Much respect to David Arquette for taking the time to rebuild his reputation in the wrestling business by donating to the families of Owen Hart and Brian Pillman and his run on the indies.
I feel like they could have made the angle work if for some reason, DDP got knocked out cold in the match, but Arquette, feeling heroic, managed a fluke pin against Jarrett. DDP officially retains, but Arquette gets a big head, convinced that he should be the World Champion. He then spends the next WCW shows trying to mess with the matches and getting the crap beat out of him, Andy Kaufman-style.
People forget that in the mid 90s, KISS had that big reunion tour which was a huge success. However, that tour was 1996-97 and this was 1999. While that's only a few years later, a lot had happened. After that tour, they made a new album that was advertised as being the 4 original members and it actually sold quite well initially, but then it was revealed that there was only 1 song on the entire album that they all played on. On top of that, a lot of that album wasn't great. What followed was a tour in which the 4 of them were essentially split into 2 groups due to contract disputes and bitterness over how they were being treated. All 4 have now released autobiographies where they basically just slag each other off. Because they'd done so much press, because they'd been anywhere, done everything, people were kinda burnt out on KISS, and when you're a shock rock band, that's not good. There is a big cross over in KISS and wrestling fans, but KISS at this point were trying to act like they were still on top of the world when in reality they were about a year away from breaking up (after which Gene and Paul continued with other musicians dressing as Ace and Peter). WCW was also not doing great so it was 2 things that had been red hot a few years earlier coming together in their dying days.
@@PaxBisonica89 there seems to be a group of KISS fans that are convince modern KISS is a fake band cause Ace and Peter are gone. ignoring that Gene and Paul still are selling out stadiums across the globe.
I know this would break kayfabe. But, Chucky could've asked Rick how stupid he could be. That he's an animatronic puppet and this is real life, not a movie. Rick could've countered with "You're a puppet!". Chucky: "That's what I'm trying to tell you Einstein". Rick: "Well, muppet your ass down to the ring then!" Chucky: I'm a pupp.. How many times have you been hit in the head?" Rick: I'll sleep with your wife! Chucky: "She's a puppet too!" *...Scott Steiner enters the arena vigorously*
My favorite was when Leslie held up closed briefcase and said the case was closed (which yes, I know it's stupid, but it makes me laugh every time I hear it)
My favourite part of the whole thing was when they got George Kennedy in for the PPV as a favour to Leslie as George was having a hard time getting jobs and money at the time. Not only did Leslie do that, he paid for George out of his pay check. Again showing how cool a guy Leslie Nielson was :D
The whole taker never breaking character, he did once for a fans big celebration party for something, he signed some things and gave them to her. Much respect!
Steamboat had to carry Piper and Snuka because it was clear as day that neither of those two had any business being in a ring. Steamboat surprised me with just how good he still was. Then again he did retire the first time in 1994 so he didn't have the wear and tear that other guys had. Fun fact about Steamboat: his last ever match was against none other than Trent?
I don't hold any animosity to him myself, but at the end of the day he agreed to do it. He wasn't some poor wrestler who needed the paycheck to live - he could have looked at Russo and said 'no I'm not going to do this' and if Russo insisted he was under no obligation to stay. He's done a lot of good since, and he did a decent job portraying a heel while he had the strap, but he had to agree to do it.
@@unmitigateddisaster3793 the thing is tho, NOBODY would had said no to Russo lol. It's such a dumb thing to blame David. the dude loved wrestling so ofc he's not gonna turn down the opportunity to hold a World title.
The fact that Arquette donated his pay to the families of wrestlers who suffered tragedies is actually the biggest reason I refuse to hate on that angle. His class in that regards makes him more of a worthy champion then some this business has seen.
I don't get upset that they put the world title on an actor, because all pro wrestlers are acting. Its fake. Hearing brian scream about putting it on an actor,,, Too bad he doesn't see The Rock, John Cena, Edge, and Hulk Hogan as actors, huh?
@@blitzofchaosgaming6737 the reason NOONE sees the “comparison” between Arquette and Hogan, Rock, Edge and Cena is that they were all main event champion wrestlers before making the transition to acting.
I interviewed DDP a while back and mentioned to him that he was technically the guy who lost the title to David Arquette. He disagreed. Also didn't believe me when I told him John Cena is in the background in "Ready To Rumble."
@@ChristopherJohn4389 Basically with him berating me for the next few minutes like "BRO! How do you figure I lost the belt to Arquette? Did I get pinned?" and so on.
master p actually was a good idea. if you wanted to bring attention to WCW by the black demographic, he would have been your man. he was well known in the South, which WCW had its tentacles spread throughout, and he was a pop culture phenom. The whole year of 98, he released gold and platinum albums..he crammed an entire career's worth of work in that 1 year, was releasing movies that did very well, and was an NBA athlete. Plus he owned his music and label so you could partner with him on music without the hassle of dealing with executives. It's just difficult to find the right entry point for a guy like him and the proper role.
Yeah I appreciated the master p/no limit angle as a 12 year old kid as WCW didn't have that many black wrestlers on the roster apart from booker T, Stevie Ray, norman smiley and Vince (Virgil), the tag team "doom" was done by the early 90s and Ron Simmons left in 94 so it was nice to see more diversity and representation of than usual that also incorporated hip hop too
The Miz didn't show up on RAW the next day. John Morrison talked about him like he was gone until Miz came back some weeks later saying he got injured in that match.
@@neobeatglory I think he's still locked up possibly without parole. And yeah I remember the details being murky. Something like the dude who died was a big fan.
Really want Zane to do an episode all about the Guest Host era. The entire video is just Brian getting mad, not wanting to do the review and all of the side characters take turns throughout the review.
