As a kid i was so invested in the NWO story Line. I remember they would air an encore right after the show during the highlight of their run. The night Lex Luger won the WCW Title from Hogan I was so excited that i snuck out of bed and crawled behind my dads chair so i can watch the encore. I got caught by my dad who had missed the first airing and barely followed wrestling anymore. But he was cool about it and let me stay up with him and watch it. I'll never forget that moment as long as I live.
Jerichos' Man of 1004 hold segment during his feud with Malenko to me should be here. It was one of the best things on Nitro ever. He is listing all of his holds, they go to commercial and then come back and he is still listing them. It was great.
Hall, specifically, and his IRL friendships with a handful of WCW talent and Bischoff, who was studying the Japanese way of doing things. All of that culminated into the NWO and I don’t think they could’ve got a better person than Hall to do it. Hall is, in large part, the reason wrestling was awesome for another era.
Booker actually became a 4-Time WCW Champion when he beat Scott Steiner. His 5th reign was when he beat Kurt Angle on Raw Is War a few months later in August
But as someone whos job is to talk about Wrestling, they should know its history profesionally & perfectly. That 1 mistake is like WatchMojo mistake & we all know how many mistakes WatchMojo makes when it comes to Animes!
@@senorbusyman That’s because WatchMojo gets their info from Wikipedia. The other day I was watching a video of theirs and after seeing one of the entries, I went to Wikipedia to look up more info on it. The first paragraph on the site was, literally, word for word, what the WM narrator had said.
@@doomy_mcdoomerson Wiki or not they are very innacurate when its comes to animes. Hell they dont even want to admit when theyre wrong or make mistakes. Look up there Gundam videos
A few of my favorites moments: a) Bret Hart wrestling Chris Benoit in the Kemper arena a year after Owen Heart died; b) Goldberg beating Hogan for the tile and Heenan being estatic; c) When Sting took on the entire locker room when you did not know what side was he on; d) when Sting confronted Hogan for the first time in the his crow persona; and e) when they reformed the 4 Horsemen with Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, Ric Flair, and Mongo (well, ok, 3 out of four is not bad) I agree with you about Hart getting over Goldberg
NWO was iconic. Honestly in my opinion one of the absolute best storylines in wrestling history. The four horsemen is definitely still the best though. Ric Flair with a camera and a mic = golden television
Ton of great moments in wrestling. Scott Hall showing up to WCW and talking about a war though was probably the most memorable wrestling moment ever. My friends and I were completely invested. We believed it was a war 💯
Very true. The NWO also absolutely did NOT show up at their very best on the Nitro following Bash at the Beach (Hogan wasn't there, Hall & Nash just did a lame interview with Mean Gene). Sloppy research. Sloppy video.
That was a pretty epic finish. Almost as epic as the amount of garbage that ends up thrown into the ring from the time Goldberg has Hogan up for the Jackhammer until the ref hits three.
I remember Goldberg had a contract with a shoe store and he would go around to grand openings and other promos. He came to my city Lafayette, Louisiana and did a meet and greet. The entire store, parking lot, and all the streets were completely packed out there had to be thousands. I got to shake his hand and get his signature. You can tell Goldberg really really loves being a wrestling role model for kids and was legit nice and acted happy to meet all the fans there
When Vince bought wcw most of wrestling died. I remember being a kid watching the last episode sad AF. two mondays before the last episode I ended up going to bed around 7:00pm and waking up around the time it went off. By the time the last episode aired and the powers that be announced they were going out of business and going off the air for good, I was in total disbelief and shock bc I hadn't heard anything about it until that night. I was between 10-12 at the time. I was heart broken. no more flicking back and forth between Monday night wars😔. The attitude era patched the hole in my heart a fair amount but wrestling was never the same. Just glad I got to grow up in that kick ass era! it was TOOOO SWEEETTTTT LOL
It was a meaningless Nitro match, with no consequences or build up. It was political too. Some of the wrestlers (Benoit, Guerrero, Malenko) were complaining that Nash as booker was making himself look too good, and not giving any of the guys who had been promised a push, any chance to break out. In return Nash booked this match arguably to prove that he was willing to let upcoming start defeat him. However, as I said, the match did nothing, as Nash had made it a "fluke" victory, without advancing a storyline for Mysterio.
