Heard a rumor once that they toyed with the idea of making "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase the "Higher Power." Which would have been EXCELLENT considering Dibiase brought Undertaker in initially. With his money and his laugh, Dibiase would've been perfect as someone "more evil than The Undertaker," I think.
Not just "The Union" they were also known as "Union of People You OUtta Respect, Son" or U.P.Y.O.U.R.S. Seriously I laughed my arse off the night Mick Foley came out with that!
The storyline was good until it involved the McMahons. I heard that Taker was upset about that. And in some segments, you can see that he wasn't interested with their involvements. He looked bored and annoyed at times.
Criminal Minds Girl you could say that about pretty much every storyline the McMahon’s were involved in from WrestleMania 15 onwards, outside of Austin/McMahon and to a lesser extent HBK/McMahon I’ve never enjoyed anything they’ve been involved in.
@@My19812011, definitely true. Wrestlers wanted something of their own. Storylines, feuds. But when you involved the McMahons, they tend to ruin it. And they make it about themselves. And with that, it pushes the wrestlers into the backgrounds because the McMahons often becomes the bigger part of the picture.
Undertaker has outright said the Cooperate Ministry is among his most disliked periods in WWE because he felt like the Undertaker character was just one of Vince's stodges. Supposedly, they wanted Mankind to be the Higher Power but Mic refused. Which makes sense since why the hell would Mic Foley of all people being a cult leader? They had some other people in time but Vince panicked and decided to reignite his feud with Austin.
@@Cassandra_Solidor Undertaker was a higher power than the McMahons in 1999! He didn’t even need them at all. He was sick, sadistic, pure evil, and powerful! He could’ve been the Ministry until at least early 2000
A giant contributer. Imagine how well his life must go by being to respect us (no subscribe begging, no reminding us to like, constantly telling us to form out own opinion), making informative videos for us as his passion and being able to afford everything he showed us that he owns privately. He sounds like an experienced person who knows how to respect people, knowing we would do the same.
Undertaker "The whole McMahon Greater Power thing diluted what the Undertaker was supposed to be". Returns a couple of months later on a bike listening to Kid Rock.
To be fair, he always showed hints of baddass biker Taker, as far back as 97. Then toward the end of the ministry deal he was in more normal clothes with shades, then they did the Kayfabe story of him becoming too wrapped up in a character he plays, even using his real name (Mark). So after he was gone a while, he basically was mentally stable and normal again. Since they wanted wrestling to be more realistic then.
@@SilverWolf442 Actually, the main reason Biker Taker happened is Undertake seriously became disillusioned with the Deadman gimmick and wrestling in general. He nearly retired. Biker Taker was creative's way of letting him essentially be more like an exaggerated version of himself (much like Stone Cold was). Undertaker only returned to the Deadman gimmick because fans kept asking about it. He literally went back for the fans.
Even back than as a kid I assumed it was a reaction. "Post 9/11 Undertaker" they wanted to be kind of a face because they had to round up some patriotic banter from somewhere and Undertaker is never gonna be Hulk Hogan, but can be white working class Rob Zombie
Looking back at this time period, I kinda feel like the original ministry of darkness was WWF's version of the dungeon of doom except done right: believable characters that were much more evil and sinister without the hokey gimmicks along and a bunch of Jobbers clogging up the stable. Later when they became "the corporate ministry", it suffered from nWo syndrome letting too many people in; fun times though and great video on both stables!
My thoughts exactly. DoD became mythical monsters on cheesy sets and fought against "Hulkamania" - and jobbed to the big yellow boots half the time. These guys came out looking like newly converted devil-worshippers covered in runes, even if the "kidnap and crucify" ritual was a little hokey. Basically, DoD was a monster flick and MoD was a slasher flick. That said, wouldn't it have been awesome if the higher power would've been Kevin Sullivan in full-on Satanic mode?
Darkside Hulk literally looked like he came from the Ministry of Darkness to sacrifice the Dungeon of Doom to the higher power of Hulkamania for daring to defy him! 🤣
Heard a rumor once that they toyed with the idea of making "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase the "Higher Power." Which would have been EXCELLENT considering Dibiase brought Undertaker in initially. With his money and his laugh, Dibiase would've been perfect as someone "more evil than The Undertaker," I think.
@@Thor-Orion that's because they were fighting so hard to beat each other in ratings that every week you had to do something "shocking" instead of just letting things build up. I felt WWF did a better job of pacing in 2000 tho.
@@anthonyanderson9303 Because in 1999 the writer was Vince Russo and in 2000 it was Chris Kreski. It was even documented how Russo created storylines and how Kreski did, two different styles.
@@dualshock3462 2000 was much better then 1999 in terms of storytelling. 1999 was Russo rushing storylines and putting in dumb reveals to keep the fans hooked. 2000 was much more smoother and told storylines that progressed naturally with no dumb “Shocking” reveals.
@@liquidgeorge and considering how it was over Jake , Austin 3:16 was born, plus Jake was an early mentor for Taker and Vince vs Jake would have been perfect promos.
Triple H being in the triple threat match with Taker and Austin really made me look at him as a WWF title contender. Not his relationship with Stephanie. To me this solidified his status at the top of the card.
