10 Wrestlers You Didn't Know Were HUGELY Influential

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  • @multiyapples
    @multiyapples18 күн бұрын

    Tazz is underrated on commentary. I will stand by that.

  • @Jesseface94

    @Jesseface94

    18 күн бұрын

    If Taz ever left AEW to go back to WWE, I'd hope he'd be teamed up with Michael Cole. Those two had amazing chemistry.

  • @sam.dubya420

    @sam.dubya420

    13 күн бұрын

    "Good comment Jones ova here... but I digress"

  • @MrSHADOWANGEL999
    @MrSHADOWANGEL99918 күн бұрын

    Tazz being influential makes so much sense

  • @JohnDoe-uc4uu

    @JohnDoe-uc4uu

    17 күн бұрын

    As a joke

  • @harveymcelroy9332

    @harveymcelroy9332

    15 күн бұрын

    💯

  • @jamesreece9502
    @jamesreece950217 күн бұрын

    Savage's "Cream rises to the top" promo was one of the greatest of all time.

  • @fawkesclub2590
    @fawkesclub259018 күн бұрын

    I would have had Taz higher I love you made a list that feels more like it was made from an insider perspective

  • @RingsideRebel785
    @RingsideRebel78518 күн бұрын

    Colt Cabana and Ace Steel, along with guys like Necro Butcher, really helped put over my local indy promotion here. And they just hung out w the wrestlers and fans after the shows. That was a really fun time.

  • @FFmaxxx
    @FFmaxxx18 күн бұрын

    Taz introduced tap outs in prowrestling. Prior to that is you did a rear naked choke it was illegal. That's why angle got his loss overturned lol

  • @hahajones

    @hahajones

    15 күн бұрын

    Tazz didn’t introduce tap outs. They were not as common, but wrestlers have tapped out almost as long as wrestling has been around. This is a stupid comment with dozens and dozens of videos on this platform showing tap outs for decades before Tazz started wrestling.

  • @Tucj-zh1dy

    @Tucj-zh1dy

    15 күн бұрын

    @@hahajones introduce dosnt mean invent. You're the most dense idiot in this comment section.

  • @joshuastein8254

    @joshuastein8254

    14 күн бұрын

    *looks awkwardly at the islands of Japan*

  • @FFmaxxx

    @FFmaxxx

    14 күн бұрын

    @hahajones they were considered illegal. Rear naked chokes were illegal for a long time in america. Again look at why kurt angle got his loss stricken during their fued

  • @FFmaxxx

    @FFmaxxx

    14 күн бұрын

    @joshuastein8254 hahah i mean purely for american prowrestling.

  • @MessianicJewJitsu
    @MessianicJewJitsu18 күн бұрын

    Taz was a legitimate judoka and his sub, despite needing a collar to apply correctly, is a kata hajime choke.

  • @Omegalol1122
    @Omegalol112218 күн бұрын

    2:42 habalabeee Simon disappeared and reappeared before I very eyes thanks to the wizard in the sky!

  • @anthonychurch726
    @anthonychurch72615 күн бұрын

    I always thought it was odd how when some guys left ecw like Taz or Mick Foley they got "you sold out" chants from the crowd but when other guys left like Guerrero, Malenko and Public Enemy they got "please don't go" chants 😂

  • @philipcohen7192
    @philipcohen719218 күн бұрын

    Hayabusa… just ask will ospreay

  • @ceca.mp3728
    @ceca.mp372815 күн бұрын

    Gail Kim is the most influential women's wrestler of all time for me. I'll sing her praises forever, alongside the TNA Knockouts in 2007

  • @All5Horizons
    @All5Horizons13 күн бұрын

    The Roman thing is funny: we were all booing him because we didn’t want him to be the top guy. Then they got us to start loving him as the top guy, and we’re somehow acting like we won.

  • @FFA441
    @FFA44118 күн бұрын

    Such a shame that Low Ki never got out of his own way

  • @multiyapples

    @multiyapples

    18 күн бұрын

    Definitely. He’s his own worst enemy.

  • @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269
    @deathsnitemaresinfullust226913 күн бұрын

    Taz and Excalibur are perfect together. Taz will always be one of my favorites, JR is the sound of my teen wrestling years and Taz is one of the voices of my return to wrestling. 😄👍

  • @allenownz
    @allenownz11 күн бұрын

    MIKEY MENTIONED…..RAHHHHH LONG ISLAND LEGEND RAHHHHH

  • @e.g.9823
    @e.g.982318 күн бұрын

    You forgot SABU bro.

  • @jbj7599
    @jbj759911 күн бұрын

    I will never forget RVD vs Jerry Lynn in ECW. Those matches were always insane. Lynn was turribly underrated and underutilized. Just needed a mouth like someone from the South!

