WALTER aside from Brock Lesnar is arguably the most believable world champion in the past decade..dude looks like freakin Darkseid 😅

WALTER would've been the biggest heel in the west during the territory days.

Walter would get over like rover in USA but apparently he doesn't want to travel. Cant blame him. Great wrestler.

I wanna see Walter vs Sheamus just beat the holy hell out of each other.

At least he gave Walter three 5 star ratings already. But I will NEVER trust a man who is really telling the world that guys like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and Sting had only two five-star ratings matches in their WHOLE career while guys like Benoit and Kurt Angle had NONE?!?!!?! And the Hogan vs Rock match is only 3 out of fucking 5?!

Twinkletoes Mcfingerbang never gets old (the name doesn't). Also Dave Meltzer just needs to stop

"He's a man's man" That must be why William Regal likes him.

Flair in his prime vs Walter would have been dope

Gotta agree with Corny ...I haven't seen this particular match but I've seen enough of Walter to know he would have gotten over anywhere and anytime.

Jim talking about Dave Meltzer now is like someone's parents talking about their crack addicted son, "he used to be such a smart boy"😂😂😂

I don't usually wince (rarely, even), but some of those stiff shots in WALTER vs. Dragunov made me wince. That was a brutal, amazing wrestling match. Also a few spots (like the Sleeper into an Exploder? from WALTER to Dragunov). But that was amazing to watch.

Walter vs 90s Misawa would have been a banger

WALTER vs Harley Race, Brody, Dusty....so many i would love to see

WALTER in 1990's All Japan with Misawa, Taue, Jun, Kobashi & Kawada would've been epic.

Best heel in the business today. Put him against Daniel Bryan and Drew McIntyre for money

Giant Baba would have loved Walter, he would have done fantastic in 1980's All Japan, could one imagine Walter v. Jumbo Tsuruta, that would have been a great match!

When a guy is billed credibly as "Hands of Stone" (in the matter of Roberto Duran before "No Mas!") Ron Garvin was a highly durable customer indeed!✊B.W.

The thumbnails with Dave in it get me every time 😂😂😂

"You Talk About an A s s Whoop ing!" - JR

WALTER reminds me what a big guy wrestler was before the days when everyone needed a ripped physique and the agility of a gymnast.

thing is, WALTER had a match so good with Tyler Bate last year that Dave Meltzer gave it 5.25 stars

WALTER's chops make Flair's chops look like butter knife.

WALTER v Tyler Bate was an unbelievable match, would recommend it to anyone

Bobby "The Brain Heenan": "Johnny, I can't hit you any harder, my hands are bleeding!"

WALTER's made it crystal clear, it was part of the agreement of his signing, that he doesn't mind doing shots over here sporadically as he he'd done so with EVOLVE, PWG and others, but has no desire to relocate to the US, the other part of the agreement was that he would continue being able to run his school for wXw

I would love to see those in AEW who don't even sell a freaking Canadian Destroyer being chopped by Walter.

Wouldn't take it? I'd rather have a guy who knows how to hit me and not hurt me badly hit me then have a 180 to 220lb guy come flipping from 10 feet up and not know if I'm going to catch a knee or elbow or shin or forehead to the face when I try and catch him. Poor Ridge Holland. That cross body catch is as safe as it can get if you're big enough to do it and his knee blew out.

And yet Meltzer loves Minoru. I love Minoru too. But you can't criticize WALTER for being stiff and not point out that Minoru is also brutal. God damn I love watching these men wrestle. 2 of my favourites.

NXT UK has a lot in common with one other program: Ring of Honor. Both shows have been great lately.

"Stan Hansen never put anyone out" Dude I love Brian Last but Stan broke Bruno's freaking nexk

Mr. Cornette, thank you very much. I watch Wrestling since 1984 - but I never could imagine, I would hear such a statement about a guy from my hometown Vienna, Austria, Europe....

Walter is one of the last few attractions left in wrestling love That he gave WWE the middle finger by refusing a main roster run

If you prefer Omega over WALTER, you aren't a wrestling fan, you are a gymnastics fan.

