Met Severn at a local wrestling show in the early 2000's. Absolute legend of a man. Chatted with me for hours about wrestling, mma, and life. He changed my life and helped set me down a good path. I owe the Dan "The Beast" Severn a lot.
Met him too...awesome guy, one of my friends actually got to team up with him in a tag match, he called it the greatest moment of his life, let alone his career.
It also showed that there should be a way of the WWF telling the wwf fans who they are and didn’t let people do that and didn’t learn from there mistakes as the alliance and nexus proves
M Rowley I think pro wrestling is such a fast food rapid spaced sport that what IS and is NOT relevant changes on not a yearly or even monthly but often weekly basis. Even when WCW top names came into the WWF they had a tiny window of oppurtunity to make an impact because WCW was barely gone. It never happened and then the predominant big drawers of crowds and PPV buys went back to dominating. What's wrong with wrestling? There's just too much of it and the more WWF has now expanded its television products it's become less and less important. No one can keep up with the product anymore. I think the WWF having four PPV's per year with wrestlemania as its main event, backed by one weekly addition of RAW would be ENOUGH, and also not soooo much to keep fans anticipating the events. You get those special moments in wrestling when a feud between two stars culminates in a huge match after being built so cleverly. They are RARE though. The more disposable WWF television suffocating audiences the ever more rare they will be
That is true but the NWA invasion was gonna fail from the start just because it was the attitude era and almost no fan cared or knew about the NWA by that time.
Daniel Paula I was out of high school, but I was still watching wrestling. I enjoyed seeing some old wrestlers, but it was a mess. Everything was DQ and beat downs. Both done quickly. NWA didn’t get a match long enough for a commercial break. It could have worked. The NWA would have needed to get dirty. What I mean is messing up faces and heels + going after bigger talent. The NWO got over and they were an all new stable.
The Rock n Roll Express as a part of the heel faction was the worst of both worlds. New fans didn't care, and old fans would roll their eyes at seeing R&R as heels working with Jim Cornette, their arch-enemy.
@@Stefan8u I'd give it to the NWO, which began as a WWF invasion of WCW before the lawyers got involved, and then invaded the WWF long enough to give us Rock vs. Hogan. Or the recent NXT invasion, which at least saved a Survivor Series before WWE figured out how to sabotage itself again. Also, Flair's invasion as "the real world champion" gave us a great Rumble and a great Mania match. Really, though, the best was probably New Japan vs. UWF. Apparently, they got years of main events out of it.
Geared up for this one, I remember seeing the arrival of Jarrett et al and it getting a great response but then just tapering off...really don't remember much about it after that :/
JJ lacked the charisma of a top guy, but people act like he couldn’t wrestle. The dude was highly talented just not charismatic and in an industry of larger than life characters the lack of charisma is like being Stephan hawking on a football field. Just right out of place
The last gasp of the NWA in the 90s and until the creation of TNA in 2002, the NWA might as well have been out of business. The NWA stuff, especially trying to recreate the Midnight Express or bringing back the Rock N Roll Express just seemed really out of place in late 90s wrestling; only person who should've been more featured was Dan Severn.
Great video!!! As always.. !!! How about a Bobby Eaton career review?? Would love to know more as everyone talks so highly of him... sorry if I missed in your library mr. Awesome Wrestling Bio
@BigBlackBootyDaddy interesting, why what happened? He get sick or something or just decided to try and get his career back on track, he looked so much younger....maybe he went on the atkins diet or maybe he went vegan lol
I remember when all of this was going down, and all I could think at the time was how weird the whole thing was. After the split from WCW, the NWA was such a non-factor in the national wrestling scene that better booking wouldn’t have even saved the angle.
@@ellismarquez8410 That wasn’t really the NWA though, they were basically just a loose affiliation of indie feds and even though TNA had creative control over their world and tag team titles they were never actually a member. Besides, by the time TNA landed a steady TV deal with Spike and started signing more established names it was at the tail end of their association with the NWA.
Personally I'd rather forget ALL of the "invasion" storylines because they all just fell flat to me. And Jeff Jarrett's ring gear and robe at this time made him look like some kind of Vulcan priest.
Nailed it that no one cares about Jarrett. I was happy he was gone from WCW with that stupid ring attire, but then he shows up on WWF when it's really getting hot and takes aim at guys way above his league. Best part of the whole angle was Austin stunning Jeff right after winning the title and burying the whole thing.