I loved the Corporate Ministry stuff when I was 12 years old, but I went back and watched it 10 years later and it felt silly, especially Vince as the Higher Power. They should have kept the two groups as separate entities, I liked the concept of having two factions fighting for control of the company and the Undertaker should not have a Higher Power, especially one whose ankle he broke 9 months prior. Vince was scared of the Undertaker in 1998, then the following year, he's genuflecting to him, it doesn't make sense. The Undertaker is a Higher Power. He's 6' 10", he's impervious to pain, he shouldn't have to bow to anybody.
You reckon it would have been better or worse if Vince was the Higher Power, but the reveal leaves Taker disillusioned for ultimately being a pawn in a feud he wasn't a part of before? Like he doesn't have to team with Austin afterwards or anything, but just goes after the Corporate Ministry for using him
@@scootybooty1363 I would have dropped the whole Corporate Ministry angle, meaning no Higher Power. One is a pseudo-Satanic cult and the other is a corporation with hired mercenaries, they're not compatible elements.
To follow this up with Undertaker (formerly of the CM) forming the "Unholy Alliance" with Big Show (formerly of UPYORS), was equally nonsensical. ...which later led to Biker Taker. Like....... WHAT????
Over The Edge 1999 it looked like nobody wanted to be there Triple H and The Rock revealed that they found out Owen had died right before they want out for their match and Undertaker was crying after he chokeslammed Patterson
I always thought they should of kept Over the Edge off the network They can edit everything they want related to Owens accident out of it but they cant edit out the sad and somber faces of the wrestlers all of them knowing a friend and coworker died in the ring
Loved the undertaker but that corporate ministry storyline was a mess and even undertaker himself said he didn't like that idea especially when Vince was revealed as the higher power.
@@lMP5602 you almost have to wonder if it was supposed to be Owen or somebody from WCW that reneged a contract or something. It just feels like it was supposed to be somebody else, plans fell through, and they went with Vince. With that being said, im not sure anybody makes sense for the undertaker to call a higher power. He's not the henchman type.
Tony Perkis I heard the original plan was for the higher power to be Christopher Daniels, but once Vince got a good look at him, he didn’t think it was believable that this guy can boss Taker around. They should have just dropped the higher power after that, or retconned it that Shane was the higher power since he was orchestrating things behind the scenes
DaManEX1983 Agreed. When he was in the Corporate Ministry, Triple H constantly destroyed Austin and Rock week after week. The same can be said for afterwards. Triple H was always meant to look more dominant then Rock and Austin and always got the upper hand beating them again and again the next few years as a solo competitor. Then he got the shovel and started to bury talent in his Reign Of Terror.
@@romanramirez7847 Until Batista (2005), Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns, Dolph Ziggler, Kurt Angle, Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, and Seth Rollins (2014-2019) Put Trips in his place and he went on to do the NXT Invasion and the new WNW (Wednesday Night War between WWE's NXT and AEW's Dynamite (aka MNW II (Only on Wednesdays)) because of the WWE/Saudi Controversy from Last Year's Crown Jewel.
Other than the 1980s this part in wrestling was a magical time when the storylines made sense. People still actually jumped out of their seats I know I did off my couch many of times thanks a lot and you have a new subscriber
I Remember The Corporate Ministry Being Around For Smackdown’s 1st Episode In 1999. They Had A Segment On That Episode Lol I Was 9 And I Taped It On VHS 📼
Lol those were the days! I was 8 or 9 back then and my bed time was at 9pm(in California, thats when RAW would start), so my Mom would tape the episode and Id watch it when I got up in the morning or when I got home from school the next day. The WWF was so good back then though that my Mom actually became a huge fan as well and I remember at least 2 or 3 times where something so crazy happened on that nights RAW that my Mom would come run into my room all excited and say, " wake up, wake up, you have to see this!!!" The time I remember the most is when Stone Cold came in with the beer truck and sprayed down the Rock, Vince etc... Lol I'll never Forget things like that. EDIT: Sorry, the whole reason I started writing comment in first place was just to say that I used to tape as well and remember when Smackdown first started it came on Thursdays at 8pm so I remember being so happy I would get to watch an hour before I had to go to bed
The complex and elaborate soap opera style storytelling of the Attitude Era was so great. 1999 was the year I got completely onboard with watching WWE regularly and paying attention to the characters and storylines. It wasn't a chore to sit through RAW back then because these multidimensional personalities leapt off the screen and everything they did had a general feeling of urgency and unpredictability. At the end of every show, you were left eager for more. You simply couldn't wait to see what would happen next.
If there is one thing that can be appreciated from this entire storyline is that this was some of Jim Johnston best music work. Every single song made for the Undertaker, the Ministry of Darkness and the Corporate Ministry was just amazing.
@Trump4Prison2021 That's the creativity in music. You can mix mash music and it can create a new track completely that sounds absolutely amazing such most of the themes used. None are exactly the same as if they were they wouldn't be different tracks, there are different Instruments and cues used that differentiate them, that's why they are different versions or mixes.
Like the use of the Resident Evil music as a stock theme! Marshaling Yard defiantly fits the tone of the Corporate Ministry, and feels pretty nice you were able to make it work.
My “headcanon” is that after Judgment Day, both Taker and Vince formed their respective factions and went after Austin in their own way. Then cementing a contingency plan, I.e. creating a “Keyser Soze” type villain to throw Austin off. Remember Austin screwed both Vince AND Taker at Judgment Day. So both of them had every reason to wanna collude with one another, feigning a rivalry so they can throw Austin off even further. Idk, it worked for me lol
14:29 "each episode has its own little story within a bigger storyline". That's what makes us fans tune in to Raw and Smackdown every week, without fail, during the WWF Attitude Era.
