Ken Shamrock & Dan Severn - Brawl for All Debacle in WWF

Ken Shamrock & Dan Severn discuss the WWF Brawl for All debacle and what went down backstage. Streaming now 📺 TitleMatchNetwork.com
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Former WWF/WWE/UFC legends Ken Shamrock & Dan Severn are here in their very first shoot interview together.
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During Vince McMahon's Attitude Era, there was an idea to do a legit boxing tournament called the Brawl for All. The pitch was made by Vince Russo, who wanted to see John Bradshaw Layfield get knocked out in real life.
Find out why Dan Severn entered the tournament after being told he was ineligible. Also, hear what Ken Shamrock believes was really going on behind the scenes.
Coincidentally, the Brawl for All also ended the careers of Dr. Death Steve Williams, and in many ways, the winner as well, Bart Gunn.
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[@kenterminateddq5311]

HELL YES! Two of the toughest and greatest fighters in UFC on a shoot interview? LET'S GO!

[@dlopezdlo11]

Check out the Don frye and Dan Severn toxic masculinity interview with ken shamrock as the guest it's a great interview

[@captmoroni]

Never thought we’d see these two in the same interview…

[@flyguy7825]

why is that?lol

[@flyguy7825]

@@adiands850 That's like over 20 years ago dude they are too old to have heat with each other.

[@flyguy7825]

@@adiands850 No Shamrock ain't that type of dude

[@Bouldah]

Both liars and frauds that fought scripted and fixed mma matches in order to build their names to get big time real fights only to get beat down

[@stevejamieson8468]

@@flyguy7825 Dan & Ken never had any real heat with each other

[@BLACULA-Skeewoah]

I've watched Dan for 24 years now.... I could listen to him talk for hours but I'm just so thankful that he has his health.... Wonderful human being

[@bigroaststyrone8135]

Because he was smart, he avoided loads of strikes to the head in early MMA by being a wrestler who would just take you down

[@Jakegraham62]

Like how ken was legit sticking up for Dan. I think that shows just what kinds of peers these two are

[@dirkstuff5820]

More like what kind of personalities they are-Dan will talk all day about himself and his perspective, humble bragging. Shamrock seems a little more thoughtful.

[@sethdunavant1831]

Same, however the thing was a dumpster fire before it got started, at that point im sure Dan would have hated the idea of the boxing gloves.

[@ownknow8161]

*Dan "The Beast" Severn and Ken Shamrock.... Two former UFC Champions. Legends of mixed martial arts, indeed.*

[@fartdonkey8290]

Ken "Glamrock" Shamrock

[@ownknow8161]

*🤣😂😂🤣* @@fartdonkey8290

[@stevejamieson8468]

2 UFC Hall of Famers

[@angkhoanguyen6114]

The Most Dangerous Man in the World

[@polarfamily6222]

Dan and Ken are still awesome.

[@daviddee9336]

I like how Ken completely acknowledges that Dan would have won no problem but the way they way they went about it was a farce. Respect amongst warriors

[@at0micwerew0lf]

ECW already had got me going to live shows if I was in Philly but when I saw that Severn and Shamrock were in WWF is when I went full tilt into my second love affair with pro-wrestling. Mid to late 90s was a great time.

[@BaetoeBaskins]

How Dan imagined the concept being imagined is exactly how it was imagined

[@brianmeen2158]

Imagine that

[@fartdonkey8290]

We are unburdened, by what has been

[@JGD185]

Supposedly the idea came about when Vince Russo thought about it cause JBL kept mouthing off that if this was real he'd beat everyone. So Russo said OK let's see about that. I really think Russo had a role in coming up with it because it was so off the wall like his style.

[@judahsoremy9857]

It was entirely Russo's idea, as you just said.

[@starred1096]

@@judahsoremy9857But one could blame JBL for giving him the idea too.

[@BootyDaddy36]

Unbelievable these guys have 167 MMA fights between them, one can only guess how many rounds sparred, have took endless pro wrestling bumps and yet they both still speak really well and are great to listen to 👍

[@2beJT]

I will never forget riding bikes up to the video store with my friend to rent each of the UFC VHS tapes they had.

[@pauldavis5665]

Same. I remember in my video store the UFC tapes were hidden away in the corner like adult films. It was like something forbidden which drew me into it even more. 😆

[@2beJT]

For real! And we even had Mortal Kombat and Bloodsport and all sorts of pop culture stuff that made those fights seem like some sacred forbidden content. Our place had them by all the WWF stuff. Incidentally Faces of Death was on the next aisle over.

