The REAL Story Behind the Bradshaw Chair Shot

[@themobseat]

I'm 100% convinced Stevie has way too much class for the wrestling industry.

[@RealBrizz]

Yeah I highly doubt Jbl did any of the things for Meanie that Stevie mentioned he did for him.

[@jackmehoff916]

Stevie Richards class or not ABSOLUTELY SUCKED AS A WRESTLER!!!! AS A KID WHO SAID STEVIE RICHARDS MY FAVE

[@ChrisWooton23]

@@jackmehoff916 Cool story bud

[@christopherlandaverde9397]

Yeah for sure, I love watching people mature over the years and owning up to their mistakes.

[@HeywoodJablowme7]

He's just a normal guy who never got completely sucked into the clowish world of pro wrestling. He acknowledged it was a job, a fun job, but still a job.

[@nowtheworld138]

I wish Stevie would stop with the self loathing. Dude you’re fn’g amazing and you did something everyone in the comment section would have killed to do and you traveled the world you got to be in the ring with our heroes and you were a professional wrestler dude you had a good run! Never apologize for anything because if one little thing changes along the way you’re not here now. Accept your place in wrestling and be proud of it.

[@dangerousdays2052]

bUt hE's a JobBuRrrrrrrr! 🥴🥴

[@One.Zero.One101]

It's called self deprecation. It's a British thing, Americans tend to not get ir.

[@malikwilson7387]

@nowtheworld138 who are you to tell Stevie how to feel Smh I'm sick of society telling Men how to feel

[@dangerousdays2052]

@@malikwilson7387 Emotions are for the weak. Cope.

[@malikwilson7387]

@dangerousdays2052 you cope in that basement

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Stevie has become my favorite wrestler. He's as genuine of a person as we'll find on KZbin or TV.

[@jl45000019]

this whole series is just so good, i could listen to stevie talk for so long

[@thegoudaguymikey]

Not trying to cast dispersion towards others... Stevie truly comes across as the most humble, level headed dude and someone i wish younger guys and gals coming up would aspire to be as far as his work, his morales within the business and separation of ego and stardom. James and Stevie are top of the heap for content right now, for me personally.

[@mattm7798]

Friggin lawyers likely..."hey Vince, this guy has a potential lawsuit...why don't you put him over for a couple weeks to make his case weaker...sounds good pal"

[@TheHeartBreakKid]

Its a shane but its too true, too honest

[@MrTrueCaller619]

And u blame him ?! It's business, not charity dude ... Smart move by Vince & co if it was the reason .

[@krismckasson]

I don't know why you think someone had to give the idea to McMahon. Especially by the 2000s.

[@jd9119]

Meanie should've negotiated a short run with the World Title. Then he could get bookings on the indy circuit as "former world champion."

[@GJT-w3y]

"and it will cost you less than buying him an underage lady of the night and you can keep the one we interviewed for yourself"

[@slightlygone]

“You hurt my friend. Now I want your scalp” Stevie Richards

[@k_gene2816]

That Chairshot was enough for JBL to give some respect to Meanie and Stevie Richard’s … now he’s all cool with meanie lol

[@CMc-v7z]

They have a good laugh together now, seem like good friends.

[@PhantomDreamer_]

Richards.

[@k_gene2816]

@@PhantomDreamer_ don’t be that guy.

[@k_gene2816]

@@CMc-v7z yes

[@nicotoscani1707]

that's what concussions do, they get rid of all grudges in a split second

[@DackDavenport]

Could you get Steve Blackman on the show? He would be a great interview.

[@MrMctuck]

Sensei Blackman on here? That's a jam up request from a jam up guy 👌

[@McGomezAddams]

He is cold as ice

[@dangerousdays2052]

another guy who knocked out Glass Jaw Bradshaw. 🥴🥴

[@GregoryMolla]

@@McGomezAddamswilling to sacrifice

[@Dr.Meth666]

Mufuggin

[@PrinceMagnum]

I can appreciate the fact the wrestlers take care of each other. Thank you for pulling back the curtain and clearing the air about this urban legend.

