Summerslam 98 was one of the most epic ppv's of the attitude era, everything felt huge and the AC DC highway to hell song was a perfect fit for the build up towards Stone Cold vs The Undertaker title main event. The best match of the show was easily The Rock vs Triple H ladder match. Great memories watching this ppv on VHS with my best friend (RIP)
In 1998 Triple H was the only babyface I despised and Rock was the only heel I liked (until Royal Rumble 1999). I was so bummed seeing Rock lose this one.
For me is the cheering here and when the crowd would say the rock catchphrases and the rock to keep his heat saying this ain’t sing a long with the rock
His popularity skyrocketed since the beginning of the corporation angle in late 1998 with further bolstered by his face turn in April of 1999..After that there was no stopping him and yes he eventually overtake Austin in terms of popularity..
But he had just becoming a babyface just like that and he turned heel 8 weeks later to become WWF champion in a unexpected swerve so he was a megastar at Survivor Series.
I was 16 years old when I attended this show. I recall the tickets for the Lions Den were cheaper than MSG seats, so my best friend and I got front row Lions Den seats.
@@spockhozzer7207 Bret refused to ever take Hall’s Razors edge because he didn’t like the way Hall did it. He thought it was dangerous. Wrestlers should not take moves if they don’t feel comfortable.
Such an iconic PPV! The attitude era just had such an aura to it and they did such a great job of creating feuds and storylines throughout the card and making them all feel important
I have been watching Reliving The War since day 1 (and Wrestling Bios before that). We have finally made it to Summerslam 98 which was my absolute favourite PPV from my first full year as a fan. I know other shows might have better in ring performances (although this show does have some great matches) but for sheer nostalgia this will be hard to beat (I was absolutely DX and Stone Cold obsessed at this time). Thank you for everything you've done so far with the series Mr Bios, keep up the great work.
I was at this show! I have a chronic illness so I got a Make-a-Wish to travel from Australia to attend this show and meet Mick Foley and some other wrestlers.
@@KennyFleck-vv4yn fans can be so silly…it’s like when their favorite band is underground but as soon as they sign to a major label and sell millions of albums, all of a sudden they suck
@@bryanmack4054 most the time once a band gets that deal they change their sound and image and the only thing that represents the band you loved is the name
@@bryanmack4054 yeah, and yet if someone offered that fan more money to to the same job, they would take it in a heartbeat. I think when his relationship with Stephanie become public was when all of a sudden the narrative became that he didn't earn his spot, but he paid his dues and earned his spot.
dude this ERA in the GARDEN nothing like it... the energy, the aura, the historic legend of Taker & Austin hitting one of its many peaks, you can't beat it you just can't 😊❤🎉
Absolutely loved that he got some heat for I loved the segment he did in England where he was shouting queenie it’s D’lo and a local spots him saying it’s D’lo Brown
He was actually one of my favorites when I started watching exactly a year later during SS 99, him turning on Kane absolutely destroyed his popularity for the rest of his career though
What I loved about this show was what happened afterwards. The Rock and Triple H were Main Eventers in waiting. Jeff Jarrett killed his Double J persona for good. Edge looked promising as a future long-term talent. Sympathy for Mankind which led to his unlikely rise. Wanted to see more of the Brothers of Destruction. Stone Cold being The Man. I thought WWF would slide in quality after this show, but they went from strength to strength. Can't wait for future Living the War episodes.
Honestly, the main thing that always stuck out to me in this PPV was how extremely over Rock was in his ladder match with Triple H. Rock was a heel & the crowd was cheering him like crazy when he did the people's elbow.
@Shawn shakur At In your House: Breakdown a month later, the triple threat steel cage match has a double people's elbow spot & the crowd pops really loud for that one too. Not too long after, the Nation of Domination breaks up & Rock has the brief babyface run until he wins the WWE championship.
SummerSlam '98 totally topped WrestleMania 14 and totally beat WCW/NWO Road Wild. Austin vs Undertaker in the Main Event cemented two of the best superstars in the business
I've been waiting for this since this channel started. My favorite PPV ever. Cheers to almost 13-year-old me, cheers to you, Ryan and cheers to you all.
Legendary IC match. Can't help but enjoy story told throughout. The fans adhering themselves to The Rock, the well placed interference to stack the odds and then Hunter capturing the title makes for one of my all time favourites. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@33:07 take a look how HHH used to do the pedigree, he wouldn’t release the guys arms. It made the move look way more painful. Later on he would start to release the arms. I think someone got their nose broken and he had to change it.
The Highway to Hell..... Summerslam 1998....... This is my favorite Summerslam.... Undertaker vs. Steve Austin for the WWF title..... Childhood Nostalgia...
That ladder match was like peak WWE at that time. The attitude era was great for the stories but actual like five Star classics there wasn't many, but that definitely was one of them. Of course at this same time down in Japan Kings Road was also at it's peak with Misawa, Kenta kobashi, and others having 5 star matches every show... But all the story was in the ring... I do think from 98 to 2000 give or take a little was professional wrestling at its peak in every company worldwide!
