This may be the peak of Jack’s ability to confuse himself. As a matter of fact, we may need a top 10 video of the times Jack perplexed himself with a tangent.
67 honestly isn't that crazy old, my dad's in waaay better shape than me haha, swimming, sprinting and doing shotokan in his 70s and could kick my arse, I get winded on mild slopes It's just about keeping fit i guess
I am mind blown by learning in this video that Jim Ross is younger than Jerry Lawler and called him big brother. Even though it is only 3 years, I never would’ve believed that especially considering their dynamic was always JR as the mature play by play and Lawler as the immature recently retired heel commentator. JR just always seemed like one of the oldest guys in the room.
Loving the conversational flow and Jack's personality getting to be a central feature of the video. Fantastic work from everyone over the last few months. Merry Christmas Cultaholic!
Love this! Feb 2008 is when I first started watching wrestling, so like most people, that first year of product is what I remember and find to be most nostalgic. I explicitly remember watching this episode; in particular, the rush of adrenaline I felt when CM Punk’s theme hit and I realized what was about to happen. I think it was the first time I outwardly cheered while watching wrestling on the TV!
I'm sure like many others, CM Punk using This Fire Burns is what introduced me to the band (which has become a staple for me since; including their older works). For me, Punk's best theme is either This Fire Burns or Miseria Cantare
By 2008 NOAH was still pretty good, but its momentum had quite considerably slowed down. It was the year of Misawa's last title reign, he lost the title to Morishima and Morishima didn't really set the world on fire in his title reign. NOAH's top babyfaces at this point were mostly old stars who didn't really succeeded in passing the torch to the new generations. Best moment I remember from that year is a great tag team titles match between the Briscoes and Marufuji and Sugiura which still has one of the best finish I've ever seen in a match, with Marufuji reversing the Doomsday Device into a Spanish Fly to win the match from out of nowhere. This might not sound as mind blowing by today's standards, but in 2008 was nuts. And then Marufuji himself had a *fantastic* 60 minutes time limit draw with KENTA in the fall. Just because I needed an excuse to point out that Naomichi Marufuji is the most underrated wrestler of all times, like probably the most influential wrestler of his generation.
Well its more of the story. A guy who leaves who some feel was wronged because the firing on wedding day. No one thinks he will ever comeback, had drama in wwe and aew. So a bit of a controversial figure
this was the very first episode of wrestling i ever watched. this one hits directly in the feels over 15 years later. thank you for this guys i needed this today.
I think the reason why it felt like there was a Raw and Smackdown rivalry was largely because we were coming off the heels of the invsion and fans were preprogrammed to pick a side, so WWE was able to manufacture that into Raw vs Smackdown, before just saying f it and letting everyone cross over whenever they wanted.
One of my favorite episodes of Raw (that I got to watch live on TV) was the one when everyone went on strike, I guess it was 2011 or 2012. I remember Cena and Sheamus had a match and CM Punk was on commentary, HHH was the ref. It was very different and it had that chaotic energy when it's the end of the year at your workplace and most people are gone and you have to improvise stuff and just bide your time. Unfortunately they didn't ran with this idea until the end so after this match and the initial segments, everything goes back to normal. But it was very creative and it would've been interesting if they did the whole show improvised like that.
I actually rewatched this show a few months ago. It was weird, but it was so crazy how many parallels there are with Punk and Cena in just this one show. It feels like it was the start to a long story that was always planned. Loved it in all honesty. (To Be Loved is in fact, the best theme song for Raw).
28:08 A) "Marshall Law". Cant wait for Tekken 8. B) "Martial Law". What a show! Something else I grew up doing with my brother other than playing the aforementioned Tekken, watching Hong Kong/Asian Cinema. Sammo Hung is an absolute legend, been in so many great movies and directed/produced tons too. I'm sure everyone knows, but, ya know, might be before some peoples time, he grew up performing in the same opera troupe as Jackie Chan and has starred in tons of movies with him.
Actually WWE put the static at the beginning Punk’s theme. That is not at the beginning of the song Cult of Personality, just the guitar riff. So it is probably connected to the sound the mic makes and maybe intentional cause Punk and the microphone were simpatico especially when they brought him back with that theme in June 2011.
Am I missing something... If WM 23 DVD held the #1 spot for the entire year then how did 14 other WWE Home Video releases also reach #1? Are there multiple number one slots? Are they using a weird definition of "hold" where you can briefly lose it and get it back and that counts as holding it? It'd be like saying "This year there were 15 Heavyweight champions, with Triple H holding the belt the entire year".
Glad I'm not alone in being utterly confused by this. Also, how did the WM23 DVD hold #1 for the entire year when the event only happened in April, so I assume the DVD came out in about May?
