Much respect to David Arquette for taking the time to rebuild his reputation in the wrestling business by donating to the families of Owen Hart and Brian Pillman and his run on the indies.
I feel like they could have made the angle work if for some reason, DDP got knocked out cold in the match, but Arquette, feeling heroic, managed a fluke pin against Jarrett. DDP officially retains, but Arquette gets a big head, convinced that he should be the World Champion. He then spends the next WCW shows trying to mess with the matches and getting the crap beat out of him, Andy Kaufman-style.
People forget that in the mid 90s, KISS had that big reunion tour which was a huge success. However, that tour was 1996-97 and this was 1999. While that's only a few years later, a lot had happened. After that tour, they made a new album that was advertised as being the 4 original members and it actually sold quite well initially, but then it was revealed that there was only 1 song on the entire album that they all played on. On top of that, a lot of that album wasn't great. What followed was a tour in which the 4 of them were essentially split into 2 groups due to contract disputes and bitterness over how they were being treated. All 4 have now released autobiographies where they basically just slag each other off. Because they'd done so much press, because they'd been anywhere, done everything, people were kinda burnt out on KISS, and when you're a shock rock band, that's not good. There is a big cross over in KISS and wrestling fans, but KISS at this point were trying to act like they were still on top of the world when in reality they were about a year away from breaking up (after which Gene and Paul continued with other musicians dressing as Ace and Peter). WCW was also not doing great so it was 2 things that had been red hot a few years earlier coming together in their dying days.
@@PaxBisonica89 there seems to be a group of KISS fans that are convince modern KISS is a fake band cause Ace and Peter are gone. ignoring that Gene and Paul still are selling out stadiums across the globe.
My favorite was when Leslie held up closed briefcase and said the case was closed (which yes, I know it's stupid, but it makes me laugh every time I hear it)
My favourite part of the whole thing was when they got George Kennedy in for the PPV as a favour to Leslie as George was having a hard time getting jobs and money at the time. Not only did Leslie do that, he paid for George out of his pay check. Again showing how cool a guy Leslie Nielson was :D
The whole taker never breaking character, he did once for a fans big celebration party for something, he signed some things and gave them to her. Much respect!
I don't hold any animosity to him myself, but at the end of the day he agreed to do it. He wasn't some poor wrestler who needed the paycheck to live - he could have looked at Russo and said 'no I'm not going to do this' and if Russo insisted he was under no obligation to stay. He's done a lot of good since, and he did a decent job portraying a heel while he had the strap, but he had to agree to do it.
@@unmitigateddisaster3793 the thing is tho, NOBODY would had said no to Russo lol. It's such a dumb thing to blame David. the dude loved wrestling so ofc he's not gonna turn down the opportunity to hold a World title.
I know this would break kayfabe. But, Chucky could've asked Rick how stupid he could be. That he's an animatronic puppet and this is real life, not a movie. Rick could've countered with "You're a puppet!". Chucky: "That's what I'm trying to tell you Einstein". Rick: "Well, muppet your ass down to the ring then!" Chucky: I'm a pupp.. How many times have you been hit in the head?" Rick: I'll sleep with your wife! Chucky: "She's a puppet too!" *...Scott Steiner enters the arena vigorously*
The fact that Arquette donated his pay to the families of wrestlers who suffered tragedies is actually the biggest reason I refuse to hate on that angle. His class in that regards makes him more of a worthy champion then some this business has seen.
I don't get upset that they put the world title on an actor, because all pro wrestlers are acting. Its fake. Hearing brian scream about putting it on an actor,,, Too bad he doesn't see The Rock, John Cena, Edge, and Hulk Hogan as actors, huh?
@@blitzofchaosgaming6737 the reason NOONE sees the “comparison” between Arquette and Hogan, Rock, Edge and Cena is that they were all main event champion wrestlers before making the transition to acting.
Steamboat had to carry Piper and Snuka because it was clear as day that neither of those two had any business being in a ring. Steamboat surprised me with just how good he still was. Then again he did retire the first time in 1994 so he didn't have the wear and tear that other guys had. Fun fact about Steamboat: his last ever match was against none other than Trent?
