@@PenskePC17that actually works to your disadvantage. In the old days with less padding, people were less likely to get hit so hard in the head in the first place. The helmets encourage brain trauma in the same way that boxing gloves do.. in the bare knuckle days people rarely punched the head because they didn’t want to break their hands, or get cut by teeth. I’m not necessarily saying that football helmets are bad, but they sure as hell aren’t a silver bullet either.
@@logansheffield8641throw OSW in there and you have a show I guess they would have to do Star Cade 99 so Goldberg can eat corn the long way while flying off Bret's rope
Great costume Brian, I remember reading Foley’s book and him counting on the piggyback spot to end his career, he just hadn’t counted on his body being damn near unbreakable.
I would say less his body being unbreakable, his body was pretty broken by the end of his career. It was his will and his love for the business that kept him going
It's kinda wild that Mick wanted to get injured at this time yet still ended up working in WCW for more than a year, especially being booked against Vader. Vader seems like the kind of guy who can work as stiff as he wants and would have no problem injuring a guy if they really wanted it.
Vader was one of the nicest people ever lol. He'd just give good, stiff receipts and if he truly didn't like you, had no problem giving a stiff shot.. If he were actually dangerous and just an ass hole, nobody would have worked with him lol
I never read or heard of Vader giving receipts or hurtin people he didn't like. He simply had a stiff style and was actually quite inexperienced during even this time period....leading to unitinentional injuries to some of his opppments
Rick Rude defeated quite a number of legends during his run in WCW Not to say that he wasn’t used good in the WWF But man, his career in WCW was arguably the best of his career in terms of victories and accomplishments
Absolutely. And he would have gotten that elusive world title run were it not for WCW leaving the NWA. (No, of course the "international" and World Class belts don't count, lol)
@@gunder01 He deserved at least 1 WCW World Title run, imagine being "the Man" at the top of WCW. If not for the back injury and Hogan's arrival, it would certainly had happened...but you know, shit happened.
@gunder01 No matter what name they used in reference to the big gold belt in this time period, it was still perceived as the secondary world champion behind the WCW champion . The NWA was all but dead without WCW propping it up.
I know Brian talked about this, but it is UNREAL what a completely different wrestler Austin was during this time. Dude moves like a cruiserweight on speed.
I saw a post of a match he had with muta and I saw him go for a frog splash. Never thought I'd ever see that in my life. Just puts into perspective how strong he was all around.
I said it before, I'll say it again, Wrestling With Wregret is easily my favourite channel on TH-cam. These videos are so enjoyable to watch and really comforting/make me feel better on my off days. Much love Brian, you're doing amazing!
Apparently, Greg Gagne didn't think Charlie Norris' rain dance was "authentic" enough, so he performed HIS version of a rain dance in front of Norris to show him what it REALLY should look like. Yikes.
0:14 I didn't know Brian Zane is a lost member of the Village People. Just kidding, I like the costume, Z-Master. I can't wait to see you crash through a wall like the Kool-aid Man. :)
The 1993 feud between Cactus Jack and Vader made me a lifelong fan of Mick Foley. He became my favorite wrestler then, replacing Hulk Hogan. I was around 13 years old when this rivalry was ongoing.
Mick Foley bleeding during this match actually gave him more heat with management and Eric Bischoff, and gave him more reason to want out of WCW. The ear injury in Germany, and the promo on Ric Flair while spitting on the tag team title a year later would be the final straw.
Fun fact about “ Whoomp! There it Is!”, it was the unofficial song of the New Orleans Saints that year. It was cranked up in the Superdome after ever big play made by the Saints and blew up among Saints fans. By October, it was used all over New Orleans and surrounding South Louisiana at just about any athletic event. It was pretty much the go to chant here from Fall of 93 to Spring of 94.
Z-Man, I like how you got everyone thinking that you are The Shockmaster, when you and I both know that this is your homage to Kanyon and Mark Starr collectively known as Men At Work. 😁
He's amazing. You wouldn't think someone who looks like him could pull off the agile moves he does, especially that 450. He's not built like some small gymnast
I am really enjoying this video.. It's the 3rd one I've seen so far . He does a fine job of commentary along with videos as he goes . You have an A from me.. Thanks for taking the time to do this.. It is very informative and fun..
First off, nice costume, Brian! Secondly, I mistakenly read Chuck Norris, instead of Charlie Norris, when initially reading the card on Cagematch in preparation for this PPV, but soon realized the error of my ways. 😄 Truth be told, I wasn't watching wrestling during this time period, but if I had to take a guess, it would be that WCW brought in Norris in response to how WWF was using Tatanka at the time.
