Acolytes vs Public Enemy

[kenjaminV2]

Behind the scenes, Public Enemy pissed off the everyone. And Bradshaw and Ron Simmons(Faarooq) were chosen to send them a message about how things work in the WWF. I read that PE were saying it was an easy match afterwards. At least that's what I remember reading about the run that PE had.

[TombstoneInc]

Ive been watching wrestling all my life, since 1985 i was 3. AND i swear, i know most everything of the last 3 decades, BUT i had no idea that Public Enemy was in the WWF. During the ECW thing in 1997 they were in WCW so i knew they werent part of that. BUT to learn that they were in the WWF has me boggled, they couldnt have been their long, and must have only appeared on heat or something. Wow.

[MrManmountainrock]

god i loved the acolytes

[Dlano619]

PE acted like asses, and they got their shit kicked in. Totally earned this beating.

[apolanco602]

ive been searching for this match thanks for posting

[Gunn420leafs]

jbl sent me here

[xluis3333]

@Gunn420leafs Me too

[aaronglasson]

read the full story at the layfield report

[nWoWolfpacTV]

Been wanting to see this for ages

[MrRockysRambo]

thats what you get for trying to change the finish

[BillyrayJBl]

layfieldreport sent me!

[SkulloMac]

Do you have the first match of the Dudley Boys vs Acolytes in WWF from 1999? It will be shades of this beatdown for those unfamiliar.

[SexualPhelps69]

DAMN!

[beppepc]

@WrestlingActionDE, funny you mention Terry Taylor because if I remember correctly he was doing commentary in this match. (He was the one that made the comment of the chair hitting the skull).

[belldn3]

Can anyone say ASSWHIPPING. To be a stag fight, it sure looks real.

[CokaCoolA]

It does suck that they were made to look shit, but they got on with it. They took all that the WWE could throw at them and moved on. Unfortunately they didn't really get anywhere after this run, but they were still fun to watch whenever they were on. Great tag-team. Also, Rocco had more wrestling talent in his little finger than Bradshaw ever had.

[NallMasaki]

If I were Public Enemy I would of said fuck off to who ever told them to take an

ass kicking by Faarooq and Bradshaw and just kick the A.P.A.'s bitch ass's.

Especilly that fucking red neck Bradshaw because his punk ass is a bully.

[dbostick82]

Stiffing and potatoes don't even describe this massacre.

[liltd87]

@dbostick82 lmao. Bradshaw fucked his ass up with that chair!

[extremechampion00]

Public Enemy disrespected the ECW locker room, and they got away with it. Public Enemy disrespected the WWE locker room, and they got the shit beaten out of them.

Lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice, the Public Enemy should've known better.

[NallMasaki]

@extremechampion00 When did Public Enemy disrespect the ECW locker room? I find it hard to

believe since that was the place that started their career.

[extremechampion00]

@NallMasaki When they return to ECW they wouldn't put The Dudleyz over (who at the time were the representatives of tag team wrestling in ECW). The locker room didn't take too kindly on that and PE's decision to leave ECW again. When they were in the WWF they didn't want to put tag teams over either and that's why the APA were told to fuck them up real good.

[NallMasaki]

@extremechampion00 I rember that when I read an interview when Buh-Buh Ray Dudley said that

Johnny didn't lay down after they hit the 3D on them. He said he respected Rocco Rock but I think

Johnnys big mouth is what caused them to get a beat down.

[extremechampion00]

@NallMasaki I saw the shoot interview when he said that, regardless of who started it though both of them were behaving like asses, and you don't do that in the WWE unless you have a death wish.

[NallMasaki]

@extremechampion00 Don't you think that those in the WWE went a little overboard though?

[extremechampion00]

@NallMasaki Oh they went way overboard, no doubt about that. I think they figured they could be that harsh because of PE's extreme background, though I don't remember PE ever getting that extreme.

[NallMasaki]

@extremechampion00 True. I am suprised Rocco and Grunge didn't take WWF/WWE to court for

this crap.

[Rayla840]

@NallMasaki Take them to court? Have you lost your mind man? 

[NallMasaki]

@Rayla840 I was just saying because this would of been considered an unsafe enviorment to work under or something like that, you know what I mean?

[Rayla840]

@NallMasaki Yeah. Being thats it's wrestling, it prolly wouldn't fly since almost every jobber back in the 80's woulda become millionares from working with guys like Kevin Sullivan, Buzz Sawyer, Stan Hansen etc.

