Been waiting for this for so long! Moline is my hometown. I was there, way up in the nosebleeds, My pop got me tickets for my birthday! Savage vs DDP was amazing!
From Davenport! I wad there too. Went with my best friend and his dad. His dad died a few years ago and this PPV is one of my favorite memories of him. This was great!
@@blacksabbath4252 im aware its sunday. its meant as a comparison. You look forward to saturday morning cartoons as a kid, you look forward to wrestling bios as an adult. Days dont matter.
Nice video. One underappreciated thing about WCW at their height was how great their crowds were. I think one thing that hurt WCW in its dying days was that they lost that great crowd. It was not just the audio, but also the video. You will notice that WCW production worked really hard to avoid showing empty seats. I get it, but it really took away alot of angles from the in ring action.
Is the difference in ppv’s a difference in mentality do you think. WWF’s ppv felt like the culmination of storylines, a king was crowned, Austin and Shawn found their hate for the hart’s overshadowed any differences they had and the nation was defeated. The following raw felt like a new chapter as storylines began with a build to the next ppv while the wcw ppv felt very much like a continuation of a story in order to sell the next nitro. Benoit continues his feud, the horsemen continue to undermine each other, the outsiders won via controversy which would no doubt be address the next night, savage won due to outsider interference which guaranteed the war with DDP would continue, if you wanted to get any sort of closure you had to watch the next nitro. Both are good story telling, but they definitely see different outcomes at the end.
Really well said. Love that Japan based promotions like NJPW, TJPW, etc and non-WWE American promotions deliver on storyline payoffs while still having excellent match quality.
The whole RTW project is amazing and I love that you include all the PPVs. You should consider doing a yearly award show with stuff like best match, mvp, best tag match, best PPV, best storyline. I know you’re the busiest man on RUclips but I’m sure it would be great.
It really is great. Awesome how the gear removes all the bright colors, but still gets his vibe over with the patterns with hard black and white contrast.
I noticed you have some WCW vs NWO N64 game music in the backround and it reminded me. Anyone who loved those games there is a game called wrestling empire. It is exactly like those games but with a randomly generated career mode. People can become paralyzed and die off. The customization with your wrestlers look and moves is unreal. It is the best wrestling game on the market by a long shot. Its on PC and nintendo switch, even a dated PC can probably run it. Anyone who reads this just go check out some videos on it or get it yourself.
@@roberttrester4030 I dont think they are a big enough company to pay me anything lol. I have just always been a huge fan of the N64 wrestling games and wrestling empire is pretty much every single one of them from that era combined.
When you look at it WCW ppvs presentation had a real combat sports vibe, similar NJPW events. Even in the company's dying days the feeling still seemed there to me.
Once again wrestling bios has blown our minds with another awesome intro followed by an extremely entertaining video. Hope things are well down under and prayers for all Tongans.
You have once again outdone yourself and I haven't even watched the video yet! The one thing I hated about WCW is that the commentators would spend 95% of every match going on and on about the nwo instead of calling the match in the ring. It always took so much away from the matches they were supposed to be calling. Did anybody else feel this way?
oh for sure its like if they dont care about the match then why should we and it honestly took away from everyone working so hard like not even acknowledging their work. It was just a shame the nWo dominated everything all the time and i can see why a lot of people got sick of it by 2000
@@Venemofthe888 That was one of WCW's biggest problems. Nothing else existed in the orb except the nwo and it was to the detriment so many Nitros and ppvs
It’s one of the reasons why guys on the undercard couldn’t get over. It’s the undercard guys that were the most exciting to watch, along with the cruiserweights. Them not getting properly over was a huge reason guys like Jericho, Benoit, Saturn and Malenko jumped to WWF in 2000 and Sean Waltman ended up back in WWF post Wrestlemania 14. The commentators made the guys on the undercard seem unimportant. Therefore fans had less reason to get behind them. They couldn’t get over. Although they were having great matches. They were having the same matches against mainly the same opponents all through the war. Where as on top for the main part the NWO was doing the same thing week in, week out. With Hogan on top. Which was very stale.
