Who remembers this VHS with the super nintendo cheat codes by Todd Pettengill at end of tape????...good ol' Coliseum video.... Thanks Conrad for such a badass podcast. Been listening for a couple years now. Roll tide...
Too bad the game they had codes for was crap(Wrestlemania the Arcade Game). I wish they would've made a game like Fire Pro that had those same graphics.
@ Me either, best game then was steel cage for sega cd. Only thing it was missing was Royal Rumble, tag team matches and Hogan and Warrior. But overall a big roster for those days and pretty cool having the cage.
Last night, I had a dream that I was at a restaurant eating, looked up, and saw Bruce. I walked over and said hello, and he gave me a big smile and a handshake. I need to take a long, hard look at my life.
That Bret Hart vs.Diesel match was DAMN good especially that finish. Sad we don't get finishes or let alone the multiple interferences in matches like that anymore
@@acecadet8812 I had liked that as well. We saw Diesel do a tweener turn before going full heel when he attacked HBK,Bret & Taker with a chair at an MSG house show
I was born in the states in 82. My family moved to Europe in 1990, and by then I was hooked as a fan just by catching the 89’ Wwf PPV’s. My cousin would send me VHS tapes of all the ppv’s except 90 and 97. I look at back and remember how different the company became year after year. All the little changes in presentation, the characters, the announcing, logos etc. This royal rumble felt different. But so did 94 survivor series. Man those were the days as a kid. After 96 he stopped sending me tapes. When I returned to the states in 97/98, you can imagine my shock at how the landscape had changed. Bret was gone from WWF, Shawn formed DX, and Hogan took over WCW with Razor and Diesel. Even if I had a million chances, I couldn’t predict these turn of events. What a fascinating thing pro wresting can be!
Cdubya Yep 93 challenged Bret for the WWF title and the next three he defended the IC title. So he was never in the actual Rumble as they rarely did double duty back then. Funny enough, the bogus Razor Ramon WAS in the Rumble match in 97.
Yea wasnt that the year they hyped saying it will be the craziest Rumble yet? It was done in about 35 mins. And HBK was great in it but other than that it sucked. It was every 30 seconds I think not even 60. The match official duration is 30 mins and 39 second's. Unless that site's also wrong.
@@johncap7201 Yeah, but even Shawn's greatness was compromised by the fact that he didn't have to last 60 minutes from the number one position. Many people who DIDN'T win the Rumble over the years lasted longer than Shawn did in '95 as the winner.
@@Dizzy1980 Yes I know, but HBK made up for it in 96 and the Rumbles he was in during his second run. 95 was really the worst year ever for wrestling as a whole. But if not for that year we would have never gotten what followed. I just the current product someday explodes and bounces back but I do not see that happening any time soon.
Love the Bret vs Diesel match and it really pissed me off in the moment how they wouldn’t DQ Bret after all the underhanded tactics. Plus the ref was seemingly favoring Bret. Allowed him to use a chair, and made Diesel back off of him as he was playing possum. Then doesn’t put the turnbuckle pad back on after Owen interferes. Just didn’t make sense to me, as they DQ matches all the time for much less. I was halfway expecting them to continue again after everyone hit the ring. Lmao! Good stuff, I enjoyed it.
Bulldog was always putting Shawn over. It used to piss me off. Royal Rumble(loss), 2 world title matches (draw, loss), lost both IC and European titles to Shawn. I never saw Shawn return the favor to Bulldog. I'm sure it had nothing to do with Shawn refusing to lose to anyone (sarcasm).
I believe D-Von Dudley has never been in a Royal Rumble either, despite being on multiple Rumble PPV cards. In fact, it was both Bubba and D-Von who had never been in a Rumble match until that one year Bubba made a surprise appearance (2015? 2016?)
