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@BoereViking

Жыл бұрын

Spectacular video as always. How about the evolution of finishers/match finishes video?

@ChaosMechanica

Жыл бұрын

I love that Andy continues the truth about El Generico across multiple videos. This is the best wrestling channel

@alexgeorge501

Жыл бұрын

Real American: the Hulk Hogan story

@BIGETV.

Жыл бұрын

you didn't put in the miz with his unmasking

I love how EVERYONE, KZread, WWE, AEW, Indies, still maintain the fact that El Generico can't be Sami Zayn

@fodspeed

Жыл бұрын

Well he isn't, it stupid to even think that

@louhani6712

Жыл бұрын

I mean its fact El Generico died a few years ago in a fire at his orphange. Sami payed his repects to his family.

@lanceortmann4157

Жыл бұрын

I heard El Generico was hunted down by the cartel, killed,and found in a roadside ditch.

@six65nine

Жыл бұрын

Sami was trained by Generico, that explains the similarities in styles.

@themetalreaperttv

Жыл бұрын

because its meta or hip to maintain kayafbe, when sammi himself has siad in a couple of interviews he knew it was time to tkae off the mask, and when wwe signed him and vince wouldnt let him keep the gimmick, he decided to kill off the old and start the new, but some fans are sumb and wont let it go.

It’s important to remember how special Rey is. Normally, if a luchador loses his mask, he is unable to put it back on. The fact that Rey was able to do so is very rare.

I'll never understand why Eric Bischoff and Kevin Nash wanted to unmask Rey Mysterio in his WCW days. Thank you Andy for the new video 🤩🇵🇷🌟

@WRESTLEWITHANDY

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate you man, enjoy the vid🤘🏻👊🏻☝🏻💪🏻

@k-lee481

Жыл бұрын

​@@WRESTLEWITHANDY Thanks ❤

@eddiejoewalt7746

Жыл бұрын

because it was WCW and NWO was big news there plus with EDDIE TRying to make a point with LWO!

@smac919

Жыл бұрын

Eric and Kevin did a lot of good influential things, but they also did a bunch of really stupid and damaging things lol

@JuanGomez-ke5py

Жыл бұрын

@@WRESTLEWITHANDY why didn't you put the higher power

Kane's unmasking was iconic

@suoquainen

Жыл бұрын

Logan Creed did it other around and as he was putting his mask on he created the most serious Kane like gimmick ever and stepped up into Kane's footsteps being now the most feared wrestler around the world known now as "Krule". Most people may know him as Mads Krügger from MLW, where he had a similar gimmick.

@insomniacbritgaming1632

Жыл бұрын

Kane was the worst unmasking ever. Totally ruined his character

@suoquainen

Жыл бұрын

@@insomniacbritgaming1632 I think so too.

@alwaysxnever

Жыл бұрын

@@insomniacbritgaming1632 it looks absolutely silly. Could have done it a bit better.

@Evan-dm3si

Жыл бұрын

@@insomniacbritgaming1632it worked, the capitalization on it was mid at it came. the character with slow chemical was the sh*t but Vince ruined it per usual

Im sorry but in no way Sami was EL Generico...Plus I hear Generico passed it was on the Invisable man 2 pod cast.

No Tiger Mask II is sad. His unmasking was probably the most historically significant.

@yuhin4694

Жыл бұрын

Channel's wresting knowledge is limited to WWE & WCM mainly.

el generico was actually murdered by sami zayn. 🧟

@TSKyanite

Жыл бұрын

No way. Not with how Generico raised him in the orphanage and taught him how to wrestle

@endless3cho

Жыл бұрын

Clone or twin, or triplet?

I actively try to not look up or see wrestlers without their masks. Like I have no clue what Rey Fenix or Penta look like, and Im going to keep it that way lol.

I remember when Kane unmasked in 2003 and then he turned into a monster. Burning JR, Electrocuting Shane McMahon’s balls and almost burning RVD. That was the best version of Kane in my opinion.

