was so dumb and I would yell at the TV like drunk dad watching his sports team lose every episode, yet I couldn't help but watch it religiously. I miss shows like this.

[@AbeYousef]

shows that dont take themselves too seriously and just wanna blow some shit up but engage you at the same time >>>>>> examples: top gear, mythbusters, this

[@ashfox7498]

I'm sorry, how many dummies have you kasploded with a rocket launcher again?

[@toobig7150]

Mythbusters man, those where the DAYS

[@azeon562]

I remember being 12 years old and literally crying at the result of the Alexander the Great episode because my guy didn't win, and I thought it was bullshit. Like it actually mattered, lmao.

[@kaijuslayer3334]

@@AbeYousef MythBusters dude, Deadliest Warrior and MythBusters were my shit. One is dumb history, one is less dumb science but still finds a way to bring explosions and stuff into the mix. It was perfect.

[@AlbertoSantosDumont819]

I remember being legitimately hyped for the Samurai Vs. Spartan fight for the season 1 ending. great memories

[@MALICEM12]

Same

[@Samson16667]

Also, let's remember Richard Mack Macowicz. He was on Deadliest Warrior and also hosted another incredible series called Futureweapons. He was awesome and will always be remembered. RIP Mack

[@forestcampbell8962]

Agreed! I wasn't aware Mack passed,what happened?

[@Th3Kingism]

@@forestcampbell8962 He had brain cancer, was only 51 when he passed.

[@forestcampbell8962]

@@Th3Kingism Had no idea,moment of silence.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

Man I loved Future Weapons. Rest in peace.

[@DeMortuisAutNilAut]

The writers gave him the most cheesey, groan-inducing lines ever, but Richard delivered them with the perfectly 🤌

[@FestorFreak]

I remember watching the Jesse James vs Al Capone episode with my grandfather, each of us rooting for a different side. Deadliest Warrior is my favorite type of “stupid tv.” Just a bunch of dudes having fun, talking a bit of light history, showing off weapons and fighting styles you may have never seen before, and then endng with a short film reminiscent of dumb fun B-movies. Casual, goofy fun, that may or may not teach you something interesting in the process.

[@perfectsplit5515]

The show was unique, original, innovative, and groundbreaking. It was also oozing with masculinity.

[@mylifeisacomplexpastiche7901]

The Ninja vs Spartan episode confused me even as a kid. You’re pinning a lightly armored scout who mostly trained how to run and climb for miles a day and whose weapons were mostly reforged farming tools vs a heavily armored frontline fighter armed to the teeth in actual weapons.

[@publiusthefederalist6843]

That was up there as one of the dumbest. But there was also Pirate vs Knight. Like, bro, there were pirates when there were knights, and they had guns, they ran away from military ships that had knights on them.

[@godemperorofmankind3.091]

Except they specify that its a 14th century French knight and 17th century Caribbean pirate. Very different

[@publiusthefederalist6843]

@@godemperorofmankind3.091 Not exactly, the pirate obviously has a chance at hitting the knight with a lucky shot but if he misses or it's deflected in any way from the knights armor he is 100% screwed, there's not even going to be any kind of exchange in the melee, the knight is basically the equivalent of a professional athlete in his day, he's a peak physical specimen used to charging into enemy pike formations and slaughtering dozens of soldiers in any given battle, some criminal with a cutlass will have his head cut off in 10 seconds.

[@togerino-senpai448]

The deal breaker for me is the fucking fugu poison not being put in as an instant kill move and the one thing that would make the Ninja just stomp.

[@TheMan-je5xq]

@@togerino-senpai448 hold on what poison are you talking about? As in when he throws it in the eye?

[@BOS_C.O.]

Lmao that GATE reference, I loved watching this back in the day. Honestly they could've just run a game of Total War for Napoleon vs Washington

[@greekmyths8804]

ah the time commander approach

[@p.r.o.d9685]

I still watch GATE like once every months, cuz its just so weird i love it.

[@omarabe26]

GATE is enjoyable if you turn your brain off. I know I had to when I watched the second season.

[@p.r.o.d9685]

@@omarabe26 and thats why i love it, its just so stupid its enjoyable.

[@whaddyamean99]

I watched a documentary in high school where it described ancient battles and they straight up just used footage from total war

[@TLedoux-px4xl]

I remember being in grade 8 when this shit came out. Its all we and the boys would talk about. Every week we would all be arguing about who was going to win. Good times.

[@TheAntiburglar]

My favorite thing about this show was the fact that, reportedly at least, the Spetznaz and Green Beret experts were too chill with one another and they had to fake some animosity for the camera XD

[@Jdp313]

Was that the one with the spring loaded knife ?🔪

[@roonkolos]

​@@Jdp313 the very same one

[@oceanman1697]

I've been crying laughing for 30 minutes after seeing that IRA vs Taliban clip

[@joeyk4658]

I watched that live at like 11 years old and ate that shit up

[@joseperez1308]

Normal people: I got interested into history because soldiers look cool Me: I got into history because I wanted to know why Charles II of Spain looked that weird

[@andrewvachon1943]

Incest, an ungodly amount of incest.

[@VillainousHanacha]

@@andrewvachon1943 Is there even a "godly" amount of incest? Ya know, excluding "thin books of culture"

[@andrewvachon1943]

@@VillainousHanacha I mean no, but it’s funnier the way I said it.

[@VillainousHanacha]

@@andrewvachon1943 oh you are correct about that, I just can't help but overanalyze simple turns of phrase.

[@MrTJPAS]

When a man and a woman love each other very much, and happen to be only a couple branches apart in the same family tree........

[@Zogger568]

I still believe that these "what if" questions and scenarios could actually be super revealing and tell a lot about how warfare has changed if the process was more scientific and tried very hard to keep opponents at similar tech levels. You wouldn't get many episodes, but I still think a Napoleon vs Washington would be super interesting considering they were only about 20 years apart.

