I like how WWE history Still dictates that The Hogpen match was penance for HHH participating in the Curtain Call, despite this proving the match took place 6 months before the Call 😂
Sid had this strange goofy form of charisma as a big man that made him so endearing as a fan, plus he had such a great look. He looked and acted like a 90’s action cartoon/comic book enforcer come to life. It’s like how the “Omosapien” meme today with Omos, that was Sid in the 90’s.
Happy to see Zane bring up Triple H's bleeding at the end of the Hog Pen Match, because I noticed that too when I first saw this match years ago & instantly thought "Man, I hope Hunter didn't get sick after getting mud & pig crap all into that wound", but never really saw anyone else ever bring it up.
Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I think in Nash’s Kayfabe Commentaries WWF 1995 review, he said HHH got a staph infection from those bumps in the mud. He still has a scar on his back from it to this day.
21:25 Bret Hart always knew how to hide that blade. I remember in one of those Kayfabe Commentaries shoots with Sean Oliver when he was asked how he got away with blading in Wrestlemania while Ric Flair got fined doing it on camera. He replied "Because I'm a professional", with a smug smirk on his face. That gave me a chuckle.
Bret was also the one that cut Austin during the WM13 match. They came up with the blood idea and decided that the best way they could both get away with it was for Bret to carry the blade and cut Steve during a floor spot. That way they couldn’t go back and watch the tape to see when Steve did it and pass it off as a hard way.
Something Brian didn't bring up about the main is the TV aftermath. The match was deemed so good they played it, at length, to get people to buy more IYH events. As to that point the IYHs weren't selling loads. At this time they had two major things going against them. The first was they often looked quite weak on paper. The second was the reality mirrored that.
True, but having Bulldog at this point in his career, as a challenger for a world title, at a major show, would have been a waste because no one would have thought he would win, so it would rob the drama of the match and build. By this point in his career, he was firmly in the IC title realm, which is fine, because he's a great worker but there was 0 support for him being a world champion.
If Triple H had remained a snob heel instead of becoming a degenerate, getting HOG and PIG to clean up their act and become his henchmen could have been a good angle.
I remember the Hog Pen match being on Triple H's DVD Release in 2008 (For some reason) and I remember being very entertained at 8 years old at the "spectacle" I thought it was. Now I'm just shocked it was actually a fairly decent match with some actually alright comedy.
Even as a kid, Sid was always my favorite heel monster around 99 WCW. Millennium Man Sid Vicious jumping people with powerbombs and Charles Robinson holding up his records.
As a kid in the 90's we all loved Sid despite his alignment or angles. He was huge, built like a brick wall, and had a goofy comic book charm that just worked back then. I remember seeing his leg breaking live and it just crushed me.
Usually when people talk about "it" the conversation is about the guys who had all the talent but didn't have "it." But on the opposite end of the spectrum are the few guys like Sid succeeded in spite of their many flaws precisely because he had "it."
@@jliller Sid also worked his gimmick. You didn't pay money to see him do wrist locks and chain wrestle. You paid money to see him beat the shit out of his opponents and be "The Master and Ruler of The World."
Jeff just *gets* pro-wrestling. The way he strutted, how he sold, and his working punches. He was so good, he was getting entertaining 10 minute matches out of Chyna on his way out the door when he could have just phoned it in. Also his match with HBK at IYH is easily a top-10 IC title match of all time. @@zlinedavid
Jarrett gets hate because of his WCW run when he broke thousands of guitars but didn't draw a dime, even though he was one of the better parts of dying WCW. He is one of the greatest heels of all time because he knew how to get the heat and when the bell rang he could wrestle.
Yeah, a lot of the issues fans have had with Jarrett is mostly that he's perfect in that undercard/midcard slimeball heel role, but between late WCW and early TNA spent a lot of time much higher on the card than he should have been because he was one of the most reliable guys on the roster, so he could be trusted with belts. When he's booked in that midcard heel role, it's easier to see how good he is at that particular job.
