It Came From YouTube: page 9

Recently, WWE received the coveted Red Diamond award from Youtube for passing over 100 million subscribers. They are the 10th channel to receive the award and, since I am old and have no idea who most of the other channels are, that’s an extra impressive milestone. Plus, it’s a great resource for this site and column.

It did give me the idea to go to their channel and look up some of the earliest stuff they posted. Before Youtube was an internet powerhouse that can be watched on just about any electronic device, companies were trying to figure out this new-fangled video website dealie. Sometimes things worked, but a lot of times they were just throwing stuff out there without much thought or care.

In this, one of their earliest uploads, we have a guy, bathed in a sickly greenish-yellowish lighting, frantically yelling at us about WWE pay-per-views in what sounds like an empty garage. Does that make you want to watch WWE? Or does it make you want to find out what’s going on with Pepe Silvia?

In honor (?) of St. Patrick’s Day, here’s Seth Rollins curb stomping a Leprechaun on Jimmy Fallon. Thankfully it’s not our good friend Hornswoggle or even Wrestlecrap legend Braun the Leprechaun.

Sigh. If only Rollins did the same to Fallon. It would have been the first time he ever made me laugh.

Here is a fun little interview by the CBC with our dear friend John Tenta following his departure from sumo wrestling. It’s such a treat to hear how humble he is and to hear him talk about getting into professional wrestling.

I love the question about becoming the Hulk Hogan of Tokyo. Just a few years later, Earthquake would face off against Hogan at Summerslam 1990. What an amazing journey.

A few years ago, NJPW champion Kazuchika Okada paid a visit to ESPN. As seems to be the case whenever a wrestler is on a talk show, the hosts ask for a demonstration. While host Max Bretos absolutely says no to a piledriver he (eventually) allows The Rainmaker to give him one of his softer reverse knife-edge chops.

Maybe next time he’s on ESPN, we’ll get to see a Heavy Rain on Skip Bayless.

Prior to joining TNA, ODB plied her trade in the United States Wrestling Organization in Tennessee. I can’t say I’m too familiar with the USWO, but thankfully they’ve put together this rockin’ music video package of her greatest hits. Check out that move set and what looks like a bikini contest.

They even helpfully tell us what “ODB” stands for. How thoughtful!

Happy Valentine’s Day from you the WWE Divas! All your favorites are here to answer your burning Valentine related-questions like what to get that special someone or who they have a crush on. We’ve got Gail Kim, Natalya, Maria and…Katie Lea Burchill!

Huh, I wonder why nobody asked her about her special relationship with her brother Paul.