@@exquisitelemonade3039 the new generation era was extremely underrated some of the greatest matches in pro wrestling history happened during this era not counting all the hall of famers from this era
i have always felt like I was in the minority when I talk about the New Generation, because I really feel like it was an interesting time simply because Hogan was finally gone, and it was not only interesting, but exciting to see what direction the then WWF was heading.
Taker, Shawn, Hart and Razor man my childhood right there. Without question the biggest stars during the new generation. I'll give some love to Diesel too he had some good matches. My favorite match with him was Diesel vs Taker at WrestleMania 12
My childhood too. I remember hearing about Hogan, Sheik, Andre, etc. But I didn't actually start watching wrestling until this era. But since I really only watched Saturday Morning Superstars, 123 Kid, Doink and Crush were the guys I remember seeing in action most often. The Shawn v Razor ladder match and Hart v Shawn ironman match were my favs.
The buildup to the Taker/Diesel match at Wrestlemania XII was so awesome. Each of them interfering with the other's matches, Taker pulling Diesel down under the ring and leaving that casket by the ring with "Diesel" in the casket. I was a huge Taker fan at the time, I thoroughly enjoyed this storyline their match at Wrestlemania XII was the match that excited me most on the card.
I loved the part where they have a sword fight on the moon. The one where Diesel pulls down his pants and gapes his asshole open to intimidate the Undertaker. Awesome match.
@Dan Ross that was wicked. And out comes what looks like an egg but as he purged it out it was a floppy 18 inch white ( with brown and red) floppy dildo.
I always felt the New Generation era was very cartoony compared to the over the top nature of the attitude era that came after but this era still had some great stuff that made it very special, you had the iconic brother Vs brother feud with Bret Hart and Owen Hart, the first ever Wrestlemania ladder match with HBK and Razor Ramon and the two casket matches with Undertaker and Yokozuna, wrestling was so much fun to watch during this time because it really captured your imagination. Loved this era and lots of good memories for me watching this on Sky Sports.
And let’s not forget that nice little transitional period between the New Generation and Attitude era (mid 96-late 97). That was a underrated little period in time.
Oh yes, that was an awesome little period with Bret Hart snapping, the rise of Stone Cold, the formation of DX and the debuts of The Rock and Kane. Lots of great memories from that time growing up as a wrestling fan
@@Tad1945 1995 was the worst year ever for the company but compared to the current state of wrestling, it makes that year almost look like the attitude era
I am so glad, Doink vs. Marty Jannetty got praises sung on a wrestling channel! That match is underrated and I was blown away when I was doing a watch of RAW's first year a while back. Truly underrated TV match between two names you would normally find odd as a pairing with hindsight and the crowd was actually white hot during it!
Vince don’t appreciate great workers just dollar signs but that was a great match I remember it as well as a wow didn’t expect that but they def delivered a good one
The doink/Janetty and razor/Martell matches are definitely hidden gems, appreciate you bringing them both up! If anyone has doubts about checking them out, not that my word means anything, but I 2nd the fact that you should check them out
Although I started watching wrestling towards the end of Golden Age, the New Generation is when I really became a wrestling fan and will always have a soft spot for it.
I was a kid during the new generation, and a teenager during the attitude era. I’m glad I experienced it all that way. 97 is my favorite year of pro wrestling.
Before I get too far into the video, I just want to say that his era of wrestling is my most beloved. I had seen some of the great late 80s wrestling with my pops but I wasn't super into it. I was only 4 or 5. By the time this generation hit, I ate it up. Mantuar, T.L. Hopper, The Goon, Doink, Bastion Booger, Duke Droese. Those off-beat fellas were my absolute favorites. This was such a unique era in WWF history. The great occupational gimmick era. Love it lol. Thanks for covering this era. You always surprise and impress. 👍
So Mantaur, the Goon and TL Hopper were your favorites? Honestly, how many matches of them did you see? (Booger was, strictly speaking, not part of the New Generation.)
I think it is fair to say that the New Gen had a certain charm to it. As an "era" it is an anomaly in of itself. It is the WWF trying to find out what to do with professional wrestling post Hulkamania era. Plus, many of us grew up in that point of time, so we have those rose tinted nostalgia glasses on. I love that OSW recently had their New Gen arc, while you are going through the era as well, comparing your two perspectives are fantastic. Keep up the great work! What a pittance!
Doink has got to be top 5 underrated and misused opportunity's in WWE history. Watched some of his early stuff not so long ago when he was a heel and honestly it was as good as to any of today's top heel stuff , his early days I recommend watching too , great wrestler.
Totally agree. Doink is seen as the poster child for the “silly” New Gen, but I will always maintain there is nothing inherently wrong with the gimmick, and in fact, as you guys say, it was dead cool at its inception. He was truly mean and threatening. Turning him face and giving him Dink is definitely most of what ruined him, and taking Matt Bourne out of the role didn’t help. He’s a very underrated worker and gave the Doink character all of its depth.
His ECW promos were brilliant too... Would of been a great story line in WWE going from his early heel clown gimmick to his even darker broken down persona he had in ECW..
💯 went down that rabbit hole myself, he’s my favourite wrestler ever, the way he’d look down the camera in ring mid fight, all his out ring promos where amazing as well. Amazing character 👌
Practically everyone but 2 of my friends totally dropped Pro Wrestling once Hogan left... I kept rolling on. (It felt a bit like a "Smaller pond" in a way, but I was still 100% invested)
Did he ever wrestle? lol. I feel like he was a big deal at the time, but I was also a little kid then so I think I thought a lot of things were bigger and better at the time lol.
