Stone Cold Helped Shelton Benjamin Become ‘The Gold Standard’
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- Shelton Benjamin breaks down how he came up with idea of dyeing his hair blond, leading him to becoming 'The Gold Standard' #wwe #wrestling #sheltonbenjamin
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Dusty knew what was up. Punk vs Shelton would have been a great match.
Oh hell yeah
Why didn’t it happen?
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@DiorShiesty like the guy said Vince, and think they had given up on the brand by then. I think it only lasted another year maybe after he came on the show...
Dusty was too good for this world
This dude was criminally underused
Criminally would be the only acceptable word.
I wasn't watching wwe during Shelton's prime because I was too young and my parents felt it was overtly violent-- I have to ask though, is it true that his mic skills were horrendous and that's why he never broke the glass ceiling? Bc that's what I was told, and if that is the case then why didn't they put him with someone like Paul Heyman or MVP way sooner?
@@TheJpiscool he was very mid on the mic. I never understood why they never put a manager type figure with him either. The dude is an amazing wrestler but unfortunately you have to be decent on the mic too in order to truly get over.
@@JustinCredible2452 But to be fair, talent like Brock Lesnar and early Roman Reigns prove that wrong. Roman is great now don't get me wrong, but he was greener than algae when he first got the top spot, and later he got put with Heyman and that's what REALLY got him over. I feel like Shelton could have easily been wwe champ with a good manager. Easily.
@@TheJpiscool that's true. Brock was just a bad ass and Roman had "the look". I just don't know why it didn't happen with Shelton. I feel Chad Gable is in the same boat.
"Baybeh, you are going against Phil next week for the tileh, is your moment, you got this"
I read this in Dusty’s voice lol
“You got theeus, baybeh!”
You mean tithle😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Dusty wouldn't call him Phil
Shelton as an athlete is, without a doubt, one of the best professional wrestlers ever from a technical standpoint.
You forgot "a doubt" after "without" 🤣
@@joezjymnazium77 Lol. You're right. My bad
Yeah the guy was talented asf
All he need was mic skills
The match he had on Raw with Shawn Michaels in 05 was insane. Two great in-ring workers making magic together
The Gold Standard gimmick was a favourite if mine as a kid growing up. Man Shelton was the full package
Only missed mic skills unfortunately 😅
@mundial200 they should have given him a good mouthpiece. Maybe turn Teddy Long heel and have him manager. I could also see him being in a stable with Lesnar and Paul Heyman.
@@negaducksays9368 yeah no doubt, unlike Momma Benjamin 😅😅😭
This guy deserved to be multiple time would champion
But they racist fucker Vince could never let black man be the champion. He did the same to Booker T
ALOT of great wrestlers had/have bad mic skills, their actions carry the talent. RVD, Jeff Hardy, shit even Rey to this day doesn’t sound believable, so it shouldn’t be an excuse. Shelton ended up molding the athletic standard WWE holds itself to now
I called him Super Saiyan Shelton Benjamin 👍🏼💯
You was def the cool one out yo crew
@@SoloStudiossI agree with this guy 💪💯
@cbreezy1322
🤣🤣🤣
@@darthken815 🤷🏽♂️😁
This mofo spittin
To this day, I still see Shelton Benjamin as one of the heirs of the great Kurt Angle 💯
It's a straight line. Kurt Angle-Shelton Benjamon-Chad Gable.
He should’ve been WWE champ and had a good title run. Man was and still is super talented.
No.
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Screw what the npc bot there says. I totally agree, man should have been WWE Champion.
This guy deserved to be multiple time would champion
But they racist fucker Vince could never let black man be the champion. He did the same to Booker T
his mic skills held him back from a lot of accolades he could've accomplished
During that time the USA and Intercontinental Titles were so clean
Ain’t no stoppin him now” 💪🫡🙏🔥🔥🔥💯
Gold Standard was such a nice gimmick, and it felt sooooo in place for him.
.......Shelton was no different before and after. So really; what was the gimmick other than some hair dye?
