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@@ziahamm1603 exactly. Hogan couldn't have a union forming, because then he wouldn't be able to politic like he did and make ridiculously more money than everyone else.
One thing I always appreciate about Brian Zane’s classic PPV reviews is how he delivers a backstory for each match and the intro description what leads to the PPV he’s reviewing
It really speaks to the amount of research and seriousness he puts into this channel. He really understands the balance of having fun and making entertaining content...while also being professional and doing your part behind the scenes to put a polished product out. It's one of many reasons why this is the only wrestling content that I consistently watch
Jesse Ventura not giving a crap here about anything WCW is gold. He was so bitter about being replaced by Bobby Heenan on main commentary, and on top of that hating Hulk Hogan’s guts.
I doubt he was mad about being "replaced" by Bobby. At this point like Brian said, he was already halfway out the door, and Hulk coming in was the push that basically led him to just not care...definitely unprofessional though.
Ricky’s WCW run was full of good matches and it’s a shame it got cut short by his back injury. WCW had a few guys (Rick Rude, Ricky Steamboat, Bret Hart) whose opportunities there were curtailed by injuries & I wish we could’ve seen more.
Not only did they have that dream match they had a multi-year feud exchanging the T.V., U.S. and World Tag Team champions, other notable Austin dream matches in WCW are against Sting and prime Ric Flair
The most hilarious part of every “Hulkamaynia” is watching BZ become increasingly more annoyed with his own title cards. “That’s enough of that now” popped me.
@@NcWcN1I’m hoping that a future hulkamaynia will grant us an nWo themed opening for a classic PPV review, personally. Or a patriotic take on it for Mr. America at Judgment Day 2003.
I was going to mention this myself. I thought that it might have been possible that he used the gimmick without permission because when he turned heel maybe a year later he ditched the gimmick altogether. But that might have been because he didn’t want to tarnish the Guardian Angels brand by working as a heel in the gimmick.
@@mrpink99 And not the first time the Sliwas were involved in wrestling. His wife Lisa had a VERY short stint with the WWF in the mid-80s (only had one match on record and one TNT talk show segment). The two also had some sort of relationship with Heyman, though I've never been certain if it was legit heat or manufactured kayfabe.
I met Chris Lemmon once at a convention in Cleveland. Really nice. He signed my DVD of Thunder in Paradise and also gave me a free autographed photo. He told me a story about a day they were filming on the water and Hulk Hogan was driving the boat. A big wave came up and they almost crashed into the helicopter filming them, but Hogan turned the wheel and saved them. Lemmon then looked at me dead serious and said "Hulk Hogan, great boat driver, better friend."
The rookie Hulk Hogan has the talent in the ring and on the mic to be the greatest. When, and “when” is inevitable, he will be a legend in professional wrasslin. I just hope future his success doesn’t get into his head because fame can truly ruin a person character.
OMG Heenan! Shaquille is 5'11" with his shoes off. Good lord! He was so great. Imagine him with a wrestling podcast nowadays. He would get anyone and everyone he wanted to be on and it would be the number one podcast, period. Not just in wrestling.
i genuinely wish he was still around to do podcasts, the man had such wit, and imagine the insights he could share in this day and age. It was a huge loss when he lost his voice. I wish he could have finished his career still on the mic. It was an even huger one when he passed. God bless The Weasel.
Living near Cedar Rapids and learning about that Inoki match not long ago got me thinking about how almost anywhere in the world is exciting if you take a long view of all of human history! You know, like a sane person does.
I remember sometime in the early 2000s I was at my dad’s house and I found this show on VHS. I stayed up late on a school night to watch this, so it was cool to reminisce on this event!
94 WCW is the tale of two years: Going out with a bang, and the Hogan takeover. We've seen the former in Spring Stampede, we've seen the latter with Starrcade, time to hit the midway mark!
@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Kinda feeling like both. Hogan and Savage were more worldwide known names, but they catered too much to who they brought on to appease Hogan. And we see that by Fall Brawl, as Brian mentions, with Hacksaw steamrolling Austin for the US Title. It isn't like Austin was chopped liver and got the US Title by a fluke. But on the bright side, it eventually gave us the late 90s boom, even if it took a long, long while to get there.