I interviewed DDP a while back and mentioned to him that he was technically the guy who lost the title to David Arquette. He disagreed. Also didn't believe me when I told him John Cena is in the background in "Ready To Rumble."
@@ChristopherJohn4389 Basically with him berating me for the next few minutes like "BRO! How do you figure I lost the belt to Arquette? Did I get pinned?" and so on.
master p actually was a good idea. if you wanted to bring attention to WCW by the black demographic, he would have been your man. he was well known in the South, which WCW had its tentacles spread throughout, and he was a pop culture phenom. The whole year of 98, he released gold and platinum albums..he crammed an entire career's worth of work in that 1 year, was releasing movies that did very well, and was an NBA athlete. Plus he owned his music and label so you could partner with him on music without the hassle of dealing with executives. It's just difficult to find the right entry point for a guy like him and the proper role.
Yeah I appreciated the master p/no limit angle as a 12 year old kid as WCW didn't have that many black wrestlers on the roster apart from booker T, Stevie Ray, norman smiley and Vince (Virgil), the tag team "doom" was done by the early 90s and Ron Simmons left in 94 so it was nice to see more diversity and representation of than usual that also incorporated hip hop too
Right up there with "Leprechauns live in a magical world that exists under wrestling rings, where there's even a court which was used to sue DX" as the very worst angles any company has ever done. Ever. No matter how bad WCW got, or how bad TNA got, fuck you can even include DDT - NOTHING beats those for sheer, kayfabe raping, intelligence insulting stupidity. If you found any enjoyment from that on a wrestling show, you're bad for business.
@@neobeatglory I think he's still locked up possibly without parole. And yeah I remember the details being murky. Something like the dude who died was a big fan.
Imagine Chucky terrorizing Norman Smiley? And, since WCW liked to throw it's money around they could've got Freddy and Jason in on the action too! WCW could've done an angle where Norman was attacked by movie monsters. But, nobody would believe him. ...Claw marks on his face? Must have been a raking accident🤣
The Miz didn't show up on RAW the next day. John Morrison talked about him like he was gone until Miz came back some weeks later saying he got injured in that match.
Oddly the Guest Raw Game were a breath of fresh air from the stale "The boss is a heel" schtick that was happening. We get it! You did Vince Vs Stone Cold and that worked well! The later heel boss arcs though have been more of if you took a copy of a copy of a copy, each copy degrading in value.
Really want Zane to do an episode all about the Guest Host era. The entire video is just Brian getting mad, not wanting to do the review and all of the side characters take turns throughout the review.
In ‘Curse of Chucky’ Rick Steiner is referenced when we see a character researching Chucky on line. Actually Kiss and the Misfits have a mutual respect for each other. Doyle and Paul Stanley have appeared together in ads for FU-Tone products in the past.
@@rickyrosay33977 But who watched TNA. Arquette winning the belt was seen by more people & also the WCW was an old company, so it was way more insulting. TNA was young company who's name was literally tits n' ass, so what can you expect? Also that match gave us a great Bryan & Vinnie review.
You forgot the best Leslie Nielsen segment: where Taker delivers a (gotta be, gotta be) Domino's pizza, complete with UT saying "PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZA!"
Septuple.... (Even though I don't agree with the song) While we are doing that the Wolfpack theme should of been written and performed by 2pac 2 years earlier before he died and that definitely would of went Octuple platinum 💯
Robocop stood no chance as he couldn't even use guns, one of the things he's most known for. Kind of sad that celebrities never seemingly agree to look bad/lose against actual wrestlers. Surprised that the Toxic Avengers or Arachna-Man didn't get any mention, rip-offs of the Ninja Turtles & Spider-Man, that couldn't be called by their names
Anyone remember KISS having their own football team? It was the LA KISS of the Arena Football League. They even got their own show on AMC 4th & Loud. The team actually managed to stay for a couple of seasons before folding which to me is impressive considering some of the AFL's teams that they had in their 2010 rebirth saw brand new teams fold after a single season, teams that were a cornerstone in their league also fold, and even teams they had promoted from their development league also in just a single season.
