@@martinbabich1920 On that unrelated note, I didn't hate every frame of that film, but it was years of development, in one film, coupled with unnecessary angst.
But the first title change (or even match) would be enough. They had such good opportunities with DDP, Goldberg, Sting and Nash in the Title picture. Could have been grand for WCW. @@DJThree8s
16:52 "Surprise me WCW, Blow my socks off with what you have planned next..." "Ah yes, Erik fuckin Watts, thats just absolutely fantastic." This got me good, great stuff as usual bios
Yeah I agree as much as I love the Reliving The War videos I an definitely not looking forward to that video the Over The Edge pay per view and Owen Hart tragedy 😢😢😢
I’ve been thinking about the Owen Tribute Show for the last two months of watching this and I’m not ready for it either, despite him being gone for 24 years.
@@mariobros68He should have been gone a lot sooner. But apparently he saved some WWF tapes from a fire, so he had a “job for live” or something like that.
This episode unlocked some proper core memories I have from being a child and watching WWF. Probably my earliest memory of wrestling is Undertaker with Stephanie McMahon that night. Real deep shot of nostalgia that I wasn't expecting. Great work as always.
Steroids, alcohol, cocaine, speed, painkillers, lack of sleep and strenuous activity daily. It’s kind of a wonder we didnt lose more as sad as that is to say.
Rest in Peace Rick Rude he was simply Ravishing compared to all those sweat hogs. Unfortunately this year still has another huge death not too far away. I didnt realize how close Rude and the next death were close together
Started watching wrestling this time last year after a drunk night talking about the attitude era. Started in 96 KotR and now I’m here. Been with you ever since then but now I’m all caught up Love the series. Thank you for all your hard work!
Thursday afternoon means Reliving The War! This is my second favorite piece of wrestling video this week, topped only by the R-Truth / Judgement Day video on Raw this week.
Legit check your channel 5 times each day for a new reliving the war. Your other stuff is awesome as well. Your channel is gold. Thank you for all the hardwork you put into these videos.
I was a big WWF fan at this time, and a girl in my class was a WCW fan. We agreed to watch 1 episode of each other's show to see which was better. Needless to say, the mental hospital and double belt drop didn't change my mind. In her defense, the whole "marry darkness" thing was weird to her. So we just went back to watching our own shows, lol.
@@ItsOnlyMe247 Most people know more than one, in fact. They even have more than one personality between them. Not sure why the idea of girls watching wrestling is still shocking anyone...they certainly weren't shy about cheering for the R&R Express or the Von Erichs...
Weird thing is WCW's rating's where still strong, if they had just focused on maintaining instead of trying to beat the out of this world WWF rating's they would have been fine probably.
Honestly I think in retrospect which is always better than foresight that 99 should've been the rebuilding year push goldberg raven booker Kidman rey konnan etc
@@ryankeefe2102 The fact Booker and Steiner weren't in contention for the world title around this point is honestly baffling. Hell we got another 14 months in the timeline before Booker wins his first wcw title, and a bit longer until Scott wins his first world title.
Under rated and highlighted moment that DDP vs Sting match. I don't even remember it being part of the best of WCW set. Probably overshadowed by the Flair mental hospital non sense, what happened later and general decline of WCW and WWF being so hot at the time.
He turned face in 1998 but this face turn in '99 is exactly what you stated. His career shot up to the moon inside and outside the ring after this turn.
I can recall this episode of Raw like it was yesterday. But all I remember about this episode of Nitro was the Flair Mental Asylum "promos/skits" or whatever you want to call them. Not the matches. Not the title changes. Just that! Oh well. Another great video, WB. Thanks as always for sharing. 😁👍
Im 43...always was a huge Test fan...I actually messaged him on Myspace back then & had a few conversations with him, 1 after he got really sick & lost a ton of weight...he said it wasnt steroids but with his name being Test & what he looked like in ECW before he passed away from an Oxy od. Its a shame...he was big had the look...was really good for a big guy...its a shame
Bottom left at 31:26 1. Screaming "blank you" with a small child on your shoulders. 2. Said child is giving a double bird. 3. It looks like Billy Mitchell. What an episode this was.
despite the difference in ratings both shows are every week absolutely packed! One of the things I remember more vividly from the attitude era is how huge wrestling was. It was almost as if there weren't casual wrestling fans. If you were a wrestling fan you were tuning in every single week
The Over The Edge review is gonna be a good one. I've never actually seen any videos talking about the matches that took place before and after Owen's accident, so I'll be watching that one for sure.
the commentators repeatedly saying Stone Cold's save of Stephanie wasn't because he did it for Vince, but because it was "the right thing to do" is the thing that sticks out to me every time.
