Normally I'm okay with seeing Benoit despite what happened, but seeing him do a diving headbutt on a chair and bleed hardaway from it is definitely one of those "geez, no wonder this guy had brain damage" moments.
I'm with jliller, I can watch Benoit without issue, but every time he hits a headbutt or something like that it's difficult not to think of the eventual repercussions.
I’m happy to see a few people who are willing to acknowledge the brain damage. Ultimately he’s to blame for what he did (he should’ve sought help when Eddie died), but it’s not like he was a serial killer. His brain was mush.
@@JM1993951 Chris either didn't percieve the problems or was too proud to take it that way. He was a hard guy and probably with the locker room, being open was a sign of weakness?
I never had a problem with DDP's World title win. I don't care if he was friends with Bischoff. He worked his @$$ off for the prior 6 years to improve himself and earned every bit of it in my opinion.
The Hogan-Goldberg stranglehold on the World Title really hurt DDP. He was probably one of the Top 5 most popular guys in WCW in 1997-1998 and should have had a world title run in the latter half of 1998. By early 1999 his popularity was probably past its peak, and the heel turn was very questionable (though we did get one of Goldberg's best matches out of it).
In retrospect it was great, few were more deserving than Page. But at the time, the fans just wanted to see Goldberg or Sting regain it, to redeem 1998's misuse of them... Very shaky ground in WCW in early 99, following the Finger poke of Doom fallout, and the company getting absolutely PANNED for pushing way past their prime stars in the main event like Hogan and Flair when WWE were offering fresh stars like Stone Cold and The Rock in theirs. Goldberg was the last jewel WCW had, but one they'd just chipped at massively with his streak being broken. He was the hottest thing about the company, and fans needed the redemption payoff. But in typical WCW fashion, it never came. Everyone loved DDP, but this title reign just came at the wrong time.
Scott Hall said it best to Bischoff when Eric wouldn’t push DDP when the crowd begged for it “If that’s how you treat your friends I’d rather be your enemy.” Or something to that effect.
Say what you want about WCW towards the end, this was actually a good show! One of the last good shows they had between 1999 and the end of the company in 2001.
The cream of the crop and I think that the spotlight should go on top because I am the Macho Man Randy Savage. Miss you Macho, same goes for Miss Elizabeth. May y’all forever rest in peace. 🤘🏼🫶🏼
The fact u put in the tag saying urban dictionary, when konan calls disco a Strawberry, that's dedication to the research. Well done BZ, ur legit one of the best things in wrestling. 👏 👏 👏
Man...Blitzkrieg is SO god damn underrated! That was my guy back in the day, dude was so athletic and imo was one of the best cruiserweights in WCW, and now he's basically forgotten, always gonna be a fan of that dude!
You jogged my memory, thanks. For ages I recalled there being a WCW show that had water around the arena and/or ring. So it was the Nitro shortly before this Spring Stampede.
That world championship match is what I knew WCW as when I was a kid. I was in that age group that only knew Hogan and Savage as WCW guys and didn't know Flair even had a Fed run until I was way older.
Since Starrcade 1994 is your next PPV review, Zane, you should mention the only champions who didn't compete on that card were the then-Tag-Team Champions Marcus Bagwell and The Patriot a.k.a. Stars and Stripes.
Problem with WCW was their main events always sucked. The matches that were supposed to get people into the building, sort of speak- were the ones that always failed to deliver. The main event players in WCW subscribed hard to the credo "we already got their money" You'll never find a 5-star blockbuster main event in WCW during the Monday Night Wars Era. Meanwhile WWF was turning out classic, after classic in their main events at the same time
Drove up to Tacoma from Portland with 3 buddies when we were 17 to go to this show. Remember staying in a VERY speedy motel room across the street from the dome.
I still think Halloween Havoc should have been the time for DDP to win the strap. DDP should've been the one to end Goldberg's streak. And the main event of Starrcade 98 should have been the rematch with Goldberg getting his win back.
