The Most Ridiculous Episode Of Deadliest Warrior

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Today we're going to be taking a look at the most ridiculous episode of Deadliest Warrior, and one of the earliest ones. The Pirate VS The Knight. Can you guess which one of them is gonna win? Yeah I know. You'll see why this is one of the most ridiculous episodes of this show yet. So enjoy another installment of my series on, Deadliest Warrior.
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[@ChrisJamesTV]

Shorter video today! Will return with longer videos next week! Have a good weekend or don't! I don't care I'm not your dad.

[@ChrisMustard]

You do know there's a video game for Deadliest Warrior, a fighting game.

[@Xxtrunkz77]

Could you be my dad ?:/

[@db1777]

Ok Dad

[@TheDiplomat717]

Missed you Dad

[@boomboomskidskid]

Next time you should do the one with the wildest trash talk. Maori vs shaolin

[@commandershephard5139]

This was the episode that broke me as a kid because of the morning star being relegated to a rude slap upside the head and the blunderbus misfiring in fucking controlled testing, but works perfectly fine when being thrown around on a beach. BULLSHIT, Knight was robbed, JUSTICE FOR KNIGHT

[@butcherpete2286]

I like they didn't point out that there were knights with guns. That happened. There was a period of time between the British empire didn't have guns and did have guns on mass.

[@SummerGuy3334]

@@butcherpete2286 Weaponry and armor varied wildly throughout the medieval ages. A knight from one area or era could be very different from another.

[@TheLegPumpkin]

That is INFURIATING. The biggest problem on this show was comparing unequal technology, and they had the option to give the knight a gun and didn't.

[@Quandry1]

@@TheLegPumpkin There is also the issue that they don't actually always represent era accurate technology but modern versions of it. Like with black powder.

[@frokghug]

Also there are no recorded cases of morningstars being used in medieval history except for large 2-handed variants used by the horseback equivalent of police in late medieval Germany. They are extremely unwieldy and the entire point of them at all was to *theoretically* get around a shield. The problem is that once the end hits anything, its trajectory is altered and control is lost. The fact that they even chose that as a weapon is stupid as hell.

[@JC-cv9nf]

This episode killed me. They tested the guns against JUST plate over ballistic gel. Not plate, chain, AND padding, which would have absorbed a lot of the impact. Plus there is the fact that PLATE WAS STILL USED EVEN WITH THE RISE OF BLACKPOWDER!

[@Quandry1]

Likely using modern blackpowder as well which is much better than the blackpowder that pirates would have used, on top of the pirates powder having potential for getting wet and misfiring.

[@JC-cv9nf]

@@Quandry1 Ah yeah, good point!

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

I don't think the plate they would use will be any good. The team uses costume grade armor like in every episode.

[@Hylonomus]

Especially if you consider heavy cavalry were still used to great effect well into the era of linear musket warfare. A knight is essentially a cuirassier with even heavier armor.

[@Acorns4Bullets]

Spike tv; my go to when I was skipping school smoking bongs and drinking beers. Also trailer park boys.

[@Kenjis9965]

My issue with this is that on paper it sounds absurd but.. Knights did fight against early blackpowder weapons. And their armor was reasonably effective. Breastplate was still worn into the 1800s by cavalry! Early blackpowder was nowhere near as consistent as modern either It largely hinges on if the pirate connects with his blackpowder weapons to me. Because if the knight closes into melee the pirate is proper fucked

[@freeziboi3249]

Yeah I was going to say, the knight can even fight pretty reckless and still murder a pirate in close combat

[@TheoneandonlyVaken]

if only the Knight won, for then at the season finale it wouldve been forced into a three way fight between the Spartan, Samurai, and the Knight. Truly a geek dream back in those olden days

[@PostingCringeOnMain]

mounted cavalry in the napoleonic era would harass and engage massed infantry with muskets... "square formation" was literally invented to be an effective counter to break up a mass cavalry charge because even in the 1800's dudes with guns didn't stand a great chance against much faster dudes with horses and swords

[@Hylonomus]

The weapon selection for the knight was a bit off too. If we are going to take consideration for him being dismounted in this case, he would have been equipped with a polearm of some sort such as a poleaxe, as well as a sword, shield, and possibly a mace and dagger. It wasn't unheard of for a pirate to use a pike or rifle, most likely they would have been equipped with a blunderbuss or a brace of pistols alongside his Cutlass or boucan knife. If the pirate gets a good shot shot off with his long arm he may stand a chance. Otherwise I would give it to the knight.

