Deadliest Warrior: Real History For Real Men 

Hey everyone. Thanks for checking out the first video. Future content will be less history based. But I felt this was a good easing in for everyone. To find out more, here's a trailer for the new channel. Thrilling stuff I know. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q6ZknfGfuLk.html

The IRA vs The Taliban is the funniest thing I've heard in hours.

I remember the Aftermath discussion for the Saddam vs. Pol Pot episode had an interesting moment where the Cambodian expert just casually dropped an anecdote about how he narrowly avoided being executed by a Khmer Rouge soldier during the genocide, and then years later after he escaped to the west someone he knew in the local organized crime called him up and was like "Yo, you know that guy who almost killed you? Yeah we can go grab him for you and you can torture him to death if you pay us." And he considered it but decided not to. There was a good five seconds of dead silence from the rest of the panel before the host awkwardly tried to move on. It was great.

I remember me and my dad watched every episode of the show together. And he correctly guessed the winner of every episode. 100% success rate. Absolute legend.

I always found the Napoleon vs Washington episode interesting just because it discussed how different the two wars were. The french empire had massive land battles while the american rebels actively tried to avoid massive land battles.

"if a ninja ever saw a Spartan he wouldn't fight him, he'd sneak up & kill him in his sleep" I'll never forget how salty dude was when he said that line it's honestly one of the only things I remember about the show

Deadliest Warrior was by far the most testosterone-driven historical show I'd ever seen, like tailor-made for teenage boys that had a modicum of interest in history. As an almost 30-year-old educated adult, it's ludicrous. But I'd be lying if I said I didn't love the shit out of this show when I was young.

"Matchups are split between warriors with a similar technological level, so you'll never see a warrior who's never used a gun go up against a modern soldier" One episode was Sun Tzu vs. Vlad the Impaler and Vlad had access to hand cannons. EDIT: I forgot to mention that, rather than giving Sun Tzu an actually useful array of weapons used by chinese armies of his age, they gave him the goofiest, stupidest, most questionable things they could find, like an iron claw instead of, say, a fucking spear. Meanwhile, Vlad is using the aforementioned hand cannons, halberds and crossbows.

As a woman, a thousand ways to die and deadliest warriors were some of my favorite shows as a kid. I still have a bunch of episodes memorized to use when a conversation gets stale. 10/10 I need to revisit those shows. I'm running out of stories.

No other show gives us the possibility of seeing Pol Pot get shot point blank in the back of the head by Saddam. Thus, Deadliest Warrior is an unforgettable monument to 21st Century culture.

This show was so great I miss it sm

Deadliest Warrior was goofy as hell but super fun to watch, especially when the experts were really into whatever faction they were representing. I miss television like this

We used to run betting pools back in high school for each episode, and it was honestly one of the highlights of my high school experience. Won $40 and a chocolate bar off of Jesse James vs. Al Capone. Those were the days.

Hi guys. Kieron Elliott here, William Wallace expert from Season One and host of The Aftermath and The Armory. Thanks for putting this video together, I really enjoyed it. Great to see all of the experts, Hosts, reenactment actors and even myself again. This was a really fun show to make and it’s so great to see it living on and still being appreciated. Thanks again.

Deadliest warrior, Metal gear solid and National treasure are the historical trinity of the mediums that peaked my interest as a boy. Time well spent

Fun fact, one of the "experts" they got on the show was Terence J. Rotolo, AKA the original voice of Frank West from Dead Rising. I believe he was in the Roman Centurion vs Rajput episode

I remember watching the Jesse James vs Al Capone episode with my grandfather, each of us rooting for a different side. Deadliest Warrior is my favorite type of “stupid tv.” Just a bunch of dudes having fun, talking a bit of light history, showing off weapons and fighting styles you may have never seen before, and then endng with a short film reminiscent of dumb fun B-movies. Casual, goofy fun, that may or may not teach you something interesting in the process.

