The Goon

[theELVISdoctors]

Vince is hilarious!

[hanmerboys]

HA Vince trying to pretend that he knowss a crap about Hockey

shut up Vince go play your baseball

[powerlifter501]

Jesser...worked for Ed Sharkey in the Minneapolis indie scene

[AceDagger1]

Is there something wrong with me for actually like The Goon gimmick in a way? Granted, it's a silly gimmick, especially at the time when it was around in mid '96 when fans long stopped buying the complete unrealistic gimmicks, but I loved how Irwin would take the gloves off at the bell and go right for the jobber. Of course, Goon was only entertaining against the jobbers. Put in him there with a star like Marc Mero or the Undertaker and he looks ridiculous

[clipsryan]

@AceDagger1 Or against Taker like back in 97 where he had no right in being in the same ring.

[VinceThePinch]

you know you suck when you beat a jobber by countout!!

[OldSchoolRasslin]

Chris Jericho should have been given a hockey playing gimmick.

[krobelusthekid]

Man that crowd is pissed...I can't tell if it's because The Goon sucks or because a wrestling hockey player would be even if he was played by Ric Flair, Dean Malenko or Bryan Danielson

[bauble24]

Keep your head up Goon! I would have crosschecked you had you been coming my way...

[elcucuyfeo]

they should have let him stay "Wild Bill" Irwin. ;_;

[prettybear765]

@elcucuyfeo ya he is actually a great wrestler the irwin brothers are one of the only teams that were good against the road warriors in there early rugged days not many were big and tough enough to be believable but the irwin's were very tough and had some of the only great matches with the road warriors in the early days

[sortman94]

i think the awful hockey puns by the announcers made the match funny as hell.

[Blakefe]

dame i thought it was going to be dark horeses goon

[Champ675]

Puttin' Bob Probert and Grant Fuer to shame!

[jobber25v]

what a joke gimmmick

[doomie316]

love how he wears a devils jersey

[ShaqFlims]

@doomie316 uh-huh

[MegaSciFiGuy]

I loved the Goon im a huge hockey fan it was a cheesy gimmick but I loved it

[lordstanley75]

@MegaSciFiGuy It's the best Gimmick next to the undertaker !

[TheVDonVitoYO]

Does Vince Say anything else?

[emerica18]

what a boring ass match

[bigpoopie69]

Gotta love McMahon doing a PBP on the hockey game :)

[pacman8843]

LISTEN TO MCMAHON

[SweetDisasters4life]

Goon > Cena

[wwerulz87]

Hey, slashing! Give me a break-- LOLXD XD XD XD XD XD XD

[WrestlingHeretic]

A nice nod to AWA fans that they let Curt Hennig say his real name. Pretty rare in the WWF.

[sonny4425]

Bill Irwin was the wrong choice for this chracter. Bill could wrestle. Maybe they should have gotten someone w/ limited skills....but then again he'd have to be able to skate for the vignettes...

[domirules28]

nice match...goon must not have been around for long though, they way they're pushing him over at his debut...i'm also wondering was the in your house vince was plugging the one where goldust upset marty janetty, and shawn michaels handed over the ic belt to dean douglas?

[narutoisgay666]

lol i thought the announcers said the goon was facing fran dresser

[WVsonofliberty]

Listen to McMahon putting this guy over. It's sad.

[viper90988]

i wanna see the goon vs finlay

[ioratiskrishserhetai]

fred commented on my channel

[mgrelecki]

the goon was great, the long riders were great. WWE needs greats like these

[kaiteng]

At least he lived up to the gimmick......

[lordstanley75]

This is The best gimmick in wrestling history if you don't think so then you don't like hockey and then Shout the Hell Up! Wrestling has a few former hockey players as Superstars! Edge(WWE), Christian (WWE) , Jericho (WWE), Robert Roode (TNA Wrestling),Sylvain Grenier and a hole lot more.

[Rockhound6165]

God I miss the squash matches.

[suthes]

what is a goon?

[Fanik8]

the gooooooooooooooooooooooooooon

[quietriotfan1976]

I'm a hockey fan, I thought this gimmick was alot better then Duke the Bumpster, Doink, Damien Dementto, Mantaur, TL Hopper, Marc Mero.......... PS Bob Probert was a bitch, is a bitch, and will always be a bitch! Probert wasn't shit compared to Domi or Wendall Clark

[Bizzangle]

Dude, get real

.Probert was definitely tougher than Clark and Domi not by much though and I hated the guy.