[@CosmicFreedoms]

Well it depends on size really. If its a series of 5v5 skirmishes then washington does maybe beat napoleon. If its both commanding a 1000 men Napoleon easy. And if napoleon can sub in Murat for the 5v5 he wins there too. While Napoleon had immense innate genius 20 years of rifling advancement would be quite substantial. And he started as an artillery officer. Washington....was very inspirational. Wow yeah its still just as fun to think about these ridiculous matchups

[@cryamistellimek9184]

@@CosmicFreedoms I think it also depends on the environment. Put Napoleon against Washington during the frozen winters in the north of America and Washington could do work, but in an open field the Frenchman takes it.

[@charlieputzel7735]

@@cryamistellimek9184 oh definitely! It would be like a shark vs. a lion, setting would effectively determine the outcome.

[@kaijuslayer3334]

@@charlieputzel7735 Nah, haven’t you seen Sharknado? A shark will win in any setting obviously.

[@noah_body_cares]

Fun fact, one of the "experts" they got on the show was Terence J. Rotolo, AKA the original voice of Frank West from Dead Rising. I believe he was in the Roman Centurion vs Rajput episode

[@bdeamon1]

Look, a real expert would probably say there's no legitimate way to know, that most of these people would probably avoid single and small numbers combat, or that this is a pointless line of thinking, and leave it at that. Now if you want an expert at making history exciting, Frank West from Dead Rising is your guy

[@oscaranderson5719]

⁠@@bdeamon1”What’s your opinion, knight expert?” “it depends, I guess” “What about you, samurai expert?” “it depends” Absolutely riveting, 10/10. more seriously tho, I think it’d be both more historical and more entertaining to start with the warriors’ similarities then work out towards how they specialized for the combat they’d expect. this show barely scrapes the surface in terms of context and tactics, would’ve been a lot meatier if they provided actual substance.

[@bdeamon1]

@oscaranderson5719 For sure! The only times the show ever really approached that sort of substance is when it occasionally highlighted how similar weapons or equipment from two different time periods become more effective over time.

[@TheFunniBaconMan]

He's voiced a guy who's been in Wars, y'know.

[@sgtpepper0spray]

Max Brooks doing the Zombies vs Vampires episode is peak late-2000s. Deadliest Warriors was pretty great, as long as you focus on the technological and tactic recreations, and completely ignore the conclusions. I mean, come on, Jessie James beat Al Capone because they put professional gun fighters up against a bunch of middle age Italians related to someone who knew Capone.

[@roonkolos]

The worst part was in the weapons test, a fricken switchblade was given an edge over a God damn BOWIE KNIFE because it can get into smaller areas easier I still feel that edge was given out of pity/mercy

[@sgtpepper0spray]

@@roonkolos hahaha I still remember them saying that the switchblade is good because it can get in-between someone's ribs and hit vital organs... right after showing a Bowie knife obliterate a pig's ribcage with ease.

[@GallowglassVT]

Me watching the show as a kid: wow, these weapon experts know their shit. Also, weapon go slash bash boom. Me as an adult: well... turns out a good chunk of them were actors. For real, one of the samurai "experts" is a radio host with no martial arts background. Also me as an adult: Eh, weapon still go slash bash boom.

[@gustavoalmanza2673]

In the Yakuza vs Mafia episode I recognized one of the dudes on the Yakuza side from Silent Library on MTV

[@GallowglassVT]

@@gustavoalmanza2673 yeah, most of them were actors or media personalities.

[@melloandy913]

I will never forgive them for pirate vs. Knight. Putting their armor as a weapon against a flintlock pistol was the biggest betrayal I’d ever felt

[@rorschach1985ify]

Funny enough the armor actually blocked the pistol which shocked the hell out of me and made me realize just how tough late medieval armor got. They needed a fucking gunpowder equivalent to a shotgun to get through that thing.

[@bakomusha]

@@rorschach1985ify What we popularly believe to be plate armor, was actually made as a counter to the rise of early firearms. They would be sold to buying by showing off how bullet resistant it was.

[@cobraglatiator]

@@bakomusha late plate,yes, but i feel like early plate was as much about warding off melee weapons/bolts/arrows, as it was about warding off bullets.

[@vincentromezin8702]

@@bakomusha Yes, good armors required a proof that they could stop a bullet. A bulletproof. (it's actually why it's called bulletproof)

[@darken2417]

That was a complete travesty. They basically gave the Spartans a handycap to win the whole competition among the pre-modern warriors. The pirate literally had grenades, bruh.

[@epsilon6516]

Forged in Fire is the only show that ever came close to the excitement I felt watching this as a kid

[@connoromalley4004]

I remember being legitimately upset when the Mongolians lost.

[@nikolessard6860]

i was pissed for like a year when sun tzu lost

[@GreaserMan]

I still stand by Al Capone.

[@sharkbait1228]

Ya man i got so invested in these haha

[@CrossOfGoldWJB]

@@nikolessard6860 to be fair in retrospect that matchup makes no sense at all. Sun Tzu(if he’s even real) was from the BC times. Vlad the Impaler was from the late Middle Ages. The technological difference would be insane.

[@Skeloperch]

@@CrossOfGoldWJB Not as much as you might think. Before gunpowder (Vlad didn't make exceptional use of firearms), there was very little in military tech advancement. Julius Caesar, for example, would've steamrolled just about every single army pre-gunpowder, even those in the 1400s.

[@generalgrizzly7914]

The edit with TR stabbing Lawrence and then playing the TR V WC ERB at 7:14 was fucking hilarious had me completely off guard

[@shaider1982]

Yup, quite funny.👍

[@chintex_]

That clip destroyed me.

[@ashfox7498]

I could watch 10 minutes of xbox live dubbing over this show.

