As a kid i was so invested in the NWO story Line. I remember they would air an encore right after the show during the highlight of their run. The night Lex Luger won the WCW Title from Hogan I was so excited that i snuck out of bed and crawled behind my dads chair so i can watch the encore. I got caught by my dad who had missed the first airing and barely followed wrestling anymore. But he was cool about it and let me stay up with him and watch it. I'll never forget that moment as long as I live.
Jerichos' Man of 1004 hold segment during his feud with Malenko to me should be here. It was one of the best things on Nitro ever. He is listing all of his holds, they go to commercial and then come back and he is still listing them. It was great.
Hall, specifically, and his IRL friendships with a handful of WCW talent and Bischoff, who was studying the Japanese way of doing things. All of that culminated into the NWO and I don’t think they could’ve got a better person than Hall to do it. Hall is, in large part, the reason wrestling was awesome for another era.
The NWO vs Sting storyline was one of the best things I have ever seen on TV across any genre. WCW from 1996 to 1998 was amazing. 99 was also good but not on the same level.
Booker actually became a 4-Time WCW Champion when he beat Scott Steiner. His 5th reign was when he beat Kurt Angle on Raw Is War a few months later in August
But as someone whos job is to talk about Wrestling, they should know its history profesionally & perfectly. That 1 mistake is like WatchMojo mistake & we all know how many mistakes WatchMojo makes when it comes to Animes!
@@senorbusyman That’s because WatchMojo gets their info from Wikipedia. The other day I was watching a video of theirs and after seeing one of the entries, I went to Wikipedia to look up more info on it. The first paragraph on the site was, literally, word for word, what the WM narrator had said.
@@doomy_mcdoomerson Wiki or not they are very innacurate when its comes to animes. Hell they dont even want to admit when theyre wrong or make mistakes. Look up there Gundam videos
NWO was iconic. Honestly in my opinion one of the absolute best storylines in wrestling history. The four horsemen is definitely still the best though. Ric Flair with a camera and a mic = golden television
A few of my favorites moments: a) Bret Hart wrestling Chris Benoit in the Kemper arena a year after Owen Heart died; b) Goldberg beating Hogan for the tile and Heenan being estatic; c) When Sting took on the entire locker room when you did not know what side was he on; d) when Sting confronted Hogan for the first time in the his crow persona; and e) when they reformed the 4 Horsemen with Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, Ric Flair, and Mongo (well, ok, 3 out of four is not bad) I agree with you about Hart getting over Goldberg
When Vince bought wcw most of wrestling died. I remember being a kid watching the last episode sad AF. two mondays before the last episode I ended up going to bed around 7:00pm and waking up around the time it went off. By the time the last episode aired and the powers that be announced they were going out of business and going off the air for good, I was in total disbelief and shock bc I hadn't heard anything about it until that night. I was between 10-12 at the time. I was heart broken. no more flicking back and forth between Monday night wars😔. The attitude era patched the hole in my heart a fair amount but wrestling was never the same. Just glad I got to grow up in that kick ass era! it was TOOOO SWEEETTTTT LOL
That was a pretty epic finish. Almost as epic as the amount of garbage that ends up thrown into the ring from the time Goldberg has Hogan up for the Jackhammer until the ref hits three.
I remember Goldberg had a contract with a shoe store and he would go around to grand openings and other promos. He came to my city Lafayette, Louisiana and did a meet and greet. The entire store, parking lot, and all the streets were completely packed out there had to be thousands. I got to shake his hand and get his signature. You can tell Goldberg really really loves being a wrestling role model for kids and was legit nice and acted happy to meet all the fans there
Ton of great moments in wrestling. Scott Hall showing up to WCW and talking about a war though was probably the most memorable wrestling moment ever. My friends and I were completely invested. We believed it was a war 💯
Arguably the best run of any wrestler ever between 96 & 97…without wrestling or even speaking! Greatest shit ever was Schiavone yelling “IT’S STIIIING!”
When Goldberg beat Hogan on Nitro it was like free ppv. I couldn’t believe they were actually going to have the match but they did. Oh and Scott Steiner was always fun to watch since he would say/do whatever he wanted to any wrestler.
