Kane looked pissed that night when he saw Hawk no sell

Loved rvds Hawk impression I'm rolling

The Road Warriors always had an aversion to doing the job because back in the day not only were they a massive guaranteed draw but also there was always another territory to go work for. Unfortunately for them the business had completely changed & old habits definitely die hard.

@omegamark9178

Жыл бұрын

💯! True the road warriors were living legends and certainly shouldn't have been jobbed out like geeks, But on the other hand trying to pull an ultimate warrior/hhh (no-selling the big finisher) wasn't cool either

@pablosanchez6558

Жыл бұрын

@@omegamark9178 UW was a former world champ, Hunter was a midcarder that often skipped leg day at that point

@unlimitedrabbit

Жыл бұрын

Andre the Giant is another example of an industry legend who once ruled the roost and then later felt the wrestling landscape grow smaller around them. Hawk manufactured the demons which dug his own early grave while Andre was simply ill fated due to the circumstances of his birth.

@TomClancy-cq5om

Жыл бұрын

Just like he did

@RobJNathanSings

Жыл бұрын

Great perspective.

Just wanna shout James out for keeping the channel so constant 🤙🏼

@gordonirvine726

Жыл бұрын

Top man

I appreciate RVD not sugarcoating just cause he's dead truth is truth

@geeloco1600

Жыл бұрын

Not everyone who’s dead is a good guy you realize that right

@Ahmed-og2jm

Жыл бұрын

@@geeloco1600 you don't say smh🤦🏽‍♂️ I'm just saying some people act like dead people shouldn't be talked bad about no matter what they do just because they are dead

@geeloco1600

Жыл бұрын

@@Ahmed-og2jm who cares what other people think

@Ahmed-og2jm

Жыл бұрын

@@geeloco1600 Not everyone is an edgy badass like you and some people do care about what other people think dude that's just how society works

@geeloco1600

Жыл бұрын

@@Ahmed-og2jm yup go ahead don’t voice your own opinion like a bitch because you’re scared what others are gonna think? Stay true to yourself clown easy life lesson grow up it’s not highschool popularity contest kid this is real life

Kane and RVD are an underrated tag team. Definitely one of my favorites.

@geeloco1600

Жыл бұрын

Cool story weirdo could have kept that one to yourself, so many attention seeking clowns on here

@mickporter1488

Жыл бұрын

@@geeloco1600 you're the weirdo

@geeloco1600

Жыл бұрын

@@mickporter1488 how? Or are you a white knight coming to save some weirdo with a stupid opinion? Shut up

@travisjohnson6358

Жыл бұрын

Kane and xpac was good too

@pauliewalnuts829

Жыл бұрын

@@travisjohnson6358 Absolutely.

Rob van dam is one of the very few guys in the biz that when he says something you can take it for the truth

@marcuscompton3772

Жыл бұрын

I think you're exactly right! He seems like a genuine good dude that's not gonna take any bullshit from anyone in the room!

R.I.P. Mike Hegstrand

@billysikes1374

Жыл бұрын

Hawk would have killed this middle card punk, IM A BIG STAR, what a moron, The Road Warriors were and still are the greatest tag team of All Time

Watching as a kid I completely missed the no sell, or maybe I just didn't remember it. I just recalled the excitement of them coming back. But seeing it as an adult it was cringeworthy how fast they got up. Not surprising they were let go.

@louio

Жыл бұрын

I was like 12 or 13 at the time, I didn't get it then but I just remember the next day at school talking to a classmate about Road warriors showing up, bro it was crazy even in 2003! Sucks looking back

Awesome story. Thanks everyone involved for bringing this to us

Hawk impression was on point lol!

It’s weird, when I was a kid and saw RVD promos, amazing ring work I always thought he’s one of a kind, pun intended, but never thought he was such a tough guy backstage. That was before I knew he bitch slap Taz back in the ECW days and other shoot interviews RVD did when he didn’t te-sign with WWE. “PICK A HAND!” RVD is a Legend!

@BigJeffIsInTheHouse

Жыл бұрын

Taz didn't think RVD was a tough guy either. He fucked around and found out.

Love how Rob is rolling jays while talking about this 😂

@dennishbergkamp

Жыл бұрын

Guy is an advertisement not to smoke weed. He sounds brain damaged.

