The British Wrestler (Full Length)

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10 жыл бұрын

VICE looks at the UK's underground wrestling scene, from the community centres of Plymouth to the streets of Glasgow. A far cry from the now faded memories of terrestrial TV's World Of Sport and even further from the glitz and glamour of the stateside WWE, Brits across the country have been escaping the banality of their everyday lives by moonlighting as pro-wrestlers in the largely unheard scene of today.
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@ridleyroid9060 6 жыл бұрын

"Wolfgang: i would never go to wwe" He is in NXT right now. Like...what?

@streetrat48 4 жыл бұрын

$$$$$ Everyone has a price, everyone sells out.

@stevenladnyk4526 3 жыл бұрын

Money talks.

@shredenvain7 10 ай бұрын

Grado has come so far since this film. He just appeared at ALL IN wembley stadium in front of 80,000 plus people!

@ryanklaassen2124 7 жыл бұрын

I was clickbaited by grado

@seankennedy9974 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@0fficer_friendly 4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was freestyle wrestling

@Luca_932 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@patrickthorpejr3887 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@firmanchristiansianturi4794 3 жыл бұрын

@@brycenaustin517 You're right, no one cares

@kenella74 8 жыл бұрын

I love this guy, he's so funny and he's following his dream, no matter what anyone thinks so well done.

@vitalwitness8871 10 жыл бұрын

Before you idiots say wrestling is fake, don't watch wwe, watch some indy shows. It's predetermined, but the shit fucking hurts and the wrestlers don't hold back

@Baboonery_ 10 жыл бұрын

the thing is that it's still FAKE. it's a work. It's a slap in the face of true "amateur" wrestlers

@vitalwitness8871 10 жыл бұрын

ArthurKnoqOut yet professional wrestlers put their body on the line more. Pro wrestlers endure just as much pain (if not more) as amateur wrestlers

@maximus0307 10 жыл бұрын

Vital Witness they abuse their bodies from their over use of drugs and alcool, notfrom actually practicing a harder sport...

@vitalwitness8871 10 жыл бұрын

david maltais I'm glad you at least have the intelligence to use grammar correctly, oh wait..... Last time I checked amateur wrestles don't take thumbtacks to the back and flaming barbed wire bats to the face. Just stfu before you embarrass yourself further with your lack of knowledge of the world of professional wrestling

@vitalwitness8871 10 жыл бұрын

david maltais oh wow, I like your knowledgable insight on pro wrestling. grow the fuck up, the tights and makeup shtick is so old, it's pathetic that you trolls aren't even original anymore lol

@Bryanccc3 9 жыл бұрын

This is the type of pro wrestling I love, you need this ballsy type of performances.

@jmw102693 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Lionheart 🙌🏾💯

@davidjr.5218 2 жыл бұрын

Anybody else catch that “slip a pill in her drink” at 27:40?

@declancairns2083 7 жыл бұрын

People need to realise that wrestling is big in Britain, you don't need to like it but respect the people actually harming themselves for the people that do. Its not all do it for the kids with promotions like ICW, its trying to give something other than the shite on the tv today. Which is much better than it was before but ICW still offers something more than the big boys and to come from nothing in a country with 300 million less people than the USA then you have to praise it.

@s.l.msedits7290 7 жыл бұрын

ICW is big because it is a night out on sunday night in Glasgow and people just do not want to go to that same old pub

@declancairns2083 7 жыл бұрын

trust me, the garage is the same old pub when you are in glasgow

@ericseitzler81 Жыл бұрын

The USA only has like 331 million people in it btw, people think because our country is so big that the population is huge but it really isn't.

@CleanNOTSerene Жыл бұрын

It's real to me damn it

@jaidendocwra6634 7 жыл бұрын

UK dominator trained Adam Parmesan

@benjyboybalor8890 7 жыл бұрын

Jaiden Docwra Justice for Kirby!

@ChimpyMonkey67 7 жыл бұрын

Benn

@charliegough1341 7 жыл бұрын

Jaiden Docwra

@RemainRealProductions 7 жыл бұрын

Wolfgang saying he doesn't wanna join the WWE and now he is a part of the WWE. Incredible.

