Seeing Saturn go from being part of an outstanding tag team in ECW to falling in love with a mop in the WWF is both interesting and sad to look back on. Malenko was one of the best in terms of wrestling skill, but sadly was never going to be a top star in the WWF due to his severe lack of charisma. Even at the time I thought it was kind of obvious that Benoit and Eddie were the two members of the stable that stood out the most.
@@zemox2534 What Perry done to himself ???!!!....or do we have to ask Terri for that...critical conditions ???!!!.....Eddie tried to help him...and hit ...the wall ???!!!
@@Thor-Orion Funny ???!!! So how was Shane to have his own storyline with Scott Steiner and neither one of Revolution guys ???!!! Not even the Champion...Chris Benoit ???!!! how ridiculous Russo was...
I remember back in 2000 hearing about The Radicalz appearing on WWF for the first time and not thinking too much of it other than noticing a pattern on WCW guys switching over to the WWF. First was Big Show, then Jericho, then The Radicalz. Looking back, The Radicalz was a very significant yet underrated acquisition.
It’s hilarious when you look back and realize how much more talented the mid card was in WCW vs WWF back then. If you’d have asked me back no way I’d have said that. Just shows presentation is everything in wrestling
The Radicalz/DX Vs. The Rock/Cactus Jack/Rikishi/Too Cool Raw Main Event is severely one of the most underrated matches ever! That crowd was mad crazy hott and that match was truly exciting!!
Hell yeah, Scotty 2 Hotty and Grand Master Sexay were even cheered like mega stars. Even during Rikishi’s interview he said he couldn’t believe the crowd was popping everytime any of them did moves. He meant no disrespect though.
Thank you for not being afraid to talk about Benoit.... I get why some might be, but he was an amazing wrestler and it would be tragic if his work were erased from the history books altogether. 🙏🏻
One of the greatest ever. His accomplishments in the ring were next level. But Benoit the wrestler will always live in the shadow of Benoit the murderer.
They were not meant to be a group. They should have been wrestling each other in a good promotion not WWF in 99. Tag teaming here and there maybe. Talking on the mic is what anyone can do, even William. He can use hell ya! Stick 2 middle fingers out, crush beer cans. Try chain wrestling where it looks almost real, and excites thousands. A bit harder to do. If 80% can't enjoy it, it's the overall drop of quality in the U.S. promotions and lot's of clowning instead. Much easier to do. No one needed to be talked into watching those 4 in better promotions... What WWF did to them those first days was just dumb though.
Crazy that later on Eddie and Benoit would become World Champions in the same year 4 years later in 2004. Dean Malenko put on some underrated matches in WCW. Perry was reduced to moppy after a solid run with the radicalz. Their run was so short but was good in the time all 4 men were together.
@@marcbousaleh here we go what? Reminding everyone he strangled his wife and suffocated his kid. Pity he didnt turn himself in so he could've rotted in prison.
Love the background music during the Shane Douglas portion of the video. Really gave a twist to how it all went down between the falling out with Douglas and the Radicalz transitioning from WCW to WWF
I remember this like it was yesterday. I couldnt believe my eyes seeing Eddie and Benoit in Smackdown. Though i hated what Vince decied to do with Perry Saturns gimmick of the mop.
He got punished for legitimately shooting on mike bell so Vince made him do the moppy gimmick. Video is on RUclips. Perry is a ex army ranger and was shot 6 times while he was homeless.
Perry Saturn was just as good a worker as the other 3 tbh. His work was just overlooked by his whacky gimmicks. WAtch his matches. The guy was incredible with suplexes and working mostly clean matches (well cept for one incident that most of us know about).
It pretty stupid they punished him so hard for the Bell incident he didn't even really do much other than best him up a little its nothing in comparison to what the Acolytes did to public enemy and they were celebrated
The 3 biggest shots in the arm for WWE during the wars was when HHH/DX introduced Xpac right after being 6Pac for NWO, then the Giant/Big Show came in and then the Radicals. The Dudley Boyz was huge too, so was Taz, I remember all those debuts, it was top shelf wrestling world movements.
Looking back I kinda feel sorry for Saturn: Malenko was on his way out and retired the next year, Eddie & Benoit became intercontinental, tag team and World Champions Saturn was basically a comedy act
I’m well aware of the Mike Bell incident, just feel like it was a bit of an overreaction on their part (WWE). And from what I understand from the situation it was bell’s fault to begin with not Saturn, did he have a right to be mad? I’d say so.. but obviously management didn’t see it that way. Plus Eddie had substance issues to start with before he got clean and got his main event push, so it would have been nice to see Saturn given that same second chance as he actually comes across as a nice guy, and even got shot saving a woman from getting raped.
