10 Moments WWE Wish They Could Take Back 

Agreed, I watched it the night it aired, and it was obvious he was a much respected and loved member of the WWE family. Nobody at the time gave any indication that they thought of him as the kind of guy who would have done what he did. Honestly, it must have been even worse for them after the truth was fully known, that their good friend and coworker that they thought they knew, suddenly becoming a monster.

Not really, I would have found it suspicious that all three were dead, & would have waited until I had more information. McMahon just wanted blood money from a tribute show, just like Owen Hart.

@@filmbuff2777 all anyone knew was that he was dead

@@punklover99 I had suspicions that what had happened... was what actually happened.

William Regal seems like he knew something was up. He chose his words very carefully during his segment on the show.

Hang in there man.

Damn, dude. That's messed up.

@@jaredgarcia8638 ................too soon jackass -_-

Fucked up right there.

It's a scene I probably would wish on my own worst enemy. He fell 80 feet. Imagine being Jerry lawyer. He's was the first one to see him after he fell. He said the view of his face is an image he could never get over

With the company that is true, the fans how ever have only just recently accepted jr.

It's because WWE only use old commentators for special occasions not full time like AEW

@@pooldead7712 who? The aew fans? Because real wrestling fans have loved JR since the 80s...

J r is made by wwe. His heart will be there forever cuz wwe made him and is just the better show. But j r has gotten old and is now ok for second league aew

@@pooldead7712 I've never heard a fan of wrestling utter a bad word about JR so I have no clue where you're getting your info. Be it WWE or AEW whenever Boomer Sooner comes on the fans erupt for the man, usually in a standing ovation

@@-_._._- Fuck ,man. It's crazy how time flies and surreal how we still have the early memories of getting into wrestling

@@-_._._- wow what a story

@@-_._._- lol

Yeah there was some unfortunate shit

😴😴😴 virtue signalling for likes again. If you feel this strongly, may I suggest you stop watching WWE

I couldn’t agree more. WWE will never erase what XX did for their fan base

I didn’t get why that was on the list. It’s not like you could’ve seen 3 years in the future and more what was going to happen.

WrestleMania 30 and Daniel Bryans story was and is better

I took a break during that year and the year before. Glad I did because of all the fallout.

@@ZootedBeaver A cheap rip off can never be better, especially not if the man involved lacks the talent and the long journey of the original. Bryans story was super artificial and forced, Benoits was natural, Bryans artificial obstacle was authority figures and a lackey Orton, Benoits main obstacle was the fight against two overwhelmingly strong opponents in the ring named Triple H and Shawn Michaels, Bryans match was ok, Benoits match was amazing. Not to mention Wrestlemania 20 was the peak for both Benoits and Guerreros careers, these two reaching it together, Wrestlemania 30 was just about one man who can't measure up to either in the ring.

Agree

Agree. It was a knee-jerk reaction.

Marc Copani, who played Hassan, wasn't even Arab American. He was Italian American. He could have been repackaged into another character. What happened was a knee jerk reaction to an actual terror attack in London.

Seriously. Even Ron Simmons and Mark Henry have said they were laughing their asses off backstage.

Yeah, I'm betting Adam just wanted to make sure he appeared "socially conscious" and "responsible" with that one.

​@@williamseneyjr.6277I don't blame him.

Everything was "hilarious" in the Attitude Era. Doesn't mean it's good.

That was probably the original plan, but then Goldberg signed with WWE shortly before WrestleMania and WWE decided it would be best for Goldberg to beat Triple H for the title instead of Booker T; whether that was because they didn't Goldberg to take the belt off of another Babyface or they didn't want two WCW guys fighting for the Big Gold Belt...or maybe a bit of both. Hindsight is 2020 and looking at what went down after WrestleMania XIX, it's hard to imagine what the title match stories would've been had Booker T won. It would've been a great ending to the story that was being told, but there have to be stories that follow and it was better for Goldberg to end the long title reign of a heel than the short title reign of a face.

Man, Goldberg’s been ruining storylines longer than we thought

@@SupraViperhead Goldberg didn't win the belt until September. You're telling me there wasn't enough time for a Booker reign and heel win over the course of March through SEPTEMBER?

Probably the worst part is that Triple H takes one of the slowest crawls in history to go for the pin, seemingly giving Booker plenty of time to kick out. If they had gone for a screwjob finish or a fast count, Booker still might have come out looking strong.

Yeah, it was Triple H's ego not letting him lose at that time so Booker T got buried to feed Triple H's huge ego.

