Even back in the day, WWE books well with their backs against the wall. The '92 Rumble was one of the best ones ever. You can tell with hindsight that SummerSlam and Survivor Series drop in numbers made Vince feel like the Rumble had to be massive, so put the title on the line! The buy rates apparently didn't reflect it, but that Rumble WAS flippin great.
I guess it is similar to a person who is very good with what he is doing - a professional athlete, musician, even employees - who tend to get bored and wants to get pushed and challenged before they unleash their full potential. I think it is obvious how competitive Vince is, and without any motivations, he might find himself bored as well and just coast by.
92 Rumble is not even close to being "one of the best"... maybe it's a masterpiece if you like boring, cartoonish wrestling like it mostly was but when it comes to all Rumbles it isn't even in the top 10
@@KalmoK that's what pro wrestling WAS back then. We didn't have Ricochet doing a double moonsault, or superkick parties, but we did have WWFs top Babyface getting booed and acting like a heel, the first time the title got defended in a Rumble, and it got won by Ric Flair near his prime. I guess maybe it's a generational thing, but I think you may be in the minority on this one.
@@JELazarus We got WWE on finnish TV in the same year Triple H and the Reign of Terror was just started, so I never grew up with Hogan etc.... I have watched old WWE quite a lot but I just don't see them as legendary wrestlers, well there are expections like Macho Man, Michaels or Bret and Owen Hart for example, and in the 90's there was NWO, Attitude Era and so on, but I never got used to the Golden Era WWE style.. WWE was cool back in the start of the 2000's but when I heard about independent wrestling scene, ROH, TNA and shit, and NJPW I slowly started to swift towards them because it was just way better style-wise.. I stopped watching WWE main roster shows 5 years ago when I got fed up how they book their younger talent, not saying they are booking anyone good nowadays, etc etc. but NXT has been always good as Triple H's project.
@@JELazarus And I'm not saying it was all bad, but mostly it was. Ric Flair was also one wrestler I have always liked but he is far more superior than Hogan, nobody can't deny that. The Rumble was good in some points but looking at the list of wrestlers who was in it.... Jesus.. Most of the wrestlers are just complete jokes
The amount of research done for this video - and the fact that they can tell a compelling story in under 20 minutes is *chef's kiss* excellent. Good job as always, Cultaholic!
The Revival and Rusev weren't released, they refused new contracts. Andrade requested to be released from his contract. The Legion of Doom not Leader of Doom. Hacksaw Jim Duggan says "Ho!" not "Hey oh". The New Foundation not the New Federation. Conan Chris Walker was on TV less than 4 months barely used and was more or less a jobber to the stars. This was an interesting piece but with this many obvious mistakes I wonder how accurate the research is.
Excellent topic for a video. I remember renting the Royal Rumble 92 and 93 on VHS and being blown away by how much the roster had changed in a year. Truly the biggest time of upheaval in WWF history.
Most of these wrestlers left of their own volition. Today, they largely got released and the rest of them who left saw the writing on the wall and said "Nah, I'm good." Great video once again!
Ppl don't take in account the long term effects of these roster changes. 92/93 pretty much put the F/E in power saving mode, and the next four years was trial and error until they rebuilt their roster. Booking Lawrence Taylor and two Undertakers are logical choices after taking that big a hit. Also what you saw was the F/E stuck between trying to get back what they lost and misusing future great wrestlers they didn't know they had. Diesel vs Mabel was pretty much Hogan vs Sid 2 in Vince's eyes. All this due to the roster change.
In 1992 Tito Santana was actually considered to be WWF Champion hence changing his name to El Matador. Vince was considering whether or not to expand the company's influence in either Mexico or Canada. Instead, McMahon plumped for Canada meaning Bret got the title rather than Tito. Thus changing the course of both men's careers. In fairness, Vince's call, for once, was the right one. However, it proved that Tito was still high in the boss's thoughts.
2001 was a big one for me as a kid. Chyna, Eddie Guerrero, Steve Blackman, Gangrel, Godfather Val Venis, Dean Malenko, Grand Master Sexay, Chris Benoit, Road Dogg, Rikishi, Big Boss Man.... All either gone, injured or retired. There's probably more than that. Sure, some came back in 2001 or 2002, but their absences were notable with that many....
