The Dungeon of Doom | Wrestling With Wregret
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- In the mid-1990's, Kevin Sullivan was tasked with creating a force designed to get Hulk Hogan cheered by the WCW fans. He wasn't successful, but he sure seemed to have fun trying! Brian Zane takes a look at the ill-fated Dungeon of Doom!
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_”It’s not hot!”_
One of the greatest lines ever in professional wrestling.
The only logical explanation for Hogan's dialogue in that segment is if The Taskmaster wrote him a note saying: "Hey Hulk, come by the Dungeon Of Doom later and we'll hang out; there's plenty of Hulkamaniacs and hot water, and you've definitely been here before."
Not originally my comment, but it's so good, it's impossible not to repost it.
"I've never been here before!"
"Ah! It's not hot!"
Seriously- Wtf.
Hulk Hogan at his finest! wake up in a jungle somewhere and the first thing he does is scream obvious imposes about his situation. Wrestling!
It’s crazy the stuff that Hogan got away with in WCW.
Ah! It's below zero temperature!
Cannot stop laughing
My guess is that Hogan was supposed to "burn" his hand but his ego was so massive he refused to sell hot water being hot
If you watch that first Dungeon of Doom skit, you can hear Hogan’s acting career slowly dying in the background.
LMFAO
Hogan can act? Well, I'll be damned!
Dynaman21 What career lol
You win
It was alive?
I really wanted a reprise of the “pushing the truck song” but this was also hilarious
I would really love a full version
@@firmanchristiansianturi4794 he did that in his latest classic PPV review
@@jop2663 I've watched that review, satisfied
"Ah, it's not hot!!!"
lmaoooo
I yell the same thing when I grab a Coke out of the fridge
Me when I grab anything that doesn't heat up right from the microwave. 😂😂😂
Every hot pocket
For some reason, I thought of Back to the Future when Doc touches the DeLorean after the test run and Marty's like "What? What? Is it hot!?" "No, it's cold. Very cold."
Please tell me the line is in a botchamania video
"The Yet-ay, who was more like a Mumm-ay"
this popped me lol
Don't forget about the "....busting out of a penis shaped block of ice" part......I choked on my fucking sandwiche when he said that.......BEAUTIFUL!
The Yetay is also known as The Yetah or The Yekah.
@@Imadisneydonk don't forget the Yet-Tay and Giant dry humping the hell out of Hogan. That was a drink spitter.
@@Imadisneydonk I never realised Egypt had so many glaciers!
Kevin Sullivan does have a good reason for the Dungeon existing; by giving Hogan a group of cartoonish characters to beat over and over again, it made Hogan trust Sullivan so when it came time for Hogan to lose the WCW title, Hogan would actually do it.
Wannabe_Baby And to turn heel
@@fizzyfuzz5878 I don't think that's what was on Sullivan's mind, at least at the time. Hogan said by the time it even came to turning for the NWO, the crowd already hated him as a babyface so much, he didn't have much of a choice. Sullivan has said in interviews that his only concern was getting Hogan to trust him, for the title drop.
American Made ua-cam.com/video/xpMWlB_tOno/v-deo.html
I understand why, I don't understand stand lex luger, boss man, ect that were not actual cartoon characters
Maybe they didn't think this out. It was one of those "on paper" ideas as far as characters I'm guessing they were either high or confused about how they wanted this storyline to go too cartoonish or too scary, make people laugh or the little Hulkamanics cry because their "hero" hulk hogan was getting destroyed
Wow, the Dungeon of Doom actually DID end Hulkamania, though not the way they intended. It's like how a lot of fabled prophecies in fiction actually come true due to people's actions to prevent the prophecies. Kinda blows your mind a little when you think about it.
Watching an old Wrestling with Wregret video when I get a notification about a new wrestling with wregret video.....ain’t life just great sometimes!!
Only Hogan can get burned by cold water
Holy shit... He sold for cold water 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
But he said it wasn’t hot
LostOneOmega hogan would sell for cold water, but he refused to lose to Shawn Michaels in 2005, or to randy orton in 2006
technically, you can get burned by cold water. that's what frostbite is.
now that's i've ruined the joke, it's time to ride off into the sunset. the dungeon of doom strikes again, ahahaha.
#THATSNOTHOT
Amazing intro Brian. That "IT'S NOT HOT" gets me every single time and you recreated it perfectly.
As a lifelong wrestling fan and LSU alum, as well as 12-yr employee, I never knew John Tenta’s Tiger tat was an homage. Thanks for the history lesson!
Todd M. I’ve gone to LSU as well, always loved John Tenta and never knew that either.