Very true. The NWO also absolutely did NOT show up at their very best on the Nitro following Bash at the Beach (Hogan wasn't there, Hall & Nash just did a lame interview with Mean Gene). Sloppy research. Sloppy video.
History is told by the victors, and by those embittered by backstage nonsense, but Nitro was incredibly entertaining for the most part up until 1999 or so.
Also the WCW midcard was just so strong. Sure you had the stories at the top with the nWo stuff, but the wrestling in the middle portion of the show was so good. Benoit, Saturn, the Gurerros, Mysterio, DDP and so many more put on really good matches those days
I enjoyed WCW more than WWE, and felt the WWE had a ton of crap that I couldn’t stand even back then (two minute matches, a whole Raw of Undertaker/ Kane destroying everyone so that it was a show of nothing but run ins, & the unprotected chair-shots to the dome and Vince Russo has the attention span of a gnat and all of his story lines went nowhere)
It was a meaningless Nitro match, with no consequences or build up. It was political too. Some of the wrestlers (Benoit, Guerrero, Malenko) were complaining that Nash as booker was making himself look too good, and not giving any of the guys who had been promised a push, any chance to break out. In return Nash booked this match arguably to prove that he was willing to let upcoming start defeat him. However, as I said, the match did nothing, as Nash had made it a "fluke" victory, without advancing a storyline for Mysterio.
I miss those Monday nights when I could flip back and forth between Nitro and RAW, on the TV and during football season I had three choices on Monday nights. Great times.
The pop was not that loud, considering by August 99, the WCW was only filling 50% of the arena. The rating for the segment was unimpressive, and it did nothing for Hogan or WCW, as Bischoff would be demoted a month later. That moment would be lucky to make the top 25 list.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly his career wasn't failing... he was still drawing big money in WWF but he wanted less work days and more money... Hogan always drew money!
@insomniacbritgaming1632 We're talking about when he was in Dubya See W. He wasn't as old in WWF. By the time he got to WCW, it was the end of a good timeline for a career. After that he lost popularity. Sure, he could still draw a crowd. But Hollywood was much more interesting than Hulk.
Thank you. Growing up as a kid I was all about wcw untill it's dying days. I tried wwe for a bit then went to tna. And now aew. So many people want to say wcw was trash all the time but I'm glad you said that's just wwe revisionist history. Great vid man
I remember mine when I was a teenager , I was watching Goldberg vs Hollywood Hogan and when Goldberg won the title , we went nuts , cheered and screamed
I was watching that Nitro when Flair came back, and that moment when Arn Anderson said "RIC FLAIR! GET ON DOWN HERE!" gave me chills up and down my spine! I can only imagine what it must've felt like to actually be there that night. And then Flair launched into that "Fire me? I'm already fired!" Promo.
@@Cursed_Mark Bret could have a "good" match blindfolded, with one arm tied behind his back lol His WCW run was a bust, thanks to incompetent booking. That seems to be the general consensus, of wrestlers & fans alike....even the Hitman has said it, on more than one occasion.
@@sese6227 it was about to get a shot in the arm when Goldberg kicked his fucking head into next month. He was FINALLY being pushed. But his US Title run was pretty solid, as it legitimized that title after it had been misused for awhile before that.
Oddly, one of the few good things Vince Russo did in WCW was immediately push Bret. But that stupid quitting thing was just another of the billion desperate work/shoot angles that seemed to be the only things WCW creative could come up with by then...
My favorite was Luger winning the title. That wasn’t expected because everyone in IWC at the time knew Hogan had creative control. Also DDP turning down NWO and him putting on LaParka suit and beat Savage. lol those were great
That was awesome. I was cheering in my home. The final where he beat off the NWO goons and then racked Hogan; I had a happiness high for the rest of the evening.
I think it was a great decision. In Sting's day to day absence, Luger got over huge and it was not totally expected. So they decided to capitalize on it, albeit for only a week.
@@TheFlock83 for more recent stuff could consider Styles Vs Mahal at Smackdown in Manchester But I wouldn't limit this to World titles I'd include your secondary, and tag belts too I think you'd have to exclude MITB changes though
I can't believe how fortunate I was to witness all these events on TV at that time. There has never been and there will never be a show as engaging and entertaining as this.
