MYSTERY MEN | Wrestling's Greatest Alter Egos

[@darthradious7011]

Mr. America is the biggest mystery out of them all.

[@josephgonzales1131]

I always wondered who mr america truly was. I guess we will never know.

[@thebandit0256]

I say its Superstar Billy Graham

[@Stayawayfromme...0802]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chrisklark4879]

No mystery just another racist hiding under a mask

[@Samboy1135]

Lifes biggest mystery

[@seanm9823]

I so wanted to see a “Willow Vs The Demon” match or storyline.

[@jasonhearn768]

I've been hoping to one day, get a Willow Vs. Fiend match.

[@seanm9823]

@@jasonhearn768 one better. Willow Vs Fiend Vs Demon. Or them as a stable of darkness

[@tajunoor1311]

no Gimmicks needed to Chris Candido story

[@jamespilgrim5539]

Maybe if there can be a wwe in 2003 a year in review.

[@Deadfool114]

4:31 it wasn’t Roman who was first to defeat Demon Balor, Samoa Joe did it first in a steel cage match at NXT

[@BmanTheChamp]

Yeah but we all know NXT isn't canon for the main roster.

[@MattRocksGames]

Yeah that's what I was saying

[@jasonmartinson7758]

Nobody ever proved that Elias and Ezekiel were one in the same HELL, there is even a family photo with ZEKE being in the hospital

[@steadydropnem]

What about Owen Harts alter ego the blue blazer?

[@Noob_-]

Yeah I’m not sure if we can talk about that one, seeing as to what happened 😬

[@zemox2534]

Out of the 3 faces of Foley, Mankind was my favourite. He was both menacing and sympathetic when he was a heel.

[@cliffordjackson3]

FACTS.

[@michaelmidax8108]

Foley had 4 alter egos. The wild & dangerous outlaw, Cactus Jack. The insane, deranged, self depreciating, self mutilating, violent, broken, & misunderstood, Mankind. The secretly malevolent & contradiction, Dude Love. And the relentless & fearless hardcore legend that he gave his actual name to. Which is who he was when he had rivalries with Edge, & a number of other wrestlers that escape my mind rn. But I know that he was the Mick Foley, character in TNA.

[@girthbrooks8606]

Can't forget "The Legend" Frank Foley... The college virgin that couldn't seal the deal... (anyone who read his first book knows what I'm talking about)

[@TheDarkVampire666]

Even Mankind was like 2 separate personas The violent crazy sadistic Mankind and the simple minded lovable goofball who wore a sock on his hand Mankind

[@Mr.Villainous2050]

The mick Foley character is the main persona. The other three are alter egos.

[@astonishedhoplite2510]

@@Mr.Villainous2050 yep

[@Tdhdchu]

Samoa joe had beat the demon before roman did

[@martinperigny3434]

I was sure somebody else remembered it.

[@Mr_Leo_DS]

Exactly wtf? How can one forget that

[@DylanMcLean-ge7in]

4:06 didn’t Samoa Joe beat him in NXT?

[@anthonythompson9763]

How can you forget Dusty Rhodes & his 3 alter egos (Mr. Ichiban, Uvalde Slim & The Midnight Rider)

[@anthonythompson9763]

@Willy Massey we "know "

[@exodia9817]

I totally remember the night Abyss returned to fight Aces and Eights. Taz was nearly fearing for the life of both himself and the Aces and Eights. Taz: A...a... Abyss!!! Oh, no! Mike Tenay: *THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE HOUSE!!!*

[@jernigan007]

Mickie James, still smoking hot

[@benespinosa6725]

Mickie James first run in WWE is legendary her Feud with Trish stratus is iconic and Abyss was awesome in TNA his match with sabu especially the Barbed wire massacre match @ TNA Turning point 2005 was an amazing match.

[@michaelmcdonald3268]

I think Willow would maybe good in WWE, perhaps

[@chrisklark4879]

Dude love sucked... The other two Foley's are GOD

[@Zxlxya]

Need Elrod to debut

[@RingsideEconomyChampion]

Why is Elias's brother on the list?

