Steve Blackman on Dan Severn Shooting in the Royal Rumble 

Big shout out to the "Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman Stream the Full Shoot Interview (2007) titlematchnetwork.com/wrestling-shoot-interviews-results/

So weird, Steve came off as a plank of wood when scripted, but when being himself he is super charismatic.

I love how real Steve is such a class act

The reason for this was because Vince wanted Dan to be a part of Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness and write ''666'' across his forehead. Dan did not want to do that, and he was told by someone else that they could start making him lose matches for refusing this offer. Then he said what he said about the royal rumble and eventually they parted ways.

If Steve says, "dont do it," then don't do it.

Y'all don't get it. Severn is some serious badass material but as soon as the crew recognizes him going into business for himself, they absolutely would go full war machine on him. They might not hurt him but he's definitely going over the top rope

Shooting during the royal rumble would have been insanity. He'd get a few guys, but the cat would be out of the bag, and then his show would be over.

Shamrock,Blackman,and Severn were too real for wrestling. Had the privilege of doing a custom Titantron (entrance video) on all three of them.

Severn would have gotten the Daniel Puder treatment.

Blackman was right, if Severn would've shot on someone, they'd of most likely came over there in a gang/group and threw him over the top... He's only goona ground one guy at a time and then he's getting hucked overboard...

thinking about what Steve was saying hhh submission holds always looked awkward, Especially early on

Man Steve still looking in good shape since the attitude era.

"Plans change" is probably how Vince's booking style can be described. All that Dan would need to do was say plans changed to the other wrestlers and nobody in the ring would doubt him. The truth would come out later of course.

Wrestling, Kickboxing, and Jiu Jitsu technique all depend on their being only one opponent. Once there's more than one, and the other can take free shots at you while you're grappling the first, all that technique goes out the window. Vince would just send down two big guys and Dan would be sent out of the ring, or to the hospital, or wherever else. That's why we developed all the social instincts we have, because when people are healthy, one person can't physically dominate a group.

This shows how much taker had a rep for professionalism. He's the only person blackman named that wasn't a cage fighter.

Dan didn't look that great against the Godfather in the brawl for all. Now imagine him vs 8 guys at once. He would seriously be going iver that top rope

Man - is that a recent video of Steve? He doesn’t look a day over 45.

Don Frye, who is the toughest man still walking this earth, said, characteristically... :Dan Severn in a fight with me, would throw me around, without even breaking a sweat, without even growing his moustache. "and also: Dan Severn would beat anyone in a straight one-on-one fight!"

If he'd done that, what exit would Severn have taken in order to get out of the building alive?

I get what Steve is saying but I think its a little short sighted for this business. Your character, expertise, and value can go up when you wrestle for different companies. When you can rise up in different territories like Japan, Germany, etc.

steve blackman vs brock lesner i would of liked to seen

The Mufugger. The Man. Steve Blackman.

Dan is only human. Some of those guys are legit tough guys. I don't remember who was in the rumble at that time but like steve said, he can only shoot on one person at a time before the rest would've jumped on him

Yeah there's a lot of guys in there and as soon as they realise Dan isn't playing ball they'd just gang up on him

I would have love to see him try and fail miserably. Dan wasn’t a striker he was just a ground and pound wrestler. He’d have to hold one guy down beat him on the ground then throw them over the top. Even if he was up against Crash Holy he still put up a little fight waisting Dans energy… then while they are on the ground the other person would clock him.

Severn is a tough guy, but he's not an idiot lol

Why would wcw want him to do that ? People would have ordered the rumble replays just to see

Steve MUFUGGIN Blackman

Hello

Dan is a friend but Steve may have kicked his legs out

Dan was a badass. But there's 30 guys. He wouldve been beaten half to death and thrown limp over the top.

Dan was a pro man. If he was really shooting, you would know. Real fighters can take down pro wrestlers, especially back then. It would look like CM Punk vs those nobodies in UFC. He was like a child against guys that were mid tier to lower tier UFC level.

I would put my money on dan over taker in a one on one

Lots of folk in here who dont have a clue, 1v1 Dan is a problem for any of them. Ken would stand his ground and make it a fight. Steve, clearly knows what hes doing but didnt have real fight experience... not MMA at least. Hed have stood his ground and likely get into trouble if Dan got on top. 2 or 3 of the bigger boys in there with Dan, and Dan loses everytime.

I remember Dan Severn taking down Steve Blackman as soon as he entered in the ring. It looked like a shoot but who knows?

Severn's "shooting" was doing takedowns. He couldn't fight. If he did take one guy down to the mat, another guy would just kick him in the head.

In a 1v1 shoot the only one who would've stood a chance in WWF against Dan was Shamrock. They actually fought twice in UFC and were 1-1 against each other. Blackman is a tough dude but he's not a pro fighter and he's not beating a former UFC HW champ high level NCAA wrestler on Dan's level.

If Blackman had been around early 90s ( era of character Gimmicks ) ....he could've been the 'Bail Bonds Man' got involved with Bossman and Nails etc

Tbh as much as i agree with steve , similar skills is a stretch only one that i can say was ken shanrock, everyone else dan would annihilate in there

Don't matter how good you are, you're not beating 3-4 grown men that suddenly don't care if they permanently paralyze you with a simple elbow or kick to the back of your neck. Dan would still go to jail afterwards for assault during a scripted performance even if he became a vegetable in the process. I don't think he was enough of a simpleton to attempt something like that, and risk get sued for everything he owns afterwards.

Steve would've put pillow fists Severn to sleep if he got loose with his Kung fu. Severn the notorious LnP artist, or "Freddie Mercury" on a bad hair day, as Tank Abbott called him! 😂

Dan would kill Steve lol 😆

Fighters like Dan Severm and Don Frye are human vegomatics. Either would've cleared 30 men easy. That would be their Tuesday training session.

Cocaine brought out the good side of Steve. Definitely on it here.

The marks on here crack me up. The only person who would have had a chance against Dan was shamrock. The other guys are tough but none of the other guys are trained fighters. Dan and Ken did more fighting in a weeks worth of sparring than any of the other wrestlers would do in a lifetime and before anyone mentions Haku or taker or Blackman if they were so bad ass then why didn’t they enter ufc or actually compete? One ufc victory they would have made much more money than a years worth of wwe wrestling and it’s actually less wear and tear on the body. Btw don’t give me the old “haku would have ripped their eye ball out or bit them and the ufc has rules “. U don’t think Dan or Ken could bite someone or gouge eyes when they have them in a mount they cannot get out from it. I also know people will say all Dan could do was wrestle while So and so can box. It’s so much harder to knock someone out with one punch than it is to shoot a double leg and take someone down. Even the greatest boxers hardly ever knock anyone out with their first punch. If they don’t land that first punch guess where they will be…..on their back getting mauled. You marks crack me up.

Ok tv Karate😅

Unless the interviewer made a mistake and worded it incorrectly, im curious why Ken Shamrock would call WCW and mention that for 100K he would Shoot through the Royal Rumble when the RR isn't even a WCW PPV.?

Damn Allergies, eh?...

No, you don’t all have the same skills. Dan has taken down and beaten far more qualified strikers than Steve Blackman. Zero professional fights, zero amateur fights. Record on sherdog and tapology 0-0-0. He’s a typical gym fighter, trains and spars, has some tough training sessions and street fights against nobodies but never steps in to the ring against real competition. Sure he’s a bad ass compared to 99.9% of people but he needs to show Dan Severn more respect, life long drug free and well past his prime when he got in to MMA. Dan’s a legend

Mark definitely would have ran!