10 Attitude Era WWE Superstars You Totally Don't Remember

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Think you remember everyone from WWE's celebrated Attitude Era? Think again!

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00:00The Attitude Era was great and amazing and peaches and cream.

00:03That's what the power of nostalgia does.

00:05And yes, it was brilliant, but it wasn't a constant home run.

00:08There are some truly bizarre participants we have totally forgotten about.

00:12So I am Simon Miller.

00:13Let's drag them back into the conversation right now.

00:16Number 10, Giant Silver.

00:18That's right.

00:19Giant Silver was part of the Attitude Era.

00:21But how?

00:22He was part of the group known as the Oddities,

00:24which was just famous for hiding people like this

00:26because John Tenter was in there too.

00:28It's a flippin' earthquake.

00:29I suppose this is why the WWF snuck Giant Silver in there,

00:32because look at his CV.

00:34The man was a former basketball player and MMA fighter,

00:37known very well to a specific audience,

00:39when he did pop up in the company for a year from 1998.

00:42Really, it was just a look to the future

00:44as he was out there in the Happy Giant role,

00:46which Vince McMahon loved.

00:47Think Albert when he became the hip-hop hippo,

00:50or Broadus Clay,

00:52when for no reason he was a dinosaur.

00:54I'm not sure I can even give you one story about Silver

00:56in terms of what he did during his run.

00:57It was just sort of there.

01:00That was really weird.

01:01Number 9.

01:01Just Joe

01:02Joey Legend helped train me when I jumped into wrestling,

01:05and I can tell you this.

01:06He is way better than you realize.

01:08It's why he made it to the top,

01:09because that doesn't just happen when he was indeed reborn as Just Joe.

01:13That was his gimmick tool.

01:14For no reason he popped up in backstage segments,

01:17and before other wrestlers could get mad,

01:18he extended his head and said,

01:20It's cool.

01:21It's Just Joe.

01:22You really could have made something from this,

01:23given how mad the late 90s were,

01:25but this was very much a case of creative getting bored.

01:28After a few weeks,

01:29there was no more word about it.

01:31When the WCW buyout happened,

01:33legend was never seen again.

01:34Given the whole point was for Joe to cause havoc behind the scenes,

01:37this could have been great,

01:38and a perfect way to fill in some holes,

01:40because trust me,

01:41in the Attitude Era,

01:42the amount of plot holes we did have was ridiculous.

01:45So,

01:45you need to make sense of it.

01:47It's Just Joe.

01:48Number 8.

01:48Pantera.

01:49No,

01:50not a metal band from the 90s.

01:52That also would have been odd.

01:53From 1997 to 1999 though,

01:55which many people do dub as part of the Attitude Era,

01:58Pantera had 19 matches in the then light heavyweight division.

02:02And yes,

02:02that's ridiculous,

02:0319 matches over two years.

02:05In your house,

02:06no way out of Texas in 1998 was his biggest moment,

02:08where he faced Takamishinoku,

02:10and lost.

02:11Of course,

02:12WWE then signed a deal for a lucha show called Super Astros,

02:15and Pantera got drafted to that.

02:17It was a huge error.

02:19I don't think that program had more than two episodes.

02:22In terms of the WWF side of things,

02:24he really could have been their Rey Mysterio,

02:25but we have talked about this.

02:27The company was not interested,

02:29and the only reason wrestlers of this ilk even got on the show

02:32was to try and combat what WCW was doing.

02:35What could have been.

02:36Number 7.

02:37Brackus.

02:37This guy always comes up.

02:39Seems to have somewhat of a nice following.

02:42All people just found him strange.

02:43Brackus was in the door in 1996,

02:45because he looked like a pro bodybuilder,

02:47and we know the deal there.

02:48Vince McMahon loved it.

02:50There are plenty of stories of Vince backstage,

02:52just in awe of his vascularity,

02:54and that is fine.

02:55If that's your thing,

02:55it's cool.

02:56The problem was Brackus could not go in the ring.

02:58He certainly tried,

02:59and even had a small excursion to ECW

03:01before returning in 1998,

03:03but yeah,

03:04with no clue what to do with him,

03:06he was put in the brawl for all,

03:07and got his ass kicked.

03:09That was the end.

03:09He was soon released,

03:11which goes to show,

03:12muscles do help.

03:13They are not everything.

03:15Number 6,

03:15Southern Justice.

03:16Now this could have worked.

03:17It was the team,

03:18formerly known as the Godwins,

03:20and as their gimmick was pig farmers,

03:21they needed an updated one for the Attitude Era.

03:24Enter Southern Justice.

03:26They debuted in June 1998,

03:27under their real names,

03:29Dennis Knight and Mark Canterbury,

03:30and looked like they could kick your ass.

03:32We all forget this,

03:33but these two were huge.

03:35Everybody was back then.

03:36They affiliated themselves with Jeff Jarrett 2,

03:38which should have been a great unit.

03:40When Canterbury's issues caught up with him,

03:42and he was forced to retire through injury.

03:44Jeff would head back to the competition eventually too,

03:46and of course,

03:47Knight became Midian.

03:49What a damn shift.

03:50It's why we don't remember them,

03:51because they were barely together before they split up,

03:53so it is a shame.

03:55This could have gone a lot differently,

03:56especially in the late 90s.

03:58Groups really were the in thing.

04:00Number 5,

04:01K Quick.

