Was Mike AWESOME in the WWE?

[@ryantiller5624]

The "I hate you Spike" stuff was obviously Mike trying to reference their old feud from ECW.

[@peace1177]

Was due to an upset loss on Sunday night heat

[@GR8NE55]

Awesome and Spike's feud over the ECW title was one of the best feuds ECW ever had.

[@bcal8118]

It's funny what the basement marks consider "obvious"

[@ryantiller5624]

@bcal8118 ha, well at the time it kind of was. alright, maybe not even at the time. still, no need for name calling. it's hurtful!

[@NGPlus930]

I'll never forget the ECW Championship match with Mike Awesome trying to Awesome Bomb Spike through a table and Spike sliding off the table and landing smack onto the floor💀 I thought Spike got deleted from the server 😂 😂 😂

[@maniacodepresiv0]

This dude was special in ECW, it made movements of a cruiseweight in the body of a super heavyweight

[@brandonyouth5241]

Jeff Hardy complaining about Jeff Hardy using The Swanton seems like the most Jeff Hardy thing to do ever lol

[@eastsidereviews727]

And with that, the circle is complete.

[@NcWcN1]

It was about time for one of those to be done LOL... then again, the Swanton *did* finish the match

[@devinschwartz7596]

I fuckin lost it. That was a great hardy segment 🤣

[@JoeChillton]

Giant wasted opportunity but at least he faced Tanaka in the first ONS. I didn't know it was his final wresting match either. He went out swinging. Rip Mike Awesome

[@omarlopez1372]

Sneaky pun at the end

[@GuntanksInSpace]

What a final match, just some glorious VIOLENCE versus his long-time rival. RIP

[@JoeChillton]

​@@omarlopez1372oh fuck 😂 but very true, he put on his best match since original ECW

[@spiral-vp7sp]

@4:43 i was like is Jeff Hardy gonna be mad that he himself won with the Swanton😂 so awesome love this channel

[@extremeking425]

Someone in the comments let me know if I have my facts straight, when Mike Awesome went to WCW, he was offered 1 Million Dollars and when he was in ECW, he wasn't paid for the last 6 months of his run, is that true? Because if it is, everyone who spoke badly about him for leaving should be ashamed of themselves especially Joey Styles insinuating he should unalive himself at One Night Stand 2005.

[@MrDp115]

Yup that's true

[@jayharv285]

That's pretty much it

[@TheRealAhoy]

Ecw was a cult, basically. All full of love, but if you think that love is actually taking advantage of you and you look for something better, you're persona non grata.

[@davidhandley9007]

Exactly the story I've heard before

[@malloc5014]

Feed my kids or be loyal to Paul and the boys because "diz biznez"?

[@YusukeKnight]

RIP Mike Awesome

[@pinroshan020]

Never Again!

[@marcohavokkhaos]

You're late to the party

[@renegalvez7920]

Dude was a stud ​@@pinroshan020

[@Clockworkorangecassidy]

Mike Awesome and Y2J? In a match with Lance Storm? Would that make them the Fat Chick Thrillseekers?

[@noctes100]

I hate how good this is.

[@Partyboy22]

Sounds like a stable someone would cook up in TEW

[@bernardosantosribeiro6665]

@@Clockworkorangecassidy fat chick thrillseekers from Kentucky

[@Partyboy22]

@@user-sx7eo9ep5p One of Mike Awesome's gimmicks during his WCW tenure was when he infatuated with large women. He was known as the Fat Chick Thriller. Years before either guy really broke out, Lance Storm and Chris Jericho were a tag team known as the Thrillseekers. Hence, the Fat Chick Thrillseekers.

[@bernardosantosribeiro6665]

I predicted Jeff Hardy's joke would be him getting confused with himself.

[@arostwocents]

It was a genius idea TBF 😂

[@Garf_malarf]

Mike awesome was one of the most explosive, powerful and quickest big men of all time. His ecw run was legendary. One of my favorite wrestlers that people don’t talk about enough. Rip

[@beastmode_576]

Mexicools for Ring of the Hawk Kung Funaki for Ring of the Hawk

[@Jajanken98]

I love Mike Awesome, still wait for the ROH Mike in ECW 🙏🏼

[@dawnthemoonchild5409]

Do John Morrison’s 2020-21 stint in WWE!

