One of the funniest wrestling quotes I ever heard was that “RAW only gets viewers because ppl fall asleep in front of the tv and only see it when their wife or mom tell its time to turn it off and go to bed” GOD BLESS DUTCH 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👑

@tylertravis2081

2 жыл бұрын

Tbh i have witnessed people turn it on just because i really dont know why

@randyjohnson7734

2 жыл бұрын

hes right. it happens to me all the time. or someone else just makes you change the channel

@DerrickMims

2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm. I watched Smackdown on broadcast the other night for first time in years. Fell asleep in 15 min and woke up a few min before the show ended. It was on the whole time, so presumably I count as watching the whole episode.

@jasonkraatz9574

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they turn it on for background noise 😂

"What first attracted me to wrestling was characters." Notice how he didn't say "matches" or "moves". Or "some critic's star ratings".

@joshuaDstarks

2 жыл бұрын

Notice how he said something wrestling fans lambaste talent for referring to themselves as. Weird!

@matthewsmith5374

2 жыл бұрын

His “wrestlers are like strippers” was a nuanced take.

@michaelhunziker7287

2 жыл бұрын

Iron Sheik Kevin Sullivan Abdullah Hawk and Animal Steamboat Savage Cornette

@Ramekink

2 жыл бұрын

Notice how he didnt say GIMMICKS either, he said "characters". You know, as in "personalities".

@zlinedavid

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ramekink The best gimmick is always just a slightly exaggerated version of one’s own personality.

Dutch is so right. When Wrestling is done well...ITS FUCKING AMAZING! But when its done bad its like the most rotten,disgusting smelling fart that you cant get far enough away from.

@BloodBoughtMinistries1

3 жыл бұрын

W. T. F?

This interview is years old. And WWE only got worse since then.

@KaneRobot

2 жыл бұрын

If you think WWE now is worse than it was like 15 years ago when HHH was still basically the top heel and they couldn't decide whether or not they were Attitude Era or PG era, you can't be helped

@robertmoorefield670

2 жыл бұрын

91 people pretty much no nothing about wwf/wwe and it shows. There's always lame ass aew

@thomaskia8441

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaneRobot how old is the interview?

@christophersmardz8196

2 жыл бұрын

Wwf. Or wwe whatever u remember is just got fat and lazy and I blame on crazy sick bastard Vince. No need to sugar coat.

@christophersmardz8196

2 жыл бұрын

HHH was overrated juice bag his only good storyline was dx He also Fup aew

Dutch is absolutely spot on with the problems with the WWE these days!!

@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780

10 ай бұрын

totally agree WWE is so bad these days nearly unwatchable I FEELL ASLEEP WATCHING smackdown its more of a soap opera now thank god we got AEW

@tonypastor705

4 ай бұрын

First time I went 4 years without seeing wrestling 🤼‍♀️! It got that bad! Started watching again last year or year before,though 😮

Two great incites I've heard that explain most of the issues with wrestling these days.... "If they all look the same, who stands out?" --Dutch Mantel "If you won't go away, how can I miss you?" --Jim Cornette

@zlinedavid

2 жыл бұрын

“If everyone is a giant, you have no giants.” - another one from Cornette

@daerth4423

2 жыл бұрын

We need both of these guys back in the saddle. Don't know if it'll ever happen, but we need them.

One of the last great angles was Edge vs Matt Hardy. Clear good vs bad. Course they tried to do real life angles many times after, but it just didn't work.

@LandSharkEatsU

Жыл бұрын

Lita was showing off the new bazookas during that story line.

@pendafen7405

Жыл бұрын

Pity it took throwing a woman under a bus, jeopardising her public safety, taking her career opportunities away and destroying all her credibility and status as a performer and a person to pull it off. Wasn't worth the high cost.

When it came to hhh holding the belt forever, it not only killed the momentum of the newer wrestlers. It also made other top performers look like jobbers. Finally, when the belt did get into other folks hands, it didn’t matter.

@jasonkraatz9574

2 жыл бұрын

The thing is HHH should have dropped the title more to newcomers than already established stars. He was a great heel that you’d always want to see get his tail kicked but he did seem like the champ that never went away. I see Hunter tried to carry himself like Flair but he lacked charisma as a heel. He was boring. As a baby face (which folks say that’s how he is in real life) he was hilarious and cutting edge.

"Yah ever heard of Alan Moore? He's some kinda...goddamn cartoonist or some shit." *LOL, Dead*

@michellelincoln9987

2 жыл бұрын

considering how much of a pretentious douche Alan Moore is, Dutch Mantell taking the piss out of him here is just absolutely beautiful. Dutch Mantell > Alan Moore any day of the week anyway

@kinggimpy

2 жыл бұрын

@@michellelincoln9987 yup, and Dutch is right. As an artist you can do what you want, but if you want to be able to live off their art you have to also listen to your fans and give them things they want. WWE has Moore's attitude and look where they are.

