The Story of The Fake Razor Ramon and Diesel

Wrestling Bios Presents - The Story of the Fake Razor Ramon and Diesel
When the WWE lost Scott Hall and Kevin Nash to WCW in 1996, their characters Razor Ramon and Diesel somehow managed to make a comeback later in the year.
Scott Hall had portrayed Razor Ramon during his initial tenure in the World Wrestling Federation. Kevin Nash had portrayed Diesel in the WWF. Both men had success in the company but both men also decided to jump over to WCW.
When Kevin Nash and Scott Hall made their WCW debut, it was implied that they were invaders, coming from the WWF to take over World Championship Wrestling. Scott Hall continued to "act" like Razor Ramon, and Nash, well, acted like Nash, which wasn't too far from the Diesel character anyway. Vince McMahon attempted to legally stop Hall and Nash from portraying the Razor Ramon and Diesel WWF characters while the men were in WCW.
Vince McMahon would go one step further when it was announced that Razor Ramon and Diesel would be returning to the WWF. In a classic bait and switch, wrestling fans thought that maybe Hall and Nash were returning to the WWF to resume their careers as Razor and Diesel. This wasn't the case. Rick Bognar came to the ring as Razor Ramon, and Glenn Jacobs followed soon as Diesel. Vince McMahon, trying to prove here that he created Diesel and Razor Ramon and that the characters belonged in the WWF, was happy to give these two incredibly over gimmicks to two other men. It all accomplished nothing.
In this mini documentary from Wrestling Bios, we take a look at Rick Bognar and Glenn Jacobs, and their time as The Fake Razor Ramon and The Fake Diesel. Topics covered include:
Scott Hall and Kevin Nash jumping to WCW
The legal papers, filed by Vince McMahon, to stop Hall and Nash portraying their WWF characters in WCW
Jim Ross and his involvement introducing the new Razor Ramon and Diesel
What Rick Bognar thought of his debut as Razor Ramon
WCW giving Nash and Hall new contracts when they heard about the return of Diesel and Razor Ramon on WWF TV
What Rick Bognar and Glenn Jacobs done after their time as the fake Razor Ramon and the fake Diesel
Much More!
#wrestling #wwe #documentary

[@RetroMaticGamer]

Vince tried ordering a new Razor and Diesel off of Wish...

[@myyoutubepage199]

Retro-Matic Gamer lmfao

[@jordanware7489]

The best analogy 👏🏼

[@tylongkicks8821]

LMAO

[@AyeDeeJ2]

😂

[@Boredforrealimserious]

Wish wasnt exist back then , but from ebay and amazon i guess , from an awkward cheap bootleg local store

[@McDonaldsDude]

I always thought they were supposed to be parodies of the characters. Like as revenge for them leaving so they'd make fun of them. The fact they were actually legitimately trying to replace Disel/RR was amazing to me.

[@stevelowe2647]

I bet Vince McMahon sat there watching Scarface 5 times a day trying to get Rick iver haha..

[@EnjoySackLunch]

Wrong

[@stevelowe2647]

@@EnjoySackLunch oh

[@EnjoySackLunch]

@@stevelowe2647 sorry that was meant for my mohel

[@Haddley333]

I thought the same....and i was probably 12 at the time.

[@ironman2326]

Actually, Hall created Razor Ramon start to finish. It was his character from beginning to end. Vince just owned it.

[@Kingslayer_au]

that's correct. Vince wanted to put scott into a soldier gimmick, which he didn't want to do so he created razor ramone after watching scarface. VInce had never even seen the movie before so how could he have created the razor ramone gimmick.

[@danielmelvin4525]

Mr. perfect and Tito Santana came up with the name and Curt and Scott came up with the gimmick. Scott and Curt brought the idea to Vince.

[@frickysuavve247]

He liked scarface thats where he got his gimmick

[@marlowstanfield6815]

@@danielmelvin4525 You mean Al Pacino created the character and Scott Hall and Curt Henning copied it....

[@danielmelvin4525]

@@marlowstanfield6815 yeah almost although Oliver Stone created the charecter Al Pacino just played the part (and did a damn good job).

[@stingersplashentertainment3410]

So basically Hall and Nash won that round. They got more money and Vince looked like a moron. Good times 👍

[@colindaniels945]

Yup that stunt hurt WWE in the ratings war for a good period of time.

