WCW Mayhem - Better Than You Remember? 

Hot damn I miss WCW. I’ll always cherish those moments of flipping back and forth between raw and nitro and never missing a PPV

"Fans, what started off as a wrestling match has now turned into a street fight! They've battled all the way back to... (less enthused) the parking lot." That's it. That's my memories of WCW Mayhem.

This game still has the best commentary of any wrestling game to date. So glad we have Tony back in the wrestling world, he's great.

Even though it wasn't a masterpiece of a game, it still brings holds lots of good memories for me playing it with my good friend (RIP) every week and I consider WCW Mayhem to be an important part of my childhood

Creator mode, "where you can create your very own WCW abomination". I laughed way too hard at that.

I remember Chris Jericho being in this game after he left WCW and then appearing in WWF WrestleMania 2000 a month later. I think he was the first wrestler to appear in two different wrestling games by two different wrestling companies at the same time. Unless you count Bret Hart in Warzone and Revenge which I think were two months apart.

Hope you feel better soon, bios. Thanks for the video.

Is that the game where Schiavone would say “ He’s got a weapon!”

Mayhem was ahead of it’s time. I loved this game as a kid

I had Mayhem when it first came out. And I was enamored with the idea of going back stage and using weapons. The game IMO was super slow, and some of the special moves, wrestlers wouldn’t even sell them. It wasn’t until I got Smackdown, that I knew Mayhem wasn’t where it was at. I just wish PlayStation would’ve got a decent WCW game because I wanted to play with those wrestlers.

This game is grossly underrated. It will forever have the distinction of being the first wrestling game to feature backstage brawling.

I couldn't help cracking up when you lost it over Bobby Eaton.

WCW Vs NWO Revenge was the best wrestling game of all time.

I never played this one. But the footage and talk about WCW vs nWo World Tour, Revenge, WWF Wrestlemania 2000 and No Mercy really hits in the feels. Brings me back with great memories.

Wow curt henning looks awesome can’t say that about most characters but they nailed his . Perfectly ;)

I really love this game. Awesome roster, all the music for each wrestler, good graphics for the time. Great commentary. Run ins and back stage brawls. I think WCW/NWO Revenge and WWF Smackdown are better but this is one of the better wrestling games of the time.

Awesome that you finally did a video on this. Absolutely LOVED Mayhem. It was my first wrasslin' game and it hold a special place in my heart. It may be clunky compared to games today, and was outpaced and outclassed by WWF games at the time, but its still a solid experience. The commentary track alone was had absolute gold lines in it, including Tony and Bobby bickering, Tony plugging a product called "Chork" which apparently was a combination between chicken and pork or Heenan one liners like saying the wrestler has it all backwards and that his nose runs and his feet smell. The create-a-wrestler feature was probably its highlight, with its suite serving as the template for original wrestlers that I make still to this day. Yes, its not that great even by standards at the time, but it satisfied the pallate.

The memories! I remember getting this game, ordering a large pepperoni pizza and playing this with my nephew. We had so much fun with this game. Also had this on GBA.

WCW mayhem was fun I remember playing it often.

To me, this was the most authentic wrestling game released on PS1.

You should cover WWE2k14, in particular the 30 Years of Wrestlemania mode in the game. It would be cool to hear your thoughts on it. WWE 13’s Attitude Era mode might be more up the Wrestling Bio’s alley though, that would be cool as well. Love watching your videos, no one makes content quite like you do and every video of yours I watch I learn something new about the wonderful world of pro wrestling. Criminally underrated channel, but my favorite channel by far. Thanks WB🙏😁

Honestly, yes. It had a great roster, the gameplay wasn't as good as No Mercy but it was still fun, commentary was okay as well. Was it a 9 or 10 like the AKI N64 games? Nah. But it was a solid 7.

I remember getting this game for Christmas with the strategy guide (I miss Prima strategy guides 😔). I liked this game just for the roster and using a stun baton in a match 😂😂😂 . Hope you feel better Good Brother, don’t worry about us the real ones will still be here when you’re 100%

I played this so much as a kid! my favorite thing about it are the entrance announcements by Mean Gene “Making his way to the ring…the international, high flying SUPERSTAR, Eddie Guerrero!” “On his way to the ring, the MASTER of the Evenflow, Raven!” “His opponent, the most FEARED man in the history of the Power Plant, Sgt Buddy Lee Parker!”

So I will always remember this but about WCW vs NWO: world tour. Sting had pretty much a100% chance of getting a weapon from the crowd and the only other wrestler we found who could remotely come close was Mortis.

I have vivid memories of this and the backstage area. The commentary team saying "swing and a miss with the weapon!" is engrained into my soul!

Man this really makes me appreciate your content. The fact that your chill out videos have just as much work put into them as your flagship ones. That's rare these days. Keep it up man.

