The Road Warriors in the WWF | Wrestling With Wregret

Was it all REALLY a rush? I take a look at the WWF stints of Animal and Hawk, the Road Warriors!
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[@glennwelsh9784]

Vince McMahon: Genius of the wrestling industry Also Vince McMahon: Let's give our tough Mad Max-esque tag team a ventriloquist's dummy

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Also Vince McMahon: Lets make Hornswoggle into my son and a looney toons character.

[@dkupke]

Apparently there was a plan for Poppa Shango to cast a spell,and turn Rocko into a real person

[@lanceturley7745]

I think it's less that he was ever a genius, and more that if you throw shit at a wall every week for forty years some of it is bound to stick.

[@MrSkerpentine]

I feel like Vince secretly has his body and mind split into a Genius Vince and a Bat Shit Insane Vince, and whenever he wakes up in the morning, it’s a coin toss to decide which Vince takes control for the day

[@HeavyMetalBeliever]

Also Vince McMahon: "Let's make the person who has substance abuse issues want to try and kill himself in a storyline."

[@flockawaka1017]

The fact that Animal helped create Zubaz is pretty fuckin' God Tier.

[@brian9670]

Everyone makes fun of Zubaz now but those clothes were totally over

[@flockawaka1017]

@@brian9670 oh they still are trust me

[@dannyhipolito817]

I bought my dad a pair of Zubaz pants as his Christmas present so I thank Animal for funding the Zubaz brand

[@unclejessica2386]

@@brian9670 wore zubaz to my wedding brother

[@kevinwr7093]

My brother still wears his zebra print Zubaz. He bought it in the early 90s and they are still in one piece.

[@noamtepper456]

The fact that Finn Balor is 39 makes me think he is hiding the fountain of youth somewhere.

[@cacomeat7385]

How did i not know this lol

[@vinicius100470]

I honestly thought he was in his 20's when he debuted on NXT

[@Mecha82]

It's same with Kota Ibushi.

[@jcace13]

R-Truth is 48, 48 and moves and looks the same as he did 20 years ago. He must be the one sharing that fountain with Finn.

[@mrlaidback83]

Same with Asuka as she looks no where near 39yrs old. Looks more like 27 imho.

[@bargaintuesday812]

Whenever Droz is not in the ring, all the other westlers should be asking "Where's Droz?"

[@richardgadberry8398]

Droz also needs to be louder, angrier and have access to a time machine.

[@CommanderAkumu]

One of the worst wrestling jokes I’ve ever heard: “Kamala vs Droz, Last Man Standing match!”

[@flockawaka1017]

@@CommanderAkumu Mad Dog Vachon as the guest ref lmao

[@TheFlock83]

Hi Droz you look like you have something to say, do you?

[@coreylineberry8557]

@@CommanderAkumu That's just dark.

[@eternal5140]

R.I.P to both these legends

[@MrScott34]

I'm gonna need more about Billy Graham: Karate Master

[@mychaeljones7526]

Useless Facts; I forgot about this.

[@pandaplayz4146]

He came out to Kung Fu Fighting

[@eastcoastgaming1278]

😂😂😂

[@1justinswift]

Yes please Karate Master Billy Graham!

[@bustersales6921]

Maybe just go watch the footage? Ever hear of KZbin??

[@brandonburke5128]

RIP to this great tag team

[@tmerchead1]

The greatest.

[@SoftBank47]

The Road Warriors taught a young Kenta Kobashi the “Road Warrior workout” in AJPW, which helped him immensely as he rose up the card and became one of the Four Pillars.

[@DasKame]

17:54 "Because his Partner is DEAD! Hahaha!" Jeeeesusssss......

[@scottmcgeachie5146]

Yeah I thought that was pretty distasteful. I wouldn't be surprised if Aninal didn't go in the back and kick his ass after that.

[@advantagetraining6761]

terrible

[@RazorChampion99]

I remember watching that Smackdown episode and Great American Bash 2005 live. Road Warriors were before my time so when Johnny Nitro said the line, I was like "Whoa, really? That's just not right."

