WrestleMania V: Something to Wrestle

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Ive been waiting for this for YEARS! Wrestlemania V is my FIRST EVER wrestling event i watched.

[@dougeaton7600]

Mine too

[@RobPalmer80]

It got me into Pro Wrestling. I went to a friend’s house in ‘92 and he just happened to be watching it on VHS when I arrived. I borrowed it, watched it, and I’ve been a fan ever since.

[@christerry1611]

Me too!

[@fabulousat40beauty]

Same

[@nickmandleberg]

That's so cool, mine was wrestlemania 7!

[@GlassTarantulah]

Happy Birthday Bruce!!

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Man! Wrestlemania V is one of the longest Wrestlemania’s in history! We are 30 minutes in, and you havent got to Wrestlemania V yet!

[@rgwebb5165]

I was hoping for multiple "lust in your eyes" impersonations of Macho. I was not disappointed.

[@CraigCairney83]

1989 is still my favourite year for the WWF. Love it.

[@Nightrain76]

I was at WrestleMania 5 in Atlantic City. It was a great show.

[@thelastsay]

I had the chance to see Sensational Sherri Martel at multiple shows, she was an awesome talent. One time an audience member was mouthing off and she got tired of it and sat on the 2nd ropes & signaled for him to come into the ring. The guy refused and the crowd started chanting for him to get in there with her. Good times, she knew how to get a reaction.

[@Pastyovercoat]

I’ve always felt she’s underrated as a wrestler

[@travismiller4320]

1:33:56 Strike Force never had a payoff match to their split, I noticed that, but I appreciated how every time after that in a Battle Royal situation Tito would go straight for Rick. As a kid I always thought Rick and Sherri were related somehow.

[@mox19380]

you're right. strangely there was no payoff BUT commentators would almost always mention their prior tag team > break up and you're right tito would continue to "beef" for years

[@airfixx_8952]

Tito & Rick should have had a big blow-off match at WM6.......... Barbarian could have easily squashed Koko instead. With a re-book; WM6 could have been a GOAT-show. Hogan (C) / Warrior (C) Dibiase / Jake (Disappointing match on the night ......Should have been a banger!) Perfect / Brutus (PERFECT WINS FFS!!! ....You could still have the Genius haircut spot so beefcake can get his heat back.) Savage / Dusty (Keep the shenanigans with the women, but just make it a singles match & have a ref-bump to allow for the Liz finish.) Tito / Martel (High work-rate grudge-match... They really could have had a classic.) Piper / Rude (Another fued without a big blow-off match) Demolition / Colossal Connection (C) Hart Foundation / Rockers (#1 contenders match) Bossman / Akeem Duggan / Earthquake (w/Dino) (Quick win for Quake after a trip from outside from Dino) Barbarian / Koko

[@billblanchard2510]

You know in my opinion we did get a pay off at Summer Slam 89 in a 6 man tag and again at the Survior series 89...so whatever I still enjoyed it..1989 was my Favorite year in Wrestling

[@codycampbell6257]

Agreed never got the final payoff match!

[@markygee194]

They didn’t but they came together in matches for years afterwards. Tito was the Marty of that pair though, the Model was one of the greatest gimmicks of the era

[@josephhazelwood9196]

Bruce singing rappers delight is the best moment in the shows history

[@robwest5457]

1:24:20 - I was praying you guys would mention the steps, they got Bret and Heenan too… but omg I WAS NOT READY for Bruce impersonating Renee Goulet warning people about the step in vain. OMG IM CRYING… I REWOUND THAT PART 11 times… omg such good shit

[@ROSTAFA]

Starts at 4:45 WM 5 1:09:27

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Im kinda disappointed; im 26 minutes in, and they’re still talking about the Mega Powers Explode build up!

[@CannedHam2479]

Thanks

[@adrianriley753]

@@HereIsWisdom1318 which they've done to death. This episode was so disappointing

[@dougeaton7600]

My first WrestleMania I've watched when I was 5 years old. Good storytelling when the Mega Powers EXPLODE!!!! Miss Elizabeth was my first crush 😍

[@baloothepibble8421]

Bruce gets some deserved heat but IMO it’s the best podcast in wrestling.

[@JaynardManback]

Those impressions were haunting. Good stuff.