I first saw this from renting the vhs tape from Hollywood Video (good ol’ days of video stores). One thing I didn’t like about the end of the main event was how the camera did not stay with DDP to show him going into the crowd to celebrate. Finally he gets to the top and they didn’t make it feel special enough. Just him raising the title up when handed and than he leaves the ring and camera doesn’t stay with him. And the announcers didn’t even show an emotion of how great it was for DDP who busted his ass to finally make it
I think the strangest thing about this PPV is WCW seemingly should have had their act together, and they were trying in earnest, but we know ratings were way down and they didn't know what would be working. But you can see that every main eventer was given a decent program and part of the card, the midcard and openers were also decently booked. They even started using Raven again! I honestly did forget this happened after that storyline with Raven's mother, which I think many of us believed was the end for his push in this company. But more than anything else, the supercard levels of this main event should have really made it a bigger deal than it is. For those who don't remember, what WWF had on offer this same month was the 1st Backlash PPV, main event was Rock vs Austin for the World Title, and ends with Undertaker's "Where to, Stephanie?" moment For sure most fans completely missed DDP's main event breakout moment because WWF had completely taken over the mindshare of those same fans
I don’t understand why everyone bashes the 98 starcade finished. It still made Goldberg strong that the only way to beat him was to cheat. Nash wasn’t booking by then. Bischoff debunked that rumour. If Goldberg didn’t punch the limo window I think we talk about this finish in a different way
When it comes to deserving, I think the wrestler needs to be in the business, at least 12 years, before becoming, world champ. HBK at Mania 12, and Benoit at Mania 20, Rey at Mania 22, was the most deserving moments.
I can't tell if this is good sarcasm or not, but that exchange actually happened a few weeks ago on Dynamite where JR stumped Excalibur and JR celebrated it happening.
I seriously had no idea how they were able to get away with having a Wrestler named “Blitzkrieg” considering the origins of that term came from German military tactics during World War 2, But then I looked it up and realized other countries were using it too and Hitler himself didn’t like the term “Blitzkrieg”
Billy Kidman is so underrated. Really would've loved to see him get more attention back in the day, but getting injured kinda derailed his role in the WCW "Invasion" angle WWE was going for at the time. I know he won the Cruiserweight title at least once when WWE still sort of cared about the thing, but it kinda felt like he just floundered around for a few years before getting dropped by WWE.
9:48 Holy smokes, in the newest Botchamania Pat McAfee and Michael Cole have almost the exact same Shooting Star/Moonsault interaction but in reverse. (at the 4:10 minute mark of Botchamania 452)
I cant wait for next time. You get to see the joy of a major WCW Pay-per-view, their flagship ppv show nonetheless, main evented by terrible Ed Leslie gimmick #13: The Butcher against his bff Hulk Hogan :D
With the power of hindsight, seeing Benoit doing any offensive move with his head feels weird. Seeing him do a diving headbutt on a chair here... well, it's up there.
Is it just me or is there some kind of filter on the crowd in this? It's like watching Sin City, the wrestlers and ring are in colour but the crowd is almost black and white, only a few fans at the front look to be in colour, just assuming the filter isn't working properly on them? The go home nitro scenes the crowd are clearly in full colour 😅
I was so happy that sting returned after being gone since Halloween havoc Just to see ddp get the belt Bullshit even to this day.not saying ddp shouldn’t have gotten his turn.but there’s a reason he lost it a month later to nash and sting had just returned from a long absence We wanted sting
@@robertlawrence4719 It is not about the title itself. Jeff Jarrett won the WCW title 4 times. Bret didnt have a real direction, there were no significant storylines, and I don’t think, that je was that important in any part of his WCW run…
@@robertlawrence4719 For who Bret was in wrestling his run in WCW is very much a disappointment, its pretty well established. Bret was not 99% of wrestlers.
It’s so odd when you think about how he went from a college level basketball player, to one of the most infamously un-agile workers in wrestling that could still put on a passable match.
Blitzkrieg retired way too young. While on a tour of Japan with WCW, it all began to change for Jay Ross. After attempting a sky twisting springboard moonsault, his opponent was not positioned properly and Blitzkrieg wound up landing on his head. He would suffer a serious concussion and was out of action indefinitely. While out of action, Ross became interested in medicine and taking care of the injured, rather than being the injured one himself. After only about a year in WCW, Jay Ross made the decision to walk away from a potential lucrative pro wrestling career and start a new chapter in his life. At the age of 30, Ross enrolled in nursing school at the University of Texas at Austin. He would graduate with “flying colors” and began a career as a registered nurse. Jay Ross would raise a child of a family friend and get involved in many social causes.