Look at the size of WALTER's hand. :)

I remember seeing Flair vs. Garvin. I was a kid at the time and just watched WWF but their match made me start watching NWA as well.

Anything that works counter to Meltzer’s narrative that the Omega/Bucks style is the best wrestling has ever been he will always find some way to try and undercut it.

they're better at plugging their products during their podcast than jericho

Rather than changing walter style he wud stay u in uk,thing is walter does not need to come to main roster of wwe or nxt they need walter

Walter has said many times and I think it's because he is very close to his family, that is the main reason, he isn't in New Japan or WWE.

I’m watching NXT because of Walter, but he has went through everyone. I would love to see him be a top heel on nxt or the main roster. If UK goes on shutdown bring him into the states and utilize his talent here in the State’s! Walter is must see!

Meltzer is a joke.

I always thought that the high-flying was fine when it wasn't everyone and it was sprinkled in, not the whole match.

Id love to see WALTER in modern day AJPW, think he'd fit in there great

I know Jim would never but I would love his opinion on Taichi Vs Ibushi at the G1 this year.

Walter vs Stan Hansen would have been money back in the day.

I could honestly see one of those great 80s babyfaces like Ricky Morton, Magnum T.A or Dusty Rhodes really having a field day working with WALTER.

If we are dream match up VS Walter, I woulda loved to see prime 80s Dusty vs Walter...the selling and story telling woulda been insane!!!

Walter vs Ilja was fantastic....if you don’t tense up watching that, you weren’t paying attention!!

one of my favorite chop fests is garvin vs valentine i believe at the rumble - they were siiiick -laying it in

Going off on my earlier comment about All Japan, I think Stan Hansen would have loved to work with Walter. I could also see in 1972 Bruno Sammartino sell out the Boston Garden for sure, versus Walter.

Walters finisher is the last move he happens to hit you with . I can't stress enough how fucking great he is

Stiff matches, one might miss one to two weeks of work, High Flying matches one can be out for months, perhaps longer.

Just watched him against Pete Dunne and JEEEZUS he’s good

Dave and little Bryan Alvarez and all the rest of the aew jock sniffers, especially the British ones is they make money off of bashing WWE and wish AEW had half the roster WWE has. That's why every thumbnail is, this guy is buried, this guy or girl is unhappy, its just no pun intended real corny

I got to see WALTER from ringside over the winter, I felt like I was seeing Dick Hutton or Gene Kiniski, a big crew cut straight ahead tough guy. No knee pads, no wrist tape, just black boots and black trunks. As my late friend Gordon Solie would say, "He's all man and a yard wide!"

Walter's match vs Ilja was better than all the Omega v Okada matches combined.

Meltzer doesn't like stuff unless it's from NJPW.

Imagine Prime Haku vs Walter...

Saw the Omax Cryo freeze ad coming a mile away lol

I've been saying for a while that Walter is the best thing going in all of WWE.

He's old school asf

I’d love to know what Uncle Dave would have thought if it was on AEW...

They will have to edit this to Gunther, formally known as Walter....I just hope WWE don't change anything else!

A lot of those guys Dave's talking about willingly stepped in the ring with fucking Vader. Like fuck.

I would've love to have seen Walter vs. Stan Hansen, Walter vs. Vader, and Walter vs. Samoa Joe.

I have been thinking about Walter working njpw or even ajpw(I want him njpw tho). I am sort of familiar with his Indy work and i am pretty sure he has worked in Japan. But this man could be iwgp heavyweight champ and just have great matches with everybody there.

I seriously hope that they are now going to build towards a Walter Vs Rampage Brown match now that he's signed. Rampage is someone who can actually put Walter in jeopardy and is every bit as much of a Ring General as Walter is.

