.I was eating when I was watching this and managed to spit soup all over my laptop,my shirt and my bf who looked at me and said,"I'm sure Flair would agree but spitters are quitters."
My mom couldn't afford the tickets to go to the Civic Center to see it in person so instead Halloween Havoc became the 1st PPV she ever let me order. Half the neighborhood was in my basement watching.
I never knew that Bruno Sannmartino was ever involved with WCW. That’s another reason why I love watching these classic reviews, you get a great wrestling education!!
I attended this live. There was only one spot (I think before the match started) where Muta climbed up the cage, touched the top and recoiled, selling like it was electrified. Otherwise, no indication of the electricity. The fire was not a work, but Muta misting it was. The entrances were all outstanding, enhanced by the licensed songs. We were absolutely brutal on the Dudes. I've been to many Philly WCW shows from that era. Freebirds were always over with us.
It's so bad. At least with FMW, when they made these crazy stipulations, they had the special effects, and the SELLING, to pull it off. WCW didn't even try!
@@comixproviderftw_02 Time to plug in the fire hose filled with electricity! “Hector! Give me the fucking table!” It was a disaster and the wrestling world is better off for it happening because it’ll bring joy to future generations just like it’s counterpart/twin brother the bag over the head blindfold match. The “thimbly bimbly” for those OSW connoisseurs out there.
Gordon Solie has the unique ability to sell something amazing while sounding unimpressed. Makes me think he's seen some crazy shit outside of the ring.
Raven one time told a story about doing commentary with Gordon back in the 80's and Gordon was calling the matches while having a glass of scotch and cigarette in both hands yet calling the match like a pro.
“The Philly fans are unforgiving.” Yep, sounds about right. That helicopter joke was hysterical. The Dynamic Dudes SUCKED as a gimmick. Bruno in WCW is, just weird.
Chris is totally right about Bruno. Might as well drop this very late note here: Although I suppose you could call Bruno a legend in multiple places, he was a Pittsburgh man through and through; that's where he started and where he lived until dying a few years ago.
@@kenterminateddq5311 Just to be sure: "that incident" is the Benoit triple-murder-suicide? Because her persona in WCW did not have anything to do with it and that is what you are implying with your first comment. Or are just sad seeing Nancy in general; fallen angel persona or not?
@@nettack I think it's because the OP is reminded that she was with Sullivan, which led to booking the feud with Benoit, which led to her leaving Kevin IRL, etc.
I saw this show back in the day. It was another nail in the coffin of kayfabe. From asking me to believe Sting was teaming up with Flair (whom I still absolutely hated) who had no good reason to trust him to asking me to believe the cage was electrified to Luger taking a bump for Brian Pillman’s missile drop kick that missed completely. I called BS and was beginning to admit those people who were telling me it was predetermined maybe had a point.
nobody cares about kayfabe except for the smarks......The intelligent people know wrestling isnt real and actually can enjoy it for what it is. Nobody with a brain believes there is a dude wrapped in toilet paper named The Yeti or a guy named OZ, nobody thinks The Undertaker is a real grave digging cult leader who hung a guy from the HIAC or that someone was electrocuted in a electric chair cage match.......Its FANTASY and meant to be enjoyed for what it is, they still have to be incredibly athletic to do all the things wrestlers do.
@@lutherheggs451 Kayfabe matters, kiddo. At least when they're performing. Do you expect characters in movies to constantly remind you it's just a movie, because they're too lazy to remember their character motivation and pay off their character arc?
The key is a carry over from another of Teddy's stablemates, Norman the Lunatic. Since he was a Lunatic, Teddy was given the key to his room in the sanitarium/insane asylum, and would use it to control him (i.e. "I took you out of the asylum, and I can put you back there...playa!") This was before they toned down Norman into a manchild who loved teddy bears.
Oh wow, I had completely forgotten about the Norman the Lunatic angle! It’s all coming back to me like a repressed memory on a badly written soap opera (insert wavy picture and tinkly music here)
"Cut the effin' music! Dick Flair told the crowd at the Civic Center to boo me, because that old f*ck knew the Dynamic Dudes were the g**damn future of this f***ing sport!"
The key Teddy Long had he carried as he was the manager for Norman The Lunatic and he would threaten to lock Norman back up into the mental asylum if he didn't win and if he didn't stop hugging teddy bears. Jim Herd WCW
The Dynamic Dudes: best tag team EVER! Anyone who don’t get them are just bogus, dude! They are friggin tubular! Why they haven’t been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame is beyond me.
