Agreed. The other whatculture guys aren't terrible at what they do, but they could stand to take a page or two out of Simon Miller's playbook when it comes to speaking and presentation.
Hahahahahahahahahah are we...serious? You’ve never watched wrestling with wregret? What culture has literally jacked his retro PPV reviews and made it their own
I reckon you onto something. A good balance of awesome events & terrible one's Will certainly keep things interesting! Watching Simon drop F bombs is awesome once in a while! Haha!
8:24 Man I miss when everyone made and brought signs. The sign that said, "The real big show is in my pants" would get confiscated pretty quick in 2020. Haha
@@jknight1984 Originally, Backlash 1999 was scheduled to be an In Your House event, early promo posters including the wording but WWE decided to phase out the In Your House, dropping the wording which actually makes Backlash 1999 the first non-In Your House monthly PPV outside the Big Four during the Attitude Era.
Undertaker was wild during his ministry of darkness days... When I was a kid I believed somebody was going to get murdered every week and I was excited for it
I wonder if Simon ever goes back to when he just started ups and downs. He is so much better now. It's like must see viewing now and I dont even watch wrestling anymore
I hear you! Decided to watch Clash of Champions from start to finish while giving it my full attention. There is some great talent no doubt & it is super hard without fans but wow - the commentary & promos are bland & basic. I don't know how Simon makes the highlights better than the event. I reckon it's because Vince isn't making him read a script! Haha.
2:34 damn simon i thought when you were on rock/metal heads react it was for laughs but hearing you play that guitar made me think your a modern day kurt angle. 💪💯
I think the creative benefit to the product that Vince Russo had fizzled out by the time we got to the middle of 1999, and a lot of the undercard stuff was a preview for his wcw work. The wwf was lucky they had great top stars. Personally i lover the attitude era overall but I think its undeniable that the product got WAY better in 2000 thanks to the work of benoit, angle, jericho, eddie, and the improved tag division centered around the dudleys, hardys and e&c
@@heyyo7431 nah don't get me wrong man HHH was awesome, I was just highlighting how the undercard of the wwf got way better in 2000 but HHH and rock and foley did great stuff too
Very well said & analysed. I luved the attitude era but when Raw vs Smackdown got going properly it was certainly more balanced & exciting. That Ruthless aggression documentary was fantastic!
You know which ups and downs I’d really love to see? The TNA ppv that had Jeff hardy vs sting when Jeff was completely out of it. I haven’t seen that show myself but I’d love to know what all happened. And it would be a non WWE event on retro ups and downs.
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Bruce Prichard said that Jeff was fine before the match. Then he disappeared and got high and they found him just as the match was starting. The v.i.p's were having a discussion about what to do when Jeff walked out when his music was playing while they had their backs turned. Then they told Bishoff to go tell Sting and the ref to just end it asap.
I just have to say quickly, This is one of my favorite intros to retro ups and downs. The “I did not expect to be reviewing random episodes of Raw” absolutely kills me
Wrestlemania 12! The Hollywood Backlot Brawl between Roddy Piper and Goldust (who was amazing back then) and the Iron Man match between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels are two of my favorite matches.
I’m glad you did these. Everyone thinks the attitude era was all great stuff. There was a lot that sucked. The only thing that elevated it was that the good stuff was absolutely great.
I remember this Raw, i thought it was one of the best in recent memory. I gotta disagree with the Acolyte segment though. That was the first time Ron Simmons and Bradshaw broke out of the strong zombie like enforcer gimmick and started developing what would become the APA gimmick. IIRC Bradshaw said something like “I’ve proven I can out drink you, don’t make me prove I can outfight you.” This was the first time these two were able to show personality on the show and it worked. I think we might have even gotten our first “Damn!” out of it. Based on the context of their character development, I move that down should be changed to an up.
Something that isn't mentioned about the evening gown match is that it was done because of the Sable lawsuit. There was an agreement in place that she would not be made to compete physically while the lawsuit was being heard. As a result this was how they got the title of her without having her compete. They also pulled a similar trick on a UK PPV this same week.