Absolutely loved Blitzkrieg, should’ve had a run with the Cruiserweight Championship. Given the chemistry with his fellow cruiserweights, need I say, he was underrated also.
Not a memorable rivalry though, they never had a standout match or storyline and both of them never mention each other when they talk about their top opponents.
I still miss WCW. It's an understatement to say WCW wasn't without its flaws and I always knew WWF was bigger if not better (and sometimes bigger and better) but there was something magical about WCW. I wish the run could have lasted longer but I'm thankful WCW was around as long as it was, and I'm reminded of that with every classic review Brian does
As a kid (8 in 2001) I was happy that WWF won the war. But by 2003 I was beginning to see why that was a bad thing. If nothing else, I wish Vince just kept WCW as a separate show completely apart from Raw and Smackdown.
Watching Wrestling Bios Reliving the War series, made me realise how over DDP was. I wish he won the title earlier, somewhere in 98 when it was still 50/50 between WCW and WWF.
He should have been put into the title picture immediately after going round and round with Savage in 1997. You could have DDP, Goldberg, Sting and Hogan in the world title picture at that time, with DDP and Goldberg getting the biggest elevation of the 4. Keep everyone else out of that. But this is looking back and reshuffling.
If WCW was planning on ending Goldberg's streak just under 2 months later anyway they should've instead had DDP beat him at HH98. The place went crazy when he hit the diamond cutter that night, since that move was the most over and protected finishing move in the company at that time(perhaps second only to the spear/jackhammer combo) that would've been the perfect thing to end the streak.
"On an episode of Nitro, Goldberg was gonna draw his next victim from a tumbler, but Kevin Nash volunteered himself, instead. What a guy!" got a huge laugh out of me
I mean it’s ok to say that Disco needs to get beat up all the time, he was always presented as a weak wrestler and a soft dude in and out of the ring (barring that terrible TNA main event run) so him dominating Konnan doesn’t make sense
I don't understand it. How does using your shoulder to spear someone with a hidden metal plate attached to their midsection cause you to be knocked unconscious? I'd understand writhing in pain. But knocked out?
Because when you spear tackle someone with your shoulder, your head is hitting their midsection aswell. So the head hits the steel plate aswell. That’s the idea.
@@cjwhite2631 I'd think you'd protect your head especially if you're not wearing a helmet, irrespective of a metal plate. Looking at the footage just now, Goldberg's head goes to his left (Bret's right) and doesn't hit anything. Goldberg's shoulder hits Bret in the midsection.
Meh, they were really just ripping off eastwood in "A fistful of dollars" which was then famously homaged in back to the future 2 and 3. It was pretty played out by the time bret did it in my opinion.
WCWs last great PPV? Maybe. I would say WCW Greed is still pretty damn good, not as good as this but they were finding their footing again just before their death.
I wish they could’ve continued after Greed. The last days of WCW and the early days of TNA have a similar vibe. The main difference being TNA put way too much focus on Jarrett.
5:38 Scotty Riggs is more of a derivative of "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff's WCW gimmick (where Paul would look at himself with a miniature mirror to feel good about his looks). Obviously, the hip-swivel taunt is taking from "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Speaking of Rude... On a sad note, Spring Stampede 1999 took place a week and two days before Rick Rude passed away. RIP to Paul Orndorff and Richard Rood.
Well, just because you're good in the ring doesn't mean you are World champion material. WWF had big plans for him in 87-88 but Hogan and Savage were just better and much better choices as top guys, then in the 90's he did well but you always had your Bret or Shawn far ahead of him. The only place he could have been World champion in my opinion is in ECW circa 98, but I guess even they saw him as nothing more than midcard since he only won their TV title. As good as he was for a guy his size, Bam Bam wasn't seen as being top guy material I guess.
Hard not to overthink when you see Benoit do that kind of stuff.
It's slowly adding to it, given in 2 years he'd be out for a year with a broken neck.
Normally I'm okay with seeing Benoit despite what happened, but seeing him do a diving headbutt on a chair and bleed hardaway from it is definitely one of those "geez, no wonder this guy had brain damage" moments.
I'm with jliller, I can watch Benoit without issue, but every time he hits a headbutt or something like that it's difficult not to think of the eventual repercussions.