@@airfixx_8952He had the Gold Standard monicker and the artistic direction (titantron, attire, a few catchphrase moments) to go with it, he had a gimmick.
Shelton is underrated. He was peak athletic potential
The most underrated wrestler of all time
He was one of my favorites. WWE not using him should be a crime. He was a high flyer before that style went mainstream
Shelton Benjamin vs Punk at fuggin Mania for the ecw title would’ve been a match that people still talked about because of how great it was to this day
And it should’ve happened both things at mania that year could’ve happened earlier in the show Punk Vs Shelton ECW title Shelton goes over punk goes in the money in the bank match but comes late because he had a match earlier and he comes in and steals it. Everything could’ve still worked out
Shelton has deserved more in his career. Great talent!
Shelton is crazy talented. It's a damn shame that he was never world champion in WWE.
yeah the fact they never made him champion, yet they managed to make cody a champ, is crazy
@@RagingUtaiYou already know why,Its not crazy. Hopefully I don’t need to explain it to you
This guy was the real deal, an in life bad ass, freaky athletic, had the look and was alright on the mic. Definitely had the potential to have atleast 1 top belt run, but he definitely should have been a high-mid carder and had like 5 ic or US title reigns
Hell, all that AND he recruited Brock Lesnar. He should be getting *royalties* for getting Brock in the door.
If Shelton is guilty of anything, it's loving the business too much. He was way too happy to be in that ring. Had he been fired up and ticked off in order to adopt a Stone Cold-esque character, everyone would've seen right through it because that's not who he is. Talent for days and the powers that be seldom let him climb past the midcard but the true fans know Shelton is a real one.
That's one of the reasons I quit watching wrestling,putting gimmicks ahead of in-ring talent.
Shelton's IC title run was 🔥 and he was like spiderman in MITB matches.. a feud with Dolph Ziggler for the IC or World title wud have been great..
The greatest US Champ in my unpopular opinion 🔥
I think he's one of the greatest US Champ... which is why he sets the Gold Standard in Professional Wrestling.
No love for MVP, title fit him like a glove.
@@TheManny717 well you just blew my mind with that perfectly worded statement
Shelton was great 🙏
Criminally underrated.
Shelton and Shawn's match on Raw is easily one of the top non ppv match's ever. That super kick he hit Shelton with off the springboard will forever be in my memories. 🎉
A match I'll never forget either I remember!!🎉
@@brittanyjimenez6989Epic match..... Classic match
Shelton made every match look like a title match.
Omg yes 💯🔥
when it comes to the debate of people who should have been world champ shelton is the first that comes to my mind
US title looked sooo good on him man
I want to see Shelton beat Punk sooooo bad
That is never gonna happen
@@jvgoat6725 I know
Make him look like clown. Technically wise
Him and Punk were lowkey Batman and Superman of WWE ECW for a while there
This guy deserved to be multiple time would champion
But they racist fucker Vince could never let black man be the champion. He did the same to Booker T
I still have always felt that Shelton is among the most underrated superstars ever! Fantastic performer!
I believe he DEFINITELY DESERVE MORE credit.
He should have been way bigger than he got, dude brought a lot to the ring.
It's sad that the WWE did not push Benjamin the way he deserved to be pushed that man was amazing in the ring watching his matches there was no way that this guy was supposed to be a mid card wrestler 😢😢 I hate how the WWE wastes some of their Best talent..
Ind ring the guy could do anything
It also suck how Shelton and Brock Lesnar started together the same level and quality, and as a tag team also, they both from same college who also wrestled there but idk why out of a sudden, Brock got a straight up push for the main title, with a damn good manager but Shelton was just left all alone fighting midcards.
@@munimmisbah2180Probably due to Brock's size, Vince always loved large guys.
@@munimmisbah2180Vince likes big Strong White boys. He's been stuck on that mindset and that's why when he gets less control, there's a wider variety of wrestlers that come along.