[@ii9714]

It made wcw look stupid but good for hall and nash

[@colindaniels945]

@@ii9714 No,it made WWE look stupid and actually hurt them for awhile during the Monday Night Wars.

[@madhatter8508]

@@colindaniels945 He's saying WCW getting worked and throwing more money at Hall and Nash made them look stupid.

[@Lalo_thr]

@@madhatter8508 it didn't though because "smarks" didn't exist back then, so fans didn't know about WCW offering them more money as a result. Fans did however figure out that wwf was putting out very blatant imposters of diesel and razor... hence WWF looked stupid.

[@niceguy60]

Now the real Razor has passed, RIP Scott Hall

[@clubbedsandwich1128]

RIP to both

[@joshuacoleman8000]

​@@clubbedsandwich1128Nash ain't dead.

[@imcnblu]

​@@joshuacoleman8000 Both guys who were Razor Ramon are dead...

[@MarvinT0606]

imagine Kevin Nash coming back with a fake Kane act just to mess with Glen Jacobs 🤣

[@ryangriscti1282]

Kind of funny that WCW got worked by the news of “Razor” and “Diesel” going back to WWE, that they dumped more money on Hall and Nash who were already under (large) contracts. No surprise they eventually went out of business with those type of strategic decisions 😂

[@phballer99]

I know this is an old comment but I'm just now discovering Wrestling Bios so bare with me. :) The reason that happened is because they hadn't actually signed their contracts yet. They were on deal memos, basically letters of intent to sign. However, they had a clause put in that they could back out during the deal memo stage if they so chose. So they actually could have been going back still at that point. Still, with how well the nWo was going, why the hell they thought it would happen is all on their stupidity lol.

[@samadagoat7769]

Vince sent them

[@linc54]

I also love how Hall and Nash just like INSTANTLY signed the contract according to the MNW documentary. The world just doesn’t feel the same without Hall now.

[@ryangriscti1282]

@@linc54 definitely doesn’t feel the same. This loss really hurts, but Hall left behind some great memories.

[@fergalstackstreams]

@@phballer99 Also stupid on their part to debut Hall and Nash before they even signed the contracts.

[@jacarter79]

I remember watching the episode where Jim Ross said Razor was back. They showed him facing away from the camera and he backed into the door closing it then commercial aired. I thought then something was wrong. Fast forward to seeing him come out and I knew instantly something was wrong. I was so disappointed, I was 17 at the time, that this imposter had come out and all but gave up on WWF after that. WCW-NWO was just too good back then.

[@Dodgers-sw2uk]

Liar

[@captainbuzzkill4658]

@@Dodgers-sw2uk yep. What u mean he faces away from camera then backed into a doorway. How backeded into the doorway of he was facing away from the camera? That don even makes sense! He liar

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

@@captainbuzzkill4658 If you watch Reliving the War. The Fake Razor actually did do that so no he didn't lie

[@BrimstoneButcher]

It's being reported today that Rick Bognar passed away on the 20th of September at the young age of 49. Very sad!

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

Say whaaaaa!?

[@trevorc8198]

BeerIsTheTrick so weird this was dropped two days ago and then bam. Life is strange. RIP Mr. Bognar.

[@WrestlingBios]

Yeah. Strange timing indeed. Sad news.

[@TALISCA666]

@@WrestlingBios lol you predicted it bro!

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

Crazy yo 🙏

[@robertcullen7042]

Scott Hall used the tooth pick as the Diamond stud in WCW before his razor gimmick

[@ironman2326]

Yep. And Vince didnt create Razor Ramon. The whole gimmick was Scott Hall's idea. Vince just had the rights to it. Vince's ego is so big he forgets that Hall presented the character to him, not the other way around.

[@williamblackwell8589]

Robert Cullen yep he was doing that back when he was a bartender and shot that guy before his wrestling career started

[@steviecritiquenewby7874]

Facts 💯💪👊

[@Machete87]

Diamond Stud waz the whole base of Scott Hall's Razor Ramon gimmick. Without the Diamond Stud, Razor Ramon may have never came to be. Same couldn't be said 4 Nash though. He struggled with finding the right gimmick.

[@dgenerate707]

@@Machete87 DDP said that's how they pretty much beat the case, Razor and Diesel were WWF versions of Vinny Vegas and Diamond studd.

