The WCW SHOW that aired AFTER the FINAL WCW MONDAY NITRO 

I feel like AEW has done a good job filling that gap - at least 2019-1st half 2022. If that stuff was on demand id be rewatching old Dynamites about now

@@JOBdOut me too

Same here. Even watching DEADLOCK’s review of the Final Nitro, WCW was not supposed to die. And it’s true because after WrestleMania X-Seven, things weren’t the same anymore. But the was past, and now we have AEW and independent wrestling, I think things are looking good for the industry. But that’s not saying much when it comes to their flaws.

To be honest, not really. At least nothing from 1998 on.

@@JOBdOut I actually wish AEW would lean into the WCW style more. Remember all those cool sets, like Halloween Havock, Road Wild, etc.? It would be really cool if AEW put more energy into those types of shows.

Me Too

@@chozahfearless7524 I liked World Wide ! I thought it was a lot of fun and a cool studio to do live matches in !!

Yeah, like the Slim Jim commercials with Macho Man

@@joshellison85 yeah and that deal was with Macho Man directly. That's why I was able to get a Macho Man Slim Jim holder in 2021 lmfaoooo

@@joekuvorkian Lol, heck yeah 👍

Yeah, if Time Warner didn't resent wrestling, WCW could still be arounf today even through all of the mismanagement

Yet McMahon still bought it for basically nothing... That's crazy to think about

Do you have proof of this?

@@codiwebb6145 yeah it’s true, wow averaged around 2 million per show and the raw after mania had just around 1.5 the other day so yeah it’s pretty true, wrestling was at its peak in popularity about 20 years ago that’s why, not that the product was good it’s just that wrestling was popular as a whole, cause wcw was horrible to watch in 2001

@@calebdoss4590 number of tvs in home is completely different.

Same, always watched Saturday Night as a kid.

I of course watched the main shows but yeah, I loved watching wrestling on weekends. Of course there were the PPVs but I religiously watched WCW Saturday Night, Sunday Night HeAT, WCW Worldwide, Jakked/Metal, and Superstars and Livewire Saturday mornings. I've always associated weekends with watching wrestling

Saturday night was actually good sometimes. Remember the Giant and Luger vs the Faces of Fear. Meng put the giant in the death grip and brought him to his knees.

@@timothyl8237 Ya the WWE should bring that show back !!

Loved those shows growing up.

End of an Era seemed like a buzzterm but it really was never the same afterwards

WWE Bottomline and After Burn! They still air too.

The WWF weekly recap show you're thinking about was called WWF Mania. It aired Saturdays at 10am.

Recap show I remember was WWF Livewire on Saturday mornings.

Who remembers how sweet ppv night was watching Sunday night heat

Much appreciated. There was a Dusty vignette i wanted to use but it kept getting claimed and blocked regardless of how much I trimmed from it - look up "dusty rhodes pizza man" when you're bored

And even then it wasn't a thing yet. Some thought WWA was the future of WCW but it was really more of a TNA-beta

It was very rushed....at the same time I'm sure Vince and his ego were riding high and he enjoyed nothing more than to shut WCW down. He'd probably do it the same way again...

It was so rushed and unemotive like "see you later" no tribute to the last several decades of NWA/WCW

Tna was not wcw

@@djdarq6311 No, it wasn't. It did take the WCW elements that Vince didn't keep, and felt like a small-scale version of late WCW, though. Heck, TNA's first ring was a surplus WCW ring, and looked it.

I didn’t know it was all over until I was looking for Thunder on Wednesday night.

Ask Vince Russo 🤷🏻‍♂️

So true dude I had so much WCW merchandise. VHS tapes like crazy. Video games. Ready To Rumble was actually a good movie. God maybe I’m just nostalgic but I miss Turner as competition.

@@jamesstewart8377 I’m not ashamed in saying I was a huge “mark” for wcw circa 96-99ish. I was still watching when wwf took over I was watching both but for a while I was only watching wcw and every now and then peaking at wwf. 97-98 wcw was BONKERS. i miss wcw just like you and I’ll never forget it. I still watch nitro and some thunder replays on peacock. I’ll even flick it on on mondays sometimes during raw if it’s wack. Still has that feeling that was just a better product and presentation. It still hits even today. If you put that wcw on tv today? It would prob blow aew and wwe out the water combined. Folks like Roman and mjf would be wanting to go to wcw to be apart of those storylines with Nwo and wcw. Imagine those guys and Cody Rhodes and Randy orton and ect on wcw nitro with the booker ts, and Gilbert’s and hogans and stings Nash savage and halls, ddp, raven, lex Lugers of the world. Imagine usos vs Harlem heat or the outsiders. Or LOD. Ect. Man dream matches. Imagine roman reigns vs sting or Hollywood hogan. Or the Giant. Or Scott Steiner. Wcw would blow everyone out the water if they popped up on tv today with those rosters. Of those guys in their primes. It break the world let alone the internet. Lol imo Wwe should resurect wcw as another show like nxt and use the name for the development stars. Use the old logo and set up. The presentation alone would bring hella ratings.