I have fond memories of playing nitro and thunder when it came out WCW vs the world and revenge also a bit later on my sister's N64

I thought Mayhem looked pretty good character model wise back in it's time. The problem for me is the T-Rex stance but their bodies had unique textures and their body proportions were decent unlike SD 1 and 2. I also liked the commentary like you mentioned. The rest of the game is pretty unremarkable, and the N64 AKI games were a much better choice.

I remember Mayhem had the movesets all wrong, and shared across multiple characters. Can't say I ever recall seeing Scott Steiner hitting sentons on people outside of that game.

I wasted my free rental at Blockbuster on this game 😂

Hope you feel better asap. You the mvp for still uploading.

Get well soon! I remember playong many hours of this and all of the other games that WCW and WWF put out. Thanks for the good memories. 😊👍

im a new subscriber, but i looked through the old videos you did on the old wrestling games i grew up playing. They were awesome, total blast from the past, i hope you do a few more here n there, maybe some of the more forgotten 'smackdown' games in the series, or maybe a few of the old ps1 games like ecw or warzone/attitude. keep up the great work mate

Always love a wrestling video game retrospective. Nice change of pace! Feel better soon.

It definitely was worse than I remembered. I loved it as a kid and played it so many for hours with my brother. When Bill Goldberg came to WWE the first time after WCW was done, he had a signing at Fiesta Supermarket in the north Houston area off I-45. My brother and I begged my parents to take us and some friends to it where we sat in the sun for like 3 hours to meet him. We had him sign the game manual for WCW mayhem and backstage assault. It was absolutely worth the wait for us(I was around 12 and my brother was around 7). When we pulled out the game manuals Goldberg seemed surprised to see them. The best part was my brother asking Goldberg questions and Goldberg responded to my brother like he was the most important fan at the time. As an adult I know he wasn't the best wrestler and his matches were really predictable but as a kid we looked up to him like he was the best. The only thing I wish I could have done is meet sting and get him to sign the disk.

I still have my n64, and still play World Tour, it’s one of my all time fav games. Some really funny moments to be he playing with friends too, especially in tag matches 😂😂😂. Digging your channel btw, just subbed a few days ago and have consumed most of your catalogue lol. I’m glad to see somebody else commenting on wrestlers “waking up” in the middle of a match after taking a pile driver and laying there for 5 minutes like they’re actually napping 😂. Keep up the good work!

I still have my PS1, and still play this to this day. Great video. Pleaae do more.

I appreciate the content even though you’re not feeling well. Feel better soon!

Loving your work. Feel better soon brother !

I always loved the intro for this game, I think this was the last wrestling game I owned on PlayStation. I remember at first I was a little disappointed in it, but over time I came to appreciate it. I still have fond memories of the game though playing this with my friends. Get well soon.

So happy I’ve found this channel, I Know I’ve said it before but this is great . Good to watch in the day and also good to pick a video and fall asleep listening.

Aahhh man I forgot all about this gem. Thanks for the video, homie 🙏🙌🍻

Loved the backstage feature as a kid. Hope you feel better mr. Bios!

Loved the change of pace👍 and would be happy to see future wrestling game reviews

World Tour and Revenge was that game for me as far as memories go. When this game came out, I thought wcw was on its last limb as a company. Great vid. Thanks for the memories

Another awesome video! Hope ya feel better soon!

I remember being so hyped for this game. Loved this game as a game. But if I remember correctly some of the finishers were missing or lacking. The Buff Blockbuster was like a stunner or something and the Scorpion Death Drop was anything but. That said, damn, you got the music and all. I loved it.

Thanks for soldiering for us - hope you feel better soon

I rented this one weekend, don't remember much about it but I liked the character models and presentation of things at the time. This will be a nice trip down memory lane, cheers. Get some of them lozenges into ya lad.

I missed this game so I installed an emulator and downloaded this. I was trying to unlock Jericho so I am always backstage and I now listen to the commentary. I'm absolutely loving the commentary when you fight backstage

Great vid hope you feel better soon

Decent game that could have been improved on in future releases. I liked the commentary for this game, as well as the unique stage designs many of the PPVs had.

i didnt even watch WCW back then but loved renting this from the video store.

This was a groundbreaking game with the backstage fighting options.

Everyone of these videos have reminded me of how many wrestling games I've had when I was a pre-teen to my mid teenage years. Excluding the Smackdown games after Smackdown 2: Know Your Role.

I had this game as a kid and I remember the graphics looking so much more realistic back then 😆

Feel better bro. You cracking up on the character models are gold though! LoL

My aunt bought me this at a car boot sale for 50p in the year 2000 and I still play the same copy to this very day

I'd love to see you as a guest doing a full show review on OSW. Your two channels put out the best reviews with footage, along with Bryan Zane, and it's much appreciated.