History is told by the victors, and by those embittered by backstage nonsense, but Nitro was incredibly entertaining for the most part up until 1999 or so.
Also the WCW midcard was just so strong. Sure you had the stories at the top with the nWo stuff, but the wrestling in the middle portion of the show was so good. Benoit, Saturn, the Gurerros, Mysterio, DDP and so many more put on really good matches those days
I enjoyed WCW more than WWE, and felt the WWE had a ton of crap that I couldn’t stand even back then (two minute matches, a whole Raw of Undertaker/ Kane destroying everyone so that it was a show of nothing but run ins, & the unprotected chair-shots to the dome and Vince Russo has the attention span of a gnat and all of his story lines went nowhere)
The pop was not that loud, considering by August 99, the WCW was only filling 50% of the arena. The rating for the segment was unimpressive, and it did nothing for Hogan or WCW, as Bischoff would be demoted a month later. That moment would be lucky to make the top 25 list.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly his career wasn't failing... he was still drawing big money in WWF but he wanted less work days and more money... Hogan always drew money!
@insomniacbritgaming1632 We're talking about when he was in Dubya See W. He wasn't as old in WWF. By the time he got to WCW, it was the end of a good timeline for a career. After that he lost popularity. Sure, he could still draw a crowd. But Hollywood was much more interesting than Hulk.
I miss those Monday nights when I could flip back and forth between Nitro and RAW, on the TV and during football season I had three choices on Monday nights. Great times.
When Goldberg beat Hogan on Nitro it was like free ppv. I couldn’t believe they were actually going to have the match but they did. Oh and Scott Steiner was always fun to watch since he would say/do whatever he wanted to any wrestler.
Crow Sting was one of the best gimmick changes ever and was one of the best WCW moments ever also Hall wearing double denim is called a Canadian Tuxedo
Arguably the best run of any wrestler ever between 96 & 97…without wrestling or even speaking! Greatest shit ever was Schiavone yelling “IT’S STIIIING!”
I was watching that Nitro when Flair came back, and that moment when Arn Anderson said "RIC FLAIR! GET ON DOWN HERE!" gave me chills up and down my spine! I can only imagine what it must've felt like to actually be there that night. And then Flair launched into that "Fire me? I'm already fired!" Promo.
@@Cursed_Mark Bret could have a "good" match blindfolded, with one arm tied behind his back lol His WCW run was a bust, thanks to incompetent booking. That seems to be the general consensus, of wrestlers & fans alike....even the Hitman has said it, on more than one occasion.
@@sese6227 it was about to get a shot in the arm when Goldberg kicked his fucking head into next month. He was FINALLY being pushed. But his US Title run was pretty solid, as it legitimized that title after it had been misused for awhile before that.
Oddly, one of the few good things Vince Russo did in WCW was immediately push Bret. But that stupid quitting thing was just another of the billion desperate work/shoot angles that seemed to be the only things WCW creative could come up with by then...
As many times that it's re-told of Goldberg beating Hogan, it's not often mentioned that a stipulation where he beat Scott Hall to get the title match earlier in the episode.
Didn't he have to wrestle TWICE, right? Vague memory but I seem to remember something about a "and goldbergs on his second match of the night" fatigue angle.
@@TheFlock83 for more recent stuff could consider Styles Vs Mahal at Smackdown in Manchester But I wouldn't limit this to World titles I'd include your secondary, and tag belts too I think you'd have to exclude MITB changes though
That was awesome. I was cheering in my home. The final where he beat off the NWO goons and then racked Hogan; I had a happiness high for the rest of the evening.
I think it was a great decision. In Sting's day to day absence, Luger got over huge and it was not totally expected. So they decided to capitalize on it, albeit for only a week.
The NWO vs Sting storyline was one of the best things I have ever seen on TV across any genre. WCW from 1996 to 1998 was amazing. 99 was also good but not on the same level.