As someone who was watching a lot of WWF and WCW in the early to mid ‘90s, I can’t find the words to properly convey how insanely over Sid was back then. We just loved the guy, there was something about his look and intensity that made us want to cheer him no matter what.
I mean he was cheered over Hogan AND Flair in the ‘92 Rumble . if you weren’t watching at the time I have to tell you, Sid was hands down the fans’ choice to win that.
@@119Agent kinda like the Nasty Boys in 95 in their three-way feud with the Blue Bloods and Harlem Heat. Go back and watch Nastys vs Bloods on WCW Saturday Night June 17, 1995. It was the Night before Great American Bash 95 where they basically had the exact same match. Duuuuuuuuude.. the Boys were OVER. I don't think I ever saw a reaction out of a Saturday Night crowd like I saw then. It's hard to tell if the crowd really liked the Boys or if they simply hated Bobby Eaton and Regal, but good god were they engrossed in that match. Both times. I've seen main event, Attitude Era PPV draws with less crowd engagement than that little Saturday Night crowd. Run in at the End by Harlem Heat tipped the crowd. It's crazy going back and watching older stuff where guys just had the crowd and then trying to watch the odd clip of today's stuff where it's just dead or the morons chant 'what'.
He’s talked about this on his podcast. Jim said that he doesn’t feel he should go in alone, and that he’d only consider it if WWE decided to induct the Midnight Express with him as their manager.
@@criminalmindsgirl2936 True, he’s in a class to himself as far as managers go, he 100% deserves the honor. But I think Jim has always been aware that his successes were as much his own as they were the talents he managed, so I get his hesitation all the same.
@@gabepollock1641 Some humility from Corny. He’s usually regarded not as one of the best but 2nd best of all time, behind only Heenan. But Jim will always be quick to deflect the praise onto whoever he managed, namely the Midnight. Class move, IMO.
Even when WWE was at their low point from 1992-95, they could always count on the Hitman to not just have the best matches any given card but to also make his opponent look good.
Tommy Dreamer said Balls Mahoney once told a cop “No no no Paul is putting the straps on me and Axl and we’re the focal point of TV don’t arrest me” and cops let him go
Thank you for pointing out Hog pen match with Triple H. Everytime I hear about the curtain call incident they always reference this match as a punishment for Triple H!
Hershey is a few hours away from Pittsburgh, but the fact that Sid and Sean Waltman were in a tag team called 'Sid & The Kid' ten years before Sidney Crosby was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins is a crazy coincidence.
This channels videos have become my bedtime story every night. Love the work and the fact your voice isn't annoying as hell is an added bonus! Great content and production too. ❤
I remember Diesel's quasi-turn like it was yesterday. Very confusing and heartbreaking to me at the time. I had just gone as Big Daddy Cool for Halloween, cheap foam WWF title belt and all. At least he was still giving high fives to his doppelgängers...
Underrated Bret Classic that doesn't get talked about enough. Also one of the reasons why I love Bret's in-ring psychology is that he doesnt always win with his finisher he just finds a way to get the win. I love that subtle hint of logic.
Thank you for noticing! It's the same camera I've been using but I've been playing with the lighting a little bit lately (especially that back light getting the back of my head)!
This show was saved by Bret/Davey. It was another excellent match, that had a much different look/feel than the SummerSlam '92 match. It really seemed to resonate with that tough Philadelphia crowd, that is not an easy crowd to please.
Hoping you eventually review IYH 4: great white north. Curious to see if you would give that infamous show the same grade as WM 11 as Vince expressed how much he loved the main event once they went off the air lol
11:49 Well obviously this match was part of his punishment. So was Warrior burying the Pedigree, and his time in WCW as Terra Ryzing. Vince was just that forward minded.
Been in the hersheypark arena a few times in my life and it’s a fun little older building. Didn’t know this happened being that I’m about 25 miles or so from Hershey. Still there but haven’t been in there since the later 90s
Holy shit, I'm kinda caught off guard by how young Balls Mahoney looks when his Santa beard gets pulled off, it's insane to think about how he'll look like he aged 10 years in only a few years from this when he's in ECW.
