It's sad that Scott Hall never stepped up to lead the company. Just imagine a motivated, in shape, completely sober Scott Hall being the #1 guy in WCW during this time.
planescaped he’s the perfect medium between Hulk and Bret. Great in ring, crazy charisma. Have you seen my comments before? You just used an exact quote i’ve made on Scott Hall. “Never not been over and oozes charisma (and machismo)”
In hindsight he should have had a way better career in wwf/wwe . If he would have kept his weight under control he could have been one of the best ever .
One thing that always stood out during this time period and maybe a little before was that all the guys liked wearing their street clothes vs their wrestling gear. They liked showing off their Tommy Hilfiger jeans to look cool and were just there to deliver a promo. It was as if they didn't technically want to be there by not dressing in their wrestling gear. I don't know, maybe it was just me but that always felt off/odd.
They should have kept the membership down to Hogan , Hall , Nash , Steiner , Luger , Bagwell , Bishoff, Henning and Miss Elizabeth as how did a group call the Elite have members like Disco Inferno ?
Disco Inferno deserved more. Not the heavy weight title, but he should’ve won more titles. Hogan was such a diva. He’s probably the 2nd biggest reason the WCW folded.
Great vid man! What a mess this whole angle was when in reality, it had a bit of steam early on and it should of really been the perfect angle to build up another Goldberg run.......Imagine Goldberg mowing through Bigelow, Hall & Luger to finally get through to final boss Hogan, whilst you've good potential side fueds like Flair vs. Hogan, Outsiders vs. Rey & Konan, DDP vs. Steiner, & US champ Bret defending against Benoit, Booker, Malenko, Finlay etc.
I still popped in to see what Sting was doing from time to time in 99 but after the FOD and the end of hollywood vs the wolfpack I was a full on wwf fan from there on out
I like T.C.Bolea shirt hogan's wearing it's telling In and of itself. Taking care of bolea always seamed to be the only thing hogan ever cared about certainly a play on words with Elvis Presley's T.C.B taking care of business seems reasonable considering if Elvis was still alive they would be the same age
I actually liked the NWO B team because these obvious mid carders were "super stars" when Hogan was a team member were now clowns since the NWO elite was a storyline.
I remember Halloween Havoc 1998 and was so disappointed as a kid watching the video when Sting was stretchered out. I often wonder: Where was he between Havoc and late-March 99? One of the things that never gets talked about from 98. I heard things like the injuries being legit, other things being simply working on his 'personal demons'. Ultimately, for the best if it meant Sting got clean/found God/etc. Also sad that *this* was Giant's send-off.
Benoit, Jericho,Eddie Guerrero,Booker T should of been pushed and become main stars instead of having piper, flair vs Hogan. WCW had alot of talent and with sting,DDP, Raven, Goldberg and many more WCW could have been stronger.
Man takes me back a lot of the guys in the NWO were by far my favorite as a child not so much Hogan but Hall Nash Scott Steiner xpac were the s*** back in the day
“Unfortunately, Sting was out with an injury during all this.” - I’d say that was pretty damn fortunate Sting missed out on playing a member of Hogan/Nash’s goon squad lol
I thought they said he had some issues going on with his wife and took time off...his last match was Halloween Havoc 98 where they wrote him off with an “injury”
The sad part of all this is that the NWO storyline never had a proper pay off in the end. In fact WCW in general never really had a proper payoff for most of their major storylines.
100%. WCW never got their heat back from the NWO. They kept the angle going well past it's expiration date and ran off the most hard-core WCW fans. The dragon needs to be slayed at some point, definitively, but that never happened.
Hogan walked into Nash's dressing room to get clothes just as Nash returned from smoking weed with Hall "Don't worry Kev, I'll keep it on the low down...no doubt"
That double turn was confusing to me, Ric had gotten screwed over by his son at the last PPV who had just turned heel, and then Ric himself turns heel at the very next PPV!
@@billybarnett9518 it was Flair’s idea, Flair begged Hogan to turn face so he could be the heel in the angle. Hogan didn’t want to but agreed cause Flair really wanted it.but as always people have to blame Hogan politics.
I think the main problem aside from a lot of the members being essentially groupies, just sitting and walking around backstage doing really nothing, was there was no strong babyface to oppose them. Goldberg got neutered and Sting was taking time off. No one else was built to join the main event scene at the time. So they were too overpowered and it became too one sided to hold enough fans' interest. It was different when the nWo first formed in '96 and were really fresh and exciting.
Fully agree with both these takes. Hart could’ve had some great matches in WCW and been a catalyst to main event storylines. Neither of those things happened.
They also had a red hot DDP, but I definitely understand what you're saying. Some of those nWo members should have actually been the opposition but it just became a giant circle jerk in the blink of an eye, brother!