I used to record Raw on my vhs player every Monday or Tuesday for us in the UK. I watched this Episode after school and thought that it was so good that I removed the little black tab which means that you can’t record over it. I labels the VHS as ‘beat raw ever!!!’ I had no idea that this was the highest rated episode ever.
VHS! Classic & cool story. I had to frickin wait for weeks to get original VHS tapes of In Your House from the UK because they never showed them in SA. 1st one I ever got was Good Friends Better Enemies. Luved the main event.
Doing a retro review of an old Raw was actually a lot of fun! You don't get quite the same amount of nonsense on PPVs so it would be cool to see some more Raws or Smackdowns
Simon Miller should have a monopoly of every list-based UA-cam channel. Dude is a natural, he can make anything sound entertaining no matter how drab or rubbish it was. Big props to Simon for carrying the WhatCulture scene 💪 Protect him at all costs!
Id love for WWE to do a retro show but instead of having the legends in matches make the current talent cosplay in legend's full gimmicks. New matches or recreate the old ones.
I’m dead at the part when he said about HBK and he was a security guard and ripped his close off and just started grinding because that’s just what he used to do
Oh no, the WWE has changed quite a lot! All you have today is non sense, insanely boring storylines, overproduced crap, non stop recaps and replays and there’s no “bigger than life” wrestlers anymore either! Today’s WWE is pure crap and it has absolutely nothing to do with how the ATTITUDE era or even the Ruthless Aggression era were!
Steve Blackman (born September 28, 1963) is an American martial arts instructor, bail bondsman, and former professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1997 to 2002, where he was a frequent challenger for the promotion's mid-card titles. He held the WWF Hardcore Championship six times and holds the record for most combined days as champion, a total of 172 days.[
SIMON MILLER PLAYS GUITAR. ROAD WARRIOR POP. "I sat down and learned it, because I had to." You can tell he's really playing it as, some ears can hear the strings acoustically as he strums. He wrestles, plays guitar and, and is a positive bastion of goodness on the murky interweb seas. This gets the Golden Up.
I tthough t hbk giving the title to Debra was a shoot. (Or a worked shoot) Sable walked out on a match with Torrie at the British ppv no mercy that Sunday and was out of the wwf for four years
Meh, the segment with everyone and Shawn is still one of my guilty pleasures. To be fair I take nothing serious in wrestling or entertainment. It’s supposed to be silly to a degree. Lol
Wrestlemania 3 (Y'all know what happens) Vengeance 2001 (Jericho) Survivor Series 2014 (Sting debut) WCPW True Legacy (Simon doing a WCPW ppv would be awesome)
PG Miller strikes again on Retro ups and downs. Yeah the chair shots/violence was extreme and the overly sexualised stuff was over the top and cheesy but that was a huge part of the attitude era. Can’t go marking them down by today’s bothered by everything, can’t say anything to anyone standards. That’s why wrestling struggles to get over these days. Goes to show even big parts of the attitude era wouldn’t get over in this day and age. It’s also why so much of what happens in wrestling today gets so much hate. The companies can’t seem to win whatever they do
I honestly believe that, between the internet and social media, wrestling became way too transparent. The majesty of pro wrestling was the mystery and secrecy.
Agree completely. After reading countless autobiographies & watching so many documentaries it certainly exposes the in ring stories. If Vince was younger he would've reacted to this & come up with a plan to make wrestling more interesting.
Thank you Simon!!! I just happened to be playing my guitar while watching this video - and now I know how to play the RAW IS WAR music!! Woo hoo!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I swear sometimes when my brain isn't thinking of anything else Paul Bearer saying "Please don't kill me I'm not a wrestler" to the Big Show randomly pops into my head. Even after all these year.
Simon Miller can make ups and downs of how his day went and still have me invested
I wouldn’t mind watching that
Facts
Now there's an idea.
I would watch the shit out of that
Woke up today, slapped my bald head....give it an up.
Simon Miller, the main reason to watch this channel.
Agreed. The other whatculture guys aren't terrible at what they do, but they could stand to take a page or two out of Simon Miller's playbook when it comes to speaking and presentation.
