WWF WrestleMania XIV - The "Reliving The War" PPV Review

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    WWF WrestleMania XIV took place in Boston on March 29th 1998. Seen by many fans as a turning point for the WWF and the show that helped WWF become much more competitive with WCW, WrestleMania 14 is a landmark edition of the WWF's biggest show of the year.
    WrestleMania 14 is headlined by a WWF Championship match; Shawn Michaels of D-Generation X vs Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin won the right to face HBK at the 1998 Royal Rumble but since then a lot of twists and turns have appeared on the road to WrestleMania. Mike Tyson, the special guest enforcer for the main event, joined DX - a move that helped stacked the odds against Stone Cold. Also, in a much more real sense, Shawn Michaels had suffered a serious back injury at both his physical and mental state were not good heading into the big main event in Boston. Both competitors had a few things they'd need to overcome to ensure the main event entertained.
    Elsewhere on the card The Undertaker finally steps into the ring with his little brother Kane, the New Age Outlaws defend their tag team titles against Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie in a dumpster match, and The Rock puts his Intercontinental Championship up for grabs in a match against Ken Shamrock.
    00:00 - Intro
    01:27 - Free For All & Tag Team Battle Royal
    04:15 - Taka Michinoku vs Aguila
    06:49 - Triple H vs Owen Hart
    10:32 - Marc Mero & Sable vs Goldust & Luna
    14:10 - Ken Shamrock vs The Rock
    17:47 - New Age Outlaws vs Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie
    20:44 - Build-up for Undertaker vs Kane
    22:53 - Undertaker vs Kane
    27:52 - Build-up for Shawn Michaels vs Steve Austin
    30:52 - Shawn Michaels vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
    36:56 - Final Thoughts / Credits
    #WWF #WWE #WrestleMania
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  • @timomajere
    @timomajere Рік тому +324

    I won tickets to go to this when I was 25. I must have watched the replays dozens of times hoping to see myself. No luck.
    This REALLY hits me in the feels because i remember the chest pounding and the energy in the crowds while being ONE of those voices too.
    Oh, there is nothing like it.
    Thank you for this. Been waiting patiently for this.

    • @pipepicasso8112
      @pipepicasso8112 Рік тому +10

      You must have gotten the tickets Bill Buckner couldn't pick up that Pete Rose mentioned.😄

    • @timomajere
      @timomajere Рік тому +7

      @@pipepicasso8112 Pete Rose gambled his away.
      Theres been talk..

    • @roccojamison89gooker51
      @roccojamison89gooker51 Рік тому +7

      @@timomajere Pete Rose could get the ban lifted and enter the Baseball Hall of Fame if he can get Steve Blackman and Conrad Thompson to help him negotiate with Rob Manfred.

    • @peejay9954
      @peejay9954 Рік тому +2

      I was so mad Shawn Michaels lost this match and retired I never watched wrestling again after this night 😢

    • @aveng7fld
      @aveng7fld Рік тому +2

      These events and Raws were the loudest events I’ve ever seen. No wrestling of the past 20 years touch these late 90’s RAWS and PPVs.

  • @mikem10481
    @mikem10481 Рік тому +216

    Just seeing Stone Cold walking to the ring was like him ascending to his throne. It was the beginning of some of the greatest times I ever had as a Wrestling fan.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 Рік тому +7

      He is hunting for the gold

    • @thomascrowley9122
      @thomascrowley9122 Рік тому +2

      The beginning of the Attitude era

    • @C280S
      @C280S Рік тому +5

      ​@@thomascrowley9122 The Raw after The Montreal Screwjob was the beginning of the Attitude Era. This is the beginning of the Austin Era for sure

    • @catchcan221
      @catchcan221 Рік тому +5

      @@C280S Survivor Series itself was the start of the Attitude Era. The first ever WWF Attitude promo aired right before the Bret vs HBK main event. The first time the WWF scratch logo was ever seen was during that Survivor Series promo.

    • @brandocalrissian3294
      @brandocalrissian3294 Рік тому

      To be the best, you got to beat the best. HBK is the greatest in ring performer ever, and was miles ahead of anyone else wrestling in north America at the time.

  • @rohitcr2k
    @rohitcr2k Рік тому +56

    We have finally reached the big event, folks.
    The event that led to birth of Austin as the big drawing main eventer and HBK's first retirement.

  • @louisvelez40
    @louisvelez40 Рік тому +107

    The visual of Undertaker coming out with the druids when his theme song hit was epic. The beginning of the Austin Era as champion and Shawn's final WWE match until SummerSlam 2002. The night before HHH and Rock become the leaders of their faction

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 Рік тому +15

      This is a big bang PPV and 1998 was very significant in general

    • @thebigbop5866
      @thebigbop5866 Рік тому +6

      This is my favourite version of Taker, all through 98 he was menacing looking, a logical translation into him becoming Satan

    • @catchcan221
      @catchcan221 Рік тому +1

      WWF

  • @bigpoppajersh
    @bigpoppajersh Рік тому +122

    Watching this PPV as a teenager was the best thing ever. The birth of the true attitude era that we all loved. We will never be this pumped up again.

