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00:00Do you know what phrase I hate?
00:02That guy should retire.
00:04I mean, when you do hang them up, it's for a long-ass time.
00:07Again, it's professional wrestling and everybody comes back, but still.
00:10That is why I love wrestlers who, as long as they're healthy, just keep going,
00:13because clearly they have a passion for this damn thing.
00:16Sometimes I think we need to stand up and celebrate it.
00:19Let's do that right now.
00:20Do you want to see some crazy names who are still doing the grappling?
00:23I hope so, otherwise why are you here?
00:25But my name is Simon Miller, please do subscribe.
00:27And here's 10 legends that are still going at it.
00:30Number 10, The Warlord.
00:31I mean, how on earth?
00:33When I first got into wrestling years and years ago,
00:35it felt like The Warlord was wrapping up.
00:37And now here we are, and he's still putting on his boots.
00:40He's also 61 years old and during his career was involved in not one,
00:43but two really serious car accidents.
00:46This guy must be made of steel.
00:48As far as I can see though, he's definitely been working up to the 1st of July, 2023,
00:52because he was in a tag team match against the Rock and Roll Express.
00:55And I'll tell you right now, I actually want to see it.
00:58Now, of course, they only did a five minute scrap,
01:00but I'm nowhere near how old these guys are.
01:03And sometimes I can't even get out of bed.
01:05Round of applause.
01:06Just for some extra fun trivia as well.
01:08At one point during his life, the Warlord was a bodyguard for 50 Cent.
01:12So now you know.
01:13Number nine, The Barbarian.
01:14And yes, of course, we do also need to talk about his tag team partner,
01:17which was The Barbarian.
01:19Which means, what, 35 years later,
01:22Power and Pain are still going.
01:23Barbarian's even older at 64.
01:25And I tell you, this guy always used to be lumped in with the whole,
01:28man, he's just a big old potato kind of a wrestler.
01:30It's not true.
01:31If you go back and watch some of his matches,
01:34given that he was massive, this dude could go.
01:36We go and watch the match against the Rockers at WrestleMania 7,
01:39and all of a sudden you'll start to notice,
01:41oh my gosh, a lot of the power guys in 2023,
01:45where they're basing their template on his.
01:47He did this in WCW as well.
01:49Well, Championship Wrestling never knew what to do with anybody.
01:52And if we go back to May 2023,
01:54these two guys also had a match against the Headbangers.
01:58So that's two for two.
02:00I gotta watch it.
02:01Number eight, Ultimo Dragon.
02:02Now this isn't a huge surprise
02:04because if anybody is going to rewrite the wrestling rule book,
02:06it'd be this guy.
02:07Ultimo Dragon was so successful in his pop,
02:09he basically started the whole belt collector gimmick.
02:12And the only reason he didn't smash it in WWE or the WWF
02:15is because Vince McMahon was like,
02:17well, he's just a cruiserweight.
02:18And old Vinny doesn't like small dudes.
02:20The real joy is that at 54 years old,
02:22he still totally knows what he's doing.
02:24And while a lot of his matches do go down in Dragon Gate
02:26and they're six man tags,
02:28when he does get his hands slapped,
02:30he just does what he needs to do.
02:32He's still pretty impressive.
02:33His chain wrestling is also sublime.
02:35And honestly,
02:36if he's still going at 89 years old,
02:38I'd be like, yeah, of course he is.
02:40He's probably never going to retire.
02:41Number seven, Duke the Dunst and Drozzy.
02:43So let's just talk about it because we can.
02:45In the mid nineties,
02:46Vince McMahon decided,
02:47well, I know how to return business around, pal.
02:49Let's give everybody a job.
02:52If somebody was always going to be the garbage man,
02:55it was Duke Drozzy.
02:57And look, there's nothing wrong with doing that either in real life.
02:59But when it comes to wrestling,
03:01how the flub is this going to help you win a belt?
03:04And also, you won't have a main event in WrestleMania.
03:06The irony today is that I actually think if you put this gimmick in the newfound NXT,
03:10it would work.
03:11But yeah, back when the World Wrestling Federation needed something new,
03:15this weren't it.
03:16It didn't stop Drozzy though because at 54 years of age,
03:19he did pop up in that gimmick battle royal that MLW did recently,
03:22which also had Raven.
03:24Harry Smith and Little Guido.
03:26So I know, you're now doing it too.
03:28Somebody give me the remote control.
03:30Number seven, Scott Steiner.
03:31I mean, are you going to tell him to stop?
03:33Nope.
03:34Neither am I.
03:35Now it is a worry because mathematical odds keep going down all over the place.
03:38But despite the fact he has suffered some serious injuries,
03:41Big Papa Pump is still going.
03:43And we've all seen that TNA viral clip that is always popping up online.
03:46And that kind of did give Scottie her old resurgence when it came to his matches.
03:50Because in 2019, that led to quite a ridiculous one against Hornswoggle.
03:55As recent as this April though, he worked Richard Cordere.