[@WrestlingForever93]

Interesting video , very cool Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock to talk about this strange tournament. I agree both of them would have whooped everybody if they participated. I think Severn was asked and kind of confirmed in the beginning ; because WWE felt they needed actual fighters to make the tournament more "legitimate". Brawl for All will remain one of the strange promotions by WWE to shake up the action.

[@adrianriley753]

Dan did take part and struggled with Godfather. The big boxing gloves and rules were not good for Severn (a pure grappler).

[@NemeanLion-]

Dan never had good hands. He was a pure wrestler.

[@gaysonmartinocho5262]

@@NemeanLion- they need to put boxing gloves on lesner when he returns to ufc. just to see if hes really good

[@NemeanLion-]

@@gaysonmartinocho5262 he wasn’t unfortunately

[@psier78]

If either fought Butterbean they'd get clocked too just like amateur Jake Paul does does to former UFC world champs. They're not boxers. Butterbean was not anywhere near elite but he had a lot of rounds behind him and he could punch as we saw that clumsy Bart Gunn get his jaw rotated. Out cold..

[@keolamomoa5183]

Glad to these Old school fighters all together talking some stories.

[@southbeachtalent]

Work, shoot, whatever. The Brawl For All could've and should've made a superstar out of its winner, Bart Gunn. I legit think his handling afterwards is the absolute worst thing Vince Russo ever did in the WWF

[@jreese2474]

I'd always heard it's because he pissed off Jim Ross by beating Steve Williams. not sure how true that is though.

[@herbieolivares1740]

@@jreese2474 JR tried so hard to get Williams hired, vouching for him only to have Bart Gunn kill any momentum he may have had. I would imagine JR was extremely upset, no doubt.

[@WhoseSideisHeon96]

Bart Gunn wasn't even supposed to win. Vince Russo is trash

[@NoelComiX]

BART could have easily played an impressionable henchman with lethal power for Vince.

[@Str8Snag]

Shamrock is still jacked wow

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

Because he’s natural.

[@cool-lemon]

Two of the toughest men and they're nice as pie. Just proves that (mostly) the loud people are often the weakest in the room.

[@President_Shin]

Dan’s theme was 🔥

[@retepoteil]

💯💯💯

[@LJ_in_VR]

Absolutely

[@welcometothemovies9157]

I'm still shocked when i hear Dan Severn speak. Idk why i kept thinking he'd have this rough voice or Russian voice lol

[@georgethehands]

Never has a moustache suited anyone more other than The Beast

[@NavyVet4955]

Tom Sellick's mustache would like a word with you.

[@georgethehands]

@@NavyVet4955 and reynolds

[@NavyVet4955]

@@georgethehands damn I forgot Burt. Don Frye has an absolute unit of a stash as well.

[@mhead1117]

Don't disrespect the monopoly guy like that ever again

[@Darksky1001able]

I think the only three id see in the final was Dan, Ken, and Steve mufuggin Blackman.

[@rodzor]

Remember they had friggin boxing gloves on, and there were no wins or points via submission holds. So in the end it favored a heavy handed striker like Bart Gunn. If it was a true no holds barred match those three guys would win any match (not facing each other) in seconds.

[@poindextertunes]

Dan Severn legit looks like a 1900s old timey fisticuffs fighter 😂

[@MansMan42069]

like my pfp basically

[@rocketpigrecords3719]

"Do I have to listen to more of this shit?" t. The Real Gigachad

[@coreysmorgan8488]

Love these two

[@andrewnagavelli1215]

Kens tshirt and silk scarf combo is crazy. Gotta respect it 😂

[@Brallbeats]

Dan voice is not what i imagined

[@shaquanthedon6184]

Hit the nail on the head

[@CertifiedHuSTLer]

Love them.

[@jadhavsandip1982]

One of the 2 most dangerous Man WWF then,Don't know why then didn't get much matches or Title chance.

[@marcpower4167]

My guess is they initially wouldn't allow Dan or Ken in it knowing they have so much more experience either one of them would dominate and bury everyone. But they turned to Dan last minute cause someone was a late scratch, either injury or they had 2nd thoughts and would have asked Ken if Dan said no.

[@brianmeen2158]

Yes but guys like Dan were hampered by the rule set of brawl for all. They had to wear boxing gloves and only takedowns were allowed. It was an odd rule structure. I don’t think Ken would have done well either

[@Halbared]

@@brianmeen2158 Ken is a decent striker?

