BAHAHAHA Gene sells the “pick up the cotton”!! Lolololol

@scottemmitt297

Жыл бұрын

God how timew have changed. I agree with change. But this is sooo more entertaining 😆😆

@JesusChristmyMESSIAH

Жыл бұрын

Not racist cuz he's talking bout a white guy.

@mumblety96

Жыл бұрын

I don't think there's a better promo than this...

@MCRUE78

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@PipeSmokingLemur

Жыл бұрын

He literally can't believe what the hell he's saying half the time.

"YOU ABSOLUTE RIGHT GENE MEAN!"

@henrysilacci467

6 жыл бұрын

Great comment + 450K crack party = Absolute gold

@bennyrosado5402

4 жыл бұрын

@mike bond lmao you right!!!

@kh-sg3rd

3 жыл бұрын

Mean gean was best man at sheiks wedding

@JMG_86

3 жыл бұрын

*Gin Mint

@hilarypalm-bradich3468

3 жыл бұрын

Sankramentro...you listen when I say English! Tausand Tausand! I hated him as a kid but I watch this now and laugh my ass off. He was awesome. Savage is my favorite at promos but The Sheik is next for sure.

as a kid you hated him. as an adult you realized what a damned genius he was

@neotheone7923

Жыл бұрын

his twitter was gold

@nsxdarin

Жыл бұрын

@@neotheone7923 yeah it wasn't run by him though an agent typed all that stuff

@AllWeAreLost

Жыл бұрын

I loved this guys character when I was a kid

@bananabana6630

Жыл бұрын

I never hated The Iron Sheik. You don’t have the many fights I got into with other Kids because of that fact.

@neotheone7923

Жыл бұрын

@@nsxdarin its still real to me damn it

The best part is that Vince pays all these “professional” writers to write for today’s “sports entertainers” and they still aren’t 1/100th as good as Sheiky baby spitballing a classic interview from the top of his head.

@epicmemer7543

5 жыл бұрын

At least a few of the guys on the roster now could probably cut a decent promo if it weren't for scripts.

@erictoniaschwab1009

5 жыл бұрын

Epic Memer I agree. Bryan Danielson has shown what a great promo he can be without a script. Heck even Roman Reigns telling us he had leukemia was genuine and he can speak really well when he doesn’t have to remember lines that the writers gave him.

@nomamesdawg985

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed they should give them liberties again, honestly , they’re trying to sell to kids , but kids aren’t entertained in wrestling like before. The people who are still into it are the older generations who remember the glory days. These kids never seen greatness in the squared circle they don’t know how to appreciate it.

@Bushmaster10MM

4 жыл бұрын

You know that's right baby !

@Bushmaster10MM

4 жыл бұрын

@David Butler it's been something I've heard him called for decades. Nothing gay about it brother.

As a kid I used to think he was irritating. As an adult, I find him hilariously entertaining

@rustyshackleford7265

4 жыл бұрын

Was going to make this same comment

@Kromsmitesyou

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@saiyaniam

4 жыл бұрын

As a kid alot of what he was saying would go over your head, as an adult you can understand all the interesting quirks

@moesyzslak2939

4 жыл бұрын

@@saiyaniam No way we understood it at 10 russia vs usa thing middle east issues nothing new come on you had TO be intuned back then no cell no ipad computers etc maybe it was cause i grew up in a big city i was intuned starting at 9 you dont remember above issues thats what made it better

@saiyaniam

4 жыл бұрын

@@moesyzslak2939 Nothing to do with politics. It's his personality, his use of language. Aren't you great for understanding global politics at 9 lol

He’s an incredible promo despite how rocky his English is. Dude just understood the business.

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

Жыл бұрын

Man knew how to make $$…

@jamesfoodie2738

Жыл бұрын

He played the English language like a musician.

