Rick Martel - one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time. Right up there with people like Ravishing Rick Rude, Mike Awesome, Chris Kanyon (mainly his early stuff), Raven, and Big Boss Man.
Martel should be a Hall of Famer, kinda stupid that he isn’t. Shame he got hurt again but he left the business with his overall health in tact and seems to be a clean living, happy guy. Concerning Scott Steiner, this is him mid transformation into Big Poppa Pump, whom you may have heard has the hook up, and wishes for you to shout if your auditory receptors have acceptably understood his statement.
Everything after Starrcade 97 was the beginning of the end. Hogan couldn't lay down clean for anyone and only lost in over booked finishes, wouldn't even let the faces get heat on him without squashing their entire comeback seconds later and mounting 90% of the offense. People actually want this clown to wrestle again is the baffling part of it all.
@@quickcar5255 yes, because Billy Kidman on his worst day is STILL a 100x better wrestler and worker than Hogan on his best. The ONLY thing Hogan had going for him was personality [admittedly he wasn't a BAD hand in the ring, as proved by his work in Japan; but in no conceivable universe was he ANYTHING like Kidman, or guys like Mike Awesome, DDP, 80s Randy Savage, etc if you wanna compare him with someone closer to his own size and weight].
@@quickcar5255 what does Awesome being Hogan's cousin have to do with anything? As for Kidman, is that why he was relied upon so much to bolster WCW's mid card in order to get serviceable matches out of people? Is that why he is considered the most successful member of Raven's flock post the group's breakup? Is that why, alongside guys like Guerrero, Benoit, Raven. Malenko, Junventud, Pillman, Mysterio, Jericho, Storm, Jerry Lynn, Tajiri, Michinoku etc he's considered to be a part of the foundation of the modern day cruiserweight/light heavyweight division? Is that why he was a trainer in FCW? And most importantly, is that why he is STILL employed by WWE to this day as a producer, helping to put together shows and helping wrestlers put together matches??
I don't think he is at all. I think the whole period 9f wrestling outside of NWA/WWF at the is sort of a sidenote nowadays (IE the AWA). His legacy speaks for itself.
I never knew Martel was supposed to go over that night. Consequently this TV title run with Booker is what made me see how great he was. I loved the 3 way feud between these guys for the belt.
Yep. Sting as WCW and Bret Hart as WCW before turning to the Hollywood Hulk Hogan-led nWo would've been awesome. The Halloween Havoc 1998 match between those two was meh.
The Stunner & Ace Crusher aren't the same move though, Stunner's just a modified version. As most know these days that Johnny Ace created the Ace Crusher, as for the 'Stunner' it was originally the Whippersnapper as Mikey Whipwreck created it to which Austin himself has said he got the idea for using it by Mikey.
Seeing unmasked Juventud reminds me awful lot of Michael Jackson. As for Superbrawl, the undercard really made this show worth watching. In retrospect, it's ashamed even when Sting was World Champion, he felt like a third wheel in favor of the Hogan/Savage/Nash triangle. And most of us know where that storyline led to.
Rick Martel rips his ACL in the middle of a match and continues wrestling and improvises finish. Sin Cara hurts his finger during a match and immediately tries to call off the rest 😑
Rick Martel loses his career. Sin Cara is still wrestling. But hey, at least Martel looked tough for a night, I'm sure that helped his economic and mental stability for the rest of his life. JFC, all this tough talk BS (which is laughable coming from fans) is why so many wrestlers from previous generations became addicted to liquor, pain pills and steroids. Sorry, I'd rather have Matt Hardy end a match early after an injury than tough his way through it while numbing himself with pills like his brother. Meanwhile 90% of wresting fans would call into work with a bad cold. GTAFOH
I didn't watch WCW as a kid, but I have recently watched it on the Network, and I was actually really happy when Nick Patrick called the match right down the middle. I too expected him to be on Hogan's side, but it was like vindication for everything that had been going on at the time. Sting wasn't cheated out of a title win, Nick was finally back to be a good ref, and Hogan had FINALLY got his. I thought it was pretty good way of doing things. But of course that's just my opinion. Now don't get me wrong I didn't think thr match itself was good either, but I do think it told a pretty good story.