Love these "Reliving's" It takes me back. Miss every last minute of it, Love every last minute of it!!! Its about to hit me, these next few episodes. RIP The Ravishing One!! He died 2 days before my birthday, I was like man that hurt!!
Hindsight really messes with our perception of things, but at the time, Russo actually had a good reputation even among the Observer crowd. Him going to WCW was seen as a massive steal.
Not ready to say goodbye to Owen. Two of the things that I've been dreading since the start of this series is OTE and Raw Is Owen 😭💔 we are getting more and more close to it
One of the most heart breaking moments in Wrestling and to make it worse, they had guys coming into it a few months later he could hsve had great matches with, without the stupid gimmick that ended his life.
It's Thursday night and you know what that means! Reliving The War is here again. Notable stuff happening this particular week. And of course this is when the world said goodbye to the legend that is Ravishing Rick Rude. RIP to him.
Oh no... Over the Edge?? NO OWEN!!! 🥺😖😫😭 Man, so we lost Rick Rude and Owen that close together?? Geez what're the odds.. This is the worst few weeks of what was supposed to be the best years of Pro Wrestling for some of us growing up. Sad times my friends 💔 🙏🏼 RIP 💙 Rick Rude 🤟🏽 Owen Hart 🩷🖤🤍
Rest in power to Rick Rude, & I’m not looking to forward to Over the Edge ‘99, it broke my heart as a child when I read about the circumstances of Owen’s death & coupled with the fact that it was on the day I was born gave me an eerie feeling,Long live the king of Hearts ❤️
I can't even begin to explain how damn underrated "Ravishing Rick Rude" was. He was the total package and should've been WWF champion back in the day 🏆. The phrase "Often imitated but never duplicated" is so true when it comes to Rick Rude. Val Venis tried the gimmick with the porn star element attached to it in the Attitude Era but it wasn't the same. There will only be one Rick Rude. RIP to the "Ravishing One" 😢🕊️🌹🙏🏼.
Sting vs Diamond Dallas Page WCW World Heavyweight Championship match was the very last time I watched WCW when I was a kid on April 26, 1999 before months later until August 26, 1999, I started watching the WWF/E.
I was at Nitro this night with like 3 or 4 friends. The title changes were good matches and a big surprise. More than anything else though I remember all the standing around the live audience did during the Flair segments. The segments would be thrown to AND followed by commentary which you can’t hear when you’re there live. They would happen following or before commercial breaks. Some were back from commercial to commentary, throw to Flair segment, back to commentary to another commercial break. There were times we stood there for 15 minutes without anything happening in the arena.
Man, the decline of WCW is just so sad to see. Russo didn't kill the company, but he sped its demise. We still have the arrival of Russo to come as well as the disaster for WCW that was 2000 in general. I got sad when it was mentioned the Godfather will face Owen Hart at the next PPV.
This was the first ever Nitro I saw. It was recorded on a VHS tape and given to me by my grandmother. Good times! At the time I didn't get the DDP/Sting match but now, especially knowing how few actual finishes we saw in big name matches on Nitro, it's awesome.
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RIP Rick Rude. One of the greatest heel characters in wrestling history. Gone but never forgotten as Simply Ravishing
May he rest in peace at least he’s away from a sweaty Nebraskan hog like me.
One of the greats indeed
RIP Ravishing Rick Rude
Rest easy, Rick Rude 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hard to forget when he's the one who lost his "Ravishing One" due to steroid injections. Don't be "Rude"
When Scott Hall shows up in the psych ward, i LOVE how all the patients do the "spooky fingers" at him.
It feels like WCW burned through several months' worth of material in one Nitro.
This comment has nothing to do with yours, but that's how I feel about Batman v Superman
They had to try something, they were getting smoked
@@martinbabich1920 On that unrelated note, I didn't hate every frame of that film, but it was years of development, in one film, coupled with unnecessary angst.