If I remember right, The Assassin and Paul Orndorff became associated when Orndorff began to feud with Dustin Rhodes. The story is that at that year's Slamboree where both Dusty Rhodes and The Assassin where honored with other legends at a "Legends Ceremony" with the first class of the WCW Hall of Fame (Assassin would go in 94, Dusty in 95, and it was forgotten). The Assassin "hated Rhodes" and wanted to end both Dusty and Dustin. Since Orndorff began a small feud with Dustin for the US title, the Assassin began to manage him. When it was blown off, the Assassin stayed with Orndorff with everyone claiming he was good at "Calming down Orndorff from the 'Paula' chants".
Love the Weird Al costume Brian! (Okay, I know it's meant to be The Shockmaster, but that Long curly hair and small mustache without the builders helmet really does look very Weird Al).
It also reminds me of just how useless Vader's mask was. It came off no sooner than the match started. In fact there's hardly a Vader match where his mask doesn't fall off.
Huh. I had no idea Ice Train was in WCW after 1998. Ah, but we know from numerous other episodes in his career that The Assassin always wore a second mask!😂
Inzane Brian Zane! I know you don’t wrestle often, but I would love to see you enter a rumble style match, and every time you get thrown out, you’d be back as another gimmick in a few entries. Don’t you have like 8 gimmicks? Lol 😂
Thank you so much for not only making these Halloween PPV reviews during the fall but thank you for making an entire Halloween Havoc playlist! Making my way through them right now! And at work! You deserve one million sloppy Rick Rude boogers!
He also left in early-'94. Came back in early-'96. Also-- when he made his '2nd' comeback in 2000... he went under a different name. VQ (?) 'Smooth'; or something like that... Definitely the 'Smooth' part.....
Holy S**t it's the ZANE-MASTER! EDIT: I wrote this the second I saw you in the costume and paused the video before I heard you make the joke. Still, amazing.
"If you put an egg into a football helmet the egg is still gonna break" is also a wild way to describe how concussions happen
Helmets definitely help. Try getting pushed with a football helmet and then without one 😮
@@PenskePC17that actually works to your disadvantage. In the old days with less padding, people were less likely to get hit so hard in the head in the first place. The helmets encourage brain trauma in the same way that boxing gloves do.. in the bare knuckle days people rarely punched the head because they didn’t want to break their hands, or get cut by teeth. I’m not necessarily saying that football helmets are bad, but they sure as hell aren’t a silver bullet either.
@@smeagle3295 professionals also had a third the muscle in those days,
@@PenskePC17yeah sure you can believe that all you want, we aren’t better just because we’re modern
@@david-468yes we are. It's not even close.
"Scorpio launching off Marcus's back-well."
Ok Brian that one deserves a dollar in the jar.
I'm glad I go back and rewatch these because I completely missed that gem of a line the first time I saw this review.
First Triple H, then Terry Funk, now Jesse Ventura. Brian's impressions are 10/10.
I've wondered if there is anyone in the wrestling industry he cannot impersonate.
Bruce pritchard does some pretty good ones as well
I don’t remember-uh Brian-uh doing an impression-uh of HHH
Daniel Bryan ain't done no impressions.
His terry funk is amazing
Goldberg eats corn the long way 🌽
This comment makes me wanna see a WWW and Deadlock crossover.
@@logansheffield8641throw OSW in there and you have a show I guess they would have to do Star Cade 99 so Goldberg can eat corn the long way while flying off Bret's rope
“Historic Colonial Williamsburg,” may be your best joke in a long time Zane!
Even better for me as a Brit.
Historic cities all younger than The New Forest.
That segment R Truth dressed as the confederate soldier was hilarious just for Vince and Steve Austin’s reactions 😂
Weird Zane Yankovich
I was gonna say that 😂
Yep. I was thinking trailer park Weird Al.
Lol that's good one
a parody of a parody 😂😂😂. be careful, Weird Al may make a parody song of your channel
Yes!
Cactus Jack: Vader got mad at me once!
Mikey whipwreck: He ripped your ear off.
Cactus Jack: HE DID!
Nice costume Brian. Wasn’t expecting the Shockmaster. Always nail it with costumes.
I wasn't expecting him to be dressed like Weird Al got a job with the Village People.