i started watching wrestling when i was 4 in 1984 and scott steiner's promos in wcw after he made the change are some of my favorite moments in wrestling
That La Parka head scissors to Disco over the ropes was the sloppiest head scissors ever, lol. It was cringe inducing because Disco had to take like 2 steps toward La Parka while he was wobbling on the ropes, then Disco had to jump out of the ring. It was almost as sloppy as Macho Man and Yokozuna at the royal rumble when Savage went to pin Yokozuna and yoko kicked out and "threw" Savage over the ropes, lol. That was probably my all time favorite botch, lol because Savage jumped to his feet and sprung himself up over the top rope, and that's what Disco reminded me of here.
I think that there are less famous, but worse Rumble botches. I think it is RVD kicking Goldust 'out of the ring'...in that he kicks Goldust, who stops, turns and jumps out of the ring seconds later.
Hearing how Martel retired because of his injury in this event, makes me wonder why the hell isn't Rick Martel in the WWE HOFl. Hillbilly Jim sounds like one of the nicest guys in the business but he didn't do "diddly" as a WWE competitor. Rick Martel didn't accomplished much neither but he was in a underrated feud with Jake Roberts.
Rick Martel is quite the underrated worker. So La Parka could always use chair, no DQ? Every incarnation of Jericho is great and it should be taught to every aspiring wrestler that in order to have a long great career your character must change with the times in order to avoid becoming stale. (Of course, there are exceptions) Here comes Mongo. MOTN. NWO clusterF*** number 1. Scott Steiner heel turn saved the match NWO clusterF*** number 2.
Rick Martel has the rare honor of being one of the only men to win a tag title by submission, when Strike Force beat the Harts in 1987. Boston Crab on the Anvil for a huge pop from the crowd.
On the Monday night war documentary on the network, Bret hart says in his interview that before his ill fated match with Goldberg he said to him “ don’t hurt me, just please don’t hurt me “ . Watching the pump handle slam thing he gave to brad Armstrong here reminded me of that.
I was there for that show - didn’t know about Martel getting hurt during that show. Even live, you didn’t notice the bad bump. Nostalgia is flooding back 😊
It's a shame about rick martel's injury here. The bump doesn't even look that bad, but I guess it goes to show sometimes that it's not always the nastiest looking bumps that are the most dangerous.
Tthat happens more often than you might think, look at HHH, the move where he tore his quad completely away from the knee was as simple a spot imaginable.
I love Raven back in WCW but as soon as they showed him him being rich and him being wealthy and all that other stuff it literally did it for me with WCW thank God Raven went back to ECW in 99
Superbrawl, Starrcade, Bash at the Beach, Great American Bash, Souled Out, Road Wild, New Blood Rising, Mayhem, Greed, Beach Blast and Chi Town Rumble Dammit I just love those WCW ppv names
He calls out that it’s basically impossible to tell an 18 month storyline in modern wrestling. But since then, we’ve had Bloodline, which definitely speaks to how skillfully they’ve handled it to keep it going so long.
How was martel still working that hard with that injury. He was still jumping from the ropes, and taking nice bumps. Wrestlers always amaze me with what they work through, insane.
I still remember watching this live and my twelve-year-old self being in total shock when Scott turned on Rick to join the nWo. As someone who grew up as a WCW guy, watching this PPV on the Network brought back memories, but like you said, Brian, there were a few stinkers in there, unfortunately.
For me, I will always know Rick Martel for his work as tag team wrestler; he and Tony Garea were a top tag team in the WWWF/WWF...perfect babyface team that matched up well against heel teams such as the Moon Dogs and Wild Samoans. Go back and watch Martel and Garea at any WWWF/WWF event at MSG (most were broadcast during the early days of the USA Network)...his work in those matches (and the crowd's reaction to his and Garea's work) speaks for itself. ...without question, Martel for HOF.
speaking of Martel, check out both of the Strike Force vs Hart Foundation 1987 matches - great action from both teams. And the Model vs Hitman in 1992 with Shawn interference. Memorable to me, I was 10 watching the buildup between Mania 8 and Summerslam 1992. Great year for wrestling and Martel was a solid worker all through the first year of Raw - including that battle royal and match with Razor for the IC title -
DDP is not just one of my favorite wrestlers of all time but he was easily in my top 5 favorites of the 90s when I was growing up and can you blame me?
