JIM ROSS: " I *HATED* ROCK vs MANKIND "I QUIT" MATCH at the ROYAL RUMBLE"

[@daviddesantis4040]

It always makes me cringe when I hear the phrase “we didn’t know about head injuries what we know now”… It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that taking 20 swinging full force chair shots to the head is incredibly dangerous. It’s truly a miracle that Foley didn’t end up like Benoit

[@nelsonmercadojr2749]

And hopefully never will

[@LoneWolfe_XX]

Dawg the chair they use aren’t full aluminum like the real hard chairs we sit on. Maven talks about the weapons the WWE uses on his channel

[@daviddesantis4040]

@@LoneWolfe_XX then why don’t they do head shots today???????? Don’t be so naive dawg

[@LoneWolfe_XX]

@@daviddesantis4040 to cater to the kids. This pg era crap

[@casiemny1219]

@@LoneWolfe_XXthey still can do damage

[@bacardi4417]

The rock and mick didn't go into business for themselves. The ROCK went into business for HIMSELF. Mick has said multiple times throughout his career he was signaling to rock to hit his back by turning away from rock and lowering his head away from the entrance ramp. Then Rock circles around him like a moron (knowing damn well mick was signaling for a back shot) and yells at mick to turn around. It was obvious mick wanted him to hit his back with the chair not his head especially near the end when he had already let rock hit him multiple times on the head. Rock knew this and he still wanted to take advantage of Mick in order to propel his own persona. Rewatch the UNEDITED match it's all there, yet everyone keeps letting the rock slide even after so many years

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

Dwayne Johnson doesn’t seem nice to me. Seems incredibly fake, reminds me of the way Will Smith is, fake

[@Blotto-Shekel]

I can't stand the Rock. Everything I see from him makes me hate him more

[@josaiahortiz2780]

Even when he Irish whipped him into the steel steps you can tell he was def tryna be the alpha

[@Tomwood-t6w]

@@Blotto-Shekelyou're a clow.

[@Tomwood-t6w]

Grow up 😂😂😂

[@fehner27]

I always remember the Raven quote when talking about multiple chair shots. "I only needed one."

[@International_man_of_mystery]

Everyone has always known head trauma and injuries can fuck you up. It’s common sense. All that “we didn’t know, no one knew” crap is just excuses by businesses and rich people

[@jamesredbow6346]

This is easily the most brutal match I have ever watched.

[@Fakewhack-st8fl]

The worst part is right towards the end of the match, when mick tries giving nonverbal cues to hit his back, and the rock hits him 2/3 more times in the back of the head.

[@SelectorJohnson]

Haunting.

[@bacardi4417]

He even waits for mick to raise his head also

[@stanford2epa]

Yea, like wtf.. rock does not get enough heat for what he did.

[@Tullysplaytime]

Terrible, shame on Rock definitely.

[@metalbrainmextrememetalent6810]

He sucks. You can tell the guy demented, just how staged his interviews are. I bet he would lose his shit if things don’t go his way.

[@rileyk5228]

Here's what blows my mind. Sure, we didnt know as much about CTE as we do now, but how the FUCK can you assume any chair shot to the head was fine?!

[@ojmcclanahan689]

I don't think they necessarily thought it was "fine". Back then the most important thing was business. The pro wrestling business was just a different culture back in the day, man.

[@smittyondadeckwhodat]

It's called ignorance.

[@TheFailedmessiah]

First off. Mick was legit handcuffed. Not kayfabe cuffed with fake cuffs with a hidden release hatch. He just fully absorbed 20 full swing chair shots to the head. Just laying it in. Rock made sure if he was gonna swing a chair. He was gonna really swing it. I remember when he smacked Ken shamrock with one. Ken instructed rock on what to do so he won't get hurt or concussed he's like hit me on the forehead. Lay it in. Now that was just one chair shot. I'm sure mick could take 2 or 3 good shots and be ok. But 20? And they all seemed to get harder and harder progressively. Hard to watch. When stonecold was asked about chair shots to the head. Stonecold said "I'd just get my hands up a bit and not take the full blow to the head" but those unprotected chair shots to the head were popular back then. I remember Kane eating some nasty ones.

