Gimmick Battle Royal 1/2

[danieljames2011]

@cmoney Hillbilly was the man tho they loved him back then

[billywhitewolf]

The Gobbeldy Gooker was the most ridiculous & embarrassing gimmick WWE ever came up with... at least until John Cena lol. Clowns & hockey players fans can take but dancing turkeys need a bullet.

[Syeedthehedgehog]

@billywhitewolf "atleast until john Cena"

should i take you seriously or not

[FireMarshallBilll]

Wrestlemania X-7 is one of the best WM's of all time.

[MrKungfucarrot123]

@FireMarshallBilll Not one of the best, but THE best.

[mmscott9]

Better than the main event at Wrestlemania 27

[cenoharris]

@4:29 Heenan: By the time The Iron Shiek gets to the ring, it will be Wrestlmania 38!

[MrDudeORoonie]

Iron Sheik: FACKING BULLSHATT!!!!!!!!

[jasonrulez100]

R.I.P Earthquake :(

[jmoney31705]

and thats not hillbilly jims music

[jmoney31705]

one man gang should have came out as akeem

[905Justin1]

4:00 surprised he didn't come out saying "HULK HOGAN FAGGOT"

[M1keybeAtz]

I know it's been said but I'll say it again....The Brain...GOAT

[eclectica1]

If only Gorilla Monsoon had lived long enough to call this. It doesn't seem complete without him.

[philberz]

Shiek won yet he can barely walk to the ring

[DolchOfHate]

Bring the original doink back

[zZHighTimeZz]

Another example of the wwe letting down the greater talent, The Goon should have won some titles, he was a great worker and had great mic skills, his mat skills surpassed many in the wwe.

[MercuryForever]

Doink the clown is the shit!

[hbk92701]

Oh man, Bobby the Brain Heenan! My favorite line ever was when he said Jannetty tried to jump out the window!

[josehamdan]

My uncle was best friends with Duke the Dumpster

[Aron316]

tugboat should have came out as the shockmaster :/

[diazonia896]

jim cornette! omg i love that guy.

[diazonia896]

the bushwhackers :D

[TheBryanSaraShow]

JR and Paul Heyman was the best modern team at the announce position.

[purogamer3]

When did they change out Mean Gene and Bobby's music? My DVD has the original, was this from the box set?

[hkkaneNWO]

@purogamer3 WWE edited,it look like Anthology version ,Released in 2005

PPV and original DVD Release was unedited

[fofferk]

heyman almost said wrestlers lol

[romeokid69]

Screw Cole, Lawler, Booker, Striker. Heenan= BEST EVER!!!!!!! PERIOD!!!! And to see they absolute joy on his face is awesome. God Bless You Bobby

[cmoney80930555]

did you hear the pop for hillbilly jim

[cmoney80930555]

also did you hear the pop hillbilly jim got damn

[cmoney80930555]

one man gang isnt that akeem

[MeshChromatones]

I can't wait for Wrestlemania 38 so I can say "Look! The Iron Sheik FINALLY made it to the ring!"

[coolio1986]

they should of had honky tonk man in the gimmie battle royal, same for irs, and and million dollar man also

[marsharent]

Hmm some of these aren't really gimmicks, at least not bad ones ;P Bushwhackers don't look any different

[Vath121]

Sad thing is, one day the gimmick battle royal will be 60-70 year old Stone Cold, Undertaker, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, the Rock, Mick Foley, HHH, Edge, Christian, Kane, etc, and it'll bring a tear to my eye that they're all back in the ring together again.

[DFrnkln06]

@Vath121 and I would love that gimmick battle royal 

[stringfellowhawke247]

One Man Gang should have been Akeem in this. He could have came out with Slick.

[MrPS1Plair]

They should have included Gillberg, Bastion Booger, TL Hopper, Salvatore Sincere, Waylon Mercy, Warlord and Fake Razor Ramon and Fake Undertaker.

[DFrnkln06]

@MrPS1Plair u forgot the Fake Diesel

[rafalafaa9736]

Sheiky Baby!

[MrFilmMakerNumber2]

muthafukin "One Man Gang".

[JoseAriel1408]

Bobby Heenan always has a snappy one-liners... hilarious!

[bleedorange1998]

Confuses the hell out of me that if they had Barry Darsow (aka Repo Man) in the Royal why not just ax Repo Man and put Demolition in it instead? I'm sure Darsow would have been all for it.

