The Real Story of the Mass Transit Incident - Wrestling True Crime

[@MavenKHuffman]

Thank you to Joe Dombrowski for locating the Mass Transit footage. To watch over 500 hours of rare content, spanning in-ring action to documentaries, from Harley Race & The Von Erichs to AJ Styles & Johnny Gargano, please visit ProWrestlingLibrary.com! A huge thank you to D-Von for telling us this story. Was this your first time hearing about the Mass Transit Incident?

[@mikejefferys]

I'd heard about it but never seen the match before A well made video and I'm subbed for more content

[@atrmediaofficial]

Jesus Christ Is The Only Way To Heaven Repent & Believe & Accept The Gift Of Salvation ✝️❤️🙏

[@Crashoverride774]

​@@atrmediaofficial shhh, take your fairy tales elsewhere

[@Unethical_Ethical_HackTips]

Maven what's up? What happened to those early style videos? Those are way more entertaining than the story telling videos. I like when you do things like answer Google search questions, or teach us how you bladed without being seen ya know things like that. These videos aren't bad don't get me wrong but I love the other style of videos much more

[@perpetualcollapse]

First heard of it from the Vice DSotR series. R.I.P. New Jack

[@Winchesterfilmmaker]

"Wrestling True Crime", to put it bluntly, is how you can perfectly describe the Mass Transit Incident

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Wrestling is real you mean

[@alphanerd7221]

It's the only wrestling match to have been adjudicated to not be a crime.

[@tulstra]

the only crime is the stupid father letting his 17 year old child into an ecw ring and paul heyman not being the thorough enough to make sure that mass transit was actually a wrestler and not a 17 year old fan

[@dubuyajay9964]

187.

[@RandomPerson-nd2ey]

​@@tulstra and the kid committing fraud.

[@Gorene]

I think this might be the most raw footage and also analysis that ever came out about the Mass Transit incident and I really like hearing D’Von’s analysis. I like that you didn’t interrupt and when you’d interject you asked good questions that a regular person who doesn’t know the business would ask seeing this.

[@MavenKHuffman]

Thank you… trust me, I was learning just as much as everyone else

[@J.G.Wentworth69420]

​@@MavenKHuffmanand making light of the situation and snickering when you heard they both died. Saying you're sure the match didn't help. Nice

[@bradleysloan37]

​@@J.G.Wentworth69420 I didn't hear any laughing. And any one of us would have made an uncomfortable comment seeing this. You're making things up, trying to be offended over nothing.

[@J.G.Wentworth69420]

​@@bradleysloan3715:56

[@noahkramerY269]

​@@J.G.Wentworth69420 unlike ur lame attempted reaction shots at people ur not as close as known compared to maven lmao 💀

[@KatlynJShute]

Oh I love seeing and hearing Devon! I worked with him back in 2010-2013 when he was at TNA and I was working backstage for them as a prop runner. He never once forgot who I was even when I hadn’t seen him in like 6 months. He is one of the kindest people I have ever met in my life. Loved just listening to him talk and tell stories about his time in business. He was so sweet and kind. Thank you again for teaching me so much Devon. I learned so much from talking with you.

[@CR7-d9s]

U are a liar

[@MrDreamer60]

I met him at a tna signing. One of the nicest wrestlers I ever met. He recognised me next day when I had ringside seats and threw other wrestler over barricade where I was so I could watch them fight up close! Legend 😊

[@BGstPete]

A lot of people say this. Met 100s of wrestlers but never Dvon. That's awesome 👍🏻

[@MrBikboi]

Loool, looking like the most accurate caricature of a Tumblr moderator.

[@KatlynJShute]

@@MrBikboi okay, I still trying to figure out what that even means? Are you saying I’m a delusional crybaby that doesn’t understand the different between hate speech and speech that you hate? Oh I’m sorry, I mean brainwashed liberal? Why? Because I have purple hair? Hate to break it you. I’m the exact opposite of that. I’m for free speech through and through. Even when I don’t agree with what’s being said. I’m from Montana and a long line of emergency first responders. Including my mother who retired as a lieutenant of the rescue squad and a grandfather who retired after 40 years of service as a forestry fire fighter. I’m the exact opposite. If that’s not what you meant then, my bad. If it is, sorry you are completely wrong. But, don’t worry, you can say whatever you want about me because I believe you should have a right to show the world you judge people based on looks without knowing a single piece of information.

[@terryeubanks8797]

"I still don't understand how he didn't jump the barricade" Dad wasn't stupid. Best case, security walks him out of the building, worst case New Jack seriously injures him with that shank.

[@IPYES]

He failed as a father. Plain and simple. His son was 17 and shouldn't be allowed to fight there. He basically watched how he killed his son and didn't do anything. I don't feel bad neither for his son nor the father. Natural selection.

[@glennkurtzrock]

@@IPYES I read somewhere that the father backed up the son's claim that he had been trained by Killer Kowalski so I think the dad certainly bears a lot of the responsibility as well

[@austin7D7]

​@@IPYESyou're scum

[@Megaalith]

@@IPYES This isn't what killed him though.

[@lovelyhurlin6494]

​@IPYES The kid died years later during gastric band surgery.