@EveryDooDarnDiddlyDay

2 жыл бұрын

He's inadvertently referring to these artists that are also "activists" telling people what they "need" because they are smarter than you, comrade.

@696190

2 жыл бұрын

@@kinggimpy Dutch misunderstood Moore unbelievably badly, and you're just blindly agreeing with him. Moore's point isn't "give them something they'll hate as a challenge to their loyalty", it's "give them something they haven't considered, so they find something new they can go on to like". It's ironically what Dutch said as well, in his strippers example, give the audience a wide variety of characters and gimnicks they can embrace or relate to. Which, also, is the EXACT OPPOSITE of what WWE does

@ryankeefe6222

2 жыл бұрын

That popped me huge

He perfectly worded the thin line between love and hate in pro wrestling when he explained how the bookers and workers needed one another !

This interview inspired James Romero to hire Dutch for their Storytime podcast

Such a cool, grounded, insightful and intelligent guy and an unsung hero of many promotions over the years.

I come back to this once in a while just for the visual of Kong w/ the Rockettes

The ending statement nailed it 100%

I've been watching different interviews on wrestling and this 1 was straight forward and honest my favorite video in a long time

Dutch talking about Alan Moore cracked me up.

The legendary Bill Snugglefuss

nice to see dutch cleaned up nice for his shoot interview lol

@speakingmoistly9912

2 жыл бұрын

He shaved his back

He's spot on

I could listen to the Dutchman all day. He is such a fascinating character. His knowledge of the pro wrestling business is phenomenal. AND he was one of a helluva of a ring general. Never a dull moment. He gave the fans 100%. He has a KZread channel now. Watch him. You won'f be disappointed.

Dutch makes alot of sense to me. To bad he's not booking.

"Put Awesome Kong at the end. Look at that b there then HUUUH!!" Made the whole interview worth it😂😂😂😂

Bill Snugglefuss deserved a bigger push

@aeromedical6776

Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest heels ever. And the promos he could cut …….

Bill Snugglefuss was a great worker

Dutch is awesome. So smart and funny.

Nailed it, especially at the end.

I would give anything to go back to the age I was when this video was filmed lol

Great interview so real

@jackstraw4222

3 жыл бұрын

hes one of the greatest minds in the industry ,that knows how pro wrestling should be done..

1 of the most under rated guys on the 🎤 i put him up there with Paul Hayman

10:16 Dutch telling us exactly what’s going on the behind the scenes of the “competition” between WWE and WCW/AEW.

Dutch asking about Sean's shoot job was a great line!

Comedy and wrestling; both can be sublime when done good, but when done poorly, it's the drizzlin shits.

My ears are wrestling I never got to meet Dirty Dutch but a lot of the guys had always told me he's a good dude.. really like hearing him full of Common Sense... no need to overthink this stuff

I used to love WWE but cannot stand it now. Why? 1. The ridiculous obligatory intro to the show, somebody comes out and tries to remember all the scripted words to a dumb monologue. On every show... RAW or Smackdown no difference. And invariably anywhere from 1 to 5 characters interrupt and run out to give their rehearsed scripted bullshit, all intended to excite us enough to buy tickets to XXXX Pay-Per-View that is coming up. 2. The stupid characters! All scripted! All gimmicks conceived by 'talent'! Constume part of the gimmick all scripted, artificial! 3. They promote the hell out of the next supposed great talent that is coming in for months before the debut, and it's like we're expected to believe that this is the next Harley Race, Bruno Sammartino etc... 4. This so-called new great talent then goes undefeated! For months until A) WWE realizes the gimmick doesn't work or B) It's working too well and might undermine HHH-Cena-Stephanie etc... in either case they have to deep 6 this latest waste of time and promos and it's onto the next schmuck. 5. And Eg: Bray Wyatt... look at all the stupid character and gimmick changes they did with that guy trying to interest the fans. I'm pretty damn sure that if Bray Wyatt (his real name-Wyndham Rotunda) had been allowed to dress-speak-wrestle without script, he'd'a been pretty darn good! They have got to get back to the day when a wrestler could buy their own damn costume, use whatever name they choose, and drop the idiotic gimmicks and scripted dialogue. We need originality!!

Don't forget you've got to have long hair and wet it before you get to the ring

I was young once I was really young when I was born -dutch mantell

Bill SnuggleFuss for WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2023

if Corny is ever the boss of a wrestle company, and dutch would be the booker......imagine

Dutch is so right … I’m 57 y/o and grew up in Puerto Rico watching WWC and others. Dutch was and still is a master booker, and a heck of a wrestler. He’s absolutely right in his assessment of today’s pro wrestling. Dutch, … wherever you are, God bless and keep you in good health for many more years!

