I remember i was 15....sitting on AOL in a wwf chat room during king of the ring. And I was listening to the PPV channel because you couldn't see it but you could hear it. And between hell in the cell and the first blood match it all just sounded like complete chaos, plus with with JR and king going nuts I didn't even have to see it for it to be my fav PPV. Plus in the chat room everyone was losing their sh*t, so that made it even more fun. And then Austin winning it back the next night!....such a great time to be around!
I was 15 n in high school in 1998..all i talked about Tuesday morning in school was raw ..😅😅..the best times..the magical attitude era..i love ur channel n the documentaries u make..👌💙💙
Between mid 1996 and mid 2001 we just never knew how good we had it with wrestling at the time, every week was must see whether it be Raw or Nitro and the height of the Monday Night War between late 1997 and early 1999 was a non stop rollercoaster.
Great year it was haha. Shawn missed out on the height of the attitude era as a wrestler duento his injury. Although hated backstage would have been great to have seen him have a run during the pinnacle
In 1997 and 1998 I was a sophomore and junior in high school who owned a Hogan buddy doll and Warrior version as a child. I grew up watching wrestling, going to live events bc of my father and his love for the business. But I never had more fun as a wrestling fan than my sophomore through senior year. Everyone on our basketball team watched wrestling, so the locker room was incredibly fun! You can’t pick one moment from times like these. Times when we honestly questioned whether some stuff was real and not kayfabe. It was PPV quality TV on every week, and 1998 sure qualifies! You’re an incredible writer and deliver your voiceover lines with boldness and ease. My sincerest thanks for all the work that goes into these videos.
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The rocks month before 1998 survivor series needs to be highlighted more. Talk about an asteroid hitting the wwf. His rise from the nation to fan favorite is something I remember so vividly .
98 My sophomore year (h.s) I remember trying to get out of wrestling or football practice ASAP to catch wwf , would have my little 50cc Honda scooter Red lined all the way home to my grandma's apt lol .
97 was a transition. It was still about the in ring product. Bret, shawn, owen, undertaker. A lot of the old guard was still about the wrestling more than the other stuff that the attitude era was about. I honestly tuned out in 1998. The "soap opera" stuff was just completely uninteresting.
I watched the Royal rumble 98 yesterday just cause, but the bump after the casket bump Shawn took, “looked” much much worse than that bump. He got slammed on the padding on the outside with a body slam.. by the almost 7 foot dead man.
6:20 he didn’t lose at WM14.. He (Kane) got the title long before his WM15 match with Taker. Your point was good though because Kane truly felt unbearable at that time. The finish to their first blood match was actually clever and it worked. One of the few Vince Russo ideas that didn’t suck.
Undertaker/Kane was at WrestleMania 14 in 1998 with Undertaker winning then Kane beating Austin a few months later at KOTR 98, Kane lost to Triple H at WrestleMania 15 which was in 1999 and Undertaker beat Big Boss Man in a Hell In A Cell at the same WrestleMania
I'd love to be watching a Rock movie like The Rundown or Fast 5 and during one of the fight scenes Stonecold & The Undertaker just appear out of nowhere and hit him with a Stunner and a Tombstone..i think it would be hilarious and a reminder that movies are not real life..lol Directors missed the boat.
6:34 is that edited to remove the wwf logo from the belt or did they cut it out I wonder because they wouldn't have to get the f out for two or three years after this. I know this belt eventually got a black strap with the scratch logo but why cut the pieces out like that rather than replace it all together. Curious.
The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust isn't a complete failure that you make it out to be. His gimmick got reactions from the crowd, like SableDust and DustyDust. To make an example out of his gimmick parroting others rather than what they actively tried to push like Tiger Ali Singh or WWF's insistance to use the DOA is nonsense.
I remember i was 15....sitting on AOL in a wwf chat room during king of the ring. And I was listening to the PPV channel because you couldn't see it but you could hear it. And between hell in the cell and the first blood match it all just sounded like complete chaos, plus with with JR and king going nuts I didn't even have to see it for it to be my fav PPV. Plus in the chat room everyone was losing their sh*t, so that made it even more fun. And then Austin winning it back the next night!....such a great time to be around!
We watched porno like that on the ‘free ppv’ channels lmao
People used the internet in that stone age?
@@PolloMarcko nope! The internet didn't exist until Facebook and tiktok. Duh.
I was 15 n in high school in 1998..all i talked about Tuesday morning in school was raw ..😅😅..the best times..the magical attitude era..i love ur channel n the documentaries u make..👌💙💙
Great Times in Professional Wrestling 🔥🔥🔥
Yes, as was the golden era of the 80s
The greatest era in wrestling EVER. I remember having to flip the channel back and forth from RAW to NITRO. It was Glorious 😂
1997 was the genesis of the attitude era. It peaked in 1998 and then simmered for 2 years before it ended in 2001.
Between mid 1996 and mid 2001 we just never knew how good we had it with wrestling at the time, every week was must see whether it be Raw or Nitro and the height of the Monday Night War between late 1997 and early 1999 was a non stop rollercoaster.
Please do more of these year documents. They are straightforward and awesome.
Keep up the good work.