I’ll say the New Generation Era began at SummerSlam 1992. The first PPV not featuring Hogan, the the main event for the IC title Instead of the WWF title. Kind of like 1996 being the precursor to the Attitude Era: Diesel as a tweener ( the first wrestler on tv to imply that Vince is the owner of the company), the stuff with Austin in mid 96 to the end of 1997, DX etc. Although, it was not given a name officially until 1994, the new generation era began at SummerSlam 1992. Some will argue that it began at Survivor Series 1992, WrestleMania IX, or King Of The Ring 1993; and I’m fine with that. The Golden Era - to me - officially ended after WrestleMania 8.
SummerSlam 92 still had Savage, Warrior, and Flair in the title picture so I can't start that early. They were also billed as the main event of Survivor Series even though Bret/Michaels closed the show. Then Hogan came back and won the title, so I always look at KotR 93 as the end of the Hasbro Era and the New Gen begining
Heel Doink was absolutely fantastic with the character and Sinister feeling you get from him like clowns are scary for me and i just felt intrigued and creeped out by heel Doink
Heel Doink was so awesome. In his first appearance on Raw he came down a holding balloon animal and give it to a kid...only to immediately pop it. That is amazing heel work.
New Gen was almost certainly the peak of neon spandex, mullets, and colorful 3D graphics, for better or worse (The Blue and Gold block WWF logo used before changing to the "scratch" logo is probably my favorite). It doesn't stand by itself very well, but in context of building up to one of the hottest periods in WWF history, the New Generation is a significant part of the story. Plus, we got to see Purple Undertaker, one of the best incarnations of his character. Great episode, very well told story, thank you Wrestling Bios!
I have a feeling this channel is a *little* more focused on the pre-2000's. And we are already getting an Attitude Era version of this called "Reliving the War".
I was always bummed that I only started watching wrestling towards the tail end of the New Generation era right after Razor and Diesel left for WCW. I was still happy that I got a chance to see Shawn and Bret wrestle along with the rise of Stone Cold and The Rock!
I love seeing Waltman getting the credit he deserves, he's turned out to be one of my favorites but I didn't recognize it at the time. He's also a really cool, honest person.
One positive from these "lighter years"... They came to my province (New Brunswick, Canada) WAY more often from 1993 to 1995! Focusing more on smaller markets/smaller arenas. Worked for me! lol
Same over here in my hometown in the province of Québec! I got to see Razor Ramon, Lafitte, Doink, The Smoking Gunns and a few others at a house show. It was great. I got to see them all coming out of the same bus which pretty much was the end of kayfabe for me. When I think about this particular era I mostly think about Doink.
Who’s your favorite Canadian wrestler? Bret hart the whiney baby. Owen hart for getting killed in the ring Or Benoit for killing his young son and wife. Who’s your favorite. I liked Owen. Because the crowd just would chant nugget and throw batteries at him. Pay no attention to anything he does in ring or promos just chanting nugget Even when he died which just showed what the fans thought of him.
Being a Rockers fan and Shawn being my favourite I was all in for the New Gen, and I was alone amongst my peers until Stone Cold. (I was fully behind Shawn at WM 14, again, alone). Thankyou again sir. Please keep up the great work.
What helped the attitude era out a lot was the fact that you had a surplus of rising young stars with a lot of talent and they were still fine tuning there talent during "the New Generation" all these young talents would hit there prime at one time. And lucky for us that just happened to be the late 90's So you wouldn't have The Attitude era without The New Generation era. They go hand in hand. That's why I loved all of it.
For real, you had the 1-2-3 Kid, Thurman Sparky Plug, Isaac Yankem, "Make a Difference" Fatu, The Roadie, Cowboy Billy Gunn, Kama the Supreme Fighting Machine, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, The Ring Master, Rocky Miavia, ect...as well as jobbers like the Hardy Boys and Scott Taylor...who all went on to be extremely over in the AE
My childhood wrestling exposure was the early 90s stuff on video, even though it should have been late 90s stuff had I watched the TV at the time. Big shout out to my mum for introducing me to great wrestling! Bret Hitman Hart is our favourite to this day. We have Slam Jam on CD!
The tag match made more sense than ya gave it credit for, Jannetty and the kid were tag champs at one point and Duke the dumpster drosse was actually alright, I thought he struck a good balance and could actually wrestle.
I was 14 in 1995. Never missed an episode of Raw, watched most of the big 4 WWF PPV's. I can't believe Luger worked 3 Wrestlemanias. His time in the Fed seemed so brief and forgettable when I was a kid.
I want to go back in time to the early to mid 90s and ask Vince “Why can’t we just have some big, mean, and scary dudes without a stupid gimmick?” I think Psycho Sid was the best idea for a heel.
@Football Junkie It's funny how you say you'd ask Vince "Why can't we have big, mean and scary dudes without a stupid gimmick" then go on the say Psycho Sid was the best idea for a heel. Psycho Sid had a standard psychotic attitude/gimmick hence "Psycho Sid". It was a play on his "Sid Justice" gimmick because he turned his back on Hogan and thus was born a "Psycho".
Awesome video! It seems that this format would work great for analyzing wrestlers and matches from other eras too. I appreciate the New Generation, because personally that is when I became a fan. I have a question about Mabel -- did he ever have any good matches?