[TheEpicnessTidalwave]

Hillbilly Jim got a huge ass pop!

[mechapigman]

Doesn't Jim Cornette remind ya of Quentin Tarentino?

[stingstungme]

@nckparks01 I think the title "gimmick battle royal' is a bit disgraceful to some of the participants like Kamala, Sheik, and especially Michael Hayes. Those guys were huge draws back in the day. I know just about everyone has a gimmick but to call it a Gimmick BR doesn't do it justice. Now as for guys like Jim Cornette, Gooker, Repo Man and many more the title is appropriate. I only mention Cornette because he is participating in this and not managing someone.

[ermonski]

dammit, Heenan and his insults. too damn funny!

[ekmad]

Still laugh so hard at this match

[Fanik10]

SHEIKY BABY!!!

[mjlambert1]

OMG needed to come out as Akeem.

[cpac11]

michael hayes reminds me of the murderer in Silence of the Lambs

[eeeeooouh]

I Like The Entrance Music that Jim Cornette came out to. 

[TheEnforcer1996]

I wish Jim Cornette won the battle royal after his epic entrance...

[Ratt2004]

Sheiky Baby!

[SuperDeluxe80]

repoman should of cam out as his demolition gimmick

[bizzles44]

JIM CORNETTE??? hahahahah go corny!

[jallenundat]

Heyman is joking right? He was never 1/10th of the manager Heenan was.

[y2j3richo]

yay nikolai volkov

[McLovin6n9]

Tugboat should've came out from the wall just like ThE ShOcKmAsTeR!

[GlitchMasta]

I wanna see another Gimmick Battle Royal

[ChrisWalshv1]

@GlitchMasta wrestlemania 30?

[theultimatenbafan12]

the end of the attitude era

[alexnzxVersion2]

Heenan is the greatest commentator of all time.

[B0NEL0C0]

@alexnzxVersion2 Jesse the Body was great as well

[cenoharris]

By the time The Iron Shiek gets to the ring it will be Wrestlemania 38!!!! LMFAO!!!

[HGeneAnthony]

Why would managers be in a battle royal and Cornette's wrestling in his suit?

[lukedangerfallon]

'by the time the iron sheik gets to the ring it will be wrestlemania 38' heenan was gone for so long and he comes back with that! was laughing for ages!

[SpenceIsAChef]

As fake as wrestling is, I have to say I love these old-schoolers. The new shit sucks.

[tthomaselli2]

Loved Hayes' entrance.

[tthomaselli2]

Did Howard say Michael P.S. Hayes?

[maxpower789z]

@tthomaselli2 Indeed, he did....I think it stood for "Pure Sexy" or something like that during the Freebird days

[tthomaselli2]

5:04.; I was wondering when I'd see The Goon in the WWF, again.

[tthomaselli2]

"How would you like your kid to grow up & be called The Goon?".; Lol.

Classic!

[tthomaselli2]

5:04.; YES!!!

[tthomaselli2]

"By the time The Iron Shiek gets to the ring, it'll be 'WrestleMania 38'!".; Lol.

[maxpower789z]

Darsow should've came out in his Demolition gear

[HGeneAnthony]

@maxpower789z Ax I believe sued WWE for rights to Demolition which is why they never used them again. It would also look weird for Darsow to come out by himself in Demolition gear without Ax and he'd also gained a lot of weight. The Repo Man gear covered it up better.

[tas5271]

earthquake was also golga from the oddities if anyone was interested. 

[AnEternalEnigma]

I laughed my ass off when Bobby Heenan called Gene Okerlund "Tony".

[killik2099]

tugboat should have worn his shockmaster gear and fallen down the ramp

[ilikethecoke]

Hillbilly Jim looked like he didn't age a day.

[Jedi190789]

What is the song off Jim Cornette?!? Because i can´t find this song here at youtube =(

[mankycaaant]

About 4 years, everyone got your mother!

[X0smo0X]

I miss Howard Finkel. <//3

[Maidenchick87]

i remember some of these wrestlers but can ever 4get Iron Shiek and Nickolai Volkoff and Doink the Clown!!!!

[PrivatePikachu1]

Nostalgia Overload

[funforalgernon]

I love that they left Heyman and JR's mics live when Mean Gene and The Brain took over on commentary. I like finding out which of Heenan's jokes make them laugh the most.