I remember being so pissed off when they revealed the "Higher Power" Everyone thought they were going to bring in some big WCW wrestler, but no its just Vince.
With that big cross necklace, most know what the hell HHH was thinking with that look. But some of us realized, even back then where he was inspired by for it. Triple H is a diehard metalhead! Straight up, Black Sabbath influence!
Disagree. It really wasn’t. It just made Undertaker and the rest of the Ministry goons to Vince, Shane and Triple H. Undertaker was barely a factor by the end of it.
Can never get my head around (or ever forgive) carrying on with Over The Edge PPV after Owens death In any other sport or event, they would stop/cancel the event and rightly so. A person's life was tragically lost The corporate ministry had a great build up but was squashed with Vinnie Mac being the higher power Saying that though, it was great tv at the time and glad I lived through it as a teenager lol Great upload as always WB
@Rich Affinito pissed off because someone died on a show? You'd have to be a sick individual to think like that and can imagine there are some like that but the majority of people would obviously understand the situation and sympathize with the families loss than letting a show carry on. Saying that, there was a similar event in the 80s European Cup Final between Liverpool vs Juventus where a stadium stand fell up on itself killing 39 fans and that carried on. It's something that does divide opinion unfortunately
Seeing who the Higher Power was when Austin saw it, that was by far a the time the most angriest and totally outraged I'd ever seen him. I mean just look at his expression it told it all.
I find it funny how Stephanie was kidnapped and nearly sacrificed by a stable her father had been secretly in charged up from the beginning yet we were supposed to be mad at her when she "betrayed" Vince to side with Triple H.
The only thing that didn’t make sense was that Big Bossman and Undertaker were now in the same heel group despite the latter almost, er, attempting murder on the former at Wrestlemania
The only reason it ended up being McMahon was because they couldn’t find anyone else to be the higher power lol They began the storyline before determining who the higher power would be.
At 30:08 one of the coolest poses from that faction and at 30:37 Taker looks like DC'S Darkseid. Cool video review and lots of memories of the WWF Attitude Era especially with the Cororate Ministries and the Unholy Alliance. Still to this day i always say that Taker and Big Show were a dominant team if Kane was to be a part of that team all three would have dominated the entire WWF roster, Taker as the WWF heavy weight champion with Show and Kane as tag team champions.
I'm fairly new to your channel. I've probably seen only a handful of vids up until tonight when I noticed you did one about The Ministry Of Darkness (one of my favorite memories from back in the day 😁👍) so I just finished watching that vid and wow, you definitely did the story justice! So now it's on to "Part 2" with The Corporate Ministry being formed and I'm really looking forward to this. Thank you for all the hard work you do on your videos. Wanted to make sure I let you know that it's much appreciated!😀
A lot of people think the Ministry angle got ruined by merging with Corporation, but honestly I think it was easily salvageable (they just needed to have Shane be less of the mouthpiece as it seemed odd for Taker like you mentioned). The problem is they shot themselves in the foot by saying there was a higher power to begin with. No reveal was going to do the angle justice, and then they pick the worst case scenario with the Vince swerve. They should've just kept it moving with Taker and Shane doing a hostile takeover.
And at the end of the day it's their show and their company it was their playground the WWF now WWE it's Vince McMahons world his will be done in the WWF now WWE he is god so it shall be written and so it shall be done
IT'S ME AUSTIN! EDIT: I would also like to note that some of the original candidates for the Higher Power before they decided on Vince included Mick Foley (could make sense given his feud with Taker in the past), Jake Roberts (snowball's chance in hell that he could have been well enough to do it in 1999, he participated in Heroes of Wrestling just a few months later), and no joke, the Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels.
One of the funniest bits of commentary I heard was after Brisco and Pannterson beat the posse. Patterson was doing Hogan style poses which lead to JR saying He's single fellas
Other Vince: Bro, bro, what if the satanic cult has a mysterious backer, pulling their strings? Who? I dunno, we'll work out the details later. "It was me, Austin!" Other Vince: Well, that's the end of me, bro.
I forgot how much sooner Stone Cold and The Rock got a main event push before HHH. That's why HHH's My Time is my favorite theme of his. I was rooting for him as he was trying to get his catchphrase "I am The Game, and I am That Damn Good" to pop. lol
The Ministry of Darkness + The Corporation + McMahon/ Hemsley Faction = too cold. But, that angle HAD to disband. Would've been "the last days of WCW/NWO" all over again.
Some may hate Vince McMahon now, but you can't deny that he took more shots than most Wrestling CEOs. I totally forgot that Undertaker chair shot. You cannot fake that ____.
Vince being greater power pretty much contradicted everything. I could buy Shane as the puppet master, and it could've even still worked with that. But when Vince was revealed it pretty much killed everything.
Wow that was a quick upload, have been very looking forward to this series and I am pleased that you've uploaded these parts in such quick succession. Thank you for all the work you put into all of your videos, it is greatly appreciated by us all. Take care and stay safe!
I was 10-11 years old when this whole Corporate Ministry story was going on. Gosh I swear that was the most impacted part of watching wwe at that time. Thanks Wrestling Bios for the video series.
