Rude Names & Real-Life Popeyes!! | WCW Starrcade '90 - Wrestle Me Review

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Marc & Pete congratulate Sam Muchnick on blowing up the Death Star, and try to keep Dick the Bruiser away from the spinach lest he get any larger, as they kick off their review of WCW STARRCADE 1990: COLLISION COURSE!!
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[@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630]

The black scorpion was a shape shifter, each show he appeared in he was a different body type 😂😂😂

[@GemSquash96]

Fun fact: Mulleted, middle aged looking Paul Heyman was all of barely 25 years old during this PPV

[@Kaltagstar96]

It's honestly like Arn Anderson, as far as I can tell neither Arn or Paul have ever looked younger than 30 even in their mid 20s.

[@GemSquash96]

​@@Kaltagstar96oh definitely 😂

[@only1icon1801]

He had a hard paper-round

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@Kaltagstar96and then his weight caused his body to meet his aged face in looks…

[@bostonrailfan2427]

and as of this night(10/7/2023) without his dye, he aged another 20 years so he looks like he’s in his late 60s!

[@JennaLeigh]

The guys in the suits weren't an anomaly. Back in that era, guys would often go to TV tapings and shows wearing suits as a nod to the Four Horsemen. Often they'd have a sign that read "Junior Horsemen".

[@ifgwelf]

That's actually so awesome

[@richardpreston7333]

Banyabat's earning their paycheque this episode and then some

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

"Looking like a colorised photograph" is a CHOICE turn of phrase.

[@TheSomethingWheel]

Fuck it, that's it. I'm getting a 'SID VICIOUS RULES THE WORLD' printout to go above the tree this Christmas.

[@Encodedcookies]

What’s it going to be this year ?

[@mox19380]

credit to you guys for some very VERY good old southern gentlemen accents

[@samspurgeon4222]

The Sam Mushnick ballooning tribute was absolute gold...😂😂😂

[@jammiebooker6489]

That was funny 😂

[@kamarichristie4346]

You'll made fun of a dead man

[@kamarichristie4346]

I understand why he was getting past his prime like vince

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

5:15 The Crusher also had a Ramones song written about him. Which is just as big of an achievement as all the rest you listed.

[@pendafen7405]

5:42 genuinely surprised and impressed that Marc made the Gaultier couture connection

[@Charleshudspeth]

My Grandmother hated Dick the Bruiser so much. She had a bullet that she kept on her nightstand next to her bed that literally had "Dick The Bruiser" carved in it lol. She spent the 80's hoping Fritz Von Erich would bring Dick the Bruiser to WCCW in Dallas so she could deliver that bullet to Mr. Bruiser personally. And if you knew my Grandmother she meant every word lol. I miss Nanny

[@pendafen7405]

Your grandmother is the woman I hope one day to become, bless her soul

[@brandi33]

Your Grandmother wanted to murder a character from television. You know mental illness is hereditary right?

[@President_YE]

Your nanny was a mark

[@Kingmaker33]

I wish your Nanny with a 9,could have fulfilled her Dreams! Her Ghost is Stalking Dick the Bruisers ghost in another Demension.

[@JennaLeigh]

"She's a stunt granny."

[@Chris_34]

"keep Dick The Bruiser's name out of your fking mouth!" - Will Smith

[@thejman2108]

That Star Wars bit was hilarious

[@Roboheart1119]

Excellent as usual and hilarious. Please do more early WCW show reviews - you guys nail it!

[@ainsleygaming8547]

Yes this is what we want old school wcw bollocks

[@timothyjackson4069]

They are the best bollocks.😂

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

I sense some OSW Review fans in the house...

[@namemcnamerton4249]

What is Bollocks?

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

@@namemcnamerton4249 it is a British/Irish slang term for balls/testicles, but in this context, it means 'shenanigans' or 'ridiculousness'.

[@robgesualdi206]

Old school wcw, the best of the worst. I love it

[@goobah6072]

I met Dick the Bruiser at the only live wrestling show I've ever been to at local gym in the early/mid 80s. He wouldn't sign autographs but shook my hand or put his hand on my shoulder, I remember him coming out of the dressing room/bathroom/gymshower room pretty clearly.

[@EdgarJordan-hl1sy]

I bought this on VHS in WH Smiths. Loved it. Memories.

[@Thetoon25]

God happy days. Had this on VHS and watch this over and over again. The VHS had pics in the back thst gave away then ending of the main event 😂😂😂. AMAZING!