[@taylormademyself89]

Fav part of the day watching sum wrestling bios 😎🤘

[@taylormademyself89]

@Skafut Nickfutnick true 🤘

[@MsTimothyswan]

since I first watched this video, I was very saddened to learn about the passing of the fake Razor Ramon, Rick Bognar. a greatly underappreciated in-ring talent gone too soon

[@richkjt]

The real razor died yesterday

[@kevinroulette]

He had the tooth pick when he was the diamond stud . When he was in WCW first

[@generalkhan5569]

But you know the irony of this is WCW tried this earlier with the Renagade character to be a ripoff Ultimate Warrior and WCW gave Richard Wilson the same treatment in the end. They disowned him over a decision they made, but unfortunatley Richard didn't have a happy eneding.

[@colindaniels945]

I've said many times before and I'll say again: WCW did Rick Wilson very dirty

[@colindaniels945]

That stunt hurt WWE's ratings for a good period of time.

[@colindaniels945]

@Chris Terry Thinking that exact same thing myself.

[@colindaniels945]

Ironically the fake Razor Ramon just recently died.

[@ii9714]

It was ridiculous the one thing i agree with Russo about

[@sandgaijin]

I was too young at the time and I thought they were just doing a gag that whole time.

[@theonewhowokeup9987]

Right I was turning to WCW so I can see who the NWO were going to beat up wearing my NWO Wolfpack logo tee.

[@HabsMike25]

Rick Bognar who played fake Razor passed away today at age 49. RIP Rick

[@Apanther23]

Not today it was a week ago it was just confirmed today

[@kalmkevin1]

As one of his closest friends and organizer of his memorial and celebration of life it has been hard to imagine him gone. Tonight Oct 24th at 630pm MST we will be live broadcasting his public Memorial on the Facebook event page. facebook.com/events/461578244700908/?ti=cl

[@Smart-Towel-RG-400]

R.i.p OG razor Scott Hall as well 😰

[@zemox2534]

RIP Rick Bogner

[@period8705]

Glen Jacobs has parlayed this into a career that has lasted longer than 20 years.

[@colindaniels945]

He'd been in WWE way before that.

[@jamesrogers4228]

So that’s who fake diesel was lol

[@Ares-mg2nj]

@@colindaniels945 he was the dentist isaac yankem wasnt he?

[@colindaniels945]

@@Ares-mg2nj Among other things

[@TypicalIndian1981]

@@jamesrogers4228 yeah it was Kane

[@FerretJohn]

There was a bit more to the story about WCW offering Nash & Hall more money, Kevin relayed it in an interview awhile ago. To get Kevin Nash and Scott Hall to return the WCW Execs offered them twice the money, half the road time, perks all over, the sun, the moon, and the stars, and all wrapped up in a nice open contract, if Kevin and Scott had any problems with WCW they were free to leave (the execs gambling that all the perks would keep them from doing so. Then one Monday some of the WCW office people were looking at Raw, keeping an eye on what the competition was doing, when they heard them announce that next week, live on Raw, the Return of "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel and Razor Ramon! Immediately all the people at WCW Headquarters went into panic mode, "Hall and Nash are jumping ship! This is a disaster! All our plans, the NWO is about to launch, we spent MONEY!! This'll be worse than Flair jumping with the title! We'll be ruined!". So the very next morning the execs called up Kevin and Scott and asked them to come to WCW Headquarters, they had a good lunch, a nice chat talking about everything BUT their supposed plans to return to the WWE, and then presented the two with brand new exclusive iron-clad contracts, complete with a $400,000 signing bonus each. Kevin and Scott looked them over, looked at each other, smiled, and signed on the dotted lines, then asked for the company leir to take them back home. Then the next Monday came, and on Raw Jim Ross came out and presented the NEW Diesel and Razor Ramon! You could've probably heard the WCW execs screaming from across the State! $800,000 spent to keep Kevin and Scott from doing something they had no intention of doing in the first place. As I understand it Kevin and Scott laughed their asses off once they heard about this, they had no idea why the execs were offering them more money before that, they hadn't talked to anyone in the WWE since they left and Vince didn't ask their permission to repackage the characters (nor did he need to).