@@planescaped uh, how many people with drug problems, before and since, have the hired and pushed? Just like they didn't want to induct Chyna into the Hall of Fame because of her adult videos, yet kept around the man who made the video with her. And, ya know, pushed her to and exploited publicity from her appearance in Playboy. Do you know why he had/has a drug problem? He was helping a woman who was being assaulted and almost died because of it. He was disowned and abandoned by his friends and WWE. He wound up being homeless for years. Yet, and this is key, they've happily employed and pushed countless people with substance abuse issues and addiction, before and after his stint with WWE. The WWE only cares about those things when it's convenient for them, and suddenly forget those things when it's a performer they favor.
@@planescaped that drug problem reason is absolutely bullsh!t. Top stars were doing and od on it. Shawn,steve,randy, warrior,hogan everyone did it. And he got drug problem cause of saving a girl which didn't happened until he was released learn facts
I wish your channel will cover the 50's and 60's, someday: the Gallagher brothers, Edouard Carpentier, Angelo Poffo, Rikidozan, Lou Thesz, the Talos bros., Verne Gagne and so many more...
@@dixienormus6941 Both are correct. When you present an alphanumeric collection outside of its literal use, you use an apostrophe. It's the difference between the u's and us. The apostrophe delineates wrestlers that competed in the 1950s from fifty wrestlers.
Those 4 were some of my favorite wCw wrestlers, when I saw them on WWF I lost my fuckin' marbles! Especially Benoit as I was well aware he was the wCw world champion then.
Douglas manages to get heat with everybody he worked with and he blames everyone but himself and clearly there is one common denominator in these interactions
Yeah I tend to agree. We weren’t there for everything with the calls to WWE but I don’t know if I can really buy Shane’s victim claim on this especially since he tends to not take accountable for very much
incredible video as always. made me tear up a bit too. these are some of the best in the business we are talkin bout here. i popped when i saw these guys ringside.
The radicalz were very talented no doubt. But they said they weren't happy in wcw at not being able to move up the card but when they came over to the wwf they were In the same position. This was a great video to watch and I hope you can do a smackdown 6 era video in future
Yeah. The Radicals had a ceiling, and couldn't break past Triple H, The Rock, Undertaker, nor even Mankind; just like they couldn't break past NWO, Goldberg, or The Four Horsemen.
Both Eddie and Chris ended up holding multiple titles (including the WWE and World Heavyweight). Dean was a multiple time lightweight champion who did as well as someone with his lack of charisma could have done in that company. Saturn's the only one who got a raw deal out of the move and a lot of that was self inflicted.
I understand why they didn't include Douglas. He had severely burned his bridges with WWE, and either WWE was adamant about not bringing him in, or they realized they would have a better chance without him. They had families to feed, so they did what they had to do.
Thanks for helping fill in the gap from the loss of the WWE network in the USA. Most of these non PPV matches are gone for the time being. Hoping Peacock fixes its UI and uploads all the classic content.
Thanks for doing these "reliving" moments... it really filled me in on a period of wrestling I had been out of the loop on (the Monday night wars). This radicalz video is around the time that I started watching again (smackdown!). Thumbs up!
To this day I still can’t believe these guys debut at the same time...As a kid I really didn’t understand how this could happen but I was so happy Eddie...I really feel this was the final blow to WCW...
People like to call "The finger poke of doom" the deciding factor in the Monday Wars and I'd probably argue that The Radicalz leaving for WWF is a bigger tilt in the Monday Wars. These guys didn't jump and create the NWO for WWF or anything close to that kind of buzz. But everyone liked Eddie and Chris and felt they should be main eventers in WCW. They left and left a huge hole in the WCW rooster plus they became main eventers eventually in WWE.
those guys were the heart and soul of the wcw mid card while that might seem like much but imagine in 2000 if Kurt Angle Rikishi X pac and Too cool suddenly showed up sitting in the front row at nitro that would be a huge blow to the wwf
Thank you so much for these videos!!! I found your channel about a month and a half ago and have since binge watched almost your entire back log. You sir have gotten an old fan back into the great sport of Wrestling. I even ordered the wwe network just in time to see it's about to be moved😭
I remember them. Hard to believe that, out of the 4 core members, only Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit became main event players 4 years after they debuted. Honestly, these 4 men are iconic in what they did/became upon arriving in WWF/E. Also, their theme song is cool.