@@bernieburnham Its done weekly so those who track sales count the sales of week one. Start over in week two and so on. Then at the end of the year they tally all the sales and find the top selling DVDs of the year.
@@BoogalooBartholomew It took your comment and about three re-reads to work out what they mean. They mean that WM23 was the highest-selling sports DVD in total sales in 2007, whereas I interpreted it to mean WM23 was in the #1 spot in weekly sales every week for the entire year (because the first part is talking about weekly sales rankings). The former definitely makes more sense. Thanks
Used to love Martial Law 😂 Channel 5 would show it on weekends I think along with a lot of old Jackie Chan movies like "Who Am I?". Thanks for that random flashback 😅
Few things that always stood out for me from this particular time period: one, they heavily sold the idea that Punk could cash in the MITB for the ECW championship, until the draft moved him to Raw. Two, Kofi, as the IC champion, was such a weird champion since back then, very few people liked him. Third, this was the last big push for JBL, and it was a bit underwhelming since it was during a weird non-champion Cena. The thing I remember the most about this episode was Cena with Cryme time for the first time and I literally went back a month to see if I missed anything, but that pairing was still so out of nowhere
It always makes me laugh when someone from the UK pokes fun at someone from the South's accent because they normally sound weirder than the Southerner.
Paaaul! Love the OSW reference. Speaking of Oh-Es-Dub. I think they refer to the, "Sad kayfabe but supposed to be a shoot voice" as the Owen voice. When you think about it that way, it feels so slimey every time they use it in a storyline.
I started watching wrestling back around this time. I remember a no mercy championship scramble match around this time,when punk was punted by Randy Orton. Nostalgia trip this one.
I always kind of prefered This Fire Burns over Cult of Personality for CM Punk. Although some of that is is because it's the song he came out to for his iconic MItB 2011 match, so its the song i always associate him with. That and there's just a defiant, and rebelious undertone to it that always felt like it fit him to a tee.
Isn't it wild how not only has Punk been surprisingly normal he's set up an extremely compelling, likely main event angle with Seth that kind of caused a priority reset? 14:23
I always wondered, is that Legacy tag title win over Holly even legal? Is there a precedent in place? Like how do you retain and also win the tag titles at the exact same time?
1:52 - Jack referencing my favourite ever OSW running joke got a big pop from me right away xD 'PERRHRHL, I CERNT FEEL MY LERRGS' Also YEP shoutout to Sheep Dog 'n' Wolf!! I never actually owned the game but I remember playing a demo of it, and I love how it was basically an unlicensed Looney Tunes game, given I swear the wolf was basically Wile E. Coyote xD
It's crazy to think that Punk winning the title that night probably wouldn't have happened if Jeff Hardy hadn't been suspended. Jeff was originally supposed to win MTB that year.
I've watched this video a few times by now because the reviews are so damn funny, but I only now realize that whoever wrote the promo for Ted and Cody made them roast themselves with the "everybody under thirty" -line xD
Well speaking from experience as I have actually popped an eye fully out as a kid, I tripped on the rug in the lounge and the corner of the coffee table went in under my eye. Popped it right out, full dangle and all. No real extreme damage and the doctor popped it back in at the hospital, only issue is I have to have a much stronger prescription for my right eye in my glasses because you can't pop an eye out without doing some damage to nerves. But no, eyes do not grow back but you can pop them out and get them put back in again.
This may be the peak of Jack’s ability to confuse himself. As a matter of fact, we may need a top 10 video of the times Jack perplexed himself with a tangent.
@@Mimi-js6zp ?
67 honestly isn't that crazy old, my dad's in waaay better shape than me haha, swimming, sprinting and doing shotokan in his 70s and could kick my arse, I get winded on mild slopes
It's just about keeping fit i guess
I am mind blown by learning in this video that Jim Ross is younger than Jerry Lawler and called him big brother. Even though it is only 3 years, I never would’ve believed that especially considering their dynamic was always JR as the mature play by play and Lawler as the immature recently retired heel commentator. JR just always seemed like one of the oldest guys in the room.
Same
Loving the conversational flow and Jack's personality getting to be a central feature of the video. Fantastic work from everyone over the last few months. Merry Christmas Cultaholic!
I dont it basically added 20 mins to the video. Had to skip some his rants
@@TrippieFox🎻
Genuine chuckles from this one, Jack. Thanks for the silliness. Looking forward to the next one!
Best Raw theme hands down started: "Now get the guns, the drugs, from my generation." Union Underground will be hard to beat.
I agree, along the lines that "Rise Up" by Drowning Pool is/was/will be the best SmackDown theme.