Undertaker with the Phantom mask was hot. I know he had to wear it because he'd been hurt, which obviously sucks. But he looked hot. I'm a woman. I have needs. Don't judge me.
On 6:04 , Jeff Jarrett announced himself as the first participant in the 1996 Royal Rumble match. However, Jeff didn't participate in the Rumble match (Jeff Jarrett wrestled the man who he attacked on this PPV, Ahmed Johnson). I wondered why the WWE Hall of Famer didn't participate in the 1996 Royal Rumble match. I don't think even Brian Zane knew the reason on his WWF 1996 Royal Rumble review.
I do enjoy this ppv. Bret vs Bulldog is great and bloody. The Hog pen match was a fun gimmick. C+ is about right for this show. It's so very weird to think that the next night on RAW was the debut of Steve Austin and we were 3 weeks away from him debuting on tv for the first time. The Santa heel turn is hilariously bad. Dianna Smith continues to look like someone who has never been on tv in her life before. The main event is a pretty underrated and often overlooked match. Give it a watch.
That main event was on a VHS I owned as a kid, along with the Razor Ramon/1-2-3 Kid Crybaby match and Bret vs. Lawler and the Kiss My Foot match. I wish I could remember what it was called, but yeah, the only thing I ever saw from this show was the Bret/Bulldog match.
I don't recall if kayfabe anything else happened with the urn-chains, but if they didn't get melted down, there was a missed opportunity to include them in Bikertaker's look.
i remember first seeing this match on a wwf vhs called winter combat 96 which was matches from 2 in your houses this one and the october one before survivor series 95. this match always stood out cause i kinda think i enjoy ti bit more then the summerslam 92 one. its also funny u droped this review when i was acually watching bret vs bulldog from this ppv on the winter combat vhs xD
In the mid 90s a guy named Simon Garfield wrote a book calltled The Wrestling. It was a book about the death of the UK World of Sport and the rise of populatity of the WWF in the UK (in 1995 Europe was one of the few places the Fed made money, if you look at when they run the most European tours its generally a bad business year). The last chapter of the original he had flown out to the states to observe what the fed was doing and actually was in attendance for this show. During rhe show he got interviews with a few of the guys. Without it in front of me the two i remember him including were HBK and HHH. The Hunter one makes for interesting reading in hindsight as HHH does it fully in character. He goes on about how he is going to work his way up through the ranks before eventually taking over the company. Insane to think it happened exactly as he said it would within less than a decade.
WWE a year later continued this trend of wrestlers dressed as santa coming To the ring. Usually leads to an ambush. Mick foley, Hogan,and Jericho etc Played santa Claus.😂
I heard that the Davey Boy Smith did not care for the Hershey Park Arena. And would always complain when the WWE went there for PPVs and televison tapings. Funny that he would have one of his best matches there.
What's the best way to absolutely bury a character? Feed him to the Deadman. Taker put us all out of our misery, and himself for that matter, by finally ridding us of Mabel as a big PPV player in the casket match. Taker's 1995, even though his win/loss record was exceptional, was a complete mess. His opponents were IRS, King Kong Bundy, Kama, and Mabel, among others. You were gonna Taker job to any of those guys? Except for maybe IRS, none of those guys had any credibility. Well, as we saw at the end of this PPV, things would look up for Taker. See ya, Mabel. I know you don't really leave until after the 1996 Royal Rumble, but now I don't have to pay attention to you... at least not until 1999, that is.
Jeff Hardy dying trying to carry Mable 😂😂😂 16:21
Owen Hart ribbing Vince by getting the hogs in his office is one of my favorite backstage ribs and stories.
RIP Owen. One of the best in both wrestling and ribbing.
I like how WWE history Still dictates that The Hogpen match was penance for HHH participating in the Curtain Call, despite this proving the match took place 6 months before the Call 😂
Sid had this strange goofy form of charisma as a big man that made him so endearing as a fan, plus he had such a great look. He looked and acted like a 90’s action cartoon/comic book enforcer come to life.