I belive Starrcade 1997 was the beginning of The downfall of WCW Sting should of went over clean he was the hottest baby face in WCW to be honest around 1998 should of been the time pushing new stars Goldberg DDP Chris Benoit Eddie Gurrrerro Raven Chris Jericho Dean Malenko and Rey Mistero Jr. and Scott Steiner should have been slowly pushing into the main event status to be honest after this point Hulk Hogan worn out his welcome Goldberg and DDP where the only push to that main event status
I had stopped watching WCW around the time when they brought in Hogan, Hall, and Nash. At my school you kinda had to choose up and since i liked WWF more and it was more popular with my friends I just started watching that exclusively. But I do remember that when NWO first arrived they were heels and when sting re-emerged he was a baby face. My dad surprised me with tickets to this event and we went. I hadn't kept up with any of the storylines in the WCW but I had assumed things were somewhat the same. But it seemed like sting was the heel and Hogan was the baby face. At least that was the case in the building that day. I always wondered when that change happened tho
Before Austin began using the Stunner, Mikey Whipwreck used a move he called "Whipper-Snapper" as his finisher, which is essentially a predecessor to the Stunner. Funnily enough, Austin's 2 matches in ECW were against Whipwreck for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
One of them was at November to Remember where Mikey pulled Steve’s trunks way too high, letting everyone see his butt and another one is a three way dance featuring the Sandman
I didn’t know Martel was in WCW either Brian. I loved Rick Martel when he was a member of Strike Force with Santana. Side note La Parka was always one of my favorites. And that pump handle slam by Goldberg was impressive as hell.
ok sooooo I can agree with Brian here :D I did watch the show when I was younger on the VHS tapes my grandpa had. I liked the show alot and now looking back at it it's not as good as I remember but there was alot of good in the undercard. Great review and thanks for this Brian
Axe kick, Brian. Booker doesn't do a scissors kick, he does an axe kick. A scissors kick is when your legs scissor the opponent. Hence the name. XP That's like when people kept calling Chris Daniel's springboard moonsault a "split-legged" moonsault. You kinda need to actually SPLIT your legs to make it one. And yes, I'm overly obsessed with details.
New sub brother! Well you know somethin mean gene okerlund, i just wanted to thank this guy for commenting on the wrestling matches from my childhood and teens.
Man Disco Inferno was so damn underated!!! He was a one helluva wrestler. Yeah he used some moves that others were using at the time but who didn't. I think if he had a different gimmick he would have been a much bigger star.
2:20 I remember Louie Spicoli dying & also Zbysko not breaking character when it was announced on Nitro saying something to the effect of "If you're not gonna say anything nice about someone don't say anything at all so I'm not going to say anything." Not saying he should've totally broke Kayfabe, this was the late 90s afterall, he should've just said nothing period
With the Scott Steiner defection, I remember the next night on Nitro he comes out blonde and interferes in a match (can't remember which one) and Schiavone and Heenan were shouting who is that? It's... it's Scott Steiner
Damn man, thats wild you only started watching in like 1998. I remember first watching in 1994ish. Watching the attitude era start to finish was so cool. You missed out on a lot of good stuff man
Anything from 93-96 was the worst time to be a wrestling fan. I think ‘94 was the better out of those years. I got better during mid to late 96. Especially when Bret came back and fielded with Austin.
Martel and Booker, low key my two favorite wrestlers. I LOVED the Model and Harlem Heat in their prime. Btw, the Cow Palace was the home of the San Jose Sharks and hosted concerts as big as The Doors And such. Cool history
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on a side note, in WCW Revenge, if you're using Booker T and you have special you always get up via a spinarooni.
Nice
Nice
Wrestling was litterally the only reason to own N64.
You can also set it up on No Mercy under special taunt, pressing the joystick downward.
@@yakadoodledongywongy8718 umm..no
Rick Martel - one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time. Right up there with people like Ravishing Rick Rude, Mike Awesome, Chris Kanyon (mainly his early stuff), Raven, and Big Boss Man.