Love this! Feb 2008 is when I first started watching wrestling, so like most people, that first year of product is what I remember and find to be most nostalgic.
I explicitly remember watching this episode; in particular, the rush of adrenaline I felt when CM Punk’s theme hit and I realized what was about to happen. I think it was the first time I outwardly cheered while watching wrestling on the TV!
I started watching around the same time, and I will forever know ANYBODY who was on the roster in 08 😂😂😂
@@sebastianbruckwilder5720 Right!? Where are my Chuck Palumbo Stans at!
I love that Jack has this series just to let him chase rabbits.
Jack, you’re my absolute favorite. I fucking love this series and can’t wait to see more.
Best UA-cam series going today! Love getting a Xmas vid drop! Cheers Jack!
The Jobber going nostalgic on the Rugrats…. 🤔🤣😂
“Sorry Vince’s Neck, creative has nothing for you this week”
I'm sure like many others, CM Punk using This Fire Burns is what introduced me to the band (which has become a staple for me since; including their older works).
For me, Punk's best theme is either This Fire Burns or Miseria Cantare
Thank you for this video Jack you’ve saved my life
You need to do more videos 😂 I love how you never know when you are going to go off on a separate subject 😂 pure greatness
By 2008 NOAH was still pretty good, but its momentum had quite considerably slowed down. It was the year of Misawa's last title reign, he lost the title to Morishima and Morishima didn't really set the world on fire in his title reign. NOAH's top babyfaces at this point were mostly old stars who didn't really succeeded in passing the torch to the new generations. Best moment I remember from that year is a great tag team titles match between the Briscoes and Marufuji and Sugiura which still has one of the best finish I've ever seen in a match, with Marufuji reversing the Doomsday Device into a Spanish Fly to win the match from out of nowhere. This might not sound as mind blowing by today's standards, but in 2008 was nuts. And then Marufuji himself had a *fantastic* 60 minutes time limit draw with KENTA in the fall. Just because I needed an excuse to point out that Naomichi Marufuji is the most underrated wrestler of all times, like probably the most influential wrestler of his generation.
Omg I love this series! Keep up the great work Jack!
Dude, Sammo Hung was a beast!!! Martial Law was on after Walker, Texas Ranger in the US and they had a crossover episode. The 90s were truly awesome.
Crazy how CM Punk is still so relevant 16 years later
Well brother that will happen when you're not willing to do a clean job for anyone but guys are already more popular than you brother
It turns out that if someone is still doing things 16 years later, they're still relevant 16 years later. Crazy indeed.
@@nicholashurst780why do you sound so butthurt?
Well its more of the story. A guy who leaves who some feel was wronged because the firing on wedding day. No one thinks he will ever comeback, had drama in wwe and aew. So a bit of a controversial figure
By being irrelevant for a decade then showing up again.
21:00 fun fact. Wolfs name is Ralph.
He is a completely different character than Wile E. Coyote.
Absolutely superb end to the year to have another one of these to watch!!
I should've asked for the "c*m farter" shirt for Christmas
I just love jack’s rants and sense of humor, superb work mate🖤
"BAH GAWD JACK I'LL BE YOUR LIL' CANDYMAN"
*Jack wakes up screaming*
Jack's Missus: "Was it the Jim Ross dream again?"
this was the very first episode of wrestling i ever watched. this one hits directly in the feels over 15 years later. thank you for this guys i needed this today.
This Fire Burns will always be the better theme. That opening pickslide and the scream perfectly encapsulated his explosive energy at the time
I think the reason why it felt like there was a Raw and Smackdown rivalry was largely because we were coming off the heels of the invsion and fans were preprogrammed to pick a side, so WWE was able to manufacture that into Raw vs Smackdown, before just saying f it and letting everyone cross over whenever they wanted.
If my memory serves me right, it was a Rumble or Taboo Tuesday match where Coach was tired of Raw getting all the preferential treatment
Jack: "Three Chad Kroegers."
Me: *Frantically breathes into a paper bag.*
One of my favorite episodes of Raw (that I got to watch live on TV) was the one when everyone went on strike, I guess it was 2011 or 2012. I remember Cena and Sheamus had a match and CM Punk was on commentary, HHH was the ref. It was very different and it had that chaotic energy when it's the end of the year at your workplace and most people are gone and you have to improvise stuff and just bide your time. Unfortunately they didn't ran with this idea until the end so after this match and the initial segments, everything goes back to normal. But it was very creative and it would've been interesting if they did the whole show improvised like that.