It is a shame that Medusa went to WCW for basically nothing since the womens division was non existent aside from like a month or two. Medusa was way ahead of her time in America and no wonder she was in Japan for a long time before.
When wrestlers describe backstage fights in wrestling shoots: "So I threw him out of my dressing room, and punched him like a hundred million times, and Hulk Hogan and Macho Man and like 12 Green Berets tried to pull me off, and they had to send Robocop to stop me, but I gave Robocop some sweet knife-edge chops and he left with his tail between his legs, and it was all because the whole locker room was jealous that I drew so much money at the Omni!"
In defense of Mongo, perhaps his foot massage/ankle lock was due to Kevin Green being a pro ball player. I mean, any other wrestler could pull off an ankle lock no problem, but they likely saw Mongo’s name on the roster and were like, “Hold on… how much insurance do we have?”
24:41 If Kevin Nash told Piper to ' ' Suck It ' ' during their match at the Great American Bash in WCW when WWF DX wasn't even a ' ' thing ' ' at that time, does that make Kevin Nash the Father of DX in the WWF (Now WWE) in some way ? ? ? Just look at how Kevin Nash says ' ' Suck It ' ' to Piper. Let me know your comments below.
I always liked the DDP vs Macho man fights, they seemed like they were willing to do anything to get the fans going, and were willing to do what it took to help the others career. I felt Macho Man, despite what he was like to Elizabeth, was the nicer of the two wrestlers, because Macho man was willing to job more for other wrestlers, plus Macho man was awesome for that Slim Jim commercial where Ric Flair appears with 2 women in his arms and says "Sign me up big daddy" and Macho mans reaction was perfect
Not to spam your comments , Glacier may have sucked ,but his appearances always led to a mortal kombat tournament after the show, and brother they were legendary!!!
@Stephen Greenhorn yeah it is. His detail is fantastic. His work is very much appreciated and everything he does, is very professional. 3 videos a week, he must be making videos non stop.
I'll be starting a new job soon and at that point, I'm absolutely going to start supporting your channel with donations. I love what you're doing here, and I tell people all the time that Wrestling Bios has the best wrestling content on RUclips. You're the champ! 🥇🏆💯
From what I saw, I would have traded Mongo's contract with Kevin Green. He would need to be trained of course, but from what I saw, he was actually BETTER then Mongo. But, that is just my opinion.
I love these so much. Especially the WCW stuff because I was mainly a WWF kid so it gives me a chance to see some of the stuff I missed. Love the humor too 😂 👍
I’ve never understood Glaciers run in WCW. They hyped him up for months. With videos on Nitro. Then when he did finally debut they done very little with him. Until the blood runs cold angle. Then he disappeared. Seemed like a lot of work to go to for little outcome.
I've been waiting years for someone to review this ppv. I enjoyed the Madusa match and I felt Page and Savages chemistry was off the charts in their feud.
Just started watching the video. Nice remix of Chris Benoit‘s old theme music from WCW. Sounds 100 times better than the actual one! I actually watched this pay-per-view about a year ago on the WWE network pre-peacock. I thought the opening matches were definitely good. The main event was definitely good. Couple of matches were “meh“ but overall, the pay-per-view was solid.
As he’s got creative control and Bischoff still believes that he’s the biggest draw and star in WCW. I do believe Hogan on top as a heel got very stale, very quickly.
11:25 absolutely underrated and under utilized. Not saying he could've been the face of an organization but Bryan Clark definitely could've been used to his potential.