[mk4013]

alot of botchamania icons there i mean

FACKIN BOOLSHEEET and cornette face

[TheShottyCutScene]

Jim Cornette FTW

[BishopCR7]

Did they have fans BEHIND the stage too?? haha

and by the way, the crowd these days suck, Mean Gene had a bigger pop than any "superstar" has these days

[Dimebag204]

love doink the clown'S THEME

[TheGlenquagmire21]

The Gobbledy Gooker? C'mon....

[bikes4sale356]

"Repo Man, last week he repoed his own car, this man is nuts" -Classic Heenan right there

[bencinco]

WWF should do this again! Old days, old school!

[sethmanrockandroll]

The name of this is insulting to the performers, but it was awesome!

[DClem1]

Mean Gene: Great! He took off my hair!

Bobby Heenan: What you had left! Both of them!

Classic Heenan and Gene!

[teknokrat1]

how many of you bothered to click part 2

[ChubberGlump]

greatest battle royal of all time!

[kwales2]

i have a feeling that wrestlemania 38 is gonna suck

[marshallsimon]

Cody Rhodes Uncle Tugboat.

[jasonburrows33]

Looks like Earthquake lost weight

[anemaul]

I loved this WM...mostly because it was in my home town...and that was close to the maxium it could of held.....so very close XD

[phoduck]

One Man Gang should have came in as Akeem.. and do the dance. That would have been nostalgic.

[RaeTheNoodleMan]

Gobble Gooker is Eddie Guerrero's brother. Like seriously no joke.

[alyndavies]

Watching this with my friends i said Repoman would do well... he lasted about 3 seconds :(.

[speednecromancer666]

i know some dude who looks like earthquake haha

[hoffy0000]

LOL and I thought the spirit squad was bad...

[Countdown2Hangar18]

@TheManicmetropolis

Are you stupid or just blind?

[CrackWarrior]

ah wrestling used to be so good..its fuckin shite now.

[TheGlenquagmire21]

Plus, This Is Where SVR09 Got The Idea For It's DLC. Almost Everybody In Dlc Is Here. (Legends That Is)

[TheGlenquagmire21]

Worst GimmiCk To Ever Walk The Stage : THE GOON

[Bikage21]

Gotta love Michael Hayes' entrance

[BarnetDan]

Where's the Undertaker??!!

[roylucier]

@BarnetDan He fought Triple H in a singles match

[Scorpion603]

LMAO!!!!! By the time the Iron Sheik gets to the ring it'll be Wrestlemania 38

[Shaunmccall101]

I miss Bobby's legendary voice.

[hitmanfan24]

Man, I hate when they dub over great themes with generic garbage. It pisses me off.

[TerryB01]

Best match of the night lol.

[samdobson565]

Iron Sheik's still 11 years away from getting to the ring.

[taiker1987]

I respect Tugboat !!!

[taiker1987]

I want Smash o demolition not Repo man

[kev19862007]

"About 4 years ago everybody got your mother in law" haha

[KISSFAN4EVER6]

Do the kids today even know who Mean Gene and The Brain are?

[luvmenow33]

@KISSFAN4EVER6 Shame if they don't. Think they know Gorilla and Jessie?

[KISSFAN4EVER6]

@luvmenow33 Sadly, probably not.  Which means they have no clue that McMahon could call matches by himself.

[infernityzero2011]

@TheManicmetropolis this wrestlemania was in 2001 tna wasnt even out yet in 2001they were founded in 2002

[BigFudge97]

repo man > john cena

[pepto246]

Doink The Clown Got A Bigger Pop Than Most Of The WWE Superstars Of Today .... Sad Isnt It ?

[therrydicule]

@pepto246 Than, maybe Vince should think about a Doink vs Gobbly Gooker for the WWE championship... Not - or maybe, but, I would have to see because...

[xDolphZigglerx]

So much odd history in that ring. Repo and Tugboat had a great themes with those driving bass lines.

[mitalca35]

GREATEST MATCH EVER!!!

[AntonBatey]

Either The Canadian Earthquake or Doink the Clown should have won.

[AntonBatey]

"By the time The Iron Sheik gets to the ring it will be WrestleMania XXXVIII"

LOL!!