That "Turner" money was the board of AOL Time Warner, history's worst corporate merger, that put Turner way the hell down toward the end of the table. People talk about how much money WCW lost in it's last year, but it wasn't just WCW. AOL Time Warner, and everything they owned, came crashing down, and was sold off for (relatively) cheap.

Agree

WWE went downhill after it had no legitimate competition.

@@dcoldestjenkins5868 Indeed, and also when it went "family friendly" !

@Dan Kelly Well, there's AEW I guess...

@@dcoldestjenkins5868 Imagine going back to WWE from AEW thinking that Vince is not in control of creative anymore, then finding out he is again! AEW might be a dogs breakfast for storylines but I'm guessing that a lot who were thinking of going back might have changed their mind now because of Vince?

Yeah, on channel 5, and they started it by saying " the rumours are true" I wish I recorded that.

Question for you , I was watching all 3 promotions back in 2000/2001, I can’t recall if bravo showed the final episodes of nitro can you remember at all ? Or did it stop on uk tv a month or so before?

@@lfc200506 I definitely had a VHS tape of that final nitro ... So I'm thinking I did Indeed get it tapped off bravo.. but I recall seeing the RAW/ last nitro way beforehand... Yeh wcw had definitely folded and yet it was being aired afterwards on various channels here. I'm still sad... Aew is great... But it's not that same feeling I had as a teen. I feel like I'm never gonna be able to recapture that fandom.

I loved WCW World Wide when it was in the studio !!

"Weve had to do a lot of crazy things Steve like putting your ass on tv" - savage.

​@@JOBdOutRegal Was Overrated. Smarks Kissed His @$$

Much love. Great get landing Scott Hudson too - it wasn't the most popular show at the end but wrestling as a whole was better with it than without it

I'm glad that he didn't go to WWF/WWE. He went to NWA/TNA and ended his career with dignity as opposed to being shouted at by a deranged wannabe wrestler billionaire on the headset.

Totally could see Tenay get the Joey Styles treatment "youre here to tell stories, not call matches"

Vince doesn’t even allow Michael Cole to call matches himself and he’s worked there for like 25 years. Mike Tenay wouldn’t have been allowed to be Mike Tenay.

I do wonder why they didn't take ANY announcers

What! Mike tenay was terrible, his voice was squeaky and was annoying. Not his fault. He is very smart and know what he is talking about but I couldn't listen to his voice.

Then who would have thought in 2020 that the world would turn into an opened air mental hospital. I bet you're more sane than you think brother

I was the same with Shotgun Saturday Night watching it at 11:30 pm with commercials that had 1-900 with them. LOL

✋ 😊

WCW was much better than WWF by 01. I was so sad when it closed and quickly realised why I had stopped watching wwf in the first place. TNA was worth watching for years though, it was so much better than modern wrestling and used Nitro as its show template

@@arostwocents WCW in ‘01 was better than WWF because they had begun pushing younger talents. WWF still had guys like Austin, Taker, Triple H, and many other vets on top. WCW had all of the cruiserweights, the Natural Born Thrillers, and a good mix of vets like Sting, DDP, Goldberg, Jarrett, Booker, Nash, and Steiner. I even enjoyed Dustin Rhodes as himself which I hadn’t previously in his earlier WCW singles run. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed WWF in 2001 but WCW was my favorite pro wrestling. And like you, I really enjoyed TNA. I actually went to like 3 or 4 TNA PPVs and live events too. TNA had everything just like WCW did except WCW had Ted Turner. If TNA had a Turner type investor and had Jarrett alone been running it, I believe TNA as it was around 2005 would still exist in that form. Sadly, Dixie Carter was involved and so were Hogan and Bischoff who had a big hand in ruining WCW. Once the dynamic duo of doom came to TNA, it instantly changed into entertainment where Jarrett had more wrestling. It’s so sad that TNA had it all and then lost it all before it truly had a chance to shine. I often wonder if WCW had sold to Bischoff, if we’d have gotten the same outcome eventually? Bischoff had great ideas but often let Hogan and others influence him. Had he been in total control of WCW and not let the Hulkster have control, the new WCW in 2001 could’ve been amazing. Sadly, we’ll only be relegated to what if scenarios and stuck with WWE.

