Why 1995 Was a Terrible Year for the WWF (wrestling documentary)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2023
- In this wrestling documentary we see how 1995 was a terrible year in the WWF, as fans started to desert Vince McMahon's once mighty World Wrestling Federation. Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage were long gone, and McMahon struggled with his New Generation of Superstars. He had lost faith in Bret Hart, Diesel was proving to be the worst WWF Champion ever and Shawn Michaels was emerging as a headcase. WCW launched Nitro and now the WWF was in real trouble. This is why 1995 was the worst year of the 90's for WWE.
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Hi guys, this is a re-upload. Had to make a couple of edits for reasons. As always, don't hate the playa... hate the game
The WWF was running on Diesel power
Sad how brett was treated before he went to wcw... he was too loyal to wwf, vince dont care who he screws over as long as it's good for his business..love ur channel sir..👍👌
I remember when I was a kid I thought Shawn Michaels was called the Heart Break Kid because of his rivalry with Bret Hart.
I remember being a kid and watching this. I was 10 years old. I thought Diesel was boring, I thought Bob Backland was literally insane, and I LOVED Bret Hart.
I cant decide which is worse to watch; WWF in 1995 or WWE today
It’s crazy that 1997. Arguably a top 5 year in wrestling history was only a year and a half removed from all of this
i'm never gonna not giggle when i hear the statement "the Marines injured Michaels so badly that he had to be written off WWF television..." 😂
By far the worst year of the '90s.
Damn Vince seemed to only use Bret Hart while developing his next big star. Great video man hopefully we can get a 1996 review.
The Lawrence Taylor decision.. Yes hotshotting a major celebrity can work - it worked with Mr T at Wrestlemania 1.. but Lawrence Taylor was only a major celebrity among New York Football fans.. and Wrestlemania needed the support of a lot more than just New York.. the show wasn't even IN New York - it was in a state that divided its support between New York and the New England Patriots.
I think 1993 to 1996 where the dark days in WWF
When I was a teenager, I didn't view Bret Hart as being over enough to be world champion level. But as I get older, and I look back on this stuff, and I hear the stories of everything that went on behind the scenes, my appreciation for Bret just grows and grows. Somehow he was able to have continued success despite everything working against him. Having to follow the Hogan era and the fallout from the steroid scandal, horrible writing, and a general rudderless ship in a pop culture era that 80's style wrestling was unfit for. But Bret could always be relied upon. Despite that, Vince never fully trusted him as headliner. It was always "Well, I guess we need to put the belt back on Bret until we figure out what to do" as they always looked for some new big star to try to crown, yet their plans would flop over and over, and Bret was always there to pick up and pieces and steady the ship. Bret was never out partying, cokin' it up, driving drunk, getting into bar fights, or getting wrapped up in any scandal. He was just always there as the back up plan.
I can’t believe WWF was still doing their kiddy sh&t in freaking 94 the era of gangsters, grudge,and many more edgy shows on TV and meanwhile WCW and WWF we’re doing kiddy sh$t in 94/95 meanwhile ECW was revolutionizing the business with their edge and storylines
It's been almost 28 years and I still have nightmares and flashbacks of the only WWF pay-per-view that they did in my city... In Your House: Great White North! Trust me, Vince wasn't the only one angrily storming out of the building, we all were lol
Thank you for uploading this, I have believed 1995 was one of the worst years ever as well, it's good to see this addressed.
Undertaker was still playing a cartoon character out of the 80s, HBK was never a big draw, and I’m pretty sure he was a babyface in 1995, so Bret really had no one to work with. If you don’t have a heel for the babyface to work with to generate heat, it doesn’t matter how big a star that babyface is. Diesel didn’t really figure things out until his match with Bret and he parlayed that into a big WCW contract, where he showed he had learned something. Everyone says Bret sucked, but without him, there’s no Attitude Era. Austin needed that I Quit Match to solidify himself as a main event talent and megastar, The Rock learned a lot from the Hitman, and even Sean Waltman was guven (at Bret’s request) an extended match to open Raw that put him on the map pre-Razor. Bret did get screwed. He had as much of an impact on the most successful era of wrestling as anyone and he never saw any benefit. He was basically buried and disrespected. MJF is finding out right now that no matter how good you are, if you have no one to work with that people care about, you might as well be Steve Lombardi.
It wasn't a good year, especially business wise, but on a personal level I still enjoy a lot of the wrestling from that time, especially Bret Hart and HBK. The overall product was very basic and tamed at the time and had some ridiculous gimmicks, but it focused more on the in ring action and clear cut storylines and presentation and that simplicity makes it (at least some of it) enjoyable to me. Watching it today, wrestling from the mid 90s feels wholesome to me and I even prefer it over todays product that WWE puts out, which feels more like a circus show than wrestling.
Love your videos mate , good luck on the ascension.
Being that i was 15 at the time and there was no internet worth talking about I remember all this mich more fondly than apparently most people do. I dont bother watching it back these days because I want to keep remembering it fondly.