I went to this when I was 11 years old. We were in the theater for the Lion's Den match. It was cool, but we basically watched the PPV (with full commentary) except for the one match. Kind of a weird set up. But I still had a blast. I had also met Bam Bam Bigelow, Terri Runnels and The Shiek earlier that day.
I was there for that too. Do you remember someone getting escorted out? I always wondered why they were kicking that dude out. Seemed like a waste of money to go to MSG and get kicked out before the show is even done. 😂
Crazy how they fought over the IC title in early 1997... Then here in mid 1998.. Then feuded as Semi main eventers in 1999.. Then for the World title in 2000. They were joint at the hip. lol
Hands Down Greatest Summerslam of all Time Rock vs Triple H IC Title Ladder Match and Steve Austin vs Undertaker for the WWE Title stole the Whole Show
I love the inclusion of Sunday Night Heat aswell as all the little bits of information about cut content etc. Honestly, you mention how this vid is a bit longer than usual but I really doesn't feel like it. Also enjoy the fresh take on the main event, when every other opinion about the match is mostly negative.
My favorite match of the night. Rock vs HHH ladder match which set the Rock for main event status later on in the year after this loss. My absolute favorite AC/DC song. SummerSlam 97: Austin injures neck by Owen on that botched tombstone SummerSlam 98: Austin accidentally knocks himself out vs Taker SummerSlam 99: Austin brutally gets attacked post match by HHH with injured knee after losing the title Austin was in a championship match 3 years in a row
My first PPV. That ladder match made me a fan for life. Managed to get my mom (with the help of my older brother) to buy me a Triple H action figure (with the iconic purple pants, of course), along with a Rock figure to recreate it whenever I wanted. Thank you for this!
It had to have been the hottest weekend of the summer and we had no AC in the living room at the time, but it was Austin vs. Taker! The apex of the Attitude Era.
The build up to this main event was so well done. The First Blood Match, the Tag Team titles, the Brothers of Destruction reveal the week before! We were really lead to believe Kane was going to interfere and cost Austin the title! I remember cheering when Undertaker told Kane to go back and he would win on his own.
I was 10 when I saw this pay per view and this lions den match has been the most prevalent memory I have of epic wwf matches. It was mind blowing at that age
I absolutely loved the set up for this Summerslam and it’s by my favourite one and PPV of 1998 and the ladder match was a classic for me and Rock was getting cheered even though HHH was the face
This is such a Good Video to chronicle this Awesome PPV of 98. So happy i held onto my VHS since the network cut most of it. I have it in a vhs collection called classic 5 of 1998 includes all the big PPVs from that year
Edge (a future champion & Pro Wrestling legend) being part of the iconic Summerslam ‘98 undercard makes all the sense in the world.. Until you watch this and realize he’s part of a mixed tag match where Sable & Jacqueline are actually the main attractions 😂😂 This might be my favorite WWE event of all time. Thank you for your service, WB 🫡
I remember watchin this when I was 8 years old..I had jus gotten into wrestling from a neighbor kid of mine who introduced me in 1998. Years later I jus turned 34 and I miss my Freakin Childhood, thank @wrestlingbios for bringing tears of joy☝🏾®️
I agree with you this one, and survivor series 98 are the best ppv of the year. I saw survivor series live, the rock turn was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen live
I've been personally waiting on this one, so I wanna take this time to give my personal experience with this show. Apologies in advance for the long comment. This was probably the first PPV I ever remember watching in full. I was born in 1996, so obviously I have no memory of watching this live, but my grandfather recorded this on VHS (as he did all PPVs he bought) and I remember discovering the tape around 5-6 years old, and I LOVED it. I still love it. It introduced me to pretty much every wrestler I would come to love, and pretty much introduced me to wrestling as a whole, as I do remember really beginning to watch wrestling weekly not long after. The energy, the action, the promos, the hype packages, AC/DC on the theme song, HHH's entrance with the DX Band playing him to the ring, and ICP playing Oddities to the ring. It's just perfect. You never forget your first wrestling show and this was mine, I'll never forget it.
I loved this PPV back in 98. I was so stoked that all of DX and Stone Cold prevailed this night and pretty much every match was so good! Great night for the fans and WWF all together!
Crazy that Rock will be champion in just a few months. Survivor Series was on my 14th birthday❤ miss these days best days of my life, everything was Soo over compared to stuff these days
@@zacharythomason7359 I don't watch it I stopped years ago. However I still kinda follow it from afar my bro and couple friends still really into it so I have to hear about what's going on.