The Revival and Rusev weren't released, they refused new contracts. Andrade requested to be released from his contract. The Legion of Doom not Leader of Doom. Hacksaw Jim Duggan says "Ho!" not "Hey oh". The New Foundation not the New Federation. Conan Chris Walker was on TV less than 4 months barely used and was more or less a jobber to the stars. This was an interesting piece but with this many obvious mistakes I wonder how accurate the research is.
Most of what you said is true. But u made mistakes as well. The Revival: Granted their releases by WWE in April 2020 Rusev: Was released from his WWE contract as part of budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The funny part about Hogan talking about the steroid use was when he said "I only used them back when they were still legal". They have _never_ been legal
As Base is saying, he claimed he took them while recovering from injuries so it's quite possible he was prescribed certain steroids during those times so he wasn't necessarily lying there. Hell, in his mind he probably was telling the "truth" as we saw with his court appearance that he views Hulk Hogan and Terry Bollea as separate people and when admitting the use of medicinal purpose steroids he finished with "That's the extent of Hulk Hogan's steroid use." Just didn't admit that Terry Bollea was juiced to the tits for years...
How about an episode on when the WWF was on the other side of such moves? About a decade prior, McMahon had pretty much raided the AWA for a large crop of guys to build his '80s success on. Examining how that affected the AWA and how McMahon used the talent he acquired would be interesting.
The second exodius happened between 94-99 this time wcw signed most of wwfs roster the biggest signing by far was Lex Luger because he just popped out of nowhere the second-biggest signing was Hulk Hogan for obvious reasons and the third biggest signing was The Outsiders
Luger was already a WCW guy, he just went back. kinda the same with the outsiders... Diamond Studd and Vinnie Vegas, just that they were elevated to main event when they were in WWF and came back to WCW much bigger stars than when they left. Bischoff rightly capitalised on that.
I know luger was in wcw but he was a midcarder turned main eventer before he went to wcw member not everyone watched wcw in the early 90s until nitro debuted
@@Naruto0s44 I'm from UK and we only had WCW in the late 80s early 90s unless you had SKY satellite TV which the WWF was on. Luger was 100% a top carder before he went to WWF he was Stings buddy when he was a face and he flip flopped between heel and face, he was even a member of the Horsemen for a bit. he held the World title the United States title and the Tag Team title with Barry Windham before going to the WWF.
Just the title alone got my juices flowing...I didn't even need to see a preview or read a description.....the title got my attention and this joint I'm lighting as I start the video is about to make my night before taking it down for bed!! Good Job as always Cultaholic!!!
Feels like it should be pointed out that these changes very nearly led to WWF/E's Bankruptcy. Viewer interest continued to plummet and Vince refused to put over newer, better talent. When WCW picked up Hogan and turned him heel, the following 3 years literally had the then WWF on the verge of folding completely. Had WWE not "lucked" in to the Screwjob, The Rock and Austin's (& their promos hitting top-tier) AND had WCW not advertised "Looks like Mankind is winning the belt tonight", WWE would not be a multi-billion dollar company today, or ever, to understate the severity of their position at the time. Now, 25-30 years later, WWE is refusing to put newer, better talent over adequately, they are cutting all their top-talent again, and a spiritual successor to WCW is doing very well and threatening some of WWE's positioning. Even causing WWE to gut one of their brands... the one with the best overall reviews and most loyal fans, because it was losing in the ratings to AEW and WWE heads didn't know how to interact with it and the Red/Blue brands (and because of backstage politicking, because of course it's Levesque's turn to finally suffer Shane's fate from 18 years ago)
Undertaker, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, and Shawn Michaels ended up being Main Eventers down the line into the Attitude Era. As for the other seven: -Rick Martel: Left Summer 1994, returned for one night at Royal Rumble 1995 -Virgil: Released August 1994, returned for a handful of House Shows May/June 1995 -Randy Savage: Left November 1994, showed up at WCW Starrcade -IRS: Left for WCW July 1995 -Bushwackers: Became Part-Timers after 1995 cutbacks, released September 1996 -Tatanka: Left right before Wrestlemania 12
Fun Fact : El Matador made his first appearance on 16th August in Canada battling Hercules. His TV debut in the United states was on WWF Superstars 30th September 1991 and he appeared on Wrestling Challenge on 1st October, yet Tito was still wrestling under his previous gimmick "Tito Santana" during the WWF European rampage which took place AFTER his El Matador debut. I hope this make sence. It's 1am and i'm trying not to fall asleep
Of the remaining 11 wrestlers only The Undertaker became champion before 1992 and bret hart became WWE between those 2 years. Other 9 were mid card or tag teams
Gotta say Vince was brilliant cause as a kid I do remember a period of not watching WWF. It was around the steroid era and picked up when Bret won the IC.