Man, Booker and Saturn are so good. To have to call a full match on the fly like that takes some incredible skill and chemistry.
Good episode Brian! I rate it 8/10*
*9/10 upon further review
lol
Poppin the comment section 🤣
Every Scott Steiner match deserve 141 and 2/3 stars.
Very under rated comment lmao
Because hes not normal
Rick would have had a 50/50 chance to win but since he was by himself it was 25/75
*_S E N Í O R J O E ?_*
I agree, I mean he came from a highly educated university
Back in the day I loved the LaParka chair gimmick. My favorite was when he used it as a guitar when he came out. Cracks me up everytime
Martel should be a Hall of Famer, kinda stupid that he isn’t. Shame he got hurt again but he left the business with his overall health in tact and seems to be a clean living, happy guy.
Concerning Scott Steiner, this is him mid transformation into Big Poppa Pump, whom you may have heard has the hook up, and wishes for you to shout if your auditory receptors have acceptably understood his statement.
Match with HBK at SummerSlam 92 one of my favorite all time matches.
Great matches with Bret and Razor for the IC title as well.
Rick martel was asked to enter in Hall of fame but he himself refused it and simply stayed away from it
Unlike a lot wrestlers, Martel apparently invested his money in commercial properties and as a result had a good income after his retirement.
@@PierzStyx I wonder if he calls them ComMartel properties.
Missed opportunity, we know how Raven afforded those great seats... seat geek!
That would have been perfect.
Perry Saturn was quite an underrated worker. He couldn't talk and had little charisma, but in the ring he was damn good!
Tom Tanaka And he looked like a killer. He had a lot going for him.
little charisma? did you see the moppy angle? his charisma was the only reason that angle was so over.
Thomas Jenkins I stand by what I said, one angle doesn't change a fact.
you mean your opinion
Tom Tanaka Don't forget that Vince only signed Malenko, Benoit and Guerrero because he wanted Saturn.
Everything after Starrcade 97 was the beginning of the end. Hogan couldn't lay down clean for anyone and only lost in over booked finishes, wouldn't even let the faces get heat on him without squashing their entire comeback seconds later and mounting 90% of the offense. People actually want this clown to wrestle again is the baffling part of it all.
Combine that with the pre-WWE WWF developing more stars and quality storylines, WCW was tapping out.
Would you rather Hogan losing to Billy Kidman? Jabronis should be happy to even be in the same ring as Hogan.
@@quickcar5255 yes, because Billy Kidman on his worst day is STILL a 100x better wrestler and worker than Hogan on his best. The ONLY thing Hogan had going for him was personality [admittedly he wasn't a BAD hand in the ring, as proved by his work in Japan; but in no conceivable universe was he ANYTHING like Kidman, or guys like Mike Awesome, DDP, 80s Randy Savage, etc if you wanna compare him with someone closer to his own size and weight].
@@MrFreakyFarhan Nobody wants to see Billy Kidman. And Mike Awesome was Hulks cousin. Get a clue before you talk about whose talented.
@@quickcar5255 what does Awesome being Hogan's cousin have to do with anything? As for Kidman, is that why he was relied upon so much to bolster WCW's mid card in order to get serviceable matches out of people? Is that why he is considered the most successful member of Raven's flock post the group's breakup? Is that why, alongside guys like Guerrero, Benoit, Raven. Malenko, Junventud, Pillman, Mysterio, Jericho, Storm, Jerry Lynn, Tajiri, Michinoku etc he's considered to be a part of the foundation of the modern day cruiserweight/light heavyweight division? Is that why he was a trainer in FCW? And most importantly, is that why he is STILL employed by WWE to this day as a producer, helping to put together shows and helping wrestlers put together matches??
Martel is absolutely underrated.
He deserved much much better than WWF treats him
I don't think he is at all. I think the whole period 9f wrestling outside of NWA/WWF at the is sort of a sidenote nowadays (IE the AWA). His legacy speaks for itself.
His intercontinental matches with Bret Hart and Razor Ramon were fantastic, i recently watched both of them.
"Nevermind that Shit... HERE COMES MONGO!"
Minus! Five! Stars!
Mongo only pawn... in game of life...
Jeff Harvey!