[@ifgwelf]

Always love seeing a WrestleMe notification pop up

[@andxx0r_the_second671]

The Crusher's statue isn't in Minneapolis, it's in Milwaukee!

[@charlottescrafts]

Was scrolling down to see if anyone had said this!

[@hombredesilla]

@@charlottescraftssame!

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

As does the Fonz.

[@pendafen7405]

4:29 Spitting Image has indelibly stamped the image of John Major the Grey Man onto my mind

[@robfinlay8058]

00:09 You cut it off too soon but on the intro to this event instead of showing Butch Reed and Ron Simmons as Doom, they show 2 pictures of Butch Reed.

[@TheGM-20XX]

peak wcw

[@ifgwelf]

😂 that's so bad good

[@veryannoying7257]

They all looked the same to Herd

[@riskybitness]

Starrcade '90 was the first wrestling PPV I ever watched. I just started watching WCW on TV while the Black Scorpion angle was at its height. I was about 9 years old at the time. I absolutely loved it. This was definitely made for kids and I ate it up. It made me a WCW fan.

[@JoshBruin77]

This channel is amazeballs. The two guys who do this channel dropped these 👑 👑 you're welcome. ❤️

[@maxtracker2904]

Posts gradually getting longer. I swear I would watch to you guys chat about an old wrestling show for much longer than 20mins at a time 👍

[@DUARTE99]

You guys remind me of James and Mason from Mr. Sunday Movies, but you banter about wrestling instead of films. Love it.

[@maetchiyu8320]

Just found these guys today, and I thought the exact same thing! Almost uncanny.

[@chasestreet8082]

Desert Shield was what our presence in Kuwait was called before the war officially began. It became Operation Desert Storm the moment we declared war. I remember this like it was yesterday, because I signed up to join the U.S. Air Force 6 hours before they announced they were officially declaring war. I know... This 18 year old (at the time) had great timing, right? Lol Regardless of that... The Black Scorpion angle was one of the silliest things I ever saw in WCW, but at least the Black Scorpion didn't give Sting the "Dry Hump of Doom" that Hogan later experienced!!

[@DavidKArrrrgh]

Thanks, dad

[@ifgwelf]

Old old wrestling matches from the 1950s and 1960s could get batshit insane from crowd heat

[@bobby2popsbreaks]

Wow, you made Bruiser sound like some second rate jobber when in reality he was one of the most popular wrestlers in most territories in the 60's & 70's. WE used to bump into him as kids coming out of various bars and he always had time to tell us story after story. He did wrestle way to long but the Steiners are some of the guys he trained. It was a different time and style obviously and he fit in that period very well.

[@markbelkin1303]

The Star Wars intercut with Sam Mushnick coming out is when I hit the subscribe button. Really, amazing work mates.

[@iconiclust]

That man called AIDS a flimsy disease 😭 Dude was on another level.

[@jasonmoore3786]

I was actually at this show! Love your guys reactions!

[@theweejoke9850]

The suit narcs is a great find. Well done

[@pendafen7405]

1:01 seeing Ole there...Jon Moxley is slowly turning into him

[@ryandonovan5205]

Paul Hey man looks like someone who sells percs and zombie survival kits outta the trunk of his IROC-Z car

[@junghunt8645]

IROCs are pretty nice. I think he’d have an RS Camaro package with a V6

[@Joeelkins82]

Had this on VHS from a bargin bin in woolworths in 1995😅 loved it!

[@ReinEngel]

They really tried to make hardcore fans think the Ultimate Warrior... WWF Champion Ultimate Warrior... was under the hood.

[@CharlesH-t9r]

One of the early "Work shoot" Kayfabe angles

[@AFUERA_Media]

LOL the last line of this video...

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

Bruiser is the one who gave Bobby the Brain his start in wrestling

[@swfcocs1]

Wow I didn't know that, credit to Bruiser for seeing something in the Brain, although no one could have forseen Heenan would eventually become the greatest manager in the history of the business, and overall one of the greatest wrestling minds ever

[@namebrandrobots1248]

Man, imagine how cool but t would have been if Bobby Hennen and Nick Bockwinkle were somehow involved with the horsemen in the early day..

[@daroofa]

Ole Anderson was The Rock before The Rock was The Rock.

[@obadiahvondeath8048]

thaks, lads! i've now got the Popeye tune going round in my head!