[@jackhazardous4008]

I used to love this show, they showed how effective the weapons were AND they did the re-enactments at the end. The best part of the re-enactments is there is no story, no plot, just warriors killing each other. You can't find that kind of historical action elsewhere without it being part of a longer, less interesting movie

[@EmmaBonn96]

8:07 my main problem with the Napoleon vs Washington fight was that they took Napoleon at his worst in order to match him against a technologically inferior opponent. Napoleon is 1a or 1b in terms of greatest generals. I think I would’ve preferred to see Napoleon in his prime against a technologically superior opponent. You could perhaps use one of the Civil War Generals who studied Napoleon’s tactics at West Point

[@cinnabarmanx4214]

Honestly yeah something like Napoleon Vs Grant would’ve been awesome to see.

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

dude faced an onslaught by the entirety of europe and repeatedly trounced his enemies. "taking napoleon at his worst" is an understatement.

[@MasterIceyy]

Napoleon is literally the greatest general to have ever existed in human history, his feats far outweighs any other achievements others have accomplished in the theatre of war, his ability to command was near divine

[@EmmaBonn96]

@@MasterIceyy While I generally find claims of Napoleon’s divinity a bit… reductive, I do enjoy this comparison. After being exiled on an island guarded by over 2000 men Napoleon’s corpse was placed in 4 coffins. That is not how you bury a human, that is how you contain a god of war. He confounded most of Europe for so long they treated him like he was a God.

[@akshatgupta4817]

The idea that Napoleon has less generalship than Washington is absurd.

[@foxyfoxington2651]

I remember being mildly annoyed that they didn't lean further into the fictional "who would win in a fight scenarios" behind the Vampire/Zombie episode.

[@derrickhaggard]

Same here. Cause I remember hearing that if we did get a 4th season of Deadliest Warrior they were going to start doing a few more fiction-themed matchups.

[@RJALEXANDER777]

Wow I forgot about that episode. That was pretty...different. Seriously, what was that, a Halloween special or something?

[@kingstarscream320]

Death Battle was a ripoff of Deadliest Warrior for fictional characters and it is still ongoing.

[@Bruh-ok1rq]

@@RJALEXANDER777 it was one of the final episodes, so might as well say fuck it

[@Aleph3575]

Probably because the series ran out of funding like right afterwards lol. Plus I don't think that episode was particularly well received?

[@tristinjudd2595]

"No rules, no safety, no mercy. Its a duel to the death to decide who is....the Deadliest Warrior"

[@Commanderziff]

The episode that really got me was "Jesse James Gang vs. Al Capone Gang", it was one of the more blatant examples of how they weren't testing anything but the individual skills and abilities of their "experts". For the Jesse James side they had championship level marksmen and quickdraw competitors, vs two middle aged fat guys who had actual family ties to the mob. I'm sure the fact that one side was being represented by rodeo championship athletes had no bearing on the final outcome. It was still fun.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Yeah but the fat guys had Tommyguns so they really had no excuses for losing.

[@derrickhaggard]

@@MK_ULTRA420 Well Jesse and his gang had two big advantages over Al and his gang that led to their victory 1st Jesse and his gang had access to the better long-range weapon that being the Winchester Rifle, and 2nd Jesse and his gang were the superior marksmen/sharpshooters who also mastered the quick-draw.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@derrickhaggard Maybe but that would require Al Capone and his gang to not be shooting in close quarters. Otherwise there should be no contest unless Al's Thompson submachine guns get jammed.

[@derrickhaggard]

@@MK_ULTRA420 Well the Winchester Rifle was the superior long-range weapon meaning due to the James gang being the better sharpshooters, and masters of the quick-draw means it could be possible for Jesse and his gang to use the Winchester Rifle to quickly pick off Al and his gang from a safe distance.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@derrickhaggard Ideally that's what would happen for the James gang but they've never dealt with suppressive fire from automatic weapons. The Tommygun is just so overpowered against Wild West era rifles and revolvers that it looks comically unbalanced. Capone's gang doesn't need to aim well beyond pointing the loud end at the enemy and pulling the trigger with the safety off.

[@jeffreygao3956]

The Knight is a steel-age horseback warrior that uses polearms, swords, a bow-like weapon, used powerful armor and were trained from their teen years to be a warrior so pious they were almost Church Militant, and had firearms historically in their latter run but were deprived of them in the show. The Samarai is a steel-age horseback warrior that uses polearms, swords, a bow-like weapon, used powerful armor and were trained from their teen years to be a warrior so pious they were almost Church Militant, and had firearms historically in their latter run but were deprived of them in the show. Both were tested in season one. The show loves "Mystical East vs. Elegantly-Simple West." Do I need to spell out what they should have done?

[@a-drewg1716]

KNIGHT VS PIRATE! nailed it

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@a-drewg1716 I’d rather have the pirate fight a Minuteman or Royal Navy Marine.

[@pancake4061]

@@a-drewg1716 14th century pirate ship vs Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin.

[@bapabs]

@@pancake4061 EZ win for the pirates, just board the ship

[@EmmaBonn96]

Also, somehow in 3 seasons they never matched up crossbow vs bow This matchup would do that.

[@Mauther]

Was the "science" in Deadliest Warrior a joke? Yes. I don't think they even tried to explain the "Simulator" they fed their "data" (I don't think they ever explained what they considered data either). And frankly some of the matchups were ridiculous. But the weapon demonstrations could be both entertaining and enlightening. The Apache (I think) knife fighters were ridiculously fast. I didn't believe you could effectively double throw spears until the "Viking" demonstrated it. How much damage a Spartan shield could do on its own. Even just how effective a baseball bat can be as a real weapon in the Mafia episode. Even in the knight vs pirate episode I was shocked not only by how effective the knight's armor was, but how devastating the knight's weapons were. I remember watching it and thinking yeah, the knight is gonna bleed out in a day or two, but every strike from the halberd is tearing an unarmed man in half. Every weapon the pirate had "could" be lethal against the knight, but every weapon the knight had just reduced an opponent to jello. I also enjoyed it the few times they did call BS on particularly stupid ideas or weapons like the chakra and the aara in the Rajput episode, the Zulu spit, or the Shao Lin... well, everything.