Makes you wonder if the radicalz never left wcw would Benoit and Eddie still be alive today?That wwe road schedule really took a toll on both of them .WCW should of never went out of business and definitely they should of booked them better
@@retronerds6884 that too I really do think that wwe road schedule ruined Benoit and Eddie if you remember Eddie got released in 2002 for drugs got clean then 3 years later died Benoit we all know what happened to him I just think both guys were used to that wcw schedule and wwe was way different and it took a toll on them hell look how much flair aged between 2002-2005 that’s why in a way I can’t blame brock for leaving when he did and aj styles going to tna at the time
The Radicalz meeting the locker room was interesting - the influx of WCW talent in '99 and 2000 had the consequence of pushing former IC champions like D'Lo Brown and Val Venis further down the midcard.
@greenbay Russo doesn't get credit cause it wasn't him. Jim Cornette and Bruce Pricard vetted his ideas and by time they got to Vince they were usable. You can look at NWA TNA to see how different Russo without people to curb his idiocy is verse him with babysitters. And he still got Vince to kick Jim off booking and got around Bruce enough to kill Owen Hart. So I'll give him credit for that.
@@CornBreadtm1 You mean that idiotic superman on a tether was his idea? I hate him even more now. Owen was one of the few in WWF I liked. Besides he had his life ahead of him...
@@dodesskiy1 Yeah, they didn't even stop the show. They could have cancelled the rest of the show since one of their performers died and got out of giving refunds by saying all proceeds from the show went to the family of Owen Hart. But no. Both Vinces are garbage.
The Radicals came in the same way that Kevin Nash and Scott Hall entered WCW. I don't know if they where mocking those two but it's weird that both factions came in watching and then, later on, attempting to take over the show.
2 out of the 4 made it! Chris and Eddie. I was never a fan of Saturn, especially when he performed a shoot in the ring on on jobber Mike Bell, nearly breaking his neck. Dean Malenko could have been used much better though. He was the best technician since Bret Hart and before Kurt Angle came along. Dean Malenko is underrated. It's not a joke to say he knew literally every wrestling hold and how to execute each one to perfection.
They were basically building him back up on top after his punishment during the Curtain Call in '96/'97. Rock was getting hot in popularity.....Austin took a minor setback shaking back with the neck injury but shot back up later on in Wrestlemania X7. But HHH mainly had everything on lock when Vince reluctantly gave him the green light to date Daddy's Little Girl. 🍺
@@jarrettallen9119 I mean everything you said is true yet I'm trying to figure out what it has to do with HHH being boring. Honestly, he even kinda sucked while with Shawn Micheals in DX.
Psssh...the golden shovel, the wife, and brown nosing by HHH demonstrates how seriously he took the top spot at the time. He really buried everyone he could.
Seeing Saturn go from being part of an outstanding tag team in ECW to falling in love with a mop in the WWF is both interesting and sad to look back on. Malenko was one of the best in terms of wrestling skill, but sadly was never going to be a top star in the WWF due to his severe lack of charisma. Even at the time I thought it was kind of obvious that Benoit and Eddie were the two members of the stable that stood out the most.
It’s funny that Dean was allegedly the one who kept Shane from WWF but clearly would have benefited the most from Shane’s above average mic skills.
@@GrumpyWolfTech What they did to Perry was a disgrace.
@@zemox2534 What Perry done to himself ???!!!....or do we have to ask Terri for that...critical conditions ???!!!.....Eddie tried to help him...and hit ...the wall ???!!!
@@Thor-Orion Funny ???!!! So how was Shane to have his own storyline with Scott Steiner and neither one of Revolution guys ???!!! Not even the Champion...Chris Benoit ???!!! how ridiculous Russo was...
@@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚωνσταντίνου-θ1ψ Want to try typing that up again because it made no sense
“Will the last WCW employee please remember to turn the lights off on your way out”
😂 omg Attitude era had the best signs, dude.
Ikr. Now its all 8 yr old fortnite players. If they don't change something soon, we' ll be saying that to the wwe.
Definitely surprised when I saw them show up in WWF and never expected Eddie was gonna become WWE champion years later
May he rest in peace
Same here. It was so awesome.
Especially Chris Benoit had just won WCW champion
His initial stint was a flop although he was unjustly separated from Chyna when both have great chemistry.
@@suiken3149Latino Heat was over as hell
I remember back in 2000 hearing about The Radicalz appearing on WWF for the first time and not thinking too much of it other than noticing a pattern on WCW guys switching over to the WWF. First was Big Show, then Jericho, then The Radicalz. Looking back, The Radicalz was a very significant yet underrated acquisition.
