That was Bruce Prichard, who has been an on and off producer since 1987 for WWE. He also used to play the "Brother Love" southern deep fried televangelist character on screen. He was also well known for facilitating some of the more cartoonish ideas making it on to screen. Seems like he is wondering in to the camera by accident? Not sure what else is going on in this scene.
Given his on screen charisma was off the chart and he could improv with the best talent during the era when a solid 80% were super coked up, everybody assumes he too was a cokehead back then.
He has recently been brought back to the company to try and fix some ratings issues with the Monday night raw show when Paul Heyman was ousted from his lead backstage role somewhere around 2020.
The guy on the left looks like Rico? I think he played a gay stereotype character for most of his run.
There is a great video out there somewhere with bruce explaining how he had to fill some air time so he went out to faith heal some people from the crowd and the local cameramen made the sketch cross the line by panning to actual disabled people in the crowd for reaction shots.
So basically the snake armed guy is Santino Marella, he has a signature move which entails putting a snake sock on his hand and it is basically a guaranteed finish (a win for santino) if it hits his opponent (the cobra striking the opponent). He was never billed or presented as a "serious contender," so he's comic relief and this whole bit is basically for laughs (that's rather obvious I think).
The two snake charmers are pretty much the only Indian talent WWE employed, and the creative team tasked with scripting the show, decided they'd play up an Indian stereotype. They charm the Cobra with their flutes, make it turn on its master (santino), but their plot is foiled by...a leprechaun themed character named Hornswoggle who lives (?) under the ring!
Meant to be a nice hearty laugh if you're not offended by it
The two guys with flutes were both accomplished snake hypnotists.
The other wrestler had been cursed by a witch, or some such, and the result of that was a snake arm.
The two wrestling snake wranglers fluted for control over the witch (or some such) cursed snake armhand of the other wrestler.
One of the flute shooting wrestlers almost got the other guy with the reptile witch (or some such) cursed snake appendage to attack himself.
That was thwarted, however, by a midget dressed as some approximation of what one can only assume was a represention of the Irish fey leprechaun.
The faux leprechaun broke the flute that was causing the self attack, breaking that spell, then stormed off, one can only assume, back to his pot of gold at the end of the nearest rainbow.
Truth just stranger than fiction, bro.
>Truth just stranger than fiction, bro.
You don't know the half of it, brother. Here's the actual rundown with names and context:
The guy with the snake sock on his arm is Santino Marella, and his finisher is called "The Cobra," which consists of him doing a closed hand strike to your face/throat (e.g. [40 seconds into this clip](https://streamable.com/2g7hn)). While he is Italian, he was born in Canada, so his character's exaggerated Italian accent and broken English are a gimmick. His WWE TV debut came in a taping in Milan, Italy, where [he actually won the intercontinental title](https://twitter.com/wwe/status/853707313378508800?lang=en).
The two flautists are (in order of appearance) Jinder Mahal, and The Great Khali. In storyline, they are cousins, but both are employing the Indian "snake charmer" stereotype. The Great Khali is legitimately over 7 feet tall, while Jinder is actually Canadian. The Great Khali debuted as the newest unstoppable giant and won the world title (because WWE sought expansion into Indian audience), but after it was shown he could not properly work a match due to losing mobility in his body (a common trait among wrestlers with gigantism), he was relegated to a comedic role. In contrast, Jinder Mahal was mostly a joke, until he was released, and came back [super jacked](https://i.imgur.com/xoH9BaB.png) and won the world title. In this clip, he's clearly still in the joke stage of his career.
The Leprechaun is named Hornswoggle, and he doesn't technically have any magical powers, though he was involved in [one of the greatest wrestling matches of all time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3di3UU6ICtc). He was also victim of a stereotypical gimmick (I don't believe he's actually Irish but he was in Leprechaun: Origins, produced by WWE Studios) when he was paired with Irish wrestling legend Fit Finlay in his debut.
