Gangrel on Vince Russo & The Brood

[@clubbedsandwich1128]

Gangrel putting Edge and Christian over is the most humbling thing. He deserved a push just because of how much of a "team player" he was.

[@vleaky3430]

You don't deserve pushes. You earn them.

[@LordRaptor]

No, Gangrel deserved a push because he was actually GOOD, not because he's a "team player", that makes no sense what so ever, you get popular and memorable for a reason, if he was just a team player you wouldn't remember him, because he had a pretty uneventful, short run all things considered, yet he made the most out of it.

[@clubbedsandwich1128]

@@vleaky3430 lol. I know you were trying to sound philosophical, but to act like everyone who was pushed "earned" it is silly. Plenty of shitty wrestlers that Vince liked more than the fans.

[@clubbedsandwich1128]

@@LordRaptor I never said Gangrel wasn't good. Calm down. I said he deserved it regardless because of how much he helped with putting Edge over. Also, you can most certainly be remembered without being good in the ring. Not sure why that's difficult to understand. Gangrel is a pretty good example because most people remember his music over his matches.

[@wwekane2468]

Sadly it was hard to do big things with him cause he wasn’t a great promo.

[@greato80]

Wow, this guy sounds real humble about his time and place in the business. Respect.

[@richardbowman7116]

greato80 David is one of the best all around workers in the business both in the ring and behind the scenes. He was there because he wanted to be there, not because he wanted to be a star, but because he wanted to be a wrestler. Even when The Brood got over with the fans he always called it an "accident" . A humble warrior indeed

[@JohnDoe-kj6wp]

He should be

[@Hyperion520]

Gangrel really helped Edge and Christian get to where they are now. I'd love a Brood reunion one day.

[@GabeRivas]

👀

[@dpedrosoliano]

you're probably getting it, after since what edge did to seth rollins, who knows hehe

[@kamikoto1558]

@@dpedrosoliano well christian is in aew so definitely not lmao. Would be wierd if they try toand its just edge and gangrel

[@RVNT9OE]

They had one in the last episode of the Edge and Christian show. The 3 were together.

[@accountemail9712]

Although kiss is my favorite group (with ace and peter), i never liked that brood entrance, but I agree with a reunion being pretty awesome... even for just a promo

[@firebugjohnnypyro]

This guy got what his role was. I wish others got it as well as he did. :)

[@ermonski]

He knew his role and shut his mouth

[@smittyj383]

firebugjohnnypyro Cm punk should take notes

[@AdamWest1290]

Nowadays everyone wants to be the face and also a world champion which is annoying really

[@Blood0cean]

@@smittyj383 exactly cm punk is such a mellinial brat. Theres no such thing as a "Straight edge" athlete that takes punishment every week and not be on some form of painkiller. And he has a fucking Pepsi logo on his shoulder....... yea a real rebel he is. What a fucking twat with flabby skinny body. Nothing worse than a skinny fat man that talks tough and does promos while sitting down as if he's in kindergarten. And he wants the same treatment and I quote as "undertaker/hhh/lesnar/rock". Jesus talk about a self important oversized ego. Hes lucky wrestlers are so shit at talking otherwise he'd be what he would be in the attitude era. A fucking jobber. "New stone cold" my fucking ass. Like lil wayne calling him self the new pac.

[@ladistar]

Blood0cean oh shit hahahahahahaha savage lmao

[@GnosticAtheist]

"No no no, I knew my role" If we could only hear that not just in wrestling but… in everything. At all times.

[@AdamWest1290]

Agree

[@Tedanson]

The rock would appreciate that

[@simplyzulu1426]

The theme music of Gangrel and the brood was the highlight of the attitude era..

[@chepeolvera8057]

Simply Zulu The Ministry of Darkness Theme was pretty good too.

[@chillout5218]

Truly underrated and that's from a hood nigga

[@dextermorgan4432]

Nothing is more iconic than hearing that shattering glass and seeing stone cold. THAT IS EPIC.