I wonder how he would have done in mma?
Lucha Underground is basically an entire company based on the insane theatrics and storytelling of the Dungeon of Doom, but somehow very good.
its The Final Deletion meets Breaking Bad.
Lucha Underground is more like what if Wrestling went Grindhouse style!
My favorite part about the Giant is how the "son of Andre" never even attempted a French accent. Should've gotten some tips from Jean-Paul Levesque.
Kirbi Chan Andres real kids don’t have accents,maybe that’s why?
Maybe Andre had Giant in another place?
I liked it when the Giant first joined the nWo and they took over the commentary dust and Scott Hall says to the Giant “hey can I ask you something? Are you really Andre’s son?” And the Giant sighs and pulls a disappointing face as to say really you’re asking me that
Accents don't usually pass on unless they grow up where their parents did and speak the language but this was in bad taste. Using Andre this way
@@nichhodge8503 probably still gets asked that
9:42 She is a Stunt Granny
Never gets old.
So glad he worked that in there.
Greatest thing I ever saw
Haha still a classic
The classics
Can we take a moment to appreciate the constant tease of Brian singing the "Pushing" theme? XD
I love proto-Hollywood Hogan. This whole era of WCW is like some kind of fever dream. This was a pretty comical and cartoonish period for WWF as well, but WCW took it to a whole new level of bizarre. Zodiac Beefcake still pries his way into my nightmares sometimes.
Allegedly, somebody in WCW proposed having The Giant pull a fish out his tights to suggest he fell from Joe Louis Arena to the river. I wish they had gone with that just to get a reaction shot from Zane as he witnessed that clip.
That's absolutely ridiculous. There's no way EVER such a...oh, hang on... it's WCW.
Yeah, it's probably true.
Octopus would've been better since it's Joe Louis Arena.
FewerMiles I wish they’d have wet his hair or something
FewerMiles hey Giant! Is that a fish in your pants, or are ya just happy to see me? (Rimshot is at your discretion)
@@ChannelyChannel True!
Shame you left out the best part of the Dungeon of Doom. The I'M NOT A SHARK, I'M A MAN promo.
Good call on that one!
Definitely a good shout out there!
John Tenta was awesome btw,
According to Stevie Ray, Tenta destroyed the backstage area screaming, "I will stretch him!," in reference to Arn Anderson.
Mario Alan Logan Yes indeed. Stevie Ray is a great shoot interviewee, he comes across as very humble, grateful, and respectful. He stated he was almost surprised to see Tenta so upset as he was such a pro, and gentle giant. Arn got the hell out of there, and I don’t blame him lol
@@LuckyDT Tenta was one of the genuine good people of wrestling
Mr. Zane is a constant source of pro wrestling entertainment.
Always hilarious!!!
Thanks Brian
My interest in wrestling had dropped to zero until I discovered your videos Brian. Now I can’t wait for your next retrospective reviews!
WHAAAT A RUUUSSSSHHH!! Ooops. Wrong Doom.
Where's the BFG 9000? Oops. More wrong Doom abounds!
NEDM could... ...crap. Still wrong Doom?!
Latveria forever! Whoops, still wrong Doom.
Cannon run run Doom
Ron Simmons and Butch Reed were a powerful tag team and all but.... oh wait wrong DOOM still.
A clean shaven Hogan looks like a featherless parrot.
TheJeffreyJJones hahahahahah
Lol
DAMN!
TheJeffreyJJones I use to think Mel Gibson was him when I watched him on his kid movie in tnt
A rather succinct analogy 🤔
okay Zane, you did it! From now on I will refer to the: "Darkside" version of Hulk Hogan as: "Darth Hogan". I hope you´re happy!
I hope Brian Pillman gets a introspective, I wanna hear the details of his career
Just watch any car wreck or dumpster fire and you'll get the gist of it.
I've learned a ton about wrestling from you, thanks friendo!
Hello fellow Baldur's Gate fan.
man, that big show laughing at hogan in the truck clip. kills me everytime.
The dropped pick and the "Fuck." Gets me every time because you built that moment up so well.
No Limit Soldiers? Okay, I want a video on those guys!
Jack Marsh Oh trust me, by that point they likely would have been heels here too. People were sick of them for a couple years by then.
I kind of wish for that as well. Just to see people's first reactions to the term "Hootie Hoo".
The hip hop guys with ten plus members were somehow the faces against the country music trio in a promotion that wrestled largely in the South. Only in WCW.
