His nephew is wrestling as The Dynamite Kid also. He is the absolute double of his uncle and wrestles just like him. I hope he hasnt inherited his uncles dark side.

This would make for a good movie. Definitely as a cautionary tale and as a history piece on an influential performer.

He was possibly the best professional wrestler of all time. But that doesn’t get spoken about so much as he also seemed to be a psychopath and horrible individual.

He was my favourite wrestler as a kids. And still is. Solidified by knowing his real human struggles. RIP 🧨

The whole story about the Bulldogs vs the Rougeaus is incorrect. He was not worried about the Rougeaus "stealing their spot." Curt Hennig played a practical joke by tearing up the Bulldogs clothes, and somehow Billington blamed the Rougeau brothers, and attacked Jacques.

Damn…Dedicating his retirement to Chris Benoit…Jesus…Mentally unstable recognizes mentally unstable.

I just saw his nephew Tommy Billington wrestle in AEW 2 weeks ago, and man, he is a split image of his uncle Tom The Dynamite Kid. The nephew is also named Tommy and is using the ring name "Dynamite Kid" like his uncle.

I'm surprised this documentary didn't mention the events that took place when his partner, Davey Boy Smith, went solo behind his back.

"I am the Mountie!!!!!". I always hear it the moment i see him!!

R.I.P Tom.......

At one time around 1980-81, I lived around the corner from the Hart mansion in Southeast Calgary, and I was a wrestling fan who would run into Tommy and Davey quite regularly. We often ate at the same restaurant. Davey was always very friendly and chatty. Tommy always struck me as a curmudgeon.

There Will Never Be Another "Dynamite Kid"

The British Bulldogs are my favorite tag team of all time

He lived a tough life, but he was a good person deep down. He did great things in his life, and for his family. He also did terrible things in his life, career, and family. That's called being human. The important part is that he didn't end any lives while in that warped reality, and he eventually allowed his family to move on when he met his darkest hour. I'm sure he spent many years regretting his past actions, and he waited for his family to be ready to forgive him before seeing his children again at their own free will. Forgiveness doesn't erase a persons past, or make their past actions right. Forgiveness simply allows people to move on, reflect on their past actions, and potentially use that to become better over time. It takes a lot of work to get there, but a lot of people go through that process. It's easy to judge a person when they are at their weakest, and most pathetic. The outside public loves you when you're at the top, but they will turn their back on you like a bad habit when you fall from grace. Just look at Ray Rice. He made one small mistake in the heat of the moment (especially compared to Dynamite Kid), and people started treating him like he was a piece of trash with no honor, and that's while he showed remorse. He showed enough remorse that his wife even forgave him, and stayed married to him, and he hasn't done anything like that before, or since it happened. The public will always be the last people to forgive, or empathize with someone for a sin, especially when that person is a physically strong man. I don't think women understand what testosterone feels like, especially when it's paired with adrenaline, alcohol, painkillers, and CTE. You cease to be yourself, and you can easily get swept up in the moment with a wave of emotion, anger, rage, fear, and despair. It's that fight or flight instinct that men tend to struggle with, and if you're intoxicated as well, it's like pooring gasoline on a fire. At that point, Dynamite Kids wife should have probably left in the dead of night with the kids, and filed a restraining order immediately. I was in a similar situation with my mother as a child when my step-dad nearly drowned my mom in a bathtub. He was out of his mind on drugs, but something happened where he came to his senses, and thankfully didn't kill her. All these years later, my step-dad is a totally different person. People change for better, or for worse.

I got to see Dynamite Kid and Johnny Smith take on Chris Benoit and Davey Boy Smith in a Stampede wrestling show in a small town 1989. The show started 3 hours late and only about 9 wrestlers showed up and it supposed to be about 15-20. Credit to them they still came out of the dressing room in a small arena in a little town wrestling only visited once ever and still put on a hell of a show. I think maybe only 30-50 people waited the extra 3 hours it took the wrestlers to show up, apparently their van broke down on the way. It's the only live wrestling show I ever watched.

And you make it look like Perfect intentionally distracted Jaques so Dynamite could attack him. That is also not true. Curt convinced Dynamite that Jaques did something to Dynamite's bag . It was in fact Perfect who tampered with the bag . The attack was payback and the timing was based solely on opportunity.

I’m blessed to still have all the pics I took at house shows in the late 80’s.. have several pics of the bulldogs

He was an amazing wrestler and I grew up watching him in Calgary. However, what he did to his family and the other wrestlers is unforgivable. He got what he deserved in the end.

Can’t believe he was in so much pain I can attest to how it makes you feel chronic pain you don’t wish it upon even your worst enemy

The fued with the Rougeaus started because Curt Hennig pulled a rib on Jacques, who blamed the Bulldogs. Dynamite got wind that he was gonna be stooged out to the office, so he attacked and beat Jacques in front of the entire locker room. Hence, why Jacques retaliated soon after by punching his teeth out.

One of the best in my book.

Dynamite Kid is a true legend🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍.RIP.Love and respect from Bangalore.