Small note Hogan didn't actually wrestle on the European tour. Yoko was booked against hacksaw Jim Duggan. King of the Ring was his only match since winning the title at WrestleMania 9.
To think that Virgil was included as 1 of the lucky 11 that continued to be employed by WWF/E in that 2 year span that saw all of that movement of talent out the door really has me scratching my head thinking WTF 🤔??? Makes 2020 seem like a normal year, pandemic and all.... Virgil on the list with Taker, Bret, JBL, Backlund, and Randy fucking Savage? Oh boy....
Jack....... We don't care what you talk about, as long as you keep talking! Such a great presenter or narrator! You can put us to sleep, you can wake us up, you can tell us the weather and we are buying it 🤣 Everybody drop a like on the video to prove my point
In the picture (9:40) shown for Jake the Snake when talking about giving his notice, when I first looked, I thought he was using the snake as a microphone.
One major difference between 2021 and 1992.. Wrestlers are let go because Nick Khan talks in Vince's ear. 1992: Vince isn't as dopey and wrestlers had more say in what they wanted to do with their careers. 2021: Vince doesn't know shit about how to hire the right creative and thus is pissing his talent off to want to leave.. 1992: If you fucked up, Vince would can your ass because he had territories to contend with and really wanted to keep as many people as he could. 2021: You fuck up, you get a free ride if you are a big star because AEW is the new WCW of the 90s. 2021: No territories so Vince doesn't really give a shit about competition dethroning him even if AEW is a scavenger of his disgruntled talent. Point is, you can't compare 92 with 2021 unless you think about the changes in the industry over thirty years.
When I was a little kid in the 80s and new nothing about "territories" or whatever, I thought the guys I grew up on (Hogan, JYD, Andre, Savage, The Bulldogs) had been and would be in the WWF forever
It's crazy, I was watching this last night and now today, I kinda discovered some stuff. I'm 24 and maybe it's due to my age or the time period I grew up in but I never saw steroids as this big thing tbh. Yes, they are cheating and pretty unprofessional just to get an edge in competitive sports but I never realized how much they just ravaged the federation even after the trial.
Vince hires people with a good idea of where he wants them on the card,if they don't get that mode usually he gets rid of them or job them out,as for the people he likes he let's them stay on the card as long as they can be heel/face or whatever he needs at the time..if not he fires them too
I thinks what makes it bad is that WWE didn’t even have as deep a roster like back then when they started cutting now; none of them have the crossover fame of hogan, savage and flair. The last real crossover star was probably Cena and even that one was more forced than naturally occurring they just need to let Vince retire and turn the reigns over
Such a great look into 93-94, and even though 95 was absolutely terrible, it shows that when given time instead of being judged in the moment, stuff can make sense. Also, thanks for pointing out how some guys eventually came back to the WWF, since apparently everyone doesn't consider that as a possibility.
No wonder the "new generation" flopped. All of the established WWF guys left abruptly, wrestling's reputation was damaged after the steroid trial and Vince was still producing the same cartoony crap that only worked in the 80s.
Exact time I stopped watching as a kid. Being in the 6th grade/1st Jr High year wrestling just wasn't cool (or good) any more. A few years later right before WM XII that all changed! Mostly thanks to the WCW Cruiser Weights and Sunny! LOL!
Looks like Vince wanted to get rid of the 80s steroid stars and prepare for the new generation lean and clean as he did by 93. The out come birth Bret and Shawn' push, Taker in purple, Razar, Diesel, Yokozuna. Mid 92-97 were like mid life crisis for WWF until 98!