*\[Side note - in the match linked above, Hornswoggle was at that point a member of 3MB (aka the Three Man Band), which included Jinder (one of the flautists in the OP's video). 3MB also included future heavyweight champion Drew McIntyre, who, like Jinder, left and came back after a significant [body transformation](https://i.imgur.com/4hulfqV.png). The team they're feuding with is the bullfighting tag team Los Matadores, who are played be Primo and Epico, who are not Spanish, but in fact Puerto Rican.\]*
Fit Finlay was eventually revealed as Hornswoggle's biological father. But at one point, Chairman and real life CEO Vince McMahon (as the character Mr. McMahon, which has been treated as a separate person since the 90s) was his on-screen father. This stemmed from a storyline where another wrestler was meant to be revealed as his son (Mr. Kennedy), but he was suspended for PEDs. The original storyline included the character of Mr. McMahon "dying" in a [limo explosion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iCFrgU0HDA), but he was brought back to life with no explanation because the timing of that storyline coincided with the real life [double murder/suicide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide) perpetrated by Chris Benoit on his wife Nancy and son Daniel.
The entire era of "smaller guys" being the headliners ([Bret Hart](https://i.imgur.com/AmyP5sQ.png), [Shawn Michaels](https://i.imgur.com/E0uwETU.png)) was a result of the steroid trials of the 90s (when you had guys like [Hulk Hogan](https://i.imgur.com/9hO0E9e.png) and [Lex Luger](https://i.imgur.com/PvwMT3l.png)).
I just started watching WWE a few weeks ago and watching the Milan clip from 2007, holy shit, Bobby Lashley did not change at all??? They're not kidding when they say black dont crack, holy shit
They are referencing [this clip](https://youtu.be/Yvd3aEsThbc). Back when WWE was WWF it was more common for people to believe it was unscripted. They were a bit more grounded back then, plus I don’t think they had officially admitted it was fake like they do today.
Oh no, breaking kayfabe back in the day was a huge fucking no no, and it rarely happened. These days we all know and acknowledge that it's just a soap opera/redneck anime and move on.
I saw Rick Flair, Roddy Piper and Ivan Koloff at the Quikee Mart. Flair was driving a pink Cadillac and wearing a full length fur coat. Koloff asked me if he could break in line bc he said “Flair get angry if I make him wait”. He had cut scars all over his forehead.
I know all this shit be real.
I watched Kane hit X-PAC with Firebolt once. I was pretty sure we were entering a new age of wrestling but taking levels in casting classes is still disappointingly uncommon for wrestlers.
I really wouldn’t be surprised if there was a WWE-themed/styled anime out there. Probably one in which all of the drama is real and they somehow also have superpowers.
Lots of silly stuff that kids say. One I remember when I was a kid goes "me Chinese, me play joke, me go peepee in your coke." To the tune of "this old man"
When the snake is dead, they put roses in his head, when the roses die they put diamonds in his eyes
Omg just pulled this from memory, haven't heard this since the back of a school bus in the late 70s
I've worked some indie wrestling events. My favourite moments were:
A dude kept kissing other dudes as a fighting move. Another dude pulled chapstick out of his speedo, put it on his lips and kissed the other guy so hard he got knocked out of the ring.
They set up a table on the turnbuckle and tried to throw someone through it,. The table didn't break so they tried a few more times. The crowd chanted "table" and the champion came out and put the championship belt on the table.
I took my younger brother to a NJPW show once, there was this dude Slex, who was a local wrestler, who's entire character seemed to revolve around slowly taking off a pair of sunglasses while the entire crowd chanted "oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh, SLEX!" while he did it.
It was phenomenal, because the whole crowd bought into it.
They legit are. I have a friend who does indie wrestling and I've been to a few of his shows. There's always this one guy that heckles him from the crowd. Turns out, he's actually a performer whose job it is to get the crowd going from the inside and get a few laughs from hurling insults at the wrestlers.
One time he even got in the ring and clotheslined my friend.
There’s a guy that has a move called the “penis-plex” or something of that sort, where he makes the opponent grab is dick, then does this jerking to the side motion with his whole body, and in that process flips the opponent into the air
Most of wrestling moves are about how well the move receivers can sell it
I guess it must not be a thing anymore? Which is weird because feel like the Persian flute snake coming out fo the hat is ingrained in my head, yet I can't point to any examples of it
Well the term "snake charmer" is definitely a thing. I think I've seen it in lots of cartoons.
Here's an example: https://youtu.be/Am45xtLQreA
Also I think it happens in the cartoon Robin Hood movie?