Imagine Chucky terrorizing Norman Smiley? And, since WCW liked to throw it's money around they could've got Freddy and Jason in on the action too! WCW could've done an angle where Norman was attacked by movie monsters. But, nobody would believe him. ...Claw marks on his face? Must have been a raking accident🤣
Right up there with "Leprechauns live in a magical world that exists under wrestling rings, where there's even a court which was used to sue DX" as the very worst angles any company has ever done. Ever. No matter how bad WCW got, or how bad TNA got, fuck you can even include DDT - NOTHING beats those for sheer, kayfabe raping, intelligence insulting stupidity. If you found any enjoyment from that on a wrestling show, you're bad for business.
Oddly the Guest Raw Game were a breath of fresh air from the stale "The boss is a heel" schtick that was happening. We get it! You did Vince Vs Stone Cold and that worked well! The later heel boss arcs though have been more of if you took a copy of a copy of a copy, each copy degrading in value.
In ‘Curse of Chucky’ Rick Steiner is referenced when we see a character researching Chucky on line. Actually Kiss and the Misfits have a mutual respect for each other. Doyle and Paul Stanley have appeared together in ads for FU-Tone products in the past.
Gotta say that as a kid into paranormal/conspiracy stuff as well as wrestling, the WWF Magazine tie-in with the Undertaker angle (blurry photos like Bigfoot sightings) was pretty memorable.
You forgot the best Leslie Nielsen segment: where Taker delivers a (gotta be, gotta be) Domino's pizza, complete with UT saying "PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZA!"
Anyone remember KISS having their own football team? It was the LA KISS of the Arena Football League. They even got their own show on AMC 4th & Loud. The team actually managed to stay for a couple of seasons before folding which to me is impressive considering some of the AFL's teams that they had in their 2010 rebirth saw brand new teams fold after a single season, teams that were a cornerstone in their league also fold, and even teams they had promoted from their development league also in just a single season.
@@supersasukemaniac I know the Rush, Saber Cats, Gladiators, folded eventually and indefinitely Yard Dawgz, Vigilantes folded after one season. Vipers rebranded as the Force. But yes you are right teams like the Shock, Sharks, Rattlers, Barn Stormers, Wranglers left for various leagues. Some that were dormant from the AFL were revived by other leagues like the Predators, and Destroyers.
KISS were corporate rock whores who attached their name to just about anything you can think of. I'm being dead serious when I say if you look hard enough, you can probably find a KISS home pregnancy test.
Septuple.... (Even though I don't agree with the song) While we are doing that the Wolfpack theme should of been written and performed by 2pac 2 years earlier before he died and that definitely would of went Octuple platinum 💯
@@rickyrosay33977 But who watched TNA. Arquette winning the belt was seen by more people & also the WCW was an old company, so it was way more insulting. TNA was young company who's name was literally tits n' ass, so what can you expect? Also that match gave us a great Bryan & Vinnie review.
16:21 - Having first heard this now, am I wrong for assuming that _this_ Planet of the Apes crossover of all things was what gave Vince the confidence to have Jericho unify the world titles later that year?
IIR New Jack said on a shoot he was apparently supposed to be apart of the Master P stable but Kevin Nash who was on the booking committee at the time shot it down and didn't want New Jack hired in WCW calling him a liability.
To give credit to Bisch and Schiavone, apparently KISS were on a minor comeback in the late '90s, so it kinda made sense, in the same way that making a children cartoon show about Mortal Kombat at the height of its popularity kinda made sense, i.e. only if you saw money without the context, and not at all if you looked at what you were actually working with
Well we can now add in the Golden Egg fiasco from Survivor Series not only because of how it felt like a super cheap replacement for The Rock, how tasteless it was to have it be worth 100 million dollars storyline wise despite all the releases of WWE wrestlers due to "budget cuts" and lastly is how despite the award of WWE title shot in finding the culprit who stole it and saying how much it mattered Vince McMahon, for absolutely no reason, says he admires Austin Theory for wanting to take a selfie with the egg because it "reminded me of my young days" and calls Sami Zayn, the guy who found the culprit, a snitch and honestly this felt less like seeing Vince McMahon the character and more like Vince McMahon the ACTUAL person given his bizarre love for the egg, the stupid search he gave for it and the fact that he majorly contradicts himself once the egg is found that makes him look like a schizophrenic and senile old man on camera that reflects very accurately how he is in real life.
What about the time the “three stooges” were on Raw? I felt bad for Will Sasso since he’s always seemed like a genuine wrestling fan. But still that was awful.
With promos for the USA/Sci-Fi Channel Chucky TV series airing during Raw, I feel sorry for the superstar who will inevitably have to recreate the Rick Steiner bit.
@Raymond Frand At least it'd make more sense than what WCW did...they couldn't have made it more obvious it was for movie promotion. Chucky literally says he was there for that in the segment lol.
They had tie ins with NXT and even had Bron Breakker have small bits with Chucky. But the bigger tie in came from the TV series as Liv Morgan had a cameo in Season 2.
Robocop stood no chance as he couldn't even use guns, one of the things he's most known for. Kind of sad that celebrities never seemingly agree to look bad/lose against actual wrestlers. Surprised that the Toxic Avengers or Arachna-Man didn't get any mention, rip-offs of the Ninja Turtles & Spider-Man, that couldn't be called by their names
They cancel the Mickey Rourke for mentioning his match at wrestling mania, and yet Logan Paul can’t stop popping off about who they are discussing him to fight
I gotta give it to Master P.. He got to try everything a man would want to do.. Play in the NBA, own multiple businesses, got in the ring during the wrestling boom, hell he even got to star on a show with his son and ended up making movies... I can only imagine how fun that man's life has been as well as all the charity he's done for the state of new Orleans
Because they were hardly a rock band - that was just part of their marketing gimmick and they attached their name to everything. Shameless commercial whores. Pretended to be anti-establishment on stage when they were anything but - again, just part of the gimmick.
