WCW / nWo Great American Bash 1998 - The "Reliving The War" PPV Review

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WCW / nWo The Great American Bash 1998 took place on June 14th 1998 in Baltimore, Maryland. In the main event Sting battled The Giant for control of the WCW Tag Team Titles. The main event also served as a nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood match seeing as both men recently joined nWo factions in the weeks leading up to the PPV.
Great American Bash 1998 is also noteworthy for it's semi main event. For the first time ever, Bret "Hitman" Hart teamed up with Hulk Hogan to take on another interesting tag team; Roddy Piper and Macho Man Randy Savage.
Elswehere on the card Goldberg takes on Konnan while trying to maintain his win streak, the best of seven TV title series comes to an end when Booker T squares off against Chris Benoit, and Chris Jericho tries to win his cruiserweight title back in a match against Dean Malenko.
This video is part of the Wrestling Bios Reliving The War series.
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Chris Benoit vs Booker T
05:07 - Saturn vs Kanyon
08:20 - Dean Malenko vs Chris Jericho
13:13 - Juventud Guerrera vs Reese
14:24 - Eddie Guerrero vs Chavo Guerrero Jr.
18:19 - Fit Finlay vs Booker T
21:12 - Goldberg vs Konnan
23:28 - Hollywood Hogan & Bret Hart vs Roddy Piper & Randy Savage
28:54 - Giant vs Sting
31:35 - Final Thoughts / Credits

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@TheTenCentStory Год назад

It's hilarious to find out that the streak counter for Goldberg is actually pretty accurate.

@Hyde_Hill Год назад

Either it gets worse later or its just more WWE propaganda. Either way the way the E tells it is was off by a lot a lot earlier already.

@TravJam317 Год назад

@@Hyde_Hill I think it's later that it gets exaggerated out of control. But we'll see as we follow along.

@aic8001 Год назад

I think after 100 wins it gets ridiculous

@Gcrab71989 Год назад

Somebody, I think Dave knows wrestling did a video about the streak and the final takeaway was that it was inflated so little that it didn't even make sense to inflate it at all. I might be wrong about who made the video buy I don't watch many wrestling channels so I'm guessing it was Dave.

@leaderofnoone9087 Год назад

@@Hyde_Hill I don't think it was WWE propaganda. I just think it was people don't like Goldberg personally, and a lot of people try to discredit the streak, but also maybe the number got out of control soon, and for some reason I remember the number being 173 and 0 for some reason.

@augustuswayne9676 Год назад

Bret went from top dog in WWE to tagging with Hogan in WCW . What a turn of fortune .

@simeonflake Год назад

I wonder what went through Bret's mind when Eric told him at random moments during 98, that he would be freelancing as Hogan's stooge in the nwo & that at some shows he would have to wear a Hogan t-shirt. At least ATM Eric was paying him well. Maybe that was Bret's only comfort....

@augustuswayne9676 Год назад

@@simeonflake true , so true . From the penthouse to the outhouse . But money greases everything !

@jayanxiety Год назад

@@simeonflake Having said that, you have to understand that this was just what WWE was doing to Bret when Hogan was there. He became the top guy only after Hogan left the company. At the time Bret's star was dimming with the rise of the Attitude era. While it's true that Eric misused Bret, though he DID eventually become champion. I just think that at the time there was too much NWO overshadowing everything at the time.

@rdrouynriv Год назад

@@jayanxiety The natural spot for Bret was to be leading WCW against the NWO as some type of justice figure. He had a lot of natural sympathy built in after Montreal and WCW failed to capitalize on that. And with Sting jumping into NWO Wolfpac, there is a large void in the straight babyface role. But for Bret to be the top face, he would have to get put over by Hogan and apparently that wasn't going to happen. If they weren't ready to make him a top guy and put him in dream matches then why pay him like a top guy? Pay 3 million for a midcarder. Its no surprise WCW went out of business the way they were pissing away money.

@hazardtriplezero Год назад

@simeonflake I think the accurate term for what was going through Bret's mind was cha-ching.

@babushkabro Год назад

I’m actually really impressed with whatever they used to cover up Raven’s tattoos for his Mortis disguise - anyone else?

@charliebrownnz1 Год назад

The crowd reaction is what occurs when a promotion has pretty much given all priority to a single faction and its few opponents.

@Chuck_EL Год назад

I never understood certain fans who said Dean wasn't over her clearly was, some men don't need to do long promos to get over and be a draw (Dean Melinko, Steve Blackman, Chris Benoit, Taz, Keith Lee)

@louisvelez40 Год назад

This pay per view happened the night of Game 6 of the 98 finals. The most viewed finals game in NBA history. Looking 👀 forward to this PPV review

@eyeguydojima7131 Год назад

That was Jordan's last Bulls game right? Man, what a legendary athlete!