I love the Glacier rant. 😂 can’t help but imagine someone who’s never watch RTW or any of your videos before seeing this and wondering where the hate from Glacier is coming from…. trust me, it’s all justified
The burying of Glacier is priceless 😁😆😅🤣😂
Been waiting for this for so long! Moline is my hometown. I was there, way up in the nosebleeds, My pop got me tickets for my birthday! Savage vs DDP was amazing!
I was there as well..lived right down the street from "The Mark" in Moline at the time.
Awesome man, I'm from rock island quad cities baby
East moline ? ?
Davenport here
From Davenport! I wad there too. Went with my best friend and his dad. His dad died a few years ago and this PPV is one of my favorite memories of him. This was great!
I absolutely LOVE how both Psychosis and Ultimo Dragon dressed in the colours of the PPV. Just another awesome touch to a great match.
Psychosis was one of my faves along with Blitzkrieg and La Parka
as a kid you had Saturday morning cartoons, as an adult we have wrestling bios. Thank you!
@@blacksabbath4252 im aware its sunday. its meant as a comparison. You look forward to saturday morning cartoons as a kid, you look forward to wrestling bios as an adult. Days dont matter.
@@InfectedElite more like Saturday morning wrestling for the older heads
Glaciers the type of guy that doesn't thank the bus driver when he's getting off.
Glacier is the type of guy that don't flush!
@@TheElisaDay No tells you the ending, then says the book was better. You don't know glacier do you?
What’s the story behind this beef lol
@@rocthaice24 New to this channel? Long story short little G is the wrestling equivalent of a wet fart!
@@rocthaice24 we'll tell you soon...
The cruiserweight division was the backbone of WCW.
Most definitely
Damn right it was
and the company didnt seem to give it any respect
@@Venemofthe888 they does but too late
@@kevinpayton2664
TV title matches were good well
Nice video. One underappreciated thing about WCW at their height was how great their crowds were. I think one thing that hurt WCW in its dying days was that they lost that great crowd. It was not just the audio, but also the video. You will notice that WCW production worked really hard to avoid showing empty seats. I get it, but it really took away alot of angles from the in ring action.
Is the difference in ppv’s a difference in mentality do you think. WWF’s ppv felt like the culmination of storylines, a king was crowned, Austin and Shawn found their hate for the hart’s overshadowed any differences they had and the nation was defeated. The following raw felt like a new chapter as storylines began with a build to the next ppv while the wcw ppv felt very much like a continuation of a story in order to sell the next nitro. Benoit continues his feud, the horsemen continue to undermine each other, the outsiders won via controversy which would no doubt be address the next night, savage won due to outsider interference which guaranteed the war with DDP would continue, if you wanted to get any sort of closure you had to watch the next nitro. Both are good story telling, but they definitely see different outcomes at the end.
Really well said. Love that Japan based promotions like NJPW, TJPW, etc and non-WWE American promotions deliver on storyline payoffs while still having excellent match quality.
It's always a great day when you are reliving the war
Savage and ddp was so good. You could honestly tell that randy genuinely likes Dallas and wanted to do business to get him over.
The whole RTW project is amazing and I love that you include all the PPVs. You should consider doing a yearly award show with stuff like best match, mvp, best tag match, best PPV, best storyline. I know you’re the busiest man on RUclips but I’m sure it would be great.
Couldn't AGREE with you more.....these opening matches are fantastic!!!!
WCW undercard was ALWAYS the best.
Macho's "Madness" gear during this era is probably my favorite ring attire ever.
Mine too
It really is great. Awesome how the gear removes all the bright colors, but still gets his vibe over with the patterns with hard black and white contrast.
_Glacier shows up late to appointments._ 9:36 Boy, that's SURE an UNDERSTATEMENT. It took the guy FIVE MONTHS to FINALLY make his debut in WCW...😆👍
Blame WCW for that. Apparently he was gonna debut earlier but WCW decided to delay it because the nwo was getting popular.
I now want him to job to the Bootyman.
I TIMED IT RIGHT THIS WEEK. Horseman business opens back up tomorrow.