The Undertaker saying “Piiizzzaaa” to Leslie Nielsen was the funniest thing Taker did until his recent Cameos. Also, what is it with Domino’s Pizza and wrestling?!
I feel like there were plenty of other stars in wCw who would have made more sense to have a confrontation with Chucky. They should have dragged the whole Army of the Dead thing out. Have some of the outsiders to the later feuds sneak in as zombies. Or maybe closed the show on the invasion rather than stapling it on to the end of the Miz feud. Worst part is, you know they'd retcon that Glen Jacob's Kane is the real one and Gallow's Kane was just an impostor trying to replace him, or in a Chris Parks like twist, another brother we didn't know about. They could have easily taped a promo about how they're giving Robocop a new suit, built for the rigors of professional wrestling. Then all he'd have to worry about is fighting with the helmet on. They already blurred lines with other characters and movies. They could have easily also had some of the characters of the movie get involved, or hell, do the title change at the premier.
Crazy respect for David Arquette after watching his documentary. I never liked him as an actor and his run in WCW was definitely the nail in the coffin for me, but I’m a fan now.
I mean Robocop, a movie so screwed up and violent that it almost got an X-rating, also spawned toys, video games, and a Saturday morning cartoon all geared towards kids. I mean at that point, fuck it, why not wrestling too?
Don't forget the comic books, but yep all geared towards kids. My dad even took me to see the movie in the theater as a kid, and I had just turned 6 years old a few weeks prior, and loved it!!! Man the 80's were awesome!!!
6:06 Maybe the concept woulda worked better with Batista as “head Lumberjack” or something? They were already “his friends from shooting the movie” in kayfabe. Also even the normal lumberjack match with Priest and Morrison on Raw was a bit weird what with it being more or less a vehicle for Nikki Cross. I love Nikki (both as herself and with the A.S.H. gimmick), and it was probably a more memorable way for her to return than if she had just popped back up the normal way, but it was very left field.
Ah yes, the Planet of the Apes tie-in. I remember this as I was in Florida for the first time and could watch Raw live as it’s on super late in the UK. Definitely left an impression as that was the week after The Rock returned from filming The Scorpion King.
That David Arquette moment will live on in infamy. Fair play to him for giving his money to Owen Hart and Brian Pillman's families along with becoming a wrestler. I have to watch his documentary. Those Naked Gun skits were funny but they really are out of place. Great video Brian.
The Demon Dale Torborg needed a stable of The StarChild, The Spaceman , and The Catman. Feud with another stable of David Bowie based characters as wrestlers. Halloween Jack , Starman, Thin White Duke, and Aladdin Sane
I gotta admit. I thought the obvious #1 was gonna be The Guest Hosts. Jermey Piven banning you from the Summerfest, anyone? At least Arguette made an effort.
Honestly the only way they could've saved the Zombies eating Miz alive for me would be if John Morrison/Impact/Mundo/Retro would say in a deadpan voice "There Was Nothing We Could Do!"
Nope. Only thing that could have possibly saved that is if the zombies were real, and Miz was actually eaten alive on television. And then the zombies went backstage and ate Vince and the entire writing and creative team responsible for ZOMBIES (or Miz for that matter) ON A FUCKING WRESTLING SHOW, causing them (the zombies) and all the stupid shit going on then and since to disappear as if it never happened.
@@SteRDLK Those were also years where the Picture/Actor carryovers weren’t that strong (2009 - Clooney just won four years prior & Renner was practically a newcomer) or non-existent (actors nominated in 2006 were for movies not up for Best Picture). Within a twenty-five year frame, you named off two (though there were three), so, yeah, odds are ALWAYS in the favor of actors in movies nominated for Best Picture. Look at this last year alone.
When you called John Cena The Golden goose with the music in the background I pictured the Golden goose looking like John Cena all smug coming down to break up a freaking promo
Say all you want about Robocop, he was the only friend Sting has who’s never betrayed him
True.
So far Darby Allin hasn't yet.
YET
Woulda been way funnier if Robocop did betray Sting
@@somewhiteguy8444 If this were WWE then Darby would've turned on Sting a long time ago.
Lmaooo
Much respect to David Arquette for taking the time to rebuild his reputation in the wrestling business by donating to the families of Owen Hart and Brian Pillman and his run on the indies.
And surviving death match vs. Nick Gage.
He still came off as more a believable wrestler then Oliver Platt ever did. LOL
He's a really good dude
@@LuisHGarcia thank fuck he didn't bleed out after almost getting his jugular slashed and was alright.
I feel like they could have made the angle work if for some reason, DDP got knocked out cold in the match, but Arquette, feeling heroic, managed a fluke pin against Jarrett. DDP officially retains, but Arquette gets a big head, convinced that he should be the World Champion. He then spends the next WCW shows trying to mess with the matches and getting the crap beat out of him, Andy Kaufman-style.
People forget that in the mid 90s, KISS had that big reunion tour which was a huge success. However, that tour was 1996-97 and this was 1999. While that's only a few years later, a lot had happened. After that tour, they made a new album that was advertised as being the 4 original members and it actually sold quite well initially, but then it was revealed that there was only 1 song on the entire album that they all played on. On top of that, a lot of that album wasn't great. What followed was a tour in which the 4 of them were essentially split into 2 groups due to contract disputes and bitterness over how they were being treated. All 4 have now released autobiographies where they basically just slag each other off. Because they'd done so much press, because they'd been anywhere, done everything, people were kinda burnt out on KISS, and when you're a shock rock band, that's not good. There is a big cross over in KISS and wrestling fans, but KISS at this point were trying to act like they were still on top of the world when in reality they were about a year away from breaking up (after which Gene and Paul continued with other musicians dressing as Ace and Peter). WCW was also not doing great so it was 2 things that had been red hot a few years earlier coming together in their dying days.