@@matthewsmith5374 Yup what they should have done was had Hard run through a bunch of the lower level nWo guys through the first half of '98, eventually leading up to matches with guys like Hall and Nash, and then finally we get Hogan-Hart at Starrcade '98. In the meantime I would have held off on the Goldberg main event push until the beginning of '99. This would have given him more time to gain experience as he was still seriously green, and he could have kept the undefeated streak longer. Two birds with one stone.
@@anthonyanderson9303 well….I think I would’ve kept Bret Hart far away from Goldberg in retrospect on account of the career ending injury he got from working with him ONCE. Outside of the nWo as well Hart could’ve had some great matches and angles; Bret vs DDP, relive an old feud with Bret vs Kurt Hennig, put a stable together and have the hart foundation vs the 4 horsemen in a war games match, Bret vs Jericho and Bret vs Raven before they left. Bret vs Mysterio, Bret vs Eddie, and they never did have a proper blowoff for the storied Bret vs El Dandy feud they were hyping on the hotline so much….So many matches could’ve happened but didn’t because they made Bret a whiny heel with a broken leg. He was a good heel but a much better baby face and he came in with so much white hot heat, even if he didn’t get hurt like he did they wasted 3 years of his services they could’ve spent getting talent and the overall product over.
I never understood that when they stated it was 'Time To Cut The Fat' and get rid of guys who weren't deserving - Hennig was a legend - he would have fit the term 'Elite' - you get rid of all the other ham & eggers
@@mattyb567567 Nash wasnt the booker, don't talk about things you have no idea about... I kinda liked the fingerpoke of doom, just the stories after that were strange
Everyone involved say it was a way to get Goldberg back to the title by the summer. But of course WCW messed it up. Also everyone on the booking committee points to other for the the idea.
God i laughed so hard at 16:42 Sting needed a baseball bat and the help of DDP, Luger and Sid Vicious to win the title! Hogan booking at it’s finest lmao!!
@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 There sure was a lot of wasted potential, you make some good points! I can't think of any other reason than what you said that would make any sense, the earning respect and climbing the ranks, but wait what Virgil?!? Lol he kicked his own ass.
@@yelnaw i think it might have to be done, i'm a huge jericho fan aswell i think he's one of the GOAT's imo but wrestling will never be the same as it was back then, especially with this society more interested in their phones than the actual wrestling going on in the ring.
@@manichohan319 find a decent-length compilation to get a bit up to speed and then just start watching Dynamite. The key is to not expect "what it was" and learn to enjoy "what it has turned in to", as IMO there isn't a weekly drama/action/comedy show better than AEW
Hulk and his damn ego killed WCW. He always had to be on top. This why Russo embarrassed him at Bash at Beach 00. 🤣🤣. I've notice while watching these reviews, McMahon controlled where Hulkamania was heading. That's why he really left in 93. He wanted to go somewhere where he had to be in control and WCW unfortunately gave him way too much lean way. When he came back 02, the left again because of his WM pay cut but it was really because he thought he was going to be in control in a roster with the likes of The Rock and Austin. Yeah Ok! Then 05 he wanted to go over Shawn, like wtf! That's why Shawn showed his ass how comedic he really look.
Agree, I always see people blame nash, bischoff and Russo for the end of wcw, sure they all played their part, but hogan from what I've read anyway, seems like he deserves the most blame
Hogan is the wrestling GOD brothers .... None of us would even be on here giving a damn if it weren't for the prayers and vitamins and a lil help from the hulkster upstairs....
The steroid scandal played a bigger part in Hogan leaving when he did but yes Vince didn't bow down to Hogan like Bischoff cuz he didn't need to. Yes he took his lumps in the subsequent years after Hogan, but eventually he righted the ship once Austin, Rock, DX, etc.. got big.
The most frustrating thing about this time in WCW: WAY too many face and heel turns. Kevin Nash had the most here, going from face to heel after the Fingerpoke of Doom in January '99, then turning face again after DDP's heel turn and World Title win in April, then back to a heel after Hogan came back in July and beat Savage for the World Title. Then there was the Hogan and Flair double-turn at Uncensored (Flair turning heel, Hogan turning face).
Also while Hogan and Nash both turned Face in April, Scott Steiner who was still on tv despite not wrestling due to his injury still was coming out with the Wolfpac music was a heel and later inducted Rick into the Wolfpac even though it was over.
I felt like during the last 18 months or so of WCW (so pretty much the time when Russo was the booker), there were far too many "tweeners". And I felt like WCW wasn't listening to their fans at all as far as who should be a babyface and who should be a heel. An example is Goldberg. What was accomplished by turning him heel?