[@KillaCheeto56]

The Kilij demonstration in the Vlad the Impaler vs. Sun Tzu is still my favourite part of the whole show.

[@scottvelez3154]

Wasn't the chakra the sharp metal Frisbee? I always found that one to be amusing.

[@quetzalthegamer]

@@scottvelez3154 Yes, that's the chakram (pronounced "CHA-ka-ra" by the experts). Sharp metal disc meant to be thrown to cause slashing wounds.

[@Gerald-of-Riviera]

Remember the very last episode, Zombies vs Vampires? Odd one that

[@elijahpadilla5083]

@@Gerald-of-Riviera Eh, it was a Halloween special.

[@JagenRay]

They really needed an RTS simulation game to capitalize on this show's concept instead of a generic arcade fighter

[@wurmtron]

its is called Age of Empires.

[@LordofSadFac]

Theres Empire Earth if you dont care about balance

[@johnappleseed6210]

They made a fighting game. Two actually

[@david12278]

@@johnappleseed6210 and both are really fun

[@MALICEM12]

The arcade fighter was surprisingly fun though. The first one, not the hero based one, much like with the show.

[@JK-xn4mj]

As a scrawny ethnically Chinese dude, I can’t tell you how happy I was to learn that the Shaolin warrior monk CURBSTOMPED the menacing Maori warrior. I still remember the salty Maori guy’s final joking comments to this day: “The little skinny guy won? …Computer’s probably Chinese.” I had hoped you’d make a reference to Deadliest Warrior on Alt History Hub, but this is pretty good in any case lol

[@superdude899]

Loved that episode.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Maori should've won.

[@superdude899]

@@jeffreygao3956 I dunno...

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@superdude899 The Maori were equally skilled, had more practical technique, and more used to killing opponents.

[@superdude899]

@@jeffreygao3956 oh well

[@TehSteakMann]

This video is such a nostalgia trip for me, man. I still remember watching these episodes either feeling really shitty when the side I was betting on lost, or really happy when they won. Such an emotional journey in a sense

[@Salnax]

"It's like if Death Battle were actually able to do research instead of comparing exaggerated feats."

[@edwardaucay8597]

You salty?

[@alexanderrobins7497]

Death Battle is like the love child of Deadliest Warrior and Celebrity Death Match.

[@FerretPirate]

@@alexanderrobins7497 Ooh, I LOVED Celebrity Death Math!

[@Skeloperch]

@@edwardaucay8597 "DIO can punch with over 200 tons of TNT at a minimum. Of course he could beat Alucard in a fight" - actual researcher for Death Battle who thinks a guy who lost a fistfight with a Japanese teenager has the ability to punch with 1/80th of the force of the fucking nuke that leveled Hiroshima.

[@edwardaucay8597]

@@Skeloperch Ok, and your point is?

[@cosmicpaddlefish9748]

I love how they compare the weapons of insurgents and criminals. As if there are any rules preventing one side from getting the other’s equipment.

[@humansvd3269]

They never claimed such a thing. They only pointed out weapons they commonly used.

[@mkdemigodzillawarrior]

Yeah, you would be surprised to see how many people still discuss the show online. Like, it even has a fanmade Wikipedia website that essentially just continues what Deadliest Warrior started with.

[@themerchantinblack6157]

i think it called deadliest fiction.

[@mkdemigodzillawarrior]

@@themerchantinblack6157 Yep, that's the one.

[@bowietwombly5951]

I grew up with a historian for a father doing very accurate re-enactments, so this show just about gave me an aneurysm as an uptight little teen. 😂

[@CollinMcLean]

This show resonated with my idiot 11 year old brain. Now that I'm in my 20s and enjoy researching the material culture and history of human civilizations and likes sewing historical outfits... It's like going back to a low budget movie you thought was fun as a kid only to realize "Wow... I could've sworn it wasn't this bad..."

[@kaijuslayer3334]

I like how he mentions similar technological levels when we had a 1500’s samurai against a ancient spartan, a leather wielding 16th century Ming warrior against a steel plated musket wielding musketeer, and a gunpowder wielding pirate against a knight. And yet despite the massive time gap, the spartan somehow beat the samurai. But yeah, it’s still definitely a good show entertainment wise in hindsight.

[@godemperorofmankind3.091]

His armor and shield may be outdated but it means nothing if the samurai can't cut through it. Which he can't

[@kaijuslayer3334]

@@godemperorofmankind3.091 Same argument for the Spartan hurting the Samurai. And unlike the Spartan, the Samurai had the kanabo, which was a anti armor blunt weapon.

[@Rahul_G.G.]

@@kaijuslayer3334 or a gun

[@KingKhanate1997]

Even if a Kanabo is blocked with a shield, shouldn’t the sheer force of the weapon turn the arm wielding it into dust?

[@kaijuslayer3334]

@@KingKhanate1997 Given tests in later seasons with similar scenarios, yes, it would probably break the arm after one good strike.

[@MazzaAzi]

5:45 "Maybe someone got really lost" is the best excuse for a Somali pirate nuking a Mexican drug cartel member with an RPG.

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

Would be neat if there was a remake but more historically accurate and educational yet with more warriors and epicness.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Sadly epicness and historical accuracy rarely go hand in hand

[@Halfort57]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 ehhhh it kind of does with the right matchup or the right anecdote

[@Rossco1010]

Deadliest warrior was so much fun to watch as a teen with my best friend. We watched every episode together, sometimes in agreement, sometimes not. The games were what pushed it over the edge for us into being amazing. We played the hell out of deadliest warrior 1 when it came out, we even played the demo for hours on a Saturday before the game was released, and all it had was ninja vs Spartan.

