The Mike Awesome we didn't get in WCW or WWF!

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@YusukeKnight 3 ай бұрын

RIP Mike Awesome

@emperortrevornorton3119 3 ай бұрын

He botched the power bomb on Shaggy 2 Dope on the hippie bus and tried to save him from the falls yeah I might hate him for leaving ECW for shit gimmicks but he did try to be safe in even the most dangerous match stipulations so got to give him some respect plus vehicle bumps are extremely unpredictable

@TheFailedmessiah 3 ай бұрын

Lol I believe the hawk gave that Match an A when he did the powerbomb to Shaggy on the school bus. It was hilarious

@dnickx 3 ай бұрын

The ENTIRE run of Jerry Lynn in the WWF...it was like 27 matches, all of them, except two, were in B and C shows but probably will be a great run

@imnotsuperstitiousbutiamal4186 3 ай бұрын

He doesn't do B and C shows.

@dnickx 3 ай бұрын

@@imnotsuperstitiousbutiamal4186 he has broken this rule more than once if we are being honest

@Trill_4_Life 3 ай бұрын

Jerry Lynn vs RVD happened on July 29th 2001 edition of Sunday Night Heat of all shows.

@deansch6089 3 ай бұрын

Jerry Lynn was AMAZING in ECW. Credit to Paul - I had no idea Lynn was so small until I saw him in other promotions.

@Noscopejohnny 3 ай бұрын

Jerry got so annoying to be honest.Not worthy of ROTH

@llynellyn 3 ай бұрын

Mick Foley also said he would have done the same thing as Awesome, instead of blaming him the fans should have blamed Heyman.

@LordLOC 3 ай бұрын

There was nothing to blame as it is. He wasn't being paid by Paul/ECW either at all at that point or properly every show/month whatever they did. He did what he had to do to make sure his family had food to eat and a roof over their head. ANY OF US would have done the same thing I'd imagine. The issue is the wrestling business is gross and a literal carny show lol and the fans (and at the time ECW fans especially) were so "hardcore" and only accepted certain things as wrestling gospel as it were, if you know what I mean. So someone who is the ECW world champion leaving to go go the "enemy" promotion of WCW or WWF, were bad and deserved the hate they gave them.

@oceancycloneblue5356 3 ай бұрын

Im glad mike agreed to drop the title, he could of pulled a medusa and threw it in the trash on wcw television or mailed it to paul but he agreed to do business and go out on his back so to speak. Classy and nothing but respect to him for that. I also cant fault a man for doing whats best for his family at the time. Paul was bouncing checks like Michael Jordan bounced basketballs.

@lewisb85 3 ай бұрын

@@LordLOC paid more money and get to work with family Horace and hulk hogan, not surprised he took the option and went there. You have a relation (Horace is mike's cousin and since hulk raised Horace after his parents died), effectively his uncle was the biggest player in the locker room, so of course he was going to take that offer.

@TheNinthHeart 3 ай бұрын

@@LordLOChe never drew a single penny anyways, and never would’ve, no matter what. He was that bad

@TheNinthHeart 3 ай бұрын

@@lewisb85he had no talent.

@gnarlybgaming 3 ай бұрын

RVD said it best “Mike Awesome taking flight was like watching a killer whale jump out of the water and the huge splash after”

@TheNinthHeart 3 ай бұрын

He was awful

@lukesmith9692 3 ай бұрын

@@TheNinthHeartyou are awful

@bzilla-d4i 2 ай бұрын

@TheNinthHeart you radiate small cock energy

@kellydart1948 Ай бұрын

@@TheNinthHeart how was he awful?