That is not a mullet that Dave Meltzer has at 3:23 people always get it wrong when a mullet is shaved in the front and sides long in the back people nowadays don't know what a real mullet is my dad when I was a kid had a mullet and that ain't it
Bret Hart was not in the 1992 royal rumble, he was "out" at this time after losing the IC title to the Mountie Jacque Rougeau the week before. Roddy Piper would beat the Mountie earlier that night.
A video about a competitor to the WWF picking up all of their previous talent negates the argument about a competitor to the WWE picking up all their previous talent? Even Vince Russo would say “That don’t make sense, bro”.
WWF fell apart, then Stone Cold and The Rock came along and they reclaimed their mantle from WCW. Now they're shit again and AEW is becoming all the talk.
Wwe is a joke perfect reason being....they give Keith Lee this new gimmick all the while advertising his 24 on the network just to release him weeks later
If WWE was a horror movie, it would be one of those late-stage slasher sequels like Halloween Resurrection. By which time the franchise had lost all its soul and become nothing but empty cash grabs.
Even back in the day, WWE books well with their backs against the wall. The '92 Rumble was one of the best ones ever. You can tell with hindsight that SummerSlam and Survivor Series drop in numbers made Vince feel like the Rumble had to be massive, so put the title on the line! The buy rates apparently didn't reflect it, but that Rumble WAS flippin great.
I guess it is similar to a person who is very good with what he is doing - a professional athlete, musician, even employees - who tend to get bored and wants to get pushed and challenged before they unleash their full potential. I think it is obvious how competitive Vince is, and without any motivations, he might find himself bored as well and just coast by.
92 Rumble is not even close to being "one of the best"... maybe it's a masterpiece if you like boring, cartoonish wrestling like it mostly was but when it comes to all Rumbles it isn't even in the top 10
@@KalmoK that's what pro wrestling WAS back then. We didn't have Ricochet doing a double moonsault, or superkick parties, but we did have WWFs top Babyface getting booed and acting like a heel, the first time the title got defended in a Rumble, and it got won by Ric Flair near his prime. I guess maybe it's a generational thing, but I think you may be in the minority on this one.
@@JELazarus We got WWE on finnish TV in the same year Triple H and the Reign of Terror was just started, so I never grew up with Hogan etc.... I have watched old WWE quite a lot but I just don't see them as legendary wrestlers, well there are expections like Macho Man, Michaels or Bret and Owen Hart for example, and in the 90's there was NWO, Attitude Era and so on, but I never got used to the Golden Era WWE style.. WWE was cool back in the start of the 2000's but when I heard about independent wrestling scene, ROH, TNA and shit, and NJPW I slowly started to swift towards them because it was just way better style-wise.. I stopped watching WWE main roster shows 5 years ago when I got fed up how they book their younger talent, not saying they are booking anyone good nowadays, etc etc. but NXT has been always good as Triple H's project.
@@JELazarus And I'm not saying it was all bad, but mostly it was. Ric Flair was also one wrestler I have always liked but he is far more superior than Hogan, nobody can't deny that. The Rumble was good in some points but looking at the list of wrestlers who was in it.... Jesus.. Most of the wrestlers are just complete jokes
The amount of research done for this video - and the fact that they can tell a compelling story in under 20 minutes is *chef's kiss* excellent. Good job as always, Cultaholic!
The Revival and Rusev weren't released, they refused new contracts.
Andrade requested to be released from his contract.
The Legion of Doom not Leader of Doom.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan says "Ho!" not "Hey oh".
The New Foundation not the New Federation.
Conan Chris Walker was on TV less than 4 months barely used and was more or less a jobber to the stars.
This was an interesting piece but with this many obvious mistakes I wonder how accurate the research is.
@@comicsmoviesTV Chris Walker had a Sivi Afi - esque aborted push. Dude was just too wooden.
All that research and Jack gets Jim Duggan's catchphrase wrong every time...
Excellent topic for a video. I remember renting the Royal Rumble 92 and 93 on VHS and being blown away by how much the roster had changed in a year. Truly the biggest time of upheaval in WWF history.