I'm a Bret Hart fan largely because he was the only thing keeping me from completely checking out on wrestling in the New Generation era. But I have to admit Shawn Michaels' first run as WWF champ stands the test of time. Especially his match with Foley. But by then, the NWO was THE thing in pro wrestling. So I can't blame anyone for overlooking it.
I absolutely loved the Kid vs Owen match at KOTR 1994. It was pretty short though, so I can see why it wasn't mentioned. Why they tried to push Mabel, I will never understand.
It was admittedly a very downtime for wrestling. With 1995 having some of the worst PPV buy rates ever. However I think that’s more to do with the over kiddy friendly program they were running with at the time. The New Generation is an awesome era, with many amazing shows and stellar matches. Mostly involving HBK and Bret Hart. Sure they had many gimmicks and wrestlers come and go during this period, however a few legends did get noticed during this time too. It was the era I started watching properly, therefore I may hold this era in higher regard than some. However some of The New Generation era has aged better than the attitude era.
With the Shawn Michaels thing I can understand what Vince was thinking with everything dropping somewhat after the steroids allegations and Hogan departure(and others) the WWF was in a bind. If I had the choice of either Vader or Shawn I would definitely picked Shawn. Apparently looking back on it now it was a good choice.
Excellent absolutely loved this a nice heavy dose of nostalgia I know that people love to rag on the new generation era but I loved it I suppose I was the right age for it as I was just a little kid and I guess that it was just too goofy for the fans who cheered for hogan in the eighties as they would have been teenagers by the time the new generation started
I ordered the PPV of the iron man match between Shawn and Brett, and I was incredibly impressed they had the stamina to wrestle that long and the creativity to keep it interesting the whole time. I also played all the video games during that time. My friend was obnoxious bragging about how good he was at mashing buttons in the Sega games. To be fair, he was good at it. He outperformed the turbo mode on my controller.
I became a fan during this era. I was 7 and looking back, while the characters are terrible now, back then, I was way more tolerant. They weren’t too different from what I would have just got done watching on Nickelodeon at the time so I tend to look back at this era with a certain fondness.
Yeah, I was 9 when I got into wrestling, and the bright colours and over-the-top characters really appealed to me at the time. That was 1992, though. What quickly happened was the gimmicks got sillier and sillier and soon enough I was 13 and stopped watching because I figured I’d outgrown wrestling. As much fondness as I have for the era, I have to also admit it eventually made me stop watching for a couple years.
@@taffysaur I hear you on that. I was in that sweet spot as I really started watching at the end of 94. I was only 10-11 by the time the attitude era kicked off so it was the perfect transition for me as the silliness and bright colors started fading out and being replaced with edgier themes as I made my way into my pre-teen/teen years.
New generation is when I really started to get into the WWF. Watched some in the mid-late 80's, but mostly watched NWA stuff... until I started hearing about the "New Generation". Then I got a subscription to WWF magazine, started watching WWF, and the rest is, as they say... history. A seriously underrated era of the "World Wrestling Federation". Edit: I agree, 1000%. New Generation truly started when Hulkamania left the WWF.
Hello Wrestling Bios, if you decide to expand on this and do another ten superstars of the New Generation I would recommend: the British Bulldog, Bam Bam Bigelow, Tatanka, Mabel, Crush, Alundra Blayze, Adam Bomb, Jeff Jarrett, Marty Jannetty and Irwin R. Schyster
I like how you poke fun at yourself in these videos too, like talking about how you always talk about Bret Hart! And I really like this video btw, good idea with the best and worst match.
Going back to this era with folks who were into it already is what made me actually LIKE it. Bret & Owen being pure fire EVERY time either is in the ring but especially together, the Undertaker becoming a pillar, HBK being a great wrestler in the world's craziest outfits, Razor being a beast, the Kid being legitimately good even with his ultra-babyface persona... these were all things that hooked me. It wasn't all goofy gimmicks.
Even though i wasn't able to see this generation of wrestlers in their prime, thanks to your series Reliving The War i'm to see why they were pretty good. I would have definitely been a fan of Bret and Owen Hart 💯.
This is fantastic work. I’m probably the only one who feels this way, but New Generation is my absolute favorite time in wrestling. I watched ALL of these matches on the network because the stars of the New Generation literally change wrestling and take it to it’s highest heights a few years later, but all of their best ring work came in the midst of the New Generation.
Great stuff. Funny enough, I rewatched your vid on the White Castle of Fear and recalled Jim Herd era WCW with the stuff they were doing with Robocop and so forth. At the same time, however, the actual match between Sting and Vader was amazing stuff. So maybe could do a vid similar to this one on Jim Herd era WCW in the future highlighting the good standout matches and ect instead of the usual suspects to see the parallels.
Hey what's up wrestling bios! I watch your videos religiously! Thank you for all of the hard work you put into making these videos! I'm going to like and subscribe. I wanted to point out a fun fact, as you were going through the superstars you picked I thought man, all of these wrestlers were on the 1994 WWF raw video game .. but I wasn't sure if you were gonna pick doink or not, when you got to Owen I crossed my fingers and sure nuff you picked doink I was like wow!!!!! So yea that settles it, WWF raw has the best new generation era roster for a video game!