[@Aleph3575]

2:41 Funnily enough, Geiger ended up getting kicked off the show because he was complaining about how BS it was. One of the reasons the show began to decline is that it came out that the Creators were rigging certain episodes and not allowing certain kinds of weapons and stuff that warriors actually used. The most notable episode that was said to be rigged was Spetznaz VS Green Beret. It's funny, because the guy who replaced Geiger was one of the Green Beret experts who complained. Another obviously rigged episode was the Celt VS Immortal episode where the Celt won all of the weapon tests but ended up getting horrifically blown out. To sort of fix that, for the final season, they added an X-Factor (that's right kids, Spike was doin it before EA) category that could help "explain" how units that shouldn't have won ended up winning. 6:45 Of the many matchups in Deadliest Warriors, this was somehow one of the least likely to happen as Napoleon was DIRECTLY inspired by Washington lol. And I also think Washington was dead by the time the War of 1812, which was actually against Napoleon, something they probably don't teach in American schools. 8:28 Which is also blatantly false as Napoleon was one of the greatest generals in history who revolutionized the use of artillery in warfare and SPECIALIZED IN MOBILE WARFARE. He literally INVENTED MODERN COMMAND STRUCTURES. Napoleon vs Washington was definitely one of the more obviously rigged matches. As a kid, I blindly pulled for Washington to win, but as I got older and actually studied Napoleon, I realized that Washington probably could not have ever defeated Napoleon.

[@publiusthefederalist6843]

In a straight up war, probably not, but in an actual one on one fight? Washington was a giant for his time and was known to go around wrestling his soldiers during off times to boost moral, and was legendary for not being able to be beaten. He's just above Napoleans weight class and was actually known for being able to fight, whereas Napolean was a great general but as far as I know I've never heard anything that suggested he was strong or fast or good at fighting.

[@charlieputzel7735]

@@publiusthefederalist6843 He was in his younger years. Bullied at school for his Corsican accent and (compared to his incompetent but noble blooded classmates) low birth, he got tough and frequently beat up his bullies. Still, Washington was built like a quarter back. He'd probably win in a hand to hand fight.

[@charlieputzel7735]

First, going to get this off my mind: War of 1812 was America vs Britain. Napoleon's only contribution was ensuring the Brits were to busy to really care about a war on another continent. With that out of the way, it would depend on the set-up. Do we keep the exact historical armies at their peak? Napoleon's Army wins by sheer numbers if nothing else. Do we scale them down? Then other issues arise. Is this a single battle? Napoleon wins, though probably not decisively. Is this a campaign? Well, the Spanish used similar tactics to Washington during the peninsular war, which was a horrible mess for Napoleon, so I'd give this one to Washington. What about terrain? In a relatively open field Napoleon's superior artillery and cavalry tactics win out. On more rugged terrain, say forests or rough hills, Washington's skilled marksmen and Napoleon's reliance on manuverability would probably hand the W to W. This is to say, they were both excellent generals who were very skilled at warfare suited to their native lands and particular situations which, by coincidence, were almost perfectly opposite.

[@davidhutchinson8741]

1 V 1? Washington all the way. Army vs Army? Nice knowing you Washington!

[@Kaiserboo1871]

A more logical fight for Washington would have to be either Frederick the Great or Alexander Suvorov. Those are the only two that were alive in Washington's time that would have been a good match up.

[@noblegalifreyan4551]

I would love to see Cody do a Warhammer 40k explained video. His humor would be something worth watching.

[@occam7382]

Remember the April Fools video last year where he just had 40K's backstory w/ Jeb Bush as the Emperor of Man? Ha! I still rewatch that video to this day.

[@OK-ws7ti]

same

[@Midnight-Starfish]

Could you imagine what would happen if they made a Deadliest Warrior episode with 40k? It'd be really stupid, but it would be so cool to watch.

[@noblegalifreyan4551]

@@occam7382 of course that's why I want him to do 40k stuff at least to help introduce to others.

[@ethanpethel3261]

My father recently passed away and this is a show that we both really enjoyed! The warriors, weaponry, history, and dumb fun made us both laugh and have something to look forward to through the week, arguing which warrior would win. Such found memories.

[@Ideo7Z]

I just love that Faramir is the narrator of Deadliest Warrior...Also how psychotic some of the "experts" were.

[@whatdoyouwantfrommegoogle]

My high school history teacher had all three season on DVD and would play an episode or two for the class every Friday. Good times.

[@princesscrystal6410]

It was fun for a Friday where our assignment was to point out the inaccuracies of an episode we watched in class

[@GoblinHero]

You're telling me the "IRA vs Taliban" episode was Before they jumped the shark? what a show.

[@manband20]

I've been rewatching some old Crash Course US History to refresh my memory for an alt-history book I'm writing and I got to the Civil War Battles episode where he gets super snarky about how many *major* battles there were and quickly listed them off like he was reciting a shopping list and it tbh pissed me off along with the hundreds of the original commenters from 7 years ago. This video put it best: Young people get into history because of battles and war and are still interested in it as adults. Acting like it's primitive and archaic to be fascinated by warfare just makes you seem like a pretentious goof. I love history shit. War is apart of it. Embrace it. And hate it because war is terrible.

[@williamlydon2554]

I think John Green was more annoyed that people were mad he wasn't focusing on battles and tactics in his videos prior, when his show's premise is a brief overview of the topics discussed, without time to focus on those.

