Legendary fight between Adrian Adonis and Dan Spivey

[@wadewilson8011]

Even The Undertaker confirmed that Dan Spivey was legit. And NOBODY to toy with.

[@herbie747]

So did Dynamite

[@NewEnglandInSeattle]

I saw The Undertaker telling a story about a time he and Dan were tag teaming together and had a match with the Road Warriors. Taker tells it that Dan worked real stiff with the Road Warriors, and he believed that the Road Warriors were going to come looking for a fight in the locker room. Taker said he started taping up his fists and getting ready to fight. Spivey told Taker not to worry about it. Sure enough, when the Road Warriors got backstage, they shook hands with Taker and Spivey and thanked them for the match. The point of the story was that not even the Road Warriors wanted any smoke from Spivey.

[@Rifle1611]

And is good? So Adrian was bully but this guy Dan was bigger bully

[@kenthegamer]

Imagine seeing that fight live

[@dougthePogingguitarist]

I remember when Dan Spivey was Waylon Mercy in WWF in 1995 "you know what I mean"

[@billblaski9523]

Gimmick way ahead of its time. Basically served as the base for the Bray Wyatt gimmick

[@ATMyles]

Man, what a story, especially for those of us who grew up watching the WWF in the ‘80s. All the wrestlers involved!

[@davidmiles4678]

Brisco looks so much different always enjoyed watching him

[@billybob1723]

@davidmiles4678 - I would have never recognized him.

[@Garf_malarf]

He turned into a Mongolian

[@Horatio.Mantooth]

Gerald Brisco and Dan Spivy two men who one of em could stretch you further than Mr. Fantastic or Dan Spivey who knocked out people like Popeye after spinach.

[@TheHannibalTV]

👍

[@theragoooverlord5021]

I used to listen to rowdy roddy pipers podcast and he always spoke well of Adonis (but they fought over pipers pit/flowershop). Also mentioned in pipers episode of ghost hauntings.

[@NathanLJustice]

Dan used to bounce at a bar called TK Hardy's. He was legit.

[@douglaspatrick868]

Dangerous Dan the Left Hand Man...

[@JeffreyJetsKohut]

T.K. Harty's Saloon?

[@peterl2017]

Another big guy that could have been used better. When he came back as Waylon Mercy he was pretty old, could have done something with him earlier. Maybe not the best wrestler, but neither was Hogan or Warrior. He could have been a Stone Cold type character.

[@johnberrio1925]

Waylon Mercy was the gimmick that got away

[@carolynbuckley8733]

I thought Dan spivey from sky scraper Days would of been a better syd than syd justice. He was more believable to me. But yes, Mercy was ahead of his time

[@SirManfly]

@@carolynbuckley8733unfortunately Dan was pretty much physically spent by the time he came back to the WWE as Waylon Mercy, he had a noticeable limp and i believe he needed hip surgery at that point?

[@carolynbuckley8733]

@@SirManfly that makes sense

[@bigglilwayne7050]

Waylon Mercy was 5yrs too late, Dan was physically spent by that point and time....

[@Harry_Stylus]

I feel like Adrian Adonis was probably a tough guy himself, and would beat the shit out of people. However, he ran up on a bigger tough guy who taught him a lesson. Adonis seemed to be liked by his peers, but also seemed to beat up on job guys over dumb stuff. Spivey is also poorly regarded by many of his peers, but seems like he was a big tough guy who wouldn't back down from a fight. Unfortunately Adonis isn't around to give his side of the story.

[@YYZ_The416]

Lucky Haku wasn't there

[@robertchflynn]

@@YYZ_The416 why? Haku has nothing to do with it...

[@jcg2922]

Great story. Cool that they were on good terms before Adonis died, obviously he got over it.

[@whatever_it_takes6691]

Dangerous Dan The Left Handed Man!!!

[@BullpenBoss]

Bob Orton warned Adrian not go after Spivey.

[@bigglilwayne7050]

If only someone had warned Orton about Dick Slater lol

[@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927]

Why tf would you piss of a prime 6’6 275 lbs tough guy is beyond me.

[@stacy3185]

Spivey tell it like it is nobody to fuck with One of my favorite Wrestlers of time

[@johnlewisbrooks]

After the beating Adrian Adonis wasn't the same mentally. You could see he was permanently warped after that!

[@fishhookism]

Good fighter terrible worker.

[@billybob1723]

JBL's looking well.

[@bigglilwayne7050]

Spivey mentored a couple of fellas that went on to become two of the most legendary big men in the history of the business, too bad Kevin Nash didnt get that same apprenticeship....

[@michaelburt1370]

What’s the matter with dans voice?

[@dil09ful]

Well smoking does that 😂

[@josiahalcorne]

Things Tampa tough guys didn't want learn the hard way. 1. How fast the brothers from Brisco Brothers auto shop could snap your arm. 2. How hard Dick Slater hit with his right hand 3. How hard Dan Spivey hits with his left. That leg dive the guy tried is probably really effective in a fight against a puncher most of the time. Lord knows I was always afraid of getting my right side locked up in a fight. When you run into a lefty like Spivey and try that same move he'll make you pay.

