Das Wunderkind wins gold and Austin's time as a technical wrestler is drawing to a close. Monumental and somber all at the same time. Also, I couldn't help but notice that Davey beating Shamrock with the chair is part of the WWF War Zone intro. 😃
I was in attendance at this Nitro in Charleston, WV. My most vivid memory of the entire show is “I’m finally in the audience for a title change in WCW. And it’s Alex Wright winning the cruiserweight championship? Why God? Why?”
This time every Thursday it feels like 97-98 on a Monday afternoon trying to focus on homework while staring at the clock waiting to channel flip between these two amazing shows. Every reliving the war intro I get the same feeling. Thank you WB. Keep this up!
Austin looked so good in that tag match, such a shame what happens next curtailed his in ring ability so much even though it arguably also somehow made him an even bigger star.
He looked really good. Probably the most intense and fast he's ever been (up to this point). Was taken back by how he moved around on this episode of Raw.
There is actually over 100 already as the reliving the war ppv videos he does are a part of this series, that makes his good work even more impressive.
Can't believe only a few weeks until the 100 episode, i can remember watching the first one and make sure i tune in every week for each new episode, it's scary how quickly 2 years has gone though
Welcome to Thursday Afternoon Reliving the War. The best Wrestling show on RUclips. Thanks again for the trip down memory lane. I look forward to this time every week.
@@brandonpage7087 I love his sense of humor and his love of bricks lol I started the brick brigade, imagine the look on my face when he started using it. We chat it up sometimes, been following him past 2 years. Reliving the war right behind him with the davey boy chin locks
I stumbled upon your channel a couple yrs ago, and have been following "Reliving the War" since episode 1, I look forward to it every week....this is best pro wrestling content on RUclips! It's really been a pleasure seeing the growth of the channel, keep doing your thing, your efforts are appreciated!
You deserve what would be equivalent to a RUclips Oscar for the best series! High quality+entertaining=Reliving the War. You obviously have the Jam. Thank you, Wrestling Bios, for the dedication it takes to crank out the sheer number of quality videos! Kick or be Kickin'!
Thursdays are typically my hardest day at work/hardest day period. These videos give me something to look forward to every week so I thank you very much.
As somebody who was born in 1996 and started watching wrestling in 2002, I have watched a lot of documentaries and listened to podcasts about the Attitude Era and the Monday Night Wars. But I have to say thank you, because none of them have been a good and as thorough as yours. You really are putting out the best Monday Night Wars content I have ever seen, and I finally feel like I am getting the full picture, so I just want to say thank you for putting this all together.
I was still in high school for these. Our schools even had small factions. It was so weird. I turned on the IV horseman after Hogan vs Piper in Nashville.
The Patriot Del Wilkes sounded like a nice guy. But as a kid I felt he was shoehorned in and a shameless, recent creation of an opponent for Brett- although the patriot had been around for many years and was brought in. Brett should’ve had a different opponent, in my opinion, and that would’ve kept him relevant and not needing to leave by Survivor Series.
I think the problem was that the Harts VS USA storyline, should have ended at Canadian Stampede. That was the peak of it. The WWF continued on with the storyline. It was after all one of the greatest storylines in wrestling history. However there was no where for it too go. Therefore The Patriot was shoehorned in to keep on with the storyline. Perhaps the problem was what to do with The Harts, especially Bret Hart going forward, it was difficult especially for Bret, as due to the unique nature of the Harts VS USA storyline, he had difficulty fitting in as a proper face or heel. The WWF then had two problems, how to end the angle and what to do with Bret afterwards. Perhaps this was a main reason behind The Montreal Screwjob. They had no idea what to do with Bret.
Your Wolfpack party outro.. 🤣🤣 I don’t know how something can be so absurdly annoying, yet so amazingly awesome at the same time! Another great episode man!
Saturday Wright Fever goes gold. What could be better. Also that video into mix going from Wright to Michael's is just perfect. They need to be a tag team.
I hated how the nwo NEVER got their comeuppance and how they had to make everybody look even though honestly, 95% of the nwo by this point was nothing but lower mid-card guys. WCW, as a company, was so addicted to and dependent on the nwo that it totally became all they cared about and was concerned with, even at the expense of their own product.