[@vcamv2354]

Who would win: A non-trained nobody, who probably had scurvy, had no training in anything and used mostly fear to win fights or a man in full clad armor, chainmail and paddling with tfaining to fight and a spear/shield/sword... Yeah man, knights would easily demolish pirates and the pirates winning cause "gun" is stupid

[@HegelOnHisHead]

Who would win, the people with access to gunpowder or the people without access to gunpowder. I have never read a book about the last 500 years of history in my life.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

I mean too be fair most of the weapons the Pirate had, IE guns are infamous for having terrible accuracy and take forever to load. Plus the Knight is covered from head to toe in sturdy metal armor, so most old fashion guns wouldn't do much.

[@Fitzkrieg]

Not only that, knights used guns too

[@HegelOnHisHead]

Oh I know the nuances. I just thought it was a really funny matchup. Also they didn’t give the knights guns in the show, although some of them did have them in real life

[@Quandry1]

Let's see. Terrible accuracy. Much lower penetration power than what we are used to. Single Shot and relatively slow to load so some had a habit of carrying several of them for combat but this is still limited in number. Half a dozen was usually considered a lot. And as somebody else said. a few knights might have used early flintlocks in some regions. So this matchup is going to be all kinds of skewed and improperly represented. Ironically a good bow or Crossbow which a knight would often know how to fire would probably have superior range to many of the guns pirates used as well. The Knight would probably win the encounter but I can already guess their ultimate results.

[@CapraObscura]

Steel Vs lead ball...

[@davidgonzales9039]

"Babe vs. Wilbur, who is the deadliest warrior?"

[@denimdan908]

They need to combine the shows Deadliest Warrior and Wife Swap, Deadliest Wife Swap. Now THAT would be entertaining...

[@louisungor3036]

😂😂😂that’ll be insane

[@freeziboi3249]

This episode we've pitted the suburban housewife against an indigenous tribal islander wife

[@TruckingGamer7]

Wife Swap Warrior

[@kevinorro9874]

You probably mentioned this in other videos but fun fact: David Wenham is the narrator of the series and he played Faramir in Lord of the Rings. So kind of a deadly warrior himself...

[@americancreepshow]

He also played a Spartan with an Eyepatch in 300 so he definitely was a Deadliest Warrior

[@kylemendoza8860]

That kind of at all. That would be acting

[@thomaspunt2646]

One dude has a crossbow and sword, the other has a shotgun and a grenade. What was the point of this episode?

[@coletrainhetrick]

They were curious if the armor could out do the pirates early gun technology, it was a valid question for them to ask, there are people that argue it makes zero sense how the pirate wins when we see that most of the bullets don't pierce most areas of the armor

[@TheMonkeygoneape]

the most annoying think with this show, was they didn't do Samurai Vs Knight, Pirate Vs Ninja (a meme at the time), and Spartan Vs Viking

[@boomboomskidskid]

Yeah I always thought it was so dumb for a ninja to fight a spartan. Especially with the ninja not sneaking up and killing him or running when he couldn't

[@TheMonkeygoneape]

@@boomboomskidskid I'm assuming it's because the knight vs samauri would have been so one sided

[@Zombiekilleryamato]

I’m partial to Apache vs ninja pirates gun advantage is too strong in the back for blood special he was too strong to be ancient but too weak for modern

[@boomboomskidskid]

@@TheMonkeygoneape lol not really. Samurai have had guns since the Dutch first showed up, and the samurai had things like kanabo to crush armor. Plus they had heavy armor as well.