[@AEW86]

Even Nelson Muntz would say that's too far.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Dick move bro.

[@isaiahchapman7660]

RIP To the road warriors.

[@FrankieboyJr]

I feel like Zane just snaps his fingers and his beard mutates from the Hogan mustache into a full beard

[@koDaffi]

Yeah he lost a shave your whole body match. Big surprise coming.

[@FrankieboyJr]

@@koDaffi when and where did this happen

[@koDaffi]

@@FrankieboyJr Was joking lol.

[@EzraDair]

Obviously it was recorded before he shaved

[@darylcastillo1439]

The storyline nonsense The Road Warriors went through in the WWF is completely overshadowed by how iconic they are. Hell, they were big enough in Japan that the Fist of the North Star manga made the Harn Brothers as tribute to them!

[@iHussin005]

The road warriors are reunite in Heaven , RIP .

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Maybe they can finally give Rocco the Doomsday Device. :)

[@Kas58223]

They having tag team matches with Bobby and Gorilla calling the action

[@bigbay1159]

@@kenterminateddq5311 Nah, little man is rotting in hell now lol

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Does that mean the angels are bookers?

[@JBabyLeather]

According to an interview that GLOW wrestler Beastie did, they were pretty cool about her using the Road Warrior gimmick (because the movie came out, everyone saw it, not like it was that uncommon) and at fan conventions kept a kayfabe of saying Beastie was their sister. So, yeah, a little crossover of the two promotions. I dunno, I just thought that was cool that they were nice to her.

[@koDaffi]

Good Netflix show too. Marc Maron is great in it.

[@seinenwax94jr9]

Next to the matches, I think the coolest thing about how promotions and territories around the world were in the 70s to late 90s was that people had to ask permission and do due diligence for even the smallest of things to make sure each company stood out from one another.

[@wstine79]

Gonna miss Beard Brian. Another great wrestling personality buried too soon.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

A beard counts as a personality? I do miss Jeff Hardy's unique beard from 2008. :)

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Beard Brian for WWE Hall of Fame.

[@TheCamSays]

Quarantine Brian will forever be a national treasure.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

@@kenterminateddq5311 And in Slammiversary 2013

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

"Tropical punch flavored Crush." 😂😂😂

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Also you can't put Animal and 'Reich together because they're both the muscle. Kinda like Smash and Crush didn't work without Ax. You need a "point" man someone who leads the team or duo.

[@seinenwax94jr9]

I heard that Heart Punch variant flavor was something else lol

[@enigmaskull3495]

Tropical Punch sounds like an amazing flavor.

[@crotchman]

@@enigmaskull3495 Shasta has a similar flavor, Tiki Punch. Nearly drank myself into a sugar coma the first time I ever tried it.

[@Hellwyck]

Tropical Crush, brah!

[@christopherstead1203]

What a ride RIP to one of the best tag teams ever

[@Warmountian]

That means there's a couple thousand puppets rotting in wwe wearhouse

[@andrewthorne3570]

They buried them in the desert, next to the ET videogame

[@seinenwax94jr9]

And people said Moppy had it bad

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

Nothing smells more like Stamford, CT than the stench of Rocco's & Ramblin' Rabbits mixed with expired ICOPro

[@greendeli7874]

RIP Road Warriors.

[@rearviewracing4789]

Useless fact: Part of Droz's last name, "Drozd" is actually a Russian word for "Thrush", aka catbird, so in a way, he continued the animal/bird theme of LoD.

[@32alltheway]

Cool fact, but "well, Thrush, what do you think?" Doesn't have a great ring to it

[@fuscinula]

And we sadly never got a Thrush vs Crush for becoming the official third wheel of LOD.

[@kvltrussell9706]

OOOOOOOOUUUUUUGH, WHAT A THRUSH!