[@samkoortheinterista]

My idols ❤️❤️

[@Shane16784]

This is quite something interesting to see. And they are quite right in the regard to Vince “exposing” wrestling through that. Though it would have been pretty cool to see like Dan, Ken and Blackmen in a real fight. Even through the lens of WWF (or E…) you can see how tough and dangerous all three were

[@daveborder7751]

Vince Russo thought it would be a good idea bro.

[@jonjones6764]

It's like this, bro! What if we have REAL fighting bro and tell the people at home "bro, this is some serious stuff, bro!" But then bro, the winner of it gets built up bro, but SWERVE! This was worked too, bro! They all went against the script making it real but making it a work, bro! Then we say "this guy that won is the toughest guy here in the WWF, cause he won real fights, now let's put him back in this fake fighting but it's real TOO, just not as real as this real REAL fighting, bro! And then, bro, we have him lose a fake fight, bro! But SWERVE! He admits it was fake and he's tired of playing in these fake fights, bro! He wants a real fight for the title, bro! But SWERVE! Austin is in on it, bro! And he tells the guy his real fight was a fake fight, and the fake fights are the real fights, bro! So they go to real fight, bro, but SWERVE! He lays down for Austin, bro!

[@michaelsmiley15]

Watch the dark side of the ring episode regarding the brawl for all because I am so glad they're doing this a lot of stuff they did back when you cannot do today and Vince russo one of the only good things that ever came out of his mouth he finally admitted that he was wrong about something

[@michaelmercury1297]

Must have been hard to do grappling with those huge boxing gloves.

[@snydesy]

Few Barley Pops.....LOL, Dan is a beauty!

[@sevirz13]

Ken is the first guy I've seen wearing american fighter stuff in a long time

[@scottcassulis6062]

Both were NWA Champion

[@magusalakcristituto449]

i like Ken shamrock

[@penepoynter9057]

2 legit bad asses

[@charlesgomez4495]

That night , bart was unstoppable . They trained him to " proper " box butterbeer and he lost.

[@Provos7777]

He never had a prayer of beating Butterbean. If he threw punches like he did in the Brawl for All he would of got KO’d the same way. Putting a guy with almost zero boxing experience against a guy with 50 pro fights, he has no chance

[@GorditoCrunch343]

@@Provos7777 The funny thing is both Bart and Butterbean were fine with working the match but the higher up knuckleheads in the company actually thought they could have a legit shoot fight. Stupid.

[@KobashifanSam]

They "butterbeaned" him because he beat the guy they wanted to win in Steve Williams. Bart was set up to lose because of that

[@billblaski9523]

It's been so long, did these 2 ever have a match against each other back then?

[@jimh.412]

They fought twice.

[@glenray335]

They talk about it with Dan Frye , another bad ass, on Dan and Dan's toxic masculinity podcast

[@carlthomas2278]

WWE wouldn’t tell shamrock he ain’t wrestling because of time restraints he was OVER

[@rustyshakelford1279]

Severn sounds like he drank 20 Red Bulls on the way in

[@dtcarpediem]

So glad they didn’t take part in it (well Dan had one fight) but it did sound like a set up cause to them if one of the wrestlers could possibly knock out legit fighters that would bring more ratings and possibly legitimize this shit show of an idea Vince Russo had. Man oh man though even without much training I know they both a long with Blackman would of ran through everyone especially with takedowns a lone. Judging by what I seen in some of the fights it wouldn’t of been that difficult to win against most of those guys lol

[@ganglabesh]

dan needs to brand a shirt called Barley Pops

[@jasoncutshaw8401]

New Jack vs Dan Severn BRAWL FOR ALL.. Now that would be awesome

[@mattboyce3276]

Severn would have beat his ass

[@Provos7777]

Would not of been much of a fight. Jack would be getting taken down at will.

[@jasoncutshaw8401]

I beg to differ.. 🖕😁

[@joeschmidt246]

Dan severn by death once he takes new jacks knife from him

[@poopsyko]

New Jack even armed with knives would have stood no chance

[@msoi215]

Didn't Vince Russo create this concept?

[@SolidSharkOFFICIAL]

Dan does not age. Omg. I was a child when he was kicking ass. Now look at me, I've got white hair growing everywhere...