03:58Mostly because it was in Michigan.
04:00And I think Steiner could just walk there from his house.
04:03I really don't think that the big booty daddy has ever said that he does want to hang them up either.
04:07He probably just rings up promoters and goes,
04:10Boop me!
04:11They go, man, we better do it.
04:12But yeah, he'll go on forever.
04:14Number five, Gangrel.
04:15Seriously, Gangrel's schedule is amazing.
04:18Like, he's over here in the UK all the time.
04:21I don't know how he does it.
04:22At 54, he is still flying as well.
04:24And man, did he make the most of this vampire gimmick.
04:27And don't forget, when he was in the World Wrestling Federation,
04:29this is another guy.
04:30Vince was like, a vampire gimmick?
04:32I don't get it.
04:33Well, yeah, it certainly served him for the long haul.
04:35He's also a super nice guy.
04:36And if you have seen him working on the UK scene or the Canadian scene or the US scene,
04:40he still knows exactly what he's doing.
04:43He draws a crowd and he gets a big old pop.
04:46He really is a genius when it comes to sports entertainment,
04:49especially knowing that less is more.
04:51You know, give him enough props.
04:53Number four, Hakushi.
04:54Now, if you are a hardcore fan, you probably remember Hakushi's bizarre WWF run.
04:59But all of a sudden, you woke up one day and we put Bret Hart against the man.
05:03And all of a sudden, you were like, well, this was what I was waiting for.
05:06They had some really good matches.
05:08I mean, it proved that the guy from Japan wasn't just an also-ran.
05:11Seriously.
05:12If you watch them now, you can see it.
05:14Both he and Bret are from the we gotta make it look real school of thought.
05:18That's what makes him so damn watchable.
05:20Real life Jinza Shinsaki continues to wrestle at Mishinoko Pro 2,
05:24mostly because he bought the thing in 2003.
05:27So why wouldn't you book yourself on it?
05:29Thing is though, he knows how to hold his own
05:31because he was one of the guys that faced the great Muta
05:34when he was doing his retirement run.
05:36And look, believe you me, those dudes were specifically picked.
05:39The man still got it.
05:41Three, Shane Douglas.
05:42Shane Douglas had two very famous moments in his wrestling career.
05:45The first is when he won the NWA world title and threw it on the floor
05:49and disrespected it at an ECW show.
05:51And the other is when he got hired by WWF and they made him a teacher.
05:57I mean, come on.
05:58WCW didn't do much with him either.
05:59And we've touched on that.
06:00Meaning it was Extreme Championship Wrestling where he finally got his due.
06:04Really.
06:05This is a guy that's always been underrated and deserved a bigger push.
06:08He's been so smart in his style as well that by July 2023,
06:12he had already worked seven matches this year.
06:14And the majority were pretty solid.
06:16That's because Shane can work.
06:18Shane can talk.
06:19And nowadays, he never does anything too crazy.
06:21So you may be able to argue that he just got tied up with the wrong people
06:24or butted head with the wrong individuals.
06:26So could he have one last run at the top?
06:29Never say never.
06:30Number two, the Sandman.
06:32The Sandman actually came out recently during an interview
06:34because he was asked, do you think you'll ever go to AEW?
06:37He's like, I don't know anyone from AEW.
06:39I am so out of the wrestling bubble.
06:41It is crazy.
06:42And yet because his gimmick was just, I'm going to walk to the ring.
06:44I'm going to drink a beer and I'm going to smack myself in the head with a kendo stick.
06:48Well, he's still able to do it today.
06:50I mean, back in April at the age of 60, he worked DILF.
06:53I didn't really know who DILF was.
06:55So I looked it up.
06:56Apparently he's an internet meme wrestler.
06:59I don't really know what that means.
07:00As usual though, the whole story was that DILF said bad things about ECW.
07:04So out came the Sandman and whipped his ass.
07:06When you go and read his story and all the trials and tribulations he went through,
07:10kind of sounds like he's doing really well now.
07:13Makes me warm and fuzzy in my tum-town.
07:15Number one, Bob Orton.
07:17That's right.
07:18Radley Orton's dad is still going.
07:20Probably still has his arm in the cast.
07:22Gimmick for life.
07:23But if we go to July 2023, who was having a match at the age of 71?
07:27Bob Orton.
07:28I mean, he teamed with Tony Atlas for a match in Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling.
07:32And given that we have talked about Big Tone, he should be in here too.
07:36He's 69.
07:37Don't do it.
07:38Orton as well was bumping around the place.
07:40So you have to give that guy kudos.
07:43He is definitely somebody's granddad.
07:46Once again, I ain't nobody's granddad.
07:49I can barely go to the bathroom.
07:50So whatever pain he's probably still in, he is still able to smash it.
07:54I think this is really damn cool.
07:56Take inspiration from this, people.
07:58If you love something, you have a passion, never give it up.
08:00Unless it's good for your life and it's good for your health.
08:02Believe in your dreams.
08:04See you soon.
08:05See you soon.