[@arostwocents]

How long was his TNA run? He wasn't bad. How was he on the mic in WWF? He never got to show much character in TNA

[@nicktaylor2657]

John Hennigan is the new Ed Leslie He had a bunch of gimmick names Now Johnny TV in AEW/ROH

[@TheUnfortunate0ne1]

I was a fan of John Morrison since he tried out for tough enough and they turned him down because they asked him if he’d do a spinaroni but he didn’t know what that was. So Jim Ross was a little bitch about that and they voted to not allow him to be on the cast that year. Which was ridiculous because his tryout was obviously miles above everybody else. Then the next season came around and was pleased that John tried out again and was accepted. And predictably the entire competition was just John Morrison and everybody else. He was clearly so far beyond his opponents on that show. I think they always held that spinaroni thing against him. It’s petty and stupid. Because he not only did the spinaroni after asking what it was, but it was the greatest spinaroni that anybody has ever seen

[@CameronmufuIngram]

Mike Awesome as an in ring performance was everything that you could want in a high flying big man fever dream. RIP to the fat chick thriller

[@turboturkey]

agreed, if they gave him a mouthpiece, he could have gotten over. But much like WCW with the fat chick thriller and 70's guy. WWE had nothing for him,

[@Noscopejohnny]

@@turboturkeyyeah ok your giving sympathy because bro died he was destined to be midcard

[@Noscopejohnny]

Still riding him when he’s dead?crazy 😊

[@jd9119]

@@turboturkey Yeah, they should've brought in Judge Jeff Jones to be his manager.

[@turboturkey]

@@Noscopejohnny that's your opinion. I'm not saying he had the it factor or was going to the guy. But he just could have been used better

[@dacobylaw4721]

The problem is that during the invasion is that The alliance guys had to cheat to get victories, and apart from RVD, they could never seem to get the job done in a fair manner. One of the main gripes is how WWE treated the core alliance like they were basically second class citizens. It got to the point where the alliance guys weren't even competing for their own championships, while Test and Christian (both of which have never even wrestled for WCW or ECW) was getting a stronger push than most the alliance guys

[@Diabolicalbeanr]

His ECW run and Japan run were really good u should watch those runs worth it tbh

[@jd9119]

He was made to look like an imbecile in WCW and I think he just couldn't shake that in WWE.

[@Diabolicalbeanr]

@@jd9119 yeah in ECW he was a killer worker and elite death match/ hardcore wrestler then he got his prime ruined by WCW and WWF awesome was used like a background character his run in WWF and WCW were super watered down compared to his best work in other companies sad to see

[@FFA441]

Mike awesome vs masato tanaka will always have a place in my heart what a match at one night stand

[@SlimbyTheSillyGoose]

I don’t remember this run at all. Could you do a video on Ezekiel? He’s was Elias’s younger brother

[@TheAC420]

the most underrated wrestler of all time. 6 foot 6 angry and mean a LIVING BREATHING WAR MACHINE

[@agustinval1508]

I wonder if we ever will get an episode with every vince russo match on wcw. Might be the death of the hawk

[@chrisberoiza4503]

Always want a video about his run in wwf! Thanks

[@Hipas_Account]

That Jeff Hardy spot always gets me, but this time it blew me away like a punch in the gut.

[@Niroutley]

RIP Mike Awesome, one of my all-time favourites, this video should be a reminder to those who are going through rough times that you are not alone and you should seek for help instead of taking your own life, just know that your future self and your friends and family will thank you when you turn your life around (whether you're a pro wrestler or not)

[@mastermace7770]

Mike Awesome was great in Ecw back in the 90s. Awesome wrestler too

[@richardgadberry8398]

Shovin' this name in here: Terry Funk, '98 WWF.

[@ShizSantana]

J&J security I’m on band wagon 😂

[@Serioussmile51]

In ECW Mike was monster 👹

[@spiral-vp7sp]

most wwf/wcw wrestlers where not willing to take The Awesome Bomb.