[@TIAMATRIA]

It wasn’t 20 it was 11 chair shots

[@doomstan]

I guess Rock got a little too comfortable, thinking "oh this is mick foley, he's seen worse damage"

[@NegativeNumbers427]

Awkward match. Throughout the match, Foley kept moving around, preparing for chair shots on the back. Rock kept walking around going for the head.

[@noobsaibot8844]

Yeah I think I heard Rock tell Mick to turn around when he was walking up the ramp so he could hit him in the head again.

[@granpappy77]

I watched this live on PPV with a bunch of college friends. Everyone was hanging out, drinking a bit, and then slowly we all got quieter and quieter. When it was all over, we all kinda felt gross for watching that.

[@actuallynotsteve]

Even at age 14 or so I knew that this match was too fucked up and shouldn't be happening

[@Adam-vs2in]

Thank you. Even at that age you had common sense. I was 18 and it wasn’t even fun to watch.

[@paulearl8203]

It's the match I recall more than any. I had recently returned to fandom at the 98 Survivor series after checking out at Summerslam 96ish.

[@themightychinful]

There were far too many chairshots in that match man, Rocky went hard towards the end. Was the most brutal thing ive ever seen in a match and Foley still didnt say i quit damn it, he was screwed! 😁

[@louisn1368]

Relax bro it’s wrestling don’t be so soft

[@themightychinful]

@@louisn1368 Grow up bud, trolling on YT is for soyboys.

[@AsianGFguy91]

Have you tried crying more geek?

[@noobsaibot8844]

And he didn't murder his family, unlike some people.

[@ravenclaw9122]

I remember i got uncomfortable twords the end.

[@peterrussel7453]

The most realistic match I've seen in WWE history I felt for Mankind I was worried about Mick.

[@redbeard124]

His wife and kids shouldn’t have never been there. Why would you even want them in attendance to a match that you’re not even going over in?

[@coreyhall1150]

It was for dramatic effect for the doc.

[@coreyhall1150]

Foley IS calculated lol. He knows how to get things over.

[@Hyder.39]

Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler best announce team ever 🐐

[@harrygrace6539]

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby the Brain Heenan.

[@Hyder.39]

@@harrygrace6539 They're number 2 for me, JR has some of the most iconic lines ever

[@Didntask14]

Yall really gonna keep repeating the same shit endlessly?

[@TheJollyMisanthrope]

You'd think they would have figured out a way to gimmick a chair so that it did less damage.

[@Blotto-Shekel]

It can't be that hard or expensive to make a softer lightweight aluminum chair that acts just like a steel chair. It makes zero sense that they use rigged tables and aluminum trash cans but the chairs which do the worst damage are somehow legit folding steel chairs

[@RyanRumbles434]

I remember watching this as a fan well into the Attitude Era. This match should never have been taken even close to as far as it did. I also watched the behind the scenes and his wife and kids were crying and left. It hurts to watch.

[@gongboy83]

And just six months after urinating blood from Hell in a Cell.

[@frankf684]

Shouldn’t have had his kid there front row, Mick knew he was gonna do that

[@Quadster19]

Agreed, it was a very different time though. I almost forget how wreckers sports was at that time.

[@dontletyourdreamsbememes]

@@frankf684 He knew he was going to get hit a couple times with a chair, but not that many times. Rock took it way overboard for no reason.

[@314murdacapitall]

@@dontletyourdreamsbememesit’s fake

[@jjstraka1982]

This is one PPV me and my friends watched live. Even then, we were very concerned for Foley by the end of the match. It was obvious it was going way beyond the normal damage a wrestler should be taking.

[@no_real_names7156]

Its still a mystery to me what came over The Rock in this match. No one ever has a bad word to say about him, but if he was capable of this, who knows what else he was capable of.

[@Godson0771]

Relax. Mick said himself he messed up. He was supposed to be halfway down the ramp after 2-3 shots but let adrenaline get the best of him and was still in the ring.

[@Adam-vs2in]

The rock is darker than most people think. He’s a Hollywood sellout for a reason.