Bash At The Beach has always been the home of Hulk Hogan moments 94: wins the WCW Championship in his very first match 96: turns heel and forms the NWO with Hall and Nash 97 & 98: teams with Dennis Rodman against Lex Luger & Giant and DDP & Karl Malone, respectively 2000: has his "last match" in WCW and leaves the company forever
@@christophernicholson20Yeah, He Was Jumped By The Dungeon Of Doom And Dennis Rodman First Appeared At WCW, Him & Hogan With The Dungeon Of Doom Brawling.
12:58 has to be the most underrated rival of Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Just like his matches with Randy Savage and Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat (my wrestling idol) never had a bad match with the future Stone Cold.
Definitely not his most underrated, their matches are seen as classics by a lot of people and Austin himself said it was his favorite matches for a long time. The feud is always highly praised and very "famous" (particularly since it was Steamboat's final feud).
My dad took me to the show when I was 7 years old. There are some things that I'll never forget like how HUGE the pop was when Mr. T took Shari away and after Hogan hit the big boot. I pretty much forgot all of the other matches but it was great to see them again here. Thanks for reviewing.
I will give WCW this, they handled Hulk hogan's debut exactly how they should have. Give them a classic hulk hogan victory and remind people why they loved the guy. the only problem is they should have immediately done something different with him right after. they tried that with the dungeon of doom, but how great would it have been if hulk debuted, and then 6 months later the outsiders emerged. That would be a perfect timeline for things if you ask me
Ron and Fez may not mean much to people watching this review, but to me and many others, they were great. When I was in middle school back in 2001, I would listen to Opie and Anthony from 3pm to 7pm and Ron and Fez from 7pm to 11pm on 102.7 WNEW in New York. They got me through a lot at the time. Unfortunately, Fez Whatley passed away back in 2021 due to his history of heart issues catching up to him and we'll all miss Fez. But, they were insanely entertaining and just hearing you mention them was pretty surreal.
Holy hell, Inoki worked my home town? And boy, between Steamboat retiring after a back injury at Clash and The Giant getting dropped on his head by Kevin Nash at Souled Out, maybe it’s for the best that Cedar Rapids hasn’t had a major wrestling show in 25 years, seems every time we get one someone gets hurt
@@heisensaul5538 No, I think that WWE just prefers Des Moines as a location, since the Wells Fargo Center has a capacity of 17,00, while the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in CR only holds about 9,000. I’m honestly surprised they haven’t tried to run Iowa City for a PPV, since Kinnick Stadium holds just under 70,000 people, but maybe there’s logistical problems since that’s the University of Iowa’s football stadium
"Did Ray Traylor get permission from the real Guardian Angels to do the gimmick?" I think he did, or at least there was a story in PWI (or maybe WCW magazine) that showed Traylor visiting the Angels headquarters and meeting Curtis and Lisa Silwa who were the people running the organisation.
It would not be surprising if he did. there is a wrestling connection. the head of the Angels Curtis Sliwa has a sister named Lisa who wrestled for a few years in the late 80s I think.
I remember having this ppv on a home VHS tape when i was really young and watching it repeatedly because we didn't have cable until I was older. I think it was one of the first ppv I can remember! Thanks for the content BZ!
You might get sick of people Thanking their Sponsor by explaining the product or what have you, but hands down, Brian Zane always makes it enjoyable lol. I can watch ads all day, just put Brian Zane on that shit! Lol 🔥
1. That sponsor spot with Claude has to be the funniest one you've ever done. 2. Sherri sold that right hook like someone getting knocked out from a strike in the AKI games lol.
I find it amazing that bash at the beach has never ceased to be one of the biggest shows for wcw despite such a variance in quality. It's either its amazing or it's 2000, but it's always a big deal.
Yep Bash at the Beach was one of WCW's big PPVs along with Starrcade and Halloween Havoc. Fall Brawl/War Games would be next just a bit below those big three.
Here to show my love for the wrestling guru as usual. Also anytime zane talks about hogan its always hysterical 😂❤ 1:38 this ladies and gentlemen is how you do a paid promotion, make it funny so I don't skip it. Zane, cinemassacre and whang are the only ones I've seen talented enough to make an ad enjoyable
Brian , I love your Terry Funk impersonation it always cracks me up . " I changed the rules of the match I'm a fish now"- Brian Zane as Terry Funk. lol
It's so wild to realize that this WCW PPV featured Steve Austin, Mick Foley, and Hulk Hogan, in consecutive matches no less(!), yet come just one year later the first two would be gone & reinventing themselves (Superstar Steve Austin & hardcore-hating Cactus Jack) over in ECW. Just one of those "This sounds so unbelievable!" things, in retrospect.