I always found this an odd fit at the time since Vince was really starting to push everything as counter culture and history and then you had him agree to have his former biggest rival get time on the show. Ok it wasn't the NWA of old but it was still odd for him to give them any kind of promotion. At least when he did the same with ECW it was because him and Paul Heyman were on very good terms and had a beneficial agreement.
I believe and I’ve heard through another source, at some point in the past, I’m sure. Vince wanted to do a crossover with NWA as WCW liked to talk about their heritage and talk about how they were the NWA old. However the story they told was fabricated and they didn’t come from the NWA of old. As Vince tried to prove with his cross promotional showings of “the real” NWA on Raw. I’m a little sketchy of the details, but it was to try and stick it to WCW.
@@martynodonnell8467 that is very possible although the NWA was basically just a name at that point with a bunch of affiliated small promotions. The problem is those running it still thought if they picked a promotion to be the flagship one it would be like the old days but ECW just used them for some buzz at the time and once TNA was done with getting more will known they dropped them like how WCW did. Even by this point in 1997 most people considered that most of the NWA's history to be a part of WCW regardless of certain details anyway so I don't think too many wrestling fans at the time cared.
People love to blame Cornette for this angle when he had nothing to do with it. All he done was facilitate the connection between the WWF and the NWA. He didn't want to be working on camera anymore, but Vince asked him to do it. He wasn't involved in any creative aspect of the NWA invasion.
It was 1998 southern territories were long gone...i love the nwa its my favorite promotion of all time but to insert this in the attitude era was Destin to fail
The NWA invasion angle could have worked if they led with guys like Dan Severn and Dr. Death Steve Williams. Very few WWF fans in 1998 knew or cared much about the NWA. Just playing up the 'tradition' angle wasn't going to get them over. Making the NWA wrestlers appear more authentically dangerous would have provided a nice contrast and fit well with the Attitude Era.
I always thought he was an out of shape old man with too much anxiety holding onto the past. Then I got older and I see that’s exactly what he was and now I’m the same way.
Thanks for showing Double-J's shoot, you're right it is always overlooked. The whole NWA angle was a flop for several reasons: -McMahon agreeing with Double-J during the shoot, took the sting completely out. Also Double-J wearing a gimmick costume after mocking gimmicks in his shoot. -Nobody cared about the NWA titles or their wrestlers -It didn't seem like an invasion, more like McMahon willingly giving them air time -The whole thing made WWF look like they were so desperate for ratings, they begged NWA to join them As boring as all this was, McMahon then made the Brawl for All, which was even worse.
That ”new” midnight express was a travesty…there’s no way Jim was into that. The midnight express was Bobby and Dennis or Bobby and Stan. I’m not usually a purist about anything in life but those guys were so dynamic…repackaging that team just seems wrong. It’s like if you tried to throw a bunch of modern guys together and call them “the four horsemen”
Yeah he thought it was stupid but then he's thinking "what if this is the last chance both Bob Holly and Bart Gunn ever get in the WWF? Do I have the right to deny them that, just because I think the idea won't work?" I mean he did try and get the name changed but Vince McMahon was insistent on New Midnight Express and if it was that or Bob and Bart being released 6 months later, he was going to begrudgingly try and make the New Midnight Express work.
@@ellismarquez8410 maybe if he was in a different era but as cool and badass as he was dude couldn't cut a promo and was pretty bland personality wise, he'd stick out like hard during the ae even with someone like cornette being his manager
@@thetruth619ful but Lesnar can’t cut a promo either that’s what Heyman is for. If Severn had gotten a mouthpiece he could have been booked as a big deal
@@superrobz but Lesnar wasn't in the attitude era that's the point. If Dan and Shamrock were in different era's they would've been bigger than what they were especially shamrock
Should never have been JJ heading the NWA, It should have been the beast Dan Severn cutting through the WWE till he got a title vs title match and lost in a game effort. it would have been a blurred line between a work and a shoot.
Also gotta give Jeff Jarrett credit for his mercenary game during the 90s. Man managed to always stay employed by either WWF or WCW and collected checks. Probably the smartest way to play things.
I think that would make for a good trivia question. Longest tenured WWE wrestler, who never got a chance to be at the top. Mark Henry comes to mind, but I'm sure there's another out there.