IT'S TAZZ
TheAndosman candygram for mongo!
DDP vs Chris Benoit? Hell yeah! I need to go back and watch it.
I low-key love SuperBrawl 8's stage design.
That match Diamond Dallas Page vs. Chris Benoit looked awesome.
The Nostalgic Stino Stamos It was!
18:46 Dusty Rhodes gets his revenge on Ted Dibiase for stealing Sapphire away years ago.
I never knew Martel was supposed to go over that night. Consequently this TV title run with Booker is what made me see how great he was. I loved the 3 way feud between these guys for the belt.
Sting should have defended the title against Bret at Superbrawl. It was right in front of their eyes
Exactly. Undefeated Wwf vs wcw champion. Sharpshooter vs scorpion deathlock.
Yep. Sting as WCW and Bret Hart as WCW before turning to the Hollywood Hulk Hogan-led nWo would've been awesome.
The Halloween Havoc 1998 match between those two was meh.
Yeah i don't think Hogan would have allowed that
I got to admit that I totally forgot that Perry Saturn ever had hair!!!!
It looks wrong
WTF Saturn had hair!!!!!!😲😲😲
Perry Saturn and Christopher Daniels......two guys who should never have hair
I didnt even know he did
@@aztecwrrior1997 He had longer hair in ECW when he first started with John Kronus as part of the eliminators.
This is actually one of two times Booker T would win a title at a WCW PPV, then successfully defend it on the same PPV in a second match.
The Stunner & Ace Crusher aren't the same move though, Stunner's just a modified version.
As most know these days that Johnny Ace created the Ace Crusher, as for the 'Stunner' it was originally the Whippersnapper as Mikey Whipwreck created it to which Austin himself has said he got the idea for using it by Mikey.
Wow this is young Brian. I remember seeing this when I first became a dad. W3 really rekindled that childhood flame for me 😢 Awesome chanel.
WCW had such a great roster, and some of the worst writers and bookers.
Seeing unmasked Juventud reminds me awful lot of Michael Jackson. As for Superbrawl, the undercard really made this show worth watching. In retrospect, it's ashamed even when Sting was World Champion, he felt like a third wheel in favor of the Hogan/Savage/Nash triangle. And most of us know where that storyline led to.
How did it remind u of mj
Yo Juvie looked just like”Bad” on Mayhem 😂😂
Man that look on Martel’s face when his leg clipped the ropes says it all. Dude is a warrior for finishing that match as he hobbled thru
It is a testament to the talents of Martel, Saturn and Booker, that, the two matches went seamlessly.
Weightlifting belt? You mean...
THE YAPAPI!
No the yapapi straps are yellow.
NUMBER 1!
NUMBER ONE!!
It’s Apple Pie, not Yapapi, lol
Numbertwo
Good observation on Raven getting his guys ringside seats. I never thought of that. I'd wager nobody in WCW did either, but it's a cool fan theory.
lol exactly, there's no way WCW had that kind of foresight.
Rick Martel rips his ACL in the middle of a match and continues wrestling and improvises finish. Sin Cara hurts his finger during a match and immediately tries to call off the rest 😑
Ikr? Wasn't that pathetic!? I'm so glad Alberto kept kicking his ass. Lmiao.💜
And Sin Cara was Místico lol.
HBK loses his smile and vacates his title.
Rick Martel loses his career.
Sin Cara is still wrestling.
But hey, at least Martel looked tough for a night, I'm sure that helped his economic and mental stability for the rest of his life.
JFC, all this tough talk BS (which is laughable coming from fans) is why so many wrestlers from previous generations became addicted to liquor, pain pills and steroids.
Sorry, I'd rather have Matt Hardy end a match early after an injury than tough his way through it while numbing himself with pills like his brother.
Meanwhile 90% of wresting fans would call into work with a bad cold.
GTAFOH
@@tyrone5969I'd bet money that the people mocking Sin Cara for this are massive fans of AEW.
I didn't watch WCW as a kid, but I have recently watched it on the Network, and I was actually really happy when Nick Patrick called the match right down the middle. I too expected him to be on Hogan's side, but it was like vindication for everything that had been going on at the time. Sting wasn't cheated out of a title win, Nick was finally back to be a good ref, and Hogan had FINALLY got his. I thought it was pretty good way of doing things. But of course that's just my opinion. Now don't get me wrong I didn't think thr match itself was good either, but I do think it told a pretty good story.