[@manband20]

@@williamlydon2554 Maybe, but battles are kind of a major part of history. We wouldn't exist if we didn't have battles like Bunker Hill, Washington Crossing the Delaware/Battle of Trenton, and Yorktown. And it just comes off as super disrespectful to the people who died in the fights. Like over 600,000 American soldiers died in the war (probably over a million including civilians) and he acts like he's going to have a heart attack from just listing off the most well known battles with maybe an obscure one mixed in for flavor. I have no problems with the guy, but it was super petty.

[@Skeloperch]

@@williamlydon2554 People were mad because he never mentioned any battles, not even battles that changed the course of history. Like, how can you not mention the Siege of Vienna where the Winged Hussars arrived, a battle that distinguished the high water mark of Ottoman power and sent them into eternal decline? Or how about at least mentioning the siege of Tenochtitlan that saw 800 Spaniards defeating the entire Aztec empire? You don't have to go into detail, you can just briefly give an overview of standout battles. We're not expecting quality history content like Kings & Generals or Historia Civilis, but at least something that isn't wholly outdone by the Nazi Pug guy or Simon Whistler, the evil British clone of VSauce. Seriously, even Count Dankula does better historical videos, I recommend giving them a watch.

[@jameskowanko7574]

@@manband20 Crash Course is so shit it's unreal. It tries to be a basic summary of events, but is way too fast paced, and almost reliant on pre-existent knowledge to be a useful education tool. While at the same time it is way snarky and oversimplified to where it's not useful for those who know about the topic either.

[@umjackd]

I like Crash Course for its different perspective. You can throw a stone in historical KZbin and find a bunch of people focusing on battles, so something different is good. I think the main point of Crash Course is to take the long view and say "What did these events mean in the long run?" and battles are just significant events within a wider context of a war, and the effects of the war on everyone involved. In the case of US history, the individual battles don't matter as much as the wider conflict in terms of what changed in America in general as a result of the war.

[@peterdoe3141]

As a kid I was best friends with the son of the spartan expert Berry Jacobson. He taught me history and started my love for the past. Whenever I was over there he would put on some film like Patton or Zulu. Or play board games like axis and allies or shogun. Dude was a great guy. I would watch that show and always thought it was crazy to see my buddies dad on it.

[@thatponybro6940]

i think that Deadliest Warriors was just ahead of its time in terms of what it wanted to do, and that's why it kinda felt lackluster as it went on, i think it would've been more popular if it had be released in like 2018 minimum as more and more historical records are archieved on a digital database and we know more and more and the various kinds of soldiers, equipment and such that various countries and forces would be in control of tldr version; Deadliest Warriors wasn't meant for its current time of airing

[@notenoughmemes1847]

I remember having to watch the Genghis Khan episode as part of my World History class's unit on the Mongol Empire last semester. Honestly wasn't that bad to watch through when you need something to take up 55 minutes of class.

[@Banished-rx4ol]

Based teacher

[@notenoughmemes1847]

@@Banished-rx4ol He was quite based, he also taught the “History Vs. Hollywood” class I took.

[@Northstars0422]

I loved this show as a kid, I loved seeing the "historical recreations" and I thought they were so cool (back before I knew any better). It definitely was a big factor in my love for history, just learning how these different cultures conducted warfare was fascinating to me. I'm glad to hear that other people felt the same way, and while the show may not be the most credible or realistic, it still puts a smile on my face to think back about to this day

[@Dhips.]

Vampires vs Zombies was comedy gold. I still crack a laugh from the "recreation" bit where one of the vampires is torn apart by zombies and the other two vampires turn to look at each other shocked.

[@gabbee4626]

this is an objectively cool concept with hilarious execution. 14-year-old me had great taste

[@stormhawkdude]

So fun story: My own mother was likely the reason this show was cancelled. She was one of the Board Members for IATSE Local 33 at the time and she claims that she brought some major safety concerns up to the show runners and they or the production company taking over didn't want to increase the budget to fix them so it just went in the trash after Season 3. I didn't forgive her for a while after but just something weird I have tied to my family.

[@Vexsus22]

Mother or not, is crucifixion still up for debate?

[@tommysoliz3064]

Unions being cringe like usual

[@psilobom]

@@tommysoliz3064 if you think this had anything to do with its cancellation, you're dumb. By season 3 they were getting into fantasy monsters. The whole concept ran its course and there wasn't much new to do. If you think unions are cringe then you're the kinda guy who would get actors and kids killed, like the helicopter crash during the Twilight film that killed 1 adult and two children.

[@tommysoliz3064]

@@psilobom didn’t read one word

[@dungeonsanddobbers2683]

Did she, aye?

[@slightlyistorical1776]

I would legitimately want to see a higher-budget/expanded version of George Washington and the Continental Army going up against Napoleon Bonaparte and the Grande Armée in a wide variety of terrain/troop numbers/supplies etc.

[@eagleofceaser6140]

I would love to see that. Expanded to a whole series you could have some interesting matches. Duke of Wellington vs General Sherman, Fredric the Great vs Stonewall Jackson.

[@darken2417]

Just please pick someone better than Washington, by all accounts he absolutely sucked at actually leading troops. Duke Wellington maybe.

[@the_corvid97]

@@darken2417 Well we already know how Napoleon vs Wellington went.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@@darken2417 The idea that "Washington sucked at leading troops" is flat out absurd. Washington knew his strengths and weaknesses against his enemy, and chose his battles accordingly. He was not a great battlefield tactician, but he didn't need to be, he knew that the Continental Army was not built or equipped to fight a European-style war against British regulars, and took that into account in his strategic considerations. Washington dictated the tempo, he made the enemy fight his fight. And that's how you win. Not by flanking maneuvers and aggressive faints and whatnot. You make the enemy do your thing, you win - this has been the case since pretty much forever.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

@@the_corvid97 Wellington got lucky, very lucky

[@SamnissArandeen]

I have fond memories of the official Deadliest Warrior Facebook group, where we started a whole thing of fictional battles between fictional characters in the comparison style of Deadliest Warrior because a Legend of Zelda fan wanted to talk about Link and an Assassin's Creed fan wanted to talk about Ezio Auditore, and I wrote a battle between them. Shame I never kept a copy of that and the group is long gone.

