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Legendary wrestler, manager, commentator, producer and booker ”Dirty” Dutch Mantell (WWE's Zeb Colter) brings his definitive takes on the latest news in the professional wrestling business as well as the most entertaining stories from years gone by to the podcast airwaves.
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There's just so many wrestlers who never learned the difference between show muscles and go muscles
Cesaro/Claudio or Gable = go muscles
Brakus or Connan Chris Walker = show muscles
I love that line. Forgot where I heard it.
Chris Walker could work. Best drop kick ever !!@@smarkslowplay3512
I was in the dungeon when Barakus was training at Bret’s. He worked the odd stampede show. A 12” piece of 1” rebar is less stiff.
Lol when Dutch said “The Rock says” I thought he was going to tell James to “Know his role”
I’ll always remember J.R discussing an El Gigante promo he cut …”Ric Flair …I k- you …”. Jim Ross is like ohh boy.
Pit fighter vibes from that photo.
Yup that game.
I was a 12 year old kid fascinated with bodybuilding, so I knew Barakas as Achim Albrecht. He was big and wide and ripped, but didn't do a whole lot in the pro leagues of bodybuilding if I remember correctly- but was seen a lot in ads. Strange to make a similar impression in two businesses. But, here we are talking about it still. So, that's something anyways...
Giant Gonzales was horrible. He was actually signed by the Atlanta Hawks and just couldn't play. So Ted Turner who owned the team and WCW decided to give him a shot at wrestling.
I met Gonzales at a mall in Alpharetta GA. He had to be the tallest person I ever seen up close. Very cool person. I will always remember him from saying, "I want the belt"!
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He was definitely huge! He just couldn't play basketball or wrestle
Why do sth athletic with someone who could barely walk? Never got it. Make him an enforcer or sth intimidating (wrestling, movies, shows)
**Steve Austin staring at his USWA check** Jeff Jarrett: "What, if you stare at it long enough do you think the numbers will change?" And thats why Austin refused to have any sort of program with Jarrett once he became a top guy in WWE. :) Yep, USWA was NOTORIOUS for no paying anyone squat.
Jerry Jarrett was great at running the business, but he outright cheated guys out of money the entire time.
Good.....karma's a bitch sometimes
Also explains why Jarrett cut that salty promo on Austin in WWF too.
@@MagneticlawJeff's not really received any karma though: worth millions, in better condition to Austin, happily married, still doing what he loves
@@ThePatcore And Austin wasn't crazy about Debra and Jeff's "friendship"
Who else thought the guy on the thumbnail was The ultimate warrior ( Jim Hellwig) 😂.
If I didn't jump on the WWF/E bandwagon in 1997 (late 1996, hey, the Stone Cold injuring Pillman is what got my eyes glued, but not fully yet), maybe I would've, but it was 1997, the year that I was introduced to the In Your House Arcade game in which Warrior was the only wrestler I didn't know because the other nine wrestlers were still on the roster while Warrior wasn't, and then I start my action figure collection on Jakks Series 2 starting with Undertaker and Bret Hart while seeing that the rest of the series featured Owen Hart, Vader, and Shawn Michaels along with? the only IYH roster member to not be on the WWF roster since the Summer of 1996 The Ultimate Warrior (even though I had a better chance of knowing Warrior before I even heard of Brakkus, and I make jokes about Tom Brandi being forgettable, this Brakkus guy holds no candle to him, but at least he can say he's more remembered than Kevin Quinn, I feel sorry for Quinn in this category)
@@BigLee1901I remember seeing Brakus live and thinking this dude is going to be huge! Boy was I wrong. Lol
Guilty.
No, just some other idiot with no talent.
Dutch is one of those rare wrestlers of the 70's and 80's, that are not bitter.
Maybe because I am not a very wealthy man but $700 a week in the early 90's seems like some pretty decent money for a rookie wrestler. That's roughly $1600 in today's money. Which adds up to around $80k a year.
You're correct. People tend to talk about past money by today's standards. 700 a week is great when you take into account that rent on average was around 300-450 a month in the 90s, and groceries/utilities were considerably cheaper as well.
Now factor in taxes and road expenses
Also they had to pay their own medical and insurance bills. Rocky was already being groomed to be a top guy and had deep family connections to WWE. Not fair, but it makes sense.
In WWE the mid 2000's was also a dark time for numerous bad workers. Heidenreich, Kenzo Suzuki and Luther Reigns etc. Gene Snitsky wasn't the best, however, he deserves a HOF induction just for punting the baby doll.
