Don’t forget that one week in between where they were calling him “Big Nasty Paul Wight” (not to be confused with his later nickname “Big Nasty Bastard”).
I can't believe they cut away from a Booker Bret match for a Disco skit, the closer we get to the end, the less and less suprised by the ultimate outcome I am.
Its a testament to both this channel and the Monday night wars that even after all this time this is still so enjoyable to watch and better than most of today's television.
Rey beating Nash was one of the coolest moments in the Monday Night Wars, mask or no. My Math teacher was a huge Kevin Nash fan, and jokingly made a big deal about how fast that three count was.
If they had spent a few weeks of him gettin his ass kicked like Zach Gowen... AND Ric constantly giving him pep talks about starting from the bottom and paying dues. And THEN the heel turn... that would've been nice
The blue meanie gimmick was far better than his later kevin owens one for me. Should have had a feud with Road Dogg though, the promos would've been fun.
There was the thing that Savage would wear a matching hat if he was winning, a non-matching hat if he was losing. I've never cared enough to look into it, though.
Not sure if anyone has looked into the "11th of July" teasers, but in the 1999 RTW timeline, July 11th is the date of Bash At The Beach 1999 (of CageMatch low score infamy and the source of the Junkyard Invitational). On the WWF side, this was the Sunday Night Heat where The Rock cut THAT promo on Billy Gunn
In the event the "11th of July" teasers reflect 2024 and not 1999, the episode of Reliving The War that day (barring another break) would be the October 25th, 1999 episode, the night after Halloween Havoc. Not Vince Russo's first Nitro as booker, but the start of him implementing his own new booking plans after a PPV build that he didn't initiate (for one, the interference-laden 32 person WCW title tournament begins on that Nitro)
“I probably would have given it to Nitro this week had they not cut away from matches and put so much focus on skits and promos away from the ring.” This problem certainly will not get significantly worse in the remainder for the year.
This is the episode I've been waiting for since the start of this series. I went to this Nitro at the Arco Arena in Sacramento. I was in the 8th grade. I remember the Rey , Kevin Nash promo. I remember seeing Booker T and being surprised how tall he was. I also remember the Goldberg vs. Scott Steiner match very well. Was crazy fun and an amazing memory.
Met Booker T at a signing and yeah, he’s still a stout dude. He isn’t giant tall, maybe 6’2”-6’3”, but he’s built like a wall. Looks like he could carry small cars on his shoulders.
@@zlinedavid I met Booker T at a Cracker Barrel in Louisiana 96 or 97. I looked through the window from inside and saw this man with tiny waist and huge shoulders and knew who it was instantly!! Introduced myself and told him I knew him from Harlem Heat. He shook my head and was nice. Always remember that moment.
I swear I love this series it brings back memories of my teenage years and feels like the Monday night wars all over again and I miss WCW wished they were still in business
This is where things get interesting for me... back at this point in it's history, I had all but completely stopped tuning in to WCW programming. I would only occasionally tune in to try and keep up with what Bret Hart was doing... But when I did, I almost always left disappointed. Though I do regret missing out on his matches with Booker T... which brings me to my next point. This is the first time I've seen probably 95% of this era of WCW... I had nearly ZERO interest in what they were doing at that point... and I honestly doubt I would be interested in seeing any of it even NOW without Ryan's insight, commentary, comedic timing, and nearly encyclopedic knowledge of wrestling lore and history being included. Fuckin' nailed it as usual, Mr.Bios!
I was always disappointed with how he was handled. Yeah, he was a giant, but he was also just as agile as a lot of smaller dudes! They really should have capitalized on that. He could have been so much better than he ever was.
I remember that crappy foreshadowing of rock and paul white fighting and they'd make up one week....scowl at each other the next. Only been in the company a week and they've run out of ideas for him 😂
Raw and nitro for me used to be truly appointment TV. without fail every week id be there to watch it. Reliving the War is that new appointment show watching
I think the Steiner/Goldberg match in this episode shows the real failure of the Finger Poke of Doom and the stories that followed. Nash and others have said that the plan was to have Goldberg run through the NWO to get the belt back but he spent weeks still feuding with Bam Bam and when he finally gets his hands on an NWO member it's Steiner who already has two actual stories of his own with his brother and DDP and he doesn't get to finish the match himself. They took their biggest star she made him feel like just another guy.