[@fhfhfhrtgrgfgfdrdhfhrdgfgf7512]

This video made me remember all the hours spent playing the Deadliest Warrior expansion for Chivalry back in the day

[@CMoneyBounceHouse]

God this was 13 year old me’s favorite show and I was so heartbroken it was over. The first 2 seasons of it was the first show I ever binge watched on Netflix, so only watching season 3 live felt like I came in after the fact. Still, loved it.

[@tieoneon1614]

I loved this show, watched almost everyone I think until they started using guns. I still remember the Spartan Shield attack to the head was the hardest registered blow of anything they ever tested. AND the Viking testing his spear throwing, spear thrown in both hands both hitting bullseyes at distance.

[@ElliYeetYT]

The Memories I have of continuously watching the first season of Deadliest Warrior will never be forgotten.

[@DwreckJ]

I thought of this show for the first time in almost a decade a couple weeks ago, then randomly stumble across this video from a channel I’ve never seen before. Too awesome. Thank you for making this!!! The nostalgia is amazing

[@SplendidCoffee0]

Some of my fondest memories came from me and my school friends talking about all of these wild battle hypotheticals, and this show premiering at that point in time was absolutely perfect.

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

I'd love to see Armchair Historian do videos like this. He's done several videos now wherein basically, he takes two units from WW2 (Such as, say, a US and a german infantry division), gives a quick rundown of their weaponry, then puts them into several scenarios that might very well have happened, and measures the units up against each other. I'd love to see him cover the Waffen SS fighting the Viet Cong though (My money would have to be on the Viet Cong in that scenario, if we assume the Waffen SS unit in question is the crackpot unit everyone thinks everything in the Waffen SS was, they'd be elites in symmetrical combat, but not experienced in guerillia warfare, as that was left to third rank troops, aka the ones who actually met guerillias)

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

The SS would have completely destroyed them just like the US army did. The Vietcong lost 99% of their engagements in the war. After the Tet offensive in '68 the entire NLF was basically wiped out and all that was left was the regular North Vietnamese army. If Walter Kronkite hadn't decided to tell blatant lies on national TV the US would have had a very good chance of making the PAVN surrender by '69.

[@Kaizerbruh]

The biggest determination of this is what Waffen-SS do you mean? Like what era and what unit because of how differently equipped or trained they were (ie some were well equipped and experienced and others were less equipped and more of a civilian deterrent fighting force). If they were the latter then I imagine they could have a chance if they were more experienced in that subject of civilian/uprising deterrence but a lot of it is situational due to the unpredictable nature of both sides.

[@iruleatgames]

I mean, the point of the Waffen SS was literally anti-partisan warfare (and ideological enforcement), not the pop history video of them. That being said, they were obviously not trained for jungle warfare, so they would be very much out of their element. They WOULD be trained for that if jungle was a part of their theater, so how much that would be a factor is debatable.

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

@@iruleatgames Depends. The Waffen-SS, much like the Wehrmacht itself, had some elite tank units, some anti-partisan elements, and everything in between.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

The Viet Cong would likely destroy the Waffen SS in most scenarios, they have better weapons and their guerilla tactics would be very hard to deal with

[@dannybeane2069]

I mean I do find it fascinating how you can draw an almost straight line between this and, the company formally known as Screw Attack's Death Battle series on KZbin. Minus the actual weapon testing, it follows an almost one to one format of Deadliest Warrior, just in animated form, and it has the same kinda backlash elements. Some things never do change.

[@Kamerad_Matto]

I recall my 9th grade history class the teacher put on the Washington v Napoleon deadliest warrior episode one day in class and spoke of it as if it were a serious and accurate critical analysis of their military capabilities.

[@GlidingZephyr]

Even as someone in his early to mid-twenties (at the time this show aired) I knew that everything about it was very...questionable. The "experts" they had on the show were just people who were either roughly the same ethnic background as those they were comparing, or they were self-styled historians who read a book last week and came onto the show to play dress up.

[@IzzyZil20]

deadliest warrior is a show that quite literally was a fundamental part of my childhood, it's what got me into my favorite subject of all time history. I really miss shows like this where they were completely wacky, historical and violent. I'd love to watch something like it again, maybe with a little bit more history and less wacky crap.

[@elliooo9]

To this day, my best friend and I will randomly be playing games and say “That… was an instant kill” in the doctor’s voice and burst out laughing. Great vod!

[@blackAngelProductions]

This show was a huge part of my childhood and definitely the best show Spike TV has ever aired

[@tannermcnabb4836]

Loved the comment "This dummy doesn't have a head, this one got blown up and is on fire - you don't need a medical degree to say that's bad" lol

[@darkhope97]

Yeah but for example on the spetnaz episode he did noted that the spetnaz shoted on a kill shot location on thoses chest shota

[@tyzilla87]

Doctor was there to examine the different levels of damage, each weapon could do. So…….idk what was the problem about that, for the this guy in the vid 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@tannermcnabb4836]

@@darkhope97 Yea for sure sometimes he had valid points in some episodes, but often it was a comical response to an obvious fatal strike. Was just laughing at Cody's jokes, wasn't meant to imply that without any exception, the Dr. was useless to be there.

[@tannermcnabb4836]

@@tyzilla87 Was just laughing at Cody's jokes, wasn't meant to imply that without any exception, the Dr. was useless to be there.

[@wh3nderson95]

I remember being in middle school and other teenage boys in the classroom would bicker over the results of episodes. The most talked about I can remember was IRA versus Taliban. I took the show way too seriously. Spike TV had their fingers on the pulse of teenage boy entertainment.