[@marcohavokkhaos]

But in 2024, nobody minds taking Priest's Razor's Edge and Page's Ego's Edge

[@TrolledBy]

Here's an ROTH for ya: Jeff Hardy in AEW, but every time Jeff hits a Swanton, he monologues

[@danman1789]

It's absolutely heartbreaking how Mike's life turned out. Wrestling ended, his marriage ended, the pain that he must have been feeling. Can't imagine and I hope I never can imagine.

[@squilliamisfancyson7053]

Shannon Moores 1st TNA run when he beat Aj Styles would be a good one.

[@NoTengoDinero69]

RIP Mike Awesome. His ECW run(s) are legendary. I try to forget (almost) everything else.

[@Jajanken98]

Haku returns, and its 2001 for the ring of the hawk

[@A_T_F_]

It feels like yesterday I found this channel at like 2k subs and now it's 160k, I feel like the Hulkster saying he discovered Kevin Owens Good work and dedication, hawkster.

[@OmegaMaleEnterpriseBxng]

Awesome had a manager in ECW, Jeff Jones, worked perfectly for that lack of charisma, but he did have some intense promos himself like the one about attacking Spike Dudley's wife, it was kinda forced but I don't mind that because it makes it genuinely uncomfortable to watch and he was a heel after all.

[@NGPlus930]

Judge, Jeff Jones and Danny Doring were the two most underrated managers in ECW I'm counting Danny Doring because Roadkill only knew one word and Lita left for the WWF

[@ronandfez]

Forced? How so?

[@OmegaMaleEnterpriseBxng]

@@ronandfezlike it seemed a bit unnatural for him to be talking with that much passion

[@danman1789]

When I first stumbled on some of Mike's matches on cable access tv, I thought he was maybe the most badass wrestler I'd seen. Right up there. He looked and worked like a killer.

[@megamatt53]

The match mike awesome and spike Dudley had in ecw was a brutal squash match.

[@philbackwash]

Awesome was great the way WCW and WWF dropped the ball is crazy.

[@dravenquinn264]

Damn right he Woulda been 59 this year if he was still alive and if he was coming out today he would be a huge star for sure there’s some great matches we could’ve gotten with him and a lot of great talent back then to today that we all wish that we coulda gotten Mike Awesome was Awesome one of the best big man wrestlers especially with some agility up there with Bam Bam Bigelow Bronson Reed Donovan DIJAK And Ivar.

[@mairey19]

Thumbnail got me: I don’t know/remember… Click- it was just in a match on tv¿!?. Already subbed so all good MD.

[@Jay.130]

This shii got dark at the end...

[@Xzar_Xzar]

I’ll never understand why Vince bought WCW just to bury 95% of the wrestlers.

[@arostwocents]

He could have made so much money by doing it properly. Why do woke people destroy every property they get their hands on when they could get rich and famous by making something faithful and good?

[@Disxreet]

You gave yourself the answer in your own statement. “Just to bury 95% of the wrestlers.”

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@Xzar_Xzar He actually bought it for the tape library. He didn't want the wrestlers, but to get the tape library he had to buy the whole company, talent contracts included. Nothing to do with pettyness.

[@Xzar_Xzar]

@@Disxreet seems like a waste of resources

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@Xzar_Xzar lol, I told you that's bull. They wanted the tape library, end of.

[@FIXTREME]

Big Show and Spike Dudley know damn well they didn't buy that ring gear in the men's department 👯😂😂😂😂

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

4:45 The Hawk actually did the joke I suggested a couple of videos ago! NICE!

[@Aevilbeast]

Damn, that fall over the top rope that Lance takes @6:34 looks like it could've gone VERY wrong, even with the landing he had I'm surprised he didn't get hurt. It was like the worst way to fall, right on your outstretched head and neck for such a height and going so fast...If something went bad, it would've gone very bad. Storm is usually a very safe worker and great at making sure thing like that don't happen. I wonder if it was more that Mike was bit too late or wasn't in the right spot, or maybe Edge used a bit too much force when tossing him or just some complete random occurrence. It's moments like this, that really show just how close wrestlers are to hurting themselves, even with the most seemingly Innocuous of moves or maneuvers and/or even with the safest of workers... Only takes just one misstep or mistake.

