Watching Farooq cosplaying as Megaman, it's amazing to think he was part of one of WCW's most dominant tag teams, as well as the WCW World Champion just a few years prior.
When I was a chubby 21 year old at work, we used black spray paint to paint brackets, so, I started painting NWO on everything. I was young and stupid then, and I'm old and stupid now.
Im starting to think that maybe Farooq is a pathetic sub zero ripoff. Did he debut after glacier promos? if so might have been trying to spoil/steal their character idea. Sorry Im catching up
The Meng Manliness Meter needs to be a thing IRL. Arn Anderson eating an Arby's Beef n' Cheddar while smoking a Marlboro and drinking a pull top can of beer also needs to be on that scale right next to Meng.
Imagine, Razor Ramon talking to Meng: Hey Meng, meng. I am the meng around here, meng. Trust me chico, if you think you're Meng, you've gotta beat the real meng, meng.
When my grandson told me that wrestling bios just uploaded another video, I had to run up two flights of steps to get to my phone, I'm 53 years old, I shouldn't be able to run that fast anymore lol
Problem was they had been setting up the Glacier angle before the Outsiders fell into their lap. The two presentations were somewhat incongruent and Glacier had to be put to the side.
Bischoff's explanation for the Glacier character is hilarious. He wanted to create characters that could be licenced to be used in videogames.. by stealing famed videogame characters.
I've been waiting for this. Me and a friend were debating when Glacier actually debuted. He said Nitro and I thought WCW Saturday night but we are both wrong. Wrestling Bios does it once again. Thanks for the great videos.
Fun fact, this whole Razor/Diesel storyline ended up leading to WCW management giving Hall and Nash a massive pay increase since they were worked into believing that they really were going to jump and Hall and Nash purposefully didn't confirm nor deny anything going on.
@@tomr3422 fun fact you are wrong. Ted did not wanna sell Wcw. When shown how much money he was burning up he said that's it I lose more on baseball. The time warner deal is what killed wcw.
@@tomr3422 you should probably watch a documentary on wcw not made by the WWE. Ted turner wanted to keep wcw running. He said if he knew the time warner deal was gonna kill wcw he would have never done it. You can bring up selling other parts of the company and keeping others. I am aware how it works but that's not what happened here
When I was watching this as a kid I didn’t realise how awesome and imperative Savio Vega was, I’m such a mark for him now. For me that point should have gone to the Mega Man vs Vega match
Thank you so much for this one. This was the last Monday of wrestling I watched, before leaving for the Army. Back in 96. I wouldn't see another wrestling match till the Screw job. This is amazing.
My god. What the hell was going on with the WWF at that time? Were most of their main, star, wrestlers out with injuries, or on vacation that night? I can't help but notice that it was "Enhancement Talent" night on RAW that night.
When I consider that Jim Cornette was head of WWF creative as this was being booked, it really hurts his credibility now when he lambasts everybody's else's booking decisions.
Apart from sunny and candido.. Vincent buried everyone who came in from smokey mountain wrestling.. I didn't know that... cheers big man another cracking watch
Farooq the modern day gladiator 🤣🤣 respect to ron simons for being that legitimately tough to not be laughed out the locker room for wearing that tin foil helmet
I wasn't even alive when Crow Sting made his first appearance, so it will be interesting to see it through new eyes. However, I do already know the "conclusion" of the original Sting vs nWo storyline at Starrcade '97, and that is not something I am all too excited about.
Supreme RUclips wrestling channel. Been watching since day 1 and your quality and commitment to something you clearly enjoy and enjoyed as a kid as we all did who are here, makes this channel a true Heavyweight Champion of the World.
It's amazing the WWF had any viewers at this point. The storylines we... nonexistent and there were like 4 legit wrestlers. Also amazing, how quickly they turn it around.
The fact is, a company doesn't need a good product to have fans/viwers/enthusiasts/customers. Both WCW & WWF proved that by having millions watch at there worst times.