[@sonyakinsey4376]

Yeah, the thing is that pirates weren't deadly, highly trained warriors. Most of them were, first and foremost, sailors. Some might have had combat training. And beyond that it was a pretty mixed bag of people who couldn't go home for various reasons, like that they had heavy debts, or would be court-martialed or were kidnaped from Africa by slavers. Probably a few well trained soldiers in there, but mostly not.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

The pirate expert saying they were special forces broke me. Ummmmmm no? A pirate is just a sailor no longer working for a government. Privateers during the War of Spanish Succession were basically anyone who had the time, money, and and a ship. Most crews were merchant marine sailors with some navy sailors, plus freed slaves, press ganged sailors, and lumberjacks in a few cases. None of this special anything.

[@HelixTheWas]

First 30 seconds and i am now questioning whether there is a God and if there IS a deadliest warrior. Alright james.. im hooked.

[@osirisatot19]

They could have at least given the knights a crossbow. I know they were just goofing around and the "historical experts" don't really know much because knights almost never used flails, which this show calls a morning star even though that's not really right; and also the reason why we have so many flails in museums is because they weren't used all that much because they were a nieche weapon that was hard to use and a flanged mace was a better tool. None of that matters much when the other person has guns though; it's almost like the reason why they stopped wearing so much armor is because it became (mostly) useless against firearms.

[@papita69xxx]

But the long range weapon of the knight was the crossbow. The flail is an odd choice for sure.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

This might seem like an obvious match but if a Knight is wearing Plate Armor, Chainmail under it and carrying a metal shield, they could realistically stop the bullets from a pistol and blunderbust.

[@boomboomskidskid]

Yup. It literally ends with him getting shot when his visor is pulled up. No armor get pierced really

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

@@boomboomskidskid Exactly, having a gun doesn't guarantee victory. Hell the Zulu's wiped out a massive army of British Soldiers despite them having guns, cannons and bombs. Against someone so heavily armored those guns are about as effective as slingshots.

[@mattdavis4860]

This also varies wildly depending on time period, a 16th century knight would have had very advanced plate armor AND a gun of his own

[@pacobell97]

​@@thefanwithoutaface8105Im like 99% sure that the numbers the zulu took out were super inflated. And the actual fight went as expected with the brits running them over. I could be thinking of the wrong account but I think I am correct.

[@theshadowswithin9896]

​@pacobell97 that reminds me of the story the Hawaiians love to tell about them k!lling Captain James Cook. But, they always conveniently leave out the part where the Brits came back and massacred their village for it.

[@bq1013]

"Knights are slow." You sir have never seen a fully armored man sprinting through a forest. They are not slow at all lol. Knight wins 9/10 fights in this scenario, and that one loss is when the pirates black powder is actually dry, doesn't miss and somehow hits the gap in between breastplate and bottom of the helm. Every other scenario the pirate loses abhorrently

[@teerection]

Well not according to the simulation by Slitherine Studios

[@DergyTheDragon]

This is pretty much a child’s idea of a knight vs a child’s idea of a pirate, they could have very easily given the knight a gun if they wanted instead of nerfing almost every aspect of the knight

[@jaredfauber7507]

I just appreciate that you acknowledged the use of pocket sand. That was what truly won the battle.

[@derrickhaggard]

Knight vs. Pirate from Deadliest Warrior S1 I kind of knew the Pirate was winning due to the fact he had gunpowder-powered weapons while the Knight didn't.

[@frailingbanjo]

Yes! A new Chris James!! My Saturday is complete!

[@aaronhendricks6718]

Ikr

[@DrJohnAZoidberg]

I knew you couldn't stay from this show for too long. It's a goldmine

[@xstahx]

Honestly, this was always one of my favorite episodes. I always assumed it was there "guns changed everything" proof episode. They gave the knight all these advantages (armor, shield, etc.) still showed that the pirates with "nerfed" primitive guns would still be able to win. This helped to give a reason why they split the finale episodes to with and without guns.

[@travismurtland3257]

The knight absolutely would have won lol, blunderbuss wouldn't do shit to that armor

[@oddish3022]

theirs a reason why soldiers still wore knight armor when they got issued guns (matchlock firearms) because the armor was still effective and the angle of the chest plate could potentially deflect the soft lead of the bullet, that was fired from weak primitive black powder that doesn't burn as hot as modern gun powder.