Hes the only reason. No offense to the others but Simon is a gift
100% charisma
Fr tho
Only*
Whoever came up with the idea of doing ups and downs for retro shows deserves an award.
It was me it was me wiazard in the sky
Hahahahahahahahahah are we...serious?
You’ve never watched wrestling with wregret? What culture has literally jacked his retro PPV reviews and made it their own
@@diskeyes give that man the award lol
Edit: no I've never watched his retro reviews but I'm gonna check them out for sure.
You should maybe do the LOWEST rated RAW episode or the HIGHEST rated Smackdown episode
He already did since it happened earlier this year
Zjarcal 😂
@@Zjarcal LMAOO
I reckon you onto something. A good balance of awesome events & terrible one's Will certainly keep things interesting! Watching Simon drop F bombs is awesome once in a while! Haha!
@@Zjarcal 😂😂
Simon on guitar 😂 yes!!!
It gets a golden up
I won't lie, it popped me.
8:24 Man I miss when everyone made and brought signs. The sign that said, "The real big show is in my pants" would get confiscated pretty quick in 2020. Haha
Yeah because we aren’t allowed to have fun anymore! All that because we now live in a society filled with easily offended idiots
Wrestling signs were OG memes change my mind.
Simon on a guitar is an up. Simon on a James Hetfield Truckster ESP? That’s a golden up!
I was at this raw, no idea it was the highest rated raw ever lol. I was just happy to be there, best gift my grandma ever gave me..
Hottest grandma ever 🔥 🔥 🔥
Next Retro ups and downs - St Valentines Day Massacre: In Your House 1999. Paul Wight's debut and the last In Your House until this year.
This was after the Crazy Royal Rumble I guess
I thought the first BackLash was the last IYH event in the Attitude Era
@@jknight1984 Originally, Backlash 1999 was scheduled to be an In Your House event, early promo posters including the wording but WWE decided to phase out the In Your House, dropping the wording which actually makes Backlash 1999 the first non-In Your House monthly PPV outside the Big Four during the Attitude Era.
YES!
I didn’t know Simon could play the guitar; this man is multi-talented
He was in a band! Look up MG & The Juggernaut. Pretty cool stuff actually.
Simon doing HHH's theme song is the highlight of 2020
He should perform it with Edge and Christian on kazoos.
Lmao fr huh
Undertaker was wild during his ministry of darkness days... When I was a kid I believed somebody was going to get murdered every week and I was excited for it
Kind of ironic that Vince forms a stable called the Union but he scoffs at the wrestlers wanting a real one.
“You know what else is of its time? Sucking!”
I don’t think that line hit how you wanted it to 😂
I know what you're saying, but figuring it's the attitude era, no matter how it hits, IT HITS.😂
David Rivera 😂😂😂
I wonder if Simon ever goes back to when he just started ups and downs. He is so much better now. It's like must see viewing now and I dont even watch wrestling anymore
I hear you! Decided to watch Clash of Champions from start to finish while giving it my full attention. There is some great talent no doubt & it is super hard without fans but wow - the commentary & promos are bland & basic. I don't know how Simon makes the highlights better than the event. I reckon it's because Vince isn't making him read a script! Haha.
At least give AEW a watch...WWE is absolutely shit right now.
@@c0pyimitati0n AEW is even worse piss poor truly awful promotion.
My choice for a retro ups and downs:
Backlash 2000
good shout
2:34 damn simon i thought when you were on rock/metal heads react it was for laughs but hearing you play that guitar made me think your a modern day kurt angle. 💪💯
I think the creative benefit to the product that Vince Russo had fizzled out by the time we got to the middle of 1999, and a lot of the undercard stuff was a preview for his wcw work. The wwf was lucky they had great top stars.
Personally i lover the attitude era overall but I think its undeniable that the product got WAY better in 2000 thanks to the work of benoit, angle, jericho, eddie, and the improved tag division centered around the dudleys, hardys and e&c
Of course you leave out triple h, he was the top heel and had better matches than all of them in 2000. Educate yourself.
