10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1996 

I finished high school in 1996 and the one thing that sticks to my mind about that year was Hulk Hogan turning heel at Bash At The Beach and the amount of trash that was being thrown at him.

1996 is one of my favorite years in wwe

At 7:21, I always thought Triple H was severely punished for the MSG incident and that’s why he didn’t win King Of The Ring that year.

"Triple H wasnt punished" "His punishment lasted 155 days"

I always thought Hunter was punished by having to do the pig pen match with Henry godwin

Every fan of wrestling knows it, nearly 30 years after.

1996 was a very underrated year. I definitely see it as a sort of transitional year between New Gen & Attitude. Whilst it was nowhere near the extremes of 1998, there was a clear shift from the occupation gimmicks etc. The debut of tormented Mankind, Pillman's got a gun angle, Goldust's more risqué angles & a (dead)man buried alive come to mind.

The build for the iron man match was better than the match itself

I never heard the warrior match was punishment. They just needed someone for Warrior to go over in warrior fashion.

155 days is not a small punishment.

Simon should do this list. Last bias

Watching taker tombstone triple h on at the top of the escalator on shotgun Saturday night is what got me Into this crazy world

A video that claims there's really THAT BIG a difference between Australia and New Zealand...where'd they get that stuff they're smoking anyways?

I was watching in the '80s. The Bushwhackers were definitely over with the crowd. Fans were absolutely entertained.

I dont understand why people keep saying the pig pen match was a punishment for hhh when it happened almost 6 months before the curtain call happened. Smh

The issue regarding that last point though is that while WWE introduced those versions of Ramon and Diesel out of spite, Tony Khan truly believes his announcements are somehow game changing and you just have to look at Christian's arrival as the best example of when that trope got tired - and that was three years ago.

I am still salty about the Warrior/HHH match. Warrior was my favorite wrestle and Hunter was becoming a favorite of mine. I thought the match would be epic...it was not.

I simply can. The WM12 Iron Man Match between Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels was one of the best matches I’ve ever seen. I thought so in 1996 and I still think so today. Because I’m a longtime diehard wrestling fan. I love every style of wrestling. And I love every aspect of wrestling. And sure, there were long rest holds. And sure, they shouldn’t have gone 1 hour without a decision. There should’ve been at like 2-2 at the end and had the overtime. And sure, it didn’t do great, money wise. But it was still a classic. Wrestling fans love watching great Wrestlers having great wrestling matches. And sometimes, you don’t need to be waving a banner, or screaming at the top of your lungs, or jumping up and down to show appreciation for something good. Ask Japan. Sometimes you can just quietly sit there, soak up what you’re witnessing, take it all in, and just enjoy it. But yeah, some fans are into the showbiz side of it more and don’t have the attention spans for an hour long classic full of moves and holds from 2 of the GOATs. I feel sorry for them. But, I’d rather watch a match where 2 excellent Wrestlers display a whole array of moves and holds, than watch a jacked up chosen favourite, because of his muscles and big influential family in the business, just do the same 2 moves over and over again, all the way through every match, then interference for the win. Reigns knows about 10 moves max and there’s over 1000 moves and holds. And always does the same 2 on repeat. Now that’s boring. And WWE’s ratings and attendances declined to the lowest ever, on average, during Reigns’ years as headliner. Forcing WWE to sell off more and more shares, release more and more talent, hike up ticket prices, so events in more and more countries, take blood money from a country that has no human rights and equality to do events there, and take money from Peacock to let them control and censor the declining WWE Network, just so they can still report record profits and not have to worry about improving the quality of their programming. How many times have we had dead crowd in recent years because it’s full of clueless PG brats who don’t even know what good wrestling is? Who have to be taken by their parents who’ve never watched wrestling in their lives? How many times have we had the boring chant in recent years? I mean, I can’t stand these idiots that wanna sing along to a Wrestler’s entrance theme. An entrance theme should never be more over than the moves in a match. I’ll take 1996 over any recent year. I’ll take the Iron Man match over any Roman Reigns, or Brock Lesnar match. Fans were also walking out during Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar in a WM main event, a few years ago. Just like they’d walked out before Raw ended because the last segment was another awful Reigns promos. Of course, Reigns has his cult like brainwashed worshippers. Believing he’s the GOAT because WWE tell them he is. Because he’s their chosen favourite. And their egos wouldn’t let them pull the plug on his mega push. But longtime diehard wrestling fans know he’s the worst of all time.

