Scotty 2 Hotty On Brian Christopher's Death And Their Relationship While In WWE

[@SmellTheCanvis]

You'd have never guessed that they weren't that close

[@JoeChillton]

I assumed they were best pals given how great they were even early as Too Much.

[@Thunda1986]

Some people just aren't good at friendships

[@osvaldoflores2088]

Exactly Iam shocked

[@swaggindragon370]

You can be tag teams and not be close. They had a job to do. Hell I don’t even get along with my co-workers at work. The name of the game is to make money not friends. Making friends at work is alright but not for everyone

[@skippythealien9627]

@@Thunda1986 not just that but you can just tell how different they were. Brian always had major problems backstage and drug issues that haunted him until his all too early passing. Scott turned out to be a firefighter and also helped out the younger generation at NXT

[@mr7oclock346]

Scotty and Brian weren't close? My childhood is ruined. RIP Brian

[@Thunda1986]

They probably liked each other, but they probably didn't open up to each other

[@babauranai]

just co workers being professional i guess, that explain why they werent put together for GMS's return to raw when Scotty and rikishi were on smackdown

[@andrewbrantley2635]

Scotty never drank and did drugs so they just didn't have a lot in common

[@sheepdavis]

Your childhood sucked

[@cumexolaf3276]

My childhood was ruined when they did not bring in Brian for Wrestlemania 20 when Scotty + Rikishi defended their tag titles. And instead brought him in 1 day before or after the PPV on the wrong roster.

[@TruthWarriorB88]

Compared to the other stables from the attitude era, Too Cool were among my favorites. May Brian rest in peace. 🙏🏾

[@bunyan4.20]

Same i did not really watch the Attitude Era that was after my mom dead and i stop watching wrestling i comeback to watching during the Invasion storyline and the ruthless aggression era was just starting but they were still my favorites during this time

[@iDaVisionEnt]

The whole attitude Era was enjoyable, it like they knew how to book more than 1 guy or team

[@xLatinAssazzin]

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[@antfrancis9941]

Gotta give it to scotty, the worm was the 3rd most over finishing move to the peoples elbow & the stonecold stunner.

[@OldSchoolDudeGaming]

no it wasn't lol

[@sw8467]

Yeah no it really wasnt…

[@cezarmagicchess3665]

Don't do drugs lol

[@Jayygreeen]

I’d put the pedigree above, even as a heel finisher. The rock bottom, walls of Jericho… if you’re talking just 2000, I’d put the crippler cross face more over as well. The swanton bomb too. I’d put him top 10 of 2000 over moves. Shame they didn’t reinforce the move as a dominant finisher, which would have worked. Seems they always used the worm as a “signature move” meaning a kick out was almost inevitable. Definitely fit the bill as a finishing move

[@OMOMOMOMOM190]

I agree with you simply for the fact that the opponent had to stay there while scotty did his whole routine… which shows how powerful and over it was… only the peoples elbow was as silly and over at the same time

[@CVVCLIPS]

This is one of Scott Garland's first interviews since asking for his release from WWE in December 2021 as a coach at the WWE Performance Center. Check out our full conversation here: podcast.chrisvanvliet.com/scotty-2-hotty-is-too-cool-the-worm-rikishi-and-brian-christopher-life-after-wwe/

[@kenterminateddq5311]

I thought his real name is Scott Taylor. Cool factoid, Van Vliet. :)

[@flarius5461]

I am looking forward to 4th of January

[@mattb6369]

Scotty had a pretty long career, it's not as well acknowledged because his early years were as a "jobber" but he started all the way back in '91-'93 before The New Generation when the Hogan era was reaching its culmination. Much respect for the decades he put into the business, it blows my mind he started appearing in WWE when Undertaker was still in his first couple years and Shawn Michaels was just starting his Heartbreak Kid persona.

[@FreneticZetetic]

Correct he was all over WWF TV as enhancement in early 90's! Same with Matt and Jeff Hardy, whom were underage lol. Jeff got squashed by Razor at like 15 lmao.

[@1330timbuktu]

Yes, i remember seeing Scotty in a match against Bam Bam Bigelow around 1993 on either Raw or some tv special.

[@onesaucynougat7471]

@@FreneticZetetic yeah I remember seeing all those old images of the Hardy’s, they looked like total dorks lol

[@FreneticZetetic]

@@1330timbuktu Yes, he had the rat tail and the like, tiger print stripe tights lmao. "Welcome to the big league, chico" (boot to the head).