[@ryanhamilton9709]

When Conrad sings happy bday to Bruce and sings a song and adds bruce was born with a little lasho !! Then Bruce just gives a stupid blank stare !! And doesn't even deni it!! Lol 😂

[@travismiller4320]

1:47 This reminded that one time on RAW when JR called Terry Funk “middle aged and crazy” And Kings respond was, “how many 104 year old man do you know”? Or something like that, I can’t remember exactly what age was said just the exchange

[@ryyanhyyland9020]

I literally was looking for this the other day and was so sad u guys never covered WrestleMania 5......and then......BOOM!!🤯🤯🤯. THANK YOU SO MUCH. !! LOVE THIS SHOW. ITS MY FAVORITE OF THE PODCASTS. TONY IS RIGHT BEHIND. I LOVE TONY TOO. 👍💯❤️💯

[@nickm8874]

I love it when that happens

[@leemilts]

Same here! Was looking for Wrestlemania V on my lunch break today. quite new to Bruce & Conrad's podcast over here on the other side of the pond. Trying to catch up with as many of these as I can. Happy belated birthday Bruce!

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Looks like they’re still not covering it! Am i missing something??? Is this about Wrestlemania V, or the build up to Wrestlemania V! Are we gonna get another video on the actual PPV!!!!!

[@keithcrockett7838]

YES...... RICK RUDE KICKING WARRIORS ASS IN LOCKERROOM...... BRUCE DO TELL PLEASE...... 😂

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

I love the Haku/Hercules match! Theres a spot on the hard camera where Haku and Herc are outside the ring on the OTHER side. Haku gets up, and he immediately disappears cuz Hercules clotheslines him back to the ground! I used to laugh my ass off at that spot! Maybe we’ll get a Wrestlemania V watchalong!

[@hcwchampionshipwrestling4765]

My first mania. Still the best feud in wrestling history was Hogan v savage. Loved it

[@Stonehorn]

Eh, I wouldn’t go that far. It was a great feud, but there have been others done better. HHH Cactus Jack, Kaine/Taker, Shawn/Bret

[@benjimcdonalds]

Per the bushwacker spot, OSW review say it best. A quick rub followed by a squeezy squeezy

[@mistermay7986]

I remember my mom being upset with me. She ordered Wrestlemania 5 for me. But I watched Clash of the Champions instead. Clash did go off before the main event on Mania. But I was a Crockett fan living in NY

[@eabcool]

i was shocked Strike Force split, still hate it. As for the length of the card, i liked it in those days with lots of matches that weren't so long. Now they have a half dozen 25 minute matches with 20 kickouts of finishers. come on.

[@original_m.o.d.]

"He was just gonna be a rooster" lol

[@jasonpdsi]

As a 12 year old, I saw none of the gaffes that happened during the backstage segment on The Main Event. I was so enraptured by the shock of the thing. My favorite tag team was melting down before my eyes.

[@AndyGrazianoNYC]

5 was one of the 1st big ppvs we ordered at home. i rewatched that tape hundreds of time. i'm all about this episode BRING IT ON!!!!! You were supposed to be Å team, a team!!!!

[@mikeblakeslee3753]

Why no Hart foundation,

[@mikey77750]

I wish Savage would have kept the title longer, but I get how it was in those days.

[@bdot187um]

I mean holding the strap for a year in the middle of the hulkamania era is a huge accomplishment him and warrior were the only ones to do it.

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

Yeah pretty much from 88 - 91 the three top guys in the WWF were Hogan, Savage and Warrior

[@jakejp74]

ANY CHANCE OF SEEING THE FULL ENTIRE CARD from the live main event from FEBRUARY 3 1989 BESIDES THE matches we already saw

[@jasonmarks7133]

OMG, Bruce singing the Rapper's Delight had me in tears! 😂Love ya Bruce!

[@gregwillams8324]

This is awesome!!!! Great show. Wrestle mania 5 let's go!!!!! And to the previous commenter my first was wrestle mania 10

[@caringfamily8132]

56:35 - Bruce, Happy Birthday! Oh, by the way...."We luuuuvvvvvvv uuuuuuuuu!" :)

[@chico1680]

I always would rent this show from Blockbuster back in the day. It was a two tape set in the early days of Coliseum Video for the full shows, otherwise it would be edited down for one vhs tape.