Luther reigns I only know about him for the thansgiving segment on smackdown
@@herecomesdatrainYeah, he was also in Kurt Angle's group along with Mark Jindrak. When Kurt (wheelchair) was Smackdown GM in '04, Luther acted as his bodyguard for a while.
@@LoneWolf-fi4lx I do remember that
@@LoneWolf-fi4lx Was that really in 04? I honestly feel old now. I loved that era of Smackdown but it's hard to believe it was so long ago.
I love how Dutch just walks out. No notice. *Not doin it!*
WCW should have brought him in as Alex Wright bodyguard alone with The Wall when he turned into Berlin
Alone with the wall. How does one come in alone with someone with him?????
@@Donkehy-puncharellothe same way your mom came in with the whole town u live in
@thesupervisor3270 seriously, your grammar was jacked up on that comment. Just fix it! Turned into Berlin? Wtf?
From what I've heard, the 2 x 4 might have had a better match then Brakkus.
The ultimate warrior was a cringe to look at but as time went on i think he developed into something unique we never saw before in the 80s and sold out lots of arenas . He was kind of like a comic book character that came out of comic page .and became very interesting.to look at. He didn't know how to wrestle but made a good brawler . An Entertainer for the family .but i do agree with dutch but in his early days the ultimate warrior was a cringe .at first. .
Warrior wasn't great, but he could deliver the basics and had excellent endurance for his body size
700 a week?!
Thats double my old military paycheck 10 years later
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I will never see a worse wrestler than giant Gonzales. And this is coming from khalis number one fab legit
I would rather watch Gonzales than Khali or Satnam Singh. All 3 are terrible. I felt bad for my friend that finally got a tryout match with WWE and he had to lose a squash match to Khali. Just terrible
The question is to focus on the WORST wrestler(s)… NOT actors. Mr. T. doesn’t count.
Certain people who immediately come to mind are…
- Al Tomko (destroyed Vancouver All-Star promotion);
- George Gulas (controversial in everything especially nepotism);
- Bruce Hart (yes, Bret Hart’s brother - much too predictable in the ring);
What about Dennis Rodman. He's not an actor😂
I remember when they sent Giant Gonzalez to Memphis. I talked to him once. He was a really nice guy. They just put him on tv way too soon because of his size. It was amazing how massive he was. He was even bigger in person than he was on tv.
Had to go refresh my memory on Brakus and there's a match of him against Jesus from Los Boricuas that barely went 2 minutes. Even for a squash match that was terrible.
Dutch you two are awesome! Thanks 🙏
You're welcome
Never mind gimmick or crossover guys who weren't really wrestlers. My pick is a guy who had no excuse. He wrestled a long time and got a push in several territories, but even a casual fan could say, "I'm better than him." That's the Magnificent Zulu.
case in point not everybody can do everything. Accept it and do what you are meant to do
Should Ryback be on this list? I have heard he wasn't safe to work with.
Only thing closer to an Indian heel gimmick that worked in North-America was Karachi Vice in Stampede Wrestling.
To be Fair. Brakus didnt know the Fall for all was real fighting. Savio Vega (his Opponent) said that.
WWE sure had some stinkers for wrestlers. Brakus. I saw a match between him and Taz in ECW on YT minutes ago. Fine bodybuilder, lousy wrestler. The match ECW hyped to death between him and Taz lasted below five minutes.
Like every Goldberg match?😂
Good ol George Gulas...
That raw taping on the network from 96 or 97 in Germany was brutal. Pretty sure Brachus was the main event or if not main event a major part of the show.
I remember brakkus on ECW for a few appearances and was he in one of the "best of the best" direct to video movies as the bad guy.
If he was, it wasnt televised ever. They ran vingettes on Brakkus for months, but he never actually appeared on tv until Brawl For All in summer 98
@@ThePatcore I'm thinking "hardcore tv" which ECW had in syndication before cable tv.
@@SAM-ru4vx Haha, I actually remember watching that! Julia Roberts' brother Eric was the main good guy and the dude who played the Native American in Predator was in it. No way THAT Brakus was the same guy as the wrestler, he could actually do the fight scenes without tripping over himself.
Brakus’s real name is Achim Albrect. He was a German professional bodybuilder in the 90’s. I was a huge bodybuilding and wrestling fan so when I was watching I think ECW one night and saw the dude they called Brakus come out my first thought was “ holy shit Achim Albrect is doing wrestling now !?” Then I actually saw him wrestling and I was like “oh ok not for long “ 😂 He was considered a mass monster back in the day but he had terrible symmetry and guys like Flex Wheeler and Paul Dillet came in and made him look like shit.
he made top 10 at 91 Mr Olympia?