  • @ZillMob
    @ZillMob13 күн бұрын

    Speaking of el generico selling his own shirts in full gear. I was at an indie show with reno scum. They said to me hey you would look 10% cooler with our shirt. Totally worked

  • @danielholmes-nj5nq
    @danielholmes-nj5nq18 күн бұрын

    2:41 What the flub?!

  • @MessianicJewJitsu
    @MessianicJewJitsu18 күн бұрын

    Taz legitimately changed my perspective and trajectories in life. Taz is in my top 10. Top 5 for mind blowing inspiration.

  • @nathanheckelman302
    @nathanheckelman30218 күн бұрын

    Don't forget about the rivalry between 'Macho Man' Randy Savage and Jake 'The Snake' Roberts. Two of the absolute greatest of all time made magic in that ring when they were stood across from each other.

  • @mmgvii8076
    @mmgvii807618 күн бұрын

    Ultimo Dragon. The concept of high speed wrestling ,a lot of the stuff that you see on the indies and a bunch of wrestlers on wwe payroll came out of Dragon Gate in Japan.

  • @artirony410

    @artirony410

    9 күн бұрын

    yeah a lot of American fans don't understand how important Michinoku Pro and Dragon Gate were

  • @zanethind
    @zanethind17 күн бұрын

    Even though Macho Man gets a lot of praise the man still deserves more he goes under appreciated it at times

  • @mrchaotiq
    @mrchaotiq18 күн бұрын

    Hayabusa and KENTA both made huge marks on the industry amd neither really get the credit they deserve. Onita as well as far as the hardcore scene goes too

  • @dejannickolaeff1226
    @dejannickolaeff122618 күн бұрын

    Simon: "Time is..." My brain: "... on my side" in 0,5 sec.

  • @a.freeland179
    @a.freeland17917 күн бұрын

    You could 20 more of these. So many underrated workers. 2cold Scorpio , AL Snow, Ivory

  • @johnh.7063

    @johnh.7063

    15 күн бұрын

    Adam Pierce

  • @roberdink
    @roberdink18 күн бұрын

    Where is Superstar Billy Graham?

  • @tomseville2345

    @tomseville2345

    18 күн бұрын

    Right; if *Hulk Hogan* finds the humility to admit he was influenced by Superstar during his WWE HOF speech (though he did say in seriousness that he "watched him as a young kid" 🤣🤣), then he should definitely be here...

  • @garebear1332

    @garebear1332

    18 күн бұрын

    Who?

  • @eliudemmanueldiaz

    @eliudemmanueldiaz

    12 күн бұрын

    The original Hulk Hogan ​@@garebear1332

  • @harveymcelroy9332
    @harveymcelroy933215 күн бұрын

    Tazz was a beast 1995 to 2000 until Vinny Mac ruined his aura

  • @zaturnneo
    @zaturnneo15 күн бұрын

    Taz was also doing graphic design and printing up T shirts behind the scenes as well.

  • @Aaron-io8vw
    @Aaron-io8vw18 күн бұрын

    That is a Prarire Dog, her name is Poppy

  • @ConnorIngle
    @ConnorIngle7 күн бұрын

    El Generico is so powerful he deleted Simon for a second there

  • @Extinguisher10
    @Extinguisher1016 күн бұрын

    I'm okay with getting old because it's better than the alternative

  • @reggiefurlow1
    @reggiefurlow110 күн бұрын

    Taz was dope in his matches in ecw

  • @craigcarlock8910
    @craigcarlock891018 күн бұрын

    Tazz deserved better he was treated terribly in wwe

  • @robcampion9917
    @robcampion991712 күн бұрын

    Finn Balor and the original Bullet Club, because without them there is no AEW.

  • @PersephoneSkye_
    @PersephoneSkye_19 сағат бұрын

    What about The Undertaker? That should be an OBVIOUS one. Definite big influence.

  • @thekydragon
    @thekydragon18 күн бұрын

    Taz should have been higher, Roman should have been replaced with a multitude of people including (but not limited to) Chris Jericho, CM Punk, Hayabusa, KENTA, Norman Smiley, Robbie Brookside and Alex Shelly.

  • @corycru8442
    @corycru844216 күн бұрын

    Taz was dope af

  • @andrewmorrison5289
    @andrewmorrison528916 күн бұрын

    Classic simon "if you're a good person you will think this"

  • @Matt-zd4bz
    @Matt-zd4bz18 күн бұрын

    Who better than Kanyon???

  • @phrozen66
    @phrozen6617 күн бұрын

    Missing Chris Kanyon.

