As a diehard fan of WCW from 1983 on, I hated seeing Hogan come into the company in 1994 and I couldn't continue to be a fan past 1999. But damn, do I wish WCW hadn't died.
Sam Muchnik, who was mentioned and was shown in this video, was my cousin and I had a few really fun conversations with him about sports when I was young. He ran the St. Louis territory and put on boxing and wrestling shows in the area. He was always nice to me and is the reason my family were all wrestling fans to this day!
While the fall has been well documented, I'm really looking forward to you covering the rise of WCW. Even before the nWo, I enjoyed watching WCW slowly ascend to a point where it could reasonably stand toe-to-toe with WWF. Hogan's star power was a big factor, of course, but I think that Ric Flair's return in 1993 was the real turning point. The Man had a short but memorable run in WWF, and that exposed him to a much wider audience. When he went back to his "home" promotion, a lot of us were curious to see what we had been missing.
It’s remarkable that for as rapidly as WCW rose. It collapsed just a quickly. It’s also why I don’t take what guys like Bischoff and Russo have to say even remotely seriously these days.
Cultaholic shall deliver another fantastic documentary with the terrific narrator, Sam Driver. 💯 Merry Christmas, Cultaholic. 🌟🎄🎁 New Update: Looks like our narrator was Ross Twedell, not Sam Driver. 😅 I got used to Mr. Driver being narrator, that I didn't expect any of the others doing it. Thanks for the documentary, anyway.
I honestly think you guys are king of the objective wrestling documentary. The passion for your work and wrestling is crystal clear in the finished product.
I don't know why , but I always prefered the still NWA affiliated and freshly independent WCW more than the NWO runned one . Still , WCW has one of the most exciting and turbulent lifetimes of all time . Waiting for the ECW documentary next !
That was the second Genesis of Vince McMahon's wrestling empire when he walked out at the 1983 NWA convention and withdraw membership, you can hear it in his own head "f*** all of you my wrestling empire is about to be greater than everyone else".
@@ChampionshipWrestlingSeries That’s another good one as well cultaholic could probably make a whole another documentary on all the territory promotions that existed before wwe and Vince decided to monopolize the wrestling industry.
U guys this rise and fall episode was good u guys need 2 do a Monday night wars mini series like u did for WWE'S GOLDEN AGE 1979-1992 i know u got war stories but i thought It would be a good idea 2 celebrate FOR THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MONDAY NIGHT WARS THIS YEAR COMING IT WOULD BE COOL
He increased it but it was already doomed. Eric's horrible management, contracts, and booking already sealed its fate giving hulk hogan ppv points on his contract made no ppv profitable. The one ppv that should of turned that tide he fucked up by overbooking the finish of sting vs hogan. Giving guys like lanny poffo 6 figures a year then never having them work 1 match. Contract matching for hall and nash so whenever anyone got a raise they automatically did while never working their abysmal house show business that no main stars worked. For awhile the house show main events were buff vs david flair with buff having one arm tied behind his back then wondered why they wondered why they lost money at every house show. They won 83 weeks in ratings and made no profit off it. Lol. Say what ya want about tony but he is actually making profit off his tv deals while wcw lived in the red for years, even while they were at their heighth, but eric has worked extra hard to rewrite all this and say "we beat raw for 83 weeks!" Lmao. That's why everyone called him ATM Eric, he was easy to make money off of because he didn't have any investment, just ted Turner money at his dispose.
@@derrickclark4753just look at the ratings of aew tony will never reach the successful that eric has eric was a threat to wwe and beat them for 83 weeks and what tony do he can't even beat nxt and he literally embarrassing himself every single time and he literally making the same mistake and didn't learn form it
Nearly 2 hours of ross and cultaholic quality documentary it must be Christmas
As a diehard fan of WCW from 1983 on, I hated seeing Hogan come into the company in 1994 and I couldn't continue to be a fan past 1999. But damn, do I wish WCW hadn't died.
WCW didn't exist until 1988.