[@1330timbuktu]

@@FreneticZetetic yes i vaguely remember

[@FaysalIsGoated]

I hope 2 Cool get Inducted into the Hall Of Fame this year.

[@maxwellpeter5955]

Yeah, i hope so for my sake and every fans who love 2 cool

[@Arthur19-v3y]

@@maxwellpeter5955 for your sake???? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@maxwellpeter5955]

@@Arthur19-v3y i mean as a wwe fan

[@Youre_Right]

They will never be in the HOF. They were never a good tag team. More just a comedy gimmick.

[@FaysalIsGoated]

@@Youre_Right the Bushwackers, The Godfather, and Brutus Beefcake were all comedy characters. And they made it in. I don’t care what you say 2 Cool is going in if not this year, than in the future.

[@ghostspectre1861]

"He liked Grandmaster Sexay more than he liked himself"....how many wrestlers could you name with that dysfunction? Randy Savage comes to mind immediately.

[@simplyhuman2213]

Flair. Savage. Benoit.

[@airrean]

Ultimate Warrior, Scott Steiner

[@weirdshitcoolideas]

@Josh Traffanstedt Heath ledger/joker type of stuff

[@LiquidOcelotMGS]

Eugene

[@albalog2449]

Scott Hall admitted to the same exact thing. I heard it a long time ago but the quote was like "I started to like my fake life rather than my real life, so all I wanted to do was just be in the ring."

[@Profess84]

I feel so sad, a lot of us fans who watched as well as loved the attitude era, but because we were in the pre social media era, we had no idea how tough things were guys backstage.

[@pjefsquad]

Yeah that’s 💯 true tbh 😢

[@OneOfTheMillionss]

Over as they were during Attitude Era, I would have assumed they were extremely close. Great chemistry those guys had.

[@VenomGengar]

I think if Scott enjoyed partying they would of been closer but perhaps there starting also affected it as Brian grew up with his Father being considered wrestling royalty and I believe Scott was the only success from the wwe power plant, the first version of performance center. They probably felt different about wrestling business

[@jasonrice9973]

Really surprised to hear Scotty tell us him and Brian were never close.. too cool had such great chemistry and it’s sad to hear they weren’t close friends... good workers though as you would never know!

[@stronghold8266]

It was a joke

[@jasonrice9973]

@@stronghold8266 no it wasn’t 😂

[@sygilber]

To hear Brian wore his Too Cool gear in public makes my childhood. Though it's tragic that he lived his character a little too much with the partying and drugs..

[@brianconnelly1238]

When Scotty told Chris that he and Brian weren't close, it kind of surprised me, they had so much chemistry when they teamed together, you could have sworn they were best of friends, like Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, or Billy Gunn and Road Dogg, like I said, that surprised me

[@maxwellpeter5955]

That's got to be the most uncommon thing i've heard, but in all seriousness i've highly surprised that they weren't close as they were in the ring

[@captainnutsack8151]

Road Dogg and Billy Gunn were not the best of friends. I don't know where you heard that. They were closer than these two, but not close friends. Road Dogg was a party animal constantly drinking and doing drugs, Billy Gunn hated that lifestyle. They were very different people.

[@spencer2745]

I always get sad thinking about Brian a family friend of mine was in a tag team match with him on a Indy show the last year he was alive and they had audio issues so he didn't get his music so after the match Brian grabbed his bag and left in his gear. So he had his demons I just hope everyone he loves him finds peace

[@VegetaAlex]

Wild to hear this legendary tag team wasn’t close...

[@williebrown7984]

Thank you Scottie and the rest of the crew from the Attitude era for making my teenager years so awesome.

[@jonwagstaff6613]

Really enjoyed that interview. Could listern to him all day.. you can understand why he was a coach.

[@CVVCLIPS]

Thanks Jon! Let me know what you think of the full interview: podcast.chrisvanvliet.com

[@getbn6547]

Too Cool got me into wrestling. Watching them dancing the way to the ring and then the worm. It was truly my "That was the dumbest thing I've seen, and I loved it" moment.

[@eddiew2325]

Hi did you know Rikishi is their biological father?

[@AceHole90]

Too cool will always be one of the most over tag teams. Scotty was really cool to me years ago.. I still have my too cool visor aswell lol 🤘🤘

[@takerdust]

WWF was making a ton of money in 99 with new advertisers, merch, and PPV buys. Yet they still couldn't give wrestlers their own hotel room to attend a funeral. Even saved money by not shutting down the Over the Edge ppv.

[@troyaturner1979]

This is gonna be an awesome interview!!