@dazitmane8905

2 жыл бұрын

What was so good about Dutch's booking ?

@lautheimpaler4686

Жыл бұрын

@@dazitmane8905 well, there has to be SOMETHING... He's the one who booked Gail Kim vs Awesome Kong after all.

@cccCCCccc123ccc

Жыл бұрын

Did you get to watch him wrestle in PR?

@Dutch Mantel, is a funny Character!!

Shoot with Dutch = how the sausages are made.

What year was this?

@leemarshall674

2 жыл бұрын

Think it's 2010 as he mentioned the Nexus debut where they tore up the ring.

What he said about characters is so true. I started watching wrestling (Raw & Nitro) in 1997 & there was so many unique individuals. They weren’t just average Joes’ going through the moves every week. The top faces were over as fuck & the heels were horrible sons of bitches in all the right ways. One storyline could be dark as fuck & on the same show another storyline could have you howling with laughter. But it was the characters at the heart of it all. Throughout the late 90s/early 00s words can’t describe how important those 2 hours were on a Monday night to a whole generation. I stopped watching around late 04/early 05 as I thought it was getting stale. I dropped back into Smackdown in 07/08 as I got told it was pretty good and it was. I stopped watching completely in late 08. I’ve seen clips of WWE since then & just through the clips I can see what a woke, boring shit show the whole thing has become. It’s the get-along gang in that locker room (besides Brock Lesnar). Taker was 💯when he said it was soft. No one has the balls to go and push the envelope with their characters and get the audience to stand up in amazement as Dutch says. It’s a sad state but I hope Triple H gets to make the necessary changes.

Sean looks the most charmed he's ever been by an interview guest.

Wrestling is no different than "Days of Our Lives" or "The Young & the Restless".

DUTCH MANTELL QUOTING "BOTCHMANIA " ITS JUST GREAT

I wonder what Dutch thinks of Danhausen …Definitely an interesting character that made me want too tune into wrestling for the first time in twenty ish years.

@rancidcrawfish

Жыл бұрын

The pip squeak with face paint?

man this is so true

Dutch only communicates in metaphors and analogies lol

Dutch needs to do the booking for the Rockettes. I'd pay to watch Awesome Kong flip out & start rag-dolling dancers 😂

Yes sir I am an avid wrestling fan since the 70s and now is just dying it's sad...I am i m a fan though of AEW for now

I was really really young when I was born 😂

i'm training to be a wrestler watching this has helped me understand the business more

He is Wayne Maurice Keown.

Looks like Corny and Don Frye had a baby and he's all grown up now 😛

Dutch mantel n Bobby jagger were the best tag team n history

Fans need to believe that the hate is real between guys, we don’t want that respect and friendship we want to see someone hate his opponent and make it somewhat believable for kids

Vince is the problem.

Would be funny if this was before Dutch managed swagger and the we the people gimmick be clownin in wwe

@MBM1117727

2 жыл бұрын

It was before

Its such the truth

The gulf between the WWF late 90s to WWE today is beyond measurement... it all started to plummet in the mid 2000s.

Wait fans don't control what is Booked

@1krani

2 жыл бұрын

They do when their ire affects ticket sales.

@jjsentertainmentreviews1842

2 жыл бұрын

@@1krani How

@1krani

2 жыл бұрын

@@jjsentertainmentreviews1842 If fans don't like what is being booked, then they don't buy tickets. If they don't buy tickets, then the booker is told that what they are booking is not selling. And if what they are booking is not selling, then the logical next step would be to change their booking.

RAW = Rarely Any Wrestling

3:23-4:14 😭🤣🤣

Yeah Syracuse

15:59 onwards. If you're not pissing your pants laughing, that's something wrong with you

Once the Monday night war was done, wwe was never the same. I watched week in and out when i could because which person wasn't tuning in from 96 to 00, wrestling was at the top. It just the term wrestling became stale when wwe is only around thriving. Luckily nwa is still around to watch, and aew is definetly got wcw 2.0 vibes. And if I want my ecw fix, well there's atleast 6 or 7 companies I will pay attention to for hardcore wrestling. I'll watch tna before going back to wwe, wwe is the worst.

The visual of kong clotheslining the hell out of the rocketts is hilarious. Thank you Dutch 👏

I never noticed how much Dutch has Jim Cornette-esqe (or vise versa) mannerisms.

this interview had to have happened over ten years ago. wwe has sucked for a long time now.

So, who ever booked the spot were #bige got dropped on his head outside the ring should be fired!

Imagine Raw doing a 3.0...

