Henry Godwinn on Road Warriors Breaking His Neck

[@daveschannel747]

Hey, Henry just earned my respect BIG TIME! What a nice, down-to-earth dude... Hard worker.. did business without grief and aggravation.. Solid drop British James! 😉 😉

[@lexbeltran1354]

The Godwinns were a bad ass tag team. I like them better when they turned heel.

[@christopherbaker9676]

Southern justice

[@graham581]

Thank you for another great interview James. I loved Mark and Denis' work both in the WWF and WCW.

[@hellionsentinel]

Such a nice guy

[@tychosis]

he sounds and looks good, it's honestly great to see older wrestlers who are still "all there"

[@AndreaOsiander]

The doomsday device was a very dangerous move, it could be deadly too

[@BamBam-xg2bh]

Saw him wrestle live a few times, and he was HUGE, he was built like a fridge.

[@TraderJack641]

I can relate to the physical therapy and not wanting more surgery, having had anterior cervical dissection and fusion on three vertebrae in my neck, along with a shoulder scope and torn bicep tendon repair surgery back to back in 2022 and 2023. Thanks for this interview, James!

[@neilsun2521]

Sounds heavy! (I landed on my neck while playing wrestling aged 10 and it was scary painful. Had an x-ray a couple years later and 1 of my middle neck vertebrae was crooked on one side [I think it was a C3 or C4].)

[@G-unit054]

Wow, my mother had shoulder surgery one year and the next year neck surgery. She really suffered through that. She doesn't ever want to have surgery again if she can avoid it

[@TraderJack641]

@@G-unit054 absolutely. Adding in the pandemic, I feel like at least three years of my life were lost. I hope your mother has done well post surgery and recovery. My neck and arm still bother me to some degree, but that’s from the nerve damage the spinal stenosis did before diagnosis and surgery.

[@TraderJack641]

@@neilsun2521 man, I can only imagine! I fractured a rib playing football in 8th grade but didn’t get an X-ray to confirm. That thing bugged me for close to a year. Neck problems run in my family though. My little sister has one vertebrae that is almost twice as big as it should be, which explains why she’s also one vertebrae short of what we’re supposed to have.

[@kevthegoat8774]

Both of the Godwinns were physically bigger than The Road Warriors back then

[@Will-h7h]

Phineas was pretty out of shape

[@buckster2575]

Not really

[@Bang-bangBart]

The Godwinns are so fucking underrated ; great as heels or faces

[@user-qc7hr4my7r]

Met him at a signing in April. Real nice guy and cool to talk to. He seen me with a bsk shirt on and hollered at me.

[@Halbared]

I’d forgotten Southern Justice!

[@csho6512]

Well it was pretty forgettable, 1 PPV match.

[@SylentEcho]

Cool seeing Henry Godwinn again!

[@HansGugel-hw4tn]

Even Arn Anderson stated he didn't like that move, problem is Hawk was always on coke during that time so i can understand his apprehension on taking that move

[@reanimate21]

Old habits die hard huh? 😉

[@madeguy17]

Downers would of made him drop him. Not coke. You obviously never done it before. Square!

[@TroystonB]

@@madeguy17 yep it was pills

[@garethcullen9604]

Poor guy should never have been put in a position where he wasnt comfortable with. The Road Warriors were extremely reckless.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Road Warriors were such dangerous workers. They should've think about Henry's family and him. 😢

[@corykobe3769]

When bleeding heart marks combine...

[@noname-ve7wo]

That move look crazy lol. Not much room for error

[@justint8635]

​@@corykobe3769shut up

[@neilsun2521]

Some of their '80s matches against jobbers look brutal as heck!

[@DWtechfan]

I didn’t even notice it back in the day but Henry O Godwinn spells HOG 😂. I guess McMahon loved his gimmicks lol. But I enjoyed it when the Godwinns turned heel and became Southern Justice with Jeff Jarrett. That tag team could’ve worked if they’d have been used.

[@danhom1623]

And Phineas I. Godwin

[@DWtechfan]

@@danhom1623 I totally missed that too 🤣HOG & PIG.