It's "Helly Belly Jim" for me.🤣 R.I.P. Iron Sheik🕊

"Pick up the cotton" followed by the You Belong to the City 🎷 is just gold

There was nobody that could do it better. Had the energy, the attitude, and the skill to back it up in the ring. RIP Iron Sheik

@matthewfreeman33

Жыл бұрын

Gene Mean lol RIP Sheiky baby

@tobiasfarragut292

Жыл бұрын

HellyBelly Jeem could do it better..

@mumblety96

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewfreeman33 Gin Min!!!

@michaelmckenzie6311

6 ай бұрын

Ernie Ladd cut some good promos too! Especially the ones on Dusty(Dirty) Rhodes, lol! Shieky Baby rocks! RIP to them all!

Gotta love the ending with Sheiky Baby going nuts with jazz playing in the background.

@soulburst

7 жыл бұрын

Wrestling Scholar Bernkastel you belong to the city by Glenn fry

@cesarsolis5449

6 жыл бұрын

Wrestling Scholar Bernkastel PICK UP THE COTTON, WITCH OF MIRACLES!

@DeeSee77

4 жыл бұрын

Lovely stuff

@ElFino013

4 жыл бұрын

They tried to play him off like they do during the Academy Awards.

@chrishollister80

4 жыл бұрын

Glen Frye, of the legendary Eagles (and not the Philadelphia troop).

Christ he called (Hillbilly Jim) "Farmer Pig Boy" that's epic.

I can't believe their isn't a cable network that puts the old wrestling shows on 24 hours a day. I'd never stop watching.

@andrewmachado6988

2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping that’s what the WWE Network would be, instead we get awful shows like “The Bump”, and re runs of documentaries over and over again.

@RamManNo1

2 жыл бұрын

I’d watch that. Also Sheik could just have a reality show himself!!

@BeMe91

Жыл бұрын

Damn now I need it.

@jehad78

Жыл бұрын

Peacock has a lot of shows

@emmanouel8

Жыл бұрын

Genius idea. I'd watch probably watch it over a lot of today's programming

Helly belly gym.

@birdmantd

7 жыл бұрын

I thought it Halle Berry Geam.

@fixpacifica

5 жыл бұрын

Hero of the pig people.

@rayabe

4 жыл бұрын

vaaat evvver

@bacchusendo9032

4 жыл бұрын

Helly Belly Jean thats how I heard it.

@mumenrider862

4 жыл бұрын

I read this before hearing it, I thought you were referencing the shiek's favorite gym... he's got a solid core.. ;)

The greatest of his promos. Gene yelling pick up the cotton and Glenn Frey is playing at the same in the background while the Sheik is rambling. RIP Legend 🐫

@pendafen7405

Жыл бұрын

was the Glenn Frey track on the original broadcast lol i'm crying

@Brian-ve7ds

Жыл бұрын

It s genius.

@dilpickles5928

Жыл бұрын

It's like thier trying to drown out the Shiek's innane rambling with elevator music. Hilarious

@squiddog5000

Жыл бұрын

Should have played Cotton Fields by CCR

@edbarnes9618

2 ай бұрын

TV peaked at this point 😂

Could barely understand a third of what he said. Still a 10/10 promo.

@musicfan5520

3 жыл бұрын

He was speaking Persian at part of this Promo.

@flexxluger76

3 жыл бұрын

@@musicfan5520 - he was speaking Farsi

@trojan3896

3 жыл бұрын

@@flexxluger76 Both the same.

@quickcar5255

2 жыл бұрын

Scott Steiner had this level of promo as well. You can't teach this greatness.

@mrmoose6619

2 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right Everyone Kill!

You know anytime that camera zoomed in on the Sheik it was to hide Mean Gene laughing!

I was having a bad day at work until KZread decided to recommend this to me.

Omg... Mean Gene lost it at "Pick up the cotton." 😂😂😂 I lost it at Halle Berry... Took me a minute to realize he was saying HillBilly.

@SirGutWriter

Жыл бұрын

He was saying Hellybelly Jim, which I guess is sort of midway between Halle Berry and Hillbilly.