If I remember stories correctly, the cage was supposed to be electrified, but once the set dressing caught fire, they shut everything off. Also, Cornette turning on The Dudes was an amazing movement. One of the biggest pops you'll ever hear. 😀
The Dynamic Dudes theme song was the Beach Boys/Fat Boys rendition of "Wipeout". Not the Beastie Boys. It was a great novelty song in 1987, not unlike most of The Fat Boys catalog (See "The Twist", "Louie, Louie", and "Are You Ready For Freddy?"). However, I will concede that it lost some of its charm by being associated with the Dynamic Dudes. I'd like to note that the Turner Home Video edition of this show does not have any of the promos on it. Judging by what I see here, perhaps that is a good thing.
The expression on Humperdink's face when you say he's looking on approvingly is hilarious. He looks like he just walked up to an all you can eat buffet and wants one of everything
I was 6 at this time and vaguely remember watching this with my dad and liking the Dynamic Dudes because they were like a Saturday morning cartoon tag team. Kinda like Denver the Dinosaur
While a lot of his career highlights came later, '89 Luger is his peak as an in-ring performer. His match with Steamboat at GAB is genuinely great, too.
Thank God Shane got much better later on, but I'll say what I said the last time there was a Johnny Ace match on this channel: Laurenitis was a hell of a lot better than I ever thought he would be!
Fans knew that Doom was Ron Simmons and Butch Reed from the moment they debuted. I remember enjoying this show back in 89, but I have to admit that my memory was very much off. Also, WCW / JCP ran Philadelphia quite often, so they were no strangers in that area. I don't think you can say that the crowd was flat because they didn't get their style. It was just a bad card.
Yeah I think at the time there were like three African-American wrestlers on the roster and one of them was the decidedly smaller Ranger Ross so it wasn’t a great mystery at the time.
He did yeoman's work. If WCW needed him as a face, or a heel, he was there. If they needed a last minute replacement for Sting or Flair, he was there. He was a company man.
People who don't know about his work in WCW prior to WWF don't know and follow their revisionist history of the WWE. That or they think he was responsible for Miss Elisabeth's death.
The back end of his career between his back injury and ego did him no favors. I think great is being generous. Luger could work and he could have great matches but he had to be led to them. I will say he plays a better heel than good guy because frankly he comes off as insufferable prick.
Not a single onPatreon requested rebellion 2001 🤣. Idk why but I find that hilarious. Brian if you see this can you do a W3 review on Right To Censor. Heels way ahead of their time!
My god, this has made me realise how much I'd kill to see Steiner Brothers Scott Steiner in-ring ability with the personality and persona of Big Poppa Pump. That'd be such a great combination.
9:05 The WCW Freebirds pose looks like they're both pointing towards Michael PS Hayes' junk like "These are my balls! These are my balls!" These are his balls! These are his balls!"
"Making his way to the ring, from Relative Obscurity, weighing in at...uh, um... Weigh-weighing in at like...280? 285 pounds? It's uhh..., what's the...no i have it here, written down... um the, uhh, the..." And basically continue ad nauseum for best results
'89 was when I got into Wrestling (at ten years old) but here in Germany we only got WWF and GLOW, no Monday Night War. So seeing these familiar faces so fresh and young is quite interesting.
Hey, at least you got GLOW! Here in Quebec we only got a French version of POWW, David Mclean's 2nd women's wrestling co. Would have loved to have GLOW back then :) Cheers.
Don't forget we got "Catch Up" in Germany on RTL+ showing WCW/JCP once a week in 1990/1991. Hosts were John Williams and Horst Brack. Halloween Havoc '89 was available on VHS dubbed in german by Williams and Brack. The tape was heavily cut and contained only three bouts.
@@Steuerknueppel I had/have a couple of VHS PPVs from 89-92 or even 94. I actually don't recall what language they are in. They are buried somewhere in the attic. I think I only watched Catch Up a few times for some reason. Maybe that timeslot was bad for me.
Really hope he does Great American Bash '89. It was Scott Keith's pick for the best PPV of all time, back in the late 90's and early 2000's. I've got to admit, that's got me curious. Especially since nobody else seems to ever review it.
5:40 that is 100% pure amazing Wrestling. A jacked up Terry Funk and Gary Hart standing next to him. I’m watching whatever match they’re going to be at, brotha.