[@trunkstrunks6114]

your not the only one pal

[@edwardjames6023]

Shhh ... We don't put an age on it

[@tdestroyer4780]

He dyes his hair. There's other videos where he has gray wings.

[@Halbared]

Barley pops...classic.

[@rowds]

I think Dan has had that shirt since 1998..

[@N1120A]

*88

[@renegonzalez8194]

I loved the brawl for all it showed which wrestlers were legit badasses and which ones weren't

[@denistuohy2535]

And the real badass (Bart Gunn) got screwed the most, go figure.

[@marcpower4167]

The urban legend is it was to legitimize Dr. Death Steve Williams and set him up to go against stone cold for the title. But he tore a hammy in the match with Bart Gunn and kept going literally becoming a one legged man in an ass kicking contest.

[@Halbared]

I didn't think it showed anyone up, they all gave it 100%.

[@user-wc9ik6tp5h]

Where’s steve blackman?

[@ToGuyFor]

Severn german suplexed Shamrock right after the interview.

[@garyswann3292]

Dan Severe kind of sounds like Kevin Arnold

[@timbow1356]

Shamrock is on cycle🧐

[@sammyb_tcg3485]

Is still a cycle 25 uninterrupted years in?

[@jimh.412]

He's natural! 💪💪

[@johnny5805]

Yet they let Steve Blackman in from the get go.

[@Halbared]

I think they really didn't know what Blackman's toolbox was, though they did ban kicks, which both Vega and Blackman said was down to them.

[@armani-ru3qx]

Looks like dan STALIN

[@flyguy7825]

Let's be honest if Dan Severn would have stayed in that BFA he would have embarrassed all of those guys and if Ken Shamrock was in the BFA he would have embarrassed all of those guys BFA seems like it would've been an interesting concept back then but looking back on it it really expose the business in a really bad way

[@miamimagicians]

I'm shocked that the Godfather held his own against Dan Severn

[@rosestewart4569]

Not if there were no take Downs. Strait boxing. Both of them would have been in trouble.

[@tomcarpenter7821]

Other than them, Steve Blackman would have shredded everyone if he wasn't removed from the tournament.

[@Provos7777]

@@miamimagicians Dan never fought with boxing gloves on, he struggled with it.

[@Provos7777]

@@rosestewart4569 Severn would of definitely had trouble , but none of the guys could box either.

[@adamedwards2435]

Pro Wrasslin Commission.😂

[@SincereDS]

Dan Severn sounds like he has congestion

[@khazzeron]

I thought these 2 hated each other and hate irl heat

[@sevirz13]

Maybe 30 years ago lol I'm sure they're cool now, it's been a long time

[@yoyo2ma]

They clearly buried the hatchet. Theres a previous shoot with these two and Don Frye that was really good.

[@rigafraction1653]

Honestly, watching Dan's bout, he was given the decision, but he lost to the Godfather by the definition of the rules.

[@poindextertunes]

1:50 Jim Cornette agrees 😂

[@nujabeez6573]

Dan Servern should used a Freddy Mercury type gimmick

[@glenray335]

Dan Hayes that when people say he looks like freddie

[@nicecutie]

none of my business really but did dan and ken spend all there money they earned they have to return to pro wrestling? or are they getting royalty checks from the wwe or ufc?

[@donkey7577]

JBL brought this on himself.....

[@Kapitein_Tug]

Dan would be the perfect manager for Mustache Mountain

[@ronrico2620]

A physical probably would have helped eddie

[@user-sp5rm9up1t]

I love the mutual respect.

[@kerryc5821]

Bart would have knocked them out too. Neither could take a punch.

[@deisel8535]

Dan severn matches we're so boring to watch in the wwe

[@kingpinsmith22]

Dan wouldnt be in it cause if he got koed it would ruin his mediocre mma carrer

[@bls8959]

Thought Dan was in it...he fought godfather

[@Justin-fb3ms]

I thought Marc Mero was winning but if Steve Blackman or ken shamrock was in they would've won even against Bart Gunn

[@jjmah7]

So much CTE right here

[@3941602]

Ken is still yoked

[@Therealgeoffchilds]

I think these guys are a little ashamed that Bart Gunn won. No training?? You should not need it to beat a bunch of "phony" wrestlers, right?

[@99dndd]

As a TV viewer when the Brawl for All started, one day a commentator told me that what I was about to see was real and everything before and after was scripted

[@yeasashikder3704]

First

[@matthewearlywine5535]

It was another dumb Vince Russo idea

[@chaoticdays]

Either Steve Blackman or Dan Severn would have won the Brawl for All if they hadn't withdrawn from the tournament. However, Ken Shamrock would have got knocked out and he just likes to blow his own trumpet.