Luger is one of the most under rated WCW guys ever. No one seems to find the irony that the guy Vince saw as “next Hogan” was seen as the guy who could take it to NWOs Hogan… thats poetic justice.
As many times that it's re-told of Goldberg beating Hogan, it's not often mentioned that a stipulation where he beat Scott Hall to get the title match earlier in the episode.
Didn't he have to wrestle TWICE, right? Vague memory but I seem to remember something about a "and goldbergs on his second match of the night" fatigue angle.
I absolutely loved seeing Goldberg come back to have a title run. It wasn't kept on him forever either. Just like I'd love a Stone Cold run. I'd actually watch for the first time in years again.
Norton was a beast and big in Japan, but the reality was, he was nothing more than a mid-carder in WCW. I would put Meng vs. The Giant over a random Norton powerbomb IMO.
i loved the wcw, for me it was just more interesting than the overly gimmick focused wwf. 99 and the first part of 2000 wasnt great that is sure but the last months kicked ass imho, loved the magnificient seven angle.
Having been fired/let go three times in my career...every single time....Ric's promo came to mind. The last time I almost walked thru the building saying it, because I was over it. That promo is legendary!
I remember when Hennig gave Hollywood Hogan Flair's robe. The camera zoomed in on Hennig while he gave his promo. When the camera zoomed out Hogan was butt-flossing with Flairs robe. I still laugh when I remember that.
It’s because of WCW and the Attitude Era that I bought the Network and later transferred to Peacock. Never saw them live when they happened despite being alive and old enough to have memories. Thank you streaming
The nWo was great at first, but it needed to die before it killed the company. since most new hires from WWF pretty much all went into the faction and booked to win, it showed the execs felt they had inferior talent. Meanwhile, Vince was pushing Show, Jericho, Eddie and Chris into spots where they could go on top when the opportunity rose.
I love this video. I just wish you would have played the scenes. I thought I was crazy when I got so hype over "Fire me I'm already fired". I still use that quote today for jobs that I'm bout to leave. Anyway cool vid thanks
The WCW was so METAL and so different than the WWF at the time. WWF had legends, big Wrestlemania thing going on, technical matches and some great storylines. That being said, WCW brought something new, fresh and more HARDCORE to the wrestling business. The fan base was also very different and way wilder than in the WWF. Nice to look in retrospective as I wasn't there to witness it then (too young). What a beautiful power the internet has tho! You can totally get the atmosphere by watching old tape.
For the videos I've seen of the days of WCW plenty of times, I enjoyed the most when Scott Hall walked through the crowd, passed the rails over and picked a microphone to deliver a promo that made a total shock in the industry at the time. Jon Moxley pulled a similar angle when he appeared walking amongst a hot crowd, got inside the ring and attacked all who dares to cross him. Jericho, Omega, and even a referee fell to his feet. No one was safe from the epitome of violence, and the rest as they say is history.
Seems weird, doesn't it. I wish he would change back if he's going to continue wrestling. The Crow angle was specifically to combat the NWO. Now that they are gone, he should go back to 80's cowabunga Sting.
9:30. During that celebration, I will never forget Scott Steiner shoot sucker punching Alex Wright in the back of the head when he wasn't looking. Scott, acting like he did not know what happened, was hilarious. Can't remember how many times i've rewound that on my vcr.
It's difficult for me to believe that as awful as wwe has been over the last 2-3 years, they still can't compare to the dismal creative of 2000s WCW. I haven't been able to watch wwe since August because the product just sucks. I can't even imagine how depressing it was to cover wcw at their lowest point.
As a kid i was so invested in the NWO story Line. I remember they would air an encore right after the show during the highlight of their run. The night Lex Luger won the WCW Title from Hogan I was so excited that i snuck out of bed and crawled behind my dads chair so i can watch the encore. I got caught by my dad who had missed the first airing and barely followed wrestling anymore. But he was cool about it and let me stay up with him and watch it. I'll never forget that moment as long as I live.
Lugar won the title. Lugar won the title...that was a great show...
Nice :D That is a cool memory.