[@LexClone5]

I hear the name “New Jack”, and immediately understood how everything went so wrong

[@MrGrifter123]

So it was jacks fault that someone lied to get in the ring 😂😂

[@alexriley2213]

He literally asked to be cut AND lied about his age 💀💀 mfs just wanna hate New Jack so bad

[@Akagami_98]

@@alexriley2213 oh for sure the kid fuckedup, but it dont change the fact New Jack always been a piece of shit 😂

[@imjustsam1745]

Racist

[@HLVision7]

@@alexriley2213 How can that psycho still have fans that defend his ass is beyond me. He's dead and buried, stop the d-riding bro.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

I never thought Maven would talk about one of the most infamous moments in ECW history. I would like to see Maven cover more non-WWE controversial moments like The Crucifixion of the Sandman, the Bash at the Beach debacle with Russo, Hogan and Jeff Jarrett, and more.

[@PrivateHole420]

Watch dark side of the Ring

[@MrMarcJackson]

Why?

[@aaronjordan7729]

We heard all them stories a million times.

[@canucklehead70]

Brawl for All

[@PrivateHole420]

Watch Dark Side of the Ring

[@Xgcriotboyx]

I’ll be honest, wasn’t the biggest Maven fan growing up. Didn’t dislike him just wasn’t a big part of my wrestling memory but man I love his KZbin channel.

[@steve_jackson9933]

same. Maven is so awesome. so much is being said.

[@g7721]

100% how I feel as well.

[@BillyBoob-nz6ld]

dude same

[@jackhughes7637]

It's funny... Royal Rumble 2002 was my first memory of watching wrestling with my family and in turn is my favourite PPV ever. Maven will always have that small place in my memory of wrestling.

[@HARDCOREKIDDTYLEE]

Same here

[@nobones999999999]

Well done Maven. Really appreciated all the "B-Roll" footage cut in during the interview. I'm hoping you produce more of these types of long form interviews.

[@kobejanvicente1686]

Man, you're really amping up the production quality in these videos. I love it.

[@_JC_21]

Constant improvement every time. Maven has a solid partner producing this.

[@RAD1111able]

​@@_JC_21And to think everything started with an innocent text message

[@ronvlaarsvar6867]

@@RAD1111able Story behind that one?

[@sammyv3100]

@@ronvlaarsvar6867Maven received a LinkedIn message I believe and it was from his now KZbin partner to produce KZbin videos, Maven at the time believed he wouldn’t be big enough to really have people want to watch him or get clicks but his now producer/partner felt differently and now they work together producing videos.

[@kratosgow342]

​@@ronvlaarsvar6867someone sent Maven on his DM suggested him to start KZbin channel and it's all snowballing from here

[@kobejanvicente1686]

D-Von should probably start his own KZbin channel too.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Really cool guy

[@jakesidekid]

The ecw stories would be crazy

[@John-Stark]

Would probably be a combo of Motivation speaking and Wrestling stories

[@GQSmoos]

It would be the reverse of the Jakks Pacific story. “D-Von, if Raid: Shadow Legends gives you a call, you ANSWER!”

[@alanwilliams264]

Absolutely

[@carrigster]

Hell yeah, Maven had the voice and presenter skills to do more of these deep dive "Dark side of the ring" style incidents. One of my favourite new channels of the past 18 months, keep it up Maven & team!

[@MrZoolook]

New Jack smashes Mass Transit's cranium with a toaster. Maven: "What's going through his mind there?" Clearly, the toaster. The toaster is going through his mind.

[@MrZoolook]

@@skepchica You must be watching a different video. 9:30

[@emekaossai5485]

hahahahahahahahahhhhahahahha someone pin this

[@geoffriggins]

What's going through his mind there? bread 🤣🤣

[@taranthenderson]

​@@geoffriggins...more like Pop Tarts

[@yodathehutt1557]

Hilarious comment

[@RyanRumbles434]

Maven is so versatile in doing his videos. They are very well put together. Love the guest spot. 😊

[@jessehaltia4795]

Mass transit obviously had no business being in the ring but there's no excuses for New Jack. He was a vile, remorseless sociopath.

[@tulstra]

New Jack has to be the greatest wrestler of all time the way people like you still think the guy he portrayed on screen and the guy he was in real life are one in the same, you probably believe hogan when he says he worked 400 days in a year brother

[@SportEffiloche]

A complete piece of shit. It's not ''Just New Jack'', it's a damn sociopath that will do whatever his crazy mind wants at the moment.

[@manuelchalas7957]

@@tulstrabruh even if he acted differently, he still committed multiple crimes in the ring and has admitted as Jerome young not new jack that he would try to kill people in the ring. He would take advantage of the fact that it was wrestling to always take things too far.

[@LordZaayl]

That fact alone was probably what got New Jack acquitted. There is a level of negligence on the fathers part for allowing his son to wrestle in the first place. But at the same time this was 1996 and most people knew wrestling was "fake" (scripted) but how real the work is was not well known, it was a common assumption that wrestling was completely safe and wrestlers never got hurt in the ring and its not like you could just google it and find out online super easily like you can today, the internet was in its infancy and the business was still being protected. Though I don't know if he was aware his son had to lie about his age and credentials to get in the ring, if he did then there was really no excuse at all and he would be at the very least equally to blame.

[@LordZaayl]

@@tulstra Nobody thinks he is a psycho because of his over the top character, we think he is a psycho because of his actions in the ring, including two separate instances of actual attempted murder (and this incident isn't even one of them)

[@shanechandler7306]

That toaster shot was brutal...I love how D-Von picked that as the point that Mass Transit probably had second thoughts. And Maven, you're fantastic bro, I'm so happy seeing you pop-up on my KZbin feed lately. You articulate these types of things so well, and you deserve success in this venture.