@beastmode_576 3 ай бұрын

Mexicools for Ring of the Hawk Kung Funaki for Ring of the Hawk

@Kingofb0ngstyle 3 ай бұрын

Everybody was Kung Funaki. That mofo was fast as lightning

@keironhiggspoet 3 ай бұрын

Finally, this bloke was an absolute powerhouse in ECW. his matches with Masato Tanaka was so hard hitting its amazing how Masato is still able to function

@SubZero589 3 ай бұрын

Mike lived up to his name, what a talent. RIP big man

@arthopkins1715 3 ай бұрын

He was given to many gimmick s were his former ECW Lance Storm won all three secondary titles Awesome loosing the United States tournament finals to Storm was dumb especially when Awesome was dominating in ECW never got RVD vs Awesome match Awesome was a heavyweight who moves like a cruiserweight and sad both WCW and WWF/WWE never pushed him this is WWF/WWE track record as they wast talent Vader, Patriot, Ron Simmons, Al Snow, Boss man, Perry Saturn ,Dean Malenko, Raven,Justin Credible, Tajiri, Lance Storm, William Regal, Bobby Lashley, Mr. Kennedy , Low -Key,Carlito, Primo and Epico, Cryme Tyme, Davery boy Smith jr, Terry Funk, Shane Douglas,Sabu,Rhino ,Kid Kash, Scott Steiner,Chris Master's,both rosters of WCW and ECW many Independent Federation wrestler's and tag teams have failed to get past lower Mid -Carder

@noahwarnock5220 3 ай бұрын

If there’s ever a chance ECW gets an HALL OF FAME! HE DESERVES HIS DUE 🙏🏻! Rest In Peace Michael Lee Alfonso 1965 - 2007!

@jjenk911 3 ай бұрын

Mike Awesome is one of my favorite wrestlers and so athletic for a man his size. May he RIP.

@Beavis-ry6tj 3 ай бұрын

Mike Awesome was apparently hesitant to have the final match with Taz, as he was concerned that Taz might try to legitimately choke him out during the finish. Which is why he puts his arm up during the Tazmission, so that Taz can't get his arm fully around Awesome's neck. It's also why the match was so short. He stayed at a separate hotel, didn't come into the locker room, and had Doug Dillinger accompany him to the building. Mike Awesome has also said in shoot interviews that he wished that he'd been put in the ring against Rhino that night to drop the title, as he trusted him and thinks they could have had a great match.

@LordLOC 3 ай бұрын

It's a shame Awesome even thought that was a possibility. I don't know if Taz would have been capable of doing that or not, since he had his own issues with ECW obviously. But I'd imagine Awesome did all that to protect himself just in case AND try to make Taz (or whoever in the end) look good even if the match was super short knowing what was going to happen shortly after with both Awesome going to WCW and Taz going back to WWF (I think he was in WWF already, I can't even remember that far back anymore lol).

@josephcruickshank9530 3 ай бұрын

@LordLOC yeah taz was in wwf at the time of the match as taz was jobbed to triple h on smackdown a few days later

@Beavis-ry6tj 3 ай бұрын

@@LordLOC Yeah this was on the 13th April 2000. Taz had debuted for the WWF in January at the Royal Rumble. Although Mike Awesome had shown up on Monday Nitro on the 10th, but hadn't wrestled yet due to Paul Heyman claiming he had a contract with ECW. Which despite Awesome claiming was completely false, and even saying that Heyman had forged his initials on one, Turner apparently paid $50,000 in a settlement. Awesome was suspicious because he was friends with the guys in the ECW locker room, so didn't know why Taz was the one picked to take the title. And he suspected something might happen because of Taz's loyalty to Heyman. The whole thing also kind of sucked because Taz lost a triple threat match along with Saturn to Crash Holly the next night on Raw, jobbed out to Triple H on Smackdown, and then lost the title to Tommy Dreamer in his one and only defence just 9 days after winning it. Who in turn dropped it to Justin Credible that same night. Rhino could have been a dominant ECW Champion for a decent run, and worked with the likes of RVD, Jerry Lynn, Lance Storm, Balls Mahoney, Tajiri, Steve Corino, Sabu, Masato Tanaka, etc.

@lewisb85 3 ай бұрын

@@Beavis-ry6tj But as we know now Taz is a fake badass who refused to work shamrock etc because he couldn't. I hated the whole transitional champion thing like taz was. in regards to the contract thing apparently it was his relation Hulk Hogan who desperately wanted him out of ECW (Mike was Horace's cousin, when hulk adopted Horace after his parents died that made hulk mike's adopted uncle, hulk and horace also introduced mike to steve keirn who trained him). Im guessing it was because of Hulk's influence turner paid a "just get him out of there" call was made.