Marc Quill I mean its a new generation and the booker at the time was a progressive liberal (Kevin Nash)
Curt Hennig and his song "Rap is Crap" was gold back then. @@DasNordlicht91
the reason in kayfabe beefcake got the butcher name is that he had butchered a friendship with hulk hogan
What about the Zodiac? Hope it is something legal lol
I was at World War 3 1995 and got to see Savage win his first wcw championship. That was cool.
Only for Hogan to come and shit on it :/
"She's a Stunt Granny." Zane's right. It never gets old
Say what you will about the cartoony characters, The Dungeon of Doom still had pretty good talent. Earthquake, Vader, The Giant, Konann, Faces of Fear, Kevin Sullivan, Giant Haystacks, Hugh Morris, Big Boss Man, One Man Gang, there was alot of good talent in the Dungeon. I liked the group for that alone.
Same here best group ever
Yeah, I think the reason why the Dungeon Of Doom is so hated is that took place in the 90s and in a post-Hulkamania atmosphere.
Before Eugene, there was David Sullivan
...and before him, there was Boo Bradley in SMW, and before him was Rick Steiner in NWA!
Could you review the custody of dominick storyline?
Dominique I'm your Papi!
The Sensational Spider-Man where the fuck is vikki?
YES!
Dumb story with excellent wrestling
YES BRIAN PLEASE
Paul White really has a great “evil” laugh and really it’s probably the best thing about his time in the Dungeon Of Doom
Hey Brian, how about a top 8 of the worst tag team champions in the ruthless aggression era, or the top 8 best tag team champions of that era?
I bet Rene Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki would be on that list
MegaBRD The Movie Nerd don't forget about Rico and Charlie hass
Don’t forget how terrible Deuce and Domino were either.
JC Holmanation they werent as bad as some of the other teams though, but yeah they weren't that good
Matt hardy and MVP very underrated wwe tag team champions
Your explanation of wrestling, most of which I already know or have heard a thousand times, and make it sound like I'm hearing it for the very first time.
I could watch your videos all day.
Thank you so much.
I lol'd genuinely at the "pushing and pushing and pushing" call back. Ha ha! I had started saying it as soon as I saw the monster truck stupidity.
Top 8 One-Time WWE Champions anyone?
I think he did that already
Number 1 Jinder Mahal
black and silver diamond nah he’s done one-time IC and US Champions
@@TheMclesc I would love if for an April Fools video he put Jinder at #1 then disables conments
@Kanenums God bless him he wasn't the champion we deserved, he was the champion we needed.
"Aaah! its not hot!" still one of the most legendary quotes from wrestling history
According to the New Gen Podcast, Sullivan used the Dungeon of Doom angle to build up a level of trust between Hogan and himself to later convince him to turn heel once Nash and Hall turned up. He gave him enough of his usual monster heels to squash so that he'd go along with trying something outside of his comfort zone.
One of my favorite Wrestling with wregret videos. It was tough being a wrestling fan during this time.
Why do people give WWF's New Generation so much shade when this much camp was happening in WCW
I guess because at least WCW's was entertaining.
I think the reason is New Generation was still more well remembered than this era was. Maybe it's because some key NG guys carried over to the Attitude era (Shawn, Bret, Taker) or maybe our memory of 90s WCW just got conflated with our memory of 80s WWF but it is what it is
Cuz we get F'n tired of hearing New day, usos, Roman LAMES coming up NEEEEEEEEEEEEXT for the millionnnnnnnnnnth F'n tiiiiiiiiiiime..........😒😒😒😒😒
a) WWF was way goofier and cringeworthy at the time b) WCW eventually pulled the trigger and turned Hogan heel
Horror Film New Generation refers to 93-97 not the current product.
The best part of the Yeti (or Yeh-Tay) was that they immediately repackaged him as the creatively-named Super Giant Ninja.
Also, the Zodiac doing the "YES! NO!" thing well before Daniel Bryan got over with it decades later.
I fell asleep watching UA-cam and ended up waking up to Brian talk to captain Lou, very interesting to hear that first thing
"She’s a stunt granny." never gets old.
So let me get this straighth WCW Tried to compete with WWF Cartoonish era by being more Cartoonish
No, WCW tried to use the 1980s Hulkamania formula on a fanbase that hated that formula and liked rasslin, hence they were WCW fans and not WWF fans. They did it to try and get Hogan over with the new fanbase, not to compete with WWF's old fanbase.
DejaVoodooDoll - They wanted Hogan to get over with the current WCW fans as well as attract new sponsors and viewers. "Workrate" as you put it is what allows marks to elevate crap like Malenko & Benoit into a false position of actually being stars. Fans of WCW liked the feuds. Sting vs Flair was about how Flair kept screwing Sting and what they did in the ring made sense to that feud. Benoit, etc was the piss break for many people. WCW was always about aggressive blood feuds with compelling storytelling in the ring, not workrate spot monkeys.