"Speaking of Flair, here's Sid with a helicopter", Gordon Solie sandbagging Luger, and The Steiners promo 😆😆😆😆 I love events in the unforgiving Philly. They honestly let you know how they feel about what they're witnessing in the ring.
They had Pillman in the hunt early with big matches against Flair and Luger but then after a couple years they kinda squandered his talent. He did a lot of great things but was capable of so much more, he had to basically take control of his career. My favorite all time wrestler, will never be another like him.
Wait wait wait, Shane Douglas was the other half of the Dynamic Dudes? I think I laughed so hard at Johnny Laryngitis being in that team I never thought about the poor guy who had to team with him.
A match between Sting and Muta would have been great. A match between Funk and Flair, would have been more than great. Why was there a need to have all four of them in the ring with an "electrified" cage?
If I'm not mistaken the cage was supposed to set off sparks but that had to be nixed once the decorations proved to be a fire hazard (before the match even began).
Congratulations Brian on winning the first ever match of Halloween havoc
Got him
Noob
@@baronvonsvengoonie1767 "Hello, _Huston,_ this is the _USS Joke,_ we have achieved geosynchronous orbit above _'cheek busta bruh,'_ please advise."
@Anne Frank hey so I dunno if you've read your book but uh. Just stay put you'll be fine. ✋🏻🇩🇪
Lol
Brian: And speaking of Ric Flair, here's Sid with a helicopter!
Me: OH GOD
To give a shout out to my man The Horror Geek, “Not that kind you pervs!”
“Alright”
.I was eating when I was watching this and managed to spit soup all over my laptop,my shirt and my bf who looked at me and said,"I'm sure Flair would agree but spitters are quitters."
I mean.... They're lucky Sid showed up.
Nice one! Horror geek rocks! Cheers
"Thank God for Johnny Ace."
I bet that's the first time anybody has ever said that.
Not even sure the Bella twins mom has even uttered those words.
I'm pretty sure CM Punk did when he had nothing to do.
Punk and Cena did make him into some pretty good punch lines
His own mother slapped the stork that delivered him.
I think Miss Baba said it a few times
Muta putting out the fire with the Green Mist was deserving of 5 stars in of itself. 7 if it was in the Tokyo dome.
I loved Muta, I wish someone would have him on a podcast, he was a great villain
That was awesome, I agree!! It has to have been all him too, I don't think it woulda been part of it. Do you think that's probably right?
57 stars for sure.
Absolutely. Muta never gets enough credit, and I'd love to hear him on a podcast to reminisce about his career.
@@bryanelam7431 That was an audible for sure. And one hell of an audible at that!
“Do a fucking high spot!” needs to be on a shirt!
And I would buy that shirt immediately!
I'd perfer a Sid helicopter Flair joke.
Young Bucks approved
That's more of a sign if anything
The PPV that Muta saved by using the mist to put out a fire. Both bizarre and awesome at once.
Well he is great
was looking for this comment. legendary moment.
The true hero of the nifht
That’s why he’s Great
My mom couldn't afford the tickets to go to the Civic Center to see it in person so instead Halloween Havoc became the 1st PPV she ever let me order. Half the neighborhood was in my basement watching.
What was that experience like? I can imagine trying to cram your block into your basement could be hell
@@freakfoxvevo7915 fortunately it was a big basement.
@@ervinghenderson4780 Still, can't imagine the views for some viewers being that great, especially for a small 1989 tv
At 14:44. Brian Pillman has just foreshadowed his son's Varsity Blondes entrance in AEW.
"Thank God Johnny Ace was there to right this ship." - a statement you can only hear on this video and in proper context.
"Speaking of Ric Flair, here's Sid with a helicopter!"
Remind me to never watch your videos while drinking anything Zane. Damn my monitor!
I was eating soup.
Muta spitting that fire out is easily worth half a star. It's the only thing I remembered for years about this match.
I never knew that Bruno Sannmartino was ever involved with WCW. That’s another reason why I love watching these classic reviews, you get a great wrestling education!!
I attended this live. There was only one spot (I think before the match started) where Muta climbed up the cage, touched the top and recoiled, selling like it was electrified. Otherwise, no indication of the electricity. The fire was not a work, but Muta misting it was. The entrances were all outstanding, enhanced by the licensed songs. We were absolutely brutal on the Dudes. I've been to many Philly WCW shows from that era. Freebirds were always over with us.