I can not thank you enough for covering this PPV. I was 18 at the time. Three months prior to SummerSlam, my little brother very unexpectedly passed away (we were both huge WWF fans). After that, I didn’t leave the house for months. My friends surprised me by buying tickets to this event and forcing me to take the train to MSG with them. I felt alive again while witnessing this PPV, and the ladder match between HHH and the Rock was so good, I actually forgot about the hell I had recently been through. The storytelling of almost every match that night was amazing. He and I were huge Undertaker and Kane fans. Once again, than you for re-igniting such a great memory of my childhood! 🥲
I love the psychology of Austin going back to his technical wrestling roots to keep Taker off guard, knowing that the conventional approach doesn't work.Would've been cool if he had brought it back throughout the match instead of just doing it at the start, possibly a result of the accidental knockout. Nevertheless, such a banger of a Main Event in an already incredibly strong show. Amazing how they managed to work around that accident.
@@maskedcritic man... Missed opportunity there really... They could have filled the theatre with another 5000 fans or so to let them watch the show with the crowd experience, and given them a bonus of actually seeing one match live that those in the arena had to watch on the screens ... Not to mention raising the overall gate for the event ..
@@maskedcritic Vince must have been asleep at the switch... They filled the Theatre at both WrestleMania 1 and 10 as a closed circuit venue... And this would have been a little more lucrative to fans not able to get arena tickets, seeing as they would have one of the matches live at their venue.
One month away from one of my favorite PPVs Breakdown. Vaders last WWF PPV match & Rocky turns face with a huge pop when introduced for a great match in the cage
I got into wrestling after King of the Ring 98 when I was 7. The Highway to Hell hype video for Austin vs Undertaker is the 1st one I remember & is still one of my favorites to this day. I'm 32 now.
@@SylvianLight No, I think they were just older and getting out of shape and the WWE wanted to focus on younger new talent. LOD especially HAWK had substance abuse issues. LOD could be quite petty, remember them no selling Kane and RVD in 2003? one of them got pretty much right back up after a chokeslam and 5 star frog splash. Plus, I think you'll fins a lot of wrestlers treat women a lot worse than what Vince did.
This was the first PPV i attended live and what a show it was my 10th birthday present from my parents and my aunt took me it was a fun time. This takes me back
A nice touch I only noticed years later, about thirty seconds before Kane walks out you see the lights in the entranceway flickering. This happens during both the Tag title match and the main.
Great video as always! I love this PPV and it brought back a ton of memories. You mentioned how the Rock/HHH match was a top match of the year. Would you consider doing a video on your favorite matches from a given year? I think that would be a fun video.
Wasn't at this ppv, but the theater is just another venue at msg, very small, usually slated for comedy shows. Wouldn't be shocked if they offered a summerslam viewing party for the theater and promised 1 match at the theater(similar to what they did for raw 25, had a viewing party for raw 25 at the grand ballroom in the Manhattan center and gave them dx and a match or 2)
I loved this pay-per-view. 1998 was year I started watching wrestling "full-time" going from a casual fan in the years prior to being a super fan. I can't say as much for the past decade though. Some diamonds in the rough, but wrestling's just too watered down for me now. But I remember this being the first PPV my grandfather letting me stay up late and watch (I was 10 in 1998 and had a bed time). It still remains one of my favorite pay-per-views of all time. I watched the VHS so many times when I was a kid, it probably doesn't even work anymore. I think most of the matches were solid, the Oddities match was not great, but still fun, and HHH vs. The Rock was the MOTN. Despite Taker and Stone Cold not liking their match, I still love it, and that Undertaker leg drop spot from the top rope to the commentary table is still one of my favorite spots of all time. Terrific PPV and love this series, because the Attitude Era was definitely a highlight of my childhood, so thanks Wrestling Bios.
I was at the Lion’s Den match. MSG has a special theatre in the arena. No special entrance just a regular entrance to get in. Paid for the ticket. Had big screens to watch the rest of the show. Awesome stuff Mr. Wrestling Bios!
the build up to the Austin/Taker match was extremely well done that entire summer this aired the day before the first day of my sophomore year of high school, i despised school and was teased and bullied all the time but the hype for this match was so huge i couldn't wait for summer vacation to end
Thank you so much for this video! This brought back soo many great memories I remember my parents getting me this ppv as a kid and thinking it was super! Best ppv of the year!!!! A amazing flash back!
You really can tell how much you loved puttin this banger together. Your narration is always second to none, but you had perhaps even more joy in hammering home happy hindsight here. HHH/Rock is a classic, all action brawl that really pushed the two lads into headline status, and your script, delivery and reflection on the match was addictive listening. Im sure you had as much fun watchin SS98 again whilst putting this video together as we did watching this. F'kin A.
“Thanks for watching guys” No, thank you. There are many UA-cam channels who have some great videos about wrestling history but you are putting constantly high quality stuff, every week.
Goddamn this was the best summer slam of all time. We mere mortals got to witness wrestling gods clash in an epic rock and roll metal fest for the ages.
It’s one of my favorite SummerSlams but I think the year before was a better show. Bret vs Taker with HBK as referee was better than Austin vs Taker. HHH vs Mankind in the cage was great too. Austin vs Owen was great until the botch. Shamrock vs Bulldog was fun as well. If you haven’t seen SummerSlam 1997 give it a watch.