[@KasumiRINA]

He was probably concussed at this point, since he didn't feel being essentially scalped.

[@planescaped]

Lol, the camera filter and shooting style of an actual true crime show. I love it. Maven's doing a real good job at keeping his channel interesting and not falling into a content pitfall.

[@T-DOGG.]

All footage I’ve seen of the march look like this

[@von2300]

Of all the people I've heard tell the story of the Mass Transit Incident, I knew I'd hear THE BEST version of it from Maven's unflinchingly honest damn good story telling channel.

[@tikkelbikkel]

We finally got the D-Von collab, and it's a banger too

[@Rattwap]

Not the first. There was one video where he called D-Von while recording it.

[@tikkelbikkel]

@@Rattwap I think there's been a couple, though I could be thinking of Chris Van Vliet videos. But besides, I meant like them two side by side you know, not just on the phone

[@LordZaayl]

@@tikkelbikkel Both, he did it once during his video about his relationship with wrestlers he worked with and called D-Von to ask why he hated him. Then on Chris' show he called D-Von as a bit and D-Von then hung up on him (In a funny way, not an angry/annoyed way, for those who didn't see it.)

[@CellGames2006]

Yeah, these are great. The Booker one was awesome, this was too, in a dark not so fun way... can't wait to see what he does with all his buddies. They all seem to have some deep content to bring in addition to their personalities.

[@lorimeyers3839]

I met DVon and Bubba Ray at an autograph signing event at the Galleria Mall in Middletown, NY a little over 20 years ago when I was just 10 or 11 years old. They were trying to put Stephanie through a table in the storyline at the time. I remember telling DVon to “get Stephanie” and he said “I will.” I’ll never forget the way he looked at me and smiled when he said it. But they never did 😂

[@mattbriddell9246]

Can just imagine Bubba yelling "D-Von! Get the Stephanie!" in the middle of a match 😂

[@PhirenFayt]

Dvon and Maven got chemistry on video. Lets get more of em

[@Unaliq]

Considering that they've been friends ever since the Ruthless Aggression era. A 21 year long friendship, and this video is just a small glimpse of that friendship. I'm all for more Maven and D-Von videos not just for their time in wwe but for the other promotions from the early years up to today.

[@justinb864]

Maven has said in past videos that they are close friends.

[@DANGERUSSTV]

cause they both the faces of the new american agenda, gay black men!

[@AUZlE]

D-Von was one of my favorite wrestlers as a kid. The Dudley Brothers, Edge and Christian, and the Hardy Brothers were the peak of wrestling entertainment for 10 year old me.

[@thor1829]

Tag team wrestling at its absolute BEST right there!

[@ReeN1995]

Yeah that was the stuff to watch. Jeff Hardy went hard every match I think.

[@mcblaze1986]

Can’t forget new age outlaws aswell and 2 cool

[@Gamelaced]

Road dawg Jesse James and bad ass billy gun

[@mcblaze1986]

@@Gamelaced oh you didn’t knooowwww……… Your ass better call somebodaaaaaaaaa

[@BetoMSea]

New jack was a menace and didn't care about anyones safety. Should not have been allowed to wrestle

[@pleaseshutup7053]

He should have wrestling business news crazy wrestlers like this to keep up the realism

[@lejonknug]

should have been sent straight back to jail where he belongs

[@ass2mouthallday]

@@pleaseshutup7053 English please.

[@miraclesage8622]

Well he didn’t wrestle anyway, he just beat people up. Never seen him do a single submission hold or technical move

[@Dr-Stu]

Didn't care about their safety!? He actively tried to permanently fu** people up. Complete trash.

[@sasky306]

D von is so laid back and insightful . definitely would like a few more episodes featuring him

[@thecalibratedsuperstarslic4284]

Dvon Dudley was my trainer at the team 3D wrestling academy in Kissimmee Florida back in 08

[@thebruhnetwork]

Same me too!

[@Json-nn6qk]

Cool

[@waylaymaster6198]

What was it like?

[@df7817]

Is it still around

[@gerardvlietveld7594]

And what have you become?

[@dompartida]

Maven’s “Dark Side of the Ring”

[@MavenKHuffman]

😂😂

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

​@@MavenKHuffmanYou know Muhammad Hassan 🤔

[@dylanbryant3547]

Maven's dark side of the ring

[@sayandas3939]

​@@micahjohnsonboxing6409yes that would be very interesting maven was a insider and it would preety interesting to know his story about muhammad hassan

[@TheVHSReviver]

@@MavenKHuffman Would love to see more like this. Was a really interesting watch.

[@DoobieDoctor5000]

Devon explaining Heat to his long-time friend and colleague is a reminder this is all done for us.

[@robvollman]

In fairness, it's not unreasonable to assume that Maven has no idea what heat is

[@DoobieDoctor5000]

@@robvollman I know this was a dig but in true fairness that would be an unreasonable assumption.

[@robvollman]

Yes it was meant as a light-hearted joke. For example, I recall he had major heat after eliminating the Undertaker at the Royal Rumble. The crowd went absolutely crazy. So, he obviously has first-hand, personal experience of what heat is.

[@dipper5835]

@@robvollman Yeah i don't think so

[@Official2Shitty]

​@@robvollman it was a joke Maven, a formal wrestler, is obviously familiar the term heat

[@sgthotsauce]

All i got out of this was "Jack was bieng Jack." In other words, New Jack was a piece of shit.