It’s like how the “Omosapien” meme today with Omos, that was Sid in the 90’s.
He could've done well in comedy, I think.
"TWENTY-TWO!? Oh, man!"
Heel Lex Luger had a ton of this too, in my opinion.
I mean, he does kinda sorta look like Brock Samson.
WHO'S THE MAN?!
It feels like Von Wagner in NXT is getting over in a similar weird way. It feels part meme and part sincere
Happy to see Zane bring up Triple H's bleeding at the end of the Hog Pen Match, because I noticed that too when I first saw this match years ago & instantly thought "Man, I hope Hunter didn't get sick after getting mud & pig crap all into that wound", but never really saw anyone else ever bring it up.
Kevin Owens mentioned it on the Art of Wrestling podcast with Colt Cabana. He was really concerned.
@@dr.snakesI miss Colt Cabana’s podcast
Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I think in Nash’s Kayfabe Commentaries WWF 1995 review, he said HHH got a staph infection from those bumps in the mud. He still has a scar on his back from it to this day.
I remember seeing the hog thing years ago.😂
Any classic PPV review from the 80s/90s/early 2000s will get a thumbs up from me.
Jeff Hardy looking like he was gonna die carrying Mabel lol
Today I learned that there’s a show that’s somehow worse in terms of buy rates than December to Dismember
Balls Mahoney was on both shows
@@claymathewselevator8121all his fault 😂
December to Dismember was WWE pissing on the original ECW's grave. What an absolute abomination of a PPV.
@@ziahamm1603nobody cares
@@erikaw7767 and yet you cared enough to respond with your wonderful, evocative and insightful comment 🙄
21:25 Bret Hart always knew how to hide that blade. I remember in one of those Kayfabe Commentaries shoots with Sean Oliver when he was asked how he got away with blading in Wrestlemania while Ric Flair got fined doing it on camera. He replied "Because I'm a professional", with a smug smirk on his face. That gave me a chuckle.
Bret was also the one that cut Austin during the WM13 match. They came up with the blood idea and decided that the best way they could both get away with it was for Bret to carry the blade and cut Steve during a floor spot. That way they couldn’t go back and watch the tape to see when Steve did it and pass it off as a hard way.
I always feel Zayn's intro for the Classic PPV Review is like gangsters cruising and bopping their lowriders up and down quiet suburban streets.
The same man who went over god in a match, booked a heelturn for Santa Claus….Vince is truly a unique individual 😂
The Main Event is criminally underrated, it would've gotten more love had it happened at a main PPV in a major Venue instead of In Your House
Something Brian didn't bring up about the main is the TV aftermath. The match was deemed so good they played it, at length, to get people to buy more IYH events. As to that point the IYHs weren't selling loads. At this time they had two major things going against them. The first was they often looked quite weak on paper. The second was the reality mirrored that.
I think it’s better then their SummerSlam 92 match.
@@catchcan221me too. We are probably in the minority but many have never even seen this match.
True, but having Bulldog at this point in his career, as a challenger for a world title, at a major show, would have been a waste because no one would have thought he would win, so it would rob the drama of the match and build.
By this point in his career, he was firmly in the IC title realm, which is fine, because he's a great worker but there was 0 support for him being a world champion.
having just recently read Bret's autobiography, cool to see one of the highlighted matches. particularly, as you mentioned, the blood
You can see the scars from that cut on Triple H's back all through the rest of his career.
I'd love to see a Review for ECW December to Dismember 1995, the one where Steve Austin fought Mikey Whipwreck
Henry O might legit be one of the best feuds Hunter ever had that no one talks about. Henry was wrestling at his peak and their chemistry was legit.
If Triple H had remained a snob heel instead of becoming a degenerate, getting HOG and PIG to clean up their act and become his henchmen could have been a good angle.
@@jliller
They kind of did as Southern Justice as suit weating goons for Jeff Jarrett under their real names.
@@jeffbeyer43 Yes, similar to that. I don't think their transformation was explained either.