@@PaxBisonica89 let’s be real, kiss doesn’t draw anywhere close to what they were drawing even in 99 nowadays.
No one wants to watch a concert on a WRESTLING show.
Kiss sucks after Ace and Peter left
@@PaxBisonica89 there seems to be a group of KISS fans that are convince modern KISS is a fake band cause Ace and Peter are gone. ignoring that Gene and Paul still are selling out stadiums across the globe.
You remember Psycho Circus?
Rick Steiner calling Chuckie down to the ring like he'd actually come out is amazing
Get that dummy outta here!
A cinematic match I wish happened.
I know this would break kayfabe. But, Chucky could've asked Rick how stupid he could be. That he's an animatronic puppet and this is real life, not a movie.
Rick could've countered with "You're a puppet!". Chucky: "That's what I'm trying to tell you Einstein". Rick: "Well, muppet your ass down to the ring then!"
Chucky: I'm a pupp.. How many times have you been hit in the head?" Rick: I'll sleep with your wife! Chucky: "She's a puppet too!" *...Scott Steiner enters the arena vigorously*
I never expected chuckie to come back and harass his son on NXT
@@defaultusername123
and yet RICK stayed
in the ring
Leslie Nielsen was awesome. Some kid saying she saw undertaker going down a slide was hilarious. Plus he delivered a pizza, and that's canon
I saw a guy buy coffin shaped doughnuts
My favorite was when Leslie held up closed briefcase and said the case was closed (which yes, I know it's stupid, but it makes me laugh every time I hear it)
My favourite part of the whole thing was when they got George Kennedy in for the PPV as a favour to Leslie as George was having a hard time getting jobs and money at the time. Not only did Leslie do that, he paid for George out of his pay check. Again showing how cool a guy Leslie Nielson was :D
The whole taker never breaking character, he did once for a fans big celebration party for something, he signed some things and gave them to her. Much respect!
Was it a Tombstone Pizza?
I gotta admit TORBORG is a pretty good name for a demon. Dale, maybe slightly less so.
Gives a whole new meaning to "raise hell, praise Dale" 😂
Do it for Dale (Torborg)
Dale Torborg sounds very un-demony. Now, Elad Grobrot sounds more demon like.
Torborg the Demon
Well, shit, that actually sounds pretty good.
@@johnthesportsarchivist2600 Nah, I just can't follow your backwards logic...
At least, we got the set up for the surprising Chris Jericho vs Ricky Steamboat match.
It was supposed to be Jericho vs. Rourke
@@MasterOfViewership so glad is wasn't, as Y2J vs Rourke wouldn't of been anything like Steamboat and Y2J was.!!!
@@MasterOfViewership i mean, it would have been a must see. Just for different reasons
Steamboat had to carry Piper and Snuka because it was clear as day that neither of those two had any business being in a ring. Steamboat surprised me with just how good he still was. Then again he did retire the first time in 1994 so he didn't have the wear and tear that other guys had. Fun fact about Steamboat: his last ever match was against none other than Trent?
@@alexteasdale4599 Steamboat and Y2J was garbage....Steamboat was clearly not moving like he used to by that point
I never had any animosity towards David Arquette for winning the championship... it was 100% against WCW.
yeah, it sucks David got all the shit for it. many people blamed him specifically for WCW going out of business.
I don't hold any animosity to him myself, but at the end of the day he agreed to do it. He wasn't some poor wrestler who needed the paycheck to live - he could have looked at Russo and said 'no I'm not going to do this' and if Russo insisted he was under no obligation to stay. He's done a lot of good since, and he did a decent job portraying a heel while he had the strap, but he had to agree to do it.
@@unmitigateddisaster3793 the thing is tho, NOBODY would had said no to Russo lol. It's such a dumb thing to blame David. the dude loved wrestling so ofc he's not gonna turn down the opportunity to hold a World title.
I feel like a lot of people understood that, just hated him since he went along with it.
The fact that Arquette donated his pay to the families of wrestlers who suffered tragedies is actually the biggest reason I refuse to hate on that angle. His class in that regards makes him more of a worthy champion then some this business has seen.
basically partly destroyed wcw too but i get your point
It doesn't stop me from hating on the angle, but it does make me love Arquette more. He just did what he was asked to do and made the best of it.
I don't get upset that they put the world title on an actor, because all pro wrestlers are acting. Its fake. Hearing brian scream about putting it on an actor,,, Too bad he doesn't see The Rock, John Cena, Edge, and Hulk Hogan as actors, huh?
@@blitzofchaosgaming6737 the reason NOONE sees the “comparison” between Arquette and Hogan, Rock, Edge and Cena is that they were all main event champion wrestlers before making the transition to acting.
@@LestatandBerial Pro wrestlers are actors. Every single one of them. They are specialists in staged combat which is acting.
At least Tony pitched Arquette winning the World Title as a joke. Russo was stupid enough to think it was a good idea.
He was fed up with calling all the bullshit and Russo was like YES ! THATS WHAT WERE GONNA DO
Never, ever, ever, ever pitch something as a joke to creative, because they might like it. See also Katie Vick and TNA Lockdown.
Worth mentioning, the sequence between Chris Jericho and Ricky Steamboat at Mania 25 was quality.
I read that on the house show circuit that Steamboat got over a few times...I think it was in one of the Crockett cities...
I interviewed DDP a while back and mentioned to him that he was technically the guy who lost the title to David Arquette. He disagreed. Also didn't believe me when I told him John Cena is in the background in "Ready To Rumble."
Cliffhanger...
Soooo, howd that turn out??
@@ChristopherJohn4389 Basically with him berating me for the next few minutes like "BRO! How do you figure I lost the belt to Arquette? Did I get pinned?" and so on.