Well it was for Goldberg to get revenge on the wolfpac elite basically. Sting turning heel was to get revenge on Bret and hogan screwing him in 98 just didn’t execute lol
The NWO thing was officially dead when Hogan cried his way into the Wolfpac backstage resulting in the fingerpoke of doom. Then Hogan started wearing Jncos and trying to talk gangster "my trigger finger" while fans at home were cringing hard and laughing and then switching over to the WWF in droves!
Hogan talking gangsta is the equivalent of Vanilla Ice growing dreads, rapping like a tough guy and acting like he is the baddest dude on the planet. Comical. WCW was a joke at this point and I continued to watch just laughing through every episode. Sad, because I was a huge fan in those days too. At that point I just watched WWF and only tuned in to WCW when WWF went to commercial.
Will you ever do japan angles? Like All Japan in the 90's ?? Id like to know more about it, but with you doing the work lol.. like Hulk Hogan in Japan... American wrestlers time in Japan
They were close friend at this time. Steiner was in Hollywoowd with Hogan and setup with people. So your smark-talk is wrong. Later they didnt get along 2010. But they were very close friends at this time. Dipshit.
The more i watch reliving the war the more I am convinced that NWO were not as great as History tells you. As soon as they started adding anyone else other than Hogan, Nash and Hall it just was a slow sinking ship. Most of their matches were DQ finishes.. always no contests, run ins, BS from Hogan when he loses to regain the title etc....
@@savharris5702 What was worse was watching Nash, Sting, Luger, Savage, etc coming down to the ring in The Wolf Pack to rap music. I get they were super over - but I always found it cringe worthy - old white men trying to act street. Black & White Express 4 Life baby!
Well ..."non-white" folks don't have a monopoly on hip-hop culture lol I thought it made em look slick myself. It's up to the individual to pull it off.
When Sting used the baseball bat to beat Hogan i find it hilarious that JJ Dillon called Stings actions despicable after everything that jj and the four horsemen spent years doing to Sting and others
Vincent was just a HUGE mistake in the nWo . . . He was used as a crash dummy-- getting beat up long enough to give Hogan, Nash, and Hall time to escape Thanks, Vincent-- for making NO memories of your time in the wrestling business
Buff Bagwell was gifted into the nWo Eliteless . . . Lex Luger was a sore thumb in the group . . .Scott Norton was a joke in the group . . . Vincent was an all around EMBARRASSMENT in the group
The WWF knew (usually) when it was time to end an angle. Stone Cold vs. Mr. McMahon was THE feud of the Attitude Era. But it was running out of steam by mid-1999 especially after Vince was revealed as the "Greater Power". So they did the smart thing and ended the feud at Fully Loaded 1999. WCW didn't seem to understand that the nWo was passe after three years of it.
Exactly right. They kind of shifted over to the McMahon-Helmsley regime later that year with the Rock being the main protagonist, especially once Austin went out. Of course by the time you get to WM 17 and Austin shaking hands with McMahon, that was officially the end of an era.
Yup me too. This was when The Rock and Mankind rivalry was at it's height Austin vs Rock at Wrestlemania and the Ministry of Darkness Undertaker. Yet here was WCW beating the proverbial NWO angle to death and we the fans were supposed to be invested in that garbage? Lol
Hennig should have never joined nWo and should have stayed with the Horseman. I never understood why it was Flair, not Goldberg who took the title off Hogan. Also damn Torrie Wilson was fine.
The nwo should had ended in 98 after starcade 97. Bret hart came over, Sting won the belt, and by that time NWO and the WCW really peaked. If not there, definitely after Goldberg beat Hogan
(Seeing Hogan in his urban hip-hop gear)...He was walking down the beach looking for some action, Had his radio set on a rappin' rock station. Saw a girl drowning, sticking situations. She wanted him to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Kevin nash and Scott hall had beat rey mysterio jr and konnan and took rey mysterio mask scott hall won the us title from Roddy piper and other things was lefted out of this video
Nope. There was a time for certain things to happen in wrestling. But in this era...they try too hard. They try too hard to make wrestling like the past instead of trying to give us straight good storylines, feuds & matches. And even in today's wrestling, they can't find that magic. That certain magic that made wrestling so good back in the day. It's sad really. Most wrestling fans are desperately holding on trying to find some good in wrestling. I mean, sure we got some good wrestlers, storylines, feuds and matches (every once in awhile) but nope, it will never be this good again.
No. Sorry for the novel 1. Internet has made everything accessible. Meaning storylines are leaked and so are returns 2. Every storyline has been done. Its all re-hashed three times over now 3. Wrestlers had to draw based on TV time. Now it’s just based on a brand name like WWE. Meaning, the wrestler had to buy u in with their promos and or ring storytelling not like it is where the wrestler is monotone/like a robot reading off a script word for word because they work for WWE so they don’t have to worry about having a good match or promo because they know the audience just buys in because of the WWE name
As a kid I was definitely confused about the NWO.... these videos always give me a “ohhh I see now” kind of feeling..... love em all!! Keep doin what u do! 💯💯🙏🏽🙏🏽
It's sad that Scott Hall never stepped up to lead the company. Just imagine a motivated, in shape, completely sober Scott Hall being the #1 guy in WCW during this time.