[@Venemofthe888]

1998: Steves everywhere 2020: two drews on the same brand

[@tObito687]

drew gulak was there before drew mcintyre came back and mcintyre already had a known name so why change it?

[@yenkocamaro6965]

We've had an overabundance of Johns too

[@marcusfaze]

AEW has Four Different Matts

[@mohdhazim3704]

@Zachery Goble matt cordona FKA Zack Ryder

[@marcusfaze]

@Zachery Goble Cardona, even though he’s not really signed with them

[@monkeyman5866]

"Oh yeah, Best of all, Animal was an early financial partner in Zubaz, which have since gone on to become the coolest pants of all time." Thank you Animal for like half of my wardrobe.

[@harleybuffington7493]

Can you please make “Useless Facts” a recurring segment? 10/10 joke

[@faeriegraver]

I agree

[@SuperMarioPlush2006]

That'd be awesome

[@gamergonegaming6811]

1 year later and looks like that will be a "Hell No" from Zayne in the membrane

[@p.d.l7023]

Vince: You know what LoD needs? Ellering...and a puppet!

[@djharm]

It’s such good shit!!!!!

[@kenterminateddq5311]

The only person who needs Puppet is Brian Zane. BTW, anyone else misses Puppet from the Santa's Got Muscles episode?

[@seinenwax94jr9]

That booking was so fire it had an inferno match before those were even a thing 🔥🔥

[@Muphinboi]

The amount of testosterone in this man to grow out his beard again so quickly geez

[@KevinGsWK]

ikr

[@eddieelite3310]

It was before he shaved it 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@greenkoopa]

It only takes like 3 days bud

[@dannyhipolito817]

@@eddieelite3310 shh keep kayfabe

[@DasKame]

It must be terrifying to be a great Tag Team and your Partner is a loose Cannon

[@avocadoricardo4217]

Like The Hollywood Blondes?

[@DasKame]

@@avocadoricardo4217 i knew i should rephrase that XD

[@bradcarver8127]

Johnny ain’t Badd, Johnny B Gay

[@OutcastBOS]

-looks at the Steiner Brothers-

[@flockawaka1017]

@@OutcastBOS perfect

[@p.d.l7023]

Sunny did so many drugs that even Hawk was like "Hey, slow down!!!"

[@kenterminateddq5311]

She would probably make Jake jealous of her "usage".

[@davidritchie9344]

Drugs or dicks? That woman was passed around more then a blunt at Snoops house.

[@wozthescott2804]

@@davidritchie9344 LMAOO

[@patrickracer43]

Hawk was probably like "damn woman, save some for the rest of us!"

[@mychaeljones7526]

Ah yes the classic tradition of women bashing in Caucasian culture.

[@PaTThRaX]

Ok I'm gonna throw out a little "what if?" Scenario, what if instead of going back to the WWF for their last run they stayed with WCW and became the 4th and 5th guys in the NWO? Imagine it, black and white face paint, black and white shoulder pads. It would have been cool to see hogan, hall, Nash and the LOD all fighting off WCW, then they could have brought in waltman as syxx and DiBiase as the 7th man. I think it would have been great to play around with

[@angelphoenix7784]

It would have interesting to see. However, in the end I don't think it would have worked. The Road Warriors had the ego (not saying that was bad), it would have clashed with Hulk's ego and they would have gotten into a real fight. While the RW were/are over, they would still have competed with Hulk getting over.

[@p.d.l7023]

New Age Outlaws formed organically. Could you see such a thing happening in today's micromanaged wwe?

[@patrickracer43]

No, most recent example of WWE creating random tag teams is Lacey Evans and Peyton Royce, which doesn't make sense because Peyton Royce was in a tag team, they broke up her team, then realized they didn't have enough tag teams and put her in another tag team

[@MadSnake123]

It can be done whenever they decide to book things the right way. The Bar for example was a great tag team that even to this day is missed in the division.

[@noneofyourbusiness1114]

The New day

[@mychaeljones7526]

Nia & Shayna?