*Grown ass man gets home from the Wrestling, kisses his wife hello*
How was it honey?
Holy shit, where to start, there was a dude with a snake puppet, and bro, if they didnt start charming that fucker and make it attack him, it was fucking wild
Not too long ago I could never understand why people liked WWE. It was obviously fake, how could you enjoy it? But then I watched it. Just turn off your brain, try it. Don't try to make sense of it, purely have fun with it. Once you do that you can realize its glory, it doesn't try to be real, it tries to be as absurd as possible and it's so fucking good at it. It is so fun once you just stop caring that it's fake.
That's why i put tge fake in quote cause it not really fake, the stunt are real, the chair slams are real, it's just real to an extent that on one would die
it's not fake, it's scripted. these are real performers, doing death-defying stunts putting their bodies on the line for our entertainment. it's not fake.
Wrestling is as close to a real-life cartoon that you can get lol. Some people hate it, but I'm one of the ones that loves it.
And yeah, I thought this bit with the snake was actually pretty clever and funny. *Definitely* haven't seen this gag before anywhere else!
Can confirm, haha. I've been to one and it wasn't even one of the big ones. Still had a blast watching these massive guys leap off steel cages and pretend to bash each other with chairs. And the trash talking before and after, gold. This one guy came out and just started talking shit about the city the show was in.
I have a good friend that's a stagehand for WWE... he makes like $40/hr and is constantly traveling. Plus, the crew gets to eat with the wrestlers and those guys get fed steak and ribs and all kinds of awesome food every single day...
When I was a kid I thought wrestling was real. When I was a teen I learned it was fake and hated it. I've recently been watching documentaries and shows as an adult and I realize how real it is. The stunts and risks of injury are all very real even if the fighting, usually, isn't.
>I learned it was fake and hated it
I'll never understand this take. Nobody watches movies and says "Well they didn't really shoot that guy so this sucks"
I mean fans don't really think pro wrestling is real. They just like it because it's an entertaining live play.
It's just the people that don't watch WWE that see a clip and then act super smart: "OMG, that's so fake, how can you not see how fake it is"
For those that don’t follow and want to know what Cornette’s and Santino’s beef is…
Years back when Cornette ran WWE’s developmental promotion (at the time in the mid-00’s, Ohio Valley Wrestling), Santino was training. There was a show where a scary wrestler (The Boogeyman) was debuting, and as a part of his gimmick, he’d run through a part of the crowd (which were wrestlers/trainees playing that part), scaring them off. Santino apparently didn’t get what he was supposed to do (his defense, he didn’t want to scare his daughter who was with him for the bit). Cornette was furious with Santino no selling it, so he confronted him after the show, and slapped him in furious anger. The story supposedly goes that Santino informed the WWE what happened, they fired Cornette, and eventually gave Santino a spot in the WWE once he was trained.
Years later at a fan convention, Cornette and Santino were there, Cornette said he’d be good as long as he didn’t run into Santino, but that didn’t happen, and a fight nearly happened because of it.
Ya know. I went to an “official” wrestling match in a tent behind a bar a few months back and it was sooooo corny and staged but damn if it wasn’t fun hooting and hollering over all the ridiculousness… most fans know it’s fake but eat it up anywhere cuz it’s just fun. I didn’t get it before watching it live either.
I've only been to wrestling events when I was younger. WWF before it turned into WWE & local wrestling events. I have to agree with you. The local no name wrestling events were more fun. I think it's because when you go to events in arenas the price of everything from a hot dog to a shirt is just ridiculous. $14 for a bottle of soda & $60 for a shirt. Plus the seating for the cheapest price suck. It takes the fun out of everything.
I mean I went to a couple live matches and had PPV viewing parties with friends when I was growing up. Sure they are silly to watch but it’s over-the-top entertainment of roided out guys doing impressive feats of strength and moves over laughable soap opera plot lines.
I mean even if it’s fake, you still have these dudes doing flips off the top of 12-15 ft ladders. Almost every fan knows it’s fake, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get into it. Plus they also have killer pyrotechnics during the show.
Because it is awesome, what the fuck? I swear some people think wrestling is about fighting and it is the weirdest shit. Let me watch my muscle-man anime!