@@michaelsinger4638God, it’s at least October before he finally gets anything resembling direction, and it starts as a go-nowhere US title mess with Bret, Sid, and the Outsiders. And by that time, Hogan is gone. So the main 5 figures in the Finger Poke of Doom, 9 months later, will have collectively gained absolutely nothing.
Damn I just realized Goldberg only won the world title once and after losing to Nash at starrcade 98 I dnt think he got the belt again wtf meanwhile the same ole same ole guys (hogan, flair, nash) still winning the title
The state of both franchises can partly defined by how their nepotism pushes were made. Shane Mac was always made an annoying joke accessory to the main action. The spots were always about how much of a weasel he was and how much he didn’t belong there. I think David Flair was introduced January 4th and he’s already the centerpiece of all ongoing storylines, even though this would never be happening aside from his last name.
Damn….that’s a really good observation. Hell I was watching all this as it aired and didn’t make that connection. And it fits. Shane was a great athletic chickenshit heel, and the Mean Street Posse were a bunch of bumbling oafs. Meanwhile David and Crowbar were unhinged brawlers.
@@henry7696I'm pretty sure the NWO parodied The Horsemen way before DX ever did the Nation. Hell Syxx was still in the NWO the first time they did it. And what older guys? The only guy that was older in that skit was Hogan. Nash, Hall, and Disco were all the same age range as DX
Oh my God! That skit at 33:25 was so hilarious. Scott Hall comes out and is just so funny. I think he was portraying Piper. Also, Disco was really funny in this too.
I found out about this channel and the series in spring and I binged watched everything to this episode. What a ride it has been! WrestlingBios definitely got the jam.
Rey beating Big Kev is probably my further remembrance of any wrestling. 10 years old me loved it. Thank you for this series, been following every week for more than a year now, probably the only thing wrestling related I still watch. Much love and respect mate !
Riki Rachtman's hair and clothing is the late 90s-early 2000s personified. That's what we looked like as teens back then - listening to nu metal, playing PS2, and watching wrestling.
This was the first WCW Nitro I watched. The first wrestling show I watched. I've made it to my start of the Monday Night Wars! (Did not take long before I switched to Raw)
I did the same thing about a month ago. Went and signed up on Pateon to get them early, but I like the RU-vid format batter, so I watched one early, and then waited two weeks so I watch them on YT as they come out, lol.
I think X-Pac may be underestimating Shane McMahon, honestly. I mean, he grew up on the tough, harsh streets of Greenwich, CT, after all. I imagine Shane has some friends he can call upon, is all I'm saying.
I don't remember if anything came of the July 11th thing on WCW(even more reason to watch every Reliving The War lol) but I do know Bash At The Beach 99 was on July 11th so who knows? Keep up the great wrestling content Wrestling Bios, you are the #1 jam up guy!!
The David Flair sh!t was hands down waaaaaay worse the Finger Poke of Doom. This was when I started watching Raw more. Literally none of the guys that started coming to WCW from here on out was worth anything.
This show has ended up getting my wife into wrestling. We've now been watching the actual shows from about when the ministry started. I still click on your videos even though I'm quite far ahead now. You deserve the clicks!
I can't believe this channel has such young fans as this weeks Jam Up winners. It's really good to see. I watch a lot of older wrestling PPV's with my young nephews, i don't think they have watched any wrestling that isn't 20 years old..lol
Lol fuuu**kkk yeah lol man I love this show!! Still here from episode 1! And still the best show on RU-vid!! Thank you WB for all these years of entertainment!
You know I know a lot of fans are critical about Rey getting unmasked but on an episode of Kurt Angle’s podcast he was asked about unmasking in WCW and maybe this is his outlook on it years later in hindsight but he looks at it in a positive way because he became the Giant Killer and had matches with a lot of heavyweights going forward that maybe helped him to eventually go to WWE. 🤷🏻♂️
He definitely went places but it's a shady thing to make a guy do to keep his job, for sure. Worked out for him, and he's a beast mad talented so I'm not surprised, but it was the second silliest thing his job made him do. That friggin horror movie is the first lol.
@@kamenanew9867 I get what you’re saying but as critical as we fans can be of why he had to unmask I genuinely think he made do with being unmasked and turned it into something positive.