[@jaketownsend2530]

Best entrance of all time. Austin will always get the pop, sure- But Gangrel and The Brood by far has the coolest music and entrance.

[@kaoskewenvoyouma2712]

I thought so too, as well as Stone Cold and Triple H. Just like the era, they all had attitude to them.

[@ApexLodestar]

Just because Vince McMahon hated vampire gimmicks, he didn't let The Brood and their popularity rise to the top. How sad. Vince Russo actually did something cool.

[@don2481]

Yes but realistically, supernatural characters had a low glass ceiling in the WWE, even back then. The Undertaker is kind of the exception and to a lesser degree, so is Kane. Undertaker's longevity has everything to do with Mark Calaway as a worker, wrestler and entertainer and knowing how to tweak or revamp his character. Gangrel was an excellent worker but his mic work was atrocious and a vampire character just has no longevity without the ability to fully commit to it, like having him eventually try to "turn" other wrestlers and shit, which would have just been silly. No, Gangrel might have had better success in WCW or even TNA, but was little more than a flash in the pan in WWE.

[@keltrepes2534]

Vince being the guy that created Mantaur, The Goon, Duke The Dumpster Droese, Xanta Claus, Saba Simba and WHO....

[@blueblur2273]

@@don2481 Fully commit? The guy got vampire teeth permanently put into his mouth. I'd call that fully committing. Also supernatural characters were definitely in during the Attitude era. Kane upon initial introduction got over big when 1st introduced and so much so that within a couple months he was the most over wrestler outside of Austin and Undertaker. The Brood was over as well. You can't say the supernatural stuff didn't get over when the WWE did so much with it back then with things like the Ministry of Darkness. They did so much stuff like that because it got over.

[@-Trauma.]

@@keltrepes2534 McMahon?

[@l.arandom1631]

Dark Angel Rafael I had less to do with hating vampires and more with Gangrels mic work. Unfortunately as awesome as the gimmick was Gangrel was not very good on the mic and choked live in an in ring interview with Michael Hayes. Look up The Brood in ring interview and you’ll see why the gimmick didn’t go far.

[@trentlyman2071]

This is the honestly the first time I have ever seen him out of character!

[@benbrennan4953]

Apart from the teeth 😂

[@panchito1384]

Lol really

[@breakvinnysjaw]

The brood was one of the best groups of the attitude era!

[@themadrapper101]

The Ministry of Darkness

[@AdamPlaysGames184]

In my opinion, the best group of wrestling history!

[@walterlevesque4879]

I loved Gangrel. I was a kid and thought it was really cool.

[@miked2445]

Wait. What...? I WAS A KID!!!! Thats crazy, bro!

[@DoubleTeaCoffeeShop]

@@miked2445 stfu you pie eating son of a bitch

[@brocklesnar3802]

GRIME DEPORT TV, How far did he die

[@chickfinnegan8969]

"I knew my role". A rather humble dude.

[@babylonkid]

I always liked Gangrel. His Impaler DDT was a nice finisher.

[@Heldenstad]

Yes, one of the coolest looking DDTs! I was happy that it finally came back with Bobby Roode in a different way, but also cool!

[@TheChapelx]

Very humble. And I never, EVER, thought I would have to say this but thank you Russo for The Brood

[@eldiablo2044]

When i was younger and i saw the brood i always thought gangrel was the man

[@theladiesman1987]

You thought right!

[@mikejohnson9960]

same

[@thebeardedwoman110]

GANGREL AND THE BROOD HAD ONE OF THE BEST ENTRANCE MUSIC...GOD I MISS THE ATTITUDE ERA😢🤘

[@walterlevesque4879]

yup. that was befor that stupid twilight

[@everetth-top4760]

My sentiments exactly. When that music hit and those flames lit up, I always marked out.