In 1996, Bushwackers defeated champions Body Donnas in a non-title match... Maybe the peak of their career. :)

We all know why HHH got squashed in 1996 "cough" the Curtain Call 😂😂😂.

i thought the ironman match was good. not the greatest, but still very good.

10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1996....unless you watched the same video CrapCulture put out a few years back on the same subject.

“You didn’t know about 1996”…proceeds to talk about 1997s shotgun

I’ve always said people sleep on late 1995. HBK’s collapse, Tweener Diesel, and the beginning of the boundary pushing with Goldust all started in late 95, there was some good stuff with Dean Douglas, Razor and the Kid, politics notwithstanding, the Bulldog heel turn was fun, and Bret especially was just on a tear in ring vs Bulldog, Diesel, PCO and others. Also loved the fan friendly President Gorilla Monsoon booking stuff like the Ladder Match, the Triple Header main event at IYH 3, and the Wild Card Match at Survivor Series. There are better periods, but from a creative standpoint I’d put late 95 up against some of the worst of the Ruthless Aggression and PG eras.

#9- I've been saying that for a long time. When my friends and I watched. It live, it got boring real quick. Way too many collisions. Personally, I hated the fact it was an iron man match with NO pin falls or submissions for an hour!!

Someone less bias like Simon miller should have done this video

I mean tbf Wrestlemania 12 itself wasn't the best so them having a 6 minute iron match to a already bad ppv didn't help and was never gonna work but that was the best match on the card too.

Love the opinion but sorry, in 1991 the bushwackers were over as hell and kids loved them

Why you gotta hate on the Bushwackers? They were awesome and should have had a tag title run.

Can you make a news video about Wagner got released from WWE and NXT battleground got announced

The fake Razor and Diesel debuts were far from massively hyped. Jim Ross made a few claims on commentary for a few weeks. Then they pushed it for the last week or so. Mr. Perfect asked President Monsoon about it on Superstars: Best of 10 Years and Monsoon brushed it off. Same again on Action Zone; Gorilla was asked while getting into his car. They jumped Savio at Mind Games. That was it. Then Ross debuted Razor on Raw (and only Razor) after slagging off Vince for a bit. It was more about turning Jim heel. UK fans already knew the truth because Nitro aired before Raw on Fridays, and they had Nash and Hall in a limo on that show. I just don't think it was overhyped. The Ross heel turn (which I loved) was the TV payoff.

96 was a fun year. My favorite year of wrestling ever.

kane is upset at may 19 because he had to be fake diesel

2:29 But did you watch it live on TV back in 1996. I did and it was great. If you watch it and already know who won then that will take the luster off ir it.

I applaud you for actually saying something about the tribalism of wrestling. However, people aren't going to care that you are technically right. All they want is people to agree with them so they can crap on a product they most likely don't even watch. For instance, I don't watch a whole bunch of WWE but the reason why has nothing to do with the talent or the fans. It has to do with preference. I have fallen out of love with the WWE style a long long time ago. I don't like it. Does that mean i wont watch it? No. heck i went back and watched Night Two of WrestleMania and had a blast. Because it was really good show. AEW meanwhile does what I like not in terms of storytelling or even promos but in the in ring action there is just something about how much brutal stuff they normally do on a daily basis that i like more. I will say I wish Tony, and the EVPs would drop the whole Punk nonsense, but two things can be true at the same time. I can like one show for one thing they do well and not like another. Each individual is different and has a preference. But again at the end of the day, its pro wrestling, its meant to be fun, and enjoyable to watch. Not something to be angry about and then go online and call people who like the thing you don't idiotic for liking it. I really wish social media just didn't exist because maybe wrestling wouldn't be as horrible to watch if the wrestling fan didn't think they know everything dude. If you made it this far thanks for reading my rant. TLDR Social media and wrestling doesn't mix, and i applaud WhatCulture for acknowledging how toxic tribalism is.

That vince was being shitty then and a huge predator? We know that

Nothing was alleged about the kliq

I mean yeah WWE Fans have taken shots at AEW but at least it's not on tv every week like AEW does with its wrestlers. Michael Cole congratulated Sting on his retirement on commentary on Raw yet MJF and Punk during their feud took shots at WWE everywhere

Xpac carried alot of bags around this time

It's still real to me dam it 35 years on

I love Bret and Shawn was a once-in-a-generation talent. But the Ironman Match was a travesty. It should have been booked as a straight up match and then gone the distance, leading to the overtime. Bret and Shawn were obviously pacing themselves which hurt the match.