@elleni-41

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100 percent..😂😂

@lobsters12111

Жыл бұрын

The image of him angrily looking down at Bischoff after he chokeslammed him off the stage as raw went off the air is ingrained into my mind

@insomniacbritgaming1632

Жыл бұрын

Not even close. 1997-2001 Kane

@tonygates4902

Жыл бұрын

Scared the shit out of me as a child lmao

@matthewgriffiths6590

Жыл бұрын

Glen did a great job with kane

When I saw Rey unmask in WCW I thought he was 10 years old lol

@OptimumTaurus

Жыл бұрын

.... which is precisely the reason it was the wrong thing to do. But.. WCW

You can't have a 'greatest unmaskings' video without mentioning Mitsuharu Misawa taking off his mask as Tiger Mask II which kickstarted his peak years in AJPW

@jk6971

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, if it's not WWE, WCW, TNA or AEW it's simply not in the scope of this channel. Gotta make room for the CM Punk mask story, you see.

@teddycaliendo6744

Жыл бұрын

@@jk6971 cry harder nerd

@Minimania18

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Most of these are just “guy puts on mask, guy loses mask” with no history or consequences to losing the mask, with many of these storylines created with the sole purpose of someone losing their mask.

I honestly hate looking at pictures of Rey's face. I prefer to just pretend like I don't know what he looks like and that he never had to take his mask off yet. I feel like I'm being disrespectful when I look at his face right now. His unmasking was bullshit.

@mtk2fitness208

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

Both Punk and Big show's reactions to the unmasking will always make that clip hilarious to me. But one of my favorites was the Abyss/Joseph Park story because Joseph genuinely look like such a nice guy opposed to the sadistic monster, Abyss. He was so good playing both ends and blurring them together.

The thing is Rey didn't want to lose his mask but he was forced to and Konan was very pissed with it

Hurricane's mask is still my favorite. So cool

As far as the whole history of wrestling, El Santo needs a mention. He was a cultural icon in Mexico that went beyond just wrestling and as far as I know only unmasked once on TV.

@jk6971

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, if it's not WWE, WCW, TNA or AEW it's simply not in the scope of this channel. Even in the full length bios they barely talk about a performers come-up in indies and international promotions before they get to WWE etc.

@kennycai8695

Жыл бұрын

El Santo was already retired, and unfortunately, nearing death as well when he removed his mask to show his face on public TV. I am serious, El Santo passed on a week after that.

Kane is easily the biggest unmasking. WCW just liked to bully the luchadores around and losing their masks hurt them more than it helped them. Kane had a whole new wrinkle added to his character and is arguably his best run.

Not only did Eric Bischoff not understand the marketing potential of wrestlers wearing masks, he also didn't understand the meaning or importance of the masks to the Luchadors wearing the masks.

Andyyyy!!!

@WRESTLEWITHANDY

Жыл бұрын

☝🏻

How dare you make false accusations of the great El Generico being Sami Zayn?🤣

@cyberslayer8076

Жыл бұрын

😐

@Evan-dm3si

Жыл бұрын

@@cyberslayer8076yea the running gage isn’t funny anymore

I remember Rey went unmasked in WCW for bit He should have kept it on

Nothing tops the shockmaster's unmasking

This channel is consistently my favorite pro wrestling channel. So consistent with solid uploads, keep it up!

Class video! Don’t think I’ve ever used one so gonna get one next time I play!

Interesting theory behind Generico being Zayn, completely baseless, but interesting.

Man I know wrestling can be ridiculous sometimes. But Sami Zayn being El Genérico?! That’s LUDICROUS

@TSKyanite

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! It seems especially heartless now that Generico has passed on. He got all of the kids out of the burning orphanage, but couldn't get himself out in time

@cyberslayer8076

Жыл бұрын

😐

I remember the Rey Mysterio un masking, and remembered when Kevin Nash was telling him to put it back on and put it on his own head. I hated Kevin for that as a kid smh 🤦🏽

@RyanRumbles434

Жыл бұрын

Big Kev still rules 😂

Dude I love your channel keep up the great video cheers andy

@WRESTLEWITHANDY

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it mate, hope you enjoy the vid 🤘🏻💪🏻👊🏻☝🏻

El Generico is working in an orphanage in Mexico and has nothing to do with Sami Zayn.

