Steve Blackman - The Infamous Brawl For All Debacle
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- Steve Blackman disusses the ridiculousness of the Brawl For All tournament and why it ultimately flopped so hard. Stream New Shoot Interviews 📺 TitleMatchNetwork.com
Former WWF & MMA expert Steve Blackman talks about how he was sold on the infamous Brawl for All. Find out why Steve had to adjust his gameplan when the rules were changed up on him at the last minute.
He also gives us the story of some of the guys setting their own rules and what happened when Dr Death Steve Williams was knocked out.
Also hear why Blackman says Bart Gunn should have changed his gameplan against Butterbean at Wrestlemania 14.
Originally produced by RF Video Inc in 2007. Licensed for distribution on Title Match Network.
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Big shout out to the "Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
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Steve Mufuggin Lethal Weapon Blackman to you
This was on CZcams until recently on the original channels page what happened there?
I'll never forget when I was a kid Steve Blackman signed my autograph book when I was waiting outside in the cold outside Madison Square Garden to meet wrestlers. I'll always be grateful for that
Can’t remember what place but in NYC and this must have been 1998 there was an autograph signing for X-PAC and Steve Blackman. Last minute something came up where Steve couldn’t be there so they gave us Goldust instead with X-PAC. Most of the crowd and myself was cool with it because Goldust was a more interesting wrestler but I could remember just one karate kid who was dressed up in martial arts gear was crying when he heard the news
I used to wrestle on the Indy circuit and went to Cleveland one night to wrestle and ended up getting a migraine headache and just worked security. I met Harley Race and was cheesing like a little kid..Harley was a very cool guy and to listen to his storys was the coolest thing ever..I met Buff Bagwell and he took a pic with me and asked me to hangout with him and we became friends , Buff is a super cool guy. But the one asshole I met and ended up cussing out and telling off was Raven. He acted like he was to good to take pics and just had a very shitty attitude towards the indys guys..I ended up telling him to take his pics and shove em up his ass that night..
@@mikeimpressionsreviews9831damn that’s wack, I feel sorry for that kid! Hope he got to meet him one day
Steve Blackman is actually very well spoken. Criminally underrated.
Nah, he was pretty dull. Standard pro wrestler of his era. Nothing special at all and had a lack of charisma.
😂😂😂😂 ffs not everyone has to be ‘underrated “ he was boring as hell
I was just about to post that. He also has a strong presence in the way he carries himself. I don't recall him ever doing interviews or promos on WWF television back in the day. They just turned him into a gimmicky kendo stick guy and it seems to me that he could have been much more than that.
@@myname1989 exactly. You see a post about any pro wrestler and there’s always “he’s so underrated” comment. I can’t actually think of anyone who’s underrated. Everyone used to say it about Brad Armstrong but it’s been said so much now that you’d think he was the best wrestler ever. He was a standard Z-Man 220lb early 90’s flyer. They were all solid.
Second that 👍
His run as hardcore champion is one of my favorite things about the Attitude era!
I remember that one match against Crash Holly, damn that’s was good
Bart was just a beast of a man, he beat UFC veteran Cabbage Correira in his MMA debut with no training then gave Minowa a very tough fight in Pride.
300 year old 400 pound cabbage? Ya tank beat him too
But Bart was a beast. Just no training and dumb as a rock
He won on a cut...also Cabbage was awful
@@dr.loomis4221 Well, his parents named him after a vegetable
Would never want to take a kick from Steve Blackman.Scary guy
Wouldn't want to take a stern look, nevermind a kick
Blackman will always be the guy that John Bradshaw was ribbing and Blackman beat Bradshaw's butt at the baggage claim and Bradshaw said "Hell, Blackman hit me 8 times before I knew I was even in a fight."
Love it. Also made JBL apologize in front of all the wrestlers at catering.
get some help
@@themondoshow you ok?
@@JobsJ87 are yiu?
@@themondoshow ya
I only recently discovered this guy was a real fighter... He was my favorite wrestler for no reason except I thought his gimmick was hilarious when compared to the other outrageously over the top gimmicks seen in wrestling... Muay Thai and MMA have been in my life nearly all my life and then I find out this dude is all about that life!
I remember being just as excited for the brawl for all final as Rock vs. Austin.
After Meng, Steve is the most legit tough guy in the business. Still looking great 💪🏾💯
Cold as Ice.
Enter the Dojo, grasshopper....
Mufuggin Dojo
Real fights with ZERO training. Vince Russo was beyond stupid.
Really u don't say lol
Aew is still trash
Saw Steve In 'Stampede wrestling he was very nice to us 12yo boys who wanted autographs
The way you worded that
I'll have to rewatch all the fights of the Brawl For All one of these days.