Most of these wrestlers left of their own volition. Today, they largely got released and the rest of them who left saw the writing on the wall and said "Nah, I'm good."
Great video once again!
I love these type of vids!!! Nostalgia overdrive:) keep up the good work, be safe & a HUGE thank you from ALL of us!!
I second this!
Did Jack say “Hey-O” for Hacksaw Jim Duggan? Not quite, my British friend…
I think he's confused Duggan with Ed McMahon.
I bet the Warlord and the Barbarian would have made a great tag team…something like the powers of pain, oh I like that.
Ppl don't take in account the long term effects of these roster changes. 92/93 pretty much put the F/E in power saving mode, and the next four years was trial and error until they rebuilt their roster. Booking Lawrence Taylor and two Undertakers are logical choices after taking that big a hit. Also what you saw was the F/E stuck between trying to get back what they lost and misusing future great wrestlers they didn't know they had. Diesel vs Mabel was pretty much Hogan vs Sid 2 in Vince's eyes. All this due to the roster change.
Ahh Hacksaw Jim Duggan's famous catchphrase "Hey-Yo"
I always thought he was shouting Hooooo
I preferred The Godfather’s Hey-Yo Train!
"The Bad Guy" Razor Jim Duggan
They also said the New Federation and The Leader of Doom.
@@SmokeEater_ Does Razor Jim-mon toss a 2x4 in his opponents face?
The roster change after Wrestlemania 8 signified the end of the golden era. They spent 93-96 restructuring and trying to build new talent.
In 1992 Tito Santana was actually considered to be WWF Champion hence changing his name to El Matador. Vince was considering whether or not to expand the company's influence in either Mexico or Canada. Instead, McMahon plumped for Canada meaning Bret got the title rather than Tito. Thus changing the course of both men's careers. In fairness, Vince's call, for once, was the right one. However, it proved that Tito was still high in the boss's thoughts.
2001 was a big one for me as a kid.
Chyna, Eddie Guerrero, Steve Blackman, Gangrel, Godfather Val Venis, Dean Malenko, Grand Master Sexay, Chris Benoit, Road Dogg, Rikishi, Big Boss Man....
All either gone, injured or retired. There's probably more than that.
Sure, some came back in 2001 or 2002, but their absences were notable with that many....
Good video. There was a pretty big talent turnover in late 1988, which might actually be the first big exodus.
The Revival and Rusev weren't released, they refused new contracts.
Andrade requested to be released from his contract.
The Legion of Doom not Leader of Doom.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan says "Ho!" not "Hey oh".
The New Foundation not the New Federation.
Conan Chris Walker was on TV less than 4 months barely used and was more or less a jobber to the stars.
This was an interesting piece but with this many obvious mistakes I wonder how accurate the research is.
Most of what you said is true. But u made mistakes as well.
The Revival: Granted their releases by WWE in April 2020
Rusev: Was released from his WWE contract as part of budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New Federation were decent, but they weren't a patch on the Hart Federation.
The funny part about Hogan talking about the steroid use was when he said "I only used them back when they were still legal". They have _never_ been legal
Certain steroids have been legal with a doctor's prescription and then outlawed completely, so that isn't a total lie by Hogan.
As Base is saying, he claimed he took them while recovering from injuries so it's quite possible he was prescribed certain steroids during those times so he wasn't necessarily lying there. Hell, in his mind he probably was telling the "truth" as we saw with his court appearance that he views Hulk Hogan and Terry Bollea as separate people and when admitting the use of medicinal purpose steroids he finished with "That's the extent of Hulk Hogan's steroid use." Just didn't admit that Terry Bollea was juiced to the tits for years...
Anabolic steroids still are legal.
@@Macephtopheles Hogan is the biggest liar ever
@@baseupp12he was still lying though
How about an episode on when the WWF was on the other side of such moves? About a decade prior, McMahon had pretty much raided the AWA for a large crop of guys to build his '80s success on. Examining how that affected the AWA and how McMahon used the talent he acquired would be interesting.
The second exodius happened between 94-99 this time wcw signed most of wwfs roster the biggest signing by far was Lex Luger because he just popped out of nowhere the second-biggest signing was Hulk Hogan for obvious reasons and the third biggest signing was The Outsiders
1994, Randy Savage.