[@MarvinT0606]

Vinnie Mac looking out for his talent by bluffing WCW into offering them more money 😂

[@jamesthacker8419]

just wanna say that you do an awesome and amazing job putting these videos together, always look forward to the next one, this is definitely a home run, it takes me back to that time era, and remembering thinking..why ? 20+years later, now I know 😅, great video my friend ✌👍👍

[@pinzazzzz]

Man, I can't imagine the amount of heart break that Bogner must have had. He was literally given the damned if you are and damned if you don't option and even had to deal with Hall asking him if he wanted to buy his ring gear....

[@billblaski9523]

Lol I cant imagine calling your boss and hearing "don't call me again" like damn cold-blooded

[@ronniemckinney6808]

These guys were to the WWF as Coy and Vance were to The Dukes of Hazzard. You can't always replace the originals with look-alike knock-offs.

[@fallguye6011]

It was meant to ridicule Hall and Nash going to WCW, not necessarily trying to replace them. One of the funniest angles I've seen in the 35-40 years I've been watching. Coy and Vance are great comparisons.

[@robaxl3088]

3:40 This same thing happened to me but I was working at a grocery store..Wegmans thought I was going to go work for Tops Friendly Market so they offered me double pay and moved me up from bagger to cart boy. 😂

[@Guitarplayer724]

Damn, Tops? The Grocery of choice in western New York.

[@registame2878]

😆

[@ericthestrange4315]

My WNY senses are tingling

[@mritty115]

I seem to recall there being more than one wrestler to portray "Doink the Clown" at various points. And of course there was that whole debacle of The Undertaker vs The Undertaker....

[@anthonydyson1654]

Undertaker vs undertaker was mark calloway (the original) & his best friend who became Chainz with the diciples of apocalypse.

[@39Hundred]

mritty115 Wasnt there 2 Kurt Angles?

[@TimeBunny]

Yeah all in all I think there was around 3/4(?) people who did the Doink gimmick. But to be fair they were under heavy make up so they could get away with it more.

[@shadowdramon01]

And there were two Kanes, the fake being Luke Gallows.

[@ood26]

@@39Hundred Kurt used his brother as a "decoy Kurt" a couple of times to get the advantage over his opponent.

[@rpriske]

I thought the fake Razor and Diesel were great... but I was under the impression at the time that they were MEANT to be FAKE. They were going to be heels and basically parodies of the originals. Later I heard that Vince thought of them as replacements... and that is kind of ridiculous. And Rick used to work out at my gym in Calgary. He seemed like a good guy.

[@crazyhayn]

That's a perspective I never considered. I was always annoyed by the fake Diesel and fake Razor.

[@alanguages]

@@crazyhayn Vince did not learn about the fake Ultimate Warrior fiasco Hogan tried to pull over the fans, called the Renegade.

[@colindaniels945]

Problem is that when the fans heard about it,they immediately thought it was the originals,Hall and Nash. When they saw that it wasn't,they changed the channel in droves.

[@gqloc6768]

They were jokes and not to be taken seriously so you and many others like myself were correct. It's dumb 💩 s like the uploader and other marks who take it out of proportion.

[@night6724]

@@colindaniels945 I have wondered if it would be possible to have wrestlers take over old gimmicks. Pro wrestling basically is a Tv show. Nobody thought twice when Ruffalo replaced Norton as Bruce Banner or even broadway plays in general. I just think pro wrestling is a medium that’s too close to reality to treat wrestlers as mere characters

[@JoeCab]

Would have loved to see a tag team match between Scott Hall and Kevin Nash vs fake Razor Ramon and fake Diesel.

[@theedge205]

Ah, that same lesson that gave us Festus as Imposter Kane.

[@tylers7048]

Keep em coming WrestlingBios ♥️ great work. When is Regal 4?

[@kellyrobinson8157]

A friend of mine was trained by Bognar he said that Paul Heyman saw him doing the razor impersonation back stage and encouraged him to use it which lead to this.

[@Cameron_611]

It’d be (somewhat) hilarious if they found someone to replace Jonathan Good as Dean Ambrose.

[@jb888888888]

I've read that Scott Hall actually helped Bogner with his impression, giving him pointers and costume pieces before his debut.

[@hellionsentinel]

Kevin Nash tore up his quad when he watched this excellent video

[@hell-sol5240]

Proof?

[@velocityadventures949]

Excellent 😂

[@emededambriz6217]

Vince McMahon own the ring but he didn’t own Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. The Razor Ramon and Diesel gimmicks were Scott Hall and Diesel and without them the characters were empty shells. Vince McMahon wanted to make Scott Hall G. I. Joe but Scott Hall told Vince if he ever heard of a movie called Scarface and the rest was history. So Scott Hall created Razor Ramon but Vince Trademarked it.