"could saddam choke hold Pol Pot? probably" a sentence I didn't think I'd hear today

Anyone else notice how in the Jesse James vs al Capone episode. Jesse and his guys start out in a museum and they have to steal three weapons. Meanwhile Capone just shows and starts shooting, which implies that Jesse James and his guys time traveled to the 40s

8:07 my main problem with the Napoleon vs Washington fight was that they took Napoleon at his worst in order to match him against a technologically inferior opponent. Napoleon is 1a or 1b in terms of greatest generals. I think I would’ve preferred to see Napoleon in his prime against a technologically superior opponent. You could perhaps use one of the Civil War Generals who studied Napoleon’s tactics at West Point

My favorite thing about this show was the fact that, reportedly at least, the Spetznaz and Green Beret experts were too chill with one another and they had to fake some animosity for the camera XD

Normal people: I got interested into history because soldiers look cool Me: I got into history because I wanted to know why Charles II of Spain looked that weird

I met Geoff in real life. He was training with us for a full year. He told me the most impressive thing from the show was the spetsnaz guy. Said he 100% punched him as hard as he could and the guy just absorbed it.

I grew up with a historian for a father doing very accurate re-enactments, so this show just about gave me an aneurysm as an uptight little teen. 😂

The Knight is a steel-age horseback warrior that uses polearms, swords, a bow-like weapon, used powerful armor and were trained from their teen years to be a warrior so pious they were almost Church Militant, and had firearms historically in their latter run but were deprived of them in the show. The Samarai is a steel-age horseback warrior that uses polearms, swords, a bow-like weapon, used powerful armor and were trained from their teen years to be a warrior so pious they were almost Church Militant, and had firearms historically in their latter run but were deprived of them in the show. Both were tested in season one. The show loves "Mystical East vs. Elegantly-Simple West." Do I need to spell out what they should have done?

I remember being grounded as a kid and convincing my mom to let me watch Deadliest Warrior because it was an "educational" show... Thanks Spike TV!

"You're probably going to lose brain cells watching this" bruh my AP history teacher put a episode of this shit on. He had us watch it and fill out a form about it. I GOT A FUCKING GRADE FOR WATCHING THIS SHIT

God this was 13 year old me’s favorite show and I was so heartbroken it was over. The first 2 seasons of it was the first show I ever binge watched on Netflix, so only watching season 3 live felt like I came in after the fact. Still, loved it.

10:21 Literally Deadliest Warrior..... That got me into history, not even joking...

"You're on the other side of the world Tiberius, how did it come to this?" God I love that line so much

The ERB Roosevelt reference combined with the actor's mad face and Lawrence's pained expression is comedy gold

deadliest warrior is a show that quite literally was a fundamental part of my childhood, it's what got me into my favorite subject of all time history. I really miss shows like this where they were completely wacky, historical and violent. I'd love to watch something like it again, maybe with a little bit more history and less wacky crap.

As a kid I was best friends with the son of the spartan expert Berry Jacobson. He taught me history and started my love for the past. Whenever I was over there he would put on some film like Patton or Zulu. Or play board games like axis and allies or shogun. Dude was a great guy. I would watch that show and always thought it was crazy to see my buddies dad on it.

LOVED this show, even more excited for the channel!

The Ninja vs Spartan episode confused me even as a kid. You’re pinning a lightly armored scout who mostly trained how to run and climb for miles a day and whose weapons were mostly reforged farming tools vs a heavily armored frontline fighter armed to the teeth in actual weapons.

I absolutely loved this show. I was 27, when it started. It still holds a very dear place, in my heart. I may have to watch it again soon. It is just pure “Guys Being Dudes” entertainment.

Deadliest warrior was so much fun to watch as a teen with my best friend. We watched every episode together, sometimes in agreement, sometimes not. The games were what pushed it over the edge for us into being amazing. We played the hell out of deadliest warrior 1 when it came out, we even played the demo for hours on a Saturday before the game was released, and all it had was ninja vs Spartan.

I've been crying laughing for 30 minutes after seeing that IRA vs Taliban clip

I did learn anatomy through this show. Not kidding. The doc did a good job showcasing where you bleed quickest. It helped me with EMS training.

