@raw1981 hell yeah! Four Horsemen would've been bad ass with Benoit and Norton instead of Mongo. Norton is so much more talented than people give him credit for, and he could've been a great enforcer (no disrespect to Arn) for the Horsemen. sad that his tenure with the nWo was barely more than pitiful
Another excellent vid, SD... I really appreciate the time and effort that you put into creating all of these.
Watching Norton's moves in this vid, it seems pretty obvious that Norton knew exactly how strong he was, and that he could very seriously injure someone if he wasn't careful - it looks like he went to great lengths to protect his opponent from injury, which is commendable. I had never seen him prior to his WCW days, but I don't recall him being as gentle then!
I remember Norton powerbombing one of the cruiserweights in WCW (I think the guy was Japanese) and it look like he broke the poor bastard in half. He just pasted the dude. I can't find the clip but it looked brutal as hell.
I didn't know Norton actually had 10 moves... LOL (just kidding) He's like a human brick wall. He looks like you could shoot him and it would just piss him off. hahaha
Scotty is a really nice guy and a great wrestler too. But personally, I think he was always meant to be in Japan. With a guy that big and strong, you have to expect him to be slower as well. So matching him with smaller guys who could keep up a pace is a good idea. Then they go back and forth between a slow and fast pace. In the US, though, Norton was always put in against other bug guys, so the matches were just boring as hell IMO. He's a hell of a performer though.
dude how old is he really? wikipedia has him as being born in 58', imdb has him being born in 62' i always like to know wrestler's ages and got most of them, but don't know which is his.
I think wiki has it right. He looks incredible for it too. If you'll notice, a lot of the guys who do most of their work in Japan age much more slowly than others. I think it's got a lot to do with the food and the health care personally. Hell, look at Ultimo Dragon. He's still going strong and he's way up there in age. Not sure how old exactly, but I'd be willing to bet he's at least late forties, early fifties by now. And he still looks like he's 25
Another great wrestler who should have been the world champion in the US. Just like Buff Bagwell, Billy Gunn, 2 Cold Scorpio, Arn Anderson, and many others.
@kltiswhoib Scott Norton was a good wrestler. They should've pushed him more in WCW. He would've been a great Horseman, the NWO totally misused him. Arn Anderson should've been world champion. Billy Gunn and Scorpio maybe. Bagwell....Hell no, he sucked!
@leroy592 Bagwell wasn't that bad, Sting was his mentor in 1991/92 and he's been around for a long time. He wasn't one of the best wrestlers ever, but he still deserved the chance at the world title. He had the physique, the skill, the personality, a great finishing move, and he's been in the ring with some of the best. I think he would have made a better champion than Jeff Jarrett, and Lex Luger.
Bagwell sucked! Sting mentored him and it didn't help much. He shouldn't have been in tne NWO, he was one of the too many members who watered it down. He had a physique, I'll give him that. He had an ok personality. What was his finishing move? Who has he wrestled? (Besides tag teams) Better champion than Lex Luger; hell no! Jeff Jarrett... that isn;t saying much. Buff Bagwell was a young Paul Roma... a glorified gym rat.
Bagwell didn't suck, he just made really stupid choices, like when he got the calf implant to be like Sting and it all went wrong, and when he starred in the cinemax latenight film. You're telling me that all the years that he put into wrestling was nothing? I can't agree with that, he was not one of the best ever, but he could have been if had used his full potential. He had the potential to be one of the best, but I guess his stupid choices ruined it.
Oh yeah, his finish was the block buster. He would dive off of the 2nd rope and flip in mid air into a neck breaker. I guess you could call it he flying neckbreaker. It looked really cool and convincing. Some wrestling guru's call it the hat rack smash. Think of Triple H doing his reverse neckbreaker in mid air off of the 2nd rope.
he was funny too, and personally i liked him in the nwo, they needed guys like him too, he and scott steiner were so funny, and he was convincing as heel
guys who shouldnt have been in the nwo were sting, macho man, luger, rude, hennig, ...
nja arn isnt world champion material, buff bagwell isnt either but he could have been us champ
billy gunn, i like him very much, surely us/european/intercontinental titel material, world champ, maybe, but he had to improve for that, proving more as single competitor
@Elfop1ccolo Arn Anderson was world champion material. He wouldn't be on the level of Ric Flair, Hogan, Undertaker, Stone Cold or Triple H. He'd be more on the level of Iron Sheik, Diesel, Sgt. Slaughter, or Mick Foley.