Its crazy that Britain created arguably the best ever pro wrestler who unarguably innovated and had more influence on how the sport is today than anyone else and 99/100 people in Britain have no idea who he is/was.

One of the best actual wrestlers ever. His early matches in Britain against Rollerball Rocco are well worth a watch.

A sad loss to wrestling R.I.P DYNAMITE KID sadly missed

02:57 that's Dan Severn.

The magnificent matches he had with tiger mask are enormous in new japan in the 80s.

One of the most underrated pro of all time I wish he would have had a world title.

You can see how much of his wrestling style inspired the way Chris Benoit preformed.

However dark his behaviour was whilst under the influence of steroids, drink and other drugs it's still a very sad story.

His snap souplex was the most spectacular move in wwf in the eighties.Vince McMahon owes him more than he could think.

My mum was his geography teacher She said he was quiet and scrawny… whilst Davey Boy was the thickest lad she’s ever met

This fool trained at the Snake pit , the Hart Dungeon and the Dojo in Japan?? No wonder he was so great

Ugh… mistake after mistake in this video. That wasn’t his last interview with wwf that was an interview (not his last) in Stampede. He gave Benoit his boots in Stampede and feuded with Owen among others. I was there that day.

I remember how much I admired the British Bulldogs. I hated it when I first found out what happened to the Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy

Dynamite kid was and still has the best snap suplex period. One of the best technical wrestlers ever.

The number of historical inaccuracies is kinda lame and they aren't limited to just the details of the Rougeau fight. Wrestling in Japan didn't always pay well??? Dyno and then the Bulldogs after Hansen, Brody, and Abby were some of the best paid gaijin for years. Satoru SAJIMA??? A steroid user "will say and do anything to raise their social status"??? What?Come on man.

Jacques has been living off that sucker punch for decades 😂 I’ve read like 5 different versions of it and not one involved Jacques screaming “I’ll put you in a wheelchair!!” He punched then ran out of the room.

Wrestling results might be fake but all the dead young wrsetlers is real, Vince McMahon probably sees them all in his nightmares.

The GOAT IMO....Cant compare anyone today to him

Dynamite never went down ask bret Hart.

Wrestling expects and takes EVERYTHING from you, including your morals, as you want to move to the top at any costs. That is why no wrestlers are really trustworthy.

Thanks!

Best in ring worker of all time. Hands down.

On a purely wrestling /entertainment level, just utube hit matches in stampede wrestling 1979 - 1984 and then his japan matches with tiger mask, et al.............. incredible. The other wrestlers in this skill category are a young fit inlay, a young davey boy, a young adrian street and benoit.

You should write for Disney. This story barely resembles the source material (also known as the truth)

That's awesome that Thumbtack Jack does voice over on the video. I figured he'd bled to death in a match against Nick Gage or something. (or the other way around, ironically)

I'm glad Tom got to be with his daughter before he moved on😔😔😔

Bret Harte has called him THE BEST who ever was…..enough said.

There was never any fear over their spot being taken by the Rougeau brothers. The issues were down to a rib gone wrong played by Curt Hennig. Rougeau Brothers were a decent team and all but they couldn't touch the British Bulldogs in terms of spot or in ring ability.

I remember seeing him at BJ gyms up there in Calgary working out,,,Brett and Owen Hart used to be there quite a bit as well along with Davey Boy

I was a mad dynamite kid fan amazing wrestler sad to hear of his decline

Back in the 80s i had the short man syndrome also so i juiced up to 185lbs on a small 5"7 frame but i did it to get the girls. I already had a short temper and the juice just made it that much worse. Lucky for me I came to my senses before someone or myself got hurt . It's not worth it

Used to go see the Dynamite Kid in Saskatoon . Always loved going to Stampede Wrestling to watch the Future GREATS

WWF? That post-match interview was in Stampede Wrestling!

From what I heard the dynamite kid Wasn't that very polite in real life especially when he got older he was not a nice person he turned out to be a real jerk He retired so early to be nothing wow what a waste of life.

Remember when Ozzy Osbourne was the British Bulldogs manager?

I just saw a docu a few weeks ago About the dynamite kid along with the British bulldog...had no idea the kid had such a dark side to him.. great video..👍👌

It wouldn't have been the same without him. Great..❤

He was the best. His moves were legendary

W,W,E let him down THEY should have been there and Helped him in the last year's of his life when you see him in a Wheelchair living in a council flat with Nutting. Vince MACMAHON and the W,W,E didn't care about him because he was in ENGLAND and not the USA I'm from DUBLIN IRELAND and I loved him and Davey Boy and Hit Man As a young kid back then but I wish that the WWE whould look after all these GUYS who gave there Body's and Mind to make the WWE what it is today

I've heard his story a hundred times and God I just continuously want to watch it.

I 100% agree Qimir is the Apprentice and I've thought that ever since the trailer came out. They haven't done much to show that he's not. I'm hoping so much the Master is Plagueis I really am but fear I am going to be disappointed! It would make perfect sense timeline wise and linking it all together for it to be Plagueis. I've seen theories that Sol, or even Indara, is the Master but I simply don't see that happening.