Great video upload thanks again every match mentioned on it ive got all of them on different wrestling dvds like enjoyed watching it anyway Happy new year to you as well ok 👍
I agree with you. While I also believe our nostalgia can be blinding and make rose tinted glasses hard to shake off, this was definitely an under rated time in wrestling. I was pretty young during this time and even though I grew up initially a fan of WCW, I still remember watching segments and matches during these years that kept my love for the business growing. Great work as always, my friend and I look forward to the worst of the New Generation video in the future!
Hakushi is a forgotten gem of this era. Imagine a late-90s WCW cruiserweight plopped right in the middle of 1995 WWF. He was years ahead of his time.
He was also that rarest of things, he looked cool.
He's still going afaik
He was the dude with the writing on his face?
@@celebrity292 over his face and body, yes
@@exquisitelemonade3039 the new generation era was extremely underrated some of the greatest matches in pro wrestling history happened during this era not counting all the hall of famers from this era
Underrated.
So many of the Attitude Era's supreme talents were forged here.
Indeed…rocky maivia (the rock), hunter hearst helmsley (hhh), “ringmaster” (scsa), mankind & the list may go on!
Most definitely
@@midniteryder_3-16 stone cold
@@lexkanyima2195 He did mention him as "Ringmaster" (SCSA).
@@PaulMichaelLevesque69 Stone Cold was not in the WWF in 1992 or 1993
i have always felt like I was in the minority when I talk about the New Generation, because I really feel like it was an interesting time simply because Hogan was finally gone, and it was not only interesting, but exciting to see what direction the then WWF was heading.
I like it too its is the time when I really got into it
Finally gone? Hulkster made WWF
@@ceeal2943 he almost destroyed it aswell and he actually did destroy wcw so what's your point
It was overshadowed by the Attitude Era. Simple enough.
The Machismo era
Taker, Shawn, Hart and Razor man my childhood right there. Without question the biggest stars during the new generation. I'll give some love to Diesel too he had some good matches. My favorite match with him was Diesel vs Taker at WrestleMania 12
My childhood too. I remember hearing about Hogan, Sheik, Andre, etc. But I didn't actually start watching wrestling until this era. But since I really only watched Saturday Morning Superstars, 123 Kid, Doink and Crush were the guys I remember seeing in action most often. The Shawn v Razor ladder match and Hart v Shawn ironman match were my favs.
Liar
Sorry to read that. I grew up with Double A, Wahoo, Slick Ric, Windham & Blanchard.
Mine to but I would say the Attitude era was really badass for sure.
Austin, Mankind, and Goldust are technically New Generation characters as well.
The buildup to the Taker/Diesel match at Wrestlemania XII was so awesome. Each of them interfering with the other's matches, Taker pulling Diesel down under the ring and leaving that casket by the ring with "Diesel" in the casket. I was a huge Taker fan at the time, I thoroughly enjoyed this storyline their match at Wrestlemania XII was the match that excited me most on the card.
I loved the part where they have a sword fight on the moon. The one where Diesel pulls down his pants and gapes his asshole open to intimidate the Undertaker. Awesome match.
Same here.
@Dan Ross that was wicked. And out comes what looks like an egg but as he purged it out it was a floppy 18 inch white ( with brown and red) floppy dildo.
Cedar Valley you are so right! I went hoarse many times during their feud. They beat the bloody hell out of each other. Great chemistry.
I woulda loved to see one or two more from them but we all know what happened
I always felt the New Generation era was very cartoony compared to the over the top nature of the attitude era that came after but this era still had some great stuff that made it very special, you had the iconic brother Vs brother feud with Bret Hart and Owen Hart, the first ever Wrestlemania ladder match with HBK and Razor Ramon and the two casket matches with Undertaker and Yokozuna, wrestling was so much fun to watch during this time because it really captured your imagination.
Loved this era and lots of good memories for me watching this on Sky Sports.
And let’s not forget that nice little transitional period between the New Generation and Attitude era (mid 96-late 97). That was a underrated little period in time.
Oh yes, that was an awesome little period with Bret Hart snapping, the rise of Stone Cold, the formation of DX and the debuts of The Rock and Kane. Lots of great memories from that time growing up as a wrestling fan
Diesel vs bulldog was another terrible match in 95.
But it started in 1992 after Bret won the WWF title, it was a risk after the steroids scandals
@@Tad1945 1995 was the worst year ever for the company but compared to the current state of wrestling, it makes that year almost look like the attitude era
I am so glad, Doink vs. Marty Jannetty got praises sung on a wrestling channel! That match is underrated and I was blown away when I was doing a watch of RAW's first year a while back. Truly underrated TV match between two names you would normally find odd as a pairing with hindsight and the crowd was actually white hot during it!
Vince don’t appreciate great workers just dollar signs but that was a great match I remember it as well as a wow didn’t expect that but they def delivered a good one
I enjoyed the 2 out of 3 fall match, that they had
Perfect/Doink matches were awesome too
@@anthonyp6823 Was going to say that. So was Bret Hart vs. Doink
The doink/Janetty and razor/Martell matches are definitely hidden gems, appreciate you bringing them both up! If anyone has doubts about checking them out, not that my word means anything, but I 2nd the fact that you should check them out
Bret, Kid, and Bob Holly vs Hakushi, Yoko, and Owen is as well
Yep a ton of cornballs.
The mid 90s of 1993 - early 1997 was an underrated era of wrestling may not be the all time best but needs to be appreciate it
How is it underrated? There are certainly some bright spots but considering it made a lot of fans stop watching wrestling I think it’s fairly rated.