I don't know about Bagwell, but the list is too long for me regarding wrestlers who should have been world champs in the US. Especially if we're talking about when the major titles in the US actually meant something, which hasn't been for a very long time now.
remember that norton's best moment was during the early 90's....years in wich the most dangerous and powerful finisher was a camel clutch......so to speak
When I first saw Scott Norton in WcW in the early 90's, I told my friends and I knew deep down that this man have the talents to become a future Champion because all the power moves and Judo locks he does is well executed...nothing fancy bullshit.
In Japan, he became a instant hit with the fans and I must say that the "Flash" is easily one of the best big man wrestlers in the 90's and 2000's that have speed, wrestling ability skills, and endurance.
Hahaha its great that he does all 10 to the same dude in the same match. I didn't know he really wrestled because he never did in WCW. That explains all these moves he used in the old N64 game.
And its weird how a wrestler who was a top contender in one promotion but a mid carder or jobber in another. Unless you are TNA and over push the WWE/WCW stars.
clothesline they just stand there and hold their arm out. the lariat they actually run at them and whack them with their arm. ull lariats almost 100% of the time.
Actually, he wasn't. He defeated Inoki in the finals of the IWGP Tournament in 1983. The belt he won(I think he received a belt after the match, it's been a while since I've seen it) was in recognition of his tournament victory. The IWGP Heavyweight Title wasn't commissioned until 1988.
@TheSuicidalDragon all the title histories i ever read mark that as the first reign. anyways all the gaijin champs were better than they ever were in america
It's a fairly common misconception, mainly because at the end of the Hogan/Inoki bout, Hogan receives a title belt, which is in recognition of his tournament victory.
I always liked Norton. Although I always thought he looked out of place in an American ring, due to the fact that he works Japan style better. In a way, Giant Bernard reminds me of Norton in that regards. Mike Awesome is another guy who did his best work in Japan. The only fed in the states that suited Awesome was ECW.
i remember him from my youth watching his WCW matches. great talent!
junge1984 1 month ago
I always thought he looked like Chuck Norris on steroids
titos814 3 months ago
I think he is the most powerfull man ever seen in pro-wrestling arena.
yegenek 3 months ago
@yegenek He rates very high but also there was The Warlord, Don Muraco, Nathan Jones and a few others. Andre had the strongest hands.
skirts365 1 month ago
LIKE this if the Colt Cabana/Bryan Danielson interview brought you here!
deathiroth8046 3 months ago
poor nagata....
wahapaha 5 months ago
@jerryleebrock i agree man he left in '99 when Russo came and WCW went to shit.
xMentallyVexedx 7 months ago
norton in 96 should have been a horsemen probably better than steve mcmichael
raw1981 8 months ago 2
@raw1981 Hell yeah!! The nwo did nothing with Norton, Four Horsemen would have enhanced his career.
leroy592 6 months ago
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@raw1981 hell yeah! Four Horsemen would've been bad ass with Benoit and Norton instead of Mongo. Norton is so much more talented than people give him credit for, and he could've been a great enforcer (no disrespect to Arn) for the Horsemen. sad that his tenure with the nWo was barely more than pitiful
krazyzark 5 months ago
@raw1981 YOU would have been better that McMichael :P
stormriderWI 4 months ago
@raw1981 a polsihed turd would have been better than Steve McMichael.
AdoublesLdouble 3 months ago
i remember the Nagata match. Norton treated Nagata like a dummy and tried almost every move he got.
gardenstatecobra 9 months ago
I love the Flashback
Davidovar34 10 months ago
its a shame someone like norton have to go to japan just to get over.
jerryleebrock 11 months ago 7
That powerbomb Looks like sid vicious powerbomb.
tarnell4003 1 year ago
Another excellent vid, SD... I really appreciate the time and effort that you put into creating all of these.
Watching Norton's moves in this vid, it seems pretty obvious that Norton knew exactly how strong he was, and that he could very seriously injure someone if he wasn't careful - it looks like he went to great lengths to protect his opponent from injury, which is commendable. I had never seen him prior to his WCW days, but I don't recall him being as gentle then!
Fucklenuts 1 year ago 3
I remember Norton powerbombing one of the cruiserweights in WCW (I think the guy was Japanese) and it look like he broke the poor bastard in half. He just pasted the dude. I can't find the clip but it looked brutal as hell.
MalibuFilmsWT 1 year ago
Hey SD....Awesome vid as always. Any Idea what ever happened to Norton?