No way would joauqe have beaten dynamite in fair fight . Dynamite would have stretched him out

It’s a shame he doesn’t get the recognition that he deserves from WWE (most old wrestlers know what he did) and probably never will, respect the art of what Dynamite Kid did not the man Tom Billington. Bad News Brown/Allen and Bret Hart said the exact same words “pound for pound the best wrestler ever and no one even comes close to Tommy/Dynamite”. Bad News said that after saying “a couple of months ago I watched a best of collection video and I forgot just how great he was and I was left in awe of watching him again. Over the years you forget just how good he was I just wish people in WWF got to see him at his best but by then he had too many injuries but no doubt pound for pound he was the best wrestler ever no one even comes close! Only Chris Benoit is made in his mould”

How can you not pronounce the name Billington?

20:27 nah underground fights looking the way he did in the ring in that point in time 🤣

Timestamps may be a good idea with these videos 👍

So many inaccuracies about the Rougeau fight, it didn’t happen in Montreal and Dynamite Kid hit him because he thought Rougeau was telling Vince that Dynamite cut his clothes as part of a rib. Dynamite was mad because Rougeau had got the office to switch match times on a house show so they could go home early that night so dynamite cut his clothes.

0:10 there would be no Benoit ~

Really good narration!

Anyone else from Wigan watch this?

Say what you want but for a small 5.8 ft English kid to go to America and into a locker room of giants all way bigger than him and have most of them fearful or at least very weary of him is pretty impressive because I imagine alot of people in the same situation would be quiet as a mouse.

2:30 What song is that?

Another excellent video my friend... and for any young wrestlers out there, PLEASE do not emulate this style of wrestling, the fans will love you if you're good at it but it will destroy your body and it's simply not worth it.

I saw an interview with Bad New Brown/Allen and he was there and said he hit Dynamite with brass knuckles and Dynamite didn’t go down

Rougeau never said anything after sucker punching Kid, he ran like a coward to his brother out back who already had the car running and sped away. What he says here is BS. Shows what a real coward he was by sending threats to Kids wife and children.

Dynamite kid goodness and badness combined. A bright star with a dark shadow and ultimately the dark shadow grew to become the dominant force in the dynamite kid but the dynamite kid was a wrestling pioneer and without the dynamite kid wrestling would not as good as it is today

There is a lot of material on him, not good at all, opposite to what this documentary is trying to show: It just goes to show you, don’t fall for everything you see on the internet. A documentary is a story written by someone open to bias. No disrespect to this man. Everyone deserves forgiveness when they repent.

Dynamite Kid was great for a guy who was 5'7 185lbs soaking wet like Rey Mysterio. That's where the roids came into play. He was a great professional wrestler, but a horrible human being, much like Chris Benoit who's "Hero" was Dynamite Kid. You can't blame how many days a year they worked, because there were guys who worked that schedule who weren't horrible people.

Used to love watching the British bulldogs fight true legends Rip to both

There are many greats of wrestling from the past- but most were a product of their time, and their style has aged. Dynamite Kid of the early 80s could wrestle now and would be perfect. He was the blueprint of the modern dynamic wrestler, and the quality and importance of his in-ring work cannot be overstated.

ありがとうございました。

love your narration and story telling....so entertaining.....this channel is going to get huge

All this only happened because of Curt Henning

Excellent. Tanks.

Dynamite put halcyon tabs in everybody's drinks because he's an asshole. This goes back to road trips in Canada

🐐 🐐 🐐 Don’t dare ever say Dynamite had anything to do with the enforcement of any worked wellness policy. Look at what happened to Eddie and Chris. Dumb and fake thing to say

Dynamite Kid & Chris Benoit were favorites. i hate what happened with them both. for me when they were both gone wrestling wasn't the same for me. these wrestlers today are garbage when compared to them. i really hate the tragedies very sad. i wish they didn't happen.

The account of the assault on Jack is not accurate

No mention of WrestleMania III? The whole reason why Danny Davis went from being a referee to being a wrestler was because a 3-on-3 would take pressure off Tom's back. In between that feud, Davis also jobbed to put over young Sam Houston.

Jacques Rougeau blind sided him when dynamite walked through a door, he never stood toe to toe with him... Also dynamite slapped the shit out of Jacques face to face. This narrator is a bit off making Jacques Rougeau look like a tough guy.

15.32 is that Dan spivey?

Really great video. He was actually 38 when he was confined to a wheelchair not 42.

RIP TOMMY

And let's be clear. Dynamite had his best matches with Tigermask Sayama and Tigermask Misawa. He is an important component but not the entire machine

Jaques didnt sucker punch him. He faced him straight on. Dynamite though, by punching Jaques in the back of the head, without Jaques even seeing him, was the one who did the sucker punching.

The 80's was considered the golden era of wrestling. But look at all the wrestlers that died before fifty in that era. The wrestlers of today may not be looked at as fondly, but that may not be so bad.

the man made his choices and lived by them, eventually died by those choices.

You know hes not right when he does not hold his own baby