The theater was used for fans to watch the Pay-Per-View that could not get into the show, they did this often.. Macho Man and Crush I believe went into the theater during their WrestleMania 10 match, and there were a lot of fans around. so I'm assuming these fans just had the opportunity to watch the Lion's Den match and then the rest of the ppv on the big screen
Gotta love (and laugh) at this era of WWF.: Kane is setting fire to the coffin and corpse of Taker's mother on RAW, then they try and set each other on fire at the inferno match... yet 4 months later they are all good and 'in cahoots'. Amazing.
Summerslam 98 was one of the most epic ppv's of the attitude era, everything felt huge and the AC DC highway to hell song was a perfect fit for the build up towards Stone Cold vs The Undertaker title main event. The best match of the show was easily The Rock vs Triple H ladder match. Great memories watching this ppv on VHS with my best friend (RIP)
Sorry for your loss my guy.
@@zacharythomason7359 it's okay, just brings back good memories of me and him watching wrestling at it's peak
In 1998 Triple H was the only babyface I despised and Rock was the only heel I liked (until Royal Rumble 1999). I was so bummed seeing Rock lose this one.
@@WarhawkBeyond2040hell yeah brother. Lots of good memories of those days.
Yeah that Ladder match was brutal but really good. Great fights. Great manoveures. All around awesome. Sorry to hear about your friend's passing.
Kane standing in the walk way looking like a boss will always give me chills
This was the night The Rock became a megastar. His popularity would not skyrocket until the spring of 1999, but this is where it began.
I 100% agree! You can hear the crowd cheering for him!
I feel like the rock and sock connection is what took him to superstar status
For me is the cheering here and when the crowd would say the rock catchphrases and the rock to keep his heat saying this ain’t sing a long with the rock
His popularity skyrocketed since the beginning of the corporation angle in late 1998 with further bolstered by his face turn in April of 1999..After that there was no stopping him and yes he eventually overtake Austin in terms of popularity..
But he had just becoming a babyface just like that and he turned heel 8 weeks later to become WWF champion in a unexpected swerve so he was a megastar at Survivor Series.
The “Steve Mafuggin Blackman” gets me every time 😂😂😂 19:02
You ain't alone
Mick Foley, with those 13 words, made me laugh just as hard in my 30s as I did in my early teens. Thanks for the nostalgia. 🤣😂
I was 16 years old when I attended this show. I recall the tickets for the Lions Den were cheaper than MSG seats, so my best friend and I got front row Lions Den seats.
Did y’all get to watch the rest of the show from in there on a big screen or something?
@@otda3675 yes. The rest of the show was projected on a Tron, sort of like they have for TV episodes.
Ugh. D-Lo botching the powerbomb is kind of scary when you know what happens to Droz a year later.
Ya at least they became really good friends out of it.
D-Lo never should've been asked to powerbomb anyone who weighed over 200. Seriously such a sloppy worker. WCW talent at best
@@spockhozzer7207 ouch
Yep
@@spockhozzer7207 Bret refused to ever take Hall’s Razors edge because he didn’t like the way Hall did it. He thought it was dangerous. Wrestlers should not take moves if they don’t feel comfortable.
Such an iconic PPV! The attitude era just had such an aura to it and they did such a great job of creating feuds and storylines throughout the card and making them all feel important
Thats cause Pat Patterson Jim Ross and Vince Russo were in charge
@@makaveli4205 this when they are at their peak
@VP Of Rent'em Spoons love or hate Russo amazing. He got ripped off in dubia Cee dubia
Summer Slam 1998 was Attitude Era WWF through and through.
@VP Of Rent'em Spoons Ya he wrote everyone's promos
I have been watching Reliving The War since day 1 (and Wrestling Bios before that). We have finally made it to Summerslam 98 which was my absolute favourite PPV from my first full year as a fan. I know other shows might have better in ring performances (although this show does have some great matches) but for sheer nostalgia this will be hard to beat (I was absolutely DX and Stone Cold obsessed at this time). Thank you for everything you've done so far with the series Mr Bios, keep up the great work.
Absolutely 🤘💙
Most definitely 😎😎😎💎💎💎💎
The fingerpoke of doom was the real beginning of the end of nwo and wcw
You just made me feel old, my first full year as a fan was during WM3
@SALTER818 it's all relative, I feel the same when I hear people say "I've been watching since 2010" or never saw it when it was called WWF, only WWE.
I was at this show! I have a chronic illness so I got a Make-a-Wish to travel from Australia to attend this show and meet Mick Foley and some other wrestlers.
Awesome
I don't want to be rude but what illness did you have?
@@ShanAli-sq4rs Chron’s disease. I still have it, but I had a surgery in 2016 that means I am in a lot less pain.