I love the bits ribbing Mongo McMichael for his interesting wrestling ability, but really sad to hear of his fight with ALS that sounds like it's getting rough really quickly. In a strange way, this series and the attention it's paying to him are a nice way to remember him since he's not likely got a lot of time left. Good luck, Mongo!
I am Canadian, and we had a 1 hour version of Nitro the following Saturday afternoon. Believe it or not, they actually EDITED OUT the Sting "Heel turn", so in the final 30 minutes, we heard the announcers mourning and talking about it... Then during the closing credits, they actually show the replay of it! Whoever was in charge of editing should have been FIRED! LOL
Man,you gotta make Reliving The War twice a week. It's really hard waiting for the next episode. Blame my shortened attention span but I'd love me a lot more Reliving The War each week.😎😎
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Correction - Nitro was held in Columbus, GA.
I need Tony and Larry to tell me these things :(
Dang that Larry!
This unopposed point system sucks. Raw shouldn't be rewarded for doing nothing.
@@ohkay2360 none of it matters
Glacier so good, doesn't have to wrestle.
Georgia has a Columbus as well? 😅
The best part of every thursday
Indeed
Agreed fully brother
Yes!!
Friday in Oceania
Yes sirrr
Watching Farooq cosplaying as Megaman, it's amazing to think he was part of one of WCW's most dominant tag teams, as well as the WCW World Champion just a few years prior.
Vince had a hard on for burying WCW guys.
Would love to hear corny in that stupid blue simmons outfit.
@@RichSmithson Simmons would eventually get some push the following year.
you’d wear the helmet though for sure
TBF I could see Vince really think that this gimmick would be a big hit.
Happy 1 year Anniversary Reliving the War
Best feeling in the world when I forget it’s Thursday and come home to Reliving the War when I get off of work...just beautiful
How many years ago?
Seriously, WWE or AEW need to get this guy to do their intros, That reliving the war intro is SOOOO good, gets me pumped every time
Be honest, how many times do you listen to it before you actually watch? I think I do about 4-5 times before I get into it, its just sooo good.
The intro is so good and last week wrestling bios got Jim Cornette for the intro was just awesome last week
I cud listen to him on commentary forever 😂
Agreed! Reminds me of the intro song to TUF (The ultimate fighter). Always gets me in the mood for some face pounding action.
@@ozzv1594 oh god no definitely no
Nothing happens on Thursdays until this comes on!
MC! True Long Island Story Podcast bro
When I was a chubby 21 year old at work, we used black spray paint to paint brackets, so, I started painting NWO on everything. I was young and stupid then, and I'm old and stupid now.
Two sweet
@@TruckerJenkins82 "proper dirty commie he was" 😂
I don’t think a “commie” would believe in the nwo conspiracy.
I don't see anything stupid about that
I like how Mega Man teams up with Guts Man Bradshaw years after this.
That comment won the internet
This a low brow comment?
Always Poundin Ass, brother
I legit laughed out loud
After he defeats guts man, then it's off to cut man, brutus beefcake
I'll say this, Glacier's outfit is better than Faarooq's.
Sub-Zero cosplay vs. Mega Man cosplay.
35K vs. 235 Dollars
Ring work isn't though
Im starting to think that maybe Farooq is a pathetic sub zero ripoff.
Did he debut after glacier promos? if so might have been trying to spoil/steal their character idea.
Sorry Im catching up
The Red Rooster’s outfit is better than Farooq’s
The Meng Manliness Meter needs to be a thing IRL. Arn Anderson eating an Arby's Beef n' Cheddar while smoking a Marlboro and drinking a pull top can of beer also needs to be on that scale right next to Meng.
Only if Steve Williams melting calluses off of his own feet with a red hot hunting knife is like the middle of our scale.
Imagine, Razor Ramon talking to Meng: Hey Meng, meng. I am the meng around here, meng. Trust me chico, if you think you're Meng, you've gotta beat the real meng, meng.