[@Mzuka-Moto]

Behind the mask, the rock isn't as nice as everyone thinks. Just sucks people in with his charisma.

[@Matt92Machine]

Quit being so dramatic. Far worse was happening in ECW at the time

[@echad6259]

I remember this too. I love hardcore matches but this was different...in a bad way.

[@positivepsycho2932]

Nah, they were grown men, they new what they were doing. It was beautifully brutal.

[@echad6259]

@@positivepsycho2932 being a grown man has nothing to do with it. These wrestlers know how to properly take and dish out hits...Foley already said that it was too much and Rock said he doesn't know why he did it.

[@garethcullen9604]

​@@positivepsycho2932username checks out 🤡🤡🤡

[@thisthresh4248]

@@echad6259 he probably did it because another grown man asked him to do it. and it tremendously helped rock.. the ppv before it was the rocks first as champion and is the least selling ppv of the entire attitude era if im not mistaken

[@echad6259]

@@thisthresh4248 Mick said he would turn and give Rock his back but Rock kept aiming for his head...that wasn't a part of the plan.

[@andrew8168]

"We didn't know headshots with chairs were bad for you then" - some terrible person.

[@frankf684]

They didn’t

[@justaguy5770]

Who would've guessed blunt force trauma to the head unprotected would be bad for someone?

[@pabloamador667]

​@justaguy5770 by that logic literally all of wrestling should be shut down. This game of finding the "line" where violence becomes "too much" is fucking stupid. Foley was a grown man, rock was too. Who the fuck are we to tell them how to make their art?

[@dewiwilliams4821]

​@@pabloamador667art? Shut the hell up, that aint art its jack ass live! Damn fool.

[@dewiwilliams4821]

​@@pabloamador667art? Its jack ass live 😂

[@michaelriddick7116]

I had a hard time watching it live . . . 😥😥😥😢

[@mohammadrahman8263]

I totally understand the hate for this match, but....i have to admit I was utterly captivated and completely glued to my screen the first time i watched it. You just had no idea how it was going to end.

[@xSTEVExOx1]

Agreed. But of course we’re in 2024 now where everyone is soft.

[@AbominationalFailure]

​@@xSTEVExOx1 "we're in 2024 and know what CTE is now." There, fixed that for you.

[@xSTEVExOx1]

@@AbominationalFailure If you don’t want the risk of CTE while gaining fame & getting paid handsomely then get a safe office job. There, fixed that for you.

[@AbominationalFailure]

@@xSTEVExOx1 So you're in favor of encouraging people to get life changing injuries purely for your entertainment?

[@nessadvantage9447]

​@@AbominationalFailurethere's risks that come with that kind of career. It's no different than football. Do you want them to "tone down" football because there's risk of injury on the field?

[@PhillipSwindall]

Shows how little Dwayne cared about others’ bodies and safety

[@garethcullen9604]

Facts

[@DerekTeeter]

So? And your point is ? He went on to be even more successful after that match and nobody cares except for you clowns

[@aussiegodx8629]

Wdym? He also took huge shots during his career, plus they didnt know shit back then about head injuries and concussions

[@freshmoney899]

@@DerekTeeteryou weirdos got a excuse for everything lmaooo

[@joetie7516]

Dude he was having a match with Mick Foley, pretty sure he didn't do this kind of match to anyone else.

[@homemedia7892]

No one calls out Foley for being as ass, of all the matches you bring your family to. Did not think much about it then but as an adult knowing how much Foley cares about his family its bizarre

[@repomanzilla]

Shows you know nothing about the event. The extra chair shots were not scripted nor did Foley approve this and caused heat between them for weeks. Rock did this on his own. So how dare you to criticize Foley, lets handcuff you and do the same then blame you

[@jingalls9142]

​@@repomanzilla preach homie! I agree 100%

[@homemedia7892]

​ to bring your children to hardly any matches but then you bring them to a I Quit Match. Nah shame on Foley is children wear so little How DARE me criticize something no one will care or possible even know about in a hundred years... ok

[@repomanzilla]

@@homemedia7892 ok bro crimicize al u wante...lol

[@Romchikthelemon]

Wrestlers are twisted egomaniacs, don't look for too much logic here.