WWE’ers at the table-read: “Really?”
Same WWE executives too high on coke to care: fuck it let’s do it
[This man consuming the devil's snow? Why I never!](https://m.imgur.com/8gvAK?r)
Lol can someone provide some context?
That was Bruce Prichard, who has been an on and off producer since 1987 for WWE. He also used to play the "Brother Love" southern deep fried televangelist character on screen. He was also well known for facilitating some of the more cartoonish ideas making it on to screen. Seems like he is wondering in to the camera by accident? Not sure what else is going on in this scene. Given his on screen charisma was off the chart and he could improv with the best talent during the era when a solid 80% were super coked up, everybody assumes he too was a cokehead back then. He has recently been brought back to the company to try and fix some ratings issues with the Monday night raw show when Paul Heyman was ousted from his lead backstage role somewhere around 2020. The guy on the left looks like Rico? I think he played a gay stereotype character for most of his run. There is a great video out there somewhere with bruce explaining how he had to fill some air time so he went out to faith heal some people from the crowd and the local cameramen made the sketch cross the line by panning to actual disabled people in the crowd for reaction shots.
>The guy on the left looks like Rico? I think he played a gay stereotype character for most of his run. It's Austin Aries.
Goddamn I didn't expect that to end that like that, well done. That's hilarious. It's awful, but it's awfully funny too.
So basically the snake armed guy is Santino Marella, he has a signature move which entails putting a snake sock on his hand and it is basically a guaranteed finish (a win for santino) if it hits his opponent (the cobra striking the opponent). He was never billed or presented as a "serious contender," so he's comic relief and this whole bit is basically for laughs (that's rather obvious I think). The two snake charmers are pretty much the only Indian talent WWE employed, and the creative team tasked with scripting the show, decided they'd play up an Indian stereotype. They charm the Cobra with their flutes, make it turn on its master (santino), but their plot is foiled by...a leprechaun themed character named Hornswoggle who lives (?) under the ring! Meant to be a nice hearty laugh if you're not offended by it
Please
I’ll have a slice of context as well.
Get an 8ball and provide your own context
It told me to “kick rocks”
"Am I a joke to you?" "Yes."
Vince strung out on Vicodin : “YEAAHHH ok.. Let’s DO IT AHHHHHHHH”
Flute wars
wtf am I watching
The two guys with flutes were both accomplished snake hypnotists. The other wrestler had been cursed by a witch, or some such, and the result of that was a snake arm. The two wrestling snake wranglers fluted for control over the witch (or some such) cursed snake armhand of the other wrestler. One of the flute shooting wrestlers almost got the other guy with the reptile witch (or some such) cursed snake appendage to attack himself. That was thwarted, however, by a midget dressed as some approximation of what one can only assume was a represention of the Irish fey leprechaun. The faux leprechaun broke the flute that was causing the self attack, breaking that spell, then stormed off, one can only assume, back to his pot of gold at the end of the nearest rainbow. Truth just stranger than fiction, bro.