@Hallofshame-f7x Год назад

Who here during the super bowl tonight wrestling bios

@AdamOfTime Год назад

Chicago gang

@louisvelez40 Год назад

@@eyeguydojima7131 yes it was

@zacharythomason7359 Год назад

Correct

@HeyAdora6969 Год назад

Four chinlocks in the opening match? The best PPV of all times, no debating.

@simeonflake Год назад

If only some so called wrestlers knew how to apply a Chinlock these days. How you doing Young Bucks? 😊

@Smokey1419 Год назад

@@simeonflake Modern 'wrestlers' cant even throw a decent looking punch or kick, let alone understand how and why to use a chinlock

@Carlitonsp1 Год назад

Bro, this series is quietly the most comprehensive coverage of Goldberg's streak.

@davidlongobardi9234 Год назад

This show brings me 30-45mins of much needed positivity in my life

@TheSpanishAnnounceTable Месяц назад

Same

@nove254 Год назад

😂😂 Jericho's head butt to the pole killed me

@henrygvidonas9573 Год назад

Idiotic 2023 Jericunt amateur comedy all the way back in 1998.

@MyLostSoul_81 Год назад

I was thinking the same

@LostChrisB Год назад

He clearly thought he could make it look good, but when the time came there was just no way to do it without risking his neck. Ambitious but rubbish.

@aegaeon117 Год назад

Honestly, if it were anyone else, I would've been disappointed but, seeing is how Jericho is top tier and did some incredible, mind breaking fast injury preventing saves with his opponents, I thought this was more of a purposeful goof to fake an injury when I watched it. 😄

@Mrtfarrugia Год назад

The real reason Curt Hennig went back to the NWO Hollywood is because the Wolfpac started to use a rap song for their entrance theme.

@Mark-xl1ze Год назад

Dang.... went up against Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, MJ's final game as a Chicago Bull and having what would have been the most perfect ending if he didn't come back to play again in 2001.

@jamesadams814 Год назад

The 7 match series stands out in my mind to this day at 36 years old. It's one of my favorite angles of all time and I still vividly remember loving it as I watched it at age 12.

@willkayl8793 Год назад

It’s very hard to keep fans invested for a best of 7 series and, Benoit and Booker did a fantastic job making each match good. Thank you for being the hardest working guy in the RU-vid wrestling community. Cheers.

@freemanlacroix674 Год назад

I still laugh at the third chin lock. It never gets old.

@oogabooga1023 Год назад

I never realized how talented Perry Saturn was. Booker T vs Chris Benoit was legendary

@Hyde_Hill Год назад

He also gave Goldberg his best matches it seems until DDP.

@kevinpayton2664 Год назад

Saturn could go in the ring and was a freak athlete.

@Roflcrabs Год назад

I had to replay that springboard moonsault from the chair.

@oogabooga1023 Год назад

@@Roflcrabs Perry was incredibly athletic for his size

@Wolfdogg Год назад

The Goldberg count revelation was shocking.

@vincentalmojera5412 Год назад

Right , I honestly thought it would have been way under, let alone to find out it's supposed to be higher. Damn who woulda thunk it huh.

@Wolfdogg Год назад

@@vincentalmojera5412 Eh, I'm sure WCW inflated those numbers back up soon after.

@iDeathMaximuMII Год назад

@@Wolfdogg By how much we'll see soon. Cause from September 1997 to now, it's been rather close. Only 5 extra numbers usually

@maxxpower3d6 Год назад

With Curt Hennig and Rick Rude joining nWo Hollywood, and Perry Saturn being kicked out of the Flock, the WCW roster is now exactly as it appeared in WCW/nWo Revenge (with the odd exception of Bret Hart not being included in nWo Hollywood). Enjoy this moment.

@idcwhatuthink4985 Год назад

Thank you for that amazing piece of trivia from my childhood💚

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Год назад

The only thing missing is the debut of Dr. Frank, Kim & Ming Chee, ect...

@jameshill3403 Год назад

Peak WCW

@effarrjay Год назад

The combined age of Hogan and Bret vs Piper and Savage was 173 on the night of this PPV. Got the biggest reactions of anybody on the show.

@therealPayne Год назад

Always a pleasure ending my weekend with some Wrestling Bios classic PPV.

@freemanlacroix674 Год назад

Brian Zaine fears wrestling bios!