At this point, Hall was only caring about doing his segment, collecting a fat ass check, then hitting the hotel bar asap lol
He was the most over man in the company starting with him kissing Sherri. People LOVED him. And he was a great in-ring storyteller.
@@Thor-Orion when did he kiss Sherri? Halloween havoc ‘96?
John Schneider yep. When the Outsiders first won the tag titles from Harlem Heat she was HH manager.
planescaped he’s the perfect medium between Hulk and Bret. Great in ring, crazy charisma. Have you seen my comments before? You just used an exact quote i’ve made on Scott Hall. “Never not been over and oozes charisma (and machismo)”
Paul Wight was smart. He jumped off the sinking ship just in time
Yeah but he was in a diaper before you know it and you can't begin to take that guy seriously after that....
@@SegaDream131 what do you expect. he's an entertainer. He got his money. That's all that matters
Also, diapers can be pretty serious.
In hindsight he should have had a way better career in wwf/wwe . If he would have kept his weight under control he could have been one of the best ever .
@@SegaDream131 1 mil a year though
Nash fixing his hair before the dude hits the ground from the powerbomb
Ddp
Sting was lucky to miss this. Though being injured still sucks
The finger poke of doom is when I officially jumped ship to WWF when I was a kid.
One thing that always stood out during this time period and maybe a little before was that all the guys liked wearing their street clothes vs their wrestling gear. They liked showing off their Tommy Hilfiger jeans to look cool and were just there to deliver a promo. It was as if they didn't technically want to be there by not dressing in their wrestling gear. I don't know, maybe it was just me but that always felt off/odd.
Wow he named a who's who in the NWA pro wrastlin hogan couldn't cary dory funk, flair, harley or dusty rhodes ring bag.
They should have kept the membership down to Hogan , Hall , Nash , Steiner , Luger , Bagwell , Bishoff, Henning and Miss Elizabeth as how did a group call the Elite have members like Disco Inferno ?
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Disco Inferno deserved more. Not the heavy weight title, but he should’ve won more titles.
Hogan was such a diva. He’s probably the 2nd biggest reason the WCW folded.
That Uncensored 99 Cage Match was a double turn with Hogan and Flair.
Great vid man! What a mess this whole angle was when in reality, it had a bit of steam early on and it should of really been the perfect angle to build up another Goldberg run.......Imagine Goldberg mowing through Bigelow, Hall & Luger to finally get through to final boss Hogan, whilst you've good potential side fueds like Flair vs. Hogan, Outsiders vs. Rey & Konan, DDP vs. Steiner, & US champ Bret defending against Benoit, Booker, Malenko, Finlay etc.
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Great content as always 🙂, It was quite a small lengthed rivalry but any chance of a Kane vs. Shane McMahon 2003 video In the near future? ✌️
Nash and Hogan, KWAB. WCW would probably be still floating if it werent for those 2
I always thought they could've worked those lower card nWo guys in the TV TITLE scene, especially Brian Adams and Scott Norton.
I still popped in to see what Sting was doing from time to time in 99 but after the FOD and the end of hollywood vs the wolfpack I was a full on wwf fan from there on out
I never cared for NWO elite but I loved the original NWO and NWO Wolfpac.
I liked the storyline because of the NWO B squad getting clowned.
Ok..
thanks for telling us
You should do a series on Curt Henning rise and fall with his runs in the AWA , WWF , WCW , wwe return and his tna runs
He already made a Mr Perfect video
Markyd123 did his wwf return and tna run going through each match. I recommend
Best content man! I am glad a new episode is out
When Disco finally got in! That was awesome.
I like T.C.Bolea shirt hogan's wearing it's telling In and of itself. Taking care of bolea always seamed to be the only thing hogan ever cared about certainly a play on words with Elvis Presley's T.C.B taking care of business seems reasonable considering if Elvis was still alive they would be the same age
0:28 disco was on the beat!!!
So excited for this episode, thank you my friend
I actually liked the NWO B team because these obvious mid carders were "super stars" when Hogan was a team member were now clowns since the NWO elite was a storyline.
I remember the first ddp title win, I was tuned all the way out by this point tho
I remember Halloween Havoc 1998 and was so disappointed as a kid watching the video when Sting was stretchered out. I often wonder: Where was he between Havoc and late-March 99? One of the things that never gets talked about from 98. I heard things like the injuries being legit, other things being simply working on his 'personal demons'.
Ultimately, for the best if it meant Sting got clean/found God/etc.