Luger was already a WCW guy, he just went back. kinda the same with the outsiders... Diamond Studd and Vinnie Vegas, just that they were elevated to main event when they were in WWF and came back to WCW much bigger stars than when they left. Bischoff rightly capitalised on that.
Yup
I know luger was in wcw but he was a midcarder turned main eventer before he went to wcw member not everyone watched wcw in the early 90s until nitro debuted
@@Naruto0s44 I'm from UK and we only had WCW in the late 80s early 90s unless you had SKY satellite TV which the WWF was on. Luger was 100% a top carder before he went to WWF he was Stings buddy when he was a face and he flip flopped between heel and face, he was even a member of the Horsemen for a bit. he held the World title the United States title and the Tag Team title with Barry Windham before going to the WWF.
Just the title alone got my juices flowing...I didn't even need to see a preview or read a description.....the title got my attention and this joint I'm lighting as I start the video is about to make my night before taking it down for bed!! Good Job as always Cultaholic!!!
These videos are always better with a spliff lol
Good lord that is an absurd amount of talent gone and a ton of goodwill squandered.
Feels like it should be pointed out that these changes very nearly led to WWF/E's Bankruptcy.
Viewer interest continued to plummet and Vince refused to put over newer, better talent.
When WCW picked up Hogan and turned him heel, the following 3 years literally had the then WWF on the verge of folding completely.
Had WWE not "lucked" in to the Screwjob, The Rock and Austin's (& their promos hitting top-tier) AND had WCW not advertised "Looks like Mankind is winning the belt tonight", WWE would not be a multi-billion dollar company today, or ever, to understate the severity of their position at the time.
Now, 25-30 years later, WWE is refusing to put newer, better talent over adequately, they are cutting all their top-talent again, and a spiritual successor to WCW is doing very well and threatening some of WWE's positioning. Even causing WWE to gut one of their brands... the one with the best overall reviews and most loyal fans, because it was losing in the ratings to AEW and WWE heads didn't know how to interact with it and the Red/Blue brands (and because of backstage politicking, because of course it's Levesque's turn to finally suffer Shane's fate from 18 years ago)
The Warlord and Hercules are at the top of my boy stable.
Undertaker, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, and Shawn Michaels ended up being Main Eventers down the line into the Attitude Era. As for the other seven:
-Rick Martel: Left Summer 1994, returned for one night at Royal Rumble 1995
-Virgil: Released August 1994, returned for a handful of House Shows May/June 1995
-Randy Savage: Left November 1994, showed up at WCW Starrcade
-IRS: Left for WCW July 1995
-Bushwackers: Became Part-Timers after 1995 cutbacks, released September 1996
-Tatanka: Left right before Wrestlemania 12
Fun Fact : El Matador made his first appearance on 16th August in Canada battling Hercules. His TV debut in the United states was on WWF Superstars 30th September 1991 and he appeared on Wrestling Challenge on 1st October, yet Tito was still wrestling under his previous gimmick "Tito Santana" during the WWF European rampage which took place AFTER his El Matador debut.
I hope this make sence. It's 1am and i'm trying not to fall asleep
I think my favorite part about these videos is the music and tape going into the vcr
My favourite wrestling era, the early 90s. I'm not so keen on being reminded that it was 3 decades ago though!
I hear ya...
Oh yeah, I remember the New Federation. Featuring Ewan Hurt and John "The Anchor" Schneider.
I think you meant "The New Foundation" and not "The New Federation" for Owen and Anvil.
Though they were High Energy.
@@bobmanning808 No that was Owen Hart and Koko B Ware
Great series from Cultaholic. Been enjoying the War Stories series as well
great analysis Cultaholic team.
Of the remaining 11 wrestlers only The Undertaker became champion before 1992 and bret hart became WWE between those 2 years. Other 9 were mid card or tag teams
Neidhart refused to take a drug test? Can’t believe that.
“Jim, your drug test came back positive.”
“For what?”
“Everything”
Jim - For steroids, coke, or pain killers.
WWE - Yes.
@@christopherjamesboudoir There would have been some “green medicine” in there too.
"Jim, we're going to need you to retake that test."