Yeah, I remember it being so stale by this point - making the faction wars in the WWF feel even more lazy and derivative. I was watching far more WCW at this point and was so hyped for Lex Luger in the summer of 97. Always had been a fan of him and he was well over at this point. About the only thing I'd make sure to watch on Raw was Ahmed Johnson 🤷🏻♂️
@@RobJaskula the nwo rarely lost to anybody and after a year, it really felt like was being forced. DDP was over big time coming out of that feud with Savage, and Syxx getting that win did neither man any favors. And I loathed how Hall and Nash would just act so nonchalant like nothing in the world bothered them. How could anyone invest in a program with them vs anybody when they never looked like they cared, either? And it goes on down to Hogan never defending the title and coming in the ring and laying down while doing a promo. It was just so grating and insulting then. The nwo does not age well at all. But you know how revisionist history goes.
Got a ppv to look forward to this weekend, nice!!! I look forward to this series like I use to look forward too Monday nights during the attitude era. I wouldn’t mind if these videos where a bit longer, 45 minutes or so. You’d have my attention the whole time.
German here, we tried to make July 28 a national holiday, but there were health concerns that everyone starting to dance like Alex Wright would cause too many hip injuries. Still, we are very proud of our only real national hero.
Super happy to see the new episode tonight, just got done moving out and am about to eat some of my favorite Chinese Takeout after i smoke this bowl, and close to 40 minutes of "new" Reliving The War sounds perfect. 😄👍
Dear Wrestling Bios, as always, amazing video, can't thank you enough for making this content and helping me, and many more people through dark times. I have a question, cus sometimes my brain fails to recognise stuff like that. Was Tekken 2/3 just a gag, or an actual thing that happened??
Im from and currently live in Charleston WV. Unfortunately I wasnt able to make this show. But I was able to make the 1999 Souled Out Pay Per View. Yeah it was towards the end of WCWs life, but it was nice to see all the NWO including Hogan in person. Got pretty good seats on the lower level too. Actually went to a couple of house shows and got to see Goldberg vs at the time The Giant, Nash vs Luger, and got to see my favorite, Big Poppa Pump. I miss the good ol days.
You missed a golden chance to say Chyna smashes her little 9th wonder of the world
Or her little Chyna town. Her little Great Walls...no, wait. That all just sounds perverted.
Yours works best.
I was going to say the same thing!
I would say that her 9th wonder is bigger than most
She’s having big trouble in little chyna.
Smashes her great walls of Chyna 🤔
Chinlock Withdrawal is a lot tougher than I imagined......kudos to the Bulldog for setting the example
A true inspiration to everyone struggling with chinlockery.
Lol, he's definitely got "jam".
@@kwazi0000 lol facts 😂
I've been sober from heroin for 8 years now but its nothing compared to the struggle of chin lock addiction
@@disciple2742 You have definitely got the jam. Bret would be proud.
Das Wunderkind wins gold and Austin's time as a technical wrestler is drawing to a close. Monumental and somber all at the same time. Also, I couldn't help but notice that Davey beating Shamrock with the chair is part of the WWF War Zone intro. 😃
I always wonder how things would've been if Austin stayed as a technical wrestler if he wasn't injured? Like would he be a brawler/technician?
Our Davey Boy is now a Davey Man! 5 weeks without a chin lock. I’m so proud of him.
Had to pause the video for this....
The I'll chin lock your mother part has killed me 😭🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's the whisper that does it
“The absolute banger of a track plays while Shawn does a few lines on the commentary table” 😂
Shawn was so high I thought hed take a nap on the commentary table.
🤣🤣
I was in attendance at this Nitro in Charleston, WV. My most vivid memory of the entire show is “I’m finally in the audience for a title change in WCW. And it’s Alex Wright winning the cruiserweight championship? Why God? Why?”
Your reaction to Hogan having to defend the title every 30 days was gold!
"Alex is a god when it comes to wrist action." 🤣😂😂😂😂
Ken Shamrock's arm wrestling face is Robert DeNiro's acting face
"ain't no party like a wolf pack party"
Is still better than 90% of music today
Absolutely!! I don't waste my time with current "music". Especially hip hop.
@@brandonpage7087 Word to that
Yeah no lol
This time every Thursday it feels like 97-98 on a Monday afternoon trying to focus on homework while staring at the clock waiting to channel flip between these two amazing shows.
Every reliving the war intro I get the same feeling. Thank you WB. Keep this up!
Austin looked so good in that tag match, such a shame what happens next curtailed his in ring ability so much even though it arguably also somehow made him an even bigger star.