@t.v.rockwell4504 Год назад

The fact that Goldberg's streak was actually higher than what WCW said is mindboggling.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Год назад

Not really. They wanted to make the 100th win something special by having it acknowledged on a pay per view as opposed to some random nontelevised house show...

@num1Jaysta Год назад

@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 They could've saved it though if they really wanted to

@frankez1975 Год назад

Booker T and Benoit was AMAZING. Two of the best ever.

@erikgonzalez1306 Год назад

Really shows how inescapable the chin lock is that it's the only consistent offense for Benoit this deep in their matchup. Simply no counter

@FreedomTimes4130 Год назад

This channel is amazing. I've been dealing with the worst kinds of things the last 3 months. Finding out about my wife's affair and double life. Having to leave her and take my son. Going through a court case she did and made an order of protection and lied. Had to prove my innocence after being found guilty. Being displaced and having to move. Currently waiting to go to court for divorce and child custody. This channel has helped me so much. Just watching all your videos and it's been so great to help keep my mind off from all this insanity. Thank you sir

@gqsmoove87 Год назад

Stay Strong Brotha ✊🏾

@nove254 Год назад

I always love the N64 music. It really completes your videos.

@DLKnightstick1989 Год назад

The Guerrero matchup is a direct correlation to how the general fans saw pro wrestling then vs now. Back then, storylines and promos were weighted 75/25 to in-ring ability. Today it's the exact opposite, it seems. But the hardcore fans are the people who recognize that both are needed in order to have the best possible product.

@KingPK Год назад

Nah, the bigger casual audience still cares more about character than ring ability. It's just that the casual audience isn't as big as it was at this time and companies have to cater more to that "hardcore" crowd now.

@DLKnightstick1989 Год назад

@@KingPK Okay, well I'm sure you probably know more about current wrestling than I do, as I stopped watching around 2011-12 or so. I still dabble now, but I don't go full in like I used to at all. But I definitely was a hardcore fan from 1996-2003 or so and characters were always the bigger draw. For me, having great in-ring workers was a huge bonus, but most people didn't care about that. It just seems to me that now the majority of people care more about the in-ring work than the characters. Or maybe that's simply the perception I get from seeing a show here and there these days. It seems 95% of every character is boring as hell and they treat every match like it's a WrestleMania main event. lol.

@chopperbyrne Год назад

Love the mixing of Even Flow and "Even Flow".

@Nicksuavemusic Год назад

Crazy chavo and Eddie’s feud would continue in wwe years later as well I always liked their matches

@thebigbop5866 Год назад

Let's all appreciate that for this entire series so far Randy Savage has been crazy constantly.

@deandredukes95 Год назад

Can’t get enough of them chin locks!

@mongomongo7664 Год назад

I'm so happy we get to see more of kanyon very underrated wrestler

@gqsmoove87 Год назад

Who's Better!!

@randomnerd3402 Год назад

It's crazy to see how different crowds were back then, as today the crowds would give the complete opposite reactions to some matches, notably the tag match and the Guerrero match.

@danevertt3210 Год назад

Wow that Robinson ref bump was rough

@Mark-xl1ze Год назад

Dark match or not, I'm not sure why Sting agreed to a squash match with Goldberg.

@Hilversumborn Год назад

The Guerrero's always deliver.

@tajdollaz Год назад

Best wrestling broadcast on RU-vid ever

@johnlegrano4723 Год назад

Tonight's choices watch the NFL super bowl or watch wrestling bios cover the 1998 G.A.B. well we all tell which show I'd rather watch. G.A.B. with wrestling bios. Thanks again for all the great content and letting me relive my childhood. I can't thank you enough.

@seandoherty4227 Год назад

The best of seven series is one of the most underrated series of matches you'll see. Thanks for covering the entire series match by match 👍

@gqsmoove87 Год назад

Exfuckingactly

@gqsmoove87 Год назад

It needs it's own solo video

@sharmat1611 Год назад

I've been looking forward to this all friggin week.

@Dragon_DDT Год назад

Great video as usual Wrestling Bios. I laughed so much at the, "Baltimore Ballbags," line and agree they should've shown the Guerrero's more love.

@hitomisalazar4073 Год назад

It can't be understated how well they pulled this off. Unlike a lot of other rivalries with a lot of matches to them (Orton and Cena comes to mind), I never got bored of Benoit and Booker. In part because of that tendency to learn, call back, and evolve the match. It really felt like two people going all out, taking it seriously, changing and adapting over the course of things. Unlike the Cena and Orton rivalry for contrast where I think the only evolution (unintentional pun) I really remember from it was when Orton tried to kill Cena with explosives in a fairly Looney Tunes moment. But otherwise they wrestled the same matches. The FU went off the same way, the RKOs went off the same way, etc.