@@stupid5pin Sounds like a mark who worked himself into a shoot.
master p actually was a good idea. if you wanted to bring attention to WCW by the black demographic, he would have been your man. he was well known in the South, which WCW had its tentacles spread throughout, and he was a pop culture phenom. The whole year of 98, he released gold and platinum albums..he crammed an entire career's worth of work in that 1 year, was releasing movies that did very well, and was an NBA athlete. Plus he owned his music and label so you could partner with him on music without the hassle of dealing with executives. It's just difficult to find the right entry point for a guy like him and the proper role.
Yeah I appreciated the master p/no limit angle as a 12 year old kid as WCW didn't have that many black wrestlers on the roster apart from booker T, Stevie Ray, norman smiley and Vince (Virgil), the tag team "doom" was done by the early 90s and Ron Simmons left in 94 so it was nice to see more diversity and representation of than usual that also incorporated hip hop too
Not only Kevin Federline beat cena, he got the first victory of 2007
I WAS THERE when K Fed beat Cena Miami
@@meirnissim5927 I can’t believe that back up dancer wigger was a thing.
Yeah, in 2007,Cena was being booked as this unstoppable force, yet, somehow, Kevin Federline, of all people, is able to defeat him???
The Miz didn't show up on RAW the next day. John Morrison talked about him like he was gone until Miz came back some weeks later saying he got injured in that match.
The only thing that could have saved that angle is if Miz was actually eaten by actual zombies.
let's not forget Master P's brother C murder gave us the WolfPack theme. Don't turn your back on the Wolfpack
Isn't C-Murder still in prison for a murder he possibly didn't commit?
@@neobeatglory I think he's still locked up possibly without parole. And yeah I remember the details being murky. Something like the dude who died was a big fan.
Might be hard to get a fair trial if your name is "C Murder".
@Steve A A witness admitted they lied actually, there's questions if he's guilty.
@Steve A only if an appeal was made
Am I the only one who still gets hype for that Mega Ran opening? It's just so good!
It's pretty dope, and the rest of us love it too.
I don't know i feel like it doesn't fit to well at least for me
@@Venemofthe888 Yeah I'm not a fan of it at all.
@@Vesperitis Yeah you get a downvote for trying to speak on my behalf and doing a bad job of it.
Its okay. But I wish they’d mix it with the old one and IMO Zane makes Velour look good
Since you've done this, a "Best Pop Culture Tie-Ins in Professional Wrestling" video is imminent.
Name one good example. I'm genuinely curious
Cindy Lauper
@@jonbourgoin182 Mr T at Mania I
The Muppets on RAW
Bad Bunny at Mania 37
Hugh Jackman helping Zack Ryder beat Dolph Ziggler on Raw
Morton Downey Jr! 🤐
Really want Zane to do an episode all about the Guest Host era. The entire video is just Brian getting mad, not wanting to do the review and all of the side characters take turns throughout the review.
thats bloody brilliant i want to see this
@@kickflipdemon I wish to add my vote to this idea.
Billy Billy Billy! I support this!
I’m totally down for this video idea.
@@davidhartding800 don't tell me tell Zane
The original Chucky harassing young simpleton Rick Steiner, yes please. Must be the original one though so, no sequel knockoffs 😂🤣😂😂
I liked that!
Imagine Chucky terrorizing Norman Smiley? And, since WCW liked to throw it's money around they could've got Freddy and Jason in on the action too!
WCW could've done an angle where Norman was attacked by movie monsters. But, nobody would believe him. ...Claw marks on his face? Must have been a raking accident🤣
Okay but the Muppets on Raw was hilarious, I don't care what anyone says.
That was the only time in history I WANTED Raw to be 3 hours. For more Muppet craziness.
Sheamus and Beaker are related in wwe canon
He put that in the intro as an example of a GOOD tie-in
Apparently so is Daniel Bryan being a cousin to a goat. I believe that was a tribute to the troops show.
Right up there with "Leprechauns live in a magical world that exists under wrestling rings, where there's even a court which was used to sue DX" as the very worst angles any company has ever done. Ever. No matter how bad WCW got, or how bad TNA got, fuck you can even include DDT - NOTHING beats those for sheer, kayfabe raping, intelligence insulting stupidity. If you found any enjoyment from that on a wrestling show, you're bad for business.
The Jon Stewart angle with Cena was way more cringeworthy than Arquette.
i was getting on here to say the same exact thing
Almost forgot about that, it was soo bad
And now Nathan Frazer has a John Oliver inspired gimmick in NXT
Number 1 TNA Impact and Jersey Shore so underwhelming and forgettable
Underwhelming would imply that it ever had a chance of being anything better then complete shit
Oddly the Guest Raw Game were a breath of fresh air from the stale "The boss is a heel" schtick that was happening.
We get it! You did Vince Vs Stone Cold and that worked well!
The later heel boss arcs though have been more of if you took a copy of a copy of a copy, each copy degrading in value.
No Jenna Morasca? Seemed like a no-brainer. Though I know you rarely ever talk about TNA.
TNA is nonexistent in most videos. Jenna Morasca was so bad though.
@@BigBabaBooey MINUS 5 STARS!!! Maybe 10!
She barely classifies as "pop culture". She was a D list celebrities whose 15 minutes of fame had been over for six years.
In ‘Curse of Chucky’ Rick Steiner is referenced when we see a character researching Chucky on line.
Actually Kiss and the Misfits have a mutual respect for each other. Doyle and Paul Stanley have appeared together in ads for FU-Tone products in the past.
"get that dummy outta here we're trying to conduct an interview" is one of the most iconic things I've ever heard.
Robocop needed security so he wouldn't fall apart. Then fell apart anyway.