@carlodurant87

Жыл бұрын

matchers gotta match you know

I’m loving so much this channel, keep going strong Rene! I used to play with ya on WWE SvR 2005

@maineventmafia1633

Жыл бұрын

Ran through the smack down season mode with him in 2006. Underrated guy to play as his moveset was awesome

The fact that it was BOTH finishes and then got up before rvd. Jesus

RIP Hawk and Animal

Not selling doesn't really make anybody look tough. If you make your opponent look like a real threat to you, then it's a bigger triumph when you win over them. The Road Warriors never understood that. RVD did understand it and was a very generous wrestler. Back in ECW I saw him give a lot of jobbers their best match ever, by letting them get some good shots in. He knew that he'd win the match in the end, and letting the other guy have a good match would make his own win look like a real achievement, since the opponent got to look a bit formidable. Like, CW Anderson -- nobody thought that guy was anywhere close to RVD in skill, but RVD let CW get in some good offensive moves, and sold 'em. It didn't hurt RVD's image at all, helped CW look like a stronger wrestler, and gave the crowd a better show. Rag-dolling some guy who seems to pose no threat at all isn't any great feat. "Squash" matches are never really that good... they're not exciting to watch and they don't look like a real achievement for the guy who wins 'em. Beating up somebody who seems tough, though, that's something.

RVD is so spot on with his impressions lol

He's one of a kind 👊

I can see the Roadies withstanding one finisher or the other as they were always booked as being super durable. But both moves almost simultaneously is nuts.

One thing I love about RVD is he don't sugar coat nothing he tells it like it is if a wrestler was a dick to him then he says how it was

I mean...it's The Road Warriors...

1:57 low-key amazing Hawk impression

Rvd and Paul London. One of my dream matches

@rj5822

Жыл бұрын

RVD and London vs The Motor City MachineGuns

@JoeDMurphy

Жыл бұрын

London? The very short shoot interviewer?

He passed away 5 months after that in October 2003

@cafederene

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was soon after

@Trill_4_Life

Жыл бұрын

@@cafederene it was early October. The tag match with RVD and Kane happened May 2003

some of the best wrestling content on yt

Thanks RVD & Rene

They made a career out of no selling the local guys finisher. That was the point of the road warriors. They come to your territory, take over, and leave with your belts

@captainchainsaw8856

10 ай бұрын

But this wasn't those days anymore.

@jeremyjamm3131

10 ай бұрын

@@captainchainsaw8856 sure it was. With their gimmick you are always in business for yourself. Rvd was a big fish in a trash pond. He got in his ego because he had to work for his W. If you don't want to work with washed up dudes that have a hulk hogan never sell gimmick, don't work in a joke organization that need washed wrestlers to sell tickets

@KClouisville

Ай бұрын

@@jeremyjamm3131 If you don't evolve your gimmick then you won't be in business very long. They should have realized their time had passed. If you wanted WWE type money, then go there and do business.....if not, better get used to working indies.

@jeremyjamm3131

Ай бұрын

@@KClouisville to this day the most successful and dominant team in wrestling history. Yeah. You don't evolve and change for a trash company when you write your own ticket all over the world. Vince begged them to come in, not vice versa. They didn't need to change for Vince lmfao. Some people have no clue wtf they are talking about. Keep scrolling

This channel is great. Just telling the truth

just watched the match. Hawk took his time getting to his feet and acted dazed for a few moments and then walked out. Not the worst no sell ever.

@krakenNation

Жыл бұрын

Road warriors are a bigger draw stop complaining RVD makes you look like an ass since Hawk is dead what a prick you are just drop it

@ComicBookGuy420

Жыл бұрын

For my money the worst no sell was Austin Aries

Paul London, the real White Rabbit coming to WWE

@VictorNewman201

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I wish Paul would come to WWE and fight Prince Puma!

Rvd says pick a hand lol

I vividly remember watching that. Even as a 19 yr old mark I knew that was uncalled for, not surprised we never saw Hawk again

i still remember that moment

hawk no sold EVERYTHING

Dude does great impressions

Hawk in 95 woulda’ snapped RVD’s neck.

@fulljuggaloalbumz2691

Жыл бұрын

Meh

@hiddensword9387

Жыл бұрын

I doubt it, RVD is a highly trained martial artist and Hawk is a roided up pub fighter. Just because Hawk puts on a tough look doesn't mean he is lol Brock Lesnar would make him his bitch. I think sometimes fans get too caught up in the fantasy of wrestling they forget reality.

@jesseihrke4826

2 ай бұрын

​@@hiddensword9387prime hawk in the early 80's was just as big if not bigger than roid boy Lesnar

@georgecosrove3651

Ай бұрын

I seriously doubt it. Randy Savage beat Hawks ass. He's not much bigger than RVD.

