10 WWE Legends You Won't Believe Are Still Wrestling

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00:00Do you know what phrase I hate?

00:02That guy should retire.

00:04I mean, when you do hang them up, it's for a long-ass time.

00:07Again, it's professional wrestling and everybody comes back, but still.

00:10That is why I love wrestlers who, as long as they're healthy, just keep going,

00:13because clearly they have a passion for this damn thing.

00:16Sometimes I think we need to stand up and celebrate it.

00:19Let's do that right now.

00:20Do you want to see some crazy names who are still doing the grappling?

00:23I hope so, otherwise why are you here?

00:25But my name is Simon Miller, please do subscribe.

00:27And here's 10 legends that are still going at it.

00:30Number 10, The Warlord.

00:31I mean, how on earth?

00:33When I first got into wrestling years and years ago,

00:35it felt like The Warlord was wrapping up.

00:37And now here we are, and he's still putting on his boots.

00:40He's also 61 years old and during his career was involved in not one,

00:43but two really serious car accidents.

00:46This guy must be made of steel.

00:48As far as I can see though, he's definitely been working up to the 1st of July, 2023,

00:52because he was in a tag team match against the Rock and Roll Express.

00:55And I'll tell you right now, I actually want to see it.

00:58Now, of course, they only did a five minute scrap,

01:00but I'm nowhere near how old these guys are.

01:03And sometimes I can't even get out of bed.

01:05Round of applause.

01:06Just for some extra fun trivia as well.

01:08At one point during his life, the Warlord was a bodyguard for 50 Cent.

01:12So now you know.

01:13Number nine, The Barbarian.

01:14And yes, of course, we do also need to talk about his tag team partner,

01:17which was The Barbarian.

01:19Which means, what, 35 years later,

01:22Power and Pain are still going.

01:23Barbarian's even older at 64.

01:25And I tell you, this guy always used to be lumped in with the whole,

01:28man, he's just a big old potato kind of a wrestler.

01:30It's not true.

01:31If you go back and watch some of his matches,

01:34given that he was massive, this dude could go.

01:36We go and watch the match against the Rockers at WrestleMania 7,

01:39and all of a sudden you'll start to notice,

01:41oh my gosh, a lot of the power guys in 2023,

01:45where they're basing their template on his.

01:47He did this in WCW as well.

01:49Well, Championship Wrestling never knew what to do with anybody.

01:52And if we go back to May 2023,

01:54these two guys also had a match against the Headbangers.

01:58So that's two for two.

02:00I gotta watch it.

02:01Number eight, Ultimo Dragon.

02:02Now this isn't a huge surprise

02:04because if anybody is going to rewrite the wrestling rule book,

02:06it'd be this guy.

02:07Ultimo Dragon was so successful in his pop,

02:09he basically started the whole belt collector gimmick.

02:12And the only reason he didn't smash it in WWE or the WWF

02:15is because Vince McMahon was like,

02:17well, he's just a cruiserweight.

02:18And old Vinny doesn't like small dudes.

02:20The real joy is that at 54 years old,

02:22he still totally knows what he's doing.

02:24And while a lot of his matches do go down in Dragon Gate

02:26and they're six man tags,

02:28when he does get his hands slapped,

02:30he just does what he needs to do.

02:32He's still pretty impressive.

02:33His chain wrestling is also sublime.

02:35And honestly,

02:36if he's still going at 89 years old,

02:38I'd be like, yeah, of course he is.

02:40He's probably never going to retire.

02:41Number seven, Duke the Dunst and Drozzy.

02:43So let's just talk about it because we can.

02:45In the mid nineties,

02:46Vince McMahon decided,

02:47well, I know how to return business around, pal.

02:49Let's give everybody a job.

02:52If somebody was always going to be the garbage man,

02:55it was Duke Drozzy.

02:57And look, there's nothing wrong with doing that either in real life.

02:59But when it comes to wrestling,

03:01how the flub is this going to help you win a belt?

03:04And also, you won't have a main event in WrestleMania.

03:06The irony today is that I actually think if you put this gimmick in the newfound NXT,

03:10it would work.

03:11But yeah, back when the World Wrestling Federation needed something new,

03:15this weren't it.

03:16It didn't stop Drozzy though because at 54 years of age,

03:19he did pop up in that gimmick battle royal that MLW did recently,

03:22which also had Raven.

03:24Harry Smith and Little Guido.

03:26So I know, you're now doing it too.

03:28Somebody give me the remote control.

03:30Number seven, Scott Steiner.

03:31I mean, are you going to tell him to stop?

03:33Nope.

03:34Neither am I.

03:35Now it is a worry because mathematical odds keep going down all over the place.

03:38But despite the fact he has suffered some serious injuries,

03:41Big Papa Pump is still going.

03:43And we've all seen that TNA viral clip that is always popping up online.

03:46And that kind of did give Scottie her old resurgence when it came to his matches.

03:50Because in 2019, that led to quite a ridiculous one against Hornswoggle.

03:55As recent as this April though, he worked Richard Cordere.