"Why?"
"There wasn't enough urine in the drug sample you provided."
Loved this video! Reminds me of when i went to wrestlemania 8 in indy! Wish i coulda seen flair v hogan, but it was still awesome;]
I saw hogan vs flair in a house show about 20 years ago. Decent match
Gotta say Vince was brilliant cause as a kid I do remember a period of not watching WWF. It was around the steroid era and picked up when Bret won the IC.
Small note Hogan didn't actually wrestle on the European tour. Yoko was booked against hacksaw Jim Duggan. King of the Ring was his only match since winning the title at WrestleMania 9.
To think that Virgil was included as 1 of the lucky 11 that continued to be employed by WWF/E in that 2 year span that saw all of that movement of talent out the door really has me scratching my head thinking WTF 🤔??? Makes 2020 seem like a normal year, pandemic and all.... Virgil on the list with Taker, Bret, JBL, Backlund, and Randy fucking Savage? Oh boy....
He worked cheap: two gallons of meat sauce a week.
I look forward to these 🍿
1:36 and people are surprised to hear about Vince today lol
Jack....... We don't care what you talk about, as long as you keep talking!
Such a great presenter or narrator!
You can put us to sleep, you can wake us up, you can tell us the weather and we are buying it 🤣
Everybody drop a like on the video to prove my point
In the picture (9:40) shown for Jake the Snake when talking about giving his notice, when I first looked, I thought he was using the snake as a microphone.
One major difference between 2021 and 1992.. Wrestlers are let go because Nick Khan talks in Vince's ear. 1992: Vince isn't as dopey and wrestlers had more say in what they wanted to do with their careers. 2021: Vince doesn't know shit about how to hire the right creative and thus is pissing his talent off to want to leave.. 1992: If you fucked up, Vince would can your ass because he had territories to contend with and really wanted to keep as many people as he could. 2021: You fuck up, you get a free ride if you are a big star because AEW is the new WCW of the 90s. 2021: No territories so Vince doesn't really give a shit about competition dethroning him even if AEW is a scavenger of his disgruntled talent. Point is, you can't compare 92 with 2021 unless you think about the changes in the industry over thirty years.
An excellent history lesson.
I forgot how stacked the roster was during that period.
When I was a little kid in the 80s and new nothing about "territories" or whatever, I thought the guys I grew up on (Hogan, JYD, Andre, Savage, The Bulldogs) had been and would be in the WWF forever
Been watching since 1988. WWF 1992 had the best roster in pro wrestling history!
I love hearing Mr. The Jobber say the word year 😊👍
Albany was a buzz from the 1992 RR for years
The Hogan comes back to WM9 which was one of the worst things to happen, he fucked over Bret and even Yoko wasn't happy with it
WWE feels the same now as it did 2 years ago because it couldn't possibly get any worse.
I like this channel and video equally!
Great video, thank you very much.
Seen WWF back in the late 80s in Hawaii at Neil Blasedail arena
When Misawa left All Japan to create Pro Wrestling Noah, he took every single one of his fellow wrestlers with him
Absolutely stacked roster
It's crazy, I was watching this last night and now today, I kinda discovered some stuff. I'm 24 and maybe it's due to my age or the time period I grew up in but I never saw steroids as this big thing tbh. Yes, they are cheating and pretty unprofessional just to get an edge in competitive sports but I never realized how much they just ravaged the federation even after the trial.
Vince hires people with a good idea of where he wants them on the card,if they don't get that mode usually he gets rid of them or job them out,as for the people he likes he let's them stay on the card as long as they can be heel/face or whatever he needs at the time..if not he fires them too
Good video…but how do you screw up “Ho!”???
The last year of the golden era and the transitional year to the New Generation
"Hayooooo" ??? LOL
7:04 You mean the New Foundation not the New Federation
is it really new federation?