[@sspaay]

Maven, I have enjoyed many of your videos, but this was the best hands down. Going inside this almost mythical event, seeing the video of the bingo hall, and hearing about it from D-Von's perspective was a great glimpse into the history of pro wrestling.

[@danielmarcus420]

I rode on a elevator with Devon last Nov at Wrestlecade! As simple as that sounds, it was pretty exciting!

[@RandomPerson-nd2ey]

He just randomly shows up at places, huh? I went to a community event at a church and he was there signing autographs and taking pictures. Haha. Like... okay, hi Devon!

[@AJ-dx6bn]

​@@RandomPerson-nd2ey reverend Devon

[@MrDonalds_employee]

@@RandomPerson-nd2eyTESTIFY

[@AJDaniels99]

I actually met him there too

[@chase5298]

@@RandomPerson-nd2ey almost like hes a living person who does things....

[@WezBaker94]

Maven! Recently, my mother has gotten into your videos and although she is hard of hearing in both ears, she is able to hang onto everything you say. Thank you for helping her feel like her old self lately ❤️

[@matthewgubbins8515]

That's so cool

[@deathmauler181]

Bro... w. This is so wholesome, ya love to see it

[@tahcria]

@WezBaker94 - Best wishes to your Mother!

[@T-Squeezy23]

I dont care how good of a wrestler he was. Newjack was a disgusting human being that was truly sick in the head and should never have been anywhere close to a squared circle once he started causing intentional harm to his fellow wrestlers.

[@ondeado6013]

Wrestling is about trust and he's a scumbag that took advantage to legitimately attack people he didn't see eye to eye with.

[@shadyshaman]

I agree, and the idiots in comments acting like New Jack was just teaching him a lesson for lieng about his age are even more disgusting/brainless human sheep. NEW JACK DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT HIS AGE AT THAT POINT!! So there is no excuse.

[@Megaalith]

Kid wanted to get cut

[@Aethelia]

Yeah, two things can be true at the same time: The dad was an irresponsible idiot for putting his kid in there and then having the audacity to get mad when wrestling happened... AND New Jack was an unrepentant sociopath who ALSO should not have been allowed in there.

[@westwud8995]

He wasn't a wrestler honestly he was a Thug in a wrestling ring

[@mikesleckman8927]

Channel just gets better and better

[@MavenKHuffman]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@vicecityveto]

Mass transit is a great wrestling name to be honest.

[@KevinTR96]

Ong

[@HawwkBigity]

Was just thinking 🤔 the same

[@saintlouis1087]

Hijo de el Mass Transit

[@ihavetubes]

One way ticket to Mass transit

[@TheMajor8478]

​@@ihavetubesBummer that he probably forgot it after the match.

[@Manga_Lloyd]

One of the things that bothers me most about New Jack is that people always seem to say things like, "Oh, that's just New Jack," or "the kid's not in Kansas anymore." New Jack was a piece of shit that proved it right here. I realize he's a "brother" to a lot of workers that know him, but that's B.S.

[@Ishidanfarded2370]

Well said, saying "Thats just new jack" is just a cop out trying to justify his thuggish behaviour and basically enabling him. He should have never wrestled again after this

[@captainjefferies9047]

@@Ishidanfarded2370 Why? He didn't do anything wrong.

[@swaylikesmusic]

@@captainjefferies9047 he did lol

[@MrGrifter123]

@@swaylikesmusicno he didn’t 😂 . Mass Transit basically asked for what he got . If you ever saw the dad’s video he confirms it 😂. He wanted jack to make him bleed so….. Bommbs awaaaayyyy 😂😂😂

[@alexriley2213]

You do realize that Mass asked to be cut ….. and also lied about his age and experience. You just want a reason to not like New Jack, do your own research.

[@MrAdal206]

New Jack used to talk about how The Dudley boys stole his entire style right down to his camouflage clothing.

[@skepchica]

They did.

[@mageco5804]

lol i can see that now that you mentioned it lol

[@lewisb85]

@@mageco5804 Well it was vince's idea.

[@mageco5804]

@@lewisb85 nah, they looked like that in ECW

[@MrAdal206]

@@mageco5804 Not at the beginning. New jack did it first and then the Dudley’s.

[@alexisflores7066]

Keep up the great content🤘🏼

[@MavenKHuffman]

Can’t thank you enough!!! We will keep up the content and it’s thanks to people like you. Keep an eye out this Friday for THE DEADMAN!

[@thugzman7890]

I’ve watched about 10 documentaries about this …..still clicked this one immediately lol

[@MrJjburgess11]

I remember this was on my local news because he was from my area. I just starting watching ECW at this time. I was like wow this stuff is really legit lol

[@shable1436]

I clicked because I had never heard of him, or the incident before

[@lollycarola]

Thanks for covering this, Maven. People don't talk about this very often nowadays, but it was the stuff of legend in the 90s-00s.

[@jeremymiller6264]

D’Von is one of my all tome favorite wrestlers. The Dudley Boys has to be one of the greatest tag team duos ever. Their gimmick was so much fun to watch. Thank you for always putting on a great show.

[@Kevmaster2000]

The kid died less than 6 years later in 2002 at the age of 22 due to complications from gastric bypass surgery.

[@zoefaith120]

Wow. What a way to leave. 😢

[@Bigkillaward]

​@@zoefaith120i Yea what a coincidence, under another knife

[@sg-zd8eb]

It was after a lawsuit the Kulas family filed.