@achimsinn6189 3 ай бұрын

Whatever was planned - picking Taz was weird. If you are so worried about the continuation of your title after your champion left the company, why would you book another wrestler who is in another different promotion for winning it from the leaving champion? I can see how awesome is suspicious of that as other guys like Rhino would have been a much more logical pick from a booking standpoint.

@gabrielbrancatte8765 3 ай бұрын

now we just need a video, The Gladiator Mike Awesome in FMW

@Conquistador37 3 ай бұрын

it would be cool if he also included this!

@KashFlow24G 3 ай бұрын

It’s not njpw so we gotta chance

@Nikelaos_Khristianos 3 ай бұрын

YES

@LordLOC 3 ай бұрын

@@PsychicVampyreHunter Didn't he wrestle over 70 or 80 matches in the span of like 4 months there or something insane like that?

@GuntanksInSpace 3 ай бұрын

God those matches with Mr. Pogo and Onita, involving sickles and boatside rings.

@adambergeron5 3 ай бұрын

The European mind cannot comprehend a man like Mike Awesome

@peace1177 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Great to look back at this run in ECW. Fair assessments at the end.

@Brando-Lee3725 3 ай бұрын

Man Mike vs. Van Dam would have been the biggest ECW dream match since Sabu vs Taz. Rob held the TV belt for like 2 years or so making it equal to the World belt of whom Awesome was on a warpath with . What a great match that could have been .In story/angle and in ring . The crowd would have been electric !!!!!

@GuntanksInSpace 3 ай бұрын

Now that it's there, hmm. Maybe a feud video between Tanaka and Awesome (or Awesome vs Spike)? Could be something! Also, I was late in appreciating Mike Awesome (and Masato Tanaka). Found out about them in ONS 2005, but learned of their feud in ECW retroactively. Great video, Marky!

@pjoconnell8268 3 ай бұрын

The SOTN music remix in the background caught me off guard

@mjdf122 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Markyd123 for listening to me with all the ECW wrestlers I always ask for now we always get A or B grades with them now we still need ECW runs for Dr Death Steve Williams Terry Bam Bam Gordy and Bam Bam Bigelow

@henrygvidonas9573 3 ай бұрын

I think I got a staph infection just from looking at that first ring canvas. It's a small miracle that only half of ECW's roster is dead...

@TheFailedmessiah 3 ай бұрын

Balls Mahoney, new jack, Chris candido etc etc. Way too many

@TheFailedmessiah 3 ай бұрын

Hey Sandman is still around!

@jd9119 3 ай бұрын

You would've thought with how crazy their "hardcore" wrestling was that they'd have more injuries and some actual deaths in ring. But yeah a lot of ECW talent (and wrestling talent as a whole) were addicted to a lot of pain killers, muscle relaxers and booze. I don't really expect guys who are popping 50-100 vicodins a day and washing it down with a gallon of booze, daily, to live very long.

@Kingofb0ngstyle 3 ай бұрын

Miracle? Don't think dying early is a miracle

@greatlakesent4831 3 ай бұрын

In 1999/2000 no one could tell me that Mike Awesome wasn't going to be a huge star then he went to WCW and they completely ruined him. I understand why he went there but he should have went to WWF instead.

@rayjacobs8472 3 ай бұрын

Mike Awesome in ECW was amazing. Him in Japan as The Gladiator was really good. He's a all time favorite of mine and a let down he wasn't used right in the big companies.

