I think it may be because Arquette failing through the floor was initially more confusing than funny. WCW in 2000 was so nonsensical that for all we knew that was supposed to happen.
Arquette showing up for the climactic show-ending spot, falling through the goddamn floor and everyone just moving on like nothing happened might be the funniest thing I've ever seen in pro wrestling
To be fair there are far less deserving entries already inducted. Ryan with this channel is reigniting a lot of fans interest with his content and no doubt generating more customers for the WWE network in the process.
“Seeing as Flair is having a break in the corner.” I don’t know why but that along with the image of Flair sitting in the corner made me laugh so hard 😂
This actually made me sad, awareness of how WCW from being the best wrestling company in the world turned into... this, I don't even have enough and proper offensive word to describe that.
That look on Tony Schiavone's face really says it all. I remember watching this years ago. All that damn good talent. So much more then they would even need to put on a good show, but WWE was white hot at this point. They were trying to fight fire with fire, when they should have been reestablishing their product.
I believe Tony said he was making his resume at this point if you watch the WCW 2000 shows you can definitely see that Tony has completely given up and rightfully so
I used to love thunder when I was a kid . So much potential, visually spectacular presentation at the time , I even recreated the entrance way with cardboard , paint , and construction paper for my wrestling toys ... man if only the wrestling was good on this wrestling show lol
13:43 I'm here to defend this. The good thing about this show is that over 20 years later we get to listen to your hilarious reactions. That alone makes it all worth it.
Thank you thank you thank you for blowing the dust off this time in wcw, I’m so grateful for you not only putting yourself through this but explaining it… 😍
Genius idea! A lot know about stuff like the fingerpoke of doom or the Warrior - Hogan match. However there are so many insane ideas and spots throughout late WCW, that you will highlight a lot of stuff people have forgotten. Like Arquette falling through the floor. Haven't seen it before. It's hilarious!
The fact that "fans" had the audacity to be mad/complain about the title being put on Arquette during this period is still beyond me. It's like having a yard covered with trash and then flipping out when someone throws a gum wrapper on the pile.
This reminds me of the short lived WWE youtube series Are You Serious? Great stuff. Arquette falling through the stage may be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in WCW
I loved WCW back around 97-99 when it was on TNT but stopped watching it around this time but I’d check in from to time and *this* was exactly the type of schlock that I’d see - I’d never have a clue what I was looking at 😂
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the planet! An awesome idea and this way we get to,ironically, get to see Thunder being covered by its highlights. Which paradoxically are also it’s low lights.
Yeah he blundered himself from the 2s in the WWF to consistent 5's and 6's even reaching 8's. Numbers that weren't seen before and really quickly disappeared after he left
For real. Mike Awesome was huge and could absolutely go in the ring. But instead of having him put on great matches Russo made him the "Fat Chick Thriller" and "That 70s Guy"
Loved this first episode would love to see you cover Russo's world title win and the week that he held it. That is honestly for me the biggest blunder WCW made
just recently found your channel and this episode popped up in suggestions. LOVE IT! this was 1 of the 3 episodes of Thunder I ever watched as a kid/teen 😂 (the 1st being the one u actually mentioned being the WORST Thunder show ever) being a wrestling fan in Jr high and not having cable but watching recorded episodes thanks to my best frnd every tues of RAW N NITRO had me pretty well up to date BUT as I mentioned only ever saw Thunder 3 times and what my luck they were the worst ones ever😂 so I nvr cared to watch em and for obviously good reason and this vindicated my decision is just ironic yet absolutely hilarious ! thank u for this and plan to binge ur channel (as I'll be home starting today for the rest of the week due to an NON WRESTLING injury ) can't stop watching arquette fallin thru 😂😂😂😂
the concept of wrestlers counting their own pins is beyond mind-blowing. the fact that someone even had this idea let alone green lit it for tv, tells u all u need to know about the end of WCW
Awesome video buddy 💯 I remember watching this episode of Thunder seeing the Macho Man make an appearance and David Arquette falling through the ramp way everything was classic WCW 2000 😁
haven't watched this yet. even if i end up not liking it i have mad love for the hustle. you do what you gotta to keep the page relevant and it's awesome.
I really, really want to recommend the November 8th, 1999 episode of WCW Nitro. It has a lot of throwaway matches, a Kimberly/David Flair horror movie segment that runs throughout the show, Seven debut and Bam Bam Bigaelow somehow gets counted out of a FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE match. It's peak Russo madness and I would love to see you cover it. Keep up the good work!
Bischoff summed up Russo's booking as "Crash TV." NOTHING more evident than this episode. The fact that Russo actually has SUPPORTERS is absolutely BEYOND ME. What a chump.