Although I started watching wrestling towards the end of Golden Age, the New Generation is when I really became a wrestling fan and will always have a soft spot for it.
How do u compare new gen era 2 the pg era (‘08-present)? Is new gen still better?
@@midniteryder_3-16 The PG era is better IMO.
1990- 2000 best era. I was born in 84, so I barely remember the golden age of professional wrestling.
I grew up in the new generation/attitude/ruthless aggression era good times to be a wrestling fan. I’ll never forget that time.
Same
I was a kid during the new generation, and a teenager during the attitude era. I’m glad I experienced it all that way. 97 is my favorite year of pro wrestling.
My Uncle Too. He Loved Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels Fued. He always felt like they were brothers.
same. i loved ultimate warrior and tatanka. also wrestlemania 9 was good and anyone who says otherwise is wrong lol
Same. I was a kid during the new generation teenager during the attitude era...
Before I get too far into the video, I just want to say that his era of wrestling is my most beloved.
I had seen some of the great late 80s wrestling with my pops but I wasn't super into it. I was only 4 or 5.
By the time this generation hit, I ate it up.
Mantuar, T.L. Hopper, The Goon, Doink, Bastion Booger, Duke Droese. Those off-beat fellas were my absolute favorites.
This was such a unique era in WWF history. The great occupational gimmick era. Love it lol.
Thanks for covering this era. You always surprise and impress. 👍
Gotta love the Booger 💯
So Mantaur, the Goon and TL Hopper were your favorites? Honestly, how many matches of them did you see? (Booger was, strictly speaking, not part of the New Generation.)
It was a great idea for a video. Well done, man! Doink the Evil Clown is my favorite 🍻🍻
I think it is fair to say that the New Gen had a certain charm to it. As an "era" it is an anomaly in of itself. It is the WWF trying to find out what to do with professional wrestling post Hulkamania era. Plus, many of us grew up in that point of time, so we have those rose tinted nostalgia glasses on. I love that OSW recently had their New Gen arc, while you are going through the era as well, comparing your two perspectives are fantastic. Keep up the great work!
What a pittance!
It fit at the right time
Doink has got to be top 5 underrated and misused opportunity's in WWE history.
Watched some of his early stuff not so long ago when he was a heel and honestly it was as good as to any of today's top heel stuff , his early days I recommend watching too , great wrestler.
They ruined his character by turning him face, making him kid friendly and giving him his sidekick.
Totally agree. Doink is seen as the poster child for the “silly” New Gen, but I will always maintain there is nothing inherently wrong with the gimmick, and in fact, as you guys say, it was dead cool at its inception. He was truly mean and threatening.
Turning him face and giving him Dink is definitely most of what ruined him, and taking Matt Bourne out of the role didn’t help. He’s a very underrated worker and gave the Doink character all of its depth.
Oh man a heel psycho unhinged clown could've been a great gimmick honestly very much a joker/Krusty the clown vibe
His ECW promos were brilliant too...
Would of been a great story line in WWE going from his early heel clown gimmick to his even darker broken down persona he had in ECW..
💯 went down that rabbit hole myself, he’s my favourite wrestler ever, the way he’d look down the camera in ring mid fight, all his out ring promos where amazing as well. Amazing character 👌
THANK YOU! I've always thought Razor vs. Martel was one of the best Raw matches of the early era and it's great to see it highlighted!
Practically everyone but 2 of my friends totally dropped Pro Wrestling once Hogan left... I kept rolling on. (It felt a bit like a "Smaller pond" in a way, but I was still 100% invested)
I remember HBK vs Jarrett at IYH 1995. Classic.
10:28 That facial expression Bret uses there is top quality storytelling. Man, he was good.
This was my favorite era of WWE because brought stars like Bret, Shawn, Razor, and Owen who shined.
Would be awesome to see this breakdown for WCW in the same time frame.
My childhood right here watching and growing up with the new WWF Generation era good work 👏
Can't wait to hear about Man Mountain Rock. I don't remember any of his matches, I just remember that he played electric guitar during his intros.
A WWF logo shaped electric guitar at that. I’ve never watched any of his matches, that I can recall either.
Did he ever wrestle? lol. I feel like he was a big deal at the time, but I was also a little kid then so I think I thought a lot of things were bigger and better at the time lol.
@@McDanieI I feel like he never actually wrestled lol
@@lyricsanonymous9036 Yea, I just remember seeing promos of him but couldn't tell you if he ever wrestled on a ppv or who against ha.
I’ll say the New Generation Era began at SummerSlam 1992. The first PPV not featuring Hogan, the the main event for the IC title Instead of the WWF title. Kind of like 1996 being the precursor to the Attitude Era: Diesel as a tweener ( the first wrestler on tv to imply that Vince is the owner of the company), the stuff with Austin in mid 96 to the end of 1997, DX etc. Although, it was not given a name officially until 1994, the new generation era began at SummerSlam 1992. Some will argue that it began at Survivor Series 1992, WrestleMania IX, or King Of The Ring 1993; and I’m fine with that. The Golden Era - to me - officially ended after WrestleMania 8.
King of the Ring ‘93 to me is the start last time you see Hogan. Bret winning the KOR.