I thought it was New Foundation .. as in New Hart Foundation
@@joelthorpe4170 thats what i thought
Sid must have been hired right back because he returned as Michaels bodyguard not long after
That was the year that I started watching wrestling it out where did everyone go when I started watching
I thinks what makes it bad is that WWE didn’t even have as deep a roster like back then when they started cutting now; none of them have the crossover fame of hogan, savage and flair. The last real crossover star was probably Cena and even that one was more forced than naturally occurring they just need to let Vince retire and turn the reigns over
93 was a transitional time in WWF. With a lot of the 80's stars leaving
Such a great look into 93-94, and even though 95 was absolutely terrible, it shows that when given time instead of being judged in the moment, stuff can make sense. Also, thanks for pointing out how some guys eventually came back to the WWF, since apparently everyone doesn't consider that as a possibility.
What's the story behind Wayne the Trains (Bo Bevs)release?
thanks!
Jim Duggan goes "Ho!" NOT "Heyo!"
Jack, man, get it right!
No wonder the "new generation" flopped. All of the established WWF guys left abruptly, wrestling's reputation was damaged after the steroid trial and Vince was still producing the same cartoony crap that only worked in the 80s.
Exact time I stopped watching as a kid. Being in the 6th grade/1st Jr High year wrestling just wasn't cool (or good) any more. A few years later right before WM XII that all changed! Mostly thanks to the WCW Cruiser Weights and Sunny! LOL!
Just for clarification…this is back when Sunny was hot. Today, she looks like Greg Valentine in drag.
Owen Hart and Neidhart were called the New Foundation, not the New Federation
Looks like Vince wanted to get rid of the 80s steroid stars and prepare for the new generation lean and clean as he did by 93. The out come birth Bret and Shawn' push, Taker in purple, Razar, Diesel, Yokozuna. Mid 92-97 were like mid life crisis for WWF until 98!
Sometimes you got to tear it down to build yourself back up. This worked for wwe before maybe they are trying it again? Who knows.
13:19 Are we just gonna glaze over the fact that he called Max Moon and intergalactic sex toy???
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Did Jim Duggan wrong, it’s HOOO not heyyooo
Can you guys talk about the 1988 exodus?
That is not a mullet that Dave Meltzer has at 3:23 people always get it wrong when a mullet is shaved in the front and sides long in the back people nowadays don't know what a real mullet is my dad when I was a kid had a mullet and that ain't it
Bret Hart was not in the 1992 royal rumble, he was "out" at this time after losing the IC title to the Mountie Jacque Rougeau the week before. Roddy Piper would beat the Mountie earlier that night.
good video
well fucking done.
Rick Martel should have mentioned earlier in the list, not at the end along side a bunch of castoffs and failed pushes.
Next time the E drones say "AeW dOeSn'T bUiLd StArS, tHeY jUsT tAkE eStAbLiShEd InDy GuYs AnD WWE rEjEcTs" use this as a counter.
In what way is this video a counter to that statement?
@@TheThird1977 I'm interested too.
A video about a competitor to the WWF picking up all of their previous talent negates the argument about a competitor to the WWE picking up all their previous talent?
Even Vince Russo would say “That don’t make sense, bro”.
They couldn't afford to lose the Mountie 🇨🇦
How many Jimmy Snukas are on this roster? I think you named him 3 times.
You called the new foundation the new federation....pffft. put some respect on that tag team 🤣
Whatever vince is, the guy very rarely holds grudges, if u can make him money he won't care what u have done to him he will pay u to make him money
Who scrolls twitter in landscape mode??
It's Hoooooooooooo! Not hayooooooo
11:06 he looked ill 🤒 like he's ready to die sick 🤮
New foundation? New hart foundation
WWF fell apart, then Stone Cold and The Rock came along and they reclaimed their mantle from WCW. Now they're shit again and AEW is becoming all the talk.
I'm Late but I'm Here!!!!!
As Always Culti-Crew with Feeling....... and for the King.........
STORYTIME!!!!!!!! 😁✌
So Hulk Hogan is the impetuous for the New Generation?
yesssir
"Goodie" was just awful and US British guys didn't get WCW, Well there was that short spell Worldwide.
Topical
Wwe is a joke perfect reason being....they give Keith Lee this new gimmick all the while advertising his 24 on the network just to release him weeks later
Zack Ryder tho? 😂
👍Hoooooo!
If WWE was a horror movie, it would be one of those late-stage slasher sequels like Halloween Resurrection. By which time the franchise had lost all its soul and become nothing but empty cash grabs.