Is it not Mellanie?

In her defence even if it her idea her husband literally just died. She was in no frame of mind to make that decision, Vince took advantage of her when she was at her most vulnerable

That’s a L

@@gustavoclarindo101 Oh, here comes the proper spelling clown.

@@timeknowsfilmsproductions978 not about spelling, you just wrote a different name altogether lol

It's just them pandering to aew to gain more access. If wwe operated like aew constantly attacking journalists for any perceived negative coverage, I guarantee you they would not have posted this, however they know wwe doesn't give a fuck about them thus they feel free to lose their journalistic credibility

The real "crime" is WWE continuing the show after that happened

@@tapan97 Well, the only thing that would have accomplished if they stopped the show was that they would look more "respectful.". They should have their feet held to the fire with regards to WHY they made Owen use a cheap $68 sail boat clip with a quick release trigger mechanism knowing full well it was NOT designed for that purpose. Honestly, this decision to use that clip was worse than continuing the show to keep the blood money.

@@filmbuff2777 WWE were victims here too. Let’s not forget that they were lied to by both the rigger and the harnessing company. There the ones to blame for Owen’s death.

@@justinwalker2928 or WWE just never let the stupid thing happen to begin with....was no need for Owen to come down that way other than to mock Sting...so stupid!

Blame Russo. It was his stupid idea to begin with.

this its gold

It was indeed wrong...but hilarious. And the feud was one of the greatest, and set up the real heated rivalry between Rock and HHH.

A coincidence I found a bit unfortunate was how Eddie was in a storyline with Undertaker in Smackdown VS Raw 2006 in which he stole the urn and it eventually ended in a casket match. And in the following year's game, Undertaker and Chris Benoit were in a storyline together (Which fortunately wasn't so morbid)

@@Joe90h And SvR '06 was released just two days after Eddie's passing. And i still remember Undertaker's line to Benoit on SvR '07: "If you insist in making this mistake, your grieving family will have no one to blame but you when the inevitable occurs".

Naw no coincidence at All.they have to explain in some form of way about what is really going on or about to happen that's how the Masses keep us blind

@@simonphoenix451 💯💯💯

Definitely. I think he said so himself.

Owen wasnt a child.

Hindsight is 20/20 and that may be the case but Owen wasn't a minor. Everyone regrets that it happened but Bret needn't think he could have stopped it.

It was only a mistake in hindsight. If his family died tragically in a way that wasn't murder suicide, it would still be touching. Releasing a full tribute show when things were THAT sketchy was a mistake, but their hearts were in the right place and he was loved by his coworkers.

Right?! It's even worse when you realize that WWE knew it was a murder-suicide while the tribute was airing

William Regal knew something was wrong. He made it clear that Benoit the WRESTLER was great in the ring, and said "That's all I've got to say for now". His segment really stood out among the others.

@@rvawildcardwolf2843 To be fair to WWE how we're they to know it was a murder suicide at the time? The police didn't release the details until weeks after

@@franklingoodwin The text messages he sent to Chavo Guerrero the night it happened. He pretty much said what happened and Chavo showed others.

yeah the footlongs from big bob lol. And i'm not talking about his coworkers. lol

That doesn’t make it a stretch… you regret things in hindsight not as they’re happening. What happened in 2007 is what MAKES them want to forget it…. It’s pretty simple….

He didn't hate him, he'd just never work with him again

Would you work with someone who was unsafe, broke your neck, and almost paralyzed/killed you in the process….? He still always respected him….

@@philiptucker7590 I think it was because Owen never apologized or showed any remorse. He did have a reputation for being a douche based on wrestling interviews.

@@Dr.Spatula Which is kind of hypocritical. Austin broke Chono's neck, the exact same way.

While I agree Booker T should've won, he wasn't being fucking racist. Do you not remember how he was the blue blood Hunter Hearst Helmsey character? Get the fuck over your obsession with racism, mark.

The whole ppv isn't actually as good, but yes the two historic title matches are one of the most feel good-- and now surreal-- moments in professional wrestling.

Which interview was that?

@@plusultraalieniv1834 the interview after Brian Pillman Sr. death on Monday Night Raw

Same men need to show their feelings

@@rtmachine2019 Brain damage isn't a feeling unfortunately

I mean WWE is still trying to deny people her brain damage from wrestling (with them).