[@dodgerdude7968]

Loved this show, one of the things I always found hilarious though was that they got so much backlash from an episode early one where the Americans lost, that they never made them lose again. This also extended to enemies fought by America directly who they "didn't lose against" e.g. Taliban, Vietkong, who would always win their matches aswell.

[@radicalcentreleftist6275]

Taliban and Viet cong lost.

[@OtterTreySSArmy]

@@Phil-ni3ol the Vietcong episode in particular pissed me off more than anything else. My great grandfather and great uncle were both in the Waffen SS, one as a King Tiger commander and one as an infantryman. There's not a doubt in my mind the SS would mop the floor with the VC. For one the SS actually had tanks, and weren't hesitant to use them either. The SS also would have possessed a significant edge in machineguns(which they didn't seem to give either side, which is strange because the German squad was centered around the machine gun). The SS(depending on the division) were incredibly battlehardened and ruthless, there would be no surrender nor retreat in their vocabulary. The SMG that the SS were given was also not the one they would have been issued either but that's less of an issue than that they didn't even get to use their bloody grenades! Sorry for the rant but man that episode rustled my jimmies in the worst way. There's just no way that a bunch of peasant farmers with no training would have bested Hitler’s elite commandos

[@SomeInfamousGuy]

@@OtterTreySSArmy You seem to really like the SS.

[@OtterTreySSArmy]

@@SomeInfamousGuy idk if it's like so much as want to see them represented appropriately

[@CarrotConsumer]

@@OtterTreySSArmy The waffen SS varied from elite units to poorly armed conscripts. They weren't all elite, most weren't. Plenty of units got whatever gear was sitting around, which was usually not good. Most didn't have armor either. Google the Estonian and Latvian units as an example.

[@karakreativevlog]

I loved that show! My family would just randomly say "THE BLUNDERBUSS!" For a quick laugh! The narrator was the best!

[@SoberGin]

Cody: "So you'll never see a warrior who's never seen a gun before go up against a modern soldier." Me, Thinking: "Oh, so not like GATE" Cody, A Psychic: "This isn't GATE."

[@ryangolding2195]

Time for a stupid question cuz I've seen it said a bunch on this comment section...What is GATE?

[@dragotyranniraptorex6460]

Basically, an anime where the japanese army is teleported to a medieval world. Its essentially an isekai but composed mostly of modern military equipment shredding medieval armies and dragons to ashes. Check out some clips on youtube

[@QuintusAntonious]

@@ryangolding2195 There's a whole squadron of helicopters shreking a bunch of medieval soldiers while playing Flight of the Valkyries and a battle between a bunch of Phantom fighter planes against a dragon. What more do you need?

[@bulletgrazer2184]

@@Phil-ni3ol so, they get there through a literal Gate between worlds. This gate to the fantasy world just showed up in the middle of Tokyo one day and the fantasy world attacked. Then a counterattack is launched through it and the story goes from there. So supply trucks can get through.

[@ashfox7498]

@@ryangolding2195 It's an anime where Japan copes about getting decked in WW2 by sending their modern army to go fight the Romans. I watched a 5 minute clip and it's just AC130s and grenade launcher and M240s ripping incredibly confused Romans to shreds.. like the scene of an alien invasion movie where the aliens first come and start murdering everyone except the aliens are the protagonists for some reason.

[@kimamato5196]

There's a weird cross section of things that got me interested in history as a kid, and Deadliest Warrior is definitely one of them. Alongside it is the Game of Thrones books, the Magic Schoolbus books on history, Magic Treehouse, and a couple historical romances that I don't entirely remember. Deadliest Warrior was super fun to 12 year old me, and Magic Treehouse was super fun to 8 year old me.

[@umjackd]

I'm a teacher (not a history one) and sometimes I talk to my students and some of them are interested in history so it's nice to have interests in common, even if our age difference means the direction of that shared interest is a bit different. It's when I meet grown adults who still have the historical perspective of children that I have to pause a bit.

[@ianyoder2537]

2:55 Except for that one episode where a 14th century knight fought an 18th century pirate. You know there's a reason plate armor fell out of fashion coincidentally at the same time gun powder became more popular. Also the series finally was 100 zombies vs 3 vampires so science be damned.

[@kaijuslayer3334]

Funnily enough. It wasn’t because gunpowder became popular, it just reached a point in technology for said guns that the average rifle could risk killing a fully plated warrior. It’s a reason full plate was still common in Europe and Japan even when matchlocks became rampant.

[@nighttime-mime]

I missed this show, even though looking back and seeing how some of the fights were biased, it was still fun to watch and I always had a good time watching it. Plus seeing the weapons tests were awesome

[@JinxSanity]

This was pretty much my only favorite show out of Spike tv. I watched it religiously and would always be looking forward to the next episode. Always thought I was in the minority of people who actually like it, since everywhere else the show was harshly criticized. I remember watching Noah Antwiler (Spoony, yes I was a fan, it was the 2000's) and he would treat it as the worst tv show ever, and even when the show try to address X factors, he would always find something else to complain about it. The thing that showed that spoony was taking it way too seriously and failing to see it was just dumb entertainment, was when he suggested that the show DID NOT SHOWED THE ACTUAL BATTLE AND DRAMATIZATIONS and instead led the audience decided on their own who won (yes, as in looking towards the camera to ask "who do you think won audience?"). And this was the general attitude people had against it. I just loved it for the wacky battle scenarios and seeing weapons and minor facts I didn't know about. Glad it's gotten a more appreciation these days for getting people into history even if it was just dumb entertainment, but a bit educational on the historical figures as much as you could do in a show that featured explosions and fake blood.

[@2002Archer]

I actually grew up on this show. I loved and still do love it. It's entertaining. Kinda crap but still entertaining *edit* 6:22 absolutely broke me