[@relentlesschaos7445]

His Father, Stephen Kulas eventually passed away in 2012.

[@evandaymon8303]

It is sad yes but honestly could been avoided if they did a proper background check on the teen and for teen to not lie about his age and credibility of being trained

[@MorganFreemansFavoriteFreckle]

Maven, the professionalism and quality of your content is very striking. I am to young to have caught your in-ring career live, but I’m grateful you’ve decided to embark on this KZbin career. More Breakdown videos, please!

[@mrdee2454]

New jack is a psychopath.

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

It was probably that moment where the big companies like WCW and WWE decided that he’d be too much of a liability to sign, and it was probably the Vic Grimes incident where wrestlers that worked for the big companies decided that they wouldn’t want to work with him either, so he just sealed his own fate to be doing garbage matches for indies, though he did have a little run at TNA, but he was heavily neutered there

[@fabriziomarces9147]

was. he's dead

[@Unaliq]

Well, was is a more appropriate word to use as New Jack died in 2021

[@davidepannone6021]

@@fabriziomarces9147 good.

[@SirTibzy]

@@JamesJohnson-tr1gu and yet despite all of New Jack's garbage matches and hardcore wrestling, Jim Cornette still seems to like him - which goes to show that Cornette cannot be deemed a serious and unbiased commentator.

[@VideoCesar07]

Great video. I love how Maven asks good questions and D-Von's comments about the match are very on point without going into personal opinions about people's behavior in the match. On that note, I honestly can't believe New Jack got away with this. Doesn't matter that Mass Transit was 17, it was the fact that he cut him in a way meant to seriously injure him. If he had just bladed him to make him look bloody and done the rest of his actions, I wouldn't have given it much thought. The fact that he left the building as soon as the match was over tells you all you need to know.

[@barringtonfisher87]

New Jack really was a piece of shit. Fair enough you wanna show the new guy you don't get to make demands, but it's not as if he walked in & threatened to kill New Jack. A few still shots would've delivered the message. That was too far. New Jack should've never worked again after that

[@Magnum_Express]

Fortunately he's no longer with us.

[@keelersama6182]

This ain’t even close to the worse thing he’s done in the ring.

[@CaptainMorgan420]

@@Magnum_Express Oh no, where did he go?

[@SirDankleberry]

​@@CaptainMorgan420 He took the elevator downstairs.

[@blackstormer95]

@@CaptainMorgan420 karma gave him heart issues, now the piece of sh*t is rotting 6ft under

[@fangerboardin4741]

You've really ramped up the quality in the recent uploads it's amazing to see!! Also dig the suit Maven, lookin sharp!!

[@MavenKHuffman]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@itscarlosreally]

I'm really enjoying the variety your channel's offering, Mave. Good stuff! We're all still waiting for you to appear on Taker's podcast, though. Hahaha!

[@mattbriddell9246]

"Was Jack mad at him or was that just the way he was in the ring?" D-von: "Yes"

[@degenerate8228]

Dvon is a wonderful storyteller as well as could share many stories with us on KZbin. Such a calm and cool experience man!

[@wangson]

I was thinking the same thing after watching this - he's clearly a very articulate, thoughtful speaker when he's being himself! That was fantastic! It goes to show how much of a character, "DVon Dudley" really is.

[@shawnmichaels568]

One of the most unforgettable moments in ECW, Didn't expect D-Von here.

[@orderlycollector]

Never thought that in 2024, one of the best wrestling youtube channels would be Mavens of all people. Keep up the quality work, you are killing it. Goes to show anyone can make a comeback.

[@Dongatello]

I just started watching your channel. I stopped watching wrestling around 2000-2001. It's really nice to see all of these interviews from that time frame. Keep it up.

[@jesushurtado718]

This is the only youtube account i actually turn notifications on for. Videos are always great

[@CommanderSuberox]

Maven and Dvon should start a podcast just listening to you two talk was interesting the chemistry is insane.

[@covcova]

I’ve heard this story many times, but this is the best, most in depth detail Thanks Maven and Devon!

[@TheUndisputedQueso]

Maven bro can we please get more videos like this? Absolutely loved the sit down and the breakdown..keep up the great work

[@SpaceLordLono]

It was nice to hear D-Von talk about this issue as a ring veteran but also with compassion.

[@awesomeFrost]

I seriously don't understand a wrestler's reasoning for defending this. "Oh this rookie needs to be smartened up, LET ME TRY ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER." I don't care if this kid lied about his age and background, NJ took liberties on someone who was clearly defenseless and didn't know any better. Imagine working a desk job and your co-worker shanks you for asking how to use a printer.

[@awesomeFrost]

And a reminder, both Mustafa and D'von could've prevented this from happening. All 3 of those wrestlers were punks.

[@denisbeauregard]

So tough to watch. No care in the world, just want a reaction. No need to happened this way. Sad.

[@somewhiteguy8444]

Different times, nerd

[@grahams5926]

​@awesomeFrost Dvon could've said something but the truth is most likely all he'd have done is earned himself a similar beating. Mustafa had a better chance and should have said something but that situation is a lot more complicated if you're in the midst of it than it is for us in hindsight.

[@aaronhurst4379]

@@somewhiteguy8444 "Different times" is never an excuse

[@guschampion]

I am kind of stunned that you are covering this, but I LOVE it. This channel is high quality!