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They’re awful lmao
It makes no sense because Vince always liked taking credit for building new stars and there you had a new star in Bart and he could've worked a program with Austin and they could've put Shane with Bart to help get him over and build him up as the new baddest man on the planet. They dropped the ball with that one just for typical pettiness from the bs politics in wrestling.
Cause of jr
Exactly him and Jim Cornette and they did him so dirty by having him fight butterbean cause they were so butthurt that they thought they knew about fighting and they actually knew nothing.
@@EndlessElusion That's the pettiness that still goes on that they just don't know how to keep their egos in check.
Blackman was easily going to win that tournament. Without even throwing punches, his takedowns were fuckin flawless.
Had they allowed kicks… Blackman would have literally killed someone.
Agreed. If they truly allowed them to go all out, Blackman wins. Though in my opinion if they had limited it to boxing only rules, Marc Mero wins.
Dan severn would have given him a run for his money.
Yep l still remember how he destroyed Mero without breaking a sweat and without even trying or wanting to hurt him, l was embarrassed for Mero, who was an accomplished boxer. The whole thing was a disaster!
@@DavidOwen-yv8wz Yeah it shows why its never a good idea for a boxer to fight an MMA fighter w/ MMA rules, and vice versa. For example Jake Paul talking about fighting Diaz in MMA, he may have taken care of him no problem w/ boxing rules but doesn't mean that will be the case w/ MMA rules which Diaz is infinitely more traversed in.
It went against everything professional wrestling stands for.
Steve Blackman or Dan Severn could've easily win the Brawl For All tournament.
I think Marc Mero would have won if it was kept at boxing only...
@@johncook9392 I wonder if Marc would've had a less tough time with Butterbean at Wrestlemania 15.
@@kenterminateddq5311 Yes, but I think he still would have gotten KO'd. Or at least beat up bad for a clear decision. Butterbean was much too strong and much too experienced to box anyone in WWF/WWE
Marc would have at least got through a round, Dan or Steve would have won easy, but would have to have fought under certain rules. @@kenterminateddq5311
I think Blackman has been buckin some rails
Yeah dude totally
Definitely 😂 takes one to know one
Definetly, I noticed that as well.
I recall watching this go down in my younger years and it was amazing to watch
Glad he was honest about him not wanting to stand with mero because he didn’t throw any punches and just took mero down
Blackman is scary. Should have been a huge star.
Absolutely but the fans at that time where betards😂
Steve Blackman for HOF.
There is a painting of Steve hidden in an attic somewhere that aged 30 years.
He hasn't aged a day since I watched him in wwe.
This interview was probably filmed 20 years ago
@@nicklomas181 I think 2008-2009 but yea a while ago
2007. It's stated at the start of the video.
He's As Cold As Ice.. He's Willing To Sacrifice! - Steve "Mufuggin" Blackman!
Haha! That’s all I think of when dude’s on…good ole Wrestling Bios
Marc Mero was probably the most skilled boxer of them all, if Blackman hadnt fought smart against him to take him out of the tourney it probably would have been Marc Mero that got blasted by Butterbean instead of Bart 😁
Well, he's a former Golden Gloves champion
When they stopped doing the takedowns it was actually extremely entertaining. Just brawling. Bart should have gotten a push for proving his worth.
The crowd actually started cheering the takedowns, look up Droz vs Savio Vega
@@kevthegoat8774 Lol thats actually cool. I think the problem was that the takedowns paused the action too much, probably because the wrestlers would kinda get blown up fast so it took awhile for them to get back up. Guys like vega and droz were athletic tho so i can see that being a better watch.
Good Ol' JR put a stop to that push after his "boy" Dr. Death got his a$$ whipped by Bart.
Bart got a push…off a cliff
Fat ass JR stopped his run after he knocked out his boy Dr. Death
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Wasn't Brawl For All Vince Russo's idea?
Depends on which shoot interview if Russo's you catch. He's denied it but also claimed he did it to shut up JBL
It was russos idea. It wasn't a terrible idea because mma ufc is the biggest combat sport today. It was just terrible execution and timing. Plus they wanted to half way work It with doctor D. When it didn't go his way. The back had a fit. If they would have done old school Pancrase rules like no closed hands punches and made it into a mma prototype, the brawl for all would have been awesome. We had Ken shamrock, Blackman and Dan Severn legit shooters in there. It would be fun. Make a trophy for it and cash prize. Who knows.
It was a stupid idea and there were no long term plans for the winner so of course it was Russo’s dumb idea.
