The LAST RIDE Of The Road Warriors Hawk And Animal (Dark Side Of The Ring - Review)

[@vsmith1688]

Now they're both gone. RIP Hawk and Animal

[@TriplomatX]

Rest in Peace Hawk, Rest in Peace Road Warriors

[@146zigzag3]

This was good, but The Life and Death of the Road Warriors doc on dvd and the Network was much better.

[@EVGriffinJr]

This is one time I will agree, the WWE version of this was much better and more accurate. What makes this one more personal though is the fact that animal actually approached Darkside of the ring for this episode. And he died not too long after it aired.

[@chainsawbarbarian]

I met the Road Warriors at a UPW show around 99 or so...... Awesome awesome guys!!!! Especially Hawk!! I've always loved that he and I share a birthday!

[@okreviewer8005]

I don't comment on videos often, but I felt compelled to watch this video after hearing about Animal's passing. R.I.P Animal, hope you had a nice reunion with Hawk this morning!

[@jamestakacs]

The most storied tag team in the history of this industry. I'd like to see a new episode since Animal is no longer with us. I really miss those days. The American Dream Dusty Rhodes and The Road Warriors. Nothing better.

[@Nazzlover38]

I didn't like it when WWE did that story line with Hawk , and I hated it when WCW did the same damn thing with Scott Hall. What the hell is with these two companies and airing their talents chemical abuses? I'll never understand it.

[@tayojones9460]

Ratings. That's all they care about.

[@_BigTimer85]

Anything for a buck. ANYTHING

[@antiembishop07]

Hearing "Ironman" blaring on the PA just means somebody was dying that night. Lol

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

CORRECT!!!

[@EVGriffinJr]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrBlockice22]

RIP Animal & Hawk... Greatest Tag Team of ALL TIME!!

[@chainsawbarbarian]

The Legion of Doom name thing upset the nerd in me too! Haha

[@rockydrago4181]

I thought they mentioned IRONMAN-- I HAVE BEEN A FAN FOR 40 YEARS NOW -- STARTED WITH BOB BACKLUND AS CHAMP-- THEN THE HOGAN ERA-- THEN THE NEW GENERATION -- THE ATTITUDE ERA / MONDAY NIGHT WARS-- THE RUTHLESS AGGRESSION ERA -- UP UNTIL NOWS PG ERA -- I WILL ALWAYS BE A FAN. I GREW UP & LIVE IN NY SO I SAW WWF ON SATURDAY MORNINGS-- I ALSO WATCHED TBS AT 6:05 FOR WCW/ NWA-- I WATCHED AWA ON ESPN & ECW ON LATE NIGHT TV. ITS TOUGH TO SAY WHAT I LIKED BETTER -- THE HOGAN -- ROCK N WRESTLING CONNECTION OR THE MONDAY NIGHT WARS--. THEY WERE BOTH GREAT TIMES TO BE A FAN. THE CHILD IN ME WATCHING HOGAN BEAT EVERYONE & SEEING HIM LIVE-- OR THE MONDAY NIGHT WARS WATCHING BOTH SHOWS ON MONDAY NIGHTS. ITS CRAZY THAT THEY DIDNT FUED WITH DEMOLITION. ITS LIKE NOT PUTTING HOGAN VS FLAIR AT WM9. JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW STRANGE VINCE IS WITH PUSHING TALENT HE DIDN'T CREATE OR PUNISHING TALENT THAT HE GOT. BUT AGAIN DID NOT CREATE. THEY PROB MENTIONED IRON MAN IN THE VERSION THE WWE DID

[@carlosbermudez1459]

The Road Warriors reunited in January of '96. In WCW. But were gone in May.

[@ApothecaryGrant]

Dennis Condrey warned Big Bubba not to try and catch 240lbs Cornette falling from that height . They would have both gotten seriously hurt .

[@GeneKing-lz8xg]

Rip lod ,rip roadwarriors.

[@gtrcrzy6]

So happy to hear Hawk found Jesus before he passed🙂

[@troy801]

He was down the back of the refrigerator

[@Jacob-jg6cd]

There were some scary ass tag teams walking around locker rooms in the business during The Road Warriors’ run: The Steiner Brothers, The Samoan Swat Team, The Nation of Domination, Demolition, The Natural Disasters, The Brothers of Destruction, god help you if you were trying to break in as a part of a tag team at that time.

