That ending of hearing him turn his life around and truly seemed like a new man and had an amazing future with a wife and everything set up and he goes down from a heart issue. These guys will always be my all time favorite Tag Team
Unfortunately all the past abuse caught up with him it's bad enough abusing just one substance. When you think about it he was using steroids pain pills recreational drugs as well as alcohol it really isn't a good mix .
Hawk: "Hey guys. So... this match is going to air on Superstars in a few weeks. So we're going to have to beat the piss out of you more than we do on house shows. Sorry." Animal: "Which one of you is taking the Doomsday Device?" [Jobber 1 raises hand] Hawk: "Our condolences."
I'd like to point out that he spoke about Hawk having hepatitis C like it's stage 3 cancer or some sort of death sentence, but it's possible to live a regular life as long as someone doesn't drink or party too hard and mess up their liver.
When they attacked Dusty Rhodes and drove the spike into his eye was one of the most scary angles (also Dusty’s forehead was so mangled that it’s easy to get him to bleed 🩸 and this was on tv...
Because then they don't care about talent they just want sweet money. However these angles are never popular and yet they keep trying. I guess they're trying to be "Real".
It's horribly tasteless. Promoters and bookers aren't throwing their bodies around a ring 300 times a year. They're not expected to maintain their physique despite an insane travel schedule. It's not hard to understand why wrestlers have substance abuse issues. I was at Wrestlemania 8 in 1992 at the Indianapolis Hoosierdome. It's scary to see how many of those guys are not with us any more.
Cuz asking a dead Jew for forgiveness magically absolves you of being a douche. Have you seen interviews after his "redemption"? He was still a douche, just a sober one.
I think most people not named Vince McMahon thought it was tasteless even at the time. Of course, WCW was doing something similiar with Scott Hall's alcohol problems. Not to mention the various miscarriage angles. It fit the era, especially the reveal of Droz as the pusher.
I believe it was around July-August 2000 the incident in Australia happened, as they wrestled for I-Generation Wrestling for their PPV against Public Enemy.
Best thing learned: No one, not even Animal, mentions John L. even once when talking about the slew or popular wrestlers from same area. They mention the barely there Scott Norton but not Animal's own brother. 🤣
@@thelinedrive also didnt mention Sunny and ignored Animal's singles run aside from a passing comment. Implied Ellering managed them for most of career every where they went, but that isn't the case either.
I was shocked when I found out Hawk Mike Hegstrand was actually older than Animal Joe Laurinaitis. Hawk January 26,1957 , Animal September 12,1960 ,Hawk was 3 and a half yrs older than Animal I thought it was the other way around for awhile until I learned their ages.
Bill watts takes credit for cutting their hair. Also on road warriors shoot interview, animal said Droz was supposed to be hawk s pusher, also Vince had them sitting at home for 1 or 2 yrs, paying them because they were a thorn in their side. Like Vader couldn't be Vader in wwf, l.o.d. couldn't be the road warriors in wwf. Great episode
1. Listen to new video from favorite wrestling RU-vidr. 2. Try not to cry. 3. Cry a lot. Thanks for making this video. Makes the Road Warriors so much deeper.
The saddest part of this video is when after this guy talks about how hawk gave his life to Jesus and then his life became worse ! Wow ..that was the time when his life just started for eternity , I hope Mike and Joe are with the lord .. who cares what they did in wrestling.
@@jliller Herb was more of the focus in the end because he was the one who self destructed. His UWF couldnt even put a dent in WWF now if had like some success like WCW or ECW then maybe their would be more focus. I give UWF some credit some of the wrestlers that came from their or went there were good wrestlers
I replaced Hawk unofficially at Kemper Arena in Kansas City and I can’t dropkick but I did flying lariats and shoulder tackles…unfortunately…I got mad at Jamie Noble…Jackhammered him.
Correction: Hawk was taken from this world, to live in everlasting peace. The greatest title he ever won is being a child of the one true Lord Jesus Christ
TRW were before my time, but I’d heard of them. Pardon me for stating the obvious, but isn’t their look influenced by Mad Max? Unless I missed it, the film series wasn’t even mentioned in the episode?
It was mentioned in the episode bit and pieces some of the looks with the shoulder pads and mohawks were from Mad Max 2: Road Warrior because the movie was very popular at the time and a host of imitations were taking the world by storm.
It's incredibly tragic that a guy like Hawk gives himself to Christ, gets clean, and yet dies young anyways because his prior abuse issues caught up with him. The same thing goes for Eddie Guerrero. He was clean at the time of his death. But past cocaine and steroid use had enlarged his heart and it cut his life short. ___ By the way, if you want to make a post bashing God, have some respect and save it. Even if you don't believe in God, you can't deny that faith has helped a lot of people change their lifestyles. Shawn Michaels would probably be in the ground right now were it not for getting saved.
They really could have/should have done a two-parter on these guys. There was so much left out since they only had so little time to show it. Also, you're wrong. Some of us already knew all of this.
SO the bottom lien here is : when u stop partying and dedicate yourself to a normal life your body freaks the hell out and kills you !!!!!! Same kinda thing happened with Eddie didn't it? So keep partying and you'll live a longer but unhealthier life !!!!! JUST look at all the old fossils of wrestlers alive today that shouldn't be !!!!!!!!!!
I don’t think the Road Warriors are the greatest tag team of all time. I just don’t. I never thought they were. A few teams I would take over the Road Warriors: -Harlem Heat -Hart Foundation -Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Jam) -Steiner Brothers
Sounds like these two were terrible people after watching the ep. Everything they did to people before becoming wrestlers... Hawk will be missed, but good riddance to the guy behind the paint. Not a loss to society