These reviews are awesome! I really appreciate you adding in the video clips as you go along.
When I was 14 years old I thought this was the greatest stuff ever.
i started watching wrestling when i was 4 in 1984 and scott steiner's promos in wcw after he made the change are some of my favorite moments in wrestling
That La Parka head scissors to Disco over the ropes was the sloppiest head scissors ever, lol. It was cringe inducing because Disco had to take like 2 steps toward La Parka while he was wobbling on the ropes, then Disco had to jump out of the ring. It was almost as sloppy as Macho Man and Yokozuna at the royal rumble when Savage went to pin Yokozuna and yoko kicked out and "threw" Savage over the ropes, lol. That was probably my all time favorite botch, lol because Savage jumped to his feet and sprung himself up over the top rope, and that's what Disco reminded me of here.
I think that there are less famous, but worse Rumble botches.
I think it is RVD kicking Goldust 'out of the ring'...in that he kicks Goldust, who stops, turns and jumps out of the ring seconds later.
18:45 : That was revenge for stealing away Sapphire! :)
lol
Flashbacks ahoy!
Love me some classic PPV Reviews a la Wrestling With Wregret
Hearing how Martel retired because of his injury in this event, makes me wonder why the hell isn't Rick Martel in the WWE HOFl.
Hillbilly Jim sounds like one of the nicest guys in the business but he didn't do "diddly" as a WWE competitor. Rick Martel didn't accomplished much neither but he was in a underrated feud with Jake Roberts.
kenterminatedbygoogle isn't Martel part of the concussion lawsuit that's others like Demolition are involved with.
Heh heh, diddly.
The hall of fame is bullshit
As for Davey Boy using the Sasori-Gatame (Scorpion Hold) he's done it before when he wrestled in All Japan during the late 1980/early 90's.
Rick Martel is quite the underrated worker.
So La Parka could always use chair, no DQ?
Every incarnation of Jericho is great and it should be taught to every aspiring wrestler that in order to have a long great career your character must change with the times in order to avoid becoming stale. (Of course, there are exceptions)
Here comes Mongo.
MOTN.
NWO clusterF*** number 1.
Scott Steiner heel turn saved the match
NWO clusterF*** number 2.
Hilversumborn To be fair, the phrase “NWO clusterf**k” is kinda redundant.
La Parka and then chair are one, he is a skeleton after all.
I think La Parka got away with it before the bell rang. If it was after the bell, he would be DQ'ed.
@@Alsebra I think it was more due to the fact that WCW in about 98-ending years the rules were very lax
I love imitating La Parka's mocking of Disco Inferno's dancing. Lol
of course perry saturn, booker T, jericho, benoit, and DDP had the best matches of the night. all of them are tremendous wrestlers.
Rick Martel has the rare honor of being one of the only men to win a tag title by submission, when Strike Force beat the Harts in 1987. Boston Crab on the Anvil for a huge pop from the crowd.
Rick Martel was awesome as TV Champion.
Imagine that line being used today "let's go and see what's up with the internet"?
On the Monday night war documentary on the network, Bret hart says in his interview that before his ill fated match with Goldberg he said to him “ don’t hurt me, just please don’t hurt me “ . Watching the pump handle slam thing he gave to brad Armstrong here reminded me of that.
I was there for that show - didn’t know about Martel getting hurt during that show. Even live, you didn’t notice the bad bump. Nostalgia is flooding back 😊
Macho was always putting everyone over.
Always
Christian Hafer randy savage was very selfless unlike hulk hogan who was very selfish
Gosh that mask vs belt match devastated me and my brother. Such a great match and Jericho was so great as heel!
Nick Patrick looks like Danny McBride here
Hence the Kenny Powers joke Zane makes.
It's a shame about rick martel's injury here. The bump doesn't even look that bad, but I guess it goes to show sometimes that it's not always the nastiest looking bumps that are the most dangerous.
Tthat happens more often than you might think, look at HHH, the move where he tore his quad completely away from the knee was as simple a spot imaginable.