Great costume Brian, I remember reading Foley’s book and him counting on the piggyback spot to end his career, he just hadn’t counted on his body being damn near unbreakable.
The weird thing is.. Out of ALL the Bumps Foley had taken.. This one seems rather tame!!
I would say less his body being unbreakable, his body was pretty broken by the end of his career. It was his will and his love for the business that kept him going
This was a very solid ppv for the early 90s and Vader vs Cactus is one of the most underrated rivalries in wcw imo
Love Vader
Same one of the the greatest big man an he had such a kind heart @@claymathewselevator8121
"This thing feels so one sided, it's almost like someone put down their controller." Good one Brian😂😂
It's kinda wild that Mick wanted to get injured at this time yet still ended up working in WCW for more than a year, especially being booked against Vader. Vader seems like the kind of guy who can work as stiff as he wants and would have no problem injuring a guy if they really wanted it.
Ask Stan Hansen how stiff Vader was lol
Vader was one of the nicest people ever lol. He'd just give good, stiff receipts and if he truly didn't like you, had no problem giving a stiff shot.. If he were actually dangerous and just an ass hole, nobody would have worked with him lol
I never read or heard of Vader giving receipts or hurtin people he didn't like. He simply had a stiff style and was actually quite inexperienced during even this time period....leading to unitinentional injuries to some of his opppments
That Texas Death Match was my first one and boy was it brutal Vader and Mick Foley beat the bricks out of each other.
Rick Rude defeated quite a number of legends during his run in WCW
Not to say that he wasn’t used good in the WWF
But man, his career in WCW was arguably the best of his career in terms of victories and accomplishments
Absolutely. And he would have gotten that elusive world title run were it not for WCW leaving the NWA.
(No, of course the "international" and World Class belts don't count, lol)
@@gunder01 He deserved at least 1 WCW World Title run, imagine being "the Man" at the top of WCW. If not for the back injury and Hogan's arrival, it would certainly had happened...but you know, shit happened.
@gunder01 No matter what name they used in reference to the big gold belt in this time period, it was still perceived as the secondary world champion behind the WCW champion . The NWA was all but dead without WCW propping it up.
I know Brian talked about this, but it is UNREAL what a completely different wrestler Austin was during this time. Dude moves like a cruiserweight on speed.
He hasn't been dropped on his head and suffered a broken neck, yet. His WWE work pre-neck break was also incredibly fast and hard hitting.
I saw a post of a match he had with muta and I saw him go for a frog splash. Never thought I'd ever see that in my life. Just puts into perspective how strong he was all around.
The Stun Gun was a cool finishing move.
These classic PPV reviews are literally my favourite series on youtube, thank you so much, Zane!
I said it before, I'll say it again, Wrestling With Wregret is easily my favourite channel on TH-cam. These videos are so enjoyable to watch and really comforting/make me feel better on my off days. Much love Brian, you're doing amazing!
I was just watching Halloween havoc 1993 a few days ago can't believe this PPV happened 30-years ago time flies awesome Halloween costume Brian.
Wrestling With Wregret Wednesday is 1 of my favourite days off the week
Same
“Scorpio launching off of Marcus’s back well.”
Wow. Touché Uncle Brian. Touché
Apparently, Greg Gagne didn't think Charlie Norris' rain dance was "authentic" enough, so he performed HIS version of a rain dance in front of Norris to show him what it REALLY should look like. Yikes.
Tony must’ve given his teleportation powers to Matt Hardy
I think the main thing holding back Ice Train was the name Ice Train.
In the words of Strongbad: "It's not a good commando name!"
Firebert and Ice!
It's too bad they never put him and Glacier together as a tag team. That's money right there.
Ice Train sounds like a huge cocaine shipment 😂
Thanks for the Strong Bad reference. It has been a minute since I have seen anything Homestar Runner related.
Holy Crap! Was that a Cheat Commandos reference? 🤯
Not gonna lie. I am getting Weird Al vibes from the costume. I know it is not Weird Al, but I still get the vibes.
0:14 I didn't know Brian Zane is a lost member of the Village People.
Just kidding, I like the costume, Z-Master. I can't wait to see you crash through a wall like the Kool-aid Man. :)
Lol
I would have been really impressed if the crowd was chanting "Whoop that trick" .
That bearhug slam looked dope tho! Some modern giant should totally steal that.
Fun fact my first wrestling show was center stage April 93 where Cactus had the angle that wrote him off for a while.
Your voice impression of Jessie The Body was great in this video! So glad to see the WCW I grew up!