I love how Macho Man doesn't even swing his arms for his axe handle he just holds them up and everyone runs into it
I laughed out loud when David Arquette fell through the floor 🤣
Me too I woke up my cat
I woke up my wife 🤣
God damn that was funny.
Coughing up blood from laughter here. 😂😂😂
Is there a way to laugh that isn't out loud?
"Too many generals who have never been in a wrestling match." - Bobby Heenan
When you said “f*** no it’s in Memphis” was hilarious, had me dying love ya WB!
WB is swearing a lot more in this video. I think watching 2000 WCW does that to a man.
That David Arquette spot was magnificent, why have I never seen or heard of this before? That was Shockmaster levels of funniness 😂🤣😂🤣
It was funnier than Shockmaster IMO.
Absolutely! That was so funny what a great start to a Monday morning
I think it may be because Arquette failing through the floor was initially more confusing than funny. WCW in 2000 was so nonsensical that for all we knew that was supposed to happen.
@@BiggieTrismegistus Sad but true
There's a doc called you can't kill David Arquette that goes into the fully. It's either on Hulu or Amazon prime I can't remember. It's good though
This Thunder basically was the format for what would become WCW Backstage Assault
Which was an assault on our intelligence
Love it. The twist ending of Arquette falling through the stage and being completely ignored had me completely rolling.
Yes, YES! This is my type of bollocks! Great stuff/commiserations 😃
I still haven't recovered....
OSW in da house!
You guys should review eachothers reviews
The forbidden door of youtube is open
Scott Hall puked on Nitro, did he "CHUNDER on BLUNDER" as well? 🤢🤮😂
4:37 The look on Tony and Brain’s faces say it all. They have the enthusiasm of kidnapping victims.
Lmao this killed me
Schiovane looks so pissed
Honestly the look on Schivone’s face tells you everything you need to know about WCW at that time.
Like his look on Dynamite yesterday
I’d never seen this before. I rewound that David Arquette part 4 times and I have tears in my eyes. Best thing I’ve seen all week.
We need a “that’s not gonna work for me, brother” shirt
Usually I don’t wear wrestling tshirts but I would wear that if it was tasteful
Doing the J O B don't work for me, brother
It's got to be a yellow shirt with the red Hulkamania font and then we're talking business
It's been copyrighted
@@ii9714 fr, honestly wouldn’t be surprised, but damn
I was dying at Arquette falling through the stage
Rest assured, Russo left you with enough material to make as many episodes as you want.
I started laughing at the Arquette bit so hard that my wife had to shout through and ask if I was alright haha
I knew latter-day WCW was a total clusterfuck, but... this was something else. Looking forward to more of these.
David falling throw the stage killed me lol
"I'm sure someone there had a hat"
**immediately cut to Russo standing in front of Bagwell who is wearing a red had** 😂😂😂😂😂
The fact that they're holding a "New York Rules" show and it's not *in* New York, sets the tone pretty well.
This was doomed from the start.
WCW 2000 was screwball comedy
Still better than aew and that's not saying much
Thanks for sharing that David Arquette botch. For 20 odd years I thought I had hallucinated that 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
I thought I hallucinated all of WCW 2000
“A dead horse that I could flog over and over again” love that 😂
Arquette showing up for the climactic show-ending spot, falling through the goddamn floor and everyone just moving on like nothing happened might be the funniest thing I've ever seen in pro wrestling
Damn that David Arquette falling through the floor ending. Priceless 😂
You made my Sunday with this. I was laughing throughout but that Arquette blunder almost had me pissing myself. Thanks for doing what you do!
The Vince Russo scream did it for me 🤣
Ryan from Wrestling Bios belongs in the WWE Hall of Fame for curating an archive of wrestling history.
To be fair there are far less deserving entries already inducted. Ryan with this channel is reigniting a lot of fans interest with his content and no doubt generating more customers for the WWE network in the process.
“Seeing as Flair is having a break in the corner.”
I don’t know why but that along with the image of Flair sitting in the corner made me laugh so hard 😂
If late '90s WCW could be summed up in one thing, it would be Arquette falling through the floor.
This actually made me sad, awareness of how WCW from being the best wrestling company in the world turned into... this, I don't even have enough and proper offensive word to describe that.
It amazes me just how fast it all fell apart.
@@Hedgehobbit It fell apart cause Eric is stupid, Russo is stupid, too many old geezers with creative control.
Just recently discovered you, after this video I'm gonna binge watch your videos instead of watch the pro bowl, great content.
Damn..... you have a loooooooong catch-up ahead of you then, plus some brilliant Reliving The War episodes to get through!!