04:01I am pretty sure R-Truth was around

04:03when wrestling first kicked off as an idea.

04:06The man doesn't age,

04:07and he just keeps going.

04:08His win with the Miz at WrestleMania 40

04:09sort of summed up how the fans feel about this guy,

04:12because it was nothing but love,

04:13and yeah,

04:14K Quick,

04:14as he was known then,

04:15was around during the Attitude Era.

04:17This was the year of 2000,

04:18where the chess pieces were being moved,

04:20including the New Age Outlaws.

04:22Because the Road Dog needed a new partner,

04:24these two were put together.

04:25It felt like they could become a thing,

04:27when disaster struck again.

04:29Jesse James left the company after some personal issues,

04:32and that all became quite problematic.

04:34Quick had him any singles run,

04:35before he was let go,

04:36and yeah,

04:36he soon went to TNA as R-Truth,

04:38and became the world champion.

04:40And be warned,

04:41if you do track this down,

04:42some of his promos,

04:44he was not holding back.

04:45It does mean it was a blink,

04:46and you'll miss it cameo throughout this period,

04:48and here we are in 2024,

04:50and truth is still around.

04:52I absolutely love it.

04:53Number 4,

04:54BB.

04:55Brace yourselves,

04:56the madness has arrived.

04:57It's no big secret now,

04:58though,

04:59that women during the Attitude Era

05:00were not treated right.

05:01It was more than them just being eye candy.

05:03Sometimes it got really dark.

05:06It feels like this is why BB was hired,

05:08also known as Barbara Bush,

05:10because her main role seemingly was just to be a model

05:12under the banner of wrestling.

05:14Know the deal.

05:15She dated in 1999 as a paramedic,

05:17which is when,

05:17yep,

05:18Jerry Lawler especially,

05:19was stunned that somebody working in the medical industry

05:22could have big breasts.

05:23Don't know how to put it,

05:24but now I hate myself.

05:25I think even WWE realized they needed more than this,

05:28so in 2000,

05:29the Dudleys got their hands on her,

05:31and powerbombed BB through a table.

05:34This was their gimmick at the time.

05:35You do not remember this,

05:36though,

05:36as from saying hello to being written off.

05:39Only four months passed.

05:40Alrighty then.

05:41She only had one proper match,

05:43too,

05:43which of course was an evening gown encounter

05:45with Miss Kitty Ivory and Jacqueline

05:46at Armageddon 1999.

05:49Now,

05:49I have said that.

05:50Let's just move on.

05:51Number three,

05:51Sniper.

05:52It's another weird group,

05:53and boy,

05:54howdy.

05:54In hindsight,

05:55this was crazy.

05:56The Truth Commission.

05:57If you know,

05:58you know.

05:58You will instantly notice

05:59Bulba Cannon and Currigan in there,

06:01who is also linked to the oddities.

06:02So who is the third guy?

06:04Well,

06:05that's Sniper.

06:06Of course it is.

06:07Between 1997 and 1998,

06:09this was Bill's go-to partner of choice,

06:11and man,

06:12did that become a thing.

06:13Old Snipe only worked one singles WWF match

06:16the whole time he was there.

06:18This was against Ken Shamrock

06:19in February of 1998 on Raw.

06:21Somehow,

06:22he lasted five minutes.

06:23By April,

06:24he was gone when he returned

06:25to his native Germany,

06:26although that wasn't the worst.

06:28He was CWA champion when he left,

06:30so I'm sure they were all very happy

06:31when he came back.

06:32Number two,

06:33Key.

06:34Ah,

06:35boy.

06:35If you thought this was Gangrel at first,

06:37I get it.

06:38Yes,

06:38the name.

06:39Just think about it for a second.

06:41I bet you'd like a Key event.

06:43This is also Vic Grimes,

06:44for people with the knowledge,

06:45who debuted on Raw in July 1999,

06:47and had a grand total of one match

06:49after that on WWF Shotgun.

06:52Key teamed with Droz and Prince Albert

06:54to get a squash win.

06:55What a trio that is.

06:57Almost like we just pushed

06:57our hands together.

06:58He was going to work with the Godfather

07:00when an injury to the pimp stopped that,

07:02which is when Grimes was sent to ECW.

07:04Management felt like he needed

07:05more experience.

07:06There really isn't much else to say

07:07about his Attitude Era run

07:09as he was basically forgotten about,

07:10but again,

07:11he was called Key.

07:13I'm not sure what people were thinking.

07:15Number one,

07:15Babu.

07:16Or Abu.

07:17That was his name when he debuted in 1998

07:19alongside Tiger Ali Singh,

07:21when magically he became Babu.

07:23Either way,

07:24this was the worst part of the Attitude Era.

07:26It's just offensive stuff.

07:27Babu had wrestled a lot for ECW,

07:29whereas the WWF just wanted him

07:31to be an on-screen character

07:32for the most part,

07:34although he was Pablo Marquez at one stage,

07:36fighting in the Cruiserweight division.

07:37He then got two matches in the B-Shows

07:39when he was tied to Tiger,

07:40which was an issue,

07:42because as soon as Singh was let go,

07:43he was too,

07:44Babu was gone.

07:46I wouldn't bother looking up this gimmick either.

07:48It's just the bad side of wrestling.

07:50Basically,

07:51one horrible stereotype.

07:53Know any other wrestlers that were around

07:54during the Attitude Era

07:55that we've all forgotten?

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