Teddy Long Shoot Interview Preview

[@jaydawg261]

I met Teddy Long in Indiana. I said 'Lemme Holla at ya Playa" and he said Holla! I got a pic with him. Pretty cool!

[@asherfalsoeysadeq4682]

Jay Dawg Your a Happy New year to you tomorrow with your family have a great time in the same boat T or tomorrow night with a copy of wwe Friday night ok Seth Rolins wwe

[@bdr113080]

I love teddy, liked him since 91. glad he made it.

[@koolpopjones6499]

Word up. I remember him as a ref during the 80's and managing Doom. Holla, holla, holla.

[@JackMcCrack10]

+koolpop jones Ice Train, Choo choooooo

[@koolpopjones6499]

Dang..Thanks for reminding me about Ice Train! Word up.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Teddy Long walking the New Skyscrapers to the ring

[@JWS1985]

When they had him manage a jobber stable in WCW and I thought that was it for him. Glad he left for the WWF and went onto bigger things.

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

Whoever is the Interviewer for RFVideo, has one hell of an awesome job.

[@gordonmckay4780]

I remember meeting Teddy Long at the Vancouver airport years ago. He seemed like a class act then as he does here. Super nice guy.

[@Mistertbones]

Ole Anderson claiming that Undertaker would never draw a time is completely LOL worthy.

[@JoshOrtiz88]

Another "Fuck Ole Anderson" story in a long line of them.

[@luv2eatpuss79]

but he is so smart to the business. Yeah Right. He also let go of Bruser Brodie back in the day

[@bladestormviking]

+Mistertbones Ole is a cantankerous old bastard, the end. if you go into any situation with Ole Anderson knowing that... what he does makes a lot more sense.

[@Mistertbones]

bladestormviking Of course I know that Ole is a bitter old man.

[@Hercules718]

Mistertbones I wouldn’t blame it on age. Ole was always that way. He was never a nice person and didn’t have a good heart. He could book some incredible matches in the Omni though.

[@ShinobiNeon]

Why is this guy not on tv anymore? He was one of the greatest Smackdown managers in the history of the show. I'd rather see him than Stephanie's screeching banshee voice.

[@larrysweeney12large]

I like Teddy, seems like a really nice genuine guy.

[@AWrestlingHistorian]

The replays are strong in this video. #SinCara

[@F1REALE5T]

Lol very strong

[@mrpadilla1755]

Smackdowns not the same without teddy

[@philfensome]

It's not the same when HHH makes a tag team match u no

[@tornmask7]

i agree 100%!!!

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Holla Playa!

[@Splub]

Teddy Long is awesome!

[@growing.grounds4054]

As a black man you get this weird feeling that Teddy went through a lot of weird and strange things in the 80s and the 90s

[@sdd619]

Got shitted on with racism, but still remained humble. So much respect for this man.

[@marmcd2003]

The referee botch he's talking about was between X-Pac and Gangrel not Mick Foley and it was at Royal Rumble 1999 for the European Championship.

[@THEBLACKANARCHIST]

So u guys like to fight tag match holla at a playa

[@z_ch324]

I felt like this interview would somehow find a way to turn into a 6-man tag match!

[@snipesjr08]

peanut head!...luv teddy

[@1Cruzer4u]

What a memorable character a legendary career a storied history most are unaware of Teddy’s long career. He paid his dues that for sure and created one of the most entertaining gimmicks. I’m so pleased he finally got his due and was recognized for his over 25 years in the business he deserved a spot in HOF, since the number of Afro Americans inductees is such a small percentage of the business historically not from lack of talent we know why unfortunately some of the greatest talents never got a full push. ThankGod that is finally changing Teddy Long a classic and a good good person who has helped countless talents pursue and enhance there careers. Teddy is absolutely the best in terms of Fan appreciation he is always nice and willing to sign Autographs for kids.

[@mrsanatra1]

i met teddy when i was a kid he felt like a grandfather,and was a nice dude,also met RVD the same day and he was SUPER cool and stoned lmaoo

[@JasonL77]

Was anyone paying attention when this preview was edited? There were three clips that I saw twice including the last one which was played twice back to back.

[@TheHabitman]

He always does that bullshit. I think he uses a trial version of the program to do the trailer edit.

[@Hercules718]

Good to hear how Robert Gibson was a stand up guy and rode back with Teddy. Impressive. Teddy is the best !

[@jacquistapowell7599]

I've never seen people so taken aback because someone shows respect for the dead. Yes, I hope God does rest Chris Benoit's soul in death because he was obviously troubled at a significant point in his life. I would hate to live so many years, on this earth, living my life only to have it summed up by one moment. But then again, when I'm dead I won't give a crap about what other people think of me... Hell, I don't really care now. Rest in Peace, Benoit Family... Thank you for devoting your lives to the enjoyment of people who would only love you when you make them smile.