Wasn't Mark Henry at least briefly in the main event, during the latter stage of his in-ring career? I was long gone, as a regular viewer, by that time but I recall him getting so much credit for his 'Hall of Pain' run, which started when he faked retirement and destroyed John Cena I believe.
Jeff Jarrett simply was not a top-level talent. I am not sure he or Russo ever got that. He was a (very) solid in-ring worker, but he just plain wasn't compelling in any way. When he was being 'cool', we cringed. When he was being a top heel, we rolled our eyes.
@Zach not really. He wasn't a fan of Russo and his writing. He hated the NWO and Bischoff in WCW and he hated ECW at the time too so a lot of the stuff he used in his interviews was him drawing on his real life feelings.
@Zach also i think Jim Cornette was off the creative team by the end of 97 once Russo started to gain Vinces favour. By 2000 i believe he was heading up OVW.
I’m an old-school fan, and I have no memory of this story line. Watching this decades later, I’m left thinking this has to be one of the dumbest story lines ever!
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It's always funny to see so many people who don't ever actually remember this happening whatsoever. Did lots of people just decide to block it from their memory? It wasn't a great idea to be fair
There are no other people to work with...Except for NJPW....AEW is outlaw mud show trash they can shove those broken tube light bulbs right up their outlaw mud show asses, ROH isn't what it used to be, Impact is garbage. Its hilarious though when the AEW cuck cult brings up that forbidden door garbage and how its never been done before, yet WWF already worked with Smokey Mountain, ECW and was actually funding ECW for awhile
@@lutherheggs451 love the outlaw mud show . Love the different styles , death match , hardcore , wrestling , strong style and floppy floppy . I know , I know your butt hurt because AEW is white hot and AAE is a dumpster fire .going on hating , while I enjoy my out law mud show . Honestly , I love being the punk rock and outlaw country of wrestling . GG Allin and Hank 3. Outlaw mud show , that is such a complement you freaking dork . Just AEW does need more tits and dancing girls .
In the late 90s, Jeff Jarrett was already behind the times. His gimmick sucked, he was unlikable and no one cared about what he did or had to say. Jeff, like spark plug Holly. He never was able to resonate with fans.
Admittedly, as a fan of the NWA in the 70s and 80s, I was excited to see where this was going to go. But it didn't take long to see that it wasn't going to do much for anyone involved. The "New Midnight Express" was where it felt like it hit rock bottom.
I loved the NWA Invasion, much more enjoyable as is compared to the earlier ECW Invasion or the horrendous WCW Invasion, some decent booking could have really made some new stars and elevated the NWA to a national promotion again
Was ANYONE marking out for Jeff Jarrett back in the day? Seriously. Did ANYONE ever say "Quick! Turn on RAW! I hear Double-J is opening the show!"🤔✨Those words were never put in that particular order, EVER.
Jarrett and Shane Douglas, two guys that didn’t have “it” but were convinced they did and if it wasnt for this big mystery conspiracy to keep them down, they would’ve gone down as the best ever.
Ya, particularly Rock and Roll Express. Having them debut against DOA, lol its like "who are these old very out of shape dudes tryin to go against these giant twins?"
It's like Jim Cornette said, at least give them some kind of highlights package video beforehand. Don't just throw them out there cold and expect people to both know and care about them. If you'd first given them a few vignettes and then a couple of squash matches(at least one), the WWF fans probably still may not have cared but at least then they would have known who they were and it would have given the R&R at least a slim chance to get over.
I can remember the jarrett shoot promo like it was yesterday ....the crowd were dead and didn't seem to care ...the only crowd reaction was when jarrett mentioned Steve austin and the crowd roared ..apart from that it was very forgettable
I Agree!!! The crowd wasn't ready for this kind of promo!!! A couple years later and the later reputation of double J would been more successful! At that time, this kind of promos were in their babyshoes,I think!
Met Severn at a local wrestling show in the early 2000's. Absolute legend of a man. Chatted with me for hours about wrestling, mma, and life. He changed my life and helped set me down a good path. I owe the Dan "The Beast" Severn a lot.
Met him too...awesome guy, one of my friends actually got to team up with him in a tag match, he called it the greatest moment of his life, let alone his career.
Lol he chatted with u for hours? He must be a sad lonely old man lol. That’s depressing
Only if he could see you now ... the disappointment he would feel
@@tun-tunninc.6492 thx 😊
Get a room
a full anthology of Jim Cornett's career would be an awesome wrestling bio...