@@pjdolont9012 he needs to be wearing a hawaiian shirt at the time, but yes.
Apparently Glacier had a lot of locker room..... HEAT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
GET OUT. LMAO
When my grandson told me that wrestling bios just uploaded another video, I had to run up two flights of steps to get to my phone, I'm 53 years old, I shouldn't be able to run that fast anymore lol
53 is the new 43
I'm ready for a "Farooq Chin Lock of Doom" soundbite.
I think I would have turned over to raw...
I instantly regret this decision 🤣🤣
This is so true.
@@WrestlingBios we’d understand if you want to take back that unopposed hour point.
This is a real history class. Breakdown of Monday Night Wars on Thursdays with Wrestling Bios
Yes, this is actually a resource that a historian could use as research because of the meticulous detail
Not even Vince Russo could've thought of such a swerve regarding Glacier's debut on WCW Pro.
Problem was they had been setting up the Glacier angle before the Outsiders fell into their lap. The two presentations were somewhat incongruent and Glacier had to be put to the side.
I already know in my mind that I'll be watching all these again one day.
Bischoff's explanation for the Glacier character is hilarious. He wanted to create characters that could be licenced to be used in videogames.. by stealing famed videogame characters.
I've been waiting for this. Me and a friend were debating when Glacier actually debuted. He said Nitro and I thought WCW Saturday night but we are both wrong. Wrestling Bios does it once again. Thanks for the great videos.
Raw in 1996 is better than in the 2021 what a shame
WCW in 2000 and 2001 is better then raw in 2021
I never knew that Pat Tanaka was the first one to have Goldberg's theme music.
This is such a great job from wrestling bios. I love being turned back into a kid being 15 again watching this
That RAW was painful. Feels like WWF wasn’t even trying on that episode
Undertaker vs Salvatore Sincere in the main event , seems more like a Superstars TV show
I was here. I witnessed the start of the Mega Man Faarooq Chinlock.
Fun fact, this whole Razor/Diesel storyline ended up leading to WCW management giving Hall and Nash a massive pay increase since they were worked into believing that they really were going to jump and Hall and Nash purposefully didn't confirm nor deny anything going on.
Pretty smart on their part
@@tomr3422 fun fact you are wrong. Ted did not wanna sell Wcw. When shown how much money he was burning up he said that's it I lose more on baseball. The time warner deal is what killed wcw.
@@tomr3422 you should probably watch a documentary on wcw not made by the WWE. Ted turner wanted to keep wcw running. He said if he knew the time warner deal was gonna kill wcw he would have never done it. You can bring up selling other parts of the company and keeping others. I am aware how it works but that's not what happened here
Thursday’s used to be one of my favorite days of the week for Smackdown, and now it’s for Reliving the War. Such a wonderful feeling.
damn it’s gonna hurt when this series inevitably finishes 😔
But then we can get the real Monday night War, tna impact vs raw. Now that one was too close to call, it could've went either way
@@rickisgrate 😂😂
Still isn't done
@@CCking.9021O yeah idiot it’s not gonna be done till wcw goes out of business in 2001
Welcome to Thursday Afternoon Reliving the War. Thank you once again for this trip down memory lane!
Every Friday morn I wake up and this is top of my recommended videos 😊 and I watch with a brew. Cheers mate.
That was a helluva table bump by barbarian. Ouch
I actually laughed out loud every single time you said "Mega Man"
Salvatore Sincere had the all-time greatest tombstone sell.
That’s no ordinary chin lock.... that’s the ol gladiator chin strap!!!!!! Mega man’s biggest power up!!!!!!!
Every week I somehow forget that it's Thursday until I get this notification. And I get genuinely excited when I see it.
Same with Tuesdays and Fridays with me for That Chapter videos haha
I nearly pissed my pants when you told Glacier to buy a heater. Bravo.
We are close to Sting declaring that he is a free agent and the first time we see Sting in his Crow gear on October 22, get ready for that.