    • @spicy_xinger
      @spicy_xinger Рік тому +7

      Sunny def got the boys going comin out in that lol

    • @Gen10civic
      @Gen10civic Рік тому +3

      Sable!

    • @MichaelKaufman0
      @MichaelKaufman0 Рік тому +1

      Why was this the birth of the “true” attitude era?

    • @sisypheanexistence8955
      @sisypheanexistence8955 Рік тому +2

      @@MichaelKaufman0 what he means is it was the birth of the kickass limited time span when pro wrestling was worth watching that will likely never be repeated. But maybe I'm biaised since I won't ever be the same 14-year-old kid from a backwater paradise called New Zealand with limited entertainment options just discovering edgy entertainment after a somewhat sheltered upbringing.

    • @reeseangle9621
      @reeseangle9621 Рік тому +3

      @@MichaelKaufman0 the color of the ring went from blue to black, the scratch logo. The next night the big eagle title was given to Austin. Watch WM 13 and then watch WM 14

  • @Makoto03
    @Makoto03 Рік тому +119

    That HBK vs Stone Cold main event was iconic. Especially with Mike Tyson's involvement. Loved it as a kid and awesome to see it revisited.

  • @GATguy98
    @GATguy98 Рік тому +8

    Did you know that sit-down interview that Rock did featured the very first time he had ever said "If you smell what The Rock is cookin'" on television

  • @forearmsmcgee
    @forearmsmcgee Рік тому +16

    Kenny Sham confessed to the calibre of his matches dropping after being on the wrong side of team Bret v team Shawn following the screw job. Still put on great showings despite this. One of the most underrated ever.

  • @bsnhbksan
    @bsnhbksan Рік тому +63

    Wrestlemania 14 was the conclusion of a story that started in Royal Rumble '96, and this story primarily followed 3 people, firstly HBK, detailing his rise and fall, Bret, and what he became, which eventually lead to his demise, and Austin, who albeit joined the narrative later, towards the end of '96, his rivalry with Bret, and then later Shawn. That triangle of stories (with the Undertaker thrown in the mix here and there) between these 3 was, to me, the greatest time I had watching WWF.

    • @karlitosway7474
      @karlitosway7474 Рік тому +4

      So if I could analytically give my perspective I’d say that 96-98 was a sub era of its own. I call it the Pre-Attitude Era which is a major transitional chapter in the New Generation era. Similar to how summer 07-mid 08 was a transitional era from TV 14 to the PG era.

    • @ryankeefe2102
      @ryankeefe2102 Рік тому +4

      @@karlitosway7474 i always viewed WrestleMania 10 to 13 the new generation WrestleMania 13 to 14 the pre attitude era and the night after mania 14 to WrestleMania 17 the attitude era

    • @karlitosway7474
      @karlitosway7474 Рік тому

      @@ryankeefe2102 that’s an accurate description tbh.

    • @karlitosway7474
      @karlitosway7474 Рік тому

      @@ryankeefe2102 and you could say the invasion PPV - the name change was the pre ruthless aggression era

    • @ryankeefe2102
      @ryankeefe2102 Рік тому +2

      @@karlitosway7474 I call WrestleMania 17 to SummerSlam 02 the post attitude era I say SummerSlam 02 because that's when Brock beat the Rock so to me it was a changing of the guard

  • @BlueMageWithSoulEdge
    @BlueMageWithSoulEdge Рік тому +78

    I remember this one. My dad actually bought the ppv, so we didn't have to watch it later on tape, or use a certain box (if you know then you know). We had the ENTIRE family over to watch it and maybe a few neighbors. When Austin won, the house erupted in cheer. From the den to at least three houses down people were cheering.
    It was an awesome time.

    • @russellshort810
      @russellshort810 Рік тому +1

      Yea them cheat boxs were the best

    • @dr.candido4441
      @dr.candido4441 Рік тому +5

      The black box with all those channels.

    • @ITGShaddyMaCC
      @ITGShaddyMaCC Рік тому +1

      What a time to be a wrestling fan when the whole neighborhood is tuned in

  • @t.v.rockwell4504
    @t.v.rockwell4504 Рік тому +50

    It's a bittersweet feeling for Reliving the War as we've just witnessed the last HBK match of the series. Not his final appearance, oh no, but no more matches for him. However we're now in the Austin Era of the show.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 Рік тому

      Shawn was using substances after that.

    • @t.v.rockwell4504
      @t.v.rockwell4504 Рік тому +7

      @@lexkanyima2195 "After"? He was unfortunately using substances before his injury. But only got worse after Mania. Thankfully he was able to get himself clean and make a comeback some would was better than his first run.

    • @skeppy8925
      @skeppy8925 Рік тому +2

      At least we might see him in his Commissioner role in 99

  • @clarencegutsy7309
    @clarencegutsy7309 Рік тому +18

    I still think Undertaker coming out looking like Dracula is possibly one of the best entrances he's ever had.