[@bigkevin579]

Listening to Stevie talk, you see he's so real in his recounts of past interactions. He never paints himself in an exaggerated light and keeps it genuine. Stevie tells his story so well you can picture yourself in his position.

[@metalabsynth]

I want Stevie on an episode of Stories With Briscoe and Bradshaw! We already had Meanie on there. Lets get Stevie on there!!!

[@cerebraltackle]

The more I listen to Stevie, the more I like him!

[@rezrat2000]

I was there for that match. You could hear the chair shot all over the arena. Same night Shawn Michaels turned on Hulk Hogan.

[@thesmithersy]

This is a real eye opener for me. I look at the incident in a completely different way now. Thank you Stevie for explaining it so clearly and reasonably.

[@DingusAndy]

Stevie! You are literally the best. In all aspects. So respectful. And man, you can tell one hell of a story! Love the channel!

[@ji9237]

The more I listen, the more I love Stevie.

[@hurdyb1]

He needs to be working behind the scenes with up and coming wrestlers. So much knowledge

[@BK32Kingz]

"Its not what we do" years before the chair shot receipts existed, they still do. Goldberg and Owen weren't giving a reciept, they messed up. Stevie was/is too nice 😂

[@SamsarasArt]

It's the same kinda deal with the chair shot from Orton to Undertaker. Undertaker was so tall that the chair edge split him open.

[@PressPauseProductions]

Yeah it seemed like it was easy to botch head shots on the big guys, thankfully they're banned now

[@conniecarroll747]

Where did that happen?

[@BrockAwesome]

I swear for the last 10 years people on KZbin have been saying Stevie "got revenge" with that chair shot and I always said that shot doesn't look any worse than anyone else swinging a chair. I always called BS on those claims. Happy to finally hear I was right. 😋👍

[@nate_thegreat313]

To this day, I don’t think that chairshot Stevie gave to JBL gets mentioned enough. Stevie was a real one for giving a receipt and holding down Meanie

[@ryankeefe2102]

@@nate_thegreat313 it was the greatest piece of justice I've ever seen

[@themobseat]

Stevie says in the video it was an accident. @18:42

[@Godmade050]

You didn't get the point of this video

[@icambridge]

I think the chairshot was a preplanned receipt but the damage that happened wasn't planned.

[@d.52555]

The chair shot and the story behind it is mentioned ALL the time. Why do you think Stevie is even mentioning it? It’s still a hot topic

[@TheFailedmessiah]

JBL respects someone who can take it from him. Meanie took it and was still standing. JBL is a bully but when you stand up to him. He stops. I heard JBL tried getting cute with Joey Styles and he made JBL know he's not one to be fucked with. The best thing about standing up to a bully, you don't have to win the fight vs the bully. The bully respects you for having the balls to even step to him or challenge him once the bully pushes enough buttons. Brock Lesnar said he was a bully, admittedly. So he goes to the ufc and finds out there are bigger badder bullies than himself. Like Overeem. Or Ubereem as we called him.

[@kratosgow342]

same story when Bradshaw was in APA (The Acolyte) with Ron they testing Dudley Boyz that are they gonna do business with everyone or for themselves after Public Enemy incident which both are from ECW back then on WWE debut Bubba wasn't sure that he should beat them with 2x4 or not but I believe Ron asked Bubba that "can you handle 2x4?" and according to Bradshaw Bubba hit 2x4 so hard that it briefly paralyzed him it was really stiff hit later on backstage segment APA sent the receipt from the debut by ambushed them and Ron pick the real 50 gallon drum and both Bradshaw and Ron beat them on that segment since after that segment both Dudley Boyz gain respect from APA and become friend since

[@PressPauseProductions]

​@@kratosgow342Ron was a legit tough guy. Bradshaw would back down or become apologetic if someone stood up to him. I remember the story of him trying to haze Steve Blackman which went terribly wrong for him lol

[@kratosgow342]

@@PressPauseProductions oh yeah remember Brawl for All the shoot boxing match back then? it was a thing because Vince Russo wanted to see Bradshaw get his ass kicked due to him being loudmouth for being a tough guy

[@ridleyroid9060]

Heya Stevie, this is unrelated to this topic and you're probl'y not gonna see this but I just did a DDPY workout which had you in it (strength builder 2.0) and I have to say thank you for playing a part in helping me loose weight and get on the path of avoiding a premature death! Have dropped 25kg since January of 2024 and I feel so much better, I have slowed down but I am not stopping there. You are a class act and a great person!