[@PhantomDreamer_]

Of all the times Spivey talks about beating up Adonis, this is the first time I've heard him mention seeing him later and saying "everything was ok". I can't help but be skeptical.

[@hiddensword9387]

why wouldn't they have buried the hatchet over a drink?

[@ronniemacdonald2768]

They were both in Japan around June 88 before Adonis died so there could be some truth to it.

[@justafan5598]

​@ronniemacdonald2768 But why not mention it until now? Do you know how many shoot interviews Spivey has done over the years? In each interview, he talked about the fight with Adrian and not once did he mention them burying the hatchet in Japan. He never said that until recently and I suspect he wanted to come across as a better man on Dark Side of The Ring. This interview here happened after he took part in Dark Side.

[@DaveMiller2]

I heard that he and Adonis buried the hatchet right before Adonis went to Japan. Everyone said Spivey was a good guy, so why wouldn't he make amends. Adrian learned the lesson.

[@jamie.777]

I wish there was footage

[@DaveMiller2]

Before wrestling, Spivey was college football and drafted by the Jets (but didn't sign), a boxer, a bouncer, strong arm for a loan shark, a repo man, and a bounty hunter. Don't f*ck with Dan Spivey. The other wrestlers all say Dan was a gentleman, quiet, good to work with, and a nice guy. They were surprised to find out how dangerous he is. Many of the wrestlers disliked Adonis, although Piper was his friend I think. Adonis had a rep of being a bully and being a prick. Guys said he was gross.

[@puzzymonsta69]

Spivey is the real deal

[@mikepignatelli273]

Vince he wasn't very talented!!! 😂😂😂

[@christopherbako]

Sid from, Ice Age!

[@brizzchizz7302]

Spivy was a legit tough guy

[@RichardHead12]

lol Adonis didn't talk about it when he was "around" he knew his ass got humbled

[@stfjesusfreak]

Adonis would’ve won the fight easily if Dan was right handed like 90% of the population; but it turned out Spivey was a lefty; and while Adrian was on the shoot it exposes your side, everything from your ribs, chest and chin; well Spivey just threw his dominate left hand hooks and uppercuts landing flush and sent Adrian to the floor on his back.

[@BuddyH69]

I remember Dan Spivey for beating up Blackwell lol

[@chrischar9428]

When was that

[@jamesbellefeuille2926]

@@chrischar9428 August 1989 in Houston, Texas. The match was Mike Blackwell and The Avalanche versus Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious aka The Skyscrapers. Mike Blackwell was not selling their moves and even knocked down Sid in the beginning of the match. Sid and Dan got angry for real and after pinning Blackwell, proceeded to beat the daylights out of him just outside the ring. The TV show did not cut for a commercial after aq minute or two. You can hear Teddy Long clearly yell, "Kick his ass!" EDIT: Here is a link for your reference kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnTEdIGci76sha8

[@gatorgoode8574]

Dan spivey was a pimp

[@FedorMachida]

Spivey is 110% roids, 105% Alpha-Old-Male, lol

[@juansantiago6635]

when your 6'8 280 lbs u don't need much juice....sure he did....but go start something with someone that big...tell me what happens lol

[@SychoSam]

@@juansantiago6635 No way he was on roids as waylon Mercy

[@blake7871]

Spivey didn’t use roids idiot. He never was jacked.

[@panathatube]

Compared to the road warriors who beat up Spivey was taking candies

[@markbruschi6391]

Dan spivey is the best human being. You have to do something really really stupid to get Dan spivey mad at you.

[@acgarner9464]

Jim Cornette said Spivey sucked ass.I’d love to see Dan kill that God hating & Trump hating Cornette

[@_________________7899]

trauma bonding

[@ryananderson6179]

dan spivey coming to you live from an extended stay

[@sydneemiller6091]

Shame on Dan, the enjoyment he gets from telling stories of beating up dead men should tell you all you need to know about him.

[@SaudiGod]

He wasn’t dead when he beat him up.

[@dil09ful]

He wasn't dead at that time

[@chrischar9428]

So he's automatically a good guy because he dead

[@scottashe984]

Everybody dies. They don't become saints just because they died..

[@nebwachamp]

It's a fun story.

[@kazman_6899]

Spivey would have destroyed Haku.

[@sydneemiller6091]

Dan Spivey was a bully, when things didn’t go his way, he freaked out like a cry baby man child.

[@dil09ful]

Not really he did what he had to do.

[@mejo0102]

Why would he take abuse from Adonis when he was just trying to do his job? Fuck that.

[@johnronane1504]

Wrong. He stood up to a bully and the bully got served. According to you he should have let Adonis take liberties