Also sad that *this* was Giant's send-off.
It makes me so happy that Sting and Macho Man weren’t involved in this atrocity.
6:14 imagine being that guy who was still cheering for nwo at this point
Well when the nwo went away their ratings got cut in half, so...
Keep this content up my dude
3:14 that. I still laugh whenever I see hogan dressed like that.
After watching this and other instances where Nash was put in charged how can you not say he helped sink WCW
GOOD WORK GREAT VIDEOS
Would love to see a videos of hogan and the band in tna and aces & 8's..
I loved nwo storyline
Insane clown posse gave you a shout out. You should do a video of their wrestling careers
Hogan dressed like the undercover at the rave
Benoit, Jericho,Eddie Guerrero,Booker T should of been pushed and become main stars instead of having piper, flair vs Hogan. WCW had alot of talent and with sting,DDP, Raven, Goldberg and many more WCW could have been stronger.
Did u notice that Stevey Ray was complaining about Kurt not wearing NWO shirts while not wearing an NWO shirt ?
Giant's last match on Nitro😥
He left for the WWE.
The Fingerpoke of Doom was in my opinion the beginning of end of WCW
First!!! I love your videos and you are very underrated thanks for the nWo video!!!
Thank you bro
I liked the half red half white nwo logo not the logo in the video thumbnail
Do wcw flirty Animals please.
Cliff notes: per usual, Hogan and Nash had a large hand in the shuttering of another promotion.
Man takes me back a lot of the guys in the NWO were by far my favorite as a child not so much Hogan but Hall Nash Scott Steiner xpac were the s*** back in the day
Sting not being involved with this angle was probably for the best
Agreed.
Very good timing on that injury that kept him out.
Sting should never have joined any NwO faction. ever.
Yup.
Amen
“Unfortunately, Sting was out with an injury during all this.” - I’d say that was pretty damn fortunate Sting missed out on playing a member of Hogan/Nash’s goon squad lol
Facts
I thought they said he had some issues going on with his wife and took time off...his last match was Halloween Havoc 98 where they wrote him off with an “injury”
@@DragzFire facts
Ohhhhh that's why they helped him at wrestlemania. They didn't want to leave him out. Makes total sense 😒
Or worse being forced to job out to hogan
The sad part of all this is that the NWO storyline never had a proper pay off in the end. In fact WCW in general never really had a proper payoff for most of their major storylines.
Every episode ended in a run in. The run in would be the only way to tell their story.
100%. WCW never got their heat back from the NWO. They kept the angle going well past it's expiration date and ran off the most hard-core WCW fans. The dragon needs to be slayed at some point, definitively, but that never happened.
Hogan dressed like he lost his luggage and had to borrow clothes from Denny, just like Greg Focker on Meet the Parents.
Hogan walked into Nash's dressing room to get clothes just as Nash returned from smoking weed with Hall "Don't worry Kev, I'll keep it on the low down...no doubt"
@@CLuvTravels haHAAA🤣🤣
Correct me if i'm wrong but hogan returning in red and yellow was probably the last time the WCW crowd went insane
@Steve Barnes yup, that was also the first time he hulked up since 1996 which caught me by surprise lol
That double turn was confusing to me, Ric had gotten screwed over by his son at the last PPV who had just turned heel, and then Ric himself turns heel at the very next PPV!
@@billybarnett9518 it was Flair’s idea, Flair begged Hogan to turn face so he could be the heel in the angle. Hogan didn’t want to but agreed cause Flair really wanted it.but as always people have to blame Hogan politics.
@@Bobbywoodhogan I have to question Ric on that one then.
Not true brother,
Hollywood Hogan did indeed HULK UP ...
WATCH IT AGAIN DUDE 😎
I never liked Luger joining any version of NWO. Especially NWO Elite. Sting and Luger just always screamed true WCW lifers to me.
Luger wasn't cool enough to be a member of the nwo to begin with, the guy is a nerd
Luger is a legend. Sorry. Look back at 1996 and 1997!!! No one was more over.
@@chrisvietro4360 more over than sting? Maybe in 96 but no one said he wasn't a legend he just didn't fit in with the nwo
Luger and Curt Henning would of made an awesome tag team
@@money345atherley2 stfu. Dude was a hurricane when miami was top of the totem pole of college hoops. You dumb bro
.Hogan is dressed like he's pretending to be homeless just to get a free bowl of soup
Damn, that's funny! 🤣 No way he was pulling off that Chollo/Gansta look!
He was. That’s why he forced the nwo to re-merge. For that free soup that he didn’t deserve.
Hogans dressed like he going as kurt cobane for holloween
Maybe a weed dealer lol
@@midnightmoon3230hahaha yes!!!