7:35 I POPPED huge when you busted out the Ventura impression again. You have to ask him, not me! Very few people can pull his voice off cause it's deep and very Minnesotan but you sure as hell can.
Ron and Fez were radio legends that ended up on Opie and Anthony's SXM channel. SXM had Howard Stern, Opie and Anthony, Ron and Fez. It was the greatest era of radio ever.
Some of Hogan's big wcw moments happened at bash at the beach. His first match in94 Las match in 2000 the heel turn in 96 also his tag team matches with Rodman in 97 and 98 were financial successes for wcw
Because WCW: We're holding a PPV called Bash at the BEACH in FLORIDA so let's hold the event at the only major city in the entire state that isn't on the coast!
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Remember any of these except for the main event and the opening contest uncle Ted this for me when he work for the cable company Adelphia
My Dad has been Dead since April 1,2017
Love the ad for the sponsor! Made me laugh and vacant had to pop in.
I once saw a johnny be bad action
Figure once.
@wrestlingwithwregret please ECW Living Dangerously 99
Jesse being totally incapable of hiding his hatred for Hogan is hilarious.
I love it, it's literally involuntary for him.
I'm guessing it has a lot to do with Hogan squashing Jesse's idea for a union in the 80s and selling him out to Vince.
@@ziahamm1603 exactly. Hogan couldn't have a union forming, because then he wouldn't be able to politic like he did and make ridiculously more money than everyone else.
“You know I think Hogans involvement with WcW will kill this company in about seven years Tony.”
😂😂😂Jesse acting like 😢 a 5 year old
“I’ve changed the rules of the match. I’m a fish now”. Dead 😂
Rin Rin Rin
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The way everyone wants to identify themselves as something else, they're not wrong.
Pffft, Regal was never 26 years old Brian. Man is permanently 40. Then. Now. Forever.
So he's Greg Valentine? My bad, he's permanently 60. lulz
And regal cannot straighten his arms😂
Ah, yes, so Regal was a sufferer of Arn Anderson syndrome.
haha. kind of like john tenta. dude always looked 40ish even in high school
I don't blame Ventura for being incapable of hiding hatred for a former friend that screwed him over
One thing I always appreciate about Brian Zane’s classic PPV reviews is how he delivers a backstory for each match and the intro description what leads to the PPV he’s reviewing
It really speaks to the amount of research and seriousness he puts into this channel. He really understands the balance of having fun and making entertaining content...while also being professional and doing your part behind the scenes to put a polished product out. It's one of many reasons why this is the only wrestling content that I consistently watch
@@skippythealien9627 wrestling bios, osw review, lapsed fan podcast,
too bad he hasn't done this for 4 years...
Maybe you should marry him since you love him so much...
Jesse Ventura not giving a crap here about anything WCW is gold. He was so bitter about being replaced by Bobby Heenan on main commentary, and on top of that hating Hulk Hogan’s guts.
I doubt he was mad about being "replaced" by Bobby. At this point like Brian said, he was already halfway out the door, and Hulk coming in was the push that basically led him to just not care...definitely unprofessional though.
Man, Steamboat vs Steve Austin is the type of dream match you forget actually happened.
Ricky’s WCW run was full of good matches and it’s a shame it got cut short by his back injury. WCW had a few guys (Rick Rude, Ricky Steamboat, Bret Hart) whose opportunities there were curtailed by injuries & I wish we could’ve seen more.
Definitely. I'm glad Austin got to have a match with him before he got injured ❤
It always blows my mind how fast and crisp Austin used to be. Even in ECW he had already slowed down significantly, let alone the WWF.
In an interview Austin said that Ricky Steamboat was the best wrestler he ever faced
Not only did they have that dream match they had a multi-year feud exchanging the T.V., U.S. and World Tag Team champions, other notable Austin dream matches in WCW are against Sting and prime Ric Flair
“The man called Meng!”
I’ve said it before, it always cracks a smile on my face.
What can you say about Meng except that he does this..and he does that
have this sound byte as my text notification
@@tulsaborn545 He's quick as a bull and as prone to gouging your eyes out as a cat.