Liar
That Gordon Solie impression was flat-out amazing.
Almost a bit Danhauseny
@@HandlebarOrionX Zane kinda sounds like Kane when he used the voicebox. Intentional?
An “electrified” cage match! A young Vince Russo takes notes.
Only 17 years later… The Electrified Steel Cage of Doom was introduced in TNA
@@comixproviderftw_02 with flashing lights as “electric shocks” 😂😂😂😂
It's so bad. At least with FMW, when they made these crazy stipulations, they had the special effects, and the SELLING, to pull it off. WCW didn't even try!
@@comixproviderftw_02 Time to plug in the fire hose filled with electricity! “Hector! Give me the fucking table!” It was a disaster and the wrestling world is better off for it happening because it’ll bring joy to future generations just like it’s counterpart/twin brother the bag over the head blindfold match. The “thimbly bimbly” for those OSW connoisseurs out there.
@@princealigorna7468 Screw special effects! What are those?! Get the kerosene and torches and see if our wrestlers can shoot survive!
Gordon Solie has the unique ability to sell something amazing while sounding unimpressed. Makes me think he's seen some crazy shit outside of the ring.
Raven one time told a story about doing commentary with Gordon back in the 80's and Gordon was calling the matches while having a glass of scotch and cigarette in both hands yet calling the match like a pro.
Gordon and Mr Rogers both killed many men in war
@@charlescarter4608 Fred Rogers didn't even pass his military physical, much less be deployed anywhere where he could kill anybody.
@@the-four-seven I was just referencing the urban legend/myth of Mr Rogers, I'm sure you're aware of it.
Cause he was drunk
The Rick Steiner promo recreation is hilarious
“The Philly fans are unforgiving.” Yep, sounds about right.
That helicopter joke was hysterical.
The Dynamic Dudes SUCKED as a gimmick.
Bruno in WCW is, just weird.
They were just a few years away from chanting "YOU F*****D UP!" 😂
I'm stil marveling that after a handful of years Shane Douglas would be almost the face of wresting in Philly.
Eh, Bruno hated Vince McMahon for being a scumbag which he objectively is. It’s no surprise he’d go to WCW as off it as it was…
Chris is totally right about Bruno.
Might as well drop this very late note here:
Although I suppose you could call Bruno a legend in multiple places, he was a Pittsburgh man through and through; that's where he started and where he lived until dying a few years ago.
I don't really keep up with the current product but your retro reviews and top 8's provide hours if not days of internetainment. Thanks Z-Man
12:13 Seeing Nancy Sullivan revert back to her "Fallen Angel" persona is really cool but also very sad (for obvious reasons).
Because her actions in 89 influenced what happened over a decade later? The persona nor the person had anything to do with it.
@@nettack No, it's sad because of "that incident", we lost a beautiful woman (no pun attended) in Nancy.
@@kenterminateddq5311 Just to be sure: "that incident" is the Benoit triple-murder-suicide? Because her persona in WCW did not have anything to do with it and that is what you are implying with your first comment.
Or are just sad seeing Nancy in general; fallen angel persona or not?
@@nettack I think it's because the OP is reminded that she was with Sullivan, which led to booking the feud with Benoit, which led to her leaving Kevin IRL, etc.
@@nettack . . . you need that explained to you? Wow.
Jim Cornette talking about how bad the Dynamic Dudes are is hilarious.
Vince: how are we gonna call this new arena, hey what are you watching
Employee: the WCW thunderdome match
Vince: what a great name
Wait, WCW? Can't have that! Rename the virtual arena, I dunno, WWE city pal!
I saw this show back in the day. It was another nail in the coffin of kayfabe. From asking me to believe Sting was teaming up with Flair (whom I still absolutely hated) who had no good reason to trust him to asking me to believe the cage was electrified to Luger taking a bump for Brian Pillman’s missile drop kick that missed completely. I called BS and was beginning to admit those people who were telling me it was predetermined maybe had a point.
Brian could do a Top 8 Flair's Betrayals of Sting.
@@thekidfromiowa sounds like an excellent idea!
nobody cares about kayfabe except for the smarks......The intelligent people know wrestling isnt real and actually can enjoy it for what it is. Nobody with a brain believes there is a dude wrapped in toilet paper named The Yeti or a guy named OZ, nobody thinks The Undertaker is a real grave digging cult leader who hung a guy from the HIAC or that someone was electrocuted in a electric chair cage match.......Its FANTASY and meant to be enjoyed for what it is, they still have to be incredibly athletic to do all the things wrestlers do.