I don’t think parents realize we remember little things like that. That’s a sweet memory to have.💕
@@missmoanypants agreed. I was mentally,emotionally, hell physiologically invested in wrestling from 1990 to 2000
Lucky he didn’t spank your bottom or give you the hose na joking cool memory 👍
Jerichos' Man of 1004 hold segment during his feud with Malenko to me should be here. It was one of the best things on Nitro ever. He is listing all of his holds, they go to commercial and then come back and he is still listing them. It was great.
Arm bar.
He said I counted you like like three Lmaooo
Scott Hall showing up on Nitro is the only true answer for #1. It literally changed the world of pro wrestling forever.
Absolutely.
Absolutely, not even by a little bit.
💯👍
Although I agree about Scott hall being the most important moment that Rick Flair rant against Eric was my favorite
Hall, specifically, and his IRL friendships with a handful of WCW talent and Bischoff, who was studying the Japanese way of doing things. All of that culminated into the NWO and I don’t think they could’ve got a better person than Hall to do it. Hall is, in large part, the reason wrestling was awesome for another era.
I miss these days. Always something good to watch on television. The 80s, 90s, and early 2000s were so awesome to me.
I love WCW I miss the good old days of wrestling
Rest in peace, Scott. You were loved.
The NWO vs Sting storyline was one of the best things I have ever seen on TV across any genre. WCW from 1996 to 1998 was amazing. 99 was also good but not on the same level.
As someone who grew up watching WCW, this video was full of nostalgia. thanks cultaholic.
Booker actually became a 4-Time WCW Champion when he beat Scott Steiner. His 5th reign was when he beat Kurt Angle on Raw Is War a few months later in August
@@jamesmcdowell2011 hahaha come on it was just one mistake
But as someone whos job is to talk about Wrestling, they should know its history profesionally & perfectly. That 1 mistake is like WatchMojo mistake & we all know how many mistakes WatchMojo makes when it comes to Animes!
@@senorbusyman That’s because WatchMojo gets their info from Wikipedia. The other day I was watching a video of theirs and after seeing one of the entries, I went to Wikipedia to look up more info on it. The first paragraph on the site was, literally, word for word, what the WM narrator had said.
@@doomy_mcdoomerson Wiki or not they are very innacurate when its comes to animes. Hell they dont even want to admit when theyre wrong or make mistakes. Look up there Gundam videos
That was 6 times actually
Watching your videos just brings me so much nostalgia it's unreal. La Parka.... I mean.....!! I remember playing as him on the N64!
NWO was iconic. Honestly in my opinion one of the absolute best storylines in wrestling history. The four horsemen is definitely still the best though. Ric Flair with a camera and a mic = golden television
I freaking love Nitro. I rewatched again through the pandemic and I loved it
A few of my favorites moments: a) Bret Hart wrestling Chris Benoit in the Kemper arena a year after Owen Heart died; b) Goldberg beating Hogan for the tile and Heenan being estatic; c) When Sting took on the entire locker room when you did not know what side was he on; d) when Sting confronted Hogan for the first time in the his crow persona; and e) when they reformed the 4 Horsemen with Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, Ric Flair, and Mongo (well, ok, 3 out of four is not bad)
I agree with you about Hart getting over Goldberg
When Vince bought wcw most of wrestling died. I remember being a kid watching the last episode sad AF. two mondays before the last episode I ended up going to bed around 7:00pm and waking up around the time it went off. By the time the last episode aired and the powers that be announced they were going out of business and going off the air for good, I was in total disbelief and shock bc I hadn't heard anything about it until that night. I was between 10-12 at the time. I was heart broken. no more flicking back and forth between Monday night wars😔. The attitude era patched the hole in my heart a fair amount but wrestling was never the same. Just glad I got to grow up in that kick ass era! it was TOOOO SWEEETTTTT LOL
I actually jumped up and cheered when Goldberg won the title. That's how impactfull that moment was.
I probably did too, but also decided i would spear anyone at school that had and issue. This is a fact. 98 was a wild time!
That was a pretty epic finish. Almost as epic as the amount of garbage that ends up thrown into the ring from the time Goldberg has Hogan up for the Jackhammer until the ref hits three.
What a MARK.
Was an epic moment especially when I've been a fan of his since his first match against Hugh Morris.