@@waynetech10 I hated every movie Zack Snyder was involved in, and now I know WB were at least partly to blame for those movies sucking
But the first title change (or even match) would be enough. They had such good opportunities with DDP, Goldberg, Sting and Nash in the Title picture. Could have been grand for WCW. @@DJThree8s
What a night this was. Rock’s huge face turn, Rick Rude’s passing, and a big time match for WCW with Sting Vs DDP.
That custom Mean Street Posse song you got is the definition of a hit!!! That song is gonna fly up the charts in every country
the song isn't custom, its been around for years, still a great intro clip though
16:52 "Surprise me WCW, Blow my socks off with what you have planned next..."
"Ah yes, Erik fuckin Watts, thats just absolutely fantastic."
This got me good, great stuff as usual bios
😂😂😂😂😂That was a good one
It had me crying, and then it was followed by that hurricanerana.
On the one hand, it's Reliving the War and that's always a Jam Up Time. But, we are getting closer to Over the Edge 1999 and I'm not ready to be sad.
Yeah I agree as much as I love the Reliving The War videos I an definitely not looking forward to that video the Over The Edge pay per view and Owen Hart tragedy 😢😢😢
Same here. That one's gonna hurt...
I’ve been thinking about the Owen Tribute Show for the last two months of watching this and I’m not ready for it either, despite him being gone for 24 years.
Or pissed off because Vince McMahon abused this so hard.
It's soon upon us 😢
Beaver Cleavage, Mental Institutes, “Meat”, and LSD. Monday Nights were wild in the late 90’s 😂😂
You left out pimps, porn stars, prostitutes, satanic rituals and on the horizon…weekly servings of pie and strudel.
Flair in the mental institution of one of my last memories of Nitro before I just gave up and switched entirely to Raw.
I think Flair told his family to switch to Raw whenever these section were aired beforehand.
NITRO = Now I'm Turning Raw On
28:20 This is the type of transition that makes RTW a must watch each week. Pure poetry.
Esp. him calling them Godfather's Creatures of the Night. Lol
Hearing Owen Hart and Over the Edge, just send a chill down my spine. 😔
Same
And it boils my blood after knowing Kevin Dunn careless of his death and procedd with the PPV.
I'm just glad he's finally gone
Alright we all know it's coming
@@mariobros68He should have been gone a lot sooner. But apparently he saved some WWF tapes from a fire, so he had a “job for live” or something like that.
It just makes my BLUE BLOOD BOIL@@mariobros68
This episode unlocked some proper core memories I have from being a child and watching WWF. Probably my earliest memory of wrestling is Undertaker with Stephanie McMahon that night. Real deep shot of nostalgia that I wasn't expecting.
Great work as always.
Sting vs DDP Match was awesome
It's hard to believe that Charles Robinson used to have this big of a role
Right?! Growing up all I ever knew him as was a referee. WWE could’ve used him better.
I remember him rocking his version of the ric flair "RF" trunks
This whole thing was essentially how Charles got the "Little Naitch" nickname, especially with him being so closely-tied to Ric Fialr.
This is one of my all-time favourite Nitros and Sting v DDP is my favourite US match of all time. So awesome to finally get to this RTW!
Underrated classic for sure. Amazing match.
It's depressing seeing so many wrestlers pass away so young over the course of RTW.
Steroids, alcohol, cocaine, speed, painkillers, lack of sleep and strenuous activity daily. It’s kind of a wonder we didnt lose more as sad as that is to say.
Choices for most.....Tragedy for some...
This is without question the greatest series of videos ever put on the Internet!
my god, that Mean Street Posse video. I nearly spat out my drink. so fuckin funny, props mate
RIP Rick Rude.
In Bret's autobiography, he mentioned that wrestlers die in 3. Around that time, it was Rick, Owen, Gorilla Monsoon.
didnt Gorilla pass away in October of 99
It’s sad that Owen and Rude were only the beginning of the tragic onslaught of young talent dying throughout the years.
@@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090Pillman?
@@Venemofthe888 Basically they all transitioned in 1999.
@@dukes1993724 Yeah but Owen I think was the start of the real on string cause it was just continuous after he died
Sting and DDP two of my favorite WCW guys.
