Turned this on in my car at a stoplight with the windows down and girls in the car next to me caught me jamming out to the ice train theme. But I kept going with it bc I have no shame when it comes to the Train
ok during the World War 3 recap my favorite thing they didn't mention is when Kurasawa stopped the flow of the ring entrances during the battle royal to do this Thai chi thing and you can see a stage hand tell him to get going with papers in his hand lol
They're right. The WW3 Battle Royals were largely unwatchable because they did the triple split screen and separate commentary teams for each ring who would switch back and forth, but didn't label any of the screens so it was nearly impossible to follow. WCW.
Video games aren't something they care about. Likely they don't remember what video games were popular 19 years ago. WCW also did nothing in story to introduce this change to audiences leading up to the PPV which will just leave the viewing audience confused. His name was still the Yeti until after the PPV. You can't say it's to "capitalise" on Mortal Kombat if they didn't do any advertising for it. People who liked Mortal Kombat wouldn't have bought the PPV for that reason because, as stated previously, no storyline reason for the outfit change existed on any of the five or so shows WCW ran. Ron Reis nor Kevin Sullivan nor Eric Bischoff have never said that this gimmick had anything to do with Mortal Kombat. Ron Reis couldn't wrestle well or implement "ninja moves" well. The outfit is not based on any character design from Mortal Kombat, which is different from what they did later with Glacier. "Super Giant Ninja" came about because Ron Reis was going to play that character anyway, as stated by the man himself. But due to Giant Gonzalez's abscence, he had to pull double duties, which ended up causing the two characters to be fused together due to the lack of Giant Gonzalez. Eric Bischoff likes ninjas, which is why he later pushed the Glacier gimmick so hard. But unlike Glacier, this was just going to be a generic ninja, except played by a very tall man. You can't say it's to "capitalise" on Mortal Kombat if they didn't do any advertising for it. People who liked Mortal Kombat wouldn't have bought the PPV for that because, as stated previously, no storyline reason for the outfit change existed on any of the five or so shows WCW ran.
You're thinking about this backwards. It's not a matter of if he was dressed as Scorpion, or frickin Spongebob. They were asking why was he changed to *anything* at all?
he goes I didnt really watch wcw back in the day because how they mic'ed it lol so he was a teenager worried about how the show was mic'ed lol yea right
Turned this on in my car at a stoplight with the windows down and girls in the car next to me caught me jamming out to the ice train theme. But I kept going with it bc I have no shame when it comes to the Train
Some dudes have all the luck
39:15 "Use a superkick, everybody." - Bryan Alvarez
*all of independent wrestling will remember that*
OBSERVE THIS, BROTHER
Still sucks to think or hear about Benoit and Eddie 😔🙏
ok during the World War 3 recap my favorite thing they didn't mention is when Kurasawa stopped the flow of the ring entrances during the battle royal to do this Thai chi thing and you can see a stage hand tell him to get going with papers in his hand lol
Does anyone ever look up some the highlights or lowlights that they mention? The 2v2 Japanese women’s tag match is, indeed, awesome.
I started watching Nitro and the PPVs with friends
Subscribed - thanks for these man.
Late 95 Monday Nitros are soo cool, even early 96 was Dope. The Rise of The Loose Cannon !
Let me guess, Brian Pillman mark?
@@The_Fuj guilty
@@LooseCan88 guilty of great taste.
They're right. The WW3 Battle Royals were largely unwatchable because they did the triple split screen and separate commentary teams for each ring who would switch back and forth, but didn't label any of the screens so it was nearly impossible to follow. WCW.
Benoit only did, what he did, because of the CTE he accrued throughout wrestling, that WCW and WWF did nothing about when kept getting injured
Have a Kayfabe Cocktail, Doctor.
@@brandonp3455 none of them have been tested for it, sorry for crushing your side of the argument so fast
@@brandonp3455 trying too hard, tl;dr. Sweet monologue bruh
@@Insanemonk11 👈🏻🤡
00:58:47 God I love these guys.
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Megadeth covered Alice Cooper's No More Mr. Nice Guy for the movie Shocker
1:20:00 Oh my, these guys couldn't figure out that they dressed the Yeti up as a ninja to capitalize on the popularity of Mortal Kombat?
Video games aren't something they care about. Likely they don't remember what video games were popular 19 years ago. WCW also did nothing in story to introduce this change to audiences leading up to the PPV which will just leave the viewing audience confused. His name was still the Yeti until after the PPV. You can't say it's to "capitalise" on Mortal Kombat if they didn't do any advertising for it. People who liked Mortal Kombat wouldn't have bought the PPV for that reason because, as stated previously, no storyline reason for the outfit change existed on any of the five or so shows WCW ran. Ron Reis nor Kevin Sullivan nor Eric Bischoff have never said that this gimmick had anything to do with Mortal Kombat.
Ron Reis couldn't wrestle well or implement "ninja moves" well. The outfit is not based on any character design from Mortal Kombat, which is different from what they did later with Glacier. "Super Giant Ninja" came about because Ron Reis was going to play that character anyway, as stated by the man himself. But due to Giant Gonzalez's abscence, he had to pull double duties, which ended up causing the two characters to be fused together due to the lack of Giant Gonzalez. Eric Bischoff likes ninjas, which is why he later pushed the Glacier gimmick so hard. But unlike Glacier, this was just going to be a generic ninja, except played by a very tall man. You can't say it's to "capitalise" on Mortal Kombat if they didn't do any advertising for it. People who liked Mortal Kombat wouldn't have bought the PPV for that because, as stated previously, no storyline reason for the outfit change existed on any of the five or so shows WCW ran.
@@Demiglitch Well I was no fan of the Backstreet Boys or *Nsync, but I knew where 3-count came from.
You're thinking about this backwards. It's not a matter of if he was dressed as Scorpion, or frickin Spongebob. They were asking why was he changed to *anything* at all?
I'm never negative but this Sammy guy is terrible
Yeah he was awful
he goes I didnt really watch wcw back in the day because how they mic'ed it lol so he was a teenager worried about how the show was mic'ed lol yea right
I understand both sides just my opinion
Wait, that wasn’t lance storm? Sounds exactly like him
When he first spoke I was wondering why Gene Simmmons was on the show.
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