[@rajnirvan3336]

Very well spoken guy

[@neilsun2521]

Vince McMahon taking the Doomsday Device in a nightclub sounds a crazy story to me. (Must've never been a dull moment working with VKM!)

[@ralphmingee5213]

I've heard about the neck fusion through the front of the neck before.

[@hazard1080]

I feel for him, seems like a good guy. Godwins we're a good tag team, atleast they had a good run for a couple of years

[@Halbared]

Crikey, that made me shudder.

[@tjjinkerson6784]

I think it was one of those deals where you had to work to not only keep yourself on tv but also to make money in general. They didn't have guaranteed money where they got paid when injured like the guys do now. Punk gets his money no matter what. Nash and Henry didn't have that luxury on top of the fact that they weren't paid nearly as well as the guys do now or had the medical team that's available currently.

[@michaelginger88]

His son went out like Tupac Shakur ❤💯

[@JamesStreet-tp1vb]

I had a compound fracture of both bones of my left forearm, and I had to have a bone graft on the inside bone. They took the bone from my left side, and I swear I've never felt such horrible pain in my life. My arm hurt as well, but the donor site of the graft was EXCRUCIATING. It's the only way I know to put it. It hurt to breathe. A cough or, even worse, a sneeze was blinding, passing out, piss on yourself pain. Lol.

[@danielswackhammer]

I was there.Broome county arena Binghamton ny.

[@TheHairyGorilla]

Listening to Takers pod cast Mideon said the LOD told the office they (Godwinns) where too stiff... just odd they requested Henry take it even tho Mideon took it before maybe they where out to hurt (not break his neck though)?

[@EmoEmu]

"N of Doom" What a screenshot

[@triumpthat]

James your credit music is nastalgic now. Thanks

[@triumpthat]

So compassionate toward your peers. Thanks James.

[@JosephMiller-gh6mv]

Once in a while the old warriors who hurt people would show up.

[@ryanstewart4444]

Can't wait for Kevin Nash to call him out for missing a PPV. The injuries and expectations for returning during this era were ridiculous and contributed greatly to the deaths from Overdose.

[@eddienicholsonjr6080]

Kids in the Wwe got nothing on these legends

[@-Warcrime-]

Stop making us all sound old. Appreciate the wrestler from the period they wrestled in.

[@bruiserlou6191]

Watta rush

[@shaolin1derpalm]

Not gonna lie. Never cared for him in wrestling but I can listen to him talk wrestling all day. Never woulda yhpught

[@tmdtmd8708]

2021 in PA, that must of been a site to see !

[@adamrenfrow]

I follow him on Instagram. Super cool dude.

[@justint8635]

Southern Justice was so much better than The Godwinns.

[@desisdosis473]

Heel Godwinns with that eerie Banjo music were awsome tho.

[@csho6512]

Well, how long did Southern Justice last? I remember seeing them in a total of 1 PPV ever, Breakdown 1998 in a 3v3 match, but that's it, wasn't a very good run at all.

[@justint8635]

@@csho6512 and your point is?

[@justint8635]

@@desisdosis473 the presentation was goofy though. They could've been the pre-Wyatt Family (especially with Tex/Mideon being really into horror movies and such) but they were almost like a joke. Kills it for me.

[@csho6512]

@@justint8635 That the gimmick was forgettable.

[@fingersTitan]

Kevin Nash has a 6 move skill set. No 5 is Pushing his hair back. No 6 is Blowing his quads.

[@DWtechfan]

Kevin Nash’s quads tore out of pure jealousy because Punk gets to heal AND get guaranteed money.

[@danhom1623]

Tired jokes kid

[@buckster2575]

These jokes are old and lame.

[@fingersTitan]

@@buckster2575 k

[@magazineretriever9036]

It doesn't take much to tear your labrum. Just lift a "manly amount of weight". 😆

[@aaronking7326]

😢...not Harold....Howard Finkel...

[@Cajunman1977-k3f]

The Road Warriors were dangerous and couldn't work. Two muscle heads who didn't get it.

[@bobbynickens310]

Given the success of their career, I think you may be wrong.