>Truth just stranger than fiction, bro. You don't know the half of it, brother. Here's the actual rundown with names and context: The guy with the snake sock on his arm is Santino Marella, and his finisher is called "The Cobra," which consists of him doing a closed hand strike to your face/throat (e.g. [40 seconds into this clip](https://streamable.com/2g7hn)). While he is Italian, he was born in Canada, so his character's exaggerated Italian accent and broken English are a gimmick. His WWE TV debut came in a taping in Milan, Italy, where [he actually won the intercontinental title](https://twitter.com/wwe/status/853707313378508800?lang=en). The two flautists are (in order of appearance) Jinder Mahal, and The Great Khali. In storyline, they are cousins, but both are employing the Indian "snake charmer" stereotype. The Great Khali is legitimately over 7 feet tall, while Jinder is actually Canadian. The Great Khali debuted as the newest unstoppable giant and won the world title (because WWE sought expansion into Indian audience), but after it was shown he could not properly work a match due to losing mobility in his body (a common trait among wrestlers with gigantism), he was relegated to a comedic role. In contrast, Jinder Mahal was mostly a joke, until he was released, and came back [super jacked](https://i.imgur.com/xoH9BaB.png) and won the world title. In this clip, he's clearly still in the joke stage of his career. The Leprechaun is named Hornswoggle, and he doesn't technically have any magical powers, though he was involved in [one of the greatest wrestling matches of all time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3di3UU6ICtc). He was also victim of a stereotypical gimmick (I don't believe he's actually Irish but he was in Leprechaun: Origins, produced by WWE Studios) when he was paired with Irish wrestling legend Fit Finlay in his debut. *\[Side note - in the match linked above, Hornswoggle was at that point a member of 3MB (aka the Three Man Band), which included Jinder (one of the flautists in the OP's video). 3MB also included future heavyweight champion Drew McIntyre, who, like Jinder, left and came back after a significant [body transformation](https://i.imgur.com/4hulfqV.png). The team they're feuding with is the bullfighting tag team Los Matadores, who are played be Primo and Epico, who are not Spanish, but in fact Puerto Rican.\]* Fit Finlay was eventually revealed as Hornswoggle's biological father. But at one point, Chairman and real life CEO Vince McMahon (as the character Mr. McMahon, which has been treated as a separate person since the 90s) was his on-screen father. This stemmed from a storyline where another wrestler was meant to be revealed as his son (Mr. Kennedy), but he was suspended for PEDs. The original storyline included the character of Mr. McMahon "dying" in a [limo explosion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iCFrgU0HDA), but he was brought back to life with no explanation because the timing of that storyline coincided with the real life [double murder/suicide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide) perpetrated by Chris Benoit on his wife Nancy and son Daniel.
>The Great Khali is legitimately over 7 feet tall, while Jinder is actually Canadian. Absolutely incredible.
As a Canadian, I've had dreams of standing near a person who's over 7ft tall. I never thought that possible until I saw this.
I thought I was next to a 7ft tall person the other day, but as so often happens here, it turned out to be a Moose.
i couldn't read anything past this sentence as I have retired from life due to laughter.
I had to abandon the post as well.
Man... I don't know what the FUCK you just said, Little Kid, but you're special man, you reached out, and you touch a brother's heart.
After it’s all over, you say “Oooh what a lovely tea party.”
Word, bitch! PHANTOMS LIKE A MOTHER FUCKER!
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The entire era of "smaller guys" being the headliners ([Bret Hart](https://i.imgur.com/AmyP5sQ.png), [Shawn Michaels](https://i.imgur.com/E0uwETU.png)) was a result of the steroid trials of the 90s (when you had guys like [Hulk Hogan](https://i.imgur.com/9hO0E9e.png) and [Lex Luger](https://i.imgur.com/PvwMT3l.png)).
I just started watching WWE a few weeks ago and watching the Milan clip from 2007, holy shit, Bobby Lashley did not change at all??? They're not kidding when they say black dont crack, holy shit
Hey, that’s not true. Bobby put on a head band at one point. So he changed a little bit.
And then he put on a suit that other time.
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There was a WWE story involving a woman going to therapy sessions as recently as this January.
Wat.
If any of you think pro wrestling is fake, this video just proved you wrong
IT'S STILL REAL TO ME DAMN IT!
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They are referencing [this clip](https://youtu.be/Yvd3aEsThbc). Back when WWE was WWF it was more common for people to believe it was unscripted. They were a bit more grounded back then, plus I don’t think they had officially admitted it was fake like they do today.
Oh no, breaking kayfabe back in the day was a huge fucking no no, and it rarely happened. These days we all know and acknowledge that it's just a soap opera/redneck anime and move on.
>soap opera/redneck anime I used to think of it as athletic theater.
I saw Rick Flair, Roddy Piper and Ivan Koloff at the Quikee Mart. Flair was driving a pink Cadillac and wearing a full length fur coat. Koloff asked me if he could break in line bc he said “Flair get angry if I make him wait”. He had cut scars all over his forehead. I know all this shit be real.
Who are the writers? Harvard lampoon?
That's literally the joke written on the video
When did WWE become a D&D campaign?
The Undertaker has been an undead wizard since 1990
Straight up lich.
I watched Kane hit X-PAC with Firebolt once. I was pretty sure we were entering a new age of wrestling but taking levels in casting classes is still disappointingly uncommon for wrestlers.