That pop when Triple H grabs the belt is incredible
Yes, triple hhh used to be an internet darling also, around this time. Lol. The irony 😂😂😂
@@KennyFleck-vv4yn fans can be so silly…it’s like when their favorite band is underground but as soon as they sign to a major label and sell millions of albums, all of a sudden they suck
@@bryanmack4054 most the time once a band gets that deal they change their sound and image and the only thing that represents the band you loved is the name
@@bryanmack4054 yeah, and yet if someone offered that fan more money to to the same job, they would take it in a heartbeat. I think when his relationship with Stephanie become public was when all of a sudden the narrative became that he didn't earn his spot, but he paid his dues and earned his spot.
@@KennyFleck-vv4ynnow a triple h product is stale thou
The card, the theme song, the venue of this ppv, it's so memorable and definitely one of the top ppv of that era
Can't forget the promotional poster, that thing looked awesome, too!
dude this ERA in the GARDEN nothing like it... the energy, the aura, the historic legend of Taker & Austin hitting one of its many peaks, you can't beat it you just can't 😊❤🎉
The best part of D-lows title run was them always changing where he was from 😆
Absolutely loved that he got some heat for I loved the segment he did in England where he was shouting queenie it’s D’lo and a local spots him saying it’s D’lo Brown
Not quite as wacko as AL Snow's European title run
Man, X-Pac is such an UNDERRATED wrestler. Dude was putting on some of the most technical matches back in the 90s. Gotta respect him.
He was actually one of my favorites when I started watching exactly a year later during SS 99, him turning on Kane absolutely destroyed his popularity for the rest of his career though
That poster for the PPV was amazing. Remember thinking how cool it looked as a kid. The ladder match is really underrated I have always thought.
After this PPV Vince begins his master plan and starts IMO one of the best periods of WWE (Sept 98 - APR 99)
Those 13 words from Foley were legendary!
What I loved about this show was what happened afterwards.
The Rock and Triple H were Main Eventers in waiting.
Jeff Jarrett killed his Double J persona for good.
Edge looked promising as a future long-term talent.
Sympathy for Mankind which led to his unlikely rise.
Wanted to see more of the Brothers of Destruction.
Stone Cold being The Man.
I thought WWF would slide in quality after this show, but they went from strength to strength. Can't wait for future Living the War episodes.
Same here.
Honestly, the main thing that always stuck out to me in this PPV was how extremely over Rock was in his ladder match with Triple H. Rock was a heel & the crowd was cheering him like crazy when he did the people's elbow.
@Shawn shakur At In your House: Breakdown a month later, the triple threat steel cage match has a double people's elbow spot & the crowd pops really loud for that one too. Not too long after, the Nation of Domination breaks up & Rock has the brief babyface run until he wins the WWE championship.
Yeah it was cool..... and he had a new version of his nation theme
@Shawn shakur i thought it might be Kane that would face Austin.
@Shawn shakur but there is alot of reasons why.
SummerSlam '98 totally topped WrestleMania 14 and totally beat WCW/NWO Road Wild. Austin vs Undertaker in the Main Event cemented two of the best superstars in the business
It fits very good
I've been waiting for this since this channel started. My favorite PPV ever. Cheers to almost 13-year-old me, cheers to you, Ryan and cheers to you all.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this might be the 1st time we see barricades instead of guard rails in a WWF event.
Absolutely Correct
Why they have to wait that long ?
Good catch
Those tickets were good for both, in msg and for the lions den match! This was the only time I've been to NYC! This was also my first summer slam too
This was one of my favorite attitude era PPV's and I was so glad AKI used the highway to hell Summerslam arena in Wrestlemania 2000
Its weird to think about, but I was such a massive HHH fan back in these days. I felt so betrayed when he joined the corporation
Waltman still has the best back spinning kicks
Legendary IC match. Can't help but enjoy story told throughout.
The fans adhering themselves to The Rock, the well placed interference to stack the odds and then Hunter capturing the title makes for one of my all time favourites.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
And The Rock would become WWF champion 8 weeks later to turn heel again.
@33:07 take a look how HHH used to do the pedigree, he wouldn’t release the guys arms. It made the move look way more painful. Later on he would start to release the arms. I think someone got their nose broken and he had to change it.
I wish HHH didn’t get injured because I would have loved to see a good face run with the IC title
@@catchcan221 The Rock's nose was busted combined with Chair and Ladder
@@johnepants it's a shame that he relinquished like that.
My great grandfather had this on vhs. One of my first wrestling events to see. 8 year old me was hooked
Greatest SummerSlam of All Time in my humble opinion.
The Highway to Hell.....
Summerslam 1998.......
This is my favorite Summerslam....
Undertaker vs. Steve Austin for the WWF title.....
Childhood Nostalgia...
This is a PPV never forgotten!
Totally agree with you.
That ladder match was like peak WWE at that time. The attitude era was great for the stories but actual like five Star classics there wasn't many, but that definitely was one of them. Of course at this same time down in Japan Kings Road was also at it's peak with Misawa, Kenta kobashi, and others having 5 star matches every show... But all the story was in the ring... I do think from 98 to 2000 give or take a little was professional wrestling at its peak in every company worldwide!