I always loved Norton's shoulder Breaker. And that Powerbomb ....Wow!
SlicedBread1 1 year ago
I didn't know Norton actually had 10 moves... LOL (just kidding) He's like a human brick wall. He looks like you could shoot him and it would just piss him off. hahaha
tony93666 1 year ago
1:11.....all I gotta say is I hope Flash notified this dudes familia.
BlaqueDragon17 1 year ago
Always thought Norton could have gotten a better push in the states.
ICEGOD2 1 year ago
Norton was terrible IMO. His matches were all so stiff and ugly and he no-sold everything....
capngeeoff 1 year ago
@capngeeoff That was his gimmick. He was the irresistible force and the immovable object.
BlaqueDragon17 1 year ago
all the moves onto one man - i think- that was a beating!
grazz111 1 year ago
More like Wacky-gatame, amirite people???
ajax420336 1 year ago
That is a deadly Fujiwara Armbar.
Mistertbones 1 year ago
Kick his Fucking ass Norton!!
flatliner1984 1 year ago
flashback....hmmm...thats catchy
btk217 1 year ago
would like to see this match from start to finish. anyone have it?
dutchottie 2 years ago
Scotty is a really nice guy and a great wrestler too. But personally, I think he was always meant to be in Japan. With a guy that big and strong, you have to expect him to be slower as well. So matching him with smaller guys who could keep up a pace is a good idea. Then they go back and forth between a slow and fast pace. In the US, though, Norton was always put in against other bug guys, so the matches were just boring as hell IMO. He's a hell of a performer though.
abacabb138 2 years ago
@abacabb138
dude how old is he really? wikipedia has him as being born in 58', imdb has him being born in 62' i always like to know wrestler's ages and got most of them, but don't know which is his.
TeslaDRay 2 years ago
I think wiki has it right. He looks incredible for it too. If you'll notice, a lot of the guys who do most of their work in Japan age much more slowly than others. I think it's got a lot to do with the food and the health care personally. Hell, look at Ultimo Dragon. He's still going strong and he's way up there in age. Not sure how old exactly, but I'd be willing to bet he's at least late forties, early fifties by now. And he still looks like he's 25
abacabb138 2 years ago
@abacabb138
i think norton was born in 61' according to his myspace page. says he's 48 but his b-day is in may or august so he'll be 49.
ultimo was born in 67'.
TeslaDRay 2 years ago
@TeslaDRay He's 76 if he's 10.
ajax420336 1 year ago
@ajax420336
huh? where is my post that you replied to? what was it i said again? lol
TeslaDRay 1 year ago
@ajax420336
nevermind i saw my post. dont know what you meant here lol.
TeslaDRay 1 year ago
always loved scott norton. pure power.
TeslaDRay 2 years ago 2
im follow him in twitter, and he replied my msg. seems to be a nice guy :)
Amurpo 2 years ago
Another great wrestler who should have been the world champion in the US. Just like Buff Bagwell, Billy Gunn, 2 Cold Scorpio, Arn Anderson, and many others.
kltiswhoib 2 years ago
@kltiswhoib Scott Norton was a good wrestler. They should've pushed him more in WCW. He would've been a great Horseman, the NWO totally misused him. Arn Anderson should've been world champion. Billy Gunn and Scorpio maybe. Bagwell....Hell no, he sucked!
leroy592 2 years ago
@leroy592 Bagwell wasn't that bad, Sting was his mentor in 1991/92 and he's been around for a long time. He wasn't one of the best wrestlers ever, but he still deserved the chance at the world title. He had the physique, the skill, the personality, a great finishing move, and he's been in the ring with some of the best. I think he would have made a better champion than Jeff Jarrett, and Lex Luger.
kltiswhoib 2 years ago
Bagwell sucked! Sting mentored him and it didn't help much. He shouldn't have been in tne NWO, he was one of the too many members who watered it down. He had a physique, I'll give him that. He had an ok personality. What was his finishing move? Who has he wrestled? (Besides tag teams) Better champion than Lex Luger; hell no! Jeff Jarrett... that isn;t saying much. Buff Bagwell was a young Paul Roma... a glorified gym rat.
leroy592 2 years ago
Bagwell didn't suck, he just made really stupid choices, like when he got the calf implant to be like Sting and it all went wrong, and when he starred in the cinemax latenight film. You're telling me that all the years that he put into wrestling was nothing? I can't agree with that, he was not one of the best ever, but he could have been if had used his full potential. He had the potential to be one of the best, but I guess his stupid choices ruined it.