[@joshniner1481]

Loved this mania it's was my first mania I remember the entire build up great times as a 6 year old kid back then

[@PhilThePromoter]

Bruce got bars. Should’ve been a rapper too. 😂😂😂

[@marc-andrerozon6874]

Happy birthday Bruce !! Thank you so much for keeping doing this podcast with you're more than busy schedule ...really appreciated ...been listening to you and Conrad for so long almost feel like i know you guys even thought i don't...threw times sounds as familliar as watching a good ol monday night raw with JR and the King !...Long live Something to Wrestle !!

[@DW3010]

I’ve been watching the podcast/show, since 2018. I swear you guys did wrestlemania five already. I thought it was a re-upload. I’m very delighted it’s a new episode. It was the first wrestlemania I saw when I was a kid.

[@Jayseman79]

Happy birthday Bruce. Thanks for the years of entertainment. I never realised after all these years they hadn’t done Wrestlemania V

[@j.c.2514]

happy birthday bruce! I love you brother. u sexy mfer

[@tthomaselli2]

I was a 3-month-old when 'WWF WrestleMania 5' took place. I didn't watch it until sometime in the mid-1990's during my elementary school days when I rented it from a video rental store.

[@tthomaselli2]

When will Bruce Prichard & Conrad Thompson go back to recording future episodes of the 'Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard' podcast like how they used to?... The way they recorded the episodes where they talked about John Cena's WWE debut in mid-2002 & the debut of 'ECW On Sci-Fi' in mid-2006, for example were great. I miss that format.

[@a.b.kelley5163]

Pritchard Rapping is legendary

[@KizzMyAbs]

Been waiting for my lte 80s content BROTHER

[@NIQUEROSS808]

Yooo Bruce killed the OG Rappers Delight on cue 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Good job

[@movingman67]

Is Conrad seriously pimping razors? 😃😃

[@davidchapmanjr5020]

I didn't have Bruce rapping Rapper's Delight on my 2023 bingo card but DAMN I'm better for it. #bars 🔥🔥

[@sdd619]

Wrestlemania 5 I think is one of Hogan's best performances of this era of wrestling. Hogan v Andre his biggest match. This Wrestlemania his best In ring match of the 80's

[@airfixx_8952]

With Savage.... Zero coincidence. Absolutely masterclass from the Macho Man.

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

Well Hulk has said many times that Randy was his all time favorite opponent

[@BokHog]

Just hearing Bruce do the rap was worth the price of admission. Hilarious!

[@VicRector]

Happy birthday Bruce

[@jmiller9972]

Holy shit Bruce rapping 😳 ...lol classic STW moment for me lol

[@D2Kprime]

Man. The WWF literally could have had the 4-Horseman in it's entirety if the Brain Busters and Windham could have just held on for a year or so.

[@louio]

I thought they left when Ric Flair arrived in 92

[@jcelldogs]

Nope, so the brain busters actually left the wwf right after the 1989 survivor series in November. Either Arn Anderson or Tully Blanchard failed a drug test and they both just left wwf and went back to wcw. Flair didn't come to wwf until the fall of 1991.

[@EvaFull]

Please clip out The Rapper’s Delight part including Conrad’s reactions. 😂😂😂😂

[@mattjames2699]

That ketamine advertisement was like something you'd hear on a GTA radio station

[@matthewdempsey8852]

I’ve always have a soft spot for Mania V, hogan-Savage was good, the Piper’s Pit segment was ok, but I did love when Piper spray Morton Downey, Jr. With the fire extinguisher.

[@ROSTAFA]

Happy Birthday Bruce!!!

[@hhhguy2004]

Probably the fastest Brother love had ever run in his life was in his red undies 😅 hope brother Bruce had a wonderful birthday

[@KizzMyAbs]

This show definitely needed to be at a larger arena and filled with wrestling fans it would’ve made this the BEST WM to date!

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

1:43:07-Yo, Sherri was on 🔥 HERE!

[@theSting7279]

Happy birthday Brother Prichard

[@hhhguy2004]

🤣🤣 Hogan was helping Bruce get his bag down !!

[@ZEUSDAZ]

Survivor Series 1991 next please, then Wrestlemania VIII.

[@dustinray9950]

Don't quote me on this but I don't think Bruce was with the company during WrestleMania VIII

[@ZEUSDAZ]

@@dustinray9950 Bruce wasn't there during Jan 1992 either but they still covered the Rumble.