@bobberg7540

Жыл бұрын

Get it right, it was "Gene Mean."

@kpas22105

Жыл бұрын

“PICK UP THE COTTON!?!?!?

Shieky always cheers me up when I'm having a bad day. He's truly the best entertainer

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

3 жыл бұрын

Totally. 😃

@outerspaceman7534

2 жыл бұрын

His videos cure cancer.

@ezduzzit69

2 жыл бұрын

Essactly

@bryanmetal301

Жыл бұрын

HE IS CHAMPEEN OF DA' VORLD!!!

@ameerhm

Жыл бұрын

Same here

The Sheik gets real when the headgear comes off.

Sheikisms: 1.Wrestley = recently 2.helly-belly= hillbilly 3.Tat-a-torium = auditorium 4.palace = please 5.Side of fries = satisfied 6..Corny = corn 7.Champ-Win= Champion 8.Alluvasuns = all of a sudden

@roh2015

4 жыл бұрын

Sancra- manto

@PreferredCustomer

4 жыл бұрын

Tau sand, tau sand

@Johnny.1965

4 жыл бұрын

We gonna found out...

@mrf19741

4 жыл бұрын

You would make a fortune if you published a book that translates Sheik-speak!

@ivancastillo661

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

*"PICK UP THE COTTON"* cue muzak

@elvecinodeltio5960

3 жыл бұрын

Gene mean lost it lol

Funny as a 12 year old. Epic lulz at 49. 😂

I noticed in these videos the camera man zooms in on the sheik because Gene is trying his best to keep from laughing lol

this is a true wrestling character,.. original and real.. they dont make them like this anymore

@stickykitty

4 жыл бұрын

Akuma4u totally agreed WWE is dying not because of ufc and boxing But because it lacks originality Good characters Good stories Good matches Good wrestling Is all you need

@hidemehere1

4 жыл бұрын

Plenty better and better than ever, fuck the day a leg drop was ok

@fkhan577

4 жыл бұрын

@@stickykitty Its ironic because ufc and boxing are just as scripted and fixed too.

@shawndavis5902

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@Steveman27

3 жыл бұрын

I think they still do. The Miz was original and real, and so was Kurt Angle, and so was Umaga.

Iron Sheik knows that Halle Berry Jim is an all American Boy and will wrestle him in the California.

@Anubisxian

5 жыл бұрын

In the California state capeetal Sankramento!

@VolumedMusicMan

5 жыл бұрын

thefly21 I won’t mind wrestling with Halle Berry :)

@VolumedMusicMan

4 жыл бұрын

thefly21 I wish it were the actress I’d like to wrestle her 😍!

@hf6150

3 жыл бұрын

With "thousands thousands." Or something like that. LOL

@billyhollister8768

3 жыл бұрын

@@hf6150 😄😄

Iron Sheik was a legend. RIP.

"...the pig people..." Hilarious!

Gene Mean Sankramentos Hilly Belly Jim Pig People Pick up the Cotton Typical Shieky nuggets of gold ..the Joey Diaz of wrestling

@east_coast_creep

4 жыл бұрын

"The Joey Diaz of Wrestling". That description is fucking tremendous.

@JakeMook

4 жыл бұрын

Johnny Stubbs couldn’t agree more

@lino580nunya5

4 жыл бұрын

Clean that muffler 😂😂😂

@wrongspell6619

4 жыл бұрын

Here you go, 5 (more like 4) good names for a punk band

@JRogue616

4 жыл бұрын

Big apple

"towsin..towsin american flags..." lol

@ohyeah1994

5 жыл бұрын

"...and dat maykah me seek!!!"

@MrLawabider41

5 жыл бұрын

@@ohyeah1994, LaMon nwawrestler I love at :20 when he says "da state capitTTAALLL sank-a-ra-mento"

I forgot about "Helly Belly Jim" 😃 And it caught me off guard again and made me laugh out loud and choke on a Jaffa cake. That's the Sheik's legacy right there.