[@devious187]

I have always thought there must be something we don't know about why WWE never really pushed Mike Awesome, I mean he looked like the wrestler Vince McMahon would create if he had been able to assemble one from scratch so it's nuts to me that they didnt do more with him

[@eastsidereviews727]

Amazing how badly both the WWF and WCW botched Mike Awesome. Dude could've been money if used right, especially for WCW who desperately needed new stars during year 2000.

[@dravenquinn264]

Damn right he Woulda been 59 this year if he was still alive and if he was coming out today he would be a huge star for sure there’s some great matches we could’ve gotten with him and a lot of great talent back then to today that we all wish that we coulda gotten Mike Awesome was Awesome one of the best big man wrestlers especially with some agility up there with Bam Bam Bigelow Bronson Reed Donovan DIJAK And Ivar.

[@mattycakezzz]

6:58 Alabama Slam not spine buster

[@johnsapp8810]

I was about to make the same comment.

[@peace1177]

Great video! The “I hate you Spike” was for spike beating him on Sunday night heat.

[@joeygilliland6794]

At times I wish we had a Hogan interview about Mike Awesome

[@capngeeoff]

LOL this was worth it for that Big Show/Spike Dudley team

[@jacknero9937]

Him and Sean O'Haire could have been an amazing Tag Team. Shame WWE fucked both of them up

[@brandonyouth5241]

Imagine "Devil's Advocate" Sean O'Haire teaming with post New Church Mike Awesome.

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@jacknero9937 Why do you blame wwe for everything lol. Sean O'Haire lasted a few months in wwe, then went to developmental, went back to main roster for a few months then f*cked off to mma. That was his decision, not theirs. They tried soooooo hard with Palumbo, they even tried making him an American Bad ass in 2007, the fact is, he just wasn't that good. You act like wwe is a graveyard for wasted talent, like you think everybody who ever took a step in the door was guaranteed superstardom

[@DioBrandoWRYYYYYY]

@@TheRealAhoy I agree. Some people just want to believe that almost anyone in the Attitude/Ruthless Aggression era were top guys who were shortchanged, but Ring of the Hawk should really disabuse people of that notion. Some of them are just not as good as people remember them being and even back then, there were people who were never destined to be more than midcarders.

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@DioBrandoWRYYYYYY The iwc has been dominated with an entire "people being held down v people getting undeserved favouritism" thing since I started commenting on it way back. It's just a big circle that keeps turning, there is plenty of evidence (such as ring of the hawk vids) but people just go back to "maaaan, if only they got the chance they deserved, things could have been so much different. We should condemn Reigns/Cena/Triple H for holding these guys down and not stepping away from the limelight "for the good of the bidnezz". It's just this same thing over and over. Anyone who didn't reach the apex "was screwed", anyone who did "must have been blowing Vince". All these "wasted talents", if you're in television, if you're getting vignettes, it means the company is making an effort. If you get taken off tv/stop getting vignettes, it's because you're not stepping up. People should be aiming to come in to wwe and basically be Razor Ramon, he got his vignettes, then when he debuted, he immediately impressed and was over right away, and he remained a highly featured character his entire run. Sean O'Haire had some very tasty vignettes, he was even paired with Roddy Piper. He didn't stand out especially though when it came to crunch time. Unlike Batista, when he debuted as Reverend D-Von's deacon, he immediately stood out, and he kept building on it and eventually found himself a superstar. Because Batista is a guy who would get in to acting one day and decided to take it very seriously once he got his break, really thought about his career prospects, and followed them. If the performer gets put on tv, that's the company doing them a solid, it's then up to the performer to show they were worth it. It's simple. Batista must have had a clue where he wanted to go in wrestling if his movie choices are any indication of his aptitude. Palumbo? He was happy coasting, like pretty much all these "wasted talents."