I remember reading the Higher Power was originally supposed to be The Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels, but Vince saw how small he was compared to everyone else and was like "Nope!".
What if Jesse Ventura approached Vince in the ring in front of everyone during his alliance with the Union saying Oh you like your version of a union but not mine.
"IT'S ME AUSTIN!"
JR: "Aw son of a bitch!"
Stephanie: I was violated by the Undertaker.
Crowd cheers.
@@ShuffleUpandDeal32 Different times I guess lol
Oh the 90s
Ahh those good old attitude days...nostalgia
😂
lol
Heard a rumor once that they toyed with the idea of making "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase the "Higher Power." Which would have been EXCELLENT considering Dibiase brought Undertaker in initially. With his money and his laugh, Dibiase would've been perfect as someone "more evil than The Undertaker," I think.
Imagine that laugh after he threw off the blanket thing😂
I can most certainly imagine that.
Now that would have been the Perfect Shocker!
It would've at least made sense for it to be Dibiase. He also had problems with Austin so that would've made it even more believable.
@@mrf1974100 look on
My mom
At least Hornswaggle wasn't around to be the higher power.
I'd have taken that over Vince though 😂
@@PeteTemplar101 Ted DiBiase would have been perfect for the role. Especially bringing it fully circle since the Undertaker was introduced by him.
JR's reaction to the higher power makes me laugh every single time 😂😂😂
JR was WWF's unsung hero during the war.
The best part of the reveal imo haha
Not just "The Union" they were also known as "Union of People You OUtta Respect, Son" or U.P.Y.O.U.R.S. Seriously I laughed my arse off the night Mick Foley came out with that!
oughta
R.I.P Chyna,Big Bossman , Viscera & Paul Bearer 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Man... So many legends lost...
Also Test & Pat Patterson.
The storyline was good until it involved the McMahons. I heard that Taker was upset about that. And in some segments, you can see that he wasn't interested with their involvements. He looked bored and annoyed at times.
Criminal Minds Girl you could say that about pretty much every storyline the McMahon’s were involved in from WrestleMania 15 onwards, outside of Austin/McMahon and to a lesser extent HBK/McMahon I’ve never enjoyed anything they’ve been involved in.
@@My19812011, definitely true. Wrestlers wanted something of their own. Storylines, feuds. But when you involved the McMahons, they tend to ruin it. And they make it about themselves. And with that, it pushes the wrestlers into the backgrounds because the McMahons often becomes the bigger part of the picture.
He's such an Aries lol 😂 it so hard to hide our expression and feelings lol
Undertaker has outright said the Cooperate Ministry is among his most disliked periods in WWE because he felt like the Undertaker character was just one of Vince's stodges. Supposedly, they wanted Mankind to be the Higher Power but Mic refused. Which makes sense since why the hell would Mic Foley of all people being a cult leader? They had some other people in time but Vince panicked and decided to reignite his feud with Austin.
@@Cassandra_Solidor Undertaker was a higher power than the McMahons in 1999! He didn’t even need them at all. He was sick, sadistic, pure evil, and powerful! He could’ve been the Ministry until at least early 2000
At a time like this I wasn’t even expecting you to have this done. You’re a great contributor to wrestling content 🙌🏾
He definitely is ive been enjoying his videos
Damned right.
Man hes really doing us well isnt he
A giant contributer. Imagine how well his life must go by being to respect us (no subscribe begging, no reminding us to like, constantly telling us to form out own opinion), making informative videos for us as his passion and being able to afford everything he showed us that he owns privately. He sounds like an experienced person who knows how to respect people, knowing we would do the same.
Albert Twangle bye bye knobhead 😁
Undertaker "The whole McMahon Greater Power thing diluted what the Undertaker was supposed to be".
Returns a couple of months later on a bike listening to Kid Rock.
To be fair, he always showed hints of baddass biker Taker, as far back as 97. Then toward the end of the ministry deal he was in more normal clothes with shades, then they did the Kayfabe story of him becoming too wrapped up in a character he plays, even using his real name (Mark). So after he was gone a while, he basically was mentally stable and normal again. Since they wanted wrestling to be more realistic then.
@@SilverWolf442 Actually, the main reason Biker Taker happened is Undertake seriously became disillusioned with the Deadman gimmick and wrestling in general. He nearly retired. Biker Taker was creative's way of letting him essentially be more like an exaggerated version of himself (much like Stone Cold was). Undertaker only returned to the Deadman gimmick because fans kept asking about it. He literally went back for the fans.
And the former led directly to the latter.
Even back than as a kid I assumed it was a reaction. "Post 9/11 Undertaker" they wanted to be kind of a face because they had to round up some patriotic banter from somewhere and Undertaker is never gonna be Hulk Hogan, but can be white working class Rob Zombie
@pinkdelicious655 you sound kinda racist, ngl.
“It was me, Wrestling Bios! It was me who left a comment all along!”
Nnnnnnnnnooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I quote that, Vince's "It was me, Austin!", out of nowhere...for no reason, all the time. It amuses me.
JR - “Ahh Son of a Bitch!”
🤣🤣😂😂😂⚰
Looking back at this time period, I kinda feel like the original ministry of darkness was WWF's version of the dungeon of doom except done right: believable characters that were much more evil and sinister without the hokey gimmicks along and a bunch of Jobbers clogging up the stable. Later when they became "the corporate ministry", it suffered from nWo syndrome letting too many people in; fun times though and great video on both stables!