Ah, the times when I was still happy to see a CM Punk development
I actually rewatched this show a few months ago. It was weird, but it was so crazy how many parallels there are with Punk and Cena in just this one show. It feels like it was the start to a long story that was always planned. Loved it in all honesty. (To Be Loved is in fact, the best theme song for Raw).
I thought Christmas was over, but nope! It's a Christmas miracle, my favorite series on UA-cam. Thank you!
This is my favorite series because Jack is such an endearing presence when he has no filter
Bro I remember that rugrats VHS!!!
Alberto Del Rio would later use fake cops to attack Sheamus so full circle 😂
Oh man! This episode made me laugh so hard because of Jack! Good stuff!
I'd watch Jack talk about anything to a camera solo 🤷♂️
28:08
A) "Marshall Law". Cant wait for Tekken 8.
B) "Martial Law". What a show! Something else I grew up doing with my brother other than playing the aforementioned Tekken, watching Hong Kong/Asian Cinema. Sammo Hung is an absolute legend, been in so many great movies and directed/produced tons too. I'm sure everyone knows, but, ya know, might be before some peoples time, he grew up performing in the same opera troupe as Jackie Chan and has starred in tons of movies with him.
Yes Jack!! Literal same thought when I hear Martial Law. 😂
I thought my grandma and I were the only people watching that show 😂
Actually WWE put the static at the beginning Punk’s theme. That is not at the beginning of the song Cult of Personality, just the guitar riff. So it is probably connected to the sound the mic makes and maybe intentional cause Punk and the microphone were simpatico especially when they brought him back with that theme in June 2011.
You’re 1000000% right, Jack. That Killswitch song is something special.
Seeing Alberto Del Rio as security was crazy 😂
The WSJ joke aged like milk. It was bad before. It's worse now 😬
Sheep Dog and Wolf is top tier gaming Jack, well done!
These are some of the best episodes when the Cultaholic boys load Jack up on sugar and let him talk - Jack is a true broadcasting professional
33:27 I’m an American from the south. And I request you make fun of us more. That chicken noble was my favorite part
Sad Adults unite for new cultaholic uploads. Great Vid, Great Channel, Great people
Keep this this series going Jack!
Jack is absolutely the tippy top presenter in this style - please more of Jack being Jack
Love these Jack, great work
I was at that show. Went to Night of Champions the night prior too. My first 2 WWE shows
Am I missing something... If WM 23 DVD held the #1 spot for the entire year then how did 14 other WWE Home Video releases also reach #1? Are there multiple number one slots? Are they using a weird definition of "hold" where you can briefly lose it and get it back and that counts as holding it?
It'd be like saying "This year there were 15 Heavyweight champions, with Triple H holding the belt the entire year".
Glad I'm not alone in being utterly confused by this. Also, how did the WM23 DVD hold #1 for the entire year when the event only happened in April, so I assume the DVD came out in about May?
@@bernieburnham Its done weekly so those who track sales count the sales of week one. Start over in week two and so on. Then at the end of the year they tally all the sales and find the top selling DVDs of the year.
@@BoogalooBartholomew It took your comment and about three re-reads to work out what they mean. They mean that WM23 was the highest-selling sports DVD in total sales in 2007, whereas I interpreted it to mean WM23 was in the #1 spot in weekly sales every week for the entire year (because the first part is talking about weekly sales rankings). The former definitely makes more sense. Thanks
@@bernieburnham No problem buddy. But I do see where I could have gave a better and more complete explanation.
I love weird wrestling episodes with Jack! I also had (probably still have) that same Rugrats Vacation VHS haha.
Dude. I had smoked that Martial Law show outta my head. Total memory unlocked.
23:06 Cena actually 7los7t mo4st in 2008, pinned at Mania 24 and Backlash, Night of Champions, Great American Bash, and Summerslam all clean.
Used to love Martial Law 😂
Channel 5 would show it on weekends I think along with a lot of old Jackie Chan movies like "Who Am I?".
Thanks for that random flashback 😅
Few things that always stood out for me from this particular time period: one, they heavily sold the idea that Punk could cash in the MITB for the ECW championship, until the draft moved him to Raw. Two, Kofi, as the IC champion, was such a weird champion since back then, very few people liked him. Third, this was the last big push for JBL, and it was a bit underwhelming since it was during a weird non-champion Cena. The thing I remember the most about this episode was Cena with Cryme time for the first time and I literally went back a month to see if I missed anything, but that pairing was still so out of nowhere
"The same tone...as they do when there's been a real-life tragedy"
Million Dollar Mania WAS a real-life tragedy.
The Sammo Hung show Martial Law getting a shout out makes me so happy.
Another of the security who JBL brought out is Jay Lethal...and I swear one is Karrion Kross.