  • @Vantoris
    @Vantoris Рік тому +261

    Wrestling Bios, singlehandedly keeping an entire generation of Wrestling Alive

    • @southbeachtalent
      @southbeachtalent Рік тому +12

      He's outstanding, but Brian Zane is doing his thing as well

    • @anthonysmyth2392
      @anthonysmyth2392 Рік тому +8

      OSW

    • @TheStylishChefCheese
      @TheStylishChefCheese Рік тому

      Factual

    • @thisisnotachannel
      @thisisnotachannel Рік тому +10

      He's also keeping an entire generation of "older" fans interested!
      WWF should be paying Ryan for all the work he does. Started watching wrestling in 1986... I stopped watching the "current product" in 2003, when things started going WAY downhill... and I wouldn't have ever bothered with wrestling again if I hadn't stumbled across this great channel back in it's infancy!

    • @TheStylishChefCheese
      @TheStylishChefCheese Рік тому +2

      @@thisisnotachannel I stopped then too

  • @jmnyc212
    @jmnyc212 Рік тому +20

    I shoveled quite a lot of snow to the point of running a high fever and catching a cold that would never leave just to have some scratch to order this ppv when I was 14. It was completely worth it.

  • @SnowyFluffboi
    @SnowyFluffboi Рік тому +93

    It's hard to say goodbye to Shawn (for the time being)
    The characters of the attitude era are coming and the best era in sports entertainment history.
    Thanks Shawn and cya in the future

    • @theitfactorjameswheezer2852
      @theitfactorjameswheezer2852 Рік тому +2

      Yo do realize he was still around right Lmfao

    • @Will-eh6xe
      @Will-eh6xe Рік тому +1

      so true

    • @ITGShaddyMaCC
      @ITGShaddyMaCC Рік тому +7

      @@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 in ring wise he’s talking about

    • @inuenndo_
      @inuenndo_ Рік тому +11

      @@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 bruv it was his last match for like 4 years c’mon

    • @user-fe8gx3ie5v
      @user-fe8gx3ie5v Рік тому +2

      Good thing wrestling outdoes sports-entertainment.

  • @chadlewis896
    @chadlewis896 Рік тому +27

    One of the best memories I have of my dad was being at this wrestle mania with him. I still have a picture he snapped of Kane setting off his pyro during the entrance.

  • @familyfantasyfootballleagu7685
    @familyfantasyfootballleagu7685 Рік тому +68

    I have waited for this one for a long time. This really is a huge moment in PPV history and the start of a new era. Thank you WrestleBios(and those helping behind the scenes!) for having us relive these moments!

  • @northernking4787
    @northernking4787 Рік тому +10

    This was my senior year and the last time my high school “Wolfpac” were ever together watching wrestling. Always will have a special place in my heart, thanks brother! 🍻❤️

  • @WickedFireBird69
    @WickedFireBird69 Рік тому +8

    I can still hear those iconic words all these years later, "the Austin Era has begun!"

  • @Mark-xl1ze
    @Mark-xl1ze Рік тому +21

    Probably the most important pay-per view in WWE history as Austin wins a company's highest title (WWE, ECW and WCW) for the first time in his legendary career ushering in the Austin era as the great JR said after his historic win.

  • @Saluteme10288
    @Saluteme10288 Рік тому +14

    The HBK Austin match crushed me as a kid all I knew was my favorite wrestler had just lost his title.

    • @MR.__G
      @MR.__G Рік тому +3

      Even worst he retired after

  • @michaels8573
    @michaels8573 Рік тому +110

    Shawn Michaels doing air guitar, high fiving Chris Warren & screaming "Who's the f'in man!!" is one of the best WM entrances ever.
    HBK is the greatest heel in pro wrestling history.

    • @peejay9954
      @peejay9954 Рік тому +2

      I was so mad Shawn Michaels lost this match and retired I never watched wrestling again after this night 😢

    • @mje2k825
      @mje2k825 Рік тому +10

      @@peejay9954 Oh please...Shawn has to lose. Austin is the new top guy and the fans wanted him to beat HBK. It would be a mistake if shawn refuse to put him over and then WWF would have never beat WCW.

    • @peejay9954
      @peejay9954 Рік тому +4

      @@mje2k825 Shawn Michaels was a better wrestler longer career more titles etc … drinking beer and cursing at people wasn’t it for me maybe you

    • @jizzhunt
      @jizzhunt Рік тому +7

      @@peejay9954 If Shawn Michaels won this match we'd all be watching Monday Nitro and the WWF would have been the subject of many "Rise and Fall" documentaries. Austin needed to go over in this match.

    • @mje2k825
      @mje2k825 Рік тому +7

      @@peejay9954 Were talking about the business. Not your fanboynism. But hey go cry about it if you think shawn winning will help wwf in 1998🤣🤡

  • @cax1175
    @cax1175 Рік тому +250

    Shawn Michaels even putting out a decent match, given his injury, truly makes him Mr. Wrestlemania

    • @BiscoWho
      @BiscoWho Рік тому +13

      Ha! "Injury"...

    • @mikeroagreschen5350
      @mikeroagreschen5350 Рік тому +31

      @@BiscoWho Yes. His broken back that he sustained at the Royal Rumble.
      You think he faked that?

    • @timowens7214
      @timowens7214 Рік тому +7

      @@mikeroagreschen5350 broken lmao 😂 wasn't broken

    • @maceomillions2192
      @maceomillions2192 Рік тому +3

      @@timowens7214 Close enough 🤣

    • @timowens7214
      @timowens7214 Рік тому +6

      @@maceomillions2192 injured maybe but not broken lmao 😂

  • @ThunderBunny10mm
    @ThunderBunny10mm Рік тому +49

    This is the first WM I was able to order and watch live. This WM holds a special place in my heart for that and many other reasons. Well Done WB!