I think the main problem aside from a lot of the members being essentially groupies, just sitting and walking around backstage doing really nothing, was there was no strong babyface to oppose them. Goldberg got neutered and Sting was taking time off. No one else was built to join the main event scene at the time. So they were too overpowered and it became too one sided to hold enough fans' interest. It was different when the nWo first formed in '96 and were really fresh and exciting.
Was the perfect time for a wwf star to jump ship and be that perfect babyface..
Would be confusing after he joins the nwo 3 appearances in
Fully agree with both these takes. Hart could’ve had some great matches in WCW and been a catalyst to main event storylines. Neither of those things happened.
They also had a red hot DDP, but I definitely understand what you're saying. Some of those nWo members should have actually been the opposition but it just became a giant circle jerk in the blink of an eye, brother!
@@matthewsmith5374 Yup what they should have done was had Hard run through a bunch of the lower level nWo guys through the first half of '98, eventually leading up to matches with guys like Hall and Nash, and then finally we get Hogan-Hart at Starrcade '98. In the meantime I would have held off on the Goldberg main event push until the beginning of '99. This would have given him more time to gain experience as he was still seriously green, and he could have kept the undefeated streak longer. Two birds with one stone.
@@anthonyanderson9303 well….I think I would’ve kept Bret Hart far away from Goldberg in retrospect on account of the career ending injury he got from working with him ONCE. Outside of the nWo as well Hart could’ve had some great matches and angles; Bret vs DDP, relive an old feud with Bret vs Kurt Hennig, put a stable together and have the hart foundation vs the 4 horsemen in a war games match, Bret vs Jericho and Bret vs Raven before they left. Bret vs Mysterio, Bret vs Eddie, and they never did have a proper blowoff for the storied Bret vs El Dandy feud they were hyping on the hotline so much….So many matches could’ve happened but didn’t because they made Bret a whiny heel with a broken leg. He was a good heel but a much better baby face and he came in with so much white hot heat, even if he didn’t get hurt like he did they wasted 3 years of his services they could’ve spent getting talent and the overall product over.
You get rid of Mr Perfect, and your replacement is David Flair.
I never understood that when they stated it was 'Time To Cut The Fat' and get rid of guys who weren't deserving - Hennig was a legend - he would have fit the term 'Elite' - you get rid of all the other ham & eggers
thats like losing a grand and finding a penny
I think Henning wanted out anyways
IKR
@@screamingtreefrogs3298 they should've got rid of Vincent
The big show jumped from the NWO to the corporation. What a freekin favor for Big Show
This should be titled The most confusing time in wrestling history
That finger poke really killed the respect I had for WCW. To this day I can’t believe they thought it’d be a grand idea.
You can thank the creative control clause on Hogan’s contract
@@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970 Nash was the booker.
@@mattyb567567 him too
@@mattyb567567 Nash wasnt the booker, don't talk about things you have no idea about...
I kinda liked the fingerpoke of doom, just the stories after that were strange
Everyone involved say it was a way to get Goldberg back to the title by the summer. But of course WCW messed it up. Also everyone on the booking committee points to other for the the idea.
God i laughed so hard at 16:42 Sting needed a baseball bat and the help of DDP, Luger and Sid Vicious to win the title! Hogan booking at it’s finest lmao!!
I never understood why there was a B team. Why would anyone want to be part of that?
@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 There sure was a lot of wasted potential, you make some good points! I can't think of any other reason than what you said that would make any sense, the earning respect and climbing the ranks, but wait what Virgil?!? Lol he kicked his own ass.
Its crazy how the nWo brought WCW to the top, then it brought them to the bottom WOW just WOW
Yup. Same thing that makes you laugh will make you cry 💯
I love this channel, reignited my love for wrestling because it's finished now
Hey buddy try AEW :)
@@yelnaw i think it might have to be done, i'm a huge jericho fan aswell i think he's one of the GOAT's imo but wrestling will never be the same as it was back then, especially with this society more interested in their phones than the actual wrestling going on in the ring.
@@manichohan319 find a decent-length compilation to get a bit up to speed and then just start watching Dynamite. The key is to not expect "what it was" and learn to enjoy "what it has turned in to", as IMO there isn't a weekly drama/action/comedy show better than AEW
Sad but true
So is it finished or " reignited " cmon be consistent.
Really great content, keep it up!
Agreed great content
@n\a everything okay at home?
Hulk and his damn ego killed WCW. He always had to be on top. This why Russo embarrassed him at Bash at Beach 00. 🤣🤣. I've notice while watching these reviews, McMahon controlled where Hulkamania was heading. That's why he really left in 93. He wanted to go somewhere where he had to be in control and WCW unfortunately gave him way too much lean way. When he came back 02, the left again because of his WM pay cut but it was really because he thought he was going to be in control in a roster with the likes of The Rock and Austin. Yeah Ok! Then 05 he wanted to go over Shawn, like wtf! That's why Shawn showed his ass how comedic he really look.