I've still got this game I've not played it for many years though but I used to play this religiously in the 90s when I used to rent it from the video store I eventually bought as a teenager but I loved this when I was a kid I would play on this or attitude. I never got a chance to play N64 games until the mid 2000 as I bought my own 64 console then and I played the hell out of wcw revenge and no mercy ...thanks for the great memories there and hope you get better soon dude

Funny story .....I actually saw Kevin Nash pushing a shopping cart in a Whole Foods in Ft Lauderdale one time. The stance was similar to what is shown in this video , if I am remembering correctly.

Ur sarcasm is a joy!! Love the video brotha!!!

One of my favourite games from when I was younger, brings back so many memories

Get well and amazing videos as always!

My boi still putting in the work while he's sick. GREAT VIDEO'S AS ALWAYS!

I absolutely love and adore these videos.

Thank you for your great work. Get better soon

Oh this takes me back. It’s nice to have gaming on this awesome channel too

The upscaled Brett Hart face looks good

Hope you get better as soon as possible. Great content creator👍🏻

Good vid, feel better, bud!

Hands down the best era for any video games.

Great work as usual man so many memories hope you get better soon my man just get well deserved rest. Lmao yo @ 13:26 those prompts press X to stab...🎶Journey with me into the mind of maniac doomed to be a killer since I came out the nutsack. That prompt would never exist like that today lol

Thank you for this video ! I gotta admit that those games were great and I'm still playing them sometimes !

Well, didn‘t expect this, actually. I totally missed the wrestling games of that era, I bought some for the Dreamcast a few years later, that ECW games and Wwe Attitude. But I never really got into them. This is a great video. Thank you very much.

Awesome Job as Always My Dude 🤘 Hope U Feel Better Soon 🥰🍻

The running commentary was fantastic compared to today. Way ahead of its time.

I really like the ability to just leave the ring during battle royal/royal rumbles. Legendary

I remember being a young kid and adoring this game, miss these days

Remember the create a wrestler mode had invisible body parts (seeing the entrance than with the camera following him hahaha) and the match than xD xD & everything about this game was pure fun. Had a copy for the PS & never bought it. Thanks for the Video You are still the Best!

Hogan doing a Dropkick ... He would break his hip big time!

Great review actually! You should do a series reviewing wrestling games of years gone by, I remember absolutely loving wwf Warzone and wwf attitude on ps1 and then when smackdown came out it blew them away

When your a 8 year old kid it was awesome especially if you didn't own a N64. Great video brought back some memories!

Hope you do more of these videos

Kurt Angle has been my world champion in no mercy for 15 years

Lex's face in the thumbnail picture 😂

According to THQ producer Sanders Keel on recent podcast, EA scooped the WCW license when they were winning the Monday Night Wars. Two weeks later THQ got the WWF license. And soon after the Monday Night Wars shifted and the WWF was on top. Sanders and THQ and AKI were disappointed and WCW was a little easier to work with, but was what it was. After No Mercy AKI wanted to work on the PS2 but THQ already had Yuke's for that. EA poached AKI and they started working on WCW Mayhem 2 which became Def Jam Vendetta after Vince bought WCW.

This was one of the best and funnest games ... when u unlock all the stars and their attire, its really cool to play...

Another awesome upload from wrestling bios, something different. I put so much time into the wrestling games on the N64 back in the day. Namely WCW VS NWO World Tour and later Wrestlemania 2000. Although I did play the other N64 wrestling games. These two were my favourites and did prefer the game play of Wrestlemania 2000 over No Mercy. PlayStation had a lot to live up too and compete against as far as wrestling games. WCW Mayhem could have been a great game. However the wrestling games on the N64 were so solid it was hard to compete. Hope you feel better soon! Shows dedication to your channel when your still giving us content even if your not feeling at your best.

I had a lot of fun playing this game back in the day.

My first wrestling game! I know its not a classic but I'll always remember it very fondly.

I've been watching your channel for sometime now, I enjoy reliving the war series, very awesome. I'm glad you covered this game, truly underappreciated in my opinion, I'm looking forward to seeing your thoughts on backstage assault, if you decide to do a video on that! Very good videos dude, thankyou! 😎

Totally get what you mean about having high quality versions of entrance themes. Back in the days before streaming and digital purchases, you were lucky to find a real media player version online and that usually had the live crowd and commentary in the background

One of my childhood memories of this game was creating an invisible wrestler and trolling my friends

Nostalgia. Had this on PS1. Was my favorite wrestling game until the Smackdown series

The real pain was owning a 64 and only having Mayhem.

Man this episode takes me back 😭😭😭

back stage assault is where all the laughs begin

I use to play as Bret & Wrath all the time 😂👌🏾. This game was an underrated classic