He looked really good. Probably the most intense and fast he's ever been (up to this point). Was taken back by how he moved around on this episode of Raw.
@@WrestlingBios Yep he was on fire and the crowd were loving it too.
94 episodes in and still going strong. Thanks for still providing the great content. Keep up the good work!
There is actually over 100 already as the reliving the war ppv videos he does are a part of this series, that makes his good work even more impressive.
Can't believe only a few weeks until the 100 episode, i can remember watching the first one and make sure i tune in every week for each new episode, it's scary how quickly 2 years has gone though
AW dancing in from of the belt laid out on the mat was the absolute business. Monumental indeed.
Been looking forward to this episode. Finally Das Wunderkind gets the spotlight he deserves 🕺
Big bratwurst, ya?
Truly the apex of Professional Wrestling.
His mating dance, alone, is worth the price of admission.
Saturday Wright Fever making history.
He actually held every singles title in WCW, except for the world title. Also, he holds a victory over Triple H, at Starrcade, nonetheless!
I remember Bret gave an interview on Off the Record after this where he said he wouldn't put the hose in Pittsburgh, but Washington DC instead
Honestly, he's not wrong about that....
He said the same on “Wrestling with shadows”
@@maximilianberkowitz4086 Maybe that's what I'm thinking of...
You don't have to thank me for sticking with Reliving the War on Wrestling Bio's!
I was watching the War as it happened back in the day JAM IT!
We are entering the beginning of the end for Bret's time on Raw, Only About 5 months till he is on Nitro's side on reliving the War.
And along with this his career takes a nose dive into oblivion. As he’s a victim of WCWs useless booking team.
Gotta savor it while I can, this is peak wrestling for me
3 more months actuallt
Actually😂😂
I don't think Nitro's got the jam to take on Bret Hart.
Since I can't get a Davey boy chinlock I'll have to substitute it with das wunderkind 😂
Welcome to Thursday Afternoon Reliving the War. The best Wrestling show on RUclips. Thanks again for the trip down memory lane. I look forward to this time every week.
3:00 Cincinnati area native and a former Bengal. Wasn’t the first time Brian Pillman associated Pittsburgh and sphincters.
Huh?
Love how dog food was used with the Bulldog in 1997 and then Roman Reigns in 2019, I believe. Good stuff...
Between this and Ring of the Hawk, the best wrestling series on RUclips I keep saying it over and over….
Nice to see someone else show Ring of the Hawk some love!
@@brandonpage7087 I love his sense of humor and his love of bricks lol I started the brick brigade, imagine the look on my face when he started using it. We chat it up sometimes, been following him past 2 years. Reliving the war right behind him with the davey boy chin locks
@@ShizSantana cool story...
I'm currently going through chinlock withdrawal and your videos on The Bulldog really has helped me, through the process.
Das Wunderkid brings home the gold. Such an undervalued talent. Love this series btw man. Awesome vids every upload. Cheer to ya mate.
For what it's worth, The Godwin's were also once The Texas Hangmen (Tex Slazenger" and "Shanghai Pierce)
I stumbled upon your channel a couple yrs ago, and have been following "Reliving the War" since episode 1, I look forward to it every week....this is best pro wrestling content on RUclips! It's really been a pleasure seeing the growth of the channel, keep doing your thing, your efforts are appreciated!
Here, here!! It’s such an awesome channel. So much hard work goes into it.
Nicely said.
"That's a royal rumble right there." May be your best line ever. lmao
Boy! The ending song, that's gonna be tough to get unstuck from my head!
I can't believe we are almost to episode 100. It has been such an amazing ride man, thank you so much for the endless hours of great content.
Still blows my mind how masculine Chyna looked in the beginning. A real strong jaw.
She got nothing on Nicole bass
lol
That enema line from Bret was golden.
I look forward to watching this series more than anything on TV or the net! Thank you .
28th July 1997 was my 12th Birthday… simpler times. These videos are like a warm blanket of nostalgia
6:27 your line had me literally laughing out loud didn’t laugh all day til then I should’ve said that line to the judge today. thank you
15:34 "Jerico's hair gets tangled up in Alex's fist." Awesome heel commentary there. Jerico is a fricken' Medusa! 😆
The Patrick cutaway has me dying I love this channel
Jericho should have known you can't beat Saturday Wright Fever with a small package. He only knows big packages
Alex Wright is fast becoming my favorite wrestler right now 😂
Jam sandwich at the ready
WB, you are the best for giving us these. It will be helpful for elder gen x folks ina couple years.