@kevwwong

Жыл бұрын

Not exactly true. He was Zayn's mentor.

Thanks 😊 for the such a good video👌

Kanes unmasking was legendary.. Definitely my favorite.. Great work Andy..👍👌

@WRESTLEWITHANDY

Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest of all time for sure, appreciate you, hope you enjoy the video 🤘🏻☝🏻👊🏻💪🏻

Great topic! I can respect the fantasy booking regarding Generico and Zayn, but a nice, fun video overall!

Zami is El Generico? No!!!!!!!!

@RyanRumbles434

Жыл бұрын

I like that Google translates it to The Generic 😂

Psicosis lost his mask to Rey Misterio Sr. The match against Rey Jr. was originally scheduled as a mask vs. mask, but due to Rey losing his mask, it was rescheduled as a title match. After the match, Psicosis unmasked because he felt it was the honorable thing to do since that was what was promised to the fans in attendance.

I never knew there was such thing as a Lucha Council. Very interesting!

The thumbnail was Rey Mysterio in my notifications. El Generico and Sami Zayn also are 2 completely different people.

WCW did do good with the cruiserweights. If the they were only booked for the opening matches. Juvi Juice was one of my favorites.

Great video

I've never seen Rey Mysterio without a mask, and never will

I didn't know about masked Punk. He actually looks awesome.

Before all this there was Kendo Nagasaki on the British circuit he was unmasked twice first in a match against Big Daddy in 1975 Kendo's manager George Gillette quickly gave him a spare . The second unmasking came in an in ring retirement ceremony in the mid 80's . The man behind the mask was Peter Thornley .

Today was the first time I heard of the "Lucha Council". Not sure if the presenter was kidding or not but this is something I'll have to look into more!

@miguelvillarreal1442

Жыл бұрын

He was not. He was likely referring to the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre," which enforces unmaskings and fines wrestlers that don't adhere to the unmasking rules.

2:34 he was only in the HOF once, this past April in WWE's HOF class of 2023.

@rockarola55

Жыл бұрын

He is also in the AAA Hall of Fame and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter HoF, so he *is* a triple HoF inductee.

Thank For The Video 🙊🤯🥰💕😍👍

Really no Pentagon Jr. demasking included? I'm pretty sure that his unmasked look was the most surprising the last 2-3 years.

Dang, awesome vid man, did a fantastic job! I grew up playing WCW/NWO REVENGE and watching the attitude era! Those were some good days! I still play on my N64

@WRESTLEWITHANDY

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it, attitude era was the best, everything for N64 was awesome, loved Mania 2000

Crazy that the hurricane was most memorable as a super hero and a boy band parody

THE JUICE😂😂😂Juventu's greatest gimmick

I love Sin cara’s origanal wwe mask

1999 WCW was my first exposure to wrestling so I actually really liked unmasked Rey. Didn't even know he wore a mask until I played WCW revenge

Yeah, good video

Joseph Park was funny. I lost my shit when he was in-character at WWE one night with AJ Styles. Wished that continued.

I loved Joseph Park

I’ll be here for when Tempest loses his mask 😂

The intercontinental champion should be required to go to other continents and wrestle that countries champion or sometimes host his opponent in the U.S. (always retaining of course) it being the "intercontinental" title and all. It would be a good way to introduce new characters too.

🎉

Psychosis deserved better than riding a lawnmower . He is still one of my favorite Luchadores ever . He actually came to my house after an indie show ! He was cool as fuck .

LA PARKA !! THE CHAIRMAN OF WCW !!

If you wanted to mix this list up a bit you could have added the time Kendo Nagasaki (Peter Thornley) unmasked himself, probably one of the first unmaskings.

@robertclark2253

Жыл бұрын

Before the official unmasking in the mid 80's Big Daddy unmasked Kendo during a match in 1975 . Kendo's manager , George Gillette , quickly gave him a spare . This match and the official unmasking are on KZread .

Please do a video on abyss

19:03 DAMN !!

I don't know what the hell Eric Bischoff was thinking having Rey Mysterio and other lucha wrestlers unmask. That was a terrible idea. Also, I give an honorable mention to Santos Escobar and Andrade El Idolo.