My thoughts exactly. DoD became mythical monsters on cheesy sets and fought against "Hulkamania" - and jobbed to the big yellow boots half the time. These guys came out looking like newly converted devil-worshippers covered in runes, even if the "kidnap and crucify" ritual was a little hokey. Basically, DoD was a monster flick and MoD was a slasher flick.
That said, wouldn't it have been awesome if the higher power would've been Kevin Sullivan in full-on Satanic mode?
@@daviderickson8699 Definitely.
@@daviderickson8699 would’ve been even better if it was the yettAY
Darkside Hulk literally looked like he came from the Ministry of Darkness to sacrifice the Dungeon of Doom to the higher power of Hulkamania for daring to defy him! 🤣
@@autobotstarscream765 Lol!
It's me, Austin. It was me all along, Austin!
I still here those words in my sleep and that was way back in 99
I used to think Vince McMahon was really funny. I laughed like hell at this promo
What?
Aww son of a bitch !! Gotta love Jim Ross
Aww son of a bitch !! Gotta love Jim Ross
As soon as I finished part 1, I saw part 2 was up. My guy wasn't kidding about being up very soon lol
Heard a rumor once that they toyed with the idea of making "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase the "Higher Power." Which would have been EXCELLENT considering Dibiase brought Undertaker in initially. With his money and his laugh, Dibiase would've been perfect as someone "more evil than The Undertaker," I think.
If there is one thing these videos have showed me is how fast story progression was in the Attitude Era.
Michael Buckingham yeah, wwf and wcw both had the same problem of moving too fast without enough slow burn build ups. So many shotgun title changes
Yeah it was a cool Time to be a wrestling fan
@@Thor-Orion that's because they were fighting so hard to beat each other in ratings that every week you had to do something "shocking" instead of just letting things build up. I felt WWF did a better job of pacing in 2000 tho.
@@anthonyanderson9303 Because in 1999 the writer was Vince Russo and in 2000 it was Chris Kreski. It was even documented how Russo created storylines and how Kreski did, two different styles.
@@dualshock3462 2000 was much better then 1999 in terms of storytelling. 1999 was Russo rushing storylines and putting in dumb reveals to keep the fans hooked. 2000 was much more smoother and told storylines that progressed naturally with no dumb “Shocking” reveals.
This is when the stables/storyline got way too overblown. McMahon as the Higher Power was such a DUD.
Robert Artois so pissed off with it Jesus Christ Sinister minister or Kevin Sullivan would have been better
Robert Artois agreed
I remember the rumours at the time being that it was Jake Roberts. That would have been incredible.
@@liquidgeorge and considering how it was over Jake , Austin 3:16 was born, plus Jake was an early mentor for Taker and Vince vs Jake would have been perfect promos.
@@Kas58223 the sinister minister would've been so much better than vince
I will say this about the Corporate Ministry: Their entrance theme is epic!
Thank you, Jim Johnston and Chris Warren
It was peter bursuker that did the vocals for the theme
JRs reaction is the best part of the reveal. "Son of a bitch!" Classic Jim Ross.
Triple H being in the triple threat match with Taker and Austin really made me look at him as a WWF title contender. Not his relationship with Stephanie. To me this solidified his status at the top of the card.
With out Stephanie he wouldn't been where he is
@@imabeast2334 💯 truth
I completely forgot Cornette was the commentator on the Smackdown pilot.
I loved the Corporate Ministry stuff when I was 12 years old, but I went back and watched it 10 years later and it felt silly, especially Vince as the Higher Power. They should have kept the two groups as separate entities, I liked the concept of having two factions fighting for control of the company and the Undertaker should not have a Higher Power, especially one whose ankle he broke 9 months prior. Vince was scared of the Undertaker in 1998, then the following year, he's genuflecting to him, it doesn't make sense. The Undertaker is a Higher Power. He's 6' 10", he's impervious to pain, he shouldn't have to bow to anybody.
You reckon it would have been better or worse if Vince was the Higher Power, but the reveal leaves Taker disillusioned for ultimately being a pawn in a feud he wasn't a part of before? Like he doesn't have to team with Austin afterwards or anything, but just goes after the Corporate Ministry for using him
@@scootybooty1363 I would have dropped the whole Corporate Ministry angle, meaning no Higher Power. One is a pseudo-Satanic cult and the other is a corporation with hired mercenaries, they're not compatible elements.
To follow this up with Undertaker (formerly of the CM) forming the "Unholy Alliance" with Big Show (formerly of UPYORS), was equally nonsensical.
...which later led to Biker Taker.
Like....... WHAT????
“i think the corporate ministry was ruined when vince was th-“
“IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!”
i liked it.
Back when wrestling was cool and entertaining. I miss the attitude era. Tuning to raw every week to see mankind , Austin, rock, taker was so cool.
You just don't stop. You must've put a ton of time into this series so far to be able to pump these out often. Great job you're doing.
O yes he did many weeks into this and it worth it cutie
That No Chance remix goes hard!
Over The Edge 1999 it looked like nobody wanted to be there Triple H and The Rock revealed that they found out Owen had died right before they want out for their match and Undertaker was crying after he chokeslammed Patterson
He wasn't crying at all. He looked subdued, but that's all.
