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The 8 Most Insane Moments in Professional Wrestling

By Peter Lynn October 4, 2006 292,844 views
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They say only the good die young, but then, they're forgetting about wrestlers whose hard lifestyles lead to early cardiac arrests. But, speaking of arrests, the late prison guard/wrestler Big Boss Man took his heelish tactics so far across the line into over-the-top cartoonish supervillainy in his feud with the Big Show that he will live forever in the hearts of wrestling fans.

When it became known that the Big Show's father was terminally ill, the Boss Man turned it to his advantage by having a fake cop inform his opponent that his father had died, thus winning a match by forfeit.


Soon after, Big Show's father really did die... and that's when the Big Show/Boss Man feud became equal mixtures of completely awesome and totally insane. The Boss Man upped the ante by crashing the funeral, running down Big Show with a police car, then tearing all over the cemetery with the grieving giant clinging to his father's casket chained to his trailer hitch.


If ever a scene deserved to be sped up and set to the Benny Hill theme, this is probably it.

And, though the feud would never get as spectacularly crazy as dragging the casket of a man's father's corpse around a cemetary in the Bluesmobile with the bereaved clinging onto it for dear life, we swear to God, it still managed to get worse. Boss Man followed up his funeral crashing with an impromptu performance on live television holding the Big Show's father's golden watch, which he'd bequeathed to his son as a family legacy. The Boss Man smashed it to powder on an anvil:


Then, during a frank interview with Big Show's mother on live television via a satellite feed (apparently she hadn't been paying attention at the funeral, as she never questioned the Big Boss Man's press credentials), he grilled the poor woman until she tearfully admitted Big Show's illegitimacy.


Having gotten the dirty truth from the teary-eyed widow, Boss Man spun around triumphantly to the camera and stated for the record: "The Big Show is a dirty bastard, and his Momma said so."

The Big Show/Boss Man feud has rightfully entered wrestling lore for the fact that not once, from the start of the feud to its conclusion weeks later, did it fail to be ravenously, dog-barkingly insane. Seriously, even when Big Show finally beat the Boss Man in a wrestling ring weeks later, did he really come out of this ahead? After a dude's desecrated your father's corpse, destroyed every possession he bequeathed you in his will, then proved your bastardry on live TV, it's a little hard to consider it just punishment to give the guy a chokeslam and get a fake gold belt for your trouble.



Long before he played Detective John Munch on Law and Order: SVU, Richard Belzer learned the hard way that Hogan knows best.

In 1985, the Belz hosted a cable talk show on which Hulk Hogan and Mr. T appeared to promote the inaugural Wrestlemania. After making several cracks about the scripted nature of professional wrestling, the hipper-than-thou comic insisted Hogan demonstrate a hold on him.


Hogan gently applied a front facelock to the spindly host, who thrashed around briefly, went limp, and then fell heavily and struck his head when released. The show cut to commercial. When it returned, Belzer wasn't there.


Instead, a producer joined a shaken Hogan (and an increasingly testy Mr. T) to explain what had happened. Though contrite, Hogan nevertheless literally added insult to injury by explaining that he'd applied the simplest hold he could think of, one that should have been harmless to a normal, healthy adult, but he'd failed to account for the fact that Belzer had obviously never exercised in his life.

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49 Comments

@aries: do you even know who The Iron Sheik is? even if you know nothing about wrestling, surely you must've seen clips of him on YouTube, either as a recurring guest on the Howard Stern Show, or any of his "shoot" interviews that take vulgarity to a whole other plane of existence

also, there is no "i" in Ares

4/17/2009 7:35:17 PM
TheRunningMan

Pro Wrestling: Keeping white trash from bothering normal people since the late 19th century. It is something that sho- nay MUST continue to keep these hooligans and ruffians in their suitable places in society. (among the litter and car-part laden "front lawns" of their trailers) Pro Wrestling, CMT, war movies, NASCAR and the tv series "COPS"

4/4/2009 2:54:07 AM
RobertsTheVile

as a former professional wrestler, i invite Haedrian to tell me where this fake tables and chairs factory is. while some weapons certainly are flimsy or compromised (aluminum trashcans, glass bottles) i seriously could've used that place, instead of just learning how to take these godawful shots the 'right' way!

note to all those calling it 'fake'-- you're right, it IS scripted. however, do me a favor and stop thinking of the act itself as something like ballet. it's more like-- learning to be a stunt double, except 90% of the camera angle gags don't work (including crash pads) and you only have one take.

anyone who doesn't think they're stating the obvious on wrestling being 'fake' really needs to put down the teaser comb and let go of 1980, because that was about the last time that it wasn't common freaking knowledge.