[@pastorcodymitchell1456]

it's funny I've heard the LOD name b4 but I always know them as the road warriors and I kinda did grow up with them being LOD

[@TRivera13]

Because remember sometimes even in WWE they referred to them as Road Warrior Hawk & Road Warrior Animal The Legion of Doom.

[@pastorcodymitchell1456]

Green Reaper that’s not why

[@haiasieel6099]

Road Warriors are my favorite tag team of all time. Nobody was like them. I even had the AWA action figures of them as a kid. This was good episode and this season of DSOTR has been fantastic.

[@jacobdonnelly27]

When I first watched that Summerslam match I had no idea Hawk was on something but looking back at the clips during the documentary, holy shit how could I have not noticed.

[@DakMT]

Right!?

[@hyper2high]

Totally with you. It was crazy how demolition got put out with the trash when lod showed up.

[@watchout903]

Who cares 😐

[@dawnclark4635]

I'm just glad we didn't get any information on why LOD got stuck with Roco. Thankfully,that subject was avoided.

[@samcortez420]

Another great review Solomonster.

[@obadiahvondeath8048]

I've always thought that about WM7, that the Tag Matches were all wrong! Power and Glory were awesome! THEY should've beat the Harts, and then lost to LOD at Summerslam. It shouldve been Rockers ve Nasty Boys and Haku and Barb vs Tenryu and Kitao . 4 ex Sumo wrestler and the Tongan Terrors knew Tenryu from. waaaaay back , and it SHOULD'VE been LOD vs Demolition, Losers Leave WWF !

[@chadk890]

Bro I agree and I like the Nastys. Power and Glory actually beat the Harts early in 91 for the belts at Nassau Coliseum and they got cheered!

[@obadiahvondeath8048]

@@chadk890 I heard that! I never liked Roma but Hercules was awesome !

[@masonclark4770]

Hawk also wrestled during the really early ECW days in 1993-1994.

[@Joe4Schrute1]

Without googling, I believe Darsow’s golf gimmick name was Stewart Pain... after Payne Stewart.

[@bobrouse8634]

Payne Stewart sued over this and the gimmick died

[@jasonjimerson7046]

Ya see? Even before The Fiend, Vince loves puppets!

[@Byzantios1]

They didn't just look like badasses and cool. They were the epitomy of cool badass

[@benespinosa6725]

I Was Drinking My coffee And I Counted How Many Times Solomonster Said Live Event

[@GalaxyInfinitePlus1]

Not really suprised but somewhat disappointed that they didnt go into after Hawk's death, Animal's time with Heidenrich and his failed heel singles run

[@Ken9284]

I always thought demolition were based off of Kiss?

[@gaipontiff2]

Cornette has said that when he fell the back of his head hit Big Bubba's knee and knocked him out.

[@-XKHAN-]

I saw another video where other wrestlers were saying the Midnight Express were the best tag team, even though they weren't a team but they were, Lex an Sting were a good tag team that usually don't get mentioned but Arn an Tully checked off all the boxes for me, Strike Force were entertaining to me cause there were like 50 dropkicks in Thier matches!! Those guys knees must really hurt!!

[@LostInOhio75]

You gotta admit that Vince has a set on him to ask a team of that stature to change their name

[@OrthwormJEB]

After the podcast, I looked up that Kane/RVD vs. LOD match and I burst out laughing the moment Hawk got up after the bell ring. Kane looked like he was about to break character and rip that man a new one. I kept replaying that moment because it was too damn funny.

[@cctitansfan]

Not the first time Hawk no sold a Chokeslam from Kane.Happened in 97 as well.