[@adu1991]

Mystery MEN, and a mystery woman... La Luchadora is female. 3 women wore the mask.....Alexa Bliss, Mickie James, and the 3rd person was never revealed ;)

[@Thundarr100]

You left out a few. The Giant Machine: In 1986, shortly after Wrestlemania 2, Andre The Giant's gigantism had caused him so much chronic pain that he needed time off for corrective surgery. So he was kayfabe suspended for not attending booked matches and appearances, and used this time to have back surgery, as well as to film the movie The Princess Bride. After recovering from the surgery Andre needed to be able to test his body's ability to continue to wrestle, so he and The Masked Superstar (Bill Edes, aka Demolition Ax) teamed up wearing identical masks and tights and called themselves The Super Machine and The Giant Machine. I think Andre eventually needed additional surgeries or something, so they brought in Blackjack Mulligan as their third member The Big Machine. Eventually The Giant Machine was phased out of the team, and when Andre's kayfabe suspension was lifted and Andre turned heel and joined The Heenan Family, he continued to wrestle in the same outfit he wore as The Giant Machine, minus the mask (I think it was to hide the custom back brace he had to wear in order to continue wrestling). The Midnight Rider: "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes used this gimmick a number of times throughout his career. I first saw it in Jim Crocket Promotions in the mid 1980's. I forget exactly why he had to put on the mask. He was feuding with The Four Horsemen and he either went overboard fighting them, attacking them with a weapon, or he lost a "Loser Leaves Wrestling" match against Ric Flair. In any case, after his suspension/forced retirement a "mysterious masked cowboy" arrived in JCP and took up the fight against The Horsemen on Dusty's behalf. I used to have a wrestling magazine (Pro Wrestling Illustrated I think) that had an "interview" between Dusty Rhodes and The Midnight Rider to "prove" that they weren't the same person. Yellow Dog: I think this one happened in the Von Erichs' World Class Championship Wrestling, although it has been used in World Championship Wrestling and a few other promotions as well. Cowboy Ron Bass was feuding with Barry Windham's younger brother Kendal Windham. This was in the very early 1980's, and Kendal was still very new to the business. He had a series of matches with Ron Bass in which he was constantly being beaten. They eventually fought in a "Loser Quits Wrestling" match, which Ron Bass won. A few weeks later there's this new masked babyface in a full body yellow leotard and a yellow wrestling mask calling himself Yellow Dog and taking up the fight with Ron Bass where Kendal Windham left off. IIRC, their feud ended with a dog collar match which Ron Bass won. (Brian Pillman later brought back this gimmick in WCW in the early 1990's in a very similar storyline)

[@kenshigo3833]

Bray needs to come back as the cult leader. It was the best gimmick and entrance ever and i miss it so much. He could still be the Fiend on occassions like Demon Balor.

[@ameliastencil6058]

It was a pretty bad ass entrance

[@alonzocole2663]

I respect it. But I have to disagree. Taker and foley had the best gimmicks hands down. And Demon is my favorite entrance apart from Cody’s WM return

[@kenshigo3833]

@@alonzocole2663 Taker was magical of course, absolutely everything about it. I think the big difference is, you watched Taker come in, but you kinda came in with Wyatt through the fireflies. At least that was the feeling if you know what i mean. Foley was brilliant, no doubt, but his entrances are not on my top list. Demon is also amazing, absolutely loving it and Cody at WM was awesome!

[@johnnymason2460]

You're right about one thing. Bray Wyatt should bring back all three alter egos: cult leader, leader of Firefly Fun House, and the Fiend. It would work for me. Not sure who the bad uncle is supposed to be but it's becoming confusing.

[@ALL_that_ENDS]

Ohh that doesn't age well.

[@s4xtt]

If Bray returns, I would love to see a babyface version of the fiend, called 'the foe'!

[@johnnymason2460]

He has returned but no alter ego yet. Still waiting for that to occur. I'm looking forward to seeing that sometime soon.

[@b2thec]

Not "The Friend"?

[@ScarysReviews]

Mr America was awful, no effort to make the character different, just Hulk in a mask. Mick Foley is the best for alter egos, Kane's switch from Politician to hell's fave demon is good, but, yea, that's about it. Dustin Rodes has it working good.

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

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[@stevegokus]

Keith lee

[@zemox2534]

@@stevegokus Jerry Lynn

[@johngeorge05110]

Michael Cole

[@fingersTitan]

Video title - Break the walls doooooooooown.. A backstage perspective of how a show works.. We've had docs like Beyond the Mat.. but it would be good if you could be a video showing how it all gets broken down from the bookers, writers and so on and how they get to the end product of a wrestling match. Superb content as usual Sir.

[@HeHateMe1]

Disco Inferno/"Gifted" Glenn Gilbertti, maybe you can finally answer the question of "how is he gifted"

[@anilbalram7768]

Had no idea Titus o Neil had an alter ego

[@SirWeedBongVentura]

WrestleMania return aside. Get woke, go broke.

[@RockLegend2000]

Good video except Ezekiel is Elias's younger brother, not his twin brother. Also they left out Terry Funk as Chainsaw Charlie.