[NallMasaki]

@Rayla840 Sorry my bad. It's just I thought those in the WWF/WWE overreacted and what they did to Public Enemy before.

[von2300]

@extremechampion00 actually the dudleys beat the crap out of them too.

[extremechampion00]

@von2300 True, but the Dudleyz wanted to beat some respect into them. The APA almost killed them.

[girlgarde]

Holy crap, the Acolytes damn near killed Public Enemy! Public Enemy must have done something REAL bad backstage to warrant this kind of beating!

[Baderders]

tip for aspiring wrestlers: don't get on the bad side of any wrestling companies enforcer(s). you might just end up getting hurt for real

[DREADS613]

I've been trying to find this video forever! Thanks for the upload. I remember watching this live in Pittsburgh when I was a kid.

[BenLaeli]

Way to fucking no sell the stair shot...

[terryw666]

The only thing missing was a closeline from hell.

[LouMusic]

"Look at that chair! Imagine what that does to the human skull!" -Statement not likely to be heard in any future WWE broadcasts.

[liltd87]

HOly ShiT!! Bradshaw murdered him with that chair

[gambitrocks]

This is an example of how WWE is irresponsible. Bradshaw and Farooq should have been fired for this.

[WrestlingActionDE]

@gambitrocks Because Public Enemy have been in WWF's doghouse officials told them to beat the crap out of them that night. Terry Taylor (Booker) told PE about that and said "Let them beat you up, so you prove you'd deserve respect", that's the result. PE were humiliated and released a couple of days later. So this match is a WWF official SHOOT against PE for a number of reasons, especially for not signing with them years before & jump to WCW. Taylor told that story on the Hardcore Forever DVD

[gambitrocks]

@WrestlingActionDE Thanks, that clarified things but I still have a lot of problems with WWE. They have a history of badly treating talent. WCW was most likely paying them more so that's why they jumped ship. I wonder what the other reasons were?

[NallMasaki]

@gambitrocks I read in a book that said that Public Enemy said something to

upset the executives. And I agree with you. The WWF/WWE wrestlers and executives

were acting like a bunch of five year olds. Hell anyone of those guys would of went to

WCW to if they were offered more money.

[NallMasaki]

@gambitrocks I agree with you. It was stupid how the WWF/WWE treated Public Enemy

and other wrestlers like crap for stupid petty reasons.

[NallMasaki]

@WrestlingActionDE I think Terry Taylor was being a douchebag for pulling this crap.

[WorstWrestlingThemes]

@gambitrocks This was over a decade ago. Triple H got fined for hitting Undertaker once in the head with a chair not even a month ago. WWE is probably the most responsible wrestling company today.

Also, they were probably told to go out there and do that anyway.

[gambitrocks]

@WorstWrestlingThemes I'll agree with you based on the fact that Bret Hart returned which was amazing. My criticism is mainly meant to be constructive. I hope they hire some engineers and figure out how to build a safer ring to take bumps on. Wrestling is an art that's really about creating the illusion of getting hurt. In actuality people are getting hurt. Why don't they hire hollywood prop specialists so they can build fake chairs, glass, rings etc. It's all about sound anyway.

[McCHitman]

@WorstWrestlingThemes Ron Simmons discusses this in a Shoot Interview. It was PE's last match in WWF and they just whooped them.

[RNCoyote]

I enjoyed the match for APA hard hitting intensity.

Ron Simmons on the match and the problems they had with them before the match.

watch?v=IUnPHHMj-Pg

[NallMasaki]

I've been looking for this video and it was hard for me to watch. I just wish that

Public Enemy got another chance at these guys and kicked the shit out of them.

They should of kicked them in the nuts to begin with. WWF/WWE were ass holes

to treat these guys like crap. R.I.P. Public Enemy.

[imlaughing2death]

In a shoot interview, The Dudleys mentioned there was match between the Acolytes and the Public Enemy where Farooq and Bradshaw legitimately beat the hell out of Grunge and Rocco Rock in order to "teach them a lesson". I take it that this is that match?

[robvandamforever]

@imlaughing2death I certainly hope so, I'd hate to see Farooq and Bradshaw shoot on them if this was kayfabe!

[jnor3]

been looking for this one for a while now, thanks.