It’s hilarious when you look back and realize how much more talented the mid card was in WCW vs WWF back then. If you’d have asked me back no way I’d have said that. Just shows presentation is everything in wrestling
Booking is very important. Impact makes star out of nobody and Vince can't even book stars
I can’t disagree
Wcw as king
That is crazy, there were so many super talented guys out in WCW, ECW, Japan, and the indies.
Smh....You can see that going back forth flipping channels. NWO drew people in but wcw had great wrestlers & some good matches.
As a rule watch all the wcw mid card then watch wwf main event.
my favorite part was Eddie Guerrero and D-Lo Brown looking at each other and saying "Nice move"
The Radicalz/DX Vs. The Rock/Cactus Jack/Rikishi/Too Cool Raw Main Event is severely one of the most underrated matches ever! That crowd was mad crazy hott and that match was truly exciting!!
Agreed. This is when SCSA was shaking back from his neck injury(car incident per kayfabe)🍺
Hell yeah, Scotty 2 Hotty and Grand Master Sexay were even cheered like mega stars. Even during Rikishi’s interview he said he couldn’t believe the crowd was popping everytime any of them did moves. He meant no disrespect though.
Thank you for not being afraid to talk about Benoit.... I get why some might be, but he was an amazing wrestler and it would be tragic if his work were erased from the history books altogether. 🙏🏻
One of the greatest ever. His accomplishments in the ring were next level. But Benoit the wrestler will always live in the shadow of Benoit the murderer.
Not as tragic as the end of his life. Rot in hell Chris.
@@SharkAlien66agreed. RIP 🪦 Chris, Nancy, and Daniel 😞
Wow you're so strong @@SharkAlien66
Shame this group didn't last longer. A lot of talented athletes in that faction.
eddie was the only one who could talk on the microphone. work rate is overrated if you cannot convince people to watch your matches.
They were not meant to be a group. They should have been wrestling each other in a good promotion not WWF in 99. Tag teaming here and there maybe. Talking on the mic is what anyone can do, even William. He can use hell ya! Stick 2 middle fingers out, crush beer cans. Try chain wrestling where it looks almost real, and excites thousands. A bit harder to do. If 80% can't enjoy it, it's the overall drop of quality in the U.S. promotions and lot's of clowning instead. Much easier to do. No one needed to be talked into watching those 4 in better promotions... What WWF did to them those first days was just dumb though.
i agree
@@pwx13that’s why AEW sucks
Just Imagine if Chris Benoit won the WWF title from Triple H on that smackdown
That would have NEVER happened, Benoit was nowhere near over.
He made him tap again legitimately in ‘04…
Crazy that later on Eddie and Benoit would become World Champions in the same year 4 years later in 2004. Dean Malenko put on some underrated matches in WCW. Perry was reduced to moppy after a solid run with the radicalz. Their run was so short but was good in the time all 4 men were together.
Prayers for road dogg right now
That really caught me off guard, I found out about it from Dennis knight's Instagram page
Damn that shocking. I think steroids and drug use had effect on his heart like earlier wrestler's. Even scott Steiner had a heart problem last year
Dogg and Billy Gunn aren't true for the Radicalz.
Yea I heard he had a heart attack i hope he's ok 🙏
@@paulcowlishaw he got fortnite addiction
Its sad out of The Radicals only Deam Malenko And Perry Saturn remain REST IN PEACE Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit
I don't think benoit can rest in peace
Saturn close by.
@@voicelessjackson6736 here we go again...
@@marcbousaleh here we go what? Reminding everyone he strangled his wife and suffocated his kid. Pity he didnt turn himself in so he could've rotted in prison.
I don't care what anybody else think Chris Benoit didn't kill his family or himself they were murder by someone else
And i give Eddie and Benoit credit for that for their achievement after that.
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They were both, always amazingly skilled technical wrestlers.
@@thomasanthony5306 and it work so well
Perry Saturn could have been a bigger mid card guy but he messed that up.
@@lordbaylish3187 let us forget Moppy.
Love the background music during the Shane Douglas portion of the video. Really gave a twist to how it all went down between the falling out with Douglas and the Radicalz transitioning from WCW to WWF
the Radicalz had a badass theme song
I remember this like it was yesterday. I couldnt believe my eyes seeing Eddie and Benoit in Smackdown. Though i hated what Vince decied to do with Perry Saturns gimmick of the mop.
Totally agree
He got punished for legitimately shooting on mike bell so Vince made him do the moppy gimmick. Video is on RUclips. Perry is a ex army ranger and was shot 6 times while he was homeless.
Bro I loved moppy.
Yea that moppy gimmick ruined perry saturn
What do he mean about WCW pay check??