Yes I marked out when he debut on RAW as well 🤣
I remember Goldberg had a contract with a shoe store and he would go around to grand openings and other promos. He came to my city Lafayette, Louisiana and did a meet and greet. The entire store, parking lot, and all the streets were completely packed out there had to be thousands. I got to shake his hand and get his signature. You can tell Goldberg really really loves being a wrestling role model for kids and was legit nice and acted happy to meet all the fans there
Ton of great moments in wrestling. Scott Hall showing up to WCW and talking about a war though was probably the most memorable wrestling moment ever. My friends and I were completely invested. We believed it was a war 💯
Stings run between first time seeing him as the crow/"bat"man gimmick until red face paint Wolfpack was my all time favorite character run.
Arguably the best run of any wrestler ever between 96 & 97…without wrestling or even speaking! Greatest shit ever was Schiavone yelling “IT’S STIIIING!”
When Goldberg beat Hogan on Nitro it was like free ppv. I couldn’t believe they were actually going to have the match but they did. Oh and Scott Steiner was always fun to watch since he would say/do whatever he wanted to any wrestler.
Juventud and kidman had some insane matches.
Kidman underrated. But, he did have the worst Shooting Star Press** of all time. Any era!
**Seven Year Itch
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I assume you will do a better one
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly touché
@@christophergarza9118 😊
Juvi, rey mysterio, kidman, psychosis, and ultimo dragon were an absolute treat at all times.
Used to love Tony screaming THATS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
I hated that shit especially when match was still going on. Thats why I liked the television title. AKA Arns belt had a 20 minute time limit.
"We gotta gooooo"
Booker T became a 4 time WCW champion on the last episode of Nitro. The 5th reign came during the invasion angle
Thank you I was just about to wiki that
Very true. The NWO also absolutely did NOT show up at their very best on the Nitro following Bash at the Beach (Hogan wasn't there, Hall & Nash just did a lame interview with Mean Gene). Sloppy research. Sloppy video.
Goldberg lifting the Giant for the jackhammer was classic as well.
History is told by the victors, and by those embittered by backstage nonsense, but Nitro was incredibly entertaining for the most part up until 1999 or so.
Nitro was unbeatable in the very early days of the NWO. No other angle in wrestling history comes even close.
Also the WCW midcard was just so strong. Sure you had the stories at the top with the nWo stuff, but the wrestling in the middle portion of the show was so good. Benoit, Saturn, the Gurerros, Mysterio, DDP and so many more put on really good matches those days
@@craigfulton2586 It was great to see Ultimo Dragon on TV every week too.
I enjoyed WCW more than WWE, and felt the WWE had a ton of crap that I couldn’t stand even back then (two minute matches, a whole Raw of Undertaker/ Kane destroying everyone so that it was a show of nothing but run ins, & the unprotected chair-shots to the dome and Vince Russo has the attention span of a gnat and all of his story lines went nowhere)
One of my favorites was when Rey Mysterio beat Kevin Nash. I'm surprised that didn't make the list.
It was a meaningless Nitro match, with no consequences or build up. It was political too. Some of the wrestlers (Benoit, Guerrero, Malenko) were complaining that Nash as booker was making himself look too good, and not giving any of the guys who had been promised a push, any chance to break out. In return Nash booked this match arguably to prove that he was willing to let upcoming start defeat him. However, as I said, the match did nothing, as Nash had made it a "fluke" victory, without advancing a storyline for Mysterio.
At least Bret Hart was paid well in WCW.
Lol no question
He damn well better have been, considering it ended his in-ring career.
@@ArcaneAzmadi he did that himself.. Should've came earlier.. Would've had a bigger and better impact.. Bret didn't....
@@Iconhulk Hogan buried him cause Brett was a bigger star ⭐⭐⭐ then him
@@Iconhulk no, Goldberg injuried him. it his fault in anyway
That Arn Anderson my spot parody was funny as hell lol 😂
Not just any spot. >_
@@konstantinkoverchenko9587 not my dog spot. lol
As soon as I heard lawn dart I knew exactly what they were talkin about hahah. Was so awesome and classic!
#1 Fire me I’m already fired! Is the best moment! Loved it!
I miss those Monday nights when I could flip back and forth between Nitro and RAW, on the TV and during football season I had three choices on Monday nights. Great times.