[@davidtownsend1035]

Watching this after bray has passed just hit so hard god bless you fiend rip

[@shaggyirl]

The Elias Ezekiel thing is Ezekiel is the younger brother of Elias

[@MadDogValentino]

Balor was the demon in Japan too

[@tomrussell9829]

Have not watched wrestling in years but always wondered what abyss looked like

[@pugsnikle4780]

Hey this is familiar

[@thetruej7872]

I'm starting to think Mick Foley took some inspiration from Moon Knight. He was pretty much the Moon Knight of WWE.

[@rtlovcdd]

no

[@IsaacRitchie-vl2lp]

You high?

[@americansmark]

Broken/woken Matt was amazing.

[@Daredevil1315]

I also liked the joker sting gimmick

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Also Santina marella

[@anjhontongo6945]

Honorable Mentions: *Shane Helms as The Hurricane *John Cena as Dr. of Thugganomics *One Man Gang as Akeem the African Dream *Terry Taylor as Red Rooster *Kerry von Erich as Texas Tornado *Tugboat as Typhoon *Papa Shango as The Godfather

[@antwoneallwood6352]

Me and you saw Ezekiel on raw and all you can say is why vince mcmahon but you have to thank him because he made one of the more entertaining storylines and it was alot better than mr anerica to be honest and it's like he said kevin owens that made the thing work

[@alexkirov3697]

The Fiend, The Demon and Dr. of Thuganomics will always be my favorite gimmicks.

[@ALL_that_ENDS]

Mr America was the best goddamn gimmick, that was really fresh and funny.

[@water2bank804]

Mick foleys alter egos were the best by far....one of the best promos you will ever see is the return of cactus jack.....that titontron video is iconic for me the 3 alter egos all talking lol this is a moment/promo that isnt mentioned enough

[@jasonmartinson7758]

Let’s not forget about El Generico!

[@jb888888888]

I don't recall Hannibal Lector pulling his hair out.

[@DonDotto99]

Andy, you are my favorite content creator on KZbin. Nothing but respect. I hope to see a video on the radicalz soon

[@seanm9823]

Unpopular opinion: The Fiend and every iteration of Bray Wyatt was boring. They all felt like poor attempts at a new Kane or Undertaker.

[@phoenix_0179]

Ezekiel isn't elias he's currently recovering and spending time with his family

[@christiancage6626]

I don't mind masked characters...but Rey Mysterio has just set such a standard...that's it's hard to follow honestly... awesome video man 👌🏻

[@jernigan007]

and he's never turned heel, but his son just did !

[@thebandit0256]

You mean Eddie's son

[@emilyjohnson5935]

I agree with that Rey sets such a high standard about wearing a mask that. Also having Dominic turning on Rey and Edge was awesome b

[@VBane]

I never watched it, but I really like that Abyss storyline. A real interesting and sad take on the alter personality.

[@stevegokus]

I love jeff hardy be willow in tna and mr american

[@stevegallo8483]

You have to go back to the early 80s Jim Crockett Promotions for this one. The "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant lost a loser leave town match and was immediately back on TV as "Charlie Brown from Out of Town" and there was also Dusty Rhodes and his alter egos as well.

[@tomfisher6422]

KO does comedy well.

[@kimwaddell4577]

I forgotten about Pancake Patterson

[@thebandit0256]

Sorry Mick Foley can't be Cactus Jack, Mankind and Dude Love at the same time He's just Mankind while his other Triplet brothers play the others

[@RockyHoarderPictureShows]

What you said makes more sense than it being one guy.

[@BoisterousPancakeBoi]

Mrs. Foley's baby boys

[@rayvenkman2087]

Nah. They’re all four separate guys and Mick gets impersonated by his quadruple brothers from time to time.

[@BubbaReece]

The fact that Mick Foley got over three characters and some good wrestler can’t even get over one is a testament to Foley’s incredible talent.

[@crispinroy9839]

Broken Matt is My favorite

[@user-eq2es5ry2h]

Me And my Dad met Mick foley he is such a nice guy And i always loved the 3 faces of foley as a kid

[@pelago_]

The storyline with Ezekiel was so much fun, silly wrestling is great.

[@DonsStudios]

Correction: Samoa Joe beat the Demon King in a stell cage match on NXT Takeover: Dallas. He previously took the NXT title away from Balor on a house show

[@klexxergaming8805]

HE FORGOT ITCHWEEED!!!!

[@johnnymason2460]

Come back, Bray Wyatt! We need you! Roman Reigns needs some tougher competition! We need the Fiend and we need him now!

[@KDSings12]

To job to roman?we need a huge fiend return and it should not be buried by Roman's overpush again

[@philjohnson5176]

What no Hurricane

[@mintingbuzzed8441]

First

[@luisgomez8635]

Lame

[@Deezy07]

I enjoyed all of Mr Foley's characters.