[@jaw-knee-5]

I always loved the total irony of this story where Undertaker tells Stevie how harsh the chair shot to JBL was... then cut to Taker completely smashing the living hell out of Kanyon with those chair shots not too long beforehand.

[@Thearmyofsnipers]

That was 2 years before this

[@crowdpleaser2k]

Thank you!

[@martinputt6421]

@@Thearmyofsnipers And? Doesn't stop it being hypocritical from The Undertaker.

[@ShawnBond-jf9sr]

Completely random video suggestion but maybe you should do one on Crash Holly Sort of as a tribute to him episode. I think it would be nice since you knew him very well and since WWW never covered his death at all gone but not forgotten RIP

[@satanist8296]

Please make a video on the Daniel Puder incident

[@jonathancabrera7543]

wow new info i did not know about this situation great to know now

[@lookitskazzy]

I appreciate Stevie continuing to work us after all these years.

[@janewaters3026]

Once again, Stevie is the most down to earth dude in wrestling

[@MeltWithU]

I truly think, if not for that chair shot… That Bradshaw would have continued bullying people in the locker room. Knowing that if it wasn’t repercussion from the person that he was bullying, it was going to be from one of their friends. On top of that, I’m sure Vince went nuts on him and said… You are going to cause us a big lawsuit, not only against us, but against yourself… If you continue treating people like this. I think this was a necessary evil, to let him know that he couldn’t just get away with anything. That his actions also have repercussions.

[@jamesb1988]

Personally I think it was getting KO'd by Joey Styles that put an end to Bully Bradshaw.

[@johnkolko5199]

@@jamesb1988 and almost killed by Blackman.

[@jamesb1988]

@johnkolko5199 there's not really any shame in that though? Steve Blackman could do the exact same (or worse) to 99.9% of us.

[@NoName-cz3wn]

Remember that THESE TWO became friends... Bradshaw and The Meanie... but the Jacksons were too high and mighty to squash beef with THEIR ONLY DRAW

[@Dante-cv3ts]

If this was those early wwf vs wcw days and those two did that to their top draw and the owner was dumb enough to believe them, the locker room would of unalived them and dumped them in a ditch 😂 or just let haku have words with them

[@Former_Employee]

Michael had too much talent to be with them.

[@fifiwoof1969]

Awesome interview!

[@supercoolpartydude3575]

Damn Stevie…very rare do I feel like a fool, but you worked me so hard with that whole angle. Up until this video I thought the receipt story was real lol.

[@Libbawittz]

Appreciate the insight, but I also believe that if ppl want to see jbl as a bully, that's fair too. Messing with ppl while they're in the shower, as Edge said in his book, is odd behavior.

[@willfordTHE4th]

Its just the right thing to do what Stevie did after the match.....I like this way better than the whole receipt thing.....Class

[@FEWFWEF-z2x]

first title: I CRUSHED Bradshad with a Chair Shot: Heres Why

[@danielreynolds4716]

Hey JBL didn't I tell ya I'd show you?

[@casizz5047]

Was a better title 😂

[@jonathancabrera7543]

Undertaker Is Good Friends With JBL

[@commielnino]

Stevie talks about care and accountability as a form of wrestlers' code of ethics, but the truth is that it is an industry where there is so much ego and pride going on. Stevie is one of the good guys, but he is a unique personality in that industry. Its good that he keeps advocating for people just to be better to each other.