And Bischoff joining the NWO on November 18th
@ Brendon Sprinkle
YES!!! This is when he stopped speaking, what a time 2 be alive!!! I Was only 6 and remember how REAL it ALL seemed!!!
I wish Nitro had ended with Stink attaking Luger.
That RAW IS WAR intro is always gonna get me hype! 🔥😤🔥
Those two Metallica fans in the front row (9:48) are probably gonna be pretty disappointed when they get ahold of that new Load album.
Free Parking, and they still have Hell --- I mean, St. Anger --- to look forward to!
@@UdoShan By the time they get to “Invisible Kid” on that album they’re gonna be questioning their life decisions
Load came out in June of 1996 they were already disappointed.
@@marmcd2003
Well they can be even more disappointed with St Anger
Did he just call him Mega-Man? *DAMN!* 🤣
I really hope you actually get to finish this series all the way to the end of the war it's always something to enjoy on a Thursday
When I was watching this as a kid I didn’t realise how awesome and imperative Savio Vega was, I’m such a mark for him now. For me that point should have gone to the Mega Man vs Vega match
i agree . Savio was good . I was a fan of his in Puerto Rico as TNT before hand so i already liked him . But yeah he was always solid af
Pulled out the thesaurus for this one, I see 😅
Mega Man vs Vega Man
@@Sougamwthmana YES YES YES!! 👆☝️
@@gst013 whats a dinosaur got to do with my comment ! LOL . i kid . you got me . heh heh
Meng’s Manly Meter! 🤣 I love it! Needs to a weekly addition to the show!
I always lose track of what day it is, but I ALWAYS know when it's Thursday. I love this series.
I remember Okerlund actually calling Vincent "Virgil" once before he corrected himself.
These episodes are fuckin awesome. Brings back the golden era.
Thank you so much for this one. This was the last Monday of wrestling I watched, before leaving for the Army. Back in 96. I wouldn't see another wrestling match till the Screw job. This is amazing.
Its brutal but funny at the same time how the King was always ripping into Jack back in the day lol.
Jack the Snack
My god. What the hell was going on with the WWF at that time? Were most of their main, star, wrestlers out with injuries, or on vacation that night? I can't help but notice that it was "Enhancement Talent" night on RAW that night.
Idk if you get enough credit for the mashups and reworked themes, but you should. Fantastic 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
No Davey Boy Smith this week, so thanks to Farooq for picking up the slack with those chinlocks!
The funny part is I get paid every Thursday but reliving the war is the highlight of every Thursday since I found this channel
its Thursday, you know what that means 😎 reliving the war, the best series on all of youtube
You have Ron Simmons, Barry Windham, Tony Anthony, and Tracy Smothers...all that talent...and WWF gave them stupid gimmicks and just wasted them.
Raw's ratings were in the toilet as a result of that.
The Only Reason Why Undertaker Was Successful Was Because Of Mark Calaway's Willingness To Bring Undertaker To Life
When I consider that Jim Cornette was head of WWF creative as this was being booked, it really hurts his credibility now when he lambasts everybody's else's booking decisions.
Apart from sunny and candido.. Vincent buried everyone who came in from smokey mountain wrestling.. I didn't know that... cheers big man another cracking watch
Farooq the modern day gladiator 🤣🤣 respect to ron simons for being that legitimately tough to not be laughed out the locker room for wearing that tin foil helmet
Does anyone else think Split Screen actually does sounds like a tag team name from the 90s? 😂
@@tomr3422 i can see Vince saying “it’s split screen appearing on the split screen”
Good lord. your disbelief over Konan being in the Dungeon of Doom followed by a swift "whatever" - fantastic. Love you, mate.
Salvatore Sincere's Russian Leg Sweep/Float over pin combo was slick.
I love how Raw's only "point" came when they weren't even on the air. LOL
Can’t wait for Crow Sting to arrive, we’re on the road to it soon!
I wasn't even alive when Crow Sting made his first appearance, so it will be interesting to see it through new eyes. However, I do already know the "conclusion" of the original Sting vs nWo storyline at Starrcade '97, and that is not something I am all too excited about.