[@th3rd3arplan3tradio]

I just bought this on vhs & my jaw dropped when I seen Mankind take all of those chair shots. And on Beyond The Mat where his wife & kids were crying was just too much. Too much trauma. The Rock at that time was too arrogant.

[@Jay-iz6lq]

All of us fans knew after 2 chair shots unprotected was enough but Rock laid in like 6-8!! Even Mick has said it was supposed to be like 3 shots it was on a podcast idk remember or documentary that interviewed Mick!

[@isaacgraham5727]

6-8? Pretty sure the final count was freaking ELEVEN.

[@Jay-iz6lq]

@@isaacgraham5727 i do not remember exactly! I remember watching it on PPV as a teen and could not watch it all it actually made worried for Mick!

[@Lurker101Gaming]

Dwayne was certainly intent on leaving the lasting impression of a folding chair on Micks skull. He definitely went into business for himself that night.

[@sendtodevnull1269]

I didn’t like the match as a teenager when it happened and don’t like it now. It was too much.

[@nikmachen6561]

Same. It took the gloss off of both men for me, even before I saw the documentary and learned that the Rock was a bit of a prick about it.

[@frankf684]

It’s a rock match so I didn’t like it either

[@eddydcwildmigo90]

I love it

[@DerekTeeter]

Sounds like a crybaby 😢

[@nelsonmercadojr2749]

Jr and Jerry lawyer the best wrestling announcing team of all time

[@stingwcw]

Not even close

[@markoutwithmark]

I'll never understand why the Foley kids were at ringside for that match. I love Mick Foley, but that was questionable parenting at best.

[@Adam-vs2in]

People can say it’s a classic match. Memorable for sure, but for the wrong reason. That was not a wrestling match and watching a defenseless guy get his head bashed in is not entertaining. That never should have happened.

[@coleycole5344]

That was legendary. Then the recording. Then the Empty areana match. Rock threw Mr. Socko in the oven 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jimmygialelis5708]

Uncomfortable is a great word choice. I felt the same way. It doesnt take a genius to know so many chair shots would cause adverse brain responses and major concussion symptoms. Definitely went too far.

[@rickydlp]

Stawp tha dayum match

[@Exile559]

I don't know anyone who's watched the match who doesn't get uncomfortable.

[@Tomwood-t6w]

I bet all you lot love watching aew with their unprotected chair shots 😂😂😂😂

[@joshuaa1605]

They all hate it now but they loved it then lol I remember vince telling mick after the hell in the cell "I don't ever wanna see that again".... does it again vs hhh in hell in the cell lol

[@richoffbubba2x]

holy shit jr dont look too good praying all is well u sound great 🙏🏽

[@KORANHORACIO]

One of my favorite matches great performance from both wrestlers

[@Romchikthelemon]

You call this beating a performance?

[@KORANHORACIO]

@@Romchikthelemon please go be sensitive somewhere else.

[@augustushaynes1311]

I can’t rewatch this match to this day. Can’t stand it.

[@mikebryant614]

"We didnt know then" Come on Conrad , I will give you that we didnt have the medical evidence then that we have now, but we absolutely DID know that multiple stiff chair shots to the head was not good , it's not like it was the freaking 1600's man we had plenty of evidence of that type head trauma being debilitating out of pro football by then as well as even pro baseball , from players being beaned by fastballs .

[@Que_Netter]

Well you can’t really feel sorry for mick, all he had to do was say I quit, then maybe The Rock wouldn’t have went overboard like that…I never feel sorry for a man who puts his body on the line for the sake of a Company or some u grateful fans. He had all the power to end that match and he didn’t.

[@SGTWinchester85]

Poor Jr looks doa smoking that cig

[@knightshousegames]

I only saw this match a few years ago, and in a post Chris Benoit, Post CTE world, this match was honestly disturbing to watch. It's a miracle that Mick Foley is still with us today, let alone not a drooling vegetable. A metal object as heavy as a steel chair swung by a guy as strong as The Rock could have easily killed a lesser man. That match and Eddie Guerrero vs JBL at Judgement Day are two matches I can't bring myself to watch ever again. I can appreciate the dedication to the craft, but those are two matches where men very nearly died for entertainment's sake.