At least one person here was mentioned as a member of the LWO, but that's enough for me cause the LWO is gonna take over Monday nights! ¡Olalé! ¡La Viva la Raza!

can't believe you missed mankind's unmasking.

NWA's BFT is a tribute to Doom

Unmasking Kane was good for a bit but honestly they could’ve easily reburned him so he’d come back more on his Michael Myers Jason Vorhees horror movie slasher strength and damage. And woulda still kept his face burned and not that crap “psychological burns” they came up with on the fly

Sami Zayn is just El Generico's biggest fan. They are NOT the same person

Dude 😎 El Generico is in Mexico

13:08 I never realized how pointy of a nose Matt Hardy had. I didn’t even realize this was him with Helms.

I love how everyone keeps kayfabe alive when it comes to El Generico and Sami Zayn. Granted, they're not the same person, but I'll entertain the idea.

From the early days you have to have Tony Atlas and Mr Wrestling 1. Big by any standard

Juventud Guerra literally pulled a "Oh No Hes Hot" on Jericho with his unmasking.

Does anyone remember when hulk hogan wore a mask and called himself Mister america. Same with dusty Rhodes wore a mask And called himself the midnight cowboy. At least I think that's what he he called himself.

Eric literally dropped the bag on most of these...

Juvi did ok without his mask . I still hated their unmasking though . I liked Doom in the masks too , even though damn near every wrestling fan knew or could have a damn good idea who they were !

can you guys do a video on 3 minute warning

Bischoff's obsession with unmasking was crazy. Unmasking Rey, Juvi etc was just dumb.

I honestly thought that Sami Zayne would bring El Generico back for his match against Reigns in his hometown.

Everyone knew who Doom was… good ol JR outed them like the first time they wrestled under the masks 😂

When Rey lost his mask, he became little Conan, and Conan wasn't even over. Rey was more popular than Conan before he lost his mask.

Kane 2 unmasked was silly

Looking at young Rey mysterio, and looking at Dominic now they look damn near the same lol

kinda backstory about the Misticos Jorge Arias Rodríguez created the Original Mistico and participate in a tournamet with Mexico Luchador Legends There the CMLL (biggest Mexico Lucha Company) stole the character and design to give it to Ignacio Alvirde​​, ther he become a Cena Level Star in Mexico, by Cena Level Star i mean they feed him with any uppercoming star and give him unnecesary victories "Mistico Wins lol" then Jorge Arias Rodríguez went to USA and become Hunico begin working in wwe Mistico become such a huge star that Uncle H want him to become the Next Rey Mysterio, but the now Sin Cara NEVER learn English and as we remember didnt go to FCW to learn/adapt the wrestling style then the story as we know... they tried the 2 Sin Cara Storyline to get him over, but failed After Sin Cara (Ignacio Alvirde) got released, they tried to redeem the character give with someone who actually knew wrestling style and give it to Jorge Arias Rodríguez

I mean, didn't Rey mention that when he got his mask removed, he shortly after became the "giant killer" as he had matches with Nash, The Giant and all them and became more of a legitimate threat in the long run? I mean, sliding down the card sure, but he defs became more popular/credible from that.

The higher power

El Generico will rise again

Sadly I still remember Rey's unmasking in WCW. Unnecessary at the time. At least he got to do that with Konnan.

10:30 I heard AAA demanded WWE because CM punk mask look a lot like the one of one their own (Sexy star, a female luchadora). Thats why WWE quit that angle.

I literally forgot Teddy Long was dooms manager

Did dude say hep c phil 😂😂😂

rey mysterio!

2:31 He's a 3 time hall of famer?????

FIIIIIRST

@WRESTLEWITHANDY

Жыл бұрын

☝🏻

Rey is so cute😊

I had no idea Teddy Long managed Doom.

@CMDHistoria

Жыл бұрын

Also the big bodyguard that was with Woman and Doom is the guy who played Sabretooth in the first X-Men movie (Tyler Mane)

Konnan should be on here too. He was able to be successful with and without the mask

I love unmasked Rey. I wish he took it off for the HOF

How about the unmasking of Mankind to reveal *gasp* Mrs. Foley's baby boy?

Kane number 1