Paul Williams They never want to give triple h credit
@@heyyo7431 nah don't get me wrong man HHH was awesome, I was just highlighting how the undercard of the wwf got way better in 2000 but HHH and rock and foley did great stuff too
Very well said & analysed. I luved the attitude era but when Raw vs Smackdown got going properly it was certainly more balanced & exciting. That Ruthless aggression documentary was fantastic!
Simonplaysguitar?! 😲 Amazing! I want to hang out with Simon Miller everyday and watch repo man promos.
You know which ups and downs I’d really love to see? The TNA ppv that had Jeff hardy vs sting when Jeff was completely out of it. I haven’t seen that show myself but I’d love to know what all happened. And it would be a non WWE event on retro ups and downs.
Bruce Prichard said that Jeff was fine before the match. Then he disappeared and got high and they found him just as the match was starting. The v.i.p's were having a discussion about what to do when Jeff walked out when his music was playing while they had their backs turned. Then they told Bishoff to go tell Sting and the ref to just end it asap.
You can watch the Jeff clip right here at UA-cam. There are few info abt it in the comment section
Ok people its officially October! Time for some Halloween Havok🎃
Hey man mind checking us out ? We're a small channel with Wrestling and WWE 2K BATTLEGROUNDS content ! No worries if not It's all good !
The first ups and downs you’ve done
"I'm giving it an up but there are just some unforgivable things on that show...and they will haunt me..."
Yeah, sounds like Attitude era TV. lmao.
This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen! Thanks to Simon
Fly high my guy
Fly hiiigh
Amazing that we used to get these types of matches on a usual WWF/WWE episode.
My life is now complete after having seen Simon playing Raw is War intro on Ups & Downs 👍🏼 golden up
Up vote and vote for WCW Halloween Havoc 1997!
I would like to see an all WCW poll next week. I'd be down with any of the ppvs from the second half of 96 and through 97.
I just have to say quickly, This is one of my favorite intros to retro ups and downs. The “I did not expect to be reviewing random episodes of Raw” absolutely kills me
uploaded: 2 minutes ago
the comments: 35 minutes ago
me:
I'm the biggest fan of this channel bro, mostly because you're a funny humor goofball 😂
all the way from South Africa 🤙🏽
Suggeation: WCW Starrcade 1997
I'm almost to that point on wwe network I just finished road wild 97
Chris Jericho ups and downs , 30 years in the biz !
Damn I loved the Mean Street Posse! You have to respect anyone that made it out of Greenwich, CT in one piece 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂 the mean streets of Greenwich
Chilling on a couch at ring side - classic!
8:30 the best sign ever: "Nicole Bass has Venis Envy"!!!
Wrestlemania 12! The Hollywood Backlot Brawl between Roddy Piper and Goldust (who was amazing back then) and the Iron Man match between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels are two of my favorite matches.
I nominate Starrcade 85. It's really retro and I guarantee most of you have never seen it
Hell yes!!
Retro? Really? At 35 years old, I'd never have guessed!
How bout Starrcade 83 Flair For The Gold
Natch vs Dream!
I’m glad you did these. Everyone thinks the attitude era was all great stuff. There was a lot that sucked. The only thing that elevated it was that the good stuff was absolutely great.
Very well said brother
When the highest rated raw ever gets more downs than ups 😂😂
No doubt about it. I miss the attitude era. I often find myself rewatching these episodes because they were so damn entertaining.
I remember this Raw, i thought it was one of the best in recent memory. I gotta disagree with the Acolyte segment though. That was the first time Ron Simmons and Bradshaw broke out of the strong zombie like enforcer gimmick and started developing what would become the APA gimmick. IIRC Bradshaw said something like “I’ve proven I can out drink you, don’t make me prove I can outfight you.” This was the first time these two were able to show personality on the show and it worked. I think we might have even gotten our first “Damn!” out of it. Based on the context of their character development, I move that down should be changed to an up.
"Do you know what else is of its time? Sucking." Bravo Simon! I'm so stealing that one.
Something that isn't mentioned about the evening gown match is that it was done because of the Sable lawsuit. There was an agreement in place that she would not be made to compete physically while the lawsuit was being heard. As a result this was how they got the title of her without having her compete. They also pulled a similar trick on a UK PPV this same week.