He got triggered when men gene said you speak English. I SPEAK MY LANGUAGE FIRST THEN I SPEAK ENGLISH

@Jayce_Alexander

6 жыл бұрын

Tbf it was a very racist thing for Gene Mean to do. In fact I'm going to rant about in on my tumblr account all night. :P

@eyehatefarcebook11

5 жыл бұрын

Intelligent Jew American!

Gene Mean gets me everytime 😂

Two things I learned: 1) The capital of California is Sancramento 2) Halley Belly Jim was a thing in wrestling

@mrmoose6619

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the Corporal Koreshner!

@MafiaKingfishNOLA

Жыл бұрын

Halley Belly Jim was with the pig people. They pick up the cotton.

Can’t think of the last time I watched a feature film that provided as much entertainment as this clip does in one minute and forty seconds.

The GOAT! The entire current WWE lineup don’t have 1/2 the mic skills this man had.

The Sheik is fucking awesome. He just made Gene Mean humble.

Gene mean and him were best friends. Gene was the best man at his wedding.

"You're absolutely right Gene Mean."

We need more wrestlers goin crazy off the script, being sounded off by an 80s saxaphone riff.

Attention current generation of wrestlers: This is how it's done.

@StarOasis26

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Gyrbae

4 жыл бұрын

I doubt any of them are allowed to say anything like this on air any more. Vince McMahon would erase them from existence if they said half the stuff the old school wrestlers did.

@SirDankleberry

4 жыл бұрын

80s and 90s were the best although early 2000s were also pretty good. It’s when things got into the 2010s that things turned to shit.

@dacosta0656

4 жыл бұрын

So much to work with these days McMahon needs to fix wrestling

This may be the most unintentionally funny promo of all time.

@richflu4774

4 жыл бұрын

Schultz's promo was intentionally funny. Most unintentionally funny is a toss up between Luger's Superbrawl Saturday and Jumpin Jeff Farmer.

@deasttn

3 жыл бұрын

Precisely

@vituperousrecidivist6141

2 жыл бұрын

@@deasttn Exactly

"Hellybelly Jeem pickg up deh cotton!" 🤣

I just watched this four times in celebration of Persian New Year

"WELL I PREFER TO A SPEAK MY LANGUAGE FIRST, AND THEN ENGLISH!"

@SimpleManGuitars1973

3 жыл бұрын

I actually thought he said "I prefer to speak MY ENGLISH first and THEN English..." LOL!!!

He was the best, riling up the US fans with his anti-American rants. And calling him Gene Mean. So good. And Gene was his best man at his wedding, they were good friends. Makes you look at his performance at a whole other level.

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

Жыл бұрын

100%. If we’re talking the word “entertainer”, I don’t know how Sheik isn’t the GOAT...

@mumblety96

Жыл бұрын

truly... I think it was a year or 2 ago when he showed up in my twitter feed. man...

Love how Glenn Frey's "You Belong to the City" closes out Sheiky baby's promo about Hillbilly Jim.

@birdmantd

7 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing. This promo is pure classics 80s to begin with but having that classic track at the end it just the icing on the cake for 80s fans.

@christophercasey6775

4 жыл бұрын

That added a nice touch. Glen Frey with the voice of The Iron Sheik

@theflyxx

3 жыл бұрын

You belong in the state capeetal of Sankramento in the California. With the thousand thousand.

@negativecreep5912

2 жыл бұрын

@@theflyxx I'm fucking crying over here 😂😂😂💀

The 80s had no idea what to do with this man's talent

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

3 жыл бұрын

anthologyofinterest1 - Oh they did! He was super popular. Him and Nikolai Volkoff were the top team for a while. The routine they did at the beginning of the match with Nikolai singing the Russian anthem and Sheik telling everyone to shut up and “Iran number one, USA hah-tooy!!” And would spit was genius

@mumblety96

Жыл бұрын

@@Best_Wrestling_Promos Come try my club!!!