Wcw had problem before and after Hogan came there
Lol wcw was dead by 1999
Sam Muchnik, who was mentioned and was shown in this video, was my cousin and I had a few really fun conversations with him about sports when I was young. He ran the St. Louis territory and put on boxing and wrestling shows in the area. He was always nice to me and is the reason my family were all wrestling fans to this day!
Long form videos > Another random list video
Hope this video gets a million views. Fantastic work guys
FACTS all of culatholic wrestling documentaries deserve millions of views.
While the fall has been well documented, I'm really looking forward to you covering the rise of WCW. Even before the nWo, I enjoyed watching WCW slowly ascend to a point where it could reasonably stand toe-to-toe with WWF. Hogan's star power was a big factor, of course, but I think that Ric Flair's return in 1993 was the real turning point. The Man had a short but memorable run in WWF, and that exposed him to a much wider audience. When he went back to his "home" promotion, a lot of us were curious to see what we had been missing.
There was no rise before NWO pretty boy lol. Aren’t you mommy’s pretty boy lol.
Love and respect how much research you guys do for these kind of things :)
You can tell the Wrestking world is stale when stories are being rehashed over 20 years later.
You’ve done it again. What a video!
It’s remarkable that for as rapidly as WCW rose. It collapsed just a quickly.
It’s also why I don’t take what guys like Bischoff and Russo have to say even remotely seriously these days.
Cultaholic shall deliver another fantastic documentary with the terrific narrator, Sam Driver. 💯 Merry Christmas, Cultaholic. 🌟🎄🎁
New Update: Looks like our narrator was Ross Twedell, not Sam Driver. 😅 I got used to Mr. Driver being narrator, that I didn't expect any of the others doing it. Thanks for the documentary, anyway.
This isn't Sam, this is Ross
@@JouvaMoufetteYeah, I realized. Thanks.
This story is never going to get old.😂
This is going to be good just like the Rise and Fall of AJPW FMW and ECW
I honestly think you guys are king of the objective wrestling documentary. The passion for your work and wrestling is crystal clear in the finished product.
FACTS.
Merry fckin Christmas me! Thank you Cultaholic.
Been waiting for this.
I don't know why , but I always prefered the still NWA affiliated and freshly independent WCW more than the NWO runned one . Still , WCW has one of the most exciting and turbulent lifetimes of all time . Waiting for the ECW documentary next !
They already made a ecw documentary “the history of ecw” video from earlier this year.
Another excellent documentary.
I was longing for this video about WCW! Yes yes yes!
That was the second Genesis of Vince McMahon's wrestling empire when he walked out at the 1983 NWA convention and withdraw membership, you can hear it in his own head "f*** all of you my wrestling empire is about to be greater than everyone else".
I can't wait for the rise and fall of CWS documentary
How about the rise and fall of the nwa or awa.
@DamariJackson24 they'd be great but I'm a little more personally invested in Championship Wrestling Series.
@@ChampionshipWrestlingSeries That’s another good one as well cultaholic could probably make a whole another documentary on all the territory promotions that existed before wwe and Vince decided to monopolize the wrestling industry.
@@DamariJackson24 are you a Championship Wrestling Series fan yourself?
Next video: documentary of 2 hours about the complete history of Dabliu Cee Dabliu (WCW) with Sam the driver
i say this each and every time, but unmasked rey mysterio was a menace. HOODY HOO!
Just starting this, can they beat last year’s golden era documentaries that were unreal.
By god I can’t wait to watch this later 😮
Next you guys should make The Rise and Fall of AJW All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling 1968-2005
How about the nwa, awa, rikidozan, jwa, or generico tenryu’s sws and many more defunct Japanese promotions.
I was all about wwf as a kid and hated anything wcw. but now im totally fascinated by it.
WCW starts doing well and then the rich guys start making bad decisions etc
For all the talk about Tony Connor, being a student of wrestling and a fan of professional wrestling, he learned nothing from WCW's mistakes
If that is crocket at 25, yikes.