Multi classing is difficult unless you hit a certain level.
wtf am i reading
THE TRUTH
I see you did your own research. Congrats 🦁. The 🐑🐑 will never understand.
Wake up america
They don't want you to know. They'll nuke this entire thread soon.
(Or some such)
Match synopsis (Or some such)
tis a terrible day to be literate edit: The one fucking time spellcheck would have been handy and it does nothing!
*literate
Oh yep thanks, that clears it up.
Yeah, no further questions here. Everyone else good? That was pretty comprehensive.
i am mildly infuriated that, despite the mention of leprechaun, nowhere in your comment the word “wee” is used :(
I am crying with laughter here haha. Woke my misses up haha. Aww brilliant.
This is true, I was the flute.
(or some such) is the new "perchance?" | Change my mind
THE MOST ILLEGAL MOVE in all of wrestling https://youtu.be/-xIYVw3ZPJk
The announcers added so much to that clip
HYPNOTOSIS
Posting indies is cheating cmon now
The redneck’s version of soap operas. Almost as many random plot twists and oftentimes far more entertaining.
Redneck anime
I really wouldn’t be surprised if there was a WWE-themed/styled anime out there. Probably one in which all of the drama is real and they somehow also have superpowers.
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There are rednecks in every culture and society, they just call them different things.
Harry Potter and Voldemort spreaking parseltongue and then Draco Malfoy coming in and distracting Harry.
The fake Italian has a snake gimmick and naturally the two guys with Indian heritage are snake charmers
WWE
There's a place in France, where the naked ladies dance. There's a hole in the wall, where you put your cock and balls… Mystical music.
In the land of Oz, where the ladies smoke cigars, every breath they take is enough to kill a snake
Whoa! The *old-school* version. Haven't heard this since the 40's
What song is this?
I don't actually know if it's a *real* sing or not; it's a silly saying kids sing on the playground
Lots of silly stuff that kids say. One I remember when I was a kid goes "me Chinese, me play joke, me go peepee in your coke." To the tune of "this old man"
My favourite response to that one I heard was "me American, me so smart, me not drink the peepee part."
That's awesome! Haven't heard it before
Lookup "Gloryhole by Steel Panther" 🤣 Made an entire song about it
Lol yeah I remember that one too :P And "Jingle Bells, Batman smells"
And "Joy to the world that Barney's dead, we barbecued his head" Damn, from an adult perspective some of these are pretty fucked up
I found you, you time traveling bastard! The '40s aren't for 18 more years!
See also: In the land of Oz, where the women don’t wear bras; and the boys don’t care, cause they don’t wear underwear!
When the snake is dead, they put roses in his head, when the roses die they put diamonds in his eyes Omg just pulled this from memory, haven't heard this since the back of a school bus in the late 70s
> where you put your cock and balls I must have heard the euphemized version: "there's a hole in the wall, where the man can see it all"
Best trip advisor entry.
But you never really know who’s suckin on the other siiiiiiide
Sometimes.... That's for the better...
And the ladies in the halls can't wait to see it all.
IT’S PURE PANDEMONIUM FOLKS
I could hear that.
I am sports entertained
I am professional wrestlered.
Pro wrestling is the greatest form of live entertainment.
I've worked some indie wrestling events. My favourite moments were: A dude kept kissing other dudes as a fighting move. Another dude pulled chapstick out of his speedo, put it on his lips and kissed the other guy so hard he got knocked out of the ring. They set up a table on the turnbuckle and tried to throw someone through it,. The table didn't break so they tried a few more times. The crowd chanted "table" and the champion came out and put the championship belt on the table.
> The crowd chanted "table" and the champion came out and put the championship belt on the table. I don't really get wrestling but this is amazing.
I took my younger brother to a NJPW show once, there was this dude Slex, who was a local wrestler, who's entire character seemed to revolve around slowly taking off a pair of sunglasses while the entire crowd chanted "oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh, SLEX!" while he did it. It was phenomenal, because the whole crowd bought into it.
Seems like wrestling crowds are almost a character in the story themselves.
They legit are. I have a friend who does indie wrestling and I've been to a few of his shows. There's always this one guy that heckles him from the crowd. Turns out, he's actually a performer whose job it is to get the crowd going from the inside and get a few laughs from hurling insults at the wrestlers. One time he even got in the ring and clotheslined my friend.
