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@GryHen-pg9iy

14 күн бұрын

Since Shelton is working everyone, why not me.... Chris, book Gary KZread vs Benjamin lol

@Boogerman9047

14 күн бұрын

Not gonna lie but Kofi in ladder matches reminds me of Shelton Benjamin, even Woods and so many others that follow. I think that's something I'm glad you brought up 👆Genius, Benjamin is Peak performance, Peak

@DjCp3o420

12 күн бұрын

Interview ideas 💡🤔 Sharkboy, Icp, Peter Avalon

@stevenbarrera2098

12 күн бұрын

Vw4a3s2afsqwsá​@@Boogerman9047

I think Shelton Benjamin is in serious conversation for the most underrated wrestler of all time. He's up there with Dolph Ziggler for sure.

@joshkroza1369

15 күн бұрын

Dolph is higher up for me because they actually gave him a world Title run and after injury they never let him have a run again, both are insanely underaged and should have had multiple world title runs

@SB-ou5yp

14 күн бұрын

He's league ahead of Dolph. Dolpg is not as good as everyone says. Shelton had great matches and never needed to oversell

@nlvassassin

14 күн бұрын

I would agree Shelton is the true

@jaeleekizer4914

14 күн бұрын

Yo wasn't it Shelton that came up with running up the second ladder an jumping to the outside I my facts is right Than yes he's way underated

@Broncoburger

14 күн бұрын

That award goes to cowboy Bob Orton.

Shelton Benjamin Is Truly Underrated.

@434Saibot

14 күн бұрын

No arguments here👍🏽

@frank-bmtz

14 күн бұрын

Absolutely.

@tyronejohnson2681

13 күн бұрын

Facts

@princenoreally

12 күн бұрын

My favorite wrestler

Before anybody comes with the lame excuse of "Shelton was never a World Champiin because he had no mic skills, no charisma etc" let me remind you that Jack Swagger, The Great Khali & Jinder Mahal are all former World Champions in WWE. The fact that Shelton has more charisma in his baby toe than those combined, coupled with his freakish athleticism & in-ring ability throughly debunks that tired argument. He hasn't given the opportunity because someone or several people didn't want him to have it. Period. Whatever the reasons for that were, whether you believe race was involved or maybe he just didn't kiss enough a** backstage, its a damn shame either way that a generational talent like his was wasted for so many years.

@daviddalda6856

15 күн бұрын

yeah i will like shelton as world champion better than khali swagger kofi or dolph ziggler

@miraclesage8622

15 күн бұрын

I always personally thought that Shelton had tons of charisma, and his mic skills weren't that bad. He didn't have the intensity on the mic that's often seen in top performers but he had enough of everything else to largely make up for it. He also received a nice ovation when he beat HHH and not just any underdog babyface would receive that much of a pop.. I think bad booking was probably the biggest issue for Shelton.

@AcesPlace22

15 күн бұрын

You clearly don't understand how backstage politics work... ya skid mark

@BabyMaharaja0

15 күн бұрын

Jinder haters stay jealous 😂 I like Shelton though and WWE are fool to release Shelton, Jinder, Elias, Jaxson Ryker, Mandy Rose.

@nomercy4life

15 күн бұрын

Its cause he was black

“Ain’t no stopping me now”! T-Bone suplex connected by Benjamin. Man those were the days. Thanks for the podcast.

@ThePc-DjHub

14 күн бұрын

Connected?

@dwf6431

14 күн бұрын

@@ThePc-DjHubprobably meant how it “connected” into a pin fall like you would a fisherman suplex

shelton being in the same ovw class with cena,batista,orton and lesnar still amazes me

@jayw.1042

15 күн бұрын

Yet Vince racist ass still undervalued him. Granted Vince got better since kofis run. Which shocked me when Shelton was fired after Vince

@prettyclassylady6218

14 күн бұрын

I think you're getting him mixed up with his son in law ​@@jayw.1042

@teecakes

14 күн бұрын

Cornette talks about Shelton all the time about how legit a talent he is, puts him in the same category as Lesnar and Cena and wanted the Hurt Business faction to keep going. If it weren't for Vince 🙃

@VegasGangEnt

13 күн бұрын

Hes black

@charmainebucco951

12 күн бұрын

​@@VegasGangEntso is Bobby Lashley whom Vince had a program with. Booker T the living legend is another world HW champion.

Shelton is so good at video games, because he moves through the world with video game physics, while the rest of us are stuck with real world physics. One of my all time favorites, a fantastic performer, and a great guy.