[@stephenhancock1578]

I really hate to be this guy. Knights and Pirates existed at the same time, and knights used firearms too. Knights were trained from childhood to death for warfare, and their armor was very effective at stopping bullets from 1500 AD onward. These people are claiming to be experts, and have no idea what they're talking about. Also, a mace is way more effective than a flail, I don't even think knights used them much. Imagine how insane you'd have to be to try to control that from horse back.

[@kylemendoza8860]

I think it was more like a gag weapon than anything. There's very little historical evidence that they ever existed. There's ecological evidence because we have found them obviously. In the historical record their barely even mentioned. Armor started disappearing from the battlefield because firearms could shoot through them.

[@Juju40826]

Door dash just came, Jay Jonah rolled up, Chris James just dropped. Life’s good 👌🏽

[@MrSnake-dh3hu]

My dad and I always loved the way the pirate shoots the knight inside his helmet at the end when I was little

[@kellykellybumbum]

Knights have to wear that very heavy armor and still be quick and agile.. ready to move, kill, and live to fight another day. I choose the knights FTW!

[@chaseendricks2981]

The craziest episode in terms of warriors was Sadam Hussian vs Pol Pot. Like the concept of giving 2 genocide maniacs from the last century a platform and then having a literal Cambodian Genocide survivor(if he actually is) as an expert is fucking crazy. Spike did not give a damn

[@FlourEater]

I love this show, it gives me the unreasonable feeling that I could also be a doctor. Mannequin having half his head obliterated with fist size chunk missing from it´s torso... "oh yeah, that´s a death".

[@empire_tw570]

Funny thing about that pirates are still around comment is that they did have a matchup with one, Somalia pirates vs Colombia drug cartel.

[@literallyanythingelseother]

David windheim(?) being the narrator is the best part. That's what makes it sound so real and official. Such a good cast

[@GUNNFORRESTER]

The knight couldve had a gun depending on if its a knight in the early middle ages or the later middle ages, granted they werent accurate and basically were a small cannon on a stick

[@coletrainhetrick]

A knight with a gun is probably close to peak historical badass

[@GUNNFORRESTER]

@@coletrainhetrick people underestimate the middle ages, I think the first "guns" were used in the 13th or 14th centuries... Pretty sure they were rare up until the 16-17th centuries

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

The show at least gave a timeframe here. French Knight 1337 so early 100 Years War, and British pirate 1715 basically the peak of pirate activity in the West Indies.

[@derickpelton3107]

Matt McMuscles AND you uploading a Deadliest Warrior video on the same day? Christmas came early!

[@josephborraccini2521]

"Historic Experts" could've chosen any number of weapons that a generic knight from a span of like 400 years used an they chose a flail, a weapon no one used.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

Yeah they got a bit weird. Pirate is fine. Those weapons are all correct. Knight less so.

[@iconic1916]

It would be a little different but i'd love to see you cover Dog The Bounty Hunter lmaoo

[@cannedcream]

I remember this as being the first cinematic fight on the show that had dialog when at one point the pirate just rolls his eyes and mutters "bloody hell" at the knight.

[@jmcburney658]

Al Capone's syphilis was a major contributor.

[@vraimothra]

i feel so bad for the dude who's literal job is to go "no yeah the other guy has a *gun* but i think we can still pull this off" lmao

[@TheLegPumpkin]

WHAT!? Explodey aimed tube full of metal hole makeys beats slashy metal triangle on a stick!? Slashy triangle was robbed!

[@agent_average365]

I wonder should this show get rebooted like just imagine what they could use this modern day

[@MeliesCinemagician]

Love how the knight experts are just so full of themselves, constantly talking about, "Oh, there's no way these little black powder guns are going to penetrate the knight's armor." Even when they do, they stand firm. "Yeah, but the gun is going to misfire, and the knight's going to get in there with a sword and kill the pirate." Makes me wonder what would happen if the knight had gone up against someone with an assault rifle, and they had just absolutely decimated a gel torso with plate armor on it. "Yeah, that's great, but now what? You just threw all your bullets away."