    • @kylemcgill2966
      @kylemcgill2966 Рік тому +3

      Same!

    • @octoman_games
      @octoman_games Рік тому +1

      WM14 was a must have!

    • @ianjay4596
      @ianjay4596 Рік тому +3

      My brother's friend recorded it and dropped the vhs off. My parents still have that tape lol. I've watched this atleast 100 times growing up

    • @MR.__G
      @MR.__G Рік тому +3

      Royal rumble was my first ppv & this was my first wm. Still remember watching this with my mom & sis. It became a tradition to watch the ppv’s every month.

    • @MR.__G
      @MR.__G Рік тому +1

      @@ianjay4596 lol that’s back when they had the illegal cable box. I had so many vhs tapes.

  • @thewheelsoffury1992
    @thewheelsoffury1992 Рік тому +33

    Just as an aside to the wars aspect of this PPV. Kevin Nash has said he knew it was the beginning of the end for WCW when he saw the production quality of Mania 14. Supposedly he was talking to Kevin Sullivan the next day and Nash quoted Sullivan as saying “You feel that? The ship just hit the iceberg”

    • @xxxaragon
      @xxxaragon Рік тому +7

      not that this is a new thought (because a lot of people other than me have stated this, even back then) but what was so signficant about Mania XIV was the whole FEEL.
      especially, and I'm pretty sure Nash was having that in mind as well, compared to +their+ biggest shows of the years, just few months earlier. Starrcade 1997.
      while the matches at Starrcade were a bit worse, what's even more relevant was the whole booking of it. it's the big blowoff show - and yet for the majority of it, it's business as usual as the heels win. and even the main event, with the super babyface returning to finally beat the villain ended with some kind of wonky interference etc.
      in contrast, Austin going over Michaels was booked pretty much exactly the way it needed to be to gain most out of it (and so was at least the majority of the rest of the show).
      (to demonstrate this in numbers, both Mania and Starrcade hat 8 matches. at Starrcade, the heels won 5 of them and the faces 3. at Mania, the heels won 2 and the faces 6 matches. the latter was basically designed to be pretty much a "feelgood" show.
      people in charge of the WCW at that time didn't realize that ideally, blowoffs to your biggest feuds involving your biggest babyface stars end with the face going over decisively!)

  • @InsomniacRocker
    @InsomniacRocker Рік тому +14

    This Mania was much greater than the sum of it's parts. As the biggest HBK mark, it's also bittersweet.

  • @jackcurran4438
    @jackcurran4438 Рік тому +20

    This is my favourite Wrestlemania of all time. It's not the biggest show, it doesn't have an all time classic match, or an epic theme song to accompany the video packages. But, it didn't need any of that.
    Everything on this show delivered in exactly the way it needed to. The build-up to this show was top notch, the atmosphere, the pomp and pageantry, the matches themselves, the way that everything gave you answers, but still made you ask more questions and gave you something to look forward to.
    Then there's the epilogue. The transition from the New Generation Era into the Attitude Era was completed on this night, and what followed, is three of the most exciting and insane years in the history of the WWF/E.
    It's such a grand spectacle, a wild ride from start to finish. From the joy of L.O.D.'s return, to the high flying of Taka Vs. Aguila, to the animosity between Owen and HHH, to the drama of the mixed tag, to Shamrock's domination, to the insanity of the dumpster match, to the epic showdown between Taker and Kane, to HBK's courage and Steve Austin's crowning moment. Wrestlemania XIV isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I absolutely love this show.

    • @92Raider-art
      @92Raider-art 6 місяців тому +1

      Yeah I think this might be my favourite too for exactly all those reasons. I really enjoyed it

  • @travisgowen5044
    @travisgowen5044 Рік тому +21

    Really excited for this one! Growing up, this was THE definitive moment when WWF took over and never looked back. Stone Cold became champ, and the landscape and future for the entire company changed for the better.

  • @dkupke
    @dkupke Рік тому +11

    One of the last wrestlemania’s that felt like a must see event

  • @Godeater13273
    @Godeater13273 Рік тому +8

    I remember when Austin won, my step-brother flew off his sofa with his hands raised cheering. The attitude era was truly something special.

  • @johnepants
    @johnepants Рік тому +14

    Shawn’s attitude during his entrance just hyped me up even more. You could almost say that in storyline, he knew this was a bigger challenge for him, so his personal issues played well to the match. It’s a shame we never got to see more of Austin and Michael’s due to both of their injuries, but the two matches we did get out of them were special.

    • @catchcan221
      @catchcan221 Рік тому +1

      The KotR match was far better except for the finish. The finish of the WM14 match was legendary.

    • @nellsun2521
      @nellsun2521 Рік тому

      @@catchcan221 I liked the way KOTR went off the air with Mr McMahon in his box looking pleased with outcome.

  • @BrolyChan
    @BrolyChan Рік тому +18

    I've always thought that this mania was a super important one, definitely a start of a new era.
    It's especially true on the next raw, a lot of important things happen on it to establish the new status quo.