Will Jeff Jarrett and Mongo make peace? Find out on the next episode of As The Haliburton Turns!
I knew the crowd was going to be lit when they said it was coming from Moline, Illinois
I heard Glacier looks at the other screens when playing Goldeneye on multiplayer.
I noticed you have some WCW vs NWO N64 game music in the backround and it reminded me. Anyone who loved those games there is a game called wrestling empire. It is exactly like those games but with a randomly generated career mode. People can become paralyzed and die off. The customization with your wrestlers look and moves is unreal. It is the best wrestling game on the market by a long shot. Its on PC and nintendo switch, even a dated PC can probably run it. Anyone who reads this just go check out some videos on it or get it yourself.
It sucks but fair enough
How much were you paid to push that game? LOL just kidding I'll check it out.
@@rhulcy what sucks about it. Im curious.
@@roberttrester4030 I dont think they are a big enough company to pay me anything lol. I have just always been a huge fan of the N64 wrestling games and wrestling empire is pretty much every single one of them from that era combined.
@@FRANK45CASTLE LOL well you sold me I'm going to check it out.
When you look at it WCW ppvs presentation had
a real combat sports vibe, similar NJPW events.
Even in the company's dying days the feeling still seemed there to me.
The mortal kombat music during the Morris/glacier stuff makes me laugh every time
Dragon is more over than 1980s Hulk Hogan in Illinois. Excellent opening intro BTW
Once again wrestling bios has blown our minds with another awesome intro followed by an extremely entertaining video. Hope things are well down under and prayers for all Tongans.
@@mikehunt4986 he is from Northern Ireland
One of the reasons I take Sunday off is to watch Wrestling Bios.. I'm hooked man
It's very rare in WWf for heels to win main event but happened so often in wcw
Ultimo Dragon’s gear was always so well made. Great design, materials, and seaming.
You have once again outdone yourself and I haven't even watched the video yet! The one thing I hated about WCW is that the commentators would spend 95% of every match going on and on about the nwo instead of calling the match in the ring. It always took so much away from the matches they were supposed to be calling. Did anybody else feel this way?
oh for sure its like if they dont care about the match then why should we and it honestly took away from everyone working so hard like not even acknowledging their work. It was just a shame the nWo dominated everything all the time and i can see why a lot of people got sick of it by 2000
@@Venemofthe888 That was one of WCW's biggest problems. Nothing else existed in the orb except the nwo and it was to the detriment so many Nitros and ppvs
It’s one of the reasons why guys on the undercard couldn’t get over. It’s the undercard guys that were the most exciting to watch, along with the cruiserweights. Them not getting properly over was a huge reason guys like Jericho, Benoit, Saturn and Malenko jumped to WWF in 2000 and Sean Waltman ended up back in WWF post Wrestlemania 14.
The commentators made the guys on the undercard seem unimportant. Therefore fans had less reason to get behind them. They couldn’t get over. Although they were having great matches. They were having the same matches against mainly the same opponents all through the war. Where as on top for the main part the NWO was doing the same thing week in, week out. With Hogan on top. Which was very stale.
The Glaciers Part Had Me FUCKIN DEAD 💀😂😂😂😂😂😂
Love the old school Chris Benoit song in the intro. Chefs kiss
I love that you used Chris Benoit's old WCW theme. Not sure why, but this music has always stuck with me, and it was perfect here!
The year DDP became a big star.
It is a shame that Medusa went to WCW for basically nothing since the womens division was non existent aside from like a month or two. Medusa was way ahead of her time in America and no wonder she was in Japan for a long time before.
In the 90's women's wrestling in America was about as popular as women's lacrosse. It had no fanbase. That's no disrespect, it's just how it was.