​@@Dr.Spatula while it is certainly true that Benoit's brain was damaged, that is absolutely no excuse for what he did. Countless footballers and boxers suffer the same kinds of repeated head traumas but they don't all end up binding, gagging, then murdering their wives, then murdering their kids in their sleep. There is no excuse for what Chris did. None. Eddie's name doesn't deserve to be dragged through the mud by being wrongly associated with this horrific act, either. Countless people have lost very dear friends but they don't murder their family because of it. These absurd excuses are nothing more than a way for some to justify marking out over a character they were fans of.

@NamiK Studios lol. You are both confused and wrong. Finding reasons things happen is not the same as condoning them. Don't be a child. Football players and boxers are actually funny comparisons because they have a notoriously high percentage of domestic violence

He probably sneezed twice in a one minute span in his sleep and Vince heard it.

Probably because JR loves good, old fashioned southern wrestling. And if there are two things Vince hates, it's wrestling and southerners.

You skipped the part where several wrestlers just watched their very close friend die in the ring that Vince was now making them continue the show in

think you mean Cage Matches since Hell In A Cell didn't get added to the games until the first Smackdown game on PS1

@@benironside1264 could swear it was the first one but I've been wrong before lol

Chris Benoit wouldn’t have even been in no mercy

@@richardtherichard26 actually he was

Could it have been wrestlemania 2000?

What is the N word? Nincompoop?

@@JoeCool90 if you don't know what N word I'm on about, you're not sposed to be watching this video. Tryna get my channel reported or something 💀

@@KOTF3005 when you say the N word, everyone hears the word in their head. So why not write the word? Do we have to be scared of a word?

Because twitter was not in existence at that time

Yeah.. It was just funny.. Trying to claim it was not just part of a comedy skit is ridiculous

I did I'm black as will it was funny as hell how are people this soft it was obviously a joke.

The Nation were supposedly laughing their asses off.

@@TheGaara802 Because everyone takes themselves too seriously and nobody can take a fucking joke anymore.

I don't think Stephanie was trying to compare the two, so much as she was saying she was afraid she'd never see her dad again. Still cringe but that's how I see it.

Back then I put the ppv station on. The visual was scrambled but the audio wasn't. It was scary and unreal hearing it happen

Agreed. However of course we have to say what Chris Benoit did was bad

@@koopatroops838 Indeed, though I will never believe he did it of his own volition. His brain was so fucked up that I couldn't even find something to compare it to. He should have retired many years before. Also Eddies passing was a massive blow to his mental health. He should have been "persuaded" to retire. And by persuaded I mean forced.

The title of the video makes it sound more like “hey we’d probably walk that back if we had the opportunity”

@@SilverFang2789 according to his son David, he was considering retirement at the time.

@@SilverFang2789 doctors said after the autopsy that he had so much brain damage he was roughly equivalent to an 88 year old dementia patient

Agreed. Most of the time I can't stand him but I love what he said here.

The issue with Bradshaw, looking back at it 20 years later, is that we were so sad and mad about what happened in Lower Manhattan and at the Pentagon that we relied on our emotions first without understanding the truth. I don't want to get into a deep discussion, however, we ended up in not 1 but 2 wars. But were BS for similar yet different reasons. One of those wars (Iraq) was BS because they had nothing to do with what happened in Lower Manhattan & at the Pentagon and showed that this nation did not have its priorities in check. The other war (Afghanistan) was BS, now looking at it in today's lens, because it lasted 20 years, with the last 10 years (2011-2021) occurring AFTER we finally go the guy who messed with us as well as during the first 10 years (2001-2011) we were more worried about the other war (2003-2011), the funds that went to the the 20 year war were not being used as intended, and what was going on in Afghanistan was ALREADY going on before September 11th. Look up the John Oliver segment in which he talks about the entire history of the War in Afghanistan because he is spot on. But, long story short, while I totally understand where everyone's mind set was at when 9/11 happened, the United States' response to the attacks is a cautionary tale of doing things based only on your emotions: it never ends well. You have to have the facts.

@@tobiaswilliamson00 "We" your saying we like we all made simultaneous decisions together or something. I respect what Bradshaw said that day.

I also respect what he said even that the situation went wrong by far and the world paying the price...especially Europe...

@TheDreamSmasher Pretty funny.

Vince thinks it's good shit pal. Or he would if he ever bothered to watch it.

@@KONSACZ NXT was around 9 years before AEW

Same

@@KONSACZ its definitely not 10 times better but ok

Forgotten, what, why?