  • @RTHoov
    @RTHoov Рік тому +16

    The Reliving the War extravaganza covering the Showcase of the Immortals! A PPV I can confidently say we were all looking forward to seeing!

  • @DebitAdams
    @DebitAdams Рік тому +16

    I remember watching this live with my elementary school friends. Thanks for always bringing back memories with this series.

    • @DavidBarton777
      @DavidBarton777 3 місяці тому

      Me and a bunch of friends from school hooked shcool that day to
      See the free work out.
      It was well worth the suspension

    • @DavidBarton777
      @DavidBarton777 3 місяці тому

      Me and a bunch of friends from school hooked shcool that day to
      See the free work out.
      It was well worth the suspension

  • @SmittJr
    @SmittJr Рік тому +18

    One of my favorite PPVs. Used to watch this on VHS all the time back in the day.

    • @zacharythomason7359
      @zacharythomason7359 Рік тому +6

      Same here

    • @juststatedtheobvious9633
      @juststatedtheobvious9633 Рік тому +3

      Yeah, the workrate really didn't matter in this one. It was all about the stories and character and actually paying off things they'd built up. Unlike Mania 6, Great American Bash '90 and Starrcade '97, this really did change the wrestling landscape as we knew it. It's why it's the only PPV the Attitude Era podcast covered twice.

  • @MovieEggman
    @MovieEggman Рік тому +7

    That main event was truly a passing of the torch “feel good” moment, Shawn Michaels representing the New Generation Era and Stone Cold representing the Attitude Era and Michaels putting over Austin to signify the start of what became to be known as the greatest period in WWE’s history

  • @Ronsonator
    @Ronsonator Рік тому +9

    This show will always hold a place in my heart where I really fell in love with wrestling.

  • @Eric-wu7bp
    @Eric-wu7bp Рік тому +5

    “The Austin era, Has Begun!” -J.R.

  • @ImSoFookinGreat
    @ImSoFookinGreat Рік тому +13

    It’s only a small moment, but it makes me laugh every time during HHH’s entrance as he struggles to open the clasp on his new robe but still tries to look like a badass 😂
    Loved the video Wrestling Bios. Enjoy your break when you get to it.

  • @michaeljohnson2145
    @michaeljohnson2145 Рік тому +9

    Waited almost 2 years on this one. Great story endings and beginnings.

    • @nellsun2521
      @nellsun2521 Рік тому

      The storylines were awesome during this time. And the fact WWF had lost so many of its big names was a testament to the writing, that WWF were still able to beat WCW.

  • @renegadeloco1029
    @renegadeloco1029 Рік тому +16

    One of my favorite Wrestlemanias mainly due to HBK debuting one of my favorite attires and Austin finally getting the title.

    • @MR.__G
      @MR.__G Рік тому +5

      It was a very good attire. His black n green dx attire was also great.

  • @KidGravityBeyond
    @KidGravityBeyond Рік тому +7

    Three Tombstones, Three “A-Level” Title Matches, Three “Stone Colds” by JR. What a time!!!!

  • @superrobz
    @superrobz Рік тому +8

    First and only Wrestlemania I got to attend and what a show it was

  • @tellytel87
    @tellytel87 Рік тому +5

    Been waiting 2 years for this day. The Austin era begins!!! Keep up the awesome work!

  • @phoenixstar5000
    @phoenixstar5000 Рік тому +6

    It pisses me off how they buried Owen

  • @thepatsnumber1fan
    @thepatsnumber1fan Рік тому +6

    The Austin era has began

  • @brandonharbin406
    @brandonharbin406 Рік тому +7

    This is another big time during Monday Night War, momentum shifter for the WWF.

  • @LongLiveRockAnRoll
    @LongLiveRockAnRoll Рік тому +10

    I've been waiting for this since the start of Reliving the War. This was right as I was becoming a fan and for the next few years after this, wrestling was all I was into. Great series Mr Bios, best wrestling channel on UA-cam.

    • @zacharythomason7359
      @zacharythomason7359 Рік тому +1

      You keep with today's wrestling?🤔🤔🤔

    • @LongLiveRockAnRoll
      @LongLiveRockAnRoll Рік тому +1

      @@zacharythomason7359 not week to week but if there is a big match that everybody is talking about I will watch. I mainly watch youtube channels like this one and listen to wrestling podcasts over newer stuff.

  • @thenextsteveblackman
    @thenextsteveblackman Рік тому +6

    This was the first WWF Pay Per View my family bought in almost eight years. I started watching again in 1997 because of Stone Cold and heel Bret Hart, and this was the first time since I got back into wrestling that I was able to convince my dad to fork over $40 for the show. We all knew Austin was going to win, but we'd be damned if we were going to miss it.

  • @Rossa4444
    @Rossa4444 Рік тому +8

    When i eventually watched WM14 i hadn’t really been interested in Wrestling for a few years. But this PPV felt different, you could sense the attitude and peoples interest growing. This was the show that got me back watching again.