This video is such a nostalgia trip for me, man. I still remember watching these episodes either feeling really shitty when the side I was betting on lost, or really happy when they won. Such an emotional journey in a sense

Vampires vs Zombies was comedy gold. I still crack a laugh from the "recreation" bit where one of the vampires is torn apart by zombies and the other two vampires turn to look at each other shocked.

Napoleon. The man whom required the literal unification of Europe to BARELY defeat him vs a guy who had a win ratio of about .200% in battles he was directly in command of (kudos on Trenton. Small scale but one ballsy move) This seems to check out

We need more shows with early 2000's energy, and late 2010's' over-researching everything I'd watch the heck out of a show like this if they just called up a dozen historians, trainers, and fight experts to come to a conclusion

I just love that Faramir is the narrator of Deadliest Warrior...Also how psychotic some of the "experts" were.

History: come for the epic battles, stay for the complex geopolitical struggles of dead empires

This show was on TV while I was in the middle of my college years studying for my BA in history. I thought it was so dumb and I would yell at the TV like drunk dad watching his sports team lose every episode, yet I couldn't help but watch it religiously. I miss shows like this.

Lmao that GATE reference, I loved watching this back in the day. Honestly they could've just run a game of Total War for Napoleon vs Washington

7:11 is the best soundbyte I've ever heared

I still remember when my history teacher hyped up the SS in this show, because she was German. Probably one of my most favorite teacher

I will never forgive them for pirate vs. Knight. Putting their armor as a weapon against a flintlock pistol was the biggest betrayal I’d ever felt

As a scrawny ethnically Chinese dude, I can’t tell you how happy I was to learn that the Shaolin warrior monk CURBSTOMPED the menacing Maori warrior. I still remember the salty Maori guy’s final joking comments to this day: “The little skinny guy won? …Computer’s probably Chinese.” I had hoped you’d make a reference to Deadliest Warrior on Alt History Hub, but this is pretty good in any case lol

“Do you remember SpikeTV?” No, I repressed that memory, good sir.

I mean I do find it fascinating how you can draw an almost straight line between this and, the company formally known as Screw Attack's Death Battle series on RU-vid. Minus the actual weapon testing, it follows an almost one to one format of Deadliest Warrior, just in animated form, and it has the same kinda backlash elements. Some things never do change.

Me watching the show as a kid: wow, these weapon experts know their shit. Also, weapon go slash bash boom. Me as an adult: well... turns out a good chunk of them were actors. For real, one of the samurai "experts" is a radio host with no martial arts background. Also me as an adult: Eh, weapon still go slash bash boom.

I remember being legitimately upset when the Mongolians lost.

2:55 Except for that one episode where a 14th century knight fought an 18th century pirate. You know there's a reason plate armor fell out of fashion coincidentally at the same time gun powder became more popular. Also the series finally was 100 zombies vs 3 vampires so science be damned.

I have fond memories of the official Deadliest Warrior Facebook group, where we started a whole thing of fictional battles between fictional characters in the comparison style of Deadliest Warrior because a Legend of Zelda fan wanted to talk about Link and an Assassin's Creed fan wanted to talk about Ezio Auditore, and I wrote a battle between them. Shame I never kept a copy of that and the group is long gone.

5:45 "Maybe someone got really lost" is the best excuse for a Somali pirate nuking a Mexican drug cartel member with an RPG.

I remember being legitimately hyped for the Samurai Vs. Spartan fight for the season 1 ending. great memories

Forged in Fire is the only show that ever came close to the excitement I felt watching this as a kid

My brothers and I watched this show religiously, all the way from it's humble beginnings to the terrible zombie v vampire finale. The one thing I remember most about this show was that at the end of the first season they had two final matchups to determine who the deadliest warrior REALLY was, one for medieval tech warriors and one for warriors who had modern weapons. Samurai v Spartan for the medieval warriors was a pretty entertaining yet predictable matchup, but I can barely remember anything about it because I was so absolutely blown away by the fact that the two modern warriors they had face off for the title of deadliest were the IRA and the Spetsnaz, which is such a hilariously unbalanced fight that I still think about it to this day.