@@pizzahighfive2612 lol what? 😂

Yeah same

Thank you

The guy butchered his wife and children! Does Charles Manson deserve a grammy? Does Bill Cosby deserve a lifetime achievement award? He deserves to fade into non existence

@@arashabdullahdawudcharlton5548 Did Charles Manson ever deliver a grammy worthy performance? If yes then he should have one. Bill Cosby doing messed up stuff in his free time diminishes his acting accomplishments how exactly? Mentally healthy adults can distinguish between the private person and the performer.

@@Triplebrc im with new jack! He should rot in the bottom of hell! Mentally healthy people dont idolize child killers !!

Really?

@@northernking4787 according to his son, yes.

Benoit is a wife beating murderer. He bound and gagged Nancy before choking her to death. He killed his kid while he slept. There is no room for any sympathy for someone like that. He is the lowest of the low. Utter scum. A complete coward.

Eddie's name doesn't deserve to be dragged through the mud by being wrongly associated with this horrific act. Countless people have lost very dear friends but they don't murder their family because of it. These absurd excuses are nothing more than a way for some to justify marking out over a character they were fans of.

Them impersonating the McMahon's were more funnier

It'd have been just as funny without them blacking up...that was the fucked up part.

Wrestlers doing that i can forgive. Virtue signaling politcal leaders like Justin Trudeau i can not

@@brandname6 This is actually a good point.

@@dennett316 I really don't understand that. If you're applying makeup to change the color of your skin to make fun of a race as a whole, that's one thing, but if you're imitating or making fun of a SPECIFIC person, it's okay to dress like them, wear fake hair that looks like theirs, talk like them, act like them in an exaggerated way, but if your skin is a significantly different color than theirs, THAT is the line? Like, I can dress up as, imitate, and make fun of a specific person as much as I want, trying to look as much like them in a satirical way as possible, but if they're significantly lighter or darker than me, why is using paint to make my skin lighter or darker the absolute no-go zone? What makes that worse than any other part of it? Please, think on that for a moment, and think to yourself which part of parodying someone is more insulting: looking more like them, or talking shit about them, while wearing their clothes, speaking like them, using their mannerisms.

Simply put, Vince is a vindictive prick.

JBL was a racist even being in the JBL gimmick

Do you not remember 9/11 and the attitude of the entire country. What he said was simply what others were saying. Hell GW comment that "they will hear you" was an obvious threat. So no I see nothing wrong saying that the country responsible for the attacks would be turned into a parking lot. It's called an emotional response to seeing your fellow citizens murdered in an attack from a foreign enemy. You people are too soft for the real world if you feel his comments were racist or over the top.

@@paulfavazza8119 The attitude of the entire country echoing that sentiment isn't the slam-dunk defence that you think it is. Yes, there is something DEEPLY wrong with saying that an entire country full of people, the majority of whom are innocent, should be killed in retaliation for the actions of a minority of it's citizens. People aren't soft for finding people salivating at the chance to kill in retaliation a bit distasteful, the people expressing that sentiment are blood-thirsty and inhuman. It's the exact same sick attitudes that those terrorists held. Emotional responses are often over the top and apologised for in the aftermath...again, that's not the slam-dunk defence you think it is.

The wwe never stopped business with Saudis for a sec .

@@dennett316 we are going to murder so many innocent people is not something anyone should happily say.

Those are nothing like this. The Art Donovan commentary is HILARIOUS imo, and they bring back the Gooker for gimmick spots to this day.

If the Owen incident had happened at WrestleMania it would even more disaster for them because they really wouldn't be able to ignore it like they do.

Agreed

There's no need to hate it because there's nothing we can do to change it. It is what it is.

At least he's in a company that respects him and his work now.

@@zachf3788 I wouldn't say that.

Maybe that he was suggesting that an entire country be turned into a "parking lot" - something which would obviously result in countless innocent civilian casualties - as retribution for the actions of a terrorist group. He also heaped praise on GW Bush. As it turned out, he fairly accurately predicted what ended up being done to Afghanistan over the next couple of decades. Turned out that Bin Laden was actually hiding out in Pakistan and none of the hijackers were from Afghanistan, but little details like that didn't matter to Bush and co, so they set about turning Afghanistan into a "parking lot" anyway. Then of course Bush followed that up by invading Iraq and turning it into a "parking lot" over the weapons of mass destruction that they didn't actually have. That shoot first and ask questions later (or not at all) kind of attitude is what leads to countless civilian deaths.

Because that requires critical thinking skills.

These are effeminate soyboys with no sense of humor and an increased sense of self entitlement. Tired of hearing them be just like WhatCulture.

Looked it up. Holy fuck.