3/7/2009 5:03:55 PM
BPS

What's really awesome about wrestling is that this article could do the 100 most insane moments in wrestling and #100 would not be far off from fitting on this list of only eight.

2/2/2009 2:01:45 PM
DavidGee

I think the reason wrestling fans(myself included) get irritated by people yelling "fake!" is that those people don't seem to think we're aware of what's going on; you aren't enlightening anyone when you go on about how "fake" wrestling is.

You say it's fake because it's scripted and choreographed- so is ballet, rock concerts, and magic shows. I mean, you wouldn't go to a KISS show and decry their spectacle as fake, so why do you have to hate on the wrestling?

2/1/2009 12:33:23 AM
JornTheYounger

wrestling matches, weapons, storylines, etc is fake, plain and simple. however the training the wrestlers go through and the risks they take as well as the injuries (sometimes) are completely real. PainIsNotAMILF is refering to the latter whereas everyoneelse is referring to the former.

1/31/2009 2:18:35 PM
ultimakewl

very nice.
my bro can remember every one of those ungodly events.
lol

1/29/2009 3:39:22 PM
das_w00tman

"Believe me the weapons are not fake...how do you make a fake STEEL chair? or a fake WOODEN folding table..."

Its pretty easy, if you hollow or weaken the material you're going to use... or in the case of wood you use a lighter wood as opposed to something hard.

1/29/2009 11:46:18 AM
Haedrian

Okay, PalinIsNot--I refuse to type out that whole name. Let me revise what people are saying. _Most_ of wrestling is fake. Even hardcore wrestling fans will admit that to themselves and others. You, however, well, I'm too sure about you. Considering that part of this article covered the concept of 'jobbers' (which sounds like an obscene sex act, by the way) I'm thinking denial is a big part of what's going on here.

1/29/2009 10:12:14 AM
SickBoy

the iron sheik kiccs ass what you talkin bout yell www.myspace.com/panhandoelrcorp

1/8/2009 5:35:30 PM
BOX5

oh yeah PalinisaMILF, why are you idolizing people that want to f**k people in the ass, "old country style", thats f*****g wierd

12/3/2008 10:07:48 PM
aries.419

okay so you say that you know wrestling is fake and if you dont like it then dont watch it. But i have to say it, wrestling is f*****g retarded, its like a soap opera for guys. yeah i like to watch people fight, so i watch UFC, because they actually f*****g fight.

12/3/2008 10:05:23 PM
aries.419

to all the people saying wrestling is fake: shut the hell up
to paraphrase the Iron Sheik, I oughta break your backs and f**k you in the ass "old country style"
tell the Dynamite Kid, Haybusa, or Darren Drozodv, guys who are stuck in wheelchairs
or how about Scott Hall & Jake Roberts who addicted to painkillers because of all the abuse they put their bodies through?
my mentor, Dory Funk, Jr. is 67 years old and can still kick every one of your asses

12/3/2008 12:41:06 PM
PalinIsNotAMILF

*sobs* ITS STILL REAL TO ME DAMN IT!

11/27/2008 4:51:40 PM
Slim

Agreement with Greenblinks. Whilst I long ago stopped watching professional wrestling due to its predictability, I know that people watch who know it is fake. They enjoy it, I do not. They watch it, I do not. Kind of like smoking cigarettes, just because I choose not to smoke does not mean that I care if other people do.

11/23/2008 12:47:51 AM
sstuhr

I'm tired of people saying wrestling is fake. We all know it's scripted, but you can't fake gravity.
Seriously, get over it. If you enjoy it then watch it and if you don't then don't watch it and don't read about it. It really is that simple.

11/22/2008 2:28:45 PM
44GreenBlinks

This is insane. You people really think this wrestling stuff is for real??? Three things: 1) Get a Life; 20 think about what Vince McMahon is (a promoter); and 3) go to a live wrestling match - the fakery is blatantly obvious even in the back rows!

10/19/2008 10:21:38 PM
TheGent

I think one of the sickest story lines was the katie vick scenario,, triple h banging her in the coffin

8/31/2008 7:12:07 PM
BOTTOMROCK

Im being hulk hogan for halloween.
wrestling is retarded.

8/25/2008 12:19:46 PM
classybroad

How can you guys talk about the bossman/show feud without that beautiful hallmark card that bossman gave show...

With the deepest regrets and tears that are soaked
I'm sorry to hear your dad finally croaked.
He lived a full life on his own terms;
soon he'll be buried and eaten by worms.
But if I could have a son as stupid as you,
I'd have wished for cancer so I would die too!
So be brave and be strong; get your life on track--
'cause the old bastard's dead and he ain't never coming back!

8/22/2008 9:56:52 AM
sprinklefurball

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