[@matthewgudino4436]

The Bearded Woman! Me too, It was the greatest era of all time

[@farhadinho9]

That music was excellent

[@princeofdarknessxyz1]

yeah it is right up there with my entrance

[@Godric_71]

A very humble guy who seemed to know that his time and use was limited. Vince, in his usual douche bag way, didn't want the Brood to succeed. When they did, Vince, in his usual douche bag way, put an end to it. Which is quite surprising because Vince had a cash cow right in front of him and instead of milking it, he slaughtered it.

[@SAMEntalhealth]

Well.put

[@jaketownsend2530]

Gangrel in 2020 looks fucking ripped. Glad to see he's looking healthy and doing good. Such a cool, humble, and courteous guy. Also nobody will ever have a cooler entrance or theme.

[@JR-jk5wz]

I remember back in 99’ WWE was at the Allstate arena. Gangrel had one of the loudest cheers, you can see all the camera flashes! The entrance was definitely the best and don’t forget that song. Miss those days

[@standarddiamond]

Comes across really well and genuine. Didn’t think I couldn’t be an even bigger fan of the brood than I already was...

[@jazzoj5]

Ironic, Vince killed the Brood angle because they accidentally got over. But back in the attitude era he could afford to do that ,as damn near everyone was over, whereas now he's gotta be praying for something like that to organically happen again.

[@nudegamer6496]

It's ironic that Vince killed the Brood decades ago, since he's basically killed the wwe today. Or if not actually killed the wwe, then at the minimum put it on life support and is administering the wwe's Last Rites.

[@BrankoP85]

Well, if it was up to me, i would have let Gangrel go straight to the top, to paraphrase Gangrel here....Its a shame how underused and underrated Gangrel was in the WWF and never got a major, well deserved push OR title win...

[@preston009]

Hell yeah

[@l.arandom1631]

BrankoP85 Guys couldn’t talk.. He cut a live promo on raw and sounded like he was reading the script really fast so he wouldn’t forget his lines. He’s a humble and awesome guy but if you can’t cut a promo you can’t get to the top in wrestling.

[@Myunsolicitedthoughts]

The brood was so good at being heels that they were damn near baby faces

[@cretinousjester3475]

I remember the pop they got when they turned on the Minestry. Always thought they should've teamed with the Hardys after that. Imagine Matt&Jeff with the tag-titles, Christian with the IC title, Gangrel with the HC title, and Edge getting his world title push- can you say "New 4 Horsemen"? If not with their title, then surely they would've been the baddest ass faction at the time.

[@benbrennan4953]

So true and a damn shame they didnt continue on!

[@cmd2973]

He would be an amazing lead actor in a vampire movie as a boss

[@The_ginjer_ninja]

He is very humble "I knew my role". Love it. Always a Gangrel fan

[@msdandiamond7513]

This guy is still a legend in my book I'll love to meet him

[@IrishGuyReacts]

Loved The Brood and Gangrel. Remember being so excited as a child getting the Gangrel action figure.

[@azmilpride]

The New Day brought me here to know Gangrel well as he great part of the attitude era wwf

[@samheeley]

I mean he actually got his teeth turned into fangs, that's dedication. Reminds me of when Earthquake got his tattoo of a shark when he became Shark in WCW, then had to get it changed when that tanked. Except Gangrel has kept the fangs, hooray!

[@rhaibi12]

One of WWE’s biggest missed opportunities. This guy should have been HUGE. A damn shame they wasted him like they did. Seems like a great dude too. Loved the few shoots that I’ve watched with him.

[@travb120]

Nah, he even said he knew his role was to make edge a main player. Everyone isn't going to be a mainevent wrestler. There has to be guys like Gangrel who understand their roles

[@marxdale7404]

SALUTE GANGREL, I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE THE MAIN GUY IN THE BROOD

[@A7teXan]

Marx Dale well he was...THE LEADER

[@maosama3695]

yeah he was my favourite of the trio. edge and christian owe alot to this guy and they admit it , he thought them the ropes.

[@AbbasKhan9364]

One of the most humble men in Wrestling.

[@thereyougo5785]

So what did we learn folks? Russo was the creator of the brood, had it not been for him...gangrel and the brood would have never happened.