[@travisw3131]

he wasn't condoning his actions, Teddy Long was wising peace on the family that's all he meant. people just need to chill out and quit making a big deal out of one little thing.

[@MentyEsquire]

This makes me want to watch a six team tag match.

[@ctt4lfecw]

tag team match or one on one wit dad Undatakah playa

[@UMOGrunt]

Where to Teddy? To the ring for your tag-match playa.

[@richym3899]

+UMOGrunt Lmao

[@colonelquail3993]

Great road stories

[@MisterMoop]

I love how he tells the Mick Foley story, and while telling it he refers to him as "Nick" lol.

[@jaydiesel88]

Teddy long for the hall of fame

[@sidgilbert1257]

How stupid must Ole Anderson have felt when Undertaker went on to become one of the biggest, if not the biggest draw in WrestleMania history with the Streak

[@travisw3131]

+Archie Sid Gilbert yeah and Jerry Jarrett passed up on Stone Cold Steve Austin but he didn't know he was gonna end up being the biggest star in the history of the business same thing in that case.

[@tarlcabbot6880]

Jim Crocket was a douche bag if he did something like that to Teddy. Anyone who would talk trash to Teddy and call him the "N" word is a worthless piece of shit. Teddy was always kind and polite to EVERY one. I wrestled back in the day when Teddy was just getting started in the NWA. My nephew found an old video of one of my matches in Porterdale, GA where Teddy was the ref. I was doing okay financially (I had my own business) and only wrestled for the fun of it. I was going to Montana for the summer where I had a cabin but we had a problem. I had the Southern Jr. Heavyweight belt at the time so that meant I had to lose. We decided on a, " Loser Leave Town" match so I had to give up the belt. It turns out I lost it to a guy who went by the name "The Masked Avenger". The reason he got to win was because he owned the wrestling rings, lol,. This match was funny as hell if you weren't Kayfabe. The guy was a crowbar, couldn't work for crap and on top of that he was partially deaf. Now, let me say right up front, I did like the guy, he was just a damned crowbar. Hell, I'd always end up bruised as all hell after working a match with him. Anyway, I was calling the match and I'd keep telling the guy what I wanted to happen next, but hell, he couldn't hear me, especially with that mask on. It's here on youtube if you want to see it. At one point you can see Teddy start to move in because he could see that I was trying like all hell to tell the guy what to do and it was getting awkward because he couldn't hear, so instead of a snap mare, I just did a heel thing, punched him, choked him and threw him out of the ring and let my partner and manager work him over while Teddy pretended to be warning me. It worked. I being the heel, lost and the crowd went wild. I swear, back then we didn't do all the flying off scaffolds the steroids and all that crap. We worked alright, we worked the crowd. And we did it well. Oh that link is: Teddy Long Cheats Jim Thunder out of Title. Anyway, take a look, that was over 30 years ago. Man how time flies. Later guys, peace out.

[@wa2k99]

Love this guy!!!

[@shockwavecg]

"The way I got 'Playa' is...well, I had a dog..." And then it fades off into the next segment. XD

[@drunkwrestlingf7583]

I wonder why Flair didn't like him. The stuff they did together was gold.

[@BasedNozz]

racist

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Flair apparently liked to drop the N bomb, might have had something to do with it

[@YouTappedOut]

the match with xpac where teddy kept counting for the pin, i believe it was x-pac VS Gangrel at royal rumble 1999 for euro title. i could be wrong but that sounds about right.

[@Gamebox27]

LOL at Undertaker suffering ginger discrimination.

[@TheMan750]

He couldn't draw a dime as a redhead.................yeah how did that workout?

[@travisw3131]

TheMan750 he dyed his hair black then drew alot of money.

[@TheMan750]

Right, I meant before he dyed his hair

[@ComicBookGuy420]

@@travisw3131 he worked a long time as Undertaker with the red hair

[@oldschoolfan420]

Hey Teddy!, What's 2+2?....... "A tag team match playa."

[@ChaLimusWiggins1]

Happy 69th Birthday to my favorite SD manager...Holla Holla Playa

[@RazorRamonOnCHAMPTV]

Ric Flair and Arn Anderson I am not surprised about Ric...

[@KrisKringlez]

Remember Teddy as a ref before he was the GM of Smackdown and I remember Teddy always freezing his arm in the air after the 2 and before the 3 as the guy kicks out....always stuck in my mind for some reason

[@anajjar456]

parts repeat in this video

[@TheRealKillingMoon]

BUCKLE UP TEDDY!!!!

[@axljonsson1716]

Did he really just say "Chris Benoit, God rest his soul"?

[@travisw3131]

because how dare he wish peace on a guy that had mental problems and did something terrible because of those problems.