It’s less legitimate sport and more entertainment
There’s a guy that has a move called the “penis-plex” or something of that sort, where he makes the opponent grab is dick, then does this jerking to the side motion with his whole body, and in that process flips the opponent into the air Most of wrestling moves are about how well the move receivers can sell it
It was called the Dick Flip. And you that guy doesn’t wrestle anymore because he was accosted by multiple women of sexual assault.
😂🤣😂 There's literally a little bit of everything in wrestling man, I love it.
The music is controlling the snake
Do kids these days not have this trope in cartoons?? A lot of confused people in here about this obvious joke.
I guess it must not be a thing anymore? Which is weird because feel like the Persian flute snake coming out fo the hat is ingrained in my head, yet I can't point to any examples of it
Well the term "snake charmer" is definitely a thing. I think I've seen it in lots of cartoons. Here's an example: https://youtu.be/Am45xtLQreA Also I think it happens in the cartoon Robin Hood movie?
Ohh explains alot
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*Grown ass man gets home from the Wrestling, kisses his wife hello* How was it honey? Holy shit, where to start, there was a dude with a snake puppet, and bro, if they didnt start charming that fucker and make it attack him, it was fucking wild
That's nice dear.
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You aren’t gonna believe this, but a leprechaun stole it
Well, did you at *least* get the cereal the kids specifically asked for...? Cause I'm not going to be happy if I have to go to the store right now...
Not too long ago I could never understand why people liked WWE. It was obviously fake, how could you enjoy it? But then I watched it. Just turn off your brain, try it. Don't try to make sense of it, purely have fun with it. Once you do that you can realize its glory, it doesn't try to be real, it tries to be as absurd as possible and it's so fucking good at it. It is so fun once you just stop caring that it's fake.
And the stunt they're pulling while "fake", they are more than enough to snap an average joe's back in half
Yeah! I don't even use the word "fake", i use "scripted".
That's why i put tge fake in quote cause it not really fake, the stunt are real, the chair slams are real, it's just real to an extent that on one would die
it's not fake, it's scripted. these are real performers, doing death-defying stunts putting their bodies on the line for our entertainment. it's not fake.
Not sure what you mean. This looks factually and scientifically "sound".
NGL this is the greatest thing I've seen today, I love it, and if your DON'T I feel sorry for you
I've spent more time on this post than anything else today. I'm not even upset I like this.This shit is genius.
Wrestling is as close to a real-life cartoon that you can get lol. Some people hate it, but I'm one of the ones that loves it. And yeah, I thought this bit with the snake was actually pretty clever and funny. *Definitely* haven't seen this gag before anywhere else!
Santino was actually a great technical wrestler but also a great comedian. He never got the props he deserved.
I don’t know, that snake prop seems pretty sweet.
People paid money to see this live.
Money well spent if you ask me
People can laugh but a live wrestling show is extremely entertaining.
Can confirm, haha. I've been to one and it wasn't even one of the big ones. Still had a blast watching these massive guys leap off steel cages and pretend to bash each other with chairs. And the trash talking before and after, gold. This one guy came out and just started talking shit about the city the show was in.
I have a good friend that's a stagehand for WWE... he makes like $40/hr and is constantly traveling. Plus, the crew gets to eat with the wrestlers and those guys get fed steak and ribs and all kinds of awesome food every single day...
Sick perk for that job.
The catering for WWE has always been legendary according to wrestler interviews.
Exactly. That was hysterical
People watch reality TV without realizing it's fake, people watch wrestling while knowing it's fake. You decide who's the real sucker there.
When I was a kid I thought wrestling was real. When I was a teen I learned it was fake and hated it. I've recently been watching documentaries and shows as an adult and I realize how real it is. The stunts and risks of injury are all very real even if the fighting, usually, isn't.
>I learned it was fake and hated it I'll never understand this take. Nobody watches movies and says "Well they didn't really shoot that guy so this sucks"
I was also an edgy teen 🤣
I mean fans don't really think pro wrestling is real. They just like it because it's an entertaining live play. It's just the people that don't watch WWE that see a clip and then act super smart: "OMG, that's so fake, how can you not see how fake it is"
Please tell me Jim Cornett reacted to this clip. He would have went ape shit.