OH HELL YEAH
Yes. Let's make that happen
episode title; I’m a heal! or, “double cheese and double onions… mother f**ker”
It would need several parts though. A docuseries. But I’d watch it for sure. I love Corney.
Uh huh. Twood be great. But you're probably already on it. In which case, I'll be looking forward to it. Thanks man!
Its still mind boggling to me how WWE failed Dan Severn... He could've been an absolute box office draw if they booked him correctly.
They did the same thing with Dr. Death Steve Williams. Dr Death was originally planned to take the title off Stone cold
Dan Severn was ass he was sloppy in the ring and his promos were cringe
Better than Crock Lesnar
He NEEDED a manager. His workmanship was hampered by the safety of wrestling, which meant he needed to be charismatic... and he really, REALLY wasn't
@@PowerArmorV113 Charisma isn't everything
Dan Severn's music is so badass. Just like Dan Severn's moustache.
Dan Severn’s moustache impregnated my wife with quadruplets.
I did a custom Titantron on him nearly two years ago. To this day I still get comments on that video.
@@Cameron_611 you did an awesome job.
@@Giveme1goodreason Thank you.
Severn was awesome
The only way for an invasion angle to work is the invading force needs to get some wins....and Vince never lets that happens
It also showed that there should be a way of the WWF telling the wwf fans who they are and didn’t let people do that and didn’t learn from there mistakes as the alliance and nexus proves
They need to win a lot early on for it to work. An invasion needs to rock the federation to its core a s create an existential crisis
M Rowley I think pro wrestling is such a fast food rapid spaced sport that what IS and is NOT relevant changes on not a yearly or even monthly but often weekly basis. Even when WCW top names came into the WWF they had a tiny window of oppurtunity to make an impact because WCW was barely gone. It never happened and then the predominant big drawers of crowds and PPV buys went back to dominating. What's wrong with wrestling? There's just too much of it and the more WWF has now expanded its television products it's become less and less important. No one can keep up with the product anymore. I think the WWF having four PPV's per year with wrestlemania as its main event, backed by one weekly addition of RAW would be ENOUGH, and also not soooo much to keep fans anticipating the events. You get those special moments in wrestling when a feud between two stars culminates in a huge match after being built so cleverly. They are RARE though. The more disposable WWF television suffocating audiences the ever more rare they will be
That is true but the NWA invasion was gonna fail from the start just because it was the attitude era and almost no fan cared or knew about the NWA by that time.
Daniel Paula I was out of high school, but I was still watching wrestling. I enjoyed seeing some old wrestlers, but it was a mess. Everything was DQ and beat downs. Both done quickly. NWA didn’t get a match long enough for a commercial break. It could have worked. The NWA would have needed to get dirty. What I mean is messing up faces and heels + going after bigger talent. The NWO got over and they were an all new stable.
Music cuts continue to hit it out of the park!
The Rock n Roll Express as a part of the heel faction was the worst of both worlds. New fans didn't care, and old fans would roll their eyes at seeing R&R as heels working with Jim Cornette, their arch-enemy.
They were never good as heels. I remember during the SMW/USWA feud they were heels and weren't taken seriously.
Fact. I was one of those newer fans that didn't care, and my mom, am old school fan didn't care either 😂
Please do a Vince Russo vs Jim Cornette wrestling bio video
A Love story for the ages
"This is probably the invasion storyline everyone would probably rather forget."
Be fair. It's far from the only one.
It’s the one we forgot when we got the one we wanna forget…
Yeah due to several events after I think this might be the best modern invasion angle out there.
@@Stefan8u
I'd give it to the NWO, which began as a WWF invasion of WCW before the lawyers got involved, and then invaded the WWF long enough to give us Rock vs. Hogan. Or the recent NXT invasion, which at least saved a Survivor Series before WWE figured out how to sabotage itself again.
Also, Flair's invasion as "the real world champion" gave us a great Rumble and a great Mania match.
Really, though, the best was probably New Japan vs. UWF. Apparently, they got years of main events out of it.
Apart from wrestlemania's, the Invasion 2001 was the biggest wrestling ppv of all time.
18:55…I love that Severn wore a suit here. It makes him look serious and above what the angle was offering up to this point.