  • @shawnbradshaw9852
    @shawnbradshaw985212 күн бұрын

    100 💯 on Jerry Lynn goat and low ki

  • @yettitube4785
    @yettitube478510 күн бұрын

    Simon, what do you think of MLW?

  • @claymathewselevator8121
    @claymathewselevator812117 күн бұрын

    Colt Cabana reminds me of the modern day Jerry The King Lawler

  • @jasoncowgill752
    @jasoncowgill75217 күн бұрын

    I just went to a legends of Memphis wrestling event this past weekend and Jerry Lawler and Ricky Morton were both there as well as Jimmy Hart and some others and it was awesome. Ricky Morton definitely set the pace for tagteam wrestling building to the hot tag.

  • @michaelwebb9972
    @michaelwebb997218 күн бұрын

    Well Mr. Miller.... You my good Sir..... Are NOT wrong. Thank you for the wonderful content ALWAYS. God bless and take care.

  • @wslivesay
    @wslivesay17 күн бұрын

    Why does Jerry Lynn look like Brian Pullman in that picture with waltman

  • @Jamesnpk
    @Jamesnpk18 күн бұрын

    Agree with you on Reigns, he was shoved down our throat and we booked him but he was/is a hell of a worker too! People tend to forget that we all loved him in the sheild

  • @achimsinn6189
    @achimsinn618914 күн бұрын

    Talking about merch sells and influencing the Elite you should have putt Matt Cardona on the list. As Zak Rider he put himself over via videos on the internet and that was unheard of by that time. Some years later the Elite used exactly those kinds of videos to hype up AEW before it started.

  • @Disxreet
    @Disxreet17 күн бұрын

    Amazing red never gets any love

  • @treyperkins2667

    @treyperkins2667

    15 күн бұрын

    He and THE SAT invented modern wrestling

  • @Jamal-bl7yh
    @Jamal-bl7yh18 күн бұрын

    Tennessee Cowboy James Storm Back In TNA 19 years ago he was the Hangman Adam Page of that promotion but a bit more how do I put this Rugged and Cooler so Hangman Is AEW's James Storm In a sense

  • @fleximcdolfin2528
    @fleximcdolfin25289 күн бұрын

    Spot on, Simon

  • @tnafan20077
    @tnafan2007718 күн бұрын

    Weird editing mistakes in a WhatCulture video with Simon? Nature is healing.

  • @robertclark2253
    @robertclark225311 күн бұрын

    How about Virgil , Barry Horowitz or even Brooklyn Brawler ? What I mean by this is anyone can be a superstar , even if it's a blink and you'll miss it moment . What I mean by this is anyone can be influnencial how about when Wimbledon toppled the mighty Liverpool at the 1988 FA Cup Final with Lawrie Sanchez scoring the only goal and John Aldrige being the first man to miss a penalty kick in Wembley Stadium ever .

  • @c0mpr3nd3
    @c0mpr3nd318 күн бұрын

    No Rikidozan? The man who literally started the Japanese wrestling scene?

  • @archangel2015
    @archangel201518 күн бұрын

    God one video without Simon miller yesterday but will we ever be lucky enough to go 4 in a row. I highly doubt it.

  • @Sw20t
    @Sw20t17 күн бұрын

    How was Chyna not mention in this

  • @claymathewselevator8121
    @claymathewselevator812117 күн бұрын

    Boom Boom Colt Cabana

  • @Miguel-jb2ww
    @Miguel-jb2ww8 күн бұрын

    Tazz mentioned😤

  • @toddpatterson7684
    @toddpatterson768415 күн бұрын

    lol haven’t wrestlers been going out and selling their merch since the start of time? Didn’t the faces used to sign 8x10s at the shows? Sami is great but he didn’t influence that, just shows how far we’ve gotten from the territory days.

  • @Dr_1212
    @Dr_121218 күн бұрын

    Simon always gets an up 👍

  • @hazardtriplezero
    @hazardtriplezero18 күн бұрын

    9:05 is a Prairie Dog. Not in pain, just stretching,

  • @Aaron-io8vw

    @Aaron-io8vw

    18 күн бұрын

    The prairie dog is named Poppy and her owners created a KZread channel for her.

  • @MudSluggerBP
    @MudSluggerBP18 күн бұрын

    Matt Cardona >>> Colt Cabana 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @entouragefan01
    @entouragefan0118 күн бұрын

    I'd give a shout out to Dink. He was very influential for little people wanting to be wrestlers, like The Young Bucks.

  • @JSI82

    @JSI82

    18 күн бұрын

    BOOM!!!

  • @RyanKuebel

    @RyanKuebel

    18 күн бұрын

    LOL!

  • @00drpepper58

    @00drpepper58

    18 күн бұрын

    You Mean Like Ilja, Pete Dunne, Ricochet, Dragon Lee, and Tyler Bate?