I'm so happy RUclips dropped Wrestling Bios into my recommended videos one day
@@LordHeath1972 These Reliving the War episodes are epic. Seeing moments I remember seeing as a kid live brings back the nostalgia vibes.
@@legitheatwrestlingshow1789 Make sure you start Reliving the War from the beginning though.
One episode in, and this whole “it not being weekly” thing is already a benefit for WrestlingBios.
Thank you for suffering for our entertainment. I laughed so hard at Arquette falling through the hole on the stage.
Pissing myself laughing at David Arquette falling thru the floor hahahaha
That look on Tony Schiavone's face really says it all.
I remember watching this years ago. All that damn good talent. So much more then they would even need to put on a good show, but WWE was white hot at this point. They were trying to fight fire with fire, when they should have been reestablishing their product.
I believe Tony said he was making his resume at this point if you watch the WCW 2000 shows you can definitely see that Tony has completely given up and rightfully so
If there's ever a WWE version of this we need to see Vince McMahon's Golden Egg.
That David Arquette botch is god tier. Had me dying of laughter
I used to love thunder when I was a kid . So much potential, visually spectacular presentation at the time , I even recreated the entrance way with cardboard , paint , and construction paper for my wrestling toys ... man if only the wrestling was good on this wrestling show lol
That's cute
I could watch every thunder in peace. Nitro was a different story
That was a waste of your 30s then lol.
@@stevelowe2647 youre supposed to learn how to craft with construction paper in your 30s ? ......... oh . Lol
@@WaggerFiggot15 its called a joke. I always forget that everyone on RUclips is autistic & wouldn't recognise a joke if it jumped up & slapped them.
10:07 Did not see that coming, LMAO😆DDP hugging Kimberly and then smashing her head with the guitar is underrated comedy
you keep blessing us with the Jam. Thank you Brother
David A falling through the floor had me pissing myself 😂
That botched gimmick floor spot has me literally in tears 🤣🤣🤣🤣
13:43 I'm here to defend this. The good thing about this show is that over 20 years later we get to listen to your hilarious reactions. That alone makes it all worth it.
I would have thought a New York Rules match by Vince Russo would have a referee but they would count pinfalls like: 1 BRO! 2 BRO! 3 BRO!
@2:52: "For the hell I'm about to put myself through today." 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you thank you thank you for blowing the dust off this time in wcw, I’m so grateful for you not only putting yourself through this but explaining it… 😍
I like your picture 👍
This actually seems like a great episode of Thunder 😂
I recommended this episode! A pure car crash piece of television from start to finish.
Always love wrestling bios. This is a great idea. Cant wait to see what else comes from wcw blunder. The name alone makes me laugh. Keep it up brother
Genius idea! A lot know about stuff like the fingerpoke of doom or the Warrior - Hogan match. However there are so many insane ideas and spots throughout late WCW, that you will highlight a lot of stuff people have forgotten. Like Arquette falling through the floor. Haven't seen it before. It's hilarious!
This is genius! You never disappoint. Great memories for all of us over 40.
Another Wrestling Bios gem. Thank you for all your dedicated work!
"That doesn't work for me brother" lmao I wonder who would've said that one
Ok i totally didn't expect the ending, still laughing at that falling through the floor part 🤣
I feel like we need a “That Doesn’t Work for Me Brother” t shirt hahaha. I loved this review and look forward to more episodes of Blunder. Haha
The fact that "fans" had the audacity to be mad/complain about the title being put on Arquette during this period is still beyond me. It's like having a yard covered with trash and then flipping out when someone throws a gum wrapper on the pile.
Lmao bro Arquette falling through the "fuckin floor" got me DYING bruh. DYING
This reminds me of the short lived WWE youtube series Are You Serious? Great stuff. Arquette falling through the stage may be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in WCW
Mike awesome making a run in as a heel when he’s clearly disadvantaged and gets mauled is so good
This is the kind of show I didn't know that I needed... but now I do. Schedule whenever you can. No worries...
A resounding success, man I was laughing multiple times. Definitely another highlight to look forward to from your channel! 😃
I died when Arquette fell through the floor, Almost choked on my mountain dew I was laughing so hard 🤣🤣🤣
I never watched WCW, so thank you for this. I spit out my whisky, I was laughing so hard, when Arquette blew the gimmick
New show? Yes, please.
"you don't need to tag your opponent in" I like hearing little mistakes like this sometimes :) great video dude!
I loved this Thunder episode when it came out, that was freaking entertaining! I had never noticed David Arquete coming out, that was funny!
I loved WCW back around 97-99 when it was on TNT but stopped watching it around this time but I’d check in from to time and *this* was exactly the type of schlock that I’d see - I’d never have a clue what I was looking at 😂
The examples you used for “terrible wrestling ideas” I was laughing out loud reminiscing about all of them.