Dean Melenko for me, is the most underrated wrestler ever.
His personality is underrated
@TheLocalFuzz dean was WAY before his time. He was phenomenal in the ring and was one of my favorites back when I was a kid.
Dean Melenko is one of my all time top favorite wrestlers. I don't speak of great wrestlers without mentioning Dean Malenko.
If he was around nowadays he'd do a lot better but having the mic skills worse then a brick wall murdered his chances back then in America
@@bashamd96 I agree but I think it’s best that he was a wrestler back then because wwe or aew would probably never use him properly.
It's a good thing they had a good theme, because you heard it about 3 times per episode back then.
Imagine calling the hiring manager to say "hey, it's K-Dog."
Perry Saturn was just as good a worker as the other 3 tbh. His work was just overlooked by his whacky gimmicks. WAtch his matches. The guy was incredible with suplexes and working mostly clean matches (well cept for one incident that most of us know about).
Honestly I wasn't that big of a fan till I saw his ECW matches, dude was athletic as hell
It pretty stupid they punished him so hard for the Bell incident he didn't even really do much other than best him up a little its nothing in comparison to what the Acolytes did to public enemy and they were celebrated
i’ll never get over the fact that konnan blew his change with prichard cuz he just had to be a mark for his nickname 😂
@BMISS genetics how could they not know who he was, he was in WWE before, he was gonna be max moon
Yo yo yo this is K Dog
@@smeqwack7337 he was max moon
Fink knew.
Somehow that's funny to me.
@@yelnaw fink is down with the k dawg
One of the most underrated stables in the history of professional wrestling
Its just a shame they turned out to be dx's bitches wen they 1st came in
The 3 biggest shots in the arm for WWE during the wars was when HHH/DX introduced Xpac right after being 6Pac for NWO, then the Giant/Big Show came in and then the Radicals.
The Dudley Boyz was huge too, so was Taz, I remember all those debuts, it was top shelf wrestling world movements.
Y2J debut was HUGE.
Y2j and big show were big debut
Big Boss Man/Ray Traylor made a return to the WWF in 1998 after 5 years in being in WCW.
Konnan should've said "it's the old Max Moon, not the other guy."
Max Moon V1
Sad story about all four of these guys, they were four of the all-time greats in professional wrestling
when they appeard in the crowd i screamed yes and jumped on my couch
Benoit was such a dangerous heel when he arrived. I was babbing my 9 year old pants at Fully Loaded 2000
Looking back I kinda feel sorry for Saturn: Malenko was on his way out and retired the next year, Eddie & Benoit became intercontinental, tag team and World Champions
Saturn was basically a comedy act
Saturn was punished after taking liberties with a jobber.
That’s the reason for the comedy act, nothing else.
You should watch the match that led to him being a comedy act.
I’m well aware of the Mike Bell incident, just feel like it was a bit of an overreaction on their part (WWE). And from what I understand from the situation it was bell’s fault to begin with not Saturn, did he have a right to be mad? I’d say so.. but obviously management didn’t see it that way.
Plus Eddie had substance issues to start with before he got clean and got his main event push, so it would have been nice to see Saturn given that same second chance as he actually comes across as a nice guy, and even got shot saving a woman from getting raped.
@@planescaped uh, how many people with drug problems, before and since, have the hired and pushed?
Just like they didn't want to induct Chyna into the Hall of Fame because of her adult videos, yet kept around the man who made the video with her. And, ya know, pushed her to and exploited publicity from her appearance in Playboy.
Do you know why he had/has a drug problem? He was helping a woman who was being assaulted and almost died because of it. He was disowned and abandoned by his friends and WWE. He wound up being homeless for years.
Yet, and this is key, they've happily employed and pushed countless people with substance abuse issues and addiction, before and after his stint with WWE.
The WWE only cares about those things when it's convenient for them, and suddenly forget those things when it's a performer they favor.
@@planescaped that drug problem reason is absolutely bullsh!t. Top stars were doing and od on it. Shawn,steve,randy, warrior,hogan everyone did it. And he got drug problem cause of saving a girl which didn't happened until he was released learn facts
Chris Benoit didn’t debut with the WCW championship, but he certainly did debut with that shirt.
At least it kinda looked cool with Saturn.
To be fair, Chris did pull it off.
I like to imagine that Perry Saturn went to a clothing store and just asked for the loudest outfit they could find.
You're a gentleman and a scholar, I clear my schedule every time you drop a new video.
Perry Saturn is the least celebrated member of the Radicalz but he was no slouch in the ring, far from it. He was a great athlete too.
Freak athlete. Definitely carried the Eliminators.