Tony somewhere in an alternate universe: it's MENG!
The most hilarious part of every “Hulkamaynia” is watching BZ become increasingly more annoyed with his own title cards. “That’s enough of that now” popped me.
Hulk is alot like Vince with some people saying he is amazing and helped them alot, while others painting him as horrible.
At that rate, this year's very last title card will be a literal blink-and-miss moment 🤣
@@NcWcN1I’m hoping that a future hulkamaynia will grant us an nWo themed opening for a classic PPV review, personally. Or a patriotic take on it for Mr. America at Judgment Day 2003.
@@mattm7798 I like Hulk Hogan the character. I'm not so high on Terry Bollea as a person though.
@@heisensaul5538His whole family is dogshit, outside of maybe Brooke who seems more like a victim of that environment.
"I change the rules of the match, I'm a fish now"
To be frank, I can't say that without a burst of laughter.
8:08 Yes! He actually had vignettes for a few weeks where he trained to become a Guardian Angel and I think was a legit member.
Yes, Angels founder Curtis Sliwa appeared in some of those vignettes (I think he & Traylor were friends in real life)
I was going to mention this myself. I thought that it might have been possible that he used the gimmick without permission because when he turned heel maybe a year later he ditched the gimmick altogether. But that might have been because he didn’t want to tarnish the Guardian Angels brand by working as a heel in the gimmick.
@@mrpink99 And not the first time the Sliwas were involved in wrestling. His wife Lisa had a VERY short stint with the WWF in the mid-80s (only had one match on record and one TNT talk show segment). The two also had some sort of relationship with Heyman, though I've never been certain if it was legit heat or manufactured kayfabe.
I've seen Silwa appear as a valet on a few matches
@@Thundarr100 I think the Angels didn't want him being a heel as, well, a Guardian Angel.
You know where Flair went wrong? No flamethrower cameras.
That made me pop
Man, what would have the odds for Hogan if that would have twice in a calendar year lol
Flair went wrong by not negotiating creative control in his contract - Ric could have went over everyone's head straight to Ted who would have okd it
I mean Heenan on commentary always hated Hulk Hogan too, but you can tell the difference between Heenan’s heel banter and Jesse’s actual dislike.
Right Heenan obviously hates him but from a character perspective while Jesse you can tell he hates Hogan from a real life perspective.
RIP to Superstar Billy Graham at age 78!
Oh without a doubt heenan was just doing what heel commentator does; whereas jesse really loathes Hogan...
I met Chris Lemmon once at a convention in Cleveland. Really nice. He signed my DVD of Thunder in Paradise and also gave me a free autographed photo. He told me a story about a day they were filming on the water and Hulk Hogan was driving the boat. A big wave came up and they almost crashed into the helicopter filming them, but Hogan turned the wheel and saved them. Lemmon then looked at me dead serious and said "Hulk Hogan, great boat driver, better friend."
He's such a ham in everything I've seen him in. Sounds like something he'd say. Reading his Wikipedia page he seems like a really talented guy.
Better friend...Randy Savage disagrees
The toughest person in the Flair/Hogan match was Sherri. A top rope splash in an evening gown? Onky she could pull it off and make it believable.
Sherri was a treasure 💯
I can't believe WWE let a talent like Hogan slip through their fingers. Let's hope WCW uses that young up and comer in Hogan like the star he is.
Oh god…..
WCW, always know to push the new, up and coming talent.
Wasn't Hogan barely 40 years old here? lol a tonne of today's stars are pushing 40 or are over.
@@jasonmccrank4981 he was old for the time as most of the roster in the 80s to 90s were in their 20s or 30s
The rookie Hulk Hogan has the talent in the ring and on the mic to be the greatest. When, and “when” is inevitable, he will be a legend in professional wrasslin. I just hope future his success doesn’t get into his head because fame can truly ruin a person character.
Brian’s Terry Funk impersonation is always my favorite part of a video
Zane’s Funk impression gets me every time 😂
The best FUNK IMPRESSION in YT history! “ I’m a fish now” absolutely killed me.😂
I like the impression from the review for WrestleMania XIV
@@m.d.1395 is it of Terry Funk? I’ll have to check it out.
That Vader vs. Ray Traylor match is a great example of when a big hoss match is done well its great.