[@lanychabot-laroche135]

I love that "dead pig" is a thing that goes into their budget. Those are not cheap.

[@zachariousmccool5768]

Man I used to watch not only Ninja Warrior but also a lot of Spike when I was younger. Was an entertaining channel. I found your channel because recently I got extremely sick and was basically bed ridden for about a week. and when I got reccomended your channel (I don't remember what video) I got very absorbed and watched literally every single video on your channel (spent like 2 days doing it) I really like your style of videos and humour. I look forward to each and every video you upload as I think your very entertaining and just a swell guy. Just wanted to say thanks for getting me through my extreme sickness

[@jasonbanks5940]

Right on time. He appears in our hour of need with more tomfoolery for to ease our aching hearts.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

You know what's sad? The two pirate EXPERTS are just Hollywood stuntmen. They know jack shit about piracy. One of the leading real pirate historians nowadays is Benerson Little, whose a former Navy Seal. He literally wrote a book on pirate tactics, Sea Rovers Practice. He's a chill guy, he'd probably have said sure I'll do Deadliest Warriors.

[@lukasfraser1411]

I love that the one vuy said the sword "weighs a great deal" when it weighs like 5lbs

[@pacobell97]

Knights did fight against guns historically and pirates . I like that somehow this matchup is legit one of the more reasonable ones of the show.

[@procow2274]

That broad sword looked more like a 1 hander. If its actually 5 pounds then i have some questions

[@HardPourCorn]

The computer guy's last name is geiger, huh. 😂 Oh. 😂

[@merlinmannis9244]

I have always and will always hold the stance, that they did the knight dirty in this by pairing him with someone who has gunpowder weapons. I want knight vs samurai.

[@spanky310]

YESSS I LOVE WHEN DADDY JAMES DOES THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR VIDEOS

[@thebruceisloose7595]

Going down, down, down!!! Red Knight going down!!!

[@darrelarnez4502]

This was probably the funniest episode yet and ive seen almost all of them. Quality bro. Quality

[@Sarahonwheels]

I thought you were done with deadliest warrior. What a surprise

[@ChrisJamesTV]

Idk what you’re talking about you’re crazy

[@procow2274]

That honestly looks more like a pole axe than a halberd

[@scottaftem497]

You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They’ve got curved swords. Curved... Swords.

[@Humongous420]

I just went back and watched the IDF episode because of that whole pager walkie talkie deal in Lebanon. Good stuff Chris!

[@jsmalls9575]

I have no idea why I love Deadliest Warrior. But I do, unabashedly.

[@RizzyRamone67]

This whole time, I legit thought the narrator was doing a David Wenham impression. Real Michael Jackson on The Simpsons moment!

[@BlackLaGoonies]

These Deadliest Warrior videos are hilarious, but I'd really love to see you do a Deadliest Warrior style matchup to determine which failed Bar Rescue Spin-off from 2013 Spike TV would win a fight: Gym Rescue or Car Lot Rescue?

[@TheListofMrRaguso]

Oh man they really missed an opportunity by not making ExpertSwap, a show where the deadliest warrior experts would swap sides for a few days

[@seansummers5383]

I honestly don't think the gun played into this. This was rich vs poor. Some situations leave a person able a willing and able to figure out how to survive. Obviously the knights had to deal with this but not as much as pirates.

[@aethelflaed6814]

“These warriors have never met in history before this show.” Well that sounds made up.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

14:07 Yeah a few guns that take two minutes to reload, are pretty inaccurate at even a casual distance and can only be fired once at a time.

[@chriscreaturo8809]

That's why they carried multiple guns to fire off shots. Switching to the sword ahaha it was the beginning of guns, of course they don't reload like today 😂

[@clintplants1510]

Still waiting to see a reaction to the Monk vs Moari. The expert gets so salty

[@literallyanythingelseother]

I love that somewhere out there a young Chris James was watching the show with me

[@talkingaboutgames7313]

You should so a video on the episode between a Shaolin Monk and a Maori warrior. It is the most one sided battle I've seen in the series

[@bigk9000]

I was just about the say the show's narrator sounds just like the guy from 300 when you brought up David Wenham! 😂

[@jakebiebel8609]

Chris PLEASE cover Spike TVs great hit show of 2012, Repo Games 🙏

[@jamespondy0]

sword is equal to sword... mind-fucking-blown

[@mysticx0]

this released the same day matt mcmuscles does a deadliest warrior worst fighting game vid? lets go!