[@thediamondcutter9185]

Team Hell No? The Shield? The Wyatt Family?

[@job489]

I remember watching Hawk's "suicide attempt" as a kid and kept wondering "Um...is this real?" I would've preferred Hawk partnering with a different wrestler and trying to make the new teams work than making fans think if Hawk was serious about ending his own life.

[@ajk]

It was especially tasteless too considering Owen's fall and actual death the following May.......

[@p.d.l7023]

I remember Animal saying that Amed Johnson never gave back the red spiked shoulder pads.

[@willhadler9629]

I wouldn't either

[@fuscinula]

He probably ate them by now.

[@jwm5660]

Couldn't start a day any better

[@anthonysuperC1994]

same honestly

[@greysherma4247]

Same

[@knomad75]

Right

[@wtfaiwpodcast]

Wait. Is that dummy supposed to be Eric Bischoff?

[@SG5002.]

Holy fuck, he absolutely is

[@josereyes1148]

I doubt it. seeing as this was years before eric was anything but a nobody.

[@Trillmxtic]

@@josereyes1148 yeah to me it seemed to be a ripoff of Andrew Dice Clay who was super popular at the time

[@roadwarriorhawk692]

To me it also could be Vince McMahon as a commentator (with that Black Monday night raw jacket-but I'm sure Vince doesn't think so)

[@aztecwrrior1997]

@@Trillmxtic whos andrew dice clay?????

[@bigdumbjosh]

I met animal at a really really independent event at my very small hometown in Alexandria,Indiana. Animal was fighting an older ex bodybuilder... and yeah I felt bad for him i barely had 20 dollars to my name and i gave it to him. As i did expressed my gratitude for being in one of the greatest tag teams if all time. RIP Road Warriors

[@senorfish2503]

Start of 7:50 along with all the dialogue is too funny. And of course Rocco was Vince's idea. I'm surprised Rocco wasn't brought back during the attitude era and made to puke woodchips or give birth to a wooden baby.

[@chaospoet]

Or just a wooden baby hand.

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

@@chaospoet not even a hand. He gives birth to a plank

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

16:17 Also, the WWF decided to take the piss out of the segment when, moments after the incident the crowd immediately erupts into delight when Sable comes out to the ring, forgetting the whole thing even happened.

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

I actually found out about the Legion of doom through the Legion of doom DVD, and through Heidenreich, and I’m not joking.

[@georgepiedra8791]

Great video Brian, but I'm still waiting for the "Lex Luger in WWF"

[@FMecha]

"Brock Lesnar in NJPW" too.

[@gelebryan760]

Ad: One in seven children does not have enough food to lead a healthy and happy life Me: skips add Brian Zane: MUSIC TO MY EARS baaaad timing brian🤣

[@Hotsaucedeluxe]

"I am a detail man. I take care of the details" Good stuff from Paul.

[@drewd9956]

Even when CM Punk was tearing John Laurenitis a new a-hole, he referred to the team of Hawk and Animal as “The Legendary Road Warriors” so they were still getting the respect they deserved despite being gone from the company for so many years.

[@ifritmog9011]

J.R.: "Hawk is pulling a Kerry Collins." Damn, that's an old school reference.

[@pmbread9625]

The greatest tag team of all time. Rest In Peace to the both of them.

[@Dim4323]

Legion of doom in wwe OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH WHAT A RUUUSSSSH

[@charleszulas99]

As a kid I actually was able to see Demolition vs. L.O.D at a house show.

[@ImagineABear]

When Heidenreich debuted on Raw, he was constantly talking about Little Johnny, who was set to be a ventriloquist puppet. Of course, the guy who was meant to have a puppet went on to officially join the team who used to have a puppet. Useless facts, just because there is a connection, doesn't mean there should be.

[@flockawaka1017]

8:46 They got Kevin Sullivan to do Rocko? That's cool.

[@TownieGirl1974]

Greatest tag team in wrestling history. Period.