@@arostwocents Yes. And TNA With WCW Wrestlers And Kurt AngleWas Better Than Wrestling Sports Entertainment Today much. TNA Didn't Have A Lot Of Stars Homegrown Casual Fans Talk About. Only Bobby Roode & James Storm That If They Were Stars. 👁 Appreciate They Knowing WCW Wrestlers Value.

@@arostwocents Yeh. Had Eric Bischoff Been Able To Buy WCW, WCW Were Going To Put WWE Out Of Business. He Were Going To Bring Back All Absent Top Stars And Make New Stars.

Bc it was recorded before hand. Plus the local stations that carried it had to honor the contract. If it was on TBS or TNT then they could of just said screw it,but when it's local affiliates not owned by turner it gets more complicated

I too, have wondered why WCW’s audience didn’t significantly switch over to WWF after it folded. One possible explanation could be that a lot of the ratings numbers for both shows were the same fans switching back and forth between RAW and Nitro.

The same would've happened in reverse. Some people were loyal to WWF/E. They wouldn't have switched to see Eric Bischoff gloat about beating Vince. And you know he would've.

The pulled the plugged because WCW was trash

Jason Jett was the only wrestler to really get any spotlight during the worldwide episode so I went with his ECW theme. There sadly aren't any good versions of his WCW one since he was only on tv for like a month

Same here.

There was one where a fan asked daffney if she gets sore throats from screaming. Daff said no and then asked "do you like chickens?" back to them. Surreal

His response to the question was hilarious to 😂

@@JOBdOut I miss her. I was there in her final moments.

Those ring rats have no dignity.

When Jason Jett was EZ Money in ECW he used Down on Me as his themesong - so since this episode of Worldwide was a big rub for him it felt appropriate.

I know hunh.

Worldwide technically even went back to when WCW wasn't even known as WCW yet. In the Jim Crockett days, they had some really fantastic matches here and there. Flair vs Windham from '87 was an all-time great match.

Everything wrong with WCW comes down to "spreading too thin" - from too many nwo members to too many hours of weekly tv to too many pointless mainstream cameos

Too many pointless matches with no backstory. El Dandy vs Super Calo, Steve Doll vs Mike Enos type of matches would make ppl change the channel

The final episode of Nitro got a 3. Excluding that episode, which had a higher than average rating because of WWF fans switching over to due to the simulcast and the notoriety of it being the final Nitro ever, the very highest rating Nitro received in it's final 5 months was a 2.6, with a large majority of them being in the low 2's. With WWF more than doubling their ratings each and every week, and the ridiculously bloated contracts they were still paying out that had been signed off on in 1997 and 1998 when they were still winning the war, WCW was an absolute money pit by 2000 and early 2001 and there was literally no justification to keep them around any longer. Granted, WCW going down was probably the worst thing that's ever happened in the history of the wrestling business, but facts are facts.

I gotta find a way to do more vids just about the commercials. Nash did some wild ones himself

Much appreciated. There's a lot of gems out there, nearly forgotten, because they never ended up on the WWE Network. I'll do my best to keep bringing to light the ones I find.

Gotta imagine the mello yello cans would get good coin at this point. I still have Arizona Shaq cream soda cans and people are paying a couple hundred online for those. Theres gotta be extended cut that never went public where Sting did more damage. Corgan couldn't save ECW - I imagine WCW woulda ended him but he'd kill for that chance today.

@@JOBdOut He had a chance to buy ECW if ever heard that story too :)? Eh even if he had the tape library he could have made something. There were better options it could have rebounded. So when are we getting the Mello Yello video about how much those cans are worth or related stuff :)? I admit my brother worked for Circus Man so I'd get the Ice Cream bars. They were really great the Cookie with the Chocolate backing. Perhaps the Greatest thing WWF ever did in that Era anyways. I started to get into Physical Media Collectors on here. These people buying VHS for like 50 bucks? I'm really tempted to sell almost all mine. They buy bootlegs not even quality for newer movies hehe. If I got a 4K TV I would never go back to that ;). Shaq is worth a lot though. I have Chris Benoit action figure I often think it might be worth something. Its the one he has IV or 4 Horsemen shirt. I might have more but I dunno. STill got my AWA wooden ring with REmco figures.

WCW was actually starting to improve at the end. They had completely ditch Russo's "What's a work and what's a shot, Bro!?" shit in favour of better in ring stuff. Like focusing on the cruiserweights more. It was sadly just too little too late...

He was trying to be edgy lol

Pointed out in the description this vid was originally written in spring 2022 before WWE could admit to them being related - my bad for not adding a disclaimer to the video itself

@@JOBdOut Damn it took a year to upload this after originally writing it? That's insane.

This could help jobbdout