Jarrett's NWA music in the WWF was AWESOME!!!!
How ironic it js that double JJ ends up back in WCW by the end of the decade.
The fake Double J, that is, the imposter 😡
@Zach I botched the name lol
@Zach Jeff Jarrett's new stuttering gimmick.
Geared up for this one, I remember seeing the arrival of Jarrett et al and it getting a great response but then just tapering off...really don't remember much about it after that :/
Wrestling bios makes the best wrestling documentaries on youtube
I love Dan Severn's theme! Such a cool guitar riff
Possibly the most badass underrated/unknown entrance theme in WWE history
Jeff Jarrett was never over. He always seems to think he was more important than he was.
Was never a huge fan myself
JJ was a legend in his own mind, and nothing more.
JJ lacked the charisma of a top guy, but people act like he couldn’t wrestle. The dude was highly talented just not charismatic and in an industry of larger than life characters the lack of charisma is like being Stephan hawking on a football field. Just right out of place
Been waiting for a video with more information on this storyline. Will definitely be watching this after work... Keep Educating the masses!!
The last gasp of the NWA in the 90s and until the creation of TNA in 2002, the NWA might as well have been out of business. The NWA stuff, especially trying to recreate the Midnight Express or bringing back the Rock N Roll Express just seemed really out of place in late 90s wrestling; only person who should've been more featured was Dan Severn.
Dan Severn’s theme is legit top 5 WWF themes of ALL TIME.
that music screams ,"an ass whipping is coming."
Great video!!! As always.. !!! How about a Bobby Eaton career review?? Would love to know more as everyone talks so highly of him... sorry if I missed in your library mr. Awesome Wrestling Bio
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Barry Windham looked so old during the blackjacks and nwa but a year later in WCW he looked much younger again, that was so weird
@BigBlackBootyDaddy interesting, why what happened? He get sick or something or just decided to try and get his career back on track, he looked so much younger....maybe he went on the atkins diet or maybe he went vegan lol
That Debra dig from Jarrett is really awkward considering who he’d be working with Months later
I remember when all of this was going down, and all I could think at the time was how weird the whole thing was. After the split from WCW, the NWA was such a non-factor in the national wrestling scene that better booking wouldn’t have even saved the angle.
The NWA did have a resurgence in TNA, which would be the most interesting years for TNA.
@@ellismarquez8410 That wasn’t really the NWA though, they were basically just a loose affiliation of indie feds and even though TNA had creative control over their world and tag team titles they were never actually a member. Besides, by the time TNA landed a steady TV deal with Spike and started signing more established names it was at the tail end of their association with the NWA.
Personally I'd rather forget ALL of the "invasion" storylines because they all just fell flat to me.
And Jeff Jarrett's ring gear and robe at this time made him look like some kind of Vulcan priest.
The CZW invasion of ROH was probably the best one tbh
So Jarrett's going to be Statlander's otherworldly manager? Kinda like Heyman but also Spock
@@volodymyrbilyk555 Good grief I hope not.
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Nailed it that no one cares about Jarrett. I was happy he was gone from WCW with that stupid ring attire, but then he shows up on WWF when it's really getting hot and takes aim at guys way above his league. Best part of the whole angle was Austin stunning Jeff right after winning the title and burying the whole thing.
NEVER DREW A DIME!!!
Jarrett buried Debra, then she becomes his manager a year later.
Personally I think it was the third option cuz Vince is a Shrewd operator
I always found this an odd fit at the time since Vince was really starting to push everything as counter culture and history and then you had him agree to have his former biggest rival get time on the show. Ok it wasn't the NWA of old but it was still odd for him to give them any kind of promotion. At least when he did the same with ECW it was because him and Paul Heyman were on very good terms and had a beneficial agreement.
I believe and I’ve heard through another source, at some point in the past, I’m sure. Vince wanted to do a crossover with NWA as WCW liked to talk about their heritage and talk about how they were the NWA old. However the story they told was fabricated and they didn’t come from the NWA of old. As Vince tried to prove with his cross promotional showings of “the real” NWA on Raw. I’m a little sketchy of the details, but it was to try and stick it to WCW.
@@martynodonnell8467 Sounds like Vince.