@@supersasukemaniac I know the Rush, Saber Cats, Gladiators, folded eventually and indefinitely Yard Dawgz, Vigilantes folded after one season. Vipers rebranded as the Force. But yes you are right teams like the Shock, Sharks, Rattlers, Barn Stormers, Wranglers left for various leagues. Some that were dormant from the AFL were revived by other leagues like the Predators, and Destroyers.
KISS were corporate rock whores who attached their name to just about anything you can think of. I'm being dead serious when I say if you look hard enough, you can probably find a KISS home pregnancy test.
Gotta say that as a kid into paranormal/conspiracy stuff as well as wrestling, the WWF Magazine tie-in with the Undertaker angle (blurry photos like Bigfoot sightings) was pretty memorable.
16:21 - Having first heard this now, am I wrong for assuming that _this_ Planet of the Apes crossover of all things was what gave Vince the confidence to have Jericho unify the world titles later that year?
IIR New Jack said on a shoot he was apparently supposed to be apart of the Master P stable but Kevin Nash who was on the booking committee at the time shot it down and didn't want New Jack hired in WCW calling him a liability.
With promos for the USA/Sci-Fi Channel Chucky TV series airing during Raw, I feel sorry for the superstar who will inevitably have to recreate the Rick Steiner bit.
@Raymond Frand At least it'd make more sense than what WCW did...they couldn't have made it more obvious it was for movie promotion. Chucky literally says he was there for that in the segment lol.
They had tie ins with NXT and even had Bron Breakker have small bits with Chucky. But the bigger tie in came from the TV series as Liv Morgan had a cameo in Season 2.
What about the time the “three stooges” were on Raw? I felt bad for Will Sasso since he’s always seemed like a genuine wrestling fan. But still that was awful.
The Undertaker saying “Piiizzzaaa” to Leslie Nielsen was the funniest thing Taker did until his recent Cameos. Also, what is it with Domino’s Pizza and wrestling?!
Best pop culture moment in wrestling? Jim Ross losing his mind for DELICIOUS, FRUITY, SKITTLES! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PFIewQRbu4M.html
I feel like there were plenty of other stars in wCw who would have made more sense to have a confrontation with Chucky. They should have dragged the whole Army of the Dead thing out. Have some of the outsiders to the later feuds sneak in as zombies. Or maybe closed the show on the invasion rather than stapling it on to the end of the Miz feud. Worst part is, you know they'd retcon that Glen Jacob's Kane is the real one and Gallow's Kane was just an impostor trying to replace him, or in a Chris Parks like twist, another brother we didn't know about. They could have easily taped a promo about how they're giving Robocop a new suit, built for the rigors of professional wrestling. Then all he'd have to worry about is fighting with the helmet on. They already blurred lines with other characters and movies. They could have easily also had some of the characters of the movie get involved, or hell, do the title change at the premier.
Well we can now add in the Golden Egg fiasco from Survivor Series not only because of how it felt like a super cheap replacement for The Rock, how tasteless it was to have it be worth 100 million dollars storyline wise despite all the releases of WWE wrestlers due to "budget cuts" and lastly is how despite the award of WWE title shot in finding the culprit who stole it and saying how much it mattered Vince McMahon, for absolutely no reason, says he admires Austin Theory for wanting to take a selfie with the egg because it "reminded me of my young days" and calls Sami Zayn, the guy who found the culprit, a snitch and honestly this felt less like seeing Vince McMahon the character and more like Vince McMahon the ACTUAL person given his bizarre love for the egg, the stupid search he gave for it and the fact that he majorly contradicts himself once the egg is found that makes him look like a schizophrenic and senile old man on camera that reflects very accurately how he is in real life.
Crazy respect for David Arquette after watching his documentary. I never liked him as an actor and his run in WCW was definitely the nail in the coffin for me, but I’m a fan now.
I gotta give it to Master P.. He got to try everything a man would want to do.. Play in the NBA, own multiple businesses, got in the ring during the wrestling boom, hell he even got to star on a show with his son and ended up making movies... I can only imagine how fun that man's life has been as well as all the charity he's done for the state of new Orleans
Because they were hardly a rock band - that was just part of their marketing gimmick and they attached their name to everything. Shameless commercial whores. Pretended to be anti-establishment on stage when they were anything but - again, just part of the gimmick.