The 1993 feud between Cactus Jack and Vader made me a lifelong fan of Mick Foley. He became my favorite wrestler then, replacing Hulk Hogan. I was around 13 years old when this rivalry was ongoing.
For me Scorpio is one of the most underrated workers in WCW and WWE. A shame that he mostly had to work as a midcarder. 🙁
🎶🎶 EVERYBODY, HERE COMES 2 COLD SCORPIOOOOOOO…..🎶🎶
Best review of all time. Thanks Zanemaster!!
That snap bump on the ramp is what Mic was gonna try and use to cash in on his Lloyd's insurance and get out of the business 😂😂 he's said it
Yep commented too early 😂
Mick Foley bleeding during this match actually gave him more heat with management and Eric Bischoff, and gave him more reason to want out of WCW. The ear injury in Germany, and the promo on Ric Flair while spitting on the tag team title a year later would be the final straw.
Fun fact about “ Whoomp! There it Is!”, it was the unofficial song of the New Orleans Saints that year. It was cranked up in the Superdome after ever big play made by the Saints and blew up among Saints fans. By October, it was used all over New Orleans and surrounding South Louisiana at just about any athletic event. It was pretty much the go to chant here from Fall of 93 to Spring of 94.
That song was EVERYWHERE
Z-Man, I like how you got everyone thinking that you are The Shockmaster, when you and I both know that this is your homage to Kanyon and Mark Starr collectively known as Men At Work. 😁
Awesome review! Btw, love the Weird Al Yankovic costume! Happy Halloweiner! 🎃
As a wrestler, Scorpio has got to be one of the most underrated. Especially during his time
He's amazing. You wouldn't think someone who looks like him could pull off the agile moves he does, especially that 450. He's not built like some small gymnast
I never realised this show had so many family conections in it... Learn something new every day!
Regal vs Smith is something of an unsung classic. Pure wrestling all the way.
You continue to outdo yourself! Appreciate all your hard work. This was my first PPV. Wild that I watched this so young lol. Happy Halloween!
I am really enjoying this video..
It's the 3rd one I've seen so far .
He does a fine job of commentary along with videos as he goes .
You have an A from me..
Thanks for taking the time to do this..
It is very informative and fun..
I always suspected Tony Schiavone was a bat creature. Even before watching the Halloween Havoc mini-movie, I somehow knew.
The second this video started I swear I thought you were cosplaying as Weird Al Yankovic 😂😂
Jumps off Marcus's Backwell? This quality content is why I subscribe
By far my favourite of the WCW mini-movies! Looked sideways at Tony for years afterwards...
Nothing looks better than the big gold title belt. Especially on Mr. Rude. Iconic!
Being from New Orleans Historic was the nicest thing they could’ve have said
Absolutely the BEST Halloween costume yet Brian.
WCW really had something with Cactus' face return. I never understood why he didn't go over here. Easy to see how he would have heat with Flair.
Tony Schiavone was genuinely creepy in that opening.
First off, nice costume, Brian! Secondly, I mistakenly read Chuck Norris, instead of Charlie Norris, when initially reading the card on Cagematch in preparation for this PPV, but soon realized the error of my ways. 😄 Truth be told, I wasn't watching wrestling during this time period, but if I had to take a guess, it would be that WCW brought in Norris in response to how WWF was using Tatanka at the time.
Man seeing Mick without a beard is something else. He looks like a totally different person.
Same with seeing Austin with hair
Bringing back so many memories watching WCW Halloween Havoc 93 as a youngling! Rest In Paradise WCW 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Most impressive thing for me about the Cactus Jack v Vader match was seeing Vader doing a moonsault! For a guy that size, that is impressive!
I haven't seen a video with Bryan Zane in a hot minute I'm excited for it.
Rick Rude's Simply Ravishing theme he had at this PPV was the best thing ever
You could even say the Cactus/Vader match was a BangBanger!
This one is the first WCW PPV I ever got to find and buy on VHS back in the day. I LOVE some of the big matches in this one, even to this day!
I liked your tidbit about working the camera at a Portland show and getting bled on. Cool stuff
I came here for vader vs cactus but i stayed for too cold scorpio.
Brian Will Sasso and Karrion Kross all do great Jesse The Body Ventura impressions
19:28 That's the most gentle powerbomb i've ever seen LOL.
"Scorpio launching off Marcus's Back well"
Brilliant!
Brian has a very nice Weird Al as a construction work costume.