@@martynodonnell8467 that is very possible although the NWA was basically just a name at that point with a bunch of affiliated small promotions. The problem is those running it still thought if they picked a promotion to be the flagship one it would be like the old days but ECW just used them for some buzz at the time and once TNA was done with getting more will known they dropped them like how WCW did. Even by this point in 1997 most people considered that most of the NWA's history to be a part of WCW regardless of certain details anyway so I don't think too many wrestling fans at the time cared.
@@freddiejohnson6137 it did seem like a highly pointless angle. Which struggled to get any fan interest. Regardless of the reasoning behind it.
Why does it feel like WWE can never get an invasion angle right?
Jeff "No Reaction" Jarrett I swear I liked his outfits for the country singer gimmick.
The biggest problem with Jeff Jarrett was he spent so much time talking about how great he was... but never really proved it.
This is Jeff Jarrett in a nushell
Lol
People love to blame Cornette for this angle when he had nothing to do with it. All he done was facilitate the connection between the WWF and the NWA. He didn't want to be working on camera anymore, but Vince asked him to do it. He wasn't involved in any creative aspect of the NWA invasion.
It was 1998 southern territories were long gone...i love the nwa its my favorite promotion of all time but to insert this in the attitude era was Destin to fail
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The NWA invasion angle could have worked if they led with guys like Dan Severn and Dr. Death Steve Williams. Very few WWF fans in 1998 knew or cared much about the NWA. Just playing up the 'tradition' angle wasn't going to get them over. Making the NWA wrestlers appear more authentically dangerous would have provided a nice contrast and fit well with the Attitude Era.
That new midnight express theme is criminally underrated
So true, sadly it has never been and most likely never will be released.
Great content at rapid fire, thanks again
Dude finally, awesome. I assume this means you'll be doing the entire career of Cornette. I love him but I also hate him, if ya know what I mean.
Same, when I was younger I hated him. Now I’m like… hmmm he makes some points.
I always thought he was an out of shape old man with too much anxiety holding onto the past. Then I got older and I see that’s exactly what he was and now I’m the same way.
@@harryhanz1690 It's how Trump has supporters. Jim and Trump are a lot alike. They both sell nostaglia that never really existed.
I always thought Austin stunning him after winning was hilarious.
It is
Truly a shame that the New Midnight Express theme has been misplaced 😞
This is my favorite UA-cam channel
Thanks for showing Double-J's shoot, you're right it is always overlooked.
The whole NWA angle was a flop for several reasons:
-McMahon agreeing with Double-J during the shoot, took the sting completely out. Also Double-J wearing a gimmick costume after mocking gimmicks in his shoot.
-Nobody cared about the NWA titles or their wrestlers
-It didn't seem like an invasion, more like McMahon willingly giving them air time
-The whole thing made WWF look like they were so desperate for ratings, they begged NWA to join them
As boring as all this was, McMahon then made the Brawl for All, which was even worse.
That ”new” midnight express was a travesty…there’s no way Jim was into that. The midnight express was Bobby and Dennis or Bobby and Stan. I’m not usually a purist about anything in life but those guys were so dynamic…repackaging that team just seems wrong. It’s like if you tried to throw a bunch of modern guys together and call them “the four horsemen”
Yeah he thought it was stupid but then he's thinking "what if this is the last chance both Bob Holly and Bart Gunn ever get in the WWF? Do I have the right to deny them that, just because I think the idea won't work?"
I mean he did try and get the name changed but Vince McMahon was insistent on New Midnight Express and if it was that or Bob and Bart being released 6 months later, he was going to begrudgingly try and make the New Midnight Express work.
I’m a simple man. I see Cornette, I click
Another Cornette bigot?
Every time I hear that opening theme to this video I think of Dan Severn
Speaking of Severn, WWE dropped the ball with him in my opinion.
He could have been Brock Lesnar before Brock Lesnar.
@@ellismarquez8410 maybe if he was in a different era but as cool and badass as he was dude couldn't cut a promo and was pretty bland personality wise, he'd stick out like hard during the ae even with someone like cornette being his manager
@@thetruth619ful but Lesnar can’t cut a promo either that’s what Heyman is for. If Severn had gotten a mouthpiece he could have been booked as a big deal
@@superrobz but Lesnar wasn't in the attitude era that's the point. If Dan and Shamrock were in different era's they would've been bigger than what they were especially shamrock
@@superrobz what also helped Lesnar was his look
Should never have been JJ heading the NWA, It should have been the beast Dan Severn cutting through the WWE till he got a title vs title match and lost in a game effort. it would have been a blurred line between a work and a shoot.