The Hurt Business was one of the greatest things that happened in Thunderdome Era, and it SUCKED that it ended as soon as it did. Like he said, that's something that could've gone on until now; imagine the rivalry with Judgement Day or even the Bloodline! So much potential there

@stopmotionmma3158

14 күн бұрын

FACTS I wonder why they broke it up

@paulcarpenter7844

12 күн бұрын

Allegedly they broke it up because of the bloodline but think of the goddamn matches we would have had Roman lashley MVP Roman and even MVP was a good wrestler

As a trivia writer, the fact Shelton Benjamin won Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Most Underrated for 3 straight years in a row [2005-2007] [and technically Cesaro for 4 straight years: 2013-2016], the company should have taken note of how to make them better while get them at least rated or hold more gold to get them more mainstream.

Shelton Benjamin is no joke my favorite wrestler of all time

As a wrestler wrestler Benjamin is up there with the best of them including Bret, Brock, Dynamite Kid, Eddie Guerrero, Sammartino. Angle and Benoit. This dude has talent and can wrestle and has a collegiate background.

Bobby Lashley, R Truth, Sheldon Benjamin they just don't age it's incredible.

@wayner1170

9 күн бұрын

Black don’t crack lol

@NoContainerNoGas

9 күн бұрын

You cannot tell me WWE isn't racist add booker and you see how they treat the best atheles they have if they have brown skin

should've been World Champion in WWE

@enriquerodriguez7732

15 күн бұрын

Shoulda at least got a ECW world title run

@AzraelDarkness64Gaming

14 күн бұрын

​@@enriquerodriguez7732agree

@ibn1989

14 күн бұрын

Facts

@supertech9257

9 күн бұрын

Should’ve. But he didn’t 🤷🏻

Imagine what company can do with Shelton Benjamin right now ....This man is legendary and a treasure to be a fan to him... The amount of storylines he could have been in is amazing. WWE messed up on releasing him but he does have a multitude of options at his feet...

During the WrestleMania MITB matches Shelton Benjamin was the MVP every single time. Such an underrated talent, Wish that he was in the Main Event picture

@Geraldo-ro9rc

14 күн бұрын

He never developed his character enough.

@CollegeBallYouknow

14 күн бұрын

@@Geraldo-ro9rc He had something going with the Gold Standard gimmick, all he needed was a mouth piece. Imagine Shelton as a Paul Heyman guy.

@lostintheark5728

14 күн бұрын

​@@CollegeBallYouknow💯 He would've been a blk Brock or hybrid of Brock and 2 Cold Scorpio.

@Geraldo-ro9rc

13 күн бұрын

@@CollegeBallYouknow No he didnt lol he just changed his hair color.

@ricogold_

11 күн бұрын

He was def on main event 😆

It’s criminal that he didn’t have at least 1 world title

@velikanovesuze764

15 күн бұрын

He had no charisma.

@malikamadou3433

15 күн бұрын

​@velikanovesuze764 And yet, Jack Swagger, The Great Khali & Jinder Mahal are all former world champions. Shelton having more charisma than those three combined coupled with his in-ring ability debunks that tired argument.

@Kobe24brady12

15 күн бұрын

When would that have been? Seriously.

@moises9090

15 күн бұрын

​@Kobe24brady12 In the late 2000's or early 2010's.

@Adonyx96

15 күн бұрын

@@malikamadou3433 Dude, listen to this interview, he has NO charisma and seems to hate every word that comes out of his mouth.

1:13 listening to shelton talk about how much he liked working with and respected the younger guys on the indies, you can tell he's just a genuinely nice guy that cares about other people.

One of my favourites before I was even a teen. The man himself doesn’t disappoint, and that’s exactly why he got treated badly. He’s a great guy with no bad traits, Vince doesn’t connect with folk like that which said it all really.

AIN’T NO STOPPIN ME, NOWWWWW!

@emmanueltemilade2547

15 күн бұрын

Song was literally just on my mind when watching the intro 😆🙌🏾 Imagine if he came back with it - wonder whether it would get a pop 😂👌🏾

@icestormcrocodilefog

15 күн бұрын

isnt it "you aint stopping me, no!"

@Prosodyy

15 күн бұрын

@@icestormcrocodilefog”ain’t no stopping me,no” lol 😂 but most wwe theme lyrics get jumbled anyways. I know I used to fck Crispen Wah’s theme up until I looked up the lyrics😅

@djtrakakadrunkpoet8598

15 күн бұрын

And his infamous This Close gesture to Triple H was a meme to me

The part he mentioned about being too nice and fighting for himself reminds me of Claudio castignoli. Their in-ring work was the best ever, mic work or charisma? They didn't have enough of. Hope shelton goes to AEW or NJPW

Shelton Benjamin just admitted he watched The Incredible Hulk live action tv show. The fact he drops David Banner and not Bruce Banner is proof of this. Bruce's name was changed to David for the TV Show. While pointless to the interview it just was a neat little trivia thing.