I went to this when I was 11 years old. We were in the theater for the Lion's Den match. It was cool, but we basically watched the PPV (with full commentary) except for the one match.
Kind of a weird set up. But I still had a blast. I had also met Bam Bam Bigelow, Terri Runnels and The Shiek earlier that day.
I was there for that too. Do you remember someone getting escorted out? I always wondered why they were kicking that dude out. Seemed like a waste of money to go to MSG and get kicked out before the show is even done. 😂
It’s really cool to see Triple H and The Rock right before they really blew up.
Crazy how they fought over the IC title in early 1997... Then here in mid 1998.. Then feuded as Semi main eventers in 1999.. Then for the World title in 2000. They were joint at the hip. lol
Hands Down Greatest Summerslam of all Time
Rock vs Triple H IC Title Ladder Match and Steve Austin vs Undertaker for the WWE Title stole the Whole Show
I love PPV weeks. It's like extra jam for no reason.
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I remember ordering this and recorded it on VHS 📼
The reason is the pay offs.
Get the actual footage from wrestling bios
So Austin used a sledgehammer before Hunter
I really didn't mind the longer review. I hope the remaining PPV reviews include Sunday Night Heat recaps too.
I love the inclusion of Sunday Night Heat aswell as all the little bits of information about cut content etc.
Honestly, you mention how this vid is a bit longer than usual but I really doesn't feel like it.
Also enjoy the fresh take on the main event, when every other opinion about the match is mostly negative.
My favorite match of the night. Rock vs HHH ladder match which set the Rock for main event status later on in the year after this loss. My absolute favorite AC/DC song.
SummerSlam 97: Austin injures neck by Owen on that botched tombstone
SummerSlam 98: Austin accidentally knocks himself out vs Taker
SummerSlam 99: Austin brutally gets attacked post match by HHH with injured knee after losing the title
Austin was in a championship match 3 years in a row
Austin was very lucky
My first PPV. That ladder match made me a fan for life. Managed to get my mom (with the help of my older brother) to buy me a Triple H action figure (with the iconic purple pants, of course), along with a Rock figure to recreate it whenever I wanted. Thank you for this!
One of my top attitude era PPV's, have been looking forward to you covering this one for a while. Great work.
Actually the first pro wrestling event I ever saw of any kind, I was totally hooked from there.
Feels like Austin often has things working against him in his biggest matches in some form.
I was thinking this same thing.
That’s the entertainment man lol
It had to have been the hottest weekend of the summer and we had no AC in the living room at the time, but it was Austin vs. Taker! The apex of the Attitude Era.
The build up to this main event was so well done. The First Blood Match, the Tag Team titles, the Brothers of Destruction reveal the week before! We were really lead to believe Kane was going to interfere and cost Austin the title! I remember cheering when Undertaker told Kane to go back and he would win on his own.
I was 10 when I saw this pay per view and this lions den match has been the most prevalent memory I have of epic wwf matches. It was mind blowing at that age
Yes it's finally here one of the most nostalgic if not best PPV's of all time SS98
I loved the way this summerslam looked as a kid
I absolutely loved the set up for this Summerslam and it’s by my favourite one and PPV of 1998 and the ladder match was a classic for me and Rock was getting cheered even though HHH was the face
This is such a Good Video to chronicle this Awesome PPV of 98. So happy i held onto my VHS since the network cut most of it. I have it in a vhs collection called classic 5 of 1998 includes all the big PPVs from that year
Edge (a future champion & Pro Wrestling legend) being part of the iconic Summerslam ‘98 undercard makes all the sense in the world.. Until you watch this and realize he’s part of a mixed tag match where Sable & Jacqueline are actually the main attractions 😂😂
This might be my favorite WWE event of all time. Thank you for your service, WB 🫡
I remember watchin this when I was 8 years old..I had jus gotten into wrestling from a neighbor kid of mine who introduced me in 1998. Years later I jus turned 34 and I miss my Freakin Childhood, thank @wrestlingbios for bringing tears of joy☝🏾®️
I agree with you this one, and survivor series 98 are the best ppv of the year. I saw survivor series live, the rock turn was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen live
But rushed and unexpected
I've been personally waiting on this one, so I wanna take this time to give my personal experience with this show. Apologies in advance for the long comment.
This was probably the first PPV I ever remember watching in full. I was born in 1996, so obviously I have no memory of watching this live, but my grandfather recorded this on VHS (as he did all PPVs he bought) and I remember discovering the tape around 5-6 years old, and I LOVED it. I still love it. It introduced me to pretty much every wrestler I would come to love, and pretty much introduced me to wrestling as a whole, as I do remember really beginning to watch wrestling weekly not long after.
The energy, the action, the promos, the hype packages, AC/DC on the theme song, HHH's entrance with the DX Band playing him to the ring, and ICP playing Oddities to the ring. It's just perfect. You never forget your first wrestling show and this was mine, I'll never forget it.