Waltman has to be looking back, seeing himself wearing spandex that says "thug" and just shaking his head every single time
Alex is the master of wrist action... classic. All that schnitzel.
Thank you for your time and effort with this channel. This is absolutely amazing
On the Summerslam video I hope the "Life isn't fair" intro gets a mention, IMO one of the best PPV intros ever
You deserve what would be equivalent to a RUclips Oscar for the best series! High quality+entertaining=Reliving the War. You obviously have the Jam. Thank you, Wrestling Bios, for the dedication it takes to crank out the sheer number of quality videos! Kick or be Kickin'!
21:26, that may be how their year ended, but Devon storm later gains success as "crowbar" in WCW!
In honor of Saturday wright fevers cruiser weight title win, I bought one of his shirts. Fire
I AM LOOKING AT A CHICKEN STRIP GIF WHILE LISTENING TO THE ' ' AIN'T NOBODY LIKE A WOLF PACK PARTY ' ' SONG AND IT IS HILARIOUS ! ! ! 🤣🤣
Almost on the 100th episode of the Relieving the war series. Being enjoying the ride to get there Wrestling Bios.
At 8:48 I believe the phrase you were looking for was "jammed her clam"
Love your work.
Thursdays are typically my hardest day at work/hardest day period. These videos give me something to look forward to every week so I thank you very much.
16:47 this screen shot is perfect, a crowd utterly hating, pissed or booing, and 1 guy...1 guy in a JC cap gets it.
As somebody who was born in 1996 and started watching wrestling in 2002, I have watched a lot of documentaries and listened to podcasts about the Attitude Era and the Monday Night Wars. But I have to say thank you, because none of them have been a good and as thorough as yours. You really are putting out the best Monday Night Wars content I have ever seen, and I finally feel like I am getting the full picture, so I just want to say thank you for putting this all together.
I was still in high school for these. Our schools even had small factions. It was so weird. I turned on the IV horseman after Hogan vs Piper in Nashville.
Gonna need a Painkiller Pete's shirt "Find your smile"
need a 10 hour cut of "ain't no party like a wolf pack party" or maybe a shirt ;)
Seconded. As a StripClub deejay I need this!!!!
It’s the week before Summerslam 97 right here on reliving the War
The Patriot Del Wilkes sounded like a nice guy. But as a kid I felt he was shoehorned in and a shameless, recent creation of an opponent for Brett- although the patriot had been around for many years and was brought in. Brett should’ve had a different opponent, in my opinion, and that would’ve kept him relevant and not needing to leave by Survivor Series.
I think the problem was that the Harts VS USA storyline, should have ended at Canadian Stampede. That was the peak of it. The WWF continued on with the storyline. It was after all one of the greatest storylines in wrestling history. However there was no where for it too go. Therefore The Patriot was shoehorned in to keep on with the storyline. Perhaps the problem was what to do with The Harts, especially Bret Hart going forward, it was difficult especially for Bret, as due to the unique nature of the Harts VS USA storyline, he had difficulty fitting in as a proper face or heel. The WWF then had two problems, how to end the angle and what to do with Bret afterwards. Perhaps this was a main reason behind The Montreal Screwjob. They had no idea what to do with Bret.
Wow nearly 2yrs of RTW, would the streak be coming to an end soon as I thought it was 80 odd weeks.??
Few more months I think
Not until next year when austin wins title
Your Wolfpack party outro.. 🤣🤣 I don’t know how something can be so absurdly annoying, yet so amazingly awesome at the same time! Another great episode man!
vince calling patrick was hilarious. well done sir lol
Saturday Wright Fever goes gold. What could be better.
Also that video into mix going from Wright to Michael's is just perfect. They need to be a tag team.
Thanks for another great episode Ryan! Also I just wanted to mention that the Konnan groove there at the end was funky as hell thank you!
Happy to catch another re-living the war when it just releases. Love this series. :)
I hated how the nwo NEVER got their comeuppance and how they had to make everybody look even though honestly, 95% of the nwo by this point was nothing but lower mid-card guys. WCW, as a company, was so addicted to and dependent on the nwo that it totally became all they cared about and was concerned with, even at the expense of their own product.