It always makes me laugh when someone from the UK pokes fun at someone from the South's accent because they normally sound weirder than the Southerner.
Paaaul! Love the OSW reference. Speaking of Oh-Es-Dub. I think they refer to the, "Sad kayfabe but supposed to be a shoot voice" as the Owen voice.
When you think about it that way, it feels so slimey every time they use it in a storyline.
I started watching wrestling back around this time. I remember a no mercy championship scramble match around this time,when punk was punted by Randy Orton. Nostalgia trip this one.
Literally one of the first RAW episodes i ever watched. So good ahah
I didn't think my favorite Rugrats episode would get referenced while watching Cultaholic
29:32 is that Jaxon Ryker and Alberto el Patron?
I always kind of prefered This Fire Burns over Cult of Personality for CM Punk. Although some of that is is because it's the song he came out to for his iconic MItB 2011 match, so its the song i always associate him with. That and there's just a defiant, and rebelious undertone to it that always felt like it fit him to a tee.
Me personally CM Punks "This Fire Burns" is one of my all time favorites.
Best series with the best presenter let gooooo
I too had that Rugrats video. They went to Las Vegas for vacation.
I remember this one well. One of my early Raws
In my head for some reason I thought they made Mike Adamle the GM right after Vince's accident, only to realize that's not for another month
"speaking of people who suck, here comes JBL" makes me cackle every time I've watched this
"Will Cm Punk outlast this lettuce?" 🤣😂☠️
I, too, also think of the series Martial Law when I hear the tern martial law.
It’s great to hear Jack from Jack on films set the record straight on the quality of kangaroo jack
I really wish this series was renamed 'Jack tries his hardest'
"Trickle back"😂😅
Omg this is fucking brilliant idk when the last time I laughed this hard at a wrestling vid on yt
Stand up, Jack. You look lazy, Jack. Everyone else stands, Jack!
I had the same exact experience with Rugrats and Vacation. Literally the same exact thing.
The group of Cena and Cryme Tyme actually had a name: Cryme Tyme Cenation (CTC) and they actually mentioned it onscreen as well.
Isn't it wild how not only has Punk been surprisingly normal he's set up an extremely compelling, likely main event angle with Seth that kind of caused a priority reset? 14:23
We'll see how it goes
I always wondered, is that Legacy tag title win over Holly even legal? Is there a precedent in place? Like how do you retain and also win the tag titles at the exact same time?
Its called WWE making rules up as they go along.
Jack is my last brain cell having a full blown podcast😭
That JBL/Punk match WAS terrifying, because I was sure Punk was gonna be a one-day reign.
1:52 - Jack referencing my favourite ever OSW running joke got a big pop from me right away xD 'PERRHRHL, I CERNT FEEL MY LERRGS'
Also YEP shoutout to Sheep Dog 'n' Wolf!! I never actually owned the game but I remember playing a demo of it, and I love how it was basically an unlicensed Looney Tunes game, given I swear the wolf was basically Wile E. Coyote xD
You and I have nearly the same brain, Jack. Not the least of which being that I also think of the 90s show when I hear "martial law" lol
Dark Knight was damn excellent, bruv 😂 😂 😂
One of the security guys looked like Killer Kross, or maybe it was just the way he was grimacing.
It's crazy to think that Punk winning the title that night probably wouldn't have happened if Jeff Hardy hadn't been suspended. Jeff was originally supposed to win MTB that year.
I've watched this video a few times by now because the reviews are so damn funny, but I only now realize that whoever wrote the promo for Ted and Cody made them roast themselves with the "everybody under thirty" -line xD
Well speaking from experience as I have actually popped an eye fully out as a kid, I tripped on the rug in the lounge and the corner of the coffee table went in under my eye. Popped it right out, full dangle and all. No real extreme damage and the doctor popped it back in at the hospital, only issue is I have to have a much stronger prescription for my right eye in my glasses because you can't pop an eye out without doing some damage to nerves. But no, eyes do not grow back but you can pop them out and get them put back in again.
I both remember loving Martial Law and was a Hwoarang head! Yeah!
This Fire Burns > Cult of Personality
, Yes, I remember Martial Law on Channel 5. It had the legend Sammo Hung in it, and Arsenio Hall
Definitely S tier raw intro for me
23:50 this WWE in 2008. At this time, WWE was pretending that they were the only wrestling company that existed/mattered.
Don't get the protein pancakes at IHOP. I shit my pants on the way home.
Glad I'm not the only one that thinks of that old cop show when i hear the words "martial law"
Yesss !!!!! SAMMO LAW and Aresenio Hall. Its on every Saturday on H&I network in America.