I always thought they should of kept Over the Edge off the network
They can edit everything they want related to Owens accident out of it but they cant edit out the sad and somber faces of the wrestlers all of them knowing a friend and coworker died in the ring
@Wavybone Andretti Tough guy.
I still remember the Rock's shoutout to Owen during that match at Over the Edge.
9:00 closest the wrestlers will get to having a union in WWE
Loved the undertaker but that corporate ministry storyline was a mess and even undertaker himself said he didn't like that idea especially when Vince was revealed as the higher power.
This would have been a perfect heel turn for another wrestler at that time
@@lMP5602 you almost have to wonder if it was supposed to be Owen or somebody from WCW that reneged a contract or something. It just feels like it was supposed to be somebody else, plans fell through, and they went with Vince.
With that being said, im not sure anybody makes sense for the undertaker to call a higher power. He's not the henchman type.
Tony Perkis I heard the original plan was for the higher power to be Christopher Daniels, but once Vince got a good look at him, he didn’t think it was believable that this guy can boss Taker around. They should have just dropped the higher power after that, or retconned it that Shane was the higher power since he was orchestrating things behind the scenes
I agree it was a huge let down but it wasn't Undertaker's decision we can complain all we want it's Vince McMahons company he's the owner
@@johnepants exactly, shane should have been revealed as the higher power and then do the corporate ministry.
Corporate ministry boosted triple h’s career he won the title right afterwards
Another reason to hate the development of this storylne
DaManEX1983 it gave HHH his shovel lol
That so true. Didn't realize that.
DaManEX1983 Agreed. When he was in the Corporate Ministry, Triple H constantly destroyed Austin and Rock week after week. The same can be said for afterwards. Triple H was always meant to look more dominant then Rock and Austin and always got the upper hand beating them again and again the next few years as a solo competitor. Then he got the shovel and started to bury talent in his Reign Of Terror.
@@romanramirez7847 Until Batista (2005), Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns, Dolph Ziggler, Kurt Angle, Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, and Seth Rollins (2014-2019) Put Trips in his place and he went on to do the NXT Invasion and the new WNW (Wednesday Night War between WWE's NXT and AEW's Dynamite (aka MNW II (Only on Wednesdays)) because of the WWE/Saudi Controversy from Last Year's Crown Jewel.
WWF and their ratings were definitely on Fire during this time
Imagine... just imagine Jake Roberts as the “Higher Power”
That is a cool idea
Cool idea in 2020, in 1999 sadly Jake was on another higher power. Glad he’s doing well now... DDP doing God’s work! And Jake too of course
Chris Broussard he was I know, but just imagine he’d gotten clean & sober after 96 and stayed with the WWF
Realigning himself with..."The Man In Black."
Rob Picken RVD as the higher power.
May 1999 Raw was the best! Every week was like one huge story threaded together at an exciting pace
Uhhh something happened in may 99 that made it far from the best
Christopher Suswal ain’t nobody talking about that
Hardest working man on RUclips. You made my day. Thank you!
Other than the 1980s this part in wrestling was a magical time when the storylines made sense. People still actually jumped out of their seats I know I did off my couch many of times thanks a lot and you have a new subscriber
Notification Bell got me to stop what I was doing!
You’re rolling thru this series now Bios!
Thanks! I appreciate it. Hope you enjoy the upload.
@@WrestlingBios you should release the theme that you used made for this video at the beginning and end. Its awsome!
I Remember The Corporate Ministry Being Around For Smackdown’s 1st Episode In 1999. They Had A Segment On That Episode Lol I Was 9 And I Taped It On VHS 📼
Haha I used to do the same thing
Lol those were the days! I was 8 or 9 back then and my bed time was at 9pm(in California, thats when RAW would start), so my Mom would tape the episode and Id watch it when I got up in the morning or when I got home from school the next day. The WWF was so good back then though that my Mom actually became a huge fan as well and I remember at least 2 or 3 times where something so crazy happened on that nights RAW that my Mom would come run into my room all excited and say, " wake up, wake up, you have to see this!!!" The time I remember the most is when Stone Cold came in with the beer truck and sprayed down the Rock, Vince etc... Lol I'll never Forget things like that.
EDIT: Sorry, the whole reason I started writing comment in first place was just to say that I used to tape as well and remember when Smackdown first started it came on Thursdays at 8pm so I remember being so happy I would get to watch an hour before I had to go to bed
Can we just acknowledge the greatness that is Test wearing a FUBU jersey? Peak 90s.
LMFAO
LMFAO 😂😂 Great Eye..
Vince McMahon , The Rock , Austin , Taker , Hbk , HHH
These 6 gentlemen share an unbreakable bond and have mutual respect between them
Wellll….idk about Shawn and the Rock lol….
Yeah The rock and Shawn didn’t care for each other at all.
7:20 - my dude Paul lookin like hes takin his Drivers License picture xD
😂🤣🤣
HAHAHAHA
🤣🤣🤣 yet his family owns pringles 🤣
The complex and elaborate soap opera style storytelling of the Attitude Era was so great. 1999 was the year I got completely onboard with watching WWE regularly and paying attention to the characters and storylines. It wasn't a chore to sit through RAW back then because these multidimensional personalities leapt off the screen and everything they did had a general feeling of urgency and unpredictability. At the end of every show, you were left eager for more. You simply couldn't wait to see what would happen next.