I’m happy to see a few people who are willing to acknowledge the brain damage. Ultimately he’s to blame for what he did (he should’ve sought help when Eddie died), but it’s not like he was a serial killer. His brain was mush.
@@JM1993951 Chris either didn't percieve the problems or was too proud to take it that way. He was a hard guy and probably with the locker room, being open was a sign of weakness?
I never had a problem with DDP's World title win. I don't care if he was friends with Bischoff. He worked his @$$ off for the prior 6 years to improve himself and earned every bit of it in my opinion.
Absolutely. What's more, is in 1997 when he was white hot it just wasn't a good time because of Sting/Hogan, so this was long overdue.
The Hogan-Goldberg stranglehold on the World Title really hurt DDP. He was probably one of the Top 5 most popular guys in WCW in 1997-1998 and should have had a world title run in the latter half of 1998. By early 1999 his popularity was probably past its peak, and the heel turn was very questionable (though we did get one of Goldberg's best matches out of it).
Who had a problem with it?
In retrospect it was great, few were more deserving than Page. But at the time, the fans just wanted to see Goldberg or Sting regain it, to redeem 1998's misuse of them... Very shaky ground in WCW in early 99, following the Finger poke of Doom fallout, and the company getting absolutely PANNED for pushing way past their prime stars in the main event like Hogan and Flair when WWE were offering fresh stars like Stone Cold and The Rock in theirs. Goldberg was the last jewel WCW had, but one they'd just chipped at massively with his streak being broken. He was the hottest thing about the company, and fans needed the redemption payoff. But in typical WCW fashion, it never came. Everyone loved DDP, but this title reign just came at the wrong time.
Scott Hall said it best to Bischoff when Eric wouldn’t push DDP when the crowd begged for it “If that’s how you treat your friends I’d rather be your enemy.” Or something to that effect.
Vacant is STILL the greatest WCW wrestler and World Champion of all time 🤣😂
Don't fuck with Vacant! He did beat Stone cold, the undertaker and Kane in one night!
The man they call Vacant is a absolute monster
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Say what you want about WCW towards the end, this was actually a good show! One of the last good shows they had between 1999 and the end of the company in 2001.
yes, also the last 3 PPVs in 2001 were ok too.
@@Thomas-vd4hu that's why if Bishoff would have bought it instead of Vince the product would still have been viable.
I got this on VHS at the time and thought it was great. Very entertaining.
The workers carried the company, it was the people behind the camera and the network that killed the company.
One good PPV, with seven or so terrible hours of tv a week.
17:49 Loved that Randy Savage impression.
Gorgeous George.... aptly named.
The cream of the crop and I think that the spotlight should go on top because I am the Macho Man Randy Savage. Miss you Macho, same goes for Miss Elizabeth. May y’all forever rest in peace. 🤘🏼🫶🏼
The fact u put in the tag saying urban dictionary, when konan calls disco a Strawberry, that's dedication to the research. Well done BZ, ur legit one of the best things in wrestling. 👏 👏 👏
To be fair, the Hollywood Blondes theme rules. If WCW offered that song to me, I'd readily accept it.
I still have that Disco rapping over Konnan's video pop into my head from time to time. Oil of olay all day every day.
Someone should have told Benoit you're not supposed to actually headbutt the chair.
Man...Blitzkrieg is SO god damn underrated! That was my guy back in the day, dude was so athletic and imo was one of the best cruiserweights in WCW, and now he's basically forgotten, always gonna be a fan of that dude!
Ahh, my first WCW PPV I'd ever watched. After the "Finger Poke of Doom"TM, things weren't ALL bad in 1999.
I always think of this as the real turning point, not the Fingerpoke of Doom. Everything after this was when it really went to hell.
Finger Poke Of Doom was a great plot twist. Problem is there was no real follow through.
You jogged my memory, thanks. For ages I recalled there being a WCW show that had water around the arena and/or ring. So it was the Nitro shortly before this Spring Stampede.
They did it a few times for spring break. It was a cool unique look.
Spring break nitro 96 - 2001 had the ring in the pool thing every year.
Billy Kidman and Rey Myseterio always knew how to put on a good match.
That world championship match is what I knew WCW as when I was a kid. I was in that age group that only knew Hogan and Savage as WCW guys and didn't know Flair even had a Fed run until I was way older.