Best line of the video: Austin says he's got 99 problems and Stephanie McMahon ain't one. Hit me.
😂😂😂😂😂
Rest in Peace Rick Rude he was simply Ravishing compared to all those sweat hogs. Unfortunately this year still has another huge death not too far away. I didnt realize how close Rude and the next death were close together
Started watching wrestling this time last year after a drunk night talking about the attitude era. Started in 96 KotR and now I’m here. Been with you ever since then but now I’m all caught up
Love the series. Thank you for all your hard work!
Worst thing that happened to me was catching up after 150 plus episodes ready to watch and then oh no, I have to wait 😢
@@riproaringanus killer init
The only RAW I went to. Great memories.
The Eric f'n Watts part killed me 😂😂😂😂
I’m loving that Mean Street Posse skit it’s on level with Alex Wright 😂
On the beach in Costa Rica watching reliving the war love it
Thursday afternoon means Reliving The War! This is my second favorite piece of wrestling video this week, topped only by the R-Truth / Judgement Day video on Raw this week.
Legit check your channel 5 times each day for a new reliving the war. Your other stuff is awesome as well. Your channel is gold. Thank you for all the hardwork you put into these videos.
I'll save you time. Reliving the war is always released on Thursdays.
I was a big WWF fan at this time, and a girl in my class was a WCW fan. We agreed to watch 1 episode of each other's show to see which was better. Needless to say, the mental hospital and double belt drop didn't change my mind. In her defense, the whole "marry darkness" thing was weird to her. So we just went back to watching our own shows, lol.
Never happened. It’s not true. We made that one up.
r/nothingeverhappens
You knew a girl?
@@ItsOnlyMe247 Most people know more than one, in fact.
They even have more than one personality between them. Not sure why the idea of girls watching wrestling is still shocking anyone...they certainly weren't shy about cheering for the R&R Express or the Von Erichs...
BRO!!!! I’m so happy to be here. Took months grinding all 182 episodes to catch up! Including pay per views! I’m buying a fuckin shirt! 💪🏾💪🏾
Scott Hall walking into the Frame at the Insane Asylum was Hilarious 😂😂😂, Forgot about this😂😂, 1999 was An Awesome Year
Charles Robinson was hilarious in this segment and in the upcoming weeks
This guy is genius with the side skits from Bret's Jam, to Bret's cat Smokey, to that Mean Street Posse clip 😂
Wiggle wiggle
Weird thing is WCW's rating's where still strong, if they had just focused on maintaining instead of trying to beat the out of this world WWF rating's they would have been fine probably.
Couldn’t have said it better. They focused on being an alternative WWF instead of an alternative TO the WWF.
Honestly I think in retrospect which is always better than foresight that 99 should've been the rebuilding year push goldberg raven booker Kidman rey konnan etc
@@ryankeefe2102 The fact Booker and Steiner weren't in contention for the world title around this point is honestly baffling. Hell we got another 14 months in the timeline before Booker wins his first wcw title, and a bit longer until Scott wins his first world title.
@therealangelalexander1858 I'll throw Raven in that mix too he should've been in that picture around this time
@@ryankeefe2102 Jericho, Benoit and Eddie of course as well. Because they would have extended if they had been elevated earlier.
JR saying “it was the right thing to do!” resonated within me💯
Quaker Oats is for you. JR is a fan of Wilford Brimley. Maybe they're (JR and Brimley) are distant cousins.
Assman - hands down one of the best themes in wrestling ever. I've Got It All was also an absolute banger!
"The one" theme sounds like it belongs in a 90s family sitcom
Don't forget his Billy and Chuck theme.
We're getting closer to over the edge 1999 and I'm not ready for that one
Nobody is 😔
its a little bit chilling that we are less than a month till it happens its so surreal seeing the leadup
hopefully we can see No Mercy UK first, which gives us one extra video to be prepared, as No Mercy UK is only 3 days before Over the Edge.
@@woobgamer5210 I didn't realise they were that close together
Under rated and highlighted moment that DDP vs Sting match. I don't even remember it being part of the best of WCW set. Probably overshadowed by the Flair mental hospital non sense, what happened later and general decline of WCW and WWF being so hot at the time.