The WM12 main event very much is...eh...it's worth a watch, but not one of the best matches of all time. Shawn Michaels had his iconic entrance and victory, but nothing else really

This list screams it was written by Sydgwick.

I thought Stone Cold was apart of the KKK because he whipped Savio lmao.

10:03 bad street USA

Good list Whatculture wrestling.

This channel "tribalism is bad" Also this channel "those type of WWE fans don't know the half of it" Y'all are hilarious.

andy murray blows go away already

Meltz.. 🤣🤣🤣🤢

That was a very weak defence for AEW!

Speak for yourself...I loved the bushwackers

I liked 1996.

Wild

I'm 43 years old and I've been watching since I was a child, I have never heard triple h's punishment being described in such extreme terms from anyone except here just now, I've never heard that ultimate warrior was a punishment either. It was always the hog pen match nor did I ever hear that it echo down through the company, I heard exactly what you just said- that it angered some boomers and Vince had to do something to please them. You guys sure do this a lot for people who call themselves journalists. I know it's just supposed to be a funny meme but it's come true- Simon is the only thing on this channel worth a damn and even hes bought off too.

Too much Meltzer in this video

Babyface Vince literally saying out-loud that he was homophobic during the '96 Slammys when *Jerry Lawler* of all people accused him (in heel character) is not shocking, but aired on WWF TV on USA Network....

Los Forajidos!!!

Horrendous list. Losing the KOTR win is not an important punishment? Your opinion on the Ironman match is a thing "you didn't know about WWE in 1996"? And why TF did you had to bring Tony Khan into a 1996 video?

What still gets me is the fact that Fake Razor, Rick Bogner, took part in more Royal Rumble matches than the real one did. Though in all fairness, all four of Scott's matches at the PPV were championship matches, which is surely nothing to sneeze at.

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Trying to make wwe look more real will never work Underground, Saturday night whatever, Shayna vs Ronda😂 😂 😂

10:24 FYI eating 69 oills or whatever the amount at one time is really mot ever a good thing unless u wasnt death ot6 become a vegetable its sad bit was common in that business.and its not just wrestling tbst was every sport

I remember the hype surrounding the fake Diesel/Razor. It was insane and then seeing the payoff of it was so deflating.

Shotgun Saturday Night was suppose to be a a big deal. They advertised that show for months. I remember when the show premiered in a train station and thinking, this is absolutely awful. Then it just became a C rate show like Heat, Velocity, Mental, or Jakked, the list is really long. I wish they would bring back LiveWire.

The Iron Man match from WMXII is good, but WWE massively overrate it. The Iron Man matches between Triple H and The Rock at Judgement Day 2000 and John Cena and Randy Orton at Bragging Rights 2009 are both better than the one between Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart. This doesn’t mean I think that either Shawn Michaels or Bret Hart are bad wrestlers; they’re two of the greatest to ever do it, but this match has nothing exciting about it until the last 5 minutes/overtime.

This dudes videos are so drawn out and over done. Less is more sometimes buddy.

For me the aew fans are just annoying and tony khan is a fool

The return of the fake Diesel?

Dude triple h punishment resulted in Austin being born and becoming the biggest star in company history

Why and how TF did aew end up in a video about 1996? Make it make sense?

How dare you speak of the bushwackers the way you do. Blasphemy

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Been watching WWF/WWE, NWA, WCW since the 1980s so yes I did know.

1995 Might as well be the Peak of the znew Generation Era.

Wwe sucked then

This host needs to go

HHH knew that the only way to escape the midcard or low card was to snag Vince's daughter. He was smart, I'll give him that. He then proceeded to bury everyone in his path.

Anyone who uses the term “mandella effect” usually doesnt know what the term actually means

I love Andy He dosent hate me because of my skin color.

AEW and all it's 600 fans suck

Man. If you think basically (and occasionally literally) eating shit for 5 months is normal, maybe SRS is right about this company.

The original Goldust was Vince McMahon's other son, Bennett.

I more of a competitive match between Warrior and H would have been good. But at the time H wasn't anyone yet, he was still going by the rich snob thing and if it was The Game I'm sure it would have been different. But at the same time, who hits an opponent with their finisher the second the match starts. I mean if they were a jobber or they were doing a monster thing then yes. But otherwise, and specially against a legend you don't hit a finisher right of the bat. Those like Taker, Hogan, Kane, Bray Wyatt/The Fiend (RIP Windham) would have also jumped up too.