I think it is fucking rad that there is a hockey-fighter wrestler...haha. It's about time

[bmillatheladythrilla]

u might need to fuck urself buddy... Probert was and is the shit. He will get an 8ball of coke and find where u live, so i'd watch it

[quietriotfan1976]

Probert was a bitch, and there's more then enough footage out there of him getting his ass kicked by Clark. Probert was the NHL's version of glorified jobber.

[phasher]

Doink was a fantastic gimmick when Matt Bourse was a heel

[italstallion06]

obviously you're a leafs fan and dont kno much about hockey

[JeffTheFutureJaros]

This was just ridiculous, there is absolutely no room for Hockey in the Squared Circle, LMAO! "Wild" Bill Irwin, aka The Goon, one of the worst gimmicks in Wrestling History.

[thesith89]

"Clash of the MN Goons"

Bill Irwin vs. Derek Boogaard

book it

[dwirkkal]

wwf writer were like, you're from minnesota? We'll call u the goon and your finisher will be called, "penalty shot"

[notyoursavior78]

"Looks like he is enjoying a uh shift. If you would. I don't think he has a problem acquiring penalty minutes."

Epic!

[chuninofcool]

An evil hockey player from Minnesota. What a smart gimmick, but it is inducted to the Wrestlecrap HOF.

[presidentskroob]

What a stupid name...Jesser

Goon should've taken off his fake skate and try to stab him

[TrilogyofC]

@presidentskroob NOOOOO FUCK YOU!

[BigGreen486]

HEY! HIGHSTICKING!

[tsukasathetwinblade]

He looks like an old Larry Sweeney.

[notyoursavior78]

Best match ever, I love hockey.

LOL Penalty shot.

[Patrickhollywood]

I can't believe this guy wuz a former World Class Wrestling Champion

[DamienDraiman]

Wow, How About Bill Irwin without the Stasche?

[azart61]

lol!

[TheJman2600]

Was anyone keeping track of the hockey analogies during this match? By the way, nice "hockey footage" Vince. June of 1996 included The Goon and T.L. Hopper. No wonder WCW was creaming them in the ratings at this point.

[destronia123]

LOL! Yeah those hockey analogies and puns were worse than all the "Who" one-liners they uttered when a masked Jim Neidhart was in the ring.

[TheForgottenFlesh]

LOL Look at the Goon's boots. How the hell could he even stand in that ring?

[kfowlkes]

wow, you know you suck when you have to job to a guy with a hockey player gimmick

[ronvonhesse]

augh yeah at 2:39 you get a hot view of the goons hot big gut... augheyah... cant get enough of the goon.... man.. thanks for posting...jesser a nice hairy hot jobber.... augheyah

ron the rasslin queer

[tmbttes]

and i tought the berserker was the only one happy with countout victories

[destronia123]

LOL!  HUSS!!!

[destronia123]

Was this the Goon's only victory in the WWF?

[TheJman2600]

It was the only one I saw.

[MystikWizard]

McMahon was hysterical during the B-Roll.

[BlackProductions]

So that's where Monty Brown's Pounce comes from.

[boris3000]

He's a dirty player!!!

[thuggin83]

Larry Sweeney in a hockey jersey?!?

[lfester45]

the goon was wild bill irwin, but sweeney does look just like him

[HockeyRulesGameOn]

I heard the Devils are looking for another enforcer these days.

[uberphonevideos]

that would be fucking sweet

[Y2Jason99]

Awesomely bad stuff!

That was a nice hip check. Too bad Perfect called it a cross check.

[holyhandgrenade105]

HEY SLASHING GIVE ME A BREAK

lol

[holyhandgrenade105]

"OWW COME ON HIGH STICKING!"

[darkman060]

well at least the godwinns were tag team champs for awhile

[nhlalwenhlezondo]

This gimmick could have gone very far, lawls!

[thunderstruck665]

Lol, A New Jersey Devils jersey with the logo removed.

[MystikWizard]

This was back when Vince was obsessed with gimmicks. Hockey player ... evil plumber ... Salvatore Sincere (although that was a great character played by Tom Brandi) ... Bastion Booger.

[doddsino]

I wonder how Dan Jesser felt about jobbing to a wrestling hockey player?

[whaduzitmatr]

The Goon was at the Raw XV anniversary show in the battle royal, I met him a few times too because he lives near me.

[20756163]

Good Talents, Bad Gimmicks

[sandmanecwhardcore]

THE GOOF!

[BHoz77]

"Here's the Goon in his hockey playing days" wearing a jersey with "GOON" on the back... LMFAO

[polinikz]

lol...so cheesy, buy yet, so funny. I still think Bob Probert would beat this guy silly. I mean, big Bob DID have a "slight" coke problem. lol.