That Disco Inferno parody was the funniest thing WCW ever did. I was a WCW guy still at the time and we all HATED that Konnan video on the forums.
Since Starrcade 1994 is your next PPV review, Zane, you should mention the only champions who didn't compete on that card were the then-Tag-Team Champions Marcus Bagwell and The Patriot a.k.a. Stars and Stripes.
Problem with WCW was their main events always sucked.
The matches that were supposed to get people into the building, sort of speak- were the ones that always failed to deliver.
The main event players in WCW subscribed hard to the credo "we already got their money"
You'll never find a 5-star blockbuster main event in WCW during the Monday Night Wars Era. Meanwhile WWF was turning out classic, after classic in their main events at the same time
Drove up to Tacoma from Portland with 3 buddies when we were 17 to go to this show. Remember staying in a VERY speedy motel room across the street from the dome.
Leg out for under his leg quote never gets old
Man I remember renting this on VHS from Hollywood Video all the time!
It is nice to see Sandman and Mikey, use wrestling holds. That's rare.
An other what if : what if Blitzkrieg didn't retired from wrestling this early ?
"Shoulders back, Chest out!"
Kevin Nash pulling out a leap frog got a huge reaction out of me.
A young Brock Lesnar takes notes.
Proving why he was king of the X-divison.
@@Matthew-LAMF Kevin Nash is the creator of the X division after all.
the main event of this ppv is on the 50 greatest finishers DVD, I would watch it all the time when I was younger
I still think Halloween Havoc should have been the time for DDP to win the strap.
DDP should've been the one to end Goldberg's streak. And the main event of Starrcade 98 should have been the rematch with Goldberg getting his win back.
This was a great show indeed. The hardcore match, the tag match with Raven and Saturn, and the main event really stood out.
This or the Fingerpoke of Doom was the beginning of the end for WCW.
The flair hogan double turn was the real turning point.
Russo didn't help.
I first saw this from renting the vhs tape from Hollywood Video (good ol’ days of video stores). One thing I didn’t like about the end of the main event was how the camera did not stay with DDP to show him going into the crowd to celebrate. Finally he gets to the top and they didn’t make it feel special enough. Just him raising the title up when handed and than he leaves the ring and camera doesn’t stay with him. And the announcers didn’t even show an emotion of how great it was for DDP who busted his ass to finally make it
I was at this show. You can see me in the crowd at one point. Was a damn good time.
I think the strangest thing about this PPV is WCW seemingly should have had their act together, and they were trying in earnest, but we know ratings were way down and they didn't know what would be working.
But you can see that every main eventer was given a decent program and part of the card, the midcard and openers were also decently booked. They even started using Raven again! I honestly did forget this happened after that storyline with Raven's mother, which I think many of us believed was the end for his push in this company.
But more than anything else, the supercard levels of this main event should have really made it a bigger deal than it is.
For those who don't remember, what WWF had on offer this same month was the 1st Backlash PPV, main event was Rock vs Austin for the World Title, and ends with Undertaker's "Where to, Stephanie?" moment
For sure most fans completely missed DDP's main event breakout moment because WWF had completely taken over the mindshare of those same fans
I don’t understand why everyone bashes the 98 starcade finished. It still made Goldberg strong that the only way to beat him was to cheat. Nash wasn’t booking by then. Bischoff debunked that rumour. If Goldberg didn’t punch the limo window I think we talk about this finish in a different way
The Luchas in WCW were just amazing Juvie Ultimo and LA Parka are all under rated as hell they kept the crowd going
When it comes to deserving, I think the wrestler needs to be in the business, at least 12 years, before becoming, world champ. HBK at Mania 12, and Benoit at Mania 20, Rey at Mania 22, was the most deserving moments.
I had this on vhs. I watched so many times. I love it
So next we get to see Triple H’s one and only WCW PPV appearance!
I hope I'm not the only one who watches Sting rappelling down and gets chills realizing that a month later we get the loss of Owen Hart.
Last week I did a review of Spring Stampede 1998 which is up on my account.
9:54 This exchange sounds like some Tony and JR would do to Excalibur on AEW, which is hilarious!
I can't tell if this is good sarcasm or not, but that exchange actually happened a few weeks ago on Dynamite where JR stumped Excalibur and JR celebrated it happening.