[@ERGLupin]

If I were Rick I would have called Vince every week at that number from a different pay phone asking about my future till Vince had to change his number. From what I understand the man had kept the same phone number for a long time so it would have been hilarious

[@MikeDest]

Right around this time there were a lot of "smart marks" on the internet. Always knew it wasn't actually going to be Kevin and Scott coming back. A lot of fans realized it was just Vince messing around and working the angle that he owned the characters, but it was never taken seriously. They had the fans tuning into RAW that week for sure just to see.

[@superlex611]

It was WWE to rip off somebody

[@isitoveryet9525]

Fans saw it for what it was, but WCW higher ups were in complete panic mode & gave Hall & Nash like $850k each so they wouldn't go back. Absolutely hilarious.

[@gqloc6768]

The dip💩 uploader is a mark to all of this just the way he sounds when it was a joke from the beginning.

[@night6724]

@@isitoveryet9525 that’s not true

[@markant9534]

5 months

[@cgsweat]

It's amazing when you see Glenn Jacobs as Isaac Yankem, then like a year later as fake Diesel. He got f***in' JACKED! That was all slightly before my time (I started watching right at the beginning of the attitude era), but when I went back and saw fake Diesel there was no mistaking those huge arms, I knew that was Kane!

[@OdintheGermanShepherd]

Great video, as always

[@DigitalConceptz]

Wow! I was just talking about this after watching untold story of Kane wow......and laughing how they were fake diesel and razor, and talking about fake diesel and Kane evil dentist gimmick... creepy... RIP.... thank you for keeping me entertained especially his work in Memphis if I remember correctly

[@at0micwerew0lf]

It's so hard to believe that Glen Jacobs was both Unleaded and Kane in the same year.

[@joshuac5537]

“Don’t call me at this number again” LOL harsh but hilarious

[@olbloodngut4039]

I remember when JR announced that Razor Ramon and Diesel were coming back, I was so disappointed when they didn't.

[@-th1rty3-]

Vince: That's a nice intelligence you got there, it would be a shame if someone *insult* it.

[@princeekeson12]

Bischoff: "Hey, Oz and the Diamond Stud are back!!!"

[@samclark379]

Actually, I'm thinking less Oz and more Vinnie Vegas.

[@henrygvidonas9573]

Jim Cornette was the poor soul who was tasked with teaching Jacobs and Bognar how to portray "Diesel" and "Razor". He had been at Vince McMahon's house to write material for upcoming shows and Vince said nothing about it. When Jim came in to do the next television taping the following day, he was informed out of the blue that he would have to do this, because Vince apparently came up with that insane idea over night. Jim had already worked with Jacobs when he was "Unabomb" in Jim's Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1995. Jim then had the production crew make him compilation tapes of Diesel and Razor matches to analyse their moves and on-camera behaviour in depth, so he could instruct and train the imitators. That's how the famous "the six moves of doom of Kevin Nash" joke originated, because Jim had to teach Bognar tons of stuff for his "Razor", but Jacobs only had to copy all of six moves "including the hair flip". Cornette thought he had ended up working in an insane asylum.

[@Moneywise724]

Diesel’s music hits: THATS GOTTA BE KANE!

[@paulsantos914]

RIP to both the original Razor Ramon & fake Razor Ramon.

[@jawa2685]

Droz football career and how he got into wrestling plz

[@John8.7]

I just got done watching Royal Rumble 97'. When Diesel came into the ring, I was thinking to myself "there's no way that is Diesel," so I looked up the history of Diesel and this video came up. Thank you. I was afraid that I was loosing my mind.

[@KinnereyB]

The guy with the sign “Hey Diesel, fix my teeth” says all you need to know about insulting the fan’s intelligence 🤣

[@James.chalmers]

That’s amazing 😂

[@KinnereyB]

@@James.chalmers It had me rolling 😂 If someone does a list of best signs in WWE history, that has to be top 5

[@blafhoest]

RIP Rick Bognar, just heard he died about a week ago.

[@mikemercury5654]

I've heard Scott Hall created the Razor Ramon character and pitched it Vince McMahon .

[@440x]

They replaced a sin cara with a different sin cara lol

[@j.uiriagain9813]

Jim "AWW SHUT UP WE OWN THE COPYRIGHTS" Ross.