@sageantone7291

Жыл бұрын

How? He was literally champion of the world.

@HoustonIsImmortal

Жыл бұрын

He's a household name today because of his 80s run.

@anthologyofinterest1

Жыл бұрын

@@HoustonIsImmortal No, he's a household name today because of his shoot interview from 2005/6 and the Howard Stern Show.

RIP LEGEND one of my favorite promo artists to come watch from the good old days

Hilly Billy Jim and the pig people will be humbled.

@Drpluv187

7 жыл бұрын

ICEGOD2 Swine????

@LoganSewell83

6 жыл бұрын

The mountain men of Deliverance would have been squealing like pigs had the Iron Sheik gone on that camping trip.

@ashk9105

6 жыл бұрын

lol he said that cause Muslims aren't allowed to eat pig

@joker167able

5 жыл бұрын

The Iron Sheik would have made those mountain men from deliverance humble....and he would have broken their backs and put them in the camel clutch...thereby making them broke back mountain men from then on

Every time I click on an Iron Sheik video, I know it's going to be a riot!!!

Good lord this is the peak, Glenn Frey blasting over Iron Sheik threatening everyone within a thousand foot radius

“Gene mean” god bless the sheik

Meanwhile somewhere in Chicago, Al Bundy and Steve Rhodes are walking the cold windy streets looking for a rare Barbie doll.

@elvero666

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@ericanulph1980

4 жыл бұрын

That was a good episode

4 жыл бұрын

Let's rock!

@noviemc1221

4 жыл бұрын

FFS 😂 got me dying

@johnhanna3026

4 жыл бұрын

John Smith hell yeah! Amazing how you pieced that together

That smooth jazz outro had me dying though!! Random as hell!

“You absolutely right gene mene” I lost It after that 😂

im persian it’s makin in 10times funnier when he speak persian

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 What is he saying??

Lmfaoooo the music and the pick up the cotton line took me out!

"Gene Mean" just never gets old LOLOLOL

No one trash talked quite like Shieky

I nearly collapsed from laughter when You Belong to the City started playing

Gene Mean, gets me everytime

If I ever go on a crack cocaine binge I want it to be with The Iron Sheik!

@petermckenna948

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@yxvm

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@jayov4044

4 жыл бұрын

Why would you want to smoke crack??

I love how he was super heel back then but now everyone loves these interviews XD

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

3 жыл бұрын

Mario Vasquez - Even back then it was a love/hate relationship. You just can’t actually hate the Iron Sheik. He’s too entertaining

The best part is he came to America not knowing much if any English and ended up living the American dream and busted his ass, he had drug issues for sure, but he was always a hard worker. What happened to his daughter and how he took it was heartbreaking though. The respect the rock showed him when jabroni was officially made a word in the dictionary and made sure sheik was credited for the word.

"Hallibilly Gene... Whatever" Lol

gotta be the most unique wrestler of all time

@johnmullens2857

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe together with George Steele

I'm gonna borrow that line. "Pick up the cotton, jabroni!" I hope Sheiky baby wouldn't mind. ☺️

PICK UP THE COTTON! *Queue ad break music* LOL

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

4 жыл бұрын

IceManAuz Hahahaha only the Sheik could pull it off 😂😂😂 Gene-O sells it til the end!!

@icemanauz

4 жыл бұрын

@@Best_Wrestling_Promos Dude why they trying to roll right away to ad after he says that hahaha. Im sure the director was like "oh gosh we gotta cut this" LUL legendary pick the cotton!

Not hilly hilly Jim 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Sheik is legend.

I love how Gene fires him up...well you speak great english too Shiek lmao...boom off he goes...I'm dying 🤣

They always had to zoom in on the shiek because gene couldn't keep it together without laughing during his promos. Classic shieky baby. 🐫 🇮🇷

God, I love this guy. Every sentence he spoke in this promo was wonderful. Sheik, you helped make the WWF awesome in the 80s. Dude, the music at the end haaahhhaha

'Hellybelly Jim' I LOVE it!