I always give him a lot of credit for getting a few good matches out of Goldberg
He was good in ECW, great in WCW, and deserved a lot better in WWE. The Mike Bell incident is what really killed him, though.
@@fergalstackstreams You're describing all 4 of them with that. WWF was junk by the time they came that's all.
Dean Malenko was that dude. Loved watching him wrestle
I wish your channel will cover the 50's and 60's, someday: the Gallagher brothers, Edouard Carpentier, Angelo Poffo, Rikidozan, Lou Thesz, the Talos bros., Verne Gagne and so many more...
The 50s star lou thesz. Wrestling first golden age
When you abbreviate a date the apostrophe goes before the number; not after it. So it’s ‘50s and not 50’s
@@dixienormus6941 Both are correct. When you present an alphanumeric collection outside of its literal use, you use an apostrophe. It's the difference between the u's and us. The apostrophe delineates wrestlers that competed in the 1950s from fifty wrestlers.
@@pigs18 50's is not correct. '50s wrestlers are wrestlers from the 1950s. 50's wrestlers are wrestlers who belong to 50.
this is my favorite youtube channel. long vids that are super informative.
Those 4 were some of my favorite wCw wrestlers, when I saw them on WWF I lost my fuckin' marbles! Especially Benoit as I was well aware he was the wCw world champion then.
Douglas manages to get heat with everybody he worked with and he blames everyone but himself and clearly there is one common denominator in these interactions
Yeah I tend to agree. We weren’t there for everything with the calls to WWE but I don’t know if I can really buy Shane’s victim claim on this especially since he tends to not take accountable for very much
Exactly Shane blames everyone but himself but at end of the day he has to take responsibility for things that didn't go right
Never been a fan. He was always too bitter. It gets old after a while.
Yeh .. it’s not like Shane Douglas never got his opportunities in wwe ... pity all his gimmicks there sucked ! Dean Douglas wormer anyone !?
Shane Douglas is like Jeff Jarrett and Buff Bagwell , a solid mid-card talented believed his own hype.
Billy Kidman should of just told Vince, me and my girlfriend Torrie Wilson wants to jump ship, Vince would of hired him on the spot.
As a man who really appreciates music and further more music in wrestling.. amazing intros dude!!
WrestlingBios quick with the uploads! Very well researched videos too! How this guy sleep? Lol
Unreal that Eddy told him to pin him. It actually improved the atmosphere in the Benoit match for me
Every Sunday for the past 3yrs or so I been watch late 90s early 2000s Wresting on RUclips. This channel and a few others have been very consistent
This group had so much damn potential to be great..... Very underrated faction because all of these guys can go.
incredible video as always. made me tear up a bit too. these are some of the best in the business we are talkin bout here. i popped when i saw these guys ringside.
Do a video on jim cornette
Please do that for me please
Yes please
Yes! Cornette video! Please!
I miss when Saturn could do power and high flying in ECW with Kronus.
He carried Kronus.
Bruce Prichard: "I don't know who you are, can you send me some tapes?"
Konnan : Yo, I was the first Max Moon, man! You got WrestleFest '93?!
This was what made me Switch back to WWE for the first time since maybe when Hogan left.
I love that group one of the best group of all time see the WWE back then wasted awesome talent to
They waste great talent now as well
I didn't know Guerrero injured himself and that was the reason they lost, damn
Oh his "cheating death stealing life" DVD he talked about it and you could see his elbow pop out
The radicalz were very talented no doubt. But they said they weren't happy in wcw at not being able to move up the card but when they came over to the wwf they were In the same position. This was a great video to watch and I hope you can do a smackdown 6 era video in future
Yeah.
The Radicals had a ceiling, and couldn't break past Triple H, The Rock, Undertaker, nor even Mankind;
just like they couldn't break past NWO, Goldberg, or The Four Horsemen.
Both Eddie and Chris ended up holding multiple titles (including the WWE and World Heavyweight). Dean was a multiple time lightweight champion who did as well as someone with his lack of charisma could have done in that company. Saturn's the only one who got a raw deal out of the move and a lot of that was self inflicted.
@@tmage23 perry saturn was still european champion and a great talent
It just show back then the main eventers was for the giants.
Took longer then i'm sure they hoped. But Benoit and Guerrero eventually rosed to the top of the card
There's something subtle about them just sitting in the audience, no grand entrance just 4 badasses sitting there
People really slept on how good Perry Saturn was.
I know i did i slept how on good malenko was too.