[@SairajRKamath]

I think Paul Ellering confused "back at the Legion of Doom" with "meanwhile in the Castle of Grayskull" 🤣

[@JRAdams-tp7eo]

RIP Road Warriors

[@austintucker1586]

How ironic I just watched this a few days ago about a week after Road Warrior animal passing so sad that they're both gone but I know they are delivering hundred of Doomsday devices in heaven R.l.P Road Warriors what a rush

[@aaroncolston7572]

Currently watching owen hart episode...and i am applaud

[@Jacob-jg6cd]

RRRRrrrrrraaaaaaggghhh WHAT A RUSSSHHH

[@JohnDoe-gk7ok]

I used to imagine Hawk saying that and vomiting mid-sentence. Rrrrarrrrraghhh what-uhhrrrgahhshd

[@NoomEnihsDrop]

it made most sad when I found out that he had turned it around and found god and while no that's a bad thing no that's great but I just never knew he did. and then you just see everyone so emotional about it and how sad it is. I agree with solomonste everything does catch up with you. It just seems extra sad because until that documentary came out I thought Hawk just partied till he dropped or something like that. it just makes it all the more sad that he finally found peace and only then did it all catch up to him.

[@ApothecaryGrant]

Hawk's original name was Crusher Von Haig

[@johnmilton873]

The Wild Samoans were also 3 time WWF tag team champions.

[@ApothecaryGrant]

The Legion of Doom was the Road Warriors , Jake Roberts , The Spoiler and Jesse Barr

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Absolutely love The Road Warriors! They are most definitely my favorite tag team. I do agree though, that in the program that they had with Demolition, that it definitely shouldn't had been so one sided. By that point, Demolition had been well established and deserved better. That being said, I still would've preferred The Warriors coming out on top of the feud, of course. By the way, as much as I love The Road Warriors, Animal has a bad habit of embellishing in his shoot interviews. Also, of course the LOD name came from the Superfriends! I'm a fan of MOTU but, The Superfriends is my shit! I wanted to reach through my screen and slap Ellering for that one!

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Bill Eadie (Axe) was in his late 40's and struggling with injuries by the time Vince was jobbing them to LOD. They tried to replace Bill with Crush but that didn't work, so Vince basically gave up on LOD. LOD at that point were in their mid-late 30's, which is the prime age for wrestlers.

[@EVGriffinJr]

Paul Ellering is a very smart man so I was stunned that he would make a mistake like that. I think animals explanation of the name coming from a super friends cartoon is more plausible. Since there was a group called the legion of doom in that series.

[@larryjester]

I remember seeing a poster of Summerslam 92 with LOD and Money Inc with Money Inc holding the tag titles on it. No Natural Disasters or Beverly Brothers. Maybe they knew Hawk was trouble and changed plans.

[@Fiendishfoe666]

Wait you know where they got the L.O.D name, but not the origins of the mohawk gimmick. They mentioned the mohawk gimmick in the same WWE doc as the Superfriends reference. I did shake my head when Ellaring mentioned He-Man.

[@Wolvilax]

This should be 2 episodes Was too RUUUUUUUUSH

[@NoomEnihsDrop]

greatest ever tag team... up for debate most decorated tag champions... no contest

[@jerranspearman3369]

good review

[@gaipontiff2]

The Natural Disasters beating Money Inc for the tag titles eventually made it on a Coliseum video tape as well.

[@TheSolomonster]

Do you recall which one? Are you sure that wasn't the rematch months later from Challenge where Money Inc. won the belts back?

[@gaipontiff2]

@@TheSolomonster yes I do recall which tape it was. It was called Grudges, Gripes and Grunts. The match actually has dubbed over commentary with Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan, since the matched occurred in '92 and JR didnt come to WWF until '93. There is also a thinly veiled reference about Fred Ottoman and never falling down making light of The Shockmaster debut. www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/from-the-vault-coliseum-video-review-grudges-gripes-and-grunts/ Here is the closing minutes of the match. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHe0fZ2JoMyElas

[@JohnDoe-gk7ok]

HBK and Ted Dibiase was probably floated around because they wanted to put Sherri with HBK and she was already managing Ted.

[@TheSolomonster]

That would make sense

[@coreystarks5299]

Road warriors along with the Steiner brothers are in my top two. Both awesome and honestly I never felt more sympathy for the jobber tag teams in my life.

[@cheemajigar1909]

who wants to live forever

[@Fiendishfoe666]

Animals ring attire back in the day was real Tom of Finland, Animal looked more like he was bouncing at The Blue Oyster Salad Bar.