[@friedchickenicedtea]

​@@ZEUSDAZ I don't care. I really don't. Listen to another podcast if you wanna hear about those shows.

[@Cazz8203]

Would be nice if Conrad would learn NOT to Segway into his sh**ty ads when Bruce is talking about something that is very meaningful to him like getting to work with Piper during WrestleMania 5. Also, I'm so happy Im paying extra on KZbin so I don't have to listen to commercials.

[@butchvito]

This is the first WrestleMania I saw at like 4-years-old. I had a recorded VHS tape along with Survivor Series '89 my older cousin left at my grandparents'. I don't know how many times I re-watched those.

[@superbuickm3xiii]

the Macho vs Hogan blueprint was repeated with Rock vs Stone Cold WM17. Both were faces going in, Austin wasnt doing any of the same old stuff, and by getting so serious he made fans want the Rock to win before the heel turn after the match.

[@AWrestlingHistorian]

The best classic Wrestlemania!

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

1:44:52-I think its overblown how Warrior dropped Heenan! First of all, Heenan looked heavy! Second, Heenan didnt even help Warrior lift him!

[@nbaldwin45]

Heenan was heavy but wasn't strong enough to post on Warrior like bigger guys like Rick Rude or Hercules. Warrior just struggled with some guys though. He never pressed Mr Perfect properly, probably because Perfect wasn't comfortable taking the gorilla press. Honky Tonk Man stopped taking the move because he said Warrior couldn't do it properly and he didn't like being dropped behind Warrior. Rude apparently tried to explain to Warrior how to do the move properly but Warrior didn't listen and kept doing it his way. Reminds me of Tom Zenk talking about being in absolutely agony when Vader pressed him because Vader had him RIGHT by the nuts.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

@@nbaldwin45 At the end of it all, HEENAN AGREED TO THE SPOT!

[@mikescott8903]

OH WOULD YOU STOP!

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

@@nbaldwin45 There is no doing it properly. You literally just drop the guy.

[@blprom]

THE MAIN EVENT My Dad & I were there for my 15th Birthday present! I remember Akeem falling through the ropes(Oops) for some reason😉

[@eddiealbert6090]

Bruce Prichard vs. Slick vs. Run-DMC: The WrestleMania Battle Rap that could have been. 😆😝😆😆😝😝😆🤣

[@miketuttle6617]

Demolition were awesome. Always was a fan of them

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

You guys didnt even talk about WM V! All you said was, Haku wrestles Hercules, and the Rockers faces the Twin Towers….you talked more about Robert fckn Downey than you did Demolition vs Powers of Pain!

[@Rschr101]

Well, you know

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

@@Rschr101 🤣

[@airfixx_8952]

What the guys are saying about the story being told from multiple angles and them being able to use the footage to depict both sides is so true......... Savage didn't truly complete his heel turn until the night of WM5 itself. The best storytelling we ever had. From SNME Oct 87 all the way through the PPVs and SNMEs to WM5...... Masterful.

[@ryancorrigan4149]

I love how Bruce has for years defended the Red Rooster angle. "He didn't like the gimmick, so it flopped". Dude could have LOVED the gimmick and it still would have flopped! Not as a face, nor as a heel, is a guy gonna be taken seriously as he struts to the ring with a red mohawk on top of a blonde mullet while roosters go cockadoodlefuckingdo over the speakers! It was stupid childish nonsense that was NEVER going to get over. Bruce, for the love of god, just own it!

[@imfreviews]

Gosh I forgot how truly angelic and beautiful Elizabeth was at this point.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

53:48 in and they STILL havent got to Wrestlemania V!

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

For those that want a timestamp, they basically go right into talking about WM. Before that, they mention its Bruce’s bday, Connie doesnt know Bruce’s address, Wrestlemania weekend, and we’re off! Edit: im 15:50 in, and theyre still talking about the build up to the main event! 😡

[@chico1680]

"Lust Hogan" - Jesse Ventura

[@BonesBrigader]

Rockin Rebel. Looking good boys , Lookin reeal good

[@BlitzSportsNetwork]

1:30:51 - Wasn't on my Brother Love Bingo card 😆

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

1:21:50-Conrad glosses right over Luke rubbin one out on one of the Rougeau’s! Lol Edit: okay he mentioned it. I always thought it was funnier that the Rougeau brother DIDNT EVEN REACT!