03:58Mostly because it was in Michigan.

04:00And I think Steiner could just walk there from his house.

04:03I really don't think that the big booty daddy has ever said that he does want to hang them up either.

04:07He probably just rings up promoters and goes,

04:10Boop me!

04:11They go, man, we better do it.

04:12But yeah, he'll go on forever.

04:14Number five, Gangrel.

04:15Seriously, Gangrel's schedule is amazing.

04:18Like, he's over here in the UK all the time.

04:21I don't know how he does it.

04:22At 54, he is still flying as well.

04:24And man, did he make the most of this vampire gimmick.

04:27And don't forget, when he was in the World Wrestling Federation,

04:29this is another guy.

04:30Vince was like, a vampire gimmick?

04:32I don't get it.

04:33Well, yeah, it certainly served him for the long haul.

04:35He's also a super nice guy.

04:36And if you have seen him working on the UK scene or the Canadian scene or the US scene,

04:40he still knows exactly what he's doing.

04:43He draws a crowd and he gets a big old pop.

04:46He really is a genius when it comes to sports entertainment,

04:49especially knowing that less is more.

04:51You know, give him enough props.

04:53Number four, Hakushi.

04:54Now, if you are a hardcore fan, you probably remember Hakushi's bizarre WWF run.

04:59But all of a sudden, you woke up one day and we put Bret Hart against the man.

05:03And all of a sudden, you were like, well, this was what I was waiting for.

05:06They had some really good matches.

05:08I mean, it proved that the guy from Japan wasn't just an also-ran.

05:11Seriously.

05:12If you watch them now, you can see it.

05:14Both he and Bret are from the we gotta make it look real school of thought.

05:18That's what makes him so damn watchable.

05:20Real life Jinza Shinsaki continues to wrestle at Mishinoko Pro 2,

05:24mostly because he bought the thing in 2003.

05:27So why wouldn't you book yourself on it?

05:29Thing is though, he knows how to hold his own

05:31because he was one of the guys that faced the great Muta

05:34when he was doing his retirement run.

05:36And look, believe you me, those dudes were specifically picked.

05:39The man still got it.

05:41Three, Shane Douglas.

05:42Shane Douglas had two very famous moments in his wrestling career.

05:45The first is when he won the NWA world title and threw it on the floor

05:49and disrespected it at an ECW show.

05:51And the other is when he got hired by WWF and they made him a teacher.

05:57I mean, come on.

05:58WCW didn't do much with him either.

05:59And we've touched on that.

06:00Meaning it was Extreme Championship Wrestling where he finally got his due.

06:04Really.

06:05This is a guy that's always been underrated and deserved a bigger push.

06:08He's been so smart in his style as well that by July 2023,

06:12he had already worked seven matches this year.

06:14And the majority were pretty solid.

06:16That's because Shane can work.

06:18Shane can talk.

06:19And nowadays, he never does anything too crazy.

06:21So you may be able to argue that he just got tied up with the wrong people

06:24or butted head with the wrong individuals.

06:26So could he have one last run at the top?

06:29Never say never.

06:30Number two, the Sandman.

06:32The Sandman actually came out recently during an interview

06:34because he was asked, do you think you'll ever go to AEW?

06:37He's like, I don't know anyone from AEW.

06:39I am so out of the wrestling bubble.

06:41It is crazy.

06:42And yet because his gimmick was just, I'm going to walk to the ring.

06:44I'm going to drink a beer and I'm going to smack myself in the head with a kendo stick.

06:48Well, he's still able to do it today.

06:50I mean, back in April at the age of 60, he worked DILF.

06:53I didn't really know who DILF was.

06:55So I looked it up.

06:56Apparently he's an internet meme wrestler.

06:59I don't really know what that means.

07:00As usual though, the whole story was that DILF said bad things about ECW.

07:04So out came the Sandman and whipped his ass.

07:06When you go and read his story and all the trials and tribulations he went through,

07:10kind of sounds like he's doing really well now.

07:13Makes me warm and fuzzy in my tum-town.

07:15Number one, Bob Orton.

07:17That's right.

07:18Radley Orton's dad is still going.

07:20Probably still has his arm in the cast.

07:22Gimmick for life.

07:23But if we go to July 2023, who was having a match at the age of 71?

07:27Bob Orton.

07:28I mean, he teamed with Tony Atlas for a match in Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling.

07:32And given that we have talked about Big Tone, he should be in here too.

07:36He's 69.

07:37Don't do it.

07:38Orton as well was bumping around the place.

07:40So you have to give that guy kudos.

07:43He is definitely somebody's granddad.

07:46Once again, I ain't nobody's granddad.

07:49I can barely go to the bathroom.

07:50So whatever pain he's probably still in, he is still able to smash it.

07:54I think this is really damn cool.

07:56Take inspiration from this, people.

07:58If you love something, you have a passion, never give it up.

08:00Unless it's good for your life and it's good for your health.

08:02Believe in your dreams.

08:04See you soon.

08:05See you soon.

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