[@scorptarget]

💯

[@vyxairotciv4333]

I never heard scotty talk til this

[@NateNizzle]

It's amazing that Jerry Lawler never drank or did drugs but his son was the complete opposite.

[@user-638jdjdpoop]

A lot to live up to. Happens to a lot of famous persons kids.

[@JThom529]

Yeah though Jerry had other vices

[@anthonylove1364]

R.I.P GMS Brian Christopher. A fun bright spot of my childhood. Great tag team an very entertaining lol. Stinkfaces by rikishi an the worm were always INSANE laughs in my home 😂😂🙌🙌

[@anthonylove1364]

@@leighlowe1069 I can't even watch raw or smackdown anymore smh lol unless the girls are going at haha or unless Brock or the tribal chief are there which is NEVER

[@mentiramentira]

too cool = iconic... these guys (and most of the attitude era roster) were more over then than roman reigns now... gotta love scotty

[@codymarkum1622]

I thought Scotty was Tiger King for a second

[@deletedwaffles]

Hearing Scott say they were never close is sad. You would think at their peak they'd be spending much of their time together because of all their success as a tag team and they way they interact with each other during their entrance and in-ring it was like two close friends working in tandem.

[@nasirjones9149]

Knowing that these guys weren’t even close backstage just goes to show you how committed and invested they were to their gimmicks and characters. The fans legit thought that they were best friends. As far as Brian Lawler goes, it sucks how he went out. I always knew that he was on some kind of drugs, it was pretty evident. What people aren’t talking about is the amount of pressure he must’ve been under constantly being reminded that he’s Jerry The King Lawler’s son. Scotty just said that he loved Grandmaster Sexay more than Brian Lawler and I kinda see why. Not being associated with his dad, he was his own man as Grandmaster, he had his own identity. Rest In Peace.

[@JesusSavedMeFromASuicideAtempt]

Thanks Nas..Did you get that tattoo of Kelis Covered when she was with Bill Murray?

[@jaysleeper264]

Agree, a true testament to how much they really sold all of us.

[@jenniferrenolds2226]

Too Cool. Thanks for the memories Scott

[@yesyesyesrw4]

Loved alot of the teams in the Attitude era but Too cool was one of my favs even tho they lost alot the times (not always). Side note kinda crazy they worked so good together as a team and not be really be that close with each other.

[@blazefairchild465]

It’s scary when a celebrity starts to live the persona they play . Great interview,sometimes someone who barely knew someone can tell you a lot about them.

[@TheRealCcE]

Those 2 had amazing chemistry. This makes me sad these wrestlers hide their depression and not get the help they need.

[@JesusSavedMeFromASuicideAtempt]

It’s demons not anything else…

[@pk_1]

I love Scotty and 2 cool they were one of my favs growing up!😎

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

Its weird that I dont think ive ever heard Scotty talk and I never thought his voice would be this articulate and smooth given his gimmick. I would have expected a more raspy and high pitched voice.

[@1alsturgeon]

Some great tag teams in the attitude era. All completely different all sold merch etc.

[@Mamashmeeky]

I think Scotty wanted to like him and be friends, but realized they just didn’t have much in common. Not that he disliked him, but felt bad for him

[@marveen6372]

This was the best dance group ever

[@NoxiousLynx]

i didn't know grand master sexay passed away. that's so sad. i loved the tag team wrestlers "too cool" as a kid. scotty, too sexy and rikishi were fun wrestlers to watch growing up. so sad rip.

[@Matthew-tk2wc]

What a chill guy Scotty is!

[@PiCheZvara]

Damn, kinda surprising they weren't close, or even became close. But then again, New Age Outlaws said the same thing - that they weren't friends at all and only became friends over the years. I guess when they realized their entire career is with each other, they might as well have each other's backs elsewhere. I think Too Cool would've arrived at that same point, but it takes two to build a relationship and I think Brian just didn't care anymore to do something mature like this, because he was down on himself. Sad ending to a life.

[@joesolo7719]

wow I would never have imagined they were not close together and didn't travel together! When I would see their matches back in the day tuning in every week on RAW during the attitude era, it seemed they had great chemistry and were great friends! WOW that really shocked me to hear that

[@CJS3LL3RS]

That is always the weirdest things that even though they were a tag team for all those years they were never close. That is very uncommon because you always here about whenever a team is together for a long time they are closed because they are working together, but apparently that wasn't the case here

[@johnhunter4854]

When I was growing up I watched Brian in USWA every Saturday. He was one of my favorites.