[@happyChappy96621]

I don’t doubt that the LOD V money inc match was supposed to happen later on in the card, Vince seeing how fucked up Hawk was probably moved it down the card to hopefully stop Hawk from behind more even more fucked up than he already was.

[@darthpelvis]

I only followed WWF in those days and Demolition was awesome. I knew LOD was from another company and they were "Meh" to me at the time. Lots of great tag teams back then

[@henrikschmidt3964]

I have plenty of respect for the Road Warriors, but one should keep in mind that they had favourable booking through-out their run on top. They were hardly impressing in 97-98. Great to hear you call them on the Legion of Doom name. It had nothing to do with Masters of the Universe. LOL

[@TheJuliet316]

Does Disney have the rights to play Black Sabbath's Ironman? That might be why Vice didn't mention the song.

[@alextorres-limon5548]

They played a riff of "Natural Born Killaz" in the New Jack episode..

[@armandocruz7599]

1 Road Warriors 2 Steiner brothers 3 Dudley boys 4 Young Bucks and in 5th place Tully & Arn💪🏻

[@violinfanatickamraz1403]

Balding Bucks dont belong on that list. They're not worthy of even holding those guys jocks.

[@brandonshelton6291]

Solomon, are you gonna talk about the Shad Gaspard situation?

[@TheJuliet316]

Likely be on his next podcast. The KZbin stuff are clips from his podcast that he records late Saturday night/Sunday around midnight. The Shad Gaspard tragedy (they found his body early this morning) happened late Sunday after his podcast had likely already been taped.

[@scottnapier943]

'What a ruuussshhhhhh!!!'

[@randomretro2292]

Love your vids. Do NOT share your love of Demolition. And yes, they were indeed Road Warrior rip offs lol.

[@stuffsomedumb5665]

Wtf is Rocko? Don’t remember that one...

[@ThaRealCowboibishop]

That’s funny that U said “ Hart Foundation “ 1st. I have them listed as #1 & #2 in my all time favorite tag teams. I have Demolition & Doom at 3 & 4 I hadn’t gotten 2 that point in tha video where U started talkin bout Demolition. I agree wit U 100%! I loved those guys & I thought their finisher was tha best tag team finish ever! They weren’t rip offs 2 me!

[@ThaRealCowboibishop]

@@trentaccid2177 it's number 2 😆

[@nonstopper1410]

Hawk "Cocaine is a Hell of a Drug"

[@ApothecaryGrant]

It cannot be a shock to reasonable person to know both of these guys died ypung of heart disease .

[@tartok19]

23

[@bdr113080]

Just something I want everyone to think about when you argument comes up on who was a better tagteam her who was a great wrestler. No the guys back in the 80s and 90s want as athletic as they are today but you know what I cared more about matches from the Road Warriors , The R&R Express, The Outsiders, etc. And I have anyone that can do 10 flips off the top rope. I wish today’s generation would get it through their skull that just because they can do a bunch of flips doesn’t mean shit if the fans aren’t emotionally invested. There’s about 2 million American fans that will watch today shit no matter how bad it gets in about 200,000 of them will go out of their way to order ppvs. It’s great you can do that many flips but we went from 8 million people watching wrestling a week to 2 million because only about 3% of the guys working today actually know how to really work instead of just doing moves.

[@offbeatnovelty]

This episode told me nothing new . Very weak season 2 . Hoping Owen story tells more then we already know.

[@tayojones9460]

Wrestling Bios did a better job exploring the story of the Road Warriors. I love Darkside of the Ring but this was the second weakest episode of S2. The weakest is the brawl fir All episode.

[@madddoggnogood1491]

The weakest episode was Jimmy snuka

[@Kenny-Blankenship]

The pacing felt off in this episode. Like they crammed too much into one episode. The editing didn't help, it was like they didn't let any points in the story breathe. It felt like watching a fanmade video where are youtuber babbles with jumpcuts everywhere.

[@irontaylor9992]

I watched he mam. And. Superfriends

[@cassanovahastings7259]

First here ...was the weakest dark side episode of them all

[@onithedemonslayer3142]

Im so glad i grew up in Tennessee because i got to watch great nwa wrestling.