@Bradaran79 3 ай бұрын

"Working out a deal", is that code for Pauley threatened to sue the living shit out of Awesome and WCW

@BrandanTheBroker 3 ай бұрын

Paul knew he'd get the money out WCW

@LordLOC 3 ай бұрын

@@BrandanTheBroker Actually I doubt very much Paul/ECW would have won any litigation - they would have been in breach of contract for not paying Awesome for months on end. Now should Awesome have done things different, if you believe in protecting the business above all else etc. then I suppose so. But if you believe he was doing what he had to do to survive and keep his career going - he did what he had to do agreeable or not, right? In the end, the breach of contract stuff would have basically negated anything Awesome did legally outside of his ECW contract AFAIK because once the contract is breached/broken it's basically null and void. I think. I'm no lawyer of course.

@edwells4769 2 ай бұрын

@@LordLOCPaul had willing slaves not workers, and you are likely correct but I don't know the details of Mike's contract

@TheMC1102 3 ай бұрын

A wrestler who could do the J.O.B. to the H.A.W.K.: Sting in AEW.

@vincentpulizzijr 3 ай бұрын

That would be cool

@tinochama532 3 ай бұрын

Yesssss

@Spermwhales93 2 ай бұрын

Oh man, Markyd is going to have so much fun covering Sting's AEW run if he decides to do it. AEW Sting was legitimately so much fun to watch.

@othertalk3313 3 ай бұрын

Huge difference in production quality in those few years between match 3 and 4. They're not embarrassed about lighting up the audience any more.

@Shaun_3114 3 ай бұрын

That New Jack Cameo was awesome. He looked to have so much fun with it too. RIP Extreme Legend. 🪦

@jd9119 3 ай бұрын

That piece of trash is in he-ell where he bel-ongs. He took liberties with people who trusted him. The only reason why he got a title match with Awesome, was because if New Jack went into business for himself, Awesome would've beaten him for real. You couldn't be sure of that, if Raven or Douglas were the champion.

@Kingofb0ngstyle 3 ай бұрын

He's a terrible person in real life, to his fans and coworkers. He doesn't deserve any recognition or nice words about him.

@Shaun_3114 3 ай бұрын

@@Kingofb0ngstyle first I'm hearing of it. Ik if the mass transit incident but the kid & father are just as much at fault.

@LordDeBahs 2 ай бұрын

@@Shaun_3114 but he blade him with actual knife instead of smal razor. which was fucked up and it goes all on promoters

@Shaun_3114 2 ай бұрын

@@LordDeBahs where'd you hear it was a knife. I don't remember ever hearing it was a knife.

@TheLibermania 3 ай бұрын

6:58 I love how this is no moonsault or something, just a clear cut standing senton. It's unique.

@Jajanken98 3 ай бұрын

Yessss!! Thanks Hawk for doing this one

@BrandonLattimore 3 ай бұрын

I saw Masato Tanaka wrestle last weekend. Was a nice guy.

@ZynSamSho6432 12 күн бұрын

I absolutely love Masato Tanaka, took a absurdly amount of punishment on his body and especially to the noggin and he's still going and kicking ass to this day. That is completely insane, he is a absolute machine, and he's literally a Man of Steel.

@willkayl8793 3 ай бұрын

I still don’t know what WCW was thinking with Mike Awesome. They had an agile big guy that could work with anyone and they buried him with terrible gimmicks. He was fun to watch and, he’s missed. R.I.P. Mike Awesome.

@Biffo316 3 ай бұрын

Same way they completely ruined Bret Hart's tenure there. Literally the hottest wrestler in the world and they had him ref a stupid match between Bischoff and Larry Zbysko who hadn't been relevant since turning on Bruno Sammartino 20 years earlier

@lewisb85 3 ай бұрын

because russo fell out with his "uncle" hulk, basically he took the brunt of russo's frustrations.

@RobJaskula 3 ай бұрын

I think it was also tough for Mike to get the top guys in WCW to bump for his stuff.

@lewisb85 3 ай бұрын

@@RobJaskula Hulk did, but then he was family. thing is mike could work safe he was trained by steve keirn who at that time ironically was one of the trainers for wwe along with dory funk jr. Its similar to paul burchill later on where they would have to tone down their style.