[@echad6259]

I see what you mean.

[@frankf684]

So you were so disturbed you stopped watching right?guessing no

[@knightshousegames]

@@frankf684 I still watch wrestling, just not those two matches

[@Deathadder1994]

I loved Jr on commentary, I know wrestling is scripted but he brought it to life even more

[@mathprodigy]

"You, me, an empty arena, let's do it, no crowd noise or distraction, no bs, just two men settling this crap. " yea it takes a special situation and superstars to make that work and feel legitimate.

[@tae238]

Covid?

[@williamdavis4809]

Saw that live. It was brutal

[@wavydon1960]

Did Foley pre-blade for that match?

[@benhulme2863]

Epic match thanks bub.

[@coolduke21]

Kurt Angle v Sting TNA empty arena match is one of my favorites

[@gentbehindascent]

Foley wanted all the chair shots he has an interview where he says that. All foley had to do is to go down ,as long as he was on his feet he told rock to keep on doing the chair shots.

[@JIMBOCOMMANDO]

Good old days

[@Honestwrestlingfan92-yg4cf]

yeah the good ol days when we didn't have as*sholes on the internet auditing past movies and TV shows we all love. Fook this generation of wussbags and "pacifists" telling us there's something wrong with the classics we enjoy watching.

[@jaysalazar107]

I saw it live. It was epic. The royal rumble match

[@clarencekeller7684]

Should’ve saw this coming with his shots on Shamrock throughout 98. I think Shamrock giving the rock the go ahead and convincing him it’s ok set this up as a consequence

[@TheFifthOfNovember93]

One of the most legendary moments in wrestling. We understand the head trauma but the attitude era was it!

[@Pedro_Kantor]

I do believe Foley has never forgiven Rock for this match.

[@zaryalace7475]

Then he should have stayed down. Instead of standing back up 10 times like a fool.

[@danjonmills]

Valid point. Another valid point: what the fuck was Dwayne doing not noticing he was maiming Mick and not stopping. I love hard-core matches, but they were both at fault here.

[@zaryalace7475]

@@danjonmills I think the Rock had both blood lust and was annoyed at Mick for going against the script. Probably wanted to go home early, but Mick didn't want to appear weak so he kept the match going on far longer than intended.

[@danjonmills]

@zaryalace so, it's both their fault. Youre basically agreeing with me, saying exactly what I said. Good job. Well done, totally worth you commenting. And lol at Rock had a 'bloodlust'! So, you were able to read Rock's mind? Or, just pulling bullshit out of your ass? Good stuff.

[@zaryalace7475]

@@danjonmills whoa, you got some problems, dude.

[@waxmandr]

I never knew JR smoked

[@Element9846]

I think he started after Jan died 😥

[@Craighetfield2024]

They all got paid a good amount none of us will see like that I don't see what's to complain about

[@TheDeadlyTikka]

feels so weird seeing JR smoke 🤣

[@thetruthisreal4033]

I believe Mick Foley took one to many risks in the the attitude era.

[@713bates]

Great match loved it

[@Romchikthelemon]

That was even worse than King of the ring 1998. Normal man never gives a green light to idiocy like this.

[@HocusPocus6969]

Eff the “Rock”. Talk about undeserving of all his “success”. No way he would have taken anything close to those chair shots “for the business”, but no problem dishing them out.

[@MRCLEAN84420]

"ITS NOT THAT BIG A DEAL"!!! BESIDES, ITS SCRIPTED "!SOO THEY BOTH KNEW "!!

[@countbang1305]

Is JR smoking a joint?

[@Tullysplaytime]

He certainly is, and so am I 😂😂

[@jamesgreen5371]

One of the most disturbing matches ever

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

Mick is my favourite wrestler of all time by a country mile no ones even close, as an edgy teenager enamoured with violence and ECW i used to say this was my "favourite" match. Last watches it maybe a decade ago and it hits different as an adult ill never watch it again its like watching old school UFC seeing guys kicked in the head with shoes on theres a level of violence that's just too much when considering the real implications. Ie people have died from blunt force trauma with lighter blows than Mick took.