[@Mr.Sloth-y2v]

Didn't he break his neck in 97

[@Jwjmcc]

The road warriors were bully’s just beat people up and never sold,listen to the undertakers story that spivey sorted them out and they thanked him after

[@magnicidal]

They fucked him up bruh

[@mox19380]

how unfortunate. again another reason why wwe has shat on the idea of a union for decades. any union would negotiate a cba to hold the company accountable for the health and well being of its employees and protect the performers jobs from threats of termination or otherwise for refusing to enter into an unsafe environment. and of course wrestling by its nature is rather unsafe but the employer can provide a reasonable amount of safety to its employees regardless (e.g. not working with an intoxicating co-worker)

[@LamelKendrick]

so the 2 greatest tag teams of all time Road Warriors and Steiners weren't opposed to dropping people on their necks... But somehow haven't gotten a reputation for it anywhere near what Owen had.

[@ohlord3650]

This isn’t true at all. Both teams were renown for being stiff and reckless.

[@mathewbarrie]

​@@ohlord3650yes, both teams were known for being reckless.

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

People hate on Goldberg for hurting people to get over but sleep on the fact that Steiners and Road Warriors did same thing.

[@LamelKendrick]

@@averagecarpentryskills7148 it only seems to matter when you do it to a top guy

[@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi]

"Don't worry. It's only Stevie" - Arn Anderson 😂

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

I still have nostalgia glasses for the Road Warriors but I have come to realization that both were really flawed and Animal was uncaring as hell for flipping so many guys off his shoulders knowing it could have ended their career, caused them a lifetime of injury, or killed them.

[@briansmith48]

With Animal it must run in the family being uncaring. His brother is Johnny "Ace" Lauranidus. 😆

[@danhom1623]

@@averagecarpentryskills7148 that s not the narrative on animal

[@thepainfulreality]

Road warriors sucked !!!! I will never understand how people can say that they are the greatest tag team of all time !!! It’s crazy they couldn’t wrestle their way out of a paper bag

[@imogenaris1697]

"Why? Just not a fan of surgery??" That was a stupid question

[@pavlovsdogman]

He was being sarcastic

[@Nostalgia9478]

The most important thing is did Hawk call Henry at home?? Wouldnt want to upset Snow Flake Steve Austin!!! lol

[@ordinarypete]

Edgy, brah.

[@Nostalgia9478]

@@ordinarypete Did "Edgy" Austin ever call DEBRA at home to apologize, bruddah?

[@higler.]

@@Nostalgia9478 I'm sure Austin called Debra all sorts of things at their home as he beat her

[@Nostalgia9478]

@@higler. Yet Snowflake Steve Austin STANS ignore that and try to besmirch a good family Man in Owen Hart Smh

[@mathewbarrie]

​@@Nostalgia9478 what many forget is that Austin hurt another wrestler the EXACT same way years earlier in Japan.

[@andymanthey6695]

You seem lost with what to say horribly in this interview. And how in the world could you be more led to asking a follow up question that I and I'm sure others would have loved to hear an answer to, and you completely shit the bed. He totally hints that L.O.D perhaps intentionally hurt him. He's waiting for you to ask why do you you think that.... and your your follow up was cherio cherio, I'm British and nothing else. Christ dude

[@seabrook1976]

Where can we see your interviews?

[@ordinarypete]

Why’d he play dumb when asked when his last match was? 😂 he knows what he meant.

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

His last match was for an independent in 2021, a tag team match. I imagine he didn't do much bumping if any. Then he answered that his last match in the WWF was in 2007.

[@trevorbyrne4668]

Odd take. If you asked a young, active wrestler when their most recent match was, and their most recent match happened to be a tag where they hardly bumped for whatever reason (injuries, storyline, match length being cut due to overruns or whatever) they're going to answer that it was that last tag match. If James asked specifically when was Henry's last WWE/F match, or last match when he could go physically at full throttle, Henry would've told him. As he did, when James followed up.

[@liquidgeorge]

He didn’t play dumb at all, the question can be interpreted in different ways.

[@imogenaris1697]

"Why? Just not a fan of surgery??" That was a stupid question