OMG Heenan! Shaquille is 5'11" with his shoes off. Good lord! He was so great. Imagine him with a wrestling podcast nowadays. He would get anyone and everyone he wanted to be on and it would be the number one podcast, period. Not just in wrestling.
Brain cast with Bobby Heenan. I would never miss an episode
i genuinely wish he was still around to do podcasts, the man had such wit, and imagine the insights he could share in this day and age. It was a huge loss when he lost his voice. I wish he could have finished his career still on the mic. It was an even huger one when he passed. God bless The Weasel.
2:44 Easily, my favorite Claude moment of all-time and, arguably, the greatest Wrestling With Wregret moment of 2023, thus far.
Thank you, Claude.
Living near Cedar Rapids and learning about that Inoki match not long ago got me thinking about how almost anywhere in the world is exciting if you take a long view of all of human history! You know, like a sane person does.
I remember sometime in the early 2000s I was at my dad’s house and I found this show on VHS. I stayed up late on a school night to watch this, so it was cool to reminisce on this event!
" Im a fish now !" In that Terry voice made me laugh harder than I probably should have lol !
Okay, Zane. You almost made me crap my pants laughing with your sponsorship skit. Well played, sir. Well played.
Bobby Heenan, master of quotes.
The Brain
94 WCW is the tale of two years: Going out with a bang, and the Hogan takeover. We've seen the former in Spring Stampede, we've seen the latter with Starrcade, time to hit the midway mark!
Depending on your view, it's when WCW was getting good, then began to suck, or when WCW got the credibility they needed.
I'm firmly in the former.
@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Kinda feeling like both. Hogan and Savage were more worldwide known names, but they catered too much to who they brought on to appease Hogan. And we see that by Fall Brawl, as Brian mentions, with Hacksaw steamrolling Austin for the US Title. It isn't like Austin was chopped liver and got the US Title by a fluke. But on the bright side, it eventually gave us the late 90s boom, even if it took a long, long while to get there.
11:31 "I'm changing the rules, I'm a fish now" has me laughing my ass off. You got mad impression skills dude.
The glitter on the floor is an early precursor to the cake smeared on the mats at Bash at the Beach 2000, what a great WCW tradition!
Bash At The Beach has always been the home of Hulk Hogan moments
94: wins the WCW Championship in his very first match
96: turns heel and forms the NWO with Hall and Nash
97 & 98: teams with Dennis Rodman against Lex Luger & Giant and DDP & Karl Malone, respectively
2000: has his "last match" in WCW and leaves the company forever
Great research
@@Damewill637 thank you sir
What about 1995. You missed a year. You skipped 1995 Bash At The Beach which was a steel cage match Hogan vs Vader
@@christophernicholson20Yeah, He Was Jumped By The Dungeon Of Doom And Dennis Rodman First Appeared At WCW, Him & Hogan With The Dungeon Of Doom Brawling.
11:31 "I've changed the rules of the match. I'm a fish now." F**king killed me. 😂😂😂
Fucking not f**king
I had to go back and watch this again, it’s funnier the second time
Any time I see footage of Ventura, all I can hear is Will Sasso's impression of him.
I think of Karrion Kross with Chris Van Vliet
i think of the navy seal thing that deadlock did its so funny
12:58 has to be the most underrated rival of Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat.
Just like his matches with Randy Savage and Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat (my wrestling idol) never had a bad match with the future Stone Cold.
Definitely not his most underrated, their matches are seen as classics by a lot of people and Austin himself said it was his favorite matches for a long time. The feud is always highly praised and very "famous" (particularly since it was Steamboat's final feud).
My dad took me to the show when I was 7 years old. There are some things that I'll never forget like how HUGE the pop was when Mr. T took Shari away and after Hogan hit the big boot. I pretty much forgot all of the other matches but it was great to see them again here. Thanks for reviewing.
Normally I hate sponsored content spots in videos. Yours are a HUGE exception.
I liked this one just for your Terry Funk impersonation. "I'm a fish now." will be stuck in my head for days.
Your ad segments are great, instead of just reading the script you go out of your way to make them interesting. I respect that.
People tend to forget how much of a prospect Marc Mero was in his prime.
He was at his best in WCW
When I saw Funk I thought “We better get Zane’s Funk impression or we riot.”
That Jesse Ventura impression was surprisingly good. lol
Nah lol. If you want to see a great Ventura impression, Anthony Cumia does one of the funniest ones in my opinion.