@stevetanner1987 8 жыл бұрын

Since when did Patton Oswalt start wrestling under the persona "Grado"?

@Jedi-For-Hire 8 жыл бұрын

Idk if anybody got that bit where Grado was saying "I remember in the locker room looking at the old guys like they were old dogs" "Like hey Spot". It's from the wrestling documentary beyond the mat.

@Close.Quarters.Ramen. 3 жыл бұрын

I just left a comment about that before I saw yours, I can't believe they dramatized that.

@jotac87278 7 жыл бұрын

watching in 2017. Wolfgang said he didn't wanna go to WWE but that's exactly what he did lol.

@anthonyeconomou6954 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, ICW got bigger and Wolfgang got bigger with it. Now, people are rallying for him to be on NXT

@cameronkading9807 10 жыл бұрын

Glad to know not only the US is weird.

@simple1883 10 жыл бұрын

china first then the usa.

@SyCannon 10 жыл бұрын

Japan first.

@Scatman1776 10 жыл бұрын

SyCannon North Korea first actually.

@aceman0000099 6 жыл бұрын

US is still backwards

@davidscott8310 10 жыл бұрын

Clearly some people genuinely take all this at face value and think all these guys are idiots, look into their history, dig a little and you'll find all these people are trying to do is entertain and earn money in a job they enjoy, watch the BBC documentary about them.

@itsrusevday643 6 жыл бұрын

Crazy how far Rockstar Spud has come, he went from small indie shows to WWE 205 live general manager.

@OmegaRainbow 10 жыл бұрын

*What a great wrestling story!!* :D _Thanks for making this, Vice!_

@OmegaRainbow 10 жыл бұрын

Pierce The Gauche asterisk and underscores before and after

@OmegaRainbow 10 жыл бұрын

Pierce The Gauche :D

@benidomgaming8278 2 жыл бұрын

"You have entered the danger zone" Cue the tumbleweed 😂😂

@georgestewart7658 Жыл бұрын

I like Grado he's overcome all those hurdles yes it's been an up hill battle but he's well known in the UK he's got something that the fans like 👍

@Adyman182 8 жыл бұрын

Whean Skotteash peepuuhl neeahd sobtahytuuhls

@aceman0000099 6 жыл бұрын

aye ano ae its pure fuken shite

@Adyman182 5 жыл бұрын

lol

@gabrielmercado2942 8 жыл бұрын

#PushKirby

@MrTeamGuy 7 жыл бұрын

holy shit yaass :D

@mrhufflepuff6443 3 жыл бұрын

What is the old school rave song when they were talking about the Bucky boys called? I’m after that specific version it starts at 36:43 and it plays at the beginning of the documentary 1:54

@meshellsk7128 8 жыл бұрын

Grado just grows on you man, hahaha

@HobgoblinHero 6 жыл бұрын

Its crazy seeing this, 2014, Wolfgang says he never wants to make it to the WWE. Flash forward to 2017 and there he is, WWE UK Championship Tournament, nearly going the distance and winding up signed to NXT

@natty187 9 жыл бұрын

cannot believe where grado is now, fair play to him! its yourself

@ringrust8308 9 жыл бұрын

green warlock It's yersel!!

@natty187 9 жыл бұрын

stuart roger wood fair enough, I cant type phonetic Scottish ;p

@HidesOurFace 4 жыл бұрын

This is why I love UK wrestling over American stuff. Character and tallent mean more than how muscular you are.

@LostPhotograph 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing documentary. Well done and thank you. - A Scotsman

@RemainRealProductions 9 жыл бұрын

Pro wrestling is real, and it is the hardest business in the world. I am bound to get hate for this, but I am right, you are wrong.

@ashtoontv8151 9 жыл бұрын

TheGEGgaming even eating is harder than fake wrestling

@timthompson2358 9 жыл бұрын

dodgy Dogz Its fake in the same way cirque du soleil is fake. Pro Wrestling isnt a sport, but you cant say these guys aren't athletes. Wrestlers are thrown around like rag dolls multiple times a week for people entertainment. You dont have to like wrestling, but you should be able to respect the athletic feats these performers are able to accomplish. And if you really think wrestling is that easy, go do it. It looks like great money for a part time gig.