"Wrestling used to be about two people pretending to hurt each other and everyone believing they did. To two people actually hurting each other and noone believing they do" - Jim Cornette
Also really loved the Double J vs Razor match. Great stuff and I didn’t think he would get title there in that situation in Florida. Just a great match IMO. And I loved the roadie! Hilarious how he tries to stay out of sight and offers Double J a towel/ bottle of water throughout the match! Lmao!! Really great stuff.
I loved the idea of the first 2 being the final 2. The problem with this Rumble is what little star power involved in this match besides those 2. Most of the other big names in the company were in other matches on this show but not in the Royal Rumble match itself. Not sure why not as we've seen guys do double duty in other years. On top of that 2 of the other bigger names in this match were Owen Hart and Bob Backlund and neither lasted very long thanks to Bret's interference. There were basically zero full-time main eventers in this match at the time. This was the beginning of HBK becoming a regular main eventer but he wasn't there yet. Owen, Backlund, and Luger all had brief stints as main eventers but by this point were basically upper mid-card guys who could do occasional main event duty. I don't recall Davey main eventing a PPV outside of the UK but he was a solid upper mid-card guy like the rest mentioned. HBK would eventually go on to be the biggest name, but going into this match that was probably Luger who barely had a storyline at this point.
Bruce says Dave was misinformed right after trying to tell us that VHS sales were going down because of DVD's and laser discs in 1995 not because the company was garbage. Laser disc was a niche format. It never took over VHS. Also, DVD's didn't out-sell VHS until 2001 a whole six years later. What a dope.
@@MrAdrenaline1982 idk if that's true. I know the first Disney film on DVD came out in 1998 but that's not even my point. The point is DVD's and laser disc played no impact on the VHS market in 1995 or 96 for that matter. DVDs didn't overtake VHS sales until half a decade later. Bruce just spews nonsense.
Should have included the likes of Jarrett, Razor, IRS, Undertaker in the Rumble. Also having Owen Hart in there for 8 seconds?? And you have Crush and Adam Bomb coming in for the last five minutes? Yet the first half have the likes of Well Dunn? I love this pay per view but the Rumble match was so badly booked.
I been wondering for years can WWE now pull off another one like this but with 90 seconds and go for 1 hour iron man style. I understand Rey and HHH went the distant but both men werent the final 2. Somehow wanna see a recreation though.
Yeah I remember this year because I didn't have cable tv so I couldn't watch Raw and Superstars was on at about 3am early Sunday morning so couldn't watch any wrestling. Dark times...
I like how pritchard smooths over the meeting Vince had with the talent about WCW. Love X-pac's take on the meeting "You guys aren't going fucking NOWHERE!!!" The Q & A at the end of the episodes have easily become my least fav part of the show. Its like a crap shoot of i don't knows when even someone like me (a not so cynical fan) can tell you Razor Ramon had high profile matches at the rumbles he performed in & that's why he was never in the rumble as opposed to " I have no idea "
Meltzer says the crowd was Meh, I was there, it was loud as all hell up in the noose bleeds. Plus the sun dome has these wobbly ass wooden bleachers which we all stomped the hell out of. I will admit tho, the rumble entrants did take a few seconds to figure out who was who. The feeling of ecstacy when our boy the bull dog won only to realize that shawn hadn't actually been eliminated. We were devastated. We booed our asses off while others were still trying to understand what just happened. But it was the most fun I ever had at a wwe show and the biggest ppv tampa ever got. That truly will always be a cherished memory I got to share with my father.
I would put this Royal Rumble in my top 10. The Rumble was actually only about a minute for entrants. Shawn Micheals was in there for 38:41. I wished there were video for this episode. It would have been funny to see the facial of Conrad when he asked about the mantaour character that was some funny shit. I thought they used the celebs right. I dont know what Meltzer is drinking. It was plain as day the directions for celeb heading into mania 11. I would say from 94-96 was a rebuilding year for WWE after the steroid trial.
I love Bam Bam. Every time I watch him I am so impressed. He was so athletic and talented. Also, I think Kid busted his mouth up with a kick to the face off the top rope. Looked like he nailed him and Bigelow was bleeding.