@@butchvito
WWF brought it back in 98
Facts Medusa was in the wrong era she was so talented
When wrestlers describe backstage fights in wrestling shoots: "So I threw him out of my dressing room, and punched him like a hundred million times, and Hulk Hogan and Macho Man and like 12 Green Berets tried to pull me off, and they had to send Robocop to stop me, but I gave Robocop some sweet knife-edge chops and he left with his tail between his legs, and it was all because the whole locker room was jealous that I drew so much money at the Omni!"
Imagine Ming giving the Bulldog a chain lock after laying out Glacier.
The roast of glacier absolutely killed me, I'm dyin...😆😆😆 hilarious stuff!
WB bringing the Sunday Jam!
"He pauses the game to look at the special moves" lol love it
28:16 one could even say.... The madness came out.
I'll see myself out 🚪🚶
“Hulk Hogan jobs more than Glacier for fucks sake” 😂😂😂
The Glacier rant is just prime stuff. I actually laughed out loud at that. This is why I'm subscribed. Great stuff as always.
In defense of Mongo, perhaps his foot massage/ankle lock was due to Kevin Green being a pro ball player. I mean, any other wrestler could pull off an ankle lock no problem, but they likely saw Mongo’s name on the roster and were like, “Hold on… how much insurance do we have?”
Glacier is the type of guy to steal your ladder on a job site.
24:41 If Kevin Nash told Piper to ' ' Suck It ' ' during their match at the Great American Bash in WCW when WWF DX wasn't even a ' ' thing ' ' at that time, does that make Kevin Nash the Father of DX in the WWF (Now WWE) in some way ? ? ? Just look at how Kevin Nash says ' ' Suck It ' ' to Piper. Let me know your comments below.
Honestly being a fly on the wall while piper and hall were arguing and fighting in the back would have been amazing
i think i know who someone is now lol
Nash and piper, no?
@@JoeyMartz you right. I got too excited it happens lol.
To hear the n64 wcw/nwo revenge menu music in the back is so f…cool ❤️
You are an amazing content creator! Thank you for your hard work!
thank you for another great upload. I remember very well recording all wcw nitros from 23.06.1997 in my opinion june97-jan 98 best time of WCW.
I don't even wait to see the video anymore it's automatic thumbs up because I know I'm in for a treat
I needed my fix!! Thanks wrestling bios !!
That glacier riff was perfection 🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏
An episode of reliving the war on a Sunday afternoon, sweet! This series has been amazing, plain and simple. “The big f*ck off tv” 🤣 😂.
You always come through for me when I need it bro, thanks for the uploads!
I always liked the DDP vs Macho man fights, they seemed like they were willing to do anything to get the fans going, and were willing to do what it took to help the others career. I felt Macho Man, despite what he was like to Elizabeth, was the nicer of the two wrestlers, because Macho man was willing to job more for other wrestlers, plus Macho man was awesome for that Slim Jim commercial where Ric Flair appears with 2 women in his arms and says "Sign me up big daddy" and Macho mans reaction was perfect
Not to spam your comments , Glacier may have sucked ,but his appearances always led to a mortal kombat tournament after the show, and brother they were legendary!!!
It's time to have a bio about Meng/King Haku
Vincent is gonna charge wrestling bios for using his likeness/video footage
I think you gave yourself another video with the best of wcw opening ppv matches
Great episode like always.. love the glacier heat.. keep up the great work
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the planet!
@Stephen Greenhorn yeah it is. His detail is fantastic. His work is very much appreciated and everything he does, is very professional. 3 videos a week, he must be making videos non stop.
Glacier is that the kind of guy that doesn't flash the toilet after a few logs when he comes over to your house for a visit.
I'll be starting a new job soon and at that point, I'm absolutely going to start supporting your channel with donations. I love what you're doing here, and I tell people all the time that Wrestling Bios has the best wrestling content on RUclips. You're the champ! 🥇🏆💯
That Glacier botch looks like he hit the C button instead of the A button
I need that giant CRT TV for playing retro games
I keep a CRT tv around for that very reason.