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@DioBrandoWRYYYYYY The people who get given a chance take a chance. Anyone who has ever been on television is given a chance. John Cena took that chance by impressing Stephanie by rapping on a bus and dove in to the rapper schtick and got over. He wasn't "handpicked". He earned his entire career trajectory. Palumbo and O'Haire did too, as well as everybody else. Nobody is "held down", they just have stiff competition and Vince would be really impressed if guys shrugged it off and pushed through. People had to fight to earn the stage and stay on it. Lots of guys find they don't have the heart for that out of a combination of softness and/or not really wanting it that bad. O'Haire wanted to go back to MMA, Palumbo stayed for a while but was at his best coasting in the Billy&Chuck tag team. Athletes mentalities are weird. They either no what they want or they're just happy coasting. Vince didn't want to give chances to coasters, Mark Henry coasted for 15 years before he decided he wanted to be seriously successful, so Vince strapped the rocket to him then.

[@chronicallysinclair]

Best Jeff Hardy Inner Monologue Markyd moment EVER!

[@DmunVortus84]

"Someone said to him once, 'Hey Mike do you wrestle?' He said "Aw, some.'" - Orlando Jordan (ECW One Night Stand 2005)

[@davidhandley9007]

No pun intended, but he was an awesome underrated talent. That match with tanaka at one night stand, they should have signed both and booked them strong after that

[@user-638jdjdpoop]

Bigfadcockg

[@jimibaboza]

WCW guys were all booked really poorly during this era do reinforce the whole "WWE better" thing.

[@TheRealAhoy]

Na, not at all. Vince never wanted to buy wcw, his wife convinced him it would be worth it for the tape library alone, so he bought it, but doing so was like a poisoned chalice, people demanding he "had" to do a WCW v wwf angle. So normal long term plans had to be shelved (like the Austin heel run being the long term focus of the shows) and the invasion angle had to come first, having to suddenly promote a company that they didn't 2 years not even thinking about anymore as on the same level as his squad must have been a head wrecker.

[@turboturkey]

@@TheRealAhoy I always wondered what if would have been like without the WCW purchase. I imagine the Two man power trip might have led to Triple H turning face or Austin going back face eventually. But of course the quad tear hurt those plans and then Benoit needed neck surgery. Austin Angle might have still been a thing.

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@turboturkey Yeah as far as I heard, a Triple H face turn the rivalry with Austin was the long term plan. Wwe had already shelved the Fully Loaded name for Invasion for the July ppv though, so it's hard to tell. They planned to do an invasion ppv for sure. Chaotic year lol, wcw and ecw both going out of business within a month and wwe trying to juggle both the licenses with what was up to that point a thriving roster of their own, which just seemed to be getting even better. (Rhyno and Spike came in hot, so did Tajiri, they got over quick and freshened up parts of the programs)

[@jasontodd1896]

Exactly

[@jasontodd1896]

@@TheRealAhoydelusional fanboy

[@fergalstackstreams]

I'll never forget seeing Awesome against Masato Tanaka live at Heatwave '98. It was such a shame his life ended the way it did. There was so much more he could have done in wrestling and life.

[@terryterryd]

Jeff Hardy with the Harry Potter Drop

[@ghostmark2005]

He did it! The Jeff hardy on Jeff hardy piece

[@SNOWDUDE13]

Probably the best Hardy segment to date 😂

[@Gramon562]

8:03 More like Big Show and Lil' Show 😂😂😂😂

[@user-638jdjdpoop]

Goksuker

[@Gramon562]

@@user-638jdjdpoop ?

[@Gramon562]

@@user-638jdjdpoop ?

[@Lightman0359]

That has to be one of the best Stoned Matt Hardy segments. Duuudeeee... It was Me maaannnn

[@wrestlinggamer47]

you should do blue demon jr. in lucha underground

[@lueezy5528]

This is a weird question, but out of curiosity do we know what ended up happening to wcw rings, entrances, floor Matt’s and barricades, the lights the cameras equipment, all of that stuff ???

[@MandiShortsProductions]

ROH Mustafa Ali in TNA

[@jeffers1985]

Man so many in that invasion angle got buried deep. Non of the WWE guys wanted to lose against the wcw guys as the animosity and rivalry was high

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

What could’ve been. Better booking, better character development, and and not having the invasion stench, and he could’ve been a lot better. Doesn’t help that he was well into his 30s when he came to WWF. Under better circumstances, I think he could’ve been a Drew Macintyre type

[@MichaelSpikes-pv6kl]

Good video review 👍👍

[@trueSconox]

Look at his ecw runs.