[webbard]

heh, vince "Look at that stickhandling" While every camera shot is above hip level

[polinikz]

Ahahahahhahahahaa.

[therussianspy]

Mr. Perfect is always putting over fellow Minnesotians (he's quite proud of his home state).

Goon's finisher is HILARIOUS! Cross check from behing into the boards (ring apron)! lol...so bad it's funny.

[ScholarlyWarrior]

Was that Mr. Perfect talking or Johnny Polo?

[therussianspy]

Mr. Perfect. This was from 1996, and only Mr. Perfect was with the federation at the time (he did lots of commentary from the 1995 Survivor Series to late 1996).

Scott Levy was only "Johnny Polo" with the company for about a year...from the spring of 1993 to the spring of 1994.

[DieguitoSanchez88]

The Goon 4 President

[ForcedEntry1]

File under Abe Knuckleball Schwartz, Man Mountain Rock and The Stalker in the 'what were they thinking' gimmick era.

[AMF4]

was that an early version of The Pounce?

[Mr1700]

WWE picks gimmicks out of a hat. Sometimes they work sometimes they don't.

[buddmann]

Wild Bill Irwin was the Goon. Former tag champ. Very Low time for WWF with the goofy gimmicks.

[redroversk]

I would say something bad about 'im, but he's got such a hot temper, and nice boots!

[MRDXKLIQ101]

wwe time period where they really dropped the ball gimmicks wise

[krushvelvet67]

Why Wild Bill Why????

[VonCouch]

I remember the only thing they ever said about the good was "look at those boots"!

[SeanXavier]

god all those hockey puns are horrible.

[Animeowner]

The Goon = Bill Irwin

[AngelRising]

he was doomed as soon as they made him wear the ice skate boots.

[ronvonhesse]

hot i got off on the goon.....big time.. loadshooter ron

[imcomintogetya]

Hey Thanks for posting this i love hockey and wwe. I first saw this guy in wwe mag i started to crack up hey thanks really much

[AlbanianMan]

Wow, this Goon match was BRUTAL!  Not in a good way either. Brutal as in this match is brutal to watch workrate wise

[HockeyRulesGameOn]

Hey Vince, that was elbowing, not high-sticking.

[holyhandgrenade105]

well his stick was a little high

[geeman999999]

who was this idiot anyway? I don't remember this gimmick. It must of been a short lived one considering Vince's dumb ideas only last for about two minutes.

[Lujo45]

Put Bob Probert and Joey Kocer on the same team and they would beat the shit out of them 2!

[notyoursavior78]

hahaha I love the organ music they play for his ring music. And there were so many references to hockey during the match. This was great!

[Supermercado]

I like how the footage of him "during his hockey career" is in an empty arena. Then Hennig, ever the professional, tries to save it during the match by suggesting he's been banned from "amateur hockey leagues".

[MaryJaneBlackHeart]

wow, they're really selling the Goon. They should've had him feud with Undertaker.

[iseeredpeople]

ITS STILL REAL TO ME DAMN IT

[ckendall67]

Hey ref, that's hitting from behind! Where's the call?!;-)

I actually liked this gimmick while it lasted; & he could stickhandle too:-D

[JPThunder01]

"OHH COME ON HIGH STICKING! COME ON! HEY SLASHING GIMME A BREAK!" lol

[iam2old453]

his finisher should've been the hockey skate to the face..

[Fernaboy]

Wow for a crappy gimake Irwin sortof made it work like dropping the gloves was hilourous

[FULANODETAL]

after looking this video still there people than think giang gonzales was the worst wrestler of all times,

[AlbanianMan]

I remember him in World Class (WCCW) as one of the Super D's and also as Wild Bill Irwin

[Megaman2184]

"OMG GIVE ME A BREAK" LOL Vince just cracks me up with his play-by-play.

[greenlant]

Weird how Mr. Perfect just gave away The Goon's real name. They would never do that these days, to like, Boogetman or something.

[meclymer52]

Holy shit I forgot how bad Vince was on play-by-play

[HBKLIQ]

lol o my god, the good old days

[mcdermott07]

its funny how vince would be bored with the gimmick, since hes the one that most likely came up with it

[ThongBunz2]

the commentators sound bored out of their mind and unimpressed with the stupid gimmick, just trying to work in all of the hockey references they prepared beforehand

[zaius316]

I'm impressed that Bill Irwin could skate that well. Too bad they couldn't get Don Cherry (or at least Coach John Tolos) to manage him.

Oh, and did Dan Jasser steal his trunks from Scott Steiner?

[awewrestling]

Bill Irwin reprised this character for the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania X-Seven in 2001.