I remember the Hog Pen match being on Triple H's DVD Release in 2008 (For some reason) and I remember being very entertained at 8 years old at the "spectacle" I thought it was. Now I'm just shocked it was actually a fairly decent match with some actually alright comedy.
Even as a kid, Sid was always my favorite heel monster around 99 WCW. Millennium Man Sid Vicious jumping people with powerbombs and Charles Robinson holding up his records.
The Hart and Bulldog match looked like it really hurt. Amazing.
Owen Hart putting pigs in Vince’s office 😂
As a kid in the 90's we all loved Sid despite his alignment or angles. He was huge, built like a brick wall, and had a goofy comic book charm that just worked back then. I remember seeing his leg breaking live and it just crushed me.
Usually when people talk about "it" the conversation is about the guys who had all the talent but didn't have "it." But on the opposite end of the spectrum are the few guys like Sid succeeded in spite of their many flaws precisely because he had "it."
@@jliller Sid also worked his gimmick. You didn't pay money to see him do wrist locks and chain wrestle. You paid money to see him beat the shit out of his opponents and be "The Master and Ruler of The World."
The next classic review is Starrcade 2000? Yayyyyy, Zane Claus read my mind about WCW in 2000. What a great, early Christmas present!!!! LOL
The more I see of Jeff Jarrett, the more I appreciate him.
Shut up Slap nutz
Back in the day, you couldn’t stand him. Today, we realize, that’s how good at his job he was.
Jeff just *gets* pro-wrestling. The way he strutted, how he sold, and his working punches. He was so good, he was getting entertaining 10 minute matches out of Chyna on his way out the door when he could have just phoned it in. Also his match with HBK at IYH is easily a top-10 IC title match of all time.
@@zlinedavid
Jarrett gets hate because of his WCW run when he broke thousands of guitars but didn't draw a dime, even though he was one of the better parts of dying WCW. He is one of the greatest heels of all time because he knew how to get the heat and when the bell rang he could wrestle.
Yeah, a lot of the issues fans have had with Jarrett is mostly that he's perfect in that undercard/midcard slimeball heel role, but between late WCW and early TNA spent a lot of time much higher on the card than he should have been because he was one of the most reliable guys on the roster, so he could be trusted with belts. When he's booked in that midcard heel role, it's easier to see how good he is at that particular job.
We need more In Your House reviews.
I always love seeing Kevin Nash hit the jack knife power bomb. A thing of beauty to me.
As someone who was watching a lot of WWF and WCW in the early to mid ‘90s, I can’t find the words to properly convey how insanely over Sid was back then. We just loved the guy, there was something about his look and intensity that made us want to cheer him no matter what.
Because he looked like he could legit kick anyone's ass, even people twice his size.
Sid was a central casting version of a pro wrestler, like Hulk Hogan V2.0
I mean he was cheered over Hogan AND Flair in the ‘92 Rumble . if you weren’t watching at the time I have to tell you, Sid was hands down the fans’ choice to win that.
@@119Agent kinda like the Nasty Boys in 95 in their three-way feud with the Blue Bloods and Harlem Heat. Go back and watch Nastys vs Bloods on WCW Saturday Night June 17, 1995. It was the Night before Great American Bash 95 where they basically had the exact same match. Duuuuuuuuude.. the Boys were OVER. I don't think I ever saw a reaction out of a Saturday Night crowd like I saw then. It's hard to tell if the crowd really liked the Boys or if they simply hated Bobby Eaton and Regal, but good god were they engrossed in that match. Both times. I've seen main event, Attitude Era PPV draws with less crowd engagement than that little Saturday Night crowd. Run in at the End by Harlem Heat tipped the crowd. It's crazy going back and watching older stuff where guys just had the crowd and then trying to watch the odd clip of today's stuff where it's just dead or the morons chant 'what'.
@@119Agent He would’ve won if not for that punkass Hogan.
Jim Cornette belongs in the WWE HOF. What a legend!
He’s talked about this on his podcast. Jim said that he doesn’t feel he should go in alone, and that he’d only consider it if WWE decided to induct the Midnight Express with him as their manager.