Rick Martel bears resemblance to EC3 and that kind of blows my mind a little
Don't forget.... Luger also spits on a fan...swell guy that Luger.
Well I see that Luger is a huge fan of Charles Barkley
Lex Loogie.
I love Raven back in WCW but as soon as they showed him him being rich and him being wealthy and all that other stuff it literally did it for me with WCW thank God Raven went back to ECW in 99
I remember Jericho saying omg I killed juvie on nitro
Superbrawl, Starrcade, Bash at the Beach, Great American Bash, Souled Out, Road Wild, New Blood Rising, Mayhem, Greed, Beach Blast and Chi Town Rumble
Dammit I just love those WCW ppv names
Juventud has aged well indeed. Just as Black Dont Crack, Latin stays Satin.
Yep and we all know Asian stay amazin, and white people are awful
Hi Brian. I love these videos.
Big Poppa Pump is a National treasure.
🚨🚨🚨
Rick Martel is a Legend he should be in the WWE Hall of Fame respect for what he did in this match WOW just WOW
Brian, your classic ppv reviews are awesome!! Love the channel
He calls out that it’s basically impossible to tell an 18 month storyline in modern wrestling. But since then, we’ve had Bloodline, which definitely speaks to how skillfully they’ve handled it to keep it going so long.
How was martel still working that hard with that injury. He was still jumping from the ropes, and taking nice bumps. Wrestlers always amaze me with what they work through, insane.
I still remember watching this live and my twelve-year-old self being in total shock when Scott turned on Rick to join the nWo. As someone who grew up as a WCW guy, watching this PPV on the Network brought back memories, but like you said, Brian, there were a few stinkers in there, unfortunately.
DDP was legitimately great back then and the birth of Big Poppa Pump makes this memorable.
I can hear WCW/nWo Revenge through this video 🙌
Yeah. I thought about that game a lot while watching this.
I miss those days.
Great video bro!
love these classic reviews
For me, I will always know Rick Martel for his work as tag team wrestler; he and Tony Garea were a top tag team in the WWWF/WWF...perfect babyface team that matched up well against heel teams such as the Moon Dogs and Wild Samoans.
Go back and watch Martel and Garea at any WWWF/WWF event at MSG (most were broadcast during the early days of the USA Network)...his work in those matches (and the crowd's reaction to his and Garea's work) speaks for itself.
...without question, Martel for HOF.
Booker T was a real work horse that's why he's a great performer.
speaking of Martel, check out both of the Strike Force vs Hart Foundation 1987 matches - great action from both teams. And the Model vs Hitman in 1992 with Shawn interference. Memorable to me, I was 10 watching the buildup between Mania 8 and Summerslam 1992. Great year for wrestling and Martel was a solid worker all through the first year of Raw - including that battle royal and match with Razor for the IC title -
Martel, booker t and Saturn had a brief 3 way fuede for the TV title. They had some really good matches in wcw around this time.
DDP is not just one of my favorite wrestlers of all time but he was easily in my top 5 favorites of the 90s when I was growing up and can you blame me?
He was the man, and then WWE destroyed it.
My dad took me to see this! It's the only live wrestling event I ever attended.
Damn, that Saturn vs Booker T match was fucking sick! I never would've thought...
I belive Starrcade 1997 was the beginning of The downfall of WCW Sting should of went over clean he was the hottest baby face in WCW to be honest around 1998 should of been the time pushing new stars Goldberg DDP Chris Benoit Eddie Gurrrerro Raven Chris Jericho Dean Malenko and Rey Mistero Jr. and Scott Steiner should have been slowly pushing into the main event status to be honest after this point Hulk Hogan worn out his welcome Goldberg and DDP where the only push to that main event status
This comment deserves more likes.
And I'm a WWF fan.