[@The_Sage_of_Six_Paths]

I have to get the new it's Ding Dong Time shirt

[@1000bip]

This is one of my favorite Wrestlemanias. I don’t care if there are a ton of matches. That’s part of what makes it great

[@BigCaddydaddy84]

Much respect on the rapper's delight bruce.lol😂

[@kurtbrown5254]

Bruce Spitting Rappers Delight is the best shit ever omfg 🔥🔥🔥. #Bars

[@curtisburgdrof8618]

Happy birthday Bruce Pritchard aka brother love

[@Ziki-P]

Hogan was the heel, trying to steal another man’s woman. It’s amazing how heelish he could act at times and still get cheered

[@billieboybuddha4238]

People saw it as if he was protecting Liz because Savage treating her bad, of course people cheering that

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

Savage was protecting (or trying to) Liz from that lusting letch Hogan

[@jerrydutra]

wrestlemania v was the first wrestlemania i ever saw on coliseum video vhs and to me my all time fave mania

[@robwest5457]

There were 2 heels on the entire Mania 5 card who didn’t have a a manager: Mr. Perfect who would shortly after have The Genius as his manager, and eventually Heenan and Coach. The other being Bad News Brown who needless to say didn’t last long in WWF. I can’t think of many more heels who didnt have a manager from 1989-1991.

[@roadcyclist1]

Conrad looking and sounding like he's reading a teleprompter is so distracting!

[@MrTonyJ]

We literally just had it in Tampa two years in a row.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Wrestlemania 36 was in Tampa.

[@Rschr101]

Difference is nobody cares about the current product.

[@chrishh5777]

36 was in Orlando and held indoors without a crowd. 37 was in Tampa and held outdoors with a crowd.

[@Bohica6669]

I LOVE how Bruce complains about this show being too long and he's working with WWE now and they have 2 night Wrestlemania's & each night lasts 5+ hours!

[@tomjones5650]

Brother Dugan I Know You Could Not Hurt A Man Of Looooove!!!!😮

[@Sports5561]

Brutus the freaking Barber Beefcake?? Connie scared of demobilization suddenly?? Why say freaking now.

[@bobbyjohnson9409]

Piper didn’t like people imitating him. Crazy seeing that he went through that whole thing on his podcast having someone imitating Austin and getting released from his podcast job before passing away

[@rajsahota5524]

At 54 minutes 30 seconds Conrad makes up a fact about Bad News Brown: "We know based on some of his shoot interviews, he wasn't keen on losing". If anyone knows anything about Bad News, they know winning or losing wasn't an issue for him. Even Bruce admitted it. When Conrad realises he made up a lie he conveniently changes, how about you do some research Cony?

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

Every wrestler cares about winning or losing

[@kylesmith6277]

Thank you for promoting ketamine. It's got a terrible stigma and misconception that it's for horses. It was first used on vets from nam for panic and PTSD. I'm a PTSD patient and it's the only thing that stops my brain from going into full on hallucinations. It's so liberating being able to get 3 hours or more of sleep finally and not having to relive my traumas. Im not waking up out of bed screaming and being combative with those around me because I cannot calm down enough/honestly convinced I'm still experiencing said traumas. Since ketamine I haven't woken up full on drenched in sweat and punching holes in my wall or attack people. I'm no longer worried about waking up to someone in a headlock. It's been years since my last outburst because of it.

[@CannedHam2479]

Sweet

[@edwardcorey1071]

Happy birthday bruce

[@MissterX]

Vince didn't promise Brother Love a title run, that's what Brother Love THOUGHT he heard!

[@Phoenix114]

Does anyone know where I can find that WM hoodie Bruce is wearing? And happy birthday Bruce. IIIIII LOOOOOVVVVEEEE YOUUUUUU

[@prowwe6524]

Bad News Brown vs. Hacksaw. Bad News Brown, the only heel who didn't have a manager

[@jdarden2002]

RUN DMC were fans but did not know Bruce Prichard was Brother Love? WOW!!!

[@enochvaldorian2029]

RAP GOD! Boogy Uggy To Da Blap Balp take dat hoz bread yee KEKW