@timthompson2358 9 жыл бұрын

ivosnivo Comparing ProWrestling and Combat sports is apples and oranges. The argument that pro-wrestling is tougher is because of how often pro-wrestlers are expected to work. Compare Floyd Maywether and John Cena. In 2014 Maywether had 2 matches, while Cena preformed some where around 200 times. Of course wrestling is easier on the body then fighting, but the schedule has got to be demanding on the body in a way I cant even imagine. Getting thrown off the top rope on to your back on monday and having to get up tuesday and do it again seems just insane. And thats a kind of insanity you just gotta stand back and respect.

@JRBikes013 9 жыл бұрын

Your mom has no kids

@MegaBlitz25 8 жыл бұрын

+ivosnivo travelling and putting your body on the line 250+ days a year, rather than 2-3 real fights a year. The Numbers are there.

@Lolp821 10 жыл бұрын

Great documentary, I'm sure some people who aren't familiar with the accent found it hard to understand even with subtitles.

@goibee 10 жыл бұрын

You know what, I always thought wrestling was stupid, but now when I look at this documentary its almost endearing. A group of people getting together, willfully suspending disbelief so that they can enjoy a "show", a type of "show" that can only happen if everyone sits there sub-conciously and goes "you know what, i know this is fake, but I want to join in the story that everyone else here is telling. I want to also tell the story so I can enjoy the story". It's like a play but with more interaction

@HeyitsJacobLOL 5 жыл бұрын

That's the mindset you have to have when watching it. Trust me as a guy who has wrestled it is hard. Plus there's is no off season. Their doing it for loads of days. Many reasons why some people get injured. I love wrestling for the atmosphere and storytelling. I always respect wrestlers. They are putting their bodies at risk, JUST FOR ENTERTAINMENT As a guy who has passion for wrestling. It insults me that people think it's fake. It's just a story. People like me have worked with making our characters and working really hard to make it.

@Noctren 4 жыл бұрын

Jacob LOL Well Fucking Put Lads.

@stevenladnyk4526 3 жыл бұрын

You’re right. And I wouldn’t say fake. Those bumps and falls still hurt to an extent and the injuries are very real. It’s more scripted. But it’s entertainment. Movies are scripted too but we don’t call it fake. We call it entertaining.

@jake-wq2vb Жыл бұрын

no one complains that movies and TV is fake so i’ve never understood the complaints about wrestling . it’s a TV Show not a sporting competition

@IAmProbablyGod 8 жыл бұрын

"Fuck, I'm cunted." Grado is the fucking GOAT.

@rekocastren923 7 ай бұрын

One of my all time favorite VICE joints! Grado is such an inspiren guy.

@MrCongratulations1 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, Rockstar Spud and Grado both in TNA

@bebbingtons1987 8 жыл бұрын

Remember the blossom twins where in TNA boot camp uk

@TheDaveCalaz 5 жыл бұрын

Seeing Wolfgang go from its a hobby to now with WWE. Good on ya fella!

@sneakerheat6 10 жыл бұрын

The guy in the beginning in so true.... The world is so plastic

@meu02136 10 жыл бұрын

But as Aqua says, life in plastic, it's fantastic.

@jimnasium8902 9 жыл бұрын

Then starts a wrestling company haha

@Thebearedchef 6 жыл бұрын

AMAZING ME tht is mark dalls the owner of icw

@tonymarshall3978 6 жыл бұрын

That’s the guy that runs insane wrestling in Scotland and it was to show his anger at calling wrestling fake when it actually has pepole beating the shit out of one another

@BubsArcadeFighters 4 жыл бұрын

Gr8 doc and Grado is hilarious! Big Grado fan from Torana Canada!

@thedeeprot 10 жыл бұрын

VICE is the best.