I haven't been into wrestling for more then 10 years but I do remember how talented Shelton is. His someone that can follow in mavens footsteps and start a youtube channel and all the fans that stopped watching back then would come and support him.

@h3cz_

13 күн бұрын

hell yeah

I’m loving all these Chris. You really have done so much within the wrestling community and getting the right interviews. You’re one of the best Chris. Shelton is excellent and always enjoy what he has to say.

The more I hear these interviews with wrestlers that got released the more I feel better hearing they’re fine and can take advantage of the time. I have no doubt Shelton will find his way back or live his best life.

One of my top 5 favorites as a kid. As I’ve grown older, I’ve truly realized what this man is able to do in the ring People want bring up world championships. But let me tell you, people that know wrestling, know this guy is a hof. Know he’s foreal one of the greats. This interview is great and I hope and pray to see him back in the wwe again.

Thank you for dropping this interview on my son’s (MJ) Birthday. He is only 3, so we’re still watching pre WWE Era and a lot of Old School WCW. But mannn ohhh Mann, I can’t wait to show him the Gold Standard.

It's a damn shame how the wrestling industry has treated Mr. Benjamin. He is the best pure athlete on any wrestling roster. Benjamin is a hybrid of Kurt Angle & Michael Jordan for pure athleticism. Shelton is a five tool top athlete. The only thing to me that he may be lacking in is his promos but him with Bobby Lashley in the hurt business was awesome. Somebody definitely has it against Shelton bc he should have had so many runs with the world title. In my opinion Shelton Benjamin is the most underrated undervalued wrestler I have seen who has most certainly been held back. Somebody at the top decision making is JEALOUS. Max Caster can shut his mouth disrespecting Shelton who has more talent in his pinky finger than Max Caster will ever have!! Max Caster = JEALOUS INSECURE Mark!

Throughout 2013-2016 Shelton was apart of Suzukigun in NJPW and NOAH. Would love to see him return to NOAH's roster.

Ain’t no stopping Shelton Benjamin Now

Shelton deserved so much better!

@h3cz_

13 күн бұрын

he's still the goat regardless if he is in the WWE or not.

Shelton gave the perfect answer for Max Castor!!!

@mychaeljones7526

12 күн бұрын

9:52

@martinputt6421

12 күн бұрын

Only partially. The first part made sense while the second part about Max not being a household name is nonsense.

@uriahedwards

22 сағат бұрын

@@martinputt6421The term “household name” has no real meaning anymore in the age of social media algorithms. Most people have no idea who Max Castor is.

Shelton Benjamin’s journey in WWE has been nothing short of legendary! From his incredible matches to his memorable moments, he’s a guaranteed Hall of Famer. And that Shawn Michaels match? Pure gold! 🤩👏 #WWE #SheltonBenjamin #HBK

Shelton Benjamin’s Ringwork was underrated. One of the first to introduce the technical and springboard aspects of wrestling in the R.A Era. A true journeyman for the company. 👍🏽

I wonder this is a part two or a separate interview but thank you CVV for making this one as a *"Gold Standard"* interview with *"THE GOLD STANDARD"* Shelton Benjamin himself, nothing and no one can stop him anyway to making a constant *"Gold Standard"* interview with everyone he wants

He would be such an asset as a trainer. I think his mic skills were the only thing that held him back. In the ring he was top tier though. WWE would be doing their new guys a disservice by not having Shelton around to train with. AEW might use him right. This guy can make anybody look good.

@DynastyIcon

15 күн бұрын

AEW never uses anyone right brotha... AEW is where careers go to die

@yurp7643

10 күн бұрын

@@DynastyIconI disagree swerve built hisself into a star . If he goes back to wwe he’s inserted into the top of their card imo . Swerve could work with Rollins , Drew , Punk , Gunther without a doubt .

Mad respect to Shelton. Years ago, I got to watch a tag match with him, Charlie, Eddie, and Chavo. Easily the best I've seen live. They all treated it like their Wrestlemania even though this was just a small house show.

Crazy what WWE did to the Hurt Business. They didn’t want them to be bigger and more dominant than Evolution lol.

He may never one a major title in WWE but he had a lot of great moments and should be in the Hall of Fame.