@TedEast-i1b Ай бұрын

Mike awesome had the best powerbomb

@vincentpulizzijr 3 ай бұрын

Really happy you moved on from TNA content, really liked this vid

@Markyd123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks brother

@Maverick619-e4b 3 ай бұрын

Awesome vs tanaka they both killed each other, its like two wrestling caveman wailing on each other without a care in the world.

@NGPlus930 3 ай бұрын

One of the biggest rivalries in ECW that's not Dreamer-Raven or RVD- Sabu

@TheAutistWhisperer 3 ай бұрын

He was awesome in ECW.

@p.herrmann4538 3 ай бұрын

Awesome Mike Awesome was awesome... sadly he never got the spots he deserved :( RIP

@stewartfennell8926 3 ай бұрын

Awesome was always great. He stole the show at ECW One Night Stand 2005

@evannlorman7926 3 ай бұрын

I agree. That match with Masato Tanaka stole the show.

@GuntanksInSpace 3 ай бұрын

@@evannlorman7926Loved that match so much. Absolute standout on that show

@skrounst 3 ай бұрын

Tanaka made Mike Awesome look like the most dangerous man to ever exist in the history of Earth that night. The feuds/ fights those two had over the years are mythical.

@SNOWDUDE13 3 ай бұрын

💯 with this comment. They brought the energy that all the ogs from that show failed to do so.

@johnathanrush4666 2 ай бұрын

All while Joey Styles BURIED him on commentary

@TheAC420 3 ай бұрын

Made his name in the rising sun with blood soaked battles that he won! Time and time his hand was raised as all his victims felt his RAGE!

@jd9119 3 ай бұрын

If he could do a video on Awesome in FMW that would be cool.

@TheBigShotTMD 3 ай бұрын

This is the video I was waiting for. Mike Awesome's ECW run (especially the 99/2000 one) was what convinced me that he was it. I do agree with your assessment of him being a big fish in a small pond as that is what my thoughts are upon revisiting this time period here many years later. To address some of your points. The Whipwreck beating was because he had just come back from WCW & was being put through a few beatings to climb back up the ranks. It was also the beginning of the angle where Mikey slowly started to lose his insanity before being taken under the wing and corrupted by The Sinister Minister. The New Jack getting a powerslam through the table to the outside instead of the usual powerbomb I would have to assume (looking strictly from a workers POV) was a New Jack call he made himself, probably not being comfortable with the powerbomb spot & only agreeing to go through with it if only Awesome changed it to a more safer move. ECW as great as they were at finding people who had amazing great in-ring chemistry, also had the tendency to overbook those people in A LOT & sometimes back to back matches. Awesome & Tanaka were a victim of this, as were many others, particularly Tajiri/Super Crazy. This also becomes VERY apparent if you binge watch the weekly shows & Supershows/PPVs. A lot of repeat matches in short time frames. Taz getting his ass beat like that was just standard wrestling logic 101 of elevating & making the guy staying in the company look like a million bucks as you walk out the door. It's just an old tradition of paying respects to the company who made you. I too hate the immense hatred Awesome got from toxic fans & even the company itself for him leaving while he was their champ. Like, the dude wasn't getting paid & got a guaranteed offer to earn money elsewhere. I think anyone would leave a job where they were weren't getting paid to 1 where at least you had pay security. Anyway glad you've finally seen the light of why people praise Awesome so much & how they are so infuriated with how his subsequent WCW & WWF runs followed after this. However in saying that, I also feel like there wasn't TOO much that those companies could really do with him as they had guys bigger than him & with more charisma than he did. Awesome worked a mixture of a basic big guy style with sprinkles of basic high flying, which I feel was too ahead of his time in mainstream american wrestling in the 90s/00s. I feel like the big 2 were just never gonna go for that properly at the time & just have him tone down to work a normal big man style. At least WCW tried to get some personality out of him, even if the silly gimmicks didn't fly with fans (I personally thought they were hilarious in a so bad it's good type way). WWF just sorta had nothing for him. A true shame then, that more wasn't done with him when he & Tanaka stole the show at the first ECW ONS.

@Sgtviolence 3 ай бұрын

Amazing how Scorpio is still going today.