    • @nellsun2521
      @nellsun2521 Рік тому +1

      I showed my brother this event on VHS tape afterward telling him "Mike Tyson's in it now" and that was pretty much all he needed to watch for 1st time since Hogan childhood. (I'd been watching again since Summerslam 97)

  • @drsteele
    @drsteele Рік тому +8

    Watching it almost 25 years ago and knowing that they had clearly been protecting HBK over the last couple of months you could see at the time that he was done.

  • @fitness65
    @fitness65 Рік тому +10

    WrestleMania 14 I remember watching this on a friend's recorded vhs tape the day after this show. It was a fun show enjoyed the light heavyweight title match the Owen Hart vs triple h match for the European title with the wrong guy going over but it was still a good match. I also liked Kane and undertaker first encounter it was pretty enjoyable for what it was.

    • @calienteelfriende5842
      @calienteelfriende5842 Рік тому

      Turned to the channel with blurs lol. Couldn't see anything but it was like listening to the radio. Got to see the encore presentation a couple days later. Couldn't wait til Monday to find out who won. Lol. Couldn't go to school not knowing who won as if I watched it live

  • @jasonwilcoxen4121
    @jasonwilcoxen4121 Рік тому +3

    I absolutely love that you put the old N64 music in the background on these. Great work, Ryan. Love the channel.

  • @brettrossi034
    @brettrossi034 Рік тому +2

    17 mins ago you post? We are all amped up and ready to watch our favorite Wrestling Bios and WM14:)

  • @martinzies2874
    @martinzies2874 Рік тому +40

    The way they booked Owen. Only gets worse from here.

    • @ferdiahunt9899
      @ferdiahunt9899 Рік тому +3

      It was so obvious that backstage politics were playing a massive part in how he was booked given Triple H never put him over and Shawn only had one match against him after Montreal. If he had been booked better and without backstage politics going on he'd likely still be alive as he wouldn't of been given the blue blazer gimmick

  • @wildnight8776
    @wildnight8776 Рік тому +2

    The final sequence with the super kick into the stunner is one of my favorite finishes.

  • @mols89
    @mols89 Рік тому +2

    Did you really just say the crowd "booth" Mike Tyson?! You absolute madman!

  • @2upk321
    @2upk321 Рік тому

    I love catching these right when they drop
    enjoy your break

  • @SjC420
    @SjC420 Рік тому +8

    I've always wondered if Bret Hart had stayed in the WWF if WrestleMania 14 would've been a Bret vs Austin rematch with Austin finally getting a clean win over Bret & winning the title.

    • @PhenomsServant4
      @PhenomsServant4 Рік тому +4

      Im almost certain I read somewhere that a Bret/Austin rematch was the original plan.

    • @MrMetalJesus
      @MrMetalJesus Рік тому

      I remember thinking that was the plan myself! That Bret would hold on to the title to pass it to Austin. I didn't know what was going on behind the scenes at the time so the Bret leaving for WCW thing was a shock! But I guess that's what made wrestling fun back then.

    • @timrobinson6573
      @timrobinson6573 Рік тому +1

      Seems like that would have been the storyline. Putting the belt on Michaels only happened bc Bret was leaving. Austin winning the rematch makes sense.

  • @manuelchavarria
    @manuelchavarria Рік тому +4

    Really wish Ken had either been in a position to at the time or had stuck around long enough to have a World Title program with The Rock -- those two were great together.

  • @sithvsjedi9696
    @sithvsjedi9696 Рік тому +7

    Kane kicking out of 2 Tombstone Piledriver's. EPIC

    • @PhenomsServant4
      @PhenomsServant4 Рік тому +2

      He almost kicked out of the third too.

    • @sithvsjedi9696
      @sithvsjedi9696 Рік тому

      @@PhenomsServant4 Indeed. If the Undertaker did not have the foresight to hook his leg he would have.

  • @iamthewalruscuckookachoo1372
    @iamthewalruscuckookachoo1372 Рік тому +1

    Again to wrestling bios. Thank you so much for this. Your work is as always incredibly entertaining.

  • @michaelfernandes1633
    @michaelfernandes1633 Рік тому +4

    It’s finally here - first wrestling I ever watched!

  • @imal25
    @imal25 Рік тому +3

    THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE ON SUNDAY MARCH 29, 1998.

  • @UndergroundSkat2000
    @UndergroundSkat2000 Рік тому +1

    When HBK took that upside down corner bump, Austin was amused and you can see him laugh at him willing to do that

  • @paulklein2940
    @paulklein2940 Рік тому

    Thank you for putting in the work. This was fun to watch again

  • @bigdaddytrichardson4994
    @bigdaddytrichardson4994 Рік тому +4

    I still have this WrestleMania on VHS.
    Stone Cold vs HBK and Undertaker vs Kane was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Billy-ot8mk
    @Billy-ot8mk Рік тому +3

    Cool way to celebrate my birthday with some Reliving the War.

    • @zacharythomason7359
      @zacharythomason7359 Рік тому +1

      Happy Birthday hope you enjoy it🎂🎂🎂🍫🍫🍫🍧🍧🍧🍨🍨🍨💎💎💎

    • @Billy-ot8mk
      @Billy-ot8mk Рік тому +1

      @@zacharythomason7359 Thanks.