[@benjaminvermeylen3784]

Uh, JR, you realize you didn’t actually call this match right?

[@Godson0771]

Mick said himself he was the one who screwed up. He was supposed to be halfway down the ramp after like 2-3 shots but let his adrenaline get the best of him and was still in the ring.

[@madmoney614able]

My favorite match

[@louisn1368]

Best singles match in royal rumble history

[@Jared40]

Serious you thought this match was good ?? I'm sorry it was garbage and the Rock worked way too stiff

[@zacharyscott6779]

​@@Jared40 I actually agree with the OP. The match was a lot of fun other than the ending chair shot barrage. Mick landing on "the electrical equipment" is a classic spot.

[@DerekTeeter]

Match was amazing. He beat the breaks off that dude

[@Adam-vs2in]

Not even close.

[@javierbaeza375]

I dont get why the didnt use some fake chair like the fake trash cans or at least similar.

[@demoniclily1892]

Probably hates it now that everything is pc. I’m sure he thought it was bad ass when it happened. He can’t just go on a modern broadcast and be like oh it was so cool!

[@ramboluib2752]

One of the most cringest brutal match of all time.

[@chrisdavis6264]

Maybe one day they can do a backyard match

[@Carnius797]

Glorified stunt man

[@5star_BigChief631]

Don't forget pimping his body. Is was what hulk said. 😂😂

[@jellydamgood]

I don't know any stuntmen, but I sure as hell know Foley.

[@5star_BigChief631]

@@jellydamgood foley was the stunt man he only was there to abuse his body. that's all he'll be remembered for.

[@jellydamgood]

@@5star_BigChief631 by you perhaps, but let's be real here. who cares what you think or remember? Foley is fondly remembered and respected by many fans and fellow wrestlers alike, some random like you trying to undercut his achievements mean less than pissing into the ocean.

[@5star_BigChief631]

@@jellydamgood many people and wrestlers feel like i do. why do you think people dont wrestle that way anymore. he'll always be an overweight terry funk wana be. at least terry funk had some actual wrestling moves. mankind foley just bounced around.😂😂 let me guess you're black couldnt even spell damn correct. who gives a damn about jelly?

[@animegamesmoviesandotherst3037]

This match, and other things later in 1999 that started to turn me off to the Attitude Era. First was the puppy chants when matches were going on, the constent use of sexul images, and shitstains idea for a stunt that killed Owen, Now most fans see the Attitude Era as this great time, and it had them for sure. But over all it was not that great. Go watch the Attitude Era in full, and you find a lot more bad things outside of what the top guys did. Like Pepper on a poll match,

[@YeTism]

You sound like a snowflake

[@MarcoBrolo]

Soft.

[@billyfranklin2117]

Sounds like you were soft then and even softer now.

[@animegamesmoviesandotherst3037]

@@billyfranklin2117 How is this being soft,

[@liamjm9278]

The Era that saved the company and gave it the greatest ratings it ever had isn't great?

[@michaelmurdoch7788]

And here we are. It’s 2024 and AEW has nothing but empty arena matches every time they put on a show.

[@Noah-fv6dt]

It was too uncomfortable. I felt that way with Mankind or Cactus Jack inside of Hell and the Cell. While fan were cheering I was concerned. I felt like a bad guy. And it was all the time with MICK FOLEY. I WAS SO GLAD WHEN HE WENT WITH THE COMEDY. WHICH IS SOMETHING I USUALLY DON'T LIK 8E BUT I DID WITH HIM. I didn't want to get an Owen Hart type message

[@AMan-vs4vs]

Fake chairs don't hurt that much

[@Dangerman5]

The Rock should be locked up and thrown away the key

[@UrielLlarena]

It's ok......THE ROCK AND HIS HOLLYWOOD CLICK HAS A CONDO IN HELL 🔥 WAITING

[@YeTism]

JR hates real wrestling but likes the bucks and Jack Perry. What happened to him?