[@bufordhighwater9872]

I think that this should be the last time we need to bring this up. Stevie is obviously not proud of it. He's owned his mistake and apologized. He shouldn't have to keep apologizing for it.

[@ShawnBond-jf9sr]

Love your show as an old school wrestling fan An incredibly modest, even though you were a mid card act I definitely remember you in the right sensor

[@hungchoonghow5857]

Didn't JBL had a case with a commentator called Mauro, Maurice, Maurizio about bullying or something?

[@sethshepherd3221]

Correct!

[@risboturbide9396]

Your match for the Hardcore title vs Booker T was great. Any chance you make a video about it?

[@heatherwright3981]

Dang man, every time I hear one of Stevie's stories, I wish he would come out of retirement for one last match. I know it would never happen, but even if it was just an indie show somewhere, I would watch it!

[@sasjhwa]

Can I offer some constructive criticism? You are two guys talking about an event you both know a lot about. Not everyone in your audience does. Taking a few minutes at the beginning of your video to tell the story so that your watchers have context would really help us out. Set the stage. Introduce the players. Give us some background. As it is I feel like the guy who joined the conversation late and am nodding like I know what is going on while feeling like you don't care if I'm actually watching. Yes, I can piece things together with context clues, but I still feel like the video was made for old grognards with decades of knowledge who followed every minute of your career and not for the millions of people who have no clue what the heck you are talking about. Your banter style is great and you obviously have a ton of insider knowledge that your fans want to learn about but remember that your audience doesn't know everything that the two of you know so you need to tell us. Much appreciated.

[@thelostandromedan81]

This is a clip from a longer segment where they break down the lead-up One Night Stand incident with frame by frame replays

[@conniecarroll747]

​@@thelostandromedan81 Thank you.

[@DWtechfan]

Unpopular opinion: The Undertaker is the biggest hypocrite and phony in all of pro wrestling. He was totally fine with his boy Bradshaw messing with people and shooting on Meanie but berated Stevie for hitting JBL with a receipt. And Taker is notorious for both brutal chair shots and hitting others with receipts when he's been hit. In the ring Taker might be one of the best of all time but as a person, he seems shady AF.

[@GJT-w3y]

Mark was a key beneficiary of Vince and his abhorrent behavior.

[@brandongannon5677]

How can you say that when there are guys like Hulk Hogan and actual criminals in the wrestling business lol

[@nicotoscani1707]

he's a political master like hogan was.. i'd say probably better than hogan ever was at politics

[@nicotoscani1707]

​@@brandongannon5677there's crims in all businesses.. look at your local police force

[@TheForeverRanger]

Look at that infamous chair shot to Kanyon and the one Maven took.

[@Dr.HUGENSTEIN]

I love that everyone has to be treated like children by the Undertaker who is essentially a giant drunk carny.

[@RuFiOhYT]

This stuff is great, looking forward to seeing more! Absolutely hated Stevie as a kid (RTC might have been one of the most irritating things in the world - which is testament to them doing a great job!). Have so much respect for him now.

[@ResetButtonPodcast]

That match was actually underrated for what it was

[@SNOwyte]

Stevie be lyin bout that chair shot😂

[@VXGaming]

I kinda want the current JBL to just randomly appear in the background behind Stevie.

[@PoutingTrevor]

I'm sure Stevie once said that Bradshaw asked him to really lay in the chair shot. Am I misremembering?

[@soul3734]

kzbin.info0KJ4a9HLS7I

[@JamieB606]

No you remember correct, even claimed it was a work.

[@KeeganRW]

Stevie is definitely one of the "good guys" in the wrestling business. Sometimes, nice guys do indeed finish ahead

[@cerbus6597]

the chair shot reset JBL's whole attitude

[@conniecarroll747]

One would hope. JBL was known as a bully, both in the ring and outside to both wrestlers and non-wrestlers.