😂 I can’t stop laughing at the impression

There’s no denying the accomplishments of LOD. I’ve always had the impression but they were kind of jerks behind the scenes. I say this as a fan of them especially considering the demons everyone knows that Road Warrior Hawk battled throughout his life

@ComicBookGuy420

Жыл бұрын

There's a great story about Verne Gange trying to pay them to legit break Hogan's leg, they warned hulk saying something to the tune of "We're businessmen"

@mykoniichistorychannel

7 ай бұрын

@@marcbasilFans do, apparently.

@IHateBozos

7 ай бұрын

@@marcbasilPeople who had to work with them? tf kind of question is that

@IHateBozos

7 ай бұрын

@@mykoniichistorychannelwhen its reported online, of course they will… you two must be new to wrestling

RVD just always seems like a good guy. No Nonsense about him

Sucks to hear that happened to RVD about the run in 95. I want to say that was when Hawk was still a single which many thought was bad because he would get out of control far more often than when Animal and Precious Paul were around in the 80's and 90's. Liked the match you and Kane had with them both teams got some good offense in. I think the Road Warriors thought the WWE front office wanted them to be the Road Warriors of old kickass and take names when the office was, "no more like help get the younger guys over" sucks it didn't work out that time.

@josephroseo8063

Жыл бұрын

We should had LOD vs Dudleys

@donovanbradford8231

Жыл бұрын

@@josephroseo8063 that would have been awesome

@josephroseo8063

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely close we got was when Animal teamed with Rick Steiner while Scott was out with injury in TNA

@philipjohnson9913

Жыл бұрын

@@josephroseo8063 if I recall they squared off in a brawl during the ECW cross promotion on an episode of Monday Night Raw back in 1997 before the ECW Barely Legal ppv

@josephroseo8063

Жыл бұрын

@@philipjohnson9913 does this footage exist ?

What the hell is wrong with 'James Here!'? Its something.

Sometimes when people are ill, they will go overboard trying to seem tough, especially if they feel threatened. No excuse for bullying, but it sometimes happens.

@Nepthu

Жыл бұрын

The Brawl for All proved Hawk didn't know how to fight. He didn't know how to throw a decent punch. Many tough guys are smoke and mirrors.

@grantmcphee5149

Жыл бұрын

@@Nepthu he was winning his fight against droz who was a much younger man.

@kevthegoat8774

Жыл бұрын

​@@Nepthu Hawk wasn't the toughest but the average man certainly wasn't taking him, an amateur MMA fighter? Yeah sure, also Hawk was like 41 in that fight against an ex NFL football player who was in better shape and arguably won, he still did better against Droz than Bradshaw did.

Who remembers amazing Redd would be cool interview

I wanna see RVD on Steve O's podcast

Mah boy James!!! 🍻

Can't believe they didn't have LOD go over, as a fan tbh. One of the best surprise returns of all time!

@taylormcknight9254

Жыл бұрын

The match should've been the road warriors vs the dudleys. That was the one chance to do it. That year was all about dream matches: hogan vs mcmahon, hbk vs Jericho, goldberg vs rock, they could've had the road warriors vs the dudleys

@IHateBozos

7 ай бұрын

LOD are not defeating Kane and RVD who were the current World Tag Team Champions on Raw in 2003.

@hackattack0154

7 ай бұрын

@@IHateBozos Why the hell not? Nobody gives a shit about RVD/Kane Tag career in all honesty. Just weird having them return in that scenario and NOT win. Could have had them squash somebody else if that's the case...and I love RVD and Kane. But c'mon it's LOD!

My question is for rvd did you ever meet the real Van Damme

Hawk a true legend.

Hawk would have DESTROYED RVD pot smoking never was never will be!

Awwwwwww what a rush!

Hawk no-sold the finish because he was overly excited. It wasn't to big league RVD & Kane or be disrespectful or anything like that.

RVD getting killed by Hawk in a bar fight would have been more entertaining than any of his matches. Hawk was one of the legendary tough guys, RVD was not.

RVDology is A WAY OF LIFE

Hawk is a great example of All show, no brains. He had a killer look, he was convincing, and his gimmick was perfect for him, but his ego sunk his entire career. Wouldnt put anyone over, constantly no-selling finishes and just being an all around asshole backstage when he was wasted. Hawk is only a legend because of Animal. If not for him we wouldnt have even heard about him after the 80s. Its really sad that guys like him self implode all the time.

@krakenNation

Жыл бұрын

Don’t blame hawk he’s part of the greatest tag team ever. RVD is an ass he’s dead just drop it loser

@TheViper-yv6yp

Жыл бұрын

Reminds of someone....Brother.... ;) *Hogan* lol

@mykoniichistorychannel

7 ай бұрын

@@marcbasilclearly not.