@MBM1117727

2 жыл бұрын

There was a time when getting a 3.0 would have been extremely disappointing for Raw. (It got over double that a few times in 99)

I think Dutch misses Alan Moores point about giving them what they need vs what they want. If you only give them what they want you can't build any heat. You can't build up a heel. And there is zero drama because the baby face ways wins.

The Alan Moore comment. I can see him saying that about anything written past 2010 to 2012. Due to how bad comic writers just pander to hash tags on Twitter and fb. Where none of the people you are pandering to are buying or reading your work. That's where I agree. But I know what this guy means about wrestling but both are write but they are on different time periods.

The marvel movies are fake but they breed emotion and that is what pro wrestling is missing. Moves mean nothing without psychology

I'm not the biggest wrestling fan and only watch it on and off (mostly off) for over 20 years now, but by goodness this man is talking straight facts! It's why the product sucks!

WWE definitely sucks and has for years. The Attitude Era, and the Ruthless Era made me want to watch WWE. The PG era that we're under is barely entertaining. That's why I like AEW. Much more entertaining. No comedy, or goofy long winded promos. Always a possibility of a heel/ face turn. The fact that the heel almost always wins, makes me root more for the face, and it generates anticipation that the "good guy" could possibly win, but usually gets jumped on by a group.

GOD. DAMN. HE. AINT. LYING. They are sooo generic and bland as fuck. 80s, 90s. it was about characters and those wrestlers selling that character and they were all different.

Pg resting hurt wwe and lack of good talent and gimmicks

imo Wrestling, cars, guitars, whatever...when a company focuses on the bottom line instead of the product, the product becomes garbage. imo

WWF/WWE has always been trash imo.. Always liked the smaller promotions like Mid South,WCW,etc..

Dutch is probably the last wrestler I expected to refer to Alan Moore. I also think he is missing the context of what Moore was saying. Moore was talking about comic publishers and creators feeding the readers the same thing, again and again, until they are numbed to it and either leave or move on inertia. Moore was saying you have to shake them up, from time to time, of which he was a master.

Roddy Piper said it best. He used to say he listened to the fans on the way to the ring to determine what he was going to do. JBL once mentioned that Eddie Guererro used to do something similar. There isn't this anymore, WWE is Hollywood meaning it sucks now. Its just a reboot of what wrestling was when it was good but without the guys and gals who made it good.

@nomnomnommy2955

2 жыл бұрын

Hollywood now? It was Hollywood in the 80s , hogan in rocky, Andre in princess bride, piper in movies, mr t, cindy lauper, etc

@MrRabiddogg

2 жыл бұрын

@@nomnomnommy2955 the difference is in the ring. when they worked the ring, it was believable. Now its not.

It sucks so badly now because Vince only hires KIDS on roids. So never again will you get to enjoy a dusty Rhodes or milk Foley or other larger wrestlers. Now he only shoves roided up children on the show who all try to act EXACTLY alike. When they aren't boring us with roid kids they're making us laugh with all the horrible women's wrestling. Nothing funnier then watching a girl try to use the ropes. When they come off the ropes they don't even move because they don't weigh enough. Haha. When a match would come on I would use that as an opportunity to go tk a piss or channel surf always forgetting to change it back. I stopped watching a few years ago because its so bad now. AEW is just as bad...even worse now. R.I.P. WWE

Dutch is a little off when tackling Moore's quote.

Wresteling was entertaining and funny....in the last 15 years is unwatchable

Well, Dutch, Alan Moore was talking about ART, not mere entertainment. True art is there to break the trance and offer a unique perspective. That ain't wrestling.

Take Dutch over cornette every time.

@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736

2 жыл бұрын

Cornette is pretty well versed in this business too.

Great video… but unfortunately Dutch is too… simple, I guess, to understand what Alan Moore was getting at

@getmetothegeek4066

2 жыл бұрын

Oh right. Please explain.

@asoncalledvoonch2210

2 жыл бұрын

No he's not. He's spot on.

@MattAlbie

2 жыл бұрын

@@getmetothegeek4066 Giving people what they think they want is how you get The Rise of Skywalker. People are fucking idiots. Most of them don't know the first thing about what they want.

@MattAlbie

2 жыл бұрын

@@asoncalledvoonch2210 Like I said. Most people are simple.

@asoncalledvoonch2210

2 жыл бұрын

@@MattAlbie Nah. Most people are cocky know nothing know it all wannabes who think they are Yoda. 🎯

Dutch isn't wrong, but just like everybody else, he doesn't have any answers on how these lessons can be applied in today's wrestling world. The territories are dead. Kayfabe is dead. Tell me one thing you would do to make wrestling better without trying to turn back the clock, which is the laziest answer.

@nomnomnommy2955

2 жыл бұрын

Make territories again