Agree, I always see people blame nash, bischoff and Russo for the end of wcw, sure they all played their part, but hogan from what I've read anyway, seems like he deserves the most blame
Hogan is the wrestling GOD brothers ....
None of us would even be on here giving a damn if it weren't for the prayers and vitamins and a lil help from the hulkster upstairs....
The steroid scandal played a bigger part in Hogan leaving when he did but yes Vince didn't bow down to Hogan like Bischoff cuz he didn't need to. Yes he took his lumps in the subsequent years after Hogan, but eventually he righted the ship once Austin, Rock, DX, etc.. got big.
The most frustrating thing about this time in WCW: WAY too many face and heel turns. Kevin Nash had the most here, going from face to heel after the Fingerpoke of Doom in January '99, then turning face again after DDP's heel turn and World Title win in April, then back to a heel after Hogan came back in July and beat Savage for the World Title. Then there was the Hogan and Flair double-turn at Uncensored (Flair turning heel, Hogan turning face).
Also while Hogan and Nash both turned Face in April, Scott Steiner who was still on tv despite not wrestling due to his injury still was coming out with the Wolfpac music was a heel and later inducted Rick into the Wolfpac even though it was over.
I felt like during the last 18 months or so of WCW (so pretty much the time when Russo was the booker), there were far too many "tweeners".
And I felt like WCW wasn't listening to their fans at all as far as who should be a babyface and who should be a heel.
An example is Goldberg. What was accomplished by turning him heel?
Well it was for Goldberg to get revenge on the wolfpac elite basically. Sting turning heel was to get revenge on Bret and hogan screwing him in 98 just didn’t execute lol
Probably the wrost was turning Sting heel in September '99, literall nobody wanted or asked for that.
The NWO thing was officially dead when Hogan cried his way into the Wolfpac backstage resulting in the fingerpoke of doom. Then Hogan started wearing Jncos and trying to talk gangster "my trigger finger" while fans at home were cringing hard and laughing and then switching over to the WWF in droves!
Hogan was cringe this entire time in WCW, especially his NWO days
Hogan in JNCOs was great. He was insane and over the top just like those pants.
Hogan talking gangsta is the equivalent of Vanilla Ice growing dreads, rapping like a tough guy and acting like he is the baddest dude on the planet. Comical. WCW was a joke at this point and I continued to watch just laughing through every episode. Sad, because I was a huge fan in those days too. At that point I just watched WWF and only tuned in to WCW when WWF went to commercial.
Will you ever do japan angles? Like All Japan in the 90's ?? Id like to know more about it, but with you doing the work lol.. like Hulk Hogan in Japan... American wrestlers time in Japan
@@planescaped He could use photos rather than videos owned by TV Asahi and NTV
He did mention he would be doing a video on NWO Japan at some point
To see Hogan and Scott Steiner walking together is quite funny, knowing how much they dislike each other.
They were close friend at this time. Steiner was in Hollywoowd with Hogan and setup with people. So your smark-talk is wrong. Later they didnt get along 2010. But they were very close friends at this time. Dipshit.
The more i watch reliving the war the more I am convinced that NWO were not as great as History tells you. As soon as they started adding anyone else other than Hogan, Nash and Hall it just was a slow sinking ship. Most of their matches were DQ finishes.. always no contests, run ins, BS from Hogan when he loses to regain the title etc....
Hogan walking around in Hip Hop Clothes with Baggy Pants - hysterical/sad - but I loved it.
Lol at "Hip-Hop Clothes"...
@@savharris5702 What was worse was watching Nash, Sting, Luger, Savage, etc coming down to the ring in The Wolf Pack to rap music. I get they were super over - but I always found it cringe worthy - old white men trying to act street. Black & White Express 4 Life baby!
You just beat me to leave that exact comment
Well ..."non-white" folks don't have a monopoly on hip-hop culture lol
I thought it made em look slick myself.
It's up to the individual to pull it off.
How about black wrestlers coming out to ...Non-Hip Hop music
... Does it make anyone cringe?
When Sting used the baseball bat to beat Hogan i find it hilarious that JJ Dillon called Stings actions despicable after everything that jj and the four horsemen spent years doing to Sting and others
“Hogan showed up wearing, well wearing this”. Lol
nWo Elite and nWo 2000 had so much potential that was squandered away.
How TF was Virgil/Vincent still employed at this point? Dude got paid to do nothing
You always gotta have a black guy
He wrestled now and then on Saturday Night.. Maybe house shows?
Vincent was just a HUGE mistake in the nWo . . . He was used as a crash dummy-- getting beat up long enough to give Hogan, Nash, and Hall time to escape
Thanks, Vincent-- for making NO memories of your time in the wrestling business
Mr. Perfect was B team. But Buff Bagwell was elite. I never understood that
Buff Bagwell was gifted into the nWo Eliteless . . .