It never hurts to mention Debra and Sable evening gown match for no reason 👌👌
If there is one thing that can be appreciated from this entire storyline is that this was some of Jim Johnston best music work. Every single song made for the Undertaker, the Ministry of Darkness and the Corporate Ministry was just amazing.
@Trump4Prison2021 That's the creativity in music. You can mix mash music and it can create a new track completely that sounds absolutely amazing such most of the themes used. None are exactly the same as if they were they wouldn't be different tracks, there are different Instruments and cues used that differentiate them, that's why they are different versions or mixes.
"Aw sonofbitch" lmao
😂
Undertaker at 7:00- THIS ONES FOR BRET!!!
Bret screwed Bret
Like the use of the Resident Evil music as a stock theme! Marshaling Yard defiantly fits the tone of the Corporate Ministry, and feels pretty nice you were able to make it work.
My “headcanon” is that after Judgment Day, both Taker and Vince formed their respective factions and went after Austin in their own way. Then cementing a contingency plan, I.e. creating a “Keyser Soze” type villain to throw Austin off. Remember Austin screwed both Vince AND Taker at Judgment Day. So both of them had every reason to wanna collude with one another, feigning a rivalry so they can throw Austin off even further. Idk, it worked for me lol
1:55 but then we found out "IT WAS MEEEE ALL ALONNGGGG!"
That intro with Shane and Undertakers Thrme combined goes so crazy... 🔥💯
14:29 "each episode has its own little story within a bigger storyline". That's what makes us fans tune in to Raw and Smackdown every week, without fail, during the WWF Attitude Era.
I remember being so pissed off when they revealed the "Higher Power"
Everyone thought they were going to bring in some big WCW wrestler, but no its just Vince.
We're there actually rumors running around on the internet back then?
@Lord Of Vengeance either of whom would have been awesome in that role.
@Lord Of Vengeance Iwrestling in the late 90s was good for Wrestling news and rumours etc.
With that big cross necklace, most know what the hell HHH was thinking with that look. But some of us realized, even back then where he was inspired by for it. Triple H is a diehard metalhead! Straight up, Black Sabbath influence!
I remember being disappointed that Vince was reveal as the 'Higher Power' but it was still fantastic storytelling back then.
Disagree. It really wasn’t. It just made Undertaker and the rest of the Ministry goons to Vince, Shane and Triple H. Undertaker was barely a factor by the end of it.
Can never get my head around (or ever forgive) carrying on with Over The Edge PPV after Owens death
In any other sport or event, they would stop/cancel the event and rightly so. A person's life was tragically lost
The corporate ministry had a great build up but was squashed with Vinnie Mac being the higher power
Saying that though, it was great tv at the time and glad I lived through it as a teenager lol
Great upload as always WB
@Rich Affinito pissed off because someone died on a show? You'd have to be a sick individual to think like that and can imagine there are some like that but the majority of people would obviously understand the situation and sympathize with the families loss than letting a show carry on. Saying that, there was a similar event in the 80s European Cup Final between Liverpool vs Juventus where a stadium stand fell up on itself killing 39 fans and that carried on. It's something that does divide opinion unfortunately
I remember Jr's commentary when Vince was revealed "ahhh son of a bitch" lol
Seeing who the Higher Power was when Austin saw it, that was by far a the time the most angriest and totally outraged I'd ever seen him. I mean just look at his expression it told it all.
Great use of the marshaling yard track from resident evil 2!
Over The Edge 1999 is so difficult to talk about or revisit in any mamner. U could see it on Takers face from his entrance that he's heartbroken.
28:05 which can be its own Series, From BlueBlood, to DX, To The Game, Back to DX, and then....the King of Kings
I thought it was pretty well covered over the years
I love this undertaker era videos great job mate. He is my favourite wrestler thanks mate
Taker rules, yeah he does
As a 17 year old kid, my fingers were crossed that the Higher Power was Ric Flair
Apparently it was suppose to be Christopher Daniels but Vince wasn't so pleased with his height lol
*hower power
At least that would've made more sense than what I really was.
i thought it was gonna be shawn
I heard rumours it was going to be Jake the snake don’t if I believe that but it would have been cool
I find it funny how Stephanie was kidnapped and nearly sacrificed by a stable her father had been secretly in charged up from the beginning yet we were supposed to be mad at her when she "betrayed" Vince to side with Triple H.
And even then, why would she side with Triple H? He helped Vince mess with her for months.
The only thing that didn’t make sense was that Big Bossman and Undertaker were now in the same heel group despite the latter almost, er, attempting murder on the former at Wrestlemania
The only reason it ended up being McMahon was because they couldn’t find anyone else to be the higher power lol They began the storyline before determining who the higher power would be.
So basically the Black Scorpion angle all over again.
There shouldn't have been a high power or corporate ministry to begin with
@@ajdaking507 Period.
I forgot about all the Jake the Snake is the higher power rumors on WWE dirt sheets. Would have been a better option!
Back in the day there were roomers that the Higher Power was suppose to be " Jake the Snake". That would've been killer.
Dude you are killing it with these bios! An APA episode could be cool, keep it up man!!!
Liking the use of the Res Evil 2 Factory music. I find that piece of music really relaxing for some reason.