@@dawsonbosco8217
Even worse when Sting joinz the wusspack. 😂
Love the Megaman reference. 😅
Reliving the war is the 2021 equivalent of NBC’s Must See TV Thursday night lineup.
Yay Thursday is finally complete
Sincere actully sold Takers moves GREAT. Also, Taker got hella air on that clothes line and choke slam
this has been great to listen to while I work, I can't believe I caught up!
Supreme RUclips wrestling channel. Been watching since day 1 and your quality and commitment to something you clearly enjoy and enjoyed as a kid as we all did who are here, makes this channel a true Heavyweight Champion of the World.
I appreciate the time you put into these vids. They are just great strolls down memory lane for the best time in wrestling.
Most epic chokeslam I've ever seen. Looked personal
this channel has primo content. i seriously look forward to reliving the war. its the best part of my week
I am genuinely looking forward to next weeks reliving the war, more than I normally look forward to the show.
This series has really grown on me 🤙🏼
Dude I love these shows so much I've watched all of the episodes no lie 3 times that's 480 episodes
After Bulldog, the decision to ultimately have to include a Megaman Chinlock soundbyte too won me over. You win. Subscribed.
John Tenta would later move to New Jersey to live next door to a group of talking fast food items.
Favorite thing to watch on Thursday
Thank you for these videos man its so good to enjoy wrestling again in these dark times
I love how more of your personality and sense of humor comes through with each episode.
I 💘 Reliving the war it takes me back to the good old days when wrestling was still Awesome thank u Wrestling Bios
Best wrestling channel on youtube hands down. Right beside wrestling with regret with Brian zane
This is by far far the best show on RUclips
Great channel, thanks for keeping me entertained during these mad times!
What I always loved about Meng’s matches is when he just mauls his opponents with his clubbing blows and kicks definitely a real badass 👍🏽🤘🏽
love the Glacier content
Man the amount of work and time you put into these is incredible.
Bios truly makes our Thursday AWESOME
It's amazing the WWF had any viewers at this point. The storylines we... nonexistent and there were like 4 legit wrestlers. Also amazing, how quickly they turn it around.
The fact is, a company doesn't need a good product to have fans/viwers/enthusiasts/customers.
Both WCW & WWF proved that by having millions watch at there worst times.
The Mega Man Faarooq Chinlock! Love it! 😂
one of the best wrestling series ive ever had the pleasure of watching. love. this. show.
We're getting to close to THE moment.
"The only thing for sure about Sting, is nothing's for sure."
I love the bits ribbing Mongo McMichael for his interesting wrestling ability, but really sad to hear of his fight with ALS that sounds like it's getting rough really quickly. In a strange way, this series and the attention it's paying to him are a nice way to remember him since he's not likely got a lot of time left. Good luck, Mongo!
This show has been helping me through my boring ass work days
Thursday is the new Friday!! Been waiting for this one. The day just got better!!
I am Canadian, and we had a 1 hour version of Nitro the following Saturday afternoon. Believe it or not, they actually EDITED OUT the Sting "Heel turn", so in the final 30 minutes, we heard the announcers mourning and talking about it... Then during the closing credits, they actually show the replay of it! Whoever was in charge of editing should have been FIRED! LOL
HA! "Leather jacket thief" Pierre...
I'm surprised Bret's jacket even fit him!
I don't care what anyone thinks but those WCW cameras were amazing for the time. Back then that was like movie quality.
The Meng Manliness Meter is the greatest invention of the 21st century. Dare someone tell Meng differently...
Another Chinlock soundbite? I am in and still laughing hysterically
Faarooq vs Davey Boy when?
@@freakfoxvevo7915 I expect 15 chinlocks in that match
Man,you gotta make Reliving The War twice a week. It's really hard waiting for the next episode. Blame my shortened attention span but I'd love me a lot more Reliving The War each week.😎😎
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