Lex Luger was a sore thumb in the group . . .Scott Norton was a joke in the group . . .
Vincent was an all around EMBARRASSMENT in the group
Vincent for WCW World Heavyweight Championship 😆
Disco inferno wtf
"Hulk Hogan well was wearing this" is one of your best lines ever
I want a midlife crisis Hollywood Hogan doll this Christmas....
To go steady with my Dizzy doll...
96-98 were nWo's best years.
The best wrestling UA-cam channel ever
"It was revealed to be David Flair, no one cared about this" lmao
"This being wrestling, the retirment didn't last long!"
Correction: this being WCW, the retirment didn't last long!
Jfc, what a mess. I think by this point I had probably ended up going back to watching wwe.
Wolfpac was so over until all of this. Sting, Konnan, Luger, Nash, and Macho were the best version of thr NWO
Hogan looked like he was new leader of the Flock dressed like that 😂
They should of had "Donuts" Dillinger as the leader of the NWO. That would of saved them...
This whole video could have all been summed up with “that doesn’t work for me, brother.”
The WWF knew (usually) when it was time to end an angle.
Stone Cold vs. Mr. McMahon was THE feud of the Attitude Era. But it was running out of steam by mid-1999 especially after Vince was revealed as the "Greater Power".
So they did the smart thing and ended the feud at Fully Loaded 1999.
WCW didn't seem to understand that the nWo was passe after three years of it.
Exactly right. They kind of shifted over to the McMahon-Helmsley regime later that year with the Rock being the main protagonist, especially once Austin went out. Of course by the time you get to WM 17 and Austin shaking hands with McMahon, that was officially the end of an era.
I remember I completely converted to WWE at this point.
Yup me too. This was when The Rock and Mankind rivalry was at it's height Austin vs Rock at Wrestlemania and the Ministry of Darkness Undertaker. Yet here was WCW beating the proverbial NWO angle to death and we the fans were supposed to be invested in that garbage? Lol
Hennig should have never joined nWo and should have stayed with the Horseman. I never understood why it was Flair, not Goldberg who took the title off Hogan. Also damn Torrie Wilson was fine.
Bringing the Wolfpac & black & white back together was the beginning of the end for WCW. Also showed Hogan playing his creative control
Yeah, it's like bringing the Mongols MC (black and white) and the Hells Angels MC (red and white) together. Never will happen.
yup. The wolfpac was huge, and the wcw ended it for no reason.
The nwo should had ended in 98 after starcade 97. Bret hart came over, Sting won the belt, and by that time NWO and the WCW really peaked. If not there, definitely after Goldberg beat Hogan
That wolf pack song though!!! Its a bangger
💯
(Seeing Hogan in his urban hip-hop gear)...He was walking down the beach looking for some action,
Had his radio set on a rappin' rock station.
Saw a girl drowning, sticking situations.
She wanted him to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Kevin nash and Scott hall had beat rey mysterio jr and konnan and took rey mysterio mask scott hall won the us title from Roddy piper and other things was lefted out of this video
Don't watch wrestling anymore but loved this era! Do you think wresting will ever get this good again?
Hell no it sucks now
Nope. There was a time for certain things to happen in wrestling. But in this era...they try too hard. They try too hard to make wrestling like the past instead of trying to give us straight good storylines, feuds & matches. And even in today's wrestling, they can't find that magic. That certain magic that made wrestling so good back in the day. It's sad really. Most wrestling fans are desperately holding on trying to find some good in wrestling. I mean, sure we got some good wrestlers, storylines, feuds and matches (every once in awhile) but nope, it will never be this good again.
Hell no the mystique is gone forever
No. Sorry for the novel
1. Internet has made everything accessible. Meaning storylines are leaked and so are returns
2. Every storyline has been done. Its all re-hashed three times over now
3. Wrestlers had to draw based on TV time. Now it’s just based on a brand name like WWE. Meaning, the wrestler had to buy u in with their promos and or ring storytelling not like it is where the wrestler is monotone/like a robot reading off a script word for word because they work for WWE so they don’t have to worry about having a good match or promo because they know the audience just buys in because of the WWE name
Not unless people stop being so easily offended like they are now
"our story begins on Thunder..."
- alright, nuff said
2:00 ''..and the world heavy weight championship had been disgraced..'' oh just you wait!! 🤣🤣🤣
David arquette comes to mind
Scott hall certainly had it all unfortunately he had a side lover
As a kid I was definitely confused about the NWO.... these videos always give me a “ohhh I see now” kind of feeling..... love em all!! Keep doin what u do! 💯💯🙏🏽🙏🏽