@@lutherheggs451 YETAY
@@lutherheggs451
Kayfabe matters, kiddo. At least when they're performing.
Do you expect characters in movies to constantly remind you it's just a movie, because they're too lazy to remember their character motivation and pay off their character arc?
The key is a carry over from another of Teddy's stablemates, Norman the Lunatic. Since he was a Lunatic, Teddy was given the key to his room in the sanitarium/insane asylum, and would use it to control him (i.e. "I took you out of the asylum, and I can put you back there...playa!")
This was before they toned down Norman into a manchild who loved teddy bears.
Oh wow, I had completely forgotten about the Norman the Lunatic angle! It’s all coming back to me like a repressed memory on a badly written soap opera (insert wavy picture and tinkly music here)
Hearing that Shane Douglas got booed in in Philly is crazy considering he became a great ECW champion
"Cut the effin' music! Dick Flair told the crowd at the Civic Center to boo me, because that old f*ck knew the Dynamic Dudes were the g**damn future of this f***ing sport!"
He got booed there many times
@@12345Yeah i should have phrased better but i meant he didnt get go away heat from the ecw crowd, it was genuine heel heat
“Shouldn’t that have broke his own face?”
Have you met Ron Simmons lol
Damn
Ron Simmons is unfuckwithable.
5:03 one thing I will never be able to get over is how incredibly small WCW's ring always looked even though it was only 2 feet smaller than WWF's
The key Teddy Long had he carried as he was the manager for Norman The Lunatic and he would threaten to lock Norman back up into the mental asylum if he didn't win and if he didn't stop hugging teddy bears.
Jim Herd WCW
4:40 That callback to the No Mercy 2001 review was just **chef's kiss**
Muta once again proved his greatness by putting out the fire.
8:50 "Hey kid, you're a dynamic duuuude now!"
Kid: "STRANGER DANGER! STRANGER DANGER! THIS IS THE WORST WRESTLING SHOW I HAVE EVER BEEN TO OH MY GOD"
Looks like Johnny Ace took "People Power" a little too far even back then.
pfft that kid is from Philly eventually he would get to go to King of The Ring 95
Being uncomfortable around Johnny Ace is a very warranted and valid emotion.
The Dynamic Dudes: best tag team EVER! Anyone who don’t get them are just bogus, dude! They are friggin tubular! Why they haven’t been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame is beyond me.
Nice try Rob Gronkowski but no HOF
Dick Flair's fault FUCK SHIT ASS...sorry, was trying to express that in Shane language.
They were hitting those narly waves dude
Groovy 😎
I'm with you on babyface Cornette. Watching him manage the Rock n' Roll Express is just wrong.
It's like reality!
Another good face manager is Paul Ellering, but he was good as face or heel.
I'm shocked that no one tried the joke, "Doom? More like Damn!" whenever masked Simmons is in the ring.
God damn it Brian. That fucking helicopter joke. I was drinking a soda when you said that.
I didn't get it.
Great review, I've always thought Spivey looked like a precursor to stone cold all the while early steve is underrappreciated on the same roster
If I remember stories correctly, the cage was supposed to be electrified, but once the set dressing caught fire, they shut everything off.
Also, Cornette turning on The Dudes was an amazing movement. One of the biggest pops you'll ever hear. 😀
It was advertised as being electrified
Between you and OSW Review, I'm learning everything I ever needed to know about WCW - thank you for some fantastic insight into old school wrasslin'!
I'm pretty sure I've heard Corney himself say that him as a babyface didn't work after the midnight/midnight feud.
Your Gordon Solie impersonation is amazing.
The Dynamic Dudes theme song was the Beach Boys/Fat Boys rendition of "Wipeout". Not the Beastie Boys. It was a great novelty song in 1987, not unlike most of The Fat Boys catalog (See "The Twist", "Louie, Louie", and "Are You Ready For Freddy?"). However, I will concede that it lost some of its charm by being associated with the Dynamic Dudes.
I'd like to note that the Turner Home Video edition of this show does not have any of the promos on it. Judging by what I see here, perhaps that is a good thing.