[@MarvinT0606]

You can get away with it for luchadors because of the mask. You couldn't attach a face to a character

[@metalmadsen]

'An adult whering a costume" Spot on.

[@honestdave]

Bogner got screwed

[@DigitalConceptz]

Wow, just wow... god bless him and his friends and family get through these hard times

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

RIP Rick Bognar

[@boak5222]

2:30 Fake Razor lookin like a Million bucks

[@vxrdrummer]

Love this channel!!!

[@shiningbluenebula]

It is a shame the way that Vince McMahon uses and mistreats people. Knowing this why would any talent want to be associated with the WWE?

[@araynova]

Never understood these angles as a shorty.. thanks for the context brother.

[@wallydollarlive]

The fact that it was Isaac Yankem “playing Diesel” makes this whole thing even more ridiculous.

[@cedricdamon6581]

Lmao insulting our intelligence era

[@franklinmardy8171]

Crazy

[@Phildo8]

Nice! Great Video as always man! Keep it going brother! Love how u explain so much key points on subjects in about 20mins or less! I’ve always wondered the true story of this shenanigans Jim Ross pulls Lol

[@TerrysOdyssey]

Scott hall did that same gimmick with the diamond stud. Love it and keep it going

[@johnnydemonic22]

For me the new razor was like when Mac Gargan got the Venom Symbiote. He was never accepted or liked or ever as dangerous as Eddie Brock Venom.

[@CamberRockerCamber]

Damn. I never knew Vince was serious about the fake razor and diesel. I thought it was understood that both were meant to be a parody.

[@ozzymorrison8628]

1:04 the fan to the left screaming looks like a young Vince..wth!

[@RizwanKhan_99]

nice eye, nice observation hahaha

[@ozzymorrison8628]

@@RizwanKhan_99 right! Thx

[@misterlinn2096]

LMAO good eye 🤣🤣🤣

[@crazyparanormalinvestigato2007]

Scott Hall came up with razor based on a movie character that Vince never heard of but Vince I suppose owns the rights to the character

[@memyopinionsche6610]

You can't forget the fake undertaker as well.

[@ronaldsprowal9978]

THAT was a good anglie Liked the UnderTaker vs UnderTaker match at SummerSlam really really really good storyline

[@BreakingNVain]

The Underfaker was awesome though.

[@Moxleygirl]

It made it even more interesting that they were also cousins

[@ronaldsprowal9978]

@@Moxleygirl What I never know that ...That is Interesting That they was cousins and related ...They did look a like kinda. I remember him as I think he was Brain Lee in ECW He was a triple threat Member

[@Moxleygirl]

Ronald Sprowal he was, that’s where he went in 96 and stay thru most of 97 before returning to the ( at the time) wwf in late 97-98

[@slicetee3985]

Hard to imagine Jim Ross as a heel

[@Jestin612]

I remember this. I was strictly a WWF fan at the time. About a year or so later I started watching WCW.

[@BosoxPatsfan603]

WCW had a lot more talent. I watched both and sometimes I would watch ECW.

[@Jestin612]

@@BosoxPatsfan603 I never really got to see ecw sadly.

[@BosoxPatsfan603]

@@Jestin612 it was insane I'll be honest! So much blood and crazy ass moves man. Very brutal indeed, you definitely missed out!

[@kangg6474]

I always found it ironic that Scott Hall as Razor never appeared in the royal rumble match but Rick Bogner did lol

[@alexm5022]

RIP, Rick Bogner :(

[@bendassut6533]

Binge watching your content, bro. Keep it up.

[@brandonpage7087]

ROTFL!!!! Damn, I haven't laughed so hard in years! I so remember this, & I've always found it to be incredibly hilarious!

[@fallguye6011]

The best part is when Bognar comes out and Jerry Lawler goes 'Wait a minute' then the camera flashes to Bognar. It's still hilarious 23 years later.

[@mangamegs]

My dude keep these coming

[@quintonbell6836]

I remember thinking that this was a joke at the two...when I found out that they literally thought that it would work and that it was real I was flabbergasted!!!😳🤔🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️😂

[@crazyfun5150]

I always love the content on your channel. Nice to see all the new stuff you upload.

[@SITH_CHAMP]

We All know what happened to the Fake Diesel..