@IHateBozos

7 ай бұрын

@@marcbasilwrong.

Any chance we'll see Paul London doing the Rabbit Tribe bit in the future?

the point of the no sell, Hawk was TOUGH, that's how L.O.D worked, when he took a pile driver, he got up, because he and Animal were TOUGH, too tough hence why they got dumbed down in the awful storyline, and they were Old school suited for their time, and wwe always miss used them.

@hiddensword9387

Жыл бұрын

Not in 2003 when they were past their prime. Their timing was sloppy, they were purposely being stiff, it was just a poor match. I don't think they could hang with the fast, smoother style of Kane and RVD and decided to try and put themselves over.

@IHateBozos

7 ай бұрын

tough? no they were dumb

Ah..I forgot that you can superchat w these guys. Should've caught it live

👎 😎☁ 👍

@cafederene

Жыл бұрын

🤟

@pleaseshutup7053

Жыл бұрын

The whole f’n show The whole damn show Mr. Monday night Mr. Thursday night Mr. Friday night. One of a kind

I'm sorry but I have to watch where RVD impersonates Hawk over and over again it's so funny it cracks me up

@wndowpayne

Жыл бұрын

Shawn Michaels impersonation is best

@robertgibbs7513

Жыл бұрын

@@wndowpayne he did a good job on a Shawn Michaels impression too that one's funny

We're eating these clips up

RVD Hell Yeah!

sad .....here was LOD THE HOTTEST tag team in the world and .....then .....they don,t make the audition .....say what you THINK ...... RVD nailed it ...end of the LOD true story

Should ask him next time, how it was to be apart of, Kane unmasking segment.

whats rvd's youtube?

Glad Paul got off his dial up connection lol

The Roadwarriors were both the most over tag team and the most over rated tag team . The Warriors never wanted to realize their time was up . We had seen their best and they were never gonna be that impressive again .

Hawk always pissed me off with that stuff. When he lost matches he would get up before the damn winner. The winners of the match would sell more than he did. He would jump up and hike up his pants like always.

RVD and Kane vs LOD?? When was this??

Hawk was a unique guy even in wrestling. One of my favourite stories is when Ole Anderson was trying to find guys for the Road Warriors gimmick and he lined up a bunch of men and everyone was saying how great it was to meet Ole and then it was Hawk's turn and he said "You think you're a tough guy, huh?" or something like that.

@Nepthu

Жыл бұрын

Hawk wasn't as tough as his reputation implied. The Brawl for all revealed Hawk didn't know how to throw a decent punch.

@jackhughes7637

Жыл бұрын

@@Nepthu LOL true

@Nepthu

Жыл бұрын

@@jackhughes7637 Seriously, his swagger and physique were likely enough to intimidate most guys, but anyone with six months of boxing or MMA training knew more about fighting than he did.

@HkFinn83

Жыл бұрын

Roid rage

@njldst2007

Жыл бұрын

@@Nepthu That's completely unfair to Hawk. Not trying to defend his behaviour, but to judge Hawk's toughness on a sudden shoot tournament he was thrown into that happened at the height of his drug addiction problems and when he was physically at his lowest (he died just 5 years later), not to mention 40+ years old and 15 years into his wrestling career, is highly flawed. I'm not saying he was an elite fighter who could have hung with MMA guys, but Hawk came from the mid-80s when MMA wasn't even a thing yet, and he was legit tough in terms of not backing down in fights and being able to back his bravado, even before his wrestling career, when he used to work as a bouncer.

Thats like, what he did… Hawk no sold everything…

RVD almost told him to pick a foot lol

I never liked RVDs style but he was an awesome athlete .,I thought he was to comic book , but then so was Hawk .

Hawk drank the belts off LOD in WWE

I love RVD. But wth was he distracted with? Was he rolling?

Pick a hand with hawk great show

I fucking LOVE RVD

Hawk's last moments were really sad.

Good day lads

Hey Renee, have you ever played a WWE game online back in the PS2 days?

Not selling was kinda Hawks thing

It's not fair to compare the version of the Road Warriors that were in the ring with rvd and Kane to them in their prime...

Try & get Britt Baker on.

I love rvd he's the man grew up watching him

If rvd had started a fight with hawk he'd probably have beaten him as hawk at that time was suffering liver damage hep c and heart disease

@larrybober6335

Жыл бұрын

2 Cold Scorpio and Hawk got into it in North Korea. And Hawk was not the same then

@waxoftriple9

Жыл бұрын

@@larrybober6335 Yep big difference getting in a fight with a fan at a bar versus a legit tough guy.

