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After having started several businesses, we believe him. Blizzard actually made a mini-series about the way the specialized choppers would be made, and called it Azeroth Choppers.

Oh yea, they also made an in-game version of the bike. Several years after Paul Sr. Beginning after American Choppers ended in , TLC decided to fan the flames a bit on the family by introducing a show titled American Chopper: Senior vs.

The show, which ran for four successful seasons, portrayed the immense competition between father Paul Sr. The show ended in a heartwarming series finale with Paul Sr. Starting in , Sr. The shop was opened in Rock Tavern, New York, and specialized in both iron work fabrication alongside steel. Incredibly, the metalworks shop is still open to this day, servicing the steelwork and ironwork needs of the surrounding area.

And he hated every second of it. However, when he saw that his father was getting his own television show, he knew that this was his time to get out of the industry and move on to a better, and for him, more enjoyable profession — working on bikes.

He also enjoyed all the perks that came with being on a world famous show. One of the things that Paul Sr. In fact, it is somewhat difficult to find pictures of him as a young man. Therefore, when the Discovery Channel came in to start filming American Chopper, it was a major adjustment for Senior.

However, he eventually got used to the cameras, and his picture has been taken a whole lot ever since. In a recent interview with Mikey, the interviewer asked if he ever watches the show. It turns out, he in fact, does not. He says that there are plenty of other things for him to watch on TV, and he does not have to watch him play out his life especially since he already experienced it. The nearly overnight success of American Chopper took the Teutul family by surprise.

They were used to being just normal, everyday people who just happened to know metalworking and how to build bikes to national superstars with hundreds of thousands of adoring fans. There would be exhibitions where people from all over the world would come up to them, and the Teutul family would be signing autographs for 12 hours straight. After the enormous falling out between Paul Teutul Sr. When the network executives went to Paul Sr.

As it turned out, Paul Teutul Sr. Additionally, his own show was simply not on the air. However, after his entire staff urged him to participate in the network sponsored build off — especially once they talked to him about all the money they would get — did Senior finally agree to do the show. One of the main reasons for the financial difficulties which Paul Teutul Sr.

They were used to the money they were receiving while the show was going on, but when that money stopped coming in, they kept spending it as if it still was.

During the show, Orange County Choppers was able to expand to have approximately workers. The expansion happened so quickly that almost none of the family were ready to handle what was to come. With their near overnight rock star status, the family needed to make sure they were using the money wisely, and not just blowing it. According to an interview, Paul Teutul Sr.

Senior says that due to the fact that him and Junior are more alike than different that it was as if they were fighting against the same person. Mikey was always in the middle of the fighting between his dad and his brother, and he felt that he always needed to be the peacemaker between the two.

It was his job to be the mediator between the family in childhood, and that role in the family carried over into adulthood. He said that growing up he would feel guilty when he was unable to make the two sides come to an agreement, feeling that he had failed in his mission. By the time the last season of American Chopper rolled around, Mikey had had enough of trying to be the peacemaker in the family.

He realized that his father and his brother were grown up adults, and that they would have to deal with their problems on their own. That is why Mikey walked out early at the end of the last season of the show — he simply did not want to be involved in the fighting anymore.

Mickey was making a pretty good chunk of change from American Chopper when he decided to leave due to how much his brother and his father were fighting with each other, even despite the fact that he was making so much money. Years later however, Mickey laughs about it and cynically says that he wishes he could have just stuck it out a little bit longer in order to make a bit more cash.

As with any reality television show, the producers on American Chopper absolutely loved the fact that Paul Jr. This is because they knew that this fighting and screaming would lead to better ratings. Additionally, as Paul Sr. While he does admit that he did wrong some of the time, not all was as it seemed. While Paul Teutul Sr. He says that it does not matter how much money he will get paid or how hard anyone tries to get them to work together, the relationship is too important for him to break ever again.

Due to his young age, the little Teutul is not yet able to ride around on any of the choppers his father and grandfather make. Therefore, for Christmas in , Paul Teutul Sr. In fact, it was a bike which Paul Jr.

The American Choppers brand was so well received during its first several seasons that the show was spun off into not one but two video games! When American Choppers premiered in , the show centered on the Teutuls, who worked together at their shop, Orange County Choppers, in upstate New York.

The father-son team was known for their conflicting styles and were often caught fighting on cameras. However, in an explosive argument led to Paul Jr. It all happened when Junior was late to work one too many times.

It's a f--king quarter to 8. Everybody is in here at 7 o'clock and you come walking in at quarter to 8. When the f--k is it going to stop? Junior went on to defend himself, telling his dad, "I don't really give a s--t because at the end of the day, you know what matters, everything gets done around here.

Every bike that needs to get built gets done, everybody's working at all times, and you know what If I wasn't involved here, this place would go to s--t. According to Law , Derbyshire claims that instead of using his invested funds towards production of the show, Paul Sr. If those accusations are true, it sounds like Senior's far from his heyday of building gold-plated choppers for Donald Trump.

Remember what we said back there about Paul Sr. Well, go ahead and add "running a Ponzi scheme" to the list of things he's been accused of since his custom bike shop shot to fame.