Thank you. Growing up as a kid I was all about wcw untill it's dying days. I tried wwe for a bit then went to tna. And now aew. So many people want to say wcw was trash all the time but I'm glad you said that's just wwe revisionist history. Great vid man
I remember mine when I was a teenager , I was watching Goldberg vs Hollywood Hogan and when Goldberg won the title , we went nuts , cheered and screamed
Norton was a beast and big in Japan, but the reality was, he was nothing more than a mid-carder in WCW. I would put Meng vs. The Giant over a random Norton powerbomb IMO.
I can't believe how fortunate I was to witness all these events on TV at that time. There has never been and there will never be a show as engaging and entertaining as this.
My favorite was Luger winning the title. That wasn’t expected because everyone in IWC at the time knew Hogan had creative control. Also DDP turning down NWO and him putting on LaParka suit and beat Savage. lol those were great
Luger is one of the most under rated WCW guys ever. No one seems to find the irony that the guy Vince saw as “next Hogan” was seen as the guy who could take it to NWOs Hogan… thats poetic justice.
I absolutely loved seeing Goldberg come back to have a title run. It wasn't kept on him forever either. Just like I'd love a Stone Cold run. I'd actually watch for the first time in years again.
i loved the wcw, for me it was just more interesting than the overly gimmick focused wwf. 99 and the first part of 2000 wasnt great that is sure but the last months kicked ass imho, loved the magnificient seven angle.
Having been fired/let go three times in my career...every single time....Ric's promo came to mind. The last time I almost walked thru the building saying it, because I was over it. That promo is legendary!
It's difficult for me to believe that as awful as wwe has been over the last 2-3 years, they still can't compare to the dismal creative of 2000s WCW. I haven't been able to watch wwe since August because the product just sucks. I can't even imagine how depressing it was to cover wcw at their lowest point.
I remember when Hennig gave Hollywood Hogan Flair's robe. The camera zoomed in on Hennig while he gave his promo. When the camera zoomed out Hogan was butt-flossing with Flairs robe. I still laugh when I remember that.
Seems weird, doesn't it. I wish he would change back if he's going to continue wrestling. The Crow angle was specifically to combat the NWO. Now that they are gone, he should go back to 80's cowabunga Sting.
For the videos I've seen of the days of WCW plenty of times, I enjoyed the most when Scott Hall walked through the crowd, passed the rails over and picked a microphone to deliver a promo that made a total shock in the industry at the time. Jon Moxley pulled a similar angle when he appeared walking amongst a hot crowd, got inside the ring and attacked all who dares to cross him. Jericho, Omega, and even a referee fell to his feet. No one was safe from the epitome of violence, and the rest as they say is history.
For a period there.. the WCW was way ahead of WWF… if only Goldberg and sting fought for the alliance in the invasion. That was an opportunity missed… Imagine Goldberg, Sting, Hogan, Booker T and Chris Jericho V The Rock, Stone Cold, Kane, Undertaker and Triple H. The ending being Sting finishing off Triple H with the scorpion lock whilst the other 8 fight outside the ring..
I love it, too. Much better than the shameless rip-off DX did about the Nation in 98. Even the DX rip-off was still funny (though it's yet another embarassing point of proof that DX as a whole is just a lame NWO copy), but nowhere close to the original. Nash as Arn Anderson is just... amazing. Too sweet, I guess.
9:30. During that celebration, I will never forget Scott Steiner shoot sucker punching Alex Wright in the back of the head when he wasn't looking. Scott, acting like he did not know what happened, was hilarious. Can't remember how many times i've rewound that on my vcr.
It’s because of WCW and the Attitude Era that I bought the Network and later transferred to Peacock. Never saw them live when they happened despite being alive and old enough to have memories. Thank you streaming
The WCW was so METAL and so different than the WWF at the time. WWF had legends, big Wrestlemania thing going on, technical matches and some great storylines. That being said, WCW brought something new, fresh and more HARDCORE to the wrestling business. The fan base was also very different and way wilder than in the WWF. Nice to look in retrospective as I wasn't there to witness it then (too young). What a beautiful power the internet has tho! You can totally get the atmosphere by watching old tape.