SummerSlam 92 still had Savage, Warrior, and Flair in the title picture so I can't start that early. They were also billed as the main event of Survivor Series even though Bret/Michaels closed the show. Then Hogan came back and won the title, so I always look at KotR 93 as the end of the Hasbro Era and the New Gen begining
Heel Doink was absolutely fantastic with the character and Sinister feeling you get from him like clowns are scary for me and i just felt intrigued and creeped out by heel Doink
Heel Doink was awesome. Pity they ruined him by making him kid friendly by turning him face and giving him his little sidekick in Dink.
Clowns aren’t scary. It’s just some sad lone man degrading himself in a pg. way
Heel Doink was so awesome. In his first appearance on Raw he came down a holding balloon animal and give it to a kid...only to immediately pop it. That is amazing heel work.
Imagine little evil Dink
New Gen was almost certainly the peak of neon spandex, mullets, and colorful 3D graphics, for better or worse (The Blue and Gold block WWF logo used before changing to the "scratch" logo is probably my favorite). It doesn't stand by itself very well, but in context of building up to one of the hottest periods in WWF history, the New Generation is a significant part of the story. Plus, we got to see Purple Undertaker, one of the best incarnations of his character. Great episode, very well told story, thank you Wrestling Bios!
Lol "sweet back of the head music" killed me man. Another great video!
Loved that bit.
This was awesome and very nostalgic. I hope you do an Attitude Era and Ruthless Aggression era version of this.
I have a feeling this channel is a *little* more focused on the pre-2000's.
And we are already getting an Attitude Era version of this called "Reliving the War".
@@Paranitis it is but i think he’ll still do one for those two.
I was always bummed that I only started watching wrestling towards the tail end of the New Generation era right after Razor and Diesel left for WCW. I was still happy that I got a chance to see Shawn and Bret wrestle along with the rise of Stone Cold and The Rock!
Man you missed years of great Bret matches
wwe network (peacock if you are stateside) has got you dude ;)
@@BeeBumper I know!! So many matches from SO many of these guys!
@@itstheyok Definitely! I know I can watch them whenever I can!
Yeah, this generation got a lot of criticism but I enjoyed it from time to time growing up
I love seeing Waltman getting the credit he deserves, he's turned out to be one of my favorites but I didn't recognize it at the time. He's also a really cool, honest person.
One positive from these "lighter years"... They came to my province (New Brunswick, Canada) WAY more often from 1993 to 1995! Focusing more on smaller markets/smaller arenas. Worked for me! lol
Same over here in my hometown in the province of Québec! I got to see Razor Ramon, Lafitte, Doink, The Smoking Gunns and a few others at a house show. It was great. I got to see them all coming out of the same bus which pretty much was the end of kayfabe for me. When I think about this particular era I mostly think about Doink.
@@TheFlamingPike Which town/city, if you don't mind me asking?
@@toptenguy1 I don't mind: Shawinigan, with around 50k population. Must've been in 95 or 94.
@@TheFlamingPike Go Cataractes! :)
Who’s your favorite Canadian wrestler?
Bret hart the whiney baby.
Owen hart for getting killed in the ring
Or Benoit for killing his young son and wife.
Who’s your favorite. I liked Owen. Because the crowd just would chant nugget and throw batteries at him. Pay no attention to anything he does in ring or promos just chanting nugget Even when he died which just showed what the fans thought of him.
Being a Rockers fan and Shawn being my favourite I was all in for the New Gen, and I was alone amongst my peers until Stone Cold. (I was fully behind Shawn at WM 14, again, alone). Thankyou again sir. Please keep up the great work.
I was always a Shawn fan two. As well as Waltman and Hart.
So was I! HBK was always my favorite but all my friends hated him
Yes! Please cover more of the New Generation era. It’s my favorite era and one that I remember the most fondly. Besides the Attitude era.
This was a real treat to watch thank you W.B.!!! Stellar content per usual 👍🔥👍👍🔥🔥
Man, thanks for making these videos so frequently. Your channel is the first thing I check on youtube
What helped the attitude era out a lot was the fact that you had a surplus of rising young stars with a lot of talent and they were still fine tuning there talent during "the New Generation" all these young talents would hit there prime at one time. And lucky for us that just happened to be the late 90's
So you wouldn't have The Attitude era without The New Generation era. They go hand in hand. That's why I loved all of it.
For real, you had the 1-2-3 Kid, Thurman Sparky Plug, Isaac Yankem, "Make a Difference" Fatu, The Roadie, Cowboy Billy Gunn, Kama the Supreme Fighting Machine, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, The Ring Master, Rocky Miavia, ect...as well as jobbers like the Hardy Boys and Scott Taylor...who all went on to be extremely over in the AE
My childhood wrestling exposure was the early 90s stuff on video, even though it should have been late 90s stuff had I watched the TV at the time. Big shout out to my mum for introducing me to great wrestling! Bret Hitman Hart is our favourite to this day. We have Slam Jam on CD!
The tag match made more sense than ya gave it credit for, Jannetty and the kid were tag champs at one point and Duke the dumpster drosse was actually alright, I thought he struck a good balance and could actually wrestle.
Wrestling bios videos are put together extremely well this is fantastic as always thank you so much
I was 14 in 1995. Never missed an episode of Raw, watched most of the big 4 WWF PPV's. I can't believe Luger worked 3 Wrestlemanias. His time in the Fed seemed so brief and forgettable when I was a kid.
1994 WWF will always have special place in my heart
I want to go back in time to the early to mid 90s and ask Vince “Why can’t we just have some big, mean, and scary dudes without a stupid gimmick?” I think Psycho Sid was the best idea for a heel.
I'm sure that conversation would go GREAT...