Great year it was haha. Shawn missed out on the height of the attitude era as a wrestler duento his injury. Although hated backstage would have been great to have seen him have a run during the pinnacle
In 1997 and 1998 I was a sophomore and junior in high school who owned a Hogan buddy doll and Warrior version as a child. I grew up watching wrestling, going to live events bc of my father and his love for the business. But I never had more fun as a wrestling fan than my sophomore through senior year. Everyone on our basketball team watched wrestling, so the locker room was incredibly fun! You can’t pick one moment from times like these. Times when we honestly questioned whether some stuff was real and not kayfabe. It was PPV quality TV on every week, and 1998 sure qualifies! You’re an incredible writer and deliver your voiceover lines with boldness and ease. My sincerest thanks for all the work that goes into these videos.
I could take a year by year of these until like 2005👀
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there’s a typo in the description
Awesome year. The year things really started changing for the better.
WWF Rules in 98 -01
You. Missed mentioning the Undertaker transition to the evil LOD version after his Buried Alive match at Rock Bottom
Nah he did a great job covering the year@@waqaskaash7319
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Vince was so great as the boss heel . It was pure comedy GOLD. 😂
I really liked 97. We had bret austin sean and Dx. The nation of domination with a rising Rocky Miavia.
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*Video:"Mero was jealous of Sable's Massive...*
Me: TITS!
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Me:"oh uhm yes yes her popularity."
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The rocks month before 1998 survivor series needs to be highlighted more. Talk about an asteroid hitting the wwf. His rise from the nation to fan favorite is something I remember so vividly .
I don't think anyone ever hated Austin. He was always the baby face heel.
98 My sophomore year (h.s) I remember trying to get out of wrestling or football practice ASAP to catch wwf , would have my little 50cc Honda scooter Red lined all the way home to my grandma's apt lol .
Love your style dude. Keep em coming
1998 to me is in my top 10 of years in wrestling. This was the year I was truly watching wrestling and my friends talking about it in school.
I always believed 1997 was the start of the Attitude Era
I always say the Attitude Era is from 1997 to 2002
1997 laid the foundation for what was to come.
@@FunkSwaggMusiK me and you both.
97 was a transition. It was still about the in ring product. Bret, shawn, owen, undertaker. A lot of the old guard was still about the wrestling more than the other stuff that the attitude era was about. I honestly tuned out in 1998. The "soap opera" stuff was just completely uninteresting.
@@alanlee67 I feel like 1996 was a transition. Especially when Pillman did the Pillman Has A Gun segment.
Excellent job 💯👏
Sable did a move similar to the F-5. She gave Mark Mero the middle finger right then and there. 😂
Austin flicking Vince in the balls was a definite highlight
So it’s pretty fair to say Bret hart is responsible for the attitude era. He also gave the name to DX inadvertently
😂😂 no ecw and wcw was the reason for the attitude Era because they was losing in ratings
Desperation is a beautiful thing.
Middle.school. no matter what, back then, you saw a stone cold, nwo, dx tee shirts everywhere. Jnco jeans andnlee pipes werre the baggy norm
Keep em coming!!!
Best Era, I remember id have my beer ready, And My funk ready.
The Rock wasn't the leader of the Nation Of Domination. He was the *ruler*.
Love to hear one on Ahmed Johnson if you haven't done it already!
I watched the Royal rumble 98 yesterday just cause, but the bump after the casket bump Shawn took, “looked” much much worse than that bump. He got slammed on the padding on the outside with a body slam.. by the almost 7 foot dead man.
6:20 he didn’t lose at WM14.. He (Kane) got the title long before his WM15 match with Taker. Your point was good though because Kane truly felt unbearable at that time. The finish to their first blood match was actually clever and it worked. One of the few Vince Russo ideas that didn’t suck.
Undertaker/Kane was at WrestleMania 14 in 1998 with Undertaker winning then Kane beating Austin a few months later at KOTR 98, Kane lost to Triple H at WrestleMania 15 which was in 1999 and Undertaker beat Big Boss Man in a Hell In A Cell at the same WrestleMania
1999 next please
It's wild how the rock looks better now physically than he did in his prime crazy
This isn’t allowed to be 25 years ago. I refuse
Don’t worry, time is an illusion.
I'd love to be watching a Rock movie like The Rundown or Fast 5 and during one of the fight scenes Stonecold & The Undertaker just appear out of nowhere and hit him with a Stunner and a Tombstone..i think it would be hilarious and a reminder that movies are not real life..lol Directors missed the boat.
Mines well do 1994-93-92-91-& 90 as well as some wcw years
6:34 is that edited to remove the wwf logo from the belt or did they cut it out I wonder because they wouldn't have to get the f out for two or three years after this. I know this belt eventually got a black strap with the scratch logo but why cut the pieces out like that rather than replace it all together. Curious.
The image was from the WWE website, probably photoshopped by them back when they had to edit the old WWF logo out
You missed the part where val venis.. oh wait never mind 😅
Why did you skip the year 1997?
The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust isn't a complete failure that you make it out to be. His gimmick got reactions from the crowd, like SableDust and DustyDust. To make an example out of his gimmick parroting others rather than what they actively tried to push like Tiger Ali Singh or WWF's insistance to use the DOA is nonsense.
I remember i used to order Tyson pay per views and charge $5:00 a head
"sable looked impressive as a wrestler" i woudnt say those words too loud if i were you
If u watching this an adult back then thinking he's cool cause he flipping off his boss that's really sad😂
11:04 i almost thought that was gir
Sable was pretty hot back then, but her voice is just nails on a cockboard.
What if shawn never suffered that back injury
He would have died likely… was on a heavy amount of drugs at the time… he would have probably been fired and go off the deep end
People. In. Blackface. Is. Not. Cool.
It's fine
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