I just love the fact that the music starts once he said "Pick up the cotton." 😂

What makes this doubly better is You Belong to the City playing on the outtro. ❤

Never another Sheik ever one of a kind 😂

Iron sheik gotta love him

I'm so glad these Sheik promos have been recommended to me. I was a WWF but never really paid much attention to him. He's the funniest thing I've seen in years. Comedic brilliance.

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

4 жыл бұрын

VintageMXer 100%, Gene Mean !

@cesarsolis5449

4 жыл бұрын

Pick up the cotton!!!

"Pick up the cotton? PICK UP THE COTTON?!"

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

3 жыл бұрын

Sairaj R. Kamath 😂😂😂!!!

R.I.P Sheiky Baby. You get to yell at Gene Mean all you want now.

It never struck me before how much Bas Rutten looks like a chilled out Iron Sheik.

@Rightsideup

4 жыл бұрын

Bwaaahaaaaa he does!!

@Wavemaninawe

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rightsideup Absolute brilliance would be to hear Bas do this impersonation.

I want to get a landline and an answering machine and just have this recording play when people call.

@arthuridis

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I think Sheiky had a lot of zooms on him during his promos with Mean Gene because Gene was two seconds away from losing his shit laughing.

Love the 80's music they always played at the end. By the way, it's Glenn Frey, "You Belong to the City".

I loved when robot chicken had him on the Lawrence of Arabia skit and he did the camel clutch on the sandstorm 😂

@mumblety96

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHxsqrV-p8bHZtI.html&pp=ygUYcm9ib3QgY2hpY2tlbiBpcm9uIHNoZWlr

The best part of this promo is when "You Belong to the City... You Belong to the Night" saxophone starts playing!

RIP THE IRON SHEIK!

LOL I love how every Sheiky promo they cut him off at the end with the elevator music

Growing up we all hated the Sheik. As an so-called Adult I absolutely love what the Sheik did in front of the mic and in the ring. The Gene Mean the great American Jew, The HellyBelly Jim, picking up the cotton, Camera Man Zoom.

RIP gene mean

To all the young people out here you listen to this over and over again. The Iron Sheik was the original Rock on the mic! This man was pure gold! "YOU ARE ABSOLUTE RIGHT GENE MEAN!" Who can say "pick up the cotton" in 2021? That's right, not many!

Im tears bc...” I prefer to speak my language first!” To funny

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

4 жыл бұрын

Stacey Smith Hes the greatest!

@staceysmith5587

3 жыл бұрын

The Best Wrestling Promos of All Time I really didnt know how awesome Sheik was on the mic bc when I use to watch wwf I so young and vince always had his big time money makers doing promos like Hogan smh but also Macho Man who was my all time fav! I miss Macho

@Best_Wrestling_Promos

3 жыл бұрын

Stacey Smith - Ya- Savage was great I have some of his promos on this channel...but ya with the Sheik, it takes a moment before you realize how funny he is because it was REAL 😂

@mrpapagiorgio3620

2 жыл бұрын

@@Best_Wrestling_Promos Sheik is the best EVER

That's right Gene Mean. Man I really liked the sheiks promos. He was a laugh riot. The perfect bad guy. He and Macho Man were the best interviews.

We need these promos again and fading out to music that sound like 80s hits

@mumblety96

11 ай бұрын

UFC is trying it but they suck both in their music selection and how they apply it over the reporters.

The ultimate heel. And the great Gene Mean. RIP Mean Gene. Miss you guys so much.

I need to watch this everyday for the rest of my life. RIP Gene Mean!

Back when world wars was fought in the wrestling ring :)

“You absolutely right Gene Mean!” 😂

This mans a treasure.

@OhJaniceWhyOhWhy

3 жыл бұрын

True and a pioneer in life, love Sheiky baby.