For me personally, 2000 was WWE (WWF at the time) at their absolute peak, though I can also agree that 1998 was a great year for wrestling in general (yes, even WCW, despite becoming complacent).
The Quebecers were on the actual Wrestlemania 14 card. The tag team battle royal was on the main card and was won by the returning LOD as LOD 2000, not a dark match before Wrestlemania. Also, Yokozuna's last WWF match wasn't a dark match before Summerslam. His last WWF match was on the Survivor Series 96 PPV.
"We all thought retirement was here!" He wrestled in a ladder match for his own company in 2000 and was supposed to come back as early as post Mania 17.
Yoko could have been an all timer if he could have managed his weight. He so good, but as the 90's went on it just got hard to watch as he just got bigger and bigger. RIP, gone way too young.
While I've not seen much of Dr. Death (I liked the matches I have seen him in admittedly), I really think Jim was assuming the audience would care more about Williams than they probably would have: from what I can gather he wasn't the most charismatic wrestler ever, which seemed like it would be an obstacle for booking him to feud with Austin and he was 38 by the time Brawl for All happened. Admittedly I think B4A was a stupid idea due to the risk of injuries combined with only lower card guys being involved with it, meaning even if Williams had won he wouldn't have really proved anything (after beating the 1-eyed Carl Ouellette in round 1, if he'd have beaten Bart Gunn he'd have fought the newly repackaged Godfather and Bradshaw, neither of whom had really done anything of note before this point, which doesn't really say "the winner deserves to challenge Steve Austin for the world title").
@@tempestfennac9687 it really destroyed the careers of those who participated. Again Cornette said the guys were built for show, not for go. Russo never watched anything physical like the UFC which we learned.
The Brawl For All still feels like a weird feaver dream. Also, I loved that seeing The New Age Outlaws pin each other. It felt like the good guys outsmarted the buffons in the ring with them.
Yoko's last match was in Summerslam 96 in a dark match to Austin? Who was that guy teaming with Savio, Flash Funk and Snuka at 96's Survivor Series? Whilst The New Age Outlaws were the first team in WWF to use that finish, The Outsiders tried it in 96 and had it coined as the Outsider's rule. World War 3 was when it almost happened and the announcers were calling it as soon as they got tagged in.
WWF attitude had Shane McMahon on commentary it's hilarious how poorly that game aged like Vince McMahon wasn't even playable so wasn't Shane and yet they wrestled on TV in 1998
Looking through the comments here and I'm surprised. Do I have to be the one to say it? Really? Ok then. Dude, can you please just talk like a normal person? Instead of your formulaic rising inflections and elongated words at end of sentences? I'm begging you. Just talk. You don't need to follow some weird formula that tells you what to emphasise, when to use a rising inflection, when to talk quieter etc. Just be a human.
Brawl for All: So lets plan a series of legit fights, and plan for a guy to win. He gets beat early on, so let’s punish the guy who actually won, because he fucked up our plans! 🤷🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️😂
Another fact is that the quebecers wrestled like 5 or 10 matches on raw, but never got an entrance. They never had a win, so you didn't hear their theme after the match either.
First it was Russo who did the nwa stuff and 2 hbk is the man who forfeited his belt cause he lost his smile and amazing when wcw was gone Micheal’s was able to wrestle again hmmmm
You called yokozuns zunes. You should be ashamed of yourself. You shouldnt have a roster spot in a wrestling company. Not being facetious, i mean that.
I've heard one of the original plans for WrestleMania XIV was Hart Vs. Austin for the WWF Championship in the main event, and Hart was keen to put Austin over.
I think one of the biggest things that helped WWE in 1998 is Bret Hart left in 1997 and Shawn Michaels retired in early 1998, so WWE were forced to create new stars as really The Undertaker was the only established main eventer left from the previous era. Austin was undeniable after 1997 and The Rock was just starting to come into his own and Triple H was able to ride the momentum of DX, while Mick Foley, Kane were helped by being associates of Vince McMahon to be hurdles in Austin's way. And of course you can't forget how much attention Mike Tyson got WWE just the right time. And though it hasn't aged very well these days, there's no getting past how over Sable got as well just on sex appeal.
10 Things You Probably Know About WWF In 1998 If You Were Watching Back Then I even remember Shane McMahon on commentary, which I thought you were gonna mention since it's in the thumbnail. He liked saying "Booyah!" WAAAYYY too much. You can catch a glimpse of his commentary in Acclaim's WWF Attitude video game if you really want to.
Austin still would of won the Rumble and go to Mania as planned against Shawn Michaels but with Shawns back injury they would of wrote in Bret to make it a Triple Threat match.
First, Austin wouldn't have to lose to Dr Death to make money off a PPV match. And Second, He may not have had an issue with it, The stories of him refusing to do matches make sense when you look at it. He refused to work with Mero when Sable powerbombed him and made him look like a joke. He refused to do the match with Brock because it was a potential money match they were going to give away with no build on Raw.
@@saint-g7449Austin made it clear that he wanted an actual story, so he could put Brock over properly. He didn't see how losing that particular match would do anything for either of them.
Billy Gunn and Jarrett can be added to that list. I know the history with Jarrett but not sure why he wouldn't put Gunn over, other than the name he had.