@Football Junkie It's funny how you say you'd ask Vince "Why can't we have big, mean and scary dudes without a stupid gimmick" then go on the say Psycho Sid was the best idea for a heel. Psycho Sid had a standard psychotic attitude/gimmick hence "Psycho Sid". It was a play on his "Sid Justice" gimmick because he turned his back on Hogan and thus was born a "Psycho".
Waste of a time machine.
Evil doink was a good gimmick tho
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Awesome video! It seems that this format would work great for analyzing wrestlers and matches from other eras too. I appreciate the New Generation, because personally that is when I became a fan.
I have a question about Mabel -- did he ever have any good matches?
I actually enjoy this time period of wrestling for both WWF and WCW. Some really goofy stuff , but a ton of really exciting matches
Wow great vid
The hart vs bulldog match changed my mind on "pro wrestling " when I saw it as a kid. It's so great
I'm a Bret Hart fan largely because he was the only thing keeping me from completely checking out on wrestling in the New Generation era. But I have to admit Shawn Michaels' first run as WWF champ stands the test of time. Especially his match with Foley. But by then, the NWO was THE thing in pro wrestling. So I can't blame anyone for overlooking it.
Blame the Monday Night Wars
Would've loved to see Shawn vs Ricky Steamboat.
In an alternate universe, a heel Matt Borne-Doink became WWF Champion by beating Bret Hart...and it was awesome.
Great call with the Razor-Martel match, that’s SUCH a hidden gem. SO good!
I absolutely loved the Kid vs Owen match at KOTR 1994. It was pretty short though, so I can see why it wasn't mentioned.
Why they tried to push Mabel, I will never understand.
This channel is so good
Should of been Bam Bam Bigelow in the final spot
The more new gen the better! Keep it coming its unbelievable!
I love the New Gen era. Always have. Especially the early bits in 93.
Me too! I don't get why so many people didnt like it. Thats when I fell in love with wrestling. I was 6 in 93 and thats when I started watching WWF
92
I remember having a magazine of the new generation but sadly lost it :/ thanks for the nostalgia video bro
I think Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and The Undertaker were the biggest stars of The New Generation.
I'd put Razor up there also.
The first Doink was underrated and limits by his own gimmick.
100% agree, was always a fan of Bret and Shawn and then the rock
And Owen Hart
What about tl hopper, and the goon? Come on! Those guys were awesome 🙄
Great video 👍. It's probably already been done but a video about superstars of the attitude era would make a classic
You know something lol this era was actually the era I was into the most as a young kid. And I was ALL ABOUT Lex Luger lol
To me this is always gonna be the greatest eras in wrestling.
This and the attitude era are defo the greatest
It was admittedly a very downtime for wrestling. With 1995 having some of the worst PPV buy rates ever. However I think that’s more to do with the over kiddy friendly program they were running with at the time. The New Generation is an awesome era, with many amazing shows and stellar matches. Mostly involving HBK and Bret Hart. Sure they had many gimmicks and wrestlers come and go during this period, however a few legends did get noticed during this time too. It was the era I started watching properly, therefore I may hold this era in higher regard than some. However some of The New Generation era has aged better than the attitude era.
Any era with Bret in it is great.
Just catching up on the new Wrestling Bios videos after attending Hard To Kill last night in Dallas, keep up the great work man!
With the Shawn Michaels thing I can understand what Vince was thinking with everything dropping somewhat after the steroids allegations and Hogan departure(and others) the WWF was in a bind. If I had the choice of either Vader or Shawn I would definitely picked Shawn. Apparently looking back on it now it was a good choice.
Why ?
@@lexkanyima2195 Shawn was a better promo and had more charisma.
@@lexkanyima2195 Really??
FANTASTIC work on these documentaries.
Excellent absolutely loved this a nice heavy dose of nostalgia I know that people love to rag on the new generation era but I loved it I suppose I was the right age for it as I was just a little kid and I guess that it was just too goofy for the fans who cheered for hogan in the eighties as they would have been teenagers by the time the new generation started
Can we get a 10 worst? We already know 5 of them also including doink. Great video.
I watched until around 1995/96 and knew around '93 that the WWF roster was a shadow of the 1980s. I rooted for Luger at Summerslam though.
1992 was a big gap of rosters
I was with you right up to the end. That king Vs doink stuff as a kid was awsome
I laughed.
I ordered the PPV of the iron man match between Shawn and Brett, and I was incredibly impressed they had the stamina to wrestle that long and the creativity to keep it interesting the whole time.
I also played all the video games during that time. My friend was obnoxious bragging about how good he was at mashing buttons in the Sega games. To be fair, he was good at it. He outperformed the turbo mode on my controller.
Seeing all the terrible gimmicks of this era would be a tight video, but also seeing a similar video layout for other eras would be fun to watch.
I became a fan during this era. I was 7 and looking back, while the characters are terrible now, back then, I was way more tolerant. They weren’t too different from what I would have just got done watching on Nickelodeon at the time so I tend to look back at this era with a certain fondness.
Yeah, I was 9 when I got into wrestling, and the bright colours and over-the-top characters really appealed to me at the time. That was 1992, though. What quickly happened was the gimmicks got sillier and sillier and soon enough I was 13 and stopped watching because I figured I’d outgrown wrestling. As much fondness as I have for the era, I have to also admit it eventually made me stop watching for a couple years.