While listening to falling apart by zebrahead
Gotta say that as a kid into paranormal/conspiracy stuff as well as wrestling, the WWF Magazine tie-in with the Undertaker angle (blurry photos like Bigfoot sightings) was pretty memorable.
You forgot the best Leslie Nielsen segment: where Taker delivers a (gotta be, gotta be) Domino's pizza, complete with UT saying "PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZA!"
Anyone remember KISS having their own football team? It was the LA KISS of the Arena Football League. They even got their own show on AMC 4th & Loud. The team actually managed to stay for a couple of seasons before folding which to me is impressive considering some of the AFL's teams that they had in their 2010 rebirth saw brand new teams fold after a single season, teams that were a cornerstone in their league also fold, and even teams they had promoted from their development league also in just a single season.
@@supersasukemaniac I know the Rush, Saber Cats, Gladiators, folded eventually and indefinitely Yard Dawgz, Vigilantes folded after one season. Vipers rebranded as the Force. But yes you are right teams like the Shock, Sharks, Rattlers, Barn Stormers, Wranglers left for various leagues. Some that were dormant from the AFL were revived by other leagues like the Predators, and Destroyers.
KISS were corporate rock whores who attached their name to just about anything you can think of. I'm being dead serious when I say if you look hard enough, you can probably find a KISS home pregnancy test.
Me and my buddies once flipped on an LA Kiss game on ESPN while drunk and honestly didn’t believe they were actually real
I still own an LA KISS Terrible Towel knockoff. I use it as a hand towel in my bathroom.
“Rap Is Crap” should’ve went triple platinum.
@j k Sextuple
Septuple....
(Even though I don't agree with the song)
While we are doing that the Wolfpack theme should of been written and performed by 2pac 2 years earlier before he died and that definitely would of went Octuple platinum 💯
The Backlash zombies would have worked if they had the ECW zombie out there.
With his skills on the mike he could have gotten all the zombies over
He died awhile back
Kind of hard since the guy is dead.
@@forestgeorge8855 yes, I know how zombies work, thanks
Actually, I think it woulda worked better if they were working zombies vs. shoot zombies, because....well, you know.......
Survivor Jenna should've made the list.
Also, I low-key loved Leslie Nielsen's search for the Undertaker.
Jenna should've been #2
it almost doesn't belong near the list as it was just silly vignettes
@@vanderful2397 no doubt but she’s also worthy of the #1 just for that horrendous match she had with sharmell
@@rickyrosay33977 But who watched TNA. Arquette winning the belt was seen by more people & also the WCW was an old company, so it was way more insulting. TNA was young company who's name was literally tits n' ass, so what can you expect?
Also that match gave us a great Bryan & Vinnie review.
Thanks for reminding me I watched the end of WCW because I didn’t want to give up on it.
I was surprised that Puppet didn’t came to insult you for what you said about Chucky
Puppet actually got hired by WWE. No joking.
@@coreylineberry8557 i just checked and holy shit that's so cool
Maybe Puppet hates Chucky.
Puppet might consider him a doll or dummy rather than an actual puppet.
“Noted southerner Curt Hennig” 😂😂😂😂
"RC"? Now I want to see Sting being protected by Arcee, the female Autobot from Transformers: The Movie.
16:21 - Having first heard this now, am I wrong for assuming that _this_ Planet of the Apes crossover of all things was what gave Vince the confidence to have Jericho unify the world titles later that year?
IIR New Jack said on a shoot he was apparently supposed to be apart of the Master P stable but Kevin Nash who was on the booking committee at the time shot it down and didn't want New Jack hired in WCW calling him a liability.
they ripped new jack's look hard!
To be fair, Nash was right about Jack being a liability.
I mean Nash wasn't wrong there. New Jack has proven to be often more trouble than he is worth, so I side with him here.
@@jacobwilliams1223 I do too.
Well considering he couldn’t wrestle for shit and literally tried to murder people in the ring, liability is putting it lightly.
I think a best version of this list would be very interesting
hmm, Mr. T, Cyndi Lauper, Mike Tyson, Karl Malone, and Dennis Rodman would have to be on that list.
And... *sigh* Donald Trump.
@@Vesperitis bob barker as well
@@Venemofthe888 don’t underestimate Bad Bunny, wrestling ability wise he stands up there for best celebrity WrestleMania Match
Where does the MacGruber stuff fall into this?
@@andhenevercameback7117 Guest hosts.
To give credit to Bisch and Schiavone, apparently KISS were on a minor comeback in the late '90s, so it kinda made sense, in the same way that making a children cartoon show about Mortal Kombat at the height of its popularity kinda made sense, i.e. only if you saw money without the context, and not at all if you looked at what you were actually working with
Well we can now add in the Golden Egg fiasco from Survivor Series not only because of how it felt like a super cheap replacement for The Rock, how tasteless it was to have it be worth 100 million dollars storyline wise despite all the releases of WWE wrestlers due to "budget cuts" and lastly is how despite the award of WWE title shot in finding the culprit who stole it and saying how much it mattered Vince McMahon, for absolutely no reason, says he admires Austin Theory for wanting to take a selfie with the egg because it "reminded me of my young days" and calls Sami Zayn, the guy who found the culprit, a snitch and honestly this felt less like seeing Vince McMahon the character and more like Vince McMahon the ACTUAL person given his bizarre love for the egg, the stupid search he gave for it and the fact that he majorly contradicts himself once the egg is found that makes him look like a schizophrenic and senile old man on camera that reflects very accurately how he is in real life.
"Noted southerner" 😂 when Henning was from Minnesota lmfao
That's The Joke.
I think he was he trying to funny about the fact that Henning was from Minnesota.
What about the time the “three stooges” were on Raw? I felt bad for Will Sasso since he’s always seemed like a genuine wrestling fan. But still that was awful.