[@SlimeScholar]

There You Go wrong white wolf made gangrel.

[@thereyougo5785]

Fenrir I'm saying the brood gimmick would have never happened without russo. Vince mcmahon would have never used gangrel if it had not been for Russo either...

[@SlimeScholar]

There You Go the name and gimmick came from a role playing game by white wolf inc and eventually would of been used one way or another

[@thereyougo5785]

Fenrir dude, I don't care where his gimmick came from. All I'm saying is gangrel would never have became as popular and mysterious without the brood and without Vince russo. Gangrel even says so himself in this video.

[@SlimeScholar]

There You Go regardless he was garbage as a wrestler

[@evilchynette]

As a kid, I thought legit Gangrel, Luna, and the brood we're vampires. I had older brothers born in the 80s and grew up watching lost boys and other cool vampire movies. Great memories. 😎

[@faulknersealock5575]

Everything I've ever seen or heard from people who met him at conventions say hes genuinely one of nicest people in the business hopefully I can catch him someday he seems chill af

[@kaoskewenvoyouma2712]

Always going to love Gangrel and The Brood. BLOODBATH! Also don't forget Gangrel with Luna Vachon!

[@BojieRodrigo]

Im here bcoz edge brings back the brood gimmick much respect to one of the great gangrel

[@bikibaws]

it always seemed to me that he was the guy of the stable since he had the menacing look, went the extra mile with the fangs, held the chalice and spat blood. He embodied the image of the stable. Competing in singles for ic euro and hardcore. I perceived edge and christian as the pre full fledged vampire fan boy soldiers of gangrel.

[@AmericanWrathchild]

He seems really humble.

[@Wess-S]

Man, the late 90s where the best time for wrestling and many other things.

[@Viper-bg8dr]

Gangrel the name, the fangs, the blood glass, the attire one glaze & it would send chills down the spine of anyone at that time and to top it off his finisher impaler ddt gosh it looked so devastating#longlivebrood🔥

[@kevinjackson1275]

Gangrel is still a great wrestler on the west coast

[@thecultofpersonality9419]

The Brood stand 4 ever ✊

[@tamaking86]

The entire act of The Brood was truly awesome...no matter how accidental it was according to Gangrel. Vince McMahon didn't like it OR the Gangel character...but Vince also knows what's good for business when it comes to what the fans like. And Vince McMahon clearly failed on keeping the Brood around.

[@nudegamer6496]

You mean that Vince USED to know/care about what fans wanted. Not so much now days.

[@seannnn_]

The Brood still one of the best groups in wrestling. Gangrel as the leader always fit so well.

[@raykoshorek683]

Love and respect to you, Gangrel!!!! ALWAYS!!!!!!

[@25mfermin]

I want the brood reunite again just one night weather it survivir series wretlemania whatever it is i want to see them again. 🙏

[@AndresGarcia-cu6ou]

It will never happen kid

[@akatsuki5504]

Gangrel was a GREAT character! I 8sed to always love his entrance!

[@luisvelez8096]

I had no idea how humble and down to earth Gangrel is. Great attitude, team player, humble, hard working. What else do you want in a professional wrestler?

[@dmcd2990]

Gangrel seems like a really down to earth nice guy

[@bobbyb8179]

When I was kid, him and undertaker gave me nightmare for years. I miss the ministry of darkness.

[@TraumaER]

I thought legit he was drinking blood and spitting it everywhere before he entered the ring. I was like “where does he buy blood from?”

[@NCFB4Life33]

Gangrel is the real deal. You can tell he is a good guy. He never get the push he deserved

[@samiullahmir]

Dream Match. Brood vs Wyatt Family !!!!

[@Vandalle.]

Best entrance in WWE history, and just a brilliant character...no surprise really that Vince didn't have anything to do with it.

[@Hatemoth]

I loved gangrel and the brood I think they could have done a lot more with them.