kltiswhoib 2 years ago
Oh yeah, his finish was the block buster. He would dive off of the 2nd rope and flip in mid air into a neck breaker. I guess you could call it he flying neckbreaker. It looked really cool and convincing. Some wrestling guru's call it the hat rack smash. Think of Triple H doing his reverse neckbreaker in mid air off of the 2nd rope.
kltiswhoib 2 years ago
@leroy592
The Buff Blockbuster was a great finisher... especially for a guy his size to do.
mrtrin 1 year ago
@leroy592
he was funny too, and personally i liked him in the nwo, they needed guys like him too, he and scott steiner were so funny, and he was convincing as heel
guys who shouldnt have been in the nwo were sting, macho man, luger, rude, hennig, ...
Elfop1ccolo 1 year ago
@leroy592
nja arn isnt world champion material, buff bagwell isnt either but he could have been us champ
billy gunn, i like him very much, surely us/european/intercontinental titel material, world champ, maybe, but he had to improve for that, proving more as single competitor
Elfop1ccolo 1 year ago
@Elfop1ccolo Arn Anderson was world champion material. He wouldn't be on the level of Ric Flair, Hogan, Undertaker, Stone Cold or Triple H. He'd be more on the level of Iron Sheik, Diesel, Sgt. Slaughter, or Mick Foley.
leroy592 1 year ago
I don't know about Bagwell, but the list is too long for me regarding wrestlers who should have been world champs in the US. Especially if we're talking about when the major titles in the US actually meant something, which hasn't been for a very long time now.
abacabb138 2 years ago
Who knew that Norton used a rope assisted DDT like Orton
Orton and Norton lol
legendkiller602 2 years ago
Norton was the shit.Such a badass.He was totally used shit in WCW.
Takerfanatic93 2 years ago
Where the hell is he now?
Spckeck 2 years ago 2
Wrestling in Japan, for HUSTLE i think..
oysta187 2 years ago
@oysta187 yes that right
jojoe1878 2 years ago
I remember Scott Norton in WCW.
Scott Norton was a power lifter and could bench press around 650 lbs.
Vipered 2 years ago
norton ist e beascht
TheShimelfly 2 years ago
Scott Norton, the Tom Jones of wrestling.
uppercutter450 2 years ago
No doubt about it, Norton was a fuckin' beast!!!!
mpc808 2 years ago
thats one of my favorites! i LOVE Scott Norton.he was one of my faves as a child
ChrisBenoitownsCena 2 years ago
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Is it just me or do his moves look quite sloppy, especially the Jackhammer and the Flash Back?
woody2goodyleeds 2 years ago
It`s just you...
StarspawnOfCthulhu 2 years ago 2
His moves are so basic :S
Baxfarder 2 years ago
remember that norton's best moment was during the early 90's....years in wich the most dangerous and powerful finisher was a camel clutch......so to speak
spdutahraptor777 2 years ago
When I first saw Scott Norton in WcW in the early 90's, I told my friends and I knew deep down that this man have the talents to become a future Champion because all the power moves and Judo locks he does is well executed...nothing fancy bullshit.
In Japan, he became a instant hit with the fans and I must say that the "Flash" is easily one of the best big man wrestlers in the 90's and 2000's that have speed, wrestling ability skills, and endurance.
Very hard to come by for todays wrestlers
NYKgjl10 2 years ago 2
What character did he play in 'over the top' i dont remember seeing him in any match
SDSen 2 years ago
Hahaha its great that he does all 10 to the same dude in the same match. I didn't know he really wrestled because he never did in WCW. That explains all these moves he used in the old N64 game.
mistermassage 2 years ago
What a powerful stud Norton was! DAMN!
cutlerfan 2 years ago
What a great moveset. His Powerbomb is one of the best I've ever seen!
Mistertbones 2 years ago
yeah that Powerbomb was nasty
bradleybravo 2 years ago
Good Goddess Norton's powerbombs are *violent*.
ecchirebirth 2 years ago
That Lariat just say get the f** down.
gig0n5 2 years ago
is it just me or did that brainbuster look more like a suplex?
sotnickj 2 years ago
man, this top ten was like a hate vid to whoever norton was man handling in it.......
hellboy17x2 2 years ago
that DDT = RAPE !
ichellinureyes 2 years ago
lmao
princekingofkings 2 years ago
haha Randy Orton can't even do his lame DDT off the top rop he has to do the middle. Scott Norton FTW!!!!