One the best SummerSlam's in History
For real this one n 2000 we’re so awesome
I loved this PPV back in 98. I was so stoked that all of DX and Stone Cold prevailed this night and pretty much every match was so good! Great night for the fans and WWF all together!
Crazy that Rock will be champion in just a few months. Survivor Series was on my 14th birthday❤ miss these days best days of my life, everything was Soo over compared to stuff these days
What do you think about today 's wrestling 🤔
@@zacharythomason7359 I don't watch it I stopped years ago. However I still kinda follow it from afar my bro and couple friends still really into it so I have to hear about what's going on.
I can not thank you enough for covering this PPV. I was 18 at the time. Three months prior to SummerSlam, my little brother very unexpectedly passed away (we were both huge WWF fans). After that, I didn’t leave the house for months. My friends surprised me by buying tickets to this event and forcing me to take the train to MSG with them. I felt alive again while witnessing this PPV, and the ladder match between HHH and the Rock was so good, I actually forgot about the hell I had recently been through. The storytelling of almost every match that night was amazing. He and I were huge Undertaker and Kane fans. Once again, than you for re-igniting such a great memory of my childhood! 🥲
If there is a Heaven your little brother is there. Thanks for the story.
Loved the build up to the HTH main event! Some peak Attitude era stuff around summer 1998
I love the psychology of Austin going back to his technical wrestling roots to keep Taker off guard, knowing that the conventional approach doesn't work.Would've been cool if he had brought it back throughout the match instead of just doing it at the start, possibly a result of the accidental knockout. Nevertheless, such a banger of a Main Event in an already incredibly strong show. Amazing how they managed to work around that accident.
Summerslam 1998 Main event : The Undertaker vs THE RINGMASTER! ;)
Always loved the MSG stage entrance with the crowd right on top like royal rumble 2000. Made it feel more edger more cagey.
One of the best summerslams and attitude era ppvs ever.
Thank you for your time and consideration doing these videos. I know its a ton of work.❤
This was the first ppv my friends and I all threw a few dollars towards to watch. Great times
Same here! I was doing chores for my parents and grandma so I could come up with half the money. Freaking good times man
I was there at MSG for this. Loved it
Am I right in thinking they sold a closed circuit ticket option to get people into the MSG Theatre?
@@kurtpaulsen6579 @wrestling bios you had to buy an extra ticket for $15 to go to the MSG theater
@@maskedcritic man... Missed opportunity there really... They could have filled the theatre with another 5000 fans or so to let them watch the show with the crowd experience, and given them a bonus of actually seeing one match live that those in the arena had to watch on the screens ... Not to mention raising the overall gate for the event ..
@@kurtpaulsen6579 they also played Highway to Hell over and over again. People got tired after the 20th time.
@@maskedcritic Vince must have been asleep at the switch... They filled the Theatre at both WrestleMania 1 and 10 as a closed circuit venue... And this would have been a little more lucrative to fans not able to get arena tickets, seeing as they would have one of the matches live at their venue.
Watched this VHS a million times as a kid. Classic ppv in a legendary period in time
One month away from one of my favorite PPVs Breakdown. Vaders last WWF PPV match & Rocky turns face with a huge pop when introduced for a great match in the cage
I always wondered how that happened…Rocks face turn…felt like it came out of nowhere…guess the fans finally smelled what he was cooking
One of the best steel cage matches I ever saw
@@bryanmack4054 maybe the night after Summerslam, he cut a promo before he went to the ring and the fans pop huge for him.
I got into wrestling after King of the Ring 98 when I was 7. The Highway to Hell hype video for Austin vs Undertaker is the 1st one I remember & is still one of my favorites to this day. I'm 32 now.
The downfall of LOD is such a sad story. I can’t believe they let it get to that point. Took a legendary tag team and turned them into a joke.
Very sad imo 😞
Did the same to Vader
The attitude era was leaving them behind
i wonder what lead to their downfall? maybe they asked vince to respect women or perhaps they questioned one of shawn's injuries.
@@SylvianLight No, I think they were just older and getting out of shape and the WWE wanted to focus on younger new talent. LOD especially HAWK had substance abuse issues. LOD could be quite petty, remember them no selling Kane and RVD in 2003? one of them got pretty much right back up after a chokeslam and 5 star frog splash. Plus, I think you'll fins a lot of wrestlers treat women a lot worse than what Vince did.
I had the PPV on VHS, probably still at my mom’s house. Loved it.
This is my all time favorite PPV, so glad you're finally covering it.
😂😂😂 I can't get enough of your bit with Blackman
This was my first ppv and I loved it. How wrestling has changed and how beautiful it is. Thank you for making my days more exciting.
Wow you are truly lucky
Glad to have been here for the premiere. It was a blast !
Still thank you for your work, Ryan ❤
Great video as always, Still can't believe that we're almost at the end of 98 of this RTW series.