[@powerslave6944]

Glad to be hearing from Gangrel again in 2021 quite surprised he was such a funny and humble guy in real life. Till this day the Brood was probably in my memory one of thee coolest and my favorite entrance of all time other than the Undertaker Prince of Darkness aka Ministry of Darkness.

[@user-uj3zk2cx8t]

This interview is from 2021

[@Thulgore]

The weird thing is that no one imagining a vampire would probably think of David.......but in a weird way he looks like a totally different type of vampire in a really cool way.

[@KiranTaker270]

Gangrel for Hall Of Fame 2022 Book It Vince!!!

[@RolandaMarie333]

This remids of when my nephew who was 7 at the time ..had the ultra Tron toy , gangrel was the only action figure we couldn't find, so my aunt & uncle when on there way , town after town til they found it . Just so my nephew can hear his song 💙 play !!! Good times

[@wildcard749]

I liked gangrel, he added like a cool atmosphere and interesting mysterious character. He could have been a really awesome heel.

[@alan419barriga]

Vince Russo is a smart man then, Dang i miss these guys and their cool Intro song.

[@franklee3199]

I really do not understand! Gangrel is really very cool in his image and technical as a wrestler! His musical theme is one of the best, very atmospheric, films about Blade immediately come to mind!) And what a gorgeous gait and smile he has! Why did they allow such mystical characters as Kane, Undertaker, Papa Shango, well, or the Fiend for example !!! But terribly underestimated the image of the vampire Gangrel! It's so stupid.... It's a pity that such idiots were in the WWF.... Although these same idiots are still sitting in the WWE. It is sad. And yes, to be honest, I was a huge wrestling fan in the early 10's, but hadn't heard of the Gangrel, and only found out about him a few days ago when I was rewatching classic WWF matches! And to be honest, during these couple of days I liked Gangrel much more than Randy Orton, I didn’t like him!! 🤣 Yeah...sad.

[@clarencegutsy7309]

I think a big reason of Gangrel being cast aside is actually in his name. Remember when you'd play old WWF games and see the copyright/trademark screens and notice that Gangrel was actually owned by White Wolf? I'm guessing that name itself was a kiss of death in its own way because Vince likely wasn't too fond of having to pay any sort of royalty or whatever the deal was.

[@PeteSanctions]

Makes sense, along with the fact that it took YEARS to finally get sorted out and now he owns the name

[@cfhcowboy2127]

Seems like a really cool guy

[@lonsdale6724]

Please Come Back in the wwe

[@TheUniverseAroundUsNews]

Zero ego with this guy!!

[@aletal8740]

That would a dream match gangrel vs the fiend

[@wafe107]

Gangrel is a cool dude. I really enjoy his interviews. رد

[@LegendMathai]

Gangrel was held back. Edge was cool when he was silent.

[@thenomadicviking5834]

Yup, his mystery flew out the window and he didn't fit being emotional on the mic, in my view.

[@bassacoustic1549]

Edge & Christian as the main heel tag team were awesome in 2000 though. But yes, his silent early days were cool too!

[@abinayreddy5]

Great with undertaker talk

[@tg3899]

Once Taker went biker, Gangrel and Kane could've joined up to still bring that dark factor in the early 2000s. Gangrel should've had a longer run. He's underrated.

[@louistrinnaman7344]

The brood was one of the best groups from the era spooky as heck and best entrance. Glad Russo got them the air time they was a great edition to the era.

[@giovanniayala9199]

Gangrel rules! He’s one of my nephew’s trainers. Awesome guy.