Oh wow, I'm watching this episode for the first time and I had no idea Jimmy Del Ray had passed. RIP. I think first time I ever saw a moonsault. I REALLY hated the one minute intervals in this Rumble. Glad they did away with it. The weak roster of folks coming in really didn't help. Edit: AND Timothy Well!? Geez.
1:33:00 a wrestlers time is based on the buzzer, not the time in the ring. Owen Hart lasted closer to two minutes while he was being beaten up outside by Bret...
Where the fuck can I find me some Jerry Jarrett Chicken Salad? Goddamn it! I need to have it! Motherfuck! Shit! I NEED Jerry Jarrett's Chicken Salad! NOW!!!!!!
Meltzer just looking for shit that ain't there with his complaints over Pam and L.T.'s reaction. Pam's reactions at ringside just played like a regular's girls response. Like she's just embarrassed and just awkward. Like she's just trying to laugh it off. Makes perfect sense to me. "FUCK DAVE MELTZER"! Enjoy this rumble but don't think the rumble itself is the best. Like the finish. Its spoiled by the fans at ringside noticing that both feet haven't touched.
True..to me only take away was the 60 seconds time. Btw that happened to Owen due to storyline of Bret getting back at him and Backlund for costing him the title.
@@theSFjammer I understand what you're saying bro. But between Bulldog and HBK working the whole match and the 1 min interval (which this is the only time its ever happened) WWE knew this was a weak Rumble roster. The Owen thing was storyline, but man .... they could have used him being in there for 20 mins cause they lacked star power BAD.
True very lack of starpower. Owen and Backlund deserved more time. Also Luger was saved for the second half was best for him. They shouldve have done more with Mabel and Bundy with more time they them both consider as "HEAVY" favorite.
I have to respectfully disagree with Bruce I always thought that Shawn and Diesel had better chemistry than Bret Hart. Both are good wrestlers no doubt, but Shawn and Diesel imo had arguably one of the best natural fits of all time.
I still am shaking my head on Bam Bam vs LT as the main event. I used to rent this Ppv on VHS like twice a month for years and I'd always hit ( stop & rewind ) going into the main event. What a yawn. Nobody cared except Vince and his yes men
When they cut up the announcing, that was around the time when the SUPER cynical critic was in the media. Everything sucks, it's all a bore, sooooo last year.
This Royal Rumble was supposed to be in Buffalo New York my hometown best city in the world LOL easy now. But there was a conflict in schedule so they moved it to Tampa Bay oh well one day we'll get a big for pay-per-view here in the seven one six. By the way anybody hear about when he was talking about Vinnie Paz? Boxing? Is it the Vinnie Paz the rapper from Philadelphia????? Anyways happy New Year hope this year brings you all good health and good wealth greetings from Buffalo New York by the way San Francisco wins the Superbowl 35 17 over Kansas City
I was ok with Rumble 95. Not the best but then not the worst. I liked the match between Bret and Diesel, but too many run ins spoiled it for, even though there was a story to it, that slowly burned to SS 95. didn't like Rumble. Too short, too quick and Shawn was the only credible winner. Shawn lasting 29 guys in as many minutes was a bit tainted. Sione was Sione, not Barb because he was a head shrinker. also, my fav Mo moment was Rumble 94 when he was potatoed and heard shouting, 'Ah Shit!'
I get that Conrad is technically loosely employed by WWE, but he needs to stop with the "we" and "we're" when he's talking about things from the past. He wasn't a part of the business in '95 to say "we weren't drawing big numbers."
Honestly good guy shawn michaels always bored me to tears. I always preferred Shawn as a cocky heel. Sadly his entire 2nd run from 2002 to the end was like 99 percent face work.
"the WWF has buried Luger enough, lately." By pushing him to the moon? Good job buddy. 😆 Honestly, I don't care about the Radicalz and I'm worried that this re-recording might become something they do more often as time passes.