Even though he's coked up, he's still a great interview
I'm glad someone else noticed this, he's very composed still but definitely z00ted
The funny thing is, during this interview, near the beginning, I think, he says that he doesn't do mind altering drugs 😂 I dunno, maybe he thinks coca cola isn't a mind altering drug @@TorreLane
STEVE MUHFUGGIN BLACKMAN!
Thanks WRESTLING BIOS!
Cold as ice!
Willing to sacrifice!
Rumour has it that this interviewer ask Steve about his favourite country artist and was never seen again.
Steve Muffugin Blackman
Cold as ice.
Muffuggin? Is that a maternal Irish name? 😂
@@AHalevonEricthat's what wrestling bios calls him!
You want a war?? ur gon get one
WSI is trying to get him on. He's elusive because he's always off fighting crime that is country music.
I would have loved it if the Brawl for all Finale was Bart Gunn versus Steve Blackman.
Blackman is 60 years old. Incredible
These are old footage reuploaded from 15 or so years ago.
The brawl for all should have been worked shoots. Tell the fans that this is all real and different from the regular programming. But tell the boys it's a work so dr. Death can win it and go on to feud with austin.
STEVE BLACKMAN..CLASS ACT
😂 poor child.
Description is wrong. Bart Gunn fought butterbean at WrestleMania 15.
They were scared of the mufugger kick
Imagine taking a full force side kick to the knee from Steve Blackman lmao.
THE LETHAL WEAPON !
went over like a fart in a church!
lmao
Definitely on that ❄️
WWE did try to do something similar with Tough Enough Finale Miz vs Puder.
And Miz actually did great against Puder and held his own and gave it to Puder
We'll need to let Wrestling Bios know that we found Steve Blackman. Not sure if Wrestling Bios was able to find Steve Blackman at WrestleMania 40.
I couldn't even have imagined if Haku was in the brawl for all, No one would have survived.
they'd have just said You win and gone back to normal schedule
Steve looks great, hasn't aged in 20 yrs
This was filmed 20 years ago ding dong...
He was around 43/44 here but still looks great now at 60.
@@ShinerBock2007 and? time isn't stupid enough to try and age Steve Mufuggin Blackman.
@@spacehunternebulanm7003 Exactly. Blackman > Time
Severn and Blackman would have ended up fighting if one didn't get injured and the other pulled out.
It would have been UFC in WWF garb at that point
Steve mufuggin Blackman
Can we get Steve Blackman vs Brock Lesnar
YEAH
Steve
Is this recent, or from like 2001? Cause Blackman looks the same as he did 20+ years ago.
I bet this is around 15 years ago.
Brawl For All was very poorly planned. A bunch of pro wrestlers who had very little time to train and prepare for shoot fights were expected to perform “good fights”. Most of those fights were the drizzling sh*ts.
All these shoot interviews with wrestlers, does the interviewer provide blow or do the wrestlers have their own?
Savio wanted to kick.
Is he saying Bart? Or Mark? I’m not sure who he’s talking about
Bart should have did take downs on Butterbean but I'm sure it was a rule he couldn't
Steve MF Blackman. Bad ass
No wonder why he looks so young. It's from 2007.
I HOPE WHO EVER came up with the idea is still banished. It was painful to watch....
That would be Vince Russo. You can lay the blame on him, was his idea all along.
Steve enjoying that Colombian marching powder 🔥
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Dude 6 days ago? Mr. Blackman does not age at all.. wow.
This interview is from 2007
@KingC89 did not know that, thanks pal!
they shoulve tried something like pancrase with shin pads and open hand slaps or at least have mma gloves. grappling with 16 ounce gloves and no ground and pound made no sense.
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Don’t understand why he wasn’t a bigger star, I guess maybe he just wasn’t good on the mic
The fans came to watch wrestling not a horrible display of MMA fights kinda that's why they bull it and that's no knock on the wrestlers they were in wrestling mode not fighting mode I just wonder how many guys could of beat butterbean if they made it to him which by the way was one of the absolute worst events in all of WrestleMania smh
It was fixed steve Williams was supposed to win. Vince punished the other guy for winning
That makes no sense. Williams didn't win.
@@johnm3907I think he's claiming that Bart was supposed to lose to Steve, then knocked him out and magically managed to win the tournament. All of this despite it being a work. Cause that makes sense.
@lookitskazzy I've never seen any interview where anyone suggested that, Williams was who they wanted to win. Iv never heard anything about rigging. It shows how stupid the whole idea was.
@johnm3907 it wasn't rigged. Vince thought for sure Steve Williams was going to win. Bart Gunn ended up winning and got punished for winning.
Also Russo came up with the idea so JBL would get knocked out.