[@6oclocknewsat8]

I met Mick Foley at a stand up comedy this year. I asked him if he could do the Dude Love dance and he asked "with these knees?". Class act!

[@Bbknuckles]

Elias/Ezekiel = Hogan/Mr. America

[@DeniKay]

Some of these videos have been good but it’s enough already Andy. Nobody gives a damn about La Luchidora. More focusing on the individual - nWo Wolfpac Konnan, one of the best ever technical wrestlers Dean Malenko, ECW originals Tommy Dreamer and Sandman, actual tough guys Ken Shamrock and Steve Blackman. Like a lot of your viewers, I have not been watching WWE for a while but I watch your videos weekly.

[@CaliFamous]

Forgot about the masked wrestling stable, The Machines, in the ‘80’s. Giant Machine (Andre), Super Machine (Ax), Big Machine (Windhsm), and you can probably figure out who Hogan Machine and Piper Machine were. Lolz

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

Great video ❤️💞😃👌🤩👍😍🏆

[@GrandAdmiralGamez]

No mention of Jim Neidhart's KKK gimmick?

[@San-li9ml]

Why would they mention that LMAO

[@steadydropnem]

Or Owen Hart the Blue Blazer

[@katieblade7083]

No Hollywood Hogan mentioned???

[@Cazz8203]

mankind was cool (which was definitely more Leatherface and not Hannibal lectre considering the two personalities).....but that dude love shit was really really bad

[@toxicty1136]

Contradiction samoa joe defeated the demon in 2015

[@Sunprism]

Mr America cracks me up so hard...His mask fails to cover his long blond mustache, like his most defining feature... It's like when Wolverine decided that the perfect disguise was an Eyepatch

[@nixda9326]

interesting, before watching this Video i didnt know that Cactus Jack was Foleys first Gimmick. i always thought that Mankind came first.

[@mider-spanman5577]

Samoa Joe defeated demon Finn Bálor before 2021. Also, Mick Foley got to enter the royal rumble three times and still didn’t come up with the win lol!

[@wriththing9489]

You forgot about Kane

[@darkshining777]

no el generico??? que falta de respeto

[@WrestlingandFilmReviews]

I was 14 in 2003 and I don't think I will ever forget Mr. America

[@nickk7425]

What about the late 90s wwf wrestler Aguila who than become Pappi Chulo than Essa Rios

[@cainekass]

Pancake Patterson but no Pretty Ricky?? Boooo Little Jimmy don't like this.

[@bubbajoshproductions3990]

Gregory Helms/Hurricane and Nikki Cross/Nikki ASH

[@earlclark6002]

I thought the Mr. America thing was so stupid. But that may have been because I was completely over Hogan at that point

[@MattRocksGames]

4:00 you're actually wrong The Demon Finn Balor has been beaten before once by Samoa Joe in a steel cage match on NXT so Roman Reigns wasn't the first person to beat him

[@ShowTymeDollarS850]

2 bad Pretty Ricky never got television time.. but R Truth was enough

[@brendanmannik9831]

NXT Takeover: The End Samoa Joe defeats Finn Balor (The Demon) in a steel cage match

[@alexkhaydaroff]

The Undertaker, Ministry of Darkness and The American Badass

[@Mr_Leo_DS]

The Demon wasn't undefeat from 2014 to 2021, he got beaten by Samoa Joe in 2016

[@thomasyoung5013]

Wow I didn't know mr America was hulk Hogan...mind blown

[@TheAtlantaThrasher]

No Fuego 2? RIP you beautiful boy. May we meet at the Cross Rhodes...

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

Willow is based on an obscure Marvel Comics Villain Will O'the Wisp.

[@edrueter9]

Poor Finn got beat again. WWE killed one of their best gimmicks for a 50 year old Edge.

[@TOFKAS01]

Now I know why they always laught at me when I asked why we never had Mankind vs. Dude Love....

[@tomassharpe4234]

samoa joe was the first to beat demon Finn Balor NXT TakeOver: The End

[@kealiimaxilom2465]

I hope we cover Santina and Hercule...the doinks....and

[@adonis8293]

00:13 Where can I find this?! The only clip Ive found was ringside smh

[@loganclarkmusic6474]

Whoa, whoa…twins? Zeke is Elias YOUNGER bro

[@dougfogarty2461]

These characters of evil are playing with hell teaching children about the devil.

[@michaelhavens1631]

Easily my favorite KZbin channel

[@juandemarko8348]

Foley's baby boy was a damn savage beast back in the day with barbedwire and fire like a psycho