He wasn't good on the mic..he needed a good stick man.. that would have shot him to the top
Let's keep this real... I'm a huge wrestling fan but can the rock outperform Shelton Benjamin in the ring athletically moveset wise?????..... They push who they want to push and it's sad The Rock got the big push eventually.... ... I appreciate y'all commenting on the thread... It's nice to interact with other wrestling supporters and fans
Man. I would love to be in the timeline Shelton trained in MMA.
One of the most underutilized athletes in the game. The gold standard should have been ECW champ.
How is this man not a trainer for wwe ? If the future generations were taught by him there’s no telling how far they could go . the performance center works wonders look at kelani Jordan I believe since Shelton has been there done that he could give athletes a leg up under shelton even the worst wrestler would still be an elite athlete no doubt about it
The amount of people who have lost there job following that advice is hilarious
Criminally under utilized.
such a great wrestler. definetly deserved a world title
Most underrated and overlooked wrestler Shelton was , phenomenal athlete. I enjoyed watching all his matches ,
One of the only wrestlers billed from south carolina when I was a kid. That alone meant a lot. Love Shelton
What's interesting is that Shelton did become a gold standard in another way: before you had Kofi Kingston and his yearly Royal Rumble stunts to avoid elimination, you had Shelton Benjamin preforming *never before seen moves and stunts in the Money in the Bank ladder matches. Shelton Benjamin pioneered moves so unique to the match, that they became standard features in WWE video games for many years afterward. This distinction alone I feel is a clincher for Shelton Benjamin as a future inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame. The man helped pioneer both a match that would become not only a yearly match at Wrestlemania (and then go on to become its own Pay-per-view), but also create a move/skill set for the company's gaming franchise.
*never before seen...the WWE at least, I don't know about elsewhere, but I'd like to think Benjamin was the first, the originator.
Yo Shelton was a beast his matches was 🔥 always made opponents look great in ring
One of the greatest performers in ring. It's criminal that he didn't get a world championship run.
One of the best underrated athlete wrestlers of all time
A few years later doing something like dying your hair on the fly wouldn’t be seen as a risk to advance your career, but a risk that would piss off management for changing your likeness (ie, WWE’s copyright) without their permission. Even when Shelton did this he might have just got lucky that it didn’t kill his career in WWE.
Which is dumb because how can a superstar stand out if creative is just pulling bs or not coming up with something.
@@2muchReality7ven It's the way people in power justify not giving opportunities. Creative had nothing for Shelton even though it's their job to have something for everyone. They dismiss it saying "it's up to you to grab the brass ring. You can't sit around waiting for creative to create something for you. Talent takes initiative and gets themselves over i.e. Zach Ryder, and then get punished because "how dare you try to create something from nothing."
I often read complaints that Shelton wasn't good on the mic. That's why you give him a mouthpiece. Or give him more time to practice so that he gets better.
@tdylan Exactly. You try to tell folks this but they only regurgitate what they here only see face value. Instead, you let him talk once every blue moon and have him lose a substantial amount of matches, even as U.S champion. If WWE wanted to try, they would have tried.
@@tdylan Paul Heyman would've done wonders for Shelton.
Shelton with the blond hair actually made his gold standard run more iconic
Shelton Benjamin is one of the most underrated wrestlers of the past thirty years. Such talent, athleticism and ability to captivate an audience, especially in ladder matches.
"AIN'T NO STOPPING ME NOWWW!!!!" Shelton Benjamin was definitely underrated in WWE. He was one of my favorites.
This guy has always been one of my favorite wrestlers. His theme song has always been stuck in my head 😭
Shelton Benjamin is one of the finest in ring performers of modern wrestling.
Shelton is so underrated. Dude was clean in the ring.
An old Shelton Benjamin is something I thought I’d never see
Awe part of the interview. Loved hearing his point of view. Thank you for posting this.
Is one of my favorite wrestlers. Incredibly athletic and should have been a multiple time world champion.
Him on ECW was great. Christian vs Benjamin was an awesome rivalry
I believe that’s what they were aiming for, because when Shelton first got to Ecw , his promos hinted at going for the title .
He should’ve at least won MITB once
He walked into the hair cutlery and said...gimme the Sisco 😂
And Sisqo copied “ The Natural “ Butch Reed!