[@mikefrost796]

Paul London and Billy Kidman as a Tag Team for ROTH

[@marcohavokkhaos]

Reverse Tiger Bomb from the top rope was so dope. But it's different than the Awesome Bomb

[@fredcasdensworld]

It's funny how Mike Awesome had way more character and showed more personality in WCW with the Fat Chick Thriller / 70s Guy gimmick

[@lcrawfo2]

Awesome vs Tanaka at ONS 2005 is one of my favorite sub 10-minute matches. Balls to the wall, completely over the top, and crazy looking bumps. It's too bad Awesome couldn't translate the success he had in his ECW run to WCW or WWE.

[@معاذمحمد-س6ط]

Hawk do luther reigns run he can do the job

[@jd9119]

That match at One Night Stand was the best match of that night.

[@aaronhurst4379]

I forgot Mike Awesome even had any WWE appearances outside that match at One Night Stand tbh

[@LordJudgement1818]

that one night stand match was fucking amazing.

[@unclegreenskatesoda9570]

Spike jumping off show was actually pretty dope

[@shishioh]

"Look how they massacred my boy" I'm glad I wasn't able to watch WWE around this time, because I would have been so salty. Awesome was my favorite ECW world champion.

[@habück]

I think it was impossible to recover from his WCW burial.

[@spiral-vp7sp]

mike awesome should have been a wwf champion but Im positive wwf and wcw didnt like him doing super bombs. ppl didnt want to take that move

[@theguy1233]

Can you do Bully Ray run 2022 to 202?

[@aulaw2011]

Wasn't Mike Awesome related to Hulk Hogan since he was a cousin to Hulk's nephew Horace? Couldn't they use that in a storyline to get him over, like he turns on Hogan and joins the nWo or something? Or he becomes a 2nd Mr. America? Or Awesomemania?

[@raykahn455]

Please do a compilation of all the Jeff Harry dude intermission sketches

[@GleeChan]

3:13. Looks like the Seamstress really enjoys Burger King. Burger King: have it your way.

[@ogdannyg1]

Mike was always awesome baby rip champ

[@e93sports80]

Mike looks like a completely different person with his long hair cut and with facial hair.

[@MarlonAnthony]

Aesthetically, Mike was in great shape at the start of his WWE run but he clearly wasn't in ring shape, he looked sloppy and sluggish and wasn't the same Mike Awesome we watched in ECW and Japan prior. Such a shame but I also think most of the ECW and WCW guys were given shitty hands with the booking and were never gonna be allowed to outshine the WWF guys until way after the Invasion angle ceased.

[@SamPugh-ru2yf]

That’s a first Jeff Hardy angry at himself for doing a swanton bomb 😮 he will tell his stonner friend for sure

[@DatGuyKunz]

why am i hearing the instrumental to rum and red bull (how much can you drink) in the background of this video

[@AdrianM865]

Honestly putting Mike Awesome with a mouthpiece (I’m sure Jeff Jones wasn’t doing ish) would have helped out tremendously…but he ultimately would have been released regardless due to his in ring style.

[@Lightman0359]

Is that move Awesome keeps screwing up supposed to be the razor's Edge/Crucifix Powerbomb?

[@DoujinObserver]

Akira Maeda in WWF in 1984 for Ring of the Hawk

[@Cooljohn760]

Wait a Jeff Hardy reacting to himself doing a Swanton Bomb. I thought it was suppose to be him reacting to other people doing it haha.

[@alexq2930]

You should do a video of the decline in WWE of Curtis Axel

[@PieroGiusseppeSalcedoSal-cz4dh]

Make a video about Camacho.

[@leonmccommons2369]

I believe they called Edge's move Buzzkill when he was doing the Rated R Superstar gimmick. Then just like Cena's FU, Buzzkill got PG'ed and became the edgegacution or what ever.

[@PoeticProphetic]

Hidenreich and Snitsky next 😝

[@grizzakaduke2331]

He looked very uncomfortable in the WWE ring

[@TheMetalmicah57]

I love Mike Awesome. He's one of my all-time favorite wrestlers, but if you can't work a good match with Kane, then you're not going to last long in WWE.

[@simbaescobar4859]

Dad wake up markyd123 just posted... dad ?