I’d love to see Bron Breakker come out in a Michigan varsity jacket at Halloween Havoc
The expression on Humperdink's face when you say he's looking on approvingly is hilarious. He looks like he just walked up to an all you can eat buffet and wants one of everything
I was 6 at this time and vaguely remember watching this with my dad and liking the Dynamic Dudes because they were like a Saturday morning cartoon tag team. Kinda like Denver the Dinosaur
While a lot of his career highlights came later, '89 Luger is his peak as an in-ring performer. His match with Steamboat at GAB is genuinely great, too.
Thank God Shane got much better later on, but I'll say what I said the last time there was a Johnny Ace match on this channel: Laurenitis was a hell of a lot better than I ever thought he would be!
“Box office poison” I love the Norm Macdonald reference.
17:00 Oh God, watching this review again and it just hit me what you were referencing with that line. Iykyk
Fans knew that Doom was Ron Simmons and Butch Reed from the moment they debuted. I remember enjoying this show back in 89, but I have to admit that my memory was very much off. Also, WCW / JCP ran Philadelphia quite often, so they were no strangers in that area. I don't think you can say that the crowd was flat because they didn't get their style. It was just a bad card.
I remember when they unmasked JR said the worst kept secret in wrestling was out
I was there, the crowd was pumped
Yeah I think at the time there were like three African-American wrestlers on the roster and one of them was the decidedly smaller Ranger Ross so it wasn’t a great mystery at the time.
I don't believe there was ever a cage match in WCW where the people involved knew what the rules/gimmick of the match was.
It's a good thing you discovered that loophole in the rules you made lol. Can't wait for the next review!
R.I.P. Terry. You were an amazing talent, and will be greatly missed.
Am I the only one that can't help but dance a little when that FUNKY retro review theme hits?
Sting 's facepaint looks like inspiration for nxt 2.0 logo 😀
Lex Luger was generally good and at times he was great. History seems to have been written by someone with a huge grudge against him.
He did yeoman's work. If WCW needed him as a face, or a heel, he was there. If they needed a last minute replacement for Sting or Flair, he was there. He was a company man.
People who don't know about his work in WCW prior to WWF don't know and follow their revisionist history of the WWE. That or they think he was responsible for Miss Elisabeth's death.
The back end of his career between his back injury and ego did him no favors. I think great is being generous. Luger could work and he could have great matches but he had to be led to them. I will say he plays a better heel than good guy because frankly he comes off as insufferable prick.
That cage match was one of my absolute favorites as a kid only because it was the first time I saw Muta and I was absolutely mesmerized.
Not a single onPatreon requested rebellion 2001 🤣. Idk why but I find that hilarious. Brian if you see this can you do a W3 review on Right To Censor. Heels way ahead of their time!
Right To Censor never broke. They just became RUclips!
Does anyone else see dynamic dudes and immediately hear Bruce Prichard doing the "cowabunga dude" voice?
I wonder if there's even been a fatal 4 way between the Steiners, Doom, LoD, and the Miracle Violence Connection. That would be incredible.
17:01 - Well played, Brian 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Woman was such an underrated valet and female heel performer. Sad that her talent seems to have been overshadowed by her tragic death.
My god, this has made me realise how much I'd kill to see Steiner Brothers Scott Steiner in-ring ability with the personality and persona of Big Poppa Pump. That'd be such a great combination.
In time I see Rex Steiner (Bron Breakker) being that wrestler.
Man
Bruno Sammartino refereeing a match where Sting and a babyface Ric Flair team up
Epic!!
11:35 Nice to know that Scott Steiner has always been great at promos.
That ish had me crying: “you’re playing our game” as he pants out of breath
Was that a Norm MacDonald reference?
The Box Office Poison remark. Lol
this Chris Benoit guy sounds like a real jerk!
@@shaolinotter I didn't even know he was sick!
9:05 The WCW Freebirds pose looks like they're both pointing towards Michael PS Hayes' junk like "These are my balls! These are my balls!" These are his balls! These are his balls!"
😂😂😂😂 I just spit out my coffee laughing
Cool guys pointing at each other's crotches? Would never get over. And if you're not down with that...
I love Brian’s videos but especially look forward to any early WCW POV reviews as they’re so much extra and hilarious
I love that L.O.D/RW background. It reminds me of the NES game. My Friend and I's first introduction to WCW.
Forget Parts Unknown, now I want a wrestler to hail from Relative Obscurity!
that's where AJ styles came from
"Making his way to the ring, from Relative Obscurity, weighing in at...uh, um... Weigh-weighing in at like...280? 285 pounds? It's uhh..., what's the...no i have it here, written down... um the, uhh, the..."