Seeing the Rock turn face for the 1st time gives me chills..its the beginning of where we are and we he is today
He turned face in 1998 but this face turn in '99 is exactly what you stated. His career shot up to the moon inside and outside the ring after this turn.
“It was me Austin! It’s was me all along, Austin! 💀
Mr.Ass is forever in my heart
38:20 still one of the coolest moments of the Attitude Era.
I can recall this episode of Raw like it was yesterday. But all I remember about this episode of Nitro was the Flair Mental Asylum "promos/skits" or whatever you want to call them. Not the matches. Not the title changes. Just that! Oh well. Another great video, WB. Thanks as always for sharing. 😁👍
Im 43...always was a huge Test fan...I actually messaged him on Myspace back then & had a few conversations with him, 1 after he got really sick & lost a ton of weight...he said it wasnt steroids but with his name being Test & what he looked like in ECW before he passed away from an Oxy od. Its a shame...he was big had the look...was really good for a big guy...its a shame
Love the Ric Flair segments on WCW.
Bottom left at 31:26
1. Screaming "blank you" with a small child on your shoulders.
2. Said child is giving a double bird.
3. It looks like Billy Mitchell.
What an episode this was.
despite the difference in ratings both shows are every week absolutely packed! One of the things I remember more vividly from the attitude era is how huge wrestling was. It was almost as if there weren't casual wrestling fans. If you were a wrestling fan you were tuning in every single week
The Over The Edge review is gonna be a good one. I've never actually seen any videos talking about the matches that took place before and after Owen's accident, so I'll be watching that one for sure.
Im sure the Undertaker was on the card.
After many years being subbed this is the best wrestling channel on yt.
Stone Cold saving Stephanie is one of the most iconic saves all time
the commentators repeatedly saying Stone Cold's save of Stephanie wasn't because he did it for Vince, but because it was "the right thing to do" is the thing that sticks out to me every time.
Love these "Reliving's" It takes me back. Miss every last minute of it, Love every last minute of it!!! Its about to hit me, these next few episodes. RIP The Ravishing One!! He died 2 days before my birthday, I was like man that hurt!!
Mean street posse had the best theme music
Hindsight really messes with our perception of things, but at the time, Russo actually had a good reputation even among the Observer crowd. Him going to WCW was seen as a massive steal.
That mean street posse clip made me laugh so hard I coughed up my nachos.
The whole 1999 WWF roster is shaping up to be like WrestleMania 2000 for the N64. Just one guy missing, but he'll debut in August.
That's right, we got Meat now!
Not ready to say goodbye to Owen. Two of the things that I've been dreading since the start of this series is OTE and Raw Is Owen 😭💔 we are getting more and more close to it
Same here
One of the most heart breaking moments in Wrestling and to make it worse, they had guys coming into it a few months later he could hsve had great matches with, without the stupid gimmick that ended his life.
I’m really enjoying your slow descent into madness as WcW gets more and more deranged.
Mideon wrote this week’s Nitro
Despite all the craziness that was going on in both companies at the time. This stuff is still more entertaining than watching today's wrestling!
That was my first ever WWF live event I went to! So I thank you for doing this episode! Brought back memories
It feels like Russo was already writing these episodes before he became official huh?
RIP Ravishing Rick Rude gone but never forgotten
Nice of Sting to reapply his makeup after the first match, and then give a slight interview already back in makeup.
I only ever got occasional glimpses of WCW and this Flair storyline was one of those occasions. I could never understand how WCW had ever beaten Raw.
It's Thursday night and you know what that means! Reliving The War is here again. Notable stuff happening this particular week. And of course this is when the world said goodbye to the legend that is Ravishing Rick Rude. RIP to him.
It's almost time watch Beaver Cleaver break character and meltdown live on RAW.
*Cleavage
just knowing owens fate isn't far away is getting emotional..
RIP Rick Rude
This is definitely one of my favorite Nitros.
Mean street posse having a video intro is great
I’ve been waiting for this and we’re almost there, The Rise of The Game!
Oh no... Over the Edge?? NO OWEN!!!