@rdrouynriv Год назад

Yeah, I remember watching it back in the day and the way they were finding new ways of countering their finishers was pretty impressive. It really helped get Booker T over as a main event guy.

@gqsmoove87 Год назад

@@rdrouynriv this was Booker's Breakout Phase

@kylereece1979 Год назад

And we are off to a flying start with Eddie Vedder's vocals even flowing over Jericho's Jam at the beginning of the video. Brilliantly done. I never saw this PPV itself and wasnt a hundred percent clued into everything WCW at this timeline, being all WWF for me then. Loved it. And more classic continuous coverage of RTW era unfolds.

@butchvito Год назад

Something I've noticed from this era, Hogan wore some sweet looking "Hollywood" tights when he cut promos on Nitro, but when he competed in action he wore solid black tights... Just something with my condition notices.

@augustuswayne9676 Год назад

In my opinion you put on the best content on RU-vid . Thank you .

@derekstewart777 Год назад

I've said it before, and I'll gladly say it again... This is the BEST wrestling channel, period.

@vincentalmojera5412 Год назад

Once again Wrestling Bios delivers a top notch vid, thanks for your hard work ethics and your consistency. If it's a Wrestling Bios vid it's sure to deliver. 10/10 every single time. Thanks brother.

@neptunefalling Год назад

The first thing I watch in the morning is relieving the war. You sir are definitely the hardest working person on RU-vid. Thankyou for everything you do to entertain us. It's always appreciated.

@stu9856 Год назад

Great job! If you're not tired of putting out great content by the time you get to March 2001 there's also Thunder & Smackdown to review.

@cheyennenelson3484 Год назад

Just got to say that I really appreciate all the videos you put out man. Mental health is a bitch and all your content, especially Reliving the War, makes me feel like a kid again and really helps when I'm down. Thursday and every other Sunday I'm always pumped for the show. Thank you.

@KingLex87 Год назад

I loved this Best Of 7 storyline. I also loved how they revisit it again in WWE for the US Championship

@bobbygermain9635 Год назад

Wrestling bios best Channel on RU-vid! Keep up the great work! 💯

@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 Год назад

Some of the best writing, music mixes and overall presentation. Thank You Wrestling Bios, thank you very much 😄👍

@justablokepostingfunvids7137 Год назад

Always luv seeing these vids pop up on my notifications 😊

@Datura63 Год назад

im not a repeat viewer of many things but i can watch your content over and over again. love the work you put out, cheers m8!

@markbrandon235 Год назад

Best wrestling channel on RU-vid! Always love watching your videos. Enough said!

@mongomongo7664 Год назад

Please RU-vid let me watch this before you take it down lol

@heartgenerator4967 Год назад

The Even Flow/Jericho mashup is definitely something I need more of. Hope there's a full version on Patreon my guy

@charlesredmon7717 Год назад

Thank You “Wrestling Bios” we definitely appreciate your hard work brother 💪🏾

@darthcreepio 5 месяцев назад

Lmao Eddie conducting the crowd as they chant “boring” is so good. Such a great heel!

@squeelynn6 Год назад

Can’t express how much I love this channel and look forward to the content, thank you sir for being a jam up guy!

@CeeMigoLoCo Год назад

🤯 Ay Yo Wrestling Bios, just watched an old episode of Raw from 2001. Booker T was wrestling and guess what???!!! F*ckin Jim Ross called Booker T's spine buster a SIDEWALK SLAM!!!! I died laughing when I heard that sh*t 🤣. I don't know dude, maybe Booker wanted the announcers to call his spine buster a sidewalk slam or whatever, who knows!!! Anyways, Just wanted to share that with you here. Hope you see the comment or someone tells you for me or something.. Thanks for the Badass videos each week! Love this series and the channel, it's definitely my favorite RU-vid channel hands down! Keep up the great work brother. Much appreciated!! 💯😎🤟🏻🤘🏾✊🏿

@samigarnett2 Год назад

Love the mash up of Jericho's WCW theme and Even Flow.

@jg5004 Год назад

Really interesting to see they weren’t inflating Goldberg’s record too much.

@michaelspikes1506 Год назад

WCW pay per view was must watch back then

@zacharythomason7359 Год назад

Great video as always ,Can't wait for you to review King of the Ring 1998 .

@ainnocent Год назад

The moment you said "it's been a while since we've heard that huh". I was literally thinking that as you were saying it out loud! Love this series and love what you do for us!

@victorm3237 Год назад

The man, the myth, the legend, Wresting Bios!