I seriously had no idea how they were able to get away with having a Wrestler named “Blitzkrieg” considering the origins of that term came from German military tactics during World War 2,
But then I looked it up and realized other countries were using it too and Hitler himself didn’t like the term “Blitzkrieg”
19:49 Kicked his leg out from under his leg.
*9:48** by Kidman is so slick*
I looked up what strawberry means on urban dictionary. Disco inferno gotta have that burn put out even years later 🤣🤣🤣
I always wondered whose idea was it for Hogan to get injured mid-match and leave. My guess is it was his idea so he didnt half to lose
9:46 “POWERBOMB!”
Billy Kidman is so underrated. Really would've loved to see him get more attention back in the day, but getting injured kinda derailed his role in the WCW "Invasion" angle WWE was going for at the time. I know he won the Cruiserweight title at least once when WWE still sort of cared about the thing, but it kinda felt like he just floundered around for a few years before getting dropped by WWE.
Starrcade 94! LOL looking forward to that one
suprised you didnt mention the classic sting v ddp world title match on nitro a few weeks before this show, one of the best nitro matches ever
Hell yes, love these!
Ah yes.... The VERY FIRST thing they teach you in Wrestling School: Never try to Power Bomb Billy Kidman.
WCW FOR LIFE!!!
Man, watching Benoit do the diving headbutt is just uncomfortable to see now.
Whenever I see Charles Robinson all I think of his run to the ring at Wrestlemania 24
its not "house of fire" like a house consructed of flames... its, a house afire. like, look at that building, its afire!
Oh cool, this show was in my home state of Washington.
I swear, Booker T/ Steiner is the Rock/ HHH of WCW.
That top rope Driver looked crazy lmao
9:48 Holy smokes, in the newest Botchamania Pat McAfee and Michael Cole have almost the exact same Shooting Star/Moonsault interaction but in reverse. (at the 4:10 minute mark of Botchamania 452)
I cant wait for next time. You get to see the joy of a major WCW Pay-per-view, their flagship ppv show nonetheless, main evented by terrible Ed Leslie gimmick #13: The Butcher against his bff Hulk Hogan :D
I had this PPV on Video thought it was a pretty solid show especially Kidman vs Mysterio and Booker vs Steiner
So do any of you know where I can watch the Wrestling with Wregret videos that aren't available on UA-cam?
"Alright, now Chris, you know you don't have to land on your face on the chair, right? ..Right?"
A diving headbutt onto a steel chair. No wonder Benoit was so messed up near the end.
Yeesh. That Benoit closing spot is hard to watch now.
With the power of hindsight, seeing Benoit doing any offensive move with his head feels weird. Seeing him do a diving headbutt on a chair here... well, it's up there.
Is it just me or is there some kind of filter on the crowd in this? It's like watching Sin City, the wrestlers and ring are in colour but the crowd is almost black and white, only a few fans at the front look to be in colour, just assuming the filter isn't working properly on them?
The go home nitro scenes the crowd are clearly in full colour 😅
Wonder who came up the New WCW logo?
He did a flying headbutt on a chair didn’t even try to brace I swear I don’t remember that
Wow I've never seen Disco inferno not doing the stupid disco dancing he actually seemed kind of cool in this video lol?
This is still a VERY good PPV it’s a shame WCW couldn’t figure it out
"Unadvertised match"....pretty much what a lot of WCW Pay-Per-Views were.
DDP should have won the Belt at Starrcade 98 over Goldberg, DDP earned it. Nash who wrestled about 3 single matches all year, screwed him.
Damn Kidman was pretty good!
the only wcw event i ever went to, i was 13😎
Your intro music sucks now but still a good wrestling channel
I always cringed at that head bump Rey took. He is one tough man.
I was so happy that sting returned after being gone since Halloween havoc
Just to see ddp get the belt
Bullshit even to this day.not saying ddp shouldn’t have gotten his turn.but there’s a reason he lost it a month later to nash and sting had just returned from a long absence
We wanted sting
Flair HATED passing the title onto DDP. He felt that everything Harley and Wahoo taught Flair was thrown out the window as DDP wasn't a ring general.
No matter how shitty Bret Harts Wcw run was, the Steel Plate Moment is still one of the coolest things of his whole career
was it tho?