11:30 Brian’s Terry Funk impression will always make my day, no matter what.
I absolutely love his Terry Funk's impression
Give us Season 3 of Hogan Knows best or more Thunder in Paradise Brother!
Brian’s impression of The Body is fantastic. 😂
The commitment to the bit is why I'm here Zman. 😂
Regal being only 26 is the craziest thing about this whole event. He looks about 40-something
Ladies, Gentlemen, Brian…we are officially in WCW’s…NEW ERA…NEW…
*Insert Gif of Roman Cocking Hist Fist and Vince in awe*
Oh my GOD - "I've changed the rules of the match, I'm a fish now!" made me laugh to the point of wheezing!
That Manscaped ad was cinema 😂
Ron Bennington looking like a million bucks while in Fez Whatley's corner during that dark match.
I keep thinking y'all are referring to the black wrestler Pez Whatley but I forgot that there was a guy named Fez Whatley
I love the Man called Meng running joke, it just works.
I popped for that too.
I will give WCW this, they handled Hulk hogan's debut exactly how they should have. Give them a classic hulk hogan victory and remind people why they loved the guy. the only problem is they should have immediately done something different with him right after. they tried that with the dungeon of doom, but how great would it have been if hulk debuted, and then 6 months later the outsiders emerged. That would be a perfect timeline for things if you ask me
Ron and Fez may not mean much to people watching this review, but to me and many others, they were great. When I was in middle school back in 2001, I would listen to Opie and Anthony from 3pm to 7pm and Ron and Fez from 7pm to 11pm on 102.7 WNEW in New York. They got me through a lot at the time.
Unfortunately, Fez Whatley passed away back in 2021 due to his history of heart issues catching up to him and we'll all miss Fez. But, they were insanely entertaining and just hearing you mention them was pretty surreal.
BAC #2449 Budday
@@Mazz3D WHOOAHH!!!
Rest easy big cat. RIP Fez Marie Whatley.
Not a bad PPV IMO mid card was good, and the historic Hogan Flair match was probably their best ever.
I was there at Bash at the Beach 94 and I even kept my ticket
that ad for Manscaped had me laughing pretty hard xD
"I'm changing the rules of the match. I'm a fish now!"
🤣🤣🤣
I legit had to pause it at that part because I was dying.
Brian I been watching your videos for like 7 years you the man always make me laugh thanks
Holy hell, Inoki worked my home town? And boy, between Steamboat retiring after a back injury at Clash and The Giant getting dropped on his head by Kevin Nash at Souled Out, maybe it’s for the best that Cedar Rapids hasn’t had a major wrestling show in 25 years, seems every time we get one someone gets hurt
Let me ask you a question man: Do you feel like Souled out 97 killed the town?
@@heisensaul5538 No, I think that WWE just prefers Des Moines as a location, since the Wells Fargo Center has a capacity of 17,00, while the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in CR only holds about 9,000. I’m honestly surprised they haven’t tried to run Iowa City for a PPV, since Kinnick Stadium holds just under 70,000 people, but maybe there’s logistical problems since that’s the University of Iowa’s football stadium
Had to pause video to finish laughing after the Terry Funk voice. Gets me every time
Anyone who’s ever worked in a warehouse knows about that Fatman strength. Bossman had it in spades.
"I changed the rules of the match. I'm a fish now!" 😂
I love your Terry Funk impression 😂
“I’ve changed the rules of the match! I’m a fish now!”
I’m dead 😂 That impression was 👌
That is the funniest sponsor ad ive ever seen. Thank you.
"Did Ray Traylor get permission from the real Guardian Angels to do the gimmick?" I think he did, or at least there was a story in PWI (or maybe WCW magazine) that showed Traylor visiting the Angels headquarters and meeting Curtis and Lisa Silwa who were the people running the organisation.
WCW TV did vignettes with him visiting and working with the Guardian Angels
It would not be surprising if he did. there is a wrestling connection. the head of the Angels Curtis Sliwa has a sister named Lisa who wrestled for a few years in the late 80s I think.
@@tapockesci1171 Lisa Silwa was Curtis's wife. Unless he also has a sister with the same name.
my mistake. I should've looked it up first
It's funny to see Austin and Foley at Hogans big night and later on those two would end up heading to WWE and changing the company forever.