"No rules, no safety, no mercy. Its a duel to the death to decide who is....the Deadliest Warrior"

They really needed an RTS simulation game to capitalize on this show's concept instead of a generic arcade fighter

It feels like this whole channel just covers things I loved as a kid. It’s amazing

This show was genuinely great. So much insanity and so much entertainment in one package.

Also, let's remember Richard Mack Macowicz. He was on Deadliest Warrior and also hosted another incredible series called Futureweapons. He was awesome and will always be remembered. RIP Mack

"It's like if Death Battle were actually able to do research instead of comparing exaggerated feats."

You can tell I'm a huge contrarian because what actually got me into history was Jack Weatherford's "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World." Its depiction of the growing gulf between the khanates, the dozen different secession crises, the religious schisms, the cross-cultural contact, the technological advancements, the apocalyptic plague that followed in its wake...it all seemed so fascinating to me, especially after seeing the Mongols depicted as nothing but savage, warlike brutes across pretty much all of the media I consumed when I was younger. My family bought me all kinds of books about WW2 history, but, aside from the names of all the big-shot generals and the major battles, I could barely tell you anything about the actual conflict. But I can still remember the regent Toregene's favored advisor, Fatima, the purge she helped to orchestrate, and her brutal execution by Ogedei Khan's son, the emperor Guyuk.

For honor as a show

I remember being in grade 8 when this shit came out. Its all we and the boys would talk about. Every week we would all be arguing about who was going to win. Good times.

The edit with TR stabbing Lawrence and then playing the TR V WC ERB at 7:14 was fucking hilarious had me completely off guard

Deadliest Warrior is just the finals of Forged In Fire for an entire show

5:57 this is genuinely the best advice you can have for watching the show.

The episode that really got me was "Jesse James Gang vs. Al Capone Gang", it was one of the more blatant examples of how they weren't testing anything but the individual skills and abilities of their "experts". For the Jesse James side they had championship level marksmen and quickdraw competitors, vs two middle aged fat guys who had actual family ties to the mob. I'm sure the fact that one side was being represented by rodeo championship athletes had no bearing on the final outcome. It was still fun.

Max Brooks doing the Zombies vs Vampires episode is peak late-2000s. Deadliest Warriors was pretty great, as long as you focus on the technological and tactic recreations, and completely ignore the conclusions. I mean, come on, Jessie James beat Al Capone because they put professional gun fighters up against a bunch of middle age Italians related to someone who knew Capone.

The episodes with historical leaders reminded me of the animated G.I.Joe miniseries, “Arise, Serpentor, Arise!” -Vlad the Impaler -Ghengis Khan -Napoleon -Alexander the Great -Julius Caesar -Hannibal -Sun Tzu were all DNA donors to the fictional genetically-engineered Cobra Emperor Serpentor.

5:26 Bro this had me dying.

I remember being mildly annoyed that they didn't lean further into the fictional "who would win in a fight scenarios" behind the Vampire/Zombie episode.

I still believe that these "what if" questions and scenarios could actually be super revealing and tell a lot about how warfare has changed if the process was more scientific and tried very hard to keep opponents at similar tech levels. You wouldn't get many episodes, but I still think a Napoleon vs Washington would be super interesting considering they were only about 20 years apart.

I love that every Deadliest Warrior video I see essentially boils down to “yes it’s stupid as hell but god damn, I love it. By Spike TV standards this is fine art.”

the comedic timing of the ninja getting shot by the cop is really good for something you banged out in high school

Loved the comment "This dummy doesn't have a head, this one got blown up and is on fire - you don't need a medical degree to say that's bad" lol

You're telling me the "IRA vs Taliban" episode was Before they jumped the shark? what a show.

“Test any weapons, and I mean any at all” *car fucking explodes*

"So, you know how Napoleon is considered one of the best generals in history, by basically everyone?" "But can he beat George Washington in a wrestling match?" "Uhhh..." "Great! Let's run that simulation!"