And basically continue ad nauseum for best results
@@Spacewizzard090 Get the late Art Donovan in there to ask "How much does dis guy weigh?"
Thank you for your continued hard work, sir. It means a lot more to me than you know.
It's weird that Michael P.S Hayes and Johnny Ace are still employed by the WWE
'89 was when I got into Wrestling (at ten years old) but here in Germany we only got WWF and GLOW, no Monday Night War. So seeing these familiar faces so fresh and young is quite interesting.
Hey, at least you got GLOW! Here in Quebec we only got a French version of POWW, David Mclean's 2nd women's wrestling co. Would have loved to have GLOW back then :)
Cheers.
Don't forget we got "Catch Up" in Germany on RTL+ showing WCW/JCP once a week in 1990/1991. Hosts were John Williams and Horst Brack.
Halloween Havoc '89 was available on VHS dubbed in german by Williams and Brack. The tape was heavily cut and contained only three bouts.
@@Steuerknueppel I had/have a couple of VHS PPVs from 89-92 or even 94. I actually don't recall what language they are in. They are buried somewhere in the attic.
I think I only watched Catch Up a few times for some reason. Maybe that timeslot was bad for me.
Remember kids, like JR said, stay in school. Perhaps one day you'll speak as well as Michigan graduates the Steiner brothers!!
Every time I hear that beat I know it's time for another awesome episode.
I love your retro reviews and always grin when I see a new upload! The old wcw days were an interesting time to say the least!
Really hope he does Great American Bash '89.
It was Scott Keith's pick for the best PPV of all time, back in the late 90's and early 2000's. I've got to admit, that's got me curious. Especially since nobody else seems to ever review it.
They were just as cartoonish as WWF. A lot of people don’t realize that and assume WCW was just pure wrestling until Russo got there.
That Tarzan swing was absolutely hilarious! Sting killing it here with the giant dive!
"Jimmy Jarm Gavin" is what I needed before work today 😂
Old WCW event reviews are always gold
My god, the contempt in Brian's voice when he said 'The Dynamic Dudes' was so thick you could cut it with a steak knife.
5:40 that is 100% pure amazing Wrestling. A jacked up Terry Funk and Gary Hart standing next to him. I’m watching whatever match they’re going to be at, brotha.
“Speaking of Ric flair, here’s the helicopter spin” 🤣🤣 golden
Oh shit, that is a good Solie impression
I loved these Halloween gimmick matches. Thunder dome, the Chamber of Horrors... Ultimate Warrior.
I give you props for watching the first hour of this show without falling asleep. The most entertaining part was the Philly Audience.
Ironically, Douglas made his career in Philly a few years later when he spiked the NWA title
"Speaking of Flair, here's Sid with a helicopter", Gordon Solie sandbagging Luger, and The Steiners promo 😆😆😆😆
I love events in the unforgiving Philly. They honestly let you know how they feel about what they're witnessing in the ring.
Always loved the Steiners were one of my favorite tag teams when I was a kid. LOD were terrifying back then.
Greatest impersonation of rick steiner ever
It's so good seeing cornett I wish he would make a comeback
Got the Dynamic Dudes and the Skyscrapers on the same card huh? Jesus christ, thank god for the Steiners and Doom.
That Rick Steiner impression was 13/10
They had Pillman in the hunt early with big matches against Flair and Luger but then after a couple years they kinda squandered his talent. He did a lot of great things but was capable of so much more, he had to basically take control of his career. My favorite all time wrestler, will never be another like him.
The main event in 1989 was awesome even when we were mad that it wasn't really electrified but sting made that fucking match.
Wait wait wait, Shane Douglas was the other half of the Dynamic Dudes? I think I laughed so hard at Johnny Laryngitis being in that team I never thought about the poor guy who had to team with him.
"John Laryngitis". LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
My God that helicopter on Hawk was nuts! didnt even look real, i had to rewatch it like ten times 🤣🤣
14:27 that Gordon Solie impression was ON FUCKING POINT 😂❤️
A match between Sting and Muta would have been great. A match between Funk and Flair, would have been more than great. Why was there a need to have all four of them in the ring with an "electrified" cage?
Finally got around to this. It's always a trip seeing these past ppv's. Great review like always B!
If I'm not mistaken the cage was supposed to set off sparks but that had to be nixed once the decorations proved to be a fire hazard (before the match even began).