@@robertlawrence4719 It is not about the title itself. Jeff Jarrett won the WCW title 4 times. Bret didnt have a real direction, there were no significant storylines, and I don’t think, that je was that important in any part of his WCW run…
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They kept flipping him from face to heel all the time which spoiled his run for me.
@@robertlawrence4719 For who Bret was in wrestling his run in WCW is very much a disappointment, its pretty well established. Bret was not 99% of wrestlers.
Seeing Kevin Nash leapfrog was not something I expected to see.
HBK said it best “You’re the biggest guy in the territory, and you’re avoiding contact?” Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
It’s so odd when you think about how he went from a college level basketball player, to one of the most infamously un-agile workers in wrestling that could still put on a passable match.
quad-tearing stuff
Lucha Nash!
You think that's Impressive? At Souled Out '98 he did a Leap Frog over The Giant aka Big Show
I pop for the "shoulders back, chest out" every time.
At ease.
Blitzkrieg retired way too young.
While on a tour of Japan with WCW, it all began to change for Jay Ross. After attempting a sky twisting springboard moonsault, his opponent was not positioned properly and Blitzkrieg wound up landing on his head. He would suffer a serious concussion and was out of action indefinitely. While out of action, Ross became interested in medicine and taking care of the injured, rather than being the injured one himself.
After only about a year in WCW, Jay Ross made the decision to walk away from a potential lucrative pro wrestling career and start a new chapter in his life. At the age of 30, Ross enrolled in nursing school at the University of Texas at Austin. He would graduate with “flying colors” and began a career as a registered nurse. Jay Ross would raise a child of a family friend and get involved in many social causes.
Absolutely loved Blitzkrieg, should’ve had a run with the Cruiserweight Championship. Given the chemistry with his fellow cruiserweights, need I say, he was underrated also.
I don't think there has ever been a rivalry like Booker T vs Scott Steiner. They went through the Tag team, TV, US, and World titles in WCW.
Not a memorable rivalry though, they never had a standout match or storyline and both of them never mention each other when they talk about their top opponents.
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Hhh and rock
From ic to world championship rivals
@@madddoggnogood1491 I was thinking the same thing Rock and Triple H also feuded at every level it seemed
@@ryankeefe6222 they did.
There really hasnt been anything like that sense.
@@madddoggnogood1491 maybe you can make the argument kofi and dolph has since
I still miss WCW. It's an understatement to say WCW wasn't without its flaws and I always knew WWF was bigger if not better (and sometimes bigger and better) but there was something magical about WCW. I wish the run could have lasted longer but I'm thankful WCW was around as long as it was, and I'm reminded of that with every classic review Brian does
As a kid (8 in 2001) I was happy that WWF won the war. But by 2003 I was beginning to see why that was a bad thing. If nothing else, I wish Vince just kept WCW as a separate show completely apart from Raw and Smackdown.
I do too, I would've been happy if Vince gave WCW a six-month run. Maybe a year.
@@BoogalooBartholomew he tried it didn’t do well
@@timothyhawkins5756 No he put two matches on Raw and Smackdown in front of WWF fans to crap on it.
@@num1Jaysta yea but the plan was to have a wcw show and the two matches were tests
That Chris Benoit chair spot has not aged well at all.
honestly, anything involving Benoit has not aged well
If you think that's bad then I urge you to watch triple h nail him in the back of a head with a chair on raw in 2004 I think it was
Watching Wrestling Bios Reliving the War series, made me realise how over DDP was. I wish he won the title earlier, somewhere in 98 when it was still 50/50 between WCW and WWF.
Wrestling Bios is amazing. Tune in every week like a kid watching cartoons every week.
DDP should have won at Halloween Havoc ‘98. Of course nobody but the fans in attendance would have seen it happen
Yeah I remember everyone at school was an Austin fan or a DDP fan. I'm surprised how he's been forgotten in a way.
He should have been put into the title picture immediately after going round and round with Savage in 1997. You could have DDP, Goldberg, Sting and Hogan in the world title picture at that time, with DDP and Goldberg getting the biggest elevation of the 4. Keep everyone else out of that. But this is looking back and reshuffling.
If WCW was planning on ending Goldberg's streak just under 2 months later anyway they should've instead had DDP beat him at HH98. The place went crazy when he hit the diamond cutter that night, since that move was the most over and protected finishing move in the company at that time(perhaps second only to the spear/jackhammer combo) that would've been the perfect thing to end the streak.