Shelton Benjamin was the reason I became a wrestling fan again. Definitely underutilized undervalued one of the best to ever do it. He's on my Mount Rushmore 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Vince scrapped The Hurt Business cause he did not want this man to breakout in superstardom & nothing will conVince me otherwise

You can tell that Shelton is articulate, and well spoken just in the first few minutes of the interview. His body language, humility, and overall demeanor points to him being a grounded dude. The interviews that have been posted since a month or two ago have been excellent Chris. Keep it coming my brother. Idk when the appropriate or perfect time would be, but since the re-inception of Bo's portrayal of Uncle Howdy I'd be super interested in hearing that conversation.

We need a Shelton Benjamin world title run

The fact we didn’t get a prime Shelton Benjamin and cm punk match at mania is insane that would of probably stole the show

@hhh9651

13 күн бұрын

The fact that Shelton never had a singles match at WrestleMania is a shame. He was IC Champ during a couple of Manias too

Remember watching him and RVD at backlash 06, was by far my favorite match of the night. Still have my Carlito Wig from that night.

Thanks chris for another amazing interview with one my favorite wrestlers Shelton is amazing

I thought the Max Caster stuff was a work. If Max was legitimately throwing a tantrum then he’s gone down in my estimation.

It is beyond ridiculous that Shelton Benjamin is not on the WWE roster. He is a gifted athlete and an extremely hard worker. Shelton was rarely used the right way in his career with WWE You may not want to hear this but I feel that the reason for that is simply the color of his skin. This man even at this point is more talented that a lot of the young guys who are on the WWE roster at the present time.

If only the Gold Standard Shelton Benjamin exists in this day and age via social media, he might get the push he deserves.

@TheRealVerbalAbuser

14 күн бұрын

They are too racist for that. Look at Bobby Lashley.

What an awesome conversation! I had the pleasure of meeting Shelton at Wrestling Revolver earlier this year. Really great guy

Shelton Benjamin in NJPW would be great.

@timothyholland2927

14 күн бұрын

He was there in the late 2000’s going into the 2010’s, during the inception of Suzuki-Gun.

CCV is the Gold Standard of these wrestler interviews. AIN'T NO STOPPIN' CHRIS NOW!

Shelton is an amazing technical wrestler, one of my favs esp during his tag run with haas. The fact he can still go is amazing.

Shelton was always so consistent! Consistently brilliant, he was so athletic and made things look so easy

I havent seen anyone mention it yet but if anyone isnt a fan of this man you need to go watch the match he had with HBK. It was a normal monday night Raw match that had all the feel of a great ppv match. I was blown away. Me and my dad were on the edge of our couch watching it.

WWE Had gold with Shelton they had it in their hands. household name that fans would respect to be a top top guy. But I still enjoyed growing up watching this guy.

Happy belated birthday Shelton!

Met Shelton when I was a kid and he was a really cool guy

Really great interview. I always loved Shelton. He always seemed like a really cool down to earth guy

Thanks chris for keeping all the premium quality content on your channel and not dragging it elsewhere where the access is not always possible. 🎉🎉

Oh snap! Great timing, happy birthday Shelton!

Wow a Shelton Benjamin interview on his birthday that’s crazy thank you for your work Chris !!

Shelton Benjamin is the highlight of my favorite WWE live event I ever attended. He was in the opening tag match with Cedric vs Rey & Santos. Shelton worked the crowd into a fervor and was a joy to watch work live

I just appreciate that CVV doesn’t interrupt his guests and he lets them speak freely!

Thanks Chris . I’m a senior in high school through other people’s interviews you’ve done and hearing you story that made me do something similar and I got a internship with a local professional basketball team I am interested in sports analytics. Because of you, you inspired me to reach out and get a head start on my potential career.

I point out to my wife that one of the greatest performers to ever get in a WWE ring is from orangeburg whenever I see the exit while passing through SC

@J_Mc1

14 күн бұрын

Seems like a great guy as well

ANOTHER GREAT INTERVIEW MAN SHELTON WAS THE BOMB SHAME UNDERUSED DUDE WAS GOOD IN THE RING AND WORKED WELL AND DUDE LOOKS BETTER THEN MOST WRESTLERS TODAY DUDE IS HUMBLING AND KIND

One of my favorites growing up, legit one of the first wrestlers I think of when I think about MITB.. his spots back in the day when it was still at mania were amazing

I have a vivid memory of The Gold Standard working a house show getting heat right out the gate. He grabbed a kid’s program book and tore it and sent it to the other side of the aisle. Security grabbed the kid a new one but I just loved it cause nobody else was doing stuff like that!