@gabepollock1641 , what a shame but I understand. So I definitely hope he's gets inducted either way 😊
@@criminalmindsgirl2936 True, he’s in a class to himself as far as managers go, he 100% deserves the honor. But I think Jim has always been aware that his successes were as much his own as they were the talents he managed, so I get his hesitation all the same.
@@gabepollock1641 Some humility from Corny. He’s usually regarded not as one of the best but 2nd best of all time, behind only Heenan. But Jim will always be quick to deflect the praise onto whoever he managed, namely the Midnight. Class move, IMO.
@@gabepollock1641, I definitely agree!
If Dean Douglas fought Bad News Brown it’d be Brown vs The Board Of Education
This is going to fly about 10,000 feet above some heads but 👏👏👏👏. Nicely done. 😂
Having to sit through a Hog Pen Match, Xanta Klaus, and a Undertaker/Mabel casket match was worth it for that awesome Bret/Bulldog match.
Even when WWE was at their low point from 1992-95, they could always count on the Hitman to not just have the best matches any given card but to also make his opponent look good.
Tommy Dreamer said Balls Mahoney once told a cop “No no no Paul is putting the straps on me and Axl and we’re the focal point of TV don’t arrest me” and cops let him go
Balls Mahoney as Nega-Santa I forgot that happened lol
AHHHHHH!
Xanta Claus
I miss Balls Mahoney
No no Paul is putting the straps on me and Axl and we’re the focal point of TV don’t arrest me- Balls Mahoney
@@claymathewselevator8121 he did have the biggest of them all,
R.I.P.
Thank you for pointing out Hog pen match with Triple H. Everytime I hear about the curtain call incident they always reference this match as a punishment for Triple H!
Yep, this and getting squashed by Warrior at Wrestlemania.
@@mychaeljones7526 you should google it or find a UA-cam video about it. It explains the importance of Kayfabe back then.😊
But this before the call so you’re saying they were already punishing him before it even happened?
Zane and Tony from Deadlock having a years old video is like a Kevin Steen vs Tyler Black RoH match
Hershey is a few hours away from Pittsburgh, but the fact that Sid and Sean Waltman were in a tag team called 'Sid & The Kid' ten years before Sidney Crosby was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins is a crazy coincidence.
watching these old ppvs and listening to vinces commentary hits different when you know he's the owner and booker
And was weinsteining broads left and right the entire time
@@jackburton2680 Aside from Sunny and Marlena, there wasn't too many in WWE at this time.
This channels videos have become my bedtime story every night. Love the work and the fact your voice isn't annoying as hell is an added bonus! Great content and production too. ❤
I miss the Vince from 1995....I wish he would never age
Happy seasons beatings to you 1 and all
the Bret and Bulldog Match was very underrated
They should pushed Xanta Claus during Summer and called it Christmas In July 😂
I remember Diesel's quasi-turn like it was yesterday. Very confusing and heartbreaking to me at the time. I had just gone as Big Daddy Cool for Halloween, cheap foam WWF title belt and all. At least he was still giving high fives to his doppelgängers...
Tweener diesel that we got here at shows like this could've did better business than smiling baby face diesel. But hindsight is 20/20.
I always like that Bulldog wore the same tights he wore at Summerslam 92.
What is absolutely crazy is when you look at this card. JEFF JARRETT IS THE ONLY ONE STILL ACTIVE TODAY!!!!
A lot of the boys no longer with us: Mabel, Razor, Owen, Davey, Balls….
Santa Claus vs Xanta Claus should be the ultimate Christmas clash!
Stone Cold Santa Claus?
@@dr.snakes That actually happened on a show.
14:28 Not sure if it was on purpose, but the paraphrased Doctor Doofenshmirtz quote gave me a good laugh.
This aired on my 10th birthday, cant believe it was that long ago
I remember Zanta Claw being a character in a very old Commadore 64 wrestling game.
Underrated Bret Classic that doesn't get talked about enough. Also one of the reasons why I love Bret's in-ring psychology is that he doesnt always win with his finisher he just finds a way to get the win. I love that subtle hint of logic.