    • @zacharythomason7359
      @zacharythomason7359 Рік тому +2

      @@Billy-ot8mk You're welcome 😎💙❤💚💎⭐

  • @manraisedbypuffins9080
    @manraisedbypuffins9080 Рік тому +2

    Yeeeeeah, been waiting for this 1 Bios Man 👍🙌🙌

  • @stevenanderson5319
    @stevenanderson5319 Рік тому

    Love this channel so much!! Many thanks for your hard work!

  • @TheDoubleZTV
    @TheDoubleZTV Рік тому +4

    This still ranks up as one of my favorite Wrestlemanias of all-time. Fun fact: Austin and Shawn did that counter/reversal stuff for the finish of this match back at King of the Ring 1997.

  • @criminalmindsgirl2936
    @criminalmindsgirl2936 Рік тому +23

    2 issues I have with this WrestleMania....
    - Sable getting over on Luna. The disrespect. Luna could actually wrestle. And the disrespect WWF showed her after the match by cheering for Sable and giving her flowers. Luna was so heartbroken. And it was nice of Owen Hart to come up to her and tell her she did a good job. And now Sable may get inducted into the main HOF all while Luna is already inducted into the 2019 WWE Legacy Wing. I mean, even in her death WWE still disrespects her.
    - Owen Hart should've won that match against Triple H. But I wouldn't be surprised if he pulled backstage politics to keep the belt.

    • @juststatedtheobvious9633
      @juststatedtheobvious9633 Рік тому +11

      I can understand HHH going over - he's going to be the new head of DX, while Owen's strengths as a performer weren't being showcased as a stoic face. I love his blackheart run, but they really had no idea what to do with him.
      Agreed with everything you said about Luna, though. At least she's remembered as the real babyface of the women's division today, while Sable's the heel everyone wishes had been jobbed out.

    • @criminalmindsgirl2936
      @criminalmindsgirl2936 Рік тому

      @@juststatedtheobvious9633, thanks! I appreciate your response 🙂

    • @jasonmccrank4981
      @jasonmccrank4981 Рік тому +5

      @@juststatedtheobvious9633 Owen was supposed to take on "The Game" moniker before Haitch got in McMahon's ear and swiped it. Which sent Owen back to mid-card/faction purgatory. Owen in The Nation was just ludicrous. It honestly sucks that Owen was so laid back-- and we all know that he had plans to retire shortly after this to become a firefighter in Calgary.
      The WWE got hot right after this Wrestlemania in spite of McMahon. Austin and Rock were just too good.

    • @Wickedblackjuggalo19
      @Wickedblackjuggalo19 Рік тому +1

      @@jasonmccrank4981 sorry but that’s not true even Hunter has confirmed it in a recent interview

    • @camerondalton1495
      @camerondalton1495 Рік тому +3

      Honestly, I don't the 'Game' moniker would've fit Owen that well.

  • @augustuswayne9676
    @augustuswayne9676 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this video and all the videos you make . I always look forward to your videos .

  • @JohnKobaRuddy
    @JohnKobaRuddy Рік тому +2

    Those days can never ever be replicated

  • @KingGoku32794
    @KingGoku32794 Рік тому +6

    Stone Cold was the last person to have held the Winged Eagle Belt the next night on Raw Vince would give him the big Gold Eagle

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 Рік тому

      Why they have to change the belt.

    • @KingGoku32794
      @KingGoku32794 Рік тому +1

      @@lexkanyima2195 new Era and times was changing

  • @g-dub5272
    @g-dub5272 Рік тому +6

    Couldn’t get the PPV, no Internet back then. I was anxiously waiting to hear the results at school the next day. My friend told me Stone Cold won, I was jumping and shouting YES in math class and got detention 😂 good times good times

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 Рік тому

      Wow

    • @nellsun2521
      @nellsun2521 Рік тому

      Yep. I actually genuinely hated HBK and HHH at the time. (Can't imagine any of today's wrestlers making people care that much tho.)

  • @jonmacintyre9905
    @jonmacintyre9905 Рік тому

    Once again, thank you so much for doing these.

  • @yujirohanma5199
    @yujirohanma5199 Рік тому +1

    Wrestling Bio's is the best wrestling review channel on UA-cam. From the presentation, the music, the jokes, it's like hoping into a time capsule to the Glory Days of Wrestling.
    Excellent work mate ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @danielallen3454
    @danielallen3454 Рік тому +5

    This was and remains one of the best Wrestlemania's. All the matches had a reason to be on the card, all the storylines were developed, and there wasn't a boring match on the card.

  • @mrfitz2727
    @mrfitz2727 Рік тому +8

    So much nostalgia for WM14 and one of my all time favorite. This was the first PPV I watched live and it pushed my Fandom into the stratosphere. The dumpster match is still great, and Stone Cold winning his first word title is incredible.

  • @D_McGeezacks
    @D_McGeezacks Рік тому

    Man I love your presentation on this one. Iconic show.
    Also I just realized I've been crushing on Taker pretty much my entire life and it still hasn't gone away XD

  • @emmeteeny
    @emmeteeny Рік тому

    Loved this, thanks. This was the PPV that got me back into WWF after leaving it about 6 years previously. Beginning of an era!

  • @Paranitis
    @Paranitis Рік тому +3

    Man, the foreshadowing with The Rock is incredible. They already knew from WM14 that he was gonna make the Young Rock TV show!