@larryhammer5183 3 ай бұрын

Mikey's a former ECW World Champion he could be classified as a jobber but the crowd loved watching Mikey take a beating! He was the most sympathetic character ECW had and Paul E knew how to milk that for all its worth.

@LordLOC 3 ай бұрын

He was the epitome of "enhancement talent" that got over and made a career out of it. And then he went to WCW, and they barely used him, even though he was a marketable name as a former ECW world champion at that point. Marky had fun with that run, so it shows you how good Mickey was and if you give anyone a chance who can connect with the crowd or just pull off the right stuff in the ring - they get over. I'd like to think in another universe, wrestlers like Mickey and Brooklyn Brawler etc. got to be world champions in WWF/E at some point :D

@phychmasher 3 ай бұрын

"make you go click..... wild wild west.....NEW JACK" is always going to get a laugh from me. I can't believe you captured this little bit of lightning in a bottle when you did.

@ASwagPecan 3 ай бұрын

Jobber Eric Escobar 2009-2010 Smackdown run v/ Vickie Guerrero for Ring of The Hawk

@megamatt53 2 ай бұрын

I’m glad to see you covering mike Awesome in ECW. He was Awesome. His squash match with spike Dudley was AWESOME!

@Jajanken98 3 ай бұрын

Jerry Lynn (Mr. JL) in WCW

@Conquistador37 3 ай бұрын

i second this!!

@miamimouse3167 3 ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉 gotta love these reviews

@mastermace7770 3 ай бұрын

Mike Awesome was a beast in ECW

@nineteeneightynine432 3 ай бұрын

Mike Awesome had the athleticism for a big guy like Kane and undertaker did. To bad he didn't become more well known.

@emperortrevornorton3119 3 ай бұрын

Did you ever think Mike kinda looks like Brutus the Barber's illegitimate son in his younger years

@MichaelSpikes-pv6kl 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video

@dylanconnelly9845 3 ай бұрын

gotta admit though Awesome and Tanaka knew how to kill each other

@dirkjewitt5037 3 ай бұрын

Jerry Lynn and Mike Awesome were easily my favorite Pro wrestlers as a kid. Cable TV helped out a lot.

@TheFailedmessiah 3 ай бұрын

One thing I remembered so much was that powerbomb spot to Tanaka to that table on the floor. Such an insane spot.

@DigitalBath742 3 ай бұрын

JT Smith is no jobber. JT Smith is an ECW legend. He's a full-blooded Italian, don't you know?

@wilsonemw04 3 ай бұрын

He should have to do an episode on JT's ECW run now for such a bad call

@jd9119 3 ай бұрын

To be fair Markd123 lives in England and I'm not even sure if he was alive when ECW was around. Hell, a good portion of the United States had no access at all to watch either their syndicated show OR their TNN show (TNN wasn't available by every cable provider. Even WWF saw a drop in homes that had access to Raw when it was on TNN).

@LordTeaboBaggins 3 ай бұрын

@@jd9119hell I’m from the west coast and the only I could see ECW was on cable access lol

@0GuruCS 3 ай бұрын

Mike was on all the ⚙️ in 2000 dayuuum lol

@Mick_Salamander 3 ай бұрын

Kurt Angle in the relaunched ECW. I think he wrestled 12 matches but 6 of them were house shows

@GuntanksInSpace 3 ай бұрын

I feel like there was a video of this already, but I may be wrong here lol Edit: yep, but it was a "Was it any good" episode

@Mick_Salamander 3 ай бұрын

@@GuntanksInSpace i felt like he did do a video but i couldnt remember. Thanks

@kingextreme88 3 ай бұрын

Day 9! Give it up for Day 9 until Ricky Ortiz gets covered on Ring of the Hawk! If you're asking me if Mike Awesome was awesome in ECW? No doubt you would get a big YES from me. ;)

@dawnthemoonchild5409 3 ай бұрын

Attempt #4 to ask for John Morrison's last WWE run.

@Kingofb0ngstyle 3 ай бұрын

J & J Security guy waited years for his request to be granted

@dawnthemoonchild5409 3 ай бұрын

@@Kingofb0ngstyle I will keep trying!