Was the "science" in Deadliest Warrior a joke? Yes. I don't think they even tried to explain the "Simulator" they fed their "data" (I don't think they ever explained what they considered data either). And frankly some of the matchups were ridiculous. But the weapon demonstrations could be both entertaining and enlightening. The Apache (I think) knife fighters were ridiculously fast. I didn't believe you could effectively double throw spears until the "Viking" demonstrated it. How much damage a Spartan shield could do on its own. Even just how effective a baseball bat can be as a real weapon in the Mafia episode. Even in the knight vs pirate episode I was shocked not only by how effective the knight's armor was, but how devastating the knight's weapons were. I remember watching it and thinking yeah, the knight is gonna bleed out in a day or two, but every strike from the halberd is tearing an unarmed man in half. Every weapon the pirate had "could" be lethal against the knight, but every weapon the knight had just reduced an opponent to jello. I also enjoyed it the few times they did call BS on particularly stupid ideas or weapons like the chakra and the aara in the Rajput episode, the Zulu spit, or the Shao Lin... well, everything.

I like how he mentions similar technological levels when we had a 1500’s samurai against a ancient spartan, a leather wielding 16th century Ming warrior against a steel plated musket wielding musketeer, and a gunpowder wielding pirate against a knight. And yet despite the massive time gap, the spartan somehow beat the samurai. But yeah, it’s still definitely a good show entertainment wise in hindsight.

The thing that got me into history was a Sumerian clay tablet that was just a note from a teacher to a parent about how their kid is upset over the other kids having nicer clothes

*VIET CONG VS WAFFEN SS* "Don't... don't think about it. Just, have fun with it..." The combination of words, tone, and what was onscreen was nothing short of perfect.

I love how they compare the weapons of insurgents and criminals. As if there are any rules preventing one side from getting the other’s equipment.

Yeah, you would be surprised to see how many people still discuss the show online. Like, it even has a fanmade Wikipedia website that essentially just continues what Deadliest Warrior started with.

I remember me and my friends in middle school talking about this show and taking it super seriously. I still love it too.

This brought me back down memory lane thanks for the nostalgia. This was one of my favorite shows on Spike TV loved all the Star Wars films reruns on spike tv

I used to love this show, they showed how effective the weapons were AND they did the re-enactments at the end. The best part of the re-enactments is there is no story, no plot, just warriors killing each other. You can't find that kind of historical action elsewhere without it being part of a longer, less interesting movie

"This isn't GATE" lmao

“Teddy Roosevelt vs Lawrence of Arabia” is absurdly sublime.

Deadliest Warrior was THE shit growing up.

2:41 Funnily enough, Geiger ended up getting kicked off the show because he was complaining about how BS it was. One of the reasons the show began to decline is that it came out that the Creators were rigging certain episodes and not allowing certain kinds of weapons and stuff that warriors actually used. The most notable episode that was said to be rigged was Spetznaz VS Green Beret. It's funny, because the guy who replaced Geiger was one of the Green Beret experts who complained. Another obviously rigged episode was the Celt VS Immortal episode where the Celt won all of the weapon tests but ended up getting horrifically blown out. To sort of fix that, for the final season, they added an X-Factor (that's right kids, Spike was doin it before EA) category that could help "explain" how units that shouldn't have won ended up winning. 6:45 Of the many matchups in Deadliest Warriors, this was somehow one of the least likely to happen as Napoleon was DIRECTLY inspired by Washington lol. And I also think Washington was dead by the time the War of 1812, which was actually against Napoleon, something they probably don't teach in American schools. 8:28 Which is also blatantly false as Napoleon was one of the greatest generals in history who revolutionized the use of artillery in warfare and SPECIALIZED IN MOBILE WARFARE. He literally INVENTED MODERN COMMAND STRUCTURES. Napoleon vs Washington was definitely one of the more obviously rigged matches. As a kid, I blindly pulled for Washington to win, but as I got older and actually studied Napoleon, I realized that Washington probably could not have ever defeated Napoleon.

Would be neat if there was a remake but more historically accurate and educational yet with more warriors and epicness.

Ahhh, you need more content. I just found you today and am pretty much thru all of it! Lol. All great work sir