To give credit to Bisch and Schiavone, apparently KISS were on a minor comeback in the late '90s, so it kinda made sense, in the same way that making a children cartoon show about Mortal Kombat at the height of its popularity kinda made sense, i.e. only if you saw money without the context, and not at all if you looked at what you were actually working with
They cancel the Mickey Rourke for mentioning his match at wrestling mania, and yet Logan Paul can’t stop popping off about who they are discussing him to fight
6:06 Maybe the concept woulda worked better with Batista as “head Lumberjack” or something? They were already “his friends from shooting the movie” in kayfabe. Also even the normal lumberjack match with Priest and Morrison on Raw was a bit weird what with it being more or less a vehicle for Nikki Cross. I love Nikki (both as herself and with the A.S.H. gimmick), and it was probably a more memorable way for her to return than if she had just popped back up the normal way, but it was very left field.
I mean Robocop, a movie so screwed up and violent that it almost got an X-rating, also spawned toys, video games, and a Saturday morning cartoon all geared towards kids. I mean at that point, fuck it, why not wrestling too?
Don't forget the comic books, but yep all geared towards kids. My dad even took me to see the movie in the theater as a kid, and I had just turned 6 years old a few weeks prior, and loved it!!! Man the 80's were awesome!!!
Ah yes, the Planet of the Apes tie-in. I remember this as I was in Florida for the first time and could watch Raw live as it’s on super late in the UK. Definitely left an impression as that was the week after The Rock returned from filming The Scorpion King.
That David Arquette moment will live on in infamy. Fair play to him for giving his money to Owen Hart and Brian Pillman's families along with becoming a wrestler. I have to watch his documentary. Those Naked Gun skits were funny but they really are out of place. Great video Brian.
I gotta admit. I thought the obvious #1 was gonna be The Guest Hosts. Jermey Piven banning you from the Summerfest, anyone? At least Arguette made an effort.
Brian, I just have to say, I love your videos. The movie the wrestler was amazing. For Chucky vs Rick, they could have gotten the tiny luchador from AAA who dressed as Chucky to do the match. Lol. I would watch AAA when visiting my aunt in Houston. I laughed so hard when Chucky wrestled. Lol 😁
The Demon Dale Torborg needed a stable of The StarChild, The Spaceman , and The Catman. Feud with another stable of David Bowie based characters as wrestlers. Halloween Jack , Starman, Thin White Duke, and Aladdin Sane
@@SteRDLK Those were also years where the Picture/Actor carryovers weren’t that strong (2009 - Clooney just won four years prior & Renner was practically a newcomer) or non-existent (actors nominated in 2006 were for movies not up for Best Picture). Within a twenty-five year frame, you named off two (though there were three), so, yeah, odds are ALWAYS in the favor of actors in movies nominated for Best Picture. Look at this last year alone.
I guess it's TECHNICALLY pop culture but he wasn't a celebrity, but the John Wayne Bobbitt shtick with Val Venis is highly fucking embarrassing and is seared into my brain
At least that happened in a Val Venis match, so being cringy and car-crashy made sense. That didn't make it good, but it made sense for the porn star-turned wrestler who made penis jokes.
For some reason in my head I remember RoboCop carrying an “injured” Sting in his arms like from An Officer & a Gentleman, back to the locker room. Must’ve been Mandela Effect
No, that happened. Robocop carried him backstage and they had a 20 minute love scene. TBS thought it went too far and had the footage destroyed. You only saw it if you watched live that week. Goddamn though, Sting took that Robocock like a champ. Looking back I can't believe it made the air at all, as graphic a scene as it was.
1. To quote Doctor Doom from the 2005 Fantastic Four movie: *This is gonna be fun!* 2. I can't wait to see the opposite side of this list ("The Best Pop Culture Tie-Ins in Wrestling"). 3. (16:57) *Who didn't see it coming?*
I remember being pissed at Mickey Rourke for doing an angle with WWE because The Wrestler was filmed at ROH and CZW. And you can see their logos in the friggin film