Don't be sorry for awesome guitar playing. My head was banging
"Why is Val Venis' finisher called The Money Shot? It's basically just a big splash."
*pauses*
"Ohhhhhhh."
Dont get it
I was cheering the entire two hours that night
I used to record Raw on my vhs player every Monday or Tuesday for us in the UK. I watched this Episode after school and thought that it was so good that I removed the little black tab which means that you can’t record over it. I labels the VHS as ‘beat raw ever!!!’
I had no idea that this was the highest rated episode ever.
VHS! Classic & cool story. I had to frickin wait for weeks to get original VHS tapes of In Your House from the UK because they never showed them in SA. 1st one I ever got was Good Friends Better Enemies. Luved the main event.
Raw always used to be on a Friday night in UK.
Unless it was a live event which were always early Sunday mornings.
Jay 1988 it was also on live on a Monday, I can’t wait that long lol it was also more edited on the Friday nights showing
Simon learning and playing the Raw is War theme gets a Golden Asuka Alakazam Alakazoom Repo Man UP ⬆ !!!
That OG Raw theme..back when I looked forward to Mondays haha
Have you ever did Retro Ups and downs Wrestlemania 8. I was at that one front row upper deck
My suggestion is No Mercy 2002.
Doing a retro review of an old Raw was actually a lot of fun! You don't get quite the same amount of nonsense on PPVs so it would be cool to see some more Raws or Smackdowns
Awwwww now THESE were the days!!!
Transport me back in time PLEASE!!
Simon Miller should have a monopoly of every list-based UA-cam channel. Dude is a natural, he can make anything sound entertaining no matter how drab or rubbish it was. Big props to Simon for carrying the WhatCulture scene 💪 Protect him at all costs!
Survivor Series 2000 with that main event that was so far removed from actual wrestling it was absolutely beautiful.
A retro ups and downs of WWF In Your House Canadian Stampede would be awesome!
Id love for WWE to do a retro show but instead of having the legends in matches make the current talent cosplay in legend's full gimmicks. New matches or recreate the old ones.
BOOK IT VINCE
They did that (sort of) with Curtis Axel and Damien Mizdow
@@PowerRangerfan True. I mean the whole roster and show.
Mate I think he means a full show
I think they need to give one wrestler that gimmick, each week he comes out as a retro wrestler.. lol it's silly but it's the good side of silly.
Do a retro up on the 1st Smackdown with The Rock vs Triple H for the title
I’m dead at the part when he said about HBK and he was a security guard and ripped his close off and just started grinding because that’s just what he used to do
Seeing this I realize WWE hasn't really changed, Vince hasn't changed, It's the fans who changed
Oh no, the WWE has changed quite a lot! All you have today is non sense, insanely boring storylines, overproduced crap, non stop recaps and replays and there’s no “bigger than life” wrestlers anymore either! Today’s WWE is pure crap and it has absolutely nothing to do with how the ATTITUDE era or even the Ruthless Aggression era were!
No finish fred the lesser known alias of tugboat
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"An angry man who had hair that would never move" haha! Your one liners are just brilliant!!
Dang I didn't realize Test did indeed die so young
“My Time” is a better theme than “The Game” don’t @ me
No arguments. It is
Ngl thought there would be more comments
Hands down
I personally agree even Edge and Christian played HHH theme with kazoo's😁
SIMON MILLER PLAYS GUITAR.
ROAD WARRIOR POP.
"I sat down and learned it, because I had to."
You can tell he's really playing it as, some ears can hear the strings acoustically as he strums.
He wrestles, plays guitar and, and is a positive bastion of goodness on the murky interweb seas.
This gets the Golden Up.
I mean, it’s pretty easy to see he can play it. Finger movement alone.
Simon with the subtle guitar flex i dig it. Lets have a jam sesh!
wow. a proper retro show on the retro show... must be the first!!
Next week Survivor Series 1994
This was an amazing 2 hour segment!
Did yall know RAW used to be a 3 hour event? Us oldschoolers remember.
Pepperidge Farm remembers. Subsequently, The North remembers.