[@giannibustos4801]

More D-Von please, man is a wealth of knowledge

[@trashbeast2985]

Mav, these videos are phenomenal. I’m happy to see the friendship you’ve developed with Devon. I’m happy to see this channel doing well, take care my friend.

[@badtopvm3156]

Anyone defending new jack is menace. I dont understand how they let him wrestle after admitting he tried to kill one guy and after stabbing another guy 9 times in a ring. Dude should have been in jail for the rest of his life.

[@burnthetubs]

When New Jack made his way in Valhalla he looked around and said "Where the white women at?" Wrestling is dangerous.

[@ridleyroid9060]

Fr. Justice wasnt done.

[@_Risto]

Did the guy die??

[@davidmata1416]

I used to love new Jack when I was younger but being older you quickly realize how troubled he was as an individual. Total responsibility on ecw as an organization to allow something like that to happen. I loved ecw but this is prime reason why it never made it big time.

[@badtopvm3156]

@@davidmata1416 Ecw had alot of great wrestlers but when things get this serious its their fault they let him wrestle and they should have been charged tbh.

[@greedygray]

I love how people preach about not taking liberties with others body and not letting them do it to you, UNLESS were speaking about New Jack. He somehow got the pass.

[@Guiltless765]

He's part of the privileged and pampered in America. Can't say anything to them or about them without getting that label. They know it and take every liberty they can. Wake up.

[@wingerding]

How so?

[@rollingthunder8223]

@@Guiltless765 who is them ?

[@pepeshadilay]

​@@rollingthunder8223the usual suspects

[@rollingthunder8223]

@@pepeshadilay who backyard wrestlers

[@robertoagosto3938]

Great stuff! Would've loved to get Mustafa's version of events for more insight especially now that New Jack has left this realm.

[@Ricardosucio]

Maven is the Batman of wrestling on KZbin. He gives us the content we need, but that none of us deserve

[@whitepaws60]

Man, New Jack was just a maniac huh? Didn't he also try to kill 2 separate people in the ring?

[@drakesaysgaming1911]

Yes. Notoriously attempted to kill Vic Grimes (iirc) by throwing him off a scaffold; he missed where he was aiming for and so Vic *only* broke his ankle. The other time he straight up whipped out a knife and stabbed someone in the ring, repeatedly. The fact this man somehow had a long career eternally astounds me.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

They had it coming

[@ItsTheRemixaa]

Another one being the 80 year old wrestler Gypsy Joe

[@whitepaws60]

@@drakesaysgaming1911 Oh I know those are the 2 incidents I was talking about, I just wanted to give someone the opportunity to explain them cause I didn't want to lol Though I think your misinformed on the first one, He didn't miss (unless you mean he missed while aiming for the floor) He was TRYING to kill Vic, He even said so afterwards. I believe that was payback for that botch where they fell off a platform and Vic landed on New Jack's head on a concrete floor giving him brain damage (Im pretty sure new jack caused that botch tho)

[@gmaxion2001]

He tried to kill Vic Grimes, he beat the piss out of Gypsy Joe because he was headbutting Jack's nose and no selling. He stabbed Hunter Red because Hunter didn't want to talk about the match and it pissed Jack the hell off. With Vic, it was revenge for an incident in Danbury and because Vic was bragging about hurting Jack.

[@wb303]

Surprised D von was very respectful about New Jack after the things he said about him

[@MavenKHuffman]

Never a good thing to speak ill of the dead. No matter what anamosity may have existed. Just my opinion

[@ScienceDevkota]

​@@MavenKHuffman New Jack doesn't deserve any respect. He is the worst human being that i have ever seen. In fact, it hurts to call such creature a human.

[@zmzo5030]

They patched things up before Jacks passing, see D-Vons interview on Cafe de Rene

[@DonaldMeyers-v8c]

​@@MavenKHuffmanyeah no doubt. That's as bad as some of the stuff jack did

[@DonaldMeyers-v8c]

​@@ScienceDevkotasaying all that about someone that passed doesn't make you much better than Jack

[@Mysteriouslydarkstorys]

Absolutely awesome to see you've got a KZbin channel Maven, grew up watching heaps of early ecw shows and wwe, it's actually a trip to see you doing the youtube thing now and this was a great topic to go over, i learnt so much about what actually happened

[@WrecklessEating]

Gotta say Maven keeps making this channel interesting. Constantly coming up with great ideas for content.

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

"Let us know when it goes off the rails" BELL DINGS DVON: it went off the rails here

[@brandybeeATL]

😂

[@sarmadhabibkhan3036]

Maven as a fan who grew up during the Ruthless Aggression Era, I am so glad to see you doing so well on KZbin now. Hope your channels grows even further.

[@MavenKHuffman]

🙏🏽🙏🏽 appreciate that brotha

[@steve_jackson9933]

You, and your channel, are amazing. I cannot get enough of this.

[@curtislewis8801]

New Jack was a horrible human being who tried to use wrestling and "working" as a means to justify it. The fact that he didn't care that he almost offed a child is insane.

[@Ishidanfarded2370]

He was high on coke every match, something he openly admitted. Just a thug coward

[@captainjefferies9047]

mark.