@@polsdofer yeah I know it wasn't rigged. It was such a stupid idea
Does anybody else think Steve looks like Wolverine
*COCAINE!*
Steve Cokeman
He was so disappointing in Brawl4All
It was disappointing watching a boxer get taken down with ease multiple times?
Huh? Dude he fucking dominated the best boxer in the whole tournament. He would have easily won the whole thing had he not gotten hurt.
And if kicks had been allowed, he would have ended dudes careers.
@@marioargiropoulos7555Blackman wouldn’t have won. He wasn’t a great striker and would get lit up by Bart or Godfather. He’s not out wrestling Bart or Severn.
In a real life brawl for all,
Cody Rhodes would be EASILY beaten by any random construction worker
The average construction worker isn’t beating a former two time georgia state champ bro.
Cody is a former two time state Champion and had a scholarship to wrestle at Penn State but chose to go Pro, in your dreams is some average construction worker beating Cody Rhodes 😂😂
@@kevthegoat8774 Maybe he meant Steven Regal as that "A Real Man's Man" gimmick.
Shut up casual he would tie you up in a pretzel within seconds
No one cares about that embarrassing affair....lol
He's on coke here
I don't think I'd want to mess with a coked up Steve Blackman
Who tf cares, especially if you aren't hurting anyone and an adult.
Was that a known thing for him? I thought the same thing
Bs smh
You don’t want to mess with him under any circumstances.
As much as Russo annoys me, I actually thought the "Brawl for All" was great. Not sure why it's considered such a disaster. The point of Pro Wrestling is selling tickets/PPV sales....it did that.
It wasn’t good for business. Multiple guys got hurt. Dr Death was recently signed and it killed his run before it even began. It also killed any momentum Bart would have had because he got KO’d.
Not one WWE guy came out looking better afterwards. That means it’s a failure.
It didn’t even show us who was good at fighting because the rules were so stupid. Having to get off a dude immediately after taking him down? What’s even the point? Better to just make it a kickboxing match.
No it didn't. It wasn't on PPV, for one. Second of all, the only person that got over was Bart and they immediately killed that by doing nothing with him in the ensuing months. Third, any tickets sold to the events where BfiA happened would have sold regardless because the WWF was ascendant. Fourth and finally, the ratings weren't good for BfiA at any point, and on some nights Nitro benefitted (this was when it was still a ratings war).
Because he had no plans after it not to mention everyone got hurt and they kept changing the rules.
Bart won and got over then Russo took him off tv because “he didn’t know what to do with him” then he brings him back 7 months later and jobs him out to bob Holly (the same Holly we saw Bart beat the f up in BFA) then puts him in a boxing match with Butterbean. Russo is a hack clown.
It would have been better to just have Bart go on a dominant streak after winning BFA. Then have Dr Death (not in a stupid kabuki mask) return and attack him then just have those to WRESTLE at WM15. Simple booking101. It would’ve been better too.
Blackman was incredibly dull. If you took him out of late 90’s WWF it would change nothing. I was watching everything at the time, I was on my early twenties, never missed any of the shows and PPV’s and I can’t remember a single Blackman match. If Steve was such a bad ass (yup I’ve heard the stories) he should have gone in to MMA.
Why do mma when you can make way more money in WWE? There’s a reason guys like Shamrock and Severn went to WWE when they could have stayed in UFC. Just like Tank Abbott going to WCW. There was no money in the UFC back then.
@@marioargiropoulos7555 Bingo! Early MMA paid like sh!t. People got their heads bashed in for chump change.
MMA still pays like sh!t, except at the "in the title picture"-level, in relation to the massive risks and inevitable damage. Talk about a business that's even filthier and more corrupt than both boxing and pro wrestling...
Despite his half-jobber run his matches were entertaining. Try to watch it by your eyes instead of your ass.
Good 'Cain, eh?
Steve, SNIFF! Blackman.
Blackman was goosed after three mins. You couldn’t light a match near him.
I didn't believe him then, and I still don't believe him now
Tweaker!
Steve Blackman has not aged at all, Still looks the same he did 20 years ago.
This video is from 2007. He definitely looks older now.
This is about 25 years ago!
@@johnm3907 No, it isn't! Can people really not subtract 2,007 from 2,024 anymore and get anywhere near the correct result? How about 24 minus 7? Still no?
Bloody hell!
@@henrygvidonas9573 I thought it was from around 2003. Why are you so wound up? Chill out bud.
Every one of these clips someone comments how good the guy looks not realizing that it says the year of the interview at the beginning
Steve made it work with gloves against Mero but by the time it started kicking wasn't even allowed anymore? Sucks for Mero that he had to fight Steve lol. Against everyone else Mero would have probably done great since it became pretty much a boxing match.