[@illkid86]

+Ryan Davis benoit didn't kill nobody stfu he was framed

[@illkid86]

+Ryan Davis shut the hell up you don't even fucking know what happened dumb fuck

[@travisw3131]

***** he didn't even know what he was doing you idiot.

[@travisw3131]

***** look at Daniel Bryan who just retired he never knew his concussions were as bad as they were until he went to the doctor, he just thought okay in a month or so i can wrestle again.

[@1Cruzer4u]

What a Nice man with a great story of hard work leading to success. A wonderfully inspiring story for our young folks. Perservariance overcomes any challenge. Cruzer

[@Janayla94]

Interesting to note is that both Stevie Ray and 2 Cold Scorpio has spoken in shoot interviews about Ric Flair being a total asshole behind the scenes and off camera. 2 Cold wanted to fuck Flair up! So this is 3 wrestlers who can't stand Ric Flair behind his backstage politics.

[@whitelionthunder1990]

Ric the Dick Flair.

[@Janayla94]

You couldn't have said it better White Lion Thunder.

[@Lovelygal71]

***** Yes, that's what I heard about some of the guys. I don't think (much less see) Ric Flair as "racist". Imho.....

[@gladoshatesyoursafespace2653]

It's because behind it all, behind all the crowd supporting "Woo"'s and cheap suits, Ric Flair IS an asshole. I know he's a legend in his own right but to go years (if not decades) being a complete narcissistic prick to your co-workers is just wrong. On all levels. I was never a fan of Flair though.

[@Janayla94]

I started losing all respect for Flair when he started kissing Triple H and Shawn Michael's asses back in the early/mid 2000's in his last wrestling run within the WWE and started talking shit about Bret Hart to obviously earn brownie points with Triple H. But when Scott Steiner called him out he didn't have shit to say about Steiner and avoided him like a plague. What an old punk ass for that, you know.

[@cb2k761]

Teddy Long talking about how he was determined to make it. YOU DEFINITELY MADE IT PLAYA :) Teddy Long for the HOF.

[@CeemPlay]

Great servant to the biz', him and Mick Foley are my two favourite authority figures in wrestling history. NOW LISTEN UP PLAYAS' WE GON' HAVE OURSELVES A TAG-TEAM MATCH! HOLLA HOLLA!

[@roywalley4734]

Holla Holla Player....let's make it a tag match.

[@mh13382]

"Chris Benoit, God rest his soul" ? Lol!

[@lazyboi1]

which jim crockett? sr or jr?

[@shadowdramon01]

Hold on, Playa. God I love Teddy Long.

[@katamari84]

To me this could be interesting interview out of any wwe employee,normally I would only prefer TNA or the indies shoot interview,but honestly I will be clueless if Teddy talks about his NWA days,the early WCWs because he'll mention those names I don't know, and the territory,I only start recognize Teddy's work as a referee and of course general manager of smackdown.

[@TheVampirePredator]

He blocked me on Twitter for questioning why he thought Solomonster calling him a "buffoon" was racist but people calling him "peanuthead" for years was okay.

[@urbanflavorz]

damn what PPV was that he was talking about when he made a mistake on XPac

[@mrgreenland21]

This man ran the gamut in professional wrestling

[@roywalley4734]

Gingers have no soul = THE UNDERTAKER the greatest of all time.

[@jww112093]

Teddy Long seems very likeable.

[@mrperfectedkelly]

repeat after repeat

[@willharper7888]

YES..Teddy you did make it playa and did a GREAT job to...#holla holla 👈

[@Mr.Everything]

I starting watching WWE around 05 and I loved Teddy Long as the GM and I guess that's what he was talking about at the end. I hated how he was a great GM for SmackDown and then they just took him off tv for a while and then he comes back to job for Vickie Guerrero's wheelchair and dies after he gets married. At the time I felt so dissatisfied and that was one of the big incidents where I could see SmackDown starting to go downhill. I would have loved the manager angle, even if he wasn't GM I would have been happy just to see him playing some heel roll on the show even if it made me not like him. And you have to love his stories of hanging out 1 on 1 wit da Undertaker.

[@DoktorSick]

taker is 6"10 wtf ole means he would draw money.You have no imagine if you couldn't come up with an angle that could draw money with big tall dude like taker.

[@TheHannibalTV]

He was best in WCW

[@fererazo8887]

I came into this video expecting Tag team matches were to be created

[@frankbonini9128]

He Sure Did Keep the Undertaker Busy During His Run as #SmackDown GM

[@lgsteelo2142]

If Ric Flair called him the N word I wonder how he feels about his daughter marrying a Mexican (Andrade)

[@poppenlol]

this is now a Tag team match brutha

[@MessiahWorldTV]

He seemed a little hurt by talking about WWE releasing him.