[@gorillakid9394]

@@Ishidanfarded2370 wouldn’t say all that Simply it’s a case u are what u was raise around and also the kid and father are at fault it’s literally call ecw “extreme championship wrestling “ so I mean he should of did research Before hand

[@thestranger9608]

​@Ishidanfarded2370 that's racist calling him a thug

[@GenericProtagonist118]

He was a very disturbed individual and also was trained during the absolute height of Kayfabe. One fact I remember from his interview in Dark Side of the Ring is his old coach gave him the advice along the lines of "Always outdo what you've done before", so with that as personal justification he did more extreme crap that put himself and his opponents in actual danger. To the point that he was just... okay if he ended up killing one of them in the ring. The thing I'm most shocked by is that he never did actually kill anybody in the ring.

[@mathewmorrison4907]

Easily the best wrestling channel on KZbin

[@ActionXD]

New Jack was a crazy MF, this was taken way too far.

[@CAGAT25]

How? He fucking asked for it. Specifically asked new Jack to blade him

[@ActionXD]

@@CAGAT25 tf when? Even if so that top rope chair shot was not asked for.

[@LordDeBahs]

@@CAGAT25 except he blade him too deep and narow . that was sadistic cut with literal blade . not just small hidden razor like bret hart use on austin as example

[@FreshPrincex4]

​@@ActionXDEric (Mass Transit) asked for jack to Blade him, after immediately disrespecting the whole locker room. Telling everyone what HE'S gonna do and not gonna do. Which is the one thing you don't do as a rookie

[@Iamdjqu1975]

@@ActionXDthat was his finisher

[@krystof5793]

You can tell that D-Von feels remorse for the kid, in retrospect, but Maven is incredibly cavalier about a minor getting nearly murdered by a vindictive sociopath.

[@faizrabani9946]

It's good to watch you & 1 of your best friends back in the days doing video together... Happy for you brother

[@dwoodstwin]

This story makes me sick. It’s sadistic

[@deputyduffy]

what's sick is these 2 laughing about it....

[@serengeti4027]

@@deputyduffy honestly, the wrestling community is fucking strange. i'm very into mma (which is actually real) and you would only ever see violence like this be shamed. they seem to borderline admire newjack. very odd.

[@jonbourgoin182]

The kid lied about his age and training AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, he ASKED New Jack to blade him.

[@deathmauler181]

@@jonbourgoin182 bro lol ,I get the kid fucked up but there's getting color like taker gave maven then there's this

[@DonaldMeyers-v8c]

​@@deputyduffyEvery profession has it's dark humor

[@AsharadDracul]

Finally brother Divon and Maven together!

[@lejonknug]

It's Devon

[@wb303]

@@lejonknug How do you try to correct someone and still get it wrong? 😂

[@DJwizz76]

​@@lejonknug *D-Von

[@splitter7376]

Divon lmao, why can't any of you people spell wrestlers names

[@DarthLolly]

@@wb303 Devon is his real name though.

[@davemac9087]

This is content that people want to see. Not just hearing people talk about old stories, all the time!

[@JeromeDoyle]

You and D-von should pair up more often. This was a great segment.

[@_veryspoopyghost_]

As someone in the southeastern U.S wrestling scene it amazed me just how often New Jack got booked when he was clearly mentally unstable. I only knew him post skull fracture, but many people claimed he came out of that injury as a completely different person. New Jack was legitimately the scariest wrestler I've ever met out of character. He legitimately made me question at times if he forgot that what he does was supposed to be a work. He's intimidating, violent, and merciless. I often wonder what he got up to on days he wasn't in the ring. I can't imagine having him as a neighbor or something.

[@kingj7018]

There is (to no one's surprise) a Dark side of the Ring episode of New Jack. Pretty much all the stories New Jack tells begin with "So I was high on so and so". But then pretty much everyone says "Jerome was such a sweet nice guy"

[@MikeBNumba6]

@@kingj7018 guy should be in jail

[@kingj7018]

@@MikeBNumba6 well, he was in jail at some point. Now he's passed away not that long ago

[@ToramPlayer-b9f]

Nice to see my man Devon is doing well. And thanks Maven for this awesome video! (I'm halfway through it, just felt like commentating).

[@joshhernandez5046]

This is exactly why New Jack never made the WWE.

[@tljscrewjob6397]

Oh my brother…Testify!

[@bene233]

If this becomes a full fledged series. I'm all for it.

[@ShredderLivesOn]

New Jack had some very interesting accounts of this in some interviews during his final years where he wasn't trying to be over the top. When it got to court, he got Paul Heyman and ECW off the hook almost immediately. When Erich Kulas' lawyer was trying to establish how long New Jack had worked for ECW, Jack said that he didn't work for them. Even after the lawyer pulled out various magazines with pictures of New Jack in ECW, Jack responded with "I'm sub-contracted. I don't work for ECW". New Jack was facing up to 11 years for assault and battery with a deadly weapon when the case went to trial in late 1998 and concluded in early 1999, and he claimed that the District Attorney in Massachusetts had been offering him a plea deal right up until the day of the verdict. If New Jack would plead guilty the offer was a five year prison sentence, and he would serve one before being eligible for parole. The civil lawsuit went pretty much the same way as the criminal trial, with New Jack getting acquitted on all counts. As wrestlers had testified that Kulas had asked New Jack to help him "get colour", and Kulas' father had been complicit in lying to get his son booked by ECW, despite knowing that he was underage and had no training.

[@richlewis86]

New Jack was a psycho

[@rentless666]

Wow. Not your usual type of video, but incredibly illuminating. A cautionary tale is always worth sharing.