@0maxk_ 3 ай бұрын

Bruh those were the nastiest German suplexes I’ve seen and Tanaka just no sells them lol

@Simon_Diamond803 3 ай бұрын

Simon says... Me next

@wrestlingwombat3821 3 ай бұрын

Pretty awesome video, not going to lie

@abrahamkline8812 3 ай бұрын

Imagine you take a chair shot that you're supposed to no sell, but the impact is harder than you expected, and you're about pass out, but you still have to try to no sell it 😬

@TheFailedmessiah 3 ай бұрын

Might as well sell it at that point.

@dave-ch8lt 3 ай бұрын

thanks that was awesome

@markwrenn5965 13 күн бұрын

I recently watched every Tanaka v Awesome ECW match. What a ride! Amazing series of matches

@deansch6089 3 ай бұрын

I loved watching Mike Awesome in ECW. I can see how you'd think the matches against Tanaka were overkill when binge watching them, but when you're seeing them once a month or so, plus getting 10ish hours of WCWWF programming, there's so much else going on that they didn't feel repeatitive at the time.

@abealih92 3 ай бұрын

15:01 that powerslam to table look so brutal

@mikeycribs81 2 ай бұрын

That powerbomb from tanaka over the rope and through the table was insane

@Aevilbeast 3 ай бұрын

I'd REALLY love to see a video on Mick Foley's/Cactus Jack's run in ECW...There was awesome absolutely amazing moments and matches in it and I think it'd be fun to watch! Hell, I'd love to see a video on his run in WCW as well. Not exactly as memorable but there are still great moments, and would make for a great video. I honestly don't think people talk about Cactus Jacks earlier runs enough. Honestly when people talk about him, 90% of it is basically always looking fondly at his WWE/Mankind run but the man had an such amazing career before he even got to WWF/E.

@OfficialKillamo187 3 ай бұрын

According to legend [and Joey Styles himself] the s-side dive by Awesome onto Smith is the night Joey Styles birthed his iconic "OH MY GAWD!" catch phrase.

@therealmikebrown 3 ай бұрын

Were Awesome and Tanaka good friends? I feel like with their in ring chemistry, they would have to be, right?

@sameoldsameold9239 3 ай бұрын

Sarray/Saree in NXT for Ring Of The Hawk! Just over 20 and she was gone, forgot it even happened, despite still being big in Japan.

@IBeNerdy76 3 ай бұрын

Call me an idiot but i think awesome shouldve gotten an A at the very least. He was a double champion which is insanely rare in ROH. I would also argue most of his S's at most should've been Ds or Cs. Especially that Tanaka match which shouldve gotten a D due to the automatic upgrade rule in ROH. His tag title loss should've gotten a D since he pulled double duty and he also made history with that Taz and Awesome match. Genuinely idk how he didnt get an A. I would argue he was better then Trish's modern run at the very least

@Markyd123 3 ай бұрын

The thing with Trish is I was impressed that she had been gone for so long and came back doing new stuff. Maybe it should have been an A for Awesome but I did find it a bit repetitive even though he gave his all.

@jd9119 3 ай бұрын

@@Markyd123 You should do a video on Ric Flair during the 1980s JCP run. Maybe not include every match, but he was pretty repetitive too. He wrestled the same exact match for over 10 years.

@IBeNerdy76 3 ай бұрын

@Markyd123 I understand your point, so I looked back in both runs. I watched all the matches and segments and seeing which one was better. Smack me one with a brick but I think awesome had a better run. Trish was impressive but in terms of importance awesome had the more important run. It's his magnum opes, while Trish's last run was just a footnote in her career. As for the repetition I get that but it shows how good awesome and Tanaka are together. They are fantastic dance partners and I can't find a single bad match between them. Also the accomplishments between those 2 runs aren't even close. Awesome was a double champion, that deserves an A for how incredibly rare it is on ROH.