[@wwemasta]

Most of it is Jerry lawlers fault no cap bling bling, he was a terrible father to Brian and basically forgot about his son, notice on Brian's instagram he never refers to Jerry Lawler as Dad, he always referred to him as Jerry, Jerry was out getting arrested in the 90s Brian needed a father

[@jenniferrenolds2226]

Don't worry about others. Worry about being a good person your self. Don't judge

[@kylein9869]

@@jenniferrenolds2226 it’s well known king was a pos father

[@chewis5]

Wow major game changer, I always thought they were best friends 😢

[@freshlysqueezed2859]

This is actually really sad, the story about the photo with his son is sweet

[@juanlennonsfunhouse2633]

Should be in Hall of fame

[@BayouFrog]

I never even knew that he had passed away. 😞

[@joeyweston9001]

it pays to google stufff

[@ehhhrl]

@@joeyweston9001 how would he google something he didn’t know about..

[@luispinedajr.8227]

It happend in 2018 apparently and I think I found out like 2-3yrs later. It was very sad. I was a huge Too Cool fan growing up! 😢

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

I thought Scotty was HBK at first.

[@jays447]

4:08 The "originator" of the worm was never a party guy... MIND BLOWN

[@CyrusCageSCWS]

Still always use Scotty in WWE 13

[@AmateurHour1111]

“Bangin it bangin it bangin it bangin it!”

[@jkq2006]

I'll make you understand

[@Ken9284]

@@jkq2006 Great Job!

[@Ken-j7m2s]

Abe Lincoln interviews Spike Dudley

[@koltontaylor7089]

You're spot on with that.

[@jamesb1988]

Scotty was the Tom Prichard and Brian was the Jimmy Del Ray, essentially.

[@dbone3356]

According to a lawyer, you should never smile in your mugshot.

[@ivenstorm]

That also applies for drivers licenses as well.

[@Rommie26]

Why?

[@dbone3356]

@@Rommie26 kzbin.info8zyAInNDFBU?feature=share

[@7ngel]

@@ivenstorm why your license? I know about mugshot bc that can be used against you in court.

[@ivenstorm]

@@7ngel I don't remember the reason. It's just something I was told.

[@JungleCrook]

dude how do you not get it Scotty didnt do drugs and Brian did. its that simple. but you might have to have done some shit to get it idk just seems so fucking obvious he's literally telling you he didnt like to go out and party but brian did what do u think that means

[@dquanissavage6287]

Scotty 2 Hotty Is Truly Legendary Man!!😎🙏🐐

[@chuckyred4758]

Brian was a awesome talent and guy and a freind

[@kelsohunt460]

Am stunned. I thought they were best mates.

[@777lando4]

I need these Scotty 2 Hotty x Funaki road stories

[@greatest-man-alive]

MIGOS song "Too Hotty" brought me here.

[@k.m.k-ultrafanpage4kottonm243]

Can you interview torrie Wilson

[@getfitron155]

To think they were good tag team partners yet didn’t really hung out together

[@ADAMdinho1]

Conflicting personalities

[@edallen1921]

Dude Scotty is in SHAPE! My dude is lookin maybe like hes ready for one more in ring run??

[@kylein9869]

No

[@luispinedajr.8227]

Yea I believe he's a volunteer fireman outside of wrestling

[@petegriffin2036]

The TNA original that Scotty was referring to was Chase Stevens

[@antivaxxtothemaxx2335]

It looks like freddy prince junior is interviewing joe exotic in the thumbnail! 🤣

[@WillyM79]

Scotty looks like Shawn Michaels now

[@dejesusjason9936]

A tag team never traveling on the road together is surprising to me. But then again it’s sports entertainment. You do your job and go home

[@DeanMoxley87]

When GMS returned ro WWE in 2004 he was fired two weeks later for turning up to the arena out of his mind and the person who saw him was Jr

[@heatherjones3906]

They won't close 😭 my childhood is ruined Rest In Peace 😢

[@thomass789]

Scotty 2 Hotty looking like the brother of that Tiger King Joe guy.

[@JustinTNAWWEGuy]

Great 5 min clip

[@bernardcole9991]

The guy he got into a fight with name is Chase Stevens.

[@smileychuy]

Bruh I swear scotty had pics on his myspace of him at a picnic table with vince mcmahon having lunch or dinner. I was like wtf😂or is this a mandela effect thing??

[@BrockAwesome]

You always just assume that tag teams are like good friends. It's so wierd to hear that they didn't really travel or hang together much.