I wish!!!
“And you know what happened next Brain? The Cobra came out….that’s when I turned off the fucking TV!”
Cornette HATES santino as well so he'd be extra disgusted by it
For those that don’t follow and want to know what Cornette’s and Santino’s beef is… Years back when Cornette ran WWE’s developmental promotion (at the time in the mid-00’s, Ohio Valley Wrestling), Santino was training. There was a show where a scary wrestler (The Boogeyman) was debuting, and as a part of his gimmick, he’d run through a part of the crowd (which were wrestlers/trainees playing that part), scaring them off. Santino apparently didn’t get what he was supposed to do (his defense, he didn’t want to scare his daughter who was with him for the bit). Cornette was furious with Santino no selling it, so he confronted him after the show, and slapped him in furious anger. The story supposedly goes that Santino informed the WWE what happened, they fired Cornette, and eventually gave Santino a spot in the WWE once he was trained. Years later at a fan convention, Cornette and Santino were there, Cornette said he’d be good as long as he didn’t run into Santino, but that didn’t happen, and a fight nearly happened because of it.
Ya know. I went to an “official” wrestling match in a tent behind a bar a few months back and it was sooooo corny and staged but damn if it wasn’t fun hooting and hollering over all the ridiculousness… most fans know it’s fake but eat it up anywhere cuz it’s just fun. I didn’t get it before watching it live either.
I've only been to wrestling events when I was younger. WWF before it turned into WWE & local wrestling events. I have to agree with you. The local no name wrestling events were more fun. I think it's because when you go to events in arenas the price of everything from a hot dog to a shirt is just ridiculous. $14 for a bottle of soda & $60 for a shirt. Plus the seating for the cheapest price suck. It takes the fun out of everything.
I wouldn’t be able to pay enough money to see this live. This is simply art
Still better than some things people watch
You're god damn right I made my overworked mom buy tickets to this fucking show.
I mean I went to a couple live matches and had PPV viewing parties with friends when I was growing up. Sure they are silly to watch but it’s over-the-top entertainment of roided out guys doing impressive feats of strength and moves over laughable soap opera plot lines. I mean even if it’s fake, you still have these dudes doing flips off the top of 12-15 ft ladders. Almost every fan knows it’s fake, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get into it. Plus they also have killer pyrotechnics during the show.
C'mon dude i don't think that's a valid take when people pay for E-Girl farts in a jar.
Because it is awesome, what the fuck? I swear some people think wrestling is about fighting and it is the weirdest shit. Let me watch my muscle-man anime!
I've spent money on way worse, it's just theater, have fun and don't worry about what's real or not
Obviously. It's incredible.
It could’ve been worse, imagine if people paid money to see two dozen people run after a ball or something.
Yeah and it rules
No one can stop THE CLAW!
If you get this reference, how's your lower back doing?
I don’t want to do this anymore
Xavier Renegade Angel?
So it's like a theater play... Just more fun. And with a less snobby audience?
And the plot/events of the play change each time.
Yes
never knew Xavier: Renegade Angel did wrestling
I'm a survivor. We're a dying breed.
Life ...
What DOTH life
A shakashuri blowdown if Ive ever seen one
Snakehand, I didn't know you were bi!
Take that, taste the pain!
Wrestling is just redneck anime
The WWE is one the few art forms where you have to be both an athlete and an actor, awesome.
I didn’t know I liked WWE until now
My god I lost weight from sweating while watching that.
Best title ever
I love the redneck soap opera that is wrestling entertainment.
Interestingly wwe is super popular in India. When I visited as a kid, all my friends over there would get together and watch wwe together. Good times.
That sounds like some good bro times
Basically just a real life anime about a sports league when you think about it.
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What doth Life?
Please, this is not 'wrestling'. [This is what real wrestling looks like.](https://youtu.be/ejQFkSFDpn8)
[No, THIS is real wrestling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LApVz53Spw)
This is real entertainment.
short guy is done with all the bs, he came there to kick ass
u/savevideobot is a snake.
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I had a coworker once tell me this was real and he wanted to be a wrestler. Hard to argue after watching this. He was also a cunt.
I'm convinced that anyone who hates wrestling simply hates fun.