Sandman had a really weird run although it was a very boring run as well. At least you have Hak v Kevin Nash in a hardcore match. Yes that happened
WCW 99-01 was just so…weird
Even weirder is that it wasn't an utter squash, Hak/Sandman was given a lot of offense by Nash
@Venem that match sounds like it shouldnt be real lol
I watched it and its still weird af to me that Nash and Sandman had match
HEY YO
@@juicyeboi9006 Of course, nash wanted to look.
"On an episode of Nitro, Goldberg was gonna draw his next victim from a tumbler, but Kevin Nash volunteered himself, instead. What a guy!" got a huge laugh out of me
I mean it’s ok to say that Disco needs to get beat up all the time, he was always presented as a weak wrestler and a soft dude in and out of the ring (barring that terrible TNA main event run) so him dominating Konnan doesn’t make sense
he was a comedy lower mid card guy - this was a booking mistake.
I can't get over how brilliant the Bret Hart metal plate thing was.
I don't understand it. How does using your shoulder to spear someone with a hidden metal plate attached to their midsection cause you to be knocked unconscious? I'd understand writhing in pain. But knocked out?
Because when you spear tackle someone with your shoulder, your head is hitting their midsection aswell. So the head hits the steel plate aswell.
That’s the idea.
@@cjwhite2631 I'd think you'd protect your head especially if you're not wearing a helmet, irrespective of a metal plate. Looking at the footage just now, Goldberg's head goes to his left (Bret's right) and doesn't hit anything. Goldberg's shoulder hits Bret in the midsection.
It’s kayfabe. It works the same way any move works... sleight of hand
Meh, they were really just ripping off eastwood in "A fistful of dollars" which was then famously homaged in back to the future 2 and 3. It was pretty played out by the time bret did it in my opinion.
Raven stole Sandman's family, Hak stole Raven's family... damn, never thought of it coming full circle like that.
WCW in 1999 wasn’t great, but there’s a part of me that still loves WCW in 99 for some reason.
Yea you gotta explain
Nostalgia my guy, nostalgia
I liked 99 WCW half of the time too
@@DuecePiece its still better than anything now when i check out AEW, WWE
WWE was not that great in 99 either (Vince Russo runs wild brother)
Man Blitzkrieg, a real what could have been story.
I agree! Both versions are underrated.
For sure….probably would have picked a different name for him though. But what a talent
Benoit doing the diving headbutt is not a good image in hindsight.
Benoit doing the diving headbutt onto a chair is MAJOR YIKES!!!
10:18 "You don't powerbomb Kidman!"
WCWs last great PPV? Maybe. I would say WCW Greed is still pretty damn good, not as good as this but they were finding their footing again just before their death.
I'd say Halloween Havoc 99 was also pretty good
I wish they could’ve continued after Greed. The last days of WCW and the early days of TNA have a similar vibe. The main difference being TNA put way too much focus on Jarrett.
@@PrinceVegita1 Havoc 99 was bangin ☺️✌️
Honestly, this was the first full WCW PPV event I ever saw - on VHS actually.
So I have fond memories!
Same , my grandma bought it for me thinking it’s was wwf .
“Nash gets Goldberg into the corner where Nash really thrives….”
lmao!! i popped
5:38 Scotty Riggs is more of a derivative of "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff's WCW gimmick (where Paul would look at himself with a miniature mirror to feel good about his looks). Obviously, the hip-swivel taunt is taking from "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Speaking of Rude...
On a sad note, Spring Stampede 1999 took place a week and two days before Rick Rude passed away.
RIP to Paul Orndorff and Richard Rood.
Oh man that's sad
Glad to see the classic reviews back.
Who in the world did BamBam never get over enough to justify a world title run in WWF or WCW? Dude was fantastic.
Well, just because you're good in the ring doesn't mean you are World champion material. WWF had big plans for him in 87-88 but Hogan and Savage were just better and much better choices as top guys, then in the 90's he did well but you always had your Bret or Shawn far ahead of him. The only place he could have been World champion in my opinion is in ECW circa 98, but I guess even they saw him as nothing more than midcard since he only won their TV title. As good as he was for a guy his size, Bam Bam wasn't seen as being top guy material I guess.
Maybe he just didn't have enough hobility?? Or is it jobility??