Wait, Jericho beat Stone Cold and the Rock on the same night? Strange that he's never mentioned that.
Was it really Rey Jay without his 😷 on? He was just some dude in my books
I thought they had done a rise and fall video on WCW. I guess I was wrong.
The black scorpion was a good idea but the people who were meant to play him pulled out
Cultaholic with the win
U guys this rise and fall episode was good u guys need 2 do a Monday night wars mini series like u did for WWE'S GOLDEN AGE 1979-1992 i know u got war stories but i thought It would be a good idea 2 celebrate FOR THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MONDAY NIGHT WARS THIS YEAR COMING IT WOULD BE COOL
I'll see you in five years for The Rise and Fall of AEW video!
They finna discontinue AEW Rampage
I’m a huge fan of pre nWo WCW .
Why is that dude who landed the plane in the Hudson River on the thumbnail?
If only Jim Crockett had the money of Ted Turner
Love it!!! 👏 👏 👏
It’s a story I love to hear. Hope the video is 8 hours long though.
If you took a look at all the people Ole Anderson has issues with, we'd be here until the cows came home.
Been covered to death this lads, even if you do I well
This was absolutely FANTASTIC!! If you havent signed up for Patreon, definitely do it...and....Thank..Me..Later :)
Can't watch it live... Definitely watch it later!!!
Please be here for Tony Khan : The Rise & Fall of AEW.
38:46 that dude looks like Ben Carson 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 I don't know if anyone knows him
How many times do we need to do this?
4 Life!
Well this hasn’t be covered 8700 times already. What’s 8701, amirite?
I have this DVD 😁😁
Wow, never heard this story before
Watch the WWE dvd
@@ArthurKillingsworthJrBiased WWE Propaganda
Again?
Rather than have all these belts in WWE. They shojld bring back WCW and have it be the mature product. Violence and cursing etc
The nwo was a big reason wcw is not around anymore
When are we getting one for AEW?😂
What Killed WCW? And The Answer To That Question Is "GREED".
After this, no more wcw lol
1:09:30 i hate this logo. It sticks out to me and stays with me but i am.not a fan.
The Rise And Fall Of AJW
Which the mess of the WCW/AOL Online. We now know how the WWF (now WWE). Conquered at the end!!!
Based.
Oh my god
Na seen these stories amillion times
Dubya See Dubya
WWE created a whole dvd about this with real interviews and clips who wants to see you goofs talking about this in your silly accents
Hoody hoo
In about two years we will get the rise and fall of AEW!
Reupload
Wow, a topic yet to be covered lol
It was Vince russo who destroyed wcw
He increased it but it was already doomed. Eric's horrible management, contracts, and booking already sealed its fate giving hulk hogan ppv points on his contract made no ppv profitable. The one ppv that should of turned that tide he fucked up by overbooking the finish of sting vs hogan. Giving guys like lanny poffo 6 figures a year then never having them work 1 match. Contract matching for hall and nash so whenever anyone got a raise they automatically did while never working their abysmal house show business that no main stars worked. For awhile the house show main events were buff vs david flair with buff having one arm tied behind his back then wondered why they wondered why they lost money at every house show. They won 83 weeks in ratings and made no profit off it. Lol. Say what ya want about tony but he is actually making profit off his tv deals while wcw lived in the red for years, even while they were at their heighth, but eric has worked extra hard to rewrite all this and say "we beat raw for 83 weeks!" Lmao. That's why everyone called him ATM Eric, he was easy to make money off of because he didn't have any investment, just ted Turner money at his dispose.
@derrickclark4753 Eric is the best
@@derrickclark4753just look at the ratings of aew tony will never reach the successful that eric has eric was a threat to wwe and beat them for 83 weeks and what tony do he can't even beat nxt and he literally embarrassing himself every single time and he literally making the same mistake and didn't learn form it
WWE created a whole dvd about this with real interviews and clips who wants to see you goofs talking about this in your silly accents