I agree
When Goldberg beat Hogan and Scott Hall the same night. Probably my favorite WCW moment.
That Luger win, you can't explain how big a deal that was at the time, or what the wrestling atmosphere was then.
Hogan's entrance, coming back to wearing the Red and Yellow was a great moment. The pop was massive.
I was there began as Hollywood but ended as hulk hogan
The pop was not that loud, considering by August 99, the WCW was only filling 50% of the arena. The rating for the segment was unimpressive, and it did nothing for Hogan or WCW, as Bischoff would be demoted a month later. That moment would be lucky to make the top 25 list.
@wpgjets4life
It would be lucky to make the top 100. Hardly anyone liked Hogan. He was made heel to give some life into his failing career.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly his career wasn't failing... he was still drawing big money in WWF but he wanted less work days and more money... Hogan always drew money!
@insomniacbritgaming1632
We're talking about when he was in Dubya See W.
He wasn't as old in WWF. By the time he got to WCW, it was the end of a good timeline for a career. After that he lost popularity.
Sure, he could still draw a crowd. But Hollywood was much more interesting than Hulk.
I Still Miss wCw 💔
The NWO roast of Arn Anderson's retirement was pure comedy gold. Should have been a top 10 best Nitro moment.
I still remember watching that episode of nitro where kevin nash throwing rey mysterio against the trailer 😂😂 I was like damn!!
Thank you. Growing up as a kid I was all about wcw untill it's dying days. I tried wwe for a bit then went to tna. And now aew.
So many people want to say wcw was trash all the time but I'm glad you said that's just wwe revisionist history. Great vid man
I remember mine when I was a teenager , I was watching Goldberg vs Hollywood Hogan and when Goldberg won the title , we went nuts , cheered and screamed
"Everyone's favorite yoga dad" I dont know why but loved it!!! 🤪🤪🤪🤪
March 26th, 2021 marks the 20 year anniversary since WCW Monday Night Nitro's final episode aired on TNT in 2001.
That's also the night, I hooked up with that chick
Yup I wonder why they not making a big deal about it.
Hopefully they'll address it on smackdown
that's my dads birthday tho
@@madant22 mine too. I just turned 14 on the day WWF bought WCW.
to this day Goldberg says he had no idea about the metal plate that actually hurt his shoulder real bad
Great list. Love it when you cover WCW
Dean Malenko vs Eddie Guerrero best of 3 in ECW before they jumped ship to WCW is some of the best shit ever
Anytime The Cat was in the ring. One of the greatest to ever hold the mic.
Ernest was a dancing machine
The Cat great but my favorite WCW midcarder was "Screaming" Norman Smiley.
My gosh! Time just flies!! More than 2 decades gone by with innumerable memories!!!
I was watching that Nitro when Flair came back, and that moment when Arn Anderson said "RIC FLAIR! GET ON DOWN HERE!" gave me chills up and down my spine! I can only imagine what it must've felt like to actually be there that night. And then Flair launched into that "Fire me? I'm already fired!" Promo.
That was the greatest moment in WCW history.
Bret Hart with a steel plate was awesome… until he grabbed the mic and said he quit immediately after the reveal.
Sadly that was the only highlight of Bret Hart's WCW career.
That was my birthday gift on 3-29-1999 which was the day I turned 25 years young.
@@Cursed_Mark Bret could have a "good" match blindfolded, with one arm tied behind his back lol His WCW run was a bust, thanks to incompetent booking. That seems to be the general consensus, of wrestlers & fans alike....even the Hitman has said it, on more than one occasion.
@@sese6227 it was about to get a shot in the arm when Goldberg kicked his fucking head into next month. He was FINALLY being pushed. But his US Title run was pretty solid, as it legitimized that title after it had been misused for awhile before that.
Oddly, one of the few good things Vince Russo did in WCW was immediately push Bret. But that stupid quitting thing was just another of the billion desperate work/shoot angles that seemed to be the only things WCW creative could come up with by then...
When Booker won the title on Nitro wasn't it his 4th time? I thought he lost it to Kurt Angle and then won it back in WWF to become a 5 time champ
Yeah it was
You are correct
You are correct as angle only had the title for like a few days if I remember correctly.