Brother, I can’t thank you enough for all your content. By far the best in the genre!
That’s what she said..
Thank you for all the great content WB!
Arquette‘s „bump“ and Macho‘s double axe handles hit me hard 🤣
Oh my….wow! This was just the FIRST episode! That David Arquette spot was utterly hilarious!
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the planet!
An awesome idea and this way we get to,ironically, get to see Thunder being covered by its highlights. Which paradoxically are also it’s low lights.
I burst out laughing with that fall.
I freaking love this! I think this is going to be an awesome series!
Didn’t Russo normally blunder most story lines he worked on?!?! 😂😆😝🎤⬇️💯
You mean the guy who wrote the highest ratings in wrestling history
Yeah he blundered himself from the 2s in the WWF to consistent 5's and 6's even reaching 8's. Numbers that weren't seen before and really quickly disappeared after he left
It genuinely pains me to see how they buried Mike Awesome in WCW.
For real. Mike Awesome was huge and could absolutely go in the ring. But instead of having him put on great matches Russo made him the "Fat Chick Thriller" and "That 70s Guy"
@@BiggieTrismegistus The matches he had with Masato Tanaka are legit some of the best I've ever seen.
Loved this first episode would love to see you cover Russo's world title win and the week that he held it. That is honestly for me the biggest blunder WCW made
"what happened to my career?" was going through the mind of David Arquette as he went through the floor 🤣🤣🤣
just recently found your channel and this episode popped up in suggestions. LOVE IT! this was 1 of the 3 episodes of Thunder I ever watched as a kid/teen 😂 (the 1st being the one u actually mentioned being the WORST Thunder show ever) being a wrestling fan in Jr high and not having cable but watching recorded episodes thanks to my best frnd every tues of RAW N NITRO had me pretty well up to date BUT as I mentioned only ever saw Thunder 3 times and what my luck they were the worst ones ever😂 so I nvr cared to watch em and for obviously good reason and this vindicated my decision is just ironic yet absolutely hilarious ! thank u for this and plan to binge ur channel (as I'll be home starting today for the rest of the week due to an NON WRESTLING injury ) can't stop watching arquette fallin thru 😂😂😂😂
Sting was like the ultimate modern-day mime doing the ultimate mimery
The moment a SOTT STEINER promo becomes the highlight of a wrestling show you know it's WCW 2000^^
However great review and a great idea for a series.
the concept of wrestlers counting their own pins is beyond mind-blowing. the fact that someone even had this idea let alone green lit it for tv, tells u all u need to know about the end of WCW
Awesome video buddy 💯 I remember watching this episode of Thunder seeing the Macho Man make an appearance and David Arquette falling through the ramp way everything was classic WCW 2000 😁
This was brilliant, please do more
Everything on this channel is gold
Only thing I can say about this new venture is, YES!
That’s what she said!!
This channel just gets better and better. Appreciate your work man!
The entire Dungeon of Doom/Alliance to end Hulkamania timeline! "It's not hot" brother!
There's NO HULKAMANIACS here!!! Lol.
haven't watched this yet. even if i end up not liking it i have mad love for the hustle. you do what you gotta to keep the page relevant and it's awesome.
it still eludes me to this day why WCW went out of business...
I really, really want to recommend the November 8th, 1999 episode of WCW Nitro. It has a lot of throwaway matches, a Kimberly/David Flair horror movie segment that runs throughout the show, Seven debut and Bam Bam Bigaelow somehow gets counted out of a FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE match. It's peak Russo madness and I would love to see you cover it. Keep up the good work!
counted out in a falls count anywhere match LMAO
"I'm sure someone's got a hat..."
Buff shows up next clip wearing a hat lol
I think it was usually on Nitro..but Steiner roasting Hogan and Flair could be its own video.😭😂😂
I forgot how much of a mess this was! Incredible to watch again now! 😂
7:50 "someone has to have a hat" literally dude in a red hat mad chillin in the ring
This is amazing. Please keep this up. The falling through the floor was hilarious. WCW was such a train wreck lol.
2:31...the last thing the Benoit family saw.
Never seen or heard about this. But man. This was hard to keep up with. Not due to your telling of it but just the sheer insanity and chaos
I freaking lost it when Arquette fell. My gah 😂 😂 😂 😂
Bischoff summed up Russo's booking as "Crash TV." NOTHING more evident than this episode. The fact that Russo actually has SUPPORTERS is absolutely BEYOND ME. What a chump.
Miss Elizabeth was kidnapped so many times, you have to wonder if she kinda liked it.