HHH's attire he wore around May 1999 was 🔥🔥
Very well documented, your knowledge and research is spot on!
I remember the Shawn Michaels unveiling as a cop
At 30:08 one of the coolest poses from that faction and at 30:37 Taker looks like DC'S Darkseid. Cool video review and lots of memories of the WWF Attitude Era especially with the Cororate Ministries and the Unholy Alliance. Still to this day i always say that Taker and Big Show were a dominant team if Kane was to be a part of that team all three would have dominated the entire WWF roster, Taker as the WWF heavy weight champion with Show and Kane as tag team champions.
Ministry Undertaker is like Thanos, Darkseid, Sauron and Emperor Palpatine merged into one.
I loved the ministry stuff. I felt that I couldn't miss any episodes during this time. Top to bottom the show was exciting
The Vince reveal was classic! This video had some incredible storyline matches.
I'm fairly new to your channel. I've probably seen only a handful of vids up until tonight when I noticed you did one about The Ministry Of Darkness (one of my favorite memories from back in the day 😁👍) so I just finished watching that vid and wow, you definitely did the story justice!
So now it's on to "Part 2" with The Corporate Ministry being formed and I'm really looking forward to this.
Thank you for all the hard work you do on your videos. Wanted to make sure I let you know that it's much appreciated!😀
You're an absolute machine dude. Great vids as always.
A lot of people think the Ministry angle got ruined by merging with Corporation, but honestly I think it was easily salvageable (they just needed to have Shane be less of the mouthpiece as it seemed odd for Taker like you mentioned).
The problem is they shot themselves in the foot by saying there was a higher power to begin with. No reveal was going to do the angle justice, and then they pick the worst case scenario with the Vince swerve. They should've just kept it moving with Taker and Shane doing a hostile takeover.
It has to be a McMahon they couldn't let anybody else get all the glory
Malcolm Cox in the nineties they were so good they deserved it
And at the end of the day it's their show and their company it was their playground the WWF now WWE it's Vince McMahons world his will be done in the WWF now WWE he is god so it shall be written and so it shall be done
Should've been Hollywood Hulk Hogan! 😛
DAMN that was a good mashup ot 2 songs.
I can’t believe you didn’t mention Foley’s full name for the Union: “Union of People You Oughta Respect, Son,” or UPYORS.
Stephanie McMahon in 99: My first crush
I remember Eric Bishoff had revealed that Vince was the higher power on that nights episode of Nitro
Nice usage of the Resident Evil 2 music.
Ikr
IT'S ME AUSTIN!
EDIT: I would also like to note that some of the original candidates for the Higher Power before they decided on Vince included Mick Foley (could make sense given his feud with Taker in the past), Jake Roberts (snowball's chance in hell that he could have been well enough to do it in 1999, he participated in Heroes of Wrestling just a few months later), and no joke, the Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels.
I just got hype like I know Wrestling Bios personally!!! Keep scoring with the vids my guy. You don’t miss 🤾🏾♂️
Austin wearing a tie during the CEO reveal was funny: a total pisstake. Well done wwf
One of the funniest bits of commentary I heard was after Brisco and Pannterson beat the posse. Patterson was doing Hogan style poses which lead to JR saying He's single fellas
Other Vince: Bro, bro, what if the satanic cult has a mysterious backer, pulling their strings?
Who?
I dunno, we'll work out the details later.
"It was me, Austin!"
Other Vince: Well, that's the end of me, bro.
This is what im talking about I aint seen the vid yet but I already know youve put so.much effort in big props
I forgot how much sooner Stone Cold and The Rock got a main event push before HHH. That's why HHH's My Time is my favorite theme of his. I was rooting for him as he was trying to get his catchphrase "I am The Game, and I am That Damn Good" to pop. lol
HHH never drew a dime
The Ministry of Darkness + The Corporation + McMahon/ Hemsley Faction = too cold.
But, that angle HAD to disband.
Would've been "the last days of WCW/NWO" all over again.
Keeping me happy in issolation this channel has been consistantly good subscribbed early and its been gold since. Thanks for the content bro
Thank you Wrestling Bios for your amazing output at times like this. It's much appreciated 👌
Why didn’t Austin feel comfortable dropping the belt to HHH I never understood that
He probably knew how he was, more than what we know back in the day.
@@aheard1788 Yes.
Some may hate Vince McMahon now, but you can't deny that he took more shots than most Wrestling CEOs. I totally forgot that Undertaker chair shot. You cannot fake that ____.
Vince being greater power pretty much contradicted everything. I could buy Shane as the puppet master, and it could've even still worked with that. But when Vince was revealed it pretty much killed everything.
Wow that was a quick upload, have been very looking forward to this series and I am pleased that you've uploaded these parts in such quick succession. Thank you for all the work you put into all of your videos, it is greatly appreciated by us all. Take care and stay safe!
I was 10-11 years old when this whole Corporate Ministry story was going on. Gosh I swear that was the most impacted part of watching wwe at that time. Thanks
Wrestling Bios for the video series.
I remember reading the Higher Power was originally supposed to be The Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels, but Vince saw how small he was compared to everyone else and was like "Nope!".
You've been Johnny-on-the-spot with these uploads, man. Thanks, for the great work!
What if Jesse Ventura approached Vince in the ring in front of everyone during his alliance with the Union saying Oh you like your version of a union but not mine.