@josephchaparro1037 Год назад

Perry Saturn was such a amazing wrestler the guy could damn near do anything.

@RetroUnlim Год назад

Great video as usual. That juve promo, who remembers the classic Bischoff and Juventud power ballet video set to Angry Anderson’s classic song “Suddenly” on RU-vid years ago lol I’d PMSL if I ever saw that again 😂

@justbetterthanyou1499 Год назад

Love your work brings back teenage memories when wrestling was good💯✌️

@briansherrick1708 Год назад

I remember my dad buying this PPV for me and a few of my friends in the neighborhood when I was 11 years old. Thanks for posting this video!

@bigpunchee Год назад

Amazing breakdown as always man. And BRAVO on the intro music! I've been a huge Pearl Jam fan since day 1

@chameleonhrt Год назад

I really liked the "Deceiding Match" of the best of seven series.

@smitsta Год назад

I like the part where Konnan was on his neck with his legs in the air!

@user-tl4fi6oy8d Год назад

Fully evolved Chris Jericho here: Long hair, long pants, no knacker tattoos

@gregwelsh2985 Год назад

Super Bowl and Wrestling Bios on the same day?!?! Amazing!

@TherealRNOwwfpooh Год назад

Chiefs won. Again. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. XD

@User-1683x2 Год назад

Awesome opening music for your video! I loved that evenflow jericho theme!!

@gamingshawnandjewel6233 Год назад

That beat of 7 was classic and put. Booker T really on the map for me

@gqsmoove87 Год назад

Exfuckingactly

@skyatollah2skyharder276 Год назад

See Bios, the thing I like about these videos isn't just the entertainment factor. It's the fact you're managing to correct 25 years of revisionist history on a lot of things.

@martynodonnell Год назад

Another awesome upload from the wrestling channel with the most jam on the planet!

@RealTomHanx Год назад

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to... Sunday Evening Bios

@DyspotikOriginal Год назад

I have missed the chinlock soundbite this is the first video I've watched today what a wonderful start

@user-jl8lw8td7f Год назад

I love this entire series. Well done man, excellent stuff.

@bigfest6498 Год назад

More like reliving my childhood. Thanks for all of these.

@Alien_on_earth69 Год назад

The best wrestling history channel ever 👏🏽👏🏽

@pafoneto1275 Год назад

WWF*

@crushthecrusher7134 Год назад

You are doing great job wrestling bios keep up 👍

@anthonyfernandez822 Год назад

Greatest shows on tv or RU-vid ! Much respect keep them coming . May i recommend a 2000-2010 raw vs tna after this ? Although idk if tna has enough content lol

@christianappel1998 Год назад

I think the streak should only count for televised matches, because even on wrestling databases you could fake the non-televised ones, if you weren´t there to watch it live and they did a lot of house shows per year. Like someone already wrote in his comment below how many wins Goldberg would have with TV only, if this would happened to the streak.

@WaynesWorld12 Год назад

Wrestling review on my birthday? Let's go!

@zacharythomason7359 Год назад

Happy Birthday🎂🎂🍫🍫🍧🍧🍨🍨

@masterobiwan3349 Год назад

Awesome!! Thank you so much for this ❤

@matthewlydon6592 Год назад

I was gonna say Chin Lock 2: The Return To Rest….Davey’s favorite movie.😂

@stumct380 Год назад

I never noticed Jericho's pants before, with "1004" written on his ass Nice

@shawn10213 Год назад

have you ever considered putting out some of the remixes you do for the intro and etc? i really like the nwo and dx remixes you did for reliving the war. keep up the good work man!

@sherrix6881 Год назад

Patreon perk

@DeathPrevails77713 Год назад

Anyone else immediately pause this video after watching the intro, type and watch Pearl Jam's even flow video, them come back and finish this video?

@nove254 Год назад

This crowd truly regrets not appreciating the Eddie and Chavo match smh.

@stevengrvp Год назад

Great American bash and the super bowl ohh yeah

@samyelts8498 Год назад

Great review 😊

@GeekGameCulture Год назад

Hard to believe you're already halfway through covering 1998 of the RTW series. That Baltimore crowd was rough. I can't remember if they were always that tough to please. I'd have to check my DVD of WWE No Mercy 2003 that was in the same arena to see if it was the same or if they received that any better. Oh, and Tony Schiavone was so right on Reese if you ever saw the watch along of Halloween Havoc 95. Hard to believe that by GAB 99, WCW will have gone through it's major facelift for better or for worse. The year is going faster that I thought it might. Going to be seeing some very controversial angles coming up soon, though. Will be interesting to hear what you have to say about them. Keep up the consistently awesome work.