This was that weird time between the New Generation and Attitude Era.
This was definitely New Generation
New camera? Very nice set up including the lighting you've got going on.
Thank you for noticing! It's the same camera I've been using but I've been playing with the lighting a little bit lately (especially that back light getting the back of my head)!
This show was saved by Bret/Davey. It was another excellent match, that had a much different look/feel than the SummerSlam '92 match. It really seemed to resonate with that tough Philadelphia crowd, that is not an easy crowd to please.
If you're familiar with grindhouse movies, they are a very grindhouse crowd.
@Michael-cz6ob Yeah, things were a lot different back then.
Hoping you eventually review IYH 4: great white north.
Curious to see if you would give that infamous show the same grade as WM 11 as Vince expressed how much he loved the main event once they went off the air lol
I also heard Ric Flair was selective when he bled. Only did it in days that end in Y
Awesome Review Brian You're the best.
11:49 Well obviously this match was part of his punishment. So was Warrior burying the Pedigree, and his time in WCW as Terra Ryzing. Vince was just that forward minded.
I am so happy you chose this pay-per-view.. my Christmas came early.Thank you
3:14 RIP WWE Home Videos, sad day for physical media 😢
Dean Douglas was Andre Chase before Andre Chase
Been in the hersheypark arena a few times in my life and it’s a fun little older building. Didn’t know this happened being that I’m about 25 miles or so from Hershey. Still there but haven’t been in there since the later 90s
Holy shit, I'm kinda caught off guard by how young Balls Mahoney looks when his Santa beard gets pulled off, it's insane to think about how he'll look like he aged 10 years in only a few years from this when he's in ECW.
19:49 = Davey Boy Smith chin lock. If you know, you know.
Undertaker with the Phantom mask was hot.
I know he had to wear it because he'd been hurt, which obviously sucks.
But he looked hot.
I'm a woman. I have needs.
Don't judge me.
2:15 A Tatanka reference! I remembered it from your McMemphis video!
"Jerry King...Jerry the Lawler!" LOL! I'm glad someone besides myself remembers that Vince flub. 🤣🤙🏽🤙🏽
Sounds like something Captain Lou would say.
Please do more In Your Houses! In Your Homes? They had so many shenanigans in them and were largely trash, which is perfect for reviews like this!
On 6:04 , Jeff Jarrett announced himself as the first participant in the 1996 Royal Rumble match.
However, Jeff didn't participate in the Rumble match (Jeff Jarrett wrestled the man who he attacked on this PPV, Ahmed Johnson).
I wondered why the WWE Hall of Famer didn't participate in the 1996 Royal Rumble match. I don't think even Brian Zane knew the reason on his WWF 1996 Royal Rumble review.
The WCW content is always A+ stuff, which is why I’m stoked for
the Starrcade 2000 review.
As a kid I always enjoyed this instalment of in your house, the Bret Hart match was amazing.
Thanks for the review Brian ❤
I do enjoy this ppv. Bret vs Bulldog is great and bloody. The Hog pen match was a fun gimmick. C+ is about right for this show. It's so very weird to think that the next night on RAW was the debut of Steve Austin and we were 3 weeks away from him debuting on tv for the first time. The Santa heel turn is hilariously bad. Dianna Smith continues to look like someone who has never been on tv in her life before. The main event is a pretty underrated and often overlooked match. Give it a watch.
Watched this in preparation for the video 😄
I miss this time in wrestling. It was far from perfect, but the memorable personalities made it work for me
Was that Jeff Hardy carrying Mable? Right at 16:20.
Yes and Matt was right next to him.
That main event was on a VHS I owned as a kid, along with the Razor Ramon/1-2-3 Kid Crybaby match and Bret vs. Lawler and the Kiss My Foot match. I wish I could remember what it was called, but yeah, the only thing I ever saw from this show was the Bret/Bulldog match.
I don't recall if kayfabe anything else happened with the urn-chains, but if they didn't get melted down, there was a missed opportunity to include them in Bikertaker's look.
