> Scott, do you know what's up with Jim Neidhart these days? I've just come across this video in which he seems to be acting very strangely indeed. Non stop shaking an bobbing around. I'm actually hoping he's doped up on something and not actually being 'normal'.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMDzSUhGxmE#t=41
I don't know but I hope he gets help for whatever it is. Maybe years of marriage to Ellie finally got the best of him?
In the immortal words of Leonard "Bones" McCoy...
ReplyDeleteDammit, Jim!
To be fair, Bret had been talking about himself for 45 minutes by that point, Neidhart was just trying to stay awake.
ReplyDeleteAny video that starts with Ken Anderson talking would do that to anybody. Poor Jim.
ReplyDeleteThis was featured on Deadspin yesterday:
ReplyDeletehttp://deadspin.com/jim-the-anvil-neidhart-is-a-mess-1204971061
They speculated about oxy based on his arrest in 2010. I don't know much about hard drug use but this behavior seems consistent? I guess?
Some of the commenters try to play it off as Jim treating like a kayfabe interview as the behaviors vaguely resemble his wrestling persona. I'm going to go with...no. This is much more over the top and he's much more out of it. Especially when he talks.
Amazing Nattie turned out okay, apparently, after growing up with those two nuts for parents.
Wow, Neidhart looks out of his mind and Bret looks like he's having a hard time keeping a straight face everytime there's an outburst from Jim.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is physically possible for Bret to go 5 minutes without putting himself over.
ReplyDeleteThat link included Goldberg spearing a guy. He should have kicked Bret's head off for some real nostalgia.
ReplyDelete"I'm trying to talk about how the Nasty Boys wanted to be just like me here, Jim!"
ReplyDeleteIt looks like an exaggerated version of Gene Anderson's head tic. Concussions? Nah probably pills.
ReplyDeleteJim Neidhart acting abnormally? Breaking news!
ReplyDeleteLooks to me like a combo of kayfabe and methamphetamine
ReplyDeleteLOL well done sir.
ReplyDeletewho?
ReplyDeletei think he poos himself around 3:18
ReplyDeleteHe looks like he has Parkinson's actually.
ReplyDeleteI had to upvote that.
ReplyDeleteYou had to upvote Who?
ReplyDeleteThird base?
ReplyDeleteThis is scary. Uncomfortable to watch, even.
ReplyDeletepop pop goes the weasel, the weasel
ReplyDeletepop pop goes the weasel, the weasel
pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel
pop goes the weasel cause the weasel goes pop
Kayfamphetamine?
ReplyDeleteO_O...
ReplyDeleteGreat to see the original Hart Foundation tag team back together, but good lord that was painful just to watch. Could Bobby Heenan have been right all those years ago about Anvil getting/needing electroshock therapy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fekHFZHkppE
First off, we needed a Ken Anderson warning for the beginning of this video.
ReplyDeleteSecond, in about three seconds of watching, it's very clear that yes, Jim Neidhart is on drugs.
I watched about another 15 seconds and had to stop. I mean... they're wearing *Marlins* jerseys!
ReplyDeleteI know when he did that TNA match against Jay Lethal that one time Lethal said he was pilled up backstage and couldn't lace his boots (source: Lethal told me himself when I hung out with him once!)
ReplyDeleteI would have so begged him to do the Macho Man voice.
ReplyDeleteAnd then I'd probably start wooing at him and I'd be asked to leave.
ReplyDeleteI feel terrible for Bret here. Kinda sad that even after a stroke, the Hitman is in better shape than the Anvil.
ReplyDeleteit was weird, no one really asked him to do either. I felt like it was too much like "dance for me puppet!" When we were just chillin. Someone did ask him to explain Flair's finger tape though (where he hides his blade, and he's such a pro that he never cuts anyone.)
ReplyDeleteHow many empty bedrooms does DDP's house have?
ReplyDeleteIt's just so constant that I'm thinking it's a neurological disorder, syndrome, or physical disease, too.
ReplyDeleteIf he is in the better shape of the two shouldn't you be feeling kind of bad for Jim?
ReplyDeleteI mean that Bret's had to see so many people close to him die or fade away, many due to drugs and their own actions. Jim, from what I understand, is his own worst enemy.
ReplyDeleteYou're on a roll today, sir.
ReplyDeleteThat's the spirit! I mean who gives a shit about Neidhart being obviously fucked up, the truly important thing is, this is an opportunity for more digs at Bret Hart, nothing else matters!
ReplyDeleteroll... bread
ReplyDelete3rd bass... mc serch
from the fee to the fi to the fo to the fum
i smell the blood of an english... muffin
There's something on the floor, right in front of you.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, the thing that bothered me the most was having to watch Ken Anderson at the beginning. Goddamn I hate that fucking bastard. He's so annoying.
ReplyDeleteYeah, every time he would do something, bret would get a look on his face like, "Here we go again."
ReplyDeleteWill all of us coming to this blog and talking about Jim Neidhart's behavior do anything to help his situation? Let's not pretend that typing something that expresses concern is super righteous.
ReplyDeleteI'm a doctor not a therapist!
ReplyDeleteSheik said he was the only guy that could hang all night A-Z
ReplyDeleteGotcha
ReplyDeleteUpvote for your avatar.
ReplyDeleteDrug addiction is all three of those things, man.
ReplyDeleteTrue. Still irritates me though.
ReplyDeleteYou're going to make fun out of the guy so much that you're going to begin to like him for the entertainment he inspires or provides.
ReplyDeleteSo what are these moves Bret Hart was constantly creating every time he'd wrestle? And someone needs to clue Bret in, Hogan was better for this business and he could never fill his shoes.
ReplyDeleteThere were 5 of them
ReplyDeleteGoddamn, it's like you can actually hear his thoughts...
ReplyDeleteBret: "Blah, blah, blah... Miami... blah, blah... Florida... blah..."
Jim: (My dealer is going to leave! Oh my God, hurry up, he's not going to wait for me! This is my last chance to get up with him today, and if I don't I'll have to spend the next few hours sober!) "MIAMI DOLPHINS, YEAHAHAHAHA!"
HA HA!
ReplyDeleteYou know who else is puts himself over constantly in interviews?
-Hulk Hogan
-Ric Flair
-Shawn Michaels
-HHH
-Kevin Nash
-Almost every other wrestler who has ever had a mcrophone put in front of their face!
But sure, let's just focus on Bret.
Ha! That Bret sure puts himself over in interviews!
ReplyDeleteYou know who else does that? Every Other Wrestler!
Neidhart has Cat Scratch Fever.
ReplyDeleteTHIS!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is what eventually happens to you after seeing Ellie Neidhart naked.
ReplyDeleteI honestly love Bret talking about the WWE development centre, great back handed compliment .
ReplyDeleteWhen I met the pair of them in Calgary, Jim seemed pretty normal. Just... very, very fat, and prone to gasping or panting for air just while sitting down. He wasn't doing the Parkinson's Shuffle or anything, but still looked very unhealthy.
ReplyDeleteTrigger warning: Ken Anderson.
ReplyDeleteThat's for sure, no one can elicit more snores per promo then Bret Hart.
ReplyDeleteHow many people can DDP possibly be expected to save? The fact that he's worked wonders with Hall and Roberts is amazing in it's own right. Now if he could just save Tammy.....
ReplyDeleteBret only wishes he had the importance of Hulk Hogan. Bret is literally a blip on the wrestling radar compared to HH or Flair.
ReplyDeleteI'm just impressed that Bret is able to carry a clearly out of it Jim Neidhart to a classic interview.
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