[@jimbeamguy02]

This match made me a former fan of the Rock. Shameful Dewayne 😤😤😤

[@tmc9118]

But the undertaker vs mankind hell in cell natch was ok mick getting thrown 15 feet off the top bouncing off wood & concrete then bouncing off the ring mat that shoved a tooth almost into his nose

[@augustushaynes1311]

The second of those two wasn’t planned though.

[@tmc9118]

All I know is mick should get a check for life from wwe

[@ExploreandExperience1]

Half-time heat had a 6.6 rating.

[@theman2k7]

Rock did mick wrong

[@romedawg2095]

Yikes, what a barbaric battle it was...and not the good kind. The story going into it was intriguing...but how things played out? I can only think "Prayers up for Mick Foley".

[@Pillar5770]

I enjoyed the match.

[@Somebum]

Thats the match that show Dwayne been a real pc of trash

[@FURTHER_ADO]

If you're in the entertainment business (music, acting, wrestling, etc) and your goal isn't to make a lasting impression then what is the point? I'm recording my first album and my ultimate goal, my highest hope is leaving a lasting impression on someone that 15 years from now it still means something to them. I don't get saying that as if it's a negative.

[@flowersandcandyflowersandc9093]

And again Taz has no business behind the Mic as a so called broadcast commentator no matter what Jim Ross says.

[@frankf684]

Yes he does

[@ojmcclanahan689]

These days we have trash like Excalibur shitting into a headset and calling it commentary, and you're complaining about Taz? What the fuck?!

[@soonergiant65]

This was horrific. I like both of them. But this should be deleted from existence.

[@nessadvantage9447]

No, it shouldn't

[@ojmcclanahan689]

Deleted from existence? I wouldn't go that far.

[@nessadvantage9447]

@@ojmcclanahan689 right? That's what i'm saying as well. If people don't like it they don't have to watch it. It's that simple

[@ojmcclanahan689]

@@nessadvantage9447 I mean there's video out there of Kenny Omega having a match with a 9 year old little girl. Him and Ibushi having matches with a goddamn blowup sex doll, and a match where Omega sticks his fingers in Ibushi's ass right in the middle of the ring, but it's the Rock vs Mankind that should be deleted from existence because it's too real and too brutal? Like, what in the white hot fuck is wrong with people? 🤦🏻‍♂

[@danjonmills]

Doesn't change that it happened, numbnuts. It would be an insult to what Mick endured, in fact, to erase it. It's a legendary match (not nec. for best reasons) but a great rivalry and great event that will always be rewatchable.

[@thunderballs6216]

Obviously, we didnt know then, what we know now. However, Id be lying if i said I wasnt captivated at the time. Mick really understood his limitations as an athlete, but he loved the business so much, he attempted to make up for his shortcomings at the expense of his own health. The man has passion beyond belief. Ive been fortunate enough to meet several famous guys in the business thanks to the quality of our local comic con. I will tell anyone who wants to hear it, if you ever have a chance to meet Mick, reach in your pocket and take that leap. Nobody else compares. They say, never meet your heroes because theyll dissappoint you. Not Mick. The guy joked with us while he inhaled a whataburger and acted just like one of the guys. Just a phenomenal human being and a kind soul. This is why i dont buy the CTE excuse for Benoit. If anyone had an excuse to go batshit crazy, its Mick and hes the perfect family man and carries himself well. Guys like Rock, HHH and wrestling fans around owe Mic such a debt of gratitude for his hard work and self sacrifice. Looking back, yeah...he did a little too much. But, he did it for us. Ok, Im done putting him over lol

[@mr.strong376]

Who tf is "Manking"?

[@XBeatmymeatX1990]

It's the fuck. Stop being a fucking sissy. And spell shit out

[@Mmarra88]

This match was amazing

[@ClosingTheHandigap]

"We didn't know." lol get that mess outta here a best it's "At the time we didn't really care"

[@littlea464]

Undertaker and the rock were known for over use of the chair... a disgrace

[@frankf684]

Mick let him do it

[@ojmcclanahan689]

A disgrace, lol. Get a clue, bud. That was just the culture of the wrestling business back then. Undertaker and the Rock took chair shots just as hard as they threw them.