If I remember right, The Assassin and Paul Orndorff became associated when Orndorff began to feud with Dustin Rhodes. The story is that at that year's Slamboree where both Dusty Rhodes and The Assassin where honored with other legends at a "Legends Ceremony" with the first class of the WCW Hall of Fame (Assassin would go in 94, Dusty in 95, and it was forgotten). The Assassin "hated Rhodes" and wanted to end both Dusty and Dustin. Since Orndorff began a small feud with Dustin for the US title, the Assassin began to manage him. When it was blown off, the Assassin stayed with Orndorff with everyone claiming he was good at "Calming down Orndorff from the 'Paula' chants".
Love the Weird Al costume Brian! (Okay, I know it's meant to be The Shockmaster, but that Long curly hair and small mustache without the builders helmet really does look very Weird Al).
I hope you come back well with another good classic review
Man the British Bulldog had such an iconic look 😢
The Vader Cactus match is absolutely brutal, fun watch.
It also reminds me of just how useless Vader's mask was. It came off no sooner than the match started. In fact there's hardly a Vader match where his mask doesn't fall off.
@thekidfromiowa true, but it was really about the look in general, most of which when he was out of the ring.
AWESOME COSTUME BZ, I ALMOST FORGOT YOU HAD TATTOOS. HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🤣😂🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Schiavone giving me some real Dale Cooper vibes in that intro.
The long hair on Brian makes him look like Lawrence from Office Space
I literally pooped my pants when Tony Schivonie became the man-bat. It was pretty terrifying lol
"SPIN THE WHEEL, MAKE THE WHEEL!" Another legendary Mick Foley hardcore match before his debut in ECW.
Love your costume BTW, Happy Halloween Zane!
1:43 Tony Schiavone looks like a teenaged John Cena.
4:00 "i was pretty shocked"... And THAT'S when we realized that The Shockmaster lived up to his name.
Huh. I had no idea Ice Train was in WCW after 1998.
Ah, but we know from numerous other episodes in his career that The Assassin always wore a second mask!😂
He worked for The Cat.
@@TimTE01 that's right!
Inzane Brian Zane!
I know you don’t wrestle often, but I would love to see you enter a rumble style match, and every time you get thrown out, you’d be back as another gimmick in a few entries. Don’t you have like 8 gimmicks? Lol 😂
Funny enough, "Whoop, There it is" became Scorpio's first theme song in ECW
Zanemaster fits well imo, cool video as always Brian 💯
Was not expecting that costume 😂
Same.
"It's time, it's time, it's Vader time."
it's fun when the bulldog shows up in shape and motivated and your remember just how awesome he could be. and regal of course is a great dance partner
I love Brian's impression of the late Terry Funk.
Pretty sure the rebranded Shockmaster was supposed to be an electric grid lineman.
Wow.
"And the clumsy Shockmaaasster. . is still on the liiiiiiiiiine" 🎶
Thank you so much for not only making these Halloween PPV reviews during the fall but thank you for making an entire Halloween Havoc playlist! Making my way through them right now! And at work! You deserve one million sloppy Rick Rude boogers!
That Ventura impression 😂👏🏽
Ice Train left the company sometime in '97, mind u. Returned in early-2000. Moreso in a NON-wrestling/in-ring/physically competitive role.
He also left in early-'94. Came back in early-'96. Also-- when he made his '2nd' comeback in 2000... he went under a different name. VQ (?) 'Smooth'; or something like that... Definitely the 'Smooth' part.....
The amount of times I forget about Zane's tattoos/the amount times they bring me joy when I remember them
Holy S**t it's the ZANE-MASTER!
EDIT: I wrote this the second I saw you in the costume and paused the video before I heard you make the joke. Still, amazing.
Zane with a Kane tattoo? Love to see it.
13:04 You know you've watched too much Wrestling Bios when you were expecting "EVERBODY HERE COMES 2 COLD SCORPIO"
The fact the 2cold Scorpio nailed a 450 in ‘93 👏
He started using it back in '92 while teaming with Ron Simmons...which is just baffling.
Don't let Captain Lou see that outfit. He'll never stop talking about the Mario Bros.
I can’t take I seriously every time it goes back to your face with the costume
You do a damn good Ventura impression.
3:29
Adrenaline in my soul
Young Cody Rhodes with Uncle Fred
Hear me out- A Lucha style wrestler with a Southern Gentlemen gimmick: Colonel Rob Parkour.
I’ll get my coat
I laughed out loud