That fell under the guest host honorable mention
I thought Will Sasso had real heat with The Hitman on MadTv. Bret Hart made all of it seem so real
Just a bad idea for a movie Not WWE fault
@@nicktaylor2657 But it’s WWE’s fault for bringing them in and having them do a skit that bombed hard.
Can’t believe Robocop was out there laying it all out on the line.
With promos for the USA/Sci-Fi Channel Chucky TV series airing during Raw, I feel sorry for the superstar who will inevitably have to recreate the Rick Steiner bit.
@Raymond Frand At least it'd make more sense than what WCW did...they couldn't have made it more obvious it was for movie promotion. Chucky literally says he was there for that in the segment lol.
If he was still in WWE I think they’d do it with Mojo Rawley
If this happens, the Sandman should barge in to stop it before it gets any more cringeworthy. We all know his disdain for the ECW Zombie.
They had tie ins with NXT and even had Bron Breakker have small bits with Chucky. But the bigger tie in came from the TV series as Liv Morgan had a cameo in Season 2.
"The young bucks are killing the business" Jim Cornette explained to Robocop and the Ninja Turtle.
Robocop stood no chance as he couldn't even use guns, one of the things he's most known for. Kind of sad that celebrities never seemingly agree to look bad/lose against actual wrestlers. Surprised that the Toxic Avengers or Arachna-Man didn't get any mention, rip-offs of the Ninja Turtles & Spider-Man, that couldn't be called by their names
Well, it's because they weren't exactly tie-ins, they were parodies, just like Glacier
I think you mean "The Toxic Turtles" . Toxic avenger is only a movie.
They cancel the Mickey Rourke for mentioning his match at wrestling mania, and yet Logan Paul can’t stop popping off about who they are discussing him to fight
Rap isn't crap, but that Master P angle was.
Depends on the rapper.
Rap isn't crap.. The weird party kill 45949 people shit they keep lumping in with rap is most definitely crap though
I gotta give it to Master P.. He got to try everything a man would want to do.. Play in the NBA, own multiple businesses, got in the ring during the wrestling boom, hell he even got to star on a show with his son and ended up making movies... I can only imagine how fun that man's life has been as well as all the charity he's done for the state of new Orleans
Ok then.. Most rap is crap....
@@grammysworld5449 respect to master p now he owns HOG
I was actually expecting trump versus Rosie to be number one, or at least an honorable mention.
that was so bad im pretty sure ppl block it out of memory
Shit like that turned me into a lapsed wrestling fan.
@Jay Harv28 the feud predates Trump's political career, as it was when both he and O'Donnell were show hosts
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Didn't that set up Battle for the Billionares ?
Robo cop is a Steve and Larson legend. Show some respect!
You could at least spell his name right 😅
Jim Ross : "Robocop is chasing off Brian Zane!!"
I'll buy that for a dollar!
The Robocop and Chucky things were very strange.
Hearing Bruce Prichard's podcast on the K Fed storyline and hearing him attempt to rap along with K Feds music is priceless comedy gold
Why was Kiss in WCW because Gene Simmons loves money $$$$$$$
Because they were hardly a rock band - that was just part of their marketing gimmick and they attached their name to everything. Shameless commercial whores. Pretended to be anti-establishment on stage when they were anything but - again, just part of the gimmick.
The Undertaker saying “Piiizzzaaa” to Leslie Nielsen was the funniest thing Taker did until his recent Cameos. Also, what is it with Domino’s Pizza and wrestling?!
The Happy Birthday Phone Calls stuff w/Paul Bearer doesn't qualify?
@@ajk Those were great!
Undertaker saying "Nice ass" a couple of years later is the peak of his career.
I feel like there were plenty of other stars in wCw who would have made more sense to have a confrontation with Chucky.
They should have dragged the whole Army of the Dead thing out. Have some of the outsiders to the later feuds sneak in as zombies. Or maybe closed the show on the invasion rather than stapling it on to the end of the Miz feud.
Worst part is, you know they'd retcon that Glen Jacob's Kane is the real one and Gallow's Kane was just an impostor trying to replace him, or in a Chris Parks like twist, another brother we didn't know about.
They could have easily taped a promo about how they're giving Robocop a new suit, built for the rigors of professional wrestling. Then all he'd have to worry about is fighting with the helmet on.
They already blurred lines with other characters and movies. They could have easily also had some of the characters of the movie get involved, or hell, do the title change at the premier.
Crazy respect for David Arquette after watching his documentary. I never liked him as an actor and his run in WCW was definitely the nail in the coffin for me, but I’m a fan now.
LESLIE NIELSEN IS A GOD
It's 1 AM. I'm eating dinner late and watching some WWW. Yes sir, this is the life! 🤣
I can never forget May 19th. My spouse and I were watching WWE heavily at the time and May 19th 2006 would be our first marriage anniversary.
It was my ex-wife's birthday, which made it easy to not forget 😂
I remember making my mom drive me to a theatre like 45 minutes away in 2006 so I could see See No Evil on its opening night.
How the hell are we in a universe where WCW got Master P and not ECW when they would have fit perfectly with New Jack?
I mean Robocop, a movie so screwed up and violent that it almost got an X-rating, also spawned toys, video games, and a Saturday morning cartoon all geared towards kids.
I mean at that point, fuck it, why not wrestling too?
Don't forget the comic books, but yep all geared towards kids. My dad even took me to see the movie in the theater as a kid, and I had just turned 6 years old a few weeks prior, and loved it!!! Man the 80's were awesome!!!
Also fought Terminator.
Or Cross Over with Arnold
Now he is part of MK lol
Seriously if Robocop was only part of Sting entrance it would have been great
Just look what happened with Hhh and Terminator and loved him in 2k16
8:27 this made my day 😂
Don't be too surprised to see a WWE/Doctor Who crossover later this year.