Not in ECW he was super over here
I had completely forgotten the name Radicalz, but these four were always linked together in my head because of this stable
"What's up its K-DOG?!" ......... *Hangs up
I understand why they didn't include Douglas. He had severely burned his bridges with WWE, and either WWE was adamant about not bringing him in, or they realized they would have a better chance without him. They had families to feed, so they did what they had to do.
What an excellent video! So well-researched and informative. I love this series!
I still remember there debut. Look how big and chiseled Perry Saturn was.
Thanks for helping fill in the gap from the loss of the WWE network in the USA. Most of these non PPV matches are gone for the time being. Hoping Peacock fixes its UI and uploads all the classic content.
Dude SO pissed.
24:40 anyone notice Chris Benoit no sold cactus Jack's attempt to break the pin up lol.
Probably wasn’t supposed to break the pin up 😂
😂🍺
LOL and Hebner never stops counting.
Thanks for doing these "reliving" moments... it really filled me in on a period of wrestling I had been out of the loop on (the Monday night wars). This radicalz video is around the time that I started watching again (smackdown!). Thumbs up!
Truly sucks how the two that ended up becoming World Champions from this faction are no longer alive.
To this day I still can’t believe these guys debut at the same time...As a kid I really didn’t understand how this could happen but I was so happy Eddie...I really feel this was the final blow to WCW...
Rip eddie guerrero u are missed
People like to call "The finger poke of doom" the deciding factor in the Monday Wars and I'd probably argue that The Radicalz leaving for WWF is a bigger tilt in the Monday Wars. These guys didn't jump and create the NWO for WWF or anything close to that kind of buzz. But everyone liked Eddie and Chris and felt they should be main eventers in WCW. They left and left a huge hole in the WCW rooster plus they became main eventers eventually in WWE.
those guys were the heart and soul of the wcw mid card while that might seem like much but imagine in 2000 if Kurt Angle Rikishi X pac and Too cool suddenly showed up sitting in the front row at nitro that would be a huge blow to the wwf
@@ryankeefe6222 I agree. And they only enriched the already stacked WWF midcard. Latino Heat IMO was the forerunner.
Their arrival in the WWF spelt the end of WCW
Perfectly timed as always thanks
Asking Konan to send tape and pictures.... 👍🏻
🤣🤣🤣 90s top attraction
He should have sent them pics and tapes of himself in the WWF from his short stint as the comet kid
@@punishedgondola1814 🤣🤣🤣. I think he should have just said I'm mexican hulk hogan baby
They asked "K-dawg" to send tapes and pictures
I liked the idea of they couldn't beat them. Join them. Also if we're heading towards single videos, Moppy needs a video all to herself
Thank you so much for these videos!!! I found your channel about a month and a half ago and have since binge watched almost your entire back log. You sir have gotten an old fan back into the great sport of Wrestling. I even ordered the wwe network just in time to see it's about to be moved😭
Chris Benoits wrestling career should never be forgotten
Him and dean Malenko were 2 of the best technical wrestlers I have ever seen,
Damn I miss Eddie and Chris
They had some awesome matches in wcw
I remember that night. I was hyped when the Radicalz showed up on Raw.
I remember them.
Hard to believe that, out of the 4 core members, only Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit became main event players 4 years after they debuted.
Honestly, these 4 men are iconic in what they did/became upon arriving in WWF/E.
Also, their theme song is cool.
Makes you wonder if the radicalz never left wcw would Benoit and Eddie still be alive today?That wwe road schedule really took a toll on both of them .WCW should of never went out of business and definitely they should of booked them better
WCW had a hogan and bischoff problem
@@retronerds6884 that too I really do think that wwe road schedule ruined Benoit and Eddie if you remember Eddie got released in 2002 for drugs got clean then 3 years later died Benoit we all know what happened to him I just think both guys were used to that wcw schedule and wwe was way different and it took a toll on them hell look how much flair aged between 2002-2005 that’s why in a way I can’t blame brock for leaving when he did and aj styles going to tna at the time
@@Nicksuavemusic 🤨
The road schedule didn't make Benoit kill himself and his family.
@@fergalstackstreams all those days on the road the concussions etc all played a role
It’s unfortunate Shane Douglas couldn’t have been a part of this group cause him as their mouthpiece would have been fire
Didn’t HBK and HHH already keep him down on one of his runs in wwe
@@CrZY_DnKS yes kliq buried him in 95 but triple h wasn't there
It’s a shame WWF had already stole his Franchise gimmick wholesale and gave it to the boss’ son in law.
Thank U for Doin This! Luved them coming to WWF
I loved the storyline in which this angle was done, remember how eddies hand was injured. Creativity at its very best.