Yeah, I remember it being so stale by this point - making the faction wars in the WWF feel even more lazy and derivative.
I was watching far more WCW at this point and was so hyped for Lex Luger in the summer of 97. Always had been a fan of him and he was well over at this point. About the only thing I'd make sure to watch on Raw was Ahmed Johnson 🤷🏻♂️
@@RobJaskula the nwo rarely lost to anybody and after a year, it really felt like was being forced. DDP was over big time coming out of that feud with Savage, and Syxx getting that win did neither man any favors. And I loathed how Hall and Nash would just act so nonchalant like nothing in the world bothered them. How could anyone invest in a program with them vs anybody when they never looked like they cared, either? And it goes on down to Hogan never defending the title and coming in the ring and laying down while doing a promo. It was just so grating and insulting then. The nwo does not age well at all. But you know how revisionist history goes.
Got a ppv to look forward to this weekend, nice!!! I look forward to this series like I use to look forward too Monday nights during the attitude era. I wouldn’t mind if these videos where a bit longer, 45 minutes or so. You’d have my attention the whole time.
My birthday is Saturday and my husband got me the Saturday Wright Fever shirt and it showed up today!!! Best gift ever!!!!!
German here, we tried to make July 28 a national holiday, but there were health concerns that everyone starting to dance like Alex Wright would cause too many hip injuries. Still, we are very proud of our only real national hero.
This is the best part of my Thursdays
It's been said before but it's beyond called for here; "I respect you, Bio-man."
Super happy to see the new episode tonight, just got done moving out and am about to eat some of my favorite Chinese Takeout after i smoke this bowl, and close to 40 minutes of "new" Reliving The War sounds perfect.
😄👍
cold beer in hand, so you know its thursday...
Dear Wrestling Bios, as always, amazing video, can't thank you enough for making this content and helping me, and many more people through dark times.
I have a question, cus sometimes my brain fails to recognise stuff like that. Was Tekken 2/3 just a gag, or an actual thing that happened??
Oh look it's my favorite day of the week again! Thanks wrestling bios for the Thursday night jam!
Love that Wolfpack party melody. Woop woop
Sensational channel man.
Lot of work on this series alone.
Fair play.
Fellow N.I man here.
Keeping Wright's music for the entire match recap was AWESOME! LOL
I laughed when Los Boriques put Chainz down like a little baby 😂
32:12 my favourite bit of Wrestling With Shadows. Bret beating up The Patriot with Star Spangled Banner as a soundtrack is fcukin hilarious
Im from and currently live in Charleston WV. Unfortunately I wasnt able to make this show. But I was able to make the 1999 Souled Out Pay Per View. Yeah it was towards the end of WCWs life, but it was nice to see all the NWO including Hogan in person. Got pretty good seats on the lower level too. Actually went to a couple of house shows and got to see Goldberg vs at the time The Giant, Nash vs Luger, and got to see my favorite, Big Poppa Pump. I miss the good ol days.
RIP Scott Hall, my childhood slipping away
We've finally got to my favorite part of the war, the next year of wrestling in this particular Era is the best of all time, especially WCW.
Thank you for all the work you put in, and presenting one last quality before my 20's end tomorrow.
The Prince is like Rocky Mievia if you ordered him off Wish
Also it's awesome to see brets heat. Insanely over as a heel and face at the same time almost. It's awesome
I could watch 1997 over and over again the product was so great back then on both shows and ecw
I always pop at the "brass knucks that don't look like brass knucks" spot
I didn't notice Ahmed Johnson hitting that Michinoku Driver. That ties into D'lo having to choke him out in the locker room. 😂
That end beat is pretty smooth! Who knew Konan could flex on the mic lol!
Lot's of fun this week. Can't wait for the 100th episode!!
Brakkus lived a few houses down from me when I was in high school. Biggest dude I ever saw in real life
I look forward to this every week.
That outro remix slaps.
After the bass dropped on Ain't no party (like a wolfpac party), "Oh shxt" haha
Poor Davey struggling with chinlock withdrawal. 5 weeks so far. I'm rooting for ya Davey
Honestly, the ending song was crazy addicting and 👍
That's Wright! Saturday Wright Fever reigns supreme!
Davey threw that chair shot like he didn’t know what a chair was
Now it’s gonna heartbreaking for a time when the first thing we hear is a famous line from Scott Hall. RIP Chico.