They claim, however, that Paul Sr. The investors claim they were courted by Urbaneja, who furnished them with luxury accommodations during negotiations, and by Paul Sr. In response to the allegations, Urbaneja has said that the lawsuit has "no merit" and that he would be filing a motion to dismiss it. Founded in —after fulfilling his yearlong non-compete with Sr. Designs, based in Rock Tavern, New York. But early on, a tragic incident occurred at the new shop when a year-old man from the nearby town of Beacon fell through the roof and died.

The man was not employed by Paul Jr. Designs, but had been contracted to repair the roof by the building's owner. In a statement, Paul Jr.

The same year Paul Jr. She can be seen here on the left , in a yellow jumpsuit, posing as a "McCuff Girl. One person, however, did not attend Paul and Rachael's wedding: as their battle in court over Jr. Tavantzis, who suffered from polio and was wheelchair-bound until his death in February , claimed that at a bike show in he pitched the idea of a handicap-accessible, three-wheel motorcycle to members of the shop.

In this clip from the American Chopper episode about the bike, Paul Sr. This resulted in the case being " dismissed without prejudice ," meaning Tavantzis would have the opportunity to revise his lawsuit and submit "an Amended Complaint" within 14 days.

As of this writing, it is unclear what has happened with the case after that initial dismissal, but if the guys from OCC really did steal a motorcycle idea from a man with polio—then profited from a television episode touting the idea and the benefits it will have for the handicapped—that's definitely dirty business.

OCC and American Chopper have always balanced any tension and screaming with comic relief, coming mostly from Mikey Teutul, the cheery, heavyset shop fixture and youngest Teutul son. If reality stars can be seen as semi-fictionalized characters, the Mikey persona is strikingly similar to the Chumlee character on the History Channel's show Pawn Stars.

As expected, it ruined his life. His wife eventually convinced him to go through a rehabilitation treatment that was successful. The funny part of the story is his report about the night before going to rehab.

Yes, he decided to have that last drink. And it wasn't just one. That night, he took several glasses of wine and brandy and topped them off with six pills of Valium. How did he survive? Craig Piligian, the creator of the American Chopper original series, has recognized that The Teutul family business wasn't his first choice for the reality show.

In fact, his initial inspiration for the show was another bike shop. Although the name of this other bike shop hasn't been revealed, it would've, supposedly, centered the show more on the hard work of assembling and welding the custom bikes. With the Teutuls, Craig saw the opportunity to add the family issues to the hardware reality show.

And he was right on the money. The outbursts of the family members turned out to be the extra condiment that led to the huge success. Matter of fact, Craig himself recognized that the show evolved to be more like a soap opera about the family relations, leaving the metal work in a secondary place.

Incredible, isn't it? This formula worked out so well that Craig decided to focus each chapter on one or more family conflicts, using the father and his two very different sons, Junior and Mikey. And some people still wonder why it was so successful. Although many scenes were planned and had several retakes, the fights and the heartfelt differences in opinions were real. There have been several issues that set the stage for hot confrontations between Teutul Sr. Those terrible skirmishes were, in fact, the result of the existing tension between them.

Teutul Sr. Junior, on his side, always wanted to make it clear that he was essential to the business. Fans enjoyed the constant yelling and the hard criticism. But in an episode of season 6, things just got out of hand. He had his son's contract in his hands.

The father nervously accused the son of not respecting the working hours, arriving late, having long lunch breaks, and leaving early. The tension grew and both use the f-word intensely in their yelling. Paul Jr. As the discussion peaked with both yelling at the same time, Paul Jr.

On his way out, Junior destroyed some other objects while his father discharged his own anger, tearing apart his own office. The chair-throwing episode you just read about was the most surprising fight fans had ever seen in OCC. Matter of fact, things got so hot between father and son that the outburst of tension and anger led to their breakup.

As we know, Paul Sr. They decided to notify Paul Jr. Paul Jr had a labor contract with OCC that was terminated by his father. However, they had a contract of a different nature with the show producer. That contract required the cast members to go on working on the show. Thus, the agreed solution was to have Paul Jr. Instead of agreeing to this, his father imposed an option to buy his son out of the company for the market value of his holdings. When Paul Sr.

Paul Sr. In another of the many legal episodes of his life, Paul Teutul Sr. According to the plaintiffs, Paul teamed up with a rich Venezuelan investor called "Carlos Urbaneja" to create a restaurant chain that carried on the success of the Orange County Choppers reality show. Once that was done, they decided to sell the project.

Apparently, the duo managed to sell the project to four different groups of investors. The investors described that they were hosted in luxury accommodations in Newburgh, where they visited OCC facilities.

Urbaneja defended himself, saying that there was no reason for a lawsuit in an incident that has never had a satisfying explanation. Well, from Paul Sr. Seemingly, to him, this never happened. But the truth is, it did. And an amazing 15 million dollars was claimed by the lured investors as damages. According to them, they paid for shares of paper companies that were never incorporated. But once it was up and running, Paul Jr. He said that his father had always been oppressive and that their relationship had always been dysfunctional.

A young contractor who was repairing the roof of the building fell through and died. This left Paul Jr.