He dislocated his elbow on the 1st frog splash he done in wwf
Lol you’re totally wrong
@@CrZY_DnKS sorry 2nd frogsplash
@@CrZY_DnKS and ur totally wrong about his hand being injured
@@bradleydolphin1049 I didn’t say hand and I was speaking to the person before you. Relax bud
The Radicalz meeting the locker room was interesting - the influx of WCW talent in '99 and 2000 had the consequence of pushing former IC champions like D'Lo Brown and Val Venis further down the midcard.
For Perry Saturn to be the least known out of the four, gotta admit we all got pissed watching him walk around with the mop with a face on it
1 minute into the video: "WCW tried to fix things by bringing in Vince Russo"
*Insert J. Jonah Jameson laugh*
I mean he is responsible for the attitude era and resurging the WWF at that time
@greenbay Russo doesn't get credit cause it wasn't him. Jim Cornette and Bruce Pricard vetted his ideas and by time they got to Vince they were usable. You can look at NWA TNA to see how different Russo without people to curb his idiocy is verse him with babysitters.
And he still got Vince to kick Jim off booking and got around Bruce enough to kill Owen Hart. So I'll give him credit for that.
@@CornBreadtm1 You mean that idiotic superman on a tether was his idea? I hate him even more now. Owen was one of the few in WWF I liked. Besides he had his life ahead of him...
@@dodesskiy1 Yeah, they didn't even stop the show. They could have cancelled the rest of the show since one of their performers died and got out of giving refunds by saying all proceeds from the show went to the family of Owen Hart.
But no. Both Vinces are garbage.
@Brad Russo needs a filter, otherwise his stupid ideas leak through
What a team! Sad that everything went like that. Great video! Special mention to Mick Foley breaking the final count but nobody gives any sh*t
Does anyone else see a thumbnail for this channel and say to themselves "This intro is going to be amazing"?
The Radicals came in the same way that Kevin Nash and Scott Hall entered WCW. I don't know if they where mocking those two but it's weird that both factions came in watching and then, later on, attempting to take over the show.
But it was more rushed
From my knowledge no one from The Radicalz ever refuted Shane's claims. Maybe because no one has ever asked them about it.
Letting these guys go instead of ever pushing them up the card. Just proves Bichoff had no idea what he was doing
2 out of the 4 made it! Chris and Eddie. I was never a fan of Saturn, especially when he performed a shoot in the ring on on jobber Mike Bell, nearly breaking his neck. Dean Malenko could have been used much better though. He was the best technician since Bret Hart and before Kurt Angle came along. Dean Malenko is underrated. It's not a joke to say he knew literally every wrestling hold and how to execute each one to perfection.
Best entrance theme of all time imo
Better than Ultimate Warrior's?
Better than Goldust's?
Better than the Brood's?
*@Wrestling Bios*
Hello, I saw your video of Seven last night, I enjoyed your breakdown of the character, you've got a new subscriber!
I kept forgetting to see if you had already done a video about them!
OMG, this video just brought flashbacks regarding HHH and how boring he was during this time period.
They were basically building him back up on top after his punishment during the Curtain Call in '96/'97. Rock was getting hot in popularity.....Austin took a minor setback shaking back with the neck injury but shot back up later on in Wrestlemania X7. But HHH mainly had everything on lock when Vince reluctantly gave him the green light to date Daddy's Little Girl. 🍺
@@jarrettallen9119 I mean everything you said is true yet I'm trying to figure out what it has to do with HHH being boring. Honestly, he even kinda sucked while with Shawn Micheals in DX.
Another fantastic video, as usual
I remember being at this show. Love this channel always great content!
I can't even put in words how excited I was to see Chris and Eddie in the WWF in this storyline. RIP.
Crazy to think two of the Radical members are dead.
the physique, ring work and mic work by HHH demonstrates how seriously he took the top spot at that time. He really was the top guy
Despite the fact that I’m not a big Triple H fan I’ll say this pre quad tear 2000 Triple H was probably one of the best wrestlers in the entire world
Psssh...the golden shovel, the wife, and brown nosing by HHH demonstrates how seriously he took the top spot at the time. He really buried everyone he could.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 had to work to get there. The body and the skills don’t come with Steph... as is obvious
Yeah but in that ring the most talented were the radicals over dx
@@nickspears6862 oh, certainly.
I get so hyped up everytime the rock music starts your videos.
Thank you for the information of these guys under rated.
You got these legends Eddie, beniot, one of the 4 horseman Dean. And all you see is this outrageous outfit of perry saturn.
Hands down Dean, Eddie, Saturn, and Benoit are some of the greatest workers I've ever seen, love their matches👍🏼