[@gashmcnash3537]

Man the WCW VHS tapes were so badly edited, they missed so much

[@biff1667]

You can tell that the bruiser was a legit tough guy

[@JoeChillton]

for a second i thought he was a stacked Dick Murdoch.

[@stalfithrildi5366]

You know that viral clip of a 60 year old who punches the shit out of a hipster in 30 seconds in a boxing ring? I wanna see him go up against Dick The Bruiser.

[@coffeefan]

​@stalfithrildi5366 my money is on the old boxer if they are just boxing, he was an Olympian. If wrestling or street fight, I say Bruiser wins.

[@mark.083]

been watching old school wrestling vids on the tube for a lot of years. im gen X fan that lost my way with it in the mid 2010's. and ive only just found this channel... and god damn is it funny, informative, funny, and full of classic wrestling BS i miss so much!

[@jamestford3963]

At the time, some Ric Flair fans would wear suits to the matches. It wasn't entirely uncommon.

[@longbeachgrrrrl]

That damn cordless phone again! 😂

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

Da Krusha! His promos with Hogan are absolutely amazing.

[@PaulESafely]

Old school promoters and wrestlers generally wouldn't have referred to any of the regional promotions in Texas as simply "Texas". At one point there were 5 full time territories in Texas. They'd be more apt to say "Dallas", "Amarillo" or "Houston". Similarly JCP was Charlotte, Don Owen ran Portland. Etc. Obviously there are exceptions here, but I had to point out the TX thing lol. Love the videos 👍. Keep em coming

[@michaellee8816]

not to over-reference a different KZbin channel, but the boy stable from Wrestleme is impressive: Tom Thumb, Dick the Bruiser, Les Kellett, Big Daddy......

[@VelvetMetrolink]

The Yorkshire Ripper, Jimmy Saville...

[@michaellee8816]

@@VelvetMetrolink That's one hell of a boy stable.....

[@johnny5805]

I had to Google it. Apparently The Black Scorpion was Ole Anderson, but he broke his arm and his place was taken in Starrcade 90 by none other than Ric Flair.

[@rathraven1313]

Ole was the voice of the Black Scorpion. The wrestler that played the Black Scorpion was Al Perez until he left at the WCW 1990 Starrcade.

[@dirbrody]

The “flimsy disease” comment made my day…

[@msm1876]

I never click so fast as when I see you blokes put up a new vid…gonna have to sub to you on patreon!

[@cavemandrew5565]

Your Jim Herd sounds like Foghorn Leghorn!

[@nicolemerrill9167]

Yeah I heard him and his buddy there the other day their tag team back in the day was called Dix enormous

[@riddickshultz6877]

These dudes are pure gold. 🤣

[@DavidKArrrrgh]

The Dudes with Attitude.

[@heishinmega]

This channel is a gem

[@pathkeepers]

19:03 the popping sound was so subtle 😂

[@jimmanycricket3756]

Dick the Bruiser is basically a Poundland Bluto from Popeye

[@bobbybeard1497]

" 'i am the man that built this building in 1911'...that's great, it's now a gay disco, that doesn't mean you get in

[@OverKill515]

Oh god, the return of the jedi/Sam muchnick bit just popped me hard

[@paulbaker6536]

I remember moving to fort Wayne Indiana in the early 2000s and seeing the dick the bruiser box truck occasionally. He apparently put on weekly shows at our coliseum every Saturday in the 80s

[@RobJaskula]

"Looking like a colorized photograph" that's fantastic 😂😂😂

[@IroquoisPliskin86]

"It looks like he's got a load of kids in jail for racist murders." 😂

[@mattpierce-kq5ps]

Great stuff guys!!

[@Rydonattelo]

"Dick the bruiser finds himself in the modern world in a wrestling main event and if he wins the curse is lifted" This was a personal highlight of mine

[@big3ye378]

You guys were born for this gig, never heard as witty of podcasters.

[@freakyzed8467]

Match towards the end said 'Fearuring Lil' Bruiser'. Who, or what EXACTLY was Lil' Bruiser and why wasnt he called Lil' Dick?

[@pladampa]

Jim Ross was 55 and Paul e was 39.

[@self-parternerd8661]

Dick the Bruiser was so respected in the AWA that Bruiser Brody changed his name to King Kong Brody while he was wrestling there.

[@regkray]

NWA: Dre, Ice Cube, Ren, Eazy-E, Sam Muchnick

[@nickshostak1336]

I thought Sam Mushnik was about to do the wookie growl.