Anyway, I digress, WCW fans did not like Hogan's style and that is why he got booed. For every new fan that came to see WCW because of Hogan, there were 10 who hated WWF.
I completely understand why they did it, but from a WCW fan's point of view it was the worst they had ever seen when you consider 1 year earlier they had seen Sting vs Vader/Rude/Cactus, Hollywood Blondes, etc. It went from rasslin with guys "really" hating each other (the way they played their part) to silly WWF crap.
It wasn't to compete with WWF cartoon crap like the OP said though, it was to add to what they already had and attract new fans. It just didn't mesh at all with what the WCW product had always been.
DejaMark - Yes, Benoit was a boring midget who people tuned out for. Pillman was charismatic and therefore people PAID ATTENTION to him, not becasue of some flips and shit, but because of his character connecting with the audience. Dickheads like you think that Malenko vs Saturn would be amazing, but Hogan vs Andre is boring. "No moveste", "in ring work", "-5 stars". Fucking mark.
WCW was trying to grow by hiring established names to go ALONG SIDE it's won people. Politics play a big part in people getting lost in the shuffle. WCW's misuse of Austin was bad, but WWF used him even worse as The Ringmaster. It was a sheer fluke that he even got to win the KOTR in the first place. I know a mark like you sees little men that are your own size and cums in his pants, but to anyone with a brain, name stars put eyeballs on to the product and then hopefully these new fans see your WCW talent and get to like them too. They miscalculated how much WCW fans hated WWF, but Hogan was worth the gamble. Duggan, etc was jobs for the boys and stank the place out, but they HAD TO MAKE HOGAN HAPPY. Jeez, go and jerk off to Okada and Dave Meltzer.
Hand Solo is right, to a point. Hogan to WCW was a square peg, but what else were they going to do? Flair, Bischoff and Sullivan were all HEAVILY involved in getting Hogan there-but they already had done Hogan/Flair in WWE and folks didn't buy it then, so when it was done in WCW, folks couldn't accept it either. What was the alternative? WWE was STILL winning the PR war, despite being at low ebb. As a (primarily) WCW fan, it shocking-but inevitable
@DICK LONG - In my opinion they were piss breaks and they were shit. I can accept 100% that people enjoyed them and that's cool. Any opinion is as valid as another, but I hate marks who think that people like that were better than people like Hogan, etc who actually drew money and therefore must have been better.
RIP Kevin Sullivan. The pearly gates be like “Sullivan! Follow my voice!”
11:07-11:20 😂 the timing of saying the Giant is a big nasty bastard was hilarious
I was expecting the shock master to fall out of the stone
Complete with his helmet falling off....again.
Make a longer one of these. This is nostalgic and glossed over forgotten history
This angle was the like the predecessor to Broken Matt.
"It's the Yetayyyy!" 😂🤣😄
One of the best lines in wrestling history.
That opening bit get's me every time. Lmao!
Brother I almost totally forgot about Hogan and his time with the dungeon of doom. Hogan and the NWO kinda of made a lot of ppl forget about this time of wcw. Thanks for the memories Brian.
Oh my god you put the Doom Song over the credits 😂😂 Day made, thanks Brian!
I love quoting the “I’ve never been here before!” promo to my friends.
I loved the Dungeon of Doom skits & story line. So dumb & goofy but yet so entertaining. & they had a killer theme song to boot.
Loved the Star Wars Christmas Special reference at the end.
Well. At least WWE never created a group just to get anyone over........ right....... guys?
@@VaderPopsVicodin10 Nexus weren't made specifically to get Cena over. Brian covered it in the vid he did on Cena ruining pushes/careers
@SuperPikachu Jexs tbf, The Authority wasn't explicitly to get Bryan over. It was to try and remake the magic that was Mr. McMahon as a character with HHH and Steph, and to also give purpose to guys like Big Show and Kane, who were floundering at the time, The New Age Outlaws when they returned, The Shield/Seth Rollins, etc. Bryan was never a part of that plan until Punk left and WWE had to scramble to come up with a new WrestleMania 30 plan.
@SuperPikachu Jexs for Straight Edge Society.....I guess? I mean, it's weird. Punk never really won in SES, but it wasn't just for one person. They used them to get Rey over, to get Big Show over, to get Taker over upon his return...etc.
ministry of darkness or corporate ministry maybe?
Did everyone here really forget League of Nations was a thing?
Brian Zane: Tomb Raider
"She's a stunt granny..."