@InstagramAWrestlingHistorian

Жыл бұрын

@@larrybober6335 There’s always a bigger fish.

@daveycash3479

Жыл бұрын

I think it would be silly to not assume Hawk was tough but I don’t think he would have faired great against anybody with martial arts training of nearly any kind even in his prime. JR told a story of Hawk and Dr Death nearly going at it in the mid 80’s and if that fight actually had went down, I’m not sure Hawk would have held the same reputation afterwards. It’s all speculation and I don’t mean any disrespect but just going over history of how those kinds of fights tend to go.

@steveking1037

Жыл бұрын

Even before the liver damage, Hawk was strong, but he didn’t know how to fight.

Hawk would have demolished you DVD!

Poor Animal, being reduced to "Johnny's Brother."

@njldst2007

Жыл бұрын

That was Johnny's shtick 99.9% of the time, this is legit the only time I've ever heard of Johnny being the point of reference

I was surprised undertaker sold finishers

I want to hear about RVD punking Taz

That was a raw match correct?

RVD is awesome

Is RVD ok? One side of his face doesn't move very much.

W

All i notice right away is Rob is rolling a joint. lol

It's easy to talk when someone passed away and ain't around to defend himself

@rd6931

2 ай бұрын

Yep. Even dead the Road Warriors will remain larger than life. Just the facts.

The Road Warriors persona was built on not selling.

I can understand with rvd being upset about them not selling things. Honestly how often did the road Warriors sell for anyone?! Don’t get me wrong they should’ve done better if they were actually gonna get rehired that night.! I need to rewatch the match again cause I thought it was decent and fun . I’ve heard or read things about how certain producers put a match together and then tells someone or team to do this without the other talents in the ring on what’s going on.! Soo who knows

Did he no sell a kane toomstone when kane first come in 97-98 also when can was kane version 1 , wrecking machine .gate off cage ???

@ajk

Жыл бұрын

He did.

@Mxyzptlk_Lives

Жыл бұрын

I remember Hawk no selling a piledriver from Kane but then sold the tombstone. I think it was a match between LOD & The Godwinns and the NOA got involved and then Kane made an appearance and attacked Hawk.

As a fan of the Road Warriors since the early 80's when they were in the AWA to sell to certain moves...that's betraying what the Road Warriors were. They no sold certain moves all the time and the crowd popped for it. To not allow a few No Selling moments...that's watering down the team as a whole and not understanding who Hawk and Animal were and why they were legends. I mean seriously...seriously...after they joined the WWF/E they were basically disrespected and ruined by the end of their tenure there. Really really pissed me off to no end knowing what I knew about them in the AWA and the NWA/WCW. In fact..the way the Road Warriors were treated in the WWE in the later years still pisses me off. Good for Hawk for not being a trained organ grinder's monkey.

@HepCatJack

Жыл бұрын

The Road Warrior's first TV match was in 1983, the events described by RVD was in 1995. Older talent are supposed to put over younger talent. It's how the new generation get their street credits for the TV show. Buddy Rogers, Nick Bockwinkle, Harley Race put over Rick Flair when he was starting out. Flair put over Dusty Rhodes, Sting, Ronny Garvin. The win over an opponent isn't impressive if he loses all of the time.

@njldst2007

Жыл бұрын

@@HepCatJack It's one thing to put over some one, it's another to get buried. And brother, the Road Warriors looked like they got buried that night

@HepCatJack

Жыл бұрын

@@njldst2007 the road warriors were also no-selling the Skyscrapers and Dan Spivey & Mean Mark (the Undertaker) were a lot bigger than they were.

@njldst2007

Жыл бұрын

@@HepCatJack But that was the peak of the Road Warriors career, and the Skyscrapers were a very new WCW-only stable, the Road Warriors sold for them when it came time to sell, they just made sure they earned it

@hiddensword9387

Жыл бұрын

Nah you get paid to do a job, WWE does things differently. basically they had a sulk and decided to act like idiots. Plus they weren't in any shape or condition to be no selling a chokeslam and five star frog flash, get real lol

I can't remember hawk selling for anybody

@jimbowlan5804

Жыл бұрын

Not very often but when they were leaving a territory back in the day he would animal did all the time

@grunt-sw8si

Жыл бұрын

They did for Cornette and the Midnight Express.

@ryanjacobson2508

Жыл бұрын

@@grunt-sw8si That's when Animal said that he and Hawk got along well, too. After they left for WWF is when things started to get really ugly for Hawk as you can tell from stuff like showing up to a big match drunk.