The spot Shelton was referring to was at WM 22 in the mitb match, it was a sunset flip to Bobby lashley with Matt Hardy and finley assisting into a triple powerbomb from the ladder, the spot sounds crazy but Shelton feet were touching the mat and he was selling like he couldn't powerbomb him after the sunset flip and Matt & finley came through with the assist.

51:58 The look you gave Shelton when he told you that ladder spot was his idea 😂😂 Just pure GOLD!!! No pun intended. Also this was a great interview, Shelton is wise beyond his years and he put the work in. He’s definitely Hall Of Fame material.

Chris just keeps hitting it with these interviews. Love it, thanks for the hard work put in to this and thank you for getting some of my favorite people in your podcast, awesome (:

My favourite wrestlers of all time were Jericho and Shelton - different reasons obviously but recently with the news about Jericho. Shelton is now my standalone favourite. My favourite ever mania moment will forever be him running up the ladder. He’s so underrated, underused and under appreciated.

LMAO from 'I don't know who Max Caster is, he shouldn't be worried about me taking his spot' to 'Yeah, I'm willing to work with Billy Gunn' in less than an hour, legendary.

@adelpvptv7630

14 күн бұрын

Max Caster's interview got 37k views in 3 month Shelton Benjamin got 20k in 5 hour Shelten can teach young people with his long experience, but he can also learn something new from older wrestlers who have a longer career than him Two different questions with answers that may seem contradictory to each other

@S0ulEaTeR1012

14 күн бұрын

​@@adelpvptv7630tied at 37k now

@xS1D3SW1P3x

14 күн бұрын

Billy Gunn is actually known

@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa669

13 күн бұрын

Eh you men are weird​@@adelpvptv7630

Imagine him and Paul Heyman together. Deserved to be world champion!

Great interview

Happy Birthday Shelton you posted this interview on his Birthday!! 🎊 Love Shelton!!!

I love this interview. Thank you Chris for another great conversation. You’re the best. Now I’m at home doing dream matches with Shelton Benjamin on 2K23. Waiting to get 2K24 for my birthday. 🤞🏻Thank you Shelton Benjamin for all you’ve done in the biz of pro wrestling, looking forward to seeing what you do in the future. We love you man.

Great interview Chris! Shelton is a FANTASTIC TALENT

I remember when he debuted as a member of Team Angle! Such a talent!

One of the most underrated names in the wrestling business

Shelton is one of the very few guys I'd actually consider watching AEW TV for. Lovely guy and he's so damn good in the ring.

Sheldon looks incredible. Another amazing talent wwe writers didn't use well at all. Love that the interview is inside a ring.mThat holds so much character

one of my all time favs still doing it is amazing

Shelton looks frigging great! Really nice guy too, very respectful. Shocked WWE hasn't hired him back for some role, i bet he would be super easy to work with.

watching this, u can just tell shelton has a good heart. I hope WWE brings him back on their team

Shelton is one of the best wrestlers WWE has ever had. Everyone talks about Bryan Danielson and Kenny Omega. Shelton smokes them. He's trained with Brock Lesnar he's truly a gold standard. He shoulda been world champ based on wrestling alone

Shelton said, he is still under the learning tree

Shelton is underselling himself a lot. Just like Brock, he too is a freak athlete and has done some amazing things in the ring. He should’ve been a world heavyweight champion at least once. Just like Lashley should be a champion more than he has been

Anyone who thinks Shelton can't cut a promo. Find some of his NJPW or ROH stuff. When he's allowed to flow he can cut a promo, not to the level of a Stone Cold or Punk but he's capable.

Love to see Him and Charlie have one last run somewhere!

Man!!! This was awesome! I miss Shelton and I want nothing but the best for him. He wasn't lying though. The Hurt business was that shit!

Definitely one of the most underrated wrestlers out there. It’s a shame he never held a world title in WWE.

This guy was an up and coming wrestler for a long time in WWE

you really need to be praised for not just how you handle interviews but the style and the vibe, etc. etc. BUT also who you pick. This was a great interview just like the one year ago. sadly I don’t think many people would choose Shelton Benjamin for an interview, but I’m so glad that you never look at it. This was great

One of the most underrated ever. The man is a stud

He seems like a really chill dude

Poor Shelton Benjamin. Even in this interview he had two left tongues. I'm glad he's been smart with his money and is enjoying the twilight of his career and spending time with family. God bless

Shelton is a legend to me. ALWAYS had great matches

Great interview! Greatest Wrestler!!

One of the most underrated wrestling talents of the last 30 years. Team Angle 4life!