UnderDawg44 2 years ago
wasn't he a jobber in the nwo?
d731andre 2 years ago
basically but a lot of good talent were jobbers in wcw look at perry saturn
barbwirepain 2 years ago
And its weird how a wrestler who was a top contender in one promotion but a mid carder or jobber in another. Unless you are TNA and over push the WWE/WCW stars.
gig0n5 2 years ago
@barbwirepain
perry saturn wasnt just a jobber imo, he was a good midcarder, there is something in between jobber and champ you know :)
i loved the wcw midcard, like malenko and benoit, raven and saturn, van hammer, bam bam bigelow, .. :p
Elfop1ccolo 1 year ago
whats the diference of a lariat and a clostline???
robervra 2 years ago
clothesline they just stand there and hold their arm out. the lariat they actually run at them and whack them with their arm. ull lariats almost 100% of the time.
loki768 2 years ago
He was the first gaijin to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title, wasn't he? I'm not surprised. The dude is a freaking tank.
However, I wouldn't call that Brainbuster "Sheerdrop" seeing as the opponent teetered backwards a bit. But hey, it's your video.
FortySixPlusZERO 2 years ago
Vader was the first gaijin to hold the title, if memory serves me correct.
TheSuicidalDragon 2 years ago
though its forgettable...but wasnt Salmon Hashimokov the first??
kyotanahashi 2 years ago
He actually beat Vader for the title.
TheSuicidalDragon 2 years ago
oh right :P
kyotanahashi 2 years ago
@TheSuicidalDragon wasnt Hogan the first iwgp champ
1BlueThunder3 1 year ago
Actually, he wasn't. He defeated Inoki in the finals of the IWGP Tournament in 1983. The belt he won(I think he received a belt after the match, it's been a while since I've seen it) was in recognition of his tournament victory. The IWGP Heavyweight Title wasn't commissioned until 1988.
TheSuicidalDragon 1 year ago
@TheSuicidalDragon all the title histories i ever read mark that as the first reign. anyways all the gaijin champs were better than they ever were in america
1BlueThunder3 1 year ago
It's a fairly common misconception, mainly because at the end of the Hogan/Inoki bout, Hogan receives a title belt, which is in recognition of his tournament victory.
TheSuicidalDragon 1 year ago
@TheSuicidalDragon you have some of the best videos ever keep them rolling
1BlueThunder3 1 year ago
wath font do you use in the text?
It looks sweet
WrestlingAnimeFan 2 years ago
id also like to know please.
ILLADVISEDFILMS 2 years ago
Was that Kensuke Sasaki that got the flying shoulderblock?
RoderickStrong 2 years ago
I always liked Norton. Although I always thought he looked out of place in an American ring, due to the fact that he works Japan style better. In a way, Giant Bernard reminds me of Norton in that regards. Mike Awesome is another guy who did his best work in Japan. The only fed in the states that suited Awesome was ECW.
RoderickStrong 2 years ago
You should always use this font and color for your videos, it looks so much cleaner. Also Norton owns, etc...
JOPL 2 years ago
Haha all that was in the same match That guy got his ass Kicked!
ballsimhornylol 2 years ago
Norton is sooooo underrated.
KingAndy1992 2 years ago
a joshi wrestler came up with the jackhammer.
manjifanhism 2 years ago
Jaguar Yokota, to be exact.
TheSuicidalDragon 2 years ago
did you get most of his top 10 from one match?
JugganautJimmaJam94 2 years ago
Norton has got to be my favourite big man of all time. That rope-assisted DDT is the most brutal thing I've ever seen. D:
Lawton008 2 years ago
Kinda chubby..but ok for size.
PuroresuAndIndysFan 2 years ago
goldberg didnt invent the jackhammer???
TheLegendKiller888 2 years ago
LOL, No.
Lawton008 2 years ago 2
oops
TheLegendKiller888 2 years ago
A joshi invented the jackhammer
JPmoney 2 years ago
Jaguar Yokota, to be exact.
TheSuicidalDragon 2 years ago
No, in fact it was Jaguar Yokota, and Dean Malenko was actually using the move long before Goldberg was.
RoderickStrong 2 years ago
but he did make it popular in the states
LJVC91 2 years ago
oh thanks
TheLegendKiller888 2 years ago
he was in the n.w.o
tearsOFabsolution 2 years ago
No, if i'm not wrong the Jackhammer (Suplex Powerslam) was invented by Jaguar Yokota
Hellhammerabadon 2 years ago
ok thank u
TheLegendKiller888 2 years ago