[@larrysmith4036]

Bob Holly and Crash Holly weren’t that close outside the ring either. Crash was a party animal like Brian, and Bob was more country and southern like Scotty.

[@zk6754]

Seriously would love to meet Scotty

[@catchwreck928]

I feel sick in my stomach, i kinda wish i didnt watch this. GOD I MISS THE LATE 90S ATTITUDE ERA, RIP TO ALL WHO HAVE PASSED

[@617sasso]

The interviewer def using a filter LMAO

[@MrConstant23.]

Scotty seems really cool

[@davel7791]

Yep. In fact he’s too cool.

[@martinrubio748]

Rip brian Christopher

[@kelso120]

Can't believe they were not best mates.

[@jamesvigg2680]

If you're curious, Chase Stevens was the TNA guy who beat the crap out of Brian.

[@luispinedajr.8227]

Thank you! I was looking for this! Guy sounds like a huge ass!

[@akingwithwords2144]

Substance abuse has ruined SO many lives, man…

[@josephsmithmeyer1195]

Always was a big fan of Scotty 2 Hotty it's a shame that he was paired up with Brian Christopher I mean the kid had all the talent in the world but he was a ticking time bomb I'm not going to talk bad about him but I think Scotty is it good person and had his head in the right place and he also is very talented and very over with the fans even though he never got farther than the midcard it's a shame I don't think they ever had a tag team run together did they I mean they weren't putting on bangers like Edge and Christian The Hardy Boys and The Dudley Boyz and I think a lot of it has to do with the company not being able to have put their faith in Brian Christopher Scotty 2 Hotty sounds like a really good dude just from the people he hung out with Kane and Edge they aren't the party animal type and it seems like Scotty from his character was a party animal but from his real-life sounds like just the opposite of the Scotty 2 Hotty character where is he said Grandmaster sexy Brian liked him more than he liked Brian Lawler

[@BioZombie77]

They did have a run they had the tag titles a few times and Scotty used to be a jobber before too cool so Vince did not really like him as much as the others so he would not have made it any farther than he did so him being with GMS did not hold him down since without him he would have never held any title due to Vince not favoring smaller guys so it ended good for Scotty and still Rest In Peace GMS.

[@takeonparis]

Who was the TNA Original who beat up Brian?

[@jordinhocharles]

Why does he look like Florida SHawn Michaels 🤣🤣🤣?

[@samsneadd]

scotty resembles Shawn Michaels here

[@Rizzlyricist]

Scotty 2 Hotty looked so much like Shawn Michaels in that thumbnail. I believe they to our Grandmaster out in jail.

[@zealousjay1993]

Things aren't what they seemed ... even as a child i was always skeptical of things ... relationships being one of them things ... I always knew ... you could be around someone .. partner up with them ... and not really hang wit each other....i know that all too well ....

[@thisisnotatestthisistheend]

For some reason I'm not surprised

[@alexvelez2141]

R.I.P man that's brazy

[@SportsCardsScotland]

chase stevens who brian had a fight with shame he was my childhood

[@healer246]

Chase is a good guy, Brian deserved it

[@SportsCardsScotland]

@@healer246 I didn’t say anyone deserves it I stated who the TNA wrestler was and elaborated that too cool Were my childhood now be gone

[@Drummerdude27]

Scotty good to see your face

[@Drummerdude27]

Worm worm my favorite tag team

[@ATCRyderX]

So, wait...Kane & Too Hot/Scotty2Hotty often roomed together on the road?! LOL If we're talking about *REAL* Kane (Masked. No Talking without the use of device, Unstoppable Big Red Machine); That's *absolutely hilarious for some reason.* If we're talking about *RUINED* Kane (DeMasked, Talking, Stupid); *Who cares.*

[@312money77]

Wow 😮

[@joshwilsontm4102]

♥️

[@mrdel7776]

It's crazy to hear from scotty to hotty one of the coolest tag teams in that era too cool with grandmaster sexy brain Lawler u heard from him they weren't that close of a tag team like every body says they were too different people with different personalities ya I know Brian Lawler was a complete mess I have seen his mugshots getting into trouble with the law can't stay clean and sober I hope the wwe should have too cool with rakishi in the hall of fame as his dad jerry the king Lawler on his behalf of his son brian Lawler

[@JayceeGenocide]

You Look Fly Today

[@benchristoit1299]

I wouldn't want to be Brian Lawler either

[@cumexolaf3276]

I think the "not Jerry's kid gimmick" was hilarious

[@louio]

​@@cumexolaf3276"That is not my son!!" - Jerry The King Lawler 😂😂