This was one of the very last PPV'S I watched on the old WWE Network before that Network Update in 2019
Ah yes, the legendary tag team of... BUCK FUNKER
11:30 always laugh when I hear your Funker voice.
RIP to Superstar Billy Graham at age 78.
This reminds me that I need to make time to listen to the entire Wrestling Boot Traveling Band album on repeat for 8-10 hours today.
I remember having this ppv on a home VHS tape when i was really young and watching it repeatedly because we didn't have cable until I was older. I think it was one of the first ppv I can remember! Thanks for the content BZ!
Yo what? Bill Dundee was Sir William? Seriously, I had no clue. Huh, every day you learn something new.
I learned that today as well
What a waste.
I only learned of it a few years ago. I was like "What! Oh well, the Sir William name makes sense now"
You might get sick of people Thanking their Sponsor by explaining the product or what have you, but hands down, Brian Zane always makes it enjoyable lol. I can watch ads all day, just put Brian Zane on that shit! Lol 🔥
Claude he's a great Wresting With Wregret
character, but nothing just can't top VACANT.
1. That sponsor spot with Claude has to be the funniest one you've ever done.
2. Sherri sold that right hook like someone getting knocked out from a strike in the AKI games lol.
the first 7 seconds the best part of video
"Man called Meng" should have been a real push in the Dub C Dubs. A truly golden missed opportunity.
That Manscaped ad was HILARIOUS! 😂
The manscaped ad was the Brian Zane perfection I subscribed for.
I remember renting this pay per view on VHS when I was a kid. Good times.
"That five times fast."
Your move, Influencer.
Sir William is Bill Dundee!? That's....something I didn't know.
Same
I find it amazing that bash at the beach has never ceased to be one of the biggest shows for wcw despite such a variance in quality. It's either its amazing or it's 2000, but it's always a big deal.
Yep Bash at the Beach was one of WCW's big PPVs along with Starrcade and Halloween Havoc. Fall Brawl/War Games would be next just a bit below those big three.
Here to show my love for the wrestling guru as usual. Also anytime zane talks about hogan its always hysterical 😂❤
1:38 this ladies and gentlemen is how you do a paid promotion, make it funny so I don't skip it. Zane, cinemassacre and whang are the only ones I've seen talented enough to make an ad enjoyable
Omg ron and fez appearance! RIP Fez
I was a big Ron and Ron fan in the 90’s.
@LostDutchman siriusxm here. I would skip school to hear them and play video games lol.
@@stylekiller21 i still have Let the Puppies Breath and Pup Fiction on VHS.
Hey Brian, this was around the time when Johnny B. Badd was having probably the second-or-third best match of the night.
Brian , I love your Terry Funk impersonation it always cracks me up . " I changed the rules of the match I'm a fish now"- Brian Zane as Terry Funk. lol
Catus spits on his WCW Tag Championship belt.
"What a pittance! "
Can of Coke, sir.
It's so wild to realize that this WCW PPV featured Steve Austin, Mick Foley, and Hulk Hogan, in consecutive matches no less(!), yet come just one year later the first two would be gone & reinventing themselves (Superstar Steve Austin & hardcore-hating Cactus Jack) over in ECW. Just one of those "This sounds so unbelievable!" things, in retrospect.
7:35 I POPPED huge when you busted out the Ventura impression again. You have to ask him, not me!
Very few people can pull his voice off cause it's deep and very Minnesotan but you sure as hell can.
Ron and Fez were radio legends that ended up on Opie and Anthony's SXM channel. SXM had Howard Stern, Opie and Anthony, Ron and Fez. It was the greatest era of radio ever.
Claude being unimpressed by Vacants endorsement is why you're the best wrestling TH-camr of all time.
Holy shit! Claude's back guys! This is not a drill! I repeat, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
Steve Regal could’ve had lengthy, multiple TV title reigns if he didn’t have all of the personal issues early on in his career.
I do remember WCW fliming stuff with Boss Man working with The Guardian Angels, I think it was showed on Saturday Night.
Some of Hogan's big wcw moments happened at bash at the beach. His first match in94 Las match in 2000 the heel turn in 96 also his tag team matches with Rodman in 97 and 98 were financial successes for wcw
Because WCW: We're holding a PPV called Bash at the BEACH in FLORIDA so let's hold the event at the only major city in the entire state that isn't on the coast!