🥺😖😫😭
Man, so we lost Rick Rude and Owen that close together?? Geez what're the odds.. This is the worst few weeks of what was supposed to be the best years of Pro Wrestling for some of us growing up. Sad times my friends 💔
🙏🏼 RIP 💙 Rick Rude 🤟🏽
Owen Hart 🩷🖤🤍
Rest in power to Rick Rude, & I’m not looking to forward to Over the Edge ‘99, it broke my heart as a child when I read about the circumstances of Owen’s death & coupled with the fact that it was on the day I was born gave me an eerie feeling,Long live the king of Hearts ❤️
Same
WCW haven't yet to stop stooping low, we haven't seen Oklahoma yet.
One of the best episodes of RTW yet
You know it’s a good episode when you hear “Ay yo”
Thanks for doing this Ryan. Knowing what's coming up in the next month or so I don't think I could do it.
Still the best part of my Thursdays. Thank you for all the work that you put into doing this.
I'm sure that all this ministry stuff will have an amazing payoff and one for the ages!!
The hower power revelation is a shocker and makes so much sense
@@PaulieD1984 The Hour of Power or the WCW Power Hour
It did. At the end of this year, because of what Vince did with the Ministry, Stephanie betrayed her father for HHH.
@@roccojamison89gooker51he's making fun of hornytaker from his promo at the last ppv
@@steve2372 25:15 A T-Shirt saying "That Almost Works For Me" would definitely be a great payoff for Wrestling Bios.
I can't even begin to explain how damn underrated "Ravishing Rick Rude" was. He was the total package and should've been WWF champion back in the day 🏆. The phrase "Often imitated but never duplicated" is so true when it comes to Rick Rude. Val Venis tried the gimmick with the porn star element attached to it in the Attitude Era but it wasn't the same. There will only be one Rick Rude. RIP to the "Ravishing One" 😢🕊️🌹🙏🏼.
Underrated?!
He’s in the Hall of Fame!
So is Koko B. Ware.
Sting vs Diamond Dallas Page WCW World Heavyweight Championship match was the very last time I watched WCW when I was a kid on April 26, 1999 before months later until August 26, 1999, I started watching the WWF/E.
Best part of most weeks!
I always watch these vids on 1.25x speed because I struggle for time, even sped up the Hurricarana on Bam Bam was genuinely hilarious
I was at Nitro this night with like 3 or 4 friends. The title changes were good matches and a big surprise. More than anything else though I remember all the standing around the live audience did during the Flair segments. The segments would be thrown to AND followed by commentary which you can’t hear when you’re there live. They would happen following or before commercial breaks. Some were back from commercial to commentary, throw to Flair segment, back to commentary to another commercial break. There were times we stood there for 15 minutes without anything happening in the arena.
This whole Raw was some great story telling with Stone Cold coming out in the end to be Stephanie's hero. Such a great moment.
Its mind blowing that Nitro was able to last 2 more years !
Right.
It also blows my mind thinking about the train wrecks yet to come.
Man, the decline of WCW is just so sad to see. Russo didn't kill the company, but he sped its demise. We still have the arrival of Russo to come as well as the disaster for WCW that was 2000 in general. I got sad when it was mentioned the Godfather will face Owen Hart at the next PPV.
Russo was just the final nail in the coffin.
@@JPD2587 He helped speed up the demise of the company.
Nah. There's plenty of nails left after his first run.
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 look there’s lots of nails to go around.
@@JPD2587The coffin was made of nails by the time WCW went under
10:57 - Did Sting pull off a bloody Kawada Driver/Ganso Bomb!? I sure didn't remember this watching back then.
I remember taping this episode of raw on a vhs tape because I was so interested in the ministry storyline, good times.
This was the first ever Nitro I saw. It was recorded on a VHS tape and given to me by my grandmother. Good times! At the time I didn't get the DDP/Sting match but now, especially knowing how few actual finishes we saw in big name matches on Nitro, it's awesome.
I just became a patron, sorry it took so long.
It's almost Over The Edge and I'm still not ready...
RIP Ravishing Rick Rude. A Monday Night Wars Legend. It was sad to see that DX and WCW pass away.
Sting with a ganso bomb at 10:57. That’s crazy.
And here we have The Rock's face turn. Which he will remain as a face for 3 years.
My son Logan, when he was little, thought Billy Gunn's theme song said, "I'm a nice man! I'm a nice maaaaan" 😂 I didn't feel the need to correct him.😊
One of the best Raws EVER!
Seriously thanks for the memories man❤
Vince was such a good character. He played this role very well