They push the miz but not Shelton
We all know why
The Miz is shit in the ring.
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Yeah we do. That won't stop some of these folks from coming in here and pretending otherwise though.
@@gaminggodforever7945 💯
Shelton was awesome. One of my favorite wrestlers of his time. Didn’t get a huge push but was awesome in the midcards
Most underrated guy
He was so underrated in his time man. He was soooo talented for real. He was one of my favorites to watch.
This man is a incredible wrestler everytime he wrestled he put his all in that ring.
He never really got over, but he's known for being a great worker. So I'm glad he stuck around.
The emotion that Shelton showed when Lashley and MVP were splitting up the Hurt Business was awesome.His mic skills saved that promo
Dude was a great “villain” character. Honestly, it’s great to see what the personalities of these guys are truly like outside of the ring.
I must recognize he tried everything. He knows charisma was his weak points and he worked really well. Cheers for him, what an amazing wrestler
One of the best and one of the least recognized.
Probably the most under appreciated talent in the history of the WWE.
I met Sheldon at comic con MS he was hiding from Ruc Flair but when I seen him I yelled "Sheldon what up dawg" and blew his cover then whole crowd screamed Sheldon!!!!
I was delighted to be in the crowd and see Shelton Benjamin in the ring years ago, he was so talented, definitely the ‘Gold Standard’
He was dope always liked his matches and I did wanted to see him beat top guys.
Shelton should've had a WWE world title run
Glad I got to grow up and watch all these greats back in the attitude era with my grandpa man you had to be there every Monday night every Friday night hell TNA as well in Thursday night also
Shelton was so slept on back then it’s mind blowing, bro’s athleticism was high tier for sure
Shelton shouldve been world heavyweight champion
Shelton was and is so talented I genuinely loved him when he wrestled
Dude was doing his thing during the Gold Standard character
Shelton Benjamin in his prime was elite. Underrated af
Sheldon Benjamin is my favorite wrestler in Smackdown vs Raw games
Shelton was one of my favs growing up! Watching him in the ring was a treat! I always wanted him to be of my cool ass uncles 😂😂😂!
Shelton's matches with kofi kingston are gold 👌 spectacularly talented heel
Gold standard was a good brand, and his wrestling was that standard too, class act
Man, I loved Benjamin! His set with Haas and Paul London’s were the first WWE action figures I bought myself (in my teens) great fucking talent.
Shelton had one of my favorite matches ever. Him against Shawn Michaels. I'll never forget my jaw dropping on the floor
Shelton is still one of the most athletic dudes ever. Loved his matches. Tag and singles.
Should have been a WWE champion eventually, he was a terrific wrestler back then
Shelton & John Morrison were so underutilized it’s insane
Shelton Benjamin is clearly one of the most underrated wrestlers in the business. Heck, him and Brock Lesner were teammates at the University of Minnesota, and they tore it up in college
Dude maybe the most underrated wrestler ever. It's a shame he never got a world title run.
Met him last night at a Portland event! He was so chill and cool! He could still put on a match!!
Wwe did him soo dirty i think he needs to make a comeback full aggression with a beard i just appreciate his humility
He and Charlie Haas as "The World's Greatest Tag Team" were awesome to watch. Shelton has had a great career overall.
One of the most underrated Pro Wrestler/Superstar! He should of, had a World Heavyweight Title run....
This dude elevated anyone he got in there with. I watch his match with Shawn Michaels once a year, and it doesn't disappoint - one of the best matches ever on RAW, and I'm confident saying that not having watched in about 20 years.
Stone cold hands down my favorite.
Now that the wrestlers are coming in camera behind the scenes, being their authentic selves and talking about the behind the scenes stuff, it's actually cool again
I loved the gold standard too. Always been a huge fan of Shelton. He was one of my favorites
Him, dolph and john morrison were so underrated.
shelton benjamin is one the very few wrestlers we want back but we know we're never gonna see it happen
Shelton is truly among the best to ever do it!
Most underrated wrestler in the history of wwe😢