[@swacfan100]

I would be too, especially the way they let him go. I remember that small thing with him & Booker, I figured they were turning Teddy heel & then.....nothing. Gone. Its gr8 how the wwe gave him a job, but the way they do business sometimes can be shady too. Like damn, let a PLAYA know he's fired.

[@matthew56nights]

one on one wit da undataykuh!! holla holla holla!

[@allancove4483]

Two things I got from this shoot. The first, in regards to Nancy & Benoit in the same motel, that was kinda like life imitating art when you think about what was soon to come. And 2nd, seems I recall (don't know if it was in this shoot with Teddy or not) Teddy recalling a night where (and this after Nancy & Benoit became an item) the 3 of them were sitting at this table at a diner eating & the story goes according to Teddy, Benoit reached for some food (maybe a pork chop that was on a plate or something) & Nancy either stabbed the back of Benoit's hand with a fork, or came damn close by stabbing the plate. But long story short, Teddy said, "Nancy DID have a mean streak about her cos I seen it." Just wish I could remember which shoot that came from but I did see it on youtube before. Guess what one can take away from this is, before everyone starts to feel sorry on how Nancy died, just remember according to Teddy, she was NOT the easiest person to live with. And in no way do I condone the manner in which Nancy died from & NO I don't excuse Benoit for doing what he did, but lets just say that going by what's been said about Nancy, I guess maybe Teddy was right, she had a way of pushing ones buttons at times. Maybe that's what caused Benoit to go over the edge. Maybe it wasn't. Who knows? One thing I DO know is, this post is NOT about if Benoit killed Nancy or not. So don't go their. Take that up someplace else cos I'm not gonna even get into that one. This post is about what Teddy said in a shoot he did. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@theinfamousmrsleep]

this will now be a shoot-interview 6 man tag-team match! holla holla playa! quit drinkin' dem haterade!

[@nbk5vb3]

Teddy long for wwe hall of fame 2015

[@BezosAutomaticEye]

I remember that PPV when he counted that three count. ha. never mind

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

BRING BACK TEDDY LONG TO WWE ???

[@Bryan8329]

Bet you could play a drinking game with how many time he says "God rest his/her soul".

[@BadAssMacmillan]

2+2 = tag team match playa!

[@Bat-manwholaughs]

In response to the haters God bless America

[@OXNARD8055]

Tag Teams & Matches Against Undertaker lol

[@gammergq]

What a racist industry wrestling is.

[@lonehorseman09]

cant see anybody wanting this.

[@PaulToppers]

Tag team match, playa

[@UncleVictor]

Peanut head

[@bestmanfred34]

He been thew fire and came out hot!

[@BossChronicles]

I gotta hand it to RF video last shoot was with Eric bischoff and now teddy long impressive kayfabe better have some big names coming up shoots with new jack are getting old

[@ummumunshi8825]

520th like mine!

[@sexymagglegole4314]

we gonna have ourselves a 5 min white boy challenge. it's thuggin n buggin, yea feal me.back da mack, holla holla

[@ComeToTheTable]

Your name is GOLD

[@jaydham1]

2 things I learned from listening to this is 1 I was right to be skeptical of this being a preview vid and it being 13 mins and 2 there were some racist mofos in the business still are to this day

[@MatthewCaligari]

"Chris Benoit god rest his soul" ... Wtf?? That's my cue to stop listening. How disgusting!

[@UMOGrunt]

Yeah how dare a christian man wish god to grant peace to Chris's soul.

[@UMOGrunt]

***** Yeah no one was engaging in the practice of uxoricide and filicide until a wrestler whose head was messed from years of physical abuse with some drug abuse on the side did both 7 years ago.

[@VGHistory1]

Bro, he was just being respectful and seeing as how Teddy is a man of faith, he's just doing what any good religious person would do. Your personal feelings are justified, but there's time and a place.

[@cimino__]

***** He had a fucking brain condition/disablilty and depression you stupid fuck

[@TheTruthDragonNJ09]

I heard "Nancy, God rest her soul"...

[@austinglazer]

Teddy looks like a peanut.

[@sexymagglegole4314]

he's charlie brown

[@gogotero99]

That was Jim Cornette's nickname to him

[@ImmaBeast713]

White Lion Thunder I swear,do whites always have race on your minds?

[@whitelionthunder1990]

Mr.Omega can go to hell. I never mentioned whites on this video. I mentioned how Ric Flair was rude to Teddy Long, and others. So shut up, stupid warlock, devil worshiper. Oh wait, I am going to block and ignore you.

[@fury7197]

"OH mah gawd! It's Tooty Fruity, an' he's got A BITHICKLE!!"

[@mailman7478]

Hush Teddy