@@ocelot20 won it on smackdown, then lost it the next week on raw
So, in reality, Booker is only a 4 time WCW champ, since WCW was long buried by then.
0:32 Actually Booker T beat Steiner on the final episode of Nitro to become the 4 time, 4 time, 4 time, 4 time WCW Champion. 😊
I think 5 time because he brought it with him on WWF/WWE.
@arrogen fifth time was on raw against Kurt angle
My favorite was Luger winning the title. That wasn’t expected because everyone in IWC at the time knew Hogan had creative control. Also DDP turning down NWO and him putting on LaParka suit and beat Savage. lol those were great
No honorable mention of Rey Mysterio getting a win over Kevin Nash? Man I still remember when that happened. It was fucking mind blowing.
Lawn dart... When he beat Nash the place went bonkers
RIP Scott. :-( Thank you for everything
As nice as it was for Luger to beat Hogan for the belt, it ruined the whole "only Sting can stop the nWo" angle they were using to build to Starrcade.
but yo lost it like a week later and they put it right back on hogan
@@universe-ie2mk I know; makes it an even worse decision.
That's WCW for ya
That was awesome. I was cheering in my home. The final where he beat off the NWO goons and then racked Hogan; I had a happiness high for the rest of the evening.
I think it was a great decision. In Sting's day to day absence, Luger got over huge and it was not totally expected. So they decided to capitalize on it, albeit for only a week.
Top 10 Title Changes on Raw, Smackdown and NXT could be an idea
Thaths a good one!
Mankind winning it over The Rock, turns out it did put butts in the seats
@@TheFlock83 for more recent stuff could consider Styles Vs Mahal at Smackdown in Manchester
But I wouldn't limit this to World titles I'd include your secondary, and tag belts too I think you'd have to exclude MITB changes though
Macho didnt get dragged away by the limo. Macho had it in a sleeper hold and it was running from him.
This is great. A top 10 about wcw nitro from a group of people that never watched nitro when it was on. I’m sure they know what they are talking about
I can't believe how fortunate I was to witness all these events on TV at that time. There has never been and there will never be a show as engaging and entertaining as this.
Goldberg beating Hollywood Hogan was the best moment of nitro.
Glacier running into the ring to celebrate Lex Luger's victory was a true testament to the failure of his gimmick
Can't argue with any of these selections. They all were gold!!
My all time favorite nWo moment was the backstage beat down when they threw Mysterio into the trailer. I was hooked after that
Luger is one of the most under rated WCW guys ever. No one seems to find the irony that the guy Vince saw as “next Hogan” was seen as the guy who could take it to NWOs Hogan… thats poetic justice.
As many times that it's re-told of Goldberg beating Hogan, it's not often mentioned that a stipulation where he beat Scott Hall to get the title match earlier in the episode.
Didn't he have to wrestle TWICE, right?
Vague memory but I seem to remember something about a "and goldbergs on his second match of the night" fatigue angle.
I grew up and seen a lot of wrestling in St. Louis including WCW as a kid. WCW will always have a place in my heart!
The cruiserweight matches were my favorite
They were my least favorite....didn't give a shit about any of them
I absolutely loved seeing Goldberg come back to have a title run. It wasn't kept on him forever either. Just like I'd love a Stone Cold run. I'd actually watch for the first time in years again.
The complete lack of Scott Norton powerbombing fools negates the list entirely.
Norton was a beast and big in Japan, but the reality was, he was nothing more than a mid-carder in WCW. I would put Meng vs. The Giant over a random Norton powerbomb IMO.
@@jeffjackson9679 I'm a mark for Norton though.
i loved the wcw, for me it was just more interesting than the overly gimmick focused wwf. 99 and the first part of 2000 wasnt great that is sure but the last months kicked ass imho, loved the magnificient seven angle.
Really loved Luger beating Hogan.
Having been fired/let go three times in my career...every single time....Ric's promo came to mind. The last time I almost walked thru the building saying it, because I was over it. That promo is legendary!
Ddp deserved to be wwe champion
I’ll never forget these moments.
The "lawn dart" episode was so awesome. I was still in high school. For lack of a better word, it felt real
You left out Steven Regal putting on a wrestling clinic with Goldberg lol
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@@jesseperez3086 he went by Lord Steven Regal in WCW
#1 Is to this day the best wrestling promo I have ever heard. It just felt 100 percent real.