I laughed so hard at this!
“IVE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE” 😂😂
I remember watching the Monster Truck Sumo match on PPV. Very much enjoyed it, especially when The Giant showed back up out of no where.
I will never tire of Brian's Captain Lou Albano!
The evil laughter from the Dungeon of Doom is overboard.....yet entertaining at the same time.
Damn, I would've loved to hear the song "Pushing" again xD
“Ah!!, it’s not hot!” 😂😂 classic
The Zodiac would be great with today's WWE creative team. Lol
He could be a special guest referee in a Wrestlemania main event involving Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper.
"Hey, Zodiac. Should we push Buddy Murphy?
"YES"
"Should we turn Kevin Owens heel again?"
"NO"
That intro!😄😆😆
" The Master portrayed by King Curtis iaukea who got into the role by covering himself with Asbestos"😂😂😂😂
I always thought he was stuck in the cave lol
That's a common misconception that the Nasty Boys "followed" Hogan to WCW, they'd already been in WCW for about a year before Hogan went there.
So Hogan met them there lol
fantastic work as usual but how did you NOT have the schaivone YET-AY soundbite in the vid. It was right there.
This was a good opportunity to collab with OSW review
Ya I was thinking the same thing
The best Story arc OSW ever did.
Yes Halloween havoc 95 in my opinion their best episode
Fuck OSW.
It was my favorite as well. .....”MEMBER THIS SHIRT HOGAN!!?” 😂
I’m waiting on Brian to show up on an adbreak questionarium.
I wasn't watching wrestling at this point, so hearing Zane's explanations and viewpoints is interesting and insightful. Glad I could learn some more about the history of wrestling.
13:40 Jeep Swenson and Tiny Lister were both in Batman movies..Batman&Robin and The Dark Knight respectively
9:20 That laugh kills me lol
0:57 funniest shit I'veever seen. His little fall there hahahaha
Dungeon of Doom, thank you for giving us the greatest gift of all... THE YETAY!!!
Yes I was hoping that Brian remembered the "Pushing & Pushing & Pushing" scene lol
"AAHH.. It's not hot"
-Hulk Hogan
17:28 Invader zim doom song
GIR!
Loved the guitar callback! :)
Hey Brian could you do a
Review on Heel Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Two Man Power Trip?
Or combine the two subjects into one video.
You were on point with this video Mr Zane. Providing some good call backs to previous reviews that elicited some hearty chuckles. When watching you here, I'll cheer you. If I find my way stateside and go to a show with you there, I'll be sure to boo.
Thu dungeon of doom returned under the name Gawker
Meng & Barbarian as the Faces of Fear was a good tag team.
And after the Bash at Beach 96 heal turn, Sullivan said on Nitro that he had been warning ppl about Hogan for years.
The Nasty Boys were in WCW BEFORE Hulk Hogan was...
9:41 😂😂😂😂 awesome reference
I have two ideas for retrospectives. Aces and Eights in TNA & Tommy Dreamer in WWE
Brother you crack me up on a daily basis. Even when I'm having a shitty day. I get home from work and my 6 year son will sit beside me and say...( let's watch some old 'Rasslin so we can provide our own play by play announcing. At 43 I know every second in our life is so very precious and we all need a laug!
✌(I hope I didn't waste too much of your time with my essay lol). ✌❤
I'm going through WCW starting with the first Nitro and every time these guys show up I can't help but let out a sigh of frustration.
The only good that came out of this is Big Show and a fairly fun Sullivan/Benoit feud.
Christ, those early promos in that cave...get flashbacks of Steve Carolls character in Anchorman yelling "I don't know what we're yelling about" and "Loud noises!"...he could have been the perfect mascot for the group.
If only Jay Hunter could have played the role of King Curtis Iaukea.
Zane, my son!!!
I’m surprised you didn’t bring up the Giant holding André’s (Kayfabe father) shirt from that movie he was in and screaming, “you see this Hogan! This is my father’s shirt!!!!”
I met John in the UK in 2001 and asked him why he covered up his tiger tatto with a shark?
(We didn't have WCW here in the UK in the 90s)
He said it was for a stupid gimmick he did in WCW and he really regretted it.
Amazing guy R.I.P.
That skit In the beginning killed me. lol
I appreciate the inclusion of "Ah! It's not hot!"
Hey Brian, just want to address a minor error in the video (and OSW made the same one). The Giant was a member of the DoD up until September of 1996, where he switched and joined the nWo. He was only there until December, when he was kicked out of the group to join WCW's main roster and teamed with Lex Luger. He never rejoined the DoD after his initial departure.