[@Rocket1377]

Definitely the most influential.

[@JerseyJeff84]

Love how he goes from beard to Hogan stache during the Rocco vignette.

[@jakesanders269]

"The moment's been relished...let's go!!"

[@ryancorrigan4149]

It's worth noting that LOD or Legion of Doom was not exactly a name change - The Road Warriors were once part of a stable called The Legion of Doom, and even as The Road Warriors the name kinda stuck as a nickname.

[@brian9670]

Being a NWA fan at the time and just starting to watch WWF, I refused to call them LOD. They were always the Road Warriors!

[@danielclark739]

I remember being 8 years old hearing them called LOD, and swearing that I remember their names being "The Roadwarriors."

[@p.d.l7023]

Rocco = Shades of Vince's ideas to come.

[@newelljoseph5060]

The Road Warriors fame was so inspiring that WWE used their aesthetic to create a great NXT Tag-Team The Ascension, then basically brought them up to the main roster and admitted they were rip-offs and buried them to the center of the Earth

[@dbone3356]

" But when it comes to tag teams, perhaps no duo is more influential than..." The Midnight Express? "The Road Warriors." Huh. Guess that makes more sense, given the title of the video.

[@ajk]

Rock n Roll Express too comes to mind.

[@HandlebarOrionX]

I love useless facts. It's one of my premiere conversational talents

[@WCWThunderRosa]

The irony that next year they’re finally making a Rocco action figure to go with the Paul Ellering build a figure

[@antonmasters8626]

I think that's the only way they can get away with a Rocco figure. Lol

[@JamalTheTitan]

You're gonna need those 99 credits for the Road Warriors in Wrestlefest.

[@p.d.l7023]

I remember WAY back when LoD was a stable of Road Warriors, Jake Roberts and a few other wrestlers.

[@mrdethbuzzard4885]

Ooooh I member..... I think it also had Bundy and the Spoiler

[@briancarpenter1357]

I was at the House show in Hamilton Ontario that Rocko debuted... it was booed soooo bad!

[@kinglex9829]

LOD.. DOA.. AOP... The only thing this video taught me was that Paul Elering likes 3 lettered acronym tag teams

[@RazorChampion99]

Wait, Finn is 39? .....Jesus..... he's aged remarkably well.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

He found the fountain of youth.

[@bigbay1159]

I thought the same thing

[@ryfreedman]

I really get a kick out of your videos, the random trivia facts, and your humor. I wonder if you are like what I’d become if I hadn’t stopped watching in 92. Fortunately I’m filling in the missing gaps and finally moving forward through the 90s. Awesome videos!

[@animaldrew2279]

This channel isn’t just S Tier wrestling content...but S tier content period.

[@JagerLange]

Brian Zane: "Favourite member of LoD?" Charlie Kelly: "BEAK!"

[@carriehallahan5568]

9:54 I love how he spells out "A.W.O.L." and doesn't know to say "A-Wall" like a normal person.

[@YaBoyEdGames]

I would love to see a retrospective on Money Inc. Just the fact they made such an impact without heavy tv time.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Even talk about their children and their impact on wrestling

[@falagarius]

It's wild how many times the Harris twins show up in your retrospectives.

[@coreylineberry8557]

Honestly, they don't deserve the focus... You know, given they're actual neo-Nazis, to the point they have SS tattoos on their arm.

[@thatguyfromak5190]

Don’t forget Animal’s brief run in WCW as a member of the Magnificent Seven... debuting in the sand match Sid Vicious broke his leg.

[@bigbay1159]

The one where he did the big boot from the ropes?

[@bmac-cz6rk]

Been watching for over as year, finally subbed and commenting. Thanks for all the great content Brian!

[@kvoltti]

Multiverse theory means there is a universe where you are doing a video about the glory of the Rocko Socko connection

[@blacksuede]

Iconic tag team as kid couldn't believe they wore spiked shoulder pads

[@danielcurry4011]

It did shock me Hawk was actually older than Animal by 3 and a half years,for awhile I thought it was other way around until I learned their ages.