  • @King_Dragmire
    @King_Dragmire Рік тому

    These are the fastest 30+ minute videos ever. Keep up the fantastic work

  • @_dark_170
    @_dark_170 Рік тому +1

    That moonsault to the outside by Aguila was a thing of beauty. Best looking moonsault I've ever seen.

  • @justinwillingham1051
    @justinwillingham1051 Рік тому +3

    I've never clicked on a push notification so fast in my life!

  • @anonymousnobody326
    @anonymousnobody326 Рік тому +8

    Reliving The War has entered the Attitude Era! Here we go, boys!

  • @SharkKING-yi1jg
    @SharkKING-yi1jg Рік тому +3

    We’ve made it folks - the beginning of the tide turn in the Monday night war!

  • @chrisburrelljr9270
    @chrisburrelljr9270 Рік тому +2

    Hey I still get goosebumps every time I hear that old school wrestlemania theme at the beginning it takes me back to my childhood man I miss those days who else remembers the 90s and their teens when all this was happening good times

  • @Zackff7ac
    @Zackff7ac Рік тому +1

    Yes!!!! It's about Mufuggin time been waiting for the upload today make my Sunday night better before going back to work. Love your content man

  • @scottcrawford7143
    @scottcrawford7143 Рік тому +4

    Triple H and Owen Hart were both so painfully underrated! They could've been the headliners with them being told to set the match up themselves without the higher ups getting involved and it'd have been awesome! Owen should've had several reigns as champ by the time he passed!!!!!

  • @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269
    @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 Рік тому +4

    As great as Undertaker was during this time he really needed someone like Kain to work with, just as much though Kain needed someone like Taker to get his career moving in the right direction. Really glad i was around to see this happen on PPV.
    😄👍

  • @The5thAce
    @The5thAce Рік тому +2

    Enjoy your time off next month! It's MUCH deserved (I have a list of your vids I have yet to see I'm gonna binge lol)

  • @victorguzman723
    @victorguzman723 Рік тому

    This is my all time favorite wrestlemania ! Thank you so much for reviewing also at 24:13 there is a long haired guy with glases ... this guy in the 90s was all over the live events In ecw and wwf when u watch other ppvs u will always see him on the hard cam. Mad respects to him for enjoying the best shows live !

  • @Krimsonking1998
    @Krimsonking1998 Рік тому +4

    This was the BEST Wrestlemania In HISTORY! The fact that it was themed all red was iconic in and of itself!

  • @kylemcgill2966
    @kylemcgill2966 Рік тому +12

    The first PPV I bought with my own money. This was everything to me when I was 12. I love the nostalgia! Nothing will top this!

    • @EmmanuelFreytes
      @EmmanuelFreytes Рік тому +2

      you bought it with your own money while you were 12?...smh

    • @octoman_games
      @octoman_games Рік тому +2

      WM14 was a must buy PPV. I remember too!

    • @kylemcgill2966
      @kylemcgill2966 Рік тому +3

      @@EmmanuelFreytes yeah I used saved up bday and Christmas money. What's your problem?

    • @EmmanuelFreytes
      @EmmanuelFreytes Рік тому

      @@kylemcgill2966 ofcourse you being 12 called the cable provider and spent $50 on a wrestling ppv

    • @kylemcgill2966
      @kylemcgill2966 Рік тому +1

      @@EmmanuelFreytes I gave my uncle the money and he got it for me. Any other questions?

  • @davidobrien9042
    @davidobrien9042 3 місяці тому

    I started watching this series right before Halloween of 2023, and I'm enjoying a show each and every evening. This brings back such great memories, I grew up in the Aiken/Augusta area, and professional wrestling was a big deal in that area at the time. As I grew older it fell out of favor for me, then when I moved to Annapolis, MD in 1988, it returned in a big way as three friends of mine included me in their weekly trips to wrestling venues all over the east coast. Thank you for the great memories that are coming back with each episode, the best way I could think to express my gratitude was to order a few t-shirts, which I did earlier today and I look forward to being a walking build-board for this channel!

  • @TravJam317
    @TravJam317 Рік тому +2

    The ending sequence during the Austin/HBK is still one of my favorite endings of all-time. Very well done. I've always wondered if Shawn chose to go home early, due to the pain he was in, because the show seemed to end about 10-15 minutes early.

  • @billepperson2662
    @billepperson2662 Рік тому +3

    The Undertaker / Kane match was particularly great live/@ the time. As he points out, it was exciting seeing taker trying new things out of his comfort zone, + the false finishes actually served their purpose, as you have to remember this was pre steak, way before it was a foregone conclusion that he was going to win every match at mania. I don't think anyone even put together that there was a streak happening till a couple years after this & they certainly didn't make mention of it till I want to say X8...

  • @benziescha5438
    @benziescha5438 Рік тому +7

    This was one ppv that turned me off wwf as a kid. Big Owen fan and they just continued to misuse him. Worse than wcw used Bret frankly!

    • @melasn9836
      @melasn9836 Рік тому +3

      OMG same here! It really felt like they were doing it out of spite, even if they said otherwise. People love the attitude era, but it was a hard time if you were a fan of the Hart brothers.