[@dkupke]

Kudos on him for not being bitter

[@nexus6163]

This guy caught my imagination got me excited when the the music came on had an awesome gimmick everything about them was great entertainment and that's what it's all about im glad I grew up watching it

[@loganflowers4115]

I always liked Gangrel as a person because of his backstage attitude he’s such a nice and humble person. I think that the creation of the Brood as a group was absolutely genius. I think that the fact that the whole ministry of darkness and having the Brood become a part of it was solely the idea of Vince Russo pissed off Vince MacMahan to no end. Vince MacMahan has a gigantic ego that’s one of the thing’s that I have a huge problem with when it comes to Vince MacMahan he will do things just to boost his ego even if it’s to the detriment of his own company. I think that’s why Vince MacMahan fought so hard to destroy the ministry of darkness and the Brood because it was the creation of Vince Russo. I think the fact that Vince Russo was the creator of WCW the arch nemesis of WWE for so long and the fact that he came into WWE and created something so genius and so successful was a huge shot at Vince MacMahan and his ego. I think it really shows what a good person Gangrel is that he was willing to step aside and push Edge into superstardom even with Vince MacMahan trying to destroy him at every turn just because of his god complex is really admirable. I think that some of the credit for The Broods success lasting for so long even with Vince MacMahan desperately trying to destroy it was because of the Undertaker. I think Mark saw what we all saw and really wanted to see it take shape. I also think that Mark liked Gangrel as a person and really wanted to help launch his career. I think that it’s a damn shame Vince MacMahan destroyed it just because it was the idea of Vince Russo and that really hurt the gigantic ego of his.

[@hakimimransiddiqui1722]

I m big fan of gangrel

[@frankzito1]

I still have a Gangrel poster in my weight room. He’s my boy

[@battlestarmarc]

One of the best intros ever.

[@masterjet7619]

I remember him hitting a shattered dreams from goldust.

[@trajectoryunown]

I would have loved to see Gangrel come back and team with Kevin Thorn and Ariel.

[@johnnyvain544]

seems like a good sport

[@Heretic_Hero]

Them: who’s your favorite vampire ? Me an intellectual: gangrel baby

[@pinkbeatle2012]

He was underrated tbh.

[@nicholasjimenez8204]

My favorite wrestler

[@rightbro]

Too cool. Best entrance .

[@havok9001]

gangrel is the best when i watch old school wrestling

[@bonbones1811]

Es curioso pero yo no veo a una persona en gangrel de 50 años de edad, si no alguien de 55 a 60. Ha sucedido que luchadores de mas edad han tenido oportunidad de luchar aprovechando que aun por un relativo tiempo tienen una conducion plena pero con proxima decadencia como lo fue boogeyman que debuto casi con 40 años de edad. Segun se sabe gangrel tuvo problemas de peso propios de una edad cercana a los 40 cuando concluye su contrato sin renovacion con wwe. Se sabe igualmente quevel luchador debuto desde mediados de los 80. No era un novato. Si no un luchador de larga trayectoria cuando llego a wwe.

[@blakenapier3125]

The Brood needs to make a Return, visit the Past, and tell Kevin Thorn to Debut in WWF as Kount Thorn

[@ErroneousAF]

lmao Kount Thorn

[@nagjautumn4892]

Gangrel🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@ypmm53]

I don’t know why they got rid of Gangrel. I loved his character and entrance. One of the coolest ever!

[@TheHannibalTV]

Heat with Luna and Sable I think

[@ypmm53]

@@TheHannibalTV the politics. That sucked! I’d put in the top 5-6 best entrances ever.

[@peterfets4799]

gangrel seems like such a nice person

[@Realucla]

Nice fangs!!!

[@jesusonmymommy4933]

DAMN GANGREL REALLY A VAMPIRE 🧛🏻

[@shaddersshadwell4941]

Still my favourite ring entrance

[@JM-mz7lk]

Gangrel - Hall of Fame ⭐

[@SAMEntalhealth]

Such an amazing guy. Sad he needed vodka to stay afloat i hope he cleaned up! Love you Grel!!!

[@Sasso-pf1mo]

Still living his gimmick 20 years later

[@TheHannibalTV]

Still making money from it on the indy's too

[@doesntmatter2744]

Greatest entrance ever...

[@BeyondTheLineRacing]

Vince McMahon in the 90’s: Vampires are a stupid idea, that’ll never sell. Vince McMahon 2021: I have an awesome idea that’ll sell…zombie lumberjack match.

[@Rishieh]

He should have been around longer than he was. People loved him.