Wrestlemania The Arcade Game for PS1 was so fun. I'd love to see the Z-man give that a review.
Man! Hart and Bulldog are tremendous together. Amazing matches.
i remember first seeing this match on a wwf vhs called winter combat 96 which was matches from 2 in your houses this one and the october one before survivor series 95. this match always stood out cause i kinda think i enjoy ti bit more then the summerslam 92 one.
its also funny u droped this review when i was acually watching bret vs bulldog from this ppv on the winter combat vhs xD
5:07 Vince goes BALLISTIC on this 😂
Sid was always beloved!
Damn that Triple H Flippy bump was NICE! Don't think I've ever seen him do that.
I disagree that the Bret Bulldog match doesn’t live up to SummerSlam 1992. It’s not got the occasion sure but as a match it’s every bit as good.
Thank you for mentioning the timeline of the curtain call here.
That narrative gaslit me for years about what actually happened there lol
A motivate Kevin Nash has a good match 😱😱
Sadly he wasn't motivated very often.
As a kid in the 90s I was a big Sid fan. I still have a pic of me and him when I met him at a house show at my local convention center.
In the mid 90s a guy named Simon Garfield wrote a book calltled The Wrestling. It was a book about the death of the UK World of Sport and the rise of populatity of the WWF in the UK (in 1995 Europe was one of the few places the Fed made money, if you look at when they run the most European tours its generally a bad business year). The last chapter of the original he had flown out to the states to observe what the fed was doing and actually was in attendance for this show. During rhe show he got interviews with a few of the guys. Without it in front of me the two i remember him including were HBK and HHH. The Hunter one makes for interesting reading in hindsight as HHH does it fully in character. He goes on about how he is going to work his way up through the ranks before eventually taking over the company. Insane to think it happened exactly as he said it would within less than a decade.
Bret vs Bulldog here in my opinion was the match of the year in 1995, not Diesel vs Shawn. I think it was too late in the PWI voting period
It was clearly Diesel vs. Mabel!
Diesel vs Shawn in 95 wasn't even top five matches anyway. PWI gave some horrific winners over the years.
0:44 That In Your House graphic is definitely a choice.
LOL... I remember that comic! Those Valiant books were really great!
Wait... Balls Mahoney was the Krampus???
WWE a year later continued this trend
of wrestlers dressed as santa coming
To the ring.
Usually leads to an ambush.
Mick foley, Hogan,and Jericho etc
Played santa Claus.😂
I heard that the Davey Boy Smith did not care for the Hershey Park Arena. And would always complain when the WWE went there for PPVs and televison tapings. Funny that he would have one of his best matches there.
Can confirm - younger me loved all versions of Sid!
16:19 Jeff Hardy sighting?
8:28 Jeff's reaction is gold. That's the moment he knew the Gold CD was a little too strong.
BALLS MAHONEY!!!! I never knew that! This has to top the best debuts of all time
From getting thrown into pig shit to now running the company.
13:53 Tim White referring a Kevin Nash match in this era is WEIRD
Cool review as always Brian 💯
Classic review
Sid was awesome. Big fan when I was kid. It's always been the same gimmick. Still loved it.
What's the best way to absolutely bury a character? Feed him to the Deadman. Taker put us all out of our misery, and himself for that matter, by finally ridding us of Mabel as a big PPV player in the casket match.
Taker's 1995, even though his win/loss record was exceptional, was a complete mess. His opponents were IRS, King Kong Bundy, Kama, and Mabel, among others. You were gonna Taker job to any of those guys? Except for maybe IRS, none of those guys had any credibility. Well, as we saw at the end of this PPV, things would look up for Taker.
See ya, Mabel. I know you don't really leave until after the 1996 Royal Rumble, but now I don't have to pay attention to you... at least not until 1999, that is.
The Million Dollar Corporation feud definitely dragged, even longer if you count the Underfaker stuff from 94.
@@NJ973201 Zane should do an episode on the Million Dollar Corporation someday, because they were the WWF's version of the Dungeon of Doom.