Also gotta give Jeff Jarrett credit for his mercenary game during the 90s. Man managed to always stay employed by either WWF or WCW and collected checks. Probably the smartest way to play things.
I think that would make for a good trivia question. Longest tenured WWE wrestler, who never got a chance to be at the top. Mark Henry comes to mind, but I'm sure there's another out there.
Wasn't Mark Henry at least briefly in the main event, during the latter stage of his in-ring career?
I was long gone, as a regular viewer, by that time but I recall him getting so much credit for his 'Hall of Pain' run, which started when he faked retirement and destroyed John Cena I believe.
Jeff Jarrett simply was not a top-level talent. I am not sure he or Russo ever got that.
He was a (very) solid in-ring worker, but he just plain wasn't compelling in any way.
When he was being 'cool', we cringed. When he was being a top heel, we rolled our eyes.
We need a full show on just Jim cornettes career. Please make this happen guys!
Name a better duo than Jim Cornette and complaining about the current style of wrestling. 23 years later and the guy still can't get over it
@Zach not really. He wasn't a fan of Russo and his writing. He hated the NWO and Bischoff in WCW and he hated ECW at the time too so a lot of the stuff he used in his interviews was him drawing on his real life feelings.
@Zach also i think Jim Cornette was off the creative team by the end of 97 once Russo started to gain Vinces favour. By 2000 i believe he was heading up OVW.
@Sharmat Don't speak like a mark
I’m an old-school fan, and I have no memory of this story line. Watching this decades later, I’m left thinking this has to be one of the dumbest story lines ever!
Yes sir 25 years to late👍👍👍👍
Can you release a vol 2 for the remixe themes?
Also would love to see iron sheik, creation of starrcade and a ric flair video series.
Keep the good work.👍🏻
Dr Death should've been apart of this Angle !!
He was. Far apart.
Thanks for the great content man
I want a wrestling game where you can play as the two little guys from the NWA logo.
Old school fans didn't see The New Midnight Express as a joke....we saw it as an insulting abomination.
This whole thing seems like an attempt at domesticating Jim Cornette behind the scenes.
He said it was a rib on him so you're probably right
I'm surprised Debra McMichael agreed to work with Jarrett after that "dumb blonde" remark.
It’s all a work
@@ps-yk8su *surprised Pikachu face*
I remember this and a lot of my problem with it as a kid was I didn't care for Jeff Jarrett no matter what he was doing I didn't care.
The best bit of the NWA invasion was Cornette's promos on WCW 'Garbage is household name, and it stinks when it gets old too' 🔥
It's always funny to see so many people who don't ever actually remember this happening whatsoever. Did lots of people just decide to block it from their memory? It wasn't a great idea to be fair
To be fair 98 was the year stone cold was getting pushed full tilt as a face.
@@Kinogotiate yeah that makes sense
Blocking it from memory IS a great idea!
Dan severn mustache needs it's own wrestling bio
Would be interesting if WWE had a working arrangement with another wrestling organization again.
There are no other people to work with...Except for NJPW....AEW is outlaw mud show trash they can shove those broken tube light bulbs right up their outlaw mud show asses, ROH isn't what it used to be, Impact is garbage.
Its hilarious though when the AEW cuck cult brings up that forbidden door garbage and how its never been done before, yet WWF already worked with Smokey Mountain, ECW and was actually funding ECW for awhile
I wouldn't mind WWE and maybe AAA or even ROH or AJPW, but more than likely they'll just start their own feeder system in every place they go
@@lutherheggs451 why are you so triggered??
@@lutherheggs451 love the outlaw mud show . Love the different styles , death match , hardcore , wrestling , strong style and floppy floppy . I know , I know your butt hurt because AEW is white hot and AAE is a dumpster fire .going on hating , while I enjoy my out law mud show . Honestly , I love being the punk rock and outlaw country of wrestling . GG Allin and Hank 3. Outlaw mud show , that is such a complement you freaking dork . Just AEW does need more tits and dancing girls .
The Dan Severn theme is awesome already and the opening remix only makes it better, great work again. His theme needs more love
Love your work bro! Please do some jim cornette bios please
I remember how weird it felt that the Rock n Roll Express was in a WWF ring. I remember being disappointed in how they were received.