WCW is the king of these and respect to David donating his wcw earnings to Brian and Owens families
6:06 Maybe the concept woulda worked better with Batista as “head Lumberjack” or something? They were already “his friends from shooting the movie” in kayfabe.
Also even the normal lumberjack match with Priest and Morrison on Raw was a bit weird what with it being more or less a vehicle for Nikki Cross. I love Nikki (both as herself and with the A.S.H. gimmick), and it was probably a more memorable way for her to return than if she had just popped back up the normal way, but it was very left field.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the episode of Raw where they made fun of the Tiger Woods 2009 incident. It was really bad.
What, no mention of the time that a clearly inebriated Adam West showed up in Memphis as Batman in search of the dastardly villain Jerry Lawler?
Ah yes, the Planet of the Apes tie-in. I remember this as I was in Florida for the first time and could watch Raw live as it’s on super late in the UK. Definitely left an impression as that was the week after The Rock returned from filming The Scorpion King.
What a shitty time for movies
We also had Lord of the Rings. 🤷🏻♀️
Don't forget that WCW tried to add a Mortal Kombat inspired character.
Three, in fact.
That David Arquette moment will live on in infamy. Fair play to him for giving his money to Owen Hart and Brian Pillman's families along with becoming a wrestler. I have to watch his documentary. Those Naked Gun skits were funny but they really are out of place. Great video Brian.
The Demon Dale Torborg needed a stable of The StarChild, The Spaceman , and The Catman. Feud with another stable of David Bowie based characters as wrestlers. Halloween Jack , Starman, Thin White Duke, and Aladdin Sane
Uploaded 1min ago? Let's see what Brian has for us
Great Video Brian Also those Obama Vs Hilary and Donald Vs Rosie Impersonation marches were horrible lol
I gotta admit. I thought the obvious #1 was gonna be The Guest Hosts. Jermey Piven banning you from the Summerfest, anyone? At least Arguette made an effort.
I’d like that when The Entourage guys hosted Raw in 2015 they said Jeremy Piven couldn’t come because he was preparing for Summerfest
Honestly the only way they could've saved the Zombies eating Miz alive for me would be if John Morrison/Impact/Mundo/Retro would say in a deadpan voice "There Was Nothing We Could Do!"
Or thinking he is Chuck Greene lol
Nope. Only thing that could have possibly saved that is if the zombies were real, and Miz was actually eaten alive on television. And then the zombies went backstage and ate Vince and the entire writing and creative team responsible for ZOMBIES (or Miz for that matter) ON A FUCKING WRESTLING SHOW, causing them (the zombies) and all the stupid shit going on then and since to disappear as if it never happened.
The Miz and LaVar Ball segment on Raw
I had non wrestling fan friends watch that segment and said what the hell was that?
The Demon Dale Torborg is currently the conditioning coach for The Chicago White Sox
Mickey Rourke was always going to lose the Oscar that year, Penn was in a movie that was a Best Picture nominee.
Yeah I mean Jeff Bridges only won it the following year and Forest Whitaker had only won it two years prior.
@@SteRDLK Those were also years where the Picture/Actor carryovers weren’t that strong (2009 - Clooney just won four years prior & Renner was practically a newcomer) or non-existent (actors nominated in 2006 were for movies not up for Best Picture).
Within a twenty-five year frame, you named off two (though there were three), so, yeah, odds are ALWAYS in the favor of actors in movies nominated for Best Picture. Look at this last year alone.
@@flmbyz I named two of the first three I looked at around the same time period. I made no further research.
@@SteRDLK And Oscar history is a topic I am well versed in. :)
So, based on odds, what does 3 out of 25 mean with regards to averages?
@@flmbyz There's been more than 25 award ceremonies mate.
Surprised the guys from Jackass no selling Umaga offence did not get a mention.
2005s Sin City pulled Roukes career out of the mothballs... ugh i hate being "that" guy lol
I hope Luke Gallows got to go to the premiere of or a free ticket to See No Evil for having to do that angle 🤣
BEST tie in was
Brett hart beating up the case of mad TV.
I remember Will Sasso takin bumps!
That intro is hilarious! 😂 "who else can make a velour sweat suit look wack". Lol!
Don't even get me started on the zombie lumberjacks. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Please can you get started.
I like the funny and hokie side of wrestling but that was too stupid for even me.
Since starting watching this channel I don’t think I’ve seen a single episode where there isn’t a different new theme song each time.
I like it.
"Get that dummy outta here!" I loved Mean Gene.
This list needed more Ninja Turtles.
Nah man the Leslie Nielsen stuff was great and him getting his buddy a payday was noble
There was a rumor that they wanted OJ Simpson in the skits as well, there was just one little problem
@@whaduzitmatr That would been an oof. But Nielsen getting Kennedy a payday off all that was a nice thing to do.
@@Wabajck absolutely
Here's 2 more that were just as awful:
-Jay Leno and DDP vs. Hogan and Bischoff
-Karl Malone and DDP vs Hogan and Rodman
Please make a video on Plane Ride from Hell before Dark side of the ring
Cultaholic did 1 on the Plane Ride from Hell
@@meirnissim5927 yeah and Wrestlelamia too. Would love to see Brian's take on this
Robocop doesn't need extra security; extra security needs Robocop.
I can't hate May 19th just for the Shawn Michaels segment lol
May 19th was also the date of The Curtain Call
As a kid I loved the Leslie Nielsen stuff, but I guess it probably wouldn't hold up if I went back to rewatch it now...
Fun Fact: Andre the Giant‘s Birthday is also on May 19.... and so is mine.
mine as well (have a thumbs up).
When you called John Cena The Golden goose with the music in the background I pictured the Golden goose looking like John Cena all smug coming down to break up a freaking promo