This was the first PPV i attended live and what a show it was my 10th birthday present from my parents and my aunt took me it was a fun time. This takes me back
😂😂 you got some interesting parents taking you to an attitude era show
@@pleaseshutup7053 my aunt did my mom has never gone and i dragged my dad once usually as a kid my brother or sister took me
A nice touch I only noticed years later, about thirty seconds before Kane walks out you see the lights in the entranceway flickering. This happens during both the Tag title match and the main.
Great video as always! I love this PPV and it brought back a ton of memories.
You mentioned how the Rock/HHH match was a top match of the year. Would you consider doing a video on your favorite matches from a given year? I think that would be a fun video.
Wasn't at this ppv, but the theater is just another venue at msg, very small, usually slated for comedy shows. Wouldn't be shocked if they offered a summerslam viewing party for the theater and promised 1 match at the theater(similar to what they did for raw 25, had a viewing party for raw 25 at the grand ballroom in the Manhattan center and gave them dx and a match or 2)
I loved this pay-per-view. 1998 was year I started watching wrestling "full-time" going from a casual fan in the years prior to being a super fan. I can't say as much for the past decade though. Some diamonds in the rough, but wrestling's just too watered down for me now. But I remember this being the first PPV my grandfather letting me stay up late and watch (I was 10 in 1998 and had a bed time). It still remains one of my favorite pay-per-views of all time. I watched the VHS so many times when I was a kid, it probably doesn't even work anymore. I think most of the matches were solid, the Oddities match was not great, but still fun, and HHH vs. The Rock was the MOTN. Despite Taker and Stone Cold not liking their match, I still love it, and that Undertaker leg drop spot from the top rope to the commentary table is still one of my favorite spots of all time. Terrific PPV and love this series, because the Attitude Era was definitely a highlight of my childhood, so thanks Wrestling Bios.
So glad I was able to watch the Patreon version of this show. Great content as always brother!
I was at the Lion’s Den match. MSG has a special theatre in the arena. No special entrance just a regular entrance to get in. Paid for the ticket. Had big screens to watch the rest of the show. Awesome stuff Mr. Wrestling Bios!
I enjoyed this entire show. Was a fan of the oddities as a kid so that one i didnt mind
the build up to the Austin/Taker match was extremely well done that entire summer
this aired the day before the first day of my sophomore year of high school, i despised school and was teased and bullied all the time but the hype for this match was so huge i couldn't wait for summer vacation to end
It was so outstanding
Is this the Undertakers first ever clean pinfall loss?
@@catchcan221 yes
Once a month I get to remember the PPVs.
Reliving is awesome sauce but these are memories with family.
This brings back great memories. I was there with my friend and my mom. We were sitting in the 10th row.
Thank you so much for this video! This brought back soo many great memories
I remember my parents getting me this ppv as a kid and thinking it was super! Best ppv of the year!!!! A amazing flash back!
🎶No stop signs, speed limits 🎶
So much nostalgia behind this PPV
D'lo almost botching his powerbomb gave me really sad thoughts about what's to come around December 1999.
You really can tell how much you loved puttin this banger together. Your narration is always second to none, but you had perhaps even more joy in hammering home happy hindsight here. HHH/Rock is a classic, all action brawl that really pushed the two lads into headline status, and your script, delivery and reflection on the match was addictive listening. Im sure you had as much fun watchin SS98 again whilst putting this video together as we did watching this. F'kin A.
I remember feeling that watching the WWF/E in a random ppv channel felt like I was in a really exclusive club. I miss these fun, easy going times.
“Thanks for watching guys” No, thank you.
There are many UA-cam channels who have some great videos about wrestling history but you are putting constantly high quality stuff, every week.
Goddamn this was the best summer slam of all time. We mere mortals got to witness wrestling gods clash in an epic rock and roll metal fest for the ages.
It’s one of my favorite SummerSlams but I think the year before was a better show. Bret vs Taker with HBK as referee was better than Austin vs Taker. HHH vs Mankind in the cage was great too. Austin vs Owen was great until the botch. Shamrock vs Bulldog was fun as well. If you haven’t seen SummerSlam 1997 give it a watch.
SS 02 is probably the best
Thank you for all your time and effort. You do an amazing job running your channel and keeping us entertained from your heart and soul. Respect 🤜🤛
I like The Oddities. Always found them fun and a break from the other stuff
The theater was used for fans to watch the Pay-Per-View that could not get into the show, they did this often.. Macho Man and Crush I believe went into the theater during their WrestleMania 10 match, and there were a lot of fans around. so I'm assuming these fans just had the opportunity to watch the Lion's Den match and then the rest of the ppv on the big screen
Gotta love (and laugh) at this era of WWF.: Kane is setting fire to the coffin and corpse of Taker's mother on RAW, then they try and set each other on fire at the inferno match... yet 4 months later they are all good and 'in cahoots'. Amazing.
@7:44 Austin luthez pressing Kane to the beat 🪘 of the music 🎶 is eye dazzling and ear catching 😂🎉😊
One of my favorite PPVs ever. Great review as always Ryan!