@rockerj881 7 жыл бұрын

Its kinda crazy to look at Wolfgang then to now. Now he has a WWE Contract and has been Heavyweight champion in ICW

@Thommouk 10 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Love watching this - Grado - you little legend.

@tonykennedy8592 2 жыл бұрын

Was the "IM NOT INVOLVED" spot a parody of the bloke from Beyond the Mat

@stuna101a 10 жыл бұрын

For a place that the English language came from I can't understand half the shit that's said....

@thefrosty1925 10 жыл бұрын

Wait, let me guess... You're American..

@mrka45123 10 жыл бұрын

Holy shit a Brit with ugly ass teeth! Fuckin Brits think there better than anyone else, I hate those arrogant dushbags... News flash England fuck you!

@scottnpech 10 жыл бұрын

nick j Wow... You don't know the English at all... They most certainly do not think they are better than everyone else.. They lament and laugh about the fact they are not on a regular basis... But yes, Brits do, quite rightly, consider themselves less degenerate and not as dumb-as-fuck as the yanks. But so does everyone else.. It's cos yanks are thick as fuck.

@thefrosty1925 10 жыл бұрын

IngSoc Smith Couldn't have summed it up better; at least there are actual intelligent beings here

@kieransetty 10 жыл бұрын

nick j not all us brits have bad teeth, i haven't

@jackmceleny5372 8 жыл бұрын

"Jobsy stop smoking them doobies" BEST. LINE. EVER.

@fraserparr925 10 жыл бұрын

"Fuck I'm cunted" best line ever

@estebanquintana3711 2 жыл бұрын

What is the song at the end of the doc?

@WeirdoAdam 10 жыл бұрын

whats the name of that song from Wee Man? where to find it?

@MrTC0815 10 жыл бұрын

6:17 lmao that was perfect

@RUFFRYDA420 10 жыл бұрын

HAHA i couldn't have said it better myself!

@drewheyer3511 8 жыл бұрын

thumbs up if you're still watching this in 2015

@GlenChundemigod 8 жыл бұрын

+Drew Heyer I'm watching this as I'm being trained by Pretty Boy Danny Walsh. Loving the journey at this point. Seen Dominator live a load too, phenomenal worker when it comes to getting a reaction.

@LaughinWhale 8 жыл бұрын

+Drew Heyer 2016 now :D

@lch1803 8 жыл бұрын

+Drew Heyer Leave

@tojiroh 8 жыл бұрын

+Drew Heyer ill stick a thumb upyer nose fannybaws

@SonRob01 7 жыл бұрын

Drew Heyer 2017

@claricesharp1743 9 жыл бұрын

What is the song called that is being played in the background on 11:13

@DanielWilliams-yr2sy 8 жыл бұрын

Grado should be in NXT

@cassiqy1 6 жыл бұрын

Dan Nation ikr

@ArdhanFadh 6 жыл бұрын

"but i'm a security guard" - BOOK HIM!

@stuartsaint4581 10 ай бұрын

I don't know about you but I store all of my spare car doors under a wrestling ring.

@drumsforever101 8 жыл бұрын

Anybody know what the song is called that has the eight famous words?

@tojiroh 8 жыл бұрын

+Timothy Lloyd Strobelight, by Chill FM.

@Sh0ckmaster 4 жыл бұрын

Might be wrong, but the blink-and-you'll-miss-him talking head at at 18:34 is (I think) Dann Read.

@DogwaterBlues 10 жыл бұрын

I'd always known Grado was in this but I had no idea Spud was in this.

@potterstrike 10 жыл бұрын

Great stuff :)

@Dagekk968 8 жыл бұрын

Where can I find Grado KZfaq account?

@666jamie666 10 жыл бұрын

Wow great to see Rockstar Spud who now has a full TNA contract!!!

@camduffy3924 6 жыл бұрын

666jamie666 and now hes signing with wwe

@jamesward8041 Жыл бұрын

Also grado was in tna

@robbierotten5451 6 жыл бұрын

What is the first song played called I can’t find it anywhere e

@faisalal-mishaan8758 10 жыл бұрын

isnt this an old documentary?

