@@martinbabich1920 On that unrelated note, I didn't hate every frame of that film, but it was years of development, in one film, coupled with unnecessary angst.
But the first title change (or even match) would be enough. They had such good opportunities with DDP, Goldberg, Sting and Nash in the Title picture. Could have been grand for WCW. @@DJThree8s
16:52 "Surprise me WCW, Blow my socks off with what you have planned next..." "Ah yes, Erik fuckin Watts, thats just absolutely fantastic." This got me good, great stuff as usual bios
Yeah I agree as much as I love the Reliving The War videos I an definitely not looking forward to that video the Over The Edge pay per view and Owen Hart tragedy 😢😢😢
I’ve been thinking about the Owen Tribute Show for the last two months of watching this and I’m not ready for it either, despite him being gone for 24 years.
Steroids, alcohol, cocaine, speed, painkillers, lack of sleep and strenuous activity daily. It’s kind of a wonder we didnt lose more as sad as that is to say.
@@mariobros68He should have been gone a lot sooner. But apparently he saved some WWF tapes from a fire, so he had a “job for live” or something like that.
This episode unlocked some proper core memories I have from being a child and watching WWF. Probably my earliest memory of wrestling is Undertaker with Stephanie McMahon that night. Real deep shot of nostalgia that I wasn't expecting. Great work as always.
I was a big WWF fan at this time, and a girl in my class was a WCW fan. We agreed to watch 1 episode of each other's show to see which was better. Needless to say, the mental hospital and double belt drop didn't change my mind. In her defense, the whole "marry darkness" thing was weird to her. So we just went back to watching our own shows, lol.
@@BrandNew777 Most people know more than one, in fact. They even have more than one personality between them. Not sure why the idea of girls watching wrestling is still shocking anyone...they certainly weren't shy about cheering for the R&R Express or the Von Erichs...
Rest in Peace Rick Rude he was simply Ravishing compared to all those sweat hogs. Unfortunately this year still has another huge death not too far away. I didnt realize how close Rude and the next death were close together
Started watching wrestling this time last year after a drunk night talking about the attitude era. Started in 96 KotR and now I’m here. Been with you ever since then but now I’m all caught up Love the series. Thank you for all your hard work!
Under rated and highlighted moment that DDP vs Sting match. I don't even remember it being part of the best of WCW set. Probably overshadowed by the Flair mental hospital non sense, what happened later and general decline of WCW and WWF being so hot at the time.
Hindsight really messes with our perception of things, but at the time, Russo actually had a good reputation even among the Observer crowd. Him going to WCW was seen as a massive steal.
Weird thing is WCW's rating's where still strong, if they had just focused on maintaining instead of trying to beat the out of this world WWF rating's they would have been fine probably.
Honestly I think in retrospect which is always better than foresight that 99 should've been the rebuilding year push goldberg raven booker Kidman rey konnan etc
@@ryankeefe2102 The fact Booker and Steiner weren't in contention for the world title around this point is honestly baffling. Hell we got another 14 months in the timeline before Booker wins his first wcw title, and a bit longer until Scott wins his first world title.
Thursday afternoon means Reliving The War! This is my second favorite piece of wrestling video this week, topped only by the R-Truth / Judgement Day video on Raw this week.
Legit check your channel 5 times each day for a new reliving the war. Your other stuff is awesome as well. Your channel is gold. Thank you for all the hardwork you put into these videos.
He turned face in 1998 but this face turn in '99 is exactly what you stated. His career shot up to the moon inside and outside the ring after this turn.
Not ready to say goodbye to Owen. Two of the things that I've been dreading since the start of this series is OTE and Raw Is Owen 😭💔 we are getting more and more close to it
One of the most heart breaking moments in Wrestling and to make it worse, they had guys coming into it a few months later he could hsve had great matches with, without the stupid gimmick that ended his life.
I can recall this episode of Raw like it was yesterday. But all I remember about this episode of Nitro was the Flair Mental Asylum "promos/skits" or whatever you want to call them. Not the matches. Not the title changes. Just that! Oh well. Another great video, WB. Thanks as always for sharing. 😁👍
despite the difference in ratings both shows are every week absolutely packed! One of the things I remember more vividly from the attitude era is how huge wrestling was. It was almost as if there weren't casual wrestling fans. If you were a wrestling fan you were tuning in every single week
The Over The Edge review is gonna be a good one. I've never actually seen any videos talking about the matches that took place before and after Owen's accident, so I'll be watching that one for sure.
Love these "Reliving's" It takes me back. Miss every last minute of it, Love every last minute of it!!! Its about to hit me, these next few episodes. RIP The Ravishing One!! He died 2 days before my birthday, I was like man that hurt!!
I can't even begin to explain how damn underrated "Ravishing Rick Rude" was. He was the total package and should've been WWF champion back in the day 🏆. The phrase "Often imitated but never duplicated" is so true when it comes to Rick Rude. Val Venis tried the gimmick with the porn star element attached to it in the Attitude Era but it wasn't the same. There will only be one Rick Rude. RIP to the "Ravishing One" 😢🕊️🌹🙏🏼.
Man, the decline of WCW is just so sad to see. Russo didn't kill the company, but he sped its demise. We still have the arrival of Russo to come as well as the disaster for WCW that was 2000 in general. I got sad when it was mentioned the Godfather will face Owen Hart at the next PPV.
It's Thursday night and you know what that means! Reliving The War is here again. Notable stuff happening this particular week. And of course this is when the world said goodbye to the legend that is Ravishing Rick Rude. RIP to him.
Rest in power to Rick Rude, & I’m not looking to forward to Over the Edge ‘99, it broke my heart as a child when I read about the circumstances of Owen’s death & coupled with the fact that it was on the day I was born gave me an eerie feeling,Long live the king of Hearts ❤️
Sting vs Diamond Dallas Page WCW World Heavyweight Championship match was the very last time I watched WCW when I was a kid on April 26, 1999 before months later until August 26, 1999, I started watching the WWF/E.
I was at Nitro this night with like 3 or 4 friends. The title changes were good matches and a big surprise. More than anything else though I remember all the standing around the live audience did during the Flair segments. The segments would be thrown to AND followed by commentary which you can’t hear when you’re there live. They would happen following or before commercial breaks. Some were back from commercial to commentary, throw to Flair segment, back to commentary to another commercial break. There were times we stood there for 15 minutes without anything happening in the arena.
Hell more than Sting winning the title, what amazed me about it was that it was a clean victory too. No weapons, no cattle prods, no 5 NWO run ins, etc. Definitely was a refreshing glass of water for WCW at the time.
Absolutely awesome match. If WCW had kept the belt on Sting and given him a good run at this point I think it would have given the company a big shot in the arm. The fans always loved the Stinger but his late 97 - early 98 title run was a mess and when he won the beltagain later in 1999 it was as a heel... which didn't work as the fans still cheered for him anyway.
It's about time for one of the most infamous groups of this time period... with one of the most memorable moments of the entire Attitude Era, for better or for worse. We hang on your every word, sir.
This was the first ever Nitro I saw. It was recorded on a VHS tape and given to me by my grandmother. Good times! At the time I didn't get the DDP/Sting match but now, especially knowing how few actual finishes we saw in big name matches on Nitro, it's awesome.