[@Halfdanr_H]

I’m in an indie promotion in England. We have trainees ranging from 12 years old up to 28 years old. There’s a couple new wrestlers on the shows who are 15, but our policy is that nobody under 16 years old can be hit with weapons and they are excluded from any type of death match. At 17 they can be put in death matches, BUT they can’t watch or perform on the 18+ shows that we might put on, which contain far more bloody death matches.

[@NonSenseMcGee]

I mean, why? Death matches being used so often just dilutes an already diluted match type and only serves to potentially injure young wrestlers - what purpose could any feud involving a 17 year old serve by going that far? What story does it tell? Does it really increase viewership or tickets sold to have death matches all the time?

[@Halfdanr_H]

@@NonSenseMcGee We don’t have death matches “all the time”, but when we do there’s rules regarding age. I wouldn’t say it’s a common occurrence to have a 16-17 year old in a death match, but occasionally yes, they happen. As for why, I’m not the booker, so I can’t say for sure, but it does sell tickets when we put them on.

[@a1mazing264]

If you guys want to be top tier company eventually you will have to get rid of those type of matches.

[@baseupp12]

​@@a1mazing264why I'm glad you know what I take to make a top tier company. if it's working for their company then they don't need to change anything

[@BeastMaster4988]

@@a1mazing264Ecw?

[@Razor_Wulf]

I am so happy that you have accepted your wrestling past. And I'm especially more happy that you're now telling stories. Keep up the good work bud.

[@Aktapus]

So glad you brought Devon! Definitely one of my childhood heroes. so awesome to hear and see him behind the scenes! You should do more from this guest concept videos and talk about more famous matches from the TLC era. it will be huge. and bring bobba next time Big love for your channel Maven ♥

[@ACslater1]

Maven taking no prisoners in this youtube game I love it congrats and inspiring to see bounce back

[@valis992000]

This went way over the line from wrestling to a criminal act. How New Jack didn't end up in jail is a travesty. New Jack claiming he new he would be cut was a weak excuse. That is far beyond any kind of blading a wrestler would expect.

[@joelcastro-reyes1667]

The kid asked to be cut, and that's what made the jury find New Jack not guilty. Plus fault goes more on the management for not properly vetting the kid, since he claimed to be 21 and trained and they just happened to believe him.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

New Jack did his job showing wrestling business aint for weaklings

[@ghengiskhan9308]

ECW at its finest lmao

[@valis992000]

@@joelcastro-reyes1667 I'm not a pro wrestler, but I've never heard of anything New Jack did being even remotely like what even an experienced wrestler would expect when blading is agreed to. I think it's telling the experienced wrestler that was there talks about being shocked and horrified by it. Just like boxing, yeah you are agreeing to get punched, but that doesn't mean if you are knocked down your opponent can beat you to death. There is just no excuse or justification for this at all.

[@seanbrewer1232]

I imagine with New Jack's reputation, when word came out that he was looking at prison time all the wardens across the nation sent the judge a group letter asking him not to convict😂

[@RKelly.]

0:16 the 2 more fiercest lesbians I have ever seen

[@terryfishbourne6927]

Ffs you didn't??😂

[@Amar90]

Oh hell naaah 🤣🤣💀

[@tyrenthegoat]

LMFAOO

[@tehauctioneer]

That was such an interesting insider perspective on the match but kind of an outsider perspective too, as D-Von was part of the match but didn't do anything in the incident and couldn't really help the kid. It was interesting hearing what he knew was supposed to happen and where it went sideways. And also the aftermath. Great interview.

[@MrBrockHeinz]

The world is for sure better off with not having New Jack in it. Maybe he took too many blows to the head Benoit-style I dunno, but something was clearly off with him.

[@tonyjones1560]

You’re very right here. When New Jack came back from that “death fall” with Vic Grimes he was really, really effed up. By his own account, he had brain fluid leaking from his ears and eyes, was permanently blinded in one eye, became an insomniac AND had issues with memory and self control. The substances definitely didn’t help. But if memory serves, every one of Jack’s more infamous incidents occurred after that head injury. That doesn’t excuse anything but maybe explains some things? Maybe?

[@rollingthunder8223]

his whole life story is fucked up

[@Filzzy]

Drugs and so many blows to the head is gonna mess you up and send you off the deep end

[@SportEffiloche]

I love wrestling. But there is no defending New Jack as ''It's just New Jack here''. That is evil shit to take advantage of a late replacement wrestler like that. That's different than just roughing the guy up, it's attempted murder here. The going to plan shit went out the window when D-von said himself that he didn't know anything but the finish when working New jack 14:00 Love the channel, but let's not minimize how evil and plainly sociopath the Mass Transit ''Incident'' was. New Jack is a piece of trash if you ask me.

[@oneup12]

The fact a grown man almost killed a 17 in fake wrestling can’t be understated

[@mastervoz]

The fact that a grown man LIED and allowed his 17 year old son to be almost killed can't be understated. He lied about his age. If an underage kid uses a fake id to get into a bar and gets beat up in a bar fight....you blame the guys that beat the kid up?

[@oneup12]

@mastervoz no I blame the bar for having such poor standards that they are letting underage people in with fake IDs. 100% of the time, the bar is liable. As should be the league. Checking an ID isn't very hard.

[@JakeC-xx8zq]

@@mastervoz Yes. Don't be beating people up.

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

@@mastervoz are you fucking serious right now?

[@kameronjones7139]

​@@mastervozwrestling fans really are the lowest common denominator

[@davidjohnston3641]

Glad to see my man D-Von on this one with you Mave