@@Richterdgf Same.
Guarantee you at that point Medusa regretted leaving the WWF lol
That’s debatable. She got paid pretty well to come to WCW.
@@milk_bath yeah but you know she wanted to compete
"Hogan does more jobs than Glacier" 😂😂. Great stuff as always mate.
By far my favourite wrestling you tube channel, quality content every week.
Keep up the good work
Sunday ppv shows reviewed by Wrestling Bios hits differently when it's on a Sunday
Everyone should have to go through deathmatches to fight the great Kevin Sullivan! The 1# guy in the company!
From what I saw, I would have traded Mongo's contract with Kevin Green. He would need to be trained of course, but from what I saw, he was actually BETTER then Mongo. But, that is just my opinion.
I love these so much. Especially the WCW stuff because I was mainly a WWF kid so it gives me a chance to see some of the stuff I missed. Love the humor too 😂 👍
Glacier deserved a run for the title after this ppv
I’ve never understood Glaciers run in WCW. They hyped him up for months. With videos on Nitro. Then when he did finally debut they done very little with him. Until the blood runs cold angle. Then he disappeared. Seemed like a lot of work to go to for little outcome.
Been stuck in hospital for 3 days so this video was good timing lol thanks!
Thank you for continuing to bring excellent content from your amazing channel. I think it brightens a lot of peoples week/day. Awesome!
WCW Great American Jam
OMG I LOL when the Glacier disses were rolling!
My favorite thing on the WCW pay per views in reliving the war have been these opening matches, they have been so good.
Lol, that Glacier description 😂😂
I've been waiting years for someone to review this ppv. I enjoyed the Madusa match and I felt Page and Savages chemistry was off the charts in their feud.
Love it thanks again wrestling bios u make the weekend
Your intros get better every video. I loved Benoit's wcw theme.
I love the Suttle wcw vs nwo video game theme playing on low volume while you are talking about the matches
This is the best wrestling channel on the planet. Thank u for the consistent awesome content
Good stuff man, sounds like you're having fun with this one.
Glacier is a great wrestler who will have a awesome future. Watch, you'll see.
I love how you always use the No Mercy music lol
DDP vs Savage is one of my favourite fueds..I always recommend it..
Fondly remember Madusa in that gear!
Excellent upload, as always. I LOVE the sarcasm so much! The Glacier stuff is hilarious!!! Love this.
Kimberly Page has the jam... 😍😍
Just started watching the video. Nice remix of Chris Benoit‘s old theme music from WCW. Sounds 100 times better than the actual one!
I actually watched this pay-per-view about a year ago on the WWE network pre-peacock. I thought the opening matches were definitely good. The main event was definitely good. Couple of matches were “meh“ but overall, the pay-per-view was solid.
Still unbelievable this man doesn't have atleast 1milly subs yet. He literally has the best wrestling channel in all social media
Ahh another great way to spend my lunch break! Thanks Wrestling Bios!
I wouldnt be surprised to see a video soon of great wcw opening matches.
That Glacier rant was fkin brilliant hahaha
Yessss I've been so excited for this!!
Another great PPV without Hogan, why was he the champ... Ridiculous
As he’s got creative control and Bischoff still believes that he’s the biggest draw and star in WCW.
I do believe Hogan on top as a heel got very stale, very quickly.
@@martynodonnell8467 And sting beating him without a belt would have meant a whole hell of a lot less.
I love your ppv reviews definitely remember watching these live as a kid but there was a lot I didn’t remember love the glacier stuff 🤣
11:25 absolutely underrated and under utilized. Not saying he could've been the face of an organization but Bryan Clark definitely could've been used to his potential.
Wrath was really bloody good.
I love the Glacier rant. 😂 can’t help but imagine someone who’s never watch RTW or any of your videos before seeing this and wondering where the hate from Glacier is coming from…. trust me, it’s all justified
Right before the playoff football games starts