Personally I have no idea, but I’ll let you decide for yourself whether of not it was scripted or unscripted. I don’t feel the need to spoil things for you, but let’s just say it’s pretty intense. The third special bonus was a look at the final moments of the roast, which featured a confrontation between the Iron Sheik and Brian Blair. Scott Hall had clearly fallen off the wagon on this night. As inappropriate as the joke might have been, Hall’s reaction was also out of line, and he nearly spent the night in jail because of it. God bless Scott Hall, he was the only one who stood up and tried to make this filthy son of a bitch eat his words. It seems one of the unknown comedians thought he could get over in a room full of wrestlers by making a joke about the late Owen Hart and the tragic event that took his life. This was edited out of the main show on disc one. Next they showed all of the footage from Scott Hall’s controversial interruption which put an abrupt halt to the program. They showed some backstage footage of some of the stuff that happened before and after the event. The second disc of this 2-disc set featured a couple important extras. There was a small cast of legitimate, or should I say unknown, comedians who also spoke – providing some of the biggest laughs of the night. One unadvertised wrestler caused a major uproar when he made himself apart of the show, but I’ll have more on that later. There were numerous well-known wrestlers sitting in the audience, although some did not appear on camera. Brian Blair, who the Sheik has publicly berated for years, joined in the festivities as well. Bob Backlund were just a few of the Sheik’s friends who were asked to take part. Bill Apter, King Kong Bundy, Don Muraco, Nikolai Volkoff, Adnan El-Kassie, and the legendary Mr. The guest line-up was actually quite impressive, considering how many legends agreed to participate in this event. It was open season on the Iron Sheik’s personal and professional career and the hits just kept on coming. To his credit, the Sheik sat there next to the podium all night long and took it like a man. With a tag line “Someone’s Getting Humbled,” you just can’t go wrong. Ring Roasts 1, A Comedic Tribute to The Iron Sheik, was just awesome. Anybody who has seen these TV programs knows just how brutally offensive the content can get so if you don’t have thick skin, don’t stand too close to the barbeque. Recent roasts featured on Comedy Central (correct me if I’m wrong) featured Pamela Anderson, William Shatner, Flava Flav, and Jeff Foxworthy. ![]() For some people it would be a nightmare come true, but in the best case scenario, it is truly an honor to be roasted. The comedic ROAST goes way back the golden era of Hollywood, where celebrities would gather for black-tie banquets to both praise and embarrass the heck out of a colleague. It seems like a perfect fit for all the unorthodox characters that wrestling has to offer. ![]() Upon watching the latest DVD release from Kayfabe Commentaries, I had to ask myself the following question why did it take the world of professional wrestling so long to embrace the roast concept.
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