5:36 Abadon is the one who got injured. She took a stiff blow to the throat and couldn't breathe. I'm actually thankful they did this for both her actual character but more so for her sake. It's pretty rare to find a wrestler who is supernatural based, who won't break character if someone else is taller than they are or more of a threat, and with AEW her comedic bits keep her in character while also being subtle...or well as subtle as a wrestling zombie lover can be

In some ways, I'm glad WALTER hasn't gone to the main roster. NXT UK is the fine wine of WWE- it feels well aged, fermented in old traditions, yet it will always give you something you've never quite tasted before, and will probably never taste again. Every WALTER match is an instant classic. Why would I want him to go anywhere else? He could go to NXT, but then, he'd be in the IPA of WWE- tastes alright, probably well crafted, and, 5 years ago, when I was 18, it was the greatest thing in the world, but now it gives me a headache. Or he could go to the Bud Lite Main Roster, and we'd be throwing WALTER matches back by the dozen, just trying to get a fix of that once great magic, but never quite seeing it again. Leave him where he is. Take him out of the cellar every few months to give us a masterpiece. And don't bring any of that cotton candy vodka the other guys are selling anywhere near him.

The Starrcade 87 Flair/Garvin match is the stiffest match I've ever seen.

Walter vs regal or vader can you imagine

Walter is most talented and the longest reigning WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION ever he is incredibly brutal but talented

That god dammit at the beginning of this video sounded like it hurt jim lol

Could you imagine WALTER vs Brody?

Walter vs Tribal Chief Reigns sounds money.

Walter vs McBain from the simpsons on top of the Hollywood sign with Arnold Schwarzenegger as referee Lol!!!!

Hey, Jim have seen any of the Shibata's matches.

When he talks about the "prick face" I was dying

Walter vs Vader Walter vs Stan Hansen Walter vs Flair Walter vs Steamboat The list is endless.

Hansen put Vader's eye out if its socket though Brian.

Walter is what Wrestling needed. He let it look real. The Problem is..Wrestling in the USA ia more a Ego Sport and not a Combat Sport I am from germany and watch Wrestling since the late 80's and i NEVER heard about a backstage fight cause someone hit his Opponent to hard. if you would cry about it they would look at you and ask if you are a little Pu..y. In the USA you hear about a mass of backstage fights cause someone hit to hard...wtf.Its a damn Combat not a Circus. Someone dont like to get hit? Wrong Sport! I saw USA Matchen wehn they hit the Ait and the opponent still sell...BULLSHIT. Never saw that in europe or japan. Get the damn Politics and Ego's out from USA Wrestling and you will have amazing Matches again.

Walter vs Johnny Valentine......who you got.

Someone pls tell jim to watch the rhea Ripley match on halloween havoc.

Jim needs a animated series it would be fun

Im even entertained by Cornette plugging products. Hell, he's even convinced me to buy some (manscaped).

We have very little Wrestling Promotions in Austria and they are all next to no high flying and pretty physical

I'd love to see Walter vs. Brock Lesnar in a shoot fight, this man is VERY legit.

I legitimately fear Walter. I think he wants to hurt me.

Im just saying id rather take a chop before I ever took a super flip piledriver on the back of my head, on the apron

"They don't need Brock with this fucking guy" And now you know why Jim Cornette's is banned from the Thunder Dome.

It's things like this that continue to draw me to Jim Cornette. Were it not for him tweeting about this match, there's a very good chance I would never have seen it. And wow, what a FIGHT. Thank you, Jim, for sharing this masterpiece.

Aren't most of the neck injuries from high-spot moves?

Just think how long Ember Moon was out for for chasing the 24/7 Title. The dumbest reason to be put out.

Walter is a small wrestler, he knows what's best for his career. He might travel to do one-off matches here in the States but he has said before he has no plans on relocating to USA and competing full-time in Main NXT or the main roster brands. He's content with his European dominance.

Three years later, he was the longest Intercontinental Champion of all time and newly crowned King of the Ring in a version of the tournament that HHH is trying to make relevant again. Keep going, WALTER!

I'm waiting on Jim to say something about how Shawn Michaels woulda liked working with Walter

Walter vs. NJPW or NXT Nakamura is a match I would have loved to see

Can Walter cut a promo? If so he could become a top guy

Dave Meltzer: You *might* not know as much as Jim.

I love Meltzer's Star ratings only because it makes so many people angry. But to Cornette's credit. Greg Valentine & Tito Santana's feud over the IC Title were stiff as heel. Both have done interviews that they would encourage real punches & kicks in their matches. If one felt one was holding back. They would hit each other harder to wake them up.