  • @blackdynamite3018
    @blackdynamite301818 күн бұрын

    🤔🤨Where's Eddie Guerrero???

  • @TommyGutter

    @TommyGutter

    18 күн бұрын

    Everyone knows that he is already influencial in wrestling today and even then

  • @Bloodlit
    @Bloodlit18 күн бұрын

    ECW! ECW! ECW!

  • @armin38822
    @armin3882212 күн бұрын

    wtf happend with Simon

  • @IRLprankreactioncookingreview
    @IRLprankreactioncookingreview17 күн бұрын

    I thought the Simon guy killed a 10 year old in a D.U.I crash blew a 1.6 that's twice tye legal limit also he was caught with 4oz of heroin and he is out on vail until the trial i hope he can get out of this one

  • @stingrey1571
    @stingrey157118 күн бұрын

    the 8 year old girl kenny omega wrestled. if it wasnt for her, there would be no young bucks.

  • @JJackson.13
    @JJackson.1318 күн бұрын

    TIIIIIIME😂😂😂😂

  • @RyanKuebel
    @RyanKuebel18 күн бұрын

    Man, I had no idea how influential that wrestler, Randy Savage, was. /s

  • @tamzidmohsinkhan3333
    @tamzidmohsinkhan333318 күн бұрын

    No Undertaker in this list

  • @szczesciejestkoloruczarneg749
    @szczesciejestkoloruczarneg7494 күн бұрын

    _but I digress_ 4LIFE

  • @ricstormwolf
    @ricstormwolf18 күн бұрын

    Except for Morton and Macho, this gets a down 👎

  • @cedricbrookins4851
    @cedricbrookins485118 күн бұрын

    I liked big dog roman. Most people I know did too. I think the people who like him was overshadowed by the ones that hated him.

  • @WorldzMo5t3pic
    @WorldzMo5t3pic18 күн бұрын

    Hard disagree on number 1. You should have just said Vince McMahon considering you spent the rest of the segment talking about WWE's managerial blunders and AEW's ride and success.

  • @Big.Stepper.
    @Big.Stepper.18 күн бұрын

    Scott Colton? Famous for being CM Punk's ex best friend? Ok, shutting off the video now.

  • @christianhillier
    @christianhillier18 күн бұрын

    First

  • @CrimMac
    @CrimMac14 күн бұрын

    Shamrock was the first to do tap outs in WWE. Not tazz

  • @Canrugger
    @Canrugger18 күн бұрын

    lawler is a predator

  • @CyclopsWasRight616
    @CyclopsWasRight61618 күн бұрын

    "He was like a one-man band. He was incredibly successful." -- Dumbest thing you've ever said.

  • @CH-ju8zt
    @CH-ju8zt18 күн бұрын

    😂😂 10:51 Here we are 5 years later and AEW still cant sell 5,000 tickets weekly.

  • @stlfatman

    @stlfatman

    9 күн бұрын

    AEW lives rent free in your head.

  • @CH-ju8zt

    @CH-ju8zt

    9 күн бұрын

    @@stlfatman They can't even live in their own fans heads with those numbers. 🙃 Kids these days.

  • @gregmartin114
    @gregmartin11418 күн бұрын

    Colt Cabana? Good grief

  • @watersandblue6001

    @watersandblue6001

    18 күн бұрын

    found Cm Punk's Yt Account😂

  • @multiyapples

    @multiyapples

    18 күн бұрын

    @@watersandblue6001I know right. Colt is successful and influential in his own right.

  • @donniehester781
    @donniehester78115 күн бұрын

    How influential can someone be if we didnt know?

  • @Tucj-zh1dy

    @Tucj-zh1dy

    15 күн бұрын

    Do you know who invented the MRI machine? Exactly. Stfu.

  • @syedviqar5011
    @syedviqar501118 күн бұрын

    What culture never misses a chance to show hornet Aew in any freaking way'

  • @stlfatman

    @stlfatman

    9 күн бұрын

    The second biggest wrestling company in America with half of the most popular wrestlers in the world? Yeah how dare they?

  • @wnyvad13
    @wnyvad1316 күн бұрын

    Lame

  • @Bjizzle69420
    @Bjizzle6942011 күн бұрын

    Gay

  • @hahajones
    @hahajones15 күн бұрын

    Jesus…Haven’t watched his content in a few years. His head is so much bigger ffs…

  • @Tucj-zh1dy

    @Tucj-zh1dy

    15 күн бұрын

    Wow you're a douche.

  • @ogkuailiang1025
    @ogkuailiang102518 күн бұрын

    I’m a simple man. I see Simon miller, I watch the video 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

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