[@CmdrUD87]

10:00 In all fairness, WWF did the same in 1996 when they had a PPV in St Louis

[@paulfaruga]

Still reckon that Les Kellet would have done Dick the Bruiser. Even in one of his worst days.

[@pendafen7405]

Would have had him on toast mate

[@stalfithrildi5366]

"Oh, that's ow yer want it, is it Dick?"

[@WrestlingColin]

"I can beat up any woman in the joint." Well, there it is folks.

[@thethairishsun]

Old school is best school

[@James_Earl_Cash]

Modern day Paul Heyman has the oily slick back look with whatever is remaining of his former hair. 90's Paul E. had more luscious hair that looked dry as fuck. And in ECW he would have his little cap. Question is, was there ever a period in between when he had normal looking hair?

[@MikeyMike-x4z]

he was a YUPPY

[@Kingmaker33]

Had normal hair when he was being picked up in a limo at 15 by his boyfriend The Grand Wizard! 2 Jewish Butt munchers playing with Heyman's Hair!

[@hezekiahthomas837]

"Modern wrestling is to silly and unbelievable I like old school wrestling" The old school wrestling they talking about

[@MBM1117727]

Nah this is when WCW fell off lol up until 1989 with the Robocop shit it was believable.

[@johneastwood3039]

@@MBM1117727 1990 was still better than the years that followed pre NWO.

[@kevinroulette]

Grew up on WWA and Dick the Bruiser . He’s a legend

[@mdkaff]

When you get the chance, look up some clips on KZbin of NJPW wrestler Tomoaki Honma talking. Around 2006 when he was in AJPW, he sustained a similar kind of vocal chord injury as Dick The Bruiser but somehow sounds at least 10 times more fucked up. He makes Dick sound like Tiny Tim.

[@sixth_under6766]

SENSATIONAL!

[@ifgwelf]

Skullets are underrated. Lost my vcard to a crustpunk girl with one. Mullets never really went away tbh. Rocked a good one in Grade 2

[@JS-ik2vt]

The Crusher is a Milwaukee guy, not Minneapolis. It's kinda like the difference between Newcastle and Sunderland, except they're about 300 miles from each other and I'm pretty sure Jack Colback hasn't played in either city.

[@stalfithrildi5366]

Where is the Hartlepool(s) in this analogy?

[@mikem10481]

And off to the Box Social! That made me spit out my pint! 🤣

[@Bazzeboy]

Jim Herd: Inventor of The Ding-Dongs.

[@rathraven1313]

Bruiser and Crusher had to stay away from Road Warriors since the Warriors would body slam them easily.

[@nicklomas181]

Yes, Wrestle me upload!

[@chadwickwhite6107]

EXCITING TV. STING VS. Ric Flair. The Black Scorpion is RIC FLAIR!!!!!

[@pathkeepers]

11:46 i just about spit out my coffee 😅

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

Dick the Bruiser was THE guy in Indianapolis. Ran the WWA promotion up until the 80s.

[@josephmiller9424]

The balck scorpion if it had been the warrior it may have real got numbers for viewers

[@billcary30]

what i thought was so obvious was that flair isd supposed to be in t he tag title match but yet they literally don't even mention why. then he's the scorpion and oh well that's why he wasn't in tage match basically. i mean they barely even mention why. i realize that this was a last minute switch as the angel of death and al parez backed out and or left eh company. perez i'm not sure had a history with sting kayfabe, angel did. i forgot that paul e. made a comment about he thought it was muta, which would have been a good choice.

[@brianwarden7250]

The Crusher statue is in South Milwaukee not Minneapolis. Only reason I know is because I live in MPLS. lol

[@danishhald]

Muta gets crotched on the ropes then when on the apron looks down in his pants to check. Crowd pops huge! Hilarious moment!

[@ghostofsocrates]

The cough 🤣

[@JamieTerry-n4m]

Dick the Bruiser and his tag partner The Crusher had never been knocked off their feet until they wrestled the Road Warriors in the early 80's. Animal and Hawk gave them double gorilla press slams. Can you imagine the look on his face?

[@richardarmstrong6513]

WCW was so bad, it was bloody wonderful!

[@Duke-v6l]

I was stationed in ft Carson when desert shelled started got set back to Korea 3rd time in 6 years of well

[@Kshep84]

"He does mot look disgusting here." Gahahahahahahaha

[@brandi33]

Dick the Bruiser was/is a LEGEND!

[@bigwave25]

Heyman is like Del Boy.