What Dutch said about how you can tell if the guy is any good just by the way that he walks to the ring is absolutely true. El Gigante's WCW debut, I was just a kid when I saw that and I immediately knew that he was going to stink it up.
His gate and body motions were stiff as a board. The guy literally looked like he was incapable of moving and just....rigid And zero fan interaction and even less charisma.
I forget who it was he debuted against but it was supposed to be a squash match obviously and whoever was just ran circles around him physically. The whole 2 minute match was completely unbelievable
Love your show, love Dutch but I must know? What's your opinion of that air filter behind you there?
Was Flex Kavana bad in USWA😂😂😂❤
The only good in Brakkus is his theme song ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Always great insight from dutch
Jim Hellwig and Steve Borden were stiff as hell. When they started out in Memphis.
I think they are not trained properly in terms of how to execute the fundamentals the right way so that another issue
Angelo Mosca Jr. was absolutely the worst I have ever seen in the entire 45 years of being a fan of wrestling.
1million rupee's is around $12k, so was about right
Wasn’t braikas in best of the best 2 as the bodyguard?
Chief Jay Strongbow?
The Chief drew $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Brakkus was Vince's pet project. That much is obvious.
Giant Gonzales, The Ultimate Ring Rope Shaker, Mr T , Zeus, Mabel, etc, there are tons of them.
Mr. T at least had charisma. And could do a promo.
tony kahn is a modern day tiger ali singh
What about George Gulas?
Achim Albrecht lol
Jim helwig's ilegitimate less talented brother -me not jim cornette
Honestly you cant legitimately blame Brakkus for being terrible and stiff in the ring because he was NEVER TRAINED PROPERLY...want to blame anyone, blame Vince
i mean, great khali literally killed someone in the ring.. he had the worst attitude ever too.. This guy has to be up there in the all time worst wrestlers ever.
I'm pretty sure that was an accident.
Who did he kill? I guess I never heard about that incident. Although, I haven’t followed wrestling very seriously since the early 2000’s - so it very easily could have been something I simply missed.
@@IDSnowman Brian Ong. The two were training together and it happened accidentally.
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Oh damn. That’s crazy. But I guess in that line of work, an inch of a miss could lead to a catastrophic ending.
ZUES was the worst!
I went to the show Mayhem in Manchester and Brakkus fought Jeff Jarrett and the crowd was pro JJ.
Jarrett was the heel
Brakus and HBK were doing a promotional tour in Germany in 97 or maybe late 96ish
Talk about a difference in popularity
Did Dutch mention he is one of the worst wrestlers ever
HHH, Orton, JBL, Droz, kenny drexter, seth Rollins, Chyna ( R.I.P.), mongo, Michelle Mcool, bella twins, warlord, Rusev, and i could go on and on about wrestlers who suck@
Is the thumnail Temu version of John Xina?
VKM loved bodybuilders.
Always seemed some latent homosexuality.
Gonzales was pathetic!
"Bodybuilders dont make good wrestlers? Ask Cena and HHH
they were the exception. still, bodybuilders are 0s in life.
Sting would like a word...
To be fair Triple H was a huge wrestling fan first. He got in to bodybuilding after becoming a fan.
Neither were bodybuilders.
@@deltawhiskey1398 HHH won Mr Teenage NH 1988
Ludwig Borga was great
It showed how much Brakus sucked, Jeff Jarrett could wrestle a broom and get a good match out of it unfortunately Brakus is no broom.
Iron Sheik got over, didn't he?
He's not Indian.
Who is Dutch Mantell?
There's been some stinkers in my 40 yrs of watching wrestling.
Uncle Elmer
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Mike Knox
Ezekiel Jackson
Tritan (TNA)
Great Khali
WWE 2007-2015 young roster
300 a week + 40 a night = 700 and something a week...
So weeks are 10+ days James? ;)
Dutch should’ve listed himself. He was 5’8” on a good day and the only threatening looking part of him was his hygiene. Ric Flair was right, Dutch isn’t even a has been- he’s a never was Wooooooooo!
Kevin Sullivan was 5'9" and got over for decades wrestling everywhere. Dutch is basically the Southern Kevin Sullivan.
Dutch has no problem crapping on other wrestlers but he was a very boring and unimpressive wrestler. Stan Hansen is a nice guy but he chuckles when speaking about being asked to share the ring with Dutch. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
He gives credit where credit is due..if you chose to be objective
Your post is very boring and unimpressive.
@@patbrooks9823 But not as long and drawn out as a crappy Dutch mantell match
@@goldrush1008 He never gave Brickhouse any credit because of a personal grudge.
Who is Brick house?