@@taffysaur I hear you on that. I was in that sweet spot as I really started watching at the end of 94. I was only 10-11 by the time the attitude era kicked off so it was the perfect transition for me as the silliness and bright colors started fading out and being replaced with edgier themes as I made my way into my pre-teen/teen years.
Happy New Year Fellas and Awesome Upload as Always ……… 🙏🏿
Todays era could be called the "Find a new job Era
Wrestling Bios is this century's most important wrestling show.
The New Generation Era (1993-1997)
- Bret Hart
- Shawn Michaels
- Yokozuna
- Diesel
- The Undertaker
- Razor Ramon
- Owen Hart
- Stone Cold (96/97)
@@dolandarkxgrandayy6953 No love for Sid, Vader, Mr Perfect, Ahmed Johnson, Bam Bam Bigelow, Tatanka, or Underfaker?
New generation is when I really started to get into the WWF. Watched some in the mid-late 80's, but mostly watched NWA stuff... until I started hearing about the "New Generation". Then I got a subscription to WWF magazine, started watching WWF, and the rest is, as they say... history.
A seriously underrated era of the "World Wrestling Federation".
Edit: I agree, 1000%.
New Generation truly started when Hulkamania left the WWF.
Hello Wrestling Bios, if you decide to expand on this and do another ten superstars of the New Generation I would recommend: the British Bulldog, Bam Bam Bigelow, Tatanka, Mabel, Crush, Alundra Blayze, Adam Bomb, Jeff Jarrett, Marty Jannetty and Irwin R. Schyster
I like how you poke fun at yourself in these videos too, like talking about how you always talk about Bret Hart! And I really like this video btw, good idea with the best and worst match.
Going back to this era with folks who were into it already is what made me actually LIKE it. Bret & Owen being pure fire EVERY time either is in the ring but especially together, the Undertaker becoming a pillar, HBK being a great wrestler in the world's craziest outfits, Razor being a beast, the Kid being legitimately good even with his ultra-babyface persona... these were all things that hooked me. It wasn't all goofy gimmicks.
The Cartoon Era was a gem. It was fun and entertaining. I miss that time.
Keep talking about Bret Hart - there’s no one more deserving of your attention. Keep up the great work, Sir.
I’m Glad you picked that 2 out of 3 falls match for doink that match was very fun to watch rewatched recently
Bam Bam should've won kotr 95 no two ways about it.
This is one of my favorite videos from you dude, loved it !
Even though i wasn't able to see this generation of wrestlers in their prime, thanks to your series Reliving The War i'm to see why they were pretty good. I would have definitely been a fan of Bret and Owen Hart 💯.
I enjoyed the premise and format of these one. I was completely out of pro wrestling for this Era so it's nice to come back and see all going ons.
I loved the new generation, it’s right below the attitude era for me
This is fantastic work. I’m probably the only one who feels this way, but New Generation is my absolute favorite time in wrestling. I watched ALL of these matches on the network because the stars of the New Generation literally change wrestling and take it to it’s highest heights a few years later, but all of their best ring work came in the midst of the New Generation.
I loved Owen's run from 94-97! I cheered him and Bret .And when they faced one another,I rooted for Owen!👑❤️
Awesome match at WM X. I saw them go at it, live! The crowd was memorized by the work of art that was that match.
Owen should have been champion at some point.
One of my favourite eras after the attitude and Ruthless Aggression
There were many tragic gimmicks of the new generation but I think it's why the WWF succeeded they were constantly trying new things until they hit.
Great stuff. Funny enough, I rewatched your vid on the White Castle of Fear and recalled Jim Herd era WCW with the stuff they were doing with Robocop and so forth. At the same time, however, the actual match between Sting and Vader was amazing stuff. So maybe could do a vid similar to this one on Jim Herd era WCW in the future highlighting the good standout matches and ect instead of the usual suspects to see the parallels.
BLASPHEMY!!!!!!! There's no such thing as talking too much about Bret Hart!!!!!!! It's like too much money, there's no such thing!
Can never have too much Excellence...
Really enjoyed this.
This was during the period I started switching over as a kid becoming a teen. The new generation always reminds me of neon!
The Harts/Steiners match is on the Hart and Soul DVD that came out in 2010!
Happy new year Bios! Undertaker vs Mankind in a buried Alive match was awesome and the ending was amazing. Scary but amazing.
Many of great match..
Underrated and forgotten. Thanks for your efforts. Love it👍👍👍💪💪👏👏👏
Hey what's up wrestling bios! I watch your videos religiously! Thank you for all of the hard work you put into making these videos! I'm going to like and subscribe. I wanted to point out a fun fact, as you were going through the superstars you picked I thought man, all of these wrestlers were on the 1994 WWF raw video game .. but I wasn't sure if you were gonna pick doink or not, when you got to Owen I crossed my fingers and sure nuff you picked doink I was like wow!!!!! So yea that settles it, WWF raw has the best new generation era roster for a video game!
Great video upload thanks again every match mentioned on it ive got all of them on different wrestling dvds like enjoyed watching it anyway Happy new year to you as well ok 👍
I agree with you. While I also believe our nostalgia can be blinding and make rose tinted glasses hard to shake off, this was definitely an under rated time in wrestling. I was pretty young during this time and even though I grew up initially a fan of WCW, I still remember watching segments and matches during these years that kept my love for the business growing. Great work as always, my friend and I look forward to the worst of the New Generation video in the future!
I loved that Martel and Razor match. I just knew he was going over.