Yes Simon. We all know Thorn in your Eye was simple as hell to play on guitar, but you can't lie. It's iconic and legendary as hell.
Oh come on Simon, that Chyna promo was a period piece.
I tthough t hbk giving the title to Debra was a shoot. (Or a worked shoot) Sable walked out on a match with Torrie at the British ppv no mercy that Sunday and was out of the wwf for four years
Simon Miller learning the opening to Raw on guitar when I didn't even know he knows how to play a guitar makes 2020 worth it.
Meh, the segment with everyone and Shawn is still one of my guilty pleasures. To be fair I take nothing serious in wrestling or entertainment. It’s supposed to be silly to a degree. Lol
Just really finally understanding how much “jerry springer” like shock and chaos they put in during the attitude era
Need more of these old school raw and smackdown ups and down 😍
This Tuesday in Texas, please! Who doesn’t want to see Simon review Repo Man?
Hell yeah. Simon paying the old theme on guitar gave me goosebumps. Double like. Way to go Simon Miller.
his impression of HHH's theme song hahaha
Ahhh, that was a tasty treat. Would like Summerslam 2002 next please.
I'd like to see Halloween Havoc 97 next. Still my favourite Rey Mysterio match and plenty of other stuff good and bad.
How can this win but not Survivor Series 2002......the first ever elimination chamber match.........
Wrestlemania 3 (Y'all know what happens)
Vengeance 2001 (Jericho)
Survivor Series 2014 (Sting debut)
WCPW True Legacy (Simon doing a WCPW ppv would be awesome)
Simon kills these things. keep up the good work man!
PG Miller strikes again on Retro ups and downs. Yeah the chair shots/violence was extreme and the overly sexualised stuff was over the top and cheesy but that was a huge part of the attitude era. Can’t go marking them down by today’s bothered by everything, can’t say anything to anyone standards. That’s why wrestling struggles to get over these days. Goes to show even big parts of the attitude era wouldn’t get over in this day and age. It’s also why so much of what happens in wrestling today gets so much hate. The companies can’t seem to win whatever they do
I honestly believe that, between the internet and social media, wrestling became way too transparent. The majesty of pro wrestling was the mystery and secrecy.
Agree completely. After reading countless autobiographies & watching so many documentaries it certainly exposes the in ring stories. If Vince was younger he would've reacted to this & come up with a plan to make wrestling more interesting.
Good video Simon. Big fan of whatcultures channel
I was 9 during this raw lol I’m 29 now with two kids 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼still watching wwe going strong thanks Simon for this Nostalgia
My man's brought out the Hetfield signature 🤘
Your awesome repo! Thanks for the retros
Halloween Havoc 1998 - Goldberg vs DDP
To this day still Goldberg's best match ever props to DDP
And unfortunately also known for Hogan v. Warrior II
@@JackieTheBold yes. Added bonus of Simon losing his mind from the awfulness
@@drewturner4845 shame on the original PPV it got cut off and had to be shown on Nitro the next night
Thank you Simon!!! I just happened to be playing my guitar while watching this video - and now I know how to play the RAW IS WAR music!! Woo hoo!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I marked out when I heard Simon played that riff. Flashbacks of sitting at home in high school watching Monday Night Raw!!
No Way Out 2002
I swear sometimes when my brain isn't thinking of anything else Paul Bearer saying "Please don't kill me I'm not a wrestler" to the Big Show randomly pops into my head. Even after all these year.
Suggestions:
Great American Bash 2008
WrestleMania 25
Rumble 2001
HIAC 2015
When you know how "Test" got his name its really no surprise he passed away young.
How did he get his name?
@@BWoodTTV He was the best at cheating the drug "test"
Cornette had discussed it before
Wrong... he got his name because he was the guy who said Test, Test, Test, in the microphone
Let's not sleep on the fact that watching play the guitar is pretty cool, and he was good!
Actually what happened to all of those people is they grew up and wrestling was no longer a priority for them like it was when they were younger.
Patterson takes off shirt. Lawler on commentary, “He’s single fellas”
That was Jim Ross with a subtle outing of Patterson.