@kerpal321 3 ай бұрын

vince russo turned mike awesome into that 70s guys, i just cant get over it

@ghostlyjudge 2 ай бұрын

mike awesome was awesome for someone that big to fly around is insane to see and amazing

@goheen1701 Ай бұрын

I bought a N64 game from Japan back in '98 ($120, 3 month wait for delivery). The game was VPW2 (Virtual Pro Wrestling 2, I never heard about the 1st one) and playing it was the first time I'd ever seen Mike Awesome ('Gladiator') or Masato Tanaka. His 'Discus Elbow' is one of his finishers (called the 'Roaring Elbow').

@scs2850 3 ай бұрын

One of the most underrated talents I have ever seen he was the ecw champion when they got a tv deal he was Brock before Brock

@Dirik619 3 ай бұрын

My fav MIke Awesome moment is Heatwave 98, after Awesome got power bombed through the outside table, the fans went absolutely crazy. They were chanting inaudible stuff. When the finished chanting, after a short pause, they all synced up and started chanting "holy shit". Has there ever been a double chant like that before ?

@thaheartbreaker 3 ай бұрын

I felt so sad after I got older and found out where Mike really went.

@Dirik619 3 ай бұрын

"not sure how Tanaka keeps getting up" It was Tanakas gimmick to be an unbeatable tank. He was the first person to kick out of Dudley Boyz 3D

@DashieNegan41 3 ай бұрын

Mike Awesome is ECW 🤘

@Villanovafan32 3 ай бұрын

Watching this gave me an idea that I think eouldbbr great. What if you did a new series on grading the feud ? Id love to see that, there are a ton of possibilities..... Mike awesome vs Tanaka, Sabu vs Taz, Sabu vs RVD, Jerry Lynn vs Justin Credible, Jerry Lynn vs AJ Stylez etc etc I would love to see you try something like this!

@nineteeneightynine432 3 ай бұрын

Rvd and Jerry Lynn did multiple matches but I don't think they had thr same match everytime that's crazy its like groundhogs day with awesome and Tanaka

@SirSeans 3 ай бұрын

Love that Joey Styles hated his guts but still had to give him props for one night stand.

@silver2164 3 ай бұрын

Some of those landings of the Awesome bomb to the outside table and Awesome dive to the outside looked rough.

@gh0rochi363 3 ай бұрын

Tanaka vs Awesome is like a Ric Flair match. You've seen one then you've seen them all, but I'll still watch them all better it's always top tier.

@alexandru5369 3 ай бұрын

Fun fact. Awesome was hindered in WCW in ring wise cause he couldn't fly around as much due too guys not wanting too work with him unless he toned down his high flying style due to his size. Awesome himself mentioned he enjoyed working with Scott Steiner as he was one of the few guys that allowed him too be stiff and do his original style ( minus the hardcore stuff) Basically WCW handcuffed him in multiple ways

@OctoberRust02 3 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a video on LA Park's MLW run. He had less than 30 matches but had a great match Jacob Fatu and held the tag titles with his son for almost a year.

@SidAhmedBischoff 3 ай бұрын

15:52 That move made the fan I am today

@TerryB01 3 ай бұрын

Sadly no. Still hoping for a "Ring of the Hawk" for Christian's 2001 solo run.

@emperortrevornorton3119 3 ай бұрын

Mike's run in ECW was a kind safe worker for monster hardcore wrestler but still looks like a scary bastard oddly enough WWE did get one night JBL that is my door man my door man is a badass

@TheLibermania 3 ай бұрын

22:26 Who gets most braindead here with all those chairshots?

@jpwerd 2 ай бұрын

Heatwave 98. Hell yeah. I was there. What a show that was.

@saintjimzo 3 ай бұрын

roadrash was such a dope game. the characters scared me as a kid lol

@williamalvarez5212 3 ай бұрын

Hope we could get a was it any good for his time in Japan such an important part of his career Rip Mike Awesome

@jd9119 3 ай бұрын

I don't think you were around to witness it when it happened. But Mike Awesome matches were good. Even if he faced the same guy in a quarter of the matches. Every one of them was great. Markyd123 was watching one match after another for his video.