[@daveborder7751]

Doc was the odds on favourite & who the company thought would win-he was killing Bart Gunn before the freak injury that left him a sitting duck. He was so freakishly strong & a great wrestler who pinned Dan in college.

[@chaoticdays]

@@daveborder7751 He wasn't killing Bart Gunn before he got injured. Bart Gunn had taken him down thrice and had landed some heavy hands. Dr Death couldn't throw a punch to save his life.

[@daveborder7751]

@@chaoticdays Williams was winning handily on points. He only went down when the injury happened. Why would a guy at Olympic level amateur wrestler be boxing with a guy with boxing skills?

[@chaoticdays]

@@daveborder7751 the scorecards were deliberately rigged to give Williams the victory, and this was echoed by wrestlers who were watching backstage. Watch Bob Holly's interview. That is why the entire locker room erupted when Doc hit the ground.

[@Boygonebad]

Blackman barely beat Mero and didn’t throw a single strike. He kept going for takedowns. If he was afraid of Meros hands he would’ve lost to Godfather or Gunn.

[@dannythedon82]

I still think Bart would knock both of them out. Severn or Shamrock are more wrestlers then strikers.

[@emperorburton]

No way! Severn would get him on the ground so quick.

[@dannythedon82]

@@emperorburton but it was mostly boxing. Whenever they would go down it was more out of fatigue. If it was just stand up Bart would knock both Shamrock and Severn out. That's my point. They weren't the best stand up fighters

[@dannythedon82]

@@adiands850 No shit I keep trying to explain I'm not talking about if they wrestled. I'm talking about they stayed on their feet both Severn and Shamrock I believe would get knocked out by Bart Gunn and they would probably both think they would kill him because they were from the UFC but they weren't the best strikers and Bart just had that raw ability and WWF dropped the ball to make a new star with him.

[@paulwhalley6789]

@@dannythedon82 I know what you're trying to say, but I think you're underestimating these two. Cardio alone would make them so much more efficient, faster and powerful. Bart was like a bodybuilder with real technique (yes he could punch a non fighter who was gassed)

[@Provos7777]

That’s if he could land a shot. He fought oafs who couldn’t get out of their own way. In an MMA fight, Shamrock would of submitted him in under a minute. Severn would of laid & prayed. Straight boxing - I think he definitely hit hard enough to KO either of them, Idk if Bart had the skill level to actually land a KO punch against two seasoned guys

[@saadibnasaadhusain]

Why do a legit shoot fight when you are 99% sure these guys are going to be in the final? And why pit professional MMA fighters against pro wrestlers who are not trained to fight? This sounds dangerous.

[@Halbared]

No-one could be sure of that. Vega, Blackman and Mero all had striking skillset, Williams and Severn were wrestlers, everyone else had a punchers chance, in a format that heavily favoured punchers over grapplers.

[@o0oanaboliccamelo0o86]

They say kenshamrock still smiling dan severn armpits after he getting sucker dragon sleeper couple time back on raw 23 years ago 💩💩🤣🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♂️🤢🤡😂🤣🤮🤮🫠🙃🙃

[@nemesis8626]

Kinda sounds like shamrock is making excuses for Dan, even if they did ask him the night he was actually trained in fighting, wrestlers can't train afew m9nths and then be fighting machines, look at what happened to CM punk when he went over to ufc, got smashed and that was after nearly a whole year training and he fought a nobody, poor excuse kinda sounds like there trying to save face

[@gaysonmartinocho5262]

the brawl 4 all was so staged.

[@savagedick1462]

A good name for a cage fighter is Ace Winterwolf

[@heyprabhuaananddata]

To be honest butterbean would have knocked out both of them.

[@user-sp5rm9up1t]

It's sick how everything revolves around money and most people don't give to hoots about your ass. Just their damn paycheck

[@kylewarren5268]

Went on for a few weeks?! Dan... You e been hit too many times in the head. That shit started early 98 and didn't end till March 1999. That shit went on a for a year. Not just a few weeks. Lol

[@Halbared]

Brawl for all final was on the 24/8/1998.

[@PFHousee]

They are so good in what they do that they could destroy all WWF wrestlers. It will be a suicide giving so much credit to 2 legit fighters