[@EduardoMendoza-vv4kn]

Hollywood DemonDave lol

[@rexgamewell]

@Dale Hanson 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@krazy-ci5ng]

The fake diesel became a major now

[@hell-sol5240]

Yeah he had 3 times the career nash had

[@TypicalIndian1981]

He got burned came back and burned his brother undertaker

[@leonarddillon256]

In order for this to work is if Vince would pay for both of their plastic surgeries to look just like Nash & Hall. But wouldn’t that seize the Kane character from ever debuting? It’s a good thing that his Diesel clone failed for Glen Jacobs in order to be the Undertaker’s brother.

[@mritty115]

I have a memory of one of the announcing staff - maybe Vince himself? I don't recall - directly addressing Evil Jim Ross's claim that Diesel and Razor were coming back by stating in no uncertain terms that Kevin Nash and Scott Hall were NOT returning to the WWF. It almost felt like Vince was afraid of a counter-suit by WCW for doing the exact same thing WWF was suing WCW for doing, and wanted to prevent it by making it very very clear that no matter what the Jim Ross character said, WCW's wrestlers were not coming to WWF.

[@TheWeeManC]

R.I.P Rick Bognar 😟

[@doug2731]

"JR was angry about gettin FAAAARRRRDDDD"

[@BOABModels]

I guess when you consider how many people played Doink the Clown, it's maybe not surprising that Vince thought the characters were just interchangeable.

[@besotoxicomusic]

Jim Ross as a heel. Damn. Can’t even remember that.

[@scottaznavourian5791]

Happened again 2 years later

[@brianb99]

Had to come back and re-watch. RIP Razor

[@sPaZman0183]

I remember seeing that episode. I thought it was a parody. The razor's edge looked sloppy and so did diesel.

[@ezio1896]

Rip Ric Bognar

[@AlexTway-j4u]

that's so wild that it was less than a year between fake diesel and kane. feels like two different planes of existence to me

[@imogenaris1697]

OMG! Paranoia is a powerful weapon. I never heard about WCW being fearful of Scott & Nash leaving & giving them more $. They were the luckiest 2 dudes back then. So Vince shot himself in the foot, then gave the gun to his former Cliq dudes, & they pointed it at WCW brass without having to do anything. No wonder WCW is dead!

[@davyprendergast82]

Once you're up there brother there's only one way down and BOOM its lights out

[@quintus91]

Love ur vids man 👍

[@rtyuik7]

i think that Fake-Razor becoming a motivational speaker is just perfect: "for months, i tried being someone that i wasnt...i was Pretending..."

[@outsider312]

Can you do a video on the history of War Games across all wrestling promotions? That'd be awesome

[@jotun.616]

Thanks for this. I couldnt remember this clearly, and was starting to wonder if it had really happened.

[@kassi420]

That did happen… Alexa Bliss is the new “Fiend” (Bray Wyatt) now.

[@curtstridecurtabrams]

Wow. Rick Bognar just passed away. Very coincidental that wrestling bios made a short documentary on fake Diesel and fake Razor Ramon and then this happens. Kind of reminds me of the Ultimate Warrior speaking on Monday night raw and in the next day he passes away. Very incongruent and bizzare coincidence. RIP!!!

[@Jake-ns4iq]

No wonder they had Kane wear the Mask for so long. Makes since now. Love your channel bro and love the Docs, keep it up man.

[@Danimal77]

Makes "SENSE" now, not makes since now.

[@Jake-ns4iq]

@@Danimal77 and im a teacher.... LOL

[@ARedMotorcycle]

That explains why gen z is so poorly educated.

[@imcnblu]

Now, both guys who portrayed Razor Ramon have died.

[@paulhager1281]

Really? Nah diesel was kane..idk.about fake.razpr

[@jesssheldon4869]

R.i.p

[@theonewhowokeup9987]

Every now and then I would watch Glenn Jacob's debut as Kane at Hell in a Cell brings back great memories.

[@lonewanderer82]

Bruce Prichard, career politician, defending the idea. Good lord.

[@staticmetalxbl]

I feel like its understated sometimes just how jacked Jacob's was. He probably could've actually made Diesel a draw had he gotten the gimmick first. Dude was gonna be a star either way.

[@videoorgy]

LOL. Dude, stop. The WWF's struggles at the time had far more to do with Diesel supposedly not being a draw. Go read some more dirt sheets.