[@Aalienik]

"St Louis Police hit the locker room in a drug raid. Though no drugs were found" HOW?! Did st Louis employ a cadre of blind drug enforcement officers at that time?

[@jarrodhook]

Oh Zane, you missed the opportunity to have a musical montage of the road warriors cleaning up Rocco. I can just imagine hawk and animal smiling at each other as they scrub him down. Great video as always buddy. Glad to see the moustache was helpful for a cutaway gag.

[@mrkipling2201]

I was at Summerslam 1992 and I couldn’t tell that Hawk wasn’t at his best. Mind you, I was 13 years old!! Yet you watch it now and you can tell that he’s sluggish to say the least. One of my favourite tag teams. Those shoulder pads were one of the things I would have loved to have owned back then!!

[@k.jamescarters9557]

They did have the coolest wrestling figures ever. I can’t say anything else positive as it was how not to book a tag team

[@dullknifefactory]

Honestly man your channel makes me so happy and I'm glad for your content

[@kingoceanblu4445]

I remember seeing Animal and Heidenrich pairing to a House show. Loved it!!

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

If someone forced me to have Rocco as a gimmick. I would’ve joined the Hells angels.

[@CanadianWizard99]

From the thumbnail I thought this was a Wrestling Bio video! BUT THEN I HEARD THE OPENING AND GOT EVEN MORE HYPE

[@32alltheway]

When they finally debuted in the WWF, it was like watching Poochie: when are we gonna get the titles? when are we going to get to the fireworks factory!

[@dieselx506]

Jeff Hardy rocking the Under Armour Project Rock merch

[@kirbichu54]

Thaaaank you for mentioning Animal's fantastic tron, truly the peak of tron design

[@blinkth3dog]

I'm 39 now, I remember being a little kid, my mom would be annoyed at watching wrestling so much/many times a week, but she loved the RW's and thier what a rush.

[@KMmouse20]

Good use of the Wrestlefest intro music at the end

[@pablowoods1848]

Aye Brian, thabks for making these videos.

[@bkap1905]

yooo when was the last time i watched a www, you transformed from jim cornette to double A, lol love the channel homie keep up the good work

[@claytonrios1]

It's unfortunate that I first heard of Animal when he was a heel as the Road Warrior in 2005. It was only years later when I discovered the legendary tag team he was a part of. Crazy huh?

[@ajk]

Wow that's wild....did you like his heel character? What were your first impressions of him then?

[@claytonrios1]

@@ajk My first impressions were that he was a glorified jobber without me knowing the previous character he had.

[@ajk]

@@claytonrios1 Makes sense. Especially considering he didn't do anything of note then (I forgot from viewing before/didn't recall not watching back then that he even had that run at all). How old were you at that time?

[@claytonrios1]

@@ajk About 7 or 8

[@Doomsday0219]

Keep up the great work. I'd love to see a video on Raven in ECW and WCW.

[@doomstadt2371]

TBF, being 40 in the 90's and being 40 now are very different lol.

[@peterversionone]

The best color pads for the Road Warriors were gold at the summer slam where they rode out on motorcycles

[@Natefuentes]

This is a great video Brian !

[@CokinaClutch]

one of my all time faves and yet i only saw their wwe runs

[@anilate]

I learned about the Road Warriors/LOD from the first Smackdown vs. Raw game. I played the game a couple years after it came out though. The Road Warriors DVD was the first wrestling DVD I ever bought.

[@pistolpetehurley]

Excellent as always.

[@manband20]

The only reason why the Hawk suicide jump wasn't so well-received was because we didn't have The Brain yelling about how Hawk tried to jump off a cliff to escape from Droz.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Heidenreich a part of the Road Warriors was truly a brief but weird time in 2005 Smackdown

[@davidmichael3853]

howdy duty meets duece and domino. this kid is next level with the analogies