@cjbaxter2744 10 жыл бұрын

lol

@randomhero326 10 жыл бұрын

It was split up into parts, now it's all together... i think?

@simple1883 10 жыл бұрын

I've only just watched it so it's new to me.

@jokerdelazie9299 6 жыл бұрын

Yes it's very old documentary...indeed very old

@2StrokeDust 10 жыл бұрын

can someone tell me what the song at 36:42 is called?

@Sh0ckmaster 4 жыл бұрын

Ring announcer at 16:20 is Andy Quildan, owner and operator of Revolution Pro Wrestling.

@eyringz 10 жыл бұрын

whats that bleedin song at 1:55 ???!!!???

@42greent 10 жыл бұрын

*_great vid_*

@boobam3648 4 жыл бұрын

please tell me where i can find the hardcore song??

@TVDAVID1000 10 жыл бұрын

Not british scottish you americans needs to realise that britain isnt just england

@simple1883 10 жыл бұрын

england owns scotland, same as wales and Northern Island.

@TVDAVID1000 10 жыл бұрын

hainto thez i wouldn't say "owns" but thats the way they treat us

@Ivo3963 10 жыл бұрын

Man UK is a fuked up place..

@uwotm835 10 жыл бұрын

hainto thez haha 'northern island'. what an intelligent young man you are

@flumurnaghn6385 10 жыл бұрын

Whys fatarse wearing a union flag if he so scottish then?

@stevestevens8709 7 жыл бұрын

Best documentary ever ask urself

@Shaun_3114 10 ай бұрын

"I don't wanna go to WWE" -Wolfgang.

@jonathanvelde4483 5 жыл бұрын

Does someone knows that song on the end?

@euayboy3600 8 жыл бұрын

The guy at the start when he talks about what happened to British wrestling he makes the video outside my school

@lewissowerby2149 10 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the lad with his shirt off from the Bucky boys on take me out recently ?

@cerberus144 7 жыл бұрын

Sleeping Rockstar Spud is the most adorable thing ever.

@fenrisog8245 6 жыл бұрын

wolfgang: "i dont wanna be part of the WWE" three years later: in the WWE

@gazshadwell2534 6 жыл бұрын

Wolfgang saying he doesn't want to go to WWE is strange now.

@OldBiscuitYT 6 жыл бұрын

Wolfgang - “ I don’t want to go to Wwe or anything like that” so much for that

@gepelica 7 жыл бұрын

Fuck. I love vice videos for shit like this. Deep stuff man!

@Shtave3 10 ай бұрын

British wrestling with gabber. I was not expecting that 😂

@rokkvi1 6 жыл бұрын

Props to Grado for the Dennis Stamp tribute :D

@Close.Quarters.Ramen. 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god at 5:52 did they dramatize that part of Beyond The Mat where Terry Funk is asking the guy to come to his last show?

@habosbabis9983 10 жыл бұрын

whats the name of the song ?

@stevebb2915 6 жыл бұрын

grado has the best ring walk in wrestling history. Or at least he did in the ICW days

@AlladventureisgoodSam 10 жыл бұрын

love the ending! Grado seems like a great dude

@battleso89 10 жыл бұрын

It was already posted like one year ago!

@dootwoot 9 ай бұрын

That’s him fae “two doors down” on bbc 😂

@69sixtyminer69 10 жыл бұрын

there was a documentary about this on tv a while ago

@rokasluksys7619 7 жыл бұрын

what's the name of the song at 36:43 ?

@luapslev5826 9 жыл бұрын

Why the fuck does he have subtitles? He's clearly speaking English.

@Pepsiman1339 9 жыл бұрын

I think it is for non-british people and his accent

@toxicwaste003 9 жыл бұрын

because some people might struggle to hear/understand him properly due to his accent

@Jauckor 9 жыл бұрын

Im from Peru and I understand better with the subtitles. If only every single video-documentary in KZfaq would be English subtitled, I could understand everything.

@dovestone_ 7 жыл бұрын

Google wanted me to change my username so I changed it to a description of why I changed my username it's for the non brits who aren't used to British accents

@TheGritsboy 6 жыл бұрын

Welllllllll...