Great choice of music with the opening credits ...the IT'S TIME EPISODE TOO
In the late 90s, Jeff Jarrett was already behind the times. His gimmick sucked, he was unlikable and no one cared about what he did or had to say. Jeff, like spark plug Holly. He never was able to resonate with fans.
Admittedly, as a fan of the NWA in the 70s and 80s, I was excited to see where this was going to go. But it didn't take long to see that it wasn't going to do much for anyone involved. The "New Midnight Express" was where it felt like it hit rock bottom.
Roh should invade aew it would be interesting to see
Why? WWE would just bury ROH’s entire roster
Thank you for the video buddy.... I miss 1997
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on you tube and the net, thanks very much
Stone cold doing the Jeff Jarrett strut 😂🤣🤣🤣
The amount of stress and bullsh*t that Jim had to deal with throughout his entire WWF run is truly remarkable...
Because Jim himself was out of touch with the times
One of the greatest wrestling minds In history.
@@hia5235 just about to say this...he just uses homophobic slurs and tries to get heat for being edgy
Fun fact: There was A wrestler by the name of John Mcmahon.
He’s a miserable geek stuck in the 80s. Name one good thing he’s done in the 2000’s…
@@thesprock5270
TNA
Liberal bag of douch
One of the first. Can't get enough of your content!
probably best wrestling channel with best wrestling music ever
Jarret's whole career could be summon up with , 'He didn't accomplish very much' Cause Jeff, I agree with New Jack, 'You were never over!'
I loved the NWA Invasion, much more enjoyable as is compared to the earlier ECW Invasion or the horrendous WCW Invasion, some decent booking could have really made some new stars and elevated the NWA to a national promotion again
Great work. Love the content. Thank you. Can I request a sting and flair video on the first and last episode of WCW nitro
Jeff Jarrett was the human embodiment of a loud fart in a crowded elevator.
What about a midnight express bio 🙂 love your videos
Nothing says "wrestling tradition" like 3 struts in 1 match.
Jeff Jarrett was always a bigger star in his own mind. The guy was at best a mid carder.
Love watching your videos! How about doing one on the rocks 2011 return?
Another grade A amazing video from my favorite criminally under subscribed wrestling youtuber!
Was ANYONE marking out for Jeff Jarrett back in the day? Seriously. Did ANYONE ever say "Quick! Turn on RAW! I hear Double-J is opening the show!"🤔✨Those words were never put in that particular order, EVER.
Sevren’s music was darn good, huh?
I can't wait to see all this play out on RELIVING THE WAR
Jarrett and Shane Douglas, two guys that didn’t have “it” but were convinced they did and if it wasnt for this big mystery conspiracy to keep them down, they would’ve gone down as the best ever.
I remember this it was so weird seeing these guys because I did not know who they were
Ya, particularly Rock and Roll Express. Having them debut against DOA, lol its like "who are these old very out of shape dudes tryin to go against these giant twins?"
It's like Jim Cornette said, at least give them some kind of highlights package video beforehand. Don't just throw them out there cold and expect people to both know and care about them.
If you'd first given them a few vignettes and then a couple of squash matches(at least one), the WWF fans probably still may not have cared but at least then they would have known who they were and it would have given the R&R at least a slim chance to get over.
"All because my stroke wasn't strong enough"
Jeff Jarrett kinda sus 👀
Rewatching late 90s early 00s wwe, and i skip everything Jeff Jarret, except when Debra shows the puppies and when Chyna was kickin his ass
I can remember the jarrett shoot promo like it was yesterday ....the crowd were dead and didn't seem to care ...the only crowd reaction was when jarrett mentioned Steve austin and the crowd roared ..apart from that it was very forgettable
Fantastic as always. For those who haven’t heard Corny talk about this on his podcast go find it it’s great.
Remember liking Jeff’s NWA theme. Underrated! Severn’s theme was a good one as well.
I Agree!!!
The crowd wasn't ready for this kind of promo!!!
A couple years later and the later reputation of double J would been more successful!
At that time, this kind of promos were in their babyshoes,I think!
Mr bios, you are kicking some serious goals during this global pandemic and lockdowns. My midweek watch sorted 🍿
The absolute state of the OG UFC belt.
I would love to see a Midnight Express video and I don't mean Billy and Bob.
Rest in peace Bobby Eaton