[garymaster42]

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[gokumcgoo]

Tugboat should've come back as The Shockmaster.

[painlessissuicide]

@gokumcgoo The Shockmaster was a WCW gimmick

[alexdm2u2]

I thought he was the Gobbledy Gooker not the Gobbly Gooker

[painlessissuicide]

@alexdm2u2 that was a typo, genius

[TheBigBadWoIf]

omg shoulda came back as akeem the african dream

[painlessissuicide]

@TheBigBadWoIf actually, that was the original plan

but he had apparently lost so much weight that the old blue & yellow dashiki they had him wear was 2 sizes too big!

[howardtheman]

They should do another Gimmick Battle Royal for Wrestlemania 27.

[HOOMV]

If this were TNA, it would be the main event.

[webon411]

@HOOMV They woulda hyped as as PPV match of the century.

[TheDoomSquid]

Not sure why Nikoli Volkov, the Iron Sheik and Hillbilly Jim are lumped in with the GobbledyGooker. Those guys were staples of the old WWF and not gimmicks at all.

[bigrigbob2010]

RIP John "Earthquake" Tenta, another great Canadian wrestler

[TDogg1379V2]

I hope they do a gimmick battle royal for this years Wrestlemania with WCW wrestlers. Since it is going to be in Atlanta and there was talk of WCW being a part of it I think it could be a fun thing to do.

[klct2006]

8:47 was Survivor Series 1990, at the then Hartford Civic Center(now the XL Center). The 1st PPV I ever attended. The crowd booed the utter hell out of this Gooker nonsense in person lol

[BCEagle73]

ugh, why did the WWF take Cornette off of TV in 1999? dude was a fuckin master on the mic and was only 38 at the time.

[jghor23]

@BCEagle73 I know Cornette got fired for slapping Santino in Wrestling Traiining camp

[WrestlingMega]

I'm my DVD of wrestle mania 17 some of these themes are changed WHY

[jaznpwnz]

@WrestlingMega copyright issues

[eddiegfan22]

Wish Gorilla was alive he would've been better than Okerland

[mysterymanryan]

I laughed so hard when Bobby called Gene Tony while Duke Droese was coming out

[846816]

at 730 in the back u can see wcw sign

[Efri3nd]

i remember i saw this match when i was a kid

nostalgia : )

[ecwecwecw1]

THat is the happiest I have ever seen Jim COrnette. ITHe thing with him though I can't tell if Its a fake smile or not because in his shoots you just don't know what he enjoyed.

I wish I could find his theme with lyurics.

[Khaotikal]

Doink got a bigger pop than most wrestlers get today.

[RenegadePoliceForce]

It's hard to believe that the Gobbledy Gooker is Hector Guerrero :P

[Nick24fill]

the gobbledy gookers lost weight

[JoeWildthing]

6:05 rorchach?

[DFrnkln06]

Repo man repo'd 13 people's cars

[paul21mclovin]

i wish they had gone with shockmaster instead of tugboat

[jmanhot]

r.i.p. Quake

[mackdoublefingers]

why is it in this vid mean gene and the brains themes are different in other vids of the same battle royal

[PowerlineWC]

@mackdoublefingers Some upload direct recordings (or videos of direct recordings) or get the VHS/DVD that comes out a few months after. Those usually leave things untouched, with only a few things changed if any. Others, like this, upload the WWE On Demand broadcast or from the DVD box sets that come out every now and again (as you can tell by the WWE logo). Since they've sat on those for so long, they have to change music that the license has expired on or that they don't wanna pay to use.

[phishphreak29]

THE IRON SHIEK WILL MAKE YOU HUMBLE!!! FEUCK YOUUUU

[11gringo]

Bobby Heenan and Mean Gene rule !

Biggest suprise here Earthquake!

[11gringo]

Bobby Heenan and Mean Gene rule !

[alltasteexplosion]

I still don't get why Hillbilly Jim is not in the WWE Hall of Fame. He was a great wrestler, a fan favorite, and he still does a lot of promotional work with WWE. On top of that, he has a radio show as well.

[leandar]

Thank you Bobby Heenan, for summing up my feelings about Doink the Clown in one simple word when Mean Gene says we gotta love him: "Why?" lol!!

[pearljam619]

I miss having characters like this is wrestling. Everyone is pretty much the same now. Borring and dull.