In stylish double denim 😂😂😂😂
Imagine if Ron Simmons won the chip on Nitro...
DAMN!!!!!
No mention of when the Ultimate Warrior appeared and Hogan, with a quivering lip, said, "I thought you were dead!" LMAO, absolutely epic.
The parody was hilarious. Not my dog spot!! 😂😂😂
I remember when Hennig gave Hollywood Hogan Flair's robe.
The camera zoomed in on Hennig while he gave his promo. When the camera zoomed out Hogan was butt-flossing with Flairs robe.
I still laugh when I remember that.
It’s because of WCW and the Attitude Era that I bought the Network and later transferred to Peacock. Never saw them live when they happened despite being alive and old enough to have memories. Thank you streaming
Goldberg/Hogan was by far #1! The Flair promo was great no doubt, but Goldberg pinning Hogan to win the title was crazy
Be careful insulting Virgil, he might put you in his endless void of meat sauce.
I need this wrestling back in my life. Tried watching today and it's just to hard to fallow not knowing a soul. I need old wcw episodes
The nWo was great at first, but it needed to die before it killed the company. since most new hires from WWF pretty much all went into the faction and booked to win, it showed the execs felt they had inferior talent. Meanwhile, Vince was pushing Show, Jericho, Eddie and Chris into spots where they could go on top when the opportunity rose.
I love this video. I just wish you would have played the scenes. I thought I was crazy when I got so hype over "Fire me I'm already fired". I still use that quote today for jobs that I'm bout to leave. Anyway cool vid thanks
The WCW was so METAL and so different than the WWF at the time. WWF had legends, big Wrestlemania thing going on, technical matches and some great storylines. That being said, WCW brought something new, fresh and more HARDCORE to the wrestling business. The fan base was also very different and way wilder than in the WWF.
Nice to look in retrospective as I wasn't there to witness it then (too young). What a beautiful power the internet has tho! You can totally get the atmosphere by watching old tape.
For the videos I've seen of the days of WCW plenty of times, I enjoyed the most when Scott Hall walked through the crowd, passed the rails over and picked a microphone to deliver a promo that made a total shock in the industry at the time.
Jon Moxley pulled a similar angle when he appeared walking amongst a hot crowd, got inside the ring and attacked all who dares to cross him. Jericho, Omega, and even a referee fell to his feet. No one was safe from the epitome of violence, and the rest as they say is history.
WCW rules. Forever!
Forgot about Chucky invading Nitro hahaha
It just occurred to me while watching this video that Sting has had the crow gimmick longer than he was ever surfer sting in the '80s and '90s.
Seems weird, doesn't it. I wish he would change back if he's going to continue wrestling. The Crow angle was specifically to combat the NWO. Now that they are gone, he should go back to 80's cowabunga Sting.
#5 - Let's not forget that Henning almost immediately afterwards joined the NWO.
Nitro was fire ....watched it as much as wwf . Dont know what happened in 1999, but until then they were amazing
I was fortunate enough to have front row seats to the Nitro in Cincinnati, where Rick rude appeared live while he was on a recorded Raw.
9:30. During that celebration, I will never forget Scott Steiner shoot sucker punching Alex Wright in the back of the head when he wasn't looking. Scott, acting like he did not know what happened, was hilarious. Can't remember how many times i've rewound that on my vcr.
Rank every ecw heavyweight and TV championship
You forgot the Finger Poke Of Doom 5 star classic
LOL, it's supposed to be the 10 "BEST" moments on Nitro, not 10 examples that WCW creative had completely lost the plot 🤣😂
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Remember waking up barely on Tuesday mornings because you watched Raw and Nitro? Late slips were abundant that day in school.
"This is where the big boys play, huh?? Look at the adjective... Play 😆
Kevin Nash loves grammar.
The fact that WCW was almost pure wrestling action and less emphasis on drama for many years was what drew me to WCW over WWE.
It's difficult for me to believe that as awful as wwe has been over the last 2-3 years, they still can't compare to the dismal creative of 2000s WCW. I haven't been able to watch wwe since August because the product just sucks. I can't even imagine how depressing it was to cover wcw at their lowest point.