[@Bad_Gazpacho]

I just came from that video. What great synchronization.

[@CapraObscura]

Morning stars weren't really used in battle due to the long chain and unpredictability. It would have been a staff with a spikey club end with a short attachment... Like a polearm with a swinging bit

[@Bad_Gazpacho]

A mace would have been way better. Those saw far more use than swords due to the prevalence of heavy armor.

[@majinzanza]

Back in the day, deadliest warrior was the best! Also, you should cover more ‘Forged in Fire’! 👀 I actually don’t watch tv shows too often, so your channel is the closest I’ve got, and also very entertaining

[@JasperLane]

Listen I can overlook most of these episodes but this set me off. A private with a gun against a knight? I was so pissed because I felt like it robbed me of the eventual Knight vs Samuria or Spartan finally

[@glucostophin3879]

They do know that knights had firearms right? Depending on the age they literally tested plate with firearms. Surely the network did more research oh it was spike.... nvm 😂

[@mistahrnscuttah4120]

Isn't a knights "long range" a catapult?? 😂

[@Bad_Gazpacho]

Crossbow and later early gunpowder muskets.

[@andrews1688]

Mooom they’re deadlying my Warrior

[@unknownwriter2114]

Honorable mention...pocket sand.

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

Knight: Doesn't get any bows

[@dougbarrett619part2]

I go from someone reviewing the game to reviewing an episode. I call that winning at life

[@number3665]

This was the oddest pairing, and I love how the pirate guys are talking like pirates are trained soldiers. Most pirates were regular ass men lol. In an actual fight with an actual trained knight there's no chance. But the knights can't win because the pirates have guns. Guns win all the time lmao.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

Yeah pirates aren't soldiers they are just sea outlaws. Hell a good pirate heist involves the other ship surrendered without a fight. Very silly.

[@mitchellgeorge6031]

If you do another episode, do Washington vs Napoleon. The entire episode will make you lose brain cells, especially the outcome.

[@StilledFox]

I HATED this episode as a kid, I wanted the knight to win so bad 😂 sorry spoilers

[@justinchimento5654]

Same

[@davinbusha297]

I came back this week to rewatch your old deadliest warrior

[@YngRo]

DEADLIEST WARRIOR WITH CHRIS JAMES LETS GOOOO 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@KooL_D]

He's finally back! I told you he really did just go check the mail and get lost for the last 5 years

[@coletrainhetrick]

I just love this show and pirate vs knight was my favorite episode along eith spartan vs ninja.

[@iamtimsson]

undeniable equal importance!!!

[@nakuvamp]

deadlist warrior be like "who would win an english longbowmen? or a marine special forces sniper"

[@joeypalacios3293]

A Chris James deadliest warrior video? Oh, it's a good day

[@flyingbacon0523]

Honestly an underrated show

[@traceyxoxo]

Damn Chris I got stuff to get done! I have to wait like 3 more hours to watch this.❤

[@reginamachamer821]

You should do some of the old vh1 reality shows! Flavor of love season 1 is the best lol but they are all so good and all absolute comedy gold 😂 Tbh i would really love if you did a whole season (as a series like the milf manor ones) but even just an episode would be awesome

[@hotel283]

If Chris and I worked together he'd make me laugh at inappropriate times during meetings and stay dead pan so I'd get fired.

[@robertkelly9787]

I will never forgive how they wasted knights on this match-up.

[@jaredsmith6565]

Originally subbed after the first deadliest warrior episode, so happy to see another!

[@ablinkin1649]

Just what I needed. Thank you sir.

[@TalentlessCooking]

There's more recent talk about the morning star not being an actual historical weapon.

[@joshhudson9839]

This is just nonsense, the pirate gets guns and the knight has to use a weapon that largely wasn't even used on the battlefield? Really scraping the bottom of the barrel here.