I had stopped watching WCW around the time when they brought in Hogan, Hall, and Nash. At my school you kinda had to choose up and since i liked WWF more and it was more popular with my friends I just started watching that exclusively. But I do remember that when NWO first arrived they were heels and when sting re-emerged he was a baby face. My dad surprised me with tickets to this event and we went. I hadn't kept up with any of the storylines in the WCW but I had assumed things were somewhat the same. But it seemed like sting was the heel and Hogan was the baby face. At least that was the case in the building that day. I always wondered when that change happened tho
Before Austin began using the Stunner, Mikey Whipwreck used a move he called "Whipper-Snapper" as his finisher, which is essentially a predecessor to the Stunner. Funnily enough, Austin's 2 matches in ECW were against Whipwreck for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
One of them was at November to Remember where Mikey pulled Steve’s trunks way too high, letting everyone see his butt and another one is a three way dance featuring the Sandman
You should do a greatest TV Champions list!
Nick Patrick's wacky wrist movements when he counts always made me chuckle
3 years later since my last comment. Really enjoying this review again, and it's still awesome after watching Jericho vs Juventud in AEW
How do you call a Vader Bomb to the floor in the ring? That seems needlessly crazy.
Also, Saturn had hair?
Two words: "catch me." Lol.
Another great classic review. Thank you Brian.
THEY TOOK OUREEE JERVBSSS!!! 😂
Yeah Scott steiner is totally a meme. Best description it encapsulates the negative and positive aspects lol
I didn’t know Martel was in WCW either Brian. I loved Rick Martel when he was a member of Strike Force with Santana. Side note La Parka was always one of my favorites. And that pump handle slam by Goldberg was impressive as hell.
The lion tamer is so much more brutal than the walls of Jericho.
ok sooooo I can agree with Brian here :D I did watch the show when I was younger on the VHS tapes my grandpa had. I liked the show alot and now looking back at it it's not as good as I remember but there was alot of good in the undercard. Great review and thanks for this Brian
13:17 Never mind that shit, HERE COMES MONGO!!
I remember buying this, First PPV on my first 50 inch TV.
Axe kick, Brian. Booker doesn't do a scissors kick, he does an axe kick. A scissors kick is when your legs scissor the opponent. Hence the name. XP
That's like when people kept calling Chris Daniel's springboard moonsault a "split-legged" moonsault. You kinda need to actually SPLIT your legs to make it one.
And yes, I'm overly obsessed with details.
Ryusuta but didn't booker t always call it a scissors kick?
It wasn't a real scissors kick but it was always called the scissors kick.
New sub brother! Well you know somethin mean gene okerlund, i just wanted to thank this guy for commenting on the wrestling matches from my childhood and teens.
Looking at this video, I have to say it. Booker T is fucking amazing. For his ring work, he has my utmost and total respect.
Back then I don't know much about Martel since I start to watch WCW in 1997,but I was impressed with his look and skill.
I was there and I lost my sh*t when Scott Steiner turned heel! It was a fun and unforgettable night. Love the Cow Palace!
Nice seeing Nick “Son of the Masked Assassin/Assassin 1” Patrick.
Cow Palace was huge for wrestling Now review Spring Stampede 94 PLEASE. R.I.P Louie
Man Disco Inferno was so damn underated!!! He was a one helluva wrestler. Yeah he used some moves that others were using at the time but who didn't. I think if he had a different gimmick he would have been a much bigger star.
2:20 I remember Louie Spicoli dying & also Zbysko not breaking character when it was announced on Nitro saying something to the effect of "If you're not gonna say anything nice about someone don't say anything at all so I'm not going to say anything." Not saying he should've totally broke Kayfabe, this was the late 90s afterall, he should've just said nothing period
With the Scott Steiner defection, I remember the next night on Nitro he comes out blonde and interferes in a match (can't remember which one) and Schiavone and Heenan were shouting who is that? It's... it's Scott Steiner
Damn man, thats wild you only started watching in like 1998. I remember first watching in 1994ish. Watching the attitude era start to finish was so cool. You missed out on a lot of good stuff man
Anything from 93-96 was the worst time to be a wrestling fan. I think ‘94 was the better out of those years. I got better during mid to late 96. Especially when Bret came back and fielded with Austin.
Martel and Booker, low key my two favorite wrestlers. I LOVED the Model and Harlem Heat in their prime. Btw, the Cow Palace was the home of the San Jose Sharks and hosted concerts as big as The Doors And such. Cool history
I would have rather see the Steiners stay together as a tag team. Big Poppa Pump was cringy as hell and is in ring work went to hell quickly.