[@tormmac]

i dont like how JBL is blamed for hazing as a whole, ive dealt with it in 3 different careers, its just how things were back then

[@LpsWorldandstuff]

He will have to tell this story forever

[@gedlvl7777]

i honestly feel so bad for David..he's someone who loves wrestling and wants to be a part of it but because of what happened WWE won't give him a shot

[@jamesb1988]

Don't feel too bad for him... he wanted the stardom/nepotism without doing any of the work. When your Dad is Chris Benoit, you have to work pretty hard to have string bean arms that David has. If he had spent some time in the gym, then maybe he would deserve a look.

[@conniecarroll747]

He's working with AEW, so at least he's wrestling . He wanted to work under his dad's name.

[@TiVo67]

JBL probably told him to tell the magazine that it was a shoot and he was giving him a receipt as insurance in case Meanie would sue. He then had a countersuit with essentially a written confession.

[@mattm7798]

Wow, goes to show what we think happens in the ring as a receipt might just be an errant chairshot. Stevie could have easily lied and said "damn right i waffled him with the chair, he 100% deserved it" but he was like "nope, not a receipt, just a botched chairshot"

[@RisingRecluse]

I remember Dark Side of the Ring New Jack was pissed Vic Grimes never checked on him and he sent a receipt for that.

[@PtolemyJones]

That makes no darn sense, just because it CAN be a safe working environment when they were being careful doesn't change what happened that one violent unsafe night. Bradshaw did work out of fear of being sued or losing his job, no one thinks otherwise.

[@shepcon7892]

You stand on business sir, respect for a humanist

[@emanuelperez3595]

I appreciate your point alot you have a clear separation between a receipt and a shoot/accident A receipt is done on purpose but never with ill intent even Undertaker said it. You get back to them but not with the goal of hurting or emding career. A shoot is when you go all out regardless of consequences and opponents well being Accident is what happened to you. You did the job but odd didnt played for you in the particular moment that made it look like a shoot. Its like when owen hurt austin. It was an accident but people say at time it was him getting back at vince for bret. But it was just a freak accident at the wrong time ironically. You care for your opponent regardless who they are and what they done to you speak volumes of you quality of wrestling mind and work too. Huge respect bro bug time

[@nepaliprayasgurung2594]

I truly hope WWE 2K25 has super hard chair shots. If you hold strike button while holding a chair for 3 seconds and longer and release then you get really mean and hard chair shots!

[@William180-s9e]

Botch’s is considered Bad Communication

[@michaelbobic7135]

I've looked back at matches with JBL. He was often stiff and sometimes liked like he was trying to hurt people. For him to treat Meanie carefully had to have come from the upper management,

[@johnkolko5199]

Dutch Mantell who used to manage him talked about JBLs clothesline from Hell, could be brutal or soft depending on whom he gave it to. When Dutche's run was up and they had to have JBL turn on him and give Dutch the clothesline, Dutch said he was a little worried being up in years and not in the greatest health. He said Bradshaw barely touched up. Good sign of respect for Dirty Dutch there. So he does have a heart but some of the stuff like soaping up guys butts like a young edge in the shower is just flat out creepy

[@KingIce86]

We need you to get with Mavin talking about stuff.

[@Setanta69]

What a class act Stevie is...

[@_JC_21]

Wait, the previous stories were not REAL!? I feel violated.

[@joepulaskiiii]

You’re the man, Stevie! 🤘

[@nicotoscani1707]

it was revenge stevie, you got him good with the edge of the chair there.. i refuse to believ ur sloppy 😂

[@abrielrobertsson4160]

From what I understand, even in the podcast of JBL and Meanie, is that John is quite a loudmouth, but he doesn't really mean any harm. I don't think he was a bully, but he definitely did not understand how people would feel with his jokes. From all this story, I really have a problem with Taker. He's shown time and time again he really was an ahole with a lot of the guys, by bringing them down when they really didn't deserve it.

[@ChrisMS0815]

RVD talked about JBL being a loudmouth and f***ing up his zen, but in that same video he did call him a bully cause of how he saw him treat other wrestlers like Renee Dupree, basically JBL knew who he could mess with and who he couldn't mess with.

[@jd9119]

It's because JBL wasn't a bully. He was hazing people until the proved they were part of "the boys." It goes on in literally every sport. It's a process of initiation. It's only weak soy-boys that never played sports that call it bullying.

[@pibslemon9913]

This has to be a Mandela effect I remember Stevie jumping with that chair shot am I remembering this differently?

[@Stuart267]

*I still wince at that chair shot, you don't mess with his friends.*

[@conniecarroll747]

When did Stevie hit JBL with a brutal chair shot ? Helps if we knew the date.

[@LpsWorldandstuff]

He knows it was a receipt

[@cb3648]

Whenever he asked about testifying, Mick Foley told Meanie he would back him up if he sued.

[@longtermsquatter]

Seems like it was a misjudgement of distance that caused the top of the chair to make contact with JBL's head. Is there a reason why the forehead wouldn't be a better target for chair strikes? I thought the top of the head was a weak point whereas the forehead has thicker skull. Perhaps that is a misconception.

[@declan-kr5if]

Will Stevie speak on Crash Holly at some point?

[@edbridges1164]

Sounds like what happened to Taker when Randy Orton smacked him over the head with a chair the lip of the chair caught takers forehead and peeled his skin to the bridge of his nose

[@shawnastar77]

I wish you still wrestled.

[@crowdpleaser2k]

Taker worked himself into a shoot

[@twilliamspro]

Wouldn't the lawsuit be assault on the part of Bradshaw rather than WWE

[@Libra_King]

Is/was there a female wrestler that had the same role or took charge of women's locker room the way Undertaker did? I'm curious. No one ever speaks of it.

[@riselikethephoenix1]

15:21 whats this about?

[@grammysworld5449]

What made Bradshaw want to do that to Meanie anyway?

[@Canrugger]

Dibase had it right….every body has a price

[@danielwilliams5993]

has stevie talked about crash holly dying at his house on his podcast yet?

[@egomaniac247]

Undertaker is such a hypocrite

[@SNOwyte]

Joey Styles beat up bradshaw too 😂😂😂😂

[@conniecarroll747]

Bradshaw had been bullying him or, as JBL may have called it, relentless jokes on Styles who finally had had enough of it. He turned around and hit JBL. He didn't beat him up since he was much shorter.

[@emanuelperez3595]

The wrestling world at time feel like an anime or mango story. Filled with wacky story wild moment crazy people wild ego wild encounters legendary encounters people who everyone feared. Guys ripping teeth and nose with hands. Amazing

[@overkill7990]

ECW! ECW!

[@ericmacgillivray537]

Mad respect bro you're the real deal

[@neilross8697]

Couple of inches and it's a non issue

[@NeroX-px4wo]

Stevie layed it in brother! nothing wrong with a snug receipt on behalf of your friend! JBL had it coming brother! Stevie was BWO 4 Life…Legend! 😎💪🪑

[@Teddy42O]

JBL is in the WWE heel GOAT conversation

[@ryankeefe2102]

No he's not

[@JeremyBogie]

Agreed 100% However, I think I have a bias from when I was a kid. I HATED the heels from the Ruthless Aggression Era. Eddie Guerrero, Edge, Randy Orton, JBL, etc. I just don’t understand 95% of today’s heels. The heat always feels unnatural to me.

[@Zach3224]

Yes

[@matturner6890]

I found him extremely boring, I stopped watching during his title run era around 2005. Generic big cowboy gimmick winning everything in the middle of the Bush years was not fun to watch.

[@ryankeefe2102]

@@matturner6890 yup his whole carrer I was "ok I get it you've watched tapes of Stan Hansen

[@metabaron6664]

Stevie put JBL in his place for that shit

[@Wrestlingsaveslives]

Did Shawn micheals know